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the tribune stouffville ont thursday april 24 1941 page seven glaremont by staff correspondent mrs thos patersou received word st week of the death of her nister rs e d johnston nee mary imith of victoria bc she leaves mourn her loss two daughters lean and katherine also one son r d johnston who has enlisted for rvice in the army her husband redeceased her five years ago miss clara xeal of toronto visited ith friends here recently mrs vie robinson and children ave been visiting friends in toron- imiss margaret mcdonald of tor- nto visited with mr and mrs ed ewis over the weekend mr cecil stony and son andrew avo been confined to their homes jhrough ill health mr and mrs james coates spent a ay in toronto last week at the meeting of the bible society ield on sunday evening it was re- lealed by the secretarytreasurer rs g m forsyth that the sum of 37 had been collected in this dis- jrict during the past year this was bout 17 below last years collec- lion the regular meeting of the w a the united church will be held his thursday afternoon april 24th quilting is planned for this meet ing and mrs tomlinsons group will erve supper this year it is hardly a case of ho has the measles but of who has scaped mr and mrs george middleton nd daughter visited mr and mrs fvm palmer on sunday mr harold sanderson left on mon- jay to take a position with the don- id motor sales of whitby mr edgar shirk is reported im proved since his recent illness tmiss jean ward has secured a osition as bookkeeper with frank arclay mr prouse met with an accident ast week while working in the bush when he fell in some way fractur ing one rib and dislocating his jhoulder a quiet marriage ceremony was 4erformed at the united church parsonage on wednesday april 16 ivhen james holtby son of mr and lire henry holtby of brougham ivas united in wedlock with merle bopkins daughter of mr and mrs jovi hopkins also of brougham dis- rlct rev i e kennedy performed he ceremony mr and mrs floyd coates of tor- nto spent the weekend with the ormers mother mrs jno coates timr jack ward son of mr and irs roy ward who is employed at he barkey foundry in stouffville is home with an attack of measles mr gordon spencely is slowly im- roving from his accident of last farrs elevators claremont ont phone 38j or 38w dealers in high grade poultry and pig feeds fencing and fence posts 20c and up roofing materials we pay best prices for grains week in which he was severely burn ed mr james coates spent the week end at his home here in claremont owing to the impassable condition of the roads dr f b allnutt was unable to he present on sunday evening to bring his illustrated lec ture scheduled for that time in the united church dr allnutt spoke in brougham in the afternoon and said there were a number of bibles still going to germany during the past year the ontario government will be asked to appoint a second agricul tural representative for ontario county to be stationed in the southern part of the riding if the request is acceeded to there might be a shift considered whereby the office at uxbridge- might he moved to cannington or beaverton and the second office established at clare mont pickering or whitby that would be a reasonable distribution but it would meet with strenuous opposition from uxbridge which might be considered on the southern end of the northern part of ther rid ing there is also the question of whether or not the government would view with favor the establish ment of a second office for the aver age cost of maintaining an agricul tural office is around 10000 per year we understand the idea is promoted by mr fm chapman of audley mr chapman stated that he was communicating with the hon gordon d conant kc attorney general of ontario and representative at queens park of this riding pointing out that with the olfice centred in uxbridge the south part of the county was not be ing given the attention it should due to the fact that the representa tive has too much to do mr chapman suggested that the second man might be located at whitby or brooklin city businessman buys lehman farm mr gordon lehman reports the sale this week of his 95acre farm on the gth concession of pickering north of green river the purchas er was a toronto business man who will take possession this mouth mr lehman has owned the farm for the past 12 veals which has been known as the old dixon property the farm has about 70 acres part ill pasture there is ample water a frame dwelling double garage barn and stable the whole will he remodelled by the new owner and built as a modern farm and country home brougham mr r d miller was in hamilton on friday attending the funeral of the late george stevenson mr charles aldridge of toronto spent the weekend with l and mrs white wallace and mrs ellicott of tor onto spent the weekend with his parents glad to report mrs d stephenson slowly improving after her recent illness mr frank hamilton has been laid up during the past week suffering from an attack of flu mr charles liscombe of toronto visited his father one day last week miss b stevenson who has been spending the winter in toronto has returned to her home here we extend our best wishes to mr and mrs james holtby who were quietly married last week and now- settled in their new home at whitby mr and mrs win gamble of tor onto were guests of air and mrs d mails on sunday mr and mrs thornton of wood stock visited at the l c brown home one day last week mrs e hogle of columbus called on her- brother m and f hamilton on sunday on wednesday morning last the firemen received a call to the home of mr john knox whose house took fire but the blaze was soon under control the happy circle mission rand under the leadership of mrs allan for best results ship your cream to us for the safest and most convenient way to store your meats and other eatables rent a cold storage locker the savings derived thereby are such that you really cannot afford to be without one rental 000 per year stouffville creamery co phone 18601 3 coal and feed cement tile and salt w hastings phone 169 stouffville local history essay part of the new course ill can adian history for grade x is the study of local history the following essay was written by a pupil of this years grade x class without assis tance from the teacher by margaret glover the wheeler grist and saw mill which stood where the stouffville post office now stands was built by mr edward wheeler about 100 years ago mr wheeler came to canada as a young pioneer he went first to cedar grove to interview mr peter reesor from whom he wished to buy land mr reesor came from pennsylvania and was the first settler in that district mr reesor obtained his 200 acres by trading his horse and bridle mr wheeler obtained some land and while in the neighbourhood he fell in love with miss anna reesor mr reesors daughter later he married her and built a home for his young bride where dr freels homo stands in main street it was a bungalow with a cellar kitchen dr freels home was built on the old foundation of mr wheelers home after mr wheelers death his two sons john and edward jr operated the mill george who was a member of parliament for ontario resided in uxbridge the mill was a frame building and as i said before it was line up at carsweixs see window display 6 in cash prizes going on sale thursday morning hundreds of pairs of three fiuarter socks and pure wool reinforc ed heel and toe colours copen navy tan grey heather blue and red also white sizes 6 to 10 regular 49c pair sale price z7cpr 3 pr 69c six dollars in prize money first prize 300 in cash second prize 200 in cash third prize 100 in cash you count the number of hose in our window with every purchase of three pairs you have a guess ticket for the number of hose on display in our window nearest count carswell economy store stouffville ontario gray held their thankoffering ser vice in the church on sunday even ing the president miss b hamilton was in charge a short play was given by a number of the girls mrs hoover of locust hill gave a very interesting talk on mission work we extend our sympathy to mrs john miller and mrs c barclay in the loss of their brother george frederick stevenson who died at his late residence on tuesday april 15th and was buried in woodland cemetery hamilton on friday last the late mr stevenson was well known in this district being born and raised on his fathers farm just north of the village at present known as the middleton farm but has lived in the hamilton district for the past is years he was in his 02nd year the w i summery day which was to be held in the hall on april 16th has been postponed until early in may due to the condition of the roads one day last week our mail carrier was forced to travel via tractor as the roads wore impassable for cars situated where the post office is located the mill pond then covered mr percy brilingers vegetable gardens the pond extended as far south as mr harvey schells home and as far east as mill street it had a high embankment with a path among willow trees on the west side of the pond this was very beautiful and served as a rendezvous for young people they also fished and skated on it the entrance to the pond passed by a white brick house where mr harvey schells butcher shop and home stands the logs to be sawed were brought to the pond by the rail way flat cars there was a siding which passed by where mr john monkhouses tailor shop was later built the logs were taken from the flat cars and put in the pond in the winter the logs were drawn across th pond sometimes by oxen at some seasons of the year the pond was filled with rolling logs there was a track much like a t railway track running from the mill into the pond a white horse called jimmy who was very well known drew the four wheeled flat car load ed with logs from the pond to the mill the- mill was operated by the use of steam the mill manufactured barrels the staves which went to gether to make up the barrels were moulded by the cooper over a fire after the staves are made into the shape of a barrel the iron hoops are put on them they had a large pile of sawdust behind the mill and huge piles of sawed lumber which was old all over the country side their barns containing their stock ran from the old mill to obrien ave their threshing always attracted many children later the mill burn ed there was a grist mill where the fish factory is located it was also a frame bulding and it also was burned the fish factory was built on the same foundation this mill was operated by ramer and reesor there was a mill on the pro perty of mr fred mantle on the tenth concession and operated by mr byer it was a brick mill which chiefly sawed logs mr john bartholomew operated a saw mill on his home property on the ninth all these mills were located on the little stream which flows through the town i obtained this in formation from mr elias hoover and mrs harry sanders obrien avenue mr sanders was mr 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