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svr j- p pttf- r j read the classified ads leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps circulation 2100 copies vol 54 no 43 stouffville ont thursday march 2 1944 eight pages first s1050 for red cross here is my personal touch the drive to raise 3900 in stouff- ville and a small section off whit church for the red cross as our share of ten million dollars across canada is now on the first ten ap proaches made raised 1050 a hand some start women canvassers will call on the homes and business men will can vass the business areas the red cross is now facing the critical period of its responsibility our boys are scattered all over the earth they need much more than mere fighting equipment they need to know that they are remembered they need care and friendliness we mourn our dead we must not forget our living they are our boys many of them have never before been away from home now they are far away and we must reach out and touch them they are in german prison camps italian prisoners or on the battle fronts your touch can only be made through the red cross we believe stouffville will again stand at the head of thebest givers in york coun ty be ready with what you can donate to say here is my personal touch that will count more than anything in the world just now the red cross parcels are going to the boys by the millions they have to keep going until the war it won donations received to date j k agnew 100 hugh bannerman 100 p l button kc 150 mrs j mccullough 100 dr h b freel 100 e a button 100 jas h ratcliff 100 wesley c schell 100 jos borinsky 100 b s telephone co 100 honour graduates receive high school diplomas fifty farm service cer tificares given out at annual commence ment exercises training at u of t business block reported in process of changing hands a well founded rumor in town re ports that the griibih block is under sale to mr and mrs wesley jack by the toronto general trust co and t earl grubin executors of the alex grubin estate the brick block is in excellent state of repair and was built by the late mr grubin about 30 years ago mrs jack is establish ing her beauty parlor in the west side where the jewelry store was operat ed the grubin home occupies the greater part of the main floor and dr barkers offices and an apartment ire on the second floor up until the present time mrs jacks beauty par lor has been conducted next to the home of her parents mr and mrs ross brown capacity audiences attended the annual commencement exercises of the stouffville high school on thurs day and friday evenings when ten honour graduates received their dip lomas ton were given junior matri culation certificates twentytwo in termediate certificates and fifty farm service certificates dr ii b freel of the board of education pre sented the diplomas and congratulat ed each student on their success while the reeves of murkhamwhit- church pickering and stouffville pre sented the farm certificates the honor certificates were given to florence brownsuerger helen campbell dean fockler nellie gos tick marion hunt jean miller arn old schell wilbur smalley noreen steckiey murray wilson junior matriculation diplomas went to cameron aldred fiances clarkson margaret glover ruth gooding lorraine hisey grace latcham nor een steckiey norma stover pearla taylor eileen weldon those re ceiving intermediate certificates were audrey baker lawrence barkey barbara brillinger frank couperth waite harold drewery betty jean freel eleanor goudie kathleen green kenneth green margarita grubin audrey jennings kenneth jennings vera king warren moyer georgina mylaud evelyn shantz au drey slack robert schell duncan smith doris vague ted williams and pauline young the large audiences which attend- 1050 edoneach evening were greeted by ruth gooding president of the school literary society and the valedictoiy address was delivered by jean miller the usual fine variety program was well received choruses dances and quartettes all receiving a fine round of applause the music was conducted by principal murphy with margaret stover betty farmer beatrice lickerish and kay green accompanists the boys physical stunts one of the spotlights of the show were directed by mr sherk pt instructor the highlight of the entertainment was the one act royalty play the teapots on the rocks credit for the excellent casting of the comedy goes to mrs reg button the cast included lorraine hisey mary wil liams betty davis kenneth schell benny jones and harold steckiey other program responsibilities were credited as follows dances and grade ix choruses miss foster costuming and property manager miss collins program designing benny jones alma hisey prompter pearla taylor dean fockler is a son of mr and mrs aimer fockler just east of stouffville dean was educated i in stouffville and is now a mem- ber of no 2 army training corps at the university of torj onto 1 isabella will ring the bell from a belfry in a school build ing in or near isabella manitoba will resound the notes of the old bell which hung tor so many years atop the todd carriage works stouff ville and which was- only recently taken down mr walter atkinson new owner of the todd building permitted the tribune to make the statement that he would present the bell to any school section that would like to have it and the first call came from far away manitoba through mr archie stewart brother of miss sadie stewart and an old uxbridge township boy mr atkinson will crate the bell and ship it west in a few days navy juniors group champions markham juniors will continue in play- downs navy steps into a company ministers strangely preach from same text at funeral at the funeral service for the late mrs daniel ramer held in the wide- man church on sunday afternoon the ministers for the occasion were messrs fred nighswander of altona rid reuben detweller of floridale as is the custom among the old men- nonites there are two addresses or sermons preached on such occasion and strangely enough the two minis ters chose exactly the same text revelation 1413 and i heard a voice from heaven saying unto me write blessed are the dead which die in the lord from henceforth yea saitli the spirit that they may rest from their labours and their works do follow them these ministers residing at wide distances and of course who may never have conferred with each other had they been living in the same dis trict strangely enough were led to choose thesaine text for this fine old woman who lived to the ripe age of nearly s6 years the deceased was the former ade- laine reesor of scavboro and was the second wife of the late dan ramer who predeceased her in 1932 she was a woman of very fine quali ties was converted at the age of 25 years when she joined the church to which she owed allegiance for so many years mrs ramer had lived in her own home for some years now in mount joy but during her active days re sided on the farm on tne 7th conces sion no children were born to he surviving stepchildren are misses elsie and grace ramer jonas leon ard sidney and eldon mrs ramer is also survived by five brothers namely henry flavius herman abramandbenjamin reesor andby three sisters mrs david grovo markham mrs elias and mrs joseph barkey both of pickering township the funeral on sunday afternoon proceeded from the late home in mount joy to the wideman church and cemetery mr detweller one of the ministers is a relative of the deceased by marriage the pall bearers were all nephews messrs ernest wilfred frank and willis reesor frank barkey and russell grove clings to spitfires tail pilot ollicer james abbotts of 0ven sound ont is probably the only pilot who ever landed a spitfire while hanging on to the tail ind lived to tell about it abbotts now a prisoner of war in ger many bailed out of his spinning plane and found himself dangling behind the chute cords tangled inside the cockpit his weight on the tailplanes brought the machine out of its dive and it made a landing in occupied country he was only slightly injured mother and daughter widowed within week c burkholder fifty years a banker bur ied sunday was in his 75th year probably there was no ibetter known personage in the stouffville district than mr a c burkholder who pass ed away at his residence in town on friday just shortly after noon he was in his 75th year and had been associated with thebanking business in this place since boyhood ten years ago he retired as manager of the canadian bank of commerce in declining health for a couple of years his eyesight recently com meet victory aircraft markham oha juniors will meet victory aircraft intlie next round of the junior c play- downs friday march 3rd at marklinin victory aircraft de feated marlboros to emerge win ner of their thl group and gainthc right to enter theoh a playdowns fork piercel eye carrying several barn forks from the house to- the barn on tuesday pletely failed and this proved a sev- hutchinson son o ere shock to the deceased his de- m martin hutchinson whitchurch mrs robert gowe is back from toronto general hospital after her recent operation and is staying with her parents mr and mrs horace walsh attending bakers convention proprietor of the stouffville bak ery mr ambrose stover was in at tendance for a couple of days this week at the bakersi convention be ing held in the royal york hotel toronto this big ontario associat ion makes more dough than the miners but they have plenty of worries these days with fixed prices mounting costs quotas and govern ment tax formss meet unexpectedly in south america farmer expires removing overcoat in the act of removing his over coat after a trip to toronto alexan der nelison farmer on the second concession of scarboro near malvern dropped dead ho was 74 years of age and was an uncle to mrs ii a kirton atha mr xellson had gone totoronto to visit a clinic where lie had been doctoring since last september and enroute home told a friend at agin- court that he was now well and felt that he was about to enjoy life onco more he drove on to his home with a neighbor entered the house with out any comment when he collapsed and expired in a moment he issurvived by his wife and one daughter mrs wilson mr xellson was born in scarboro and was of scotch descent he was a staunch presbyterian and a man of strjet morals he never knew the uric of liquor 7 navy juniors defeated markham in the second game of their best of three final series in the markham arena on friday night by the scorn of 43 taking the group champion ship by virtue of their two straight wins navy will now enter the junior ja playdowns while markham will continue in the junior b playdowns rev ef a prentice son of mr although markham held a slight george prentice of milliken and bro- edge in the first two periods navy ther of clarke prentice auctioneer came through with a fast one from in- a letter home last week tells of a the stick of white with less than two strange but pleasant meeting he had minutes to go in the third period in far away colombia south amer- which put the game in the bag ica mr prentice says that he had although outplayedby the green- gone to the british consulate for his shirts in tho opening session navy passport the secretary proved to counted two rather easy ones hold- be an old markham boy by the name ling the markham boys to a single of crease tho family lived on the counter to take the lead 21 farm recently sold by jack fraser at i tempers flared in the midnsession uniorivillethe father now owns a big with play seesawing back and forth ranch in colombia near honda on at high speed but walsh and sellers starboard motors blasted in aerial battle over germany 7 with both starboard motors use less flight sergeant clifford coat- hup of unionville faced the difficult task of piloting his heavy bomber with full crew 450 miles back to his base the young canadian ipiiot had just completed his bomb run over central germany laid his bombs and was returning home he was attacked by a messerschmidt fighter although he tried to manoeuvre away from the blazing guns of the enemy fighter surviving are his widow the former slipped on some ice and in the fall one of the tines of a fork piercedhla eye after being given first aid by a local doctor he was rushed to the hospital since the injury was very critical mise was a double blow touie family since only the saturday before his death his only vdaughter brma at home with her mother due- to the fathers condition received the sad news of the death of her husband lieut fraser ritchie who died in an english hospital addison c burkholder was born at lemonville son of the late john burkholder pioneer farmer and saw- miller as a youth he came to stouff ville and entered the private bank operated by the late walter miller he became associated with the char tered banks when the sovereign took over mr millers business a public spirited citizen mr burk holder always stood for improve ments in the community he sup ported the bylaw for the present water system was an advocate of our good roads system which was so bit- moxs dine in markham i terly opposed by some ratepayers rev w a ilunniset- of toronto during its promotion days he was a addressed the stouffville lions club past master of richardson masonic on monday eveningon thesubject of leap yeak baby said tobe the first leap year baby born in stouffville on the 29th day of february in more than a score of years arrived at t hospital in town on tuesday a little son to grace- the home of mr and mrs aylmer hood of glasgow if the little fellow- proves to be socially inclined he will probably choose some other excuse over which to celebrate than his birth- days since he will have one only every four years lodge and the ioof and an offi cial bf tho united church in sporting circles ac as he was so familiarly known to all was a member of the famous stouffville lacrosse team that won the ontario championship and was an effective player he was on the baseball line up too of 45 years ago the magdalena river and is a fine christian gentleman according to rev mr prentice this meeting only once more em phasizes the smallness of this big world brougham whitby game friday in the whitby arena this friday night brougham and whitby will meet ln- the second game of their final round in the south ontario hockey circuit the game last week resulted in a win for the county town of 64 but its games not goals that count so tho brougham setup is hoping to turn the trick local mat erial is prevalent on the brougham team tholineup lists herb simp son jake baiter wld clark ken reesor george derusha-r6svred- shaw- chub spericeley and ike harper rose to the occasion in the rival nets and held all sharpshooters off for the twenty minutes sutherland dillon and baker were banished for minor penalties at the three minute mark in the final period mlshinuk clicked for the home team to tie the count at 2all two minutes later whittle from forgio made it 32 in favor of mark ham navy came right back to even matters only a minute later and banged home the winning tally at the is 30 mark penalties in the last period wont to little tipoff and dillon births r hood at the brierbush hospital stouffville on february 29 1944 to mr and mrs aylmer hood glasgow a daughter v i onbtl at stirling ontonfebfu- ary 27 1944 to mr and w onell a daughter diane margaret plane the hun caught his starboard engines in the sights and disabled them the plane was 450 miles from its home airport- with all the crew at their posts the only loss of weight for the return trip was the bombs just released a few minutes previous ly only two of the fourmotors were functioning duringthe firsts 50 miles of the journoy the young- airman had a difficult time keeping the plane on an even keel the pull was all- against the starboard side andthe strain on the opposite wing made control al most impossible r after gaining better altitude the navigator set a course that was car- rledout and the plane with its two starboard engines still useless was landed safely at its own english base- flight sgt coathup has been over- seas for more than ayear he is 21 years of age a brother v o george coathup 23 is also with che rcaf serving as a wireless air gunne- he spent some months with the atlantic cost- alpatroi but is now- stationed n ireland xt1 v j both boys are sons of mr and mrs harney coathup sarah ann james daughter of the late george james stouffville tin smith also one daughter erma ritchie and one t burk ritchie also surviving are one bro ther herman burkholder on the old homestead on the 7th of whitchurch and one sister mrs liiella harwood of toronto the funeral service on sunday afternoon was held at the late home and was conducted by rev d davis of the united church the pall bearers were dr e s barker dr h b freel f t button kc h w sanders fred marshall a g thompson flower bearers were messrs f e rae e a button sam armstrong t b irae c plphbn wesley boadway- personality it was ladies night and the affair was held in markham owing to the lack of- catering facili ties in stouffville over sixty- on- joyed the banquet and the guest speakers address dr bodendistel proposed a toast to the ladles and mrs l c murphy responded v thieypsballer it get only l passed piano exams congratulations to the following pupils of miss ila c weighlll at cm who were successful at the re cent examinations held at the tor onto conservatory of music eldrert milne harmony gr iv edith dzwln theory grade ii firstclass honoursheen russell theory grade iljiononrs betty hllv theory grade if honours marlon dzwfn itheory grade i firstclass honours forcing an entry into reesora marmlll in markham early on sunday thieves battered opem the large safe and got about 30 in change tools from the cnr tool shed at union- ville wore stolen and used in break ing into the mill according to sergt sid barraclough themetal change box and a money drawer were found later by north york police the mill was broken into only a few weeks ago while workmen were up stairs but the sneaks were unable to move the safe out of the office after getting it to the door engagements mrs martin hutchinson wishes to announce the engagement of her daughter elda may to walter lemon brown son of mrs brown and the latejohnbrownof stouffville the marriage will take placobn march 11th v i sssfenvw jr v- vw smtu sftinhbri-