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fc j r i- leaduis weekly for whitchurch marfcfuni pkkerms wd uxbridse twps vol51 jto40 jstquffville ont4 rpfursday 3akf22l42 bightipaoabs i r k te cement walks may cost third more to sued at the inaugural meeting of the village council last week members were rather shocked to hear reeve weldon announce that sidewalks may cost as much as 30c per foot to lay this summer this is an advance of 10c per foot over that paid last year and a still greater advance over three years ago the walk from main street to the park entrance laid last year at a cost of 200 would amount to 300 un- der the latest announcement of charges councillors all agreed that it would mean less sidewalk would be put down in 1942 at 30c per foot than had the price been v 20 cents per foot however there will be some walks built and some old walks repaired it was agreed no definite v faction was taken at this meeting other than to have the sidewalk i committee investigate the price given i to mr weldon to ascertain if it is the lowest for good work that can be obtained reeve weldon introduced the mat ter of hydro when quite a list of complaints against the lineman nw byer were cited meter reading was chiefly at fault a debate ensued that lasted over half an hour with reeve weldon- and councillor boyd being favorable to employing an independent man to read the meters while mr byer would continue to have charge of the maintenance of the lines councillor brown v and councillor silvertliorn- did not take sides but councillor irusnell cautioned going careful he thought v mr byer should be invited to the council room and told about the complaints all right bring him here right away said mr weldon and in no time mr rusnellhad mr byer on n hand he was told there were too many errors in reading meters and rebutal declared there were no errors hut that he was rushed off his feet trying to get the meter books in so fast hehad tocwil at some places time after time he said to catch people at home you better start a day earlier to read the meters said mr weldon and this was agreed to and that end ed the controversy cars wells big store entered by robbers sow at halifax truck load of goods carried off without any clue to robbery county police working on the case second bis robbery slnco september gnr donald rowbotham son of mr and mrs lies jtowbotham of stouffviile who is now serving with the canadian forces and is stationed at- halifax donald was called upytp newmarket military camp several months ago and while there serving four months he joined the active army ava iv thieves loaded loot ox side street in order that their truck or car might not be noticed when loading the loot from carswells store in stquffville during fri day night last the goods were loaded- to the vehicle presum ably while it parked oh mill st this bit of evidence is deduced from the fact that mr w b smalley picked up a pair of wo- menssilk hose on mill street just off main st around 8 pm the morning after the rob bery they were lying loose in dicating that they had dropped from the bundles of hosiery carried out the front door and just around the corner to a waiting car or tiatck icecutting commences at musselmans lake the 1942 ice supply is now being cut at musselmans lake with men starting in this week under mr stanley rose who owns the machin ery and loading device used on the lake the ice is fifteen inches thick one of the first customers to be sup plied is the big pavilion at the lake ways puts in an ample supply ai rways puts in on ample supply al though he is well equipped with clcc- trie refrigeration in his business a good mother goes to her reward brooklin bakery is sold to ideal bread dipt and mrs p r stover choose homo towii to settle in moved in taist week i j it is just is years ago since one of our stouffviile boys and his wife mr and mrs percy r stover left the old town to make their- home in brooldln where mr stover was branching out into tne business world by taking over a bakery busi ness young energetic and with a proper outlook on life mr stover made the statement at that time that llf circumstances favored him he would like nothing better than to re turn in twenty years his anibltlons realized mr and mrs stover moved back here last week to 1 take up resi dence in the lovely home recently remodelled for them on obrien ave mr stover sold his bakery busi ness at brooklin to the ideal bread company who will closo the manu facturlng end of the business and supply the trade from their toronto plant we welcome mr and mrs stover back to town as still a young couple mrslover isason of mrs ellas stoverchurch street and mrs stov- ler a daughter of mr and mrs richard ward blake street although retired capt pr stover is going to bo very busy and may be serving in the army where ho has been doing instructional worktcapt- stover was long identified with the v tax collector distln mcdonald of goodwood has reduced the outstand- ins taxes on the 1941 tax roll for oscar h downey reeve of whit- uxbrldge township to only 5000 by township was elected warden on and the total outstanding on the roll tuesday for ontario county is smaller than in many years i11 the death of mrs william cros sen at her home on church street last saturday morning january 17 a mother who loved her home more than anything else on earth has been taken nothing could lure her from the duties of home andwfamily mrs crossen was so years of age she had been ill a long time although shortly before her death she seemed even- better than heretofore born in this district she spent her entire life in the locality her maid en name was mary mckinnon and following her marriage to william crossen the couple farmed west of stouffviile at ringwood and dickson hill mr crossen worked the well known renfrew- farm at the hill later sold to dr john storey over 25 years ago they came to town where mr crossen carried on a d ray- ins business until his retirement nearly fifteenyears ago three daughters and three sons survive the mother as well as the bereaved husband who is in ill health the family are mrs george lies in of livingston nj miss gertrude crossen of toronto miss myrtle crossen at home james albert of lindsay ernest a patient in tho hamilton- hospital and a veter an of the last war and fred at home there are two sisters mrs george knowyes of nowmafrkot and mrs james knowlos of aurora and one brother albert mckinnon of western cnnada two brothers predeceased her john and robert mckinnon who lived in stouffviile tlie funeral on monday afternoon from the late home proceeded to stouftville cemetery for interment the service was taken by rev d davis of the united church pall bearers were p l button prank rowbothani ross davis morley barker c pipher and anthony hoover the many floral tributes testified to the esteem in which the deceased and her family are held for the third time in four months robbers have visited stouffviile and on two of these occasions they wore successful in breaking into- stores and making a big haul the latest breakin was on friday night or early saturday morning when between 1000 and 2000 worlh of goods were stolen from the former shaw store now the carswell place on the corner of main and mill streets the thieves made a complete get away without being detected for no one seems to have seen anything amiss nor did they see a car ortruck about it is possible that a truck was us- edto move the goods which includ ed over 500 pairs of silk hosiery hundreds of dresses bolts and bolts of yardage goods and scores of other articles entrance was gained by jimmy ing the main west door of the store where the heavy lock bolts were ripped open with some power wrecking tool the robbery was not discovered un til mr carswell opened the place saturday morning constable al greenwood was called and he im mediately notified the county author ities it is just last september since mohkhouses tailoring shop was ram- sacked and 3000 to 4000 worth or valuable cloth taken- since that time an effort was made to enter roy curtis mens store when the proprietor heard them and frighten ed them away no clue to any of these robberies has been- announced it is unfortun ate to report uxbridge beaverton orangeville and alliston have all suffered simil ar breaklns the past -few- weeks uxbridge arid orangeville have night constables and it raises the question of one being engaged here where a single watchman could readily guard the entire street whereas in ux bridge and orangeville the business sections are so spread out that one man can not so readily police the area v warden c e toole stork led grim reaper in the 1941 statistics the number of- ibaiies born in stouffviile during the year 1941 out numbered the deaths by almost two to one 1 there were 47 births as against 25 deaths so often the stork is hardpressed to keep abreast of the hearse it is heartening to say the least to see tthe strong stride made in the increased birth rate the number of marriages were 23 it should be noted that the figures given are those registered with the village clerks all births and deaths of course while registered here were not necessarily town people many births and deaths at the hospital are individuals from outside town here is a list- of those why passed away in stouffviile and their ages for the year 1941 charlotte lehman jan 3 aged 73 years sophia vionkhouse jan 14 aged 66 years fred johnson jan 21 aged 58 years eiiphenia guy march 8 agod 81 years lottie olosson march 10 aged 53 years richard taun march 14 aged- 77 years jesse cook march 22 aged 59 years jane barnes freel april 5 aged 80 years piety harris april 6 aged 88 years mary ann drewery april 1g aged si years eli a stouffer may laged 85 years merenda forsyth may 22nd aged 74 years william hill june 3 aged 302 years isabella momullen july 26 aged 72 years eleanor powell july 27 aged 92 years albert leh man august 4 aged 76 years john sbickley aug 7 aged 78 years john w tsiun sept 5 aged s3 years frank evansoct 12 aged 75 years thomas drowery oct 13 aged 86 years rolbert mckinnon oct 24 aged s3 years dollyvalleau oct 31 aged 42 years hugh fockler nov 22 aged 83 years ida jean birkett dec 16 agod 46 years andrew graham dec 26 aged 88 years nine of the above died in hospital ne of the deceased was ovcr 100 tnvp over 90 and 12 wore over the eightymark barkey brps fouhclihy sold to city interests with thercjlf jack talbot son of mr arid mrs walter talbot of stouffviile who is in training with the royal canadian air force jack is at present station ed at clinton ontario i veteran milk vendor 80 years old tax collecttoxs good ix uxbrrdge towxship cliarles earl toole reeve of whit church received the unanimous support of york county council tuesday afternoon when he was elevated to the wardenship thus bringing to whitchurch township an honor they have enjoyed since 1907 when mr seneca bakerwas warden incidentally mr baker is the oldest living warden r the coun ty nominated byreeve armstrong of etobicoke and reeve lundy of aurora the warden was escortedby his nominees to the coveted chair- on the dais quito a number of whit church people were present to wit ness the ceremony v veteran triilk vendor for more than twerityflve years until he sold his markham village route mr samuel- ramor was 80 years old on sunday he was deluged witha post card shower to mark the event and was pleased to know that so many thought of him on- this occasion mr ramer spent his birthday quietly at his home bn the mount joy sideroad west both mr and mrs ramer are still very active she was the former emma reesor rriember of a well known township family mr and mrs ramer have three of a family name ly mrs wcs wideman east of stouffviile airs ora ramer on the homestead- and b1i ramer on the 9 th concession just north of stouff viile to all his many friends mr ramer is known as sammioand when in the dairy business he was the milk man with the kindly smile and long flowing whiskers stouffvilles only industrial mach ine plant owned and operated under the firm name of barkey bros has- been sold by mr barkey to an un- disclosed city buyer the hew owner c or owners have secured the services of mr barkey to carry v on for year at least as head of the mechan- ical end of the business the trans- fer will take place as froni the first day of february next since outbreak of war the finely appointed machine shop has been running at full speed day and night with an augmented staff of work men under new management- it will be further expanded i commencing work in a iriachine- shop at the age of 14- years- mr- barkey is now 71 1ut still he is not looking for a life of oasouex pert machinist mr barkey loves his work and friends will be glad as he ishimself to know that heis to continue in active service as the shop manager mr barkey was first apprenticed in a machine shop at kinsale which was since destroyed by fireshoftly after the turn of the present cen- tuiy he had erected the present fine brick machine shop near the cnr depot and it is just as tidy today as when the place was first opened ibout 31 years ago pioneer mennonite mbc minister passes rev henry goudie pioneer gospel minister and brother of rev samuel i sympathize with rev hugh and mrs baby found dead believed only sleeping i friends in town and district will goudie of stouffviile entered into eternal rest at the home of his daughter mrs arthur- clendenin at cedar grove last sunday- morning january is he was 91 yeais of age on the friday preceding his death son of david and nancy goudie lie was born on the farm near hespeler and entered the ministry in 187s being ordained jn 1881 in the mennonite faith mr goudie was the last surviving charter member of the ontario conference he serv ed 14 years of his long career in western canadaand was a pioneer worker in organizing the western church he served as presiding older there for nine years prior to going west lie was hon ored with the office of presiding eld er here for five years and served as minister on many charges in this connection he wa s the pastor at markham prior tp the time stouff viile became a separate charge in 1872 mr goudie married sarah wildfong who died in 1921 there were seyenof a family to this union namely mrs clendenin with whom the aged father lived also mrs ed clendenin mrs thiltz in bc mrs arthur evans kitchener two sons are royal of edmonton and elkiah of didsbury a daughter emarilla died at age of 15 years mr goudies second marriage was with mrs susannah cageer of staynor mother of mi edgar lageor andmrs e r good of stouffviile wiimot of oweti sound jesse and riissel- and miss winnie lagcer of stnyner this second marriage was of short dura tion for mrsi goudie died within a- year and eight months of her marriage toimr goudie hcrblson the former agnes klinck of stouffviile in the death of their three and a half months old baby nancy jean helen herbison here is the words of a telegram received from the parents at alert bayjbc which aptly tells its own sad story nancy jean was happy healhy saturday afternoon at two she slept inher carriage on the verandah until six when we went to waken her but she was in a- sleep from which srie could not bo awakened except by the angels of god cause thymus exgagements mr and mrs austin yako of lemohville wjsli to announce the engagement- of their daughter velma myrtlo to- mr charles weir only son of mr and mrs a weir of peffcrlaw ontario the marriage to take place on february- 1i markham reeve to head fair board dm l b th a good man long spared has gone members of the orthodox churches j t llis reward and the scores of people who visited his bier prior to the removal of the body to hespeler for burial on wednesday attested to the deep- respect and esteem in which he was held a public sorvice in the markham mbc church was conducted on tuesday evening before the body was conveyed to hespeler the sorvice was conducted the pastor of tho church rev p g lehman assisted by rev mr bricker and rev sherk pall hearers were all ministers of the gospel revs v moyer i bru- bacher w m shantz j h good a d lehman cecil brown oes installs officers jubilee chapter oes held its installation of officers tuesday nighti presided over bytlie worthy matron lillis paisley and the worthy patron both griffith wm mr wm griffith ceremonies were conducted by mrs pearle nolan memhor grand- execu- tive assisted by mr jos bdrinsky pp mrs edna hunter pddgm mrs jessie armstrong ddgmv mrs maudo entiwistle pddgm jnd past matrons and past- patrons of jubilee chapter officers installed were mrs eliza beth griffith m mr wm griffith wp mrs pearle nolan ajm mrs ina woodbitrn secretary miss annelehmari treasurer mrs stella drewery conductress mrs dunelda fairies associate conductress mrs susan- shankel chaplain miss jane bukitt marshal miss luella hold- eh organist mrs lena hoover aran mrs florence johnston ruth mrs bessie borinsky esther- mrs ida malloy martha mrs alice shaw electa mrs mary doten warder mr howard ainlloy sentinel marriages j kerr simpsox on saturday evening january 17 1942 at the manse markham ont by rev decorcey rayner ida isabel youngest daughter of mr and mrs william simpson stouffviile ont to mr thomas spencer kerr rcac son of mr and mrs hugh kerr chester avenue toronto the young couple will reside in toronto reeve o b jleisey of markham was named president of the mark- hairi agricultural society when members of the group held their annual meeting and election of officers last week steady improvement in the finan cial position of the agricultural so- cletp was reported by r s ward treasurer in his annual report ho said that 500 had been paid on the societys mortgage in the last year mauricehamilland alex david son were appointed to represent the group at the york county seed fair and it was announced that reeve heisey will head a deputation to the county council in respect to a grant new officers elected at the meet ing were president- reeve ob heisey vicepresidents jack scott and kenneth e deacon secretary r h crosby treas r s ward addressed farmers axxuaii meetixg stouffviile branch of thercan- adian red cross society will holdslts annual meeting friday night jan 23 in the municipal hall at 8 pm all members please attend shareholders meetixg the annual general meetingof the shareholders of the x bethesda stouffville telephone company is announced to take place on monday january26at230 pmln the board room of the company in the hatcliff block- the company has met all its obligations including the usual dividend and debenturo interest hence a satisfactory report is antici pated 38 bounty for killing- skunks and 32 bounty for killing foxes were among the general 1 accounts passed by markham township coun cil at their reguiarmeetlng around election time some people will try to tell yon there are a lot more skunks i in the municipality 1l agnes mncphall who- addressed the york county- federation of agriculture in mark- ham on friday nlghtgave achalleng- ing address calculated to ibuckiip the farmer and made him realize he is of more importance than his ft city neighhor miss macphail dealt v with farm problems andurged thet farmers to unity iroeve james rerit h nlcvctcd as chairman of thericetlng m m t win 2 ikjl