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leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and oxbridge twps vol54 no9 stouffville ont thursday july 1st 1943 bight pages householders warned to guard water privileges the authorities have instructed the police to strictly enforce the by law governing the use of lawn hose in stouffville the hours are from 6 to s each evening and no longer the additional water supply will not be ready for some time consequent ly the council have to guard our sup ply during july and august so that there will be ample for house and fire use every user should cooperate in this matter and see to it that there are no users who try to prolong their use of hose beyond the pre scribed time even if all obey the order carefully there is no guaran tee that the use at hose will be con tinued during the summer that will all depend on the length of each dry spell there is a possibility that the new installation could be functioning in august but se many things can hap pen that it would not be wise to count on it it took months to ob- tain a priority for some material that ordinarily could have been obtained in a week however we believe that everything is now purchased for the job and contractor john castle is ex pected to commence actual opeiations on the installation of the dam and miniature reservoir in ten days the hydro line from the sth concession to the reservoirs is almost completed and will be leady before tue dam and miniature reseivoir aie installed finished 200tli pair socks there are many enthusiastic knit ters in and about stouffville one of whom is miss mae urquhart who this week completed her 200th pair of socks for the boys in the army some of miss urquharts work is keeping sailors warm down under the sea others are in the skies and still more are worn by ground forces jso that her effort is certainly helpful and worth while two hundred pairs of socks all hand made represent a lot of work and is suiely a commendable effort over 1000 people expec ted for july lt coxcekt ladies double quartette raised over 160 a well filled auditorium showed their appreciation of the concert put on in aid of greek relief by the ladies double quartette in ratcliffs hall on thursday evening 7750 was raised including a 10 gift this is the third concert by the quartette within three weeks when previously 5725 was made for the chinese relief 27 in aid of the british war victims fund the quartette under the leader ship of mrs alma oldham is cei- tainly deserving of great thanks on the part of the public in this splen did work while on the other hand the girls appieciated the splendid support given them additional seating has been added to provide for the big iroud of ocr one thousand peo ple expected to crowd into stoukvlile arena for the lions club concert this thursday night july 1st your admission ticket will en title you to a chance to win u 100 victory bond or a fine leather windbreuker master of ceremonies alex ridley an- ticlpates one of the best shows in years the proceeds are for the lions child welfare work nomination sees no candidate in sight high school examination results are announced i paul a quiet but interesting wedding was solemnized on wednesday after noon last week when miss muriel pennock daughter of mr and mrs frank pennock green river was 0z s 5 un in marriage to mr john bur nett son of mr and mrs herbert burnett bloomington the ceiemany was performed at the parsonage stouffville by rev gibson wbrown miss fhyliss farley of pickering was bridesmaid and mr elmer burnett best man a reception was held at the home of the brides parents when a large number of guests were present later the bride and groom left for niagaia and other places on a short honeymoon on their return the groom who was one of the bus drivers between stouffville and ajax loft for military training camp in grade ix honours cummings rita wagg honours ii marie feren beat rice lickorish kenneth noxon phy- llis pugh mildred reesor bernard salmon albert smalley ruth windsor 4 honours iii phyllis burknol- der douglas davis muriel kerswell earl moore raxlin lenora white ciddit c betty fanner rus sell forfar ruth hunt erie leh man allan sider grade x honours i audrey bakerbetty jean freel kenneth green margar ita grubin audrey jennings vera king evelyn shantz audrey slack honours ii eieanr goudie warren moyer robert schell duncan smith pauline smith honours iii lawrence barkey jrank couperthwaite kathleen green kenneth jennings georgina myland doris vague credit c barbara brilllnger harold drewery ted williams in grades xi and xii these results are given subject to ratification by the department of education vgrado xi stanley ball eng ii hist ii sc i ft til lat iii evelyn beach eng ill hist ill math ii sc c fr ii lat i celeste bright eng c hist c math c sc c tr c lat c hazel brownsberger eng ii hist c math c sc c sv 0 lat c ted boadway eng ill math ii sc ill fr hi- lat ii betty davis eng ii hist ill math ii sc c fr ill lat c margaret freel hist 171 luella harper eng i hist i math i sc i fr i lat i benny jones eng ii hist ii sc ill fr c lt c ejldred king eng ill hist c math ii sc ii fr ii lat ii margaret peterson bug c hlstc sc c fr ill lat c marion salmon eng ii hist ii math ii sc u fr i lat i joan sanderson eng c sc c fr i lat c stanley schmidt eng c math c sc ii fr c lat c harold steckley eng ii hist ii math c sc i fr ii lat i harry schell eng c hist c math c sc c fr c lat c kenneth schell eng ii hist i math c sc i fr ii lat i mable tindall eng ill hist ill math c sc c fr c lat c marion woldon eng i hist i math ill sc hi fr i lat i mary williams eng ii math c sc c fr ii lat ii grntlo xii cameron aldred eng c histc math h fr c frances clarkson eng i hist i math i sc i fr i lat i margaret glover bng ill histi math i sc ii fr ii lat iii ruth gooding eng i hist i math i sc i fr i lat i lorraine hlvy eng ill hist c math ii sc ii fr hi grace latcham eng i hist math i sc i fr i lat i bloomington boy takes a bride this week it is expected that a date will be set for the coming no mination meeting to choose a candi date or candidates to fill the vacancy on the village council of stouffville caused by the death of the late john h silverthorn if more than one candidate is no minated and qualifies then an elec tion will be held one week after the nomination date election matteis are veiy quiet and no idea could be learned as to who might offer their services five generations at locust hill kitchener man for high school staff paul w sherk of kitchener was engaged to fill the vacancy on the high school staff caused by the re signation of mr russel barker at a special meeting of the school board held on monday evening mr sherk entered the college of education last year but was chosen by the minis- tei of education to fill the vacancies in memtou and later at port col- borne owing to the teacher shortage mr sherk is a specialist in mathe matics and physics only three applications were receiv ed in reply to a recent advertisement for a male teacher for the local staff indicating that they are becoming increasingly scarce the salary is 1500 with annual increases the new teacher is a young mar ried man and is expected to move to town some time this fall when a residence is available it is not often that a newspaper has an opportunity to photograph five generations and certainly it is rare that such a fine looking group as shown above is to be seen unique too is the fact that all are mo thers and daughters excepting of course the baby which can however qualify as being a daughter from left to right are mrs hagerman aged 94 mrs martin hoover mrs a d troyer mrs anthony and baby daughter mrs hagerman great great grandmother despite her great number of years was bright and keen when photographer w rsanders stouffville took the charm ing group at the old hagerman home just east of locust hill mrs hagerman was a daughter of the late col wm button who was a brother of f l and e a buttons grandfather engagement mr and mrs delos graham of ringwood wish to announce the en gagement of their daughter mary florence to lac clifford g bar- key rcaf eldest son of mr and mrs chas barkey of altona the marriage will take place in july markham farmer dies in 83rd year valuable volumes gift to the school toronto where if he makes the final medical successfully will be in the army for the duration 89yearold geo noble dead george hiram nohle who died in toronto last week at the great age of 89 years spent a good many days in the village of stouffville employ ed as a tailor he worked for the late john bray and later for mr h w sanders when the latter conduct ed the tailoring establishment in the sanders block now the riches hard ware premises the aged man was a native of hamilton his wife predeceased him some years and there survives two sons bert and charles and a half- brother sidney also a halfsister mrs ruth seebright the funeral to pine hill cemetery was attended by an unusual occur rence when mrs bert noble stum bled and fell as she walked behind the casket and sustained a broken arm the unfortunate woman was in a highly nervous condition and scarcely realized what was going on some of the mourners feared there might be an added tragedy since mrs noble was removed from the scene in a very weakened condition executois of the estate of the late dr walter sangster have made a valuable donation to the high school library it was disclosed monday evening when the school board in session was offered the library or collection of books belonging to the late dr sangster included in the gift is such valu able sets as makers of canada uni versal book of liteiature works by carlyle and the full volume of the encyclopaedia britannica all of which will be highly prized by the staff as a valuable and needed addi tion to the library at the local aca demy in addition to the books there is included the fine case in which they are shelved a valualble 11606 of fur niture the handsome gift will be an added incentive to the school board to press ahead with the installation of a library room which is planned to be built at the end of the upper hall in space now in disuse over the turn of the stairs no doubt a suitable inscription plate will be placed in the new lib rary room when it is arranged re cognizing the much appreciated and useful gift fiom the sangster home charles edward smith of union- ville passed away in the toronto general hospital monday june 21 after a comparatively short illness having entered the hospital less than two weeks before mr smith was born in scarboro township in the year 1860 later moving to the third concession of markham township where he was raised and educated after some years the family moved to gormley into the smith homestead on the fourth concession mr smith was one of a family of eight five brothers and two sisters only one brother and one sister are left to survive him mr wm smith of gormley and miss fannie smith of aurora other brothers john harry alfred and richard and one sister susanne predeceased him several years in the year 1898 mr smith chose annie gee of victoria square as his life partner they began their mar ried life first on a farm at ringwood and later moving to gormley twen- tythiee years ago they purchased the farm of the late mr geo gee at unionville where he lived until the time of his death mr smith was a member of the victoria square united church left to mourn his loss are his wife annie gee and seven children four sons alfred of unionville murray of toronto walter of union ville and fraser of agincourt three daughters mrs ambrose canning of gormley mrs william nursey of hamilton and marlon of toronto also one brother william of gorm ley and sister fannie of aurora the funeral service was held on reception for bride and groom about 50 friends gathered at the home of rev s and mis x goudie mill street on tuesday evening to tender a miscellaneous shower to mr and mrs ivan goudie bride and groom of last satin day many use ful and beautiful gifts were received along with sincere and hearty con gratulations of the friends assembled mr and mrs goudie were married at the home of the brides sister in people and casual workers oshawa the bride was the former is not far away when politicians will doreen crawforth and the groom is be forced to demand that these nuis- the son of mr and mrs fletcher ance accounts be struck from the roll goudie of stouffville the nuptial of the unemployment commission trying to squeeze pennies from lads working in holidays cruising through town for a cou ple of weeks three employees of the unemployment insurance commis sion stirred the wrath of more than oue business man when they insisted that children who do errands or youngsters who distribute bills or do odd chores for business places must forfeit some of theirjilttance- to the unemployment insurance commission merchants were really shocked when these men made this disclos ure and vengeance against the whole scheme was vowed by more than one person we talked to others said the kids would suffer for they would nt employ them at all another instance was where an retired citizen over go years came back to help in the emergency situa tion and was forced to procure a book it was argued that this man was retired and independent of work and that when he is through with the present job he will go into re tirement again it was pointed out that he was so unlikely to receive benefit and having worked all his days should not be called upon to enter the new scheme this made no difference he was forced to take a book or his employer would be subject to a fine still another small instance was reported where a mother is doing part time employment as a tempor ary measure- the axe fell on her for according to the set up she be- came liable for the tax it is too bad that an otherwise fine scheme is going into disfavor because of this attempt to collect petty items from children overaged the day knot was tied by rev s goudie grandfather of the groom the young couple will leave on saturday for dauphin man where ivan will take up his duties as a mechanic in the rcaf there are now 2000 employees work ing for the commission and the re cent action to force in children and other insignificant or casual workers will add to the growing number on the pay rolls of the commission local airman attended an english auction sale takes rridk from sussex by the sea math i sc i lat i fr i eileen weldon eng ih hist ii math ill st ii fr ii lat i the following students secured the following standing in subjects of grade xii wilbur smalley hist ii noreen steckley sc xi i lat ii norma stover math ii sc c grade xiii no results of this grade are avail able until august when the depart mental certificates are issued all students who are serving under the farm service force are reminded that no certificates can be issued un til certification for farm service has i i been obtained it is imperative that june 23rd from his late residence interment took place in the victoria square cemetery pallbearers were his four sons and two sonsinlaw capt wm nursey and a canning tent worms invade markham twp these certificates be turned in to the eileen reid eng c math c sc principal ay soon as the thirteen c ft i lat iii weeks of service arecomplete fearla taylor eng ill hi i j l c murphy ba principal married in england on may 22 1943 george abell of ringwood took for his bride christine norman a pretty young miss from sussex by the sea brother bob abell was best man the groom has been over seas for three years george is seen here with one ot his english boy friends one of the biggest shows ever put on in markham township by an army of tent worms is to be seen on the 10th concession just below stouff ville where the worms have attacked neglected fence lines that had grown up with wild cherries and apple trees farmers who became alarmed at the sight of huge sacks of worms like bags of potatoes hanging from the trees got in touch with councillor albert reesor who took time to look into the matter mr reesor con tacted district representative w h coburn at newmarket sending him some of the worms and it was from this source the bugs were identi fied as the tent caterpillar according to the district rep it would be advisable to allow the worms to run their course keeping close watch to see that they do not spread to orchards in the district it they do the worms should be sprayed otherwise they may be left alone to destroy the wild trees they have attacked comfort fund mail may 30 1943 dear bert i hear you have had a hard win ter as we have had soft one here in scotland it has been like fall all winter i am still instructing but will move again soon i expect your parcel arrived just as i was going on leave so i am eating the contents now that im back i went to yorkshire for leave and had a great time i know some of the farmers so i had a few real meals of eggs ham with plenty of butter whipped cream preserved fruit and cake i wont forget my leave for a while i went to a farm sale and saw the owner receive three times as much for the goods as he gave for them three years ago hor ses ordinary good farm horses sold for 750 and colts sold for 85 cows were 110 to 170 a walking plow ten years old brought 100 the farm three years ago sold for 6500 and now brought 15500 the farmer was a real business man and knew when to sell jerry paid our district a visit some time ago one can always tell the german planes by the sound tljp radio said they were junkers 88 and approximately 16 were shot down thanks again to all the folks who have helped the soldiers com fort fund as the boxes go a long way to breaking up camp monotony and get the taste of camp hash from our mohths best wishes alfred thomas hospital patients mrs maud jack was removed from her home to the brierbush hospital on tuesday mrs jack has been very ill for some time now miss annie silversides was another local pati ent taken to the hospital the past week her sister mrs levi hoover is also in the hospital so that the two sisters are now under one roof again agincourt and stouffville take prizes sixteen rinks competed in the mixed doubles tournament on the stouffville lawn bowling greens on thursday last week weather con ditions were ideal for a grand time the first prize went to an agincourt rink mr and mrs walton while mr and mis a thompson stouff ville won second prize mr and mrs burrows agincourt third george saunders and mrs fred crossen fourth thus the honors were equal ly divided between agincourt and stouffville january and february it was a mild winter here only snow on the ground about one day and now the country looks nice and the flowers and trees are all in full leaf again the war looks more encouraging and maybe it will soon be over thanks again alfred maske1 may 11 1943 stouffville comfort fund dear bert i guess you will think i have for gotten you for i it has been quite some time since i last wrote to thank you for the boxes you have been sending me they have been keeping us pretty busy this last month it has been cool over here with quite a lot of rain lately in fact its raining right now i see by the tribune that some of the boys have been giving up their jobs to work at pickering i also noticed that jimmie thomas was missing sure hope hes okay a prisoner anyway i think before long well all be into it over here but the sooner we are the sooner well be home cheerio harold lcwiv may 1 1943 dear bert reteived another parcel today sure glad to get it thanks to the comfort fund ive had the pleas ure of meeting louie morden and puffy davis and ollie larkin recently sorry to hear of the death of some of the home people thanks again for the smokes mike brown hello bert i just received another 300 smokes first since christmas guess my mall went astray we are having nice weather over here now i hope to go to ireland on my next leave id sure be glad to look anyone up for my friends in stouffville thanks again gordon lehman will subside dear comrades just a few lines to thank you for the smokes i got the other day i in due time they think i have lost some that yoh sent in january we lost a lot of mail in cards of acknowledgement were also received from fred madlll gor don draper price pugh r cooper o d nesbitt bob ahell leland fairies george williams g csmlth morley pugh george abell george stewart