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0t0ffiwlk tihnm leading weekly for whitchurch markham pfckering and uxbridse twps vol 55 no 8 stouffville ont thursday june 29th 1944 eight pages last weeks thieves are caught in city with goods toronto youths had helped themselves to groceries from store in westend block three men were arrested in tor onto charged with breaking into the hodgins grocery in stouflville and with other thefts from nearby towns two toronto police in a cruising car spotted the license number of a stolen car and gave chase corner ing the car in a driveway of hart house where an iron post prevents through traffic two of the men jumped out and ran but after a brief chase were captured in a house on wood street the police arrested a third man and found 140 packages of cigarettes and some clothing stolen from stouffville and other towns presumably richmond hill and oak ridges according to police reports the thieves who were chased from rich mond hill came to stouffvile to break into the hodgins place in the west end and operated by mrharry brillinger they helped themselves freely to ice cream and candies also gro ceries but did not leave the place in disorder entrance was made by forcing the door we understand the marks of a jimmy could be seen on the store of stiver bros in the west end block of stores leaving stouffville the thieves forced the gasoline tank at john stons store in gormley where they refueled and drove on to toronto to be caught not long ago the stouffville creamery was robbed and men whom the judge said he believed were guilty either got free or were given very light sentences all of which is most discouraging to the merchants of the towns surround ing toronto it is the unanimous opinion that nothing short of strap ping willi put an end to this unfair attack by irresponsible city youths on rural stores in york county two weeks ago boadways drug store the pool room and forsyths barber shop were robbed also wil sons boot and shoe store in mark- 1 hambut so far the guilty persons have not been caught unless the more recent theft can be proven against the same people the man ner of breaking in was much the same in all instances early potatoes new potatoes from some local gardens may be expeqted on the market any day now it used to be a race between robert mckinnon and robert stewart as to who would be down town with new murphies first but the first mentioned has passed on while mr stewart beir over 92 is not interested in garden ing any more frank williamson east end did a flourishing business in vegetables the past two years but he too is laid aside and only recently came home from a long spell in the hospital newlyweds will settle on uxbridge farm the church of england in ux- bridge was the scene of a pretty wedding on june 24 1914 when amidst a setting of daisies and red and white flowers elsie margaret hockley daughter of mr and mrs chas w hockley of uxbridge be came the bride of joseph earl forsyth son of mr and mrs chas forsyth 2nd concession uxbridge rev ormiston twiss rector offi ciated the bride given by her father wove a floor length white satin dress silk tulle veil caught to the head with white flowers she car ried bnarcliff roses miss bermce burnham was bridesmaid and mrs bettie munroe maid of honor the bridesmaid wore a street length blue silk jersey dress with shoulder length veil the maid of honor also wore a silk jersey shoulder length veil ruth hockley acted as flower girl and mr douglas ferguson of stouffville was the best man the wedding music was played by mrs cave at the reception at the home of the brides parents the brides mo ther wore a flowered printed gown with white accessories the grooms mother wore navy blue sheer and white accessories both chose briareliff roses for their flowers after a short honeymoon the young jpouple will locate on the second of uxbridge with the best of wishes for a happy life home from italy pte wallace bond landed back from beachhead in italy on fri day morning to his old home at gormley he crossed the medi terranean with the canadians and landed at ortona he is the son of mr and mrs john bond a paratrooper roy stqver eldest son of mr archie stover of milverton is in training as a paratrooper stationed in western canada roy was born in town here and was quite a wee lad when the family moved to mil verton hello mr porky not by any means unknown buj very uncommon is the humble por cupine one was discovered last week on the a gray farm conces sion 7 pickering mr porky refus ed to be budged from where he sat and when prodded a little with a rail he fought back with plenty of quills mr gray then placed a box over old porky and rolled him into it so that neighbors could have a good look later the fellow with the little harpoons was released since he refused to eat in captivity grandson of former hotelman killed grandson of a former well known and long time resident of stouffville john gordon martin of pickering grain cutting ten days off our victoria square correspond ent reports oats ready for the bin der in another ten days and on two farms there the crop is estimated to yield around 100 bushels to the acre district chairman high school principal l c mur phy who was recently appointed chairman of the examining board for this district is presiding at the entrance examinations at the local centre this wednesday and thurs day only sixteen pupils are writ ing four of whom are from stouff ville school the great majority nowadays are granted their en trance on their term work j l stiver member of pioneer family john lewis bernard stiver born in markham township where he lived all his life passed away at his home in unionville on thursday june 22 after a long period of fail ing health a lifelong member of the liberal party as his father and grandfather had been before him he took a keen interest in politics although of late years ill health forced him to re main quiet his father the late william stiver taught school in markham township from 1850 to 1ss5 and 21 of these years were spent in the coltie corners school also several years in unionville the stivers came from montgomery co in new york state and first set tled in markham when john graves simcoe opened it to settlement duties after the american revolu tionary war service was held at clendenings funeral home in markham village on saturday june 24 after which interment took place at the luther- 1 an cemetery unionville surviving are mrs stiver who was formerly jennie armstrong adams two sons lloyd h who is principal of earl beatty school toronto and lewis a who is a teacher in d b hood school duf- ferin and eglinton toronto ana one daughter muriel who teaches in browns school toronto also one sister mrs r b elliott butr- tonville the pall bearers were wlatimer e j stiver a hurrefl g ogden and l wallen unionville and henry gibson milliken doner of memorial rink unionville dead word has just been received from buffalo of the death of william h crosby aged 82 years president of the crosby co and native of union ville the son of the late mr and mrs hugh powell crosby of unionville he received his education in the village and at markham high school he lived in buffalo many years and established the firm of automobile accessories of which he has been head mr crosby- was prominent in wel fare work and donated the crosby memorial rink at unionville to his native village he was the doner of the crosby hall to buffalo uni versity as well surviving are a son end three daughters also a sister mrs margaret legge tor onto village died on the beaches of nor mandy on d day according to word received by his parents mr and mrs george martin of picker ing his grandfather was the late john martin proprietor of the old queens hotel in stouffville which closed its doors after local option came the familiar hostelry and big barns which stood on the present site of queens court main street east is still well remembered as a popular stopping place- john gordon martin rifleman in the queens own regiment was killed by a bullet he enlisted in 1940 and is survived- by his parents and two sisters helen and mary both at home in pickering his home town paper the pickering news says of johnny martin he was among the first of the village boys to enlist for overseas service known and liked by everybody his broad smile and grin always brightened up the surroundings when he appeared miss isobel johnson of toronto is enjoying a weeks holiday with her parents on obrien avenue the regular meeting of the ser vice mens wives and mothers club will be held on monday july 3rd at 8 pm all ladies interested are cordially invited norma dons the cap towns people will be delighted to learn that miss norma stover daughter of mr and mrs ambrose stover lias successfully passed her preliminary examinations at hamil ton generalhospital and will now co into training at mountain view hospital there norma likes the course very much and we predict that when she writes rn after her name she will be one of the finest reforest 150 more acres at vivian it was disclosed at york county council last week that the reforesta tion committee has purchased an additional 150 acres to 180 acres at vivian as well as some 160 acres in east gwillimbury reeve weldon of stouffville is a member of the reforestation committee council accepted the report of the commit- j tee and approved their action council also accepted the recom mendation of the reforestation com mittee calling for the purchase of 540 acres of submarginal land as a postwar project prices average from 10 to 15 per acre at pre sent some 1500 acres of land has been reforested at vivian and the most recent purchases include 50 acres from george mccormick on the northeast corner at vivian and 30 additional acres from the same man just to the north of the 50 acres fifty acres is being taken over from shakemans property on the northwest corner fronting on the vivian sideroad also a nice maple bush in this area for themost part these lands are light sand with no fertility for farm crops covered with pine trees they will grow into value as timber and will conserve the land and water areas in the district for many miles around prominent figure called by death a familiar personage in the stouff ville district william ratcliff died with shocking suddenness at his home on church street stouffville where he had lived retired for the past five years although in deli cate health from a serious heart condition mr ratcliff had been feeling a little better- yet on satur day morning june 24 when pre paring to take a bath he expired without the slightest warning mrs ratclilf was present when the end came born on the ratcliff homestead on the markhamwhitchurch townline now the robt ratcliff farm 70 years ago last march 14 william ratclilf grew to be a widely known and highly respected citizen he was a successful farmer cattle man and lumber dealer he farmed at baker hill for 25 years establishing the homestead now owned and occu pied by his youngest son gordon in religion he was a baptist and served for long years in the capa city of deacon because of his occasional visit to the church of his choice at claremont he was honor ed with a deaconship there a posi tion he held at the time of his death william ratcliff was a son of henry ratehn who came from england before the middle of the last century and settled west of stouffville on the well known home- tead he is survived by one sis ter mrs john nicely and by one brother robert in 1900 he married laura lemon who survives him to- ether with three sons harry alex and gordon ratcliff the latter two well established on their own farms on the 8th concession of whit church while harry operates a large transport business and deals in timber and wood in 194243 william ratcliff served on the council of stouffville but re tired owing to his physical condi tion he was a man of few words careful in his habits and of sound judgment the district will miss mr ratcliff the funeral on monday afternoon from the late home proceeded to stouffville cemetery for interment rev- douglasdavis and rev l e atkinson conducted the service mr davis was a neighbor andmrt atkinson a lifelong friend and ac quaintance the pall bearers were all nephews of the deceased messrs fred norman and floyd steckley also donald charles and howard ratcliff j ottawa agricultural official pays visit to markham farm former resident leaves large estate for benefit of daughter mrs bosworth births 3yer at the markham nursing home markham on june 211944 to mr and mrs lome byer nee joycecleare the gift of a baby sister for gary betty irene wagg at the brierbush hospital stouffville on friday june 23 1914 to mr and mrs roy wagg toronto a daughter brown to mr and mrs percy brown cth con whitchurch on sunday june 25 1944 a baby sister fr shirley z i douglas at the brierbush hos- it is just three years ago since hon john bracken visited the farm of mr jos betz on the 10th con cession of markham just south of stouffville and now mi betz enter tained other important visitors when on june 23 mr rm mcvicar from the central experimental farms ottawa visited the betz place to inspect the stands of white clover and the equipment for har vesting it mr mcvicar expressed his pleas ure with the extra good fields of white clover and showed keen in terest in the john deere combine equipment and clover harvesting outfit which is claimed to be the most uptodate in canada what have you in the clover line that attracts such important men the tribune asked mr betz who said i have three varieties of white clover which look much alike except in size white dutch clover is the smal ler variety explained mr betz but yields as high as two loads of hay per acre and is also a good seed producer the next larger explained mr betz is permanent white clover which came from new zealand he claims it gives a good yield and is hardy and will last many years fori hay or pasture live stock are fond of it he maintains and do not bloat on it like they do on alfalfa the largest of the three white clivers grown is lanino nowhigh- iy recommended by the department of agriculture mr betz claims for it heavy crops of hay and pasture with a high feed value above alfal fa it was reported at the recent farm day at guelph that seed from this variety was selling for 275 and 300 per lb sister of late byron beebe distributes es tate of 153831 be tween relatively few people mrs harriett ida birchall who died in toronto last january 29 left an estate of 153831 one time re sident of uxbridge stouffville box grove and lemonville it appears that these places of her early child hood were not on her mind when the will was drawn since no com munity or relative therein benefits from the big estate mrs birchall was a sister of the late byron beebe but mrs james monks of lincolnville a niece of the wealthy lady does not benefit from the estate however mrs roy mustard of barrie and formerly of markham village may benefit mater ially some day mrs mustard be fore her marriage was anna spears mrs birchalls estate of 153s31 leaves a life interest to her daugh ter mrs alleyne bosworth whose deceased husband was chairman of the cpr while richard d bir chall godson gets certain personal i effects and a 1000 legacy should mrs bosworth die with- out issue the estate will be divided equally among george a berner nephew mrs harry crawford niece mrs roy mustard previous ly mentioned and mrs c a cam eron assets are bank and other stocks 75621 cash in hand 292 and in bank 5078 personal property 1459 bonds and debentures 70- 780 harriett birchall fell heir to her large estate from her husband but when she lived in the local district she was of very normal circum stances we are informed by one very close to the family mrs bir chall was one of several daughters born to silas beebe who was a famous axe maker he was an artisan of outstanding ability which trait seemed to have been embibed to a great degree by his son byron who lived in goodwood and later in stouffville where he died within the memory of many of our read ers it is said that an entry of the silas beebe family is still to be found on the old methodist church records at uxbridge it is probable that some of his children were borrii in uxbridge but of that fact the tribune is not certain for the fam ily also lived in beaverton the late mrs birchall has on occasion been the guest of mrs myrtle beebe monks here but not quite for some years now for years she was soloist in sherbourne street united church and was an accomplished singer entrance pupils show outstanding work at the recent high school en trance examinations held for form candidates dorothy cleverdon and walter wyatt both of ss no 11 markham passed with honors these students should be congratu lated on their outstanding work dorothy was successful in obtaining the perfect mark assigned in spell ing this is an exception miss dorothy bunker a graduate of to ronto normal last year is their teacher supervisor lieut jos ward of claremont is supervising the instruction of an armoured division training at camp borden lieut ward whose wife resides in clare mont is a son of mr and mrs walter ward he was born in the village and attended school there prior to enlisting lieut ward was foreman in the oshawa duplate co masons instal new officers despite the hot evening there was a big turnout at the installation ceremonies for richardson masonic lodge- on monday evening which comfortably filled the banquet hall following the work of the evening in the lodge room since 1916 rt wor brohc tugwell of georgina lodge toronto has officiated at this ceremony and monday evening witnessed the veteran member carrying on the dutiespnce again as a mark of his fidelity to richard son lodge the members presented him with some choice china the new wm a e weldon officiated at the banquet for a short toast list strawberries cream pie and cake cousins married in double ceremony church parade the loyal orange lodge at good wood will hold a church parade next sunday july 2nd when the brethren will attend divine service in goodwood baptist church bre- pital stouffville on tuesday june thren will meet at the lodge rooms 27 1944 to mr and mrs bruce at 230 pm visiting orangemen douglas claremont a son are invited an interesting fact in connection with a very interesting double wedding in stouffville on saturday afternoon will go down as seldom equalled here eileen ann lewis and lena maude graham the two brides are first cousins and they took their marriage vows together at the united church parsonage be fore rev d davis eileen was wedded to gnrlewis charles wells son of mr and mrs elmer wells of lemonville yhile lena maude graham was united with william john mitchell miss lewis has made her home with an aunt in stouffville mrs william lewis while miss graham likewise lived with an aunt in mount albert following the ceremony a recep tion was held at the home of mrs lewis in the west end when the young couples were supported in the receiving line by mrs lewis mrs graham mrsmitchell and mrs wells about 40 attended the re ception and luncheon the happy quartette newly mar ried left on a trip to northern on tario where they will stop at south river near north bay on their return mr and mrs mitchell will take up residence ipmount albert while gnr lewis wells will resume his post in the army and mrswells will remain in stouffville i 1 e weldon wimt in formed the menu in addition to guests from toronto masons were- present from markham pickering claremont aurora newmarket and lindsay the officers installed for the ensuing year are ipm harold mason wm ae weldon j sw ormsby lehman i j w edward logan chaplain j f reid secretary k r davis treasurer a v nolan sd harvey moyer i jd morley haynes j ss dean wagg 1 js norman wagg l ig reuben pearce tyler howard j malloy i new cabbage ahead op schedule the walter brillinger gardens took off the first local cabbage of the season last weekend thereby estab lishing a record early cut for ten years or more mr brillinger said about the end of the first week in july was the earliest but this year- a limited number of heads were cut about june 23 indications are that there will be an abundant lot of local cabbage right away which will remain in- plentiful supply throughout the season as the acre age planted is very large miss lois kester is in ottawa on the professional aerodvnamic staff of the national research council