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r j rv-tif- 0 leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twpsv vol 58 no 46 the tribune stouffville ont march 29 1945 ten pages yi here next week mr henry hisey will retire from the stouffville groce teria- having disposed of his busi ness to mr harry molson of mount albert an experienced groceryman mr hisey who came from gormley and is closely identified with the itunkard church there opened the first groceteria everoperated in this town five years ago as the busi ness enlarged better and more cen tral quarters were sought and not long ago the groceteria moved to the silvester block mr hisey was induced to sell out since he may enter another calling entirely aside from that of a groceryman the hisey family will continue to live in stouffville and so far the new proprietor mr molson has been unable to locate a dwelling in town snivelys purbbkeds sell up to registered holstein cows sold as high as s240 for the top priced animal sold to win vanderbent gormley at the auction sale on the farm of col scsnively at wilcox lake last saturday second highest 5235 went to terraview farm agincourt the total receipts went to over 5000 with plfranklin and clark prentice doing the sell ing this was an outstanding sale of purebreds since col snivelyis giving up farming having rented the place to george smith of the 3rd concession whitchurch buyers from bradford wood- bridge and unionville took away some of the animals small syrup yield is disappointment all hopes ofbbtaining any quant ity of local maple syrup this year was given up- after last week be- cause of the continued warm weather and the increasing evid ence of- buds- on the trees your scribe visited the big ratcliff bush on the 6th of whitchurch where the pails had hung fortwo three days without being emptied only to show in thebcst a cup of sap we sampled itjahdfound the quality or flavor not up tostandardriflacked j o thrflavortformaklrigoodyrapr tery many friends gatheredto not in many years has there been such a complete failure of maple sap due to the sudden arrival of warm weather which changed from winter to warm spring atmos rphere over night so it seemed those who tapped for their own requirements may have obtained a gallon or two- of syrup while still a few other people had a carryover from last year however unless quebec syrup is obtained the great bulk of our readers who- look for ward to their annual gallon or two aredoomed to disappointment the situation is similar all over ontario it was thought a long and profit- able season was in store for the v- maple syrup industry because of so 1 much snow but old man weather preferred to side in withyjose who were short of coal and so he turri- ed on the heat an article was prepared for this issue setting out the ceiling price for all goods and other regulations but since there is virtually no syrup for sale the item is not printed the objects of the newly formed association may fairly be set out thus to so conduct business that the customer is always assured of high- est efficiency in seivicc preserve reputation and integrity and all members agree to submit to the board of directors any dis- pute between customer and dealers that fair and satisfactory settle- ment may berecommended for all parties 0 1 95pbid for 100 acres at ringwood at the auction sale of farm stock and implements on the farm of jos grose at ringwood last saturday the owner turned down a bid of 9500 for the farm with auctioneer as farmer calling the bids mr grose stated that he had a better offer two days before the sale and the 9500 bid did not reach the re serve it would appear it was pronounced a good cattle sale with a grade cow selling for 12250 the implements were not what would- be called high class but brought good prices mr and mrs grose intend to re- tire to their former home in stouff ville this spring just as soon as they can obtain possession of their town house mr and sirs pete barnes mr barnes has recently taken over the stanley theatre and is steadily making improvements which will ensure a growing popularity for our local entertainment house new seating has been completed improvements made to the sound system and new lighting arrangements are to go ahead as soon as workmen are available for the job gormley child instantly killed when struck by car gilbert david 17months old son of mr and mrs george kelly who farm on the sideroad between the third and fourth concessions of markham at gormley was almost instantly killed on saturday after noon about four oclock when the little fellc by the car as his father just started to drive forward in the yard mr kelly felt something of a slight impact but did not know of the presence of his young son until he jumped out to see what he had contacted dath was almost instant resultingvrom a fractured skull as his head struck a couple of stones dr j f wilson of richmond hill was called besides the parents one other son albert four also survives mrs kelly is a daughter of bishop alvin winger the funeral service on tuesday was heldinheise hilhchurch with interment in the adjoining ceme- show their deep- sorrow over the tragedy a a toole addresses local lions club a a toole of uxbridge widely- travelled agricultural expert both in canada and united states and a former agricultural representative for thunder bay district was the guest speaker at the stouffville lions club meeting on monday evening mr toole maintained that there must be a floor established for farm prices regardless of the set ting up- of what is commonly known as the vicious circle oj agriculture to manufacturer back to agriculture and so on farmers have the right to buy abroad to the extent to which they sell abroad he said and if the dominion government would pur sue this course we would have a lot less trouble first war baby here stouffville is able to announce its first war baby born at the brierbush on march 22 to mr and mrs norman fockler the young mother was the former catherine mary mcnichol scottish lass who met her soldier husband overseas we welcome little ivan keith fock ler in his roll of stouffvilles first war baby uxbridge twp man dies in collingwood walter taylor 56 years of age died in the collingwood hospital on tuesday last week following a stroke anda period of poorhealtli before that deceased was a natiye ofjlixbridge township and vras brought here for burial at altona dutch cemetery on friday after noon- walters father the late- john taylor of goodwood- died when fie was a very small lad and he was raised by his uncle the late joseph alsop at glasgow where walter attended school his mother mar- lieyed the markham township charges that local farmer blocked natural water course ah action that will arouse wide spread interest was aired in police court at york county buildings in toronto on tuesday afternoon when the township of markham through constable b gayman charged one of its farmers frank quintan with obstructing injuring and fouling the highway by reason of blocking the natural water course contrary to the township bylaw- in that behalf the case which lasted three hours was heard before magistrate martin and four witnesses were called for the plain tiff chas hoover ben gayman r- walton and engineer hbabcock also chas hooper was asked- one question for the defendant four witnesses testified j donovan oshawa consulting engineer alex boyd -and- george padget stores open tonight according to usual custom the stores in stouffville wiube open this thursday evening because of the holiday on good friday red cross drive is oyer the top stouftville and district red cross canvassers have turned in 4000 up to wednesday morning to place the donations 100 over the objec- tive of 3900 there are still quite magistrate martin reserved his a number who have hot been ap- decision in the matter for- three proached in town while the small brusseij sprouts fordinner we have had a remarkable win ter with its great depths of snow coming before any frost could reach the ground and serving as a warm blanket all the winterseason how well the ground ws protected was exemplified on the farm of mrahan wideman at almirawhere last week this farmer picked 175 quarts of brussel sprouts from his field crop planted list summer mr wideman said the sprouts had- no frost whatever in them and were just as fresh and green as they were last fall s f wixxer of croix do guerre speaks to cadets ry po v e- scott winner of the croix de guerre french emblem of gallantry spoke to the cadets of stouffville squadron no 91 on fri day evening he was a wireless operator with thercaf and be- forc being repatriated recently had flown seventytwo operations in halifax bombers in addition to fly- jngin thenorth african campaign the first meeting of the new board of directors of the stouffville cooperative association was held in the coop board room h g kellington was reelected president fraser gee vicepresident bruce morton treas geo dewitt secre tary miss joy forsyth daughter of mrs forsyth and the late ernest forsyth formerly of stouffville was one of the champion prize win ners at the big skating meet held in toronto last week ried a second time to hezekiah roach clerk of uxbridge township both his mother and stepfather passed away in recent years walter was seized with a serious illness several years ago and was nursed at the brierbush in stouff ville he made what appeared to be a good recovery and for some time was working in the colling wood district he was a bachelor and had no brothers or sisters and was well liked and respected by all who knew him oxe of seasoxs biggest cattle sales wednesday next wednesday apr- 4 will be the occasion forone of the largest village smithy passes suddenly at unionville fred j minton well known black smith died suddenly at his home in unionville he was in 53rd year the son of mr and mrs wm minton of maple he first started in business at concord moving to unionville in 1926 he is survived bv his widow the former mary marshall of fisher- ville three sons charles roy in the rcaf and gordon three bro thers and two sisters seeded five acres of clover march 22np five acres of sod land was seeded to clover oh march 22 on the farm of- j w mcmullen adjoining the east end of stouffville this native farmer informed- this paper last week mr mcmullen declared that the land was surprisingly firm whereas he had anticipated it would be springy on this farm now fo 55 years the owner believes this is the- earliest he ever went to work on the land in this way he recalls that the year he moved to the place they were able to start seeding on april 1st garage man dies on fishing trip death came with shocking sud denness to james ft murphy pro- prietorof the holt garage west of weeks j d lucas acted for the municipality and chas henry of robertson fleury and henry for quinlah the trouble arises over a water course between the ninth and tenth concessions- of markham on the first sideroad south of mongolia at lots 2021 according to r walton neighbor who lives directly north of the quinlan farm water collects from six farmers on his waltons farm and passes through a town ship culvert under the road in front of his farm south to the quinlan place where a deep ditch carries it westerly along the roadside the defence contended the natural water course after it leaves the culvert proceeds directly south through quinlans field a load of manure inside the quinlan fence line was said to block this course and the ditch has been well cleaned by a farmer to induce the water to flew freely westerly along the ditch line mr walton testified that if the water was allowed to run its na tural course it would proceed dir ectly over the quinlan field which is cropped each year md he believ ed the manure loaded there aided in blocking the course- cross examined by defence coun sel chas nenryhevsttedithedeep ditch dug for the conveyance of the water along the roadside pre sented something of a hazard harold babcock consulting en gineer describing the water course as it now exists as a diverted one stated the natural course was through the quinlan field he be- high banks along the road side- would require consider able maintenance as they are too steep james donovan- engineer for quinlan gave considerable techni cal evidence and submitted blue prints maintaining there was no visible indication of a natural course through the quinlan field and that the culvert leading into the lane on the bell farm opposite- constituted a bottleneck he swore that the natural water course should be about opposite the bell driveway then over to quinlans i declare the natural flow should cross the road 90 feet west and that the ditch could adequately take all water the culvert would let through i say the water has no right to flow out area of whrtchurch tied in with stouffville is only half through their canvas and wilb probably turn in 400 yet deek visits gormley a deer wandered down the rail way tracks at gormley on tuesday and when suddenly frightened the animal ran headlong into the wire fence along the rightofway break ing its neck a couple of deer were also reported to have come close to the busfh camp of mr harry rat- cliff just riorth of uxbridge engagement mr and mrs clare sanderson of victoria square wish to announce the engagement of their daughter shirley mildred to allanherbert chadwick youngest son ofmrs f s chadwick and the latemr h i chadwick marriage will take place early in april its an outrage in my judgment alex boyd and george padget contended that an agreement was entered into 50 years ago when the quinlan place was owned by the davies co to run the water down ther ditchjine boyd said he was council meetingthere50yearsiago resulting in the present course for the water george padget said council agreed when he- was a member to take the water down- the road- at- that time the road was mire but has been built up since we did not have writings- we went ahead and did just what we thought should be done a gentlemans agreement said mr padget mr lucas called reeve charles hooper for one question- asked by the magistrate why did you dig from the south side of the culvert to the quinlan fenceline answer because we have a drainage problem there- we dug there to help solve our problem in summing up mr lucas said he contended quinlan contravened the bylaw in placing manure in the natural course blocking the water defence rested much of its case on the contention that after 50 years council could not change the course and in rebuttal forblocking the course said the manure was not in the natural course in any elected head retail implement dealers wha looks like a strong organiz ation of retail implement dealers was set upon wednesday night of last week at the mansion house in uxbridge when the gatheringelect- ed chas cooper of claremont as its first president george byer of newmarket 1st vice president and james dryden as secretarytreasur er these men will form the execu tive together with j watson of uxbridge dean maiis of brougham and alvin hooker kinsale name of the new body will be the retail implement dealers association and dealers in this line are eligible to join from a wide field in york and ontario counties and even beyond as the field widens other units may be added it was the expressed opinion of numerous speakers that such an organization would add to the ser vice these dealers are able to render their farmer customersby meeting in such gatherings from time to time problems common to ssy could be discussed and solved one mans experience and advice could be very helpful to another motto of the new association wiirbe service and fair prices to all customers alike guest speaker was mr e l jones hamilton manager of inter national harvester co who deliv ered an effective message to the gathering on good business prac tises three blockmen messrs wilkinson stiles and lemont well known to the agents spoke briefly- reeve avnolan of stouffville was invited to act as chairman and to pilot the gathering through the various steps of organizing into an elected body mrs martin proprietress of the mansion house excelled in pro viding a banquet for the gathering that left nothing to be desired something this hotel is rather famous for cream patrons banquetted al uxbridge acthe silverwoodjs lindsay creamery cobanquettendered its patrons -in- uxbridge last week at the placeand recalled- the whole of s vsaago 5isj and mr spof ford to the cream patrons he having been in the business at one time rev l atkinson whom we also claim as a stouffville old boy had a brief part in the program so that this town was quite prominent in the enter tainment special speaker of the evening was mr c e lackner chief of the dairy branch ontario dept- of agriculture the banquet was held in the united church basement i freely over quinlans farm when it event which they held should be could be taken to a proper outlet 1 90 feet west cattle sales of the season when i mount albert sometime friday jos farr will auction off over fifty night when the young man was on head of purebred guernsey and a fishing trip he was alone when grade cattle at his farnron the 9th concession just east of claremont finished seedixg the first farmer to complete eding operations anywhere in this district is henry michcll of cherrywood mr mioliell finished today having seeded between forty and fortyfive acres with mixed grain and overcome fishing for pike and when he failed to return a search arty was organized who hunted all aturday before his lifeless body was located at the fishing- spot death wasdueto heart trouble red as he was known mar ried gertrude hamit who survives him together with a daughter three years r hefwas only 34 yearsof age and hisone brother is a son-in- law of mr and mrs truman baxter of stouffville i xyr pte holstein ofthelst canadian cattle company -proceedlngover- i seasgets bon voyage from- jane stilwell the shipmentof 12head iof pure bred holsteins is from canaja to britain has left guelph ont they are the gift of j w downs of trenton- ont to his son william downs official representative in great britain bfthecanadian depart ment ofmunitions and supply7an enthusiastic farmer oh- the side r gfe2steiygj- wsirrbfi pool room assessed for boys under age pleading guilty to allowing boys in the pool room at stouffville un der is years of age theproprietor was assessed 2 and costs in police court on monday before magistrate martin the charge was laid by constable rusnell who had letters from parents protesting their boys being in the pool room since a second convictionon such a charge might carry with it a -can- cellation of the license theproprie- tor warns all lads under age to de sist from attempting to enter the pool room former minister returns for special easter services i rev wjs whitcombe ma well known to many people in stouffville and surrounding community will be guest speaker inbaker hill baptist church on easter sunday at both morning- and evening services morning service 1130 evening service 730 r oclock- all cordially invited two residences sold in tpwn last week two town residences changed hands fred banks 8th concession of markham purchases the place occupied by mr and mrs iiou morden on main street east near the schobl from mr h n foote ira rusnell constable has pur- chased the miss bertie raymer re- sidence also on main street and al most opposite the presbyterian church we understand the place will be occupied by mr rusnells soninlaw the demand for new houses still prevails but so far no one has announced a building program those who would likcto build fear high prices and a difficulty in pro curing materials on the other hand- a mighty favorable low tax rate prevails in this town that en joys the best of conveniences r- titf- -a- i mr and mrs j sturtdnandmrs- bob rollie of toronto wjere guests k of mrv7anl mrs joan jilewis on sunday v i5 v