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zfew v leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and oxbridge twps vol 63 no 13 stoufrv1lle ont thursday- july 30 1942 eight pages needy may share in williamson estate assets of 81000 williamson estate filed for probate the will of the late thomas williamson who died in stouff- yiile on june 24 of this year was filed for probate by the solicitors for the estate messrs mccullough button last friday the estate totals 81110 but for purposes of ontario succession duty will be rated at probably more than 100000 since gifts totalling over 24000 were made to the wife of deceased during his lifetime through her solicitors mrsedith cook daughter has filed a caveat which has the effect of holding up the probate for ten days during which time the will may be attacked in the courts 8 the akmy calls business men j galore billy goat pulls lawn moweil with a military request to pre- norman lehman will never have sent himself for medical examlna- pwem so long as he sticks tion donald hodgins is the fifth t0 nls bmv goat norman a lad proprietor of a business along main j- mr l street here to have the problem con front him there was charles nolan chier beneficiary according to the will is the poor of stouff ville who inherit the income from the residue after providing ifor taxes expenses and legacies the residue for the poor is estimated at 40000 in the light of present information hut due to many factors it could be below this estimate the will ix army two years now called for service norman oboyle jake smith glenn ratcliff first in line and now the call has reached the western groc ery emporium looks as though the military are ready to make a cleanup of the business section here if they ever turn their guns on the married men it would take another similar group then john monkhouse and frank rae will begin to wear serious faces muttoneating dogs kill markham sheep lehman west end is driving a billy that does splendidly in harness he was seen the other ady cutting lawns with the fourfooted gent doing the pulling and normmerely had to stear the mower the billy goat while equipped with a fine pair of really fierce looking horns is very gentle and if treated with kindness doesnt introduce his bunting ability snoozy boozers not welcome at the lake although he has been wearing the uniform of a soldier man for two years corp claire e bell of the rcoc stationed at toron to received orders last week to pre- directs that the widow shall be paid i seilt himself tor medical examina- by ihe corporation receiving the re- lion in readiness for draft call there has been an error made or the lists from which calls are sidue the sumc of 1000 annually plus taxes and maintenance of the tamily residence during her life time when the property shall form part of the estate bequeathed to the village other beneficiaries under the will drawn in nov 1926 and several codicils added in recent years are as follows miriam coon granddaughter6000 john dougherty j nephew 2000 william dougherty nephew 1600 edna hall usa niece 4000 jessie grlce 1500 ida grice 1500 mrs gertrude iholden 2000 mary williamson wife 2000 children of d f holden 2000 stouffville united church 1000 stouffville cemetery 4000 assets consists of real estate 28- 000 mortgages 37000 bonds and debentures 12141 and the bal ance in notes and miscellaneous items the will directs that all bequests shall bo tax free to the legatees and shall accordingly be paid by the estate the executors named in the will are messrs f l button delbert holden and dr h b freel made are very much outofdate up at ottawa otherwise an incident of this kind would not happen it has happened before in more than one local case bowlixg final stouffvillo has advanced into the final round of the kings trophy bowling competition and will meet richmond hill for the cup the hill eliminated newmarket this week date for the final match is not set veteran geo tran honored on his 87th birthy guests from dresden ingersol toronto montreal kingston and from around the home district to the number of about so gathered at the tran farm at atha on tues day evening to honor the veteran george tran who on that day reach ed his 87th birthday mr tran still takes a turn on the farm doing chores and odd jobs about the place he has been a pipe smoker since his youth and among tho many gifts presented to him were some prized tobaccoes and pipe the occasion was- also marked by the presents tonof a large birthday cake made by his grandson russel burkholder of markham village mr tran entered into the spirit of the occasion in qno fettle and thoroughly enjoyed every moment of the time his brother william tran who is s2 years of age came over from cedar grove while ono of george trans daughters mrs ed sharpe of wyoming who arriv ed last week for a holiday comple- ted the family circle of six sons and daughters there are 13 grand children child takes poison that was intended for potato bugs playing in the field where her father was spraying arsenic of lead on the potato plants about 10 oclock monday morning little barbara huckerby oneand a half year old daughter of mr and mrs arthur huckerby swallowed some of the poison and for a time was in a criti cal condition the nearest doctor available at the time was in mark- ham village and after administering first aid and pumping the stomach the child was removed to the hospit al in toronto where she rested nice ly and where she was kept for two days for observation playing in the field with barbara was her older sister kathleen aged 5 and her brotherbevorley aged 4 the huckerbys reside on the 7th concession of whitchurch just north of the markham townline a mile gar crashes tree six are injured doris wilson aged 20 of 220 geary ave toronto received a fractured nose and head injuries and samuel bedard aged is of 576 seven others and caused some flock lansdovvne ave toronto head in damage juries when the car in which they the sheep were pastured on the sheepkilling dogs ravaged the flock belonging to frank h stiver in markham township a few days ugo and killed four ewes wounded old caseley farm just south of the stiver homestead in the 6th cpnees sion the dogs made raid when no one was about the premises to offer any protection english flyer is uninjured in crash markham sheep sold for export fred cole sth concession mark ham sold a truck load of cotswold rams this week for export to tho usa there are plenty of- enquir ies for cotswold sheep stated mr cole the long wool breeds seem to becoming more popular he con tinued mr cole had the champion ram at the cne in 1941 and won three prizes out of five in the ram class of 7 entries and came first in pen of canadian bred cotswolds one rajf flyer escaped injury in the early afternoon of last friday when the yale training plane which he was piloting crashed on the watt farm 5th concession of uxbridge township just r north of the boot jack hill the plane first came to the ground two fields over on the opposite side of the road arid it is believed that the pilot was attempt ing to get his ship off the ground again when he was forced into the roadbank- by the telephone wires one wing struck a post turning the plane around and the bank tore off the undercarriage john weir a neighboring farmer was the first man on the scene and stated that only the narrowest mar gin saved the- craft from the maze of wires along the road the young english flyer whose name is not disclosed was out of camp borden on an initial cross country solo flight and had appar ently lost his bearings ground personnel from borden took charge later in the day and dismantled the machine on satur day morning were riding crashed into a tree on the south side of musselmans lake early sunday morning four other passengers in the car received lesser injuries inez kay 24b hatherley road received a sprained ankle and cut forehead jrene mclaughlin aged 18 130 he- ward ave lacerations and bruised ribs fred campbell 8 hubert st and thomas nelson 513 roxton road escaped with a shaking up miss wilson received her injuries when she was thrown 15 feet from the car into a fence she was taken to the womens college hospital bedard the driver was treated at st michaels hospital accident occurred near coul tides park the car struck a tree on the side of the road constable bob windsor investigated gormley wife hears husban safe ov pte harry w rumble has arrived in england according to a cable re ceived by his wife the for mer hazel cherry of gormley his parents are mr and mrs norman rumble of king born in temper ance ville pte fwumble is a graduate of a iu ir ora worked on ihis two years ago sleeping aroundin parked cars half soused with beer or strong liquor is not to be the order of the things at musselmans lake al though quite a few try to do these things proprietors of pavilions and summer cottagers want the place kept clean and constable h rumble high school he fathers farm until when he entered the employ of the cedarvale tree surgery he was treasurer of the king united farm ers for two years befoie enlisting he was connected with the 48th highlander and the argyle regi ment he has a brother robert in the rcaf constable quits is soon replaced serving as township constable for a couple of years auston yakeof lemonville has resigned the cops jot and his place was filled by george de wsberry of vandorf he will be a new aid to constable windsor and will patrol the area at eim reeent wont reopen the continuation school until october 9th house and lot sold by auction although it was only a small sale of house goods and garden tools a great crowd gathered on- the pre mises of the late henry walker 7tfi concession of markham the house and lot sold to john galloway of hagermans corners for 1000 by auctioneer farmer there was a keen demand for used furniture and other articles wilcox lake whitchurch is one of the few townships requiring two constables which is daie to the fact that two summer resorts are located in the municipality and the big nights are on at both places at the same time the lemonville guardian of the law didnt take- kindly to following up the so called night life around the lake which required a man to spend many hours on the road that would be better spent at homo in bed ifan order issued by premier hepburn stands the continuation school at stouffville along with all secondary schools of the provinco will not reopen for the fall term until october 9th this will enable 20000 boys and girls to continue to assist in the harvest fields and with other engagements that is all a part of the war effort normally these schools would open on sept 8th so that the extension will be one month teachers will be paid their salaries for the month and pupils will be given credit for time lost tho seriousness of the farm labor situation in the province was dis- meetlngs of the mr and mrs- wilfred briard were the guests of their parents in stouffville over the weekend and haye taken their niece miss i eunice corcoran for her holidays to lake simcoe engagements mr and mrs george watson an nounce the engagement of their youngest edna may reg n to jam c3 ronold stewart of toronto eldest son of mr and mrs james r stewart woodstock the wedding to take place early in august rev and mrs a t gooding of gormley announce tho engagement of their eldest daughter evelyn margaret to charles franklin mi1- sted of queensville eldest son of mrs marshal milsted and the late mr milsted of zephyr and the on gngement of their second eldest dauchtcr dorothy irene to floyd a winger second youngest son of mr anthony winger and the late- mrs winger of stcvensville the doublo wedding will take place august 15th at 3 oclock in the mcnnonite church gormley will marry in queensville church cabinet and the decision to post pone opening some schools will au tomatically relievo the gravity of the problem reopen sept 8th according to board of education officials all public schools will open as usual on sept 8th students and adults hae assisted greatly in the harvesting of crops up to the presont hut therp is a keen demand for additional aid one department of agriculture official estimates that a further 10000 school pupils could be used at present there is a keen de mand for boys of high school agoon the farms said alex mclaren dir ector of the ontario farm service robert windsor is doing his part to maintain this order drunks are being hauled weok- ly into newmarket court tor trans- gressions in the township of whit church eight toronto residents wore fined last week for having booze iu their possession according to constable irobert windsor he had come across four of the accused men while inspect ing cars at musselmans lake on june 22 at 1015 pm he found a partly consumed bottle of rum in j e wrights car on june 20 at 115 am he s examined the car of howard barnes which was parked in the parking lot at musselmans lake and found a quarter of a bot tle of rye the ofiicor stated that mr barnes had been drinking constable windsor further test- fled that on the same evening at 11 oclock he went to the car of s bruce phillips which was parked in the lake parking lot and found a partly consumed bottle of gin ross tierney toronto told his wor ship that the liquor belonged to him and that he would assume respon sibility for it the charge against bruce phillips who was jointly charged with mr tierny drawn constable windsor went on to say that whilo checking cars at the same lake on june 27 he found a quantity of rye in the motor car of russell ronaldson at 1110 pm magistrate robinson fined mr ronaldson 10 and costst according to the constable there are night parties held in cars park- ed about the district strangers come out from the city get partly intoxicated and go to sleep in cars parked here and there no ttrtbune next week according to the custom of many country weekly papers and ii custom adopted by this paper until a few years ago tho tribune will hot bo pub- lishodnext week- while the- staff and writers- tako n holl- w- the next issue will he out on august 13 correspondents are requested to bulk their news of the two weeks f or the issue of the lstlil miss lorna margaret pearson daughter of mr and mrs george pearson of queensville whoso marriage to reginald button son of mr and mrs f l button stouffville will be an interesting event of this saturday august 1st in the united church at queensville force we could use several thou sand of them to help complete the haying and then the cereal grains at present the acute need is for boys but from the middle of august to the early part of october there will be lots of work for girls attendance credit tho ordewdncouncil provides that pupils who with the approval of the principal are engaged in farm work from sept 8 to not later than oct 9 shall be credited with attendance for that period and ii the school is closed the attendance of all pupils shall be credited from sept 8 until the date of the open ing of the school the ordor may also apply to pupils working in canneries cheeso fac tories and creameries if it can be shown that their work is needed to ihouse and barn burn as couple work on munitions on monday evening between five and six oclock lightning struck the barn on the premises of roland thurwell about a mile south of goodwood and fired the place flames spread to the house and de- molished it as well at time of the fire mrand mrsthurwell were em ployed in tho pickering munitions plant and no one was home gordon bell and tom morgason employed by william hackneyneigh- bors first saw the barn afire they rushed over but it was all aflame and had spread to the house close by wm hackney arrived in ano- ther few minutes and tho men rush ed most of the furniture ut but tako care of this years crop of fruits and vegetables or to prepare everythnb intho lwck part milk products for shipment over- house was burnea quantity of scas- straw was burned in the stable the property consisted only of the international match off house and barn on a smallvlot and the international plowing match -mr- and mrs thurweil have been has been postponed for 1942 it was engaged at pickering for some time decided this week local assccla- they have no family- they mrore- tlons on the other hand arc urged naturally shocked to roach homeahd to hold their matches as usual fine the place in ruins