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j ic tibum leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridje twps vol 43 no 7 stouffville ont thursday june 11 1942 bight pages teachers offered i ncrease dsa anes increases of 150 per year were granted to each of the teachers on the continuation school staff and 50 to principal murphy as well as an increase of 75 to each of the lady teachers on the public school staff and 100 to principal watson when the school board met on monday evening this is the most sweeping increase announced in many a day but it was done by a unanimous vote of the members present and in the light of so many teachers switching to war work and the scarcity of university graduate teachers the continuation teachers will now receive miss wilson 1500 miss irene foster 1450 g bailey and ir barker each 1700 l c murphy principal 2500 princip al watson in the public school will receive 1500 and each of the five lady teachers will be paid 1000 total cost of increases will be 750 and the total that will be paid in salaries for the ensuing year will be 14350 for the two schools the change is only in keeping with the demands of the time and the action of other school boards in the prov ince ovkit 50 ix lucky july 1st draws you make no mistake in pur chasing a ticket now for the lions club big july 1st con cert in the arena well over 50 will be given away in ten lucky diaws the prizes will in clude a ton of coal 15 dollars in cash warsaving certificates twoyear subscription to the tribune and handsome piece of furniture for your home and several other cash prizes tick ets are now being sold by mem bers of the lions club get one today church conference in session here leading stork leaning in vital statistics for first half year stouffvilles vital statistics report that there have been 29 births 13 deaths and 12 marriages during the last six months this compares on a par with 1941 when for the corresponding period there were 25 births 12 deaths and 14 marriages most deaths were due indirectly to old age none classed as violent deaths ifebruary stood out as the month of greatest increase there being 9 births and only 3 deaths marriages recorded during this period were three possibly the recordbreaking wet weather this may dampened the ardour of matrimoniallyminded young people hereabouts but one of the highest months for marriages is mpon us and ithe number of couples repeating i do after the officiat ing clergymen may show a sharp up turn during the midsummer the 117th conference of the congregationalchristian churches in ontario opened fbis wednesday evening in the stouffville church with a big rally of the christian endeavour unions of the confer ence and addi esses by rev d c and mrs percy on furlough from nigeria there will be sessions all day thursday and friday and many worthwhile addresses will be heard on thursday morning conference chairman hev arthur greer will speak and in the afternoon rev dr biuce supt of new york state conference will give an address rev mr hunter will conduct the friday morning communion service and at this time the president will officiate at the ordination ceremony of mr william warwick little britain pastor it is expected that irev dr bruce will preach on sunday in the confer ence church commemorating its 100th anniversary you are advised to get a program and to attend as many of these sessions as possible final red cross total is 3813 below we publish some late giv- ings to the stouffville and south whitchurch red cross which bring the final total up to 381320 the village ot stouffville raised 31s570 and that section of whitchurch incorporated with stouffville raised 02750 the showing was highly gratifying and constitutes a record over ontario it was one of the first 36 districts to go over the top late givers are stanley ibrown 100 fred har- wood 200 s w hastings 10 mrs buckley 100 f c row- hoham 2000 merlyn baiter 2 rixgwood kxgages xkw teacher miss gladys pearse daughter of mr and mrs reuben pearse 10th con markham has been engaged as teacher at ringwood public school to succeed miss margaret forsyth who goes to markham vill age miss pearse is one of this years graduates from toronto noimal school and will beyond doubt maintain the high standard of the ringwood school h0lstein cow mothers her thre cal a fine registered holstein cow on the farm of mr peter counon 9th concession of markham gave birth to triplets this week and the three calves are all alivo and gailing their legs the new arrivals con sist of two heifers and a bull dr bodendistel who was at the farm declares that it is a rare thing to have live triplets graduates from u of t miss edna agnew daughter of mr and mrs j k agnew of stouff ville graduated on friday with her bachelor of arts degree from the university of toronto mr and mrs agnew were present at convoca tion hall for the graduation ceremony road oil displeases many householders air cadkt church parade next suxday sowed 1000 acres in west th spri mr landon hisey of kinddrsley sask is in town for a few days visiting his ibi other mr henry hisey proprietor of the groceteria next the library block our western visitor infra ms us that he had his crop all in before he left for the east and he sows a thousand acies ram was needed at the time of his departure but his home district has been favored with a downpour the past week or two the last visit made to stouffville a number of years ago by mr hisey was for the purpose of bringing down a car load of norses but he has none with him on this trip mr hisey is a man of powerful physique and judging by his appearance the prairie lands certainly agiee with his health elderly coupje ill resident in the east end of stouffville rev and mrs j w holmes are both in poor health and recently they were confined to ibed at the same time mrs alt phgh stepped in and did the nurs ing mr holmes js a former minis ter of the goodwood circuit a j reeve one time markham resident dead joins the savx mr jack barkey has joined the navy after having been employed at pickering for a few months jack is an expupil of the local high school and has a wife and three children jack will den the navy blue as a mechanic he is stationed jn tor onto at present popular rural event at altona last friday afternoon about a hundred people gathered at the property of mr earl howsam at the altona mills where the owner is building a new ibarn the raising of which was scheduled for that date the large structure 32x72 feet was successfully raised into a skeleton form george scott and ralph davis were chosen captains ralph acting in lieu of joe reesor who has captained scores of such events in the past but who could not be present at the last minute however ralph gave the veteran geordle scott a great race but they ran into a bit of plate trouble that delayed the workeis just long enough to allow the scott gang to finish first and make a grand rush for the burdened tables of good things to ent u was a great feast and was just as interesting as the actual raising those women must have done some marvelous work in preparing the unending line of pics cakes and everything you could wish for all in all it was a happy occasion and one that is traditional throughout this section mr and mrs howsam were loud in their appreciation of the gener ous help accorded them morlcy symes contractor will now finish up the carpentering work in short order with the gang he has at his disposal there are many baras on order mr symes reports the death of arthur j reeve in toronto last week removes from life a former active man of the local district mr reeve was born at atherly 69 years ago and in 1596 was married at lemonville to nancy stover the couple resided in mark ham township and in markham vill age where he was employed at the old woollen mills and with the speight people he was also with mr robert fleming for many years in the piano business for the last 24 years he was employed in the sheriffs office in toronto smviving aro his wife one son ernest and three daughters mrs hanna and mrs s stanbury toronto and mrs james mccreight markham town ship the late mr reve often recalled that he was a school pupil with sir henry pellet xoted sixger at secoxd l1xe baptist church the service of gunner knudson has been booked for the church service at markham second line baptist church this coming sunday evening at 730 oclock gunner knudson is widely known as a lyric tenor singer he has travelled extensively and his services are largely attended owing to his popularity as a gospel singer his bookings are placed far in advance this will be your opportunity to hear him and pastor rowan throws out a warm welcome for one and charge federation with interference unwarranted interference on the part of the teachers federation was charged by members of the school board on monday evening when they learned that secretary henry toronto for the federation had disrupted the hiring of a teach er by the local continuation school staff the interference cost the board 150 dr h b freel chairman said he understood the federation weie interfering all over the province and at a most difficult time stouffville had been doing the best they could and pay good salaiies in compari son with similar sized plates other members of the board expressed strong views against such interfer ence and the membeis decided to join np at once with the trustees association to combat the situation expect record crowds to see oxe foot ix heavex west markham school field day fall wheat promises bumper crop anything may happen between now and harvest time but judging from the present situation fall wheat will be one of the best yields in years this harvest everywhere you look it is coming out in head and farmers tell us how well the grain is filling under ideal weather for this grain one of the big acreages in the district is to be seen on the farm of reuben pearse 10th concession where 50 acres are waving in the breeze of as fine crop as you could place your eyes on its a strange situation fall wheat coming into head and some grains not yet planted due to the constant wet weather then there is the problem of getting in the root crop too- farmers sure have their own too farmers sure have thcolr own troubles under such weather condl tlons even if they had no labor snag to bother them a large crowd assembled at unionville for the field day held by the schools of west markham nos 1 to 10 and no 14 the schools win ning the greatest number of prizes were milliken hagerman thorn- lea buttonville victoria square unionville points obtained by these schools will be worked out later in relation to the number of pupils attending each school before a top winner from this group can be- declared convener alf hill prin cipal at unionville explained that prizes were being turned over to war charities after running off some fifteen separate contests it was found that time would not per mit the scheduled baseball and demonstrations to be held but everybody enjoyed the big program and the various etents one foot in heaven the cur rent attraction at the stanley theatie is expected to draw re cord crowds for the last three even ings of this week the picture will run continuously each night feature showing at 7 and 9 pm and the public are advised to attend if pos sible thursday or friday evening to avoid being turned away on saturday because of the large crowd that will inevitably be in town one foot in heaven is the story of a methodist minister and his wife and family a simple every day story that might happen in your own town the leading chaiacters of the parson and his wife are ad mirably portiayed by fredric march and martha scott this is one of the outstanding movies of the year one that cannot help but teach a lesson for good to everyone who sees it the first church parade to be held by the newly organized stouffville air cadet unit will take place next sunday evening june 14th the squadron will form up near the cnr station and led by the junior band will march to the united church for the evening service the address of the evening will be delivered by rev douglas davis while bandmaster a ridley will pre side at the organ mater bud lehman provides tills years thriller xowan annual event since the oil has keen used here secoxd teacher joins the rcaf member of the public school staff stouffville miss anne lindsay re cently has been accepted by the rcaf and will shortly leave for new york attached to the opera tions room secret service dept miss lindsay is the second teacher from town to take up war duties since miss ruth miller recently joined the weather bureau of the rcaf air cadet officers take advanced training five ofiiceis of the local air cadet corps are arranging to leave for jarvis on june 22 to take the officeis course there given by the rcaf those who will take the course are gordon spence m e watts carl boadway russel bar ker and a prouse the latter from claremont the officers will be away from june 22 to july 6 this advanced training will better equip the local officers for carrying on the work of the air cadets which is fast developing into an important unit next month 25 members of the corps will go into camp at kingston for a week in special training rcaf max takes wife a member of the rcaf and a resident of ballantrae when he en listed ivan mairs was married last week in toronto to a young lady from the city the young couple are travelling to western canada this week where the groom is stationed at brandon mrs george windsor ballantrae attended the ceremony in toronto and carried the good wishes of the ballantrae district to the young couple on their forward step into the matrimonial field property and residence sold the stewart residence at the north end of mill street belonging to mr george stewart and recent ly occupied by mrs jess cook sister of mr stewart has been sold to mr ed williams from south east of town rhere is about five acres of land and mr williams is cultivating this but will not occupy the residence until late in the sum mer the house is in excellent condition bethesda old boy ordained to ministry first june bride at g0rmley engagements mr and mrs david stouter of stoiinville announce the engage- ent of their daughter helen isobel to william belfry hamilton son of mr and mrs philmore hamilton of newmarket the marriage to take place on june 20th mrs james rldout suffered a severe heart attack last week and while still in bed is somewhat improved a pretty june wedding was solemnized on the lawn of the henderson home gormley on wed nesday noon june 3rd when bernice mae daughter of mr and mrs walt er henderson became the bride of harvey wismer cassel son of the late mr and mrs oliver cassel of preston rev e c bossert of buffalo ny was the officiating clergy performing the ceremony against an arch of bridal wreath rosespeonieslris and snowballsthe bridegiven in marriage by her fath er was gowned in dusty rose aqua sheer and carried a white bible the gift of the groom her attendant was miss pearl winger of buffalo wear ing silver flowered dustry rose laurier crepe and carrying a nose gay of sweet peas sweetheart roses and maiden hair fern melvin henderson brother of the bride act ed as best man during the signing of the register the henderson trio sang o jesus we have promised following a short motor trip the couple will make their home in preston pine orchard school takes township championship mr w tranmer was successful in obtaining second class honors in the honor arts course at the tor onto university it was annual sports day for the school pupils of 10 different school sections in the township of whit church when more than 500 child ren turned out to compete in the various events at vandorf on fri day entries were heavy in the 33 different eventswhich included foot races relays jumping and other trials of sports the meet was con ducted by ralph wheatley princip al of vandorf public school and marion vannostrand teacher at lemonville school school grounds were used in lieu of the athletic field which stood in tall hay owing to the incessant rains when the points were tallied at the end of the day school section no 4 pine orchard came out on top to win the township champion ship ssno 1 hartmans corners finished np in second place while ss no3 ballantrae was third in the various sporting events a cash award was given the winning school to be turned over to aid war char ities the field ofentrles included van dorf public school pire orchard vivian white rose hartmans corners gormley hlllcrcst lemon ville ballantrae and bethesda pub lic schools three other schools did tnter the meet russel pike united church pas tor at singhampton was ordained on sunday into the ministry of the united church of canada along with nine other candidates at the dan forth united church principal of emmanuel college rev richard davidson officiated at the ordina tion rev russel pike has been serv ing the church on a charge in the owen sound district for several years and prior to assuming the appointment was a member of the mennonite brethren in christ he assisted on the mount joy and dick son hill charge from which place he made the transfer born in whitchurch township rev mr pike is the third son of mrs pike of bethesda and the late renowned isaac pike of bethesda who was a school teacher and local preacher in his day despite the fact that a smaller gallonage of oil was distributed ov er the roads in stouffville the past week than was used a year ago it appeared to many that there had been more put on the roads were not dry enough and the con stant and heavy rain right after some of the oil was put down caus- ed it to run off into the ditches and even down onto the main street pavement to give the best satisfaction roads must be dry and of a consis tent warmth from the sun as to let the oil pentrate when the order was placed for oil it was assumed that the first week in june would be warm and fine but the assump tion was entirely wrong and noth ing could be done about it when the car of oil arrived to be distri buted between uxbridge and stouff ville this place just had to take their order there is a growing feeling that road oil is not wanted here any moie and many people would like to see calcium used in its stead however before another year comes around both oil and calcium may be unobtainable so the relative merits of the two dust layers need not here be debated if however calcium can be obtained another year it is likely to be given a chance the road oil brings grief to many of the housewives who find it hard to remove from carpets and floors where somehow it tracks in then there is always the outstanding accident each year that is prover bial since stouffville introduced road oil here 15 years agothis year master bud lehman son of mr and mrs gar lehman provided the sensation budd tried to jump over the nasty oil but landed on his back in the middle of the stream as it were and to make a good job of it he rolled over that was bad enough but it happened on friday evening when the water was turned off for a few hours while repairs were being made to the system however mrs lehman gladly accepted the tub of soft water offer ed by a neighbor and 1t was all need ed before bud was brought back to normal again the first year that oil was used here fred prosser full fledged man with all his faculties did the same act as wee bud lehman even to rolling over to make a more complete coverage mr pros- ser attempted to jump across the road in three steps when both feet suddenly pointed skyward and his body to the road in that nevertobe forgotten fall that so many others have taken since that day 15 years ago pretty outdoor whitchurch wedding bus service to pickering opened mr e woodward of brougham has been granted a franchise to operate a bus service between stouffville and pickering war plant at the new town of ajax the new service was inaugurated this week and will no doubt be a bene fit to the dozens of workers from stouffville and the intervening dis trict who work at the southern plant the new bus the chassis of which once saw service as a motor trans port will have seating capacity for 23 passengers and will eliminate a good many cars now making the trip over this route three trips each way will be made in the 24 hours to accommodate those work ing on any of the three shifts while the fare is not definite we under stand that the return fare from stouffville will be 50c or 25c each way a pretty wedding took place oa thursday june 4 at six pm at the home of the brides sister mrs elmore barkey whitchurch when edith hoover daughter of mr simeon hoover and the late mrs hoover dicksons hill became the bride of mr reginald gibbins son of mr and mrs john gibbins of lemonville the house was beauti fully decorated with iris columbine and peonies rev p g lehman conducted the ceremony which was out of doors and miss betty hoov er of markham niece of the bride played the wedding music lawrence barkey gave a violin selection i love you truly given in marriage by her father the bride wore a lovely gown of white eyelet batiste and an em broidered shoulderlength veil caught with a band of orange blossoms she carried a bouquet of liliesofthevalley the bridesmaid miss luella stouffer cousin of the bride wore a pale blue swiss voile gown with a blue net veil caught in front with pink flowers and she carried painted daisies and babys breath the groom was attended by his cousin mr norman tapscott of milliken and during the sign ing of the register the grooms sister mrs steele sang o perfect love after a buffet luncheon served to about fiftyfive guests the- happy couple left for a honeymoon in muskoka for travelling the bride wore an english plaid beige coat and brown accessories on their re turn they will live on the grooms farm stouffville mrs jack lewis is recovering from an operation performed at newmarket hospital and will short ly be home in stouffville sia is a daughterinlaw of mrs george lewis 3th con