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leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps- vol 42 no50 stouffville ont thursday march 26 1942 eight pages protest against new assessment law move to increase town water supply town council agrees to consult engineer on local water system m o h and board of health urge council to prepare now for additional domestic water deminishing supply and increased demand noted stouffville village council on mon day evening decided to look into the matter of engaging a consulting engineer with the idea of preparing a plan for building an additional reser voir to bolster our domestic water supply strongly urged by dr h 13 freel moh and a v nolan from the board of health all parties were agreed that the time had arrived when some action must be taken to cope with the increasing demand and the ever lessening supply received from the presont wells it is over ten years since another council purchased additional land at the reservoir in whitchurch town ship for the pnrpose of extending the system but nothing more has been done it is expected that reeve wel- don will have contacted an engineer whom the members have in mind and some sort of agreement may be looked for at fhenuxt regularjnieet- ing of the council there is a popular demand for more water and a still safer quality than i we get now and then when floods interfere with the supply the system is well off financially and if it is finally deemed advisable to invest in another reservoir to tap all the available supply rising on the town property there is ample money lying to the credit of the system to pay for any expenditure the system may have to make sacred conckrt sunday evbxlvg the stouffvillo junior band will give a sacred concert ill the istanley thcatro this sunday ovcriing march 20th at 830 pm tho bandmaster sir a m itldley expects tohave wifhliiin tho cliansonettes talented pirl chorus from toronto who will sing several numbers the public is mo4t cordially invited rapid selling realizes 3500 wvilliam redshaws cattle sale at diukson hill on monday proved a real success as the high milk cow tipped the figure of 130 for a flue hol- stein that gave birth to a calf as auctioneer farmer was in action in the barn yard yearlingheifers were in good demand at around 5550 and a young calf sold for 17 feed ers were 50 to 53 in just an hour andahaifg0head weresold and the receipts were 3500 stolen pigs are farmers headache police frorn scarboro have tracked down the whereabouts of eighteen porkers that mysteriously left a farm in the southern end of the county locating the pigs all in markham township distributed among differ ent farmers the pigs were the property of mrs goddard and in addition to stealing them thieves took the farm truck with the owners name on as well in fact the pigs were brought to markham in the truck which was said to have made the farm of reeve rennie one of the points of call in an effort to find sale for the pork at bargain pricemr rennie didnt buy but some of his neighbors did and others over at dickson i hill were quick to seize the bacon for brit on at giveaway prices police soon rounded up the entire lot and the farm buyers are awaiting the next step in the case 3frs j h tjoe may isin stouff villo visiting with her mother mrs h l vanzant and her sister mrs ida ville but now winnipeg makes her home in mr a e carswell proprietor of the former shaw store left the hos pital last week in toronto following his long illness and may shortly be expectedbackathls place of business here in the meantime he isrosting at the home of relatives in guelph lightning starts fire in si eeperv room o- peculiar freak during bis itain storm strikes terror to family near brougham stove ilipes affiled lamp cliiiniipyn and eggs all cracked too but occupants escape injury jjuring the recent terrific rain istorm lightning struck the stephen- sqii home just north of brougham and fairly ransacked the place but sjiarcd the lives of the occupants whowere in their beds it was dur- jng the big night storm that the bolt evidently struck the chimney de molished it ran through the house cracking down on anything and everything stove pipe elbows melted lamp chmneys craclted plaster flew every where eggs smashed in the pantry and smoke arose but the fire was quelled imiss stephenson shielded herself under bed clothing from falling plaster while her fath er as soon as ho could recover in his room from the effects of the shock rushed for help he returned expect ing to find the house ln but later was able to deluge the spot where smoke arose and averted a serious fire miss stephenson who was in bed when the lightning entered the room narrowly escaped with her life the floor was ripped up under the bed and a smouldering ore started in the corner of the room stove pipes from the chimney which was knocked off the house were twisted out of recognition and an oil lamp was hurled from a shelf upon the bed luckily only the chimney was brok en scarcely a square foot of plaster was left on the walls and six win dows were shattered not one electric fixture in the honse escaped dam- age on the lower floor the kitchen suffered most large sections of plast- or were knocked off the radio rendered nsejess a large kitchen 50 ac15ks changes hands it is reliably reported that mr joe betz nas purchased the 50 acre farm belonging to the eli ramer estate and located on the 9th con just north of stouffville mr botz we understand will use the place for cultivation of jiis eed that he ships from coast to coast only one delivery permitted each day operative at once is a rieworder issued by the wartime prices and trade board that no retailer may make or cause to be made on behalf of either himself or a customer more than one regular delivery a day oyer any particular route orinanyparti cular area except with special authorization of the administrator the new order is placed with a view to helping the war effort it will no doubt cause some inconven ience to the householder who has been used to deliveries at any hour of the day the public are asked to cooperate by placing their orders the day previous or before nine oclock in the morning so far as stouffville is concerned the new order will be otoeyedi ratcliff co will make a general truck de livery every afternoon at four oclock excepting on wednesday fine response to thinese tag day the girls of the continuation school have been able to send 6766 to the chinese war relief fund as the result of the tag day and canvas held saturday march 21 in stouff ville ringwood and goodwood the staff and students wish to thank all those who so kindly bought their tags they wish to thank especially reeve a e weldon for the use of his store as headquarters the man ager and staff of the bank of nova scotia for taking charge of and counting the money and mr s s schmidt for inviting the girls to tag in the theatre lobby those tagging were beth kellihgton noreen steck- ley betty walsh florence bro wns- berger lilian davis jean sanderson eileen weldon hazel brownsberger margaret freel luella harper betty mcewen marion salmon marion jweldon marguerite carroll alice forsythe eleanor goudie marguer ite grttbin audrey jennings georg- jna myland lilian piper evelyn shantz right to local assessor and tax collector claim of municipal councils with r c a markham has little trouble with rcaf f markhamtoo good for kcaf team score five inv last period to win sri markham advanced in the oha intermediate b playoffs on satur day afternoon in the oshawa arena whenthey eliminated the rcaf team from belleville taking the game 81 and the round 144 coasting along on a three goal lead as the result of their first clash markham were content to keep the flyers off the scoresheet in the first frame and a half belleville had other ideas however and opened up in a determined fashion to score the when it will be made in the morning only goal of the first period howe wallace nicholson son of mrs elizabeth nicholson of stouffville who is training with a royal canadian artillery unit he is stationed at cornwall new legislation proposed would wipe out local assess ors and tax collectors higher clerical costs forseen unless legislation is halted stouffville made investjtent big of the 218000 raised in the re cent victory loan by the township of whitchurch and village of stouff ville final figures indicate that 123150 was raised by the resi dents of the village which is an amazing sum to have been invested by a population of 1200 people markham and paris wednesday night and on saturdays at 3 pm other merchants will ourtail their car deliveries in a similar man ner while butchers do their delivery work mostly with boy and bicycle the dominion stores get along with a body and a bicycle and will con tinueto use this method and other grocery dealers will probably revert to the boy and bicycle setup also householders will adjust them selves to the new order and should not ask for favors that will tempt the merchant to break the regula was the marksman on a pass from strachan i the- flyers held this lead in the game until well into the mid session when the markham machine began to click and bangay rowe and lawrle made it three to one before the period ended there was no holding the green- shirts in the last twenty minutes despite the stellar work of thomp son in the belleville net they storm ed into that end of the rink-repeat- edly and rapped home five without a markham intermediate c team is meeting paris tonight wed nesday at gait area in their first of home and homo games goals to count paris defeated georgetown on saturday 180 tin the ronnd the second game will bo played in toronto friday or saturday of this week many protests are reaching the deputy minister of municipal affairs these days against the proposed legis lation that would take from every municipality in ontario the right to make their own local assessments and collect their own taxes last week markham township council in special session worded a strong pro test directed to the department against the whole scheme and on monday evening stouffville council entered their official opposition de claring the proposed changes under the act were not in accordance with democratic ideas markham council termed the pro posed scheme to take the assessing and tax collecting away from the municipalities as a step toward dic tatorship which we are now shedding blood to overthrow whitchurch will shortly meet in special session to add their voice against the measure reevo toole- county warden is reported as strong- ly opposed to the change under the new legislation if en acted each county would establish art assessment and tax collecting dept so that local bodies would have no moreeontr81 overthese things farmers villagers and townspeople everywhere you go say no to the proposal of the deputy minister on this issue everybody knows that when a larger body takes over costs in crease with leaps and bounds so far as york county is concerned thousands would be needed for en- larged county buildings to house the additional clerks required one child drowns as teacher rescues three from bloomington pond g0rmley new home for st bride spring flowers decorated hillcrest church of christ disciples for the marriage on saturday of miss helen may irowbotham daughter of mr and mrs frank c rowbotham to mr george brock de witt new market son of mr and mrs george f de witt toronto rev c a lawson conducted the ceremony the bride wore a 3uit dress of clover pink with indies brown ac cessories and corsage of johanna hill roses mrs walter ken of toronto was matron of honor wearing a gown of aqua crepe black accessories and corsage of pink roses the groomsman was mr walter kent after the wedding dinner at the guild of all arts the couple left on a trip and will wive in gormloy the stouffville junior band play ert at st enochs church in toronto last sunday evening light globe was shattered to a thousand pieces and the cabinet of a victrola was spilt from top to bottom several freakish tricks were play ed in the pantry where a box of soap chips was scattered about and each egg in the top layer of a crate was cracked having no telephone mr stephen son hastened to his neighbors to call the fire brigade but on returning was able to extinguish the small blaze with palls the stephenson home is at the corner of the brock road and 5th concession of pickering tion when at all possible customers repiy from the air force should carry home their purchases almost every player on the mark- i ham team either assisted or scored during the scoring spurge parkin son harper baker lawrie and meharge shared the scoring honors with the three marksmen of the second period while the scott broth ers on the defense handed out tell ing punishment to the visitors all the way tho game was exceptionally rough and referee army armstrong was forced to call play on several occa sions to quell threatened brawls even with the spectators no less than fourteen penalties were meted out during the game won first game 03 markham broke into an early lead in the first game of the round on thursday night scoring two goals in the first five minutes of play rowe and scott were the marksmen the green and whitedisplayed more finish both offensively and defensive ly than the flyers and were able to maintain their edge and boosted their lead by two more in the mid- frame and one in the final two min utes livingstone howes and brown were the best for belleville but the teams poster did not carry such strength throughout markham goal harper defense f scott and g scott centre b ban- gay wings b lawrle and baker snbs parkinson h bangay e lawrie harper rowe meharg and boadway subgoal belleville its goal bennett defense livingstone and fleet ontre brown wings dixon and howes subs lane bcrgin wardle dart stratchan and merriam subgoal myland xewiaweds aircraftman albert edward myland rcaf is pictured with his bride the former loreen doris elliott second daughter of james a elliott and the late mrs elliott the groom is the son of mr and mrs a myland ringwood tragedy and heroism were written into the records at the bloomington public school at recess hour on tuesday afternoon when one child was drowned and three others were rescued by their teacher miss mary graham who waded into icy water to her chin the doomed lad was donald albert jordan 8 years while those rescued were reta pae aged 9 norma cowie 11 and bruce jordan 11 the latter child a brother of the dead lad we had been told not to go near the ice chorused several of the children to dr s s ball of stouff ville who conducted the investiga tion robert moore rushed in and gave the alarm said the young school miss who then told how shd put on her coat and rushed to the scene just at the rear of the school yard four of the youngsters were in the water when the teacher threw off her coat and started in along the uncertain bottom of muskeg the ice was two or three inches thick and she fran wan dies suddenly in markham shop john petch a lifelong resldentof markham township was stricken on thursday with a heart attack and died in a marham barber shop before medical aid could reach him mr petch was born in markham township 72 years ago he was a carpenter and for many years was employed by the speight wagon company of markham he retired several years ago because of failing health he is survived hy his widow two brothers and four sisters mr and mrs allen clossen arrived home this week from miami fla where they spent the winter months filled with flood waters which froze before getting away water was five to six feet deep tlcally broke this with her hand and dona albert jordan was a son of knees she cut her way through wnliam jordan of q and 1 formerly of the 6th concession of she had to whitchurch his mother is a hoover ice to the struggling children was np- to her chin and keep her mouth tightly closed to keep it out she never saw young donald jordan and after effecting the rescue of the other three arthur smith arrived in response to her call sent for help he grabbed a club and beat a path into j the icy waters up to his chest he located- the body under ice and hooked it out with the club dr ball was soon on the scene and worked over the child but to no avail scene of the tragedy is at tho rear of the school rightin the hamlet of bloomington on the 9th concession of whitchurch a gulley runs along by the school yard and this became the lads have been living with mr and mrs herb mitchell at mussel- mans lake the body was handed overto- l e oneill undertaker and it is not expected that an inquest will ho held too much credit cannot be giv en for the splendid act of heroism displayed by miss graham said dr half- she definitely saved three lives he continued school has been ordered closed for the remainder of the week and the teacher is novat the home of her parents mr- and mrs deios graham in ringwood re covering from severe shock