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afcnmitt leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol54 xo19 stouffville ont thursday sept 16th 1943 eight pages school graduates reach alltime high ninetyfive per cent of the stu- dents tiying upper school in stouff- ville high school last term were suc cessful this is the holiest record in the history of the school since upper school work has been taught heie and is a compliment to both the students and the staff of the number who graduated one has enlisted in his majestys forces five will attend normal school two expect to enter university and two the nursing profession while one student is attending a business col lege eight of the students served a total of ove 115 weeks in farm ser vice during the past summer and due to the delay in getting in this part of the report the results have been held up to the present time which is much later than other years the upper school results announc ed by principal murphy are florence brownsberger ec ii ei ii hist 21 geom ii trig ii phys ill chem c fr au i fr c ii helen campbell ec ii el i hist ill geom ii tiigc phys ill chem c fr a i fr c ii dean fockler ec ill el ill hist iii geom i trig i alg i phys i chem i fr a ii fr c iii nellie gostick ec c hist ill geom ii phys c chem c marion hunt ec ii el i hist i geom c trig c phys ill chem ii fr a c frc c kenneth klinch ec c el ii hist iii geom c phys ii chem ii fr a c frc c jean miller ec ii el i hist ii geom ill trig i phys c chem c fra i frc ii arnold schell ec c el c hist ii geom c trig ill phys ill chem hi fra it frc c wilbur smalley hist c geom ill trig ii ptiys c fra ill fr c in noreen steckley el c hist c geom c trig ill phys c norma stover el c murray wilson ex c el ii hist ii geom ii trig c phys c chem c fra c trc c c denotes pass standing class honors ii 2nd class 1 first class honors ill 3rd denotes inspects unit before departure teddy the son of sergt charles cartwright who is in england was only three when he was first put on the strength of the unit by colonel cf abbott officer commanding his fust rank was sergeant because he took his soldiering serious and was on hand for parade every day he was promoted it was a sad day for teddy when orders came through for his unit to proceed overseas but he swallowed that lump in his throat and made a final inspection of the unit be fore its departure both of teddys grandfathers joe mcdonnell of cobourg out and thomas cartwright of bowmanville out served in the last war attending convention mrs robt ratcliff mrs geopeck mrs d woodburn mrs harry bril- linger and mrs a v nolan are in toronto for the annual convention of the oes this week still trophy competition here sept 22nd air cadets resume their training this friday night gasoline now supplied for llojs join- ins local unit from a distance move to establish flight in mnrkhnin stouffvilles air cadet squadron no 94 will resume operations this friday evening the boys are asked to assemble at the high school all former cadets and any new boys wishing to join the unit arrange ments have been made whereby gaso line coupons will be supplied for those boys who must come from a distance or from other schools such as claremont and markbam uxbridge and whitchurch areas enrolment forms may he obtained fiom the act ing adjutant jas porter at the bank of commerce the stouffville squadron has been unfortunate in losing several fine officers during the summer but re placements are being made as rapidly as possible adjutant reg button and equipment officer gordon bailey have both found it necessary to re sign also flight commander irussel barker the replacements for these offices are e t u james porter a g thompson stouffville and allan prouse claremont last friday evening commanding officer m e watts acting adjutant jas porter and chas h nolan sectreas for the local committee waited on markham village high school board in conjunction with squadron leader currie rcaf no 1 training command toronto to ascertain if it would he possible to have a flight organized at imark- ham which could work in coopera tion with the stouffville unit now that the gasoline problem has been solved it was thought that instruc tors could quite easily be interchang ed between the two towns while stouffvilles equipment would he quite adequate for both group those present at the meeting viewed the suggestion quke favorably and fome action is expected immediately the older hoys of 4h and 5th forms return to their classes sept 20th this appears to be a much more active organization than anything weve heard of yet stated drbrown principal earl thorns stated that he expected in the neighborhood of seventy boys would be available in the school this term markham high school has had a unit of army cadets in the past but the work has been inactive now for over a year ix sicily ken may popular young bank tel ler here a few years ago is now in sicily going there with a medical unit attached to the first division according to word just received by this paper ken arrived in england just a short time ago with several other local boys fred marsnails rink topped the field in the mixed doubles bowling tournament here on tuesday night earl beare claremont took second ed goodman oshawa third and a h williams stouffville fourth on wednesday sept 22nd the club will hold the annual mens trebles matches for the elmer still trophy the silverware is held at present by dr e s wheeler of the balmy beach club toronto big local cabbage tonnage goes to dehydration plant harry ratcliffs big truck has been hauling cabbage from the fields of stoufiville to the big dehydration plant at belleville carrying over ten tons to a load the local contribu tion was commenced on sunday night after eight men had gone into the field to do the cutting and bagging the product must be delivered on schedule to the plant and thus the sunday work the truck returned during the early morning hours and was away again with a second load thus it went until the local output was delivered this process of dehydration will take the water from the cabbage and reduce a large head to the size of a wallnut or less they can be pre served in this state indefinitely and are shipped this way overseas when the water is applied to the dehy drated article it will resume its ori ginal form the flavor is retained so that when it is served you would not know that the vegetable had been processed the saving of space on vessels plying the high seas is tremendous since dehydration has come to be an actual working fact then there is the added advantage in the case of cabbage of avoiding spoilage in shipj nient when dehydrated the vege tables aie like pellets and can be easily packed and protected 1500 extra gallons of water per hour made available by addition to water system an effort was made to have a dehyr diation plant installed in stouffville at the gold fish plant but the scheme fell through the machin ery is very expensive and this addejl to the uncertainty of demand after the war for vegetables in this form made it advisable not to undertake the establishment of a plant in this district although it is the logical location since we supply so many of the vegetbles demanded by the trade hkifeh calf weighed on1a 30 pounds woik completed on kcscrvoir project expected to proudej ample water xliioiifth summer mouths death takes mother working in kitchen when the summer demand tor ex- tia water convjs again stouffville domestic users can count on an addi tional 1500 gallons per hour for the scheme of tapping the spring brook on the water works property and de livering it into the reservoirs is now an actual fact work has been going on intermit- tedly all summer to install a dam electric pump and other equipment to make this thing an accomplished fact and last week the work having been completed the pump was put into opeiation and proved that it could throw a supply of water from the spring creek running to waste back into the reservoirs any time it is required at the rate of 1500 gal lons per hour it was a thrilling moment when the electric was applied and the motor started to turn over putting into operation the water pump that takes the supply from a miniature reservoir and forces it nearly 300 feet back to the main reservoirs the machinery worked in charming man ner and did all that was desired of it this added supply should remove any danger of water shortage and householders shouldbe able to have i t hours per i tractin busily engaged in her household duties on monday morning of this week at their farm home concession 9 east markham mrs alex tor- lance collapsed in the kitchen and died immediately her son and hus band were piesent but the end came so suddenly that nothing could be done mrs torrance was in her gsth year mrs torrance whose maiden name was elizabeth susannah hoover f5d the poultry that morning as usual and carried on her normal duties un til midmorning when she was still engaged in the kitchen when the end came a woman highly prized in the dis trict and beloved by all she will be greatly missed surviving are hus band and son john at home and one married daughter rev d macgregor conducted the service on wednesday afternoon in terment was at pine hill cemetery retired builder was born at ballantrae eng ed in the building and con- their hose running the two hours per j trading business in the east end of day throughout the summer instead i toronto for some years frank gray albert boake has a heifer calf or the place that probably holds the ref cords for miniature since it weighed rheeouncil and reeve are deserv- l burrows wins hoed crop prize lloyd burrows 10th concession of markham was the winner of the markham agricultural society prize in the hoed crop competition of which george irush of the ontario department of agriculture was the judge mr burrows obtained 9g points out of a possible 100 other winners were r p armstrong locust hill 94 points george b padget rr 2 gormley 9i points lyman a kennedy agincourt 90 points w l clark rr 2 gorm ley s9 points d miles milliken ss points alex davidson agincourt st points capt h woriing captured in malaya first direct contact is reported from india by sirs woriing the comi gen below is the list of 24 young hope fuls who are budding out in life by commencing their school careers un der miss margaret forsyth primary teacher at the local academy george barkey patricia boake doberta bone tommy buckley carole cadieux roberta fry ronald golden jackie graham keith griinths marilyn hood frank hollingsworth jackie lewis anne llntner billie mcmullen joy oneil faye page jinimie rennic victor salmon marie shell allen stouffer catherine stover lavina vallcau ronald wilson gcorso white belief that harry woriing former pastor of stouffville and church hill christian churches is safe in india aie now definitely confirmed by mrs woriing who sent word last week from kotagiri india to her parents in toionto indicating that she had in turn received a personal message from her husband in another part of that great country intimating that he is safe and well although it is persumed that he had lost his right arm while with the troops in india early in the war mrs woriing translates her hus bands message to herself and their little daughter as follows i am safe and very well no need to worry conditions are good hope you received my letter from the hos pital my arm rather what remains has now healed completely pray you are well mrs woriing never received the letter referred to capt harry woriing was commis sioned early at the outbreak of war since he was then in india with his wife on missionary work his com mand of the language would be in- i valuable at that time with the na- live troops moving away with the army he was lost sight of for a long time and the worst was feared but indirect word came finally stating that he was in hospital this news was carried by an officer who had seen harry but there was no means of mail communication capt woriing was with the brit- ihh indian army and was captured only 30 pounds when born and still alive and active it is of the gurnsey breed and they usually run around 60 pounds at birth but the wee miss was aole to wobble about the first day or two and can now make as good a runt at a pail of milk as any other calf that had a bigger start momot sale runs 3700 the public auction sale of frank momot in the heart of uxbridge town ship on tuesday afternoon mounted to the sum of 3700 the massey tractor on rubber sold to joe watson of uxbridge for 9g0 while the ham mermill chopper realized 140 going to a buyer from victoria square the potato digger sold for 52 and the binder for 121 the high cow of the sale brought 120 while the herd averaged 100 a sow and eight pigs went for 55 and calves 0 to s weeks old 40 mixed grain was in demand at 125 cwt and buskwheat co bus mr momot is giving up farming of being cut off to conserve water just when they require it most final costs are not available but it is expected that the new insalla- tion will run between 1500 and 2000 this expense has been met from current cash and the sale of a 1000 bond from the reserve account of the water system the water rates in stouffville are the lowest in on tario and the new addition will not call for any change in the present low ratesy ing of credit for their determination to get this job done despite the labor and material shortage native of ballantrae died at his home 151 silverbirch avenue he had been retired for several years mr gray went to the city about 30 years ago from his native district he was a son of the late robert gray who farmed a half mile north of ballantrae corners the deceased was an uncle of our david gray on the 10th of whitchurch frank who just died was a member of the iof and surviving him are his wife sadie coulter gray three- daughters mrs w a nash and miss elva gray tor onto airs w e afflick st cathar ines and a sister miss ada gray also one brother edgar gray in toronto record enrolment ont bible school heavy explosion wrecks front of church st home plumber has narrow escape drcncli in wall opened to street mrs smith her mother was un- window hurled twenty feet harmed as were the children a writing desk was upturned and sev- fiiriiitnrc heaved avrccked and floors mrs arthur hoover and daughter jean and miss stella ross of oshawa were recent visitors at the mertens homo wfst of town 1iiktiis housser at the bricibush hos pital stouffville on friday sept 10th 19 is o mr and mrs joe honsser 10th con a daughter fstiilborn a number of friends from victoria square gormley altona and mark ham districts attended the opening exercises at the ontario bible school fort erie north on monday evening this week when mr edward gilmore delivered the address of the evening he comes from lowbanks ontario and is a forceful speaker there was a chorus of 40 voices from vineland to render specialsing- ing of gospel selections the school this term will have a record enrolment of about 100 stu dents which will tax the capacity of the big building in order to accom modate the extra pupils the fourth floor will be converted into rooms and while this work is being hasten ed the hoys will occupy cabins out side the building for a few weeks messrs sam fret and o l heise each took a car load of friends from this district to the opening affair by tho japanese the day he landed in malaya on jan 21 1942 mrs woriing of course was then in south ern india where siie still remains at tached o the ceylon and india mis sion she has passage booked for canada stofvie friends of the family will he very pleaded to sc this hit information and hope that the fam ily miy soon be united again stouffville had its second shock this summer from gasoline explosion when a blow torch being used by a plumber working in the basement of the fraser smith house on north church street saturday exploded and blew the front wall of the main sitting room open to the street a large hall window was hurled against neighboring brick house by the force while heavy floor registers lifted from their places and heaved out onto the floor an electric floor lamps in one bedroom was thrown over and smashed the tenant fraser smith with the rcaf is now in western canada but mrs smith occupies the home with her two children and at the time of the explosion her mother was also there dawson davis was in- tendingto use the torch making some repairs to the furnace it was burn ing beside him in the basement when the thing suddenly exploded and fair ly rocked the heavy house the dou blethick floor above his head finish ed with oak was heaved and twisted and rafters splintered and a piece ot f looting in the main hall was twisted like match wood miraculously davis standing beside the toich was not even knocked over but he was visi bly stunned his eye hrows were singed and there was a burn on his hand he was able to walk from the premises but later was assisted to a doctor suffering from shock tho large house was known as the late john button residence and was remodelled few years ago it is owned by delbert holden it was in excellent condition with lovely floors which are partly rulnsd in the main room and hall the wall in the fiont room toward the street was pushed right out so that at the one corner there is an opening of ten inches sheer force pried it from the foundation and strangely it did not sniah a window in the large bay which is twisted out of place i was in next door and when i heard the explosion i knew rlcat away it was the blow torck said eral antique pieces standing in the hall window one a hundred years old were smashed to pieces they were hurled onto the lawn as the large window itself crashed against a neighboring brick wall the floor registers heaved from their positions would be quite a weight for a man to lift up being more than average size they were fitted tightly to the floor and could not have been pri out without a bar big spikes are showing where they were pulled from the joist at thesouthfront corner which left the opening from the southside into the room widest one can scarcely ima gine that a pint or less of gasoline could cause such havoc the accident follows closely the explosion at silverthorns garage such a short time ago and which cost the proprietor his life- commander connolly the ncvly appointed commander of hmcs york toronto ont is j j connolly above from charlot- tctown pfi