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page six the tribune stouffviue ont thursday july 9th 1942 i r hon- m holk tor begj stoif mrsf cent t ter s sonf stoi 4 claj- osh- las i wal sisl 1 bri thj ov net 4 we 1 an he 3 t li joronto goodwood flashes walter davey 8 stanton ave toronto pickering township resident charged with keeping liquor for sale canadian policeman present spitfire to rcaf mr and mrs george lee visited port bolster en dominion day miss grace wagg and miss muriel jones were visiting in toronto the swales family of toronto visited at the feren home the goodwood garden party at the church raised 63 very good mrs lloyd wagg and children are visiting her parents in toronto mr and mrs william brown of sandy hook were visitors in good wood on saturday mr and mrs e w evans spent sunday with mi and mrs stanley slack of port perry the w i will meet at the home of mrs lloyd wagg on july 15th mrs todd has charge of the topic i mrs stamps our popular teach er has gone to tot onto for her holidays sorry to report our friend mrs nelson wagg is again confined to her home under the doctors care mrs tom morgason is helping the faulkner girls during the fruit season cooperation on the 4th con cession one farmer helping the other farmer thats the spiiit our friend mis bewell who has been at the flumerfelt home has returned to unionville mr and mrs george lee also mr and mrs arthur johnson visited in mount albert and uxbndge after a spell of pretty fair health our friend bob armstrong is on the sick list mr and mrs dudley white at tended hartman cemetery decora tion service two young ladies of the 4th line are grateful to the neighbor whose garage is so close to the rpad when a quick storm comes up mrs h hill and son clarke and miss vera sheppard visited the davey home island grove on dom inion day the school board of the second line school regret the loss of their teacher due to having joined the ecaf mrs evelyn law son is visiting friends on fleming cres in lea- side for a couple of weeks we hope mrs lawson will enjoy her visit m the city sunday visitors with mr and mrs g brown were mr and mrs fred dale and ruth mrs p suica mrs h harrson of toronto mr e faulkner of vancouver mr and mrs h norton and mrs e norton friends will be pleased to hear of the wedding ofviva shropshire of pine orchard to mr howard lehman of newmarket we wish this young couple every success and happiness toronto friends attending the cemetery decoration service at goodwood included mr and mrs george lee miss hunter mr and mrs a brown mrs lafraugh nathan storey ohas bluemtan greta hatley birthday greetings to newton ellis toronto john ashenhurst richard rae doris latcham gerald middleton joyce reynolds goodwood miss mary brown miss mary eckardt gertrude slack marjorie elson doris latcham ali uxbridge township norman smalley of saridford mrs marvyn rodman grace morganson stouffviue mrs robert overs ballantrae baby beth burkholder mirs william lickorish stouffviue no 572 was stepping out last sunday and at the church service they were led by their three pipers and the dummer forty orange men iwere in line and heard the sermen given by rev mr taylor in the bapttet church air and mrs gorton fleming and daughters mr and mrs alvin brown and son mr and mrs a after hearing considerable evi dence in the case of alex ballik of pickering township who ap peared in whitby police court last week charged with having liquor for sale contrary to section s7 sub- section l of the liquor control act magistrate f s ebbs acceded to the request of defense counsel cecil richardson of pickering for a weeks adjournment in order that an important witness might be en abled to appear the charge against ballik was laid by constable john irwin of pickering after he had paid a visit to the home of the accused on june 7 in company with corporal oliver and constable sutherland of the provincial police and found the place fitted up with tables and chairs around which it is alleged foui teen people were discovered i drinking beer i in the kitchen of the home which constable irwin said was about a mile and a half northwest of dunbarton the officers found two tables and nine chairs and there were tables and chairs set up in three other rooms on the ground floor pictures of bar rooms were on the walls and these were produced in court as well as nineash trays a can full of bottle tops serving trays two dozen or so glasses and a num ber of opened j and unopened bottles of beer and ale there were three pints and twelve quarts on the tables and there were more bottles in the cellar there was also a small sum of money on one of the tables irwin testified and one of the men had stated that he had paid for some beer two of the men he questioned the officer said were under the in fluence of liquor constable irwin stated that the accused had told him he had had a ibirthday and this was a birthday party two weeks before he con tinued he had had the place under observation as there was a great deal of going and coming at the time of the visit on june 7 he said there were five or six cars in the yard while they were there and four or five others drove up during their stay provincial constable jas suther land described the premises at the time of the visit and said that he found 1 10 on one of the tables the accused was questioned presented to the rca f by policemen of canada this new spitfire is being piloted by pilot officer gordon hoben former royal canadian mounted police officer shown in the cockpit p0 hoben had been a bomber pilot but at the request of the officers who raised the spitfire fund he was sent to an operational training unit for a special course as a fighter pilot p0 hqben served with the rcmp in toronto saskatoon regina and x windsor presentation was made by sir philip game commissioner of the metropolitan police of london standing nearest the cockpit air vicemarshal harold edwards air officer in chief rc a f overseas right accepted the aircraft about it he present was said one of the men l garageman who had brown and bos mr and mrs p nash and mrs minnie brown all of toronto also chas symes mr and mrs j symes and ella were guests at walter symes on the 5th last sunday i crowds stayed back done some repair work on his truck and this was part of the repair bill a short time later sutherland testi fied a man came to the door and when he was asked what he wanted he said he came to buy a case of beer he had never been theie before he told the officer corporal olner came in trom a tour of the house officer sutherland stated with a considerable sum of money in small change and the wife of the accused said it belonged to her in their search of the premis es sutherland said they found 51 quart bottles and 35 pint bottles full of ale in addition there were 14 quarts and one part pint of ale opened a tin in the kitchen con tained approximately 100 bottle tops i heard constable irwin say thac he must have had a birthday the week before commented officer sutherland corporal oliver corroborated much of the evidence given by his associates one of the men ad mitted having paid 60 cents for iwo quarts he stated he warned the accused after the people had left and said anything he remarked would be used as evidence ballik denied selling beer the corporal testified the witness told the court he didnt believe that ballik knew more than three people there the money he found amounted to 53 in small bills and change it was between the quilts of one of the beds he said asked by defense counsel rich ardson if this was out of the way for a man with a market garden who bought his wares duectly from the was always selling berries and the like oliver said he saw no sign of any such sales except that one man said he had com for some tomato plants defendants storj when he took the stand ballik said he knew the people except the garage man rrom toronto who had done repairs to nis truck he said he owned or leased eleven acres and cultivated most of it his buthday was may 26 he said and he had bought een cases for the occasion other cases found by the police had been for his own use and bought over a period of weeks the tables and chairs he said had been given to him by the godfather of one of his four children but he had no barn to store them in so they re mained in the house he admitted that he at one time worked for the brewery that supplied the ale but he declared he paid full price for it he knew the people who were pre sent too he asserted suppose you name them for us suggested crown attorney annis as he began his crossexamination the accused made a pretty good attempt asked about the people who drove up to his place on more than one occasion ballik declared that he had a few acres used as a picnic ground and people had used them for three years well equipped for business pointing to the exhibits brought into couit by police mr annis suggested that the accused was well equipped for the business the sales slips also showed that he brewery and that they were dated each week from april 18 to june 4 how long do your birthday par ties last asked the magistrate from birthday to birthday the accused said the bottle tops in the tin were being saved for the red cioss but he couldnt explain about two hundred that were found back of the garage james davie a neighbor who run over by wagon farmer dies from the injuries run over by a hay wagon when the team of horses he was hitching to it bolted robert gordon mason aged 44 of osullivans corners south markham was fatally injur ed on friday and died at his home two hours after the accident occur red mason accompanied by his brother alfred had finished their evening meal and were returning to the fields on their fathers farm to gather the remainder of the hay crop gordon was between the hors es hitching them to the wagon when they jumped ahead he was knock ed down and the heavy wagon pass ed over his chest the accident occurred at 730 p m and he died af 930 coroner dr c d farguharson was called and after consulting with coroner smirle lawson announced that an inquest would not be held mason was born on the farm where he was fatally injured it was the old family homestead and his parents mr and mrs leslie mason had resided there for many years he is survived iby his parents three sisters mrs victor taft of belleville mrs russell burr but- tonville mrs john brown browns corners and four brothers stuart portland oregon harcourt detroit mich harshaw toronto and alfred at home the accused sold tomato plants because i bought some he ad mitted having a glass of beer on the night in question he strongly denied the suggestion made by mr annis that he told police that la my bottle and i paid for it following ravies evidence the was found in testified that he knew lease was adjourned one week coleman stoves are selling just now faster than any other oil stove designed for summer use its a mark of distinction to own one of these fine stoves so economical to operate and so serviceable on the farm or any where in a modern kitchen drop in at our store and see one of these lovely stoves that selling so fast the coleman will relieve your heavy duty stove that can scarcely be re placed today on the market brathwaite hardware stouffvelle ontario qitse me noud a mteakf missing at manila fear for the safety of rev mgr john m fraser of toronto found er of st francis xavler mission seminary were expressed by auth- orltiej of the seminary no word has been received from sign fraser since the fall of manila the crowds kept their distance as this detioit policeman showed what to do when bees pick out a traffic signal for swarming purposes he brought back alive hundieds of winged prisoners gormley vycational bibli school will be held at gormley mennonite church july 13 23 because of the gasoline shortage the school is not able to transport the children to and fro we have a good staff of teachers and workers this year and they will do their best to make the school spiritual instructive and constructive the aim of the school is to teach the bible in memory work bible character missionary work spirit ual singing we would ask all par ents and sunday schools who want their children to attend the sum mer school at gormley july 1323 to bring their children and take them home again wo are very sorry that we are not able to get your children and take them home as in former years we want to thank all the different churches and communities who have so wonderfully cooperated with this school and we would appreciate your helpfulness again if you desire any information regarding the school write or phone i brubacher gormley ontario i phone 6311 to thousands of soldiers sailors and airmen weekend leave means the enjoyment of a day or two with the folks at home also many war workers have no other opportunity to visit their families to provide accommodation for these new weekend travellers gray coach lines has every available bus in service every friday saturday and sunday you can help to relieve crowding by avoiding weekend travel whenever possible plan your summer trips for mid- weekdays if convenient start your vacation on tuesday wednesday or thursday it wih make travel easier and less crowded for you please leave more seats for our active service forces and war workers over the weekends gray coach lines