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over 5000 readers nbnwe copies this issue 1450 largest circulating weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 53 no 23 stouffville ontario thursday october 3 1940 eight pages town and country make generous gift to red cross drive and total subsciptions are hearing 3000 markham will keep cloc hou ahead markham officially advised of the dominion governments or der requiring districts already on daylight time to stay that way last week decided to obey the ruling on instructions of h j sym ington power controller the village was notified by wire that it must remain on daylight time markham council had de cided to revert to standard time unless specifically ordered will return after nearly 20 years one of the long established and widely known farm homes in the district will have its per sonnel changed shortly since mr wellington wideman has rented his farm on the 10th of markham township just south of stouffville to william hollin- ger of cherrywood possession will be given this fall when mr wideman will hold an auction sale and then locate on a house and lot he ownes nearby the old farm mr and mrs wideman have farmed this 93 acre place which they own for nearly fifty years but mr wideman admits that he is getting older and work is more difficult for him to per form canvassers generously received everywhere and stouffville subscribes more than 2000 objective to reach over 2300 whitchurch section also gives gener ously donating more than 500 everybody we have spoken to expresses their pride at the magnifioerit response made by stouffville to the war effort of canada in its determination to do what we could to uphold democracy the drive is over but if anyone has been missed they are invited to come for ward with their donation which will be gratefully received every cent is needed the ob jective for the village of 2000 was oversubscribed and reach ed the splendid figure of 2300 but the stouffville branch ex tends over a portion of the township of whitchurch to which the farming area added the splendid contribution of 500 dollars more fifty per cent of the money collected will be turned over to the headquarters staff in tor onto while the other fifty will be retained here and used for purchasing wool and other supplied for the workers last week this paper publish ed the contributions given by the business men up to time of going to press and this week we publish a further list of all other contributions received in town and country and which makes up the 2800 total one of the first donations to the the campaign made on monday morning came from w j bartlett brampton traveller who happened in town during the course of his business business men fall proves popular wedding season f e irae 2500 hugh anderson 1200 william griffiths 200 robert snowball 1000 leslie rowbotham 1000 morley barker 500 ormsbv lehman 1500 dr barker 2500 al greenwood 200 p g tarr 500 thomas williamson 2500 lions club administration fund 1000 valleau holden 200 leu keeping barber 500 collected bv miss eva hoover and mrs k miller e a button 5000 mrs xoah stouffer 200 mrs robert burnett 100 mr mrs fred cockerill 100 mrs homy vanzant 100 mrs stephens 500 miss susie daley 50 elias hoover 500 eva s hoover 100 mrs e miller 1000 miss alary daley 50 miss pearl wilson 2000 d m hoover and girls s00 mrs h hodgson 100 mrs s b hoover 100 clayton stouffer 500 mrs elgin wagg 50 miss ann lindsay 1000 fred keith 50 mrs a lehman ida 200 w g sanderson 100 miss ruth miller 1500 thomas jennings 500 jos hoover 100 mr mrs ed pennock 500 inspects camp major harold a c bruels of toronto former conservative candidate in north york has been appointed to the adjutant- generals staff at ottawa he inspected the new newmarket camp recently second death before mourners leave home school literary elects officers the annual election of officers for the literary society of stouffville continuation school was held on friday sept 28th the following is a list of the officers elected for 194041 president bud sanderson vicepresident beth kellington secretary mary davis treasurer corinne king pianist gladys stover assistant pianist d boadway editor ted cadieux assistant editor jim abell critic gordon baker press reporter jack davis form representatives were also appointed 10000 50 2500 100 200 2500 100 500 200 stojrz philiiips saturdays sun shone fair on a wedding of wide local interest when lillian grace daughter of mr and mrs john phillips of stouffville became the bride of eldon howard stoltz of toron to the wedding took place at locust lodge the residence of dr mitchell at ringwood the bride wearing a french wool dress of dutch blue with navy accessories and a corsage of briar hill roses the brides maid miss mable morton formerly of stouffville wore rosewood serge with acorn brown accessories and a corsage f talisman roses leuitenant gerald walker of the casf was grooms man after the ceremony mr and mrs stoltz left for a motor trip to montreal and points east and on their return will live in tor onto on friday evening many friends of the bride in stouff ville gathered to tender her a shower at the home of her parents mevbice duxbar quietly married on saturday evening sept 28 lillian isabel dunbar daughter of mr and mrs alex dunbar of whit church township became the wife of john elmer mcneice of richmond hill rev h shantz tied the nuptial knot and the happy couple left town by motor for a short honey moon following which they will take up residence in richmond hill where the groom is a miller by trade facksov touitkr riverdale united church was beautifully decorated with palms gladioli and fern last saturday for the wedding of annie isabelle coulter only daughter of rev and mrs geo e coulter and ronald c jack son napanee out only son of mr and mrs o b jackson enterprise ontario the brides father a former minister of stouffville united church officiated assisted by dr w l armstrong great- uncle of the bride who had officiated at the wedding of the brides parents the bride given in marriage by her father was lovely in a gown of ivory velvet with fitted bodice the flaring skirt falling into a circular train she wore a fulllength veil of tulle illusion and carried a shower bouquet of butterfly roses and bouvard she wore a necklace of pearls the gift of the groom mrs j r hammond presid ed at the organ and mr w d shields sang because during the signing of the register miss margaret coulter was maid of honour attired in rose clover velvet and the brides maids were misses erma hold- en and marjorie graham at tired in wood rose velvet the gowns were fashioned alike with tightly fitted shirred bod ice sweet heart neckline and full skirt they wore tiny head dresses of matching velvet and ostrich tips and carried nose gays of carnations and asters in blending shades the best man was ar bell of kingston and the ers were desmond par cousin of the bride and maint- land jackson cousin of the groom the bride and groom left on a motor trip to eastern ontario and quebec the bride travelling in a soldier blue crepe dress with coat of same shade trim med with grey squirrel and wine accessories the groom is a graduate of osjroode hall and the couple will reside in napanee upon their return continued on pace five mrs jas mccullough mrs charles ward mr mrs kg tarr mrs ralph hamilton ralph haist harry w sanders anne lehman mr mrs d woodburn del jennings collected by myrtle watson and helen rowbothnm myrtle watson rev d macgregor mrs e xicholson mr whittingstall mrs j phillips mrs d w lennox mr mrs n wbyer walter dickson mr imrs a collins mrs t w klinck mrs c f griffiths mrs henry memullen miss b brillinger mrs o baker mrs florence watson miss stouffer george patten mrs brownsberger mr mrs al orchard mr mrs g bailey mr and mrs j w slack tmrs g burkitt f c rowbothnm anonymous rev k st vickers mr mrs ira rusnell l b memullen mrs w paisley miss imyrtle sider mrs a t silverthorn collected by eugene linker morjian baker wilmot brown 500 seneca baker 5 00 mrs tillie raines 100 elaine baker 100 eugene baker 1000 clayton cayman 100 alex ratciliff 500 warren rae 3 00 george talbot 100 carl rose 100 stanley caldwell 100 mrs w copland 100 mrs j flewell 100 roy andrew 100 everett maker 200 morgan baker 1000 merlyn baker 3 00 eleanor conner 100 mary baler 2 00 kenneth stewart 100 continued on page seven irthur is colored quintette returning oct 21 100 1000 50 100 20 1000 200 500 1000 500 1000 100 50 50 300 100 50 50 500 500 100 100 2000 500 75 500 100 100 100 50 and the cleveland colored quin tette heard by thousands at any one meeting here this summer will return for a onenight en gagement on monday oct 21 under auspices of the mbc young people in cooperation with similar societies of the other village churches the pro gram will be given in the united church details next week engagement mr and mrs a v brown of hamilton announce the en gagement of their daughter rhea mabelle to mr edward r good of kitchener son of mr e r good of stouffville and the late mrs good marriage to take place on october 19 at hamilton mr and mrs matthew green of toronto announce the en gagement of their youngest daughter molly helen to mr james c walker of markham son of mrs william redshaw and the late john walker the marriage to take place october 19th at 330 pm in st pauls church runnymede road tor onto old school teacher returns for visit teacher in the little frame school house at altona fifty years ago j t andrews re turned a few days ago to visit the scenes of other days many of those he taught as children are now grandparents but mr andrews could call them still by name you do look a bit broadened out he remarked to one and youre a lot fatter he told one of his little girls of 50 years ago when mr andrews was in charge he boarded at the home of the late jos millard a family of whom mrs lud hoover is the sole survivor this old teacher of other days is still a bachelor and he recalled that this is his first visit to the district in 27 years although he lives no far ther away than toronto historic whitchurch farm sold the sale of 100 acres in whitchurch township being the fourteenth lot in the fourth concession and located close to the historic village of vandorf is reported this farm located in the once noted white pine timber belt was originally the atkinson estate seneca baker one of the early whitchurch settlers and a lifelong resident of the dis trict recalls that white pine trees average 30 to the acre and i containing about 1000 feet of lumber per tree covered much of this district this early timber was in de mand for masts and spars on oceangoing vessels and was drawn by horses to french mans bay or even down through scarboro township on the old mast road to the rouge river and from there floated to lake ontario about 15 acres of the old atkinson farm is still wooded and adjoining this is a 10room timber residence two basement barns and several other build ings the vendor is percy allin of aurora and the purchaser george hoshel of richmond hill who recently sold his bay- view ave farm to g o leitch of toronto possession will be given at once stricken on street theo ffladill dies about five oclock on tues day afternoon theo madill was seen to sink to his knees in front of the home of ira rusnell and just across from his own residence he was assisted to his home but he steadily grew worse and died about three oclock in the morning from a stroke he would have celebrated his 83rd birthday next month had he lived the funeral will be held on friday afternoon october 4 from the late home on main street at 230 rev duncan mcgregor will conduct the service born in markham on the pick ering townline he was a son of ebenezer madill pioneer scotch farmer in those parts he spent all his long life in the neighbor hood until he retired in stouff ville seven years ago when he bought the late james hand property surviving besides his wife who was sarah jarvis of markham township are seven sons and daughters namely oscar oliver weldrick and ernest madill mrs w hop kins mrs petty and mrs clark bunker all living in the neigh borhood one son ralph was killed overseas in the last great war one brother living is john madill of stouffville and one sister mrs jerden hood on the 10th of markham friends and relatives of the carruthers and pugh families in markham village were doub ly shocked last week albert carruthers died last thursday in his 67th year and was laid to rest in elmwood cemetery markham on saturday after noon from the late home in the village mourners returned to the home where a number par took of a meal but before they left mrs albert pugh sister of the late albert carruthers was stricken with a heart attack and expired in less than two hours she was 72 years of age and was buried on tuesday at prospect cemetery toronto an old markham township family there survives still two brothers in toronto honeymoon pastor ill while enjoying a honeymoon visit at the home of mr and mrs frank harvey gormley rev cyril berry mbc pastor at marleboro was taken quite ill and had to be put to bed owing to his condition a show er planned by the young people of gormley and stouffville mennonite churches was held at a neighbors house rather than at the harvey residence when the young bride single handed as it were received many beautiful and useful gifts mrs berry proved equal to the occasion and in an able speech thanked one and all for their kindness the bride was the former miss ada phippin of wingham household of 40 years standi giv up the accumulation of the for ty years in household furniture dishes quilts bedding and other prized household effects will be dispersed by auction on wednesday of next week oct 9 at the home of mrs sarah gayman at almira giving up housekeeping on her own account because of her advanc ing age everything will be dis posed of as advertised else where in this issue this will be an interesting sale and one to take advantage of it com mences at 130 oclock with a s farmer auctioneer week weekly newspapers across canada this week are observing for the first time newspaper appreci ation week an event designed to better acquaint people of this vast country with the many import ant services the newspaper renders we who call this district one of the finest in canada home find our first interest here we take pride in our village and townships about our insti tutions our municipal governments our joys and sorrows we share with each other in an intimate way all of which is closely covered by your weekly paper it brings to you an intimate neighborly weekbyweek history of our community that can be found in no other newspaper for no other news paper shares our interest and concern in and for our community it is because we bring you all the news from home and things which are your first interest that our readers represent a great family circle the merchant who would gain the interest and attention of this great family numbering several thousand readers can find no medium to equal the eager friendly reception which this newspaper receives the prestige the tribune has achieved comes because it has dedicated itself to the best interests of our locality and its people in the year ahead our ambition will be to improve and grow as we renew our labors