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over 5000 readers copies this issue 1700 vol 53 no 26 argest circulating weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps stouffville ont thursday oct 31 1940 ten pages two brothers of local pioneer family both die within fortnight a pheasant stranger at the door in less than two weeks two mem bers of a pioneer family of this town died in the united states james franklin obrien of evanston 111 and frederick obrien of quincy mass both sons of the late mr and mrs james obrien frank obrien aged 74 passed away suddenly in the hospital at evanston on october 13 while fred who was an invalid for three years died in his 71st year on october 2b at a private nursing home in his home city both broth ers were born in stouffville and nanv people here still remember them still many more remember other members of the famfly who are now scattered to other parts frank who passed away in the hospital at evanston had only been ill live days and died from an opera tion for gallbladder trouble his son franklin gave a blood trans fusion but gangrene had developed frank obriens name will ever so down in history as perhaps the most brilliant pupil ever to pasj through the public school of village his record is unique passed his entrance examination at only nine years of age at the local school then went on and obtained lis third class certificate at the early age of eleven too young to attend higher schools according to stand ards of those days he worked in archie leaneys grocery store frank obrien left stouffville at the age of nineteen headed for chicago where he obtained employ ment with the wholesale firm of sclz schwart co who quickly recognized his keen mind so that he quickly gained a place of importance with the large shoe distributors with whom he remained in active service until ten years ago when he retired fred who was 71 lost his life partner about 40 years ago never married again he had no children as a young man here he worked in george kemps butcher shop avd like his elder brother frank left home at the age of 19 years he located in brockton mass where he first opened a butchering shop later becoming a salesman for the cudahy packing co frank is survived by his wife lillian chalmers obrien and two sons chalmers and franklin both in chicago there survives frank and fred obrien three brothers edmund of cape cod mass herbert of new- this market and oscar in chicago two he sisters surviving are blanche wife of dr a j brace of toronto and laura mrs w j thompson newmarket a member of the baptist faith frank was keenly interested and active in church work being a sun day school superintendent for many years uxbridge loses a worthy citizen a prince among business men j f brownscombe died suddenly at his home in uxbridge last friday evening after having been at his accustomed place of business earlier in the day death was due to a heart condition he was in his ssrd year and was quite well known in stouffville especially among the bowlers for he was an ardent mem ber of his club almost 50 years ago he went from mount albert with his young wife emma e miller to establish himself in uxbridge where he quickly came to the front as the leading business man of the district brownscombes store which he established is widely known and in the heyday of farmers markets it took 20 to 25 clerks to staff the store on special occasions although he came through the socalled credit days the poor man never was let down nor was he harassed when he could not meet his obligations owing mr browns combe he was a prominent church man and christian whom his town will sorely miss besides his wife he is survived by a talented family of girls most of whom have entertained local audiences on more than one occa sion they are mrs f b murray of calgary and misses dora evelyn mildred and lima mrs j f croskery toronto the funeral on sunday afternoon attracted a crowd of sympathizers that filled the large united church in uxbridge where the service was taken toy his pastor rev e bishop the masonic order of which he had been a member since 1904 also took part during the hours of the pheasant hunt on friday mrs kirby hackney heard a sound at the door of her home the william simpson cottage in the northwest section of the village on investigation she found lying at the steps a nice plump pheasant dofng its last kick the bird had evidently been shot by one of t lie hunters in the immediate fields and was just able to wing its way to the hackney home before it fell kirby hackney who operates the ward garage here can boast of having a pheasant to eat delivered in a manner that no other home in this or any other town could lay claim to one hunter from stouff ville shot a bird friday afternoon and had it delivered to a friend in brantford next morning bright and early hunters smash windows during the pheasant hunt last week some stray shots shattered the glass in a double window at the home of our village smithy william griffiths whose residence is close to the border line of whitchurch and in a locality where hunters were in evidence however no one was in jured by the stray shots and it was some time after it happened before mrs griffiths discovered the pellets lodged in the glass big pheasant shoot free from a hundreds idents articipate i pte gordon lehman of stouff ville who is in training with the rdyal canadian engineers gordon is a married man mrs lehman and two children residing in the west end of town child badly bitten by new family dog next tuesdays big plowing event kingwood which has been the scene of more than one successful plowing match held by the north york association will next tuesday see another of those popular events by this association on the farms of messrs edward logan and w w jacobs on the sth concession of whitchurch harold maynard 4yearold son of charles maynard oil distributor at unionville was seriously bitten about the face last saturday by a liuskie or police dog which the father had only purchased a few days before the dog was tied but the child wandered close enough for the animal to pounce on a hole was nearly bitten through the lads cheek and serious bits were below and above the eye but the eye itself was not injured as was first feared rushed to the sick childrens hospital by dr hore of markham who rendered first aid the lad i quired 30 stitches to close the wounds but he is now really mak ing excellent recovery the annual pheasant friday and saturday was promptly brought to ths minds of stouffville people when just around eight oclock on friday morning the occasion was ushered in by the crack bang bang of shot guns all around our borders hunters were permitted to seek out their game in advance but could not shoot until the appointed time and there were plenty of game wardens in whit church and markham townships to see that the law was obeyed notwithstanding the fact there were many wardens augmented by police and special men detailed for the job hunters were not charged with breach of the law and there was not a single accident reported the number of birds taken was just fair some obtained their allot ment of three cock birds per day of the shoot while a few failed to obtain any game one city chap shot a farmers rooster but he promptly went to the towner at bethesda and made restitution he thought he was getting a pheasant plenty of game hunt last was seen by motorists on sunday following the shoot which indicates that the birdt didnt all get shot bruce easton of brougham shot a red fox in pickering townsnhip the total allotment of 400 non resident licenses issued in markham were taken up but in pickering and whitchurch there was a surplus un sold it was the first year of a closed season in the latter township ontario department of game and fisheries estimated that more than 10000 hunters in various parts of the province were out shooting pheasants this year 16000 licenses were sent to the various townships a smaller number than last year but no return has yet been made as to how many were sold shooting was permitted during the two days in 20 townships in the toronto suburban area and in peel halton and ontario counties as well as various sections of the niagara district and the shores of lake brie each hunter was entitled to three cock birds per day telephone founder retires from company managership after service of 34 years outstanding services mark anniversary that the earth centre for god as he seeks to come into contact with the feverish activities of the world in these dark and difficult days is the christian church was the de claration of the rev t decourcy rayner minister of st james presbyterian church here at the anniversary and harvest home ser vice on sunday evening mr ray ner insisted that the keen interest of god in the troubled affairs of this world did not centre in the great political or military capitals nor in the great financial or fashion cen tres hut in the true christian church by whatsoever name it calls itself the ministers sermon theme was gods golden candlestick from zechariah chapter 4 verses 1 to 4 and he stated that tho true church is gods golden candlestick as is proven by the divine message in the book of revelation chapter 1 verses 12 20 although this may appear the day of small things for the christian church yet it will emerge triumphant for christ has himself declared the gates of hell shall not prevail against it the churchs supreme task in these difficult days is to keep the light shining to make christ known to the world and to win men for him continued on page 10 triple charge against a toronto motorist a toronto motorist william weir was taken into custody on the 10th concession of markham last week when he failed to produce a regis tration card in addition constable gaymnn found the man without a drivers permit and in illegal poss ession of liquor he was found guilty in county court and fined 15 on hie three counts good prices send aucti ove 5300 last thursday evening as the his request could not be granted local cup at stake the local high school defeated agincourt on a slippery field tues day afternoon in soccer fixture by a score of 21 for stouffville rax- lin and cadioux were the local scor ers this puts the boys in the run ning again with a total of live points leaning markham by one point who is behind one game in the schedule the boys are fighting hard for the tiptop trophy donated to the soccer league by tiptop tailors a e weldon local agent a lifelong resident of siouffville mrs ben doten is closing her home on obrien avenue for the winter and will reside in toronto with her daughter omnry mrs roy clark who recently moved to the city 35th annual convention of the can adian independent telephone assoc iation drew to its twoday close alnheus hoover bid farewell to the management of the association he organized in 190g today he looks forward to a lire which may contain a great deal of fishing of which he is very fond mr hoover still in excellent health at 75 was the first president of the association which he organ ized and for 25 years served as sec retary he was born in pickering and has lived there all his life he has at tended every convention of the association he has never missed the canadian national exhibition the first one he attended he said reminded him of markham fair as it is today it was shortly after the turn of the century that alpheus hoover be gan to dream of the day when a better means of communication would be available in 1903 he be gan to organize a telephone system fourteen miles in length and hav ing 20 telephones when he attemp ted to get a telephone in the station at iocust hill he was informed that owing to an agreement with the cpr and the bell telephone co legal advice was obtained and it was found that in making such an agreement the cpr was com muting a criminal offense hoover then sent subpoenas for sir thomas shaughnessy president of the cpr and president size of the bell telephone company ordering them to appear in green river the pro ceedings lasted for two days and no decision was reached he then placed his case beforo the grand jurywho brought in a true bill but owing to the fact that the agreement had been signed in the province of quebec it was out of their jurisdiction however the agreement was cancelled and a tele phone was installed in the cpr station by paying a nominal charge of 1 per pear from then the company grew un til today there are nearly 600 com panics in the province with 110000 telephones the hoover family are of pennsyl vania dutch extraction and came to markham in the middle of the isth century they claim relationship with former president hoover at the banquet held by the asso ciation mr hoover received a chair and a footstool from the company the presentation was made by dr w doan and francis dagger ideal weather conditions combin ed with liberal advertising and an attractive list of stock and imple ments to offer by auction the farm stock sale being the estate of the late andrew taylor at the farm home just north of goodwood soared in price to reach a total well beyond the reach of the biggest optimist many guessed the sale would reach 4000 to 4500 but the total when the books were balanced at night reached closer to 5400 folks came from far and near and many of the implements and much of the live stock found new homes outside the township where it was raised considerable interest centered around the sale of horses there were three teams the pair of 5-year- old geldings a really prize pair went to j c bently race horse owner and farmer at buttonville in mark- 1 ham township at 110 each when the first animal was offered in the team auctioneer farmer accepted the first bid at 60 it finally got to 90 and there it stuck the hand some strong geldings were pran cing around the auctioneer with tears in his eyes declared it would he an everlasting humiliation to sell one of this pair at any such price take em down the lane again and watch their paces you men said the frothing auctioneer now he pleaded youll be ashamed to take them out of the lane at any such money and remember whoever the buyer has the right of the other animal at the same money bid ding started again the auctioneer taking a shorter bid of one and two dollars until he reached 110 the sale price nels and buddy the aged team was a picture fat as butter with sleeklooking coats they looked like colts both born on the place in time to go to the last war the old soldiers were sold at 49 each to jack frisby who is starting to farm next spring on the former holden place on the sth of mark- ham jack has a good team with lots of work in them fred yake purchased one of the middle team around 71 and bill hackney the other at 67 cows ranged anywhere from 60 to 80 the top animal went to a buyer from queensville heifers sold at 55 to 50 young cattle 30 to 40 and a young durham bull went for 80 pigs brought good market prices despite the groans of the auctioneer who declared such well mannered porkers ought to command a premi um and some dealers on hand thought they did when young stuff barely 100 pounds went for 825 walter symes was the chief bid der in the hay mow and bought no less than three stacks or mows at around 137 175 and the alfalfa mow at 39 barley sold at 48c a bushel oats 36c wheat 64c and rye 50c young pullets sold at 60c and soc for late hatch birds but very thrifty the excellent manner in which the implements were cared for add ed to the value and prices soard high but the offerings were of the best a hay tedder went for 93 hay loader 60 and a manure spreader commanded 180 the tractor mach ine sold to oliver zellers of mon golia for 410 the pdwer separator went for 65 all high prices but the articles were as good as new the farm which mr and mrs taylor moved onto around 25 years ago has been rented by mrs taylor to a man named ruskin from brad ford the condition of the stock and implements stood as a monument to the farming ability of the late andrew taylor and to his wife who carried on the business so well since his death over a year ago request resignation pastor resigns last sunday at the three church es under his charge at ringwood bloomington and altona mr s h cockburn read from the pulpit his resignation as pastor of the circuit which is to take place on the 30th on november this year mr cockburn told his listeners that the step he had taken in formulating his resignation was in accordance with a request from the district board who had asked for it since being called to the pastor ate of these churches mr cock burn has proved himself a pulpit man of more than average ability the underlying trouble or differ ence is with the conference said a member of the church to the press lib cox collision finks brings following a collision on the 4th concession last week eugene beckett of gait was fined in coun ty court 300 for driving without a permit harry thomson involved in the same accident was charged with caroless driving and fined 10 and costs