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sx s vx vti fvv- o v leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 56 no 36 the tribune stouffville ont jan 18 1945 2300 copies eight pages our capital correspondent written eirely for the stoultville tribune by dean wilson while wellinformed quarters in ottawa have taken cognizance of the proposals in some sections oi the country for the calling of a dominionprovincial conierence at this time yet it is known in the capital that theprospects for such a gathering in the immediate future are poor because it is felt in political circles thatthe federal government will not change its mind about wailing for such a conference until the next general election which is most likely to be held in 1015 the wise men insist that neither premier drew of ontario nor premier maurice duplessis of quebec are probable to prove to be in harmony with certain policies of the federal government likewise the federal government is not likely to see eye to eye with these provincial government leaders moreover there are so many extremely im portant matters of taxation social service financial and other affairs to discuss in postwar relations be tween provincial and federal governments that it is deemed that only a federal government with a fresh long mandate can properly act in such momentous meeting of theauthorities in thebackground of the hints of a great struggle on the inter national scene in regard to policies for aviations future an experi ence observer along parliament hill can detect that there is un usually deep interest in ottawa now in the disclosure that the last international air conference at chicago almost broke up complete ly since the representatives of var ious nations seemed determined to press their own national claims rather than approach the problems as international in scope in fact it is reported that this struggle for air control or traffic is terrific be- v hind the scenes in several capitals v of the world though it is suggest ed indirectly in canadas capital that this country and the united states may get together shortly in an effort to formulate a practical working arrangement for such im portant traffic in the air between these two neighbouring countries there is considerable talk along parliament hill at the moment about concrete action being taken by the department of trade and commerce in ottawa in order to regain and expand canadas ex ternal trade as the lifeblood for canadian economic recovery after this war therefore it has been known in wellinformed quarters along parliament hill that the officials have been preparing for immediate action just as soon as territories are reopened for trade with france being the latest terri tory of such- action at he moment as reports in the capital indicate that france is most anxious to pur chase canadian supplies of all sorts including raw materials food etc indeed one report has stated that frances industries are about eighty per cent unimpaired in face of the war but tnero is a sad need of raw materials of all kinds so that if france can get such mater ials or equipment and if shipping can be arranged her industrial capacity would be greatly aided perhaps brought back to normal britains energetic minister of agriculture honrshudson paia a quick visit to ottawa during his important conferences in washing ton when ho was in ottawa he held a press conference and he made- some deep impressions by his declarations as well as his re fusal to discuss certain- postwar matters particularly when he de clined to discuss possibilities of marketing canadian farm products in britain after this war since this was now under consideration of the british government and no definite policy had been defind likewise he refused to make any commitmentsin regard to the im port of canadian wheat to great britain after the war remarking that wheat can be produced cheaper in britain today than in canada among other things he disclosed that the british govern ment had in mind to train about 100000 veterans of this war to- v rs i i w comin down on four dillcicut fiinj the e r iii baled out over zephyr landed on the fth con scott township and are shown with howard blanchard one of the farmers who gave help the airmen were all strangers in this part of ontario the men were all royally entertained by their hosts who received thom in the night their plane exhausted its gas supply in the blinding storm four bail out in scott twp one on herb paisley farm brother died ix lindsay hospital one of the six crews flying anson trainer planes last thurs day night and who were caught by sudden snow storm and bailed out i a i r ill landed safely in different parts a tt ztl z ih niim rw n- iawi l main a few days ago to attend the funeral of his brother george aldred who died in the lindsay hospital his wife died a few years ago and the deceased was living with his daughter when he took ill of- the country one crew jumped while passing over zephyr in scott township when the fourman crew took to the silk but wind carried them so that they landed five miles west from where the plane drop ped coming down on the sixth concession of scott each man touching ground about every third farm from one another the radio pilot landed on the farm of herb paisley brother of arthur and william paisley of stouffville the paisley farm is on the sixth of scott the man was unhurt said mrs paisley to the tribune it was just after 12 midnight and of course there was some excitement she continued we learned that the pilot who was the last man to iump was the first to reach the ground due no doubt to the vagaries of the wind he dropped on the fjrm of will cook just north of us and asked to have all barn yard lights put on another of the men was on the howard blanchard place and it was hers that the men were photo graphed by a newspaper man at 2 oclock in the morning mrs paisley stated the storm broke suddenly short ly after 10 oclock thursday night twentyeight planes from no 1 aos were on night manoeuvres at the lime and in spite of poor visibility 18 of the aircraft manag ed to land at the airport aided by adio and four crashlanded the crews of the remaining anson trainers took to the silk crews of six aircraft who bailed out landed in far distant areas bradford muskoka- beach wood lake lanark zephyrand one in sunderland district some of those men had hectic experiences to re late- how they landed on ice spent the night in snowbanks and wand ered for hours through muskoka snows exact monetary loss in the wreck of the six abandoned aircraft and the four planes that crashlanded is not yet known but the loss has been estimated as possibly 5250000 it is believed that all the aircraft that crashed will not be a total loss suffers stroke friends will regret to learn that mr george mccormack of vivian suffered a severe stroke on monday mr mccormack marked his soth birthday last june mrs wm lickorish was 77 years of age the passing of mrs william lickorish at the home of her son bert on main street friday morn ing january 12 followed a long period of delicate health mrs lickorish was born in northamp tonshire county england and came to canada with her husband 33 years ago the couple first settled at union- ville where mr lickorish was en gaged with frank stiver for some years and later took up farming on his own account they farmed in markham and in the claremont district before settling in the stouff ville section mr lickorish passed away a few years ago surviving are two sons bert of the stouffville gold fish plant and wilfred in england also one daughter mrs jos betz south of stouffville the late mrs lickorish was a member of the baptist faith and was on the church roll at claremont living in that district the funeral on sunday afternoon was conducted by her pastor rev d macgregor who paid fitting tri bute to the christian character of the deceased her great faith in god and uncomplaining attitude toward life his text was the 23rd psalm pall bearers were all re latives stork made record delivery here in 1944 the stork made a record number of sixtysix deliveries in stouffville during the year just ended this was eighteen more than in 1943 while births showed a consider able increase deaths were down one from the previous year stand ing at 36 the marriages during he last twelve months totalled six teen april saw the greatest number of new arrivals with eight recorded while there were seven in august and december june again held the spotlight for marriages with thiee recorded while in january and march there were none october and december saw the greatest number of deaths with five each month the total figures show births g marriages 10 and deaths 3g in 1913 there were is births 19 marriages and 37 deaths fish worms rigorrie we wouldnt have anyone think mat we are not experiencing one of the stillest winters in 50 years but despite it all wilfred ferguson whitchurch farmer dug up a fish worm near his barns a few days ago and it was alive and wiggling any of the lads who would like to go fishing should call around at the ferguson place fr a nice fresh worm perhaps the pre sence of the worm further emphas ises how well the deep snow has kept the frost out of the iground despite the intense cold milking shorthorns soli by auction the public auction on the thomp son farm south of brougham on monday was a success despite road conditions and extreme cold cows averaged 103 and auctioneer far mer said he never offered for sale a finer looking lot of milking short horns the high animal realized 121 finding a new home on the madill farm at brougham hay in the mow sold for 14 ton wheat 1 05 a bushel and mixed grain 132 cwt next blood clinic feb 1st the date of the next mobile red cross blood clinic is thursday feb 1st at the united-church- stouff ville from 9 am until 12 noon dont wait to be asked your dona tion is needed remember no fats for breakfast fuller announcement next week frank minns was native of this town following a stroke suffered one week before his death frank minns passed away at his home in mount joy on thursday of last week he had reached the great age of 87 years and is survived by his wife and by one son james frank minns the funeral proceed ed from clendenings funeral par lors markham to ebenezer ceme tery for interment on saturday deceased was born in stouffville he was a harness maker minns harness shop stood on the premises now occupied by the residence of mr clayt baker and quite a few of our readers will recall the busi ness carried on there band committee to set up trust fund from sale of j instruments in storage a deputation of mrs ssbali and mr del jennings representing the tmrfror ami plnw siouftville junior band committee i i i r waited on the local council on sell tor poopuu thursday evening to ascertain the despite the difficult condition of attitude of this municipal body to- ue roads there was a splendid wards disposing of the band instru- cr0w at the auction sale on the mcnts frank breuls farm at ringwood these instruments which include last friday there was no herd of the larger pieces owned by thelcattle winch adds so much to the band such as the base horns and total of hales these days but the drums are valued at between 700 implements swine etc sold well and s00 and are in storage at pre- chunks of pigs brought s while sent it has been felt for some time hay sold in the mow at 1450 a that something should be done with ton 90c bushel was bid for wheat the instruments which would do- the tractor on steel two years old teriorate if left unused for any together with the tractor plow great period of time the opinion brought 885 the buyer being of various band authorities in tor- jacob grove a cultipackorsold at onto was ascertained and found to 149 be the same i mr bruels is giving up farming mrs ball stated that while the and intends to hold another sale committee favoured disposing of shortly to dispose of stock and the instruments they wished to implements another farm as auctioneer conducted the have the opinion of the council bo- fore proceeding reeve nolan stated that while the council had no jurisdiction in the matter he agreed with the com mittee that this was the most opportune tune to dispose of the instruments and that the money could be placed in trust to provide a fund with which to start the band again when a leader could ic farmer sale commencement at high school in february despite the fact that stouffville is faced with the lack of a hall in which to stage a concert of any kind the local high school will hold their annual commencement had after the war all members of j exercises in the school the latter council were present and were of i part of february the same- opinion about 250 people can be seated these particular instruments are in the school under present con- hard to procure at present and it is ditions and by staging the program thought that toronto school bands on thres evenings it is hoped that will pay quite a handsome sum to all may be accommodated obtain them i whilethe building of a stage etc stouffville junior band was fore- will require considerable work it ed to disband some time ago when was the wish of both the teachers it became impossible to get services of a band leader the and students that the commence ment not be dropped entirely markham boy dies when struck by truck on 8th corv harry james lilly eldest son of william lillv of mrs b ol ll labbbs vvimam liny 01 goodwood people and many other farms in the old country though zm years married ii j and mrs e j davoy were he had to admit that britain had an unfortunate experience after world war i when she placed ex- service men on small holdings le- cause the experiment was not sat isfactory and most of these vet erans of the first world war lost their money i 50 years married on tuesday of this week and were receiving the con gratulations of their friends who were aware of the fact during all these years both mr and mrs davey have taken an active inter est in the promotion of stouffville through its organizations and they have been consistent church work ers too everybody is pleased to high school drops first game 65 stouffville high school dropped their first game in the interschool hockey league on friday night by the score of 65 the game was a rugged affair throughout and although the local puckchasers climbed into a 3 to 1 lead in the opening period the scarboro boys tied it up in the second period 44 and counted two in the final stanza with only one reply from the homo club d smith ken schell and lloyd jennings were the goalgetters for stouffville though numerous pen alties were meted out with locals having the edge in this depart ment agincourt ailed to capitalize on any occasion when the home club wre shorthanded stouftville goal kaxlin defense b forfar r forfars schmidt ball f steckley forwards k mrs s morganson lived many years at goodwood llsejjer- schelld smith e lehman l don hall of camp borden was a ers too everybody is pleased to jennings b mulholland and l visitor with his familyand friends still enjoy their flnecompany for schell t t in own during the weekend they never really grow old refereeike harper the passing of mrs simeon mor ganson in toronto suddenly on thursday last week came as a great shock to old friends in the goodwood and claremont district where she was so well known for many years before her marriage mrs morganson whose maiden name was gertrude spencely was employed in the general store of thos carey at goodwood where her affable manner made for her so many friends over the district mrs morganson was born at roseville in the northern part of uxbridge township being a daugh ter of the late noah spenceley there were ten children in the family and the survivors are two sisters emma mrslees of toron to allie mrs humphrey of de troit and four brothers russel spenceley of uxbridge fred of richmond hill edward of mount albert and gordon of toronto after her marriage mrs morgan- son and her husband farmed on the hakney place south of goodwood but years ago moved to toronto besides mr spenceley there sur vives- an only son john austin bunny morganson who has been associated with the evening tele gram as a sports writer the funeral from the late home at 99 dixon- avenue toronto on monday afternoon proceeded to pine j hills cemetery for interment numerous relatives from good wood and claremont were in at tendance i i mr and mrs william lilly of mount joy markham was instant- ly killed on tuesday evening by a truck while on the roadway on the 8th concession of markham at mt joy about 640 in the evening constable ben gayman said the sonarei coroner dr s s ball of stouffville old home m good- conducted an autopsy on the body wood obit notice la nn m ht rtth w np to l ykarb on wbdmb old friends in uxbridge township learned with regret of the passing of mrs samuel f ottewell at the late home 6 lowther avenue tor onto on january 10th entomb ment at mount pleasant mausoleum and said that death was due to a brain hemorrhage lose district tankard by one shot stouffville curlers lost out in the district tankard at agincourt on tuesday by just one shot the two rinks representing the local club against agincourt were w birkett ii stouffer o drewery c piphcr s e a button wm armstrong w boadway b h bell s agin court club also won the annual competition last year on friday evening of this week a group of curlers from ajax will visit the local club for friendly com petition transfers to toronto miss byrl brillinger daughter of mr and mrs walter brlllirtger who has held a position in the canadian bank of commerce here for several years has been trans ferred to a toronto branch one of our oldest and longest es- itablished women mrs maria hoo- j ver patient at the brierbush hospit al the past year- reached her 89th birthday on wednesday this week one of the pleasant experiences in connection with the affair was a call from her son fred at richmond hill who wired his congratulations by telephone t sale postponed owing to extreme weather and blocked roads the public auction sale for john white at lot 15 con 6 pickering has been postponed until wednesday january 31 there will be 15 additional fresh cows added to the sale all with calf at side which adds to this big auction full list will be printed in this paper look forward to the skating car nival in the stouffville arena on wednesday next week proceeds in aid of the comfort fund whitchurch engages a bulldozer to open roads 41 i with township machinery unable to cope with the snow situation whitchurch council at its inaugural meeting agreed to hire a bulldozzer to tackle the snow banks that are blocking traffic in various parts of the municipality it was ordered to start in at the northeast corner reeve george leary presided over the gathering and rev pr moddle addressed the members ad monishing them in their duties and responsibilities whsmith was returned as a member of the board of health archie colyille and ernest davis as school attendance officers and cemetery inspectors and elmer starr will again be weed inspector the road foremen and pound keepers will be the same as in 1914 all members were present be- sidesthe reeve being deputyreeve lor ne eyans councillors ied logan les harper- and the new member ivarimclaughlin who is taking his place at the council for the first time lions club plans annual carnival stouffville lions club are pro ceeding with plans for their annual carnival to be staged in the local arena on wednesday jan 31st therell be one of those side splitting broomball games between the markham and stouffville lions races and cash prizes for fancy dress comic and childrens cos tumes the net proceeds will go to fur ther the lions charity work- births baker to lieut and mrs alan a baker nee shirley brown on saturday jan 13th 1945 at markham the giftjof vsoh alan robert- ii t klinck at the brierbush ho k pital stouffville oii january 10 1945 to mk and mrshoklinclc v a daughter stillborn a i i j m fxiil agr