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oyer 5000 readers wtifom largest circulating weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 53 no 13 stouffville ont thursday july 25th 1940 copies this issue 1450 eight pages caledonia pastor to preac here sunday rev r a price of caledonia will occupy the pulpit in the united church next sunday morning the first sunday on which the pastor is on his holi days it is also the first sunday in which service will be held in the morning only hence an augmented congregation is ex pected rev mr price with his wife and family are holidayings at the home of her father mr levi hjsey on the 7th con cession of whitchurch sixteen years ago mr price was stu dent pastor for a year at mark ham second baptist church and during that sojourn here met his present wife rural hydro payable here in town markham rural hydro bills are payable at the canadian bank of commerce stouffville although this information is not printed on the bills which merely state they are payable at the office in markham village the other morning we found a man starting from whitchurch to travel to markham to make payment of his hydro account when we investigated the mat ter and found that he could have his account receipted at the bank of commerce result this man saved a trip of fifteen miles and one he had been mak ing for years to settle this account each quarter probably there are others who live as far north as musselmans lake who will be glad to know they can settle their hydro bill in stouffville canadas first lady and her charming guests here is a new and charming photograph of her royal high ness the princess alice her daughter lady may abelsmith and the latters children lady may and her children arrived recently from england to be the guests of her mother and the earl of athlone for the dura tion of the war from left to right may be seen the honor able richard abelsmith hrh princess alice the honorable anne abelsmith lady may and the honorable elizabeth abelsmith joe wild sustains a severe fall veterans to raise funds by dance the whitchurch branch of the york county veterans association has for many years made its main objective the al leviation of distress among vet erans of the municipality and during the past year alone ex pended in wages and material aid to veterans and their de pendents 1000 it will be read ily seen that this work consti tutes a real saving to the direct taxpayers it is hoped in view of the nat- mr joe wild north mark- ure and need for friends that ham farmer and former local the dance at musselmans lake sectionman suffered a nasty i on wednesday evening july 31 fall from a load of hay recently j will be generously supported by which resulted in his shoulder the public it being the open ligaments being badly pulled it affair of the season the event is expected that he will be laid takes place in winsome hall up for some time j east side former resident returns from red cross meeting and finds father dead annual lake issue next week next week will be the annual musselmans lake edition of the tribune when every cottager around our local summer resort will receive the current copy of this paper circulation for this week of august 1st will reach close to the 2000 mark or 6000 readers every advertiser who wishes to bring a message to the 1500 or so population of musselmans lake who through the otherwise slack business season add much to the welfare of our mer chants should avail them selves of this opportunity to insert a display advertise ment in the tribune special lake featuie stor ies and pictures will be carried and news of the big holiday attractions at all points all copy for display advs should be in by saturday july 27th brother and sister stricken together the sudden death is announ ced from vineland of levi fretz who passed away on friday evening last apparently with out the slightest warning he had worked all day as usual and in the evening was resting on the couch in his home there where he was found dead by his daughter frances when she returned from a red cross meeting death was due to heart failure a complaint he suffered for some time born in markham township near mount joy about 65 years ago he was a carpenter and builder by trade and left this section where he was widely known some 25 years ago his wife predeceased him seven years and there survives an only daughter miss frances fretz with whom he lived also one sister mrs r l wambold of markham and one brother d fretz of vineland deceased was a soninlaw of mrs hons- berger a patient in the brier- bush hospital stouffville the funeral on monday was attended from here by mr and mrs george baker murray and lome baker and mrs harvey houck a member of the unit ed church the service was tak en by his pastor interment was made in vineland cemetery the many old friends of the family in markham township will learn with regret of this sudden death which has left a lonely home markham holds first tax sale last week markham held the first tax sale in the history of the village which is quite a re cord there was only one prop erly offered for sale that being the greenhouse lot just south of the village which was up for 5340 arrears the place was bought in by its present owner deacon shorthorns western winners the herd of fourteen short horn cattle belonging to glen- burn farms in charge of jimmy mowbray now touring the west have been successful at the three shows held so far at brandon they won 12 firsts 3 seconds and both grand cham pionships at calgary grand champion and junior champ female 12 firsts and 2 seconds at edmonton grand champion female and reserve champion bull 11 firsts and 4 seconds they will show at saskatoon and regina and then go down into montana kenneth deacon the manager of glenburn farms is wearing a happy smile these days mr don wilson of thorn- hill has replaced bill snerry as teller in the bank of commerce brampton man new markham cop from seven applications re ceived for the position of con stable in markham village the name of g e jenes of bramp ton was chosen with a salary of s900 attached mr jenes was the one outside tenderer in the group the lowest being 60 a month besides the constables job the applicant must also act as sanitary inspector relief administrator and park care taker mr jenes is a married man with twelve years military ex perience two of these being spent on duty at singapore band concert the junior band will hold an open air concert at the eastend this thmsday evening on the grounds of the brierbush hos pital field day postponed the football and dance to be held saturday at claremont is cancelled until a later date brita cal for the first time in our history the voice of a ring- wood boy was heard calling from somewhere in the brit ish isles direct to his home in the little hamlet just west of stouffville it was none other than george abell who was fortunate enough to get before the micraphone during the soldiers backhome hour on tuesday night hello dad hello mum and that was all when the next fellow had his turn of speaking across the great expanse of ocean to their friends at home in can ada interesting new items on lake holiday program the death is announced from rosetown sask of mrs wm mcdowell who passed away in her 78th year her maiden name was fannie reesor and she followed closely to the grave her brother martin reesor in stouffville both suffered a fatal stroke and within a compara tive few hours so that exchange of telegrams crossed the wires between the families in the west and here at home convey ing the news to each other mrs mcdowell was laid to rest at rosetown wheat rust reported prev here farmers are bringing in re ports to the effect that rust is quite noticeable in the wheat fields in this district crop that has been knocked down by the rains and wind shows more evi dence of this condition than wheat that is standing up well practically all the wheat that has been knocked down by the storms will be quite badly rust ed said one man who knows speaking on the matter to this paper on tuesday it will only be good for chicken feed on the other hand he pointed out that there are many fields of fine wheat which give promise of an excellent crop unless weather conditions bring on more rust the loss to date is not serious quiet wedding at united parsonage a quiet wedding was solem nized at the united church parsonage stouffville on satur day july 20th when marion ruth davis daughter of mr and mrs jack davis became the bride of gordon hoover son of mr and mrs jac hoover stouffville rev l e atkinson officiated phyllis davis sister attended the bride and charlie hoover a brother of the groom acted as best man following the ceremony the couple eft on a short motor trip and on their return will make their home in stouffville sight improved operation since mrs d h cook returned on monday from victoria hospital toronto where she underwent an operation for eye trouble we are glad to state that she is much improved and hopes shortly to have much better sight than before she entered the hospital mennonite schools gave instruction to 25000 last year two of the feature attrac tions at the civic holiday cele bration at cedar beach park musselmans lake will be the playing of a regular scheduled softball game of the farfamed sunnyside girls league and al so a bathing beauty contest the softball will be played between weldrest and tip top tailors two of the teams which thrill thousands nightly at the sunnyside softball stadium the beauty contest being handled by r armstrong will place the title of miss cedar beach of 1940 on some fair crown besides the title and a share of publicity there will be a silver trophy and cash awards amounting to 50 for this feat ure of the program oats tall as man early alaska oats standing 5 feet and six inches tall are to be seen on the farm of mr arthur williams at lincolnville a sample was brought into the tribune by his son john on monday and many have mar veled at the height mr williams says that so far the field is standing up well and if nothing in the way of adverse weather overtakes the crop it should years the number of schools under the mennonite conference in vcanada and the united states gave religious instruction- to over 25000 children in 1939 the tribune learned from mr g schrog minister of the group at glasgow the mennonite conference referred to is separ ate and distinct from the mennonite brethren in christ which organization carry on a similar work mr schrog said the bible school just closed at glasgow mrs alf hoover loses elder brother seven years hard luck as big mirror crashes to pavement from load of furniture f c butler of goodwood may be excused if on monday he burned just a pinch of salt on that day as he was transporting a trailer load of furniture through stouffville a large mirror went flying to the pave ment just as the car was pass ing the brierbush hospital it went into a hundred pieces probably there was a sinsfer reason for this streak of fate to overtake mr butler at this particular point because know ing that seven years bad luck may follow anyone who crashes a mirror the owner might have been expected to collapse on the spot and with such a tempera ment there stood the hospital ready however mr butler didnt collapse but just what he thought is known only to him self nevertheless if he burn ed a pinch of salt the whole affair is wiped out so heres of be one of the best inj had an enrolment this year of j78 with an average attendance of 62 children from 4 up char acter memory work handicraft singing were taught those be tween the ages of 4 and 10 the first half of the life of christ scripture memorization were the next group also took new testament history and leaders there is still another course for high school students and adults who have never had the advan tages of a bible school this course is more extensive and covers a period of several years all classes in the regular courses take handicraft related to the course of studies mr schrog declared the inter est was splendid at glasgow school and they are looking for ward to another school next summer an interesting fact is the magnitude this work has as- mrs alf hoover church street has received the news concerning the death of her brother william j stevenson who passed away at his home in charlevoix mich on july 19 he had reached the remarkable age of 87 years born in mark ham village so near a century ago it has been a good many years since he last saw his nat ive village but there are those in markham who still recall the family the late wm stevenson is survived by his wife one son and two daughters there also survives three brothers and two hoping for the best sisters namely mrs alf hoov- or elizabeth j stevenson andsumed through the ontario and andrew a retired school leach- us conference there were last er living in london ont david year some 1800 teachers most- who is farming in manitoba ly giving their time gratis nd peter retired in toronto had they even received the min- the whole family of stevensons imum of 200 per day there six were all born in mark- would have been expended ham 36000 i