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leading weekly for whitchurch msricham pickering and uxbridge twps vol55no9 stouffyille ont thursdayi july 6tti 1944 eight pages high school exam results released 175 to 100 1166 to 74 iii- 60 to 65 c 50 to 59 farm service grade ix i black betty bell audrey black leonard bridges harry clarke keith grove carl paisley erline stouffer bert weldon car- ol williamson kay ii atkinson harold baker eileen cober velma couperth- waite bert crowder bruce doner donald dawswell roy fockler helen good audrey heise alma law helen miller betty noxpn court sanderson marion schell lome wetheral bob woodland betty ill baker howard burrows helen eade grace fairies norma rowan peggy- c barclay- lewis boyd jean corcoran eunice ellas clemath hollingsworth victoria keeping gladys sider agnes stover mar- garet vague stewart wells g white lena grade x i wagg reta ii cummings paul lickorish beatrice nigh billie noxon ken pugh phyllis- salmon bernard steckley keith windsor ruth ill white lcnora c forfar russell hunt ruth reesor mildred grade xi great crowd rolled into town for lions celebration over 700 crowded the dance area alone garfield drewery won big refrigerator one of the biggest crowds in re cent years to have rolled into stouff- ville for a nights performance took in the street carnival here last aved- nesday all of which netted the lions club a handsome profit which will be applied to their work the lions virtually took over the centre part of main street where to the strains of music from billy hole and his orchestra the merry makers enthusiastically proceeded to enjoy themselves as only such a crowd can on a fine warm evening the voice of the veteran billy hole could be heard high above the jan gle of laughing voices and orches tral music no one who didnt know could ever guess that this agile youth is 78 over 700 people were tripping off the light fantastic in a manner that proved a revela tion to many of us who were view ing for the first time the new con ception of old and new dances at another part of the street all sorts of games and amusements were endulged in and being a hot evening the soft drink counters tcakor anhrov tt ir t nt tti out the refreshments in mah i ht i phvs i ent n loublc quick- style some tried llst i l 11 nir hands at ttincrn fm- tho first householders should know this these are days of many property changes in town persons should be aware that electric meters and water services should be attended to with the town clerk before tak ing over a property or vacating one if extension of water system is re quired in your premises be sure and obtain a permit before cutting into the pipe line otherwise you are liable to a fine there is no charge for permits but to be found cutting a service without one is an offense against a town bylaw brillinger barbara eng ii hist couperthwaite frank math ii hist c phys c forfar bruce fr ill lat c math ii hist i phys ii eng ii free betty jean fr ii lat ii math i hist i phys ii eng i goudie eleanor fr i lat ii math ii hist c phys iii eng ii green kathleen fr iii lat iii hist ii math c phys c eng iii green kenneth fr i lat i hist i math i phys i eng i grubin margarita fr i lat i hist i math i phys i eng i jennings audrey fr ii lat ii math ii hist i phys iii eng i jennings kenneth fr c lat iii hist c math ii phys i eng iii king vera fr i lat i hist ii math i phys i eng ii moyeiy warren fr ii lat c hist iii math i phys iii eng iii myland- georgina hist c eng c slack audrey fr i latii hist i math j phys i eng i smith duncan fr c lat c hist ii math ii phys i eng ii vague dons fr c hist c math c eng iii grade xii junior matriculation ball stanley eng c m hist iii alg iii geom ii chem i lat c fr c beach evelyn eng c m hist iii geom ichem ii lat ii frii boadwayted eng c mhist c geom iichem iii lat c bright celeste eng c m hist c geom iichem iii lat c fr c brownsberger hazel eng ii m hist iii geom ii chem c lat iii frc davis bettyfeng ii m hist ii geom i chem iii lat ii fr ii harper luella eng ii mhist ii geom ichem i lat i fr i jones benson eng i mhist ii geom c chem cfr c king eldred eng c mhist c geom iii chem i lat iii fr c salmon marion eng i mhist ii geom c chem iii lat i fr schell kenneth eng ii mhist i geom c chem ii lat ii fr ii schmidt stanley a m hist c geom ii chem c steckley harold eng ii mhist ii geom i- chem i lat ii fr iii weldonmarion eng ii mhist i geom ii chem ii lat i fr ii williams mary eng c mhist iii chem c lat iii frmli grade xiii results published in august the above marks are subject to completion of farm service and confirmation by the department of education t l c murphy ba principal markham twp man is reported missing a message was received by mr and mrs wm bartlett of unionville informing them that their eldest son fo raymond neil 30 years old has been reported missing but as yet no further information has come through he was born in oakville and came to markham township with 1 his parents in 1022 residing on the 7th concession and attending no14 school and subsequently markham high school he enlisted in 1941 trained at manning pool stthomas and london where he received his wings and commission- he took a navigators course at paulson man and finished with one month at halifax before being sent overseas he was married sept 3rd 1037 to miss violet tandy of thornhill and they have two little boys two bro thers john and fred are also on ac- live service overseas the sym pathy- of the whole community is extended to mr and mrs bartlett their hands at bingo for the first time and while a few wondered why all the excitement over such a game others thrilled with enthusi asm it was around one oclock when the curtain ran down on the final musical selection of auld lang syne and a very tired footed lot struck for home so happy and con tented that there was never a mur mur about sore or tired feet good order prevailed generally for such a huge crowd and police duty by constable rusnell and con stable gayman consisted largely of being busy traffic cops the lions had prepared 15 excel lent draws which were announced at 11 oclock reeve weldon was asked to pull the rabbits from the hat andhe did a very nice job except that some said he favored the ladies too much the reeve said the fact that so many women won prizes was due to the work of the ticket sellers alone and not to his handiwork at all the winners were largely local people that is townsfolk and farm ers of the district garfield drew ery and margaret spang both from east of town won first and second respectively while hugh boyd right in town won third these prizes were two registered calves and a handsome ice refrigerator first strange as it may seem mable spang sister of margaret captured fourth prize while other winners were bill michell locust hill margaret porter shadow lake fay oneill stouffville pauline smith stouffville mrs a gray bal- lantrae mildred lakey claremont vic berry wm eckardt don wright newmarket verna cocker- ill stouffville the club are very grateful says president andy williams to all those who donated prizes and in any other way contributed to the success of their evening which re placed the annual summer concert sponsored by this club in recent years and for which talent was im possible of attainment this year townsman recalls first dominion day celebration in 1867 onsunday mr john ratcliff re turned from several weeks spent in biantford and hamilton at the home of his sister and his daugh- ter this veteran citizen who will reach his 88th birthday in august this year can recall the first doml- inion day 77 years ago he was a lad of nine years and remember the assembly which gathered in a field somewhere in the vicinity of the christian church and possibly a little north and east being a very small boy its amazing that he can recall the affair which was a holiday acclaimed with enthusiasm by people who proclaimed great things for the nation just born while mr ratcliff came to stouff ville as a business man 40 years ago he was born just south of here on the 8th concession of markham where his father was a farmer- in the days before he was called to the ministry it is a privilege to have in our midst such men as john ratcliff at his great age a man who as it were has been handed down to us- from a former generation to cement those ties of brotherlinessthatwe cher- ish so much vj1 in france trooper elgin jhisey gi xm cmm lllfian blttlifrbnt lisey oave v harold morden son of mr and mrs lou morden stouffville is in france with a tank unit according to a cablegram a brother george with an artill ery unit is in england the 12th at goodwood next wednesday the annual orange walk for- north ontario will be held at goodwood a big program is being arranged with some distinguished speakers in cluding rh hardy grand treasur er of british america also w j armstrong managing editpr of the sentinel a 30page program has been issued and meals will be serv ed by the goodwood community ladies in the basement of the united church in addition to a big line of sports in the afternoon with baseball be tween claremont and greenwood there will be a street dance in the evening with barrettsorchestra member of tank unit with 8th army was wounded previously at christmas time a cable this week informed rela- tives near stouffville that- trooper elgin a hisey aged 27 had died of wounds on june 22 1944 in italy son of the late mrl and mrs reu ben hisey elgin was born in mark ham township and attended hill- crest in whitchurch he enlisted in 1912 and went overseas the same year in fact he arrived in eng land just two years ago this month tpr hisey is survived by four sis ters and four brothers namely mrs o roach mrs ra price mrs couts mrs dart also delos charles earl and herb for eight years elgin made his home with his bro ther herb at ringwood and was employedon ringwood farms dur ing that time it was from here that he enlisted a public memorial service will be held in his memory on sunday afternoon july 9th in the baker hill baptist church at 3 oclock trooper elgin hisey word direct from son wounded in france following a cable reporting that glen bolender son of mr and mrs eldon bolender of bethesda had received a severe leg injury in the recent normandy invasion of france the home folks received a letter from glen written on june 18th it was quite a cheery note but did not tellmuch about the severity of his injury engagement whitchurch booze is confiscated three cases of illegal possession of liquor were disposed of by mag istrate k m lingdon in magist rates court newmarket all of which were cases where the in fraction of the law was committed in whitchurch township in each case the- accused pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined ten dol lars and costs those fined were albert sturgeon toronto ross eves rri newmarket and john mcferran rr2maiton x constable ronald watt testified that in the cases of ross eves and john mcferran he searched cars geo mccormack honored at eighty a very find gesture of goodwill onthe part of the vivian people and the relatives of mr george mc cormack the village squire was shown last sunday when recogni tion of hist80th birthday was mark ed by an imposing gathering for the community affair a presentat ion was made to mr mccormack while for the family gathering some 100 relatives assembled a private church service was held conducted by rev n rowan and at the birthday dinner a cake of some magnitude bedecked the centre of the table the mccormack family history at vivian dates back 90 years when one robert mccormack came from new york state to find himself and small family a new home in the wilderness of centre whitchurch he was a lumberman by nature and understood the sawmiiling- busi ness after establishing himself at ellfismere farmer buys acreage at church hill mr w lazenby has sold his farm at church hill north of town to mr elmer loveless of ellesmere since the new owners wife is a daughter of mr m gilchrist neigh boring church hill farmer she is merely returning to the home terri tory again the property consists of 80- acres of all clear land in a high state of cultivation and good buildings it is interesting to note that mr lazenby first worked this place ex actly fifty years ago this coming fall he was just a lad of 17 sum mers and the farm was entirely covered with stumps by dint of hard work jhe place has been all cleared and brought into a high state of cultivation another interesting thing to us at least in connection with this sale is the fact that buyer and seller were brought together through an the advertisement in the tribune the very first appearance of the adv brought the man who ultimately closed the deal mr and mrs lazenby and daugh ter leone will take up residence instouffville when they finally give possession to the loveless family fflarkham make deal with firemen following a deadlock lasting two months unionville fire brigade are again prepared to render service in the township of markham since on monday night a new agreement was reached between the township council and the unionville police trustees whose hands were more or less tied by the solid front -shown- by the firemen demanding certain pay and more than the council was willing to grant v the outcome of the most recent meeting is that the council will again assume a half interest in the fire equipment which theyjrelen- quished two or three years ago while they agree to do all road work in unionville and pay the brigade members 5 per fire and 1 per call in the township ltwas a two hour conference be- tween the council and the three village trustees which for a long time got little results until finally reeve hooper suggested the idea of council repurchasing a half- in- terest in tlie equipment this idea brought forth the following resolu- tion which is the basis ofa new norman birkett attached to the canadian- navy is in town visiting vivian the mccormack saw mill his uncles thomas and wmbirkett mr and mrs john a spang of claremont- ont wish to announce the engagement of their eldest dau- at wilcox lake and found partly ghter mable eileen delia to bruce consumed bottles of ale in the case allen harper only son of mr and of john mcferran township con- mrs wm h harper of stouffville the marriage will take place july 22nd at the home of the brides parents cedar hill farm president stable joseph foote told his wor ship that he had searched the car in a parking lot and found a partly consumed bottle of beer he stated that the accused admitted owner ship two other cases of illegal pos session of liquor were adjourned until july 7th they were helen mae cooper toronto and sidney chas elles simcoe in the former case constable foote laid the in formation and in the- latter con stable elmer wells played an active part in clearing the lands for other settlers george the youngest son was born at viv- ianten years after the family locat ed there it fell to his lot to become post master and store keeper i recall 20 and 30 people of an even ing coming up here for their mail fifty years ago said mr mccor mack referring to the olden days a large athletic field opposite the present mccormackhome mustered all of the young people of the dis trict for games each evening the mccormacks employed from 20 to 30 men in the heyday of their milling and store business mrs f b murray calgary is visiting in town with mr and mrs av nolan stouffville he has crossed the ocean four times arid is notyet 21 years of age his home town is regina where his father g r- birkett resides agreement to be drafted moved by- councillor albert reesor and secon- ded by deputy reeve w l clark that the council agrees to pay 50 of maintenance of unionville lire equipment from january lst- 3944 and unionville police willage agrees to pay the general tax rate and deed half the cost of equipment to the township and the township agrees to do all road work on vill age streets and payfiremen 5 per fire and lper call answered from july 1st the fire chief was immediately notified fo attend any- future calls from outside the village thus end j ing what councillor albert reesor t i- termed a sitdown strike t during the two months that no vjs j -1- answered calls in the township when called upon x word was received by mr and mrs lloyd turner from their son grant last weekend that he is in good health and safe grant as reported previously took part in the invasion as a member of the crew of the hmcs prince david four generations of kemps sergu donald rowbotham is home from his army post at halifax on furlough- president ontario liberals archie 1 haines of jordan ont- y former member of the legis- latureifor lincoln vhasbeen appointed president of ontario liberals atvtheir first annual meetingsince august he succeeds v lieutcol harry s hamilton ofsauit ste marie jean gray takes vows in presbyterian church ferns peonies and orange blos soms formed the background in st james presbyterian church stouff ville for the marriage of jean irene only daughter of mr and mrs david gray to allan winston neal son of the late mr and mrs george neal rev t decourcey rayner officiated the bride wore a gown of white sheer with anngerup veil caught with orange blossoms she carried a bouquet of joanna hill roses myrtle topper cousin of the bride was her attendant wearing a dress of blue sheer with matching head dress of blue tulle and flowers she carried a nosegay of sweetheart roses vernon gray of sudbury was the best man ii v for ar honeymoon trip north ern ontario the bride wore a blue twopiece suit with white accessor- les on their return mr and mrs neal will reside in stouffville the above is a characteristic pose of george h kemp head erect who once operated a butchering business jn part of thebuijding now the home of tfie tribune opposite the post- office many of our readers willi recall kemps butcher shop and still many others rememy ber george kemp the butcher also a member of the stouff- wkjtchurck deputy glainji 500 works needed novi york county council unanimously last week passed v resolution that 60 days harvest leave should be granted experienced members of e home defense forces to help save ontario crops in view of the man- powershortage s the resolution was introduced in theclosing minutes of the last june- session of county council by l p- evans deputy reeve of whitchurch township and- a member of the agricultural committee t farmefs county alone need approximately 500 harvest r workers immediately said mr evans in introducing the resolution there had been a very disappoint- ing response to farm laborers of- western- canada to -selectiveser- viceappeals to cometoontarioto assist in harvesting the resolution emphasized that in view of the urgency of the situa- tion such leave to be made effective not later than july 10 the agricultural committee was further empowered by the resolu tion to make any representations dqemed necessary to federal auth- orities in trying to obtain 60 days harvest leave for members of the forces wl clarkdeputy reeve of mark- ham township and secretary of the agricultural committee said that so far only 25 western farmlaborers had come east to help with york countys harvest pointing out that the agricultural committee in tendedimmediate action to help york conntyand ontario farmers hesaid kj there will be immediate repre- sentation made to ottawaeitherby 1 wire a delegation whichever we think best vx a t v jj rfr si ville band the picture shows the male side- of the kemp family four generations david kemp is the youngest while with him- are his father char- les hr kemp grandfather char- les e kemp vand his great- grandfather george w kemp who is an old stouffville rest dent s8 years oldhe lives at 6 fernwood j avenue toronto i a a tfls3i v u v jv j- c29f