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leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 51 no 15 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday july 17 1941 eight pages appeal to farmers to solve weed problem due to labor shortage c- grappling with the weed question and the scarcity of help to cut them whitchurch council on saturday issued an appeal to all fair ers who are in a position to cut the weeds on the road side abutiug their pro perties to immediately get in touch with the road foreman on the beat who would authorize them to cut the weeds for which the township would be willing to pay farmers must consult their road forman first or the road superintendent if farmers can find time to handle their individual situation a serious weed menace may be abaited was the opinion of reeve toole who said the problem due to shortage of help was really bad the question was introduced by councillor ed logan who declared that weeds were growing higher than the fences and that farms once clean were being overrun we have a weed inspector but in my own division where we once had no weeds today chickory overruns some fields declared mr logan he thought it was only a waste of time to run the mower along cutting a swath on either side the road and the rest is let go until it is a dis grace it is up to the road foremen said councillor wells then reeve toole explained that road foremen and weed inspector were anxious to have the weeds cut but they cannot get the help it is purely a labor problem and i suggest that we enlist the help of every farmer where weeds are bad surrounding or front ing his property said mr toole council gave some consideration to the tax rate that will he struck at a special meeting later in the month there is a reduction of half a mill or about 1300 in county taxation this year which members all ex pressed their hope to pass on to the tax payers by way of a half mill reduction in the rate this is not assured yet as the budget is not ready but it is a hope and the aim of the members i think it would be a fine thing and a credit to the council if we can give this small reduction in the face of increased costs all along the line said reeve toole the meeting was one of the light est of the year the clerk was in structed to notify the assessor to assess the lake areas before the end of august councillor wells renewed the suggestion that taxes be collected in two instalments allowing a discount for early tax payments this would reduce bank interest and turn the saving over to the farmers for early tax payments reeve toole who is quite favor able to tho idea said he doubted if the clerical work that would he in volved could he readily handled at this time council urged the road superin tendent to make all haste in finish ing the oiling and dust layer mr widdifield said they had been held up for material but it would bo completed promptly 1200 gall ons of oil and 25 tons of calcium is required for the township in addition to a list of road accounts ordered paid the following general bills were passed j crawford postage 900 j williamson estate 3275 dr mcpherson services 2500 mrs graves nursing 1000 newmarket era adv 62 aurora for fighting fire 4000 r andres fighting fire 4000 hospitalization 21442 completes brilliant veak ifc vv f t vn w llll cement contractor resented comment on our sidewalks the outburst in this paper last week against the manner in which sidewalks have been laid in this town over recent years was deeply resented by one of our cement men mr harry rurgess the man employ ed on many of the walks construct ed who naturally had a deep interest in what was printed he considered our criticism detri mental to his work and of such a nature as to leave the impression that the cement man was to blame for the faulty walks in town mr burgess pointed out that he had been in town now 29 years and had always paid his way and is en titled to better treatment he point ed out that the bad walks while put down by him were not due to faulty construction on his part at all in the case of shelling off the new cement in front of harry paisleys mr burgess says the calcium wash ed off the road and eat into the new cement the bad walks on church street next to oneills furniture store was put down when george dowswell was congratulations to miss loislm the council and in charge of kester who obtained first class lion- 1 walks mr burgess made the walk ors at mcmaster universty she has just completed her first year in hon- mathematics and physics cliff woodcock weds buttonville girl a quiet wedding was solemnized at the united church manse mark- ham on wednesday july 9th when aleatha daughter of mr and mrs e thompson became the bride of harry clifford woodcock son of mr and mrs robert woodcock of mark- ham and formerly of stouffville rev b e newnham performed the cere mony the bride wore powder blue with white accessories and was attended by her cousin imiss grace bell of stouffville mr gordon craig of markham acted as best man after a reception at the home of the bride at buttonville the happy couple left on a trip to prince eward island and kingston on their return they will live in markham bug five acres in sixty minutes up on ballantrae farm buys grocery business in bradford mr bert carpenter has purchased a grocery business in the village of bradford recently bert has been employed at connors bakery clare- niont and before that was clerk in ratcliffs store his accommodating manner and genial disposition is sure to win him success ultimately it will mean the loss of mr and mrs carpenter and marie from our town and this we will all regret hi icths grovi at the brlerbush hospital stouffville on monday july 1 4th 19 11 to mr and mrs vm grove dickson hill a daughter james at the brlerbush hospital stouffville on friday july 11 1941 to mr and mrs edgar james rri pickering a laughter seven acres of late potatoes on the farm of thos simpson ballantrae were treated to the powder for kill ing bugs and insects on the crop in a shorter time than anything ever seen in the district before mr simp son engaged gordon rynard of zephyr to do the work with his new powder duster at a cost to mr simpson of 50c per acre mr rynards power duster is used on the tractor this is a very efficient machine that will dust 6 rows at a time this means about five acres an hour where rows are a fair length dusting is done at night when the dew is on and when there is little or no wind the first material used is a composition similar to bordeaux plus poison the bordeaux controls blight and is a repelant against leaf hoppers while the poison controls tho potato beetle unless the potato crop is sufficient ly covered with bordeaux through out the season the yield is cut con siderably from loss by blight and other diseases and hence the per centage of marketable potatoes is decreased it cannot be emphasized too much that quality is very im portant to bring ontario potatoes in equal competition with maritime potatoes but the two men who mixed the cement were absent minded and even mixed water and gravel forgetting the cement on one or two mixes time was when councils have not paid a fair enough price to obtain first class work and prided them selves in the cheap walk they were able to lay we know now it was a mistake for some councillor to lay claim that he laid the walks at the cheapest price per foot ever put down here- he may have been en titled to his boast but he probably was laying the poorest walks in town too however in fairness to harry burgess and to the sitting council there is a new walk just completed on south church street which mr burgess put down and there has been no haggling about price the cement man having full sway mr burgess says there will be no trouble with that walk and until someone can prove otherwise we are going to give him credit for a first class job it would be a good thing per haps if council would let a sizeable contract for pavement successful tenderer to put up reasonable guar antee for one season after the walk is down that the work will stand we may pay a little more but if mr burgess is correct we should pay more for we must have some guaran tee that these walks will be service able for a number of years if they do not crumble the first two seasons then they will wear for 25 years ringwood brothers in uniform prom left to right they are pte george abell an english comrade and brother corp robert abell the abell brothers are sons of imr and mrs j l abell of ringwood george is attached to the ordinance corps and has been in england now for some time where the above photo was taken as a parttime transport driver he tells us of several narrow escapes he had during the heavy air raids of the early spring on one occasion a heavy bomb struck quite near as he was guiding his transport loaded with troops through the darkness the explosion overturned the truck killing several of the men george escaped without a scratch in another instance he describes having every window in his barracks blown out and to this he says we just boarded them up and went on as usual he tells us that englands facilities for handling the great system of transport which they have is amazing one repair shop alone where he was first stationed had capacity for 5000 vehicles bob abell who not long ago was raised to the rank of corporal is with the dental corps and is stationed at newmarket madill reunion still popular event fifth lteuiiion at stouftville attracts descendants from new brunswick local lad overseas best man at wedding an event of interest to a number of our farming community will take place in a small kentish town in england this month when fred crittle who was formerly employed in this district will wed an english girl from his home village as best man for the occason he will have pte bruce lintner son of mr and mrs edw lintner of stouffville who arrived overseas a few months ago fred was employed for quite a number of years on farms close to town including cliff lemon and watson fairies one hundred and twentyfive mem bers of the imadill clan met in stouff ville memorial park for their fifth annual reunion last week coming the greatest distance for the event were mr and mrs p madill of omaha n b others present were from detroit charlton barrie ookstown alton port credit mal- ton claremont tottenham toronto mount lhert and sandford mrs theo madill of stouffville won the prize for the oldest woman present and wixon madillof altona the oldest man baby robinson of cookstown was the youngest child f c madill toronto former school teacher and editor in stouff- vill was reelected president other officers are john imadill stouffville and e madill port credit hon presidents mrs g smith sandford secretary treasurer school to close with public service the annual bible school at glas gow opened on monday last week will continue at the church until july is dally session from 9 to 11 are held there will be a public program on friday july 18 begin ning at 745 when the work accomplished will bo displayed this special evening is for all the parents and friends and mr gordon schrag director promises a profit able and interesting evening the enrolment at the school has been slightly below that of other years mr and mrs a shaffer of beth- esiia spent thursday with mr and mrs ino spence baker avenue son of former bank manager wed dorothy anne greer married by brother a pretty wedding took place in newmarket christian church at noon on saturday when miss dorothy anne greer daughter of mrs imary greer and the late john greer of toronto became the bride of bruce closson johnson son of mr and mrs robert johnson stouffville rev a greer brother of the bride performed the ceremony before standards of summer flowers organ music was played through the service by clarion baker given in marriage by her brother david greer the bride wore a white satin gown with peter pan collar basque bodice long rose point sleev es and full skirt a full train of white net was caught by a tiny tiny coronet of orange blossoms she carried a houquet of deep red roses the bridesmaid miss olive johnson sister of the groom was gowned in pale blue net over taffeta with fitted bodice puffed sleeves and full skirt her bouquet was of pink roses donald clososn cousin of the groom was best man at tho reception at the parsonage mrs greer received in a maroon sheer frock with white accessories the grooms mother wore flowered blue silk with navy accessories for her wedding trip to halibur- ton the bride chose a sports suit of blue with matching hat and white accessories she is a graduate of victoria college and taught at albert college until her marriage on their return mr and airs johnson will live in whitchurch just north of stouffville no protection for rabbits or goats in sheep and dog act clark bunker and his young son raise quite an output of rabbits at their small farm on the 10th con cession of markham and a few nights ago a stray dog or perhaps a canine owned right in the neighbor hood got into the pens and destroy ed live big fellows and injured three or four others the rabbits are rais ed for meat for which there is a ready market and in these times a great deal more of this kind of meat could be made use of when there is such a cry to conserve beet and pork for export hugh boyd township sheep valu er was appealed to to ascertain if compensation could bo obtained for this live stock destroyed by dogs however the sheep and dog act only provides compensation for sheep and cattle and their young the act might well be enlarged to cover goats and rabbits raised for market purposes and properly con fined in pens there are some valu able goat herds in this locality and one of these days a dog may cause serious loss although a goat is not so docile as sheep and will drive the average dog to cover no one could hardly blame the law makers for overlooking protection for rabbits for after all who could blame a dog for chasing a rabbit when he has been taught to do it since time immemorial and who ever thought of compensation for tho rabbit raising bunnies in pens for marketable meat rather alters tho situation ox the bowling greens first and second prize winners for the mens doubles tournament ou the local bowling greens on tuesday evening were won by local rinks other prize winners were new market and toronto w r sanders and james h ratcliff took first prize and m e watts and fred car- ruthers second nine of sixteen rinks entered had local players tuesday evening shower a host of friends gathered at the home of mr and mrs e a button on tuesday evening to tender their daughter miss janet buttona show er on the eve of her approaching marriage net proceeds to go to red cross bomb victims fund in the church of christ selkirk an interesting wedding took place on wednesday evening july 2nd when madelyn edith elder daughter of mr and mrs madill hoover selkirk and mr william elmer still only son of mr and mrs elmer m still of orangeville were united in marriage by rev lloyd hustler tho church was decorated with roses and delphinium the bride wore a sheer blue wool doucle with shoulder bouquet of briorcllffe roses and large white hat miss doris gee was bridesmaid and wore sheer crepe with corsage bouquet of briarcliite roses and white bar mr ros hoover brother of the bride was best man a reception was held at the home of the brjoos parents following the ceremony the brides mother re ceived in white with white hat tho grooms mother also wore white and white hat after a short honeymoon the couple will reside in toronto found unconscious goodwood citizen passed away seen by friends in the village of goodwood around five oclock on wednesday night last week newton brignall was found in an uncon scious condition on the floor of the united church at six oclock by his daughter mrs walter bryan she had gone to summons him to his tea help was quickly summoned and lie was taken home never to regain consciousness lie passed away the next day death being due to a stroke a resident of uxbridge and pick ering all his life he was born near brougham in 1869 and at the age of 35 years married frances smith a toronto girl they farmed in pickering and for a good many years in the siloam district of ux bridge twelve years ago at the time of his wifes death he came to goodwood he was caretaker of the church and was regarded as a quiet likeable man highly esteemed by everybody two sons born to this union are both dead but there survives a daughter edna mrs bryan who cared for the father during his de clining years two brothers living are benjamin and john brignall and two sisters arc mrs r brown and mrs nelson lcdgett both of toron to the funeral last saturday took place from the late home to the unted church for service thonce proceeded to hartman cemetery for on the holiday there will lie an interment the servico was taken by j amateur show open to all with the rev j ostrum of georgtown assist- option of a rehearsal prior to the big cd by mr r williams mission paslday novelty events will also be pro- tor at goodwood many old friends vided for tho entertainment of tho new service truck oneills funeral establishment has just purchased a natty gray ser vice van or truck for their funeral work to be used in conjunction with the uptodate hearse now being used at all funerals the body is fin ished in the new gray shade which is becoming as popular as black engagejient the engagement is announced of frances beatrice youngest daughter of mr and mrs nelson mustard unionville to frederick george bartlett son of mr and mrs william bartlett markham township the marriage will take place july 26th at her homo miss cedar beach to be crowned aug 4th the crowning of miss cedar beach for 1941 will be the feature of a grand program to be staged at cedar beach musselmans lake on civic holiday august 4th fifty dollars will go to the lucky lady while those placing second arid third will receive 15 and 10 already a considerable number of entries have been received from the ranks of the girls already entered in the toronto police contests to pick miss tor onto to be held this saturday to be eligible for the musselmans lake show girls must he 16 or over and single any entries in the city con test are eligible except this years winner in addition to the bevy of beauti ful damsels to be seen at the beach sembled to pay their farewell re spects to an old friend and floral pieces further attributed to the friendships ho enjoyed pall bearers were messrs fred robinson george stewart jos crawford bert staley ernie morganson f a forsyth thousands expected to gather at stouffvilles resort the entire net proceeds for the affair will go to the canadian red cross bomb victims fund entries should bo sent to r armstrong 10 avion street toronto worst storm in years the worst electrical rain storm in years passed over stouffville wed nesday afternoon destroyed a trans former on montreal street and put the hydro out of service for a short time as a result the deluge of rain was accompanied by hail which might do crop damage in the outly ing district it was so dark for an hour that without lights household duties could not be carried on pair remanded on serious charge appearing in nowmarket police court two toronto men harry mulr and thomas wright were remanded until august 12 to answer a charge of manslaughter the charge is that they by wil ful misconduct while driving an automobile on the ninth concession of whitchurch did unlawfully cause the death of james thomas of tor onto constable robert windsor in vestigated the accident which happened on july 7 at church ti ill