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svi r leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol- 55 no 5 stouffville ont thursday june 8th 1944 eight pages council balks at signing safety permit for hall approval might in volve village in heavy liability in case there was a mishap the municipal council has been asked to sign a permit for the use of ratcliffs hall for the coming year declaring the place to be safe and in accordance with the stand ards governing public halls as to fire hazard etc no one on the council wanted to take the respon sibility and as a council the mem bers refused to involve the town- mr glenn ratcliff owner of the building let it be known that it was quite satisfactory to him if the hall was not granted a license again since it produces no compensation the bit of rental obtained is not commensurate with the cost of cleaning maintenance etc an outlay of hundreds of dollars would probably be required to meet the standards or to remove the fire hazard the council decided to interview the theatre inspection branch at queens park to learn what their responsibility in the matter is be fore any further action is taken councillor walter brillinger de clared he would never be a party to approving of the hall being used if anything ever happens up there it would be too bad for this council he said councillor nolan said steps should be taken to obtain a permit for a new hall so that plans could be drafted and things made ready to go ahead at the first opportunity- said he one of these days we will find ourselves without a meeting place at all which would prove a bad handicap for the town reeve weldon suggested that special meet ings might be called if it was found necessary after receiving a report on the matter from queens park capt currie recruiting officer called on the tribune on tuesday a formal campaign for more men no assessment appeals heard there was not a single appeal filed against the half million assess ment made recently by the town assessor for stouffville when the hour struck for appeals to close on thursday evening the court of re vision met to receive the assess ment and make such changes in the roll as were necessary by rea son of change of ownership people moving from town and removals by death since the roll was made two months ago the names act ually appearing on the roll as con firmed by the court will be the names to appear on the village voters list to be published shortly reeve ae weldon presided over the court thursday evening and members present were councillors walter brillinger rebrown hugh boyd and avnolan lac lloyd harvey is looking over old england right now lloyd who is a son of mr and mrs frank harvey gormley enlisted a year ago and is an ambulance driver for the canadian corps died ix itatjy pte chas saunders son of mr and mrs richard saunders of clare mont died in italy the last of may according to an advice received from ottawa by his parents this wednesday morning previous in formation indicated he would be in valided home and this information is printed elsewhere in this issue pte saunders received a bullet wound in the neck and shoulder his death comes as a great shock e h fairty milliken paid s750 for a senior yearling heifer and s650 for a twoyearold at the national holstein sale held may 31 at brampton hon geo s henry cadet headquarters offer building a permanent building which could be used for cadet training in stouff ville has been offered by the air cadet league of canada to the local squadron no 94 it is expected that at the close or the war many crown properties for which the armed forces will have no further use will be available and a number of these have been offered by the department of national defence to the air cadet league who in turn are making them available to their various units where there is a need for such buildings w it is expected that a section of land in memorial park will be made available for a site if the proposi tion is taken up the need for such buildings in stouffville has been felt for some time for use as a re- pleased with air cadet showing stouffville air cadet squadron no 04 paraded from their head quarters at the high school to memorial park on monday evening for their inspection before rcaf officers from toronto and oshawa and a gathering of local spectators inspecting officer currie no 1 training command toronto took the salute in company with pilot officer r p mckinnon of oshawa fit sergt robertson of toronto was also in attendance an interesting feature of the cere mony was the commissioning of adjutant james porter and medical officer dr ss ball of the squadron to the rank of pilotofficer rcaf the text of the- commission was read to the men by squadron lead er currie in front of the saluting base chairman rev d davis and other members of the local civilian com mittee were also on hand i the cadets in uniform went through their drill without error and the visiting officers expressed themselves as most pleased with what they had seen the squadron is well balanced and shows con siderable improvement the in specting officer declared it was revealed by the official visitors that the curriculum of the cadets is to be slightly altered in the coming months to contain less class room work official sanction has also been given for the cadets to be taken on lights and these are planned for the rcaf station at oshawa following their inspection the cadets were entertained with re freshments at the bowling club house by the local committee lightning pranks seldom equalled were recorded herein recent heavy storm first june wedding storry graham burned bread held in mans hand goes into clothes closet burns contents bloomington christian church creation centre and most lately as was the scene of a pretty wedding a drill hall especially during the at 230 oclock on saturday when for the army is underway nere- tod 4 thirteen ports i monthsold heifer for 2g0 -womans- wrath turned on township assessor winter months for the air cadets the buildings to be made avail able are understood to be one hun dred feet long by forty feet wide with plumbing and heating facili ties township assessor walter craig markham township proved to be was worth and mrs harris said the kind of man many a woman i would you be a skunk said mr wishes she had he a tongue clark i was asking a fair ques- barrage without answering back tion valuable markham bmdestroiei in electrical storm during tlie electrical storm which passed over markham township last wednesday evening and which centred heavily over the city of toronto thelarge barn on the farm of raymond brillinger was struck roses the scene was at the court of revi sion held in the township offices at unionville on monday mrs w harris of langstaff fair ly silenced members of the council now resolved into a court to hear complaints against the recent as sessment said mrs harris im a war worker and should be home asleep craig raised my assessment on our two acres of land and cot tage 200 now mrcraig what have you got to say you did this thing t before on us yes you did craig dont deny it go through your books craig you couldnt wait till we enlarged our kitchen or made some kind of improvement could you craig you dont like me craig i can sense that when you look at me what i want is jus tice mr craig said he raised the assessment 200 to bring it in line with other acreage in the locality the total you were not shot back the excited lady the clerk chas hoover at this juncture said he had searched the records and no increase had been made whatever at least not since 1933 and thats as far as i search ed said he councillor reesor said the assess ment sounded like a fair one when compared with surrounding proper ties but in view of- the ladys ap peal he moved that it be reduced 100 on this vote council divided and left the decision to reeve hooper who said he would allow the reduction of 100 although he had no complaint against the judg ment of the assessor only minor changes were made in any other assessment reduaine the grand total by a mere 1125 this included a reduction for ray mond brillinger whose barn was just burned of 600 leaving total assessment for house and outbuild ings at 1300 the clerk was in structed to ratify the appeals in assessment now only stands at 900 the assessor explain ed and the increase made this year would only bring- an extra tax of between 5 and 6 i am trying to own and court adjourned equalize these properties he said in defence deputy reeve w l clark at this juncture asked what the property keep open june 28th for the biff night at stouffville ovm- 200 in lucky draw prizes iiid totally burned the brillinger farm is on the 6th concession just south of cashel in ssno 11 the lightning struck about 11 oclock at night and the fire which ensued was first seen by a neigh bor fred gingell who quickly gave the alarm and in ho time many hands were on the scene to do what they could fortunately the stock was mostly in the fields granaries were low and the loss from con tents was kept at a minimum the binder was burned but other im plements were either outside or rescued before the flames created such a heat no one could approach the building tlie building was completely razed to the stone foundations and was about 45x80 in size it had modern stabling with steel staunch- ions hydro equipment having been remodelled by mr brillinger since he moved to this farm 15 or 20 years ago however the loss is ser ious and with the labor situation so acute a real problem confronts this farmer denelda jean youngest daughter of mr and mrs delos graham of ringwood was married to gerald noel storry only son of mr and mrs arthur storry of bloomington rev gibson brown officiated the church decorated with spring flow ers and candles made an attractive setting for the ceremony mr clarion baker played the wedding music arid mrs f byer sister of the bride sang o perfect love during the signing of the register the- bride given in marriage by her father wore a gown of white brocaded taffetta her veil of silk tulle was caught to her head with a cluster of white flowers and she carried a bouquet of red briarcliff roses miss doris graham was her sisters bridesmaid wearing a frock of blue sheer and shoulder length veil she carried johanna hill edna byer niece of the bride made a pretty junior brides maid dressed in pink sheer and a band of pink flowers in her hair she carried a nosegay of roses and pansies mr gerald was best man and the ushers were elmer burnett and fred byer after the ceremony a reception was held at the brides home when the brides mother wearing a blue printed gown with white accessories and the grooms mother wearing a rose ensemble with blue accessories received they wore corsages of johanna hill roses the couple left on a short trip and will make their home in bloom ington for travelling the bride wore a smart tweed coat with white accessories invasion announcement received with quiet satisfaction farm at claremont protected by 60000 insurance probably heaviest coverage grant ed any farm in pickering fear of treachery induced owner to surround premises with 20 po lice dogs the r g roy farni at claremont has just placed an imposing fire insurance policy on the farm build ings and residence that is said to be the largest single farm policy ever written in thattownship air roy admitted on tuesday that he had been issued the insurancewith the reliance co for 10000 on his buildings and 20000 additional on the contents i had my insurance cancelled recently because of certain inside- ous reports circulated about me said mr roy who in addition to obtaining new insurance this tor onto art gallery proprietor has bought up no less than 20 police dogs highly trained in the art i of passes first year in medicine announcement of results at the ann examinations in the faculty of medicine university of toronto indicate that murray a wilson of stouffville son of dr harry wilson and mrs wilson of stouffville was successful in passing his first year memoriai sunday stouffvillecemetery sunday june 18 has been set for the annual memorial service at stouffville cemetery plan to be at the cemetery on that occasion for the afternon service to join in pay ing respect to our dearly departed loves ones mrs field born here 81 years ago perhaps the oldest living person to be born in stouffville mrs dar ius field died at her late home here on sunday she had just pass ed her 81st birthday in march and had been in critical condition for tuesdayjune 6 will go down in some v p t0 her deatn mr history as invasion day when fl years ago backed by millions of men on the the firs families to locate shores of england first of the arml stouffville when the place was ies stormed and landed on the shores of france headed for berlin news of the invasion was receiv ed in stouffville with quiet satisfac tion and many people stayed close to their radio most of the day only in the larger centres was there any demonstration fitting reference will be made to the event next sun day from several town and country pulpits since at least one local minister rev t d rayner chan ged his church announcement after it was in type because of the turn of events dr george and mrs lee- of van couver were in town for a few days the guests of dr and mrs freel mrs lee and mrs freel are sisters dr lee is head surgeon of the hod- gins clinic at the pacific coast which is really a chain of clinics operating throughout the city engagements mrs nelson graham of mount albert wishes to announce the en gagement of her youngest daughter lena maude to mr william mit chell of mount albert son of mr and mrs william mitchell new market marriage to take place at stouffville june 24th part of markham and whitchurch township was one tobias nighs- wander at that time the business of the hamlet was centered around the east end but mr nighswander had his home as far west on main street as the present home of mrs mowat for he was located some where in that section the family moved to manitoulin island when mrs field was yet a small girl however she came to toronto to work as a young woman fortynine years ago she married the late darius field who at that time was a widower to this union a daughter ruth now mrs kaiser was born also surviving is a granddaughter grace and a step daughter bertha mrs wmmadill of vernon bc and a halfbrother harold bassingwaite of manitoulin island v- llr and mrs field farmed in ux bridge township on the 4th conces sion nprth of goodwood until they retired to stouffville about 25 years wind and rain swooped down on the local district last friday ac companied by lightning that left destruction in its wake but fortun ately no deaths something like a miniature torn ado struck across the markham- whitchurch townline between the 6th and 7th concessions and along by george footes farm telephone poles were snapped off huge trees were toppled over and smashed while the hydro line in this area was also put out and a strong new pole was bent badly miss grace bulley sitting at the window in the foote home was slightly stunned by a shock of lightning in town lightning put on some capers the like of which has seldom been recorded ernie woodward and bill harding from brougham were sitting in mr woodwards trailor in front of the silverthorn garage they were eating a meal when the lightning flashed in on the wires scorched a large calen dar off the wall and singed a piece of bread in the hands of mr wood ward toasting it so badly nothing was left the small radio on the table in the trailor started to smoke and the men got out a pail of water close by was douced on the fire which saved the trailor from further destruction it was a mira culous escape for the two men who were not injured at all while evi dence of burns from the lightning was all around where they sat up at the home of mrs wm hop kins lightning came down the chimney and jumped into a clothes closet burning up a dozen dresses causing smoke damage and damage to- the electric in the place swit ches were knocked off the wall and fuses were burned out- damage was estimated at 300 mrs hopkins and her mother mrs theo madill were both injthe house at the time and they quickly summoned aid while throwing buckets of water into the closet which undoubtedly saved the house from destruction the line of dres ses on tiie hanger were burned off from the bottom to the arms and shoulders on some the fire bri gade quickly responded to the alarm and promptly examined the attic part of the house extinguish ing any smouldering part left from the lightning three pigs out on the farm of harvey schell butcher were killed by lightning but stock generally speaking escaped injury which is surprising wind damage on the whole caused more harm than light ning from this particular storm cen tred along the townlineand- in town the telephone company kept a sunday gang out repairing the lines of tangled wires west of here in the neighborhood of the foote farm communication between stouffville and king and aurora j was interrupted for several days gormley was cut off entirely from stouffville when big trees were snapped off toppling across the highway they were quickly remov ed so that little interruption along the townline was encounted by the traffic lightning struck the home of reg rennie on the 10th of mark ham but did not cause a fire the flash tore off some shingles blew out the electric lights and follow ed the line to the barn where the water pump and electric motor were damaged milking had to be done in the good old fashioned way with the scottish bob mcconhochie son of mrs dave mcconnochie stouffville who is in england with the vast invasion army bob is a member of the 1st bn argyle and sutherland highlanders of canada he trained here at brantford and camp borden was employed at the stouffville machine tool works prior to enlistment a brother allen is a member of the postal corps at mountain view loses sister overseas rev gibson brown received the sad news by cable from london announcing the death of his young est sister who passed away in lon don on june 3rd this is the first break in the family there sur vives the parents three sisters and three brothers the parents and all the family excepting of course mr brown are living in their na tive belfast ireland lieut reta nicely writing from england reports an interesting visit with xieutmargaret ball no doubt the home front had all the precedent over the invasion front during their hapy visit in their comfortable english quarters v posted to maratimes robert bud sanderson son of mr and mrs w g sanderson obrien ave stouffville who recently received his wings at hagersville and has been com missioned a pilot officer bud received his schooling in stouff ville and had been employed in toronto by loblaws just prior to enlisting he is now station ed at maitland n s leaders of junior boy scout movement want quarters i the newly organized boys cubs and later if the work progresses a senior group may be formed from 12 to years mrs wlliam lewis of stouffville g funeral from the late home wishes to announce the engagement on wednesday afternoon proceeded of her only daughter eileen ann to t0 goodwood cemetery rev d dvr lewis wells eldest son of mr davis conducted the service and mrs elmer wells lemonville the marriage to take place at stouffville june 24th i photos on this page by vfrsandere junior branch of the boy scouts came in for some consideration by the council on thursday evening at the june session when a deputation waited on council asking for some help in providing suitable quarters for the youngsters messrs don chadwick m- smith and scout mas ter cecil andros urged upon council the need of such quarters mr andros who recently came to stouff ville where- he has purchased a home and is employed at the mach ine and tools works is determined to do something for youth and made a plea for help the deputation said they would like a piece of ground for a building and this re sulted in a visit to the park where just what they required was located and so a joint meeting of council and park committee i will be held with the committee this week the committee had some hopes of locatinga barn frame that could be fashioned into a suitable room where cub activity could be pro motedr cubs are from 8 to12 years the park committee made a for mal written request for three addi tional members to bring the commit tee to legal strength of seven mem bers the new appointments made were messrs john smits k r davis and chas nolan the pre sent members are dr ball n m maclean and two from the council r e brown and hugh boyd to complete the seven minister ofhighways hongeo h doucett wrote council stating that he would be pleased to give their request for tarvia top road to goodwood careful consideration intimation was received with some gratification by council councillor nolan said that was better than the stern refusal once made by the late t b mcqueston reeve weldon said a request had come to hand forholding a tag day on june 17th on behalf of the mlllc fundfor british children