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fbtitone leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridse twps vol54 no16 stouffville ont thursday aug 26th 1943 eight pages local man washes premiers linen mr david young wiio resides just north of town in whitchurch was appointed launderer to prime minis ter churchill and his staff who are holding forth at quebec mr young who retired from the laundry business in toronto to live on his farm here will see to it that the first citizen of the world goes out looking spick and span so far as his laundry is concerned the appointment of other than quebec laundry men was necessar since that city is completely under the french tongue so far as this work goes and so the honor fell to a man in stouffville district beet koot hard to beat we have had on display in the of fice window a beet with a root meas uring 25 inches long grown on the farm of mr wesley wideman mark- ham township how it was ever tak en from the ground without break ing the root off is a mystery since mr wideman said they did not know of the long root until after the beets were taken up since it would be hard to believe that a beet would grow so long it has been hanging in the vindow of this office for several days as seeing is believing they say the beet itself was smaller than a hens egg caught third owl hugh a boyd 6th concession markham farmer has caught a third owl in the trap set for them on a high post overlooking his chicken run the owls are of the great horn ed variety ferocious and cruel with their enemies mr boya lost many chickens before he discovered tiro cause last week he had the third big owl caged un after removing it from the trap and it will be killed and stuffed while in captivity mr boyd threw it in a sparrow and the owl gobbled it down feathers and all later he threw in a dead chicken found in the yard and this it con sumed in greedy manner not leav ing a feather cottage fire a mystery a frame cottage at musselmans lake immediately south of dr bar kers cottage caught fire and was burned to the ground about 10 oclock on tuesday night last week stouffville chemical wagon was call ed and stood by to protect surround ing buildings cause of the fire is a mystery since the cottage had not been occupied after 230 on the after noon of the fire it was occupied by toronto people with the artillery gunner john lageer of the canadian artilleiy i a son of mr and mrs c lageer church st stouffville john was form erly employed in the tinsmith- ing department of agnews hardware enlisting some six months ago he is stationed at shelborne ns his 81st pirthday veteran farmer all his long life in the bethesda and gormley district mr asa sider reached his slst birth day in very good health mr and mrs sider occupy part of the house with their daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs dent law main street opposite ben raxlins used imple ment yard gravel contract given the township of whitchurch will pay 110 per yard for gravel laid on their roads this fall according to the tender accepted at the regular august meeting of the council pre sided over by reeve george sleary mr leary said that the municipality will require about 4000 yards the successful tenderer is f roberts owner of the large cook pit on the sth concession gormley girl crossed from india aboard battleship before a thrilled congregation m heise hill brethren in christ church gormley last sunday evening miss anna steckley just returned from india told her people some of the incidents of her long treek home which took her across three contin ents sailing seven seas in order to avoid uboats miss steckley has been on the mission field in india for seven years and her furlough is long overdue she travelled from india to cali fornia on a u s captured italian luxury liner converted into a battle ship she told of the ships complete darkness not even a flash light could be used at night next sunday evening she will speak in the same church on her tragic experience of her exacuation from india i am so happy to be home again after seven years in india she told her 7syearold mother and a host of relatives who went to toronto to meet her my greatest regret was at having to leave my 50 orphan girls behind she had been in charge of an orphanage in north india near the himalaya mountains since my furlough was overdue it was deemed wiser for me to return to my homeland miss steckley said i left the girls in charge of an american missionary headed by bishop winger of the gormley brethren in christ church miss steckley was escorted by a score of relatives to the family homestead including mrs leah steckley the missionarys mother more than go brothers and sisters nephews and nieces sat down to a family banquet for a long time i have been look ing forward to seeing my daughter again mrs steckley said bethesda guxxer next blood clinic we are advised by dr innes mac- donald of markham that the next iblood clinic will be held on septem- ber 16th for which 160 are being called to give their blood both men and women women are advised to see their local physician before that date up to the present time there has been 213 blood doners at this mark- hamstouffville clinic who have given their donation the need is still urgent and new recruits are looked for if you have not donated offer your blood this time more light believes old age largely good luck congratulated by premier king on his 03rd birthday surrounded by his two brothers jacob ot peterborough and william of toronto 90 and so years respectively mr seneca baker on monday ce lebrated h i s 93rd birthday in very good heal th if he only had better eye sight he could be the happiest man alive as it is his dimm ed sight forces him to forego seneca raker reading a n id sp farmer to give up ix october mr herb mitchell will give up farming and hold a public auction sale of farm stock and implements on october 16th at his premises near musselmans lake mr mitchell has purchased a double house on fulton avenue toronto and will return to city life at one time he developed an out standing herd of ayrshires and find ing the 50 acre farm he purchased from the hutchinson estate not large enough he purchased the hoover farm of 50 acres which touch ed the east shores of musselmans lake the help problem forced him gunner glenn bolender has ar rived in england with a number of royal canadian artillery re inforcements according to word just received by his parertts mr and mrs eldon bolender bethesda glenn was educated at bethesda public school and stouffville high school and spent considerable time working among local farmers just prior to enlisting he had taken a posi tion with a toronto photograp hic concern four popular sisters four popular sisters from toronto misses ruth mary isabel and alice milne played their violins at the congregational church on sunday morning and in the baptist church in the evening they have played in the united church and are booked for a service at the mbc church here the girls belong to the peo ples church toronto and play only at churches thus dedicating their musical talent solely to the christian cause the talented young ladies were guests of mr hugh bannerman and his sister who as old friends in troduced them to stouffville tax collection good although ratepayers have until sept 1st to pay the first instalment of taxes 1000 more had been paid in on tuesday than at same time a year ago tax collector k r davis says two small farms sold south marvham fraser smith formerly of totten ham bought the former homestead r of john tapscott along with 10 acres out of the milk business and now he of land near aginconrt in scarboro is retiring from the farm entirely the 100 acre farm is offered for sale or 50 acres with buildings and modern dwelling can be had alone by getting in touch with the owner boulxg meet and tea for red cross on friday of this week the ladies lawn bowling club will hold a tournament and tea in the interests of the red cross christmas boxes for boys overseas all members of mens and ladies clubs and exmembers in vited bowling from 3 and supper at 5 also at 630 for business people and then bowling again at s oclock for all the red cross workers are that is a real hardship to one of j tea at wiiatever mr editor it is a wonder there has not been protest made before about the black out at the cnr station on sunday evenings at train time two weeks ago i received a call from a country friend asking me to contact a person who had just left their farm to taketthe train at stouff ville for toronto i went to the sta tion and believe me the crowd there waiting for the train was groping in the dark i didnt find the person until the train arrived why cannot the council cause the station platform to be lighted up say 15 minutes before the lime of the arrival of the train instead of the last minute surely the amount of business coming out of this section warrants a little accommodation in case of an accident through someone stumbling on the uneven platform and wavins cinders because of the failure to hue the lights on the cnr would be involved at once therefore if properly presented by your paper the local agent or the council immediate improvement in the righting ought to be noted in case of charge for this notice we will be glad to pass the hat next sunday evening everybody notice the lack of light a resident mr dave harris for years em ployed on the ratoliff farm nest of town is expected to arrive this week with his bride from northern ontario studious mind however mr baker is blessed with good enough sight to get around and occupy himself on the farm to some extent asked if he wanted to retract a statement he made on his 90th birth day denying that only good people are permitted to live so long mr baker laughed heartily andsaid certainly not i think it is largely good luck hour is convenient new chambers officially opened councillor r l stiver is a man who doesnt hold a grudge and that my grandfather bought the land is a fine characteristic especially if here 200 acres probably over 90 one is serving in a public capacity i1 itnujnj nirl tm- mtln twh years ago mr baker disclosed and i took it over 70 years ago from my father that was when i got mar ried mr baker explained this veteran man who can still speak with a clear mind was induced to reveal a few experiences of his municipal career what year were you warden of york county was a question he gave ready answer to that was in 1907 he said no i wasnt the first warden this markham twp councillor the outset was opposed to the pur- alsike seven bus to the acre not all grain yields are light this harvest according to yields obtained in the gormley section mostly in markham township where last week ralph perkins victoria square threshed 1100 bushels of early grain his alsike gave seven bushels to the acre of excellent sample that is the best yield i have threshed this season and of course it is good enough for the best years said it f baker thresher who vouched for the yield obtained on the perkins farm the sample of grain could not be better either said mrbaker who declared that he had threshed alsike at quite a few places this sea son and much of it was running foui bushels to the acre on the w boynton farm mrbakei threshed wheat that gave a yield o 3s bushels weighing 59 pounds to the bushel while on the stewart bros farm in the same neighborhood they obtained a yield of 40 bushels to the acre for mixed grain turning to winter barley mrbaker pointed to the yield obtained on the joe stephenson farm 3rd concession markham where 50 bushels to the acre was recorded all of which indi cates that while grain crops were generally light there are sections where good average yields have been obtained mr baker who threshes over a considerable area does not anticipate yields like the ones cited to be gen eral by any means as practically all the late sown grain is very light here and there where a farmer was able to get on the land at the usual time the crop came through good however the exceedingly wet spring made this impossible in most places local bride to reside in hanover on wednesday afternoon in the mennonite church stouffville pretty wedding was solemnized when dorothea viola youngest daughter of mr and mrs paul boadway be came the bride of harris clayton hallman of hanover rev h s hallman brother of the groom officiated and the wedding music was played by miss gladys stover the church was beautifully decor ated with gladiola and asters given in marriage by her father the bride took her place beneath an arch of evergreens in which hung a large wedding bell she wore a gown of white sheer with finger tip veil and carried a shower bouquet of pink roses the maid of honor mrs donald ratcliff sister of the bride wore a own with matching twp there is a modernized eight- room brick house and the original farm barn with stone basement this has been remodelled into a henhouse of several stories by the new owner a second sale last week was made in markham twp to e crisp who pink sheer purchased five acres on the don headdress both carried a nosegay mills rd near no 7 highway the- of mixed roses the little flower land will be operated as a- market girl miss carol ann duthie daugh- garden buildings on the property ter of fit lt and mrs- duthie of are a large frame dwelling and shed j toronto and cousin of the bride the james mcquay estate was wore a dress of turquoise green and vendor carried a nosegay of yellow f lowers i mr edgar hallman brother of the crashed the dance groom was the groomsman the ush- when the big bus between stouff- were harold boadway brother ville and ajax failed to get a passage of the bride and lloyd wideman through the main street of markham during the signing of the register last friday night where the right- theodore boadway brother of the ofway was fenced off for a street bride sang o perfect day dance the driver crashed the fence j the reception was held at the and plowed his way throngh without home of the brides parents after further interruption it seems that which the couple left on a short arrangements had been made to re- honeymoon the bride travelled in move any obstruction for the war a red and white flowered twopiece workers bus and when it was not suit with white accessories the carried out and the bus tarried at young couple will reside in hanover the fence some time it had no choice but to crash in order to get the work ers to their work on time mrs roy feasby who has been visiting relatives in uxbridge town ship for some time returned to her home in saskatchewan a few days oh accomplishment the premises are from taking on more and more the marks whitchurch we had several before of a business office rather than a chase of the present municipal build- gj is a siste of mrs rllssel ing at limonville which is now offi- dowswell cially opened and receiving those who wish to do business with the clerk or before the council r l stiver has done his part to make the place presentable and really the members are rather proud of the my time my election came quickly after a man named hartman was warden from this township speaking on looal events mrbaker said that baker hill once had a lib rary that was around 1s60 it was kept at the home of j brodie uncle of our jim brodie mrs brodie vn librarian and she had a lot of books on philosophy and culture which was too much for most of us mr baker said he recalled that uncle toms cabin was very popular a lot was written about that time a- galnst slave y and it no doubt had much to do in helping us to be oppos ed bitterly to that thing that was ocm to make such an upheaval in the usa mr baker said dm ing the day mr baker received a telegram from rt hon mackenzie king offering the premiers congratu lations at this auspicious time seneca baker and his two brothers whose total ages run over 260 years hoover estate talc today thnrs the last of a family of seven comfortable home from which it is being converted mr stiver showed his bigness when he laid the corner stone and later when he accepted appointment after appointment to superintend work of changing over the premises he was cooperative whereas too many who cannot get their way on a public issue turn sour and stay that way last friday evening markham council held the midmonth session in the new chambers the weed seed dept of the government offer ed to demonstrate the spraying of weeds in markham if council wished to have them the offer was prompt ly accepted a date will be arranged and councillors will be on hand to see how the thing is done along the roadside a grant of 25 was made to the markham blood doners clinic reeve chas hooper is one of the doners and praised the undertaking as a fine contribution to the war effort leaving town mr and mrs anthony dixon have i secured one of the new houses at ajax and are about to move to their new premises they are offering their house and large garden in the east end for immediate sale fought ix sully signalman t allan paterson of markham is in sicily according to word received by his family he has two brothers on active service pte gilbert paterson rcocand gunner earl pater son rca a third brother flight sergt alfred paterson was killed on active service with the rcaf ration book no3 now being issued this is the weekend in which you must attend to your ration books if you wish to get them attended to in stouffville the hours are from 10 a m to 9 pm thursday friday sat- uiday in the surrounding country side there will be no open evenings and the hours and open dates are varied you can find the nearest ration place to you by reference to the adv on page six which is cor rect except as for the open hours in stouffville work of issuing ration book no3 is done by voluntary help people on holidays are reminded that they can get their books anywhere provided of course they have their old ones with them anyone may go to whatever sta tion they wish to have their books renewed as for instance 1000 books were issued to farmers in stouffville last time it doesnt matter where you get your books if you supply the proper information m home from avest coast mrs hugh herbison formerly agnes klinck obrien ave accom panied by her aunt mrs b j reilly of winnipeg arrived in town on wednesday of last week mrs herbl- sons trip by boat and train from her floating home at minstrel island b c to stouffville occupied four days and nights her many friends in and about town are pleased to find agnes in the best of health and radiating satisfaction with her three years of varied and interesting ex periences with life among the in habitants of our pacific coast ministers wife dead at whitevale funeral services for mrs c red- dick wife of rev c reddick dd of whitevale was held on saturday with rev d davis of stouffville officiating interment was at nap- anee with rev s a kemp of have- lock officiating mrs reddick was born at greenbank the former theresa young an accomplished pianist she held the degree of at cm she was an active member of the womens association and wms surviving are her husband three sons horace howard and bruce two daughters marjorie and helen and a sister and a brother on the staff of stouffville high school for several years rtfssell barker who is leaving here to join the staff at brampton in sep tember is shown above as i catfet intrucor taking the summer course at niagara complete in miction in all branches of mili tary training is given cadet instructors at this annual niagara camp mr barker and a m casselman of dannsville are enjoying the work and will go back to their respective schools to imparl the knowledge they have gained outstanding corn fields not general the corn crop is generally short through the immediate locality but this does not mean that there are no some record stands over the district out at gormley corn meas uring eight and a half feet high was to be seen on august 15th on the farm of c h doner he has ten acies of it and one could not wish to see a finer field to the south of stouffville in the cedar grove district gordon dlmma has nine acres of corn standing as high as ten feet in places in sharp contrast to the fields mentioned are many others with below normal growth births clark mr and mrs fred clark of uxbridge rr 2 are happy to announce the birth of a baby girl on wednesday august 18 1943 a little slater for lorne and alvin stover t the pratford general hospital on tuesday august 3rd 1943 to mr and mrs archie stover nee blanche hoover of mhverlon a daughter barbara edith