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xr tv stye stettfwile mwnm leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol56no28 the tribune stouffville ont nov 23 1944 eight pages our capital correspondent written elumveiy for the stouiiilllc tribune by dean wilson with reports of extremely heavy veteran trapper 79 years old veteran of many winters spent in the bush mr wellington lehman is celebrating his 79th birthday to day thursday and looked quite fighting ahead and of the possibil- himself this week enjoying his ity of the war going on into next summer this veteran observer must reveal now that extraordin ary tension and uncertainty seems to prevail along parliament hill at this moment as a background in ordinary discussions on the issue for or against continuing the vol untary system in supplying rein forcements for overseas forces the sudden influx into ottawa at this time of the peoples represent- atives for the first special session since the outbreak of this war in panied by an unusual flood of seh sational storiees about wnat may be forthcoming as well as a most amazing deluge of denials with these dramatic incidents of incon sistency or contrariety being stressed as the most important hints in the background of the whole current political crisis in this nations capital favorite cigar strolling along main street wellington could tell you oi more than one encounter with a bear since he spent many hard winters as a trapper born at altona on november 23 1873 he was a son of ephriam leh man wellingtons mother died when he was a lad of seven and he went to live with one henry bar- key at mongolia in two years time he transferred to the home of dei- man wideman and went to school at altona- after getting more size and strength he hired out to mark september 1939 has been accomosighswander for four years and when 20 went to work in the wool len mills then at columbus and later to the markham carpet fac tory but his real job was still ahead of himthat of trapping and hunting which came when he crossed to the united states into pennsyl vania here he earned money digging medicinal roots in summer and trapping in winter he was honor graduate there has been a recurrent story blessed with being a good shot and killed all kinds tf wild animals so plentiful 40 years ago he will never forget one winter in the bush when he broke his leg of draftees for overseas service and being all alone nad t0 de his that several other ministersof the cabinet would eventually resign in support of former derence minister ralstons stana on me use under certain circumstances but this has been somewhat- contra dicted by subsequent events though it is said that these minis ters have conferred for lengthy periods with their former colleague e right in the cabinet col ralston and there has been supposedly some persistent unrest within the cab inet on the whole issue own doctor he made the splints and set the fracture then crawled back to camp unaided he never saw a doctor for ten days- and when he did the medical man pronounced one story has claimed that the new defence minister general he the h sinceretiring in stouffville sever al years ago mr lehman lived here with his sister the late mrs william watson and since her de mcnaugkton who had entered the cabinet in support of the volun tary policy has changed his opin ion but this has been denied flatly there has been a story mat the former minister of transport and public works hon p j a cardin may lead a big quebec group in strong support of any govern ment effort in approval of the con tinuing the voluntary system though this former minister had originally fought against the government and resigned in dis agreement withhis chief but there has been no confirmation of this report there have been many other similar instances ot sensational stories and flat denials in a virtual flood of peculiar incidents of incon sistency or contrariety indeed this is the most significant hint of the background of the wnoie pre sent delicate political situation in this nations capital where there is much speculation at tne moment behind the scenes amongst experi enced observers on the words of the man who set orf tne spark in this explosive atmosphere the former minister of national de fence hon jlralston who is re ported to have said in part i had understood government policy to be that if there was need lor re inforcements overseas and volun teers were not available national resources mobilization act person nel would be sent this was what i had taken from the prime min isters speeches in 1912 in reality these words describe the keynote of mrs george watson ding dong bell bossies inthewell this is the tune which might have been sung on the james davis farm near ballantrae last week when a cow went head first down a ninetyfoot well near the house j the family had been away and the animal apparently looking for a drink broke through the welltof or leaned over too far then went down fortyfive feet where she be came wedged the beach towtruck was sum moned in the evening and with the help of neighbors bossie was rais ed to the surface alive and kick ing at the beginning of the rais ing she failed to reach the top alive it was necessary to put the rope about her heck and about ten ifeet from the top of the well the rope nearly became severed on the pulley the few minutes that it took to secure the line were appa rently a little too much for the cow and life was extinct when she was hauled to the surface what might have proved even a more serious accident was narrow ly averted by chance when the little davis child went out to thfe well in the dark for water before elwood baston son of mr and mrs f baston of goodwood has offered his services to the merchant navy and left recently for the manning pool at montreal elwood has completed a governmentspon sored course in commercial radio graduating with the highest stand ing in his class as a wireless oper ator and technician he attended gooclwood public school and ux bridge high school and had been employed on his fathers farm prior to enlisting the predicament of the situation as well as the settj aiscovered ing for differences of opinion that brought about this sudden drama tic summoning of a special sess ion of canadas parliament at this stage of the war- undergoes operation mrs wro c sanders has this week undergone an operation in toronto hospital and will recu perate at the home of her parents mr and mrs arthur swift in the city her husband is in training with the roaf goodwood man 92 dies while being shaved calvin stafford 92 year old resi dent of goodwood died on sunday at his home in goodwood while he was being shaved by his grandson harvey maye the aged man had been in bed only a week when the end came so suddenly with one or two exceptions he is the oldest man in the township of uxbridge and his entire life was spent at good wood since he was born on the farnron which theunited churdli there is located calvin stafford was a son of george stafford who in turn was born in toronto of parents who came over from england about the middle of the last century queen victoria was in the 14th year of her reign when calvin stafford was born there were four girls and five boys in the family the only survivor being a brother jonathan of vancouver 89 years old the stafford farm where calvin was born has been in the family for more than a hundred years calvin witnessed much of the land reclaimed from virgin forest as a young man he married i annie elizabeth hodgson who predeceas ed him 47 years to them two children were born both surviving clarence farming west of good wood and ida mrsgeomaye with whom he lived mrs henry grice and mrs robt irwin of stouffville were sisters of the late mrs staf ford mr stafford used to say that he helped build two churches and his father gave the land the first church a wooden structure was of the cow had burned and was replaced by the the child had i present brick structure when approached very close to the gap- built they were both in the metho- nomination outcome here friday difficult to forecast council members re main noncommittal openings on council and school board although nominations for mem bers of the municipal council and bbvrd io educauon must be madl ure is known as a frame truss town mr w a quantz now of boaia of education must be made bam and wm erected ln two toronto is not forgotten by scores munrfi i si i weeks time by six men sent here of old friends hereabout he is nf nrptnt from preston particularly remembered just now jers or present sinpp hp is nn tvmovo nf ooi sonnel of the 1945 obscure the members of present g 4 the other since he is on theeveofcelebrat- council are evasive and cannot i duu t v int his ooth hirthriav thi 9rth make up their minds on what they 3 thus providing a great deal w 90th bnthday this 26th day will do retire or stand for re-elec- accommodation tion s reeve weldon with 14 years on c a orl qfh the council nine of which he has on been reeve says he is badly cramp ed for time and may find it necess ary to retire who will replace the reeve if he pursues this course we have councillors walter brillin- ger hugh boyd r e brown and a v nolan will these members throw their hats in the ring and make a run for the position of reeve or will they leave the posi tion to some one not yet thought of it is more likely that at least one of them will offer to fill the reeveship if mr weldon retires in any event there will be open ings for nev councillors and rate- payers should be giving the matter some thought and come prepared to nominate men who will bring strength to the council three members of the board of education up for reelection are messrs frank riches ira aldred ambrose stover we understand all three will stand for another two year term as members of this board unlike councillors are elect ed for two years school expenditures increased sharply this year and would have added an extra mill to the taxes two mills m fact but one was ab sorbed in the surplus carried in the general account of the town and one was taken care of by the on tario government consequently the ratepayers did not notice the sharp increase in school expenditures is this the peak probably we will hear something from board mem bers on the matter at the nomina tion members of the council will or should be on hand to tell you what they have done the past year and give you some inkling of what may be looked for in the year just ahead l e oneill cemetery commis sioner is likely to be returned with out opposition the cemetery add ed three acres of new ground this summer since the old grounds are fairly well filled the commission still has the entrance problem to solve and the williamson chapel to build wlien materials are avail able ing hole before she noticed that the pump was moved over when she wisely hurried back to the house to report the trouble garemont suit transferred to spring assizes the mowder vsroy damage- suit scheduled to open at whitby on monday has been traversed to the spring sittings of the court a previous motion to have the venue changed from whitby to toronto was refused at osgoode hall a stay of the action was granted when consideration to panelling a special jury will be gone into on behalf of mr roy the other supreme court cases opened at whitby monday num- bering 22 in all including one civil action the great majority of cthe cases are for people suing for divorce williamson estate distribution 370 the sum of 370 from the estate of the late thos williamson is now being handed out to residents of the town in accordance with the terms of the will last year the distribution was 1800 but it repre sented an accumulation of funds not available at this time only tne surplus earnings of the estate after other beneficiaries are taken care of are available to be given away during november in eacn year members of the council with rev d macgregor rev d davis and rev c montgomery made the dis tribution but the names of the benefactors remains always then- secret champion coming dist denomination a man of very quiet tempera ment calvin was a pillar in the church for years he was assistant superintendent and sunday school teacher and served as recording stewart in the old methodist days a lover of music he was a member of the choir for many years sunday morning although very weak he was quite normal and he slipped away without a word as his only grandson was working over him the funeral this wednesday af ternoon was in charge of the l e oneill funeral home the service was taken by an old friend and dis tant relative rev austin kuhau retired minister of toronto a very large concourse of old friends as sembled at the united church for the service interment was made in stouffville cemetery home after two years overseas former pastor here from united states rev s j stott of portland maine has been in town visiting his sister- inlaw mrs wm ratcliff church street this former pastor of baker hill church also called ona number of his former communi cants including the oldest member father of the groom of the baker couple wedded on grandfathers birthday a pretty wedding was solemnized at the united church parsonage stouffville on saturday afternoon nov 18 when rev d davis tied the nuptial knot for ethel carol brown daughter of mrs russel brown altona and the late mr brown and roy wesley zeller son of mr and mrs o w zeller- the bride was gowned in a knee length white dress with matching accessories and wore her grand mothers silver chain over 60 years old her finger tip veil of em broidered net was caught with a wreath of white flowers she car ried red roses her sister bridesmaid miss ruby brown also wore a knee length dress of pale blue and flowers in her hair and a corsage of pink roses and mums gorman dixon stouffville was the groomsman a supper was served by the brides mothers to some fifteen guests one of whom was the grand- mr madill church there mr seneca j who reached his 84th birthday on the day of the wedding v christmas market and horse show dec 14th red cross packed seventyseven boxes on thursday afternoon the ladies of the local red cross packed 77 boxes for the boys and girls over seas one of the young ladieswas in the airforce and one in the army the seventyfive boys included 19 in the airforce 3 in the navy and 55 in the army the branch takes this opportunity of thanking mrs riches and the cgit girls who made cards for the boxesas yell assisted iwithithe gil dodds world champion indoor mile runner will be at the stouffville christian church on wednesday- evening dec c to speak at the meeting of the stouff villeimensw fellowship all men aredordialiy invited r asrthosewho further announcement in next i packlngand the storekeepers for weeks tribune their generous donations we understand that the christ mas fair horse show committee will meet this week to lay prelimin ary plans for the annual show held in connection with the christmas market 1 there are numerous enquiries be ing made for information on the matter but all we can say at this period is that a horse show is practically certain to take place on christmas fair day ana there are ample assurances that liberal prizes will be awarded the stouffville christmas market this year will be held onthursday dec 14th the date being set v a meeting of business men bn tues day night outside buyers will be here to bid on poultry dut there will not be any prizes offeredsince tfiere is no accommodation avail able for a poultry display with rat- cliffs hall closed to the public however it is believed that the horse show will offset a great deal of the disappointment that will be felt by the farmers in therenot be ing competition in poultry mer chants also feel that the scarcity of goods makes it inadviseablejto- offer prizes farmers who have made it a point to attend our christmas mar ket down through the years will be induced to come again this year thus shall we retain that connec tion that will be appreciated in the years ahead when goods will be plentiful and a big turnover appre ciated engagement mr and mrs ira burkholder an nounce the engagement of their daughter grace kathleen t5 ray mond derick warburton only son of mrs warburton and the late george warburton of toronto the marriage to take place the middle of december going my way here for aveek going my way that popular film starring bing crosby which just recently completed a two months run at one of the large tor onto theatres will be at the stan ley foranventirejweek dec 18 to 23rd another outstanding attrac tion for your entertainment for the yuletide season iswhite cliffs of dover playing here dec 252627 sisirkri- transferred sergt allen mcconnochie cpc has been transferred from his pos tal position at mountain view to debert ns and left his home here in stouffville on tuesday for the maritimes open night pianned stouffville air cadet squadron are planning an open night at the high school on friday evening declst parents and friendswill be expected to attend and a pro- gram is being arranged including some outstandingrcaf films jwm quantz nears mcmullens new barn takes shape fast the eastern steel co of preston have completed the large new lll hail iv il 1 shaped barn on the jacob mcmullenh i c ml if fl klttllnav farm just east of town after the f iju u1uuj old structure was demolished by fire this summer the new struc- although he has moved from of november the quantz family originally came from hamburg germany but william and his fa ther before him wercboth born in markham on lot 14 at the rear of the 6th concession in the year 1870 the family moved to mussel- wedding anniversary nineteen relatives and friends of mans yakev and 7hequantevtwo mr and mrs ernest ratcilir met at years ater prov the land for the home of their daughter mrs building the church hill christian art steckley bethesda tuesday church william quantz of whom evening where they were served we started out totell about helped a dainty wedding supper the that church two ways first table was beautifully decorated in he laboured witlrhis hands to erect gold and white centered with the wedding cake following a toast to the bride pro posed by mr art steckley the hon oured couple were presented with gifts from the family later friends from the second markham baptist church gathered to celebrate the happy occasion a short program under the leadership of revn rowan was followed by an address read by mr robt ratcliff who presented them with a table lamp from the members of their church mrs ratcliff expressed their thanks for the gifts and kind wish es of their many friends mr andmrs ratcliff were mar ried in toronto by the revocs wallace mrs ratcliff beings the former carrie clendenning they immediately took up farming on the place where they still reside on the townline corner of sixth con cession of whitchurch the edifice and for many years thereafter he labored to serve the church in its various demands and what faithful service he rendered is too well known to need repeating here we add our congratulations to those of many others that go out to this old citizen and friend at this eventful period in his life flightlieutenant burns vsteck- ley only son of mr and mrs a j steckley of 339 gladstone ave toronto formerly of regina sask is home on leave after two years of service in the rcaf overseas he has completed his operational tour in the mediterranean area saving been stationed fat gibraltar since then he has been on secret work in the british isles while at gibraltar he spent several leaves visiting casablanca oran and other points in africa also places of interest in spain where he ac quired a number of interesting and beautiful souvenirs he re ceived his training at edmonton winnipeg anddafoe where he re ceived i his wireless airgunners wing also a commission before joining the rcaf he was con- nected with the british american oil co at regina he is high iiij his praise of the brave british and scottish people who have done so- much to make life pleasant for the boys in the overseasservicesbut after all he saysithere is no place like good old canada he recently received a warm wel come when he visited his grand- mother mrs sarah steckley and his aunt and uncle mr and mrs percy cober and his uncles henry landon rev jesse and peter and their respective families all in the vicinity of gormley t currently he is in the west visit ing friends in winnipeg regina also an uncle paul mckenziein moose jaw t jm