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rrv jkigita fi5f v -l- 7x 5 a k r iji leading weekly for whitchurch markhampkkering and uxbrijge twps vol52 no 41- st0uffv1lle0nt thursday jan 29th 1942 ten pages v u arknam convention ses the alleged teaching of evolution oppo big crowds cram baptist chorea for 73nl rally of okjic e j stiver 20 years secretary elected as prcm- dent the 73rd annual convention of the markham township religious edu cation council met in the baptist church thursday of last week with sessions beginning at 10 am and continuing at 2 pm and 730 in the evening donald ratcliff presi- dent presided capacity audiences were present for all sessions and in the afternoon and again in the even ing i every available space in the church was filled and a number had to stand throughout the meetings at the morning session business and department reports were re ceived a resolution re the teaching of religion in the schools of the province of ontario was submitted to the convention and carried by a good majority the resolution reads as follows whefea we the members of the sunday school association of the township of markham here assemvled in annual convention having tiad our attention called to the fact that the theory of evolution is being definitely taught in the schools of our province in the public schools as well as in the high schools and therefore in the schools of our township and thai the text books used have been duly approved and authorized by our provincial dept of education and whereas such instruction is diam etrically opposed to the inspired teaching of the word of god that man was created by god and not evolved and that ho was created full and complete in every part made in the likqness of god he it resolved jthatthjs iday school association of the townsliip of markham hcrotby places itself on record as unqualifiedally opposed to such erroneous teaching being im parted to the immature minds ot school children or high school stu dents and that we register our most emphatic protest against such teach ing in our schools with the ontario dept of education further that a copy of this resolution be sent to the minister of education in the afternoon two splendid addresses were given by rev dr g tittle on temperance and bishop schwalm of the tunkor church another toronto man buys farm by reason of the recent sale of the nancy brillinger farm on the fifth concession of whitchrrch mr james gibson will not be vacating the pro- pertythe new owner c w stephens head of the dominion paper box co does not contemplate any change some day we expect he will build a fine residence on the estate back near the trout stream that runs through the property this farm of 96 acres is the second north of the markham townline and adjoins two properties to the south where ylready two very fine resi dences have been erected or are in course of completion on the shores of the old mill pond power from which ground tho farmers grist in the early days ana until frank har- oscnr downey reeve of east whitby township elected warden of ontario county on hospitalization board reeve a e weldon has been appointed to membership on the york county hospitalization board by his collogues in county council now in session this board meets at newmarket arid will find an able member in reeve weldon vey moved the power outfit to gormley c still another toronto man who owns the barkey machine shop in stouffville also lias farm lands to the north off this farm hought by steph ens so that an important settlement of toronto business men are gather ing in whitchurch and will improve the section to the advantage of the farm tax payer for they will help carry the tax load as they gradually erect stately homes running into ten and twenty thousand dollar buildings warden and mrs c e tooles children officers elected for red cross local school drops opening hockey tilt 4 bishop schwaliil who can from ottawa to be present at the conven tion spoke on the teachers relation to the class he stressed the fact that a sunday school teacher has been givera worthwhile task and oughtip be a good example to the pupils make them listen he said because they dont want to miss what you have to say we preach a- social gospel he said go out of your way to show them you are interested in their snecess dr little gave a challengelng address on temperance three women died within a few minutes of each other in toronto last week from the eftects of alcohol they call us rabid he said but who wouldnt he rabid under such conditions when we appeal to ottawa we meet with studied inaction and from ontario we are told there is to be no change in the liquor law i would like to say to the premier tor the good of the yotith of ontario wont- you change yourpolicy conscription he claimed is impossible so long as alco- hol isallowed at the door of the camps we have a right to protect our boys education was given as the first control give the positives of chris tian religion to the children win them for christ and you win them away from drink the success of tho sunday school will spell the defeat of the barroom at the evening session another inspiring address was given by rov s h barnes of st peters anglican ohurcti toronto nothing is dearer to my heart than the winning of the children to the master he said very few sunday school scholars ever get intothe courts of 3000 children in one juvenile court not one had ever been in a- sunday school of teachers he said you cant tell others if you- dont know the way yourself let us he men and women of decided faith let us stand true to the things of god j an offering of 695 was received at the evening meeting to be used to provide btblcs for the schools of tho township the report of the nom inating committee was received fand ej stiver for the past twenty years the socrtarytreasnror of the coun- stouffvilles high school hockey squad sucuumbed to a 41 defeat at the hands of markham last wednes day night in the southern arena the markham team were sparked by watson who collected the entire four of his teams goals arnold schell was the lone marksman for the liomo town team markham were last years east york champions taking the cup from stouflville who had held it for the two previous seasons another scheduled game will be played in the local arena on this thursday afternoon at 3 pm against scarboro this game has been i moved ahead from friday the stouffville red cross annual meeting last week was leld in the municipal hall with the president f l buttonkc presiding the treasurer reported total money rais ed during the year as 1493g6 following were the officers elect ed president f l button kc first vicepresident mrs earl miller second vicepresident a c burk- holder secretary t b rac treas urer r stouffer auditors gordon spence- tv marshall sewing cdiri- mittee mrs t b rae mrs roy grove mrs s s ball miss l dows- well miss m watson miss e wright mrs e miller miss e harding miss v hoover miss g todd mrs a sanderson knitting committee mrs d woodburn mrs s slankel mrs ross winterstein mrs f marshall mrs roy smith mrs chas ratcliff misses o hutchison l holden a fockler e marshall e foote iljpns to stage a- big fancy dress carnival feb 11 who is there that would attend a carnival that has forgotten the grand affair put on in stouffville last year by the lions club well heres news the same organization decided the other night to put another carnival on on the evening ot wed- nesday february 11 it will be a- fancy dress affair of unprecedent ed interest the whole program in fact will be replete with uproarious fun and amusement patriotism will abound for there is a good prize for best patriotic costume one for comic one for fancy dress and probably others to be announced tickets will be on sale the end of this week and there is a lucky draw in this connection too which covpled with the fact that stouffville lions spend all their surplus funds in wel fare work its up to everybody to give the treasury a lift at this time these three lovely youngsters earla ten years old stuart six and elgin a year and a half are the children of warden earl toole and mrs toole of pine orchard photo courtesy newmarket era battling baptist cleric and north york mp have lively verbal tilt dr shields finds opposition at his aurora meeting called to air postal ban on bible house wheaton hagerinan has sold his 50 acre farm to jack graham now on the boyd place at locust hill cil was elected president in accept ing the position mr stiver spoke with appreciation o the many oth ers who had held the office before him and mentioned particularly mr james ley of markham who is 96 years of ag2 and is the honorary president the other officers are 1st vice pros lambert stouffer 2nd vice frasergee secytreas chas iratcliff assist ant allan heise beginners work misses ruth clark bertha stouffer girls miss m warne mrs paul boadway boys allan heise lambert stouff er young people harold heise keith hutchison adult hugh boyd george hoover home dept everett harper frank reesor teacher training rev p g leh man rev h shantz missions mrs roy moyer mrs h smith temperance mr herb smith hr forrester paul boadway samuel gough j ratepayers to banquet warden the ratepayers of the township of whitchurch will do honor to their reeve c e toole who has just been elected as warden of the county of york for 1942 the affair will take the form of a banquet to be given during the third week in february and to which ratepayers of the mun icipality will have a chance to attend to the extent of the ticket sale memliers of york county council will be guests of the evening to aid in honoring the first citizen of the whole county and altogether a memorable event is being planned here is the committee selected at tho inaugural meeting who will plan the banquet of which we will be able to announce full details next week l j harper j a clarke fred cummings joshua stickwood geo richardson l l peterson elmer wells robert windsor r e rat cliff fred timbers morris pike frank curtis james hope howard mcclure egerton clubine benj langley chancy connor herbert pegg eugene lemon lloyd turner james smith h kldd edgar davis albert penrose clerk john crawford has been made secretary of this executive which is called to meet again this friday evening enlistment review a brief but lively battle of words at the conclusion of which the audi ence booed and hissed occurred at mechanics hall friday right with rev t t shieldsdd pastor of jarvis street baptist church tor onto and president of the canadian protestant league and morgan baker member of the legislature for north york as protagonists mr baker declared that he was a baptist in good standing and dr shields asked in good stand ing with whom the mpp said i know of no better way to slow up canadas war effort than to give an address like you a supposed minister of the gospel a gospel of love gave here tonight j there were boos and cries of sit down someone yelled he does not know any better mr baker still smiling sat down dr shields charged mr baker with being nothing but a rubber stamp while aid leslie h saun ders toronto chairman of the meeting said mr baker is only an apologist for the roman catholic church the meeting had been advertised as being held to protest the post mastergenerals unbritish ban on north toronto bible house in outlinelng the objects of the protestant lesfgue aid sannders declared 1 i canadas first victim of the can adian gestapo has been the north toronto bible house and i might add that canadas gestapo is more vicious than anything hitler ever invented rov e j taylor proprietor of jolvs r c af latest stouffville boy to join the royal canadian air force is gordon hoover gordon put in thirty days training at newmarket camp last year he is now a married man but was called again for the duration a week ago gordon will be attached to the ground staff where his mechanical ability will stand him in good stead he is a son of mr and mrs jake hoover air cadet committee prepare for recruits l the stouffville air cadet com mittee expect to call an open meet- ing of all the boys and their parents interested in the air cadets in the near future the necessary steps have i been taken with regard toappoint- ing the units officers and the com- mittee is now awaiting official rocog- nition from the air league head- quarters permission has been grant- ed for the use of the local school for both lectures and p t following the expected public meeting a call will go out for volunteers jsrkaks wrist ix fall mrs d l- stouffer wife of the massey harris implement agent met with a serious fall a few days ago suffering a badly ifractured right wrist it was necessary to have the break set in toronto at tho hospital mrs stouffer we understand slipped on some ice a former choir member entertains troops in england krncst rush of ballantrnc in jured year ago just getting around xowrrwritcs ijettcr of appreciation to the red cross gladys harper weds albert ridley a quiet wedding took place on wednesday lastat the home ot mr and mrs leslie j harper new market when their daughter gladys e m was united in marriage to albert a ridley son of mr and mrs alvin ridley newmarket the officiating minister was rev d c f l button piesident red cross dear sir i wish to convey through you my- very kind thanks to the members of stouftville red cross society forthe- generous contributions or should i say gift which they sent to me i want you all to know how much i do appreciate it and the articles were very useful to me i hope you had a very nice christ- mas and new years and that this year will be much brighter in its out look which im sure it will he we are not altogether having a easy- time as japan has struck us another blow which well rectify in due time i have enjoyed england intensely what ive seen up till now and the people are grand to us boys they just cant do enoughfor us and ive met some mighty fine people too as for myself i had a rather nasty- time in the year just past having i sbules cousin of the bride miss completely dislocated and fractured the bible house outlined how ft in this issue of the tribune the publishers have attempted to give a picture story of the war effort of stouffvillo and sonic of the district hereabout tt is not by any means complete for it is a super task to obtain a suitable picture for publication of every lad tlut leaves tho home district for military service notwithstanding we luivc met with a fair measure of success uitli tho kindly coo pern t ion oft interested friend and relatives helping us to gather the pictnrcs ivc have accumulated all in all ho undertaking does brings in a forceful manner the splendid effort and showinct this locality lias mndc in the matter of man power yet with it nil it is not enough wo need more and more men soldiers for tho army men to till the fields and workmen toi maintain oar ontfiow of mechan ized machinery in this latter connection nbont forty men over military ago or married right out of tho village alone arc employed iodny at the wnr plant in pickery ing- had been refused postal service he had been accused of circulating obscene literature i challenge the federal repre sentative of this riding hon wp mulock postmastergeneral to face me in any court of ontario and make a case against me he declared we are at war declared dr shields because we wont let hitler dominate the world yet the roman catholic church is a govern mental institution which claims to be above all states jehovahs witnesses were not silenced becauseof sedition but be- canse they were enemies of the roman chnrch- conscription was not being made law simply because quebec did not want it roman catholics did not wantconscrlption because it would send men overseas and prc- continned on page ten margaret booth of stouffville played the weddingmusic the ceremony took place under an arch of evergreen and flowers the bride who was given away by her father wore a pale blue gown and carried roses budcala and fern miss irene was her sisters bridesmaid gowned in dusty pink crepe the bridegroom was supported by mr roy harpor after a buffet luncheon the couple left for peterboro- and other points the brido going away in an air force blue wool frock with iblue coat black hat and accessories mammoth eagle shot near al for somo time a pair of mammoth eagles have been seen in the woods about altona h s mcintosh got a good view of one bird while earl beare of claremont also reported sighting a huge eagle in the same neighborhood last sunday morning a farmer of the district shot one of the pair and it weighed 13 pounds with a wing spread of 7 feet the great bird had a leg just above the claws as big around as a mans wrist it is believed to be a golden eagle and was shot at 100 yards with a 22 rifle thobnllet struck the heart and had it struck the wing the heavy quill feathers would prob ably have repelled tbo bullet my left ankle about a year ago now after five months there was no union of the brokon tooneseo it was neces- sary to perform- a graft whlclf has proven successful sofar ihad my leave last november 14 days my first in a year i i visited leeds harogate knoes- borough blackpool nottingham and parts of surrey arid had a wonderful time with my brother ihave also visited brighton palgton and tor- quay and they are very nice places too then i was- to edinboroughj scotland and that was a- great visit for i saw the castle andhollyrood palace and the firth of forth bridge i i am at present- in our -holding- unit working in the quartermasters stores and have had a reboard but im waiting on my new category which i expect will be in a concert party ill be attached there till my ankle strengthens enough to let me go back to my unit in the field in a recent concert party i was the tenor soloist and it is fine to be doing somethlnginthe entertain ing line things are very quiet jnst now and i expect the nazis are tod occupied y our air force to let them across here in veryjgrofctnum- bers which is okay- for the v peoples sake i say thank god for that must close now wishing- you all overything good forv the new year and in the great work yonare doing a for our comforts cheerio h m- it i