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t- s- fcmfftrflle cnbttne leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 55 no 6 stouffville ont- thursday june 15th 1944 tex pages high school grads to teach because of the alarming shortage of public school teachers high school graduates of good standing are being permitted to join the ranks of public school teachers on september first after a six weeks special course in toronto the dept of education has decreed taking advantage of the conces sion three girls graduates from stouftville high school mrsses eileen weldon ruth gooding and grace latcham will be instructing in the three rs next term the first two mentioned have secured schools in north gwillimbury township while grace latcham will teach near welland eleven made sixth blood donation in on invasion salary increases given to all ten school teachers salaries hit new high for stouffville miss mary johnson of hamilton to fill high school vacancy plans proceed for teachers rooms there were one hundred and twelve donations of blood given at the last local clinic seventyone men and fortyone women eleven of the total being new donors we are informed by the commit tee secretary dr innis macdonald that the next clinic will be on aug 10th there will be no clinic held during the month of july as the j station nb connaught laboratories whose facilities are taxed to the limit toi handle the ontario donations feel i the need of this summer month toi reorganize their staff and equip- 1 ment eleven of the donors atthe last i regular clinic received their silver buttons having made their sixth grant turner son of mr and mrs lloyd turner of stouffville was one of the local sons known to be on the scene of invasion last week as he is a member of the crew of the hmsc prince david an auxiliary ship transporting troops to the nor mandy beachhead a number of other ontario men have also been named as members of the crew of this ship which saw service as an armed merchant cruiser back in 1940 a sister kathleen turner is also serving with the r c nv r and is stationed at the cornwallis severely burned when spray ignites teachers salaries hit a new high for stouffville when on tuesday evening the board of education found it advisable to increase the salaries of the hs staff a total of 550 to keep in line with salaries be ing paid in other places new tea chers without experience were de manding as much and more than stouffville had heretofore been paying miss mary louise johnston of hamilton was engaged to replace miss foster miss johnstons fa ther it is interesting to note has just been appointed a high school inspector c e watson principal of the public school was increased to 1700 and three of his lady teachers to 1200 and another to 1150 these are alltime top salaries here and were arrived at only after con siderable hesitation on the part of board members however there is a teacher shortage and inexperien ced teachers are getting 1000 total increase in public school salaries of 150 plus the village share of high school increases will run to about one mill on the tax rate so that the increase was not viewed as any thing too serious mr don chadwick reported on the possibility of installing teachers rooms at either end of the big hall one for men and one for women teachers and he was instructed to proceed with getting out the plans trustee dawson hare also reported with mr chadwick this is an im provement urgently needed in the school members present were messrs ira aldred chairman agthomp son ambrose stover frank riches dr freel d chadwick and daw son hare donation they are joe browns- harold cober son of jos ccber berger milne freeman garfield of gormley along with his employ- hamilton clarence mcdowell ste mr wnl bak ma ha narrow escape when spray which they were using to destroy weeds ignited setting fire to their clothes it is understood that one of the men lit his pipe in the cab of the truck and spray fumes which had apparently pocketed there burst in to flame and licked the clothes from the mens backsln a twink ling c medical aid was rushed to the scene but prompt action by the men in rolling out the flames saved them from possible fatal injury wart mcquay fred pickering lewis reesor bert silverthorne john timbers vernon trunk alvm wideman mrs fred matson fourteen of the group received their bronze button having made third donation they are mrs john sbaker irvin borinsky mrs jean bridges mrs hilda campbell mrs john dix miss margaret duncan j allison fleming elgin hastings mrs fern lapp allen michell mrs laura miller mrs walter pipher mrs fred spring mrs w topping a recent electrical storm knocked mr and mrs frank rowbotham out ten street jamps in stouffville and mrs thos klinck left tuesday nearly all in the east end of the for peterboro to spend a few weeks village fox family wiped out the farm of douglas gee victoria square was the scene of consider able excitement the other day when about sixteen onlookers witnessed carl and arthur heise digging out a fox hole there were young in the den and when they refused to come out douglas shot the three foxes as they stuck their heads out to look over their chances of es cape the parents were no where to be seen but they have done con siderable damage about the district the boys will head bounty now want levy made compulsory decorated distinguished officer in the can adian army col hollinrake has baen decorated with the title of ob e in the recent honors passed out by the king col hollinrake the pivot al man at exhibition camp toronto has a summer home at ballantrae and is quite well- known to many in the district local boy first to hop the atlantic first stouffville boy to fly the atlantic ted cadieux graduate of stouffville high school only a year ago is now a member of the ferry command his address on monday may be a canadian port and two days later it may be southhampton so far no report has been made he may spend s evening in on the success of the canvas great britain and on wednesday throughout whitchurch township for signatures to a document that would empower the federation of agriculture to collect 1 per annum from each signee through the chan nel of the tax collecting office of collect the 3 per the municipality this is possible by reason of amended legislation the petitions are being circulated through the school sections but it seems rather a slow job and some scored their final goal ball in their younger days over at altona were able to meet again to vision- once more some oftliose strenuous contests so vivid in their minds these old players- were george carter william rennie ab harland all three of them are now deadhaving passed within a week a remarkable incident retired farmer drops dead in local blacksmith shop dr j burkholder dies at age of 82 driving the black farm team be longing to his son into the black smith shop of william griffiths on saturday morning william rennie fell on the floor and died in a few minutes without uttering a word his son reg rennie came to town that morning with the farm wagon and was accompanied to the ufo scales by his father who suggested that he would take the team on down to the blacksmith shop which he did driving into the shop he tied the horses and was standing behind them as mr griffiths went to work on the hoof of the first animal at that moment mrrennie fell to the floor medical aid was summoned but mr rennie was in a death grip when he fell native of aberdeenshire scot land this sturdy 74 yearold farmer lived on th2 10th concession of markham for nearly 40 years with his wife the couple retired in town three years ago but their leisure days were short for mrs rennie died only seven weeks ago a parting which had visible affect on mr rennie who himself was conscious of a bad heart condition his death was sudden but it was as he would have willed it since the demise of his wife the rennie family came from scotland when william was a boy the parents settled near mud lake in scott township and william and james the sons worked out early in life ago was ship three sisters now survive the brothers william rennie married sarah raymer daughter of the late peter raymer remembered by old timers as the mail courier here they are survived by three children one son reg on the home farm at mongolia and two daughters mrs roy wil- son on the sth concession of picker ing and mrs ernie lucas wife of the mbc pastor atelmwood in bruce county there arc nine grandchildren the funeral on tuesday after noon from the late home proceeded to the mbc church for service where mr rennie was a faithful member thence to stouffville ceme tery for interment rev e moyer pastor conducted the service dr jacob burkholder 82 of 7332 constance avenue chicago who retired from active practice of med- iche last year died thursday at his home he is survived by his widow millie nee barkey a daughter mrs ferol humphrey two sons dr charles a and fred o six grand children and two greatgrandchild ren an only surviving sister is mrs a h lawson of weston dr burkholder was born in stouffville received his degree of medicine at western reserve uni versity london and had resided and practiced medicine in chicago since 1894 for many years he was professor of ophthalmology at loyola uni- versity and prepared many papers for the profession on this subject he also was the author of the an atomy of the sheeps brain he was a member of the masonip fraternity and all recognized med ical societies masonic funeral was held in chicago on june 10 dr burkholder was deeply con- cerned about the finer things of life james who died hree years ani was always interested in his ll l t home town of stouffville he was an interested reader of the tribune and as he spent many of his sum mers at jacksons point he seized many opportunities to call on old friends in town his passing is learned here with deep regret de spite his advanced years for the home town has lost one of its cher ished friends barn raising friday one of those pleasing events in the country is coming off this fri day afternoon when the barn for the ralph wellman farm at claremont will be raised everybody has an invitation and it is expected there will be ample help on hand geo carter laid to rest monday although born on a farm near musselmans lake george carter who died at his home on the carter farm southeast of stouffville on saturday spent most of his life in the locality where he died as a young man he married bertha davis but she died at a compara tively young age 35 years ago they spent seven years of their married life in the minesing dis trict north of barrie but for long years the carter farm at altona has been well known the parents are survived by one son walter on the homestead and one daughter mrs arthur wide- man and a grandson stephen wideman member of the christian church the late mr carter belonged to the altona congregation his pastor rev gibson brown conducted the funeral service on monday after noon rev e morton and rev e moyer assisted mrs brown ren dered a solo interment was made at stouffville cemetery i less than two months ago three doubt about the b elderly men who had played foot- p county federations of agriculture inthe province of ontario thought theirjfinancing problems were solv ed when legislation was enacted authorizing the levy of onefifth of a mill in the assessment when pro perty owners agreed the plan has been given a pretty thorough trial in at least three counties and weak nesses in the system have been ex posed there has been no definite rule as to compensation for town ship officials whose duties iwere thereby increased and it was found inconvenient making up a tax roll when some lands could be assessed for the fifth of a mill and others could not the most serious difficulty of all arises after volunteers have paid their taxes and then begin to in quire when their neighbors or non- signers are going to be made to sup port the federation in general practice 90 per cent or more of the property owners sign the cards willingly and submit to the levy in general practice 10 percent or less refuse to do so this creates an unsatisfactory state of affairs because advantages which accrue from the efforts of the fed eration of agriculture are enjoyed by both the just and the unjust as a result of these experiences federation representatives have asked for an amendment in the leg islation authorizing township coun cils to pass a bylaw thereby impos ing the levy on all farms in the municipality above 10 acres in size the legislation cannot be amended until next session of the legislature but in the meantime some township councils are being asked to pass the necessary bylaw now and await its authorization by an act of the legislature evening it would be possible for suggest farmer candidate here we understand that east york conservative association will hold its annual meeting in the r h mac- gregor school coxwell avenue on monday june 19 for the purpose of bringing out a candidate for the next dominion election the sitting member is rh macgregor who has weathered quite a few battles in the tory stronghold however there is a strong move ment on foot this time to choose a farmer candidateclaiming that such a choice would appeal better to the electorate under mr bracken whom the tories say will be the new pre mier in this connection the name of charlie hooper reeve of mark ham township is prominently men tioned mr hooper on the other hand is silent on the matter and when interrogated by your reporter he said that such a demand was purely in the hands of the delegates and was not something for him to promote reeve hooper has been accorded high honors in york coun ty serving this year as a county commissioner an pffice next to the warden in importance the mere hint of any change in candidates is bound to bring out a full delegation at the meeting for they really fight down in east york be they liberal conservative cc f or any other group record early haying on the james torrance farm on no 7 highway at 10th concession markham and on the win timbers farm just west of stouffville hay was taken into the barns on tues day mr timbers drew in two lltljlvb loads and the torrance farm took in stouffville ferry command re quires daring and its personnel is hand picked and of a very high order shortage of labor is more evident now around stouffville than any time since war days began in a dozen loads of cured hay drawing in hay by june 13th con stitutes an early record for some years d f holden sons have just completed a new high ramp for ele vating cars and trucks for greasing council asked to keep hands off sunday skating ab harland dies suddenly in west honored engagement the engagement is announced of margaret spang forsyth daughter of mrs forsyth and the lateedwin a forsyth of stouffville to wil liam howard cunningham rcaf son of mr and mrsr f cunning ham holt ontario the marriage to take place in stouffville united church july 8th at 4 oclock markham boy promoted dr and mrs a l hore ofmark- ham received word that their son louis who has been in the south of england a lieutenant in the ordnance corps for the three years has been promoted to the rank of acting captain major li jstiver a unibnville boy was accorded the mbe in the recent honors passed out by the king council congratulates the stouffville press the tribune is deeply indebted to the municipal authorities of the township of whitchurch for a resolution passed at satur days meeting of the council in which reeve george leary and his council offered congratula tions to this paper on winning the clark memorial cup councillor l j harper and councillor eugene baker mov ed and seconded the document which passed unanimously and with sincere approval of coun cillor ed logan and deputy- reeve lome evans the tribune has been contract printers to the township of whitchurch for 25 years with out interruption warning of a tax sale in whit- church township was seen on sat urday when the council in session at vandorf passed the preliminary bylaw authorizing the sale and call ing upon the treasurer to submit a list of all unpaid taxes other bylaws passed at the same meeting presided over by reeve george leary gave full police status to the newly appointed constables j foote and elmer wells they are now empowered to make seiz ure under the liquor control act as well as to perform all normal police duties tenders were opened at this meet ing for handling garbage at wilcox and musselmans lake the veter an percy ash was again awarded the contract for wilcox at 300 per year he being the only tenderer two persons tendered for mussel- mans the successful one being ed mcnally farmer resident at the lake his tender price was 250 each contractor is required to sup ply a suitable conveyance and per sons who have their garbage lifted are required to place it in suitable containers they must be of a size that one man can lift to a wagon or truck in anticipation of the farmers being offered any commando help this summer the council formed it self into a committee with the reeve as chairman so that they can spot out those in need of extra help and be prepared to direct workers when they present themselves gaigers dance hall at wilcox lake came in for some considera tion when a representative of the concern addressed the council about sunday roller skating he urged tliat council give him an as surance that they would not insist on action being taken in case the place is operated on sundays im plying that if council did not stir up opposition everything would run smoothly however no such assurance was forthcoming although members said the matter would be one for county police to deal with a com munication on the subject was on file from the county nplice depart ment stating that the place would not be opened on sunday for skat ing and dancing and would confine itself to selling refreshments only relief costs continue to run at a low figure accounts totalling only 2979 being up for payment and hospitalization stood at only a mini mum of olden days it being 58 clerk crawford announced that five tenders were now in hand for the work of taking the gravel off the big hill on the east townline and delivering it on the roads of whitchurch and uxbridge ten ders will be opened at a joint meet- ing in stouffville this friday night announcement of the death of mr abram harland on tuesday of last week at treherne man came with no little surprise to old friends in stouffville it is just six weeks since mr and mrs harland left stouffville after a pleasant visit here of some length to the scene of their younger days in his 74th year mr harland came to canada from england when a youth with his parents who lived in stouffville at one time and who farmed at peachs ab as he was so well known by worked in this district and at victoria square he married ethel story daughter of one john story mail courier in stouffville half a century ago for ty years ago mr and mrs harland moved west they had been mar ried then about five years besides mrs harland there sur vives a family of ten children three of the sons having entered the ministry of the united church a rather unique record two surviv ing sisters reside in toronto old friends about stouffville altona victoria square and peachs districts will be shocked to learn of the unexpected passing of an old friend who was among them so re cently mr harland was not in good health when on this visit but it was not realized that hisend was so near cemetery receives 100 bequest by the will of the late jacob hoover of atha the stouffville cemetery is the recipient of 100 in cash to aid in the work of improve ment and maintenance of the sacred acre the late mr hoover was a very thoughtful man and in his quiet way made hisjife effective the bequest to the cemetery which was to be his final resting place was just one of those little acts of kindness for which he always stood the money was paid over last week by the executors of the estate and it comes at a time when the cemetery commission is building up a fund in anticipation of heavy expenses in opening a wider road to the grounds in anticipation of a vault and- chapel being built for which the funds are now in the bank a gift from the thos william son estate ii