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mibnm leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and oxbridge twps vol 54 no 6 stouffville ont thursday june 10th 1943 eight pages may adopt building bylaw in stouffville council agrees suggestion is coop a bylaw regulating the building industry in stouffville was some thing one of the municipal council lors called upon his brethren to adopt at the shortest possible mom ent he said that such a bylaw was in operation in markham township richmond hill and inalny other places a building bylaw if adopted here would regulate the nature of build ing that might be constructed both as to the foundation and structural material used it would prevent the erection of a mere shack in some section that would destroy the val ue of better buildings there in a town like stouffville the mod erate class home owner is called upon to pay the bulk of the taxes yet there is nothing to prevent someone from putting up in the same area a shed or some other building which would greatly detract from the appearance of the better building reeve weldon agreed with the suggestion and said it had often been thought of but never acted on let us act right away said the councillor and reeve weldon prom ised to obtain a copy of the rich mond hiil bylaw while the clerk will procure one from markham if it is found necessary to help frame a sim ilar bylaw for stouffville while no comment was made there was not a single member of council to offer opposition to such a bylaw being imposed in this vill age when such a document is ready for enactment it would fee fair to the public if the council- would pub lish the same so that all might know what is about to he imposed and then they would have a chance to offer any criticism or opposition to the move open home for aged mennonites at preston preston june 2 many fiom stouff ville and markham district witnessed the opening of biaeside home here these are known as the old mennon ites and are of very fine calibre as all members of the sect are in that prosperous part of ontario this is a special occasion in the history of the mennonite church in ontario said s p coffman of vine- land bishop of the conference in his address to the very largely attended opening of the mennonite old peo ples home bishop coffman used the 9th and 22nd verses of the epistle of paul to philemon as his theme when he spoke to the gathering he said that paul had recognized in philemon a man who had the right spirit in christian charity he maintained the christian church does have a heart and was always able to adapt itself to meet the needs quoting from pauls letter to the corinthians bis hop coffman spoke of the caring for widows and orphans and the aged as the care of the church and he mentioned a christian honor to the aged he said that older people should have the respect sympathy and attention of those who are youn ger and added that none of us is in tentionally disrespectful to those who are older urges care at home bishop coffman said that as chur ch people we must continue to make every home a home for aged people each home should care for its own old folk and not leave all to an in stitution such as braeside he felt that no one is going to be able to pay back what a christian mother and father had given them that every son and every daughter nieces and nephews have an obligation to older relatives oircumstances how ever arise where outside help is needed therefore this led to the opening of a home for old people mentioning various appliances that had been installed in the home the speaker went on to say the home was not a place for luxuries but that these appliances had been consider ed not as luxuries but as necessary to minister comfort at the least ex penditure of energy in a home such as this one the old people would be assured care with a christian back ground many projects had been put forward as suitable for an old peoples home but it was not until they had been able acquire the present property that they had gone ahead with the project bishop coftw man said that it was his fervent hope that the home would be adminis tered for many many years to come after a somewhat turbulent down pour at the noon hour nature smil ed benlghtly upon the official open ing and dedication of the institution the occasion was the culmination of many months hard work and plann ing and a proud one in the history of the mennonite people oscar burk- holder of brcslau was chairman for the impressive ceremony that was opened with the invocation by bishop m h roth baden a hymn how firm a foundation was led by joseph stecklcy followed hy the address given by bishop coffman the dedication by cc cressman xew hamburg moderator of the mennonite conferomcc then took continued on page six big offer fok july 5th ticket holders one of the biggest values in years is being offered by the stouflville lions club at their annual dominion day concert july oth tickets now being sold will not only admit the holder to tho arena that evening but give him a chance to win a one hundred dollar victory bond or u handsome leather n iiulbrcnker the regular high calibre pro- granf is being arranged with stars of stage and radio partici pating the proceeds will go to assist the lions in their child welfare work buy a ticket now without fail wo ha it seems that conditions of one kind and another combine to delay the installation of the new water supply at the stouffville reservoir property the contractor john cas tle is nursing broken ribs after spending a week or more in the hos pital and this naturally has caused a setback however the weather man pro vides the gieatest obstacle since it is still so moist around the property that material cannot be hauled to the scene of operations certainly if it lemains a very wet summer we can get along without extra water and we may have to should condi tions fail to improve too much bull tin can day on tuesday wednesday and thurs day june 15 10 and 17 the annu al can collection will be made in town the work is in charge of mr ab lehman he will commence the pick up in the west end on tuesday place old cans and rubbage not vegetable matter convenient on the street and pay the small fee when the pickup is made it is hoped everybody will cooperate to rid the village of waste matter of this kind teachers must work through summer holidays mr tod newmarket manager of the local employment and selective service office states that he has re ceived instructions that special ef- toits must be made to absorb school teachers into farming or other essen tial work dining the suminei holi days 0259 archie fleming 6th concession markham farmer is a quiet mau but he does agree that theie is lots ot bull heard a- round his barns these days and he would rather it had been something else heifer dust for instance the explanation is that in do ing an unusual job to win the war one of archies fine hol- stein cows gave birth to triplets they are all smart and we have it from the veterinary that he neveit saw such identical calves before size markings and gen eral formation as like as three peas yes and they are all bulls rcaf officers impressed by local air cadet showing population in town reaches new peak free calcium in markham township a new departure was instituted in markham township on monday when the council decided to provide free calcium chloride to all residents of the municinlity who live close to the roadway wheie there is any amount of travel these people will only have to apply for the dust layer take it home and put it on the road heretofore ratepayers had to pay 75c to 100 per bag and few cared to do this home owners who now still continue to sit in the dust will do so because of their own indifference a second- car of dust layer has been ordered to take care of the possible demand markham population markham township has a popul ation of 0259 as lecorded by the latest assessment of the municipality and duly confirmed by the court of revision there was not a single appeal against the 1943 assessment made on any farm in the municipal ity and the only change made in the assessment was a i eduction of four hundred dollars against frank har- vey since his premises the gormley elevators was destroyed by fire walter craig and r h forester are the township assessors there wasnt a single appeal again st the 1943 assessment in stouffville despite the fact that a new assessor was on the job this year some times a new man becomes the target of dissatisfied persons but assessor h o klinck got by without any att ack carried to the court on thurs day night reeve weldon was app ointed chairman of the court other members being councillors ratcliff silverthorn and nolan there were few assessment in creases recorded and then only where extensive building changes had been made the population figures are possib ly the highest since the town was in corporated showing we have 1274 persons in the village children be tween 5 and 21 number 232and men over 21 total 226 total assessment of stouffville stands at g72s75 an increase of s000 over the previous year new homes account for the bulk of the increase mrs e j davey has been forced to remain in bed for some days be cause of illness her many friends will be sorry to learn dr alilan dafoe an annoyed resident over near yonge street called coiumblo gay- man at unionvllle to come and get a torn cat that was making life miserable for his poultry dr allan dafoe who brought tho dionne quintuplets into the world died five minutes aftor entering a toronto hospital last week suffering from pneumonia known as the little doctor he became the biggest or one f the most famous in all america he was bnricd in the north country nonr callendar where his famous charges were born snapped pictures from train had earmarks of spy constable neil grassick of lind say was marked down as a german spy suspect for a few hours at least and while he may be a loyal subject of the crown his conduct warranted the wiies between stouffville and lindsay passing over a message to pick him off the train at the north ern town grassick it appears was on holidays and claims to be a movie fan such a fan indeed that he had the latest camera near scarboro as a passenger on the stouffville train bound for lindsay the conductor noticed the fellow taking pictures of a munitions plant enroute he held the little- camera in his hand against the glass but the conductor noticed the parts between his fingers revolving doing the job just like a fastmoving aeroplane camera when the train reached stouff ville the conductor instructed agent bob johnson to wire the lindsay police to pick up the stranger when he arrived they did but to their surprise he was one of their own police he was required to hand over the pictures and further action if any is still pending grassick is said to have been an ordained minister before taking up police duties war prisoner in italy word has reached richard george faimer on the 10th concessionmark- ham just south of mongolia stating that his younger brother albert was a piisoner ot war in italy he was fighting in africa at time of capture albert is 2g years of age and was in the british army in 1935 before war clouds were on the horizon the brother at mongolia is hold ing a letter written from the italian prison camp but there is no inkling whatever of the nature of treatment given the prisoners in fact the letter was totally void of news of any kind and talked all about things here at home new te engaged at a special meeting of the school board held on monday evening miss jean collins ot plattsville was en gaged to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of miss marjorie wilson who is going to ottawa un der the employ of the government as a censor on german mail to canada miss collins the new teacher whose home is 1g miles from kitchener is very highly recommended by the high school inspector her salary will be 1550 graduated in household science miss phylis winn daughter of mr and mrs fred winn graduated in household science at the univer sity of toronto tbursday her mother and her brother flying officer e s winn who is home on leave from penfield ridge nb wit nessed the graduation ceremony phylis was a student of stouffville high school until she entered uni versity lived in unionville half a century a resident of unionville for over a halt a century mrs mary elizabeth cook armitage ss widow of chas armitage died on saturday at the home of her daughter mrs w g leggett 30g rose park drive tor onto she went to toronto six mon ths ago on a visit born and edu cated in markham township she was the eldest living member of stfhil- lips anglican church unionville and a life member of the womens auxiliary she was also associated with the womens institute and the unionville horticultural society also surviving is another daughter mrs r a springs of new york city a son heibert armitage of aurora and- three grandsons other surviv ing relatives are w a and edward dixon half brothers mrs fanny one thing that impresses me very mueh is your enthusiasm for the work also the interest you have in it declared squadron leader currie of no 1 training depot rcaf toronto speaking to the officers and after watching the boys parade and carry out a program of exercises squadron leader currie was able to tell the cadets that they had done a good job despite the difficult par ade ground caused by the continu ed wet weather making it imposible to cut the grass the inspection 6fficers included squadron leader currie fit lieut e swanbergson oshawa fit lieut j e whittaker oshawa and flying officer olrourke toronto the local squadron headed by com manding officer m e watts parad ed from the high school to memorial park where they were reviewed in front of the union jack just prior to the actual inspection the bugle was sounded by cadet earl lehman cadet lloyd jennings handled the drum during the parade returning to the school the classwork and equipment facilities were inspected and favorble comment expressed by the visiting officers on the fine show ing between thirty and forty cadets took part in the inspection which was not the full strength however as several new recruits although sworn in had not received their uni forms flying officer feted flying officer elmer winn son of mr and mrs fied winn 10th con whitchurch was tendered a show of esteem by a score of his friends and neighbors on monday evening of this week elmer who has been a flying instructor in the west for some two years was presented with a hand some military brush set by the group misfe margaret forsyth read the ad dress while mr floyd forsyth made the presentation attended toronto wedding mrs george foot betty and geo jr markhaimwhitchurch townline were guests at the hadcockgrant wedding saturday evening in the burnett unionville half sister hillcrest church north torontoand and mrs e j davey stouffville a at the reception at the brides home cousin i on balsam avenue farm commandos for markham twp bee kee c if you heard a lot of extra buzzing going on along the 8th soncession of markham last monday afternoon there is a good explanation bee keepers members of the dominion and ontario apiarist associations were being entertained at the home of mr and mrs jess byer guests came from as far as ottawa and numbered about fifty short address es and discussions were heard con cerning hie bee mens problems pro ducing marketing etc mr byer has long been a member of the or ganization and guests were delight ed to have the opportunity of meet ing him and enjoying the hospitality of the byer home a municipal blessing the reeve of the village him self introduced a resolution at the regular council meeting for june congratulating the busin ess men who cooperated to make such a fine success of planting some 5000 trees at the reservoir property the resol ution expressed due thanks to one and all tho helpers for as the wording said without their help the task would have been next o impossible under present iakr conditions markham township council will do all they can to back up the city of toronto in the citys effort to mar shal farm commandos to aid the farmeis in the labor shortage a strong committee has been formed to which farmers may apply for help during the summer season the committee is well spaced over the township and is as follows r l stiver unionville chairman dalton riumney victoria square w l olark buttonville albert reesor dixon hill wmjmaxwell markham and reeve chas hooper farmers seeking help for the odd day in haying or harvesting should apply to any of these men when they will be put in touch with men from the city who are offering their ser vices some of whom would accept some vegetables some a nominal pay in cash and some who refuse to take pay at all excellent help was rendered last year and farmers should cooperate to make use of this help farmers will ho required to make their own deal witli the help they apply for reeve hooper presided at the monthly meeting of the council on monday when the foregoing com mittee was set up the hospitaliza tion account for last month was only 3725 and was ordered paid also russel johnston stouffville farmer was paid 14 for killing seven foxes lie got them all in one hole button ville hall committee was ordered paid 20 for hall rental for the farm course held last winter an account from n w byer for a speed trap was also ordered paid and a grant of 10 was made the thornhill library the township was in receipt of a cheque for 60002 profit for the first quarter 194 from the yonge street railway a second car of calcium of about 35 tons was ordered and this wll be available for farmers or others whose houses are close to the road way the calcium will be supplied free to those who will put their own supply on this is a new departure from last year when farmers were required to pay for the dust layer christian church conference at ringwood next week from that dramatic spot min danao philippine islands now so well known to all americans through the tragedy of war comes rev j woodward congregational mission ary with 35 years of living in the tropics as a background he will speak at the congregationalchrist ian church conference june 1620 at rangwood when mr woodward field sec retary of the mindanao north coast area under the american board of foreign missions first began his work in the philippines he had to travel by native canoe along the seashore or upon shallow crocodile infested waters he tramped miles over jungle trails often deep in mud and soaked to the skin with tropical downpours there were then hardly 40 miles of automobile roads in all mindanao now there are hundreds of miles of first and second class roads mindanao is today called the mixing pot of the archipelago for three years prior to the war over 4 00000 settlers from other parts of the island came under a got- ernment program of resettlement de signed to get folks off worn out soil and onto fertile land among these pioneers with the same spirit of those who settled our great west mr woodward has been helping to build a new church in mindanao in his work with the younger churches of mindanao scattered over an area as large as ohio mt wood ward not only guides encourages and supervises pastors and people but helps the farmers improve ideas on cooperative marketingdiet and the care of poultry all this in the interests of more abundant eco nomic and social life and all in tho name of the church of christ when this war ends golden oppor tunities will be awaiting the church ot christ in the philippine island declares mr woodward who came to america on a brief health furlough and was caught by the war amer ica will be welcomed as never bo- foro this will be so because of what america has done for the filipino people during the past 40 years the strength of the bonds of loyalty and trust that have been built up by the usa were seen when the invader came to their shores mr wood ward was born in pennsylvania rev frank j woodward 50 cellars had water the lack of proper drainage in stouffville is well indicated by the fact at at least fifty cellars had water standing in them this spring an overplus of moisture and blocked or poorly constructed drains was the chief cause of water backing into cellars many people called iup the town officials about the matter under the erroneous impression that the cor poration was responsible for the sit uation unfortunately for them househoulder or owner is required to take care of private drains they may however band together and present a petition to have the corporation construct a drain under a local improvement bylaw the cost to be spread over a period of years and paid in the same manner as other taxes it is evident that some sections of the town should under take a drainage scheme under local improvement and- be rid of the water nuisance once and for all no thing is more so detrimental to health as a wet cellar mr w b carswell proprietor of the corner store has been spending a couple of weeks on his farm over in the rlora district