mibum leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 51 no16 stouffville ont thursday july 24th 1941 eight pagbs council petitions minister of highways farmers take shelter under wagon as horse is struck by lightning last weeks his storm created damage in whole area about stouuvillc william hope of milliken and brother of robert hope of uxbridge and mrs fred johnson of stbuffville experienced one of the most thrill ing times during the terrific rain and electrical storm last week when one of his horses hitched in the team was struck dead mr hope and his man were working in the field when the storm came upon them suddenly with no chance to escape they stop ped under a tree and the two men got under the wagon a heavy bolt of lightning crashed all around them splintered the wagon rack stunning the men and killing one horse during the same storm a cow was killed on the farm of henry miller at peacbs and one on the farm of clarence atkinson bethesda also on the farm of albert taylor 2nd concession of uxbridge five animals were killed outright and another badly stunned all in the field for the second time in a couple of weeks lightning struck too close for comfort on the farm of peter fergu son 9th of whitchurch just north of town this last holt hit the house while a week or two before the barn was struck but on no occasion was fire started although smoke went up mrs wm waddells farm house east of claremont occupied by fred mowder received a crack but no fire in addition to a transformer on montreal street being struck in town trees were knocked down the chimney on les rowbothams house and the bank of commerce were hit and the creek threatened to overflow at monkhouses tailor ing shop where pieces of cement broken off the arch blocked the wai ter course on the farm of louis grovetsth con of markham township their son jack 18 was knocked off a couch when lightning seemed to come in over the telephone to enter the room where he lay he was unconscious a few minutes and the hair was singed off his arm however jack is able to work again splinters were knocked from the cabinet of the radio in the same room holstein in local herd brings 600 from usa buyer lilovii turner owner may defer sale until after kxhihitiou stouffvilles mpp is 70 ye old hon george s henry once pre mier of ontario last week celebrat ed his 70th birthday having been born july 1g 1s71 in king town ship a lot of electors may have for gotten it but the genial george is stoultvilles representative in the ontario legislature mr henry has spent is years in hon george s henry public life and continues active hav ing delivered during the last session clos of the legislature one of his usually aggressive addresses he also march ed in the 12tti of july parade he entered political life in 1903 as a member of york township council serving as reeve from 1907 to 1910 he was warden of york county in 1909 mr henry entered provincial poli ties at a byelection in east york on sept 8 1913 and since then has faced the electors with success on seven occasions he was sworn in as prime minister on dec 16 1930 succeeding hon g howard fergu son but his government went down to defeat on jnne 19 1934 when the hepburn tidmmistratioii came into power there will be general regret among the holstein breeders of york county should lloyd turner not defer the transfer of his prize animal betsy roebuck dixie to the griswold hopkins farm at minnes ota whose buyer came to stouffvill last week and in short order closed a deal for the purchase of this fine cow at 600 cash betsy roebuck dixie received favorable mention in the farmers magazine just recently and she was picked as the best cow of her class from all the fine herds in york coun ty to be in the york county holstein herd at the cne i consider betsy roebuck dixie the finest holstein in york county and we counted strong ly on her to be in our county herd for the canadian national exhibi tion was the comment of george henry when he learned that mr turner had agreed to sell site is probably the highest priced animal to go from a local stable in many a day and she is going to one of the finest and most prominent show herds in the usa a real staywithit is betsy roe- buck dixie with around 60000 lbs at the end of her 5th year in 3 lacta tions as a 3yearold on 305 day milking she had 17011 as a 4-year- old production was tip to 20252 lbs and in her present lactation just completed she exceeded 22000 lbs mr turner informed the tribune that while he holds the offer of sale transfer may be deferred until the of the cne town council joins uxbridge tp to protest unfair road s scott farmers also organizing against construction program omission of pavement between stouffville and goodwood would create great dissatisfaction by not having the connecting link with toronto o klinck clan gather at victoria square a special meeting of the council called tuesday evening entered a strong plea to hon t b mcquesten minister of highways by a night letter urgently bringing to his attention the unfair situation pre sented by reason of the construction of a paved road from uxbridge to goodwood and then from uxbridge to greenbank and omitting the five miles from goodwood to stouffville where their is a connecting link of pavement to toronto in fact from here there are several hard top roads for the traffic to spread out on a memorandum of the situation will he presented later this week and in the meantime the telegram des patched to the minister says that tii compliance with popular de mand of the people of the villages of goodwood stouffville and the near by townships we the corporation of the village or stouffville in council now assembled humbly urge upon you the advisability of completing a hard top surface highway be tween goodwood and stouffville mussulmans iakb issue next week xcxt week the issue of july 11st will be our annual mussel- mans lake edition this annual issue of the tribune designed and illustrated especially for the lake population and in the interests of local advertisers will see a circulation of close to 2000 copies local merchants should be sure they do not miss this opportunity to place the story of their merchandise be fore these tourists who number 1500 and 2000 collided with tree truck passenger suffers injuries returning from work below ced- urove harvey bunker received a few nasty gashes and probably back injury when in some manner the car struck a telephone post pass ing along a narrow road his father norman bunker was driving with two others in the cab while harvey rode in the back when the truck struck the pole it gave the rear passenger some kind of jolt that left him unconscious for a few minutes however harvey hopes to return to work in a few days now now serving while the equipment is on the ound at goodwood the omission of this short section of road will create an injustice through this section of the com munity and widespread dissatisfac tion by not having a connecting link to the city of toronto signed r e brown acting reeve berkshire horses new to farmers- entertaining toronto kiwanians jkr j vv cherry farm near unionville is sold an important sale in markham township was negotiated this week when the w c cherry farm located on no 7 highway east of union ville was sold to an undisclosed pur chaser this farm was purchased about a year ago by mr cherry from archi bald envprjngham since that time mr cherry has made many improve ments to the property installing electricity and running water in the house and modernizing the larn the residence is of white stucco over brick with 10 rooms the splen did hiproof bank barn 90 feet by 36 feet has three box stalls and stabling facilities for 20 head of cattle the farm consisting of 86 acres is a splendid producing one with clay loam soil and about two acres of orchard a branch of the rouge river crosses the property it is an attractive country estate farm and one of the show places of union ville district the new owner purchased the farm as an investment and intends leaving the present tenant to carry on farm operations it is understood the asking price for the property was 15000 stouffville girl married here in the baptist church kxfiagemext mr and mrs herbert l pegg church hill ontario announce the engagement of their eldest daughter mary elizabeth to mr charles bruce maclean son of mr and mrs charles maclean church hill ontario the marriage to take place quietly on august 2nd mr and mrs jno coxworth of chicago are visiting mr and mrs k o tarr it is seven years since vr tirr last entertained her brother stouffville baptist church was the scene of an interesting wedding on saturday afternoon july 19 at 2 oclock when muriel edith stocker daughter of mrs ida stocker stouff ville and the late rev robert stocker became the bride of mr ivan thomas kendall montgomery son of mr and mrs thomas montgomery of glamls bruce county rev duncan macgregor minister of the church officiated the bride looked charming attired in a white sheer redingote dress white hat and matching accessories she wore a corsage of talisman ros es cornflowers bouvardia and maid en hiir fern she was attended by her sister mrs wm j lord of stouffville wearing turqoise mass crepe with white hat and matching accessories her flowers were johanna hill ros es and maiden hair fern wesley montgomery toronto brother of the groom was best man following the ceremony the couple were acclaimed by their friends at a reception held at the brides home charles street stouffvlhe after which mr and mrs montgomery left on a motor trip the bride wearing a queens blue ensemble they will reside at berkley ontario the old home farm at victoria square was the scene of a happy family gathering on friday july isth when mrs t w klinck and her son dr l s klinck and bride of vancouver joined with the local members of the family about forty in number the occasion was prim arily in honor of the bride formerly miss elizabeth barkley abernethy of vancouver supper was served on the beautiful farm lawn when mrs t w klinck cut the wedding cake to the click of many cameras a musical program of choruses and songs by old and young ably accom panied by the violin in the hands of the bride climaxed a day long to be remembered by all who shared it no tnqukst necessary dr ball coroner informs us that there will he no inquest over the recent fatal accident east of ballan- trae when a toronto man was killed when thrown from a car attempting to round the corner at church hill the accident was held to be purely accidental i the other evening the scribe of i this paper was acting as a judge in a quizz contest down on the hammill farm in markham township jack i lawrence of city dairy fame did the quizzing and five members of the toronto central kiwanis club were on one side against five farm ers or members of the markham fair board on the other the other judge with ye editor was a toronto man but we got along fine except when one of those city slickers answered a question so badly we counted him zero and our city judge gave two marks here is the question if we speak of a jersey cow a plymouth rock hen what is the word berkshire identified with a horse came the ready answer of a financial wizzard from bay street and we had to agree in giving him two marks because he might have placed it in the poultry class so the other judge argued the occasion was a gettogether of the markham fair board and the toronto central kiwanians who were guests of the farmers on the lovely farm just below no 7 high way between the 9th and 10th con cessions reeve rennie deputy reeve hooper and councillor albert ree- sor were prominent among the farm er folk giving the city chaps a good time just when the program was about to start out on the spacious and well kept grounds in front of t lie large brick residence a heavy down pour of rain came and the crowd made for the barn where a hasty arrangement was made with suitable electric lighting on the bare floor that was waiting for the seasons crop overhead pigeons flapped from beam to beam disturbed in manner never before experienced while up from the stables below came the mow of the fine herd of cattle which mr hammill evidently keeps in the barn on wet nights however it all added somehow to the fun which lasted a couple of hours lunch was served before everybody took their departure and then not berore offering hearty thanks to the hammills for use of their farm mr moffat coburn district repre sentative from newmarket was pre pte ralph cooper son of mr and mrs jos cooper of the 2nd line uxbridge who is serving with the royal regiment 1x1 urei with pitchfork assisting with the farm work on tuesday on their farm markham- pickering townline mrs arthur wideman ran a pitch fork almost through her ankle inflicting a nasty wound requiring immediate medical attention showered the teacher the popular teacher at ssno10 markham mjss muriel stocker who on saturday became the bride of mr ivan montgomery of kincardine was tendered a miscellaneous shower on the eve of her marriage the affair took place at the home of mr and mrs james mccreight 9th con cession when about 50 people of the section gathered for the occasion teacher at no 19 just south of stouffville for the past few years the now mrs montgomery was very pop ular she is succeeded as teacher by miss barbara stewart of markham village ed murphy farmer passes in 75th year lifelong resident of whitchurch sent to help along the good time i township edward murphy died enjoyed by city and country people where he was born at the family alike not the mississippi but a toronto street mrs lennox and two daughters miss jean and mrs jos cooney re turned tuesday from a holiday spent merrickvillc the dr smith residence in town is offered for rent since the recent occupant dr weatherill left own ulsi week to join the cadc torontos downpour on july 16 were common in the ilowland ave soaked more than one motorist as subway a motorist tried to drive flooded areas stalled carsand scenes through what he thought was shal- reminiscent of mississippi floods i low water ills engine stalled and he had practically to swim for it as the water mounted higher and higher here an effort is made to attach a tow rope to the car home lot 14 concession 6 on saturday last in his 75th year he was quite well known over the town ship and was highly regarded by a host of friends a man of genial disposition and generous qualities he will be greatly missed death followed a period of de clining health from which for a lime he appeared to improve but the end was inevitable a son of the late mr and mrs daniel murphy edward farmed all his life and a brother patrick and two sisters miss mary murphy and mrss canning survive him funeral service on tuesday left the family residence at 930 am lor st johns church newmarket where solemn requiem high mass was offered for the repose of the soul ot the deceased rev thomas murphy c m cape girardean miss assite by rev j e canning ot port colborne ontario as deacon and rev j b murphy of deorfield 111 as subdeacon all of whom were nephews of the deceased also in the- sanctuary were mon- seignenr brennan dean clair of barrie dr bickle parish priest of newmarket and rev a mcquillan of toronto rector of st michaels catherdal toronto the choir of delasalle college aurora sang the solemn high mass interment was made in st johns cemetery pall hearers wore messrs j can ning w mcgriskln f coleman w mcquillan j grlskln j morrow