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wzsff scjca jfk leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol57no33 the tribune stouffville ontr dec 13 1945 circulation 2475 copies fourteen pages turkey loss feb red our whitevale correspondent reports turkeys may be a scarcity on the dining table this christmas due to the fact that many flocks are stricken with tlfe disease known as black leg turkey owners in the district complain of their flocks being infected with the dis ease council moves lor fulltiiile maintenance man present contract is terminatad holders of whitchurch township hunting licenses had a day of shooting saturday when the town ship held adrive to wipe out foxes that have been killing game birds and chickens ken stephenson left of buttonville was one of six hunters to bag a fox at right he is shown with w j barrow of victoria square and elmer heesor of gormley with whom he shared the killing of this snowy owl which has brought some protest from bjrd lovers eleven foxes score of whitchurch twp hunt also 70 jack rabbits in wild animal chase the big annual hunt in whit church township held last satur day depleted the fox population by only eleven proving that the little red animal is a bit too tricky for the average hunter and there were said to be 200 gunmen on the job- the chase opened atvandorf at 10 oclock in the morning and lunch was eaten at the hall there at noon then the men spread again north of vandorf driving south from the aurora road three animals were taken in the morning and four in the afternoon one of the dead foxes brought in before dinner was caught in a trapthe biggesuanimalshbt4icavating withtaibuifdozerdir wasjamaleitwas running with thomas residedih western canada another fox which escaped for 25 years and now that he is rabbit stcwplentiful i locating in ontario we welcome him the innocent rabbit suffered to our town and at the same time heavily at the hands of the hunters assure him that he will find it one to gain new resident and new home dr e b thomas veterinary sur geon engaged as a live stock in spector at the stock yards- in to onto has just made the purchase of a building lot in stouffville andj intends to erect a modern new residence in the west end on the 9th concession near the new home now going up for mr alfred thomas thus there will be two thomas families on harold street gln seized when hcnting without ijicense a markham township man on the gormley route was caught up with during the fox hunt in whit church on saturday when he was found to be hunting without a town ship license the offender did not even possess a gun license where upon his fire arms were seized by the game warden and constable elmer wells just a bit of careless ness was the excuse offered 410 bus potatoes grown at ballantrae by ivan mclaughlin mrs isaac reaman succumbs at 88 one of the very oldest personages in this neighborhood mrs isaac reaman passed away on tuesday dec llth at the homeof her daugh ter mrs harvey baker just south of town on the 10th concession of markham had she lived until next may mrs reaman would have reached her 88th birthday how ever she had been in declining health for quite some time born at mount joy mrs reamans maiden name was mary reesor and it can be recalled that her grand parents came from pennsylvania with the early settlers who refused to sign away their allegiance to the british crown as a young woman she married isaac reaman and the couple settled on the reaman homestead which is the farm on which she died however nearly 40 years ago they retired from the farm and settled in- stouffville where mr rea man died in 1924 surviving are one son ora and one daughter mrs baker with whom the mother lived and received loving care during her long period of declining health a private service will be held at the late home this thursday after noon at 130 and a public service in the wideman church at 2 30 with interment following in the wide- man cemetery mrs reaman was a member of this congregation for more than half a century tor wills for there were bags and bags of big fat rabbits shot down why said one hunter they wore right under your feet before they attempted to run when the jacks were finally counted they numbered 70 of course there was a story about a sleek red fox which ran between the legs of a slow moving hunter all trussed up in so much hunting toggery that the fox was out of sight before he brought his gun to his shoulder of the best in ontario s whitchurch decide on caterpillar grader whitchurch township council in session on saturday decided to place n order with george w a huge white owl foolishly show- brothers limited for a new road ed itself to the hunters although it grader and snow plow at a cost of kept very quiet until it was disturb- 12925 delivery is- expected in ed to the point that it attempted to j february or march and fly away when a barrage of gun machine will be equipped with all shot brought it to earth the latest attachments as set out in shot brought it to earth wide pro test hasbeen provoked because of this kill seems the lovely white bird has plenty of friends rightly so a grand sight these deer clare atkinson and his son harold also floyd bolender and a couple of other hunters were treat- ed to perhaps the best sight of the day when three lovely deer came racing toward them frightened by another gang of hunters a few hun- dred rods off mr atkinson- said c- tll- 117 1 we were hunting about two miles i rfll ih i iin wpph ormore northof bethesda when we vt illlj ii ln sighted thedeer they were travel- it expected that this wedaes- ling fast and came with heads up day a hockey meeting of interested two bucksand we could see thent citizens will form an executive to 70 rds away they evidently did not head up the junior oha c hoc- see us for they made right into our key entry the local boys who wish arms as it were why my son to comprise the team have selected actually jumped out of their path bruce ike harper as their coach to allow them to pass two large and coach harper tells us that he animals mounted the fence grace- 1 is- ready tojnitthe boys through lullyas if it were not there but a their paces as far as condition is small doe ranup and down the line concerned and will lead them onto before taking the leap one big fel low fell to the ground when he leap- eel because he landed on ice- it was one of the finest wild game sights i ever hope to see and i just couldnt ever bring myself to destroy the beauty of it even if the season was open he concluded jf i goodwood resident died oxwednesday j prominent in the active life of goodwoodcommunity for 5 years william g b wilkinson died at his home there this wednesday morn- ling- following a long period of deli- icate health he was in his 55th year native of england mr wilkinson ivas for- many years identified with the musical development for tor onto board of education in their ichools he was acapable band leader and his health was broken in this pursuit when he retired to obdvood five years ago surviving besides his wife arc one on william and f two daughters iiss jean wilkinson and mrs ykes lthe funeral will be held on satur- jdec 15th at 3 oclock proceed- hg from the late home to goodwood emctcry i 0jl but there is no relationship dr thomas bought his building warden fred lundy newmarket lot from mr george storey and it presented ivan mclaughlin ballan- is reported that- a toronto contrac- tra with i a gold watch donated by shortly commence work of i county crop improvement associationaljherooo bus- pqtato club banquetat the clubs annual banquet in newmarket on friday ivan who is a councillor in whit church produced 410 bushels per acre which was the highest of any of the 22 competing growers this year previous to the banquet the growers held a potato show and educational program when each member was eligible to show half a bushel canada fancy table pota toes and half a bushel canada no 1 large table potatoes the first five prize winners in each class were total yield of potatoes ivan mclaughlin stouffville rr 2 4108 bushels douglas campbell mtalbert 3907 bus everton goode queensville 388 bus w h hoiles nobleton 3836 bus thos clarke tn i stouffville 373 bus average yield of all contestants 283c bushels pet- acre highest yield marketable potatoes everton goode queensville 375 bus douglas campbell mt albert 364 bus ivan mclaughlin stouff ville 347 bus w h hoiles noble- ton 342 bus thos clarke stouff ville 3359 bus kiu hushel canada fancy table potatoes norman payne maple everton goode queensvilledoug campbell mt albert jack petrie queensville half bushel cinmla so i large table potatoes everton goode queensville isaac mcquarrie maple jack petrie queensville geo price mt albert selby evans queensville ucst allrouml score douglas campbell mt albert everton goode queensville alex mckinney jr brampton guest- speaker at the banquet very ably outlined some of the important changes that have taken place in agriculture in recent years mr mckinney is himself a farmerand foresees specialization as a necess ary change among the general farming class during the banquet a number of died in her 90th year the death of mrs simon p ray- mer at her late residence mount joy occurred on monday at the very great age of 90 years her maiden namewas annie lehman and she is surviyed by three sons oliver wilmot ahdarthur raymer and one- daughter ida mrs ver non-pike- the funeral service this thursday afternoon will be in- the north markham menhonite church at 2 pm interment will follow at dick son hill cemetery cpl bell back from italy cpl clare bell son of mr and mrs bert bell of stouffville is back from overseas and will shortly be found actively engaged with his father again in the implement busi ness since he left town bell son have erected a nice new show room one door east of the baptist church to take care of the needs of this steadily increasing agency bell was with the the hydro system needs a full- time man and a helper in good weather there are new services needed and possibly a hundred house services that should be re built stated horace walsh stouff- villevfilectrician as he spoke to the municipal council on thursday evening following the reading of a communication to the council in which he contended that a fulltime electrician on a fulltime salary is required to maintain- the service i would like to either work full cpl clare bell was time for myself or for the town canadians through italy and wrote mr walsh added j home some of the best descriptive at present the electrician re- letters shown this paper clare was ceives 60 a month on a parttime with the clerical staff of course and basis i his typewriter stood him in good how much of your time do you stead his sister grace who was give to the town work asked also overseas and returned has just councillor smits v come through a major operation its about fiftyfifty replied mr but is now well on the way to walsh recovery there is no question that the i system needs a fulltime man new electric store stated reeve nolan who said the i on saturday this weekbyer hydro engineer urged it s6n will open their new modern it- was revealed that the stouft- equipped electric store next the ville hydro electric system had town clock this will beageneral grown by leaps and bounds in the electric store handling refrigera- last ten years requiring an increase t tors radios and all electric supplies of over 200 hp and showing a net and the spacious premises with its operating profit of over 4000 a attractive new front will be ideal for year it was further stated that over such a business we welcome the fifty hp was to be addqd in the new store to the business life of coming year to service stiver bros stouffville notethe store will and the new homes mfg concern not open until 7pmr council agreed that when they convene asa new council in janu- idmrrvt ary this matter would receive 1 immediate attention mr and mrs howard hockley of claremont ontario wish to an- at alks must be shovelled nounce the engagement of their the matter of snow shovelling e daughter mildred alfretta to was up for discussion and it was cpl ernest j mayes only son of agreed that the press should be the late mr and mrs ernest mayes asked to inform the public that un- 0 west hartlepool england the less they kept their walks cleared marriage- to take place quietly in of snow the constable would be december notified e ive had several complaints al- t i i u ready this year stated councillor of memorial park caretaker could button these people should be combined n the contract summoned if they dont shovel their bul ll wj contended that the ceme- walks some of the offenders are position plus the streets and well able to do it waterworks would be all a man the companys tender the grader is the caterpillar type similar tothe machine now in use in the town- and ship only larger being a 6 cylinder 75 hp type- there was no division in council all membentbeing in accord on the action taken- hockey club o bought on baker avenue mr frank baker has sold his red brick house on the east side of baker avenue to mr percy tarr monument dealer who expects to take possession shortly this is a comparatively new house of a type that is very popular among buyers sale price is reported to be 4000 dr john button will establish practice drjohn button son of mr and mrs eabutton of this town has just been granted his discharge from the rcaf and expects in a short time to establish himself in stouffville where he will develop a medical practice and incidentally fo hire new maintenance alan a motion waspassed terminating arthie end of january thecontract could handle it was pointed out- by councillor button that thejmaximum vork at between ira rusnell and the village the cemetery and park comes at the of stouffville which includes the same time which he contended office of police constable and mainl would prove too big a iob tenance manhowever expect- councillor hugh boyd on behalf ed that mr rusnell will be retained of thechristmas horse show com as police chief while the council mi ttee asked for a donation from will employa fulltime man to the council and a mo ion carried to look after road weed and water grant the show 1500 works a job that may be combined the only other businessat this with that of cemetery caretaker final meeting 7f the 1945 council which is vacant i included the passing of a number councillor smits asked if the jobhof routine accounts j interesting new industry locating in markham twp the ice when arrangements can be made the stouffville lions clubv at eveningagreed fecial prizes were donated by com- stantial contribution to start the team off and it is believed that the team should be able to support it self once the schedule opens the oha announced this week that the following entries had been received in junior c from this area and that they would be asked to meet at port hope under the convenership of gordon hawes ofi whitby to decide league groupings the teams are- lakefield port hope port perry whitby uxbridge lind say and stouffville liocaii volley ballers go to newmarket stouffville high schooi girls vol leyball team travelled to newmar ket on saturday where they engag ed in a series of games with gins of the newmarket high school miss kay swinton who is in charge of the girls athletic activities of the local school has been absent through illness for some time and mr paul sherk who handles the boys activities accompanied the team in her stead mercial companies doug campbell and everton goode the socond and third prize winners in dieclub won the niagara brand spray company prizes of 250 lbs commercial dust each w h hoiles nobleton and thos clarke ballantrae the 4th and 5th prize winners each won a prize of half a ton of fertilizer donated by canada packers limited and pre sented by mr dan lavery salesman for the company the united farmers cooperative company limited donated half a ton fertilizer to everton goode queensville the presentation was made by mr earl grose the man ager of the coop jwho had also judged the half bushel lots of pota toes ham and unionville frequently make enquiry about the large frame building being erected just west of the 7th concession on the former empringham farm and this induced the tribune to investigate the large new structure nearing com pletion is none other than a new local farmers win ribbons ar onh royal to the south coast mrs wmwaddell is leaving today for tampa florida where she will attend the burial of her brother-in- law the late alexander waddell latermrs waddell will go to st petersburg and remain for the wln- i ter season fill a very definite need that has been felt here both by the two medical men- in practice and by the general public in normal times not many years ago there were five doctors in town and this has been reduced to two thereby placing a very heavy strain on dr ball and dr freel dr button who was attached to at least three farmers from west of town were among the exhibitors at the ontario winter provincial live stock show in toronto from industry moving out from toronto george rodanz ringwood farms and engaged in the manufacturing six herefords were sent to the of sporting goods of the heavy type mr j a matson president of the company and chief directing head let us know that the firm has been operating on church street in tor onto with about 30 employees but when operations are started in markham on no 7 highway about ten or twelve employees will be re quired since some lines now being made will be discontinued this does not by any means indicate that the company is contracting for in another- year other -big- develop ments may be expected the company- turns- out gym nasium equipment play ground track and field sports materials a line of looms will be installed in the new factory which will be used in the making of nets and other sport ing material of this typethe com pany also turn out equipment used in the university of toronto and other colleges they hope to bo installing their machinery ready for operating within two weeks mr matson said- within a year a new feature will be undertaken when a folk school will be organized much as those m the rcaf serving in various out- adults and should prove a very posts in canada for four years is now engaged at the western hos pital- toronto but will shortly es tablisn his office in town mr and mrs button will take up residence in the button block over the hardware store where the apartment is now being remodelled and fitted for their needs a further addition mas made to the bank of commerce staff this week miss jean sanderson taking a posi tion there- her position with the stouffville cooi miss eulah bri show ringahd five of them carried off prizes winning a first second third fourth and fifth george talbot sent down two animals also herefords and won a second prize while ross eratclint showed one hereford and won an 8th prize strange as it may seem mr talbot sold the steer for which he did not get a prize at 18 cents a pound as against 17forhis prize animal mr ratclffsold to canada packers for 15centsa pound while the rodanz winners ranged in prize- from 16c to 21c the group championship steer of the show coming from another part of ontario was bid to 80 cents a pound canada packers being the buyers war science aids todays farmers mfcockburn district represent- iative of the deptof agriculture was listened to with keen interest oh monday evening as he addressed the lions club of stouffville follow- ing their supper meeting at the mayfairhe traced the progress of 1 timely and appreciated educational venture in canada mr matson it might be said has been director of physical education for- 20 years hence his knowledge is widespread which combined with his executive ability makes kim an ideal individ ual to undertake this development the new factory just being com pleted is ideally located agriculture toits present develop- mentrahd recited some of the pests that might have made it impossible to grow v certain crops had it not been science items largely de veloped during the war- and for war purposes now turnedto this peace time pursuit j on an mr cockburn was introduced by attractive mound of land that will lion fred timbers of whitchurch be graded and improved next spring the club decided during their busl- to the state of a real beauty spot ness session to lend financial assist for the folk school contemplated in ance to the youthful i hockey club p will be taken by another year there wilustui be to the extent of 150 president tim linger another large buildingerected i oneill presided i jz iimtiir i svsva ifl