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v vol 53 no 34 stettartte leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps stouffville ont thursday december 311942 bight pages biggest christmas mail ever to pass through local office the amount of mail handled at the local post office over the christmas season is probably the largest ever recorded for this village dozens of bags if mall came in with every train likewise it seemed that almost as much was being sent out as an indication of the impressive turnover at the stouffville post office we are able to report that 25000 one cent stamps were sold in the month of december this seems an incre- diblo total but we have the assur ance of postmaster leavens that the figure is quite correct local boys on pacific patrol duty with the rcaf two ix household go to the hospital mis syhanus baker has again entered the brierbush hospital as a patient recently she had been liv ing at her baiter hill farm home with mrs elizabeth beelby of claremont as housekeepers this week both of them fell ill and the ambulance had to he sent from the hospital to remove the two women to the institution where they are now being cared for stray cattik tukx up three cattle feared to have been stolen from tlie schell slaughter house premises south of town were found later on tire farm of peter ferguson who came to the office of this paper to advertise the cattle owing to incessant rains the cattle could not he tracked very far from the slaugliter house premises police and otheis had been search ing for two days without results markham council maintainspopularity gets an acclamation hero is- an interest iiijiiioiip snaiped bj the camera mini uuny out at vancouver llam iliere these boys are ioiii patrol duty these miiilhiu airmen all from ontario are standing beside their lighting slmrlv plane one of tlicm at the right of the groiipof four is lac dim harper son of mr mid mrs ross harper of whitchurch kit scrjtfloiflon linker of stouffwlle n seen standing by his plum- this picture was snapped on vancouver island but gordon is homo jnsf now on n visit he never dreamed t lie pitturc taken away out there mould reach his home town paper j j acclamation for all seats in whitchurch markham township council has been leturncd by acclamation with out any change in personnel for a time after the nomination meet ing on monday there seemed great possibilities of a contest looming up but it faded away later and when he time of qualifying ended only the 1942 council had signed up and were accorded one more acclama tion little criticism was offered at the meeting against the ork of the 1042 council unionville sources made it plain however they were not satisfied with the purchase of the lunau property and tu their recent newspaper criticism reeve rennic said the township made a good buy and would not he thwart ed in what was done he considered the property good for the township needs and opposed the suggestion that township recoids be stored in toronto charles hooper deputy reeve warmly contended hat unionville electsits own trustees and should not be so interested in this matter they are not asked to put money into the hall they get it free he claimed and lie pointed out it was imperative that township records be in one place available for use there is no jtick from outside unionville who is to run the township the council or the vill age he asked r deputy reeve hooper said he lad served ten years council liad spread so tons of calcium over lfl miles of road last year referred to the purchase of a snow plow and pointed out that as nruch money had been spent on winter roads as on summer road councillor harry barber and al bert reesof wore both given atten tive hearings as they spoke on township efforts put forward by the council john brown hwart stiver and george padgot nominated for var ious offices spoke the veteran geo advocated a spraying device for keeping down weeds and mr stiver advocated the abandonment of the recently purchasedlunau building for municipal offices mr brown also opposed the lunau property buy and favored putting offices in the front of the municipal hall but other speakers said this had been condemned by the fire marshal all argument and criticism was mild and without any apparent enmity amid some confusion at the close of the meeting mr stiver called for a vote on the action of council buy ing tho lunau place and he de clared it showed about two one against the lunau place about 40 ratepayers were left in the hall when the vote was called theie will be no election in whit church this coming januaiy as the council have all- been returned by acclamation geo h leaiy is the new leeve lome p evans is deputy reeve and the thiee councillois are eugene baker edwaid logan and leslie j harper warden toole letiiod this year so that the way was opened for deputy reeve leary to advance to the rceveship and councillor evans to advance to the deputy iteeveslup councillors baker and logan are lotmned to council and les harper is the now man on the council nomination meeting on monday was void of any criticism and only a moderate numbei of electois turn ed out warden toole due to the le- ccnl bereavement in his family did not attend mr leary paid high tribute to the efficiency of warden toole not only on the council out in county affairs where he rose to the high affairs it was all most gratifying said mr leary lie pointed out that bank loans were reduced this year and while interest may seem to be an im portant sum on the financial state ment it is more than offset by tax penalties paid by those who are in arrears he said there would he a tax sale in a few months he re ferred to the clergy reserve fund being dispersed to the schools on order of the dcpt of municipal affairs but the manner of payment to the schools is made by the school inspector on the basis of 1941 at tendance concluding mr leary said our main object now is to win the war and to do this we have to deny our selves some fillings we would like to have such as still better roads and more dust layer mr evans called attention to the cut from around 18000 to 10000 on which the dept of highways would pay the good subsidy of 50 per cent he said council deter mined to stay within the budget set rather than overrun it and pay the whole amount overspent out of township funds he opened up the question of the aurora fire area deal in which the township was asked to pay 30 per cent of cost of new en gine and so much per hour while attending fires in the township king township had refused to co operate on the basis set out and have been denied the service at the present time he said whitchurch continued to get sorvlce under the original agreement aurora serves from yonge street to west side of 5th concession and the cost each year is borne by the section so ser ved mr evans predicted a grea ter labor shortage in 1943 than we continued on back page an george kenneth rnillipsmj ho has m7trvrrirrtisraiirietfrcptoiaikha only penalty grocery manager takes a itkiimo the manager of the dominion stoies in stouffville is now a mar ried son of mr and mrs john h phillips took his lady friend miss anne margaret lawin daughter of mr and mrs albert james lewin tor onto to the home of rev b mor ton last thursday evening christ mas eve wheie the couple entered into holy wedlock the happy young couple after being away for a brief holiday returned to stouffville wheie they will make their homo among a host of friends who wish them many happy years together erst junior hockey all ft f j game ends in a draw s w after setting a fast pace in the i vntinta i rtu7tv ffrst period to lead 50 unionville uaui iu2c luwil jwiors had to come from behind on tuesday night to gairi a ir tie with markham j billy white and joe moffatt each bagged tince goals for unionville while bob bowcott earned a goal two assists mcgowan and arm strong were the goalgetters for markham his 60th year switched his m drewthe only about co people turned out to the municipal nominations at goodivood on monday when the issues of uxbridge township were discussed by the old council inter est was lacking or perhaps it was because the ratepayers are perfectly satisfied with the work of council which is quite possible the old council was rc by acclama- tion the veteran hezekiah roach township clerk acted as chairman the council is edgar johnson leeve walter beach deputy reeve j m rae stewart ball and harold dickinson councillors quietly married in aurora parsonage gamble marshall wine velvet mrs george boynton high noon on december the 19th the matron of honor was in beige at the parsonage of rev w a ciepe both wore coi sages of roses wcstcott auvoia the marriage of george boynton was groomsman roxina mary maishall daughter of the reception was at the home of willhin and the late mrs marshall fred h and mrs schelke gormley gormley ontario to john henry those attending wore the immediate gamble son of mrs and the late families harry gamble richmond hill was the happy couple left for solemnized eastern trip that had to be short- the bride wore sheer white with encd owing to the death of the winter iwliite hat and veil and brides aunt in aurora mrs man- carried pink rosebuds her brides- j ann marslihll parker widow of maid miss mary jane schelke wore j j parker r mrs barkey succumbs to two year illness spent most of her long life in town stouffville has lost one of its very true friends and the local un ited church gives up one of its sin- cerest supporters in the death of mrs jacob a heisc who passed- away at her home on banff road- in toronto on thursday of last week born in aurora daughter of the late mr and mrs william xeal she married the late jacob a heisoin 1ss5 and the couple took up resi dence in stouffville where he oper ated the planing mill and was one of the influential citizens of his day mr hcise died in 1920 his life partner was a staunch supporter of the methodist and later the united church and while she always shunned office she gotbehlndevery good pioject with her material support for some years now mrs heise had spent the winter season in tor onto but three months ago she moved there to become a perman ent lesident liavingtsold the fine heise home in stouffville last spring to mr percy briilinger surviving are two sons duncan m heise of toronto and burness w heise- supervisor of childrens aid societies in ontario with offices at queens park also one daughter miss enna heise with the toronto childrens aid society funeral service was held at the honle of her son burnoss at 33 whitney avenue on satuiday after noon and inteiment was made x the family plot at stouffville rev levi atkinson of uxbridge her last pastor at stouffville conducted the service among guests at unionville wedding mrs james turner and miss xettie rae of stouffville attended the christmas eve wedding on december 24th of june kennedy daughter of mr and mrs arthur kennedy or unionvine to george rumble sonof misaiid the late j c runvble the ceremony which took place at the guild of all arts was conducted by rev a e owen unionville donald beaton clerk of the town ship of pickering and probably the eldest uetinj clerk in the province who on monthly opened the pickering nomination meeting for the goth consecutive year this is n record to be envied by nnjone mill one whirli brought this venerable gentlc- imiii the well deserved congratula tions of a host of friends and muni cipal colleagues claremont trusters change after eight years in office as a village trustee for claremont mr a1f pretty refused to qualify for another term following the nom ination meeting moday evening and his place is being taken by david pugh 1 those nominated ere d a pugh maintained anderson walter ward james mcculiough alfred pretty all retired leaving messrs d a hush and the tiwo former members m anderson and j mcculiough elected by acclamation contest 1x markham village reeve o b heisc has been re turned by acclamation for markham village but there is a scramble for seats on the village council six arc in the field with four to be elected those seeking office include a forrper stouffville boy mr frank burkholder who was a member of council last year the six contest ants are f a burkholder dr a l hore w j payne c w tteesor edward reeve john torrance a devoted couple were separated by death last week when mrs isaac barkey aged g7 years passed to the great beyond after an illness of about two years duration and de spite all that loving care could do mrs barkey died on christinas day and was laid to rest in stouff ville cemetery on sunday afternoon following a public service in the un ited ohurch rev douglas davis conducted the service pall bearers being messrs f l button kc frank e rae d chadiwick clay- ion stouffer wllmot stover and morley haines the profusion of flowers bore silent testimony to the love and esteem felt for the de ceased and for the bereaved fam ily employees of the stouffville machine and tool works attended tlie service in a body as a mark of respect for mr barkey mrs barkey was iborn near man chester- in reach township her maiden name being margaret porte ous daughter of the late simpson porteous she attended school at retires after 10 years service how many farmers- can equal the ecord of mr herbert pegg of whitchurch who is year has asked i so visiting mail contract signed higher pay noted mr lloyd moyer has ibeen awarded a new contract for carryirigthe mall over ruial route no 2 from stouff- ville through the township of whit church a daily trip of 17 miles t- the new contract begins with the first of january and carriesan in- crease in pay of about 50 per cent of tlie former contract undor which mr moyer worked for tlie last four years since this is the second mail con tract awarded at stouffville in the last year and both with sharply in- creased allowance over the jormer contracts it would appear- that- the postmastergeneral has determined to sharply increase the pay of this department of civil servants to a fairer basis to be relieved from the duty oil road commissioner or overseer mr pegg has served the township con tlnously- for 40 years when he first took office it was under the old statute tabor system which looks very crude and inefficient today as compared with the present stepiiip with government assistance to build country roads mr pegg is probably the oldest officer in the whole town ship in point ofsorvjce second engineer wes jack of the merchants marine is home for the holiday season wes had plied the great lakes for nine months without a holiday so is enjoying a rest with ills wle and child at the home of mr and mrs ross brown he isal- hls mother mrs jack on main street mrs peter raymer mount joy is reported as very ill friends will re gret to learn reeve of whitchurch manchester and as a girl visiting her uncle the late benjamin wag neratklnsalo she met a youth who had entered upon his apprenticeship with mr wagner to learn the mach ine business this meeting grew to friendship and finally to marriage so that mr and mrs barkey were united n wedlock in 1s9s- they spent a year or two in toronto and claremont and then located in stouffville about the turn of the century to remain hero to this day airs barkey was a member of various church organizations furst in the methodist and later in the united church she was devoted to her home and her kindly- solicitlous disposition made her a great favor ite with those who knew her besides her husband there p sur vives tfvo daughters miss flossie at home arid marjorlo mrs leslie williamson- toronto and- one grandchild- three sisters also sur vive mrs peter raymer prince albert -mrs- neva lyle port perry and mrs millie hardman xcv westminster reevogeorgevhxttmry- elected by acclamation in whit- church township on monday- mr lcary has served 14 years on whitchurch council five- of which howns jcpulyroevo he nowiioceclm warden ilirl toole inx- v v