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fcmffirille nbnm leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and oxbridge twps vol 51 no is stouffville ont thursday august 7th 1911 eight pages councillor withdraws threat to resign electric light issue to reach peaceful settlement with his resignation in bis hand written out before he came to the meeting councillor ira rusnell met the council on friday night prepared to carry out his threat to give up his seat if the members persisted in what he felt was a ganging up against his leadership as chairman of the water and light committee finally after considerable argument and some persuasion mr rusnell tore up the paper and asked coun cil to get on with the business al though he wasnt entirely satisfied mr rusnell charged that the council had recanted from a stand taken to put up two extra lights near the hospital they all voted for it then at a special meeting when he was not present they agreed to hold up the work because they had sailors appkyl jxhj tlayixg pyisds there is a general request fio- ing forward asking people to contribute used playing card that are in good condition to lie sailors it is felt that many decks could in obtained around stouflville and if doners will leave them at tile tribune ollire they will be forwarded to the headquarters on ray street toronto your contribution will be great fully received and may he the means of whiling away many a weary hour ror the men at sea japan may be fooling but uncle sam isnt stole gasoline at ballantrae gasoline thieves got away with seven gallons from the pumps at gib j wrigthts store early monday morn ing or late sunday evening the thieves says mr wright were very considerate instead of throwing away the padlock and the broken part of the pump everything was left in order a contrast to a previous the broken pump part and the locks were carried away it is believed that some people may have been stranded in the neighborhood and took this means to replenish a dry gasoline found a way to remedy the trouble j wllen by tree trimming and putting in extra sized bulbs mr rusnell said it was all done behind his hack and while he was chairman he felt he had been ignored in the matter said mr rusnell i see by the paper i threatened to resign and it would seem i am stirring up trouble i gave notice last march and spoke of the darkness near the hospital even before that at the july council meeting i thought we were unani mous to put up a couple of extra lights in that area is that right or wrong he asked t dickson hill school plans to mr boyd under certain condij a reunion in 1342 for which an tions it is rght organization meeting was held on mr rusnell proceeded saying that tuesday night at the school coun- later he instructed mr byer to put albert reesor was elected up the lights and was told council president and mr edwin byer was not putting them up it was then secretary school eighty years old plans reunion whether japan is counting on bluff or is prepared for desperate military action in the far east she is not going to find it easy to get her own way in the greatest naval shipbuilding program the world has known us warships are constantly sliding olt the ways and the twoocean navy to meet the twoocean threat to us security is becoming a reality here two destroyers are launched in a double ceremony at kearny nj seven and a half months after the keel laying the uss bristol is left and the uss ellyson right sai til 1 10 at goi5mliky he learned that council had capitu lated on their stand he saw the hand of reeve weldon iin opposition to the lights and hinted that this may have been the cause of the sudden right aboutface acting reeve brown then took a hand in ths discussion and stated that there had been a delay in pur chasing brackets and equipment for the two new lights agreed upon this delay allowed us time to trim the trees when that was done it seem ed such a grand job he said that everybody was entirely satisfied thats what caused the change of opinion however i told you that if you could prove to the council extra lights were still needed we would get them not one member is trying to block mr rusnell he declared who gave mr byer authority to put on the two larger bulbs asked mr rusnell and mr byer said it was agreed upon when lie was at the home of reeve weldon and in the presence of mr brown mr rusnell it looks to me that the name and address of boys and girls who once attend this old school now so years old is urgently sought and friends will confer a great fav or by sending them in to mr byer so that a substantial mailing list may he built up six cakes of salt in one pasture field in one week is more than any herd of cows dispose of yet six cakes disappeared from the field on the shelke farm at gormley and step are being taken to trap the party wiio would do the cows out of their rights as one cake disappeared the owner replaced it only to have some thief take it away markham tp tax rate drops over a mill as soon as mr weldon got hold of it the whole thing changed councillor jack silverthorn said he was also amazed at the improve nient made by tree trimming and i couple of extra sized bulbs at 930 after an hour and half discussion was decided to do a hit more tree trimming then have council view the results and if a majority want still more lights in that section of main street it will be their privilege to vote for them mr rusnell thereupon tore up the resolution he held in his hand so long and which if tabled would have been followed by him walking out of the chamber and possibly precipi tating a summer election vacation bible school had goo atte the ten day vacation bible school held in the stouffville mennonite church was a marked success accor ding to rev h shantz he ipointed out that the atten dance held up well despite the ex treme heat that prevailed over most of the school days we feel that a lasting impression for good has been made said the church pastor the average attendance was 10s while the boys and girls were greet ed with a full house for the closing program on friday evening which proved interesting and helpful mr shantz voiced his praise for the action of the school board in permitting them the use of a few rooms in the public school which is fortunately situated just across from the church teachers too he said were faithful in their effort and at tendance while every financial need was met with a generous response farmer and business man buried tues day prikxds met at lakeside afflicted with a serious heart con dition for some years albert lehi a p um0 was sneiu clyi man resident of the western of holiday at the home of imr and mrs thos hood appleton park lake stouffville and one of the business men until his retirement from the harness shop a year ago or more died at his home very early on mon day morning he was in his 7tth year mr lehman took over the har ness repair shop from morley barker when he gave up business in the lehman block 12 years ago aside from tills mr lehman was a local preacher and served the church of christ in both toronto and pine orchard until a few years ago prior to disbanding the congregation in stouffville he preached in the church here on many occasions mr lehman was a sincere christian and a great bible student born in uxbridge township albert lehman was a son of the late daniel lehman he spent most of his life farming in tiie pine orchard dis trict where a branch of his church existed forty nine years ago he married ida gilroy sister of imr harry gilroy they had no children mr lehman is survived by two brothers frank of pine orchard and peter of stouftvllie an only sister is mrs chas bran don also living in whitchurch the funeral on wednesday of this mnsselmati when a number of friends of fifty years standing from waterloo and kitchener paid a sur prise visit to mr and mrs rickey parents of mrs hood those present were mr and mrs enimerson rup- pel and family mr rupple miss minnerva rupple mr and mrs roy turner and family also mr ortan debltt and family all had a very enjoyable time short peach crop mr and mrs ralph haist were visitors at the home of mrs ralph hamilton obrien ave on friday mr haist was on the continuation school staff here last year he has been assisting his father with his peach orchard in the niargara dis trict and states that growers will harvest a short crop hut a slight increase in prlco will help out the fruit farmer constable undergoes operation last week mr robert windsor whitchurch township constable underwent an operation for appen dicitis at the york county hospital his condition was most critical for a time hut high hopes are now entertained for his early recovery his father mr john windsor miirselmans lake squire has been in ill health for some months hut his sturdy constitution should stand him in good stead at this time and we all hope for his early recovery too higher costs fail jo deter twp council higher labor costs increased tax es of various kinds are well taken care of in markham township for despite these rising costs the town ship council in session on imonday struck the township taxes at over a mill below last year the general tax rate this year is 355 as against 4 mills a year ago while relief is down 30 points and the county rate is al so reduced by two points making a total reduction of 12 mills on the dollar reeve rennie presided over the meeting and council spent most of the afternoon considering the rates it is apparent that every farm will receive a lower tax this year unless of course the township school rate is sharply boosted in some sections that would offset the reduction made by the council i where do beauty parlors stand lincolnville goats aid bomb victims week proceeded from the late home to the baptist church where mr crumless pastor of fern avenue church conducted the service pall bearers were messrs willis colin and w wlddifleld walter hall howard mcclure ford lehman a pair of goats donated by mr las monks of lincolnville were a popular prize in one of the lucky- draws at the musselmans lake ratepayers sport day at appletons park on civic holiday these were no ordinary goats as the letter v plainly marked on their foreheads and went by th- nnsies the kid and bunty lawless they were won by miss hazel ford of toronto the first prize was an elec tric stove and was won by miss j harrison toronto also outstanding during the after noon were the water sports includ ing swimming and canoeing while marriages a pretty summer wedding was solemnized on the lawn of the home of mr and imrs nelson mustard unionville when their youngest daughter frances beatrice became the bride of fredrick george son of mr and mrs william bartlett mark ham township rev a e owen of unionville ofliciated the bride was given in marriage by her brother mr garnet mustard of west hill and wore a street length dress of turquoise blue sheer with pink hat and white accessories and babys breath her only attend ant was her sister mrs walter dnnlop who wore a pink and blue streetlength dress with blue hat and white accessories and carried sweet peas and babys ibreath mr walter dnnlop of oshawa acted as best man as a result of a petition signed by all the bartering shops in town that is the jour mens shops the council in session on monday night passed a bylaw requiring the shops to close at not later than 7 oclock every monday evening and by 1230 each wednesday afternoon throughout the year penalty for infractions of the bylaw is 1000 for the first offense and 50 for the second the question may now be asked whether the new law will affect the beauty parlors which really come under harboring shops for hair cut- ing is done in beauty parlors the question will provide the first worry of the towns legal department since the barbers have shouldered the matter on the corporation to regu late this portion of their business nmaclean asked thousands of questions a crowd of 4000 saw miss betty ford crowned at lake toronto girls made a clean sweep in the beauty contest of the fourth annual sports day at cedar beach park musselmans lake on civic holiday betty ford was crowned miss cedar beach of 1941 with pauline can- second and jean greenlees third the red cross british bomb vic tims fund received the proceeds from the big day of fun which in cluded all kinds of sports a lucky- draw and amateur show miss toronto of 1941 miss rose burkett was on hand and acted as a judge in the beauty contest to gether with mrs s m richards harry dibble herman kidd and jerry tunston mrs a v nolan vicepresident of the stouffville branch of the red cross thanked george davies for donating the park for the event and was given the honor of crowning laliss cedar beach more than 4000 people including many from toronto crowded into the park competition was keen in the amateur contest with an ac- cordianmouth organguitar duet f morris and charlie brown won the first prize frances sandfbrd age seven a singer won second prize while glyearold joe woods went to town in tap dancing for third prize walter bromby wellknown composer was accompanist climbing a high greasy pole was a feature of the days sports but it was not until after long hours of effort that morley davis got to the top and won the 1000 prize three in family die this year all over 85 5 the death of mrs george e wagg at the family home north of stouff ville on monday marked the third death in her parental family within the present year mrs wagg was in her 90th year she was formerly mary elizabeth caswell daughter of william carey caswell and was born in osprey township the family later moved to bloomington in whitchurch she was the last surviving member of a family of eight children two broth ers one 9g years of age and the other so years died within a few do you smoke well if you do no doubt you en joy it but not any more than the boys oversells those from this com munlty who have donned the kings uniform are standing in the front line for you and me surely they deserve every pleasure we enjoy and even more there is an acute short age of cigarettes in great britain and what few there are are expen sive the local veterans are en deavoring to help out by their com fort fund glass containers have been placed on many of the tobacco counters in town appealing to you to drop in a little donation to help a yntinc fellow from toronto made solid smokes to our boys in england one need only read the overseas the 400 by selling autographs on cast on his broken leg receipts on the day will go to the telv bomb victims fund norman macleod maclean recent ly completed his work as enumer ator for the village of stouffville if his appointment came to him for this work because of his ability to keep secrets the government made no mistake for the true scotch in stinct of hanging onto everything was revealed to the scribe when wo attempted to pry him for a bit of information lie wouldnt even dis close tho population of the village as lie recorded it figures in the oflice of the clerk indicated the inhabit ants number over 1200 but it is al so known that even this figure has advanced around 50 but the scotch man sworn to secrecy just couldnt tell us one thing that he did divulge was that he had no less than 46 361 written entries on the forms passing through his hands and that the forms required for the few farm ers resident in town each contained 65s entries while a special form for vegetable growers had some 477 questions printed on them the number of widows and spin sters in town mr maclean was sure would constitute a record for all canada but if he counted them up he never disclosed the fact and this ended tho interview with a thorough scotchman who hesitates to give anything away in the line of secrets took in gathering mr and mrs e r good and family from the bricrbush and imiss days of each other in january of this year deseased was married to george e wagg g9 years ago last may 15 and besides her husband who is 90 years of age there survives a family of eleven children their children and grandchildren number 103 mrs wagg enjoyed good health until very recently in fact three weeks ago in company of her daughter-in- law she was in the tribune oflice on business the children are james of breth- our ont alex of uxbridge frank of altona jacob of scarboro win of newtonbrook george at home mrs austin bain of newmarket mrs fred chamberlain toronto mrs dolos graham ringwood mrs olivor yakely and mrs jess brown stouffville mail in this issue to see how much ma good attended the good ro- this fund is apprecited yourl union held at the waterloo tark in support is earnestly sought waterloo ontario last saturday visitors at spruce villa at the home of mr and mrs john u bar- key in stouffville were mr and mrs ummel from nigeria west africa corp g a barkey of corps signals from toronto miss gibson north bay mr and mrs bert wideman minn and mr and mrs bruce wide- man from new jersey