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leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps v v f rift- vol57no35 the tribune stouffville ont dec 27 1945 whitchurch boy tells of the life in china r news from china from francis w starr son of mr and mrs great tax comlection a elmer starr of whitchurch town- tne lax roll j stouliville is 22- ship who left home here a year ago qqq in round figures and all of the last october to do missionary work p years levy has been paid is contained in the following letter wltil tne exception of 10 owing by full of interesting detail five tax payers thats a- good i had high hopes that id be able showing for the people of stouffville to send you my christmas message t0 nla and a good collection too i from tengchung on the china for collector k r davis in fact it burma border but fate was work- j something of a record besting ing agin me and the other day i years good showingby about was started with a convoy to 50 chungking at the preseintime im mounted on the tailboard of my truck with the bedroll of a phil adelphia insurance underwriter for a seat and the trunk of a scottish lab technician for a desk put your finger on the road half way from kunming to kweiyang and you will have me covered the stouffville horse show on this is my first joumevinto this christmas market day was well part v the country but ive seen attended and produced keen few sections more jesolate and interest as well as competition more aweinspiring than what i can w eleven entries in one class seefrom here there isnt a human the judging was proceeding when being or human habitation in sight this naper went to nress hence the and all the good earth i can see is results could not be obtained for a mass of naked rocky mts reach- publication last week dr stapleton ing into the sky i from cueloh college and mr cclin the evening before last as we hawkins of brownsville were the horse show was largest yet held judges and their decisions wero generally approved heavy draught teams spruce- wood farms heber downs roy hall herb simpsin lighc draught teams roy hall heber downs vincent baker belgium percheron leitch- croft farms vincent baker jack v00ds aurora t amateur class herb simpson vincent baker jack woods allan lewis 4horseteams herb downs roy hall leitchcroft farms special best mare orgelding oh grounds roy hall sprucewood farms heber downs electrical cake oven installed here the stover bakery has just added an electric oven to the ever increasing equipment of the local shop the new outfit will handle the cake end of the business which will allow the large brick oven to be used entirely for bread baking the latest equipment is of modern design of metal construction heavily insulated with two compartments one above the other it was made by the pendrith people who special ize in such equipment there are variable heats- and when on high draws 68 amperes about 8 or 10 horsepower the expensive equipment calls for a complete overhaul of the electri cal installation in the plant allde- signed to meet the constantly in creasing demand for stover pro ducts of both bread and cakes were nearing the top of a hill my engine gave up thestrugglo and since then we have been sitting here i coit know what the bandit situation is here but we are certain- ly vulnerable nevertheless we have spent tvn nitos in the open and will probably have to snend two more we couldnt powmow breakdown under more favourable circum- stances the days are warm and sunny and there is a full moon at nites ave had recently been given a good supply of rations by some evacuating americans and i wbfoughbalohg acouplecasessowe are more than surviving a south- bound fau convoy wont through kycstevday and by now our plight should be known in kutsing so a rescue mission should soon be here a ford truck that has been con- siderably altered by chinese mecha nics and chinese roads since it said goodbye to dearborn has just wheezed by and the accompanying cloud of dust halted my literary operations for a bit the delay has 1 given me opportunity for reflection on what things may be like back jiome just now its a little difficult to remember what winter is like as i sit here in the shadein a state of seminudity buf i suppose ontar lioanswill soon be having weather that will remind them that christ mas is coming up fast it seems to me that many things that many people associate with xmas have been missing in my life the last few years but i- cant say that i have missed them while most of the people i know were eating xmas dinner last vcar i was rolling across central us in the spirit of- st louis train of the pennsy lint the year before 1 was in a pulpwood camp in the wilds of ithe uier ottawa alley the ear before i was in a hospital in a umberivg town on vancouver island the year before i was in a logcabin along the shore of lake superiottavith a temperature if 104 and the nearest doctor was almost 1 100 miles away the year before mankind was in a more reasonable i state of behavior and i wa- allowed to spend xmas quietly at home i this coming xmas mav conceivably 1 be spent in a similar situation to what im in now but i suspect ill i be just happy as any of you i despite the turkey s the multitude of 1 presents and the relatives and i friends that may surround you thus im led to question serious- lyimany of the values that most north americans tag on christmas i day the persons that decided that i christs birthday should be celebrat led on a former pagan holiday must i have had some vision of what the i day would degenerate to as it i seems to me there is little relation between popular christmas day i celebrations and christianity j my idpas of how xmas should be celebrated arent very clear but i when i hear a youngster sav after ixmas well santa claus was pretty good to me he brought me inearlyoeverything i asked for i iknow that that kid isnt being brought un rite also when i hear i that at certain xmas parties so many people had to be carried out lljknow that these oeople are par ticipating in a nagan celebration lasrsaid before- 1 dont know hvheferil be or what ill be doing jwheh dic25 arrives this year but hwould appreciate- it if some of vou people who still live ordered lives iwould write and tell me in ivhatwavvour xmas day was a veflectionof christ jhftficfwy t vehicles will be eligible to purchase tire rationing off trcs without restriction excepting ijtirc rationing ends injanuaryso the ability of the dealers to meet the hat all passengcv cars and other i demand i fe oldest resident seneca baker passed away oh christmas day buried friday 7t cliustmai turkey and hiince pie didnt mean a thing to seven- yearold albert cagnon of mea dow lake sask he can only be fed thiough tubes directly into his digestive system but next year hefhopes to go tmougii a christmas bill of fare from turkey to salted nuts and taste every mouthful albert shown hero with his panda tommy is in toronto gener al hospital awaiting a compli cated operation by which four specialists andthe hospital staff hope to remove a threeinch construction of the esophague as a child of two years he swallowed a quantity of lye born in whitchurch township 90 years ago early on christmas morning seneca baker who passed his 95th goodwood boy leaves christie street able to leave christie street hos- pital toronto last week ralph birthday last august answered thei cooper son of mr and mrs jos decide on two sections for junior hockey league opening cjjiine here with ubulgc 011 january 1th rushed to hospital i christmas eve the junior coha group with j known merchant at bauan which stouffville has entered a trac mr gilbert wright was rush- team will be divided into two sec- ed to the toronto western hospital mrs jos mowder passes in 87th year the passing of mrs joseph mow der at the family home on albert street stouffville on wednesday afternoon dec 26th came some- what as a shock since she had not been considered seriously ill in fact she enjoyed a good christmas mrs mowder was in her 87th year being one of stouffvilles eldest resi dents born on the farm just south of town near mongolia she was of pennsylvania dutch descent her father being the late daniel hoover she attended school at mongolia and married joseph mowder when the couple took up farming until they retired in town in 1018 they always lived in the neighborhood during their active years on farms south and east of the village mr mowder died in 1931 surviving are three sons frank at home joseph of toronto and fred of claremont also three daugh ters mrs lloyd turner miss mae mowder and mrs charles barkey an only surviving brother is lud- wig hoover of stouffville and a sister miss mila hoover of toronto mrs mowder will always be re membered as a good mother and she enjoyed a wide circle of friends even in her latter years when they enjoyed visiting at her home the funeral will be held on fri day afternoon at 330 from the late home rev d davis will conduct january 29 tions it was decided at a meeting held during the weekend of repre sentatives of all the eight clubs in volved section a will comprise port hope peterboro lindsay and lakefield and section b will be whitby port perry uxbridge and stouffville the winners from each section will play a best two out of three game series to decide the champ- ionship incidentally the peterboro entry is a junior b team which will not enter the picture so far as play offs are concerned in the event that this team should top the nor thern group then the second place team in that section would be the one to play off with the winner of the stouitville group the teams will play a double sche dule beginning- on january 2nd and ending feb 12th stouffvilles home games will all be played on friday nights with he first one against uxbridge jan 4th coach ike harper has been putt ing his outfit through some real workoutsduring the past week and a half and is quite satisfied with the material which is shaping up jiiiuiiiiv 2 port perry at whitby january 4 uxbridge at stouffville january 1 stouffville at port perry january 8 whitby at uxbridge january 9 stouffville at whitby january 11 port perry at stouffville january m whitby at port perry january 15 port perry at uxbridge january 10 uxbridge at whitby january 18 t whitby at stouffville january 21 uxbridge at port perry january 22 stouffville at uxbridge january 25 port perry at whitby uxbridge at stouffville january 28 i stouffville at port perry the- service interment will made at stouffville cemetery be whitby at uxbridge january 10 y stouitville at whitby february 1 port perry at stouffville february 4 whitby at port perry t ijlsi j fj on christmas eve where they diag nosed his case as double pneumonia he is reported as a very sick man but is holding his own well and is expected to make good improve ment shortly merchants attain new records some stouffville merchants are able to report one of the busiest christmas sales yet attained by them and all declare that trade could not have been better as one merchant said we had less goods but we took in more money than ever before on a certain day this meant that with staplelines off the market shoppers went for more ex pensive lines for instance a good warm 350 or 4 sweater was not tobe had but you pould buone costing 12 or 15tjvthis situation is blamed on the ceiling price which it is urged must be revised imme diately tofpermit staple lines to come back in commercial writing paper there is not a regular line of 20 pound bond on the market costing the retailer 13 to 15c a pound if you want a 20 pound bond only linen record or some such out landish priced paper costing 60c wholesale is obtainable govern ment regulations do not permit as yet the manufacture of the 13 cent paper getting back to the christmas trade it is learned that shopping was completed earlier this year so that the lastminute buying on christmas eve was noticeablv light the public obtained their require ments early fearing a quick sell- cut all the stores remained closed on wednesday in recognition of boxing day and an opportunity to give their staffs a good rest after the heavy week of long hours cooper was welcomed home on fri- day by his friends in his home village of goodwood wounded while fighting in holland ralph received a nasty bullet injury in the leg near the thigh and the case was a complicated one necessitating the grafting of bone sawed from the shin bone on one leg and screwed to the injured bone ofthe other leg everybody is delighted to see joe back again reeve john rae told the tribune john schell returns john schell who was raised around ringwood where his mother lived for someyeare and where john received his schooling has re turned from overseas he saw ser- vice in italy sicily and north africa but is looking- line after his rugged career he enlisted- from toronto shortly aften he left the home locplity here whitchurch gets all but 8000 taxes tax payers in whitchurch town- ship responded to their -annual- obligation this year in paying taxes inevitable call that he predicted five years ago would soon comewhen on his birthday he told a repor ter that he would die if he quit work at that time he was quite busy do ing odd things about the fawn but soon after he was not able to be- about and with fail- eyesight he gradually weak ened although he outlived his seneca baker fondest expectations up to a very short time ago he kept a clear mind and his daughter readthe newspapers to him in which he was always interested he was a student of public events and early canadian history his long and honorable municipal record was always a matter of pride and rightfully so mr baker was- elected reeve of whitchurch first in 1895 returned in 1896 and again served in this capacityin 19078 1913 and 1914 six terms in all during which time he was hon- ored with the wardenship of the hshipl weres s remsn f in those days- fortherpwas manya out of a totalcollec- turbiifent battle at the polls staunch liberal he had said that it took courage to be a liberal in his youthful days for the irish tories of that time ruled with an il february 5 port perry at uxbridge february 6 uxbridge at whitby february 8 whitby at stouffville february 11 uxbridge at port perry fcbrnaryl stouffville at uxbridge iron hand mr baker was a great admirer of premier mackenzie king and during his latter years he took very tolerant views and could see a lot of good in other parties to which he did not subscribeany sup port all through his long career in public life no one ever dreamed of pointing the finger of public scandal at him and be was greatly respected by his opponents for his straightforward dealings back in the daysiwheiithe rural church was so much a part of the life of- the people whentransporta- tion wag slow and roads not so good mr baker contributed much to the life of the baker hill baptist church in its most active days he used his musical talent to conduct a choirhis other talents to serve in all ollices of the church and to lend such assistance as was needed in any department of its activities a great reader himself he encouraged the young along this line and intro duced the sunday school library at baker hill at a time when it was so much appreciated chatting with friends on his 90th birthday he said that he had no hard and fast rule for long life moderate living and a measure of good luck had much to do with it he suggested seneca baker whose father joel baker pioneer lumber merchant settled in whitchurch over a hun dred years ago married esther milliken who predeceased- him some years ago they celebrated their golden wedding in june 1938 there survives a family of nine four sons and five daughters the sons are bert and eugene of whit church oscar of welland and mor gan of king and now employed with the soldiers rehabilitation commission in toronto the daugh ters are tillie mrs barnes who lived in the old family home and gave such loving and tender care to her father in his declining years also zillah mrs- gilbert of stouff ville laura mrs cook of new market ida mrs miller of sutton and violet mrs thos simpson ballantrae also surviving are two brothers dr w a baker aged 81 of peter borough and rev j baker aged 91 toronto only last summer the three aged men were able to beto- gether which was quite an unusual event in the history of any family where three of such great age are spared so long the funeral service this friday afternoon will be held in baker hill church commencing at 230 oclock and will be conducted by- rev d macgregor and rev e morton a short service at the late home at2 oclock will precede- the funeral cortege to the church v l mrand mrs- l c murphy and family spent the holiday -with-rela- tives at amhurstburg si-j- tiqn of-57q00iv- persons making payment had the option of settling their account through the banks at stouffville aurora newmarket and mount albert or paying direct to r e ratcliff collector some made pay- ment at the office of the township treasurer and so every facility was made available that could be to receive the money the good showing is a reflection of good times and good prices enjoyr ed for farm products today may it continue this way for years to come stricken preparing for marm t in the act of loading his car with christmas poultry for the whitby market- william w bassett of greenwood- was sudderilystricken beside- his car and died almost immediately on friday afternooa the load had just been made ready and mrbassetts daughter mrs albert maskell went out from the house to start the car when she saw her father slump to the ground she managed to get him into the house in his unconscious condition but he never rallied abouta year ago mr bassett suffered a stroke also but he recovered and enjoyed good health all last summerhe was in his 74th year the funeral on sunday afternoon took place from the late home at greenwood to stouffville cemetery where the remains were laid beside those of his wife who died 32 years ago william bassett was icborn in devonshire england and came to canada at the ageof 13 years he spent his life in the unionville and ringwood districts and seven years ago moved to pickering township he married jennie jennings sister of messrs thos and delbert jen nings of stouffville but she died at quite an earlyiage mr and mrs bassett are survived by one daughter mrs albert mas kell and one son arthur bassett there are three grandchildren jean olive and shirley- an only brother frank bassettlives at dun- barton v y the funeral service was conduct- ed by an old friend of the family revemorton of stouffville and pall bearers were neighbors i and associates i j oc v 1 tfc viof does farm chores f c at 92 years of age vr v- still glad to count himself a use- ful and rellablechore boyaboutthe farm mr- ezraclubine celebrated his 92ndbirthdayathis home onv the townline west of stouffville on l wednesdaydec26thifr a c mrv clublne i possesses- all-hls- facultjcsto a marked degree enjoy- ingjgoodhearing -eye- sight so that he is able tokeep up with his reading o i v 5i all cgjlvttav