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uniimtt tibuw leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol54 no33 stouffville out thursday dec 23rd 1943 2025 copies eight pages money taken from slot machines being held by constable robt windsor i provides new sensation in the in vestigation conducted by attor ney generals department at newmarket permitting an associate to pry open the locks of three confiscated 6lot machines which he had seized at musselmans lake and removing therefrom 50 in nickels was the sensational admission made by robt windsor whitchurch police officer whose conduct of policing the town ship was under examination in police court at newmarket over the past week hy the attorney generals department the case is now ad journed until dec so it is considered that the case was largely brought about by windsors refusal to hand over the seized mach ines on the ground that there is a police racket with these slot mach ines in which the cash in them does not always reach the proper author ity testimony of the constable on the second day of the probe cast a diffeient light on the affair when the constable admitted that the machines in his custody had themselves been tampered with whfle the machines were in your possession did you or anyone else tamper with them asked crown attorney l r mctavish constable windsor said that every thing he had done had been in ordei to bring on an investigation to clear up the mess and expose the gang who had been bribing the police constable windsor replied that he himself hadnt but on two different occasions he had permitted a friend named sam mintz to break into the machines and remove the coin box es from the three machines we took out over 53 in nickels which amount we shared declared wind sor you must have known that the machines were the property of the crown declared commissioner stringer then why did you permit mintz almost a complete stranger to you to open them up mintz intimated to me that i was being framed by a slotmachine gang including several police officers said windsor and when he suggest ed breaking the locks and taking the money i agreed thinking that the authorities would become suspic ious and start an investigation i felt an inquiry would get to the root of the payoff police racket he said windsor said that over 40 was taken from the first two machines and he admitted giving mintz 5 of that amount and pocketing the rest on the second occasion f is had been removed from the other machine this amount being divided evenly i cant see how delving into the money tioxes of the slot machines would help you to achieve your ob ject declaied the commissioner i am inclined to believe that the reason you failed to turn over the seized machines to the court author ities foi destruction was that you were afraid that it may have been discovered the device would have contained no money i had no intention of keeping the money said windsor and i in tend to pay it back albert siegel phonograph and novelty machine operator who at the opening day of the inquiry was named by constable windsor as one of the men who attempted to apply methods of bribery in an effort to re possess his slot machines in the raid at musselmans lake told the in quiry board that windsor had pre- ferred charges against george dav ies operator of the dance hall out of sheer spite siegel testified that several days after the trial windsor had asked him to come to his home and break into the machines when i refused he invited me in for a couple of drinks declared the witness in conversation with windsor he intimated to me that he finally got even with davles and that he was not actually opposed to permitting the operation of the slot machines in davles pavilion witness said siegel said that he then prevailed upon davies for permission to re place the seized machines with others in his dance hall but davies wished no part of it when davles declined the pro posal i asked him what was up and he told me that windsor had been trying to get even with him for several years davles told me that windsor had once charged him with a traffic vio lation and when the ase came up in court it was thrown out due to lack of evidence after the trial windsor who brooded over losing continued on back page wounded ix italy word was received in town a few days ago that sergt arnold hodg- kins was wounded in italy the ad vice came to his wife who is living with mr and mrs chas ward obrien avenue mrs hodgkins is a cousin of mrs harry klinck and has not lived in stouffville very long everybody extend sympathy to her during this anxious period made splendid recovery the many friends of mrs jame mowat are congratulating her on a wonderful recovery from a recent severe illness mrs mowat will reach her diamond wedding day on christ mas day hence the holiday will have special significance for this active resident of our town who will be s2 years of age in march next hurt by street oar died in hospital mrs sarah stratton 7s years age former resident of gormley district died in st michaels hospital tor onto on saturday night of injuries received in a street car accident ten days ago crossing carlton street at homewood police reported mis stratton was in collision with a street car until about a year ago mrs strat ton lived just north of gormley on the hiltz place and while there her husband took ill and after his death the widow located in the city buried from home she entered as a bride 60yrs ago a link was broken in the chain of the ever lessening roll of early pion eer families in this part of york county when ideath claimed mrs william j mitchell at the old home in itlingwood where she settled as a bude more than 60 years ago mrs mitchell was in her 86th year and passed away on dec 15th she was quite active almost to within a few days before her demise the funer al on saturday afternoon proceeded to dickson hill church and cemetery for service and interment dev d davis assisted by dr thos mitchell brothei inlaw conducted the service mrs chas nolan played the funeral music and the following acted as pall bearers e a button frank rae s w hastings wm connor delos graham harvey moyer born at roches point lake sim- coe mrs mitchells maiden name was susan belle woods she became a school teacher and was thus engag ed when she was married to the young farmer from ringwood who bore a family name widely known throughout this ruial locality mr mitchell died nearly 20 years ago and there survives the union one daughter llla mrs kenneth camp bell and one son stanley mitchell another daughter gertrude piede- ceased the mother two grandchild ren and two great grandchildren also survive n for many years mrs mitchell ac tively supported the work in st james presbyterian church and later became a member of the united church at time of union her kind ly manner and sympathetic feeling for others will never be forgotten by those who knew this beloved mother a chance to cut wood on wednesday of next week dec 29 there will be a splendid oppor tunity to purchase a good wood lot over in uxbridge township north of claremont where the former mac forsyth bush is being carved up for this purpose refer to the display adv in this issue or look up an auc tion sale bill upon a star under the bright italian sky three of our soldiers spoke tonight of the gifts that they would choose this sombre christmas day a lean wheathaired prairie boy spoke of tilings remembered let me feel the lithe whip of that light steel casting rod and the battered old hat with bright flies in the band mail me some of the ham v egg mother cooked on sunday morning and the yellow sweatshirt iwore the model t with my name on the door and a piece of the back yard with picket fence and raspberry canes and a setter who answers ip bess ill take the case full of b and those old slippers i wore and my tool set if you please with some shavings of pine and oh yes the ice skates behind the garage door a husky lad from a western town spoke of sight and sound send me the train whistles cry across the sleeping town and the pull of the summer wind in the sails of my sloop make me a fat parcel please of waves along a familiar beach the market at saturday noon rain running in the eaves the camp in the spring with the maples turning green and a guitar playing in the night let me hear foster hewitt again the shouts of kids vn the pool and the milk wagons rattle going down the morning street these are the gifts for me with maybe the sunset after a storm across the wide wet gulf an eastern boy slim and dark spoke of portraits in his mind ill take the christmas crowds in the brightlit city streets with a santa claus at every corner and the carolsinging boys standing in the snowr sno if you can send a female vmail v send me that girl in the yellow dress who waits today in the white cottage on a high hill with a view ill take thebeetfaced irish cop the lads i worked with in the shop the mechanic named gus and all the friends and folks who shared the things of living if there is a kringle kris let my gift this christmas be a daughter with a button nose and eyes brown as chocolate drops a daughter ive never seen now a strident whistle blew our troops were moving up the line the tall kid rose and grinned and saidt lefs go christmas ke ohear victory bond lost two years ago recovered is exgagejdbxts mr and mrs arthur l brown unionville ontario announce the en gagement of their eldest daughter shirley bernice to lieut allen ay- lesworth baker son of mr morgan baker and the late mrs baker mar riage to take place on monday dec 27th in hart house chapel toronto mr and mrs harry spang mark- ham announce the engagement of their daughter mary jean to mr lloyd gcorgo garner son of mr and mrs j garner of white rock bc marriage to take place quicly the latter part of december mrs russell albright living three or four miles north of claremont be tween the fifth and sixth concession of uxbridge is overjoyed over the thought of being able to recover a 50 victory bond which she lost near stouffville on the sixth day of decembei 1941 the bond is now in possession of the dominion bank toronto and since the finder is said to have been identified mrs albright is llkeiy to recover the bond or its equivalent in cash at the time of the misfortune the owrer appealed to the tribune and while a front page item was publish ed ithere were no results now two years later the department of fin ance at ottawa sends word of the whereabouts of the missing docu ment traced through the number on the bond it had been originally purchased through the bank at claremont since the bond was what is known as bearer bond it was the same as cash and the finder would have no difficulty in cashing it apparently this course was pursu ed and- wo understand full restitu tion will bo made by the party who found it mrs albrights purse fell out of the car or oft the running board it contained her registration card and between 11 and 12 in cash as well as the bond township nominations next monday all township nominations in this distnct will be held next monday dec 27 th that is so far as uxbridge pickering whitchurch and markham are concerned all these places adhere to the late nomination which comes in the midst of the christmas rush but of course the i ush is not so serious among the farming communities as in the towns and villages so your respective township nomination will be hold as stated at the present time there is littei interest aroused in any of the places mentioned and the opinion is that acclamations will be in order all along the line vegetable truck caught pnte enroute to toionto a few days ago fire broke out in the truck of mr walter brllllnger and before the blaze could be extinguished a num ber of vegetables crates and a good tarpaulin were destroyed fires do start in most unexpected places sometimes but this is the first time we have been able to report a fire in a vegetable patch as it were donald hodgins is home from calgary and will now be stationed in toronto with the rcnvr skating kink opened this year the stouffville arena opened for the first skate on dec 16 and for the two previous years the opening date was dec 17 indicating that the weather man doesnt change very much mr baker announces that there will be skating this friday and saturday evening mr sam armstrong has gone to klrkland lake this week where he will spend the christmas holiday with his son william and family local stamp sale largest on record on monday or this week the stouff ville post office broke all previous records in the sale of postage stamps when sales totalled 150 for a single day that represents a lot of stamps to hand out in one two three and four cent denominations for the most part and postmaster leavens and nis augmented staff were kept stepping all day long it is interesting to learn that in this big days sale there was no less than 5000 to 5600 one cent stamps fclone disposed of and when they are all placed on cards it wul repre sent a lot of licking on christmas day the hours at the post office in which the wicket will be open will be 945 to 1045 am one hour the wicket will not be opened in the evening john a bruels dd3d suddenly in brampton a native of ringwood john abra ham bruels died at his home in brampton on monday of this week and will bo buried at dickson hill cemetery this thursday the fun eral service will be held at the par lors of tuiner porter on ronces- valles avenue toronto at 2 pm the late mr bruels was a son of timothy bruels and was born some 65 years ago right in ringwood on the present ross vague place as a young man and for quite a number of years he was employed on the cleaverdon farm and later was in the dairy business in markham vill age it is about 25 ycas since he left his native heath smallest lot of poultry on record at christmas market but the hore show was larger tluin kxcr liet exhibition on record here the christmas poultiy market in stouffville on tuesday did not at- tiact the quantity of fowl that an oidinaiy market day would handle ten eais ago ratcliff co who noimally buy five to seven tons on christmas maiket day baiely took in a ton on tuesday in the lot they only bought four turkeys no it wasnt the pi ice that 1 educed their pile of poultiy foi the birds were neei offeied to them the firm did not have enough to fill local orders othei buyeis mostly from outside points weie equally disappointed toionto butchers who came prepaied to take anay anywheie from half a ton to a ton in some cases went back almost empty handed farmers drove up and bners rushed to their ngs only to look at half a dozen or pei haps a dozen chickens and in many instances they had no poultry at all with them they were just coming in to town to see the market some people tried to explain the shoitage by saying the waitime pii- ces and trade board had frightened the faimers away this is hardly the fact but what did happen to a large extent was that farmers sold then fowl fiom dooi to door and thus obtained the ceiling letail price which was seven cents above the wholesale ceiling this probably accounted for a few tons of fowl not appealing on the market interviewed by the tribune a gov ernment jnan from the price board said that the celling to farmers sell ing to the wholesale was 36 cents pound on turkeys 27 on geese and 33c on chickens with 35c for milk- fed buds it was legal for the far- mei to sell dnect to the consumer and adding 7 cents pei pound to the wholesale ceiling retail ceiling prices looked very good to most far- meis but they did not like the idea of the mei chant being paid for his pai t in the handlingof fowl another cause for the shortage of geese and turkeys was the pi ice of feed grain is high and some who might have brought in some heavy fowl laised only chickens this fall if the morning market was disap pointing it was forgotten in the af ternoon when the horse show came on the centre main street section was blocked off for the show of ani mals and some attractive teams were in the ring the county road gang under wm coppins had the judging aiea nicely sanded which was great ly appreciated fourteen teams were out constituting the best horse show seen heie in many a day roy hall of brooklin was the outstanding winnei in point of prizes taken the amateur class newly added hi ought out four teams while there were five each- in the other two clas ses judge richard graham from the department of agriculture said it was one of the finest fall shows he had been called on to judge best animal in the show owned by hall was sired by strathore guardgrand champion and owned by nelson wagg of claremont because there were so many in the competition for best mare or gelding the committtee added two extra prizes the prize winners were amateur tennis in harness 1 allan lewis stouffville 2 vincent baker stouffville 3 jos cooney stouffville 4 a ifeatherstone claremont heavy draught team 1000 lbs or over ft 1 iroy hall brooklin 2 r h pringle richmond hill 3 heber down brooklin 4 allan lewis stouffville light draught 1coo lbs or under 1 roy hall 2 heber down 3 jas reed whitby 4 vincent baker stouffville 2ycarold filly or gelding 1 heber down 2 roy hall 3 leitchcroft farm markham j yearling 1 a fockler stouffville best mnro or gelding at show 1 roy hall 2 heber down 3 roy hall 4 heber down 5 vincent baker g vincent baker i s 77 on tuesday this week airs as collins main street east reached her 77th birthday on tues day this week a smiling counten ance and cheery disposition are not dampened by the advancing years that mrs collins seems to take care of with more than ordinary case