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leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 57 no 6 the tribune stouffvileeont june 7 1945 fourteen pages jokh leslie will rresnl york in m provincial legislature if conservatives in stouffville poll their largest vote in history despite the fact that liberal stouffville chalked up the largest conservative vote in its more than 70 years there wasnt a ripple of commotion and for the most part everybody aceepted the result in the best of spirit leslie the con servative ran a close second to sanders liberal as the figures be low will show whereas agnes mc- v royalty ix our midst member of a royal family in the line of european kings countess terri du moulin delieringhen who flew to canada from scotland when the germans overran belgium at the outbreak of war- is staying for a shprt time with mr and mrs tiros simpson ballantrae during phail had a sizeable support from r and recuperation period the returnedas premier pickering arage operators request closing bylaw apetition signed by alarge num ber of garage and- servicestation operators inthejtqwriship pf-ick- ering was presented tp-thetown- shipcouncil attlieir regular meet ing onttuesday evening and called for the closing of their business places during certain hours of the week i constable john irvine was in at tendance at the meeting and stated thathe supported the move as it would tend to ease the police job if gasoline was hot obtainable at all hours of the night exceptions to the bylaw called for the serving of police doctors am bulances and road machinery while one operator in each area would be open on sunday council discussed the matter at some length and reeve annis stated that both the council and himself favored the operators work ing out seme closing agreement among themselves rather than havi ing the township force such regula- tions by bylaw when some- were opposed to it however if the peti tion presents seventyfive percent of those interested at the next meeting of council it is expected that a bylaw regulating the hours will be passed at the next meeting spokesman for the garagemenmr mcglashan from dunbarton told council that they wished to have a system which would not be a hard- ship on any motorist and- would be fair to all in the business he added however that an agreement between the garagemen themselves would not work a bylaw prohibiting the operation of slot machines pinball games punch boards or other such devices in barber shops billiard or pool- rooms bowling alleys tobacco shops circuses dance halls smoker rooms refreshment booths restaur- ants hot dog stands skating rinks or theatres was given its three readings and passed breaches of the new law carry a fineof 100 for the first offence and 200 for each subsequent offence three farmers were paid a total of 115 for sheep killed by dogs chas- reynolds at lot 26 cong re ceived 84 for 10 lambs edgar fist 21 and ell lehman 10 the clerk reported that 4 cecil phillips had requested the sideroad between- lots 20 and 21 inthe5th concession be openedand the road supefintendenqiyillbe asked to re move the obstruction vv v relief- accounts passed forpay- inent ampunted to s606 road-ac- counts 306873 and contingencies 01932 latemrshsteckley chose her minister and pallbearers sarah catherine barkey widow of the late abraham steckleyof stouff ville rand formerly of whitchurch township passed away on thurs- daymay sljfollowing a prolonged illness in the- bnerbush hospital here mrssteckley had just reach ed her a week or two before her death born on the 7th concession of whitchurch where the barkey homestead has the family for more than a hundred years she was one of the third generation on the place now occupied by her only brother i george barkey there was one other sister in the family mary e barkey who died in her 59th year- kate as she was familiarly known by to her friends mar ried abraham steckley some thirty years ago and farmed in- the bethesda- district on two differentacreages until their retire ment to stouffville in 1930 when they builtthemselves a comfortable small jjiome at the south end of obrien avenue mr steckley who was a- widowerwhen he married sarah barkey died eight years ago surviving the widow are one step son prof t jc steckley of-ridge- townand two stepdaughters miss nellie steckley rn superinten dent of the ford hospital in detroit and jmiss olive steckley toronto the late mrs steckley was an accomplished pianist in her young er days and for some years was organist at second markham bap tist church she led a devoted life and was ready for the great call that freed- her from her- earthly sufferings she made requests that rev d macgregbr conduct her funeral service and that pall bear ers be chas atkinson clarence atkinson eldon bolender clare bolender fred baker and arthur paisley 1- those requests were carried out and rev -mr- macgregor was assist ed inthe service by rev n rowan many old friends of the family attended the service held from the home ofher brother on the home- steadwheredeceased was born and proceeded to melville church and cemetery for service and interment her first election in town barker the independentsoldier candidate polled 34 in town and only 1300 over the whole riding indicating the complete lack of organizing support the candidate had barker was pledged to oppose the grants to separate schools that the major parties were prepared to give yet his total count however does not fairly express an opinion on the separate school issue since if the same matter was submitted to the people as a plebiscite there would be opposition to separate schools by four to one tonner the labor can didate ran last polling 616 total vote over east york and north york are here with a number of separate polls stouffville south north sanders leslie 7 macphail barker tonner 113 81 57 13 1 124- 127- 54- 21- 237 208 111 34 4 york east j a leslie pc agnes macphail ccf harry sanders l 18992 13331 533 george barker ind soldier 1318 gordon tonner labprog york xorth maj alex- mackenzie pc- r w scott l gh mitchell ccf 646 8592 5372 5072 our defeat js no great loss agnes macphail ccf candidate for east york told her supporters following her defeat in that riding by over 5000 votes in favour of progressive conservative j a les- lie nor have we ever had any great victory in 1943 we- shouldnt have won at all we won because the liberals had changed leadership three times in about three months and the people were sick and tired of them we havent lost because our support wasnt there to lose she said she told the electors that the ccf vote was as heavy as could be ex pected in the gradual course of its growth we had to have this de feat but if i had told you it was coming you would have called me a pessimist we will never win power until the middle of the nextj depression the depression was predicted within the next five years countess is a delightful personage whose husband died in toronto since they took refuge in this country there are two children thehusband was a cousin of king leopold and a noted personage in his native country the countess v father sir thos tyler was a surgeon to queen victoria declares that she haaho desire to return to belgium cind plans to live her life in canada her mother was a spanish princess so that her rank in europe was very high indeed dpgs destroy fine pullets in markham constable ben gayiiian described to markham township council in session on monday at tjnionville how two dogs from markham vill age had raided the farm of wm wragg 7th concession farmer and killed 60 plump pullets weighing three to four pounds each leaving the birds scattered over the range one dog was shot and the second was identified later and ordered shot the owners of the dogsit was understood had agreed to make restitution constable cayman said days prior to the big kill the dogs made an attack on a sow and litter of pigs and a close watch was kept since it was believed the dogs would return which they did the dogs he said were small one an irish setter and the other a pet dog also the birds were a fine flock m pink of market condition all rocks and new hampshires- the pay roll for road work amoun ted to 119847 and was ordered paid also relief accounts of 8330 wright taylor undertakers were paid 50 for funeral of an indigent two small sheep claims were in one from jos betz of 20 for a re gistered dorset horned ewe injur ed by dogs and one sheep injured belonging to frank malcolm 15 reeve hooper presided and all members were present the next meeting will be held on monday junl8th here is a stouffville boy in allhis glory everybody will recognize charlia davis son of mr and mrs dawson davisof stouffville v driver davis is on army duty in holland where the villagersv crowd around his jeep as he rides into town charlie is one of the shortest men in his unit but he can handle a jeep wijth the best of them and right now he is mighty popular with that crowd of holland maidens pressing in on his car y struck by car mrs hbqgsdii died almost immediately v j probably the firstiiiotor fatality died 23 years ago after which the to occur on the main street of widow located in stouffville to com plete her unusually long life mrs hodgsons maiden name was stouffville happened just before nine oclock on friday morning when mrs henry hodgson 95- the towns eldest woman was almost instantly killed when struck bya motor car driven by lou mordeh mrs hodgson had just left her home near the park gates with a shopping bag in hand to dp her weekend shopping she was cross ing main street when she came in 3 il j mondays vote in markham village leslie 250 sanders 178 macphail 89 n barker 25 tonner 8 total polled 550 mr and mrs walter kent form erly isabelle aitchison of toronto visited on sunday at the home of mr and mrs f c rowbotham where mrs geo dewitt and baby of gormley are staying for a short time cemetery memorial day june 17th it has been decided by the cemetery commission to observe sundayjune 17 as cemetery mem orial day in stouffville the same sunday as that on which it has been held in recent years there will be a public memorial service in the cemetery grounds in the afternoon for which the speak er will be announced later friends from out of town will be able to make their arrangements for visit ing the sacred place on this date well in advance for it is hoped that a goodly number will visit the town on that occasion s married mrs i hampton ofttoronto is spending a few days at the-mer- tehs home- cs v ohio may 10th 1945 rtgfacemusselman daughterlof mrs musselman and the late j doan musselman to wingcomd s abyrd of london eng few cases in revision court v four properties obtained a total reduction in assessment of a few hundred dollars before markham township court of appeal on the 1945 assessment on monday after noon despite the fact that there were quitela few increases byway of levelling up assessments through out the municipality made by assessors walter craig and archie fleming reeve chas hooper pre- sided oyer the court and other mem bers present deputyreeve wr l clark councihors albert reespr dalton rumney and r- l stiver thesittingconcludcdtheliearlngs for this year and itheroirwasthen adopted the assessorsdidnot havethe recapitulation completed so that total figures are not avail ablest present- f i contact wijh the car travelling east on the front of the car was a couple of bales of hay arid the driver told police he never saw the woman until after the collision travelling at a low rate of speed mr morden came to a stop and with the aid ofpaul sherk high school teacher mrs hodgsonwas lifted into the illfated car and rushed to the office i of drs sball but life was extinct mr willis monkhouse employed at central feeds was standing in front of the store and witnessed the accident mr monkhousesaid he saw the motor car coming also noticed mrs- hodgson step off the curb to cross the road then his attention was attracted other way and in a flash secondthe im pact occurred and he rah to render helpthe victim was bleeding pro fusely from the mouth and he be lieved her to be dead she suffered broken ribs and punctured lungs arid heart later she was removed to the mortuary of leoneill when dr ball coroner conducted t a post mortem and later announced that an inquestwouldnotbe held be cause of her great age95 yearsmrs hodgson was not possessed of good eyesight arid was probably not capable of keeping a sharp lookout for traffic hence to avoid striking her it might have been entirely up to a driver r- however mrs hodgson was hot alice matilda middleton she being the last often children born to the late mr and mrs james middleton of pickering township- the parents came to canada when the father was 9 and the mother llbbth crossing the ocean in the old sailing vessel of slow motion taking six weeks to make the -voyage- later they were married- and settled on the 6th of pickering when the dis- tfict was dense bush- j here mrs hodgson and her twin sistel i were born mrs- bowers died in november 1938 arid it was said at that time that mrs bowers and mrs hodgson were the oldest living r twins ihall ontario they being 86 alike m disposition and looks they were constantly being confusf j ed by even close -friends- their mother dressed them alike in- childhood and this added tothecon- fusion but they took a secret delightc- indt especially- when a youthful admirer made a date with the wrong girl i funeral forthe late mrs hodg- son took place on sunday afternoon from her home on churchstfeet south mrs hodgson with nathan forsyth of stouffville were honored by members of the local congrega- v tion of the united church only last- year because bfitheir long fellow- ship here mrs t wasa charter member of the womens missionary society as well and never failed to attend churchshe g was in her accustomed tpew 6nly7 v last sunday f rev d davis pastor conducted the funeral serviceand nail bearers were frank rowbotham wmslack u fred crossen exwarden wm- reesor f l button kc and reeve av nolan fit mi plans ready for attention is being focalized on the coming congregationalfchrist- ian conference tobe held ataltona church next- week opening on wednesday june v 13 and continu- ing through until sunday the17th besides the business sessions each day there will be open gather- ingseach evening- and it iscertain there will be impressive addresses from ministers and others the opening session oh wediies- r jqhnleslie j vyqrttrepresenutlvein-tlieon- ttafjolegislature v onlv a regular churcheoerbut kedt ni will be in chargeofthe her ownhoum anddk ther huv- young- people and on thursday ner own nouse ana aia ner tmv- morning rev g w brown will l her own house and did her buy ing at the store on the morning of her death so far as the press could learn she had only communicated with i one neighbor mrs jasren- nie to whom she said she was not feeling very well itwas not long after that when mrs- hodgson pre pared to do her saturday shopping a fact arrived atbocause she had her shopping bag along also- her purse r constable ben gayman investi gated the accident 7ahdlaida chargeof dangerous driving against mr morden bail was arranged in the sum of 500- wv 7 a married to henry hodgson over halfa century ago the aged lady is survived by one leslie on the homestead just east ofcstouff- give the address of welcome among the guest speakers will be i rev mr- titcomb of the sudan i inferior mission it is expected that rev w p fletcher bowmanviue now united church r minister will visit the conference on thursday afternoonand evening he v many friends in this conference and it is interesting to note that he was ordained to the ministry jn this very church at altona 50 years ago v so- far as can beilearried onlytwo members mrs dim nighswarider and t mrwilllam reesor are t the l onlytwbalive whowere present on that occasion mj conference programs are obtain- able and friends other thahvmem- i si l i i i i m 1 siiiihixui -vv-i-vi- jja jr v- i vdrv i s t z a fltftj l4i4ilk