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s- leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 52 no 44 the tribune stouffville ont thursday february 19 1942 bight pages recruits called for air cadet unit no 94 stouffrillo squadron no oi officially organized a meeting for the purpose of signing up volunteers for the air cadet training course wiir be held george davis had son of united church pastor pays the supreme sacrifice friends in town were shocked with distress on friday afternoon when it was learned that a cable had reached the united church parson age apprizing rev douglas and mrs davis that their son sergt pilot been killed on in the municipal hall this friday evening at s pm the local unit has been granted the authority by the rcaf and department of national defense to organize and is known as stouffville squadron no 94 it is not necessary to wait until the meeting this wtfek to join the unit and boys wishing to do so or seeking information on the course should see commanding officer g spence at his office between the hours of 121230 noon or from 35 pm the course will commence immedi ately after a sufficient number have been signed up and the work of lectures drill aircraft work etc will bo taken by the following j g spence les wilson mervin watts reg button carl boadway r l barker l c murphy and j c porter some of these men will be attending a brief course in rcaf initial training school toronto this week ami are fully qualified to teach tilie various subjects required in addition to the routine work carried on in the time allotted to each subject as the unit progresses the boys iwill be taken to some of the airtraining centres in this area where thtjy can see firsthand how the pilots of the rcaf are trained active service with the roaf in england notwithstanding the fact that the young pilot was scarcely acquainted in town as his father was called to the local pastorate only last july the incumbents of the parsonage have sc endeared them- i ramer passes in prime of life funeral for the late eli ramer who died at his farm home on the 9th concession of whitchurch just north of stouffville on monday of this week proceeded to the mennonite church for public service at 245 this wednesday afternoon the service was in charge of rev ii shantz while rev s goudie preached the sermon the quartette sang a favor ite hymn of the deceased interment was made at wideman cemetery pall bearers being messrs levi forsyth harry stouffer fletcher goudie clarence pipher paul boadway jake reesor eli ramer was born in markham i township 4g years ago a son of mr j and mrs samuel irtimer seventeen years ago he married lena baker only daughter of mr and mrs frank baker of stouffville iwho survives together with a daughter rnth and a son douglas one sister mrs les wideman stouffville and one broth er ore ramer of markham as well as the parents also survive eli suffered from heart trouble for years but the past months his trouble rapidly be came serious sgt pilot davis selves to their people that all seem ed to share the sorrow and the terrific blow as one family on sunday morning when the wound was but a few hours old rev mrv davis took his place behind the sacred desk and delivered a mess age to his congregation in an atmos phere of mutual sorrow it is safe to say that every eye in the church shed tears and certainly every heart throbbed in sympathy for the pastor and the members of the family who so bravely presented themselves at the service the scene was electric behind a great union jack that covered the pulpit andcradled a large photo of the lad who had made the supreme sacrifice pastorand father deliveredhis morn ing sermon george ralvin davis was born at birchcliff heights nov 12 3920 he attended public school at smooth rock falls and king city and matriculated at aurora high school george possessed a pleasant person ality and was popular among his fellow students he was described as a good sport excellent in basket ball and on the king hockey team after school he was employed in the executive offices of the t eaton co also swift canadian in nov 1940 george enlisted in the rcaf training at toronto- picton camp borden and other places he gradu ated from dunnville as a pilot and re ceived his wings october 7 he reach ed bournmouth england on nov 7 and a few weeks later was transfer red to the raf details of how the end came are not available as yetl the funeral was held at the raf station aston downs gloucester shire on february 16 1942 to the folks who knew george davis and to those who did not know him his spirit is expressed in the lines of john g magee which read oh i have slipped the surly bonds of earth and danced the skies on laughter- silvered wings sunward ive climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sunsplit clouds and done a hundred things you have not dreamed of wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence hovering there ive chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air up up the long delirious burnin blue ive topped the windswept heights iwith easy grace where never lark or even eagle flew and while with silent liftingmiud ive trod the high untrespassed sanctity- of space j put out my- hand and touched the face of god charged with lake robbery skips5000bail arrested by toronto police and allowed out on 5000 bail a toronto man was charged on several counts of stealing last week constable robt windsor identified in the loot the articles stolen from a cottage at musselmans lake including valuable pictures and dishes the suspect later jumped his bail and the man is still at large constable windsor has been nvork- ing on the case for some time or since the breakin at the lake about three weeks ago when communi cated with by the city force he soon sorted out the material that he was looking for and it will be restored to the rightful owner fear small egg grader will be crowded out o dkkr seen ix whitchurch township returning home to ballantrae from newmarket one evening last week f g cummings sighted a deer on the highway in front of the farm of warden earl toole when he first saw the animal he thought it rural stations granted a license a year ago now ordered to make changes by way of improvement owners alarmed merchants who have gone to big expense to equip egg grading stations itchuifch bolislies wire fence bonus mrs r l stiver dies in toronto mrs reuben l stiver of failview farm fifth concession markham died at the lockwbod clinic toron to on wednesday february 11 in her 61st year born at germanmills the daugh ter of mr and mrs d duncan she spent her life in markham township she took an active part in the red cross and war relief work and was president of the unionvillo womens institute and also the horticultural society for several years she was a member of browns corners united church she is survived by her husband who is widely known over the town ship one sister mrs ada hood of unionvllle and one brother alex duncan of sudbury y rev morrison sellers former min ister at browns corners rev r w rumley agincourt and rev a e owen of unionvllle united church took part in the funeral service and a great many lovely floral tributes gave silent evidence of the esteem in which mrs stiver was held the pallbearers were all members of browns corners church norman reid john brown douglas hood fred tennyson walter craig and w rodlck ijirths doner at gormley on foby 18 1942 to mr and mrs harold doner ncc jean bond a daugb- ter fwhen the dept of highways states that they will not pay a- sub sidy to any township on account of new road construction in 1942 they certainly mean to save money by it declared warden- earl toole who presided over whitchurch township council meeting on saturday for the first time since his elevation to the wardenship the question of naming the total amount to place in the road budget on which the department pays 50 per cent was under discussion it was decided to reduce the road expendi tures this year by slightly more than 2000 as compared with last year warden toole said the department might even reduce this still further councillor ed logan declared he was in favor of abolishing bonus for building wire fence the money would be better spent on snow fenc ing he thought warden toole said he would support a motion to carry out that idea any time and all other members quickly approved of the idea a resolution was promptly draftedarid unanimously passed that will from this time forward discon tinue wire fencing bonuses in the township x a bylaw was passed requiring all school secretaries to file with the clerk on or before march 1st an estimate of the school ibudget for their respective sections under new ruling the date of march 1st is earlier than secretaries have made up their budgets heretofore constable windsor was asked to take over the entire relief admin istration for the township and to act as registrar of indigents heretofore there have been two relief officers but the work in much jess than a few yearsago as registrar of indigents he will be required to tabulate fam ily records of hospital cases and to make an effort to have the patients pay all or part of their hospitaliza tion by instalments if necessary the constable will receive 200 per an num for these various duties in respect to supplying tobacco for relief councillor eugene baker again voiced his criticism wh he saw a rellefce obtaining some on his grocery bill officer windsor said that he had taken the matter up with the department at queens park markham wins to tie series markham lad is killed in action markham village is plunged into mourning over the loss of one of her sons sergt pilot fred roffey only son of mr and mrs ed roffey of mt joy fred attended public and high school in markham and later was employed in the village fred received his wings in the rcaf on october 7 last arrived in england on november 7 he was killed on february l2 near the dover coast information from over seas reveals was a large dog but as he drew clos- are frauk wo about the atti- or in his car he saw it was a young deer which ambled off into some bushes at the side of the road a number of deer have been sight ed in the district around mount albert but so far as we can learn none have been roaming around the estate of york countys warden former townsman buried here the funeral for the late walter mccarty who died in toronto on wednesday last week was held from the funeral home of mr morley toid that thcil premises do not bedford on friday for interment at stouffville irev r young conducted tude- of inspectors under the canada egg grading act recently the de partment is alleged to be dealing harshly with the smaller stations un til farmers as well as station owners are protesting against what appears to them an attempt to put their sta tions out of business and thus place the grading of eggs solely in the hands of the big packing plants stations in this district are operat ing at stouffville gormley aitona green river cedar grove locust- hill and other centres in these places hundreds of dollars have been laid oiit to equip grading plants and each centre has been fitted up under government supervision and granted a licence now it appears most of them have markham won a nipandtuck bat tle from aurora by the score of s6 in unionville monday night to even the count at 2all in their oha junior c group playoffs the game was marred by a painful injury to broughton aurora forward who had to leave thegame in the early stages as a result of deep cuts over the eye victory loan local committees are getting down to business on the big victory loan this week in the course of time you will be approached by one of the can- harold cook takes uxbridge bride recently in st pauls chapel toronto the marriage took place of hazel marguerite yake daughter of mr and mrs wilmot yake of ux bridge to harold- bakercopk jon ofmmr and mrs george cook of leiiibhville ontario rev carl swan officiated at the service with mr farmer at the organ miss minnie brookes sang the bride giv en by her father wore a gown of heavy white sheer with curved waist line and a fingertip veil with orange blossoms she had on a pearl clip gift of the groom and carried crim son roses ruby yake sister of the bride was maid of honor and the bridesmaid was mary ilatham one wearing turquoise net and the other shell pink made over taffeta and headdresses of matching flowers herb hood was groomsman and the ushers lloyd and elmer yake brothers of the bride following a reception at the home of mr and mis latham the newlyweds left for a trip to niagara falls the bride travelling in a blue wool dress with black topcoat black hat and red fox furs the service at the graveside and the pall bearers were messrs w r sanders h w sanders sam arm strong a c burkholder frank rae and dr e s barker walter mccarty was born in uxbridge township but the par ents moved to stouffville the old mccarty home ibeing on the school site on main street the house was later moved farther east and is now occupied by mr and mrs alfred pugh walter mccarty is survived by a- brother william in toronto ami by a sister miss ada mccarty of toronto for the funeral both wm and miss ada mccarty were here with other relatives and friends walter will he remembered by many as a law clerk he took an active interest in sport and town activities but left the home town probably 30 years ago the national plebiscite on conscrip tion will be held in may it is author itatively indicated from ottawa meet tho requirements in respeci to the premises being accessible from the mercantile stores of the mer chants who operate the plants other faults are found as well lic ences expire on the last day of march and unless additional improvement is made the licences are likely to be cancelled the fact that these are strenuous days and every cent is needed for other purposes does not appear to- carry any weight it is ignored as is the fact that merchants fitted up their premises under supervision of the inspectors and license granted applications for a renewal of per mits must be made 31 days in ad vance hence grading stations have tliis obstacle confronting them too we are assured that producers- farmers are rallying behind the- rural station owners and as public disapproval grows very strong meas ures of protest are in the offing probably the federation of agri cultural and other farm organiza tions will lend a hand in this import- ant matter i1 went yake very pretty wedding a very pretty wedding was solemnized at tihe home of mr and mrs austin yake at lemonvflle on saturday when velma myrtle yake was united in marriage to i charles allen weir of pefferlaw vassers and everybody should be pre- the attelldailts were evelyn yake pared to do their best its your bounded duly to help put this loan over to the last cent that yon can invest irajyake native son i dead another old stouffville boy died on february 14 in the toronto general hospital in the person of the late j ira yake son of the late calvin yake he is survived by his widow elizabeth louise and toy three sons dr j c yake of walla walla i wash george of regina and jack of napance also by two daughters mrs w j armstrong isabel of ayonlea sask and edythe mrs k p kennedy of newport wash a private service was held on monday interment at the toronto cremator ium chapel cremation horticulturalists hold 18th annual meeting mr andy williams was returned as president of stouffville horticul tural society at the annual meeting held last week messrs gordon spenceand win timbers are new vice presidents and mr j c porter is the new treasurer the meeting was not well attend ed but real enthusiasm prevailed and it was felt that while folks fail to turn out they would all be keenly disappointed if the society failed to function mr gordon spence presided in the absence of the president who is ill li evaxs dominion director ayrshire markham b team stands undefeated ike harper tiillys in the second period and they said they favored giving cash vouchers for relief so that the recipient could buy whnt he wanted with the voucher if we adopt that system said mr windsor these fellows can buy just what they choose however mr windsor said an official would be out shortly and the matter would come up again for settlement council as a whole did not indicate their willingness to re fuse a limited amount of tobacco to one or two asking for it there is nothing to stop the indigent from buying soap and trading it for tobac co deputy reeve leary said markham intermediates finished their schedule with newmarket undefeated on thursday night when they trounced this team for the sixth successive time 82 the lawrfe brothers provided a big portion 6 the punch to the markhamites featur ing in three goals and two assists newmarket opened the game with a goal by callahan from webster at 14 minutes but the markies came back very strong in the midsession to take five in a row each team scor ed once during the last period markham lineupgoai jack har- por defense g scott ahdike harper centre e lawrie wings b lawrie and a baker alternates rparklnson h lawrie f scott v meherg markham were scheduled to meet the army boys in the first of home and homo playoffs on tuesday but the tilt was postponed due to s office these playoffs will be a twogame goals to count round mr l p evans newly elected- member of the whitchurch town- ship council last- january has just been elected a director of the domin- ion ayrshire breeders association five ontario men are on the director ate hence mr evans has been appointed to a highly important post sister of the bride and william t laviolitto friend of the groom rev wns dolnted tha stouffville douglas davis of stouffville officiated had a reputation to uphold as a place with a real society functioning the directors for 19423 are mrs barrio mrs williams mrs sander son miss myrtle watson miss edna hoover those appointed for 1942 who are still in officeare mrs g lee miss anne lehman t b rae mrs w timbers mrs g storey vice president spence was appointed dele gate to the convention in toronto the secretary miss margery mer- teris who was returned to office gave a splendid report which read in part stouffville horticultural society has been functioning for the- past 17 years during which time many changes have been made in the appearance of the town and the horn es of many of the members and their neighbours n we are pleased to note an increase in this past years membership it being 89 where the year previous it was 68 during the year thercwere six dir ectors meetings held also the annual meeting and a special one in con nection with the childrens flower show 250 pkts of flower seeds were giv en out to the four rooms of the pub lic school and nine rural schools the children were to plant and care for their own flowers and exhibit them we had a special show for them on sept 11th there were 19 exhibitors with 24 entries mr leon vancieem- put of the university of toronto was undergoes operation mrs howard storry is recovering from a sinus operation which sho underwent a week ago the storrys are now living in toronto and their many friends will be glad to hear of mrs storrys speedy recovery from this ordeal the judge and speaker for the even ing i mr john hodgins was given authority to purchase twenty trees to be planted on the town streets the council to do the planting of them we were pleased to see eight nic elms planted along the townline from the 9th west but sorry to say only two showed any signs of growth on may 14 mr williams took a fow of the members over to the dis trict officers rally at thornhih problems relating to the work of the society iwere discussed at a meeting on july 22 it wa3 decided to send the members a questionnaire to see how much sup- port we could expect if we decided to hold our flower show at the next meeting out of the 78 cards that had been sent out only 14 were returned other fire either hadnt any flowers or didnt think we should hold a show we exhibited a lovelybasket at the cne but didnt win a prize as usual the petunia bed at the west entrance to town was planted also the perennial bed taken care of each member joining the society was given aj premium voucher rained at 40c to bemsed at either green house f if si m