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over 5000 readers tottffwlle f itmm largest circulating weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps copies this issue 1500 i vol 53 no- 38 stouffville ont thursday january 30 1941 twelve pages graphic description of life in bombracked city of london high price kisinjc taxes liation- around us but the british empire thru writes rev h ie claremont and food utii nights with death stands and we shall win stephens formerly of ktouflvulr outstanding artists war victims fund for band concert steadily growing former pastor now an airraid warden i am going to make the attempt now to give your readers and our many friends in stouffville and claremont a hrief account of the blitz over london as it affects us personally before doing that may we offer greetings for the new year to you and the many friends we have in the circulation of your pap er we would take this opportunity of thanking those who have written to us from time to time others may have written also whose letters we have not received owing to the sink ing of hail boats the tribune has come to us very frequently through our son ralph who regularly receiv es if to the church in claremont we send hearty congratulations in the settlement with them of the rev and mrs daniels whom we know quite well and wish for them a happy period of service in our old church where wo spent some years happy fellowship we had hoped before this date to have paid a visit to the district and made a round of calls upon our for mer parishoners giving each a per sonal picture of the life here in this war city of london but the government cancelled the evacu ation of children to the dominions until the spring of this year under which scheme we have both re ceived appointments mrs stephens as a welfare officer and i as a free church chaplain sometimes we think the risk from a torpedo is far less than from shrapnel or even a bomb the falling of which is an everyday occurence however there it is here we are and here we must remain until the scheme is put into action again when if we are spared we hope to sail for home so far we have come thru all right we are both well though were feeiing the strain of the continual brmbing our daughter muriel had very close call a short while back the nurses home receiving a direct hit and a firebomb burst under her bedroom window but the fire-fight- er managed to get it out of the way before it did any great damage ralph is now a navigating dfllcer in the raf somewhere in scotland he is quite fit and longing to get over berlin and do his bit there you can readily understand how very anxious we get with both he ami the daughter in the danger zone but there wo are all mere or less in the same boat for there is no iuaranteee that a bomb will not istrikeany particular house we have had some very nasty moments re cently a bomb dropped in cowpei road about 200 yards from our house and made a crater about 20 feet deep demolishing three houses and damaging about six others an other fell on the main road just 15 yards away from the first killing one man and wrecking a number of shops and dwelling houses three hours before the enemy planes had been over us we felt somehow that our turn had come for his pills we had just gone to bedunder the tairs antiair guns were mak ing an earsplitting noise when we suddenly heard thezoom zoom zoom of an enemy plane then came a whistling sound through the air then another and we held on to each other wondering if the comb on its way would strike our house suddenly we heard the terrific ex plosion nearer than ever before and sure enough our street got it as i nil an arp warden it was my duty to go out and render what help i could and what a sight met me for some time we did not know what dead or injured there might be and as there were flames shoot ing up above the height of the houses it was light enough to go in and out of the wreckage to look for casualties fortunately there were none then there was the harrowing joo of getting people out with some of their belongings shepherding them to a nearby church hall which by the way was demolished a few davs later and then finding tempor ary homes for the remainder of the night all this time the guns were firing and bombs falling around us every moment we expected one to diop amongst the rescue workers rty daylight came the all clearand we were able to do better work now that has been going on some where in this great city and other places every night since last sep tember it is a wonder the people have any nerves left a couple of weeks later a delayed action bomb fel near to us and the folk in that locality had to turn out of their houses a party of six came to us for shelter and we had them with us before they could return to their own homes during the same period my wife watched a dogfight one morning right over the street and saw one plane shot down in flames as it fell the pilot let off a stick or bombs and they fell in a congested area with the result that homes were demolished or partly so co people killed and scores injured at this place a couple of miles from us continued on page 12 stouffville junior band concert is set for thursday feb is in rat- cliffs hall miss jean innis winner of 17 sold medals and a scholarship also eight lovely girl singers the chiiinsonnettes have also been secured in addition you will hear outstanding solos and quartette numbers by mrs gordon bennett robert pogue wm sloan and oth ers all this and your own band too uxionyille tankard james agincourt disposed of the two stourfville rinks sent down for the tankard games at unionville on tuesday both the local setups go ing down to defeat j k agnew sam armstrong win armstrong with f l button skip formed rink no 1 and donald hodgins thomas hirkett chris armstrong and me watts skip rink no 2 this tankard competition had been postponed for more than a week owing to un favorable ice your war the tribune will accept doatatious to the telegram victims fund over 160 was sent in after the week of prayer and this sum has been added to by various small donations leave your gift a the office of this paper when it will be promptly turned over to rev d macregor treasurer who makes the remittances to head quarters one donation of live dollars one ot two dollars and one of one dollar was received the past week no amount too small or too large dog tax will be due shortly executors enter action for fifty- five thousand the executors of the late vernon grossman who was knocked down ana killed by a car driven by a son of dr hutchinson of hespler as he cressman walked to his home in kitchener one evening last october are suing the driver of the car and dr hutchinson jointly for 55000 plus costs of the action mr cressman was a son of the late irev s cressman who was mbc pastor in stouffville some years ago employed by a prominent insurance firm young cressman was euronte from the office to his home when he was knocked down and fatally injured the driver never topped hut later gave himself up after reading newspaper reports he claimed ignorance of what he had flone dr hutchison father of the hifated driver disclaimed liability for the incident but is the owner of the car which his sou was driving vernon cressman left a wife and five small children markham farm sold to toronto doctor within the next few days the town assessor will be on his rounds and will demand dog tags be purchased for every canine being harbored on any premises only one demand will he made this year so that those who habitually give trouble and any others who refuse to buy their tag forthwith will within a very limited lime he hailed into court to settle with the magistrate everybody knows the law fairly well regarding the payment of axes for dogs and if they are net pre pared to pay the amount they have no right to own or harbor such fiiimal local red cross raised total of 3000 in past year gfliters elected for another year and strong anneal for mitts is mmle many buyers from scarboro at big auction sale floral people hold enthusiastic meeting enthusiasm and interest shown at i the annual meeting of the stouff ville horticultural society held in the basement of the united church the number in the box was present ed with the bulbs mrs harry klinck hit he exact number 2s and was given the box of lino looking bulbs which will boost the bloom on iwtre outstanding mr andy williams j 0 avenue next tit shadow lake farms was rc- lcled president for another term bile a change of some importance jwas made when mr thos rao re signed after long years as treasurer i he affair was opened by serving a tot luck supper which lacked noih- ng the treasurer reported some ff166 on hand after meeting the urn required for the prize list ihich this year was paid in war avings stamps miss velma and vyn atkinson played a duet dui- ng the evening and betty bone of tfhmontl hill gave a reading the ealure item was an address by mr vrcy bone of richmond hill who poke on gardening time he i3 demonstrated making bouquets id brought along a box of picardy nibs and the one su ssing nearest year the the sale was reported this week in markham township of the farm of one hundred acres known as bonnie burn and owned by wm brooke the purchases was a prom inent city doctor this farm is located at the south west corner of no 7 highway on the burth concession markham town ship at the stoplight this corner will he well remembered by many as it was the scene of an accident about a year ago in which five persons were killed from an agricultural standpoint the area is considered one of mark- hains best farms it consists of 100 acres and is all workable and under cultivation it has belonged to the brooke family for over 35 years slater estate lully carried on as dairy farm for the past 15 years there is a lovely old brick residence of eight rooms with furnace also a bank barn 76ft by lift with stabling for seven horses and ii head of cattle in addition there is a driving house hog pen hen house and silo a beautiful neverfailing creek crosses a corner ol the farm close to the buildings souffville floral and don le wore voted thanks for floral decora- ims given for the evening officers elected for the ensuing term are ilrupresldents rev robt young miss cora wldeinan president andy williams vice presidents mr gordon spence georgo saunders secretary miss m mortens treasurer miss edna hoover directors 194011 mrspl barry mrs sanderson myrtle watson edna hoover j r hodgins directors 194112 mrs geo lee mrs win timbers anne lehman mrs george storey t b rae auditors- ac bukbolder fe rao rigates to convention at the king edward on february 27 and 2s- a williams mss m mortens cows average 99 at m0rts0n sale mr walter bradshaw was more than gratified with the result of his farm stock sale held on tuesday a t week under ideal weather and road conditions the crowd re sponded splendidly and parking space was at a premium for some distance from the farm just north of stouffville between the 8th and 9th concessions the sale totalled around s3 500 a figure in excess of the estimate previously made by the owner the best cow sold for 95 while the whole herd averaged s0 an extremely good figure although the milkers were young and fresh there were fourteen in the herd most of the implements all in excellent condition found new hom es down in scarboro from which centre a good number of buyers came the binder realized 220 and the tractor sold to a scarboro man mr william wilson brought 5550 the manure spreader went for 125 the buyer taking home four or five cows along with the spreader hence be contributed a mnterialsu m to the total of the sale a s farmer auctioneer pointed to the good prices realized for oats and grain as one of the high spots of the sale stouffville branch of the can adian red cross society raised the gam ot 307901 last year the treasurers report revealled at the annual meeting held last friday evening this gratifying sum was made up of cash donations of 277ss2 concerts by cgit and junior band 70 bank interest of 19c and goods donated of 230 after remitting 132972 to the on tario division for the general work of the society and paying a few in cidental expenses there remains on hand 7s773 the report indicated f l button kc president con gratulated his officers and all the spiendid workers on december 31st there were un paid pledges and subscriptions of 55761 wool and other materials on hand valued at 35940 mrs t b rae secretary reported the conveners of the knitting and sewing committees reported that 621 knitted articles 210 hospital sup plies and 212 articles of clothing etc for the refugees had been made aia donated during the year a strong appeal for knitted mitts is made at this time and anyone who is willing to knit mitts is asked to communicate with mrs woodburn officers elected for the year are president f l button kc viceprest mrs a v nolan ac burkholder secretary thos b rae treasurer reg stouffer knitting committee mrs d woodburn mrs shankel miss o l hutchinson miss l holden miss alta fockler mrs chas ratcliff mrs ross winterstein sewing committee mrs t b rae mrs roy grove mrs s s ball mrs e miller mrs atkinson mrs e harding miss e wright no forms tuesday up to tuesday night there were no income tax forms at the stouff ville post office which coincides with a report that the department is net able to supply the demand for a few days yet forms however have aeen availablo at the offices of the income tax department toronto but postmaster leavens is expecting a supply on any mail now cuffy johnson honored in death fred johnson widely known ovut town as cuffy who ad mitted firing the two shots which proved fatal to him was buried on thursday afternoon from a service held in the mennonite church the sermon being preached by rev s goimiie who knew the unfortunate man very well his kindly words and thoughtful address was favorably commented on by many who attend ed the service funeral expenses were entirely borne by townspeople who respon- dei to a call for help by mr fred chessman who in turn is very grateful for the manner in which he was received when he proceeded to raise hie money to give an old town boy an honorable burial the sum of 7180 was contributed and mr l e oneill provided a ser vice that left nothing lacking in dignity in addition to burial and grave digging expenses hospital charges were also paid so that had fred johnson been alive he would have been pleased with what was done for him miss v hoover mrs sanderson miss g todd and unionville taxidermist does fine job on prize white owl 60th birthday for christian endeavor the auction sale of the farm stock and implements of harold mortson victoria square was very largely attended and brought excellent prices in all the sale realized over 1300 to make it one of the largest held in this district for some time fifteen cows averaged 9900 the high cow bringing 12501 a black mare 6 years old sold for 53250 an international corn cultivator bought about g years ago for s350 sold wednesday for 76 fiie manure spreader sold for 150 the week commencing next sun day february 2nd will be celebrat ed by christian endeavours the world over as marking the sixtieth anniversary of the beginning of this young peoples movement starting in a small way in boston mass and with the aim of training christian young people for greater witness this organization is now represented all over the world wherever christianity has gone it embraces all denominations bringing young people together in a central loyalty lo christ the master the groups of ibis community are to hold a nirth- day service next sunday evening in the stouffville christian church when the meeting will be in charge ol the young people the message of the evening will be the christian en deavour motto for the coining year christ calls special music will also bo provided it is expected that the groups from the various church es will answer lo the roll call an invitation is extended to all the service commencing at 7 pm edwin dixon and a wise old bdu headline for payment hydro is changed in future all stouffville hydro ileolric bills must be paid on before he 15th of each month insteadof by i young pigs sold at s50 each a s the 15th of each month instead of by auctioneer conducted the sale and f j be issued promptly and must lie r perkins was clerk paid by the 15th to avoid penally i put hie proof in hunters yarns said edwin dixon of union ville as he finished off an arctic owl one of a heavy crop of hunters trophies for more than 30 years hes been stuffing and mounting birds beasts and fish in his studio at unionville next to a large polar bear he inched last week the snowwhile owl is one of the finest prize3 mr dixon has handled this season ii was shot by ernest madlll in the i locust hill district and is so pure white it can hardly be distinguished against a snowy background brn madlll is a son of mrs theo madlll of stouffville they should have the oddity pre served to prove their sobriety i like to have all the animals ami birds looking down from the walls and i suppose thats why some people think the place is haunted after dark said mr dixon hut it never bothers mo a bit and there is a story behind every trophy mr dixon is a man of many hob bles and is considered the crack shot of tho district he has a collection of thousands of birds eggs ranging from humming birds to ostriches ilis biggest birds nest is that of a blue heron which he secured from 1 horah island china ware with bird designs form another extensive collection rang- iiik all the way from english de- mr dixon figures he has handled j n j to japanese art every corner thousands of deer and moosehcads of mr residence in unionville is fill- am hundreds of hears buffalo led with objects of interest from his beaver volves and the odd freak of collections most startling is a bc nature such as threeheaded calves j mountain lion rug complete with 11 e owners of which figure he said snarling teeth