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leadins weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 56 no 50 the tribune stouffville ont april 26 1945 twelve pages our capital correspondent expressly written stouffville wilson tribune for by the dean the council is to determine whether or not they are willing to run the water system here and there to outlying sections without the per son who buys property beyond or outside the water mains paying a portion of the cost of servicing his property in the past all sorts ofdeals have been made by varying councils w when an extension was required and persons with enough pull usuallv got a very liberal deal the thing should be put on a fair basis if the mains are to be extended then the persons benefitted should at least be required to pay water rates that would make a return of say three per cent then if and proper mams stouffville boy awarded distinguished flying cross it should be stressed now that though canada and other parts of the british commonwealth of na tions are united for certain pur poses yet the legal setup of the british commonwealth does not provide neither in theory nor in practice for the establishment of any distinct bloc in international affairs in so far as the world se curity conference at san francisco is concerned each part of the bri tish commonwealth can speak for itself this must be born in mind and this is recognized along parlia ment hill as absolutely essential in order that the maninthestreet may be able to understand that the gathering in jlondon of representa tives of the british commonwealth before the san francisco confer ence was in the words of a distin- guished statesman not to gang up against other nations moreover this is the position of canadas delegation at this historic confer ence to create machinery for a world security organization in fact there is significance in the size and composition of the canadian dele gation at this gathering with this being interpreted in usually well- informed quarters in the capital where it is pointed out that not onlv is the delegation made up of this countrys prime minister and seven delegates but it was also composed of seven senior advisers eight expert other advisers steno graphers cipher clerks messengers and guards including almost fifty persons notwithstanding all the changes made in the federal cabinet lately it is hinted in reliable circles in ottawa that orders will be forth coming both before and after the general election if the present ad- ministration will be returned it is known in backstage circles that such cabinet reconstruction is ex pected and second the system ot parliamentary assistants is favour edvery stronglysothat these may be responsible for many changesin the near future ssome of a surpris ing nature particularly where de velopments in the official opposi tion party warrant such changes to it is expected that he will be return- avoid criticisms it is suggested thai i t0 this coun shortly the addition recently of younger men in the cabinet in ottawa followed closely the fact that the progressiveconservative party has been putting forth candidates of younger age ithan usual sinceit is reported that the average age of their candidates rfor the forthcom ing election was under 45 years thenagain there is aflood of-rum- oursccirculating in the capital that political changes may come after the general election and these may involve important cabinet changes particularly in the quebec repre sentatives in the cabinet since it is said that when the war will end and the draft issue will be dead leaders like hon cardin hon powers and even hon ralston which way shall we go at the present moment the munwhen more users tap the line icipal council being asked for anjg should 10wered accord extension of the water works th alternative to this plan is to system to supply prospective new increase the water rates to s6 all houses that are hundreds of feet j over town instead of 4 per year away from the system and will as at present we imagine few won to lav dides to people would kick about paying 1 cost juo ana w to lay pipes io- j months which the increase even 3 per cent the problem of m extensions and line building that is demanded at this time no doubt the members of the council are trying to estimate pub lic opinion on which way they should go about getting the money for these extensions but once they come to a conclusion we hope thev will put into force their convictions in a sure and a straightforward for the sake of servicing cus tomers beyond the limits of the water systems in me past many half inch pipes were put down and these have only a limited life and in some instances are about done for and will entail considerable ex pense to repair or replace with jack drewery son of mrs robt ratcliff has been awarded the dis tinguished flying cross the first medal to bo awarded to any boy from stouffville locality in this war no citation was given for the award from the war office and it is pre sumed to be for a series of flights made oyer enemy territory- jack has the distinction of bring ing the first such honor to stouff ville only a short time ago he was credited with bringing down his first jerry fighter plane over the continent jack was educated here and was a leading member of the stouffville air cadet squadron prior to enlist ing in the rcaf having jegni pleted a tour of operational flights case dismissed against markham township farmer i magistrate martin has dismissed the action brought by the township of markham against frank quin- lan mongolia farmer 10th conces sion on a charge of blocking a natural water course his worship said he didnt feel safe in convict ing the accused on the evidence placed before him the action was fought three weeks ago over a water course crossing the sideroad between the 9th and 10th concessions in front of quintans farm after going through the culvert in a southerly direction the water is forced to make a right turn westerly by rea son of a dug ditch water course the municipality contended the water should continue due south through quinlans farm instead of being turned westerly quinlan was said to have blocked the southerly course by placing manure inside his fence line and that the south erly course was the natural fall mr boyd and exreeve geo padgett gave evidence in defence of the accused quinlan the issue has been controversial for 40 years or more it would indicate from the evidence heard at the trial d lucas prosecuted for the town ship of markham and robertson fleury lane toronto acted for the defence big things expected of stouffville in victory loan town offers reward for identity of offenders whefc destroy public property baptists hold annual meeting at the annual meeting held in uie basement of the church and preceded by a congregational sup per rev d macgregor presided messrs lou slack jh ratcliff and harry pugh were reelected dea cons and all the other officers were reelected for another term church finances were shown to be in a healthy condition with all obligations and objectives met there are 5g scholars enrolled in the sunday school with an average attendance of 37- the baptists commenced regular work in stouffville seventytwo years ago and prior to that preach ing was carried on in the homes the late h johnson j b wurts and john millard were among the first promoters of the work here may be induced to return at the hill 100000 on monday morning canvassers started out on the sale of victory loan no 8 the same canvassers in town and in the surrounding country are again acting with only a few slight changes in town messrs- sanders h o klinck le oneill are doing the work while bonds are also available through the local bank the objective for stouffville 110000 for markham rhnra1 fimim village 90000 and for richmond uroup locaii artists at eaton auditorium a number of stouffville folk mo tored to toronto on tuesday even ing to attend a concert in the eaton auditorium presented by the dun- lop choral society mr carl boad- way and mr and mrs donald chadwick are members of this moment political groups jn quebec are multiplying and there is divis ion amongst the liberals including a party led by former minister cardin this party being known as the autonomists and nationalis tic in character another group under maxime raymond and cal ling itself bloc populaire and so forth though it must be realized that these are liberals and inclined to support mackenzie kings gov ernment in peacetime after the coming general election indeed even amongst these various groups or parties in quebec favourable stories about premier king are heard lately such as the wide cir culation in gossip that premier king would consider the subject of giving canada a national flag and a national anthem at a later and suitable time when this ques tion was raised in the recent ses sion of parliament the prime minister replied that this will de pend on the opportunity he mr king may have for so doing and on the appreciations of the occas ion while there have been rumours of profiteering in war contracts from time to time during world war ii allegedly due in part to the fact that war expenditure commit tees of parliament held their ses for whitchurch township where the objective is 165000 the can vassers are j a clark r t cald well and leslie mount for markham township with an objective of 300000 the canvassers are charlie hoover j l abell r j allen walter craig j efrancis g brown n glass objectives in other places are aurora 220000 newmarket 360- 000 n gwillimbury 80000 east gwillimbury 175000 king town ship 270000 vaugham township 30000q the objective set for the north york area is 2500000 world conference explained by lawyer member of club mr f h button kc addressed the stouffville lions club on mon day evening outlining the setup of the dunbarton oaks world con ference mr button said he mereiy indicated the frame work of this great world peace organization which iie said would require a i n building costing 5000000 to house sions in secret yet there has been i m and may be an official flat denial in ottawa of loca ln canada at quebec city the charge that a certain montreal manufacturer made 48000 profit located in canada at quebec city the speaker declared that the conference now opening was the out of a 36000 investment suppos- m0 momentus undertaking for edly out of a war contract wherein peace since the world bqgan but it he had bought material used in was fought with many and great packing ammunition for 9 cents a difficulties especially to those pound from one firm and sold it to major nations who will be obliged the federal government for 21 to relinquish sovereign rights that cents the minister of munitions a nations may share in the ncces- hon c d howe disclosed aem- j j q w materials that every orandumfrom a senior munitions asked to make a department official who staithatl ess of in june 1944 a contract was award lh a futuremeeting r cd to forest productscprporahqnf c jothe i continued on back page summer months j high priced beef doesnt make beef rings popular one of the old established beef rings known as the bethesda ring has a few vacancies this spring and farmers are being offered a chance to join up according to their notice in this issue still another ring which operates at mongolia expects to get going again at the usual time enquiry made by this news paper to one of the members brought out the information that meat from the beef ring las year cost the patrons 17 cents a pound patrons get a different cut each week until they go the total num ber of cuts in a beef such beef rings were much more popular years ago than they are today due largely to the difficulty in these days to obtaining a butcher to han dle the killing and distribution despite the high price of beef there are fewer rings today around stouffville than there were 15 years ago mongolia property sells at public auction the house and large lot oh the 10th concession of markham at mongolia was sold by public auction for the estate of the late wilbert hopkins on friday afternoon by a s farmer auctioneer the buyer was robert spofford of stouffville who paid 1600 cash for the house and lot with good barn- the house has no basement otherwise it might have commanded a higher price the furniture sold for 465 to make toal receipts for the after noon of over 2000 the estate is leftto the nephewsof the deceased of whom there are seyeralresiding ln stouffville markhamfland tor- onto wsi markham citizen taken suddenly the death of arthur g brown of markham village came with shocking suddenness on tuesday this week since the deceased had been at work on monday in toron to but took suddenly ill at his city boarding place and passed away within a short time mr brown was in his 69th year born on the 5th concession of markham arthur brown spent all his life in the same district when a young man he was in stouffville for a time but since his marriage always lived in markham village his wife who survives was the for mer alberta meyer also surviving are three daughters misses grace and jean at home and rena mrs harry ratcliff 8th concession whitchurch one brother william brown of biggar sask and one sister mrs henry brownsberger of ringwood also survive mr brown a carpenter by trade was an- enthusiastic member of noami oddfellows- lodge mark ham and the- funeral this thurs day afternoon from the late resi dence in markham to markham cemetery will be under auspices of his lodge rev l e atkinson of uxbridge and rev b e newnham of markham will take the service the despicable conduct of some person or persons on saturday night when they entered the ladies toilet room in the municipal build ing and actually tore the basin from the wall may lead to the premises being indefinitely closed excepting to those who apply for the key no action has been taken by the coun cil on this procedure yet and in the meantime the reeve has author ized a reward of 25 to be paid for the apprehension of the guilty par ties or information that will lead to their conviction when the caretaker entered the building monday morning he found the whole premises flooded and water seeping through into the town offices and vault it happened to be the first sunday that the caretaker has not visited the pre mises all winter which was unfor tunate in the light of what happen ed if persons will come forward with information it will be treated confidentially and willbe reward ed at the same time it will be doing a good turn for those people who appreciate the convenience of this building which is proving a thankless undertaking because there are some miserable scoun drels in our midst who show little regard for fair play and decency in this instance every effort is being made to hunt down the guilty ones mrmrsareesor 50 years married mr and mrs albert reesor nel son ave mt dennis spent the weekend in kitchener later join ing their daughter mrs c w thompson in hamilton for the tuesday celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary both born in markham township the couple were married in markham where they spent the first few years of their married life mrs- reesor is the former sarah ann quantz the celebrants later moved to aurora and i have lived in kitchener and acton beforetaking up residenceln toronto they have four children mrs thompson mrs myrtle john son of detroit edward and frank reesor of toronto there are six grandchildren and one greatgrand child speaker from chicago coming keen interest is likely to be dis played in the forthcoming final meeting of the stouffville christian mens fellowship to be addressed by mr harry saulnier superinten dent of the pacific garden mission chicago there will be no banquet for this meeting which is to be held in the united church on the eve ning of wednesday may 9th invi tation notices are being mailed this week to members but all interested persons are invited to hear this outstanding speaker music will be supplied by cyril ridford and his male quartette and mr r smith pianist this gathering will mark the closing meeting of the series and will be tht last until the fall season again big store marks first anniversary undoubtedly the ladies of town and district are going to enjoy the anniversary occasion at the spof ford store here next saturday be cause both afternoon and evening tea will be served and customers are to be given a glass tumbler as a souvenir of the occasion since the spoffords took over the shaw store just one year ago steady im provement has been made both to the building premises and in the larger stock being carried all de spite the difficult times everybody experiences in obtaining goods and services the firms own announce ment about the anniversary will be found in this issue and the invita tion is sincere when it invites everybody to call around next sat urday whether you buy or not is a secondary matter births greenfield mr and mrs jos greenfield rr stouffville nee edith johnson announce the birth of a son edwin john son april 20 1945 at stouffville cowan at markham on thurs- dayapril 51945 to mr and mrs1 james kic6wan mongoliaoal fson howard gerald bachelor farmer dies at ballantrae resident of ballantrae for 25 years william nelson peterson died there on fridayat the home of his nephew l l peterson with whom he lived all those years deceased had been in failing health for two years and had been unable to leave the house in that time had he lived to the 28th of july next he would have reached his 80th- birth day of rather quiet disposition his desire for home life can be imagin ed when it is known that for 25 years he only spent two nights away from home a bachelorfarm- er the late mr peterson was born in gwillimbury township being- of a family of eight children born to pioneer farmers of that section- surviving are two brothers ed ward and benjamin peterson and one sister mrs v woodcock the funeral service on sunday afternoon from the chapel in mount albert proceeded to mount albert cemetery for interment rev norman rowan conducted the service and the pall bearers were messrs herman kidd john clark milford rose ross hood- robert windsor arid gib wrlghfrall nelgh- boreandfriend9thetn6ral foerejgreatljr appreciated and were very beautiful i j mrs charles wells mrs charles wells who was tendered a birthday party on attaining her 90th year spent her first birthday crossing the ocean when her parents migrat ed to canada from england fall proves fatal to man near 90 james harper who died at lot 33 concession 4 whitchurch near pine orchard on sunday april 22 was buried on tuesday afternoon april 24 at melville cemetery just five days after he fell in the kitchen of the home and suffered a fractured hip death was due to shock and old age mr harper would have been 90 had he lived until june born in what is now north tor- onto but at that time a farming district the late james harper went to markham township about 75 years ago and with his parents located in the cashed district in 1889 56- years ago james united in marriage with margaret ramsey and the couple continued to live in the- same district until they moved north- to whitchurch 25 years ago mrs harper is now 85 and survives the father together with three daughters mrs randal chapman of pine orchard mrs douglas booth of stouffville miss irene harper rn albany ny and one son councillor leslie har per of whitchurch a brother john harper of toronto still living is 87 the funeral service was taken by dr thos mitchell old friend of the family- assisted by rev mr math preacher at pine orchard church the pall bearers were messrs john empringham w sumerfelt william ross everett and harold harper all nephews of the deceased many old friends formed the funeral cortege proceed ing from the late home to the melville cemetery 6th concession of markham where interment was made local couple wed the marriage of miss bertie ray- mer and mr john wesley lehman both of stouffville was quietly solemnized on tuesday afternoon april 24 at the home of rev and mrs e moyer the ceremony was performed by rev mr moyer the bride wore a navy sheer dress navy coat and hat with blue and white accessories during the signing of the register mr harold moyer sang accompanied by mrs moyer the only guests present were the brides sister mrs b e wiancko and nephew mr eldont wiancko of toronto the couple will reside in stouffville major alex mckenzie former- reeve of woodbrldge and liberal progressive candi- date in the provincial field for north york is a welfi known figure in the riding and veteran or world war j vfr v-