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totumli nbnm leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 54 no 10 stouffville oxt thursday july s 1943 eight pages new town tax rate down one mill will build more sidewalks if labour is available 1000 vebcntuie i1 off school account for drop in tax kate the tax rate for the village of stouffville was struck last week for the year 1943 at one mill less than that which prevailed last year the 1943 rate is 35 mills- of which the ontario government rebates one mill leaving a net rate of 34 mills the drop of- one mill is chiefly accounted for by the fact that a de benture on the school of 1000 per annum was paid off a year ago while the county late is also down 400 against this the local or gen eral rate is up slightly the lower rate will piovide ample funds for building a substantial amount of new sidewalk again this year if a contractor can be engaged to do the work while load improve- j ment has not been cui tailed in anyj way in fact it is felt that a better job was done this year than for some time in the matter of giavelling and of laying calcium for dust layer in- stead of oil 15 bl do about fifteen blood ddnors from stouffville submitted themselves at the clinic in markham on tuesday afternoon the local baker says there is nothing in the report that a darning needle was used on him to pierce the outer defences of fat which is just a story of the prank sters who said that charlie dadson called for his mamma- when he be came dizzy after the blood donation a westender likewise was supposed to have said wheies that whiskey you piomised aside from a bit of fun the stouffville district has done a fine thing in the number of citizens offering blood the next clinic we understand will be for women and girls poor mail service for ballantrae probably the poorest mail service in york county services that section of whitchurch between cedar valley and ballantrae around lake mussel- man part of it at least lies right in one of the busiest parts of the country and while the service has long been complained about it is to ibe still further reduced so that what is supposed to now be a daily service will be cut to three days a week the mall will now come in to bal lantrae on tuesday thuisday and saturday and the outgoing mails will be taken on wednesday friday and saturday this is not good enough for a place that regards itself as the huih of the township residents at ballantrae are asking why they cannot obtain a daily ser vice from stouffville since a rural route from stouffville is now serv- vicing within a mile and a quarter of ballantrae proper representation made to the member of the riding who happens to be the postmaster general as well will no doubt biing about an ad justment of the trouble at ballan- trae east york liberals strong for mcconnell h j mcconnell was chosen as liberal piovincial candidate for east york at a convention last week which riding includes stouffville and jiarkham township harry johnson general secretary of the ontario liberal association saw the conventions choice as a good omen in choosing the 1937 candidate to represent you again in dicates you were satisfied with the fight he put up mr johnson re marked mr mcconnell was de feated by george s henry in 1937 but pulled the conservative ma- joiity down to lessthan 300 votes mr mcconnell pledged his sup- poit of mr nixon he also told of his record as a member of the fly ing corps in the great war i know a lot about the soldier question he said there are a lot of thinge we can do before our men and women come back from the war such as legislation for hospitaliza tion and health insurance this time we will not allow them to be exploited by people with no real interest in them mr mc connell added schools will offer the returned men training in a trade for which they are best suited t hariy sandeis of scarboio township council and archie f blake a member of east york coun cil for the past three years were also nominees but withdrew to make the choice of mr mcconnell unani mous torpedo tunnel the torpedo hole in the bow of this united nations freighter makes a novel short cut for water taxis- shuttling acioss an east coast canadian harbor the ship started to sink after the submar ine scored then righted itself and was saved by the ciew atha farmer wins 100 victory bond on holiday wee miss of two pounds born here probably the tiniest baby ever born in stouffville arrived at the brier- bush hospital here on june 29th a daughter for mr and mrs under wood of giving edward avenue tor onto the little miss weighed just two pounds two ounces quite strong enough to coo and possessed perfect ly good lungs a specially constructed incubator was rushed from the sick childrens in toronto and the wee cherub placed theiein and taken to the city for special care and attention per fectly normal and altogether a lovely child declared the attending doctor who couldnt account for the almost unprecedented smallness of the babe the doctor indicated that the child would probably do very well and would giow to a healthy youngster two pounds two ounces shatters the various record for small babies born in the local institution made five years ago when a mother gave 1200 people jam arena dominion day show for goodwood home of railway family dept of health approves new water installation the county of york has formally notified the village council that the bylaw creating a high school area for stouffville has been duly passed and will come into effect on january first it was learned at the regular meeting of council held last week and presided over by reeve weldon it was also learned that a new map of the town had been completed by the hepc which was ordered by the council some time ago margison babcock engineers reported that they had received the approval of the department of health at queens park for the new- water works installation the re signation of john quibell as sanitary and weed inspector was received and accepted he will he replaced by l lownsborough who is now the job reeve weldon presented his warr ant calling for an election to be held to fill the vacancy due to the death of j h sllverthorn the election bylaw was passed setting friday july 23 as nomination date from 730 to s30 pm in the municipal hall and if more candidates than one qualify for the position then the election will be held one week later it was decided to build more side walks thte summer if a contractor can be secured to do the work a number of small accounts were ordered paid on motion of councillors ratcllff and boyd while aged clarem0nt native buried today one of claremonts eldest citizens mrs john ayres died at her home there on tuesday in her s3rd year the funeral will be held this thurs day afternoon to claremont united church at 230 oclock and buriel will be made in the cemetery there mrs ayres had been in declining health for some time but had re cently been able to leave the hospit al in stouffville to live in her home ngaln widow for some years her maiden name was annie m neal one of five brothers to follow their father the late james davey of good wood in the railway business peter h davey toronto night car super visor for the ttc gave up his post last week mr davey now 70 had been with the street railway for 46 years and 10 months rising steadily until he reached his present boss position which he so faithfully filled for some years he was presented with a silver badge which carries lifetime free tiansportation on the ttc cars also an address and a lovely dressing gown it is interesting to note that five of the sons of the veteran railway man at goodwood followed in the fathers footsteps and that one of them is our own e j davey stouff ville who is a railway pensioner another brother in palmerston ser ved 49 years on the railway the father it is recalled helped to build the last 25 miles of the old nipissing railway back in about 1s72 few families can show a finer record of service throughout canada than the davey family have contributed to the railway institution of this country whitchurch farm sold to newmarket resident j harold johnson farmer on the sth concession of pickering was the lucky winner of the 100 victory bond given away at the big lions club concert in stouffville on july 1 id forgotten all about the ticket until neighbors phoned up that night and told me id won it mr john son told the tribune this is the thiid such draw that mr johnson has won while his brother has been equally as lucky having won a car at xew market about ten years ago the lucky number was 45 being one of the p st tickets sold mr roy smith bethesda mer chant wen the second draw a wind- bieaker donated by the jack fraser stores of toionto sum- 1200 people jammea into the aicna for the concert heijlined by lee and sandra star danci team from toronto and were fully enter tained for two hours andsupplied with refreshments at a booth set up tor the purpose domiiron day passed quietly n stouffville the farming community making full use of the fine weather to make hay the war has prac tically made any form of afternoon birth to a babe weighing three pounds that child is now a healthy j sports piohibitive while the obtaln- thiiving youngster looking forward jng of talent for the evening show to school days the underwoods lake musselman are camping at birth knox at the brierbush hospital stouffville on sunday july 4th 1943 to mr and mrs john knox claremont a daughter minnie pati icia lewis at altona on monday july 5th 1943 to mr and mrs fred lewis a son thutysix yeais on the farm north of musselmans lake mr and mrs arthur vaughan have sold their 50 acre place to mr ken lunny of newmarket who takes possession this fall mr lunny bought the pro perty buildings and crop as of octo- her 1st and the sale price overall is reported to he 4000 the property known as the bad- gero place has been steadily improv ed by mr vaughan and makes a highly attractive home mr and mrs vaughan may move to stouffville but it all depends on whether they can buy a place that suits and obtain possession lake residents want dust layer this paper is in receipt of several protests from campers at lake mus selman because dust layer or oil is not put on the loadway at mussel mans they contend that as camp ers and lesidents only a couple of months winter snow shovelling and schools aie of no immediate value to them yet they pay their portion in taxation and should be given dust layer to make it more liveable around the summei resort the council of whitchurch adopt ed the plan this year of not putting dust layer on the roads at all but will supply it to ratepayers at 100 per bag if they care to buy it and place it on the public roadway the offer stands for campers and farmers y miss janet and donald hope of milliken visited over the holiday with their aunt mrs fred johnson mill street was too a most difficult task the receipts totalled appro ximately f 150 which after expenses are paid v i leave a tily sum for the lloris hid welfare work mr a mcdowell ridley found this years piojrim the biggest task yet ince all sicb entertainers are en gaged in military camps distinguished guest speaks to junior farmer gathering guest of unionville junior fanners club on monday evening at the markham township hall john biacken leader of the progressive conservative party was greeted by a packed house it was generally regretted that the club had not se cured the crosby rink since hun dreds of people did not even try to gain admission knowing howlimited the space would ibe until canada plans an economy to maintain a peaceful prosperity com parable to that of wartime such un dertaking as the social security scheme will be impossible john bracken progiessive conservative leader declared at unionville on monday night do you think you would bo able to pay 2000 million dollars for so cial security when you couldnt af ford onefiftieth of that amount for relief purposes during the prewar asked mr bracken i sug- alike gestyou will never be able to do it if youre as hard up after the war arrested by rcmp mrs j a johnston and baby dau- a you were before it ghter of hamilton are holidaying at taxes wa heavy enough without the johnston and foote homes here a load as that and has onl been with the warcreated prosper r a irwin divisional registrar r a garbage collection contract given sam fockler was awarded the con tract for collecting garbage at mus selmans lake this season at a spe cial meeting of the whhctiurch coun cil there were two tenders filed and mr focklers was lowest at 22500 for wilcox lake percy ash filed the only tender and was awarded the job at 300 while calling for tenders is the only proper system it brings out town council riled over possible community pests some strang situations there are the account of is4392 for current more cottages to collect garbage at a municipal council meeting this month the advisability of pass ing a strong resolution of protest to ibe sent to the local members of parl iament the unemployment com mission and other bodies against the spectacle that has prevailed in this town for about three weeks of young men sent out by the unem ployment commission who are charged with harassing small busln ess places and prodding around to ascertain if some occasional work man has escaped obtaining an un employment book the council was told that these menhad actually threatened some business firms by indicating that the present period of ranging about town was only one of instruction and that they would return later in a more sterner manner indicating ine atmuui t- v w- v a a more sterner manner indicating supplied the town for the month of from sft musselmans than at wilcox that the axe would fall on the heads may was also passed yet there is always someone to ten- 1 0 possible offenders the bylaw striking the tax rateder at musselmans telow the price said reeve weldon i think it was left over for a apeclal meeting obtained at wucox is a shame that in this time of man- on friday night and reported else- garbage 4s collected during july power shortage when at least one where in this issue and august at both lakeside areas ity that you have been able to pay the increased taxes of the present time the moral being taught at the pre sent time apart from the war and plans for permanent peace was that prosperity and security could be created mr bracken declared and the common people were realizing that the economic system was able his place to aid in some more direct to function to provide them with branch of the war effort this com- j work even though it was for destruc- mission should engage men to chase tive purposes it was necessary he around after trifling matters like declared to recognize these facts this the reeve said he favoured and display the courage and will- making a protest power to make the same economics councillor nolan told the council provide the same prosperities during that overaged men who had come peacetime back to work to help out in the after the war he said there will labor emergency were being- forced be a world of potential plenty with to contribute to the coffers although science and mechanization two ser- they are retired and of independent vants which have been prostituted means the canvassers or checkers during war ready to serve irwin the burden east york was arrested tuesday by the mounties with robert alleni former member of the ontario leg islature n stephen who is seeking a liberal nomination in toronto st patricks riding all charged with conspiracy connected with national selective service stephens brother was also arrested on the same charge crosier families 4 gather at altona as he called them sought to put their drag net on little boys of school age who happen to get a bit of employment during- vacation time by forcglng their employers to pay a pittance tax on them he said that if these men carry out their thrdat they will become community pests councillor boyd said it would be a good thing to ask other councils to pretest against these men who were not doing much work being engaged on this mission and coun- of our businessmen has had to ctosecillor rat cliff assented mr bracken urged the young far mers to recognize the value of organ ization he told them that farmers throughout canada were at last getting together because they re cognized that the value of one unit ed voice far outweighed that of a thousand disunited voices after he had accepted the leader ship of the progressive conservative party he said he had felt it necess ary to learn something of canadas problems as hitherto he had devot ed most of bis time and considera tion to those of manitoba the 12th annual reunion of the crosier family was held on satur day july 3rd 1943 at the home of david crosier ponveu altona those in attendance numbered 67 representing crosier famtlies from stratford stayner toronto sea- grave uxbridge port perry and stouffville the afternoon program of sports was much enjoyed a picnic supper was served by the refreshment com mittee mr and mrs george pren tice of port perry wore the oldest couple in attendance and murray prentice son of mr and mrs gor don prentice of uxbridge rr the youngest present mr david crosier was elected the president for another year and miss sybil wilson trenton sectreas it was- decided to hold the 1944 reunion at the same plafe