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tout lui lie ecumuc leadins weekly for whitchurch markham pickerins and uxbridge twps vol 53 no 32 stouffville ont thursday december 10 1942 tbn pages john prentice dies christmas market d in plane crash a plaue flight made to reward two girls selling victory bonds end ed in tragedy at halifax one day last week when the lockheed hudson bomber nose dived into halifax harbor carrying to their deaths the girls and the threeman crew including flightlieutenant j h prentice son of the lato john pren tice well known autionoer through- fltlieut hviusv prentice out markham township the plane caught in a midden snowfluiry clashed almost verti cally into- the choppy water in a screaming dive only a few minutes after it took off fiom a nearby airfield all live weie killed instant ly thiee bodies floated to the sur- face a few minutes after the crash but the other two were imprisoned in the wreckage the dead flight lieut john henry pienticu rcaf toronto mary mcqueen prince edward island jean curran dartmouth arthur cahill chapeau que test engineer owen mcoulley sydney ns observer the two girls both 22 wereem ployees of the clark ruse aircraft ltd which operates a repair plant at- halifax they won the flight in a competition among plant employees during the recent third victory loan campaign and had been looking for ward to the event for days the plane had been lepaired by the company for the ircaf and was on a shakedown flight clark rise officials said it had been given two test flights previously and was in perfect condition flightlieut prentice had been chief test pilot with the company for the past two years on loan fiom the rcaf before the war he was a passenger airline pilot in the us flight lieutenant prentice 42 was one of canadas foremost pilots and is credited with saving the life of a follow airman one of three who crashed in an isolated spot in northern quebec in april 1941 while landing to affect the lescue prentice injured his back the in jury forced him to retiie from at lantic ferry service he was the son of mrs john h ptentlce balliol st toronto and the late mr prentice tuesday d stouffville christmas market day is set for tuesday december 22 only a couple of days before christ mas and probably a bit late for some buyers and yet it will be quite satisfactory for others a slimly attended meeting of business men on thursday evening decided on the date and made neces sary arrangements for the market place also for ample weighing facilities it was decided to advertise the fair locally and in the toronto papers issue a call for outside buy- ers to increase the bidding competi tion discontinuance of judging poultry and pastry was decided the best thing to do this year owing to short age of help to handle this nature ot market it was noted that other- market towns about had also diop- ped he feature of offering prizes farmers are invited to set asido tuesday december 22 for stouffville christmas market where top prices will be offered while the stores will be well stocked t to meet the needs of the buying public horse show for christmas fair hore fanciers in stonftvillc will maintain the hoise show again this jcui in connection with the stouftville christinas fair to be held on tuesday december 22 there will be an enlarged pric list in the horse section which will be published in this paper next week the horse committee will meet this week to complete details liberal prizes w ill be offered bagged 52 skunks in markham yownship bounty has been paid on 53 skunks taken in the township of markham last month and for four foxes shot or trapped in the same municipality this information was made known on monday when the township coun cil received application for the boun ty offered on these animals bruce wideman trapped or killed 13 skunks and received the bounty of 525 herbert spofford got 33 and was paid 1025 stanley powell took six and received 350 all three of these men shot a fox which was included in the bounty paid james cowan also shot one fox and received the reward of two dollars sergt charles h hicks son of mr and mrs charles hicks of beth- esda who this month will spend his fourth christmas in england he served for eleven yeais as a mem ber of the toronto scottish and at the outbieak of war he joined the overseas unit of the same regiment as- a private he was among the first canadians to arrive in england landing in december 1939 after serving as a machine gunner on numerous coastal defenses in britain and being twice injured in raids he was promoted to the rank of sergt j jr whitchurch township council instn on the held a special session at vandorf on december grants viewed suspiciously says deputyreeve hooper of markham case adjourned the aotion that was to be heard before judge lovering in surro gate court toronto on wednesday this week brought by d f holden sons and mrs delbert holden for monies alleged due them by the estate of the late thomas william son has been adjourned and will not be heard until after the christ mas holidays adjournment was asked for be cause of the illness of one of the witnesses for the claimant and to permit the parties concerned to leach a settlement if possible steps taken to enforce snow cleaning bylaw promoted three flocks raided in whitchurch twp and is now an educational company staff his two sons charles and stanley attend bethesda school while mrs hicks is on war work at the john inglis plant toronto indigent patient may claim damages miss martha mcmullen 75-year- old spinster living in the east end and a lifelong resident of thevill- age may bo the subject of a court action since mccullongh button solicitors for miss mcmullen have filed a formal notice with the council charging negligence on the part of the town in respect to the accident which miss mcmullen sus tained when she fell in the down town district one day last week and sustained a dislocated shoulder while the town denies responsi bility for the accident reeve wel- don pointed out that the village recognized miss mcmullen as an indigent patient at the mite she was admitted to the hospital and that she would be cared for on these grounds she is in receipt of an old age pension i object to grants being handed out at the december mpeting of this council said deputy reeve chas hooper at markham council on mon day when payment 61 a grant agreed on months ago came up in accounts investigated it just looks as thougi theie was some political motive behind it said the councillor i think it would be better to make payment when the grants are authorized instead of hold ing up the cheque until the end of the year agreed reeve reinie mr hooper said that grants might well be made at the january session reeve rennie presided at the meet ing and leave was granted north york township to sell power to their own public utility where it enters markham or will enter markham to operate a huge well about to be bored to augment the water supply of the north york district permis sion to lay mains was also ai ranged messrs w j spears douglas hood and h train crashes toronto milk transport a laigp truck gathering milk for riches dairy toronto was clashed by a cpr train last thursday over near pickering townline on the 10th concession as the ti uck proceeded to green river from the north the cans of milk were thrown skyhigh and were picked up 40 rods from the place of impact but the driver of the truck escaped with only a few- bruises at time of the accident a terrific blizzard raged and the driver could not see even the railway tracks as he pushed along slowly for green river constable b gayman of markham pioneer mother is laid to rest native of glasgow just east of stouffville and a resident of the town distiict all her life mrs george kester died at the brierbush hos pital on thursday december 3 in her 78th year mrs kester had been ill for several years and was a hospital patient here since last may deceased was a daughter of the d mccague were paid late mr and mrs william forsyth 3 so 350 and 315 respectively j of uxbridge township glasgow a on a special pioneer family who about a century tgo after her marriage settled there to george services as fence viewer case in their district mr e m steele was awarded 10 for information leading to th viction of a party shooting on sun- located in stouffville over 50 years day a conviction followed when the ago mr kester was a stone mason party fined was found to have shot and scores of foundations still con- kester who died in 1928 the couple a pheasant councillors clark and barber moved for payment of the re ward the council decided to increase the campbell scale by 40 per cent for relief recipients there are very few who require assistance according to clerk chas hoover but the tdwn- shlp does have a bit of relief be said relief for the month totalled 123 of which about half is known as sub sidized relief that is the amount paid out will be reimbursed in part or whole to the township constable ben gayman was rcques- stand as a memory to his work manship the kester home in the east end is well remembered by older residents two sons born to this union survive while three other sons predeceased the parents the survivors are lome kester of the canadian line materials scarboro and dean kester of tlmmins who rose to prominence among the legal fraternity of northern ontario at the present time however mr kester is critically iii in the northern town and washelng visit ed by his brother lome when the saturday to pass any outstanding accounts so that the clerk might have them incorporated early in his books in leadiness for the annual statement of the receipts and ex- pendituies that will shortly be issu ed for 1942 sheep killings have been most cautious when ravaging the farm ers herds and while thiee claims weie filed in each case only one animal was destroyed by the mauraders lou brillinger pat mjiiphy and watson fairies each lost one sheep and wei e ordered to be compensated to the extent shown in the accounts listed below reeve toole and members said they were being congiatulated on ths marked downward trend shown in the tax rate this year i appreci ated the reduction noted in my own tax bill said reeve toole road superintendent henry widdifield reported that the town ship snow plows were on the job and had caught up with the blocked condition existing in places by saturday afternoon county plows were caught unprepared for the unexpected storm of iast week but light plows were out on saturday also final council meeting of the year will be held on the statutory date of dec 15 council passed a number of accounts for work on roads be fore adjournment general accounts ordered paid bruce clark shooting dog 5 e dennis shooting dog lou brillinger sheep killed 15 pat murphy 1000 watson fairies sheep kill ed 900 theaker son ambul ance 600 postage and hydro accounts 1934 j a clark valuing sheep 1050 elmer starr weed inspector s00 hospitalization for november 7568 residents have got to clean their sidewalks this winter or expect a visit from the sidewalk inspector who was appointed on monday evening by the council constable ira rusnell was named for the job the bylaw governing the cleaning ot sidewalks enacted away back in 1903 when russell fitch was reeve was scrutinized before the new by law was made effective the idea of naming an inspector is to give force and effect to the bylaw in the past few years claims amounting to over 1000 have been paid for alleged neglect of sidewalks and although the winter has just got started the village is confronted with another action while these damage actions are covered by insurance the pre mium rates steadily rise against the corporation and indeed towns with very bad lecords are shunned by the insurance people under the present bylaw persons who fail to clean their walks by ten oclock in the morning aie liable to have the town man do the job and the cost will be added to the tax roll against the property owner or the owner may be summoned to court for failure to comply with the bylaw council did not favor compelling the ratepayers to sand the walks a phase of the bylaw that councillor nolan opposed some time ago and which point held up the final passing of the bylaw monday night all members of council agreed against compulsory sanding it was argued that if householders and shop owners are made to keep their walks clean there would be no great demand for sand and after all people may sand or put ashes on their walks af their own discretion without complusion reeve weldon presided over the meeting and expressed himself as favorable to the bylaw as it passed svelcc nolhe the council with the compulsory sand- tt next ycan hen ing clause struck out w p haitney proposed to the coun- the constable was instructed to t cil a petition signed by james dou keep an eve open for neglected walks 1 j gherty and others praying that the question of local option be submitt- ed to the ratepayers the petition was laid over until april when reeve daley asked that a bylaw be submitt- ed to piohibit the sale of liquor this was passed finally in 1s69 a start was made by cutt ing ibrush and clearing land for the steam railway which came through in 1870 and was called the toronto nipissing railway this was a nar row gauge line with woodtiurning engine in the year 1873 the sutton branch was built it was in 18s1 that the broad gauge was laid and the line then became known as the final business of the year and pre- midland railway of canada later on naia for nomination meetinc on i called the gtr now the cnr i have frequently been asked how it came that stouffville was such a sgt pilot gordon baker son of mis baker and the late harvey baker 10th concession just south of stouffville has been promoted to the rank of flight sergeant gor don received his wings at prince edward island last spring and is now stationed at tofino bc recalls coming of railway in 1870 by mis e j davey before the womens institute of stouffville first i would like to mention a few things of interest dating back to oct- ober 1891 the councils that time had under consideration a scheme competed in boxspeil- messrs iia aldred will birkett tfios birkett and m e watts comprised a local rink of curlers who competed at the opening of high park bonspeil this week for the thawborn memorial trophy the stouffville quartette were eliminat ed by a slim margin in the first round statutory meeting according to statutes all muni cipal councils are required to meet on tuesday dec 15 to complete pare for nomination meeting on december 28 councils recognizing the november nomination are not affected farmer enters hospital mr walter jacobs who held a successful auction sale at his farm just north of ringwood on tuesday this week left on wednesday for the hospital in toronto where he expected to take treatment ted to report on the advisability of mother passed away also surviving setting up some sort of organization j mrs kester are two sisters mrs as a precaution against air raids and george brownsberger ot stouffville fires the cop said he had been ad- and mrs jos thompson of good vised by the authorities that union- wood ville district was not considered in a mrs kester was devoted to her danger zone and that such organlza- home and family so long as health tion was not required literature and strength permitted her to serve however will be distributed to the these vital interests for which alone merchants a dozen business men attend ing thursday evening to arrange for christmas markets bach sub scribed 100 toward the expense money necessary to advertise the day and engage necessary help for supplying scales and looking after details other merchants who did not r attend are asked to donate a dol lar also advertising will be plac- ed in dally newspapers calling for buyers from outside points in order to meet all expenses and promote a good market do your part by leaving your dollar with w e smalley at the office of the village clerk only two properties in markham tax sale only two properties reached the adjourned tax sale for markham township held last week one of these was a property at langstaff with 4625 against it and the other was a unionville property with only 26 ss in tax arrears and penalties both properties were bought by the township through the treasurer who was given special powers to purchase at this adjourned sale when the markham township tax sale was first announced there were eleven properties in the list three of these paid up before the sale date and the others were sold at the sale with the exception of the two pro perties that were bought by the township at the adjourned sale this leaves the township with a clean tax sheet said an offlcial- schools of the township dealing with fires etc council passed the annual bylaw providing for nomination mpeting and election places and officers to man the polls in event a poll is de manded mrs ella pennock dead mrs ella ponnock who died in j stouffville on tuesday was at resident of scarboro at west hill- j she came here a couple of years- persons are forbidden to place ago for hospitalization treatment electric lights onoutsldc christmas she was 70 years of age and had trees this season and special lights made a number of friends in town will not be allowed in stores for during her short residence i decoration purposes sh lived the funeral on sunday afternoon took place from the baptist church to stouffville cemetery rev d macereeor pastor conducted the service and the pall bearers were messrs tamos slack m stevens f e rae wm armstrong sam armstrong chris armstrong promoted gordon birkett son of mr thos birkett of stouffville has been pro moted to the rank of code instructor with the rcaf the appointment is more significant tor the fact that gordon was one of soven in a class of 75 chosen for the position he has been starined in montreal mr and mrs george lee tor onto were guests of mrs s m warrlner church street on sunday markham merchant died suddenly norman l helsey mount joy merchant and the operator of a cream route died suddenly on monday evening at his home in mount joy in the prime ot life his death was a tremendous shock as mr helsey had been active light tip to the day of his passing the fun eral service this thursday after- annouxoemext mr and mrs milford rose announce ithe engagement of their only daughter myrtle eleanor to mr william james topper son of mr and mrs arthur topper stouff ville the wedding to take place in the latter part of december mr and mrs george a glenn of hensall wish to announce the en gagement of their elder daughter helen cavelle to mr morley clinton sanders ba youngest son of mrs e m sanders of richmond hill ontario the wedding to take place december 26th the engagement is announced of ruth helen grace only daughter of edgar a storry and the late mrs storry to john howard kee son of mrs kee and the late john wesley kee of orangeville the marrlaye to take place in december noon at markham united church will be at 3 pm surviving are his wife nellie v gates and one daughter mrs norma beare reeve orvllle helsey was a cousin to the deceased long town one and one quarter miles in length it had its beginning at the east end around 10th street and after developing to some size there the railway came through at the ex- treme west end one mile away which enticed building in the westend of the village naturall the town graviated toward therailway commencing wneramiss tarr off in her report last weekof the eastend occupants t those s early days we will mention the christian church which was then thecongre- gational ohurch than thex avhite house where mr jarvis lives in be tween that and baker ave was a small house where a billie rodanz was living it was close to the side walk and the sehvii children used to go there for water to drink dr armstrong occupied the house where mr and mr3 smales are now living then came the well known home of mr andmrs stocks she kept a millinery store next was the home of mr ger urquhart now occupied by mr xnfl mrs keeping a niece of the former owner then came a small house which quite re cently was moved np on baker ave the presbytorliyi church ujsfo bo in this vlcinltv but it waslater mov- ed west on main street and is now occupied by mr wilfred morden n mr jerman and family lived in the home where mrs w watson lives now queens court was a hotel ten anted by h miller and was burned down movius along we come to the kribbs and ufouharl homes then the leaney home which later was moved up m church street north clo3e by was ahako shop run by a mr h johnson then the burk- holder property which has greatly enlarged- by both the late mr mather and mr l e onell where mr boadways drug store t and the dominion store mw are was the kribhs hotel then r j daleys stor with a public hall up stairs mi buttoni hardware was formerly mr w b sanderss store and later- jomiue the post office next was mr sltaikelg barber nliop then the home of tho barnes family coming where shaws store now stands there wore two storei with dwellings at tho back tso were continued on page five c