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vvi leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 53 no19 stouffvillei ont thursday october 1 1942 eight pages dropping their explosive cargoes with deadly accuracy a small force ed out a german tank farm at glen 30 miles south of paris the of british bombers just about wipj damage done by the bombers was s i guide them bmbersfound their 1 out of all proportion to the planes sent over with no landmarks to objective and accurately bombed it- a french ordnance factory be fore the fall of prance the objec tive is now manufacturing tanks for the germans and any casual ties would be nazi technicians merchants decide on one open night large gathering of merchants dc- cite to discontinue opening tues day and thursday nights as a measure to conserve hydro pow er decision unanimous the largest gathering of local merchants we have been together in a long time rallied on friday even ing for the meeting called by reeve weldon to discuss shorter store hours the outcome of the discussion is that after this week the stores will remain open on saturday evenings only and will close every wednesday at noon as in the past cutting out the tuesday and thursday open nights it was felt would be all that is required to bring us in line with the general sweep over the country and par ticularly in the larger places for shorter hoursin the interest of saving hydro power the reeve told the gathering that it was probable that the government would shortly regulate store hours bringing them down to a 65 hour per week basis and wheth er some merchants iked it or not when tho order comes out if it ever does they will all have to obey he thought it was a good thing to get a position signed by the merchants arranging the hours so that should such an- order come stouffvllle business men would know just what they were going to do however it was decided that such an order may be a long time property changes the tenth ox judging ox the island win timbers was up on the georgian bay this week judging at a plowing match mrs timbers accompanied her husband f aged max iui mr teddy meyers one of our over so year old citizens is report ed as seriously ill only a couple of weeks ago he harvested a fine field of potatoes which he had worked himself this summer jim hill who occupied a small house on tenth street south belong ing to henry mcmullen has bought the randal cottage on tenth street north occupied by mr walter thorn who will shortly move to thornhill to be nearer his employment in toronto fred castle is lowns first prisoner of war double wedding of mjrty yearl agoremembered the home cf mr and mrs clarence fipher atha ontario was the scene of a happy gathering on thursday evening sept 24 1942 the occasion being the 40th wed ding anniversary of two local couples namely mr and mrs william renuie and mr and mrs charles brillinger both of stouff- ville mr and mrs rennie were pre sented with a breakfast set of dish es from their family mr and mrs brillinger received a handsome mantel clock from their family both grooms of forty years age- thanked their families for these lovely gifts the double ceremony took ylace at stayner ontario sept 24 1902 they were united in marriage by rev henry goudie deceased brother of rev s goudie of this town mr and mrs rennie located in toronto for five years then they moved to the 10 th of markham where they farmed until two years ago when they moved to stouff- ville mr and mrs brillinger started farming at creemore these last few years they have farmed in markham township and are now located on the 9th of markham those present at the atha cele bration of the rennie family were rev e lucas and mrs lucas ruby shirley iva vernon meryl and norma lucas of elmwood ont mr roy wilson mrs wilson beatrice lois helen and glen wilson of claremont mr and mrs reg rennie of stouffvllle those present of the brillinger family were mr clarence fipher mrs pipher gladys mr irbnoal sppfford mrs spofford reta phylis and elaine spofford of stouffville mr earl brillinger at home mr and mrs orvil brillin ger and ninechildren were not able to be present the evening was spent very pleasantly by all the hostess serving a very delicious lunch the occasion came to a climax by singing blest be the tie that binds given farewell presentation mrs mackay was altona resident 37 years charter member of the altona womens institute and a resident of the district east of stouffville for 37 years mrs wm t mackay passed away on friday sept 25 1942 at the old home now occupied by her son floyd mrs mackay was in her soth year and had been in ill health for a long time during her active life she was an enthusiastic member of the institute being one of its pro moters and first members born at port perry she was a daughter of the late mr and mrs j matthews following her marriage to her late coming and in the meantimoshorti husband the couple went to north er hours could be secured thatl dakota and 37 years ago located at would help along the hydro sltual altona where mr mackay died 1c t j years ago the parents are survived some thirty friends representing the workroom workers of the red cross branch and evening auxiliary gathered at the home of miss gert rude todd on monday evening of this week to bid farewell to one of their number miss lillian dowswell who is leaving this community for toron to in appreciation of the high esteem in which miss dowswell is held and for her faithful work in these organizations she received from the red cross a parasol and from the auxiliary a finely bound hymnary at home a motion to close the stores on tuesday and thursday evenings wa unanimously adopted and shoppers should bear in mind that the new arrangements will be affected next week nothing was done to interfere with the barberlng hours in town which are fixed by bylaw but the butcher the baker the druggist by one son floyd and one daugh ter mrs henry slack also a grand child billy mackay mrs caller toronto is a surviving sister the funeral on monday after noon was taken by her pastor irov d macgregor of the baptist church interment being at stouff vllle cemetery the pall bearers were messrs wm duncan charles mrs ii reginald button will be at home on friday afternoon october the second from four to six oclock yr and mrs ii regin ald button will receive friday even ing october the second from eight to ten oclock at their home on obrien avenue st michaels graduate mrs john castle of this town re ceived a telegram from ottawa on friday informing her that her son pte fred castle is a prisoner of war in germany right after the dieppe raid a message came over the wire statins that fred was missing and because the interval seemed so long mrs castle feared for the worst i am so happy now she said to the tribune the message from ottawa read in part pte fred castle reported by international red cross geneva as a prisoner of war in germany fur ther information follows when re ceived the castle family have certainly distinguished themselves a younger son billie enlisted with the mer chants marine and was drowned in the north atlantic doing convoy duty to iceland his ship was sent down by a german submarine and one of his comrades who was saved and who returned to toronto later conveyed the information about billys fate al though he was previously reported as missing but h was hoped that some of the crew might have been picked up and set ashore in some dis tant land such hopes however subsequently had to be given up xavy league taggers go overthe top a total of 101 was- collected by the ten girls carrying the tags for the stouffville navy league branch on saturday this was 1 over the objective set the executive of the newly formed branch here wish to express their sincere appreciation to those who contributed so liberally to this cause those girls who weie out all day on the job were beatrice lickorish sheila tait eunice cock- rane helen lehman kay williams erline paisley kay barrie verna hogan audrey good and phyllis burkholder fire brigadecalled to chimney blaze on saturday evening about 7 oclock the fire brigade was called to the farm home of wilfred ferguson 9th concession whit church where tongues of flame were shooting from the house chim- ney however the thing burned out without doing any damage but the firemen stood by with their chemi cal charger ready for action had the building ignited from sparks or in tense heat exgagemext mr and mrs irobert johnston wish to announce the engagement of their daughter olive roberta to harold gordon boadway son of mr and mrs paul iboadway the marriage to take place october 10 training xew brunswick the grocer feed stores etc will be harkey frci ramcr alf trewar- cxpected to observe the closing stanley lewis and bertram time thus avoiding tho necessity lewis of passing a bylaw that would j make it effective representation of tion those present declared all lines of business concerned wasj special arrangements will be so well covered and was so unanimade for open nights at christmas mous to discontinue the open nights time next summer if it is deemei smith stouffville who recently of tuesday and thursday this wint- advisable tuesday and thursday graduated with the nursing class cr that there should be little evenings can be adopted as open from st michaels hospital toron- trcsbe in gaining general co-opera- nights again for the summer time to margaret erline smith eldest daughter of mr and mrs everton more details about sergt pilot lelvxd fairles further information has been re- j ceived by the parents of sergt phot leland fairies reported wounded last week latest information from ottawa reveals the fact that leland was injured in the face and is suff ering from shell shock his injuries were received it is believed over england further enlistments in rca and rcaf n george morden son of mr and mrs lou morden of slouffville and harry davis son of mr and mrs jack davis who reside just south of the village have both enlisted in the royal canadian artillery and were in town for their first leaves this past weekend both boys are stationed at toronto for the pre sent within the next week we under stand that arthur rusnell son of mr and mrs ira irusncll will take up his duties with the rcaf tel cadieux until now employed at the ratcliff grocery has joined tho rcaf he was one of our upper school students last spring man with criminal record looks over the town gnr douglas i la mm son of mr and mrs g w hamm of lemon- ville who is stationed at st johns xn douglas enlisted with he can adian army sorao six months ago previous to enlistment he was em- the season of the year is at hand when gangsters and robbers make their raids on smaller com munities conveniently located to larger cities and so it behoves the merchant and others to take every precaution to safeguard their premises strangers roaming about late at night might well be care fully watched and if the situation warrants it they should be report ed to the police such a thing happened one night last week when a merchant saw a car driving about after midnight and turning around near the clock tower he took the license number and turned it over to constable rusnell who checked up with tor onto and found that tho car was the property of a noted criminal only recently released from a jail term police were not aware that the criminal had completed his term but they made a check up while the local cop was present and found such was the case tho fact that a man with a criminal record so well known to police looked over our town and banking buildings at three or four in the morning recalls to mind that it is just 20 years ago this month since the big scoop was made at the bank of commerce when upwards of 100000 was- lift ed from the vault in cash and securities constable rusnell is to be com mended for his alertness in the present instance in bringing to light the incersting fact that the town entertained a guest of the type noted thanksgiving day monday october 12 has seen ployed for some time with loblaws set down as thanksgiving day of toronto throughout canada