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clossifica advs v 1 i v w leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and ijxbridge twps sthisweek lluii vol 57 no 14 the ramunstouffvnjle ontfaugust 2 1945 5 t eight pages bills issued to ratepayers in sik months britains new prime minister rt hon clement rr attlee britains new prime minister is a quiet man described as a saneand solid leader his aim is de velopment of resources for all the people- l our capital correspondent written expressly for the stouffville tribune bydean r wilson i i ever since thei last generauelec- there have rbeen comments or reports i insinuating indirectly that the new parliament will find the s best apple orchards inthe southern ffiiesusss markham where stouffville apple prospects poorest in years the first hydro accounts for do mestic consumers issued in nearly six months went forth from the town office this week reason for the long period in which no ac counts were rendered to househol ders was that the big rebate of 30 per cent of what you paid for domes tic hydro in 1944 was being paid back this was enough to give the customers four months and more of free current therefore it was not necessary to issue bills and even now after nearly six months many bills or practically all of the users had only a fraction of their usual august bill to pay since the rebate was sufficient to pay a part of this account in addition to the last four months z stouffville received one of the best rebates handtd back to its users of any place in the province this year it is to be remembered too that house customers also have received a reduction in rates from which they will continue to benefit throughout the year our system has grownfrom one nundrecl horse power to nearly 350 hp per month with the cheap rate for house current more and more orders are being received for electric stoves since it is the most convenient means of cooking especially in sum mer season wood is hard to get and expensive too and like coal is not nearly so clean as electric heat so it is not any wonder that people are turning to electricity for home cooking whitchurch farm sold council meetings markham and pickering town- walter e robinson has sold his ship councils will meet next tues- farm on the- third concession of day instead of monday civic holi- whitchurch to mr gilmour of tor- day markham council assemble in onto the 100 acres located at lot the evening and pickering afterjls is reported to have been turned noon and evening over for a consideration of 7000 indicating a fair upward trend on s f property the property is air marshall retired air vicemarsha george howsam of j port perry and brother to our ejrl howsam formerly of altona and now farming in reach town ship west of port perry has been retired as chairman of the travel ling establishment committee ac cording to an announcement just issued from ottawa listing a num ber of army retirements and appointments affecting high-rartk- ing rcaf officers air marshal howsam will be succeeded by gv walsh of montreal walsh is 52 years of age and howsam is 50 neversin25 yearshas the apple prospects about stouffville looked sdpoorlycastheydquthis year the treeswerenippeuiby frost after they started budding lat spring and the harm done is now coming tolightverydefinitelyone of the is now openly resented by leaders of the party in power andstories heard backstage on parliament hill tell of effortsrthat wilhbe made deliberately to disprove by argu ment as well as evidence any such insinuation itusshown that out of the 245 membersofthenewparlia- 3 merit thereare about 118 liberals 7 independent liberals and 4 inde pendents with the 7 independent liberals having been elected with out opposition by the government sothatitis interesting to notethat four ofi these are considered to be injreality true liberals and the three others are known to be supporters of the government in many ways then again of the other such independents including hon c fi power former minister focair ityis expected that their i support of- the king government- is a relative certainty in short it seems that- the government will have the necessary majority over all other parties even without being wholly dependent upon its quebec supporters so that this among mother reasons accounts for the presentment against anyinsinuation gthat the party- inc- power must salisfy quebec in order tovremain in control in3the new parliaments 5 it is hinted behind the scenes along parliaments hill t that the experiment- involved in using parli- famehtary assistants in ottawa has f proven so successful that- more appointmentsor expansion of the presentsysterniwouldnotbeabig surprise in usuallywellinformed quartersilndeeditisapointed out that fivetof- these j parliamentary assistants have becomeministers including jhon -brooker- claxton hondcabbott hon paul martin hon joseph- jean andhori lionel chevrier with the strong possibil ity existing that- otherparliament- ary assistants may be named- be fore long rsince there ms 3 much enthusiasm now aboutthe success of this system and there may be need yof othersmn the 20th parlia ment as older men step out grad ually to make way for younger political blooov w- 1 accordingto information gained in thiscapital- discussions have taken place in ottawa between representatives of a labonunion and bfflcialsirinwhichthe labor repre- sentativesxemphasized that there was a strong i propect that war workers would be laid off in large numbers shortly and- that- those seeking- other employment would find inmost difficulttoget workat simllartcrwagesproposingthat partial conversion of war plants to the pr6ductionofcivtllan materials might- make itreasicr jtotransfer such a person from wartime rtto peacetime employmentwithout fin ancial losshowever itisfunder stood that the officials stated that in f sconunued on pago four nothing for their trouble i l people have obtained prizespies and other varieties for years just hasnt an apple this year we might also refer jo the orchard on the amov- reesor- place vhere mr reesor says he may not have enough apples for even his own use condition of strawberry rasp berry and grape crops brightened the otherwise poor situation of ontarios fruit and vegetable crops during july the ontario depart ment of agriculture reports fin westcrn ontario raspberries are being harvested with prospects of a 5 per cent increase over 1914 strawberries are expected tcbetter the 1914 figureby 30 per cent and grapes by 13 percent in eastern ontario raspberries are up 40 per cent strawberries 25 and grapes 25 apple prospects have further de teriorated in western ontario and now are placed at only onethird of last years total peaches have taken a 30 per cent drop but im- provedslightly over june pears changed little at 87 per cent below 1944 and plums and fresh prunes were roughly similar favorable conditions tand excellent sizing of fruit in niagara brought forth a bettersweet cherry- crop than an- l it is still 32 per cent down from 1944 sour cherries con tinued poor ti vln eastern ontario apples fell to 20pertcentwiuij scab- ruling but crops in half the commercial orchards pears are down- 80 per cent and plums60 5 a general overall improvement in practically all vegetable crops since the last report was noted in western ontario wet weather coif tinued in most sections of eastern ontario contributing to a big reduc tion in vegetable acreages iin scanning crops 5 western ontario beanacreage is up about 11 percentcorn is down 14there is a good quality pea cropand rhubarb is showing considerable- increase ineastern ontario peas are up from last monthi but still down from last year the corn crop is very late and tomatoes are pafchy major neil smith expected home soon major neil c smith is shortly to return to canada according to lat est information received this week from aldershot camp in england where he is stationed just now major smith expects to join his wife in toronto just as soonas trans portation is provided t dr smith spent ve day in hol land but returned to england a few days later and-on- his- returnthe first copy of the tribune he located was our special victory edition he tells of the tribune being read by a couple of stouffvilleites in the lounge of the grovenor hotel dur ing a reunion townspeople will learn with secret pleasure that dr neil smith is likely to be home vory soon his dental office dyer the canadian bank of commerce with the tools of his profession are much as he left them over four years ago former uxbridge farmer dead john walford 4th concession farmer in uxbridge a number of years ago died suddenly in toron to- on tuesday last week at the home of his brotherinlaw 868 car- law avenue deceased was taken to goodwood for interment in the family plot where his wife was buried deceased will- be remem bered as farming a 50 acre place on the 4 th near the cnr crossing north of the stouffville road located in the section known aa white rose good as ever after 20 years idleness mrs ciias e kemp the death of mrs charies kemp at toronto east general hos pital on july 25 brought sorrow and grief to a former stouffville family mr kemp was a son of the late g h kemp who operated a butchering husiness in stouffville 50 years ago the family plot of the parents being in the stouffville cemetery the late mrs kemp who passed away was 39 years of age and the mother of two sons and two daughters interment was made at pine hill- cemetery working in the straw mow this week on the farm of mrs ralph nighswandeion the markham-pick- ering townline three miles from stouffville charlie bennett picked up a mans gold watch gave it a shake wound it and away it start ed with a good tick and it is keep ing good time- thewatch was lost 20 years ago mrs nighswander says it belong ed to her- deceased husband the heavy gold casing was unharmed as were the works- as is indicated by the fact that it is glad to be going again doing agood timing job the watch had evidently been ly ing near the floor of the mow away from moisture but it could scarcely have been iway from dust anyway the old timepiece folks recall ralph nighswander pulling from lnspants pocket has probably made something of a record for idleness among lost watches that ei have been similarlv reclaimed and able to ticktick again whengiven the proper impetus cpl ellis sees his family after four years overseas cpl g p ellis rcene has ar rived back from overseas afteran absence of nearly four years he was greeted by his wife a daughter of mr george austin a veteran of the first war and by his three children cpl ellis wife secured a house in town half of the frame double dwelling opposite the pres byterian church although the soldier had never lived here and the welcome home and flags dis played marked the- event that was so important to this family this week he will have 30 days leave and then expects to go on to the pacific- after training in the us a 1 will wed today west end tiast avinsquilt mrs lucy graham second street won the quilt given away by the service mens wives and mothers club at their bazaar last saturday in the municipal hall i proceeds from the sale of tickets made the club 50 to which another nice sum was added from the bazaar senior hardballers continue slump lose to newmarket harnessmaker asked for big order chas todds harnessmaker of markham village whose fame as a manufacturer of fancy horsewear has gone far afield hasreceived an order to outfit a 12horse team be longing to a big circus concern in new york j- vfew owingtothehelpishortagejmr todds is undecided whether of not to undertake the assignment the horses were purchased in canada are all matched and weigh over a ton each mr jack torrance jwas the local dealer accompanying the firm on their buying tour 1 the job would possibly necessi tate mr todds flying to new york and back since the horses would have to be measured for their new suits the markham harness man is an expert on fancy harness sets and imports much of his fancy material from the old country many of the championship teams which once graced canadian national exhibi tion show ring and the royal win ter fair have carried j the todds handiwork he has made harness for many of the most wellknown show horse men not the least of these being mitchell f hepburn late of the ontario legislature whitchurch farmer gets sudden cm kathleen turner daughter of mr and mfsilloydjturnerof stouffville who will bemarried this thursday afternoon at her home here to robert madill son of mr and mrs e madill of saskatoont both have been servingjin- canadas navy the groomfor six lyears vt visitor iiosesyurse a moneys and coupons twice in four ays losing her purse for the second time in less than a- week was the unusual experience of mrs f c irwin of 317 rushton roadtoron- to on saturday night mrs irwin- as recordecl in- our local column walked out of a building and never missed her purse which she left be hind for several hours -when- it was restored to her at the tribune office again on tuesday the tor onto visitor left the picnicgrounds atfthe park overlooking herpurse containing a sizeable amount of money and other valuables once more honest hands turned it over to the newspaper office who forwarded it to the owner after she wired from toronto to enquire about the lost article go r m ley sta b les h a s v three in 50day v new jerseymeef icy iii y ax fred shelke of gormley has three riv lrses now in pfogressav garden stated y vr meet in newjersey his stablest xj haddonfield is housing shepperton mugwump and circusweep and the j owner as well as the followers of his stable are more than anxious that this billofare offered at the- yank track this august will meet with better luck than last year mrs shelketoowil be at the track to see the- performers doing their best jn a note to the tribune she admits that the humidity in new jersey just about gets her down but delights in the loveliness of the surroundings 1 goodwood station enterdbytlueves our goodwood correspondent re- portsa breakin argoodwood-sta- tion sometime saturday night or early sunday morning thethieves gained entranceby prying open a window enabling them to enter the office from which hey removed the small safeitwas taken wesfof the villageandsmashedoperiwlth a hammer stolen from the oil house there wasinothing ofvaluetothe thieves in fuiessfe hence they got i only three players on the stouff ville ball club were in any kind of form for the game against new market on friday evening when the north york boys rattled out nine teen runs against homsters ten lome schell on the mound brother ken behind the plate and lou raxlin on the third sack played heads up ballallthe way but the balance of the team could do little that was right arid the continued series of errors brought more groans than cheers from the big crowd that had gatheredto watch this final scheduled game of the season- h only seven solid hits were regis tered against the arm of lome schell and these were well spread and should have kept the score down to at least half of the final total had it not been for the multi tude of muffs in the field t at thepresent time stouffyilles hopes of gaining a playoff berth for the senior squad are pretty remote prior to the lastitwo dis astrous contests with j newmarket the team was tied for fourth place with richmond hill a game which was rained oum and must still be played with milliken can doj little- to effect the local charicesmarkham rest in thecellar position with only one win on the season- v juniors near top howeverthebantam entryare doing better j their jblg brothers and are running neckto neck jwlth jrichmondhilkforltop position in the grouptiwith- aurora ahdmilliken followingup inithat ordekmarkhamjuuiors aresched- uled to play s here r this evening wednesday to finish up the schedule wii cormliv jilkcir airs rtoss nooversineiormer evelyn marlecobeodaughter of mr and mrs of gormleywhosemarriage took place in gormley mennonitev church the groom- is the sonc of mrand mrsclarence hoover tjmrjarid mrs don chadwick- arid famllyarev holidaying atake niplssingm4 4 jsjfflsjf vrfred doten- of windsor is home owing tofthe- critical- illness mother avell enough to prepare own breakfast rnssci gray died i same evening i i 15 im edward russel gray- lifelong resident of whitchurch township passed away with shocking sudden ness on wednesday evening july 25 following only an illness of a few hours mriigray arosefithat morning as usual r andf instead of waiting for mrs- gray toiprepare breakfast he proceededjtoprepare his own indicating aibetter appetite than usual between 10and 11 oclockhe tookill andwenttobed and by midafternoon was in great pain he lapsedmnto- unconscious ness a short time before he expired at 7 oclock that evening- mr gray suffered from an inward goitre but r his heart was never strong enough for him to undergo an oper ation he was 66 years of age 1 the late mr gray was born at ballantrae and worked the farm on the north side of musselmanslake which he took over from his father and which he sold to mr george davies k who developed xthelake front to such an important summer resort following y the sale tomr davies the graysy located on the 3rd concession jatflot 8 akwhfch place he diedw f vl- surviving besidesjhis wife 1 the former clara thompson is one daughter mrs muriel hewlett also one son lornejon the farm a brother hamiltongray resides in minnedosa mantnd anonly sister living is mrsirabadgero of stouff ville iffi a v the funeral onjfxiday afternoon from the late hontenorthlofgorm- ieyproeededutovqhurchjhili christlanbhurcji andf cemeteryrev mrmcydle conducted thel service and jtheipallbearersiwerevmessrs ken duncan chancy connor lome ceo iran reaches 90ihiiestoffe native of dickering township and a farmer there for over half a century george tran is celebrated his 90th birthday on sunday july 29th actually the day is aug 28th but t on sunday the family and friends totalling overeightyin num- ber gathered at the home of his son dave where hemikeshis home to help marktheoccasionij5 the celebrityof the party george tran was borwat cedar grove and t j 9 a y4 v t rf tttrr iviwffft farmed thei e dndacirongoha up until thirtyfourvyearsago when he moved to the home of hisson davidson the 8th concession of pickering mr tran was a cham pion plowman in his earlier days and laid the groundwork for his sons success whose fame as-plow- man is known the country over his wife thee former susannah steeperhas been dead 25 years mrtran has fourdaughters- two sonsi twenty grandchildren ad twentytwo great grandchildren the daughters are mrs wj thorn- son mrsawg maxwell mrs 3eov cowle allfof markhamand drsharpetof wyoming thesons aredaveand gardham bothon thei pickering farm one brother tli tran of cedarcrove who fs 81wasf ti essof wsjp evans harry sirilttfross keller presentfor sun- and ahtostepnensdn- i- t baaaviaa