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v- vi-i- 4p read the classified ads f jl rs circulation 2090 copies x v leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps i you54 no42 stouffville ont thursday feb- 24 1944 eight elmer winn missing after air operations air and mrs fred winn 10th concession lust north of stouffville received a cable on tuesday inform ing them that their son fit lieut elmer winn is missing after air operations over germany the last letter received from their son was written on feb 4th and was just two weeks reaching its deatina tion here elmer winn was the eighth local boy to join the airforce enlisting in june 1941 only recently he was promoted from the rank of flying officer to flight lieut having step ped from pilot officer to fo during his training days in brandon in june 1943 local boy tells of barefooted car drivers in india jolm gray kca1- now in india makes interesting observations in new post death in london hospital touches a local home lieut fraser ritchie was hus band of former erma burk- holder fatherinlaw also critically iii while the life of one of our most prominent and- highly esteemed citi zens mr a c burkholder hung in the balance throughout last week a cable was received from london on saturday announcing the death of lieut fraser ritchie soninlaw of mr burkholder mrs ritchie the former erma burkholderis in stouff ville with her mother where she ha been spending much of her time owing to the critical condition ot her father lieut maxwell fraser ritchie 42 public relation officer at canadian military headquarters london diea suddenly in london eng thursday he was admitted to hospital only a few hours before his death he was buried in a military cemetery in the midst of canadian army training camps in southern england lieut ritchie was well known in toronto as press representative and before going overseas conducted his own business central news bureau which during his absence has been operated lac john gray rcaf who spent i b s wife his boyhood days in stouffville with i going overseas in september 1941 his mother and sister as residents oi ritchie first served as warrant the brick cottage just east of w sj with no 2 casualty clearing widdifield home has written somej station rcamc later he went flying with bkukling interesting observations he has made since arriving at his new airforce post in india he writes in part i think im going to like this country alright its a treat to sec the sun shining so much i was talking to a canadian officer last night who had been here for two years and he says he wonld rather have this country anyday than england it amuses me more than anything else to watch these indians they all seem to earn their living by- carrying stuff on their heads i saw one of them yesterday with a great big basket of wet fish on his head and it was dripping down all over him but he didnt seem to mind you could smell him a mile oil the ones with money all have modern ameri can cars and go sailing around driving them in their bare feet they wear various things to distinguish one cast from another some have a red mark on their forehead just over their nose- some have a brilli ant stone embedded in the left side of their nose arid some have a ring hanging from the bottom of their nose and as they walk along its au the time hitting them in the mouth the women wear rings on their toes instead of their angers there are a lot of halfcasts and its hard to tell whether they are en glish or not until they sppak because not many of them can speak english the ones with money have very modern homes with beautiful grounds around them and a whole string of servants there doesnt seem to be any middle class here they are either very poor or very rich to the officers training school in britain and a year ago became pub lic relations officer at canadian mili tary headquarters with the rank of first lieutenant lieut ritchie was born in toronto and attended university of toronto schools he established the central news bureau in 1936 surviving are his widow erma burkholder ritchie a son burk his mojher mrs george m ritchie alkof toronto three sisters mrs g i kinman toronto julia in france and mrs don c brown ottawa and two brothers bruce of detroit and wells of toronto 120 offer blood at local clinic at the blood donors clinic held at markham on february 17th there were 120 donations made 75 were made by men and 45 were made by women five of those reporting were turned down because they had eaten fat for breakfast the following completed their third donation at this clinic earl apple- ton mrs e j appleton jr clarion baker wm a barkey chas dad- son miss esther davis miss eliza beth ifoote jack grove lloyd ham leonard houghton mrsjohn keeler gordon e morley wireless oper ator and radio technician in the rcaf overseas is a son of mr and mrs fred llorlcy of clare- mont gordon according to lat est word received here by his patents is now stationed on the same drome as buzz beurling the noted canadian ace in april of this year he will mark his thiid birthday in thej old country two brothers are mem bers of the stouffviile air cadet unit the one lad being recently promoted to the rank of cpl more homes changing hands j- last week the small house on main street one door west of mr wes schells residence was sold by mr schell to mr cecil andrews who will locate in stouffville to take a posi tion in the machine tool works mr and mrs andrews who come from woodbridge will locate here 1st of march this residence was built about twelve years ago by dean kester of timmins for use of his mother the late mrs george kester mr schell later assumed the place from mr kester and has had it rented to mr john badgerow who recently bought a place in claremont and will be mov ing shortly another important real estate transaction which was completed last week was the sale of the former beebe residence also on main street west to dr e s- barker the place is tenanted at present by mr and mrs bert love who willbe looking for new premises reuben meyer russell pearson the beebe residence was for many frank ireesor victor stover miss years the mccullough home in stouff ville and was later acquired by the late byron beebe and was sold by his daughter mrs james monk town objective is 3900 red cross for drive mr f l button president of the red cross in town told a body of workers on monday evening that the objective for the village was 3900 or a hundred dollars more than last year stouffvilles fame has gone abroad in respect to its splendid contiibutions to this worthy objec tive and great things are expected of her again the need now is grea ter than ever with so many boys in enemy hands and the red cross the only organization to furnish them goods from home chosen to canvass the business men were the following east end a v nolan fl button north centre hugh bannerman south centre h w sanders ii o klinck south west walter brillinger e a button north west j h ratcliff i aldred women canvassers will call on the homes but will not call on any business firms two small divisions of whitchurch township we understand are linked with stouffville to aid in reaching the objective the local campaign will be launch ed the latter part of next week tapscott earl thorn mrs vernon trunk mrs dawson wagg richard ward mrs j whitehouse 1 d the food is quite good and esgs miss elizabeth wideman seem to be very plentiful ive been having them at the rate of 4 or 5 a -day- there are some good canteens run by both indian and white wo men we get a good meal for one rupee6 raised over 500 for s bible society contributions raised in the stouff ville district for the british and for eign bible society have exceeded 500 and there are still a few col lectors who have not completed their work those sections which have reported says mr lambert stouffor have responded splendidly and the bible society wish to extend thanks to the canvassers and the givers alike for their interest in this great work contributions are reported as follows stouffville ne 3095 stouffville nwv 14800 stoufftllle sw 8135 stouffville se 2875 miscellaneous gifts baker hill section mongolia division wideman church district dickson hill bethesda 3s0g church hill 1290 rlngwood section 3325 melville district 2080 reaches district 1429 harley wideman jwesley wideman we need more names for the next clinic which will be held at the east united church hall markham to ward the end of march the exact date for the clinic will be announced next week names may be given to m e watts stouffville ph 5403 dr inis cmacdonald markham ph 23 dr tcmlinson claremont mrs buckles whitovale roy seeks to upset damage verdict 10000 damages awarded clare mont merchant subject of appeal at osgoode hall acase of widespread interest throughout the district andespeci ally in the claremont section came up at osgoode hall in the court of appeal last week when following a lengthy hearing decision was reser ved in the case of robert g roy of toronto and claremont against the judgment handed down in an aliena tion of affections case by mrijustice kelly atwlrttby on october lclast roy is seeking to upset the judg ment which awarded mr fred mow- der claremont storckeeper10000 damages hearing of the case at whitby attracted interest throughout york and ontario counties the case was heard before a jury who found roy guilty at the hearing before the court of appeal a g slaight and j cordl bpland appeared for roy and e j hughes and a s greer for mowder view of a disabled canadian tank through a shell hole in a stable on the moro front german resistance was particularly fierce in this sector on the canadian advance kother with babe in her arms falls down the stairs accident proves fatal for three- months oid child of scolt township couple tragedy breaks upon quilling of wa women ramsey assessed 2o license cancelled with a shocking accident occurred at a quilting one day last week in the township of scott north of uxbridge when a mother felldown the stair steps with her small baby in arms resulting in the death of her three- months old child mrs ronald ross mother of the child hod gone to the womans associationmeeting at the home of her sisterinlaw mrs allen ross she placed her baby upstairs but during the meeting was prevailed on to bring down her first born that the neighbors might see the wee cherub mrs ross was about nine steps from the bottom of the stairs when she tripped in some manner and fell it is believed the infants head struck the- baseboard- in the fall in an incredibly short time the child was rushed to the sick child rens hospital in toronto where it died twenty minutes after heing ad mitted mrs ross suffored only minor bruises in the fall the sad accident cast a deep gloom over the whole neighborhood and great sympathy is expressed for the distracted mother and father mrs ross was a daughter of wesley page of uxbridge and was a nurse before her marriage will kktukx home sunday friends will be glad to knowthe rev s goudie will be able to returj home next sunday from the toront general hospitalwhere he was take to undergo n rather severe operatio in setting a fractured hip receive when he fell on the cement wb1 shovelling snow mr goudie is d scribed by visitors to the hospital be very cheerful however 1 will unfortunately have to remaji in bed for at least three m6ntl while the bone knits kngagemjent mr albert clark stouffvifie announces the engagement of hi second daughter iruby may to go don randolph taber son of mr ai mrs percy taber bloom field n brunswick the wedding tojtal place in march dr and mrs barker are at present occupying the former latchford home not far from where they will gilbert ramsey charged with reck less driving when his car struck down john phillips local resident some months ago was assessed 25 and costs in court last week phillips was in the hospital for a long time be moving next summer when they since he was seriously injured and get possession of their new purchase injuries plague markham in finals couple married in goodwood church 29555 350 3450 3000 3585 2755 536 ttfrxr ita r y vivian team is heading the church group leaguo from west of stouffville with bioomlngtons steam roller boys in second place crowds are increas ing at the games held instouffvillo baskets of spring flowers graced goodwood united church saturday february 19th 1944 lor the marri age of blanche ada daughter of mr and mrs samuel bacon and earl george only son of mr and mrs russeldowswell both of goodwood rev l e atkinson officiated and miss martha stewart was at the piano the bride given in marriage by her father wore a gown of white brocaded satin with a -deep- sweet heart necklace and a richly gather ed skirt sweeping from tho slightly dropped waistline her fingertip length tulle veil wascaught with orange blossoms she carried a cas cade of red roses miss lillian bacon was her sisters only attendant gowned in a street lengthj dress of icewater blue sheer with matching shoulder length veil and carried a nosegay of variegated sweet- peas walter hope attended the groom as- best man and the ushers were george dowswell and kcnnoth bacon the reception was held at tho home of the brides parents where the markham dropped tho first game of the final oha junior b series to toronto navy by thescoro of 72 in aurora arena on tuesday night while navy wereboltered for the contest with a firststring line from toronto marboros markham were plagued throughout with injuries two of their stars including the hard working routcliffe were carried from the ice in the first period while both gibson and bowcott two mainstays of their first forward line wero unable to play due to- injuries received in fridays game with whitby markham proved no match for the boys of the silent service undor the circumstances however we are in formed by the local management that the team will bo at full strength for fridnys home game his chance of recovery not too bright for a period the light sentence was accompani ed by an order cancelling ramseys right to drive a car again fire consumes home of local girl now in bc stouffville high school commence ment this thursday and friday ev ening ratcliffs hall a corsage of vellow roses the grooms mother also received choos ing a frock of navy blue crepe ac cented with white with a corsago of yellow roses a buffet luncheon was served by alice tinrtall winnie and martha stewart with mrs t steven son pouring tea for the wedding trip the bride donned a powder blue crepe suit matching hat and black suede acccs- a letter reaching mr h oklinck this week from his daughter agnes mrs hugh herblson of minstrel island bic tells of a near tragedy which occurred on the afternoon of february 11th when v floating home was almost totally destroyed by fire which apparently resulted from a gas explosion- in the kitchen stove while the parents were in a boat a few yards distant from tho floating homeand nineteenday old baby katherlne lay asleep in her bedroom flames and smoke were seen to suddenlyburst forth from the kitchen asthe living roomaiso was immediately enveloped in flames only heroic- efforts at great risk to himself enabled mr herblson to res cue his child through a- bed room window katherlne suffered slight burns from contact with her fathers clothing but the father who fought on in spite of scriousburns was later taken to the hospital at alert bay where his injuries wore attended to mrs herblson praises highly the good neighbors of the camp who fought the fire and rendered deeds of markham resident dead in 83rd year resident of markham village for 15 years and a lifelong resident of markham township william t thomson died at his late home there in his 83rd year his parents were among the very early settlers in the municipality he is survived by his widow one daughter florence and four sons stewart walter ernest and wallace youngest of eouri brothers in servicl reported missing mr and mrs percy culler trae were informed on tuesday f their son fit sergt eric cutler j missing after operations -over- gl many just turned 19iyears ofal eric attended high school iri stoil villeand is the youngest son thff other brothers aro in differont bril ches of the armed forces j andsl another offered hisservices but rejected on physical grounds j addition a sister alleen iswithm nursing corps in a letter just received by mother only the day before the sage informed the family was missing he said that in case wasreportedjinlssing atany time family was not to worry i ivty joint twp cqijcilmjn discusses gravel hill projec agreement expected shortly that will reduce steep lpcline to a mere grade a joint meeting of the councils of uxbridge and whitchurch convened in stouffville on saturday evening to discuss and explore the possibilities of wiping out- gravel hill on the towriline north of this town or at least rendering it- to a mere grade and at the same time utilizing the thousands of yards of gravel- known to be available there ci it was- evident from the attitude of both councils that there is a sin cere desire to accomplish this work which is fervently urged by the resi dents in the section while the muni cipalities need the gravel deposits that could be obtained- for their township roads since both townships have differ ent engineers it was decided to meet again at the good roads convention in toronto this week when tho en gineers could bo prcsentwiurthe councils- and a- final- arrangement made to proceed with the work this summer barring any unforseen circumstance it can be fairly said that an agreement will be reached to call for tenders for the iii sandersfj3fswestonvyformej asssjanticrown attprnoy yor countyvhasbeenpromoted trow flightlieutenant heisitj the legnldepartmerrt trainlngcommand5tlicacn torontovhe