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tribune leadins weekly for whitchurch markham pickerins and uxbridge twps vol 53 no 10 stouffville ontario thursday july 9 1942 bight pagb set 35 mill tax rate same as last year 100 granted to the junior band to aid this organization in need ot kuntls a committee tell the council despite the fact that over 1200 was expended on new cement side walks in stouffville this summer and that the school board is calling for 500 more this year tor school purposes the council in session en monday evening was able to strike the tax rate for 1942 at the same rate as last year the rate was struck at 36 mills which is reduced to 35 mills by reason of the government subsidy of one mill to municipalities extra expenditures this year were taken care of by reason of the liberal carryover of funds from last year and the steady policy of collecting back taxes reeve weldon told the council that despite the heavy extra expenses and no in creased taxes the year would end without any overdraft careful fin ancing the past two or three years was credited with the present favor able position tax bylaw was introduced by councillor sllverthorn and passed through the committee stages by councillor nolan dr s s ball m e watts and g bailey waited on council solicit ing a grant for the junior band the organization is liaid pressed lor funds and the deputation said the citizens wanted it maintained councillors nolan and silverthorn moved that 100 be donated which teceived the support of the whole council councillor ratcliff said he was glad to help the toand and reeve weldon suggested that they give a series of open air concerts in recognition of the gift councillor nolan bi ought up the matter of having the shades on the mam stieet lights washed most towns he said procured a solution for washing shades but the same re sults could be obtained with soap and water the efficiency of the bulbs is lessened by dirt clinging to the shades constable rusnell made his monthly report and was congratu lated again on the manner in which he was carrying on his duties fire chief jennings said the constable had spoken to him about the gather ings in front of the fire hall on saturday nights giving the opinion that such crowds might impede the work of the firemen if an emergency occurred council was asked to accept all liability for the crowds that gathered there if they per mitted it to continue members felt that no harm could come from people congregating in this man ner rand any crowd so gathered could be dispersed in a minute or two so council accepted all respon sibility mussulmans lakk nkxt week issue next week the tribune will publish the annual mussel- inunn lake issue with news illustration and advertise ments all to interest the cottagers there will be 2000 copies and every cottag er and tenter around the lake will receive one advertisers who have not already done so are urged to have their copy ready as soon as possible for this edition new french teacher is enga he miss marjorie wilson of toronto has been engaged for the stouff ville high school staff miss wilson is a specialist in french and has studied in both france and ger many miss wilson will fill the vacancy caused by the resignation cf miss pearl wilson thus there is a change in teachers but no change in name stationed at chatham pilot officer wesley james son of mrs james of stouffville is a wireless air gunner who enlisted with the rcaf in may 1941 he is now with an opeiational tiaining unit at chatham nb tremendous potato acreage around ballantrae former tailor of town b the death at allandale last fii day of sophia louisa sanders wife of mr hany sandeis letiied tail or of allandale was leceived here by relatives the late mrs sandeis was quite well known to many of the older people of stouffville and lemonville for her husband was a brother of the laje w b and john sanders of this town and of mrs macklem cook of lemonville the late mrs sanders was in her 77th year and had lived in allan- dale for over half a century her maiden name was sophia louisa leigh and she is survived by her husband harry sanders who is in his 94th year other surviving realtives include mrs ed pennock and messrs harry w sanders blake sanders and william r sanders of stouffville niece and nephews of the deceased during his younger days mr harry sanders was a tailor in stouffville and lived utpstairs in the sanders block built by his brother w b sanders the deceased is survived by eeveral children theie is little doubt but that clifford wallwork living north of ballantrae on his fathers farm is the potato king of york county for 1942 cliff has a potato patch that covers some 35 acres and the crop never gave more promise of a good yield at this season of the growing period of couise there are plenty of perils between now and picking time but so far so good wallworks potato patch is re garded as far the largest in the whole county of york and puts to shame even the potato growers of uxbridge township by many acres so far as we are able to ascertain other substantial growers include thos simpson with sixteen acres howard harper goodwood sixteen acres while many others on lighter land have in four or five acres geo todd at goodwood has 4 acres of early variety that is said will be going to majket in two weeks some of them at least with an assured price of at least 150 per 75 pound bag this fall farmers with a good yield of tub ers will reap a just price for their crop i charge pair with lake robbery and recent minden fire arrested by toronto police last week two men are in custody be lieved to have stolen 170 from george davies premises at mussel- mans lake a couple of weeks ago the culprits are also charged with starting the disastrous minden file and with various robberies in the north police said the men stayed around musselmans lake several days and took close stock of the cash box in the office of george davies one night they forced an entiance through a window to the office but the box was not in its accustomed place and they surmised it had been hidden one of the thieves spied the end of the box stuffed in the garbage can presumably for safe keeping in the night they made away with it and the box was in their possession when they were placed under arrest they will be tried on this and other counts finishing off a tank preacher mourns death of step mother rev h shantz received a mess age on monday morning announcing th death of his stepmother mrs ezra shantz who passed away at didsbury alberta following stroke suffered only a short time ago she was in her 73rd year born in waterloo county mrs shantz was the former mattie good second cousin to mr e r good of the brierbush after her marriage to mr shantz she lived near didsbury where she became the mother of two daughters as well as a mother for the four boys belonging to her husband mr shantz died in 1927 surviving are the four sons and the two daughters namely elmer willie and claude shantz all of alebtra and rey h shantz of stouffville daughters are mrs e williams of vancouver and miss ruby shantz at home camp borden tioops polishing off a tank with molotoft cock tails duung army week military show which was concluded on sunday gets corporals stripes miss iviolot hoover and sister mrs miller also miss ruth lehman accompanied a party on a motor trip on lake erie this week stouekville wins first round by points in the first round of the king trophybowiing competition stouff- vlllo defeated markham on the markham greens by a score of 62 to 59 the individual scores were as follows stouffville markham g lemon 21 g brown 13 f marshall 19 m reesor 10 f c carrmhers 14 j burnsi 16 w r sanders s j calvert 20 allen mcconnochie cpc ot stouffville who this week was rais ed to the rank of corporal cpl mcconnochie is being transferred from his station at ottawa to st thomas mr j williamson rcaf is home this week from montreal visit ing his wlfe the williamsons aro now comers to town having an apart ment on church street former banker wed chester wark son of mrs x h wark of petrolia and formerly of the bank of nova scotia was married recently to miss forn holmes daughter of mr and mrs holmes cf petrolia mr ward is at byron kennedy donald kennedy present jn st thomas with the john csteckley terry doan and rcaf william j brodle working in hay prominent farmer was stricken geoige a brodie bsa former ly of this district passed away suddenly last saturday july 4th on his farm at langstaff stucken by a heart attack while carrying a forkful of hay he lived only a short time mr brodie farmed for years on the old homestead on the 5th tf whitchurch where he was born now owned by his nephew john c steckley of ridgetown he was one of the first class of graduates of the ontario agricultural college at guelph and a gold medalist at one time he wa associated with the soldiers settlement board and with government farm loans he was a wellknown breeder of shorthorn cattle and clydesdale horses making several importations of horses from scotland the deceased was in his 74th year and is survived by his widow kate terry of mount albert four daughters and two sons coral formerly a nurse with the united missions in china jessie on the staff of the university of toronto arthur of the provincial forestry department lillian of the willow- dale collegiate staff mrs arthur james violet of toledo and charles now training with the air force the eldest son alexander paid the supreme sacrifice during the last war he is also survived by a brother c james brodie of this town and a sister mrs a a kennedy mabel cf toronto a private funeral was held at the homo at langstaff on monday and proceeded to melville cemetery in markham township for inter ment rev david terry brother of mrs brodie conducted the service the pallbearers were rcss kennedy pretty july wedding in menn c the mennonite chuich stouff ville decoiated with delphinium and foxglove was the scene of a quiet wedding on july 4th vhen miss ruth mai ion ramer second daugh ter of mr and mrs malcolm ramer became the bride of mr howard stover reichaid only son of mr and mis edwin reichard of tor- ontpjiii the presence of only the immediate family rev ward m sfcatftzofbethel chapel toronto perfoimed the ceremony mr harry stover was at the organ the bride given in marriage by her father wore a streetlength dress of ivory heavy sheer with matching hat of straw and ribbon engagements mr and mis george edgar peaison queensville ontaiio an nounce the engagement of their elder daughter loina margaret to mr horace reginald button only son of mr fiedenck lome button kc and mrs button stouffville ontario the marriage to take place august 1st in the united church queensville girl bicycle thieves are apprehended- good work on the pan of county and local police is responsible for the recovery of the bicycle stolen a couple of weeks ago from the ball- antiae school and of the apprehen- and a veil she wore a corsage of bi of tne two sirls who made off red roses and bouvardia the mat ron of honor mrs theodore war der sister of the bride wore a dress of turquoise silk jersey with matching hat and coisage of pink roses and delphinium mr theodore warder of kitchener was the best man a reception was held at the home of the brides parents the brides mother wore navy and white sheer with navy accessories and corsage of pansies the grooms mother chose a dress of gray printed bem- berg with navy accessories and cor sage of pansies for the wedding trip to muskoka the bride chose a green figured bemberg dress with beige short coat and beige and tan accessories on their return the couple will reside in toronto to coordinate local navy league work an executive has been appointed in stouffville to coordinate the work of the navy league here various organizations and citizens have from time to time foi warded donations and materials to the navy league of canada and at a meeting held in the municipal hall on monday evening a committee was appointed to administer this work heading the organization will be rev d macgregor while the other officers are as follows vice chair man jos borlnsky treas j c porter sec mrs jack barkey publicity and education mrs gor don bailey finance jos borinsky and bert lickerish convener of ditty bags and convener of maga zines will be named from the lions club and womens institute last year the stouffville veter ans sponsored a navy league tag day and this newly formed com tmlttee toill hold another tag day this year on september 26th mr smalloy acted as chairman of the meeting in the absence of reeve weldon j ir davis a repre sentative of the league was also present and explained the work and functions of this organization which supplies comforts to our men in navy blue with it and sold the bike to a dealer in richmond hill at time the wheel was stolen two girls were seen passing through ballantiae on a bicycle in the direc tion of aurora and constable fleury was communicated with to intercept them however they got away ten days later constable fleuiy re- coveied the bicycle in a sales store at richmond hill identifying it from serial number and general de scription given him at time of robbery since the wheel was recovered constable robert windsor caught the girls who took it suspicious of the actions of a couple of girls lolling around musselmans lake with a car he contacted them and lecognized the pair as the ones de scribed to him as having ridden the stolen wheel through ballantiae accosted with the theft we under stand the pair admitted their guilt and were taken into custody the accused are from toronto stock salesman who operated here is sought by police despite the fact the law forbids stock salesmen from operating door to door it is still being done and jail terms and fines are being handed out when they are caught last week a stiff sentence was met ed out one of these individuals in court at whitby where hon g con- ant prosecuted tha case this week local and york police are looking for an alleged salesman who operated in stouffville on july 3rd and got around 300 from mis murchison and her sister miss esther stouffer on church street police said police also re ported that they believed the same individual induced another lady of the town now dead to part with 500 the operation on church street was discovered through a chequej transaction it was said when a deal was on to transfer a bond from the late mr murison into his wifes name at this same time miss stouffer was said to have handed over in cash a sum of money to be invested with the promise that she would receive five per cent on the investment the dealer handed her back the first years interest out of her own cash the stock that was being handled by the dealer was canadian terminals ltd it is strange that after all the warning and the number of local people who have been duped in the past people will still hand their money over to strangers apparent ly it is time to repeat the old warn ing never to issue a cheque or give cash to any of these door to door gentry without fiist informing your banker or a friend who can advise you in the matter if the proposi tion is sound it will bear standing over a day or two until you have completed this formality if the t dealer objects to you doing this you may be sure of the reason in the absence of the local police constable windor came down to apprehend the salesman when- he- wasopetating oa church street but it was reported that he had been tipped off and made a successful get away from totvn in the past he made no at tempt to hide his city address and further action is likely to be heard of any time california death recalls old pioneer family you have until wednesday next week to pay your water account and obtain the discount these rates are so reasonable that no one should neglect to pay the water rates in stouffville promptly and cheerfully the older generation of local people will recall the cliff family that lived at altona and operated the woollen mills there half a centuiy ago and more information was received here by mr welling ton lehman that steadman cliff had died at his home in california the woollen mills founded by the late e cliff were later operated by his sons and steadman was one of those boys he attended school at altona and frank sangster re calls that he taught one of the younger boys there back in 1880 and 1881 when he was the school teacher in middle east former teacher at bloomlngton miss mary graham this week accepted the school at altona for next term jack sanders rcaf is safe in egypt where some canadians have been sent to join in the de fence of the suez according to word received from him by his wife in toronto and mother and father mr and mrs blake sanders stouff ville going going gone sold fotj3000 there is no ceiling on farm stock auctions as could be seen from the soaring prices obtained at the esate sale lor the late frank kincaid on the 5th concession i of markham just below no 7 high- way cows mounted to as high as 140 and the calf went for 30 more while two teams of horses went at 160 and 165 a gray gelding sold for 130 another feauture of the stock prices was that obtained for hogs one sow bringing 81 the case tractor wont for 910 and the 3furrow plow brought 155 edw logan of ringwood got the bind er at 145 and the manure spread er also came to whitchurch at 170 a corn blower realized the good price of 405 and a hay load er 80 when the farm of 150 acres was put up at auction it was knocked down to harry hatch of race horse fame for 23000 this is the first time in my auction experience that i have sold 150 acres right under the hammer declared auctioneer alvln farmer who said there were- a half dozen bidders for tho proper- ty being lot 9 con 5 is excellent land and hns good buildings with t hydr equipment this is the second farm for mr hatch to own now in tho district mrs l maclean of toronto is spending a few days in town the v t- gnest of miss jane birkeit mrs jack pennock and 3