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over 5000 readers copies this issue 1460 largest circulating weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 53 no 2s the tribune stouffville ont thursday nov 14 1940 eight pages unanimous in submitting two year term vote in line with action taken by the great majority of municipalities over the province the township of whitchurch without a dissenting voice last saturday decided to sub mit to the ratepayers a vote on the twoyear term for councillors the clerk had a bylaw prepared in an ticipation of such action reeve toole said he noted that one muni cipality in the county had passed the bylaw reserving the right to cancel it should there be no election for councillors but said he i deem it unwise to insert any such provision whereupon clerk craw ford submitted a letter from the township solicitor stating in his opinion there was no provision in the statutes for any such course i wouldnt be in favor of that any way said the reeve its a case of either submitting the question or not submitting it and all members agreed councillor h kidd moved that council read the bylaw and deputy reeve cook moved later that council go into committee of the whole council when the bylaw was given its several readings and sent on to the ratepayers to pass their approval or disapproval on at the time of the township nominations on january 6 councillor george leary moved that a grant of 10 be made to the whitchurch township veterans for the purchase of a wreath to place on the cenotaph on remembrance day councillor kidd seconded the motion which carried unanimously the cnr notified council that they had deeded to the municipality to small pieces of land at the over head bridge in vandorf to be used in widening the roadway and a long er bridge span at this point the transfer was made without cost to the township council accepted the offer of george windsor to operate a snow- plow using a large truck satis factory to the township at a rate of 200 per hour the agreement is subject to the approval of the dept of highways in view of the fact that the township grader is located on the west side of the township it was thought necessary that a truck er on the east side should be engag- continued on page 8 oxk shot brings lg bruin mown hunting in the hawk lake dis trict haliburton county edgar brownsberger one of our local huntsmen from iriugwood shot a five toot black bear weighing about 100 pounds edgar was hunting deer when he came across old bruin and finished him with one shot although the hear tan quite a distance before he fell dead tractor victim is buried at zephyr last friday rev arthur lehman pastor of the mennonite dhurch at zephyr assisted by irev i brubach- er of gormley conducted the funer al service for the late william black who was killed in a tractor accident on his farm near zephyr on tuesday the victim was only 45 ears of age and was an exservice man from the last war he had lived for nine years among the people where he met his tragic end and was well regarded the terrible shock to the family was intensified by th death of a sister in toronto at about the same time the unfortunate man passed away besides his wife who was the former marie keller a son 3 years and baby daughter 6 months old survive will neighborly news broadcast believe this one from over at port perry the tribune is in receipt of a letter by w h milner telling us that he is in possession of a maple leaf measuring 12 inches with a stem 7 inches adds mr milner i hear quite often andy clark telling of what great things you have around stouff ville from big turnips to puff balls so i thought id do a bit of puffing for port perry the maple leaf our emblem daar the maple leaf forever friends meet on the street after 20 years hailed by a passing motorist last j sunday on main street rev h i shantz pastor of the mbc church was surprised to meet an old friend whom he had not seen in 20 1 years it was none other than mr i george sexsmith who when a young fellow hobnobbed with the now mennonite pastor back in didsbury alta mr sexsmith is now a resident of toronto and was motoring from his summer cottage on the scugog not knowing that his boyhood friend was stationed in stouffville it all goes to prove that the genial pastor hasnt lost his boyhood looks since he became a man and put away childish things high wind whips up chimney blaze the terrific wind storm which swept over this section monday even ing was a record for some years fortunately little damage was done other than tearing off doors and shingles at the height of the storm the chimney on mrs jacks house on main street east caught fire but the timely aid of neighbors saved call ing the brigade flames shot sky ward in a threatening manner for half an hour but len keeping act ing as stepple jack brought it under control and saved a serious and threatening situation emblems of sacrifice sold at annual poppy day finish soccer schedule with a 21 victory miuklmm protest ilnyoiis clip as league champions stouffville wound oft their end of the high school soccer schedule on the local grounds last friday night by edging out claremont 2 to 1 in one of the most closely contested games of the season claremont despite their lack of weight kept the local pigskin special ists in hot water most of the sixty minutes only in the dying mom ents of the game was the tricky toe of erwin raxlin able to tip the scales in local favor whon he booted home a nice pass for the winning tally mnrkliam protests the closing of the schedule finds markham on the top rung with only one loss to their books and that to agincourt since there was appar ently no proper understanding at the beginning of the season with re gard to playoffs the southorn school claim that the now trophy being donated by reeve a e wol- don of stouffville is rightly theirs on the grounds that thoy have fin ished first in the league however the other teams dont quite see eye to eye with this argument and claim home and home playoff games the right way to declare a definite champion the final game is being played between agincourt and claremont this tuesday after which the official i heads will have to get together and make a quick derision with regard to further competition if the out- i uni0nville lady in massey hall opera mrs r 15 rao unionville was numbered among the artists who produced the melodramic and high ly humorous horse opera at massey hall on saturday evening under the auspices of the citizens committee for troops in training the draw for mary pickfords diamond studded gold mesh purse todk place during the evening to be won by a jewish service group who by the way had bought 200 tickets the proceeds from the sale of tickets for the purse was said to be 1s000 iremembrance day with its poignant yet proud memories call ed us to its adequate observance this year with increasing insistence the war has renewed the under standing of the need for sacrifice and service in the defence of our country and the principles for which we stand the canadian legion of the british empire service league has for many years accepted as an honoured trust the direction of the observance of remembrance day with its accompanying poppy campaign poppy day was held this year in stouffville on saturday nov 9th although the fund was well subsrib- ed to contributions were slightly dowiiifrom that of last year local veterans assembled at the municipal hall on sunday morning and proceeded to the memorial gates where a provincial wreath was laid by mrs john pearson while mrs george saunders placed the wreath for the local veterans later the soldiers proceeded to the cem etery where some fifteen graves were decorated during th afternoon the stouff ville contingent travelled to rich mond hill to join in the annual ser vice conducted by the council of that town yti a plfruunan when the plowmens association of ontario received an offer from the american association to pay the greater part of the expeuses of two or more canadian plowmen to go to daven port iowa and take part in the championship plowing match featured by the annual state cornhusking competition consider able gratification was expressed for several years efforts had been made to induce american plowmen to come across the line and try their skill against the canadians but to no avail so it was with considerable enthusiasm that the committee appointed set about the task of selecting suit able men for the job and they made no mistake when mr fred timbers stouffville was one of the three selected the iowa state competition consisted of champions of six teen different states one man from each state and the three canadians these being all who took part and when the five judges reached their decision the winner was fred timbers with a score of 9295 points against the illinois champions 92 it was all tractor work and the judging was different to that in the canadian matches the men not being required to finish their lands the start and straight plowing only being judged great applause was given the cannuoks and they were ask ed to do some finished work co- exhibition which they did show ing the yankees something they had never seen before a finish with only one wheel track showing mr fred timbers is a ciiampion plowman in canada hav ing won 7g first prizes and his collections of trophies is some thing to be proud of he has been a winner both with horses and tractors and now bringing home the supreme championship prize from the crack middlewest competition is another great honor added the other two young men who went on tiie trip alex black of guelph and george hostrosser malton were also in the money winning fourth and eighth places respectively mr j w carrol manager of the international plowing match and mr clark young of imilliken secretary accompanied the plowmen as representatives of the plowmens association of ontario the great interest shown by the americans and the wide spread advertising it has done for canadian agricultural suprem acy will do more toward building up a fine internationally friend ly spirit between the two countries than any other event that has taken place heretofore it is only fitting that the agricultural committee of york county council the warden and commissioners have taken steps to do honor to mr timbers and to this end a hanquet will be tendered the stouffville plowman on december 5th local boy to again fill markham defense post thieves get six ladies coats parking his car on palmerston avenue toronto for half an hour one evening last week some thief forced an entrance and stole a par cel of six ladies coats from the automobile of mr harry golden stouffville merchant mr and mrs golden had called on some friends around seven oclock and at 730 went out of the house to their car again to find the locked door had been forced open a resi dent across the street saw a man around the car but did not realize he was a thief considerable other goods in the car were untouched which gives rise to the belief that the thief was a pedestrian and could not handle any more booty up to wed nesday noon this week no clue to the robhers identity was forth coming announcement former residents of ringwood district mr and mrs james gould aurora will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on saturday nov 23rd they will be at home to friends from 3 to 5 and 7 to 10 pm births ward at the brieitbush hospital stouffville on sunday nov 10th 1940 to mr and mrs frank ward claremont a son family feud over ballantrae fence a line fence dispute between mr sam ncsbitt and his sister imrs w coppins ballantrae was aired in police court at newmarket on tues day the brother was charged with changing the position of the fence between their properties just south of the main corner in the village the change netted sam a little more land he admitted moving the fence to the nw position without consul tation with his sister whose son re placed it n the original locitio sam then look the fence away hence farmer is found unconscious death follows same day when the baker called on tues day morning at the lonely bachelor home of john imatheson 73yearold farmer living a mile and a quarter north of goodwood ho found mathe- son lying in an unconscious condi tion the bread man quickly sum moned help and matheson was re moved to the brierbush hospital in stouffville still in an unconscious condition he passed away later in the afternoon without scarcely re gaining consciousness he lived around goodwood for perhaps 25 ea rs pigs dirty better smile when you say that pard cd the posts piled on nesbitts pro perty he admitted readily in court that he had removed them and taken them home to leave them on the site only invited them being put up again magistrate woodliff order ncsbitt to rebuild the fence in its original place and was given a week to do the bruce ike harper of stouffville will again be the main bulwark iu the defense of this years markham junior oha hockey team who took the ice for their first practice in the ravina rink toronto only a few nights ago ike was one of the hig spark plugs in last years outfit which was just nosed out in the finals by grims by ken rusnell of stouffville who was also on the markham lineup has passed the junior agelimit jack harper a cousin of our local lad will fill the net for markham this year jack has had quite a starry career since entering the junior ranks playing for northern vocational school the year they won the junior pennant while last year lie saw service as sub goalie for marlboro juniors fowl suppers seem to be on decline popular annual event is on the way out in this section and other districts i pigs are the sweetest cleanest competed in the national judging best behaved stock in the farmyard i contests for boys and girls farm but they have absolutely no eye for clubs against 62 contestants from beauty that is the sad plaint of the nine provinces all provincial isabel ferguson and nora fulcheri champions in their field here are who have come all the way from some western judges left to right northern alberta to prove they j lean stewart isabel ferguson paul jennie come is to he decided before the a earch warrant was gotten out by work in when he will reappear in know more about bacon on the hoof stewart martha hogan now fly j constable robert windsor who locat- court again than any hoys in canada they quayle nora kulchcr it appears that the alwayspopu lar fowl supper is on tine way out around stouffville and in many other sections of ontario one reason assigned for this is that farmers who formerly contributed fowl for the occasion free gratis while the townfolk put up the other rations and trimmings now for the most part demand pay for the birds which of course increases the ex penditures to such an extent that when this big item is deducted the sum realized is hardly in keeping with the effort put forth for the event some churches as a conse quence have decided to ask a cash contribution from each family in lieu of selling them tickets and re questing supplies for the supper three- more centres markham vill age ballantrae and vandorf drop ped from the picture this year here is what editor george james of the bowmanville states man has to say on this subject do you remember the good old days when fowl suppers were a feature each fall throughout the bountiful community t today people scan the coming events column and turn mourn fully away for these lush feasts have almost disappeared this sea son there have been but two where formerly there were a dozen or more no more effective way has ever been devised for raising funds for church endeavours and patriotic purposes once filled with goose or turkey with all their rich accompaniments topped off with pumpkin pies and rich cream there comes a feeling of expansiveness of fellowship and good cheer then even the most reluctant melt into the mood that fills the coffers and assures the budget so necessary in the life of any community the cold canvass for money falls lat and impotent as measured against these suppers which once were an institution in rural can adian life tremendous effort yet happy effort went into their preparation and our women folk did it all their compensation was the pleas ure of seeing gourment and gour mand alike respond to the boun ties thus provided and that the cause they sponsored was so boun tifully fulfilled let us all join in any way we may to bring back more of those good old days in these distressful times we have need of all the good fellowship that can be created and maintained toronto man takes bl00mingt0n bride a quiet marriage was solemnized at olivet christiancongregational church on saturday nov 9 when mrs clara may lemon of blooming- ton and mr rn austin wagg of toronto were united in wedlock rev georgo ii hunter performed the ceremony the couple will re- fide in toronto the veterans intend to crnsade in stouffville for a mile of coppers saturday 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