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thetribune stouffville ont thursday jan 18 1945 loxg axd shout of ix almira too late last week miss annie steckley returned missionary from india is spend ing a short time visiting friends on our line- mr and mrs lou lehman spent monday visiting her mother in mount albert mr and mrs john timbers had supper sunday evening with mr and mrs charles conner lion monday evening about twenty friends and neighbors gathered at thehome of mr and mrs peter stickley and spent a very enjoyable and interesting evening listening to miss annie steckley telling some of her experiences in mission work after which cake icecream and coffee were served by mrs stickley lieut dicke lester of west vancouver who stretches to touch five feet four inches and is one of the shortest ship commanders in the royal canadian navy had to climb on top of a bollard to get close to his good friend lieut gord on johnson of halifax ns sixfeet fourinch officer who is oneof the tallest command ers in the navy lieut lester is captain of hmcs whitby lieut johnson commands iim- cs cobourg mrs lg stoutenburgh buried at victoria square following an illness of some dur ation mrs l g stoutenburgh of victoria square passed away at her home there on friday deceased was the former elizabeth jane watson of north york township and was in her 75th year a private funeral service was held at the late home on monday afternoon and interment made in the victoria square cemetery victoria square too late last week congratulations are extended to mr and mrs cecil nichols- on the birth of a son allen stewart on saturday evening dec 30 a little brother for lillian marion frankie faye and donald snow snow and more snow seems to be the order of the day the past few weeks miss bertie fbrster and mrs john buchanan had tea sunday evening with mr and mrs stanley boynton and family mr and mrs william nichols and family had tea sunday evening with mr and mrs louis nichols miss faye nichols is spending a few days with miss barbara frisby the ypu executive will meet at the home of miss ruby avison on saturday evening jan 13at s pm all members are asked to please be present congratulations are extended to mrs thomas klinck of stouffville who on wednesday january 10 celebrated her ninetieth birthday mrs klinck at one time lived on whitchurchmarkham pioneer feared the indians who were noted scalp hunters in this district one hundred years ago grandfathers of james brodie and ezra clubine knew what it was to join forces in selfdefence against the red mau reminiscences of early times in the townships of whitchurch and markham have been preserved and make interesting reading at this time the person referred to in the article below as geordie brodie was the grandfather of our james brodie in stouffville likewise philip gower mentioned in the item was the- grandfather of our ezra clubine who recently cele brated his 91st birthday at his home just west of stouffville the pretty girl was none other than the mother of mrs clubine it was very apparent that the rebellion of 37 was one tiling for the pioneers of that day to think about while scalphunting indians also caused considerable worry however read the record left by mr brodie of doings of a hundred years ago on the 7th of december 1837 wiuiam smith came to assist my father to make a jumper prepara tory to having a sleighride on christmas day it was an intensely cold day though not much snow on the ground- the conversation dur ing the day apart from the work on the jumper was about the anticipated rebellion and its conse quences my father and mother never doubtedthe ultimate result would be disastrous to the insur jiarkiiam beats newmarket 73 markham took a firstperiod lead of 42 and were never headed as they defeated newmarket 73 in a scheduled oha vjunior b game friday night the- first period effort of both teams tired them and the game lagged during the second and third periods and markham rapped in two in the third iurs ivnnck at one time uvea on w i the farm here where her grandson ge ty ue knew fy m mr ellis klinck now resides we who had gone down to take part in wish her maiv more hapny birtlt- lhe uattle a g deal of conject- days was indulgeil in as to who on saturday noon word was would stand and be shot and who spread that tne house owned by would ignominiously run away it war weariness vancouver daily province this war has now lasted a year longer than the great war and if you wonder sometimes about the morale of our people remember that in the sixth year of such an event a little weariness is not sur prising howe a mile and a quarter below victoria square- was on fire the unionville brigade was summoned but was unable to be of any assist ance as the fire had too much of- a headway a few articles of furni ture were saved the following is the ypu exec utive for 1945 hon president rev h j mac- kay president ruby avison vice president marion bojmton secre tary bertie forsterv treasurer viola avison missioharvtreasurer mrs ii wellman pianist margaret mortson assistant pianists bertie forstor and doreen klinck song leader mrs l mortson assistant song leaders viola avison arid john mccague conveners christ ian fellowship john mccague and jim boynton christian missions marion boynton christian citizen ship vera boynton and june col- lard christian culture coral per kins recreation barry collard ushers lawrence and jim boyn was rumored around that a certain young man got aii iron breastplate made before he went to the battle an old englishman going into the house one day saw this queer look ing thing and- imagined what it was for the young fellow taking it in his hand said t will place this under my vest and defy any tory bullet to hurt me old eng land gave two or three smart puffs from his pipe smiled significantly and suggested another place to put it where itwould serve a better purpose sure enough the fellow came back from the battle with a bullet in the very place suggested by the old englishman scalphunting indians william went home in the even ing to do his chores and we had a good fire on in the stove and fire place had only got the stove a short time everything was secured for the night we were anticipat ion harola forster auditors mrling a pleasant evening in spite of mrs gordon mortson social com mittee marion boynton miss l mortson pat watson gordon clu bine jim boynton barry collard and john buchanan mr and mrs louis nichols had tea tuesday evening with mr and mrs donald pickering and family q retort davis leather co about to make offering sale of- a partial interest in the davis leather co of newmarket is under negotiation the financial post understands and the public is likely to be offered securities in thiscompany the- entire capital stock of which has been held with in the davis family it is under stood that gairdner co will handle the transaction aubrey davis president of the davis leather co or james a gairdner head of gairdner co would neither confirm nor deny the reports like the macmillan deal this seems tobe a continuation of the trend of private companies to dis tribute ownership more widely in order to establish a market for their securities and to liquidate in dividual or family interests s fortyychrpld firm the davis leather co was founded in 1903 by the late hon e j davis and was incorporated under ontario laws in 1904 with an authorized capital of 150000 as the company grew its capitalizat ion was increased from time to time to provide for plant expan sion the present dominion charter was taken out on oct 31 1931 withan authorized capital consist ing of five management preference shares and 29995 no par value common shares it is reported that the paid up capital is 2785185 in addition to which there is a surplus account the company operates a tannery specializing in highgrade calf leather and sells to the manufact uring trade throughout the domin ion the hon ejdavis the founder was the president and controlling figure in the company until his death in june 1936 aubrey davis is president an drew j davis is vicepresident and manager elthu j davis jr is secretarytreasurer net assets of the company are be lieved- to bejnjhbneighorhoodofj thweriftllfen-iohasi- -p- q- wptb questions and answers is a landlord allowed to give me notice to vacate my flat in order to rent it to her mother a yes she may give you a pro per six months notice on a form provided by the board notice may be given because the landlord wishes the flat for her mother father daughter son or daughterinlaw mygrocerinsists that i buy a tin of canned pumpkin in order to get a tin of canned corn i never use the pumpkin and wonder if he is allowed to force this merchandise which i dont need on me a there is a board order banning conditional sales that is the sale of one commodity must not be made conditional upon the purchase of another give i us the name of the grocer and we will check the matter for you q i bought some marshland and need a tractor next spring where can i get- a permitto purchase one a go to your nearest dealer in farm machinery and from his stock select the type of tractor you wish to purchase he will furnish you with an applicat ion which must be completed by yourself the dealer and the manufacturerthis application is then forwarded to the farm machinery rationing officer this officer will decide whether or not the work to be done with the tractor is sufficiently essential to warrant the issu ing of a permit to purchase q i took my persian lamb coat to have a furrier put a new- collar on the price quoted was 75 is this price too high a sorry we could not tell with out knowing the type of fur number of skins required etc however the furrier must not charge more than the price charged by him for the same amount of work during the basic period sept15to oct ii ion y the cold outside my mother was preparing supper when a few hard quick raps came on the door it was come in in those days the door opened just wide enough to allow tne honest face of william to show itself in the open space now serious and every line drawn tight a striking difference to its usual genial appearance he drew a long breath and said with a slight quiver in his voice ive come with bad news to you my mother stood half way to the table with some thing in her hand and said has anything happened mrs smith emphatic the indians have entered both townships they are coming down scalping murdering burning as they come we are go ing over to richards my brother- inlaws it is on a high knoll we can see round and defend our selves hitch your colts to that old oxsled get your wife and children on it and come haste man let everything go before we are killed ourselves quick i may be killed before i get back and away he ran at his utmost speed h suggestion of hitching the colts to the oxsled was very kind but wholly imprac ticable the colts had never been hitched together on a sleigh and there was no tongue on the sled and it was otherwise in a dilapidat ed condition for a few minutes it might have been ten twenty or not more than five i could not describe the scene to convey an adequate reality of it in words sixtyseven years have passed since that eventful evening and although the scene is still fresh on my memorys page you will have to imagine more than i can tell you my mother strong woman as she was physically and mentally ws completely overwhelmed with grief in her anguish she cried oh why did you take me away lips house he had a good fire on to such a place to be murdered with in the kitchen and his clubs stand- my children by savages we were ing in the corner of the fireplace well enough at home oh why did no doubt those weapons would we leave our good home in scot- have been quite formidable in a land and come to this dreadful hand to hand encounter they were place the three younger children small trees cut out by the roots hung round her in terror clinging the roots of course being trimmed to her skirts as if that would afford oil leaving the enlargement intact them protection meantime my land a little longer than a staff a father was saying every kind word strong man wielding one of these and action to pacify her during with both hands on an indians this time long or short he took cranium would have given him his little notice of us until he succeed- introduction to the happy hunting ed in getting her fear somewhat grounds of his tribe instanter assuaged but the thought- seemed i iphilips family- consisted ofhis to haunt- her why did we come wife two daughters and a son here to be killed why did we not known in the neighborhood as let well enough alone young phil katy mrs paul experience teaches the fact that schelly living close by and sarah as soon as the first paroxysm of a pretty girl of sixteen or eighteen fear subsides selfpreservation years takes its place it is now for dearl a man by the name of chard had life we have to act we the three started a tavern about a mile east elder boys had been looking west not sure but among the stumps indians were stealing towards our house and it would be a matter of onlya few minutes until a few charred bones and ashes would mark the place where we once had been but amidst these sad reflect ions my father called geordie run over to pete brillingers and see what they are going to do about this alarm jamie you run across to philip gowers and see what they are doing or going to do and if they have heard any confirmat ion of the report the boys wer back about the same time no one had told the brilhngers and when consternation jamie came back told they were struck dumb with laughing and said philip said tell your daddy and mummy to come down here and bring your gun sword and pistol and all the ammunition you have got and ill go down to the woods and cut a few clubs ingins only go four or five in a gang i aint afeardof a few buck ingins this policy of defense of philips and his powers in fighting indians thought rather doubtful was- some consolation be sides williams sanguinary leclar- ation and no time was lost in act ing upon it chests were opened the most valuable things selected and bundled ip blankets wearing apparel the deed of the land and a few of the heirlooms of the family all the bread that was baked and a ham everyone had a bundle except the baby and we left our old home with many mis givings that we might never see it again we had to wak only about a quarter of a mile through two fields and a small piece of woods it was a clear starlight night in tensely frosty trees snapped like a rifle shot when we got to phi- markham township population 6500 v the population of the township of markham totals 6500 according to the annual report of the medical officer of health dr mackayof unionville there were 30 births and 57 deaths the total expenditure for 1944 totalled 59000 with moh re ceiving 500 sanitary inspector 5000 other salaries 4000- no epidemics of communicable diseases were reported the f- lowing is the list of communicable diseases reported to the moh during the year chickenpox 6 cases german measles 10 measles 8 mumps 5 scarlet fever 11 typhoid fever 3 whooping cough 10 a general campaign of immun ization was carried on in the muni cipality during the past year the work was done by the local board of health in the schools assisted by the local red cross the physic- ians and members of the voluntary nursing classes out for good extensive saleof carrying a dirty white rag as a white flag a german soldier stands in front of the gun of a us tank near humain- beligium he was one of a group of german medical corps men taken pris- soner with a wounded man j send the tribune to absent friends at opportunity prices 3piece suites savings indeed on suites that will give you round the clock service styled with matching arm chairs all pieces designed for comfort durability and a neat look- with repp covering regular 17500 for only 15000 with tapestry covering regular 16500 for only 14000 le oneill l furniture store tai t f tjfjr s stootfvdule ont sssvj tmtfttwk rrv itsst of the townline young phil was in the habit of frequenting this place more than was good for him his mother was anxious to get him home ayoung man that calledin and gordie and jamie volunteered to go down to the tavern and get him home during the time they were away the guns were cleaned and loaded and the plan of de fence determined on axes were brought in from the woodpile and forks from the barn and stable all the wood that could be convenient was stored away in the house and a supply of water from the well the canadian women in those days needed little instructions in loading guns and how they were to use an axe in case the indians suceeded in getting into the home after this preliminary to the defence the con versation naturally- turned to the expected battle who of theparties they knew that had gone down- to join mackenzies army would run away and who would be most like ly to stand fire philip spoke up and said i- know one man that wont run away if mackenzie and all his men- run lie will stand that man is lud wideman i know the kind of man he is when the boys returned with young phil they said that while they were at the tavern thomas macklem of the sixth line of whit church drove up to the door in a light wagon and called to parties to come and see the corpse of his dear v brotherinlaw lying in the bottom of the wagon a sheet thrown over him a bullet hole the size of a quarter of a dollar in his forehead was all that was mortal of ludwig wideman this report caused great sorrow the company seemed to feel that an irreparable calamity had be- fallen the neighborhood ludwig wideman had been one of the early york pioneers a man of more than ordinary mental endowment kind and generousand always ready to giye assistance at all times to those in need and assistance in those times was often required in the many difficulties- incident to new settlers he was the owner of at least 300 acres of excellent land and in 1837 was- in comparison to the average settler a wealthy man he was captain wideman in the york militia throught the war of 1812- 1813 to those who sympathized with the reform party as they chose to rail themselves for they ignored the name of rebel ihe was lamented as a martyr headisacrificed his life to obtain that which the born right bfeyery british subject and denied bythe family compact andthe indifference of the colonial offlcej i- iff v 3 5 l jsi02 is