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jzfv vit f n leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridse twps vol no 56 no 45 the tribune stouffville ont march 22 1945 ten pages our capital correspondent expressly written stouitville wilson tribune for the by dean behind considerable dissatisfac tion heard at this exciting time backstage on parliament hill by thisk impartial veteran observer is the low sibilant whisper of com plaint that there has been too much delay in calling into session parli ament in order that the people of canada may be kept abreast of the momentous developments of the times since there is only a limited number of working days left in this last session of war parliament whose legal life is ended on april 17 and prelude to the coming gen- v eral election it is held to be in the interest of this nation at this time that a proper inquiry be made into ivjmerous vital matters for which the government can be held to strict accountability in great britain the government has reported again and again to parliament this year and in the united states somewhat similar re ports have been given from time to time this year both to the con gress and the senate with can adas government committed deep ly to heavy responsibilities for fighting this war to a finish both against japan and germany and for responsibilities in world collabor ation after this war there is little doubt that there will be limited time only in this season for all re ports questions debates and criti cisms by opposition or private members as a result of amendments to the dominion election act which was changed by a special committee at the last parliament a new set of regulations for taking the war ser vice vote has come into existence so that canadas men and women in uniform at home and abroad will be able to vote directly in the coming general election indeed it is reported in ottawa how that this electoral machinery is all ready for this test of public opinion and seven special regional returning officers have already been appoint ed totake the overseas vote of the armf6t6fcer squadron leader johnm mc- pherson meaford has been named to supervise the vote taking in the par east including india and australia and john r hill regina in the middle east comprising africa egypt and libya with these men being at their electoral posts abroad and remaining there until after the general election three others have completed their pre liminary work returned to canada and will move out againtwhen the election call will be issued in an official manner these men are major f r palmer st thomasi for the united kingdom carl j dewart peterboro for italy and the islands of sicily sardinia and corsica and capt j r giroux strathmore quebec for france belgium and holland two others will goto their positions only after the election writs will be issued and these are captain charles a mc lennan truro for the british west indies and d lome cam eron manitou in manitoba for newfoundland jack drewery ffowns jerry plane in a letter to his mother mrs robert raicliff flying officer jack drewery with the canadian air- force in france has been croc ted with bringing down a jerry fighter own council approves a heating plant for the school building recently jack gives the following casual information on the subject he says i shot clown a jerry fighter plane the other night it made me rather ill for a moment he went down in flames hit the deck and disintigrated into burning pieces the pilot must have been dead before it struck i hope so ive been plagued the last week with guys asking me questions personally im not sure just what happened i was on the guns saw the fighter fighters are nasty look ing things and i opened up and there he wasnt just luck i sup pose advertisements have appeared in the press of canada wherein some trust companies as well as banks have alleged or insinuated that therewere unfairly high taxes against these privately owned large financial institutions when succession duties were involved and some of their clients it can be reported that ah opinion has been expressed in this nations capital that such succession duty taxes are not out of line nor unfair atthe present time however there has been one sharp criticism of these taxes it has been claimed that if continued on page two markham farm sells at good figure mrthos l white has sold his fine 150 acre farm on the 6th con cession of markham township four miles north of unionville to his neighbour mr john timbers who takes almost immediate possession the reported sale price is around s the sale was negotiated by mfr ciareefrentice who states that he had six other prospective buyers considering the place mr white locatedon this proper ty some 30 years ago and is forced to give up because of ill health he will stage a big auction sale on friday april 6 when everything on the place will go under the auct- icneers hammer will make expenditure of 8000 new system will be entirelyoutside the present building will leave accom modation for dining room will set aside annual fund for further development being planned stanley theatre to be brightest spot in town says owner couple mark 25 years of married life a delightful party was held on mondayat- the old fretz homestead near altona in the afternoon marking the silver wedding anni versary of mr and mrs sam fretz for it was on the 17 of march 25 years ago that miss may grove daughter of mr and mrs levi grove and samuel fretz took their marriage vows before revleonard v hoover officiating minister- thei couple first located on the 8th of markham but after two years they moved to their present abode the fretz homestead east of stouitville in pickering their six children were all present for the anniversary occasion along with a number of other friends the fam ily include missaima fretz nor- man and orval fretz miss lois fretz also levi and miss mary fretz among- the guests pn mon- daywere members of the grove -and- fretz families who witnessed the wedding a quarter century ago v we aim to make this theatre the brightest spot in- town mr pat barnes told the tribune when he- took over the control from mr schmidt last week mr barnes hails originally from texas where his superflous avoir dupois attired in ten gallon hat and fancy shirt was really some thing to see and his southern drawl is a pleasure to listen to he still has a big stake in the land of his birth owning a 3200 acre ranch in texas hes a personal friend of gene autry favourite western singing star of the movies who is scheduled for a personal appearance in toronto shortly our new theatre man is the daddy of foto night which he hopes to make a regular feature at the stanley as soon as possible- mr barnes is operator of this special attraction in many theatres throughout the united states and canada and will unquestionably provide an extra big night in the week for stouitville no time is being lost in making the modern changes in the local show house this week will see the completion of laying the new seats and new advertising installations in the lobby ontario and rural hydro engineers were on the spot last week and arrangements have been made for a heavy power line from main st to the theatre to carry the extra load of new fixtures both inside and outside of the building the lighting of both sides of the street leading to the show- house is planned as well as a big electric- display on the corner by the municipal building a new sound system will be installed be fore many weeks which allinall will give stouitville one of the most upodate entertainment spots north of toronto mr barnes is a big booster for the entertainment of the kiddies of town and surrounding district and beginning thisweekvtliere will be a 5crnatinee every saturday after noon dobre opening 2 pmjoti all week nights the show will open the municipal council approved the expenditure of 8000 for a new- boiler boiler room and coal bunk ers to be constructed at the stouif- ville high and public schools when a formal application came be- fore that body made by the board of education j chairman thompson dr freel frank riches and donald chad- wick composed the committee that laid the matter before the council last- week they explained that the present boiler was greatly over taxed and upon the recommendat ion of theii architect had planned a new boiler room to be constructed at the southwest corner of the building with sufficient capacity to take care of any future expansion it was emphasized that the room now occupied by the present boiler and coal bins was badly needed for additional toilet rooms separating the older students from the smaller children also it would leave accommodat ion for a dining room badly needed since as many as 150 dinners per day are eaten in the school during the winter season all large schools in the area and competing with stoufvvilie for students enjoy this accommodation the use of the coal bins or bunkers outside the building would eliminate the build ing being filled with grit and grime when a car of coal is dumped each year fire hazard would be lessen ed as well the committee pointed out present boiler was said to be badly worn and may give out any time a new boiler could not be ob tained short of eight months the committee reported 3 another request that gained ap proval of- the council wasthe sefc ting aside annually of a fund for future development such as the heating plant totalling 10 per cent of the maintenance costs of both schools and equal to a sum of about 2200 per annum both these requests must go be fore the ontario department of education and the department of municipal affairs for approval the funds proposed to be set aside are deposited with the department of education and bear interest at 3 per cent per annum and will be available by the board when need- ed these projects will not affect a substantial reduction in the annual school taxes as previously an nounced to be effective this year post war development mr thompson said includes an auditor ium and new gymnasium room when the time arrives for such an undertaking to be proceeded with tentative plans were submitted for siich an addition at the west side of the school with front entrance off main street rev i brubacker buvs ix tows y mr fred chessman has sold his house and threequarter acre lot ly ing east of the mbc parsonage on baker avenue to rev isaac bru- backer of hespeler and former pastor of the mbc church here old friends will be delighted to know that mr and mrs brubacker have decided to locate in stouffville when they give up their present work fred chessman intends to move to the old willow factory place on stouffer street and which adjoins the property he just sold to mr brubacker fred intends to re model the house and make it more habitable cooperative gets first dividend the first annual meeting of the stouffville cooperative association was held in the municipal hall on march 16 about 40 members and patrons were present a report of the associations activities fov the past year was given by the presi dent h g kellington he referred to the death of f h sangster who was the founder of the cooperative movement- in stouffville the re novation of the sangster house was the outstanding achievement of the year there are now three apart ments and an office and store room for the association the manager told of his difficul ties causedbythe coal regulations it was pointed out that the coal administrator is himself a coal dealer and- not friendly to coopera tives a- patronage return of 2 per cent was declared the new directors elected were h g kellington f c rowbotham fred wicks levi forsyth lam bert stouffer fraser gee and art buchanan born in stouffville dies in guelph a c brown was born on the old brown farm now occupied by mr lloyd turner he was a son of the late william brown and mar garet kribbs the late j wilmot brown was a brother albert pass ed away on march 15 1945 after a lengthy illness- in the guelph gen eral hospital as a lad he was associated with the late dr rowan in the drug store here he learned telegraphy and obtained a position with the canadian pacific railway later he became station agent at elora west toronto teeswater and guelph after his retirement from the railway he still resided in guelph and for the last twenty years he was bookkeeper for dr g f r richardson of toronto his wife the late aggie slater passed away in 1911 he was an active member of the presbyterian church and was secre tary of the board and seldom miss ed a meeting at the knox presby terian church in guelph at thefuneral service the rev mr greer pastor of knox church spoke in highest terms- of a cs stirlingqualities and his usefulness both in the church and community he will be greatly missed by his many friends interment took place at woodlawn mausoleum guelph newly appointed ration chairmen mayor r m deverall has been appointed chairman of the local ration board at whitby replacing mr f t rowe at grimsby mayoi henry bull has taken over the chairmanship replacing mr e s johnson reeve d b annis of the township of pickering replaces former reeve wm reesor as chair man of the board at brougham at cobourg mayor roy m- dodge will act as local ration board chairman in place of former mayor burnet and at ilaliburton the recently elected reeve geoe earl will take over the duties hitherto performed by c w hodgson at stouffville a e weldon will continue to act in place of reeve nolan who would normally replace mr weldon who is doing a good job goodwood boy at odessa freed by russian army while nothing official has com from ottawa news has been receiv ed from private source that pte alfred woodland of goodwood pri soner taken at diepoe in 1942 is now free and in odessa he was released from a german prison camp by the advancing russians sapper wj archer also a prisoner is on his way home to scarboro and met pte woodland who is only 23 he was with the royal regi ment of canada he said he was manacled with other canadians for is months at first the germans had no handcuffs and tied the pri soners wrists with ropes the ropes were removed at nights giving the men a short rest pte woodlands foster parents mr and mrs fred woodland ux- bridge township said the news brought them the happiest day in years alf spent practically all his life with them he enlisted in 1940 and went overseas the next year engaged to marry a scottish girl the marriage was accordingly de layed when he was taken at dieppe ken james of toronto recently repatriated visited the woodland home this week he had spent 13 months a prisoner with alf returning to india claremont family moving to gormley about 50 neighbors and friends gathered at the home of mr and mrs marshall lotton of claremont on tuesdayevening and gave them a farewell party the evening was enjoyed playing games and singing during the evening mr and mrs lotton and roby were presented with a lovely walnut table the presentation -was- madebymrs david dawson after fitting replies were made the evening closed with a dainty lunch mrand mrs lotton intend to take up residence in gormley after nearly two years furlough miss anna steckley gormley sailed this week from an united states port for india wfhere she will resume her mission ary work in that country miss steckley spent seven years in the work there and this was her third furlough 1100 still wanted the red cross drive for stouff ville and the southeast corner of whitchurch is not completed yet but total receipts exceed 2800 leav ing 1100 still to raise before the objective is attained of 3900 last year stouffville and this small corner of the adjoining township raised4500 can we oversub scribe our objective in this- hand some manner orice again canvass ers are in the midst of- theirwork but all hope to complete the job next week markham will adopt a school nurse em d j tran of atha is recovering nicely at the brierbush hospital suffering from a fractured skull as a result of a kick from a horse he was leading along the roadwaythe at 630 with continuous showing early part of last week cfred sanders- of lefroy simcoe county farmed at lemonville when thei war broke out later hemoved to his more northerly home from- which place he enlisted in y army he returned from over- seas service on feby 24 his mother- mrs e- m sanders lives at richmond hill but was also ayesident of whit- churcn at the sibley- farm for some years and until very j recentiy at a joint meeting of markham and stouffville village councils and markham township council held on monday evening at unionville the two markham municipalities deter mined to enter into a joint agree ment to engage a school nurse for the two municipalities stouffville agreed to further consider the mat ter since the position of this mun icipality was not exactly the same as the two markhams in respect to the present service rendered regard ing thehealth of the children however the two markhams hope to have a school nurse next septem ber and the initial cost will be 2200 according to reeve frank burkholder of markham village who had interviewed the depart ment at queens park on the mat ter mr burkholder told the meet ing presided over by chas hooper that he believed it was a right step to engage a nurse his council and his school board had endorsed the move and while he had hoped stouffville would come in and share the cost he agreed with his coun cillors who were present that they would still enter with markham township at present neither mark ham township nor village have any system of tabulating the health of the children not even for toxoid- ing whereas in stouitville toxoiding and other services have been carried out locally eye tests are being done through the lions club reeve nolan said and he did not feel that hisj municipality stood in the same need as the other two at the mom ent he was supported in this view by councillor h boyd councillor e a button and councillor john smits all- of whom were present and while in synipathy with better health methods decided against en tering theplanat this time markham township hacl before them letters from a large number of school sections who had been in duced to write because the mark- hamunioriville lions club had im pressed them with the need as they saw it reeve chas hooper was strongly favorable to immediate action and said the whole thing would cost markham townshipabout onethird of a mill on theirtax rate mark ham village will have to raise slight ly more than half a mill to meet their share of the cost the first year costs in futureyearswihbeup wardibut stouffvillemay beadded by that time which would make the cost lighter for the southern villag the newnurse if engaged to start in september this year will pro bably be stationed at unionville she will set up a card system in each school recording the health of the child from the day it- enters school it will receive periodical checkups with defetcs reported to the family doctor the nurse will not visit homes or do any nursing her services will all be in the schools conducting clinics giving advice while maintaining a great deal of clerical work fred banks sells farm stock 5000 ideal weather and liberal adver tising contributed much to the large crowd which attended the fred banks auction sale on the 8th con cession of markham township last thursday when the stock and im- plements ran to a sum of 5000 on top of thissellers atkinson auctioneers offered the 100 acre farm which was knocked down to an agincourt bidder when his offer reached the reservebid however we understandthat some difficulty has since arisenjwhere title cannot be given a thisuime consequently the sale of the place may have to be cancelled yy some of the other highlights of the sale included the turnover of a buckrake for 447 milking machine 29s a small whitewash sprayer was keenly sought and went to 40 before being knocked off the best ayrshire cow mounted to 128 and the choice horse 110 turning over- the farm in the manner they did sellers atkinson report this is the second place sold recently under the auction hammer in this way they have two more to offer in the next two weeks list ings ofswhlch may be seen in the sale register- all of which leads one to speculate on the possibility that the firm is drifting into the real estate business births mcgillivray in uxbridge town- ship on saturday march 17194 to mr and mrs murray- mcgilli- f vray a soncolin john george schragto mr and mrs gordon schrag alma rr 1 at groves i -memorial- hospital fergus onist i march 21945 a son j if esx oldhamn saturday march 17l 1945 theiyork countyhospital newmarket to mr and mrs jas pro- oldham alma baker a son tij2m