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r v vv- viv j- xt- igx ipzggsf- fiij- t fjvr leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 55 no 23 the tribune stouffvilieont oct 19 1944 eight pages ioctf jptw has busy time with canadian navy the canadian navy seagoing medical service has a round-the- clock efficiency with a doctor- or sick berth attendant on every escort ship sailing the atlantic con voy route a naval release has re vealed in 1041 a newfoundland convoy base had practically no medical service surgeon ltcmdr p h wilson of stouffville who is at his home surg iiicirtcindr h wilbon here said a convoy represents a body of 6000 to 8000 men being transferred to the british isles through hazardous waters navy doctors are responsible for the care of men in the convoyed freighters as well as the crews of the escort ing warships when the battle of the atlantic was at its peak of fury a medical officer got little sleep on the way across r ltcmdr wilson said escort ships of each group carry two or three doctors in addition a rescue ship usually a converted cross- channel packet equipped with a hospital travels with each convojf trawlers fitted up as hospital ships sometimes provide further accom modation almost every- trip doctors in the escort ships make perittrus cross ings in small boats to freighters to attend illness or mishap victims many operations have been per formed- such as amputations and appendectomies and at least once for a ruptured duodenal ulcer in the latter case one day last winter the american patient made an ex cellent recovery and united states authorities thanked the canadian doctors responsible surglieut r h cram of london ont and surglieut o b richardson of woodstock ont garden oddities this week we are displaying in the window of this paper a parsnip of normal body propor tions but with a root that measures 40 inches just the kind that andy clark likes to talk about on sunday mornings at 10 oclock but just a minute mr radio broadcaster we also weighed up this week a citron that tipp ed the scales at 38 pounds and a minister did the weighing so theres no bluffing the par snip was grown by fred cltess- man stouffville and the big citron is from the farm of ed lewis of glasgow whitchurch council has quiet session looked over peace river country last week our townsman mr isaac barkey returned home after spending the summer in western canada his main stop of course was made at the home of his bzother henry barkey who farms 160 acres nine miles from edmon- ton isaac however found time for a side trip some 500 miles to daw son creek which is the end of the steel and persons wishing to con tinue on north from dawson have to go by plane or travel over the new alaska highway by bus mr barkey found conditions good in the peace river with farm ers going into the hog business and getting good prices for their pro duce he went out from dawson to see the famous bridge spanning the peace river 40 miles- from the town it was built at a cost of two million dollars and is over half a mile long mr barkey rode over it on the bus and then walked back and it took him 11 minutes on foot hog raising in the north is be coming quite a ihingandjthe fin ancial returns to the farmer are considerable on the barkey farm near edmon ton crops were very good but threshing had not been done by oct 1 however weather was most favorable and there was no cause for worry henry barkey left stouffville about 1s05 and after living in manitoba and various parts of the west decided to settle near edmonton t henry barkey must be a real farmer for his wheat took second prize in the 50 bushef class of certi fied reward wheat shown at cal- gary grain show he stood next to trelle the wheat king from wem bley mr barkeys wheat weighed 67 pounds per bushel over a 30 acre field which yielded 1425 bushels v barkey visited the wembley area in the peace river and does not hestitate to say that all the fine things said about that new section to the north is quite true however he says there is no place like home mrs james simpson of exeter hasbeen here visiting her sister now the biggest gravel job ever carried out in the township of whitchurch in one year has been completed it was revealed at the regular meeting on saturday that a total of 11141 yards had been purchased by this township taken from gravel hill on the east town- line at a cost of 1249956 this is average cost of little more than s112 per yard the manner of dis tribution over the five load divis ions was as follows conner div 2543 mi yds dewsbury div 2757 yds davis div 23s0 yds hunt div 2111 yds preston div 1348 yds it is doubtful if the township roads were ever in as good condit ion as this year and while the big job means an extra mill on taxes members were all of the opinion that it was4he right thing to do when the opportunity presented it self clerk john crawford was in structed to commence the preparat ion of an honor roll of all those who had enlisted in the armed forces in this war and parents relatives and others are enjoined to cooperate by sending in the name or names with their rank and unit it was suggested that churches and other organized bodies in the mun icipality should cooperate in gath ering the names so that none shall be missed three sheep claims were filed and paid george drewery being awarded 22 chas dennie 35 and albert needier 10 a total of 97 constable j footewas paid 182 services during august and part of september constables have been withdrawn from the lakes until another season comes around and in the meantime the county force will act also constable wells will be available for minor duties reeve leary called for a tighten ing on expenditures for this year since the budget has been about ex hausted thfe agreement between aurora and whitchurch setting up a fire area was referred to mr lucas township solicitor before being fin ally ratified and passed there is still one contentious clause relat ing to liability of the township in caseof injury to people attending fires that the council wishes to have cleared up in the meantime the aurora brigade is attending fires in the area set up a court of revision on the assessment roll for 1945 will be held on nov 11 at 2 pm under the new arrangement the assessment is made during the summer season for the following year in order that the tax bills may issued earlier in the year when a dis count may be allowed for early payment all the members for the meeting including the reeve and the deputy reeve lpevans and councillors l jharper eugene baker and edw logan ltcolhabreuls retires from service ltcol h ac breuls ed who was the guest of dr s s ball for a few days has retired as medical ly unfit for active service col breuls served in the first great litcol h binds war withboth the canadian and imperial armies while serving with the royal artillery in france in 191s he be came a casualty in the battles for campaign objectives the objectives set for this sect ion of york county in the seventh victory loan indicate an increase in stouffville of 10000 to make an objective of 110000 markham township objective is 300000 and whitchurch township is 165000 richmond hill has the same objec tive as stouffville while markham village is set at 90000 the grand total objective for york county north is 2400000 missing report was ottawa error a telegram received by mr ana mrs jos cooper stating that their son lcpl ralph cooper was miss ing- in france has been found to be incorrect a sister of the miss ing man received a letter from her brother dated following the date on which he was supposed to have disappeared and this led to the checkup and a second telegram from ottawa telling that it was all a mistake farmers worried about careless shooting last week mr vincent baker lost tte hmdlnbur line he returned iwe guernsey cow yh had to active work in the canadian militia in 1929 becoming adjutant and later a company commander in the york rangers taking the militia stair course m 1932 at the outbreak of this war col breuls again volunteered for active service and became a staff officer in the adjutant general branch at national defense headquarters lin juno 1940 being appointed deputy assistant adjutant general in july 1941 and assistant adjutant general with the rank of lieutenantcolonel in may 1912 m which year he was awarded the efficency decoration former hdrdballer i in the thick of fight j jimmy cockrane of unionville who some seasons ago was a mem ber of stouffvilles hardball nine is serving with the imperial arhiy in france and recently led his platoon into the thick of things to capture a position and take nine teen german prisoners lieut cock rane personally accounted for two prisoners himself jimmy trained with the queens own rangers at one time at present he is enjoying a leave in england may broadcast from stouffville been shot in the pasture field about two miles north of the pickering townline between the second and third concessions on the william hardy ranch the cow was not milking and was running with ranch cattleshe showed signs of distress and a wound was apparently inflicted by pellets from a shot gun it healed over but the cow never recovered and died in two weeks after being taken home an examination show ed two no 3 pellets in the stomach and two in the lungs there is an attractive bush near by and the cattle wander in the bush hence it is believed some one hunting fatally injured the animal mr sam bacon lost two cattle in a similar manner only last summer lc sgt donald rowbotham who has been taking a course at long branch and enjoying a short holi day here with his father mr leslie rowbotham has returned to hali fax the ontario panorama program sponsored by the willard chocolate co and on which the local editor had a part in one of the programs last fall has commenced its fall and winter broadcasts this season the programs will be broadcast from various towns in ontario each fri day evening at 9 oclock it com menced with cobourg last week but listen in for fergus this fri day it is expected that stouffville were present may have a place on the program later on of which you will have due notice ontario panorama is brought to you under direction of alen savage and by gordon sinclairworld fam ous traveller and radio broadcaster these men go to the various towns and direct the program just as if it was being given from the studio stouffville lions clubwill spon sor the local night delightful tea realizes over100 for red cross oer s100 was realized for the red cross society from the tea ser ved at the home of miss gertrude todd on tuesday president f l button and the red cross officers here issued their sincere thanks to miss todd and the ladies who worked so hard and efficiently to attain such grand results mr button informed the tribune that the money would be used for send ing christmas boxes to the boys overseas who are fighting so cour ageously and he assured the ladies that while it was a lot of work the lads will certainly appreciate what they have done the society requests interested parties to send in the names of all those in the armed forces overseas from the stouffville red cross dis trict cadet training will jk e made compulsory in local school board decides recruitinsfor air cadets will be continued on a voluntary basis on belgium front cadet training is how compulsory in all high schools but only if certain requirements are met however at the latest meeting of the stouffville board of education it was revealed by principal lc murphy that there are not the re quired number of boys in the stouffville school since forms i and v are exempt at present the air cadet squad ron here is operated by a civilian committee appointed by the stouff ville lions club the sponsoring body the new order requires that all with thirtyfive boys eligible barring the two forms mentioned above must give cadet work either air army or navy depending on which is in vogue in that town it has also been revealed that the air cadet movement will be retain ed in peace for the auxiliary air- force and plans are being set up for this purpose discontinuance of recruiting in the rcaf will not in any way reduce activities of the air cadet league throughout the dominion it is officially stated in ottawa but the movement will be fostered and expanded after the war auxiliary air force squadrons are to be established in toronto and other canadian cities and the air cadet league will be affiliated with these squadrons these squad- rons will form the general pattern markham village bol to keep canadians airminded and woustd ready for aviation eventualities pte john n reeves aged 26 the cadet instruction will give wounded on active service in youth a good grounding in the belgium on september 9 his par- elementary grades of operating ents mr and mrs ed reeves their own planes commercial markham have been advised he machines and war planes james faulkner son of ralph faulkner 4th concession of ux bridge is fighting in bel gium according to word just received here by his family jim farmed on the 4th prior to enlisting trained at petawawa and went overseas as a member of the winnipeg grenadiers 91 this week mrs william carruthers cashel resident was showered with con- gratulations and good wishes on the occasidn of her 91st birthday october 18 although bedfast mrs carrutkers is bright and happy and is surrounded by her two sons fred and harold and two daughters misses jennie and mary she has an only sister miss fannie forester living in california during the past yeara son arthur died now writes avith left hand mr and mrs george austin of stouffville have received a letter from their nephew rfn f shake speare in england telling of how he is progressing since he became a casualty at normandy in france rfn shakespeare lost his right arm and received a badly shatter ed leg the letter to his aunt and uncle was written with his left hand the first they have received from him since he learned to write with a hand that had never been taught in this manner he expects an artificial limb shortly pheasant hunt this week the annual pheasant hunt enlisted in april 1943 and went overseas in august the same year he was born in toronto and be sides his parents has a wife and young daughter living in toronto six jury cases at whitby fall assizer in addition to three criminal cases which will come before mr justice mcfarland of toronto at whitby fall assizes which opens this week there are six jury cases on the civil list these include the action of mowdervs roy which those townships designated game lis a new trial allowed by the court preserves will be held this friday of appeal on an action for alien- and saturday october 20 and 21ation of affections ah application this of course includes the town- for a change ofvenuewas dismiss- ships of markham whitchurch ed in toronto on monday and the pickering whitby and east whit- case will be tried in whitby by in this district very choice i the other cases are crossley vs birds were f reeded in these places i levack and lambert an accident last spring and the hunting should i case and burwash vs moore in an be very good there is a good del action for slander other cases in- mand for licences volve motor accidents school bus overturned nearly 20 students aboard local cadets watched this flying exhibition over twentyfive memlcrs of stouffvilles no 94 air cadet squadron headed by adjutant james porter motored to toronto on sunday where they formed part of aparade of over 4000 cadets from all parts of ontario who en joyed an air spectacle at the de mrswalter atkinson and with mrs i haviland aircraft plant which in ured johnson r j eluded daring flying exhibition by three mosquito fighterbombers billy bishop who flew in from and a demonstration of glider-fly- ottawa in his private plane the ing necks were strained skyward boys were escorted through the big as the mosquitos roared over their plant and saw the modern assemb- heads at 400 miles per hour not ly line newly installed at de havll- more than 30 feet from the ground land members of the stouffville following the march past when lions club le oneill a v the boys were reviewed by air i nolan telf rennie and- chas viccmarshall a t cowley and nolan an unexpected guest air marshall the trip accompanied the boys on travelling north on the sixth concession of markham on thurs day morning the gormley school bus carrying about 20 students to stouffville high school took to the ditch just opposite the chas conn er place and turned over trapping the entire load of people thirteen sustained scratches and bruises while three of them were of a more serious nature i alma hisey was thrown through the windshield and sustained nasty cuts and bruises she suffer ed chiefly from shock since she only recently underwent an appen dix operation alma is the daugh ter of albert hisey owner of the bus margaret brown daughter of norman brown had a badly sprain ed ankle which at first was feared to be a fracture others who receiv ed cuts and bruises of a minor nature were agnes sider velma cober alma steckly grace eade lenore white- bob clubine har old atkinson ellas clemath and howard baker the remainder of the passengers came out without a scratch the bus was in charge of mrs j pope an experienced driver who told the press she was travelling at about 2530 miles an hour sudden ly the left front part of the car went down and dragged the big bus to the ditch where it turned over it was said that the spring had broken and had been cracked for some time this despite the fact that the insurance company who carried the risk gave the car a careful examination only a few weeks ago in their own interest chas connor working outside was quickly on the scene and rend ered help it was difficult to open the rear doors because thebody of the bus had been twisted dr s s ball attended the injured all being brought to stouffville for examin ation loan speaker at the stanley theatre in conned ion with tho forth coming sqvcnth victory loan campaigncapt henry cotton of newmarket andpte r e mcllroy recently returned from italy aro making a short speech and quiz in connection with the sale of a victory bonds- this thursday riiglit at the showing of the gangs all here 1 t goodwood groom takes toronto bride on monday evening october 9th rev wm holmes of stouffville old- friend of the- groom united in iwedlock miss selena walker daughter of mrs samuel walker toronto and fred middleton of goodwood sonof mrsjos-middle- ton the bridezwas attired in a light blue sheer brocaded dress with navy accessories she wore a corsage of johanna hill roses her bridesmaid was her sister miss margaret walker wearing a coffee colored suit with brown accessor ies reuben middleton brother of the groom was best- man the couple left for a trip to mus- koka the bride wearing a biege suit with brown accessories mr and mrs middleton will make their home in goodwood mr bill fleming of markham will be a first year student this fall at the faculty of dentistry uni versity of toronto he is a son of mr and mrs robert fleming and who among our neighbors is bet ter known than bob fleming ttflli- v- jrfj iiihuatt rjaccgrtv