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tottfftriuc fftrtlmiie leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 51 no 26 stouffville ont thursday october 9th 1941 eight pages another robbery is narrowly averted as shouts frighten thieves frightened before merchant got his gnu ont about fourthirty am on friday morning roy curtis who lives over his gents furnishing store on main street almost directly opposite the are hall and clock tower was awakened by a strange noise which he quickly realized was caused by someone attempting to force the store door beneath his rooms mr curtis called and the wouldbe rob bers made a quick get away in a car parked at the curb however mr curtis got a fair glimpse of two forms running tor the car and pull ing away quickly in a light colored car the milk men making their rounds just at this time and a short time earlier noticed the light color ed car standing at the curb farther west and while tatiing special note of it presumed it belonged to a local garage man and so failed to take down the license number the door on curtis store showed seventeen marks made by the jimmy used in the effort to force an entrance but stout locks and a substantially built door would not have stood them off had not mr cur tis frightened them away more than one merchant has equipped him- selves with a rifle including mr curtis but in the excitement he neglected to arm himself before giving any alarm county police expressed the opin ion that the same gang that stole several thousand dollars worth of cloth from john monkhouses re cently may be implicated despite the fact that some of the party suspeced of this robbery are now in jail on an other charge stationed at fihgal leland fairies son of mr and mrs floyd fairies who reside on the townline just east of stouffville is in training at the no 4 bombing and gunnery school of the rcaf at fingal ontario markham farm sold to chief coroner the william heise farm on the 4th concession of markham just north of victoria square has just been sold by the owner to dr smirlie lawson intends to remodel and tor ontario a beautiful location in a choice section of the province dr lawson intends to remdel and beautify the place in a marked way since purchasing the farm two or three years ago mr heise has work ed it in conjunction with his home acres just west of the square these boys d n you r epend or xmas council dealt with various problems on monday the hydro man n e ityer took exception before village council on monday evening to a recent resolu tion passed which instructed him to make all purchases for the hydro through the municipal office instead of placing orders direct mr byer said he had a free hand for 1g years and rather resented the change im posed reeve weldon said he was not present when the resolution was passed some months ago and was no in a position to debate the issue acting reeve brown thought the idea behind the change of having the town clerk place all orders for material was that he might check the incoming material and be in a posi tion to know something about the bills council is called upon to pay for hydro equipment mr byer maintained he often wanted material in a great hurry and to bother ordering through the clerk would cause a loss of time it was agreed that all orders placed by mr byer direct would he made in dupli cate one for the clerk this would appear to nullify the resolution mr byer objected to but nothing was done to cancel the original motion a grant of 200 was made to the athletic park committee this be ing the annual amount given for this purpose iresidents on south church street will be notified that drain pipes from roofs of houses must not be emptied on the cement sidewalk or in such a manner at the base of the walks as to cause damage to the cement re cently put down the new walk on mill street run ning the depth of the shaw block cost the ratepayers s200 and the account was ordered paid on the understanding that open joints would be corked with tar or ome other similar substance hydro for the month of august ran 9s07san account which is paid monthly without the necessity of a resolution from the council pied piper needed to lead rats from headford dump reeve rennie of markham vainly longed for a pied piper on monday afternoon as he presided over the monthly meeting of markham township council who were told of hoards of rats overrunning the dumping ground at headford on the 3rd concession a petition signed by residents of the district implored council to take some action to rem edy the condition it is alleged that people dump rotten fruit dead chickens dogs and cats there while clerk charles hoover stated that he had visited the place only a mouth ago and saw rotten peaches we cant tolerate it said reeve rennie and deputy reeve charles hooper suggested that signs be put up councillor w l clark de clared that immediate action must be taken to clean up the situation the first thing is to erect signs forbid ding the dumping of all vegetable continned on page eight the appeal for funds from the veterans comfort fund has been meeting with very gratifying response but even more is needed if every hoy from stouffville now in england is to receive a parcel of christmas cheer surely the letters received from these boys and published from time to time is sufficient persuasion to contribute to this appeal each week come new letters and cards iof gratefulness from these lads of onrs their christ mas depends on you wont you make iit a little brighter by helping to send them a small treat from home imagine yourself in their place and just think what a joy it would be to know that the folks back home were thinking about you time is short as these parcels must be away within the next couple of weeks below we publish a list of those to whom these parcels will be sent b94g95 pte fred g madill no2 army field workshop kcoc canadian army overseas b730h5 sgt morley e pngh 4th canadian reece br pldg sqd 7th tp canadian army over seas b97102 pte wh lewis holding unit hqad rcoc canadian army overseas bg7s52 pte bruce lintner cc hdgls a group holding unit rr of c canadian army overseas b2s315 spr w c lehman 1st corps field park co royal can adian engineers canadian army overseas b94419 pte geo abell no 2 army field workshop rcoc canadian army overseas b67s35 pte fred castle royal regt of canada nol co holding unit canadian army overseas rg3960 aje s m sinclair 401 squadron rcaf casf can adian airforce overseas bs27s9 pte o larkin sec d 1st cdn troop carrying co rcasc canadian army overseas bs3232 spr a maskoll no 1 molding unit royal canadian engin eers canadian army overseas bb3s79 rfln j r smith 1st bait queens own rifles canadian army overseas bs47sg pie l p pugh no 1 holding unit no 2 coy kcas c canadian army overseas bs4777 pte g b draper no 1 holding unit rcasc canadian leracturei ankle on stairs in the home of her sister mrs clare bolender miss elizabeth wideman fell on the stairs and re ceived a fracture of both bones of the ankle last friday daughter of a pioneer family of the late martin wideman the unfortunate lady will have the sympathy of her wide circle of friends she is being nursed at the isrierhush hospital in town regular baptists hold convention the rural district association of regular baptist churches met in stouffville tor their annual fall con vention on wednesday last week the moderator rev j fuljard evangelist john raymond hand bible teacher and author of phllu- dephia was guest speaker at both afternoon and evening sessions mrs ijjyers orillia was soloist rev duncan mcgregor of stouffville gave the address of welcome and rev john byers orillia and rev hoy hisey fenelon falls assisted in the services delegates were pre sent from bohcaygeon lindsay scotch line orillia cannington sunderland fenelon falls baker hili and 1st markham an invitation to hold the spring convention in fenelon falls was accepted farm team wreck passing car grant morley escaped serious in jury the other evening when a couple of horses crashed into the morley automobile on the 6th concession and badly damaged the body of the ear grant a son of mr and mrs roy morley was driving just opposite the gateway on the almour clarice farm when several horses came racing out the lane apparently be ing pursued by the dog endeavour ing to head them off two of them plunged right into the windshield completely wrecking the front part of the car and it injured one horse while the other animal appeared only stunned the driver made a marvelous escape from serious in jury car damage will run into a few hundred dollars it is estimated what have you done about it the stouffville red cross branch embracing the territory of north markham and south whitchurch as well as all the village of stouffville is calling for a shower for the christmas boxes to he shipped over seas right away a lot of people have done their part but the great major ity have not responded in sufficient numbers as to make the task easy for the society what is needed for these boxes is chewing gum tooth paste shaving cream razor blades coffee choco late bars bordens condensed milk tea bags sardines or cigarettes just drop in to your merchant today and buy one or more of these small articles and deposit it in the re ceptacles at groves store ringwood lehmans store in town tribune office or take your donation to the red cross rooms thursday oct and if you cannot get down to at tend to the matter just phone your merchant to make delivery for you the appeal is urgent the opportun ity is great for further information telephone 15302 markham fair is big event despite poor weather throughout noted artist dead uncle ot local lady john w beatty rca head of the department of drawing and painting at the ontario college of art for many years and uncle ot mrs c e macleod ot stouffville died last friday a noted artist he the heavy rains last friday and saturday were most untimely in so far as the markham fair was con cerned fridays events had to be almost completely cancelled while the races on saturday were any thing but successful owing to the heavy condition of the clay track that gummed both the horses feet and the racing carts aside from the races however the exhibition carried on much as in other years despite wet grounds and threatening weather when it was not actually raining the black and white show friday under direction of the york county holstein breeders association brought out an entry of 14s animals due to lack ot stabling the cattle were taken home at night to make way for other breeds to show on saturday as the track and ground conditions made it impossible for a grand parade of prize winning ani mals many of the herds did not re turn at all as usual the main building was crammed with spectators all satur day afternoon and there was much to be seen much of the fancy work quilts bed spreads and such like shown annually the same articles was not to be seen but other ex hibits were in their place and the hall was really filled children of schools competed for a trophy donated by george padget had at least one pupil from this town onetime reeve of markham town- in miss edna hoover who took i ship to the school with the best dis- lessons for some time from him play box grove markham village mr beatty who was one of the junionville and dickson hill schools most beloved members of the oca entered and finished in the order esteemed westend resident stricken staff and a gifted and devoted art ist was one of canadas official painters in the last great war be ing relieved temporarily of his oca duties to engage upon this mission he was also a veteran of the riel rebellion of 18s5 havinf fought as a boy in the engagements of cut knife creeh and batoche born in toronto in 1sg9 he be gan his art studies under the late j w l forster and under j- c reid at the central ontario school of named another interesting exhibit occupying all the east end of the big hall was unionville junior farmers com- display granted 10 feet of floor space ten years ago the display has grown until now it is by far the largest thing in the building the club has a membership of 125 hoys and 75 girls the grain display by the club proved both instructive and entertaining domestic science and school exhibits occupied the centre art and industrial design while i of the display engagement mr and mrs william eckardt of stouffville wish to announce the en gagement of his daughter elsie riith to leonard maxwell youngest son of the late mr and mrs it adams of belleville the marriage t take place the latter part of october at the home of her parents rev w e snialley was called to cliatsworth near owen sound to day thursday to conduct the funeral of robert howey warden of grey county eighteen years ago friends were shocked to learn this week that mr john hodgins had been stricken with a stroke while at the hodgins grocery store on saturday afternoon his one side was quite seriously affected but reports indicate that he is mak ing a fair recovery john r hodgins retired cnr agent is one of our energetic citi zens who is ever anxious to have his town maintain its public services in the very highest condition and he is also an indefatigable worker in any promotional job of a public nature for the advancement of stouffville he was in the fire department after his return to toronto he joined the staff of the central on tario school of art and since 1912 had been associated with the oca continuing there actively until a week before the closing of the spring term although in frail health he direct ed from his bed for the most part the classes at the summer school in port hope in the direction of which he had been a constantly moving spirit outstanding violinist and evangelist at second markham church revival services will be held in the second markham baptist church from sunday october 12 to sunday october 20 evangelist arthur smith of toronto will preach on sunday at 11 am and at 7 pm week night services at 7 pm excepting satur days mr smith is a noted violinist of exceptional ability dickson hill school exhibit for markham f air p pipher no 7 corps canadian army overseas b 73405 sgt coy canadian army overseas capt n c smith 2nd light field amb 1st can tank brigade canadian army overseas b9g941 pte 1 edwards 2 divisional section no 1 reception no 1 reception campt canadian army overseas sergtpllot alfred thomas canadian airforce overseas thirteen entries in the horseshoe ing contest all went to toronto smithies with one exception 5th prize winner george reid oriole markham band rendered excellent music during the afternoon playing in the main building instead of over in the grand stand which was de serted due to the wet markham fair is famous for its fine showing of heavy horses and this fair was no exception instead of two or three outstanding prize teams decked in their mighty sets of brass harness there were seven or eight with an increase in all heavy horse classes from the brood mare class to the carriage horses great crowds admired them in the show ring president james rennie and other officers expressed great satis faction at the manner in which the big crowd continued to roll in on saturday afternoon despite the threatening weather and the realiza tion that it would be bad underfoot after the downpour ot friday saturdays crowd was estimated at 5000 special displays by schools of the second prize and unlopville third district were a feature at the mark ham fair last week box grove won first prize markham village school dickson hill was one of the entrants and while not in the running for one of the prizes had an interesting exhibit merlin and walter grove cousins attending dickson hill school are here shown arranging their safety display 500 licenses sold in markham twp markham township has sold out of licenses for nonresidents for the coming pheasant hunt on october 24 and 25 because of the unpre cedented demand this summer markham council increased the number of licenses to be issued from 400 to 500 and the extra issue quickly went out resident licenses however are available for the local people in reasonable number and are not likely to run out the township has been stocked with something aproaching a thous and extra birds which together with the ever increasing number roaming the countryside should make good shooting licenses are still available in both pickering and whitchurch townships which have been well stocked with pheasants the past two years from government owned birds births hoi bison on sunday october 5 1941 to mr and mrs hugh hcrbison nee agnes kllnck vancouver a baby girl eight pounds eleven ounces