vv leadins weekly for whitchurch markham pickerins and uxbridse twps vol 53 no 17 stouffville ont thursday sept 10th 1942 ten pages dry hardwood ceiling 12 for 4ft length maximum prices for tuelwood in york and ontario counties have been fixed by the wartime prices trade board and are just announced by j g stewart coal administrator no farmer or dealer may sell wood in this district in excess of the prices stated herein hard maple yellow birch beech and oakdelivered shall not be sold in excess of 12 for 4foot length 1350 for 24inch length and 14 for 16 inch and 1450 for 12 inch length hardwood mixed maple beech oak soft maple and white birch shall have a ceiling at 50c per cord under the prices stat ed ahove no one shall sell slabs says the regulations in york or ontario coun ties at a prlco in excess of that ob- tained between doc 1 and dec 15 1941 persons who advertise wood for sale must insert their name and ad dress in the advertisement which is usually done anyway in this district and persons who are asked to pay more for these woods than the ceil ing prices are required tc report the incident to the coal controller the prices abovo quoted as a ceil ing for body wood is much the same as those being obtained at the pre sent time althcugn there is very little body wood available about stouffville for sale these days will sell fakm lv family tame since 1833 mr abram stouffer who operates the old stouffer homestead that has been in the family since probab ly 1835 has decided that the fam ily tradition of keeping the heme acres in the family will have to go by the boards as they say due to advancing years and the inability to carry on the work of a 94 acre place mr stouffer has de cided to offer the old homestead for sale and is doing so in the advertising columns of this issue it is a high class farm and is ideally located near town with rural mail and hydro available twentyfive years since leaving here writing from greenshields alta mrs isaac stouffer so well known to many of our readers says in part under date of sept 2 it is just 25 years last evening sept 1 since i arrived at greenshields it was lovely weather during the whole month of september no rain no frost this morning however jack frost made his appearance and was felt on the vines in cur garden and elsewhere i think we saved most of ourtomatoesjby covering i must close as the team is at the door the tribune has been coming to us steadily for 25 years and very few copies ever went astray you will find our renewal enclosed good crops prevailed this season around greenshields with plenty of warm weather thepast couple of weeks to bring on the corn and pumpkin vines marion baxter weds rcaf man a quiet wedding was solemnized on saturday september 5th at 230 pm at the home of rev e morton stouffville when marion willow elder daughter of mr and mrs j truman baxter stouffville was united in marriage to cpl robert harold murphy rcaf youngest son or mr and mrs j edger murphy nobel ontario the bride was lovely in a suit of sky blue wool with navy accessories and shoulcer corsage of yellow- roses pansies and fern miss joan baxter sister of the bride was bridesmaid wearing an eyelet embroidered dress of rose wool with navy accessories and a rhoulder corsage of pink roses and fern j a johnston of hamilton was hest man at the reception held at the home of the brides parents mrs baxter received in a suit dress of navy crepe and wore a shoulder corsage of pink rose hods and fern after a short honeymoon the happy couple will reside in aylmer where the groom is stationed with the rcaf additional upper school results those who served under the out farm service force elaine baker eci 1 eli hist 1 georal trigl physll chem 1 fraul fr compll dorothy bunker ecc elc histc geotnc chemc prauiii frcompc ted cadieux eciii eliii hist ill geomc physc chemc frauc fred clubine ecc eliii histc physc chemc frauc frcompc corinne king eci eli hist i geomi trigl fhysii chem i fraul frcompii kenneth orr ecii elii hist c geomi trigii physii chem i frauc frcompc alice tindall ecc elc hist c geomi trig ill physc chem c- frauc frcompc reports for grades xi and xii will be published next week follow ing receiptcf the certificates from the department l c murphy ba principal pickering relieved of cost of ajax school sheep claims totalled over 31 hut two dog are shot all members present at regular meeting on tuesday brodie estate sale reached 5000 wartime prices prevailed at the farm stock auction of the william brodie stock and implements locat- ed on no 7 two and a half miles east of langstair the sale ran from about 130 un til the early evening household furniture contributing to the mounting sales and running around 350 auctioneer farmer handed the entire dispersal the price of pigs was one of the features suckers just weaned ran to 725 chunks 14 tosl sows 45 to 50 each all very high prices young couple wed at malvern an interesting church wedding was solemnized at malvern on saturday afternoon when margaret isabel mc- cowan was united in marriage with melbourne george emmerson the bride is the daughter of mr and mrs wm j mccowan malvern and a granddaughter of mrs a s collins stouffville and the groom is a son of mr and mrs arthur emmerson whitchurch township the quaint old church was decorated with gladi olus and white hydrangea drthos mitchell officiated the brido entered the church on the arm of her father to the strains of the wedding music played by mrs gordon mccowan sisterinlaw of the bride the bride was attired in a gown of white sheer with sweet heart neckline bishop sleeves and shirred waistline her embroider- late mrs ralph baker buried at maple the funeral of the late mrs ralph baker was held from her late residence at elgin mills wed nesday afternoon august 26th and largely attended by triends and relatives the late efiie ijoretta jones was the wife of ralph c baker and the youngest daughter of the late mr and mrs peter jones she was in her 33rd year and passed peacefully away monday morning august 24th the funeral service was con ducted by rev i brubacher of gormley mcnnonite church assist ed by rev j ii dudgeon of pine grove the gormley girls quintette as sisted in the service by song mrs baker will be sadly missed in the home and in the community and many beautiful floral tributes were evidence of the esteem and regard of a wide circle of friends she leaves to mourn her loss her hus band and two young children mario and ronald and five sistors and three brothers interment took place at maple cemetery miss ruth nendick was home from toronto also miss alma leach and dr b c terry were guests of mr and mrs christie armstrong over labor day a decision has been reached by the provincial government the township of pickering and the department of education whereby the township will be completely relieved of any cost connected with the establishing of a new school to handle the needs of the pickering munition plant workers the plan was outlined to the pick ering council at their regular sitting on tuesday by inspector r a hutch inson with the sanction of the min ister of education a provisional school section will be established in this area trustees of which will be appointed by hon d mcarthur the school will be a tenroom building teaching grades 1 to 10 the initial cost of the site the erection of the building the equipping of the in stitution will bo borne by the govern ment an approximate estimate or the equipment was 5000 the maintenance of the school will be borne by the newly established section at ajax tho amount of 12 and 15 has been set for the tenants of the four and six room houses be ing built and this school tax will be collected at the plant paid to the township of pickering and repaid to the trustees who will in turn ad minister the money in this way no cash outlay will be asked of tho couil- cil tho cost of pupils graduating from this school and going en to upper school work in outside high schools will be home by the government provision is being made for children living in trailers or other make shift dwellings established within the plant school section and not ass essed v tho council determined that the clerk should be directed to see that a letter of appreciation goes to the minister of education for the fine service rendered in adjusting the difficult situation so amicably one of the heaviest accounts for i sheeptdlling dogs was received on tuesday when accounts were placed before council totalling approximate ly 425 frank disney of the 7th concession was one of the heaviest losers his bill being 18660 for five ewes and two lambs killed the se cond account passed was to f c pugh one sheep and one lamb 10 twn nfhprs ytpnvtl tvoia frftm n home from operation mr wesley boadway who was rushed to the toronto general hospital ten days ago was expected to etirn home the middle of the week having undergone an opera tion for appondicitls he made a rapid recovery disposes of business mr john m madill who was a partner in tho ratcliff grocery here 40 years ago has just dis posed of his store business in tor onto and will retire mr madill is quite well remembered by our old er residents he is an uncle of mr 0 m madill altona merchant boy injured in bulmer lot 1213 concession 5 for ten sheep killed and eight injured 22500 and carl devitt 6th concess ion one sheep injured mr devitt will receive the bounty of 10 for two dogs shot dt was revealed by road supt roy ward that the municipality has now lost all but one of their truck drivers to the armed forces the third man receiving his call this week being gordon benson mr ken ward operator of the maintainor has also received his call the department of legal services informed council by letter that all fines collected in the municipality through magistrates court would be divided on a fortysixty basis the township to receive the larger share the division is made after expenses are taken out which may be 25 per cent following the reading or a com munication from the ontario munici pal association a recommendation was passed by the council to the effect that future meetings of the associat ion be cancelled until after the war that the association he continued that time a request from the south ontario plowmens association for a grant of 35 was received andon motion of councillor westney was passed road accounts for the month were 115050 relief accounts paid tot alled 4197 with contingencies at 41320 during the evening session a de putation was received from pickering village with a view to having that part of the municipality made a res tricted area to exclude trailers reeve wm reesor presided mem bers present being deputy reevo b playing around the farm build ings at the home of their grand parents mr and mrs j gibbons whitchurch one day last week master ray steele was accidentally shot by his elder brotier marsden when the lads found a gun in the driving shed and started to examine it the boys are sons of mr and mrs henry steele the father being employed on the ross winterstein place the lads had no idea the gun was loaded until it went off with dis- astrous results the bullet entered rays back and travelled downward into the left joint he was rushed to the sick childrens hospital after being given first aid by dr s s ball at the hospital it was said that there was- no change on tues day this week and he was being held for observation but it is not felt that the lad is in any danger 90 bus to the acre on markham farm i have been stook threshing steadily for five weeks declared r f baker well known gormley thresher in discussing the fall work the other day and the tremendous grain yield which is general all over this pait of ontario on the farm of john elliott 3rd concession of markham it took mr baker eight hours to thresh ten acres of mixed grain hut the yield was ninety bushels to the acre grain poured out so fast that there was scarcely time to change bags and it just kept one man on the jump he explained i have threshed plenty of crops that gave m bushels to the acre in my time but this was a record said mrbaker concerning the yield at althe elliott farm another top notch yield was obtained on the william boynton farm with 49 bushels to the acre of fall wheat the crop was sold right as it came from the machine stiver bros being the purchasers mr baker has been around his customers once and is now begin ning on the second visit which wlll mean threshing at the ibarns a 1 annis and councillors w h west two others received were from c ney geo todd and m s chapman car crumples wall of cowans store at mai vern a bay gelding 3 years old brought led net veil was caught with pearls 145 and a 2 year old mate sold at and she wore the grooms gift a 100 cattle prices were outstand ing with yearling heifers fetching 40 and the highest priced cow fresh 13250 the buyer of the fancy priced cow was gordon red- dick of victoria square 2yearold heifers sold at s0 each an old hinder that had weather ed many a crop brought 50 a good set of 4sectlon harrows 30 and a hoe drill 2750 fred preston of whitchurch paid 360 for the chcv car while a man from yongo street bought the house trailer for 75 a walnut dining set in the furniture line sold for 107 corn in the 40 rod row sold for 115 and mangolds same length rows at 125 this is the first big sale of the present fall season and is a fair gauge on the standard of prices which indicate that farm stock and implements will run info a lot of money string of pearls her flowers were talisman roses and bquvardia miss marion jerman the brides cousin from toronto was brides maid wearing a dress of pale yellow sheer crepe with lace bodice and sweetheart neckline 0 matchlng hat she carried yellow talisman roses with mauve larkspur and bou- vardla for something old the bride and bridesmaid carried eyelet em- brolderied handkerchiefs made from the wedding gown of the brides great grandmother and worn 85 years ago the best man was mr leland emmerson brother of tho groom the ushers being mr gordon mccowan and bruce winterstein later a buffet luncheon was served at the brides home and for the re caption the brides mother wore queens blue sheer with navy acces sories the grooms mother wearing wine crepe with black accessories each wore a corsage6troses and commissioned bouvardla helen aboil daughter of mr and th happy couple loft on a short mrs j l aboil of iringwood and honeymoon trip in western ontario a member of the cwasc has tho bride travelling in a navy en- been commissioned a second lieu- white collar and cuffs and tenant helen who since enlisting iravy accessories they will reside has been stationed in toronto ex- j in whitchurch township v pects to return from ottawa thls guests at tho wedding from stouff- wcekend where she has been taking v included mr and mrs a s an officers course collins miss ruth lehman and bruce winterstein dr and miss belle mitchell mr and mrs telf rio rcnni and mr and mrs a v douglas fj engagements reverend and mrs davis announce the engagement of their daughter floral to private william young of toronto the mr and mrs howard crummer wedding to take place in the united london ontario called on her william chubey of sackvihe street church stouffville early in octobi sister mrs shackel east end of toronto ireland ws driving east or i stouffville last monday jon tho lansing road and chubey game of croquet revived labor day a scene never enacted before at memorial park was to be seen there on lfibor day when between 30 and 40 croquet players assembled for a grand tournament all the croquet sets that could be unearthed in the neighborhood were gathered to gether and were put into the n hy eager contestants the lawns were set up where once baseball was played and while tho ground was a bit rough the obstacles wereequal for all the obrien avenue- group who sponsored x tournament in- sup port of the red cross are to be congratulated for having intro duced so novel an idea and in addition to raising some 2500 for the red cross they brought back a fine old english game that could become popular again there were a good many specta tors who enjoyed spending an hour or two in the park for the weather was fine and warm the group acknowledge a donation of 400 from the lawn bowlers who were on the greens nearby tohelp reach such a handsomo total prize win ners in croquet were 1st alice forsyth stouffville and miss red- dlck whltevale second dr red dick whltevale wm ratelilt stouffvillo persons inside the w five cowan general store at malvern just east of agincourt narrowly escaped serious injuries early satur day night last when the wooden wall of the store was crushed in following a freak motor car accident at the in tersection ofmhe lansing cutoff road and the markham read hlgh- way the storekeeper is a brother of james cowan mongolia merchant just south of stouffville the accident was caused by a col lision between cars drlvn by james ireland yonge st north yorkj and d south on the markham road scar- boro police said chubey was cross ing the lansing road when his car was struck on the rlghtslde by the car driven by ireland both cars veered to tho south side of the intersection where irelands car struck the west wall of cowans general store with terrific impact the whole wall caved in knocking merchandise off the sheive3 and crushing four persons who were making purchases at the time scarboro police said extensive c d farquharson of agincourt who treated w d cowan 50 proprietor of the store who was severely crush ed about the body when he was pinn ed between the showcase and the counter mrs dbrown 34 of 73 caledonia road toronto was also bruised when she was crushed against the counter h atkins 56 of apln- court and mr3 atklr5 51 of agin court received minor bruises mrs e booth of malvern mother of mrs brown- escaped injury the abovo picture shows mr damage was done to the store and cowan holding a huge timber snap- merchandise constables leslie haw- ped off by the impact and his kins and harold adanuon called dr daughter is seen cleaning up wllllard degeer of box grove aged 60 years- died on sept 6 and was buried at box grove cemetery on wednesday the body rested at the funeral parlors of rg- olcnden- ing markham there survives his wife whose maiden name was dor cas stonehouse and- two sdnslovi and murray also two daughters mrs john irwin and miss eva degeer a births elson at markham ontarlo august 241942 to mr and mrs ellwood elson nee tsola nlghs- wander a daughter juniper ann- mothcr and baby doing fine hockley on thursday sept 3 1942 at mrs wasss nursing homc uxbrldge to mr and mrs albert hockley of uxhridge township a daughter a sister for mnrrayand marlon v- oreenwoodiat toronto wes tern hospital on sept s 1942 to mr and mrs alvln greenwood stoaffvillc a son xiv