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leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps x vol 53 no 12 stouffville ont thursday- july 23rd 1942 eight paged sugar for threshing is farm wives worry farm wives worries about sug ar for the extra hands at harvest time have been answered by a rul ing of the sugar ration division of the wartime prices and trade board special provision has been rcade to enable farmers wives to obtain extra sugar farmers wives must provide pies cakes and other sugarcontain ing foods in large quantities for threshing gangs and other harvest workers most farmers wives know from experience how many men will come in the threshing gang and how long they will stay therefore they know how much extra sugar will be needed to obtain this extra sugar the farmers wife should apply in goodl time to the nearest sugar ration officer for a special purchase permit to obtain the sugar she requires in her application she shonld state 1 how many men she expects 2 how long they will remain 3 how many meals she expects to provide 4 what quantity of sugar she expects to use therequest will be scrutinized by the ration oiticer anil if it is found in order he will issue a special purchase permit for a stat ed amount of sugar tho farmers wife will present this purchase per mit to her grocer or other supplier and it wilfbe his authority to sell the exact amount indicated tor the specific purpose stated location and names of the ration officer for york and ontario coun ties is laurie lewis 330 bay street toronto winged at camp borden babies galore s dr dafoe still holds the worlds record for conducting five little girls into the world all in one even ing but the brierbush hoipital sets a standard that will at least bear reporting in three days last week five little cherubs arrived there for five different mothers and three of these new comers arrived within a space of twelve hours two were born on a sunday and believe it or not despite the shortage of man power four of the five babies are girls m l fairies son of mr and mrs floyd fairies who reside just east of town was one of nineteen ontario men to receive his wings at camp borden on friday presenta tion of the wings was made by air vicemarshall j a sully of ottawa air cadets back from a week of intensive training great war veteran dies at bloomington resident of bloomington for the past twenty years richard english died at his summer home there on wednesday last week in his 56th year deceased was a veteran of the last war and the family credit his life in the country to having pro longed his days to the present time death is believed to he due to his injuries born in scotland dick english as he was known to his intimate friends was very popular about bloomington where he cam each summer to work a small acreage largely to gain tho benefits of the outdoor life surviving are his wife whose maiden name was sarah croft and by one stepson corp jos gallagher of brampton and three daughters mrs c abbey mrs ii cloulchy and mrs r purdy s funeral on friday was from the late home at no 9 bristol ave toronto to prospect cemetery another business max called mr jake smith town jeweller has been ordered to report for medical examination by the military thus making one more of the busi ness men receiving similar instruc tions this is the fourth or fifth busi ness head to be called from this town in the last few weeks for medical examination stouffville air cadets of squad ron no 94 returned on saturday evening from a week of intensive training at the kcaf station at kingston hero along with squadrons from port hope kingston and cobourg they covered classes in airforce subjects such as armament air frames aireo engines etc and wore drilled and directed in air- force manoeuvres by rcaf offic ers use was made of the link train ers and the many other facilities available at this airtraining station and on one occasion the cadets were privileged to witness actual bombing practise which is held on a small river inlet outside of kingston only cadets 15 years and oier were allowed to go to camp and with the exception of a couple of our boys who were unaole to attend at the last minute this- included approximately half the local unit the boys were accompanied by commanding officer g spence and the squardonwas madeup as fol lows sergt s ball sg brillin- ger k v oard f coupcrthwaito x coiiperthwaite j davis j drewery d a fockler j harding k jennings w wellington if mantle j miller g nokes g pres ton l raxlin h schell h steck- ley j tranmer e a wallace corp l weldon g a wilkinson f williams there were approximately 100 cadets at the kingston camp mrs nelson wagg buried monday one who pioneered in uxbridge township mrs nelson wagg died at the home of her son j b ted wagg at lot 20 concession 2 uxbridge on friday july 17 1912 in her s9th year born neat newmarket her maid en name was francis elizabeth hill and she came to uxbridge township as a bride about g5 years ago mr and mrs wagg settled on the very farm where slie died and they help ed to clear the wagg settlement that is still held by the descendants of tlie first pioneers nolson wagg died the year the last war closed in isis there sur vives tlie pioneer parents two sons j e wagg and j h ted wagg one daughter who was mrs ernest morgason and one son died the funeral for mrs wagg was held on monday afternoon from the home of j e wag proceeding to goodwood cemetery for interment rev ii twiss anglican rector at uxbridge conducted the service the pall bearers were four grand sons herbert dean laurie and norman wagg and two nephews harry and frank hill is lak farm sold on monday this week oliver yakely purchased the joseph ogden farm at lot 25 concession 1 ux bridge on the whitchurch townline mr ogden bought the farm 30 years ago from ir malcolm paisley and has worked it ever since recently he fwent to live with his sons at ingersol and this year the place was not cropped as the property of 100 acres lies along mr yakelys present farm he will find it con veniently located for him to work next monday mr ogden will be 75 j and we understand that he works daily on cement jobs with his sons at- ingersol lightning strikes as thirteen sit at supper sent to newfoundland istrates court fines motorist 100 and cancels license luther wilson brookliu was fined 100 and costs and had his license cancelled as a result of de cision handed down a few days ago by magistrate ebbs at oshawa in the slack motor car case evidence was all heard two weeks ago but judgment was reserved the case arose out of a car crash in which mrs murray slack stouff- ville was so seriously injured that she was taken to oshawa hospital and was only able to leave that institution last saturday her con dition is still not good the accident occurred on march the 9th it is understood that the wilson car was tully insured and it is possible that civil damages may be obtained without recourse to the courts pte donald rowbotham of the rca and son of mr and mrs leslie rowbotham of stouffville has according to word received by his parents this week been trans ferred to newfoundland for further training sunday thief quickly apprehended one of two comments were made on on sunday evening when 13 friends sat down to supper at the home of mr and mrs isaac barkey west end i stouffville but the sponsors were chided and the matter drop ped not long after lightning struck the house burst the water pipes and showered the cellar while the streak went skipping all through the house with sdmany friends in the house mr and mrs barkey are very grateful that no one was hurt and that there were no fatalities however those who said they took no stock in xo 13 are revising their opinion besides the family there were gue3ts from toronto uxbridge and from the village supper had been served and a few had departod for home about 715 the bolt of light ning struck a wooden spire or point- firms staff is good at weed eradicating there are plenty of stiff backs and blistered hands this week- but the forty or so rods of soya beans on the farm of k flaska unlon- vllle are now devoid of mustard weed mr flaska invited 50 to 75 members of the staff of the mutual benefit health and accident assoc iation of which he is vicepresident to his farm for a mustard festival on saturday refreshments were served on tlie terrace of the farm house after the work was complet ed win second round in kings t g stouffvillo bowlers advanced an other step in the kings trophy competition by defeating uxbridge on monday evening by the score of 73 to 2 richmond hill are await ing the winnor of aurora and new market and these three along with stouffville comprise the remaining field- the individual scores in mondays round were as follows fl button 18 jos kennedy 16 dawson davis 15 m munsire 17 w r sanders 19 jas kennedy 13 f marshall 21 b lott 16 war stamp jcomm formed on monday a war stamp committee was f oi med in town on monday night in the municipal hall organizer trapp and mr j green from rich mond hill were present and aided in the work there will be no canvass to sell stamps but every effort will be imade to sell tbom through the med ium of the stores in town and country and through school organ izations in the fall season the committee formed to stimu late the sale is composed of joe borinsky t b rae a e weldon gordon bailey n m maclean hugh bamierman j k agnew a v nolan one new avenue of sale is to pro vide a speaker for garden parties socials and other functions to give a short stimulating talk during the last sales effort in stouffville a year ago stamps were going ont at the rate of 1000 a week 80 year old uxbridge twp native takes her ration card to party miss winnie silvester of toronto was a visitor here on monday with misses jessie and mary lemon mrs william taylor is visiting with her mary daley of toronto aunt miss mrs anice mcdowell burridge of aurora who celebrated her soth birthday on saturday lakes a keen interest in events of the day and realizes the problems that wartime restrictions provide for the modern householder guest of honor at a party held at the home of her son milton mcdowell she brought along her sugar ration card 1 was married at 18 mrs bur ridge declared and certainly im not opposed to folk being married young if you get the right person i was never sorry i did that i worked hard when i was young she said and last year i pieced 19 quilts for the red cross but i havent been able to do so jnuch lately two lifelong friends of mrs bur ridge also attended the party mrs john miller and mrs charles stiver both of unionville mrs burridge attended school at boggartown with mrs miller born on the fourth line of ux- bridge mrs burridge has resided in newmarket whitchurch and mark ham all her life she was the daugh ter of the late mr and mrs jacob lnnau attending the celebration was her daughter mrs robert stiver of unionville her sister mrs margaret winterstein of des moines iowa and her brother rev austin liinau of toronto were not able to be present lewis garage stoultville was entered on sunday evening when the thief raided tho booth for choc olate bars and cigarettes later he hung around sinclairs store at riugwood probably i with the idea of committing another theft how ever mr sinclair didnt like his actions and when he moved on the storekeeper notified constable ben gayman who picked up the gent at markham village and found the stolon goods on him he confessed to the crime and was placed- under arrest now a captain or on the roof came through the attic and filled it with smoke the lightning seemed to spread all over the place in the cellar it hurst the water pipes when out flooded a great shower of water which could only be stopped when the service was cut off entering the house five of us were sitting in the loom explained mr barkey when a thunderous noise exploded and a ball of fire flared right be fore us mrs nelson chapman of uxbridgo a guest in the home was fairly stunned and could scarcely hear for some time she is still feel ing the shock he said those in the room besides myself and mrs chap man were mrs jos grove mrs i barkey and ed barkey an electric light bulb was shat- t teredin another part of the long residence a good distance from where the chief damage was done the radio was struck a fire alarm was sent in and the firemen quicklly responded but it was not necessary for the fighters to go into action the firemen made an inspection of the premises and satisfied themselves that there was no smoldering fire anywhere before they retired from the scene lt j b butterill who will be re called as a popular mathematics and science teacher in markham high school a few years ago has been promoted this week to the rank of captain capt butterill is with the royal canadian ordnance corps overseas lightning downs cows in their stalls the tribune always gets a buyer- former resident now semi invalid makes quilts for war victims bumis clark mr and mrs fred clark arc happy to announce the birth of a son at uxbridgo ontario rjr2 on sunday july 19th 1942 a baby brother for lome reesor at the brierbush hospital stouffville on july 20 v 1942 to mr and mrs millard ikeesor nee dorothy polnton i0n stillborn somebody said i was a darn fool when i paid 75 for that there cow seven years ago jack norton claremont told tribune referring to an ani mal ho sold from an adver tisement in this paper the first buyer came from almlra and offered me 9000 but i didnt sell then a 10th concession markham farmer stepped in lat er and bid 95 and we made a deal right there although 11 years old the cow had de livered mr norton eight quarts of milk twice every day a good record mrs isaac a parkinson 718 pape avenue toronto and former resident of stouffville is a semiin valid but she was determined to aid the war effort in some manner so she made a handsome guilt iwlth a v for victory design and chose the evening telegram brit ish warvitlms fund as the- agent through which to aid the people of great britain someone was needed tohelp mrs parkinson by conducting a draw for the quilt the toronto arid district business mens council volunteored to accept the responsibility july 29 has been set as tho date for the draw and tickets are now available through members of the various toronto and district busi ncss mens associations mrs parkinson herself is spar ing no effort to make the draw a success and to date has sold 16 worth of tickets the parkinsons owned and occupied the residence near the school now the home of mr and mrs harry paisley during the late storm on friday afternoon lightning struck at the farm of mr douglas booth south of town performing some peculiar pranks it put every cow in the milking line on their knees when a heavy bolt struck while one animal on which walter booth was in the act of attaching the milking machine was knocked over since that time the herd has dropped about a can of milk per day from their normal production the same afternoon lightning struck the home of bunker bros in a neighboring section of markham and demolished the radio splinter ed the floor and filling the room with smoke i had just gone from the room into the kitchen said miss flor ence bunker when the lightning struck splinters flew about front the floor and the smoke smolled like coal gas miss bunker feared the lightning had started a fire in the coal down in the basement the cows were in for milking and every animal was struck to its knees switches at the house and barns were burned out on the electric wiring village lighting reduced to candle light saturday night just when business was reaching its height in town on saturday night the whole village was plunged into darkness by the failure of the hydro which was dislocated somewhere in the yonge street area due to an electric storm which later broke over stouffville with torrential rains when the lights failed to come on again after a reasonable delay mer chants scurried everywhere to dig up candles old lamps lanterns and flash lights by their aid they con tinued to wait on the -crowds- of customers however in half an hour with still no electricity the rain and lightning came over the town the scenelit the business section was one of wild ex citement in the darkness families could not gather andanxious parents had only one thought in mind namely to rush for home that storm was wicked looking and might spread destruction in any dir ection it was so widespread some visloned a catastrophe at home the problem of gathering to gether wasnt easy and some young folks were left behind to get home as they could and looking for a liftaround 1130 was the task of quite a few constable rusnell was doing his best to keep order and smooth out tho traffic tangles all evening and its a miracle there were no accidents during the height of the storm- one of the worst to pass over the section this year anxious farmers blocked the street scrambling to get their cars started and rush for home no one could blame them thus what promised tobe a top notch business night of the year was turned into a fiasco by the storm that beat down many a fine field of grain over york and ontario counties the hydro which failed around 830 did not come- on until 11 oclock l