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ttpahlil leading weekly f6rwhithurh markhaih pkkering an uxbridge twps vol 53 no 16 stouffville ontthursday september 3i2 eight pages reservoir property to be expanded additional land purchased to safeguard water supply and prevent interference by surface drainage on friday evening the village council presided over by heeve a e woldon authorized the purchase of approximately six acres of land lying immediately north of the town reservoir property on the ratcliff farm 8th concession of whitchurch the reeve reported that mem bers of the council had conferred with the owner of the property mr gordon ratcliff and found that he was willing to sell the field in ques tion at the price of 100 per acre and they recommended that it be purchased at once to forestal fall plowing on motion of councillors nolan and boyd the council authorized the purchase of the land in ques tion and the appointment of mccullough button to draw the necessary agreement of transfer for years this field which shows a high elevation over the reser voirs to the north continually drains itself into the water streams feeding the reservoirs and from time to time affects the quality of the town water especially is such a condition noticeable when the field is plowed and fertilized the prov idept of health has constantly ad vised the council to procure the land and reforest it to safeguard our water supply from such a condition next spring the new land acquir ed will be reforested and- since it will not be plowed again there will be no further wash from soil when the young trees to be planted de velop they will tend to further- con serve our water supply which will be increased by harnessing the spring creek rising on the property this work has been delayed due to war conditions one hundred years old new house sold last week mr george baker of corni ley who has built several homes in stouffville for public sale disposed of the bungalo he is just completing immediately east of mr morley barkers obrien avenue home to a mrs jones from torou tothe purchaser will be a newcom er to stouffville although 100 years old cpt robert ircesor when visited at his home on the 10th concession ot markham below no 7 highway last saturday stood ami chatted with friends for a straight hour he built the house on the farm where he lives and planted all the trees which beautify the grounds the trees came from carlisle england despite his century of years capt reesor attends his garden capt reesora parents came from pennsylvania and his mother lived to be 9s he has three of a family mrs a h birmingham and mrs n l thompson toronto and r e reesor at home a member of the queens york rangers mr ireesor was visited on his birthday by officers of the unit one of who is sfergt wm hearst son of the late sir william hearst mrsj aheise sells main st home the brick residence belonging to mrs jacob heise on the north side of main street west was sold at the public auction sale of the house hold furniture held last friday afternoon and conducted by auctioneer a s farmer percy brillinger bought the stately old home for 5000 there seemed plenty of bidders under this price but they all dropped out of the run as the price hit the top and as it was up to the reserve bid mr brill inger was declared the purchaser tho crowd that came for furniture or as onlookers made it look like a fair day along the street and good prices ruled the sale of this well built house for 5o00 is regarded as a trem endous bargain but he great size of the house was such a drawback that the owner decided to sacrifice the property as she had no futher use for it mr brillinger intends to move into the newly acquired place himself and rent his present residenco finally he may convert the hoise place into a duplex and transform the brick garage into a house as well tho property comprises four building lots which provide spacious and lovely sur rounding for the large house which is equipped with hot water heating and blower attachment and has fine oak trim thimble berries plentiful in avhuchurch we have it on the word of william grove of dickson hill that there is a monster crop of thimble berries this yearlast week he made one of a part- of four who picked seven six quart baskets in three and a half hours the patch yielding so well for mr groves family is in the north east part of whitchurch township thimble berries are selling around 125 to 150 per six quart basket in addition to preser ving about 50 jars the groves have sold six or more baskets town may have partial blackout while it is by no means certain there is a grave possibility that stouffville in common with alllthnl and fourth prize other places served with niagara twelve rinks participated dangerous driving at lake costs 50 samuel bedard 18 of lans- downe ave toronto was fined 50 and costs with an alternative jail sentence of three months when con victed on a charge of dangerous driving in police court at new market he also was prohibited from diving a car for one year according to constable robert windsor of whitchurch bedard was in charge of an automobile whlch crashed a tree on the musselman lake road on jluly 8 bringing in jury to himself and five other occu pants the accident was so serious that a young girl one of the occupants of tho car is still confined to hgs- pltal suffering sorious injuries de- ther information on the proposal clared constable windsor she was i other than to say it is all up to tho thrown clean of the wreckage ami power controller at ottawa the de- markham rink takes- local bowling trophy a markham rink skipped by max reesor captured the stouffville old boys trophy at the bowling tourna ment on the greens here monday evening another markham quar tette skipped by ed wurm carried off second prize while rinks skipped by t doyle of newmarket arid w sanders of stouffville were the winners in the tonnage light in rubber drive here there will not be more than half a ton of scrap- rubber brought in by the rural mail couriers of stouffville according to the estimate made early this week the fact is this section has been so thoroughly can vassed in the past that the old rub ber sought is just not available in other districts throughout canada it may be different so that in the grand total postmaster mulock may have done some good by launching the rubber scrap drive r all that was obtained on one local route was an old tire and a bunch of rubber jar rings other routes did a great deal better but after the appeals of recent months it is a wonder the mail men found anything at all to bring in jt shows how thorough the stouffville public school the lions club and the organizations in markham township have covered the immediate district for scrap mater ials armer is keeovermg since losing arm next saturdays bride power svill be a half blackout this winter if tho suggested order from ottawa goes through on october 1 to cut off all electric street signs and reduce tho street lighting by half stouffville has around 130 street lamps and if this number is re duced to 05 it will mean that all the side streets will be blackedout and perhaps some of the main street lamps at both ends of the town engineer maddock was in town last week but could give no fur- over- a wire fence sirs cleaver still ill although it is several weeks slnce mrs john cleaver suffered a stroke at her homeon albert street friends regret that she is not com m and for hydro power for war in dustry is going up with leaps and bounds while every ounce of power is being generated at niagara that can be obtained there competition on friday evening of this week the stouffville ladies club are sponsoring a mixed doubles tourna ment with play commencing at 7 oclock jack pennock and grant orchard pletely recovered and is still j received their cmilitary calls on partially paralysed- mrs cleaver i wednesday morning this week and is not a young woman any more but this about completes the round of those who know her never regarded j the young men of town who have bright and happy manner j test wins fourth place to retain hiqh standard in newspaper competitions belter newspapers competition rates stouffville as having fourth best- paper in canada in our circulation class of one to two thousand the tribune retains its high posl- brook b c courier the dundalk tlon among the weekly newspapers herald the dryden observer all of canada it was proven last week scored 9 points on this itbm at the annual meeting of the can- p classified advertising the adlan weekly newspapers associa- lachute quebec watchman the tlon at saskatoon among the stouffville tribune and the wiar- papers with a circulation between ton echo scored the possible num- 1000 to 2000 the tribune was ber of points awarded which was awarded fourth place the leadlngjflve points the blenheim news tho was 82 ox tuesday you might never guess it to talk to the lady but mrs david latch- ford a resident or this town since she wasa young girl reached her s2nd birthday on t tuesday in fine health for one of her advanced years mrs latchford made acall at the office of this paper on her birthday but never mentioned her natal day and we never thought of it either so now we are saying happy birthday to you mrs latchford lives alone and is doing her own work about the house but regrets that she was not able to handle the garden this year the latchford home on majn street west is one of the longest establish ed meeting places for friends of the family to be found in tho village lax arrears pour into whitchurch john crawford treasurer of the township of whitchurch is busy at the seat- of customs for the municipality these days notices have gone out to all persons in arrears for taxes informing them of the pending tax sale and if they wish to avoid having their property in the sale immediate remittance must be made there is outstanding or was some time ago 3674067 up to last weekend there had been paid again st this amount 1198613 in saturdays mail alone 35 cheques were received and totalled around 2000 most delinquent payors owe less than 50 consequently it will be seen that there is a tremendous book entry required the township office is a busy place and the treasurer is doing a laborious job the response by delinquent tax payers is largely accounted for by tho bettor times enjoyed by most people in respect to earning money these days the tax sale will be held three months atter the reeve signs the warrant but when that happens all the added cost of the sale will be borne by the tax arrears payees miss margaret mccowan daughter of mr and mrs william 1 mccowan of mal vern will be one of next satur days brides the groom is melbourne g emmerson son of mr and mrs arthur emmerson of whitchurch the wedding will take place at the home of the brides parents eugene lemon victim of terrible thveshing accident shreader knife complet ely severed unfortunate maps hand eugene lemon popular young farmer at blobmirigton is doing very well reports indicate from the toronto general hospital where he was rushed following terrible accident last wednesday afternoon when he lost his hand in the shread er an attachment to the threshing machine in which knives revolve cutting up the straw just before it is blown to the stack eugene was assisting- with the threshing at the farm of his cousin clifford lemon when toward even ing he attempted to release a knot of straw that was binding in the shreader and in some manner a powerful knife came around and completely severed his hand at the wrist and tore the flesh- off ithearm to his elbow parts of the hand were blown up on the stack arid parts remajnedln the machine when- the accident occurred the unfortunate man walked from the machine toward jack carr one of his own men at the threshing and said my hands off cliff lemon and jackcarr rushed him to dr balls office in a car and here he was given aid and then the two men took him on to the hospital he never lost consciousness and withstood the trip in a remarkable way those engaged at the threshing were herb burnett bert paisley and cliffs two sons elmer arid dawson and the two first mention- ed clifford lemon and jack carr everything hadbeen going fine up to this point it is said there is usually a stick handy for releas ing the straw when it becomes knotted but whether there was x stick or not eugene apparently at tempted to release the knotby hand- and unwittingly put it in too for and it was all over in the flash of an eye v eugene is a son of the late philip lemon who operates the farm once ownedbyhis father onthe 9thcon- cession of whitchurch at blooming- ton his terrible accident will prove a great permanent handicap but perhaps not too great for a re sourceful young farmer to over come in some manner it is a remarkable fact that only four years ago this fall eugene r e carver dies in his 78th year resident of whitchurch town ship for quite a few years robert edmund carver passed away at the home of his daughter mrs ross winterstein at lotlo coiicesion 6 on tuesday morning he was in his 78th year and had been in declin ing health for some time mr carver was born in the cashel district of markham town ship and had spent the best part of his- working days in toronto since coming to whitchurch about 20 years ago mr and mrs carver have lived on the winterstein arm he was a strong conservative in politics and a presbyterian in re ligion surving are his wire whose maid en name was delia isabella silver- sides and his only daughter mrs olive winterstein thp funeral this thursday after- j lemons neighbor edgar storry noon will be from the late home lo rl arm in an accident where- he died to victoria square cemetery at 230 oclock tho ser- ivice will bo taken by the pastor at lemon vllle mr bert daynard births oldham mr and mrs james north oldham nee alma baker arc happy to announce the birth of their daughter joan marilyn on august 20 1942 at the- york county hospital newmarket which most readers recall as hap pening at the railway crossingin stouffville where- in all canada could you find a parallel case of two neighboring farmers meeting with accidents in which each suffered the loss of a right arm a happy stouffville nuptial farmer paper belngvthe powell river bc news they scored 79 pointswhere as the tribune had 74 points sucha high ratlng is certainly gratifying to the publishers and jt will be pleasing to our subscribers to know that the home town paper commands such respect from fellow publishers we pass on a good deal of the credit to our worthy rural corres pondents for their faithful support the tribune scored 9 points out of wolfviue acadian- and the terais- caming speaker each scored 3 and 4 points and tho next thirty papers 2 and 1 points the wolfviue acadian published in nova j scotia stood in second place next the powell river news c to stand among the adjudged best four weeklies in all canada in the class one to two thousand circulation is probably a greater achievement than that which came to this paper four years ago when possible- 10 for district newsh wen the dally star clark trophy which was tho highest marks ob tained among the- 36 papers whose points were tabulated the cran- for best weekly in the provinces of ontario and quebec the award was made at ottawa twelve children survive ringwood mother jrsiockler fortyfour grandchildren sur vive mrs hugh fockler who died early wednesday morning this week at iringwood following a stroke which she suffered two weeks ago while attending a church service mrs fockler was in her 75th year born in markham township near buttonville she went to school there her maiden name was mellnda smith after her marriage to hugh fockler the couple lived at- ringwood and ballantrae mr fockler died only- last november surviving are twelve children name ly mrs jym mahaffy scarboro mrs robert mcdonald stoney beach mrs guy russel tuxford mrs george harmon and- mrs cecil brown stouffville william and george fockler ballantrae alfred joe and gordon of ring- wood wilmot of stoney creek and alvin of stouffville the funeral this friday afternoon will be from the home of her son joseph at ringwood where a short service will be held at 2 oclock thence proceeding to dixon hill chnrch and cemetery for service and interment xs ui i v- whitchurch injured serious injury was narrowly averted last week when warren graves veteran whitchurch farm- er was dragged some distance when the threehorse hitch fan away with mr- g rayes pinned be tween tho machine and the 3horse everier mr graves stepped in he- jhind the horses to make in- adjust ment when one animal suddenly started pinning his legs fast and as the three horses started to run he was in a perilous position smash ing into a hydro posfhe t miracul- ously escaped with a badly batter ed arm that requlred16 stitches mr and mrs earl crowder arc shown this picture as one of the august bridal couples on the left is the bridesmaid miss lola forsyth andon the right is the best man mr lorne crowjer brother of the groom the bride was tho former miss marion rusnell daughter of mr and mrs ira d rusnell main street east stouffville photo courtesy newmarket eraexpress announcements the marriage is announced to take place next saturday of margaret isabel mccowan only daughter of mr and mrs william mccowan malvern to melbourne george emmerson son of mr and mrs arthur emmerson of -whlt- church at the home of the brides parents mr and mrs j truman baxter announce the engagement of their elder daughter- marion willow cplrohertharoldmurphyrcaf youngest son of mr and mrs edgar j- murphy of nobel ontario- the marriage to take place quietly sept 5th mr and mrs stanley hastings of stouffville announce the engage ment of their elder daughter helen jeanne to captain reginald william morningstar canadian- dental corp son of mr and mrs ml morning star toronto the wedding tp take place september the nlncteenthln stouffville united church r mr and mrsr f- baker- germ- ley ontario announce the engage- ment of their daughter anna lillian to mr panrmervynhcisn ol mr and mrs w b heiso victoria square the manlags to take place sept 16th in gormlcy glsgfc azr istl