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leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol27xo36 the tribune stouffville ont jan 3 1946 circulation 2475 copies eight pages elections in municipalities nearby hold spotlight big freekurall village itex camh1ivtks seek coxtest ix markham office ix ill kekixg one of the fullest election ballots j ten candidates including oriei presented to the ratepayers of lady a member- of ilie kcaf are markham village in man- years will seeking election in pickering town- be in contest next monday in the j shin to the municipal council blake municipal elections reeve frank annis who has eornpieted one yvari burkholder and xreeve qbhiseyjas reeve is being opposed by dr x will battle for the reeveship mr e mcfwen while whwesmey lliey came out short in their last who has also seen one year as contest and feels that perhaps thel deputyreeve is being opposed by ratepayers made some mistake that wm pavne reeye returned they would like to rectify the newsbaper understands there i- no outstanding platform set out by either party and both candidates are in support of the big building program outlined for markham high school in the contest for council with four to be elected are eight candi dates including members of last years council the candidates are edward hunt hugo hall robt j mcdonald wjpagne earophy chas v reesor edward refves john snowball school trustees elected by accla mation are arthur e robinson murray henderson russe heanev the three former members of council geo todd frank disney land milton burk are seeking re- 1 election and their positions are be- ing opposed by horace brown and i j miss violet swan representing the south pickering ratepayers and jos bannigan who is making his second bid for office bjing unsue- sful last year ice on sidewalks has been impos sible to prevent in recent weeks but j a few ashes or sand works wonders in making the going safe for pedesj trains most householders hava been thoughtful enough to drop a fewl ashes on the walks thank veil uxbridge township council was returned by acclamation for 19 reeve john m rae shown here again heads the council deputy reeve ste wart ball and councillors isaac catherwood bert tindall and john kickl are his associates acclamation in wlisichurch lome evans is reeve lome p evans elevated to the position of reeve of whitchurch has good municipal experience for the job with the resignation of george ieary from the reeveship of whit church lorne p evans was elevat ed to the position by acclamation at tile nomination meeting in vandorf on monday he has served long years on the council and was de puty reeve last year councillor ed logan was given an acclamation for deputy reeve thus will make his first appearance in county council this january the vacancy on the council caused by the advancement of these men will be filled by fred timbers an entirely new man to municipal life the other councillors are leslie j harper and ivan mclaughlin both members last year the attendance at nomination was not large and tile best of feeling prevailed little or no criticism was offered against the work done last yeaiv and everybody seemed to be irtticcord with the action of the council in purchasing a new road grader so that the municipality will now have two machines mr leary retiring after 17 years spoke at some length in his final address as reeve he was given quite an ovation when he sat down the new reeve mr evans spoke briefly and called attention to the fact that the soutli townline was now a county road from stouflville to yonge street instead of being a suburban road from stoulfville to the 1th concession the municipal ity would be relieved of the whole thing now he slated he deplored the fact that despite the great reforestation scheme set up by the county of york there is less bush today than there was 20 years ago much to the detriment of our water supply regulation of cutting bush lots he suggested was near at band and while it would seem to interfere with the rights of owners he de clared that ne did not subscribe to this view i believe if wood is cut properly that the owner will not lose anything and the chances for the bush coming back vould be much greater mr evans conclud ed the financial statement is one of the most satisfactory put out in many years declared the new deputy reeve ed logan who explained that this was the first year in a great many that the coun cil showed a balanced budget he recalled that six years ago when he wuu on council they decided to getl rid of the bank overdraft mr logan said he was not giving all thel credit to the present council for overcoming this debt since it was due to a period of careful financing over a number of yean he declined that there were too many unpaid taxes in these good times and that something should be done to clean up the arrears of quite a sizeable item there are people paying six per cent penalty on tax arrears that could do with the money in their own homes he suggested council economized this year on gravel and did not purchase any snow fencing because so much was spent on snow shovelling last win ter he hoped this would not happen again since it was noor economy to l let the roads run too short of gravel rev s h and mrs cockburnj in conclusion he reminded the tax were here from kentuckey guests of ayers that the 12000 item for a and mrs d macgregor mr new grader would draw a subsidy cockbiirn was a former pastor on of s6o0o which ike the deputy the ringwood circuit reeve had said would be paid for in a couole of years without raising j xew years day was a very quiet the tax rale on that account one in town traffic too was ra- george peck in sporiorine thehher quiet since icy roads induced uocxties total s21 bounties totalling s1s0 have been paid on 95 foxes shot in whitchurch during 1915 and 111 skunks drew s2s59 while one wolf was killed and i the bounty was 500 the destruction of 90 foxes un- i doubted ci means the saving of many chickens since that number of the cunning old fellows would cause a sizeable loss to the farmers this winter total paid on bounties is s2 1 safe lifters take nearly 1000 from markkam postoffice for the second time in less than a year merkham postoffice was bur glarized early on thursday morn ing and the safe carried off accord ing to the local police the loss amounted to nearly 1000 in stamps and mono orders the thieves made their entrance by using a jimmy on the north front door smashing the glass in the parcel wicket the safe which was only a light affair was removed by way of the rear entrance constable jeans stated that he was out on patrol quite late that evening and had passed the office around 2 am but saw nothing amiss the safe was recovered the following day just off the highway between markham and unionville the door had been forced but it appeared the thieves were inter rupted in their work as several sheets of stamps of larse denomina tions were left behind killing of uxbridge twp boy believed accidental by police officials complete report on uxbridge tragedy given to crown body of lad 5 found in rush three more boys arrive home three boys from again enjoying the comforts of the home fireside after years of service overseas gnr george morden son of mr and mrs lou morden is back after nearly three years lance cpl bert clarkson son of mr and mrs art clarkson also returned a few days ago he was overseas four j years while charlie hoover who was with the troops entering franco last june was away three years charlie is a brother of gordon who paid the supreme sacrifice both boys beings sons of mr and mrs jake hoover albert street judging by their appearance army life seem ed to have agreed with these lads whom we welcome home hockey j cv exiles to get a chaxce a meeting is scheduled for next week t lineup a juvenile league with such points as markham unionville agincourt and possibly i others ken laushway who is a members of the committee handling the stoutlville junior oha entry i has taken the home youngsters i under his wing and had a big turn out of boys on wednesday night to line up a team to play in this league old resident martha mcml illex lived 78 years ox tenth miss martha mcmullen died at the brierbush hospital on monday morning this week following a per iod of declining health the funer al on wednesday afternoon pro ceeded from the late home on 10th street to stouflville cemetery rev e morton conducted the service miss mcmullen was a daughter of one of the earliest families in stouft- i ville a daughter of william mcmul len she is survived by one brother henry with whom she lived and who is the last of a family of eight martha was born just south of where she lived until taken to the brierbush a week before her death she spentall her long life of nearly 78 years on the tenth when a stouflville are young woman she was recognized a capable cook was employed for long lime a ilie ijarssion house rural hockey opens here tuesday li well kxowx exterta1xer dead farmer struck eye by pitchfork wilfred fletcher bachelor farmer i of scott township north of ux bridge has decided that it is better to go and get the pitchfork than to ask to have it thrown to him fletcher was jabbed in the eye by a fork so seriously that he was rushed to the toronto general hospital last week latest reports are that his condition is favorable although there are doubts about saving the sight of the injured eye standing high in the mow of the barn fletcher who is a son of mr burton fletcher called to the housekeeper may nicholls to throw him a pitchfork which she did and it struck his eye widely known throughout on tario bert harvey entertainer died at his home in brougham pickering township yesterday a few years ago he located at brougham to retire he is sur vived by a wife and two sons al and bob six whitchurch and markham i township teams will swing into ac- lion next tuesday in the local rural hockey league with a doubleheader dicksons hill vs peaches vivian vs bethesda the teams are limited to fifteen players who must all be signed prior to their opening game games are to start sharp at 8 pm with a team forfeiting a goal for each five minutes they are late and losing a game if they do not appear before s30 the following is the schedule r ucstliiy january 8th dicksons hill vs peachs vivian vs bethesda thursday january lotli baker hill vs lemonville bethesda vs peachs thursday january 17th baker hill vs dicksons hill lemonville vs vivian monday january 21st peachs vs lemonville baker hill vs vivian thursday january 24h lemonville vs bethesda dicksons hill vs vivian thursday january 31st baker hill vs lemonville bethesda vs dicksons hill monday february 4ih peachs vs vivian baker hill vs bethesda thursday february 7th dicksons hill vs peachs teams are as follows dicksons hill cliff schell bill walkerlloyd byer warren moyer mansell timbers harley timbers bob timbers ross wideman lloyd wideman bruce white bob schell walter grove lemonville mervin harper allan harper grant wells allen wells merlyn preston ronald conner bruce winterstein roy clarkeroy forfarnoel stony floyd forsyth bruce stover forfar harold drewery bethesda fred gibson allan wideman fred allin clem ellis harold atkinson chas clubine dave ratcliff mac clondening harry pugh howare shadlock howard ratclifipaul bol- ender harry eade walter patten- den peachs gordon lewis albert hosking geo wilson j wilson don ferguson jack warriner norman jsrvisearl crowder geo foote ken laush- way jim aboil bob abel jim manehur vivian bill yakes bruce hoodgarf brown phil fockler norman smalleynor- man fockler roy flewell lloyd grose edw fockler bun hood gord morden roy focklerbill mill hoi land earl grose nick shelton baker hill herb simpson bill simpson jake baker harrv baker ken bacon alex ratclift gord ratclift jim oldham bill williams owen hal- stead summon joe fockler butch steckley gordon fockler eddie hoover the tribune staff was further augmented this week with the addi tion of miss margaret jennings as stenographer sale of hats dresses thursday friday and saturday of this week mrs m watts junior oha hockey opens here friday night police investigating the shooting of fiveyearold ronald paradine at his uxbridge farm home have pre pared a complete report which has been submitted to crown attorney allin f annis at oshawa while police are inclined to believe the shooting was an accident no official opinion will be fortned until after the crown has studied the reports it was explained inspector george mckay of pro vincial police who is in charge of the investigation said all informa tion on the shooting is being given mr annis dr r b e wilson of uxbridge coroner ordered an autopsy which was performed by dr j mckinney of brooklin the paradine farm is on the high- iway east of uxbridge in what was known as the marsh hill swamp section henry r paradine father lie dead boy told of how he was attending a funeral in uxbridge when he was summoned home be cause his 5yearold son was lost i he reached his farm to find 50 searchers organized in a hunt for i his son ronald which ended that night thursday in the finding of the body at 10 oclock lying in deep snow up against a tree stump the child had been killed by a bullet from a 25 rifle in a car shed close to the home the shot was allegedly fired by a 12yearokl boy who had been staying with the paradines police investigation has revealed that the lad panic striken carried bis dead playmate across a field and through deep snow into a bush where he left the body and returned to the house to report that ronnie had gone over to visit russels inspector george mckay of the provincial police who is in charge of the investigation said on his re turn to toronto that it would appear to be an accident he added that the boy was being detained overnight in the children shelter at oshawa no charge has been laid and no decision has yet been made as to what will be done mr and mrs paradine attended the funeral of mrs paradines sister in the afternoon and left their children in charge of ken peterson of orillia who is spending his christmas holidays with the para dine family peterson said that ronald and his 12yearold companion who had come to the paradine farm from the ontario training school for boys at bowmariville left to go sleigh riding about 330 in the after noon thirtyfive minutes later the lad returned without ronnie and told me he had gone to visit neighbors across the road peterson recount ed as the young lad had blood on his clothes peterson became sus picious especially after he discover ed the kiddie was not visiting the russel family peterson called friends in uxbridge and a search party was immediately organized by nightfall the streets of ux bridge were deserted as every avail able man journeyed to the paradine farm three miles out of town and joined in the search the men pair ed off and had covered practically every inch of a twomile square tract of land before the body of the little child was found in a bank of bloodsoaked snow about 50 paces into the bush from the clearing edward c logan after six years as a councillor steps up to the deputy reeve ship of whitchurch 1001 chicks roasted when a chicken brooder caught fire at homey farm 10th conces sion of markham monday morning about 11 oclock it is reported that about 1000 birds were destroyed mr stuier said it was impossible to locate the cause of the fire which contained an electric installation oct ok debt the longstanding bank balance against whitchurch township has been liquidated totalling around 6000 is an achievement that is giving the councillors considerable satisfaction the township finances are in good condition and the mun icipality has no debenture issue a substantial surplus now is in order such as many places are sett ing up as a buffer against less pros perous das that may come wounded ox ve day bethesda uov home wounded by flying shrapnel on ve day gnr glen bolender reach ed his home at bethesda again on saturday evening looking well and quite recovered from a shrapnel wound m the shoulder received on ve day during the big push oft the coast glen has been away now for throe and a half years and is being warmly welcomed home stocffville boy honored among the new year list of kings counsellors just announced is the name of norman borins brother of our creameryman and an old stouffville boy we ofter our congratulations to the new kc and crown attorney who has just been chosen to represent the crown in the murder trial of the four lads charged with the fatal shooting of meyer tobias merchant on mt pleasant road torpnjp ronald paradine nomination of fred timbers for council said he knew him s a good plowmen a good school trustee and a good neighbor councillors les harper and ivan mclaughlin both spoke briefly and thanked their sponsors as did fred timbers tle new man on the coun cil- the meeting was presided over liv the clerk of the township jobn crawford many car drivers to keen off them skating curling and the theatre provided entertainment for many people new years evening ice cutting started ice cutting at lake musselman is now underway for this season carl rose reports quality to be tops in fact the best in years with elear-as- cry ice running eight to twelvo inches ille will face off with uxthe mail in the first string line with nn fridivl keith jewett lyle fetch and earl j lehman on the second line burk- in the local area stou bridge evenin current junior oha schedule- the rearguards the first game of the paisley campbell are defin schedule- the ite rearguards with allan wells home team went through their final gordon lewis and bob sellers fill- workout on wednesdav night under ing in the vacancies louis kaxlin the watchful eye of coach bruce will start in the nets with jack harper and manv favorable com- warriner as replacement menis were heard from the numerl it has been a long time since the ous rail birds who were on hand to local arena has seen as much hockey- look over the stouflville entry this activity as will be witnessed there this winter and home fans are ex pected to turn out in large numbers to enjoy the fray the game is scheduled to get underway at 830 sharp the first junior team to take the ice here since 1937 barring any switch in the lines on friday night it is- eiected that j george ac jack rumrey will carry this shed on the paradine farm three miles east of uxbridge on the highway to greenbank was the scene of the tragedy when ronald paradine aged 5 was killed by a bullet allegedly fired by his playmate in a panic the twelve year old boy said he dragged the body a quarter mile to the bush dimly showing in the background of this picture where searchers found it