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leading weekly forwhitchurch markhail pickering and uxbridge twps vol55 no3 stouffville bnciirsday may 2571944 r height pages tor will br ppen each tuesday nighvgbmmencing june 6th close early because of widespread disap- iiointiuent voiced- by farming community merchants recon sider recent stand taken against tuesday night open ing at a representative meeting of the stouffville merchants last week those present unanimously agreed to open their stores on tuesday evenings beginning with the first week in june and to also close their places of business at 930 oclock in view of the apparent growing desire on the part of the farming community for the st6res in town to open one evening during the week in addition to saturday night we understand the merchants felt it desirable to reconsider their stand taken a few weeks ago to remain closed each evening except saturday there was considerable discussion on friday evening prior to a vote being taken and although numer ous merchants present voiced the view that from the standpoint of extra work and amount of goods to be sold they could well afford to remain closed it was generally agreed that the dissatisfaction be- ing heard everywhere among the farmer patrons should riot go un- heeded and that if as it seemed the accomodation was so needed they were willing to remain open the merchants expressed a strong desire to observe earlier closing hours on saturday night when many are prone to hang around till the last dogs hung be fore doing their shopping one mer chant voiced the opinion that he strongly favoureda town bylaw to compel all places to close on a stat ed time but no action was taken in this direction graduated 200 baby chicks saved by local fire brigade a call to the stouffville fire bri gade on saturday evening resulted in the saving of abrooder house and 200 baby chicks although a number of leghorn pullets in a larger house were destroyed also a vacant barn nearby the property of mr harry forrester at cashel 6th concession of markham mr and mrs forrester were away at the time and mr forres ters mother alone in the house was the first to discover the blaze which was believed to have origin ated from the brooder stove there were 150 fine layers in the larger henhouse and although it was at first believed they wouldbe a total loss approximately half the flock turned up again the next day having flown to the four corners of the farm the stouffville brigade arrived on the scene and extinguished the brooder house blaze with chemical while richmond hill outfit which arrived later pumped water from a nearby creek lois kestcr ba who graduated with honours in honour mathematics and phy- ics from mcmaster university the above picture was taken when lois graduated from stouffville high school four years ago winning a scholar ship and distinguished herself among the students of ontario elderly lady low stricken with a heart attack two weeks ago mrs darius fields is critically- ill and her condition was describedontuesdayevening as very low this 25 year resident of stouffville reached her 81st birth day last october consequently her reserve strength is not very good stouffville institute names new officers the annual meeting of the wo mens institute of stouffville was held at the home of mrs g t lee last thursday afternoon when the officers for the year were elected and a strong- program committee named mrs h j malloy took over the presidency and the following other officers are 1st vice pros mrs ella ratcliff 2nd vicepres miss m mertens secytreas miss sadie stewart directors mrs lloyd turner mrs a farthing mrs geo sanders mrs b lickorish mrs d smales miss t taun flower committee mrs l turner mrs h walsh program com mrs t baxter mrs j ridout mrs g t lee mrs w griffiths mrs ii johnson mrs g pugh auditors mrs l turner mrs d smales standing committee to be elected at june meeting delegates to district meeting mrs davey mrs malloymrs ratcliff mrs kellington miss mertens miss stewart lions elect new v lion ah williams shadow lake was elected president of the stouff ville lions club for a second term toronto firm acquiring great gravel deposit ihere lays down life of service at age of ninetythree surviving her 93rd birthday by only a few days mrs benjamin shirk died at the home of her dau ghter mrs- laura burkholder on no 7 highway a mile east of alark- ham on friday and was laid away k at thewideman cemetery on sun day afternoon following a family service at- the late home public ser vice was held in the wideman church pastor aaron grove con s on monday ducted the service and rev oburkl gravel will be largely shipp- holder of bresleau old friend of the ed consideration preached the funeral sei mav bel t0 locating mr grove read the 01st it can now be accurately announc ed that important toronto interests have completed the purchaseof the huge gravel deposits on the wm chapman property on the west side of gravel hill about two miles north of stouffville on the 10th con cession this undertaking of course has nothing to do with the action being taken by the municipal coun cils of uxbridge and whitchurch to rriake use of the great graveldepos- 4ts in the hill that forms the road way r the sale of the chapman deposits is a very large undertaking and whenthe company gets into action their presence will befelt on the local labor market since a great deal of employment will be needed and stouffville will be headquarters for this work will be started early this summer a spokesman forhhe farmer named his own- pallbearers a siding on the railway north of stouffville at a point where the line running to goodwood is nearest the proper ty on the 10th concession too weak for surgical operation- audrey the 4yearold daughter of mr- and mrs roy aisop is a patient in the sick childrens hospital to ronto suffering from mastoids and kidney trouble and it is expected she will undergo an operation just as soon as her condition will war rant it family mon psalm which relates the happiness of those who live godly lives and from the last three verses of the chapter mr burkholder based his remarks thepall bearers were all relatives and several of therivcame from bresleau arid preston predeceased by her husband some years mrs shirk despite her great age possessed all her faculties to the end she was blessed ofia keen mind and was so capable that even a week before her passing she had charge of the children in the home when the others were absent born in waterloo county she married benj b shirk on december 17 1871 seventythree years ago and the couple resided in that district for many years prior to coming to markham commentingon the exemplary life of the aged lady mr burkholder recalled that he became their pas tor in 1913 and was also a neighbor and from personal acquaintance he was able to testify to her long service of faithfulness she was a primary teacher in the sunday school for many years and using engagement another god given alent she cared mrand mrsdennis white announce for a- number of elderly people in the engagement of theirdaughter her own home who stood so in velma- margaret to arthur joseph robert roy burrows who was buried at zion church cemetery on thuisday last week succumbed to an illness of some duration for 20 years or more he lived on the thos reesor farm scarboro townline and in 1914 married minnie b tennyson who is still on this his toric- old homestead deceased was in his 57th year and was a son of the late mr and mrs james burrows he is sur vived by his wife and by two sons arthur with the artillery at sidney ns and russel in the navy and stationed in toronto also surviving are three brothers and three sisters j ernie agincourt lloyd locust hill arnold stouffville mrsarchie fleming almira mrs c w know- les toronto and marian locust hill the deceased conscious of the end being at hand left some stated instructions including the personnel of pall bearers for his funeral these men acted as fol lows jake burkholder lloyd tay lor chas whittaker levi reesor ed mccowan and frank sewell rev b e newnham had charge of the funeral service lion president a h williams at the annual election of officers held on monday evening lion wil liams claims the city of toronto ashis birthplace and after farming in middlesex and lambton counties came to shadow lake eaton farm wheie he has been the genial man ager for the past fourteen years incidentally he holds an associate diploma from o ac the new slate of officers for 1944- 45 will be as follows past pres liori m e watts lion pres a h williams 1st vice pies lionl e oneill 2nd vice pres lion frank riches 3rd vice pres lion hugh bannerman secy lion robt snow ball treas lion fred campbell directors lions robt bone clayt baker milt smith blake sanders pianist lion douglas davis tail twister lion jack smits lion tamer lion don chadwick attend ance com lions a v nolan hugh bannerman program com lions l cmurphy walter holderidouglas davis publicity lions chas nolan frank riches finance com lions e a button l e oneill walter brillinger health and welfare com lions s s ball a v nolan o lehman membership lions m e watts edw logan boys work lions don chadwick elmer dan iels jviilt smith s t bodendistel auditors lions f l button l c murphy ataj accident overcomes a wellknswh armer the lifeless body of dawson bur nett bloomington farmer was found on the stable floor with a bullet wound in the head and the gun under his body by his terrified wife on saturday afternoon daw son had borrowed the gun to de stroy a crippled pig and it is pre sumed it must have gone off unexpectedlyor that he stumbled in some way and caused it to ex plode mr and mrs burnett had been working together planting in a field when about 330 he left to go to the barn to do certain chores and to bring out the team to remove some brush mrs burnett finished planting and went to the house not seeing her husband with the team later she went to the barn and made the horrfblediscovefy dr s s ball coroner was sum moned and removed the body to oneills mortuary in stouffville dr n tomlinson of claremont conducted a postmortem and re leased the body a son of mr and mrs herbert burnett dawson was only 45 years of age and after his marriage to vera barnes the couple took up housekeeping on the place where they resided at bloomington and which they owned dawson- was a member of the bloomington christian church and was clerk of that body he was very highly re garded in the community where he was born and lived all liis life besides his grief stricken wife he is survived by two brothers elmer and marvin burnett and by a foster son frank the funeral service on tuesday afternoon was very largely attend- ed public service was held in the bloomington christian church con ducted by rev gibson brown pas tor of the unfortunate man and who paid a fine tribute to the faith ful service rendered by the depart ed one only last friday night he had a meeting in trie very edifice where the last riteswercbeing-per- formed forhim mr brown said he couldalways count on the help of dawson burnett readilygiven at all times the pall bearers were messrs b w morten percy brown clifford lemon richard foote earl davis and vincent wagg- death came to mrs james var- den at her home 848 carlaw ave toronto and former resident of this place with tragic suddenness a few days ago with her husband the couple had been doing their housecleaning and together were moving the drawers of a bureau just completing the little task with possibly a slightoverexertion mrs varden sat down when she immed- ately expired she was in her 6gth year and had left the home district probably 25 years ago deceased was n a daughter of jacob brpwnsberger who lives now in deloraine manand who is over 90 years of age he will be remem bered as a harnessjnakcr here with his shop where shiner davis store now stands opposite the fire hall her mother was a member of the lott family and sister of the well known hi iiott mrs varden first married isaac hendrehan and to this union- one son eldon was born he is un- married and lives in tdrohtp mr hendrehan will be remembered as having worked for variousfarmers in this district he was buried at the christian church cemetery bloomington the surviving husband james varden has relatives in the locust hill district he has been n quite ill for some time and the shock will prove a great trial to him i births feasby in uxbridge township on fridaymay 19 1944 tomr and mrs norman feasby a son mortson at goodwood on sun- day may 21 1944 to mr and mrs elmer mortson a daughter slack mr and mrswalter slack nee irene crosier are happy to announce tketiirtliof their dau- ghter elizabeth -ann- betty ann at the bnerbush hospital stouflville on may 201944 80th birthday sunday mrs abram steckley patient in the bnerbush here for quite a long time was delighted to receive so many old friends and 311 the nurses at the hospital on the occasion of her 80th birthday last sunday their kindly interest was an act greatly appreciated and mrs steck ley wishes the paper to make this known to them love feast coming event at heise hill church 4 feasting and feet washing com incmoratcs bible story record- ed in john 13 overseas stage door canteen for four evenings this week be ginning tonight wednesday the topnotch film of 1943 stage door canteen will play at the stanley theatre here the greatest array of stars ever assembled in one picture in addition to five of the nations leading dance bands will entertain you patrons are urged to avail themselves of the early showings to avoid being disappointed on saturday night v need of a friend and comfort at a time when their own either couldnt or wouldnt accept the obligation hers was a true deep lasting faith said mr burkholder he remained their pastor until they moved to markham v mr- grove said that one of the very recent utterances of this saint ly woman were mhe words the vayof the cross leads home and thevcongregation assembled joined in singing the verses from the church hymnary y ouimet son of mr and mrs c ouimetrof sudbury the marriage will take place june 3rd engagement mr and mrs- dolos gniiiam wish to ahnounce the engagement of their youngest daughter- denelda jean to mrgerald noel storry only son of mr and mrsarthur storry of bloomington- the marriage will take place- in- the- bloomington church saturday june the third at 230 oclock melville pastor accepts call to bruce county pastor of melville peachs and bethesda united church circuit for the past five years rev a j orr has just received and accepted a call to underwood united church in the bruce presbytery of the hamil ton conference underwood is in the neighborhood of port elgin simultaneously with the invita tion and acceptance by mr orrthe melville- officials have extended a call to rev roscoe chapinprincipal of the indian i school in manitoba mr chapinhas also accepted and willjbecome pastor at melville some time in july mr chapin is an od uxbridge boy and a school mate of the editor of this paper his father su perintendent of- the methodist church in uxbridge for 30 years which always had an attendance of between 150 and 200 rev roscoe chapins wife is a unionville girl so that the couple will- have considerable home ties attracting them in eoming to a charge in this neighborhood bank interest okay but caught stealing parked bicycle astranger was seen to be taking such an interest in the local bank of commerce monday night and in the creamery property that con stable rusnellwas notified about 1030 the bankuiiding was all lighted up as the staff was doing overtime work they didnt like the idea of the stranger peering through the open windows how ever when accosted by the cop lie denied any interest in the banks funds so it is presumed it was the staff that his eye was centred on of course it is generally known that bank staffs are now very much feminine the one in stouffville hav ing 10 less than five young girls em ployed on it since there is no law against looking the intruder would have gotten away all right but when he stole a bicycle from in front of the theatre it proved his undoing and he was picked up by constable rusnelf as he wheeled along near ringwood giving the name of bernice gaudet ihe was lodged in a toronto jail andthere awaits trialjiext monday fin atheft charge trie bicycle was the pro perty of howard ratcliff and had been loaned to a helper on the farm to come into town on v gaudet it has since been learned served a term at burwash and was just recently free constable ben gayman assisted the local limb of the jaw in taking his charge to the cityslnceit was the dead of night andvrather dangerous to bedriv- irig these unknown fellows single handed the semiannual love feast at the heise hill church of the bre thren in christ being held on satur day and sunday june 3 and 4 is increasing in interest as the time approaches an outstanding speak er from the usa who lsunable to be present will be replaced by an other who promises to bring great messages services on saturday will start at 1000 in the morning and again at 2 and 7 pm sunday prayer ser vice opens at 10 oclock and preach ing services will start at 11 am and 7 pm if the customary order is follow ed the love feast occasion will be opened by bishop alvin winger who takes charge and reads john 13 which is followed by comment the feet washing ceremony is ob served at the 7 oclock service sat urday evening the service is held in the auditorium of the church the men and women of course are always seated on opposite sides of building and for thefeet washing each participant washesthe feet of the one next him and the women do likewise with the woman next tojier the ceremony is nofentire- ly a closed ordinance a church official stated to the7tribune it is possible that a brother from an other denomination may be invited or at his own request may partici- pate in this ordinance indeed a refractory member of their x own church on the other hand may be denied the privilege r of participat ing thus not membership ln brethren in christ alone but mem bershipvwithgod is the true- right to observance which the officials aim at v to this service as to all others of thclove feast visitors are entirely welcome and a good many in the past have availed themselves of at tending the feet washing service and all other services r v j fl meals are servedin the basement and this is an occasion for the bre thren and slster3t6 mingletogether and visit withthclrv friends from other parts of the conference whom they have fot perhaps seen in a year v i ltretal nicely who is at tached to no4 canadian hos- pital unittinenglandjisa daughterjof- mrs- john nicely 6th concession whitchurch 5 prof essionalnurse before enlist ing ltrnicelyis attached to the royal canadian army medical and is now overseas j- another sold the former mottpropertyvat the corner of montreal tfand stouffer streets east end was spkffhisfweek when leo wagg iwhb purchased it from the mott estate sold the place b mrsmayj kennedy a new rest- dent of stouffville within the last year ortwofrom uxbridge j the v property istenanteddychas alsbp who will beseekingnew -uarters- the property just sold has consider ably improved since mr wagg poss- essed it hehavinginstalledthe batli and other improvementsmrs kennedy andjieiv family-are-now- ocupying a housv6nstoufferstreet belonging to jonathan morgason t iv- j tjc i mrs henriettaf crockett aexecu- tivesecretaryofthe-tbvassocia- tion of the state of y montana j and miss serene hollyofbuffaiorny werevisitlngmrs few days f mrs crockett is a niece of mrs shankcl fc 71 lu25s1 vr t a a-arr- i t i- t- v ltxt xiilivi wi ijsikfeyai sifem