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leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 54 no 4 stouffville ont thursday may 27th 1943 eight pages eighteen applied here for high school vacancy mrs reg button was engaged by the stouffville school board ust fri day evening to fill the vaca cy on the high school staff caused by the resignation of mr gordon bailey who lias taken a position on the staff of the kitchener collegiate mrs button will be paid a salary of 1600 per annum and was chosen from some eighteen applicants indi cating that since stouffville is to take on the status of a high school this summerthe teacher problem is greatly lessened mrs button last taught at the earl haig high school in wlllowdale and is of cjurse well qualified for the position 1ikalth ant beauty matters the chief of police will be asked this week to apply the pressme on those people who cieated ash piles on the public streets of the village jt is time the eye sores were remov ed next week the sanitaiy inspec tor will be on his lound too since there are complaints againstpigs or the manner they are kept in town this officer of the law may have some problems on his hands too the boaid of health is expected to meet on fiiday night to deal with this problem and otber issues confiont- ing them band leader lacks gasoline due to the gasoline situation bandmaster ridley will not be on hand for the weekly practises of the junior band for the remainder of this term and the members will cany on alone without a leader however should the services of the band be required for an occasion mr ridley will be on hand to lead them the committee wish to announce that mr ridley hodes to resume his work here with the band after the summer vacation since same kit the members will be leaving town to resume their studies elsewhere or to join ills majestys seivice there will be instruments available for new members or pei naps a wouldbe new member would prefer to procure his or her own instrument the committee and band members publicly thank the pi ess and citizens for assistance given this worthy or ganization in the past thieving at goodwood thieves again entered raes gar age at goodwood when they forced a rear entrance last thursday night evidently their quest was for gaso line coupons a book was stolen fioin john todds truck but an at tempt to open the cab on the tiuck of w todd failed a few packages of cigarettes wei e all that the thieves took in addition to the ration coupon book it is suggested that the guilty ones are not far away reaches 86tli birthday enjoying comparatively good health mrs nelson mowder living with her daughter mis hall jn toronto is this week celebrating her s6th birth day this is a remarkable age to attain and mrs ilowders old friends in stouffville extend hearty congrat ulations presbyterian- axxiaersary the right reverend norman a macleod bd phd dd modera tor of the general assembly of the presbyterian church in canada will be the guest preacher at the 103rd anniversary of st andrews presby terian church maikham next sun day morning at 11 am the pastor will take the evening service mobile recruiting unit coming here as announced in this issue in an official statement a mobile recruiting unit of the iroyal canadian air force will visit stouffville on june sid to furnish information and to acquaint those interested with the rcaf and theie will be absolutely no ob ligation on the part of the applicant to enlist- there is always a place in the r caf for young canadians to join applicants aie being accepted as air frameis mechanics aeio engine mechanics metal workeis and wire less opeiatois ground these men are lequiied to take courses under fhe war emeigency training plan they are however on full air force pay and allowance while undergoing tiaining jfor the unskilled laborer enlistment may be offered in general duties piovided the applicant is qualified in all other respects theie are a variety of opportuni ties for women who wish to seive courses under the war emergency plan are offered in typing steno graphy shoithand one of the fin est cooking courses in canada is given to those women who wish to qualify and serve as cooks watch lor ttie mobile unit on june 3rd stouffville girl in action white elephant sale next tuesday when has stouffville ever witness ed a public auction sale in the even ing well that is a question we can not answer fbut there will be one held here next tuesday night june 3rd in the vacant building opposite the fire hall it is known as a white elephant sale articles are being donated to the stouffville lions club and the proceeds from their sale will go to the lions fnrid what home is therebut has some article cast aside that is really valu able look into the attic now and bring along a donation of any kind heater stoves oil stoves beds and bedding furniture have been don ated also a washing machine the proceeds go to a very worthy cause of which you are now familiar as farmer auctioneer will wield the hammer so be on hand there may be just the article you have been looking for offered and nothing will be reserved births sxell at the brlerbush hospital on sunday may 23rd 1943 to mr and mrs melville snell myrtle station a son avilsox at the brlerbush hospit al on sunday may 23rd 1943 to mr and mrs roy wilson rr 2 claremont a son transport upset lad was injured carman thompson second young est son of mr and mrs george thompson on the 10th of markham at mongolia is in the lindsay hos pital lecovering from a serious in jury sustained when the big trans port he was driving overturned on the highway near lindsay on satur day night details of the accident are lack ing but carman was known to have been driving his usual route lind say to toronto he was caught in the overturned cab and when re scued was rushed to the ilindsay hospital where his condition iwas precarious for a time latest word received from the hospital came through sunday night indicating that he had taken a turn for the better carman who is un married has been i employed by the big transport firm for some time amelia jennings daughter of mrand mrs del jennings of stouff ville seen at the switch board at hmcs york exhibition giounds toionto aurelia fust took up the call of the hello girl at the local office of the bethesda stouffville telephone co as a peacetime pursuit her father is a veteran of the first great war two out of three homes invested in victory bonds one bundled and seventyone per sons in stouffville pui chased victory loan bonds the final repoits of the victory loan committee at newmar ket reveals mr reg button sold to so investors 75350 mr a c burkholder sold to 38 investors 22650 and imr james ratcliff sold to 47 investors 26050 tbis total of 124050 was augmented by a sum of 24150 purchased through the local bank stouffville was the first place to go over the top but there was no prize or special recognition for this accom plishment although prizes were given for other achievements had the local purchasers who work at ajax been counted in stouff ville it would have shown that two homes out of three actually bought in this the fourth victory loan lions planning for dominion day stouffville lions club has been at work for some time now planning for their annual giand concert to be staged in the local arena on do minion day which is being marked this year on july 5th while only a tentative program has been reveal ed so far some big names in radio are expected to be on the bill in addition tickets aie selling now for a draw on a 100 war bond the lucky winner to be named during the concert the regular lineup of lucky draws for the admission ticket holders is also being arranged for and some fine pi izes are being listed joined the rcaf member of the the tribune staff for the past fifteen years mr harry pennock son of mr and mrs edw pennock left on monday to join the royal canadian air force teacher resigns to become censor miss matjorie avilson of the local high school staff has been accepted as a censor on german mail and has been notified to report for duty at ottawa at the close of the term miss wilson is a specialist in french and german and her dpartnre will make a second vacancy on the staff the other one having been filled last week miss wilsons home is in tor onto kxoaokmbxts mr and mrs p cutler vivian announce the engagement of their daughter bernlce winkrcd to geo wallace dimming rcaf son of mr and mrs robt c camming elora ont the wedding to take place in mccormacv church vivian on june 19th was prominent carpenter and markham farmer the death of frank stiver union- ville on tuesday afternoon removes from this sphere a man widely known over markham township as a farmer and carpenter he had been 11 all winter had undergone an operation but failed to rally the funeral on thursday afternoon will take place at 230 from the late home interment will be made at the lutheran cemetery and the ser vice will bo in charge of his pastor rev mr cooper of the sherwood circuit frank stiver was a son of the late mr and mrs william stiver and was borrf on the 5th conession on the place recently sold by his bro ther councillor reuben stiver and for which the family held the crown deed v since the death of frank the sur viving brothers and sisters are chas reuben and robert stiver and mrs boadway all of unionvllle the late frank stiver is also survived by his wife whose maiden name was jennie lyon and by six sons and three daughters namely fredpercy and stanley of unionville orval leslie and norman of toronto mrs irwin of toronto mrs parcy tarr and mrs roy b curtis of stouffville mr stiver possessed a congenial disposition and was a good mechanic and highly esteemed citizen of union vllle and his native township recalls days when youth wore jar rings for garters and most men sported celluloid collars j e gray of chathams china big chemical concern hall well known throughout wes tern ontario in happy vein revives early scenes in and around stouff ville mr gray went to school at ballantrac when a youngster but he has not forgotten his boyhood nei ther have many of the oldtimers forgotten him mr gray is an uncle of our miss ola irose proprietress of the leola food shoppe in the ratcliff block both our readers and the editor are indebted to mr gray lor the following entertaining and chatty letter chatham ont 1943 to stouffville tribune as a recipient of your newsy coun try paper since jan 1st i feel im pelled to write some of the memories of long ago and trust that they may be interesting to some of your read ers at the present day where to be gin is quite puzzling so in looking around the various towns and vill ages i will start at gingwood where i first went to school in that brick school house with all the turrets or steeples on it and situated just north of the village remember the silvester store on the corner as you turn towards stouffville from sth con on the southwest corner was newberry buttons hotel and mr button was a typical hotelman of the english type and a lover of fine horses further on we come to baker hill a fine settlement of excellent farm ers with a historical back ground as recorded in your paper by seneca baker one of the natives seneca baker would be in my class and saw the advent of bicycles ford cars paved roads movie pictures phone- graphs cigarette smoking women also the coming of electric ice boxes stoves lroners and warming pads typewriters adding machines roller skates zippers fireworks toronto exhibition and markham fair chick en hatcheries airplanes artificial ice skating rinks air conditioned homes and theatres baby carriages and u boats abner baker could go back fur ther for in his early days he never saw a cream separator safety razor cameja beauty parlor fountain pen wrist watch lawn mower inside plumbing flying machine stop sign never heard of a vitamin but he did see the old wooden baby rocker the dash churn and the farmers taking their butter to market in five gallon crocks to sell at 15c a pound and eggs at 10c dozen those were the days when men wore red flannel underwear and slept in it boys wore red topped long boots with copper toes men chopped wood for the box stove bathed once a week in a wash tub along side the kitchen stove using local housewives to get 11 pounds canning sugar xo clue to robbery allhough a couple of weeks or more have passed there is apparent ly not the slightest clue to the recent robbery committed at stouffville creameiy when 250 in cash was stolen it is suggested that those connected and arrested on break- ins at unionville and other places may be part of tho gang operating over the district and guilty of the stouffville theft served 40 years was under eight different ministers to have served faithfully for 40 years and to have seen eight differ ent ministers come to the manseis the recoi d of mr a d bruce as congre gational secretary of melville united church the occasion was marked last thursday evening when the members and adherents of this mark ham church gathered to do honor to this man who has been the inspira tion and very foundation of the mel ville oiganization he was presented with a cane and a highly compli mentary address signed on behalf of the people by rev a j oir edgar nigh archie fleming mr bruce who is president o the b s telephone co a position he fills as a sideline declaies he is working harder today at his giist mill the cairick mills in mark ham than when he was 40 yrs youn ger he accepted the gift and com plimentary words in his usual happy and reminiscent vein he recalled that he had served the church under eight different minis ters he was appointed secretary to the congregation under the pastorate of rev j c wilson following mr wilson came messrs baibourmutch young gray macneil and the pie- sent incumbent of the office rev a j orr as forecast in this paper last week the housewives of stouffville mark ham village and township and rich mond hill will receive eleven pounds of sugar per person in the house for canning purpose since there were 11112 applications for canning sugar it will be seen that it will take a tremendous amount to satisfy the demands even at this reduced allotment at eleven pounds per person the sugar can only be handed out in mul tiples of five if there are three pei sons in your household you could only get thirty pounds ofsugar but if there aie five persons they will be able to get 55 pounds three reasons why canadian housewives will not get as much sugar as they expected were given by hon j l ilsley in the house of commons the other day they are 1 many ships which would normal ly have brought sugar to canada have been diverted to north africa 2 many ships loaded with sugar have been sent to the bottom of the ocean between 40 and 50 million pounds have been lost already 3 canadian sugar beet prospects are not as bright as had been expected canada usually derives about 90- 000000 pounds from this source lad like avixdow display smashes plate glss avith fist gordon grimley s yearold lad whacked a stone into the dominion stoies window with such force on monday that he cracked the big plate glass the only explanation the boy had for his costly act was that he liked the goods just beyond his reach and in a moment of exhilara tion made a dive for them i want ed to get in said the lad who did not seem to sense the seriousness of what he had done preparixg for reopexixg lakevieav house you may think it is early for mr and mrs harry w sanders to leave for jacksons point to spend the sum mer in charge of lakeview house there but it is actually later than usual it is the weather that is late this year so damp and cool that peo ple have scarcely got around to thinking about lakesides however mr and mrs sanders left on tues day when mr sanders will get leady for leopening of the big summer hotel at the point the help problem will be one that is hard for the management to solve this season and attractive positions are available for young girls who would like to go to jacksons for the holiday season memorial service at m markham union masonic lodge held a memorial service in markham on sunday afternoon in memory of four members who had passed away during the past year they were rt wor bro george murphy worbro jonathan gould wor bro james carnaghan and bro norman heisey very rev morrison sellers toronto rt wor bro john ness were the speakers while wor bro jimmy smith conducted the service pre sent from stouffville were messrs fred crossen a e weldon jos borinsky w griffiths walter bril- linger and a v nolan ballaxtrae uxited church axniversary going north up the sth concession judd soap and rain water with polly- we pass many good farms owned by hoovers brownsbergers boyers mccalls focklers and recsorsmany others whom i fall to recollect com ing to the watering trough at foot of a swamp near baker hill it was interesting to see the farmers stop to refresh their horse in the cool running water further on we come to a well known resident by name of union who had a great home remedy known as green mountain oil which was peddled in the dis trict and was well and favorably re ceived by housewives mr lemons son ed was a school friend of mine at markham high school and i be lieve is now in minneapolis with a vrogs in it men drank 10c whiskey and 5c beer went in for politics wore shoes that squeaked used rub ber bands from fruit jars for garters wore paper or celluloid collars worked 12 hours a day went to church twice on sunday to sunday school once learned many verses from the bible and if they were good boys they got a picture book at the annual christmas concert these fellows lived to a rifle old age as attested by abner himself for got to say that these fellows took their best girl for a buggy ride on may 24th and a sleigh ride at christ mas also they went to two shows a continued- on page lx anniversary services yill be held in the ballantrae church on sunday may 30th with morning and evening services at 11 oclock mr roy irwin will speak and mr t wilhon will be the soloist at 730 oclock rev a j orr melville will be the minister he will bring the melville choir with him and at both these services old friends are cordially in vited to worship at ballantrae his 70th birthday on saturday last mr jacob meyer was the honored hos at his home on church street when the family gathered to mark his 70th birthday successful farmer for nearly half a century he is now enjoying the fruits of his labor in fairly good health markham councillor bumped councillor albert reesor of mark- bamtownship is still a bit crippled on one leg since his knee was severe ly injured in a minor accident one evening last week travelling from unionville to markham village his lights went out on the car and he got out to investigate the trouble when a car from ballantrae ran into the reesor car road superintend ent wm maxwell riding in the ree sor car escaped uninjured but mr reesor still feels the effects of the injury to his knee mr reesor ex plains his presence down on the high way after dark from the fact that the council had been celebrating mr maxwells birthday by a dinner party in unionville persoxaij mextiox- mrs ireland formerly mrs john forsyth 10th con resident of this tovn was out from toronto for the 24 th of may dr h b and mrs freel were in niagara falls on a short holiday of three or four days this week messrs blake sanders bill san ders irobt snowball and elgin wagg brought about 20 pounds of lake simcoe trout into town on may 24th which they hooked on the holiday mr john ratcliff has returned after two weeks spent in hamilton at the home of his daughter and in brantford with his sister dickson hill cemetery decoration day has been set for the last sunday in june the 27th of the month fuller particulars will be announced in due time says mr simeon hoover secretary of th cemetery board death intervenes on eve of her 95th widow of the late daniel lehman descendant of pioneer pennsylvania stock to this section margaret mason lehman died i toronto on may 19 had she lived just two more days she would have reached her 95th birth day forty years ago the family lived at ringwood near the school and here mr lehman died the widow continued on there until alone and quite aged she went to live with her only surviving daughter delia mrs h lageer 175 brunswick ave two other daughters minnie and mrs edith hubbard predeceased the mother since her residence in the city mrs lehman never failed to visit ring- wood every summer and was there only hist fall she usually made the trip alone and was always the guest of mrs martin fockler a lifelong friend she was present there last fall when the pigs were killed for the winter pork at the fockler home and took a great interest in the pro ceedings she was a genial inter esting woman and her remarkable age was never permitted to dampen her spirit