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wvitf fvisfi 3 v- s jf x iph- read the classified ads 4t- w circulation copies leading weekly for whitchurchi markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 54 no 44 stouffville ont thursday march 9 1944 eight pages receipts from two farm auctions nar 10000 with the 48th ideal weather and road conditions prevailed last week for two big public auctionsales resulting in record crowds accompanied by high prices on thursday the auction on the ed nigh farm 6th concession of markham witnessed the dispersal of household goods and implements representing the accumulation of three generations on this place to gether with mr nighs horses dairy herd and other live stock the sale totalled over 5000 of which 600 came from house furni ture alone a kitchen cabinet brought 40 while many pieces were priceless because of their quaintness and association of other days implements were in good demand a steeltired wagon going for 60 with 20 extra for the box a dou ble disc went for 145 present mar ket price and a drill brought 90 a cultivator 9550 auctioneer farmer didnt reach the line of implements until four oclock and the sale started at 1130 however he was running on sche dule and made a good finish he sold every animal in the barn in markham meets kingston next markham juniors will meet kingston in the next round of the junior b ptaydowns first game in kingston this friday night return game in markham on monday march 13th sale receipts not to be reported an erroneous report has been circulating to the effect that the clerk at a farm stock auction is re quired to make a duplicate copy of the sales and forward a copy of such sales to the income tax de partment or to the wartime prices and trade board some clerks have gone to this trouble and the tribune has been just 40 minutes soine head hor- many times about the recu ses cows hogs etc the high cow j we have taken the matter aged mr ma manson assist s each the tractor wenor a forc c wh ln 515 to george trench new owner j u that he is not aware of of the farm who bought 1600 any such regulation whereby a re- worth it was the biggest single 1 dort of farm auctions is to be made cheque i ever took at a sale said to any governmental department ross ratciift clerk whatsoever melville w a operated a booth this will be good news for those and made 50 clear for their asso ciation while rendering a service roy mcdonald son of mr alf mcdonald of goodwood is serv ing overseas with the 48th high landers a brother earl is also overseas with the royal cana dian artillery county tax rate bumped up sharply i how do you like it this issue of the tribune is printed in a new reading type said to be the last word in legi bility we are sure that the more elderly people whose eye sight is not too good will appre ciate the case with which this new type can be read the type face you have been reading heretofore was designed 30 years ago but we thought our readers were entitled to the best that modern drafting could pro duce the new face is named para gon and every letter of- the al phabet every figure and symbol has been designed to make it easy to read with pleasure and com fort to those constant readers who are the backbone of our sub scription list j with the introduction of para gon to our newspaper the tri bune stands in first place for modern typography among the fintario weeklies since our cir culation is probably the largest jpf any weekly published in a town of similar size to stouffville- our subscribers are entitled to the latest and best finds father dead whire he was working in barn stouffville high school wins in overtime that needed doing cars were parked a mile and more from the farm so great was the attendance mr- and mrs nigh and family two sons and a daughter will shortly move to their new home in stouff- ville last wednesday the giving up farming sale of harvey moyer dickson hill was a grand success although mr moyer had sold 1200 worth of stock and implements by private sale to the new owner of his farm the sale receipts totalled 4500 much interest centered around the sale of the accredited farmers and for the clerks who unr twjh ab stouffville tax rate and will be cor- matter as they could see a lot of rasnonriinwiir irrcori i xtit the york county tax rate is sharply increased this year despite the fact that there is no road con struction program to blame the raise on members of stouffville council learned for the first time monday evening that the county rate had increased the jump amounts to about half a mill in the trouble in such a regulation with no advantage to the government the receipts of farm auctions us ually represents the life savings of the farmer and it was unthink able that the government would seek to take any part of it ty way of taxation fly in ointment in snowplow saving the past winter with its minimum vj neaa totaiiea s7u smallost snownlowinir rnt nn g w allison of north whit church bought the threshing outfit at 600 the same buyer took six cows and proved to be the heaviest buyer of the sale mr and mrs moyer will move to stouffville and occupy temporary quarters until their new residence is rushed to completion this sum mer announcement mr and mrs a e edwards of crawford sussex england an nounce the engagement of their daughter irean to randalph m forsyth eldest son of mrs e ire land and the late john forsyth marriage to take place on march 11 1944 at 3 oclock in the craw ford church reception at the red lion engagement mr and mrs a william beaton wish to announce the engagement of their eldest daughter katie flora elizabeth rn to arthur george edmond rcoc eldest son of mr and mrs frank loyst of claremont smallest snowplowing costs on re cord and that doesnt dip back very far because in the dim past they went over the snow banks or stay ed v home today we insist on going through them on wheels markham whitchurch uxbridge and pickering townships will show snow removal costs at only about onethird of the previous winter this will effect a considerable saving to these municipalities but for the fly in the ointment the fact is that the roads being unpro tected ah winter by the usual cov ering of snow have suffered much wear many have been worn bare of gravel so that the saving effected in snow shovelling will go into gravel next summer if the traffic lanes are to be brought back to normal state we hear from a reliable source that miss rose will be back in the leola in another month the latter part of march mrs archie cook of goodwood who has been nursing in toronto for the past 5 months is nownurs- wedding to take place ing mrs clark albert st south respondingly increased in mark ham whitchurch and all other municipalities the county will overexpend this year to the extent of 80000 the legislators blame it on the increased school costs which if correct must all have been spent in the southern end of the county and there have been no increased costs to speak of in the north the village levy for county pur poses amounts to in round figures s2661 constable rusnell told council he would not take on any more duties under his contract for 80 per month- mainjobs per formedfor this money is cleaning the pave ment drawing away the dirt digg ing for breaks in the water system shovelling snow in winter care of town building delivering water and electric bills and a few other items reeve weldon tried to induce mr rusnell to take on the job of diggl ing for new water services and some extra road work but the cop was adamant said he had enough and wasnt overpaid we only want to he fair said mr weldon- the present contract carries on indefinitely or until either party moves to discontinue it councillor brillinger suggested that we stand by the old contract for another year at least in a hard fought overtime game instouffville arena on tuesday night stouffville high school de feated a markham school aggrega tion by the score of 43 the first period was scoreless but early in the second frame russel forfar chalked up the first count for the home club a few minutes later benny jones made it 20 on a close- in shot markham replied with a 1 counter late in the second period taking the lead with two fast ones in the last period with only se conds to play ken schell slammed home the tying marker in the overtime schell again tallied to win the game stouffville will play sutton at sutton this friday night lineup goal raxlin def ball steckley forward r forfar ken schell b forfar jones lehman davis presbyterian pastor rev g duncan buried at melville a graduate druggist he gave up his store here to enter the ministry george wilson uxbridge township instantly taken as he handled hay fort widely known farmer of ux bridge township george wilson aged 73 years was found dead in the barn on his farm on wednes day last week death was due to natural causes mr wilson had left the house in the normal way about two oclock after having had the usual dinner he was not seen agarriuntilhis son gordon found him lying face downward near where he had been getting out some hay the fork he handled was under his body indications were that he died on his feet and dropped without the slightest strug gle the countryside was shocked at the news mr wilson had been cutting wood at the bush for two days prior to the tragedy and on the day he was taken he did the chores at noon hour and was ap parently in normal health when son gordon arrived home from toronto about six pm the fathers absence was being noticed since he normally should have come in from the barnabout 530 gordon went to look for his father and made the shocking discovery born in pickering township at greenwood george wilson was named after his father and is the third generation of wilsons in can ada married 32 years ago to eliza beth lewis of uxbridge township the couple took up farming at lot 11 concession 4 two children were born to them a daughter hav ing died in 1928 gordon and his mother are the survivors there are two grandchildren bernice and murray one brother john wilson lives in calgary and surviving sisters are mrs ed jackson and mrs wm puckering of pickering township the funeral service on saturday was held at the late home being taken by mr mather of the united church pall bearers were messrs dan and william norton wmmay andrew ashenhurst russel feasby and johnson kidd thomas william d malloy son of mr and mrs h j malloy of stouff- villewho is stationed at st thomas with the rcaf william was born and educated in stouffville and employed by several local firms prior toen listing markham ousts malton boys to advance in finals i stouffville small syrup maker says he will take a holiday victoria square couple married twentyfive years on saturday evening about fifty relatives and friends gathered at at drayton the home of mr and mrs orla l where he was editors mail i have been accustomed every spring of going cut to the farm for a few days and helping with the sap run our people are not really in the maple syrup business but they have made a bit for them selves for years and we boys if possible go home to help and of course we get three or four gallons ourselves each of us any law that interfered with that simple setup is surely no help to v war effort yet the powers have decreed that i cannot do this thing now well okbut i wont have the four gallons and the other boys and my sisters wont get their syrup and will just use that much more other sweetner i have helped make syrup since i was a boy i like the fun and just now we did appreciate- the syrup since other things were ra tioned- we tap in march boil down the sap each member of the familv taking his or her four gallons anil a few neighbors got the odd gallon too if the run was good we made 70 or 80 gallons we always spe culated on the worthwhileness of it all but it was a lot of fun and was a treat now this is forbidden ex cept by coupon which means we have quit making maple syrup was once a very simple operation in ontario i often saw it done as a boy there have been changes but- 1 am told by those stlhln the game that it still entails the tapping of th trees in march boiling down the sap sell ing the resultant syrup or sugar direct to a list of customers yearly and always wondering if it is worthwhile except for the fun of it ra20 says it would have been discrimination in favor of custom ers of maple syrup if they had been able to purchase their supplies with out coupons and still have all their coupons to buy other sweeteners or sugar then producers are told that they will be permitted to market their products in the accustomed way i wonder if it- would not have been much more sensible in order to get the largest amount possible of this sideline supply to have thrown the trade open even with out coupons other supplies would have been saved to the extent that maple syrup or sugar displaced them then the board could have urged farmers and with some chance of success to keep their camps open and to make all the syrup they possibly could wtpb could also urge them to spread the syrup around as far as possible so that there would be only one or two gallons to a customer it is no answer to say that maple syrup is a luxury and therefore dis pensable why dispense with any food productunnecessarily i think that this is one rationing job that is unnecessary increasing cosfof-ad- ministration creating useless work and likely to hamper- output if changes are not made speedily heise of victoria square to cele brate their twentyfifth wedding anniversary those present from a distance were mr and mrs chas baker mr and mrs harvey shaf fer mr and mrs george sheffer mrs e j swalm all of stayner mr c e heise of fort erie miss anna steckley recently returned from india also mr and mrs jacob shank of markham who were mar ried in alberta on march 5 while mr heise went to pennsylvania for his bride miss stella heise of 14 park way buffalo sister was also present there were none of mrs heises relatives present for the occasion from pennsylvania but a long dis tance telephone call was received on sunday morning expressing con gratulations a little late but the lines were sojbusy on saturday evening the calljjvas delayed the family wgre all present mirian is at present on the teach ing staff of the ontario bible school lois a student at- obs harold lewis anna ariuerma at homo after a short programme consisting of a quartette solos and speeches luncheon was served after which many useful ancpvaluable gifts and cards were received which will be held in remembrance of those who gave them mr and mrs heise reside on the farm which they commenced oper ating in 1919 mr heises grand father built the home in 1853 many have been the changes since that time it is to be hoped that mr and mrs heise will be spared many years of married happiness the death of rev gordon ross duncan in the guelph hospital on friday of last week removes a fig ure from this life of whom stouff ville could be justly proud al though he was born on the town- line a mile east of gormley he came to stouffville with his parents when a boy attended school here later owned the corner drug store and then entered the ministry he was an outstanding orator rev gordon duncan was ordain ed into the presbyterian ministry at bishops mills his first charge in 1911 later he became pastor of st cuthberts montreal and then was called to warkworth from which place he went to his final charge presbyterian church actively engaged 1 births wilkes man and mrs leonard a wilkes nee noniejpeck at the brier- bush hospital stouffville on fri day march 3rd 1944 a son brian roger a brother for barry harmon at the brierbush hos pital stouffville on tuesday 7 1944 to mr and mrs george harmon a son rowan at unionville nursery home on march 1944 to rev and mrs norman rowan the gift of a daughter sporting a onegoallead following the first game of their bestitwd of three series markham junior- b entry eliminated victory aircraft by defeating them in the second game 105 in ravina rink taking the round 1812 the maltori boys- tied up the round early in the first period and the first period ended 22 however- i in the midsession markham tallied three times on goals by michanuk gibsonandbowcott- without a re- j plysf nointheiroppmehte v s j slt- in the final period markham ca- pitalized on the frenzied efforts off the aircraft kids to get back in the running scoring five- while their opponents were ganging it was a wideopen game but slowed j down somewhat by no less than 22 minor penalties handed out by the officials routcliffe gibson michank and page were the best for markham while chauvin casburn currie and king carried the play for aircraft- local airman tells about life in the jungles of india bethcsda w i willhold a crokln ole party on friday march 10th at the home of mrs e barkey when stricken with a stroke and removed to guelph hospital where he passed away on friday- for years he served as clerk of the sau- geen presbytery and before that was clerk of the peterboro presby tery he had a splendid business training before he entered the min istry son of the late robert b duncan and his wife rachel mustard de ceased came to stouffville from the country as a mere youth he was 67 years of age his father oper ated a carriage shop in conjunction with the old beebe blacksmith after attending pharmacy he op erated the corner drug store but heard the call to the ministry and immediately set about to equip himself for this great work rev mr duncan was a past grand chap lain of the masonic grand lodge in quebec he was a public spirit ed citizen and helped promote boys work in his various parishes sixteen years ago his wifeannie grahamdied his sister miss annie duncan then a clerk in the stouff ville post office resigned here and took over the duties in her brothers home the old parental home in stouffville has always been re tained and it was the particular delight each summer for mr dun can to spend a shorts time here out of- his busy life it is hoped that miss duncan will return to the home here in due time- the funeral service was held in drayton on monday and the body was then brought to stouffville for service in su james church on tuesday afternoon from thence the remains werelaid to rest in the family plot at melville cemetery rev t decourcy rayner con ducted the local service next blood donors clinic the date of the next clinic in markham will be thursday march 23rd it is urged that all who can- donate at this time should do so we see no newspapers here in the jungle but a jeep brings in mail occasionally two white wo men came in with the jeep today one did some dancing and enter taining for us she used our gramo phone for music when dancing we had to walk 14 miles in here and well leave the same way we are here doing a jungle course learn ing how to navigate through them on foot it will be most practical and will be a jewel for toughen ing r i was overjoyed today to receive three letters from home and if you only knew what pleasure it gave me youd polish your nails last evening we roasted two sheep on a spit to celebrate the birthday of an english lad 21 we have a tiger in our district- this morning when one of the boys went down to the lake for water he came running back without the pails as a tiger was getting a drink mrs john qboyle was able to the other night one of our lads ar- return home from the hospital on rived in his hut so fast there are sunday showing remarkable signs mr frank baker has just sold his large white house on baker avenue occupied by his daughter mrs ramer to mr george middle- ton of claremont who will move here about the first of may mrs gordon fuller and miss luella mcmullen accompanied by mr and mrs wm reaman visited the western hospital toronto on sunday to see mrsjacob mcmullen miss margaret schell of stayner spent the weekend with her cousin dorothy and mildred moyerchurch st stouffville w- m now two entrances instead of one he saw something in the dark we saw some large monkeys in the junele but most of the game is rather timid a lizard or scorpion insists on hanging around it fell through the roof one night and crawls over my netting too much i have had some lesson in the burmese and probably will speak a little of it when i reach home i received ten parcels from home and i appreciated the gifts from the stouffville veterans and chocolate bars which were sent last june have justarrived in perfect condi tion stouffville red cross parcels and goodwood war workers have helped so much and i greatly appre ciated their gifts we live very simple here rice dog biscuits and whatever we hap pen to kill make up the meals am getting to be a very good cook during the aidyou must met one his crtion of improved health since her oper ation rl v mr and mrs jacob shank mark ham- celebrated their 25th wedding anniversaryafew days ago among the guests were mr and mrs orla heise ofvictoria square who have been experiencing a similar event coming social event the cgit girls will serve a tea at the home of miss gertrude todd bn saturday afternoon march 11 from 4 to 6 olclock too much and he passed out how- over we got him in some shade and he pulled around were eight miles from camp tomorrow- we stagger out on la twoday effort some days we cover 25 miles but- j it wouldnt be so bad if we had the bearers carrying our packsand the day it get quite hot i to get b totha- along on a arioso the eavs thoroughly anddid enjoy them wc and absence of his helmet proved fighi d jijifcsk vhss ii