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i rfr v- v leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 53 no 14 stouffville ont thursday august 13 1942 eight pages- late mrs geo collard is mourned by many was member of original stouffer family that gave town its name sang in dave stouffers choir forty years ago mrs george collard died at the family home here cm thursday morning last week following a period of declining health during which her happy disposition pre vailed until the very last mrs collard was in her 74th year the funeral on saturday to stouffville cemetery was conducted by her former pastor rev robert young assisted by dr thos mitchell and rev c e mclepd mrs collard was a daughter of the late simeon stouffer who died in 1933 she was born on the old homestead just north of town and was a descendant of the first stouffer family after whom the village was named in i903 she united in marriage with george collard druggist and to this union four children were born namely mrs alex mcleod jean mrs earl robertson erie and miss tsabol collard also mr allen col- ard all of whom survive together with the father there also survives one brother fred stouffer of ta- coma wash and two sisters mrs alton h perkins jean and mrs e dougherty nellie both resid ing in denver col mrs perkins is a member of the legal fraternity mrs collard possessed a rare contralto voice and was a member of the old david stouter choir famed for its fine singing here 40 years ago and after her marriage she was for long years in the form er presbyterian church choir as a girl mrs collard was a school teacher her winning personalily will live as long as memory lasts stationed ix bc pte clifford r morgason son of mr and mrs leslie morgason of stouffville rr3 clifford is sta tioned at nanaimo vancouver is bc with oie sault ste marie and sudbury reg enroute to enlist recruit takes stroke motoring to toronto on monday of this week where be intended to apply for a uniform in the active army wllbert hopkins was strick en with a stroke and before reach ing the city limits had to return to his mothers home in the east end of town his one side was paralyzed but he is said to be somewhat im proved since the attack jakie hopkins had been work ing at ajax but recently received instructions to present himself for hydro users have seventyfive ranges t the stouilville hydro system paid out 1031 for power consumed during the month of july which is an increase of about s0 over the same period a year ago users of hydro current in town are steadily growing and the current consumed is sharply on the increase there are in the village 7s ranges and 57 raugettes while consumers have some 151 hot plates more and more householders are finding the value of hydro which medical examination he did this is jnore convenient for cooking than and then decided to make an effort to enlist at once in the active forces old friends say mrs charles msop loses mother the death occurred at baldwin ontario on august 1st of ida bow man wife of mr benjamin litner of that place she was in liar 57th year and is survived by her husband and by two daughters rose mrs colin cowley and sophie mrs charles alsop and by two sons david and harold litner the funeral took place from the benjamin funeral home in toron to with interment at lambton cemetery mrs alsop is at present visiting the parental liome at baldwin mr and mts william quantz let t the early part of this week to take up their now home in toronto said mr quantz to the tribune if is 24 years since we left the farm at church hill to build a house for ourselves we have tried since then to make it a home for there is a lot of difference between just a house and a home he re called that edgar guest said it takes a heap olivin to make house a home this veteran of the district who could farm carpenter or preach a sermon explained that he and mrs quantz are not young any more and have arranged to be near their sons notwithstanding they are leaving stouffville he said we maintain that stouffville is one of the best residential towns to be found anywhere but the effects of old age make us more and more dependent on the boys to do our business they leave with deep re gret and ask us to pass on their thanks to the members of the christian church for the good wish es expressed to them in word and written address on sunday and for the gtft or a lovely motor rug in conclusion mr quantz on behalf of his wife said that if any friends come to the city they would try and extend to them a country welcome just look for the blue roofed bungalo on sunny lea avenue humberside why do they do it most people would mourn tho parting of 15 or 20 in cash to pay forijtraveiyngvover thepavement in bank manager enlists in rcaf people in town were surprised last week to learn that mr gordon spence had resigned his appoint ment as manager of the canadian bank of commerce at stouffville which he has held since mr e m still left here four years ago mr spence we understand has a com mission in the air force he was in the air force during the last war and had taken a keen interest in the present formation and was instru mental in organizing the stouffville cadets last week mr a g thompson manager at campbellford was ap pointed to the vacancy here and is now in town lie will move his wife and family here just as soon as he can secure a suitable residence mr thompson lias two sons attending toronto university also ono son at home they will be a welcome addition to the community life of the village any other form of heat and com pares favorably in cost axy cant fool assessors 5 longer under a recent amendment to the statutes the department of muni cipal affairs points out any assess or jmay require the owner or occu pant of property to furnish the necessary information to enable him to make a proper assessment a form for the owner or occupant to fill in is printed and discloses the price paid for the property or if newly built the amount of money spent in building as well as the nature of the construction this in formation wiil be an aid to the assessor in arriving at a proper valuation be it in town or country whitchurch buys 700 worth of snow fence seriously injured new firm name on main street stouffville at it greater speed than thirty miles per hour yet people take a chance every day and right along they are putting up fines last saturday constable rusnell issued five and if a conviction is registered in all cases these five individuals will contribute at least 100 tooiisti drivers death of william redshaw is loss to the district lived 83 years on lemonville farm uxbridge strikes tax rate at quiet session only business of public interest that passed befcro uxbridge town ship council at their regular meet ing in goodwood on saturday was the striking of the tax rate which 6hows no material change from last year reeve johnson presided the general township rate struck at 7 mills is the same as a year ago while the general school rate is 59s as against 6210 in 1941 there is a jiew rnte this year of 175 to meetthe first debenture for the now road maintainer for county purposes patriotic grant and schools a rate of 1153 to raise 116s4 was adopted this rate last year was 11 84 a request from quaker hil dis trict for township to take over the old corner at quaker hill since the county road system has assumed new ground to straighten the crook at the top of the hill was left over un til the work is completed to have lived on the one farm for s3 years in a quiet section of whitchurch township just north of lemonville was the record estab lished by william andrew cook who died on the place where he was born on august 4 mr cook was an industrious farmer took no active participation in public affairs but built up a wide circle of lifelong friends as a young man he married hannah lehman of cashel district markham township who survives him together with two daughters mrs orval drewory and mrs clara ciiroy one brother and one sister also survive mr cook being george cook of- lemonville and miss mary e cook also of that place the funeral service was conduct ed by mr bert daynard resident pastor at lemonville and was at- ended by many old friends of the family keep markham rate at low level mr and mrs jack oneill of stirling have been holidaying in town this week mr oneill is a brother cf our local funeral director and mrs oneill is a daughter of mr and mrs a b lehman markham township tax rate was struck last week at about the same level as a year ago the general township- rate is- four- mills which is just half tho rate the farmers were paying oleven years ago when reeve rennle first entered the council there was little other busi ness of public interest before the council at the regular meeting at which r the rate was struck which was an evening session this is in sharp contrast to a few years ago when sittings lasted all day and on into the night were held to clear the slate- and listen to complaints and grievances of folks who could not make their way in the world and sought municipal aid all mem bers were present for striking the rate namely reeve rennle deputy reeve hooper and councillors albert rcesor w l clark and harry barber v in the death of william harrison redshaw after an illness of two months the district has lost a valu able farmer he died on friday of last week at his farm home at dick son hill where he had operated the storey farm for ten years mr redshaw was 65 years of age native of uxbridge township william redshaw was born on the 6th concession son of the late edward redshaw he farmed in the township all his life until he took over the big acreage where he died he was an outstanding stock and dairyman twice married his first wife was elizabeth calder to this union there survives four daughters and one son mrs john norton mrs cecil redman and miss luella red shaw all of claremont mrs wm wager of newburg and ira red shaw of claremont to his second marriage to mrs john walker who survives him were born three daughters and one son aldeen bernice doris and murray there are three stepchildren james walker t6ronto mrs jos brown lindsay and william walker at home with his mother thirteen grandchildren also survive four brothers and two sisters of mr redshaw living are george fred crobert and edward red shaw claremont mrs charles har dy and mrs george hardy of clare mont and uxbridge respectively the funeral on monday afternoon to uxbridge cemetery was attended by a very large concourse of sym pathizers indicating the esteem in which the deceased was held rev p g lehman conducted tho service not by any means strangers to the business life of main street but nonetheless new business owners messrs j k agnew and reg stouffer have taken over the hard ware business of fyw brath waite sinco mr brathwaite pur chased the business from the sil vester bros about fourteen years ago mr agnew had been associated with him and now become seniour partner mr stouffer is a product of our own community and a des cendant of the first stouffer family to come here in the early eighties reg has been on the hardware staff foiiuite a few years and from this setup it will be seen there is a change in name only since tho new owners were the working force for mi brathwaite who is retiring tho new firm will retain the feature of its predecessor in carry ing a heavy stock in its varying lines anticipating public require ments far in advance thus being able to service many lines in these days of discontinuing manufacture of so many articles long after other stores have found themselves out of stock the rev dr charles flint bishop of the methodist episcopal area of syracuse and former chancellor of isyracuse university is re covering from a fall suffered a tew days ago in tho court yard of the morristown metho dist church where his son rev george y flint is the pastor in some simple manner dr flint lost his balance and fell suffering a fractured vertebra he will be laid up for eight weeks as a result friends have been looking forward to his presence at the forthcoming anniversary in stouffville when tfie united church will celebrate 50 years in the present building and 100 years of methodism here dr flint as most of our read ers know is a native jf this town daughter contests the validity iof fathers will miss helen hastings has return ed home after spending two weeks at the cottage of dr reg morning- star at beaumauris eli raymer sells two properties in town mr eli raymer one of the longest standing residents of the town but iwho for a year or two has lived at drayton where one of his daughters is on the teaching staff has sold his two properties here which added to the sale of household goods made two weeks ago leaves this oldtim er with no financial interest in the community from which he cannot detach his fondest memories how ever the raymer residence on main street at the extreme west end was purchased by principal l c mur phy who intends to make extensive repairs to the place the other raymer house which is located on victoria street and has been occu pied by mr and mrs stcph thom son was purchased by rev i brubacher mbc minister at gormley and a former pastor in town this property will also be repaired and brought up to good condition some day we trust mr and mrs brubacher will locate in our midst again as permanent citizens due notice has been served on the village of stouffville and on the thirteen other heirs to the 81000 estate of the late thomas william son through an order issued by the surrogate court judge j a jack son that the validity of the said will and codicils has been brought into question by edith cook of the city of toronto daughter of the late mr williamson after gifts to friends and rela tives the residue of the estate esti mated af about 40000 is left for the benefit of the poor of stouffville the interest to be distributed annu ally from the funds in trust the heirs are now called upon to defend the will and codicils other wise the court without reference to them will determine the issue township makes large purchase to keep ahead of price advance special constable for duty during closed season suggested by lake ratepayers whitchurch township council on saturday afternoon decided to complete the deal which has been pending tor months for the pur chase of 7000 feet of snow fencing at a cost of nearly l 700 when the price of posts is added council was told that the fencing could not be held longer as th price was ad vancing councillor lome evans moved that the deal be completed and councillor eugene bakor seconded the motion warden earl toole presided over the meetingand deputy reeve george leary was absent through illness councillor ed logan said he had been approached by the rate payers at musselmans with a pro posal to have council appoint a constable to police the cottages after the summer season is over councillor eugene baker said he had been approached about the- same matter the councillors were advised to inform tfi ratepayers that they might be able yo make such arrangement with the officer at the lake themselves and that a duly signed petition would have to be submitted before council could take any action to appoint such an officer and charge it to the rate payersbenefited relief is showing an appreciable decline and ran only 30 for the month of july i am readyta sign the warrant for a tax saewhenever the council directs said jwafden toolo clerk crawford sa that matters will bo ready to set a date for the salo within a feww eeks or less it was decided to hold a special meeting next week to set tho tax rate for 1942 which it is expected jvjllbefeejd r thejpwlgjel of jast year the meeting which convened at one oclock was completed byfive oclock indicating that the amount of business was not onerous five children will mourn for mother c miss evelyn heise and miss k jones toronto spent last weekend with miss helen ratcliff west of town arrives in england rr mrs archie stover and little son barry are in town from milverton visiting her parents mr and mrs harmon hoover visitors prom usa rev and mrs william heapps and two sons paul and william of binghampton new york are visit ing at the ira rusnell homo here for a few days rev heapps while here will assist at the crowder-rus- nell wedding ceremony on saturday bed clothes ablaze and farm home threatened on a d morris farm the untimely death of mrs earl boyer in toronto last week as a re sult of an ailment that had kepuher in 111 health for several years was a tremendous shock to the scores of friends and relatives in the home district her father the late alex ander tate of cashel markham township died only three years ago surviving with the bereaved hus- band are five of a family the eldest being a daughter 18 and the young est child being under three years mrs tate is also mourned by four sisters and one brother namely edna and bertha montreal mrs horace cole mary of horne payne mrs sidney robins mildredvtor- onto and mr earl tate of baker hill whitchurch mrs tate was a kind and love- able mother and enjoyedj many warm friends about 20 years ago mr and mrs boyer left the local- district as a bride and groom to live- in the city mr boyer was born in stouffville his father the late jonas boyer be ing thetown electrlclaninthe days before hydro made its advent here the funeral proceeded to pine hill cemetery scarboro for inter ment and was attended by many sympathetic friends and relatives from the home district- miss elizabeth morrison who liv es with mr and mrs s w hast ings has gone to peterboro to spend a few weeks with relatives early on civic holiday evening an hour before the fire was no- the fire brigade were called to the tlced mrs morris and her aged farm of mr a d morris east or rather had left the house together town where tho house was threat- j and he was the last person in the ened and where tho fighters gave room it- is thought that ashes from his plpo may have dropped on tho bed as he was smoking just before he left the room when mr morris rushed into the room there was a small blaze start ing arid the bed clothing and mat- hr xrh- r v uti rcs wcre bnrned up there was no illr 5 2 it was fortunate that an upper window and snmmoned he bia2 wag noticed mr morris from a nearby field the and the contenls aid in stamping out the smoulder ing fire one bed room was dam aged and bed clothing burned while smoke emitted from all parts of tho dwelling no one was in the house and the alarm was given by a nelgh- pte elgin hlsey son of mr and mrs herb hlsey rlngwood has according to a cable just received by his parents arrived safely in eng land elgin is attached to the tank corps bdiths evans- at st- josephs hospital peterboro on sunday august 2nd 1942 to mr and mrs jas evans the gift of a son lougheed in markdale hospit al on wednesday july 29 1942 to mr and mrs john loughced nee adelaide mcculloughmax- well ont a daughter dlano elaine hardy at the brlerbnsh hospit al stouffville to mr and mrs percy hardy claremont on sun day august 9 1942 a son wins mirror wo wish to acknowledge the following donations with thanks mrs fred johnson cash 1- sale sponsored by roy ward douglas barker percy schcll and aubrey golden 275 excelsior class iringwood clothing and quitij mr crupper clothing wiilaforester sweater 9th line ladfeii quilts dresses jackets and other articles mrs mcbrlde drew the licky num ber for the mirror m davey secretary mrv and mrs hlnchlyof elm- stead and mrs nix of winnipeg were guests of mr and mrs thos gregg of claremont this week axxooxcemenx mr and mrs ira d rusnell announce tho engagement of their daughter marlon pearl to mr earl crowdcr son of mr and mrs gor don crowdcr wedding to take place on saturday afternoon augasris at their residence stonffvlllc