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over 5000 readers tibtttit copies this issue 1500 largest circulating weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 53 no 32 stouffville ont thursday december 12 1940 eight pages brodies carlot of lambs wins for the 7th year at chicago exposition the entire lot later sold for 26 apiece to swift co of chicago brodies sheep shipped from stouffville to the chicago live stock show have again made a not able win by capturing the grand championship for carlot of lambs for the seventh year an achieve ment no other breeder or breeders ever attained here is what the chicago daily drovers journal had to say in reporting the win published with a picture of c j prodie and his son w j brolie for seven successive years c j brodie or v j lirodie have been awarded the grand championship on carloi of lambs at the inter national no one else has ever made a similar record cj the fatherand w j the son are good farmers and bleeder of southdown sheep near stourfville ont canada twenty years ago the southdown breeders of ontario discovered they could produce native lambs in car- lots that would be superior in the international show ring to the iambs produced in the states only three times in the past 20 shows have the breeders on this side of the can adian border defeated the entries from ontario for grand champion ship in the carlot division they have the record it seems to take southdowns to win top honors here at least every purple carlot winner of the past two decades lias carried south- downs blood the main southdown territory in the states has been couth of the ohio river we can hardly expect lambs from this area lo be exhibited in carlots at the international such lambs would be too heavy to meet a satisfactory market demand if kept on feed three or four months beyond their normal marketing season lets go back to the brodies most great achievements seem im probable or impossible until they are actually realized by skill and perseverance this is true in the breeding feeding and fitting of a grand champion carlot of lambs not just one load but seven and who can tell how many more for them well do we remember the days when the brodies tried to reach added horse classes for the fair the horse show section of stouffvilles christmas fair promises to he one of the highlights of the day and it is reported that a large num ber of fanciers are trimming their teams for the exhibition two additional classes which do not appear on the prize list are best 2yearold filly or gelding prizes 5 s3 and 2 best 1yearold filly or field ing prizes 5 3 and 2 final auction sale of the year saturday at this dat- it looks a3 though the public auction sale on the farm of watscn coupland bullantrae will run down the curtainan pub lic auctions for this year in the immediate district iir coupland letired railway engineer has ben alled back to service and will sell his entire stock and implements next saturday beginning promptly at one oclock a farmer of no mean ibility there is an attractive list of stock and implements grain and ptores of other articles a s farm er is the auctioneer taxes paid ix weiili the final payment of taxes in stouffville due on dec 1 are now tabulated and reveal that the rate payers have paid up well this year collector k r davis received 3500 en that date leaving a slightly smaller balance of arrears than in the former year at the same time oneills furniture store has sold ten radios this month quite a re cord but a popular stock to choose from this goal and year after year they would fall a little short most of their skillful strategy has been just plain perseverance great uniformity the 1940 champs may be the brodies best car ever produced at least they are the most uniform in size and color they weighed si pounds per head no one could ask for more quality or finish than these lambs possess the carcasses are above criticism in shape and conformation for their mastery of the art of breeding and fitting seven grand champion carloads of lambs at this international the brodies c j and w j have our admiration respect and congratu lations the 1940 lot are all purebred southdown wethers they could all be recorded in the association repre senting this breed these lambs were born in march of this year grazed through the summer and fattened the past 60 days in true canadian style on a ration of oats barley linseed oil cake alfalfa hay and turnips retired teacher j a irwin passes was 2 years on stall of university of toronto schools taught the lcinonville public school as a youth for 29 years a teacher at the university of toronto schools joseph andrew irwin died at his home 329 lytton boulevard in his csth year he retired from teaching capt browns braveiy revealed in death americas plowing ace feted at gala banquet attended by over 300 is i colonel sinclair the following item which appear- i ed in the last issue of the carleton place canadian is of particular interest to many in york county as capt a roy brown last spring pur chased a farm at bethesda in whit church township belfast nov 25 col thomas sinclair si conservative member of parliament for queens university hero for 17 years died today he retired from the house of commons two months ago it was col sinclair who as con sulting surgeon to the british 4th arftiy in the first great war offic ially gave credit to captain roy brown canadian aviator for the shooting down of baron mannfrod i von rlchthofen german flying ace richthofens piano crashed in a dog fight he was chasing a young british pilot when brown got on his tall the three pianos dived with in range of the ground fire of the australian troops the latter claim ed the baron as their victim col sinclair officially examined von richthofens body and from a study of the flyers wounds con- eluded he had been brought down hv brown captain roy brown is a native of jcorkton place and is a son of the late mr and mrs j m brown he is now a resident of stouffville district santa to greet the children dec 23rd santa ciaus will welcome the children at iratcliffs hall on dec 23rd at 230 pm in connection with the lions club free show for children age limit confined to from three to twelve may hear pupils over cfrb principal cedric watson has re ceived an invitation on behalf of the children of stouffville public school to sing over cfrb and the matter was presented to the school board on monday evening dr freel chair man and other members expressed their approval of the undertaking and promised to help transport some co of the singers to toronto when the time arrives so far the date has not been set but it may be a saturday or soni other afternoon before christmas parents will be expected to help with the transportation problem for which some twelve cars will be re quired it is quite a nice gesture on the in 1939 mi irwin was well known in basketball circles and was a past president of the toronto and district basketball association he coached the uts basketball teams and at one time played on the secondary teachers association team born in markham township he leceived his early education in the schools of chatham and markham and hamilton normal school he taught school at lemoiville after graduation while his sister was a teacher at mongolia he received his degree of bachelor of arts from the university of toronto mr irwin taught school for some years at delhi in norfolk county end then joined the staff of givens street school toronto and after teaching there lor five years was appointed to the staff of university of toronto schools in 1910 he was a well known church worker and had been active in chal mers presbyterian church and lat- orly in west united church in both churches he taught a boys bible class and served as elder surviving are his wife christina l winch irwin a daughter mrs grant arnot and two sons harold and joseph all of toronto tho late robert irwin who lived west of stouffville was a cousin received certificate in home training congratulations are extended to edna nicholson daughter of mrs elizabeth nicholson who was among the december graduates at the tor onto home service training school the ss girls were presented with diplomas at a special function last thursday held in the ywca toronto dr goldring supt of schools ad dresses the graduates stressing tho importance of work in the homo as taught in this homecraft course to date 983 girls havo received final certificates vouching for three months training and three of satis factory 3crice in the home since the training school had been inaugurat ed part of cfrb to extend this invita tion to stouffville and a good com mentary on the ability of our school and the music instructor and helpers to have brought the school to such a degree of efficiency as to be worthy of this undertaking the local district was largely represented at the big banquet held in the king edward hotel toronto last thursday evening in honor of cue of our own plow boys mr fred timbers who won the title of champion plowman of america at the international match held at davenport iowa on october 29 james rennio the popular chair man aided by the district repre sentative of agriculture w m cock- burn kept up a live program from the very start of the proceedings so that all thoroughly enjoyed the affair over 300 heard j a carroll of toronto secretarymanager ontario plowmens association pay tribute tc the 33yearold champion for bringning the honors to york coun ty and canada he being the chief speaker warden r e bales on behalf of york county presented the cham pion with a mantel clock clark young treasurer ontario plow mens association presented mrs fred timbers with flowers wednes day was the timbers 12th wedding anniversary ed timbers cousin of fred re ceived a cheque in lieu of the trip to the old country he had been awarded as winner of a champion ship plowing class at brockville in 1939 george hostrawser of malton cue of the winners in the davenport match was introduced by chairman james rennie of stouffville iteove of markham township among those at the head table wre alex mckinney of brampton president ontario plowmens assoc iation hon george s henry mor gan bakei and w j gardhouse mlas for east york north york rnd west york respectively the guest speaker mr carroll told the simple story of timbers achievement at davenport while warden bales recited his other achievements prior to the great win imr carrol explained that the first national plowing match was held in conjunction with the nation al cornhusking contest at iowa and was won by a canadian using a plow he never had touched until three hours before the starting bomb as runnerup fred timbers was eligible to enter the new national match united to champions and near champions from lesser matches fred devoted much of tho day be fore the match to practising and learning the nature or the land he found that the plow furnished was lot suitable for the iowa contest but the case co came to his help with the kind of plow he needed being able to procure one only when the match started he had never us ed a case plow and the one he used had never been in the ground hefore all too soon came the call to draw sandy jones succumbed tuesday age 77 retiring from active farming only this fall mr sandy jones died at the home of mrs d jack where he bad taken up residence since he sold his place on main street stouffville he was in his 77th year the funer al will be private this thursday afternoon proceeding to stouffville cemetery for interment born in the brooklin district sandy spent his life in that locality and married jane keith of chalk lake district the couple came to stouffville 35 years ago purchasing the farm that borders a northeast section of main street mis jones died in 1927 these was no family sandy is survived by two sisters one in whitby and one in western canada hardware merchant weds hastings girl imr frank riches who purchased the button hardware last spring from allen goudie was united in marriage on thursday last week to julia weldon at hastings rev j e glover tied the nuptial knot be fore only the immediate parties mr and mrs riches are locating in the house one door west of miss gertrudes todds residence the community at large wish them long iife and happiness up for lands and to get on the starting line helpers were still scrubbing lacquer from the coulters when the starting bomb boomed fred took it easy at the start stopping frequently until he had the plow adjusted to his liking he had no extra weight for ballast so generally used in match plowing no special equipment and none of trick equipment so often added with a stricktly stock plow lacking even a soil polish fred timbers finished first in the classic plowing of both nations not only did he nose out his closest competitor but be beat by more than three points alex black the man who had beaten him in his home competition with his cm familiar plow warden bales pointed out that fred timbers was no dark horse but a champion of long standing me had won the canadian international match at st thomas and every other match of this standing from 1932 to 1939 intending to retire from competition he planned not to par ticipate in this years match and liad not practised for the 1940 match pressed by officials at st thomas he changed his mind after arriving at the grounds he was strongly supported by the goodyear tire people whose tires he had con sistently used in all these events no appeal against jurys decision we understand that there was no appeal tiled against the judg ment handed out in favor of mr edgar storry of ltloomington vs the cnu whereby storry was awarded 5700 damages before a judge and jury for injuries received in a cross ing accident two years ago the company had twelve days in which to file an appeal and this expired on monday this week any action that might have been taken by the rail way would have had to go before the privy council in england and would have been very costly mr storry was awarded all costs esti mated to be between 9000 and 10000 busy in her kitchen mother is fatally stricken the whole community about stouffville was shocked and grieved with the sudden death of mrs henry wideman which occurred around noon hour on monday this week arising that morning in her accus tomed way she prepared breakfast and was attending her other house hold duties when she was seized with a pain in the head she passed the remark that she had never had such an attack before finally mrs wideman couldnt see very well and shortly after she lapsed into un consciousness passing away within a few hours daughter of the late edwin pugh mrs wideman elizabeth jane pugh was born on the 6th con cession of uxbridge she spent all her married life east of town and besides her husband is survived by her husband and three of a family namely imrs morgan hill jessie edward wideman and arthur surviving also are four brothers levi pugh in edmonton fred on the sth of pickering david of clare- mont and edward on the home place brock road mis wideman was a member of the stouffville mennonite congrega tion and up to last year was active ly engaged as a member of the al- lona womens institute she was in iter 66th year the funeral on wednesday after noon from the late home proceeded to the church at stouffville for ser vice thence to dickson hill burying grounds many relatives and friends gathered for the service to pay their last respects to a mother dearly be loved by all coming with santa claus esteemed church st couple 48 years married here are a couple of the littlo people who will appear in stouffville on monday afternoon december 23rd to help santa claus entertain all the small kiddies of stouffville and district who aro expected to throng the town the forsyth marionettes famous puppets will also appear in ilatcliffs hall on monday evening at a show for adults when it is hoped to raise funds enough to defray the expenses of this special santa clans day now it can he told agreed mr and imrs d j williamson who on saturday quietly observed their 48th wedding anniversary day at their home on church street any public ity before hand would have been embarassing and was not to their liking so modest is this esteemed couple on that eventful day of dec 7 1892 d j williamson and mary e haacke took the wedding vows administered by elder percy who seemed to marry all the young couples 40 and 50 years ago in these parts this ceremony took place at the homo of the brides parents on the 7th concession of markham now the home of mr and mrs harry warriner for 26 years tho couple remained on the farm but 21 years ago they came to stouffville and have been pillars in the methodist church and now the united church all that time their two children are now norman williamson a foreman with tho bowes lunch people in toronto and leslie with stewart wiirriner co ever sinco ho left town iomo 20 years ago to establish himself in the city mr and mrs williamson are en joying good health and are the ob ject of many congratulatory re marks on this auspicious occasion they aro highly prized citizens and church workers whose efforts for good are readily seen and felt