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over 5000 readers rtbtrae copies this week 1620 largest circulating weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 54 no 10 the tribune stouffville ont thursday june 12th 1941 ten pages district calls home american friends local hydro buys first victory bond to open drive here for 40000 a noticeable dint was put in the objective or 40000 for the village of stouffville last week when the local hydro system subscribed for 2500 of the victory loan both banks also messrs a c burkholder and t b rae are re ceiving subscriptions for this 3 per cent investment which we are all urged to take at this critical time in our history the government must have this money and people with sums lying on deposit in the savings banks should make transfer they will obtain double bank interest and security they have behind the loan the total assests of the whole dominion it is predicted by the canvassers that stouffville will easily top its 40000 objective although wo have had no booster clubs to follow up the heavy advertising done here in common with other places bonds abtainable in denominations as low s 50 and as big as you wish to buy consult your bank or one of the canvassers at once stouffville hydro system credit- d with ordering the first bonds havei bank balance of c400 and the ouncil properly decided to invest part of this accumulation in the vic- ory loan such a step has the full pproval and recommendation of he ontario hydro electric system joins kcap elmer winn son of mr and mrs fred winn of stouffville who is the sth man from here to join the canadian air force deer browsing in whitchurch fields concert audience urged to support war effort to limit dont live in a fools paradise rev harry s dodgson of st enochs church toronto urged his audience at the victory loan band concert in the stanley theatre here on sunday evening those who believe that what has happened in europe cannot happen here are only indulg ing in wishful thinking rev mr hodgson went on to say that every one who calls himself a christian and a loyal canadian citizen are bound by all that is upright and manly to do something in the prose cution of our war effort warm words of praise were heard on all sides for the splendid program by the band under bandmaster rid ley as well as the double quartette of fine singers who journeyed from toronto to add their talent to the local concert the theatre which was generously donated by the management for the occasion was filled to capacity and a silver collection amounting to 2500 was lifted new teacher from bolton to fill high school vacancy labor pay explained markham farm sold to toronto surgeon an attractive 100acre farm in he langstaff subdivision of mark- lam township was sold this week to prominent toronto surgeon the arm is fully equipped and was own- d and operated by h wilson as a oiintry estate for 16 years the buildings consist of a com- ortable brick house of seven rooms vith furnace and hydro installed lso a bank barn 60 by 40 feet with teel staunchions tying up 21 head if cattle there are in addition two ilos hog pen hen house and a two- ar garage this is an attractive farm with a rout stream flowing through it rossing the front lawn close to the touse there are about 10 acres of ush land and an apple orchard the ew owner intends taking im- tediate possession of the farm as a oing concern including the horses igs a dairy herd of cattle and farm mplements it is understood exten- ive improvements will bo made to he grounds and buildings working in one of his fields a few- days ago floyd steckley was able to drive his team within a hundred feet of a deer when the animal trotted off toward the fence leaped over with ease and ran away two days later the same doe was seen by eldon bolender and again it showed no great alarm and the farmer did not chase it either mr steckley lives on the 6th con cession of whitchurch aibont two miles from the markham townline and reports the animal leaving his place and crossing the john spence farm asimr bolender is over on the 5th a couple of miles away it is evident the animal is paying a pro longed visit in the neighorhood it was in this same district that a wolf was sighted a year or two ago but strangers must not rush to the con clusion that the area is wild bush country it is practically all cleared high class farming district with little bush to attract wild animals there seems to be a wrong im pression gone out concerning the rate of pay for labor recently set by the municipal council what the council did was only to change the rate for men digging on water works repair jobs for this work a man must usually be equipped with rubber boots and clothes that will stand heavy mud and working under such conditions 40c per hour is allowed it is only pant time employment and is there fore entitled to extra remuneration over other classes of labor getting 250 and 300 per day of ten hours new deputyreeve swokx ix deputyreeve george leary of whitchurch recently elected to succeed the late jess cook was sworn in on tuesday at the begin ning of a two week session of york county council the question of an addition to the county registry offices as well as equalizing assessment will come under discussion calling us visitors a small army of business people represent ing stouffville clare- imnit goodwood isullnntrae and mlisselinuns lake have combined in this issue on page nine to dis play a page advertisement calling on our united states relatives and friends to visit the old home dis trict this summer the message is united with an effort being put forth in hundreds of ontario owns at this time if you have a relative or friend across the border send them your copy of this issue do your pari and thousands of ontario weeklies will find their way across the border mr r l barker of bolton was in town a few days ago and signed a contract with the school chairman dr ii b freel for a position on the local staff for next term mr barker has been on the staff at bolton for fourteen years is a university gradu ate in arts and was the choice of the department for the position he holds a specialists certificate in pt and a permanent h s assistants certificate the new member of the staff is a married man and has one child so will be looking for a house in town when here he intimated that he would be back shortly after school closesto look up a place in which to settle in view of the general scarcity of high school teachers the board is secretly pleased to have secured an experienced man so readily it is even more difficult to hire teachers for this school than for the average high school because while we demand the same high standards our school is designated only a continuation school and teachers in high schools hesitate to come here because they view it as a step down ward to go back to continuation actually there is no difference be tween stouffville continuation school and any high school in the stand aids and operation of the two if stoiffvilie were designated a high school there would be no change whatever at the school but there would be a change in the municipal management instead of a trustee board we would have a board of education and a separate board for the public school 230 pupils compete in the first annual rural schools sports meet newly elected moderator 230 students contest for different events including 12 war guests from britain more than 230 pupils of the rural schools of inspectorate one york county competed in the first annual sports meet held at the richmond hill fairgrounds on friday over 1600 pupils were present included among the large number of children taking part in the large sports events were 12 british war guests now attending schools in the rural sections of the county winners in the various events received ribbons but later these will be supplemented by war savings stamps for those who finished in first place grand champions in each divi sion will receive a certificate immediately following lunch the students paraded about the grounds more than 75 schools took part in the huge march addresses were de livered by reeve t trench rich mond hill a h hill chairman of the picnic committee inspector former pastor to addr us k mr and mrs s h cockburn left ringwood on monday to travel across the line to atlanta georgia mr cockburn is scheduled to speak in one of the citys largest churches this sunday while there he will be one of two canadians to address the kiwanis convention being held in atlanta this week gets two months for leaving scene of fate accident dver 200 delegates gather in united church for wms convention the rural sectional gathering of oronto east presbyterial of the omans missionary society met in touffville united church tuesday une 10th it is said to be the first athering of its kind to meet in this lurch in twenty years over two undred delegates and visitors regls- red from scarboro in the south to xbridge in the north representa- ves being present from all the icieties in the jurisdiction rev olivia lindsay who was idered to evacuate from japan as missionary on account of the inter- ttlonal situation only last april ive the morning address she made ference to her work among the ung people of japan and her stu- nts at the korean bible training hooi where she had spent some me and stressed the importance it only in planting good seed in the irden but also gospel seeds in the lnds of youth in order that the st results may be obtained what it means to be christian omenwas the theme of the address the afternoon by miss olive egler she contrasted the position our women with those of gerniiny le told her hearers that the omans missionary societys work to build a rock of friendship and eastern star broadcast between 730 and s dst next saturday evening june ii there will be a bandwagon broadcast from toronto cfrb informing the public of the patriotic effort of the order of the eastern star and its drive for funds with which to pur chase mobile canteens members of the older and their friends will watch for the bandwagon broadcast understanding on which josus can extend his kingdom of love and goodwill miss zlegler is editor of the missionary monthly and referred to tho different features of the mission ary magazine and her aim to make it as interesting as possible an outstanding forum which greatly impressed the delegates was conducted by mrs r mcdougall president of the toronto east presbyterial who in her most capable manner brought under discussion under tho heading what would you do many important problems confronting the organization dur ing the noon hour mrs mcdougall course in household two graduates in one local family university of toronto reports had special significance for mr and imrs jos borinsky their family and many friends last week for they had one son and one daughter in their final year in their respective courses and both graduated mr sam borinsky obtained his final year in law while miss edith borinsky completed the carried to grave by fellow officers a familiar personage in the town ship of whitchurch constable john williamson was laid away on satur day arternoon when he was borne to the grave by six of his comrades of the force in york county promin- irov j b skeneba minister of central presbyterian church van couver was elected moderator of the general assembly of the presby terian church at the 67th general assembly held in toronto mooney and turk broda maple leaf i goaltender proceeds for fund a refreshment booth near the en trance to the park was in charge of ladies from the richmond hill insti tute the women pledged 50 per cent of the proceeds from the days sales to the evening telegram british war victims fund those in charge of the successful day included lambert h imalloy chairman roy king secretary et pherrill and morley sanders the meet was unique in one re spect no track records were smash ed or even equalled unusual for a track meet despite this several good marks were registered the grand champions in the or der of their classes were boys a ken poole ss 7 vaughan 15 points boys b harry redman ss 7 vaughan 15 points boys b harry redman ss 7 vaughan 28 points boys c billy bowen ss 2 mark ham and vaughan 21 points girls a lorna macklin ss 9 markham 10 points girls b margaret proctor s s 1 east gwillimbury 13 points girls c jean hicks ss 7 whit church 19 points found guilty of failing to return to the scene of an accident at gener al sessions in whitby norman rey nolds reach township was senten ced to two months in the county jail by judge l v oconnor the jury deliberated slightly less than an hour before returning a ver dict of guilty as charged the ver dict included a recommendation for mercy the charge against reynolds arose out of an accident on november 2 on the highway near greenbank in which louis arbourne a greenbank farmhand was instantly killed- it was admitted that reynolds was driving the car which struck ar bourne prov con james sutherland said that ireynoids told him lie thought it was a dog he hit and if he had known it was a human being he would have stopped in charging the jury his honor judge oconnor pointed out that the law required anyone involved in any way in an accident to stop and ren der assistance if necessary and to give his name and address the jury must ask themselves whether or not reynolds heard tho thud and break ing of glass as did lawrence rodd companion of the deceased they must also account for tho fact that the car slowed down and then sped away from the scene of the accident patriotic sale this saturday the stouffville arena will be the scone of a huge patriotic auction sale sponsored by d f holden practically all the merchants in town aro putting up credit notes and cash on any goods purchased at their stores and the proceeds from the sale of these notes will go directly to the british war victims fund see back page for details church redecorating completed carried greetings personally from tho gathering to a similar assembly in session at st james presbyterian church the delegates were given an official welcome by mrs s w hasti science obtain ing second class honors last friday mr and mrs borin sky attended the graduation exercis es at convocation hall for their who has been rather an she took a leading part in the recent hart house recital with great honors ediths elocutionary talents are well known locally lug president of stouffville auxll- outstanding student ibis year iary who expressed pleasure of the happy recollections which tho gathering brought to her of former associations with the officers of this district and voiced the desire that this gathering would prove to be a most profitable one the sessions were presided over by mrs j a macklin mllliken and mrs c g croxall uxbridge rural presidents dinner and tea were served in the church and it was announced ha the presbyterial next year will assemble in unionville the date of wednesday july 9th has beep set for the annual picnic and outing of the horticultural societies of this district the picnic this year will be held at the re forestation nurseries imidhurst local members intending to go should communicate with the secre- grose and also mrs tary at once hamilton in town ate among the friends gathered at the late home on gorham street were magistrate william keith life long friend douglas webster head of the juvenile court reeve earl toole and members of whitchurch council the funeral was conducted by rev w l lawrence of windermere united church swansea pall bear ers in uniform were chief george stewartyork county constablewm hill of sutton robert windsor ballantrae ronald watts aubrey floury and joseph jardine surviving are his widow a son mertin of sault ste lyiarle and five brothers edward of newmarket daniel and charles in aurora frank in sutton arthur in manitoba two sisters mrs susannah boll of gorm- ley and mrs hannah atkinson of aurora the late constable who died so suddenly from a stroke without regaining consciousness worked a fifteen acre place and devoted much of his time to township policipg engagements mr and mrs john t empring- ham of stouffville wish to announce the engagement of their youngest daughter jeanette louise to mr herbert frederick nelson sou of mr and mrs roy nelson of gormley the marriage to take place the latter part of june the work of redecorating the auditorium of st james presby terian church has been very satis factorily completed and the ofilcials are planning special services for sunday june 22nd work was car ried through by roach son of markham mr and mrs r basslngthwalte of lyndcn spent the weekend with mrs brown and local lads meet in liverpooltell of hectic time during recent blitz imaglno if you can the extasy of delight that would come over a couple of lonely soldiers under tho shadow of german guns to clasp hands and talk all about stouffville well it actually happened in the great port of liverpool when gordon thompson and jack marriott some how got together gordon is a son of mr and mrs j w thompson of newmarket and thereforo a grand son of the late james obrien of this town jack marriott married llllie dales daughter of mrs dales and the late dr dales and for years conduct ed the eaton shadow lake farm he was a veteran of tho last war and has recently been invalided back to canada after service again overseas in a letter to his parents gordon thompson writes in part i am de lighted tc have had a talk with jack marriott ho explained so much to us too about what is going on and left us satisfied many men become dis gruntled at staying long in a depot before getting a boat home our job is exacting here and we try to make things as decent as possible for men passing through we moved out of liverpool a distance to nice new quarters sinco our place was demol ished by bombs we were all very lucky in that blitz during tho night i drove a truck as an ambul ance to take peoplo we dug from the ruins to the hospital i didnt have my clothes off for four nights but snatched a bit of sleep here and there i feci fine but am troubled a bit with the foot i had broken