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leading weekly for whitchurchvmarkhajnpkkerin3 and uxbridge twps vol 55 no 15 stouffville ontario thursday aug 17th 1944 eight pages air cadets entrain for rc af hagersville camp eleven air cadets from stouff- 1 villes squadron no 94 entrained for hagersville no 16 rcaf sta tion this morning wednesday for ten days camp accompanied by their commanding officer m e watts more than 5000 cadets from all across ontario are getting this training at seven service flying training stations in no 1 com mand this summer the boys from the local squad ron attending are stanley ball ken jennings georgenokesdou glas ward victor morley ken wil son douglas hinan leonard black earl anderson william manion ken morley the majority of the jboys have obtained steady employment during the summer and find it difficult to be away for ten days which ac- counts for the relatively small con tingent from the local unit cadets are now permitted to fly and there was unbounded enthusi asm among those boys who range in age from 15 to 17 unaccus tomed to plane rides but steeped in the lore of heavierthanair craft the cadets envisioned a real heyday at hagersville t each boy will get about half an hour in the air theyll be taken up in ansons two or three at a time and theres nothing but straight flying this familiarization flight is only a small part of the cadets 10 days at camp though itll be the high- light as far as theyre concerned the ground work includes aircraft recognition armament meterolo- gyand navigation then theres physicial training and full sports program the station is under command of group capt harding dfc pictured above is one of the cadets preparing to go aloft no tribune next week following the custom of many weeklies and our own custom the tribune will notbe pub lished nextweek during which time the staff will take a holi day and some extensive altera tions will be made to the plant that will be more easily carried out when the paper is suspend ed for one issue readers and correspondents will therefore please bear- in mind that the next edition will be issued on august 31- engaged the engagement is announced of phyllis loraine only daughter of mrs vanzant arid the late arthur vanzant to pilot officer gordon baker rcaf son of mrs baker and the- latc harvey baker the marriage will take place sometime in august mr and mrs harvey taun an nounce the engagement of their eldest r margaret to george arthur wellman son of mrs wellman and the late chas wellman of toronto the marriage to takeplace latter part of august mr and mrs lloyd brown of stouffville announce the engage ment of their eldest daughter elsie elnora to dale sallows son of mr and mrs theadore sallows of tor onto the wedding to take place on september 2nd at 430 in the united church at dawes rd in tor onto schools open here oh september 5th lions complete year of service at a meeting of the stouffville f a years community service by board of education on monday jthe stouffville tbions club which evening it was decided that both has just completed its 194344 sea- the high and public schools should son shows that the good work of open for the fall term on tuesday this organization totalled nearly sept 5th 500 although the option of opening the lion3 have the local at a later date has been given by f h r c b vjww e j2fdoiwrt clinic and contributed 50 katl wwasnn ect and advertising worthwhile while a further post the past year dentistry ponement was not deemed necess- and eye glasses were taken care of ary in the light of this years early harvest work will commence on the pro posed new rooms for the accommo dation of the teachers and- the children received for several local children by the child welfare committee which was headed by lion l c murphy the ontario society for crippled li ay as soon as the material is childrens available it was learned from mr lions british child war victims truman baxter who holdsthe con- ml j fund hospital h 12000 10 the sick 5 and the the air cadet tract for the job j league of canada also received a blackboard extensions in two of c th pi the public school rooms were also siant ot -w- ihe uub ninety year old hdiisfe burned oh fth streil authorized at the meeting pickering farmer stricken in sponsored a concert in aid of the sixth victory loan and purchased a 50 bond for a draw prize a free show for the kiddies at christ mas was also sponsored by the lions at a cost of 25 cause of fire being investigated by fire marshal incendiary motive suggested the onestory frame dwelling on tenth street north belonging to mrs harry garthwaite and ten anted by mrs rosemary vine was totalled destroyed by fire early saturday morning the fire was first noticed by mrs gibson a neighbor who called donald leh man and when he reached the scene only a small blaze was glow- ng in the kitchen but it spread with amazing rapidity the fire department reached the scene in record time but the water pressure failed and they could not do any thing but stand by and watch the place being reduced to ashes even with ample water the house was doomed it is believed that an air pocket in the water mains was tpk cakl j steckley ix france the stouffville lions as sponsors of the air cadets have contributed i responsible for lack of pressure their entire salvage income to this since an extensive repair job on tha rlistrirt wis deedlv shocked cause this amounted to some 100 the system had just been complet- otyvutjyt an hour before the fire alarm sudden parsing of viahur carru- of 65360 has been sjjent on the sounded and during the repairs thers wellknown sth of pickering catet unit since its inauguration the water was turned off the mains farmer mr carruthers had gone april 1942 between thirty and there is usually more or less to the field to dig some potatoes inj forty cadets have received regular trouble from air in the mains after the afternoon and had only worked weekly training in aviation over a shut off of this extent a few moments when he succumb- this period ed it was not until near thesupj to further the stouffville boys per hour that anxiety arose when work the lions this spring spon- he did not return and a searchr the cubs a junior scout was made by his son ernest whojg and made a cash contribut- came upon his prostrate form de- ion to the organization of 15 00 ceased was in his lst year j rugs dav who is on the js sswrts boys work committee of the club arthur carruthers was a son of tne j late mr and mrs william carrufes one the prime promoters of thers following a short time u sco movement which was farming at cashel mr and mrs i felt would fill a longfelt need of carruthers who have been married hoys twelve years of age thirtyeight years came to live at lot 32 con 8 deceased was a mem ber of the stouffville christian church where he had been a trus tee for several terms besides his sorrowing wife he is survived by one son ernest four brothers harold and r at cashel george at brantford arid charles in california there are twosisters jenny and maryaf home the funeral service will be held at the late home this thursday afternoon at 230 pm and will be conducted by rev chasmontgom ery pallbearers will be- messrs jack spang albert draper murray dunkeld alex kirton sherman arnold and anthony featherstone interment at stouffville cemetery- pickering twp purchases former hotel in brougham the first step in obtaining new municipal offices for pickering township was taken on saturday with the purchase by themunici- pality of the former corner hotel property in brougham from mrs l matthews sale price was 3000 work will commence as soon as possible to change the front part of the building intoa fine munici pal office equipped with boaid room clerks quarters and vault facilities for the township valu able records mrs matthews will continue to occupy the roar of the building until spring about a half acre of land also goes with the premises and this will provide sufficient room for the townships road machinery v the corner hotel is a brick struc ture with fourteen rooms which was erected on land granted from the crown nearly one hundred years ago the present building has boen standing for sonie fifty years arid has been occupied by mrsl matthews and the late mr matthews for the past fourteen years the hotel has had about a dozen owners since its opening and it has been thirtyfive years since the place held a saloon li cense since the passing of mrmatthews a short time ago the refreshment room has been carried on by his wife while the barber shop- has storm beaten oats avent 16 bus to acre on the farm ooir jos betz at mongolia the recent hail storm beat down a 20 acre field of oats so badly that the owner didnt expect to harvest this grain at all how ever since the storm the oats made some kind of a comeback and after cutting arid threshing with combine the yield was 16 bushels to the acre mr betz says that he has had yields of 100 bushels to the acre in most favorable years 1015 assessment under way in whitchurch under the new arrangement the township of whitchurch is now making its annual assessment at this time and thefigures gathered will form the basis for the 1915 taxes by doing the assessing the previous year the tax bills may be issued earlier and if a council so decides cash discount may be allowed for early payment another advantage of a summer assessment is that the assessor visits the lake areas in this town ship when the cottagers are most likely to be at their summer homes and can be more readily contacted 10000 tons of gravel for new mulch top work on the new highway to be built between goodwood and stouffville commenced on monday morning in a big way the road is being built from goodwood south and the contracting firm is the jupp construction co gravel for the six and a half miles of road will come from the gravel hill deposit on the west side of the hill from the chapman property and calls for ten thou sand tons of material from this source the schutz co of durham whose big machinery is reducing the hill for whitchurch and ux bridge townships has the job of crushing- the gravel for the jupp co of age and under a contribution of 63 was made to the veterans comfort fund which will send a months parcels to all the local boys and girls in the armed forces overseas the recent street fair which cliriiaxed the successful year real ized net profit of nearly 800 which- will all go to charitable causes in 194445 cause of the fire is a mystery since mrs vine who lives alone had left for her work at ajax around noon hour her small chil dren are being cared for away from home and her husband is living on a farm in uxbridge township mrs vine after coming off work at ajax at midnight it is said attend ed a function which kept her away from home until early saturday morning so that she did not know her home had been reduced to ashes until she arrived back everything was burned not a piece of furniture was saved the house was built 90 years ago according to old deeds in the tpr carl j steckley son of mr and mrs clarence steckley of gormley is now in france according to latest letters re- ceived by the home folk carl went overseas last- march and toolc s gunnery course in eng land he lias two brothers douglas and donald also two sisters hazel and helen the latter being in the air force stationed in toronto local students stand high at normal three students from stouffville high school graduating class of last term eileen weldon ruth gooding and grace latcham who were chosen as public school teachers for next term without harf mrstgarthwaitevandw g f atoslcu went in with rcaf johnmonkhouse dies suddenly at buffalo john monkhouse of buffalo died suddenly last wednesday after only two or- three days illness he had been in stouffville visiting his fa ther john monkhouse our longest standing business man and mer chant tailor but returned to his work in buffalo leaving his wife and john here until he should re turn for his summer holidays only back home a few days he was over come and passed away john monkhouse was born in stouffville 40 years ago and as a young man located in buffalo he was a painter by trade and was engaged on government painting at the time of his fatal illness johns the old j t daley home when main street at the tenth was the hub of stouffville an insurance of 500 will be paid to mrs garthwaite we were informed by the insurance adjust ers who were in town sunday the property would have sold for 700 or 900 since offers in these amounts were only recently re ceived by the owner who refused to sell because she wanted to re tain it as a home for her son when he returns from overseas first person at the fire was don lehman who says it started in the rear kitchen and looked like a very small blaze no one had been in the home since noon hour and there was said to be no electric wiring where the fire was seen we understand the ontario fire marshal will conduct an investiga tion since there is so much talk about some person maliciously starting the fire the husband was mother died when he was a very for 011p sahm small boy and- there survives his i up lor q satur- father here also a sister miss helen monkhouse of niagara and his wife a buffalo girl also by one son john aged 10 years interment was made at buffalo on saturday the funeral being at tended from here by the father and sister that he was with one of the first ground crews to go ashore in word received heie fromivan france after dday ivan is a son wagg rcaf of stouffville states of mr and mrs cecil wagg day and was permitted to go his way again been operated by mr harry porter ofciarcmont 7 bethcsda- evangelical lutheran- church at unionville founded in ls74 celebrate 150 vyears of special services beginning on sunday aug 20 one of- thefeaturescwill be amemorial service bnaug27 at which a fund for 3000 will be launched for the upkeep of the cemetery pretty wedding at altona home gladioli and phlox formed the lawn setting on friday evening aug 11th when lucille edna how- sam daughter of mr and mrs earl howsam of altona was united in marriage with lloyd albert wel don son of mr and mrs a e weldori of stouffville rev douglas davis officiated the bride was charming in a white satin and lace gown with fin gertip veil caught in a halo of orange blossoms she carried rap ture roses and white gladioli she was attended by miss margaret jennings as maidofhonor wear ing net over blue taffetta and nose gay ofjohanna hill roses and pan- sies the bridesmaid miss helen campbell was attired in net over pink taffeta and nosegay matching that- of the maidofhonor the little ringbearer was jimmy bushel cousin of the bride and the ushers were messrs keith howsam and ken wagg mrs john millman of port perry played the wedding march and ac companied mrs fred byers who sang o perfect love a reception was hedonthe lawn following the ceremony the brides mother receiving her guests in a turquoise blue crepe dress with black- accessories and corsage of briarcliff roses she was assisted by the grooms mother- wearing navy with navy and white acces sories and corsage of briarcliff roses the couple left on a honeymoon trip to crystal beach the bride travelling- in a suit of cinnamon brown with t corsage of talisman roses j c gordon barkey cnr toronto is visiting here for a few days at his- home spruce villa v vawl have distinguished themselves in the normal school short course all three girls stood at the head of the whole toronto normal school of some 500 students in the grammar class and each of- them obtained- their standing- without writing the final examinations which is a real tribute to them and to the teaching staff as well who had some part in their train ing eileen weldon willteachnear oueensville ruth gooding goes to ravenshoe and grace latcham to the niagara district- many matters come before the council the stouffville lions club are being asked to take an interest in the leadership training course i sponsored by the educational committee of york county as part of its leadership training program the matter came before whit- church council on saturday and was directed to the attention of the lions the lords day alliance wrote council commending their interest in keeping down the continual en croachment on the sabbath day referring to the roller skating business at wilcox lake the alli ance said that they failed to see where such business- is legal on sundays council debated an endless amount of detail vconcerning the big gravel job onthe east townline and arranged fomeet uxbridge council to settle various mattersin which the cpuncils are jointly interested 1 councillors logan and harper moved the payment- of 647 for road work done and other services in connection therewithv general accounts amounting to 169 were also scrutinized and ordered paid by motion of councillors harper and baker joshua dreury was awarded 5 for shooting a dog caught chasing sheep john sheridan and george drewery were each paid 10 for sheep killed by dogs v r t it was decided to advance the pay to sheep valuators to 2 per- trip an increase of 50 cents george preston asked to be re lieved of 10 booth license at pres ton lake claiming he didnt oper ate wide open like most booths but council said -they- could not make fish of one andfleshof another the bylaw would have to be observed xt- the session was presided over by reeve geo leary and adjourn- ment was made atsjxoclock a special v meeting to be set in the- near future y a