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1875 copies 7000 readers leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridse twps voli 53 xo 85 stouffville ont thursdayi january 7 1043 bight pages ignores a court summons arrest is authorized judge denton presided over the sitting of division court at stouff ville on monday morning disposing of three cases down tor hearing and one judgment summons in the case of the judgment summons the de fendant ringwood man ignored the court order to make his appearance and so a bench warrant was issued authorizing his arrest an amount of 25312 was involved and will have to be paid to escape the authority of the court being carried out fwgray ofmarkham village brought action against another mark ham man ralph carter claiming 3783 due jtoiiv gasoline purchased the defendant failed to put in an appearance andjudgment was ren- deredtor the full amount of claim with costs another action brought by frank curtis against stewart duncan and james dunpan for wages alleged due was adjourned until the next court at markham in march the amount in volved is 0245 percy middleton vs john cober primary debtor and a armstrong garnishee involved an amount due of 6000 and his honor ordered that the full amount be paid some whitchurch roads still blocked big storm isolates mail boxes for days jeven before sundays big snow storm swooped down over this section there wasnt a sideroad in whitchurch township from the here i- a scene in amiitchurth township honing the townships big caterpillar dhsci motor grader with vtjpc snowplow ami snow wing removing snow from the road near bnllantrac run ning 24 hours a day and aided by a second plow attached to a track hundreds of tons of snow are being tossed back but many roads are stlil blocked hydro lkak latest report from the hydro maykham townline to vivian but i indicates that stouffvilles maximum wliat was full of snow the big demand for current during the plow on the maintainer and the won of november was 269 hp truck plow known as no2 outat had tbe peak was registered on friday been going incessantly but the best november 20 around six oclock in dkcisivb wins in junior hockby markham junior oha team hit their stride on monday night of this week soundly trouncing royce ags of toronto by the score of 106 unionvilie after holding mark ham to a tie in their opener last week bowed to milton in mondays fixture to the tune of 1u to a there are no further games scheduled for the two local clubs this week al though markham will play an exhi bition game on friday night one of best cleaned sidewalks to have been grossly neglected markham village 6pesj0th polls r a feature of the markham village elections last monday was the fact that the combined vote of the two defeated candidates didnt reach the vote polled by the low man elected john tonance only polled 1s7 votes against frank burkholders 232 at the head of the poll yet the vote of edward reeve and dr hore com bined didnt reach torrances total there were six candidates running tor the village council the first four being elected f a burkholder v j payne in a letter on behalf of mr and mrs g r w thomas sent by their solicitor to the council meet ing on monday evening it stated that the client claimed that snow and ice had been allowed to accumu late at the point where mrs thomas fell and sustained a fractured wrist on new years eve and this the solicitor said constituted gross neg ligence on the part of the town unless satisfactory adjustment was made further action against the corporation might be instituted reeve weldon said that mrs thomas had decided to withdraw any threatened action against the town and had notified the solicitor not to send the letter to this mr mrs b hill dead the death occurred in stouffville on tuesday december 29 1942 of barbara ripley beloved wife of wesley hill who passed away in her 51st year following a prolonged illness mrs- hill came here from mount albert seven or eight years ago and since that time married wesley hill besides her husband mrs hill is survived by two sons and three daughters all by a form er marriage the funeral on friday afternoon to chuich hill cemeteiy was from the late home m the west the evening this demand may still be greater for december and with a 25 hp increased load recently installed by the machine tool works higher peaks might well be expected after the war stouffville should be in a good position to obtain reduced rates they could do with last weeks storm wis to keep open the concession lines when sundays storm arrived thfey were ill prepared for the second battler markham- township suffered toj a similar degree but didnt have ris as whitchurch over in uxbridge and down in pickering the outlook was equally gloomy on monday with most of the roads blocked heroic- efforts to keep some roads open leading to picker ing war plant were successful- jmail couriers had not covered scjiue parts of their route for days and copies of the tribune from last thursday were still undelivered on monday this- week on parts of some -whitchurch- routes- some farmers realizing the immensity of the tieup came out and got- their mail at the office stouffville- creamery v co was almost tied up wehave- cream ding anniversary at their home on standing around the country that dovercourt road toronto at one should have been gathered- last time mr powell served as a mem thursday said- mr borinsky to the ber york county council in reporter on monday afternoon and ue da before the present system celebrate golden wedding occasion there are many residents of whitchurch township who still re member mr and mrs george h powell who kept store at varidbrf before the beginning of thepresent century last month this fine old couple celebrated their 50th wed- recordtaxpayment reveals good times it was disclosed at the council meeting on monday evening that all the 1942 taxes due in stouftvillo had been paid with the exception of only 269 this small ainount is due from twelve tax payers which indicates that no one is carrying over a very great liability the splendid response to pay taxes last year is the best record chalked up by collector k davis total amount of tax roll was 2350985 treasurer george storey pointed out that in two years he had re ceived in tax arrears over 4000 and that at this date there is only 300 owing in tax arrears back of the 1942 roll the village is thus placed in an enviable position so far as her tax arrears are concerned andthe rate payers should all feel very pleased over this situation c tv reesor john torrance edward reeve dr a l hore 232 225 205 1s7 99 64 dkemberc0ntr1but0rs swell comfort fund a grand total of 60875 has been raised by the stouffville veter- ans comfort fund up until the end of december 1942 contributions for december were well above the average and gave the fund a real boost for the winter the latest re port is as follows previously acknowledged mrs gray forsyths bottle mrs e a button c cadieux a e weldon windbreaker draw iringwood bottles carl boadway joe cadieux k r davls mrs a vaughan ioof bingo 52908 45 67 500 1 00 2 00 89 20 2 90 2 00 2 00 300 100 2935 end rc d mncgiegor and rev e storey clerk said he mentioned this i conducted the seivice pall fattpthesolicitor who said he weie messrs wes schcll was filing the lettev f or protection i m b watts call bold way win constable rusnell was asked to r lou slack and geoigo report on the condition ofithe walk t in question which is opposite stiver bros store and he said it was one of the best kept i inspected it about noon on the day in which the accident happened it was well cleaned theie may have been drop of water coming oft the building during the afternoon and as these fell they would freeze but mr watts had salted the place where any ice was forming mrs thomas fell on the walk during the evening we are willing as a council and as ratepayers to help anyone in difficulties but of course if they enter action against us we have to fight reeve weldon declared councillor boyd said if the walk was cleaned and salted and further freezing made slippery spots the law allowed time to get this cleaned again and the required tjine had not elapsed by a long way we are only able to gather now along the concession lines mr borinsky said that few farmers were bring ing in their cream even at the in creased price for delivered cream jiast weeks storm- and the sunday repetition of it constitute the worst this section has seen for some years its going to cost thetown ships a lot of money for roads just have to be open as farmers scarcely have any other form of transport than motoi cais too few have hors ps fit to dne on the loads mrs bias stover died in milverton births smith to pte and mrs gordon c smith omarjorie farthing 152 hiawatha road toronto at toronto east general hospital on and son the couple celebrat december 28th 1942 a daughter ed heir golden wedding a year ago former publisher dead associated with the late william mulloj in the publication of the tribune at its commencement back in 1s88 some 54 years ago george keefer publisher of the norwood record for over 40 years is dead he passed atway at the home of his son in peterborough on new years day he retired from active newspaper work ten years ago born at fleshes ton grey county mr keefer was a direct descendant of- jacob keefer united empire loyalist who was killed at lundys lane he entered the newspaper busi ness at an early age and was em ployed on the markdale standard and other papers but came to stouffville as a partner in the tri- remaining here only- a short time when mr malloy acquired his interestin the business surviving are his wife margaret hannah pickering formerly of a niothei who will longbe le- imembeied foi hei steadfast chns- tiaii lliaiactei passed away at milverton on monday in the person of mrs ellas stover of stouffville she was in her 80 th year and had been spending part of the winter at the honie of her daughter mrs harvey reesor realizing that the end was near her sons all visited the bedside of their mother on the day before her death mrs stovers maiden name was clara wideman and she spent all her life in markham township un til with her husband they located in town mr stover died several years ago surviving are five sons and one daughter namely herbert fercy ambrose archie and wilmot and the only- daughter is mrs harvey reesor of milverton service was held in stouffville mennonite church on wednesday afternoon followed by interment in dickson hill cemetery her- pastor rev h shantz conducted the ser vice of electing members to county coun cil was instituted at the diamond wedding cele bration there were 13 guests and tlie powells were married on the thirteenth of the month sixty years ago when- we were married it snowed in the morning mr powell said winters in those days were colder and we had more snow he should know hes 84 mrs powell celebrated her 83rd biithdi on saturday they were born m whitchuich and moved to toronto about 35 years ago four visitor in town recalls tavern days miss may hutchinson one of- uxbridge town and township girls of last century is visiting in stouff ville at the home olher- sister mr and mrs thos forsyth in the west end imiss hutchinson was a- daughter of the late lance hutchin son who kept hotel at irosevillo right on the corner and in the identical building in which jtjev william kendall conducts his parish church today thus the old spot has changed from a dispensary of damnation to one that doles out salvation as a very small boy the writer recalls slopping at roseville hotel to get warm while driving a com mercial traveller from good wood to uxbridge town lance hutchinsons hotel was a haven for the weary and cold traveller and you could always count on his tavern being both clean and warm that is the first time we ever recall seeing miss may hutchinson as she years ago mi powell retired from was in charge of the house at that the civil service at the city hall itime later mr hutchinson kept mr and mrs powell have vejthe liquor slore in uxbridge vill- childien and five grandchildren age whcwhisjbb was to dfspeiisv two or the children mrs ethel oliv- the bottled goods while the hotels er who lives in long beach cal dished up the foaming suds that and fied powell in georgia were ran over the bar room mahogany not able to attend the anniversary of then patents hairy powell stiatfoid and herbeit toronto l mrs elma mcdonald windsor were present i a reception for friends and rela tives was held in the afternoon and evening ministers and aviatis fraternize neighbors may have thought there was a ministerial convention going on during new years day at the home of mr and mrs charles montgomery the christian church parsonage but such was not the case- it was a gathering of three old friends- and their wives rev wm warwick of little britain rev gibson brown pastor of ringwood and bloomington and mr mont gomery pastor at stouffville and church hill these three ministers in the christian church were friends since very young manhood and new years gathering at the parsonage on main street east was an opportunity for old friends to enjoy a social time together sg years old friday one of the oldest residents of the ringwood district and one of the smartest mr david gillham will lie sg years of age this friday he was boin in king township but spent most of his long life in whit church and markham he is a con stant leader of the tribune and looks anxiously for his copy each week now a retired farmer at iring wood enjoying the eventide of life with his wife imr gillham sent best wishes to his many acquaintances for a peaceful and happy year just ahead g6s75 married 50 years sb this christmas mr and mrs arthur williams celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this christmas- they came to stouffville district in 1011 and located southeast of town on the farm and retired to stouffville last year at the home of their son rert the iparents were given a splendid anniversary event when members of the family gathered to mark the occasion mr and mrs williams only enjoy rather indiffer ent health and on the occasion of marking the anniversary of the parents there were present their two sons bert also edward who recently moved to town to take over the stewart place on north mill street and their only daughter mrs c woodcock a grandson edgar woodcock with the tank corps stationed at fort william luckily was able to be present which added interest to the affair local lad among airforce graduates at malton last week married at mount albert 50 years ago- married at mount albert on christmas day 1892 mr and mrs sylvester woodcock celebrated their 50th wedding day in toronto re cently at the homo 163 symington avenue with their three sons and four daughters also present were nine of eleven grandchildren and mr w theakor and his daughter from mount albert mrs woodcock made the anniversary cako for the golden wedding occasion elglit yonng men from toron- to along with one from new market- and one from stouftvlile were among the airmen receiv ing tliclr wings at royal can- ndlan air force nir navigators in the graduation ceremonies at no i air observer school mnlton last wednesday shown above from left to right arc lags v jl brand w c graham f it jones 11 3 icvis j j mackcnzic oil of toronto sgt instructor j e ooyer of montreal lacs h m tail am wilson and a rico of toronto jjac 3 i atkins of newmarket and lac w t- tranmcr of stouftvlile son of mr and mrs o tran mcr of bloomington jonathan gould was in 91st year the death of jonathan b gould at his home on no 7 highway- east of markham village on monday re moves one of the townships most prominent figures of the last cen tury a member of a pioneer fam ily at uxbridge jonathan located in markham when he was in the prime of life and was closely identified with the markham agricultural society of which he was president and director for a long time he was an enthusiastic hunter and sportsman in declining health for some time he passed a way in his 91st year leaving many- admirers and old friends threegenerations were liv ing on the farm where he died be ing his son joe and his grandson betty leslie attached- to the womens division of the rcaf is home from western canada for a couple of weeks visiting her mother and aunts the abljah- brown public sale on wednesday next week at the farm on the 10th of markham marks a long period on the farm and after the sale mr and mrs brown will locate in stouffville in tho fred betz bungalo near the school which they purchased last fall i