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oyer 5000 readers utitawe largest circulating weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps copies this issue 1520 ol 51 no 12 stouffville ont thursday june 26th 1941 eight pages town folk invest 3109300 for victory victory loan closed saturday night with a triumph for local folk with a record surpassed by only one other place in the whole county or york stouffville went over the top in the victory loan campaign to subscribe a total of 109300 whereas she was pledged to raise but 30000 this is more than three times the amount asked and repre sents over 90 per person for every man woman and child in the municipality quite a number of our people are investing in the noninterest bearing bonds issued by the dominion government and which are being hought by the mennonite people but this failed to make any differ ence our record is surpassed by only the town of newmarket in the whole of york county and the citizens of this village its canvassers and any others who had anything to do with the flotation of this loan may be justly proud the 1911 victory loan muster ing a grand total over all canada of eight hundred million dollars ranks as the most successful of all can adian war loans at york north headquarters in newmarket it was announced the areas total had passed 1946250 and it was taken for granted the 2000000 mark would be far pass ed when figures are all tabulated the area pledged 1300000 municipalities which went over the top included aurora pledging 85000 and passing 227000 east gwillimbury pledging 74575 and passing 102500 king township pledging 104000 and passing 194000 vaughan pledging 119- 000 and passing 147750 whit church township pledging 70000 and passing 101350 and markham village pledging 30000 and pass ing 63300 richmond hill passed the 90000 mark after pledging 32000 wood bridge hit 67000 compared to the pledge of 20750 sutton raised more than 58000 after pledging 25225 graduate from avestekx many friends visit local cemetery for decoration service kev duncan macgregor preached the memorial sermon at stouffville cemetery last sunday afternoon be fore the customary crowd of visitors and friends who assembled for this annual occasion the junior band under the leadership of bandmaster ridley led tho singing the ratcliff quartette sang a couple of numbers the occasion permitted many people to visit the cemetery which is gradually becoming more beauti ful as it becomes more sacred to many people a collection lifted during the service will go toward providing extra improvement which the cemetery commission find they cannot readily finance messrs h o klinck blake sanders and l e oneill expressed themselves as greatly satisfied with the response will head big parade here july 1 gertrude clarke daughter of mr and mrs 1 a clarke whitchurch township who was one of the graduates at the western hospital miss clarke although ill for some weeks was able to attend the gradu ation navy league benefits iii 4900 the result of the navy league tag day was very gratifying a total of 4 9 was collected the veterans who sponsored the drive wish to thank the public for their support and the taggers for their help bereavement comes t depu the death on wednesday evening of last week of john wesley gordon leary at the home of his brother deputy reevo george leary gorm- ley culminated several weeks of serious illness deceased was in his 59th year and had lived all his life in the district being a member of this well known family there his parents were the late mr and mrs john leary surviving are two brothers george with whom he liv ed and edward also of gormley the funeral on saturday afternoon from the brothers home proceeded to heiso hill cemetery for interment barbers unite to advance hair cuts claremont markham stouffville unionville and uxbridge barbers have agreed to advance their prices for hair outs beginning july 1st after that date the charge will be 35c for a cut or trim and 25c for children 14 years or under increased cost of supplies and higher costs are reasons advanced for the upward move we do not anticipate that patrons will let their locks grow a little longer before submitting to the barbers scissors said a local ton- orial artist to the reporter if they do well the barber will take in jusl as much as they do today where he will have less work it was point ed out that most of the larger centres charge 35c and 50c for hair cuts heads english dept in american school news arrived too late for the late alex mitchell to receive concern ing dr mary esson reid assistant professor of english at cleveland college who has just been named acting head of the english depart ment of this famous college dr reid is a native of stouffville her father rev h e a reid having been presbyterian minister here at the time the present church was erected dr reid will succeed dr winifred h rogers in the important post to which she has heen assigned upon her elevation to her new position dr reid wrote a lovely letter to the late mr mitchell an old family friend but as stated it arrived just at the time he passed away school children from markham and whitchurch led by stouff ville junior band will form in the big parade to start off the july 1st celebration in stouffville at memorial park there is to be a full program of sports all absolutely free see torontos funniest clowns on the grounds the evening con cert in the arena costs only 25c admission and what a list of prizes for lucky ticket holders see page three for full details the entire days entertainment is being sponsored by stouff ville lions club above miss audrey may torontos drum majorette who will lead the parade and take part in the evening concert along with dancing partner john a mitchell passes peacefully away at ringwood an invalid for some years hearing his difficulty in an uncomplaining way j a mitchell died at his home just south of ringwood on monday evening this week in his s5th year the funeral this thurs day afternoon will take place from the late home to dickson hill church for public service at 230 in charge of his pastor rev c d ray- ner of st james presbyterian church interment will be made in the dickson hill cemetery the late alex mitchell was the second son of william mitchell and eizabeth greonaway and was born in the community where he spent all his long life he was a trustee ot the dicksons hill cemetery since the death of his father in 1879 and was an elder of st james presby terian church stouffville for 61 years for several years mr mitchell served as a member of markham township council and was deputy reeve for one term he had been a sufferer from arth ritis for 25 years and possessed a character quiet strong and chris tian and was greatly respected in tho community surviving are his brother dr thos mitchell and sister miss belle mitchell living with the deceased at locust lodge the family home at ringwood also by mrs nixon of london wife of the late dr nixon whitchurch home levelled by fire the great dictator coming to the stanley patrons please take note that the great dictator will bo shown for four nights monday tuesday wed nesday thursday june 30 july 1 2 3 two showings on the holiday tuesday july 1st at 7 and 9 pm st friday saturday 15 the hil arious comedian george formby in keep your seats please two showings each night at 7 and 9 only a few pieces of furniture were saved as ire raced through the frame farm house of james brooks on the third concession of whit church township west of vandorf the loss was estimated at 2000 tho brooks family it was re ported was out in the field when the fire was first discovered assist ed by neighbors they commenced carrying out articles of furniture aurora firemen under fire chief harry jones found the blaze had more than half an hour start and concentrated on stopping the fire from spreading to other nearby buildings car of coal ordered for t scho here the municipal tax rate will be struck by the council on monday evening and in anticipation of this the school trustee board on monday evening prepared for their annual demand which is slightly higher this year hut not necessarily of such an increase as to make any difference in the total rate to be struck by the council there will be required for school purposes this year the sum of 3000 a few hundred increase over 1940 stiver bros were awarded the contract for a 50 ton car of coal at an advance of 55c per ton over last year such advance had been antici pated dr freel presided over the meeting all members being present excepting a v nolan i mrs jos ogden son and daughter buried at ingersoll attain high standing in musical effort timely message left in farewell sermon declaring that during his two and a half year sojournln stouffville it had been his great aim that men hould know god and that the supreme desire of every heart should be to know god in a pcr- onal way was the declaration and theme of the farewell message de livered sunday evening by kev r vickers to his people as he retires from the pastorate of the stouffville christian church mr vickers stressed the point that many people know of such men as moodey and other great oul they have read their biogra phic and stored up much know- irdrj aloit these leaders likewise millions know god in the same way by the crucial point is that we shall not merely know of him but that we shall really know him in a per sonal way there is a vast differ ence tn knowing of a person and having personal living contact with that person declared the speaker who based his evening text on the words found in phil 310 that i might know him mr and mrs vickers expect to leave immediately by motor for their new work at kelvington sask their departure is not without many regrets despite his youthful 2t years mr vickers has taken his place among the ministerial settlnj pretty wedding is solemn at ml joy a very pretty wedding was solemnized wednesday june 18th at mount joy when burton henry son of mr and mrs henry daniels of blackwater junction and reta imerriel helena daughter of mr and mrs r h stover of north mark ham were united in marriage the mbc church was most beautifully decorated for the occasion with pink red and white peonies and baskets of varied coloured honeysuckles daintily arranged inside the altar the bride was given in marriage by her father and was supported by miss mary mackinnon as bridesmaid mr murray daniels brother of the groom was best man while the ushers were bruce stover of stouff ville and clarence mcdowell of markham township imiss gladys stover of stouffville played the wedding music and rev p g leh man officiated after the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride on peter street north marhkam tho happy couple left for their honeymoon amid a profusion of good wishes resident of the island lake dis trict just north of stouffville ville district just north of souffville for 34 years sarah jane smith wife of joseph odgen died last week at ingersol where she had lived for two and a half years she was in her c7th year while she had been in failing health for about three months she liad been confined to bed for only a week surviving are the husband four sons and three daughters namely james leslie ogden stouffville cecil ogden hagersville henry and thomas in ingersol where the hus band also resides daughters are mrs yakely stouffville mrs harold west and mrs theodore mcmartin scarboro jet there are sixteen grandchildren the funeral took place to the ingersol rural cemetery rev r h parr of trinity united church tak ing the service there were numer ous floral tributes mrs ogden en joyed an intimate circle of friends in the church hill district of whit church where she spent the greater part of her married life she was boin in markham township hence she spent all her life in this neigh borhood excepting the last two and a half years the united church parsonage was delighted on tuesday morning to learn that the two members of the family met with excellent success in their musical effort in the toronto conservatory of music examinations vernon atkinson passed his pipe organ finals and now holds the de gree of atcm while his sister thelma scored a similar success when she passed her seniour piano examinations with first class honors standing second in a class of 39 pupils both vernon and thelma are to bo congratulated on their fine musical attainments a just reward for long hours of arduous toil no doubt presbytery to induct revtdraynerjuly2 friends of pastor gather for farewell at ballantrae home a very pleasing event took place at the home of mrs jas gray ballantrae when the friends of rev mr and mrs irwin met to pay honor to their retiring pastor and his wife after three years on the lemonville ballantrae circuit the earlier part of the evening was spent in conversation and music after which mrs g d wright read a very fine address while mrs geo windsor presented mr irwin with a purse containing a sum of money and mrs john paisley presented mrs irwin with a mauve colored satin down comforter and pair of silk pillow cases mr irwin on behalf of mrs irwin and himself thanked the friends for their very kind words and generous gifts also for the many acts of kind ness shown them during their so journ in the district the ladies served an appetizing lunch before the affair came to a close mr and mrs irwin are mov ing to lome park near port credit whore their soninlaw is teaching school mr howard e long and son robert from lockport ny wore here in a manner that a veteran of j guests of mrs s shankel for a few the cloth might be justly proud days elderly lady injured when cars collide a serious accident happened on sunday afternoon at mongolia corn er when a car going south driven by mr clarence lagcer collided with a west hound car from toronto with mr lngeer were his mother mrs e lageer and his aunt mrs hiseythe latter who is 83 years old suffered a hroken arm while other occupants of this car were severely shaken the toronto travellers were more fortunate our mongolia correspond- end who contributes this item of news observes that a stop sign at this intersection might avoid such accident at the meeting of tho pvesbytery of toronto held in brampton on tuesday rev t decourcy irayner having completed one year as supply minister of markham and stouffville was extended a call from the congregation of st andrews presbyterian church markham and st james presbyterian church at stouffville the call was accepted and arrangements were made for a spec ial meeting of the presbytery of toronto to be held in markham on wednesday evening july 2nd when mr rayner will be formally induct ed into the pastoral charge the neglected properties to be looke after owing to the had impression given to passengers passing through the town our horticultural society has decided to employ a man to mow the boulevard in front of the cnr property also the one immediately to the east in front of the vacant lot next the marblo works councillor brown is doing a fine job in trim ming the grass where necessary along our streets which is greatly appreciated tho society representa tives wish us to note public service will be at 815 pm dst with tho moderator of the presbytery tho rev a neil miller of brampton conducting the induction ceremony dancinc feet precede seasons crop in markham within a few days after contrac- fund it was said that the crowd tor garnet williamson completed the large barn structure on tho farm of arthur lapp 10th concession the 4000 feet of dancing floor was crowded with merrymakers who came on the invitation of the mark ham junior farmers last friday night after it was all over the sum of 325 had been added to the evening telegram war victims constituted a new attendance record for a township dance the fine new truss structure prov ed an ideal setting for the affair with no supporting posts to obstruct the dancers booths did a command ing business dishing out ice cream and soft drinks tho new barn will later have modern stabling added to the equipment