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tilmne leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickerins and uxbridse twps vol57xo37 the tribune stouffville ont jan 10 19j6 circulution 2473 copies eight pages geo rodanz pays worlds record price for us bull returned in pickering george rodanz who breeds here ford cattle as a hobby and as a paying proposition is adding a 551000 bull to his herd at ringwood farms stouffville the bull del zenlo 1 was bought by mr rodanz in oklahoma on saturday the price setting a world record mr rodanz president of central ontario transports ltd of toron to and a transport executive for almost a quarter of a century start- causing him to take the f ed breeding hereford cattle about 11 years ago at ringwood farms mrs rodanz who shares and en joys his hobby with him declares however that it is not just a hobby h is she adds a business too a paying proposition it is quite a large business for the stouffville farm ringwood farms ltd is of some 1200 acres i r illuminated christmas tree and the present herd has three bulls u ln front of the fire hall for of which del zento 1 is one andi christmas season and which almost 100 cows incidentally mr drew such favorable comment rodanzs trip to ada oklahoma i certainly wasnt appreciated by a was not onlv to buy the worlds top- certain element of boys lacking the price bull for he bought several decency of tne average citizen the other animals as well including the tree was illuminated with 30 colored toppriced heifer for which he paid lights and over the two weeks it si 175 was on display 25 lights were stolen the coming of del fento 1 to s0 that only five were left when the stouffville has brought a lot of fee was taken down fiiu tl kkh wkik ix fall off building demolishing an old barn close to the 7th concession in whitchurch fred cummings of ballantrae township assessor fell about 20 feet to the ground and received a badly sprintered ankle he was taken to the york county hospital mr cummings was standing on a de cayed piece of timber which broke later he was removed to the toronto western hospital where an opera tion is to be performed on the badly splintered leg robbed christmas tree of 25 lights publicity to the place every daily newspaper across canada this week published the name of stouffville in connection with mr rodanzs sen sational purchase mrs jane hill dies suddenly in toronto it seems strange that there are people or lads so lacking that they do not appreciate what is done for their enjoyment and for the plea sure of others a similar disregard for what is being done for public convenience is shown around the town wash rooms a few nights ago some filthy individual changed his clothing there and left his soiled linen underwear for the caretaker to remove its hard to understand the is most discouraging to those charged with the duty of providing com- munity welfare for the general i public to continually run into this sort of trouble engage fulltime electrician and maintenance man george middleton whi take on town duties along with cemetery caretaking h walsh will work as fulltime electrician for the town j -sri- mrs jane hill widow of the late edwin j hill passed away sudden ly in toronto on saturday dec 291 tr lo nuerstanatm mrs mill was born on the island of rts alderney the daughter of the late mr and mrs james davey channel islands and came to canada while a child she spent her childhood at goodwood and oxbridge in 1ssg she married edwin hill and spent her married life in newmarket she was a devoted member of st pauls anglican church ladies aid and womens auxiliary and during the last war was prominent in the work of the red cross society mrs hill is survived by mrs una hill widow of her only son t headley hill and one grandson edwin clarke hill who is with the rcaf overseas of a v h westncv deputyreeve ten surviving are five brothers edward davey stouffville william ottawa john at altona living with mr and mrs dudley white peter and walter toronto and one sister miss elizabeth davey toronto all but two of the brothers followed their fathers footsteps in the rail road business the funeral service was conduct ed by the rev g a stone inter ment was newmarket temeterv the pallbearers were jolittle a d evans a revill t dovle r smith and t p robinson former minister dies in 87th year funeral services for rev robert barbour former presbyterian and united church minister proceeded family of from tol for burial to lucknow falling plaster proves fatal to mrs nixon mrs thos nixon sister of miss belle mitchell of locust lodge ringwood and of the late dr thos mitchell who died a few months ago met almost tragic death as a result of an unusual accident mrs at the final meeting of council for last year the stouffville munici pal council terminated their con tract with ira d rusnell as town constable and maintenance man and at their inaugural session on interest thursday evening they engaged j markham george middleton to fill the position of maintenance man at a salary of shoo and 100 for car and trucking allowance this work will be com bined with that of cemetery care taker and 700 of mr middletons salary will be paid by the cemetery commission mr lome mcmullen who has drawn much favorable comment for his work as cemetery caretaker has resigned his position and council felt that by combining it with the town position a fulltime job with good living wage could be offered in addition to the local road work installation of water services at tending bleaks etc mr middleton will take care of the weedcutting and sanitary inspectors duties stouffvilles hydro consumption has risen to an alltime high with nearly 130 horse power being used last month and the number of new installations line maintenance etc requires a man at all times the council is aware that the work has grown to such proportions that i parttime help is not sufficient air horace walsh has held the job of town electrician at a salary of 60 a month and was engaged on a fulltime basis on thursday night at a salarv of 1300 extra help will be paid for over and above the electricians salary the hydro department is facing a heavy year with two power lines to be built the one for the j b home mfg co and the other for stiver bros- the numerous new house services to be installed and local girl oftered 105 at stanley miss kay barry daughter of mr and mrs jas harry who reside just on the outskirts of town was present at the stanley theatre on thursday evening ami an offer of 105 made for her photograph kay is a regular attendant at the stanley arid the management is pleased that she was successful in having her name chosen for the offer there were two offers made last week one for 200 earl beare pickering being the name chosen fotvcouticfl two old men headed a sfeco for f to miss stiff fight in markham municipal election fairly bristled in the municipal election on monday when villagers went to the poll in the contest for council reeve frank burkholder was re turned over a former reeve o l hisey but with a bare two majority the vote stood 224 to 222 total vote polled was over go per cent a good showing the poll c w reesor with 2g3 votes and wrh payne also with 2g3 two new members elected were macdonald 211 and edward reeve 229 on tuesday this week mr barbour s6 died saturday at his blythwood rd home he had been a resident of toronto since 1932 when he retired born in scotland he came to can ada when a boy with his parents and settled in huron county after graduating from knox col lege in 1903 mr barbour held vari ous presbyterian charges including stouffville and meaford at the time of his retirement lie was min ister at addison united church ho was at one time moderator of the toronto presbytery of the presby terian church in canada in 1941 he and mrs barbour who survives him celebrated their golden wed ding mr barbour was a member of deer park united church and of stouffville lodge iooe for 35 years nixon who was living in stthomas where her son harold resides was i provmg of existing lines injured on wednesday morning when a large section of ceiling plasi uamtijjuli iflifbicla 1wu ter fell on her as she lay in bed she women councillors s f fr as a in mondays election in uxbridge lesult of injury and shock mayor tippel was returned by a miss belle mitchell was summon- votc of 339 0v percy king who retired farmer 86 j h davis buried a quiet unassuming retired farmer john henry davis died in stouffville on friday january 4 he passed his sgth birthday in november and had been in rather failing health for some time born on the outskirts of stouff ville on the kellington farm 9th concession he spent all his long life in this neighborhood he was one of a family of eight his father also john davis was a descend ant of irish stock the late mr davis married jane vanuatu of mongolia who pre deceased him 11 years surviving is a family of three daughters and three sons the daughters are stella mrs cecil wagg edith mrs jess lundy cedar valley lottie mrs baker stoufxville and the boys are earl living north of that newspaper barry who will present her- picture at the theatre this thursday and receive her cheque this week the stanley will again oiler s200 and a second offer of 15 to someoi i who must be present on either wednesday or thursday to qualify for the successful contract charge newspaper report was false through his solicitors slaght ferguson roland slaght toron to mr rgroy of claremont and toronto has served notice on this newspaper under the slander and libel act complaining that the said newspaper in its issue of dec 20 1915 published statements that were false libellous and wholly unbiased incomplete and unfair in reporting on the proceedings before the court of appeal in connection with the appeal made by mr roy in the action of mowder vs roy alleniation of affection case the appeal which was heard in toronto was briefly reported in the toronto press and the report published in this newspaper was reproduced in good faith from the evening telegram as published by more real estate changes miss gertrude todd has sold the brick residence on main street tenanted by mr fred marshall and being located one door east of queens court to mr aeweldon miss todd has also disposed of a building lot at the rear of this property and running parallel with the curling rink to mr walter at- kinson last fall she disposed of st feet where a storeyand another lot alongside this vacant alf addition is being made to the one to mr eglin wagg who hopes occupied by mr and mrs jess to build thereon early next spring i p- 1ave been getting along in rather cramped quarters richard burton is making quite an improvement to his property on text spring when burial wi 1 be nevison against 270 for macnab made in the family plot at dickson votes for the new council stood jl1 nt rjharris 3s3 cbwillis 37s gr mn y lhe grey 311 ivan merrick 278 mrs ar iu he anc was born 78 m rosebrugh 25g mrs howard years ago on the old farm near leask5 locust lodge ringwood she mar- ried rev thos nixon who died some years ago surviving are three j sons arthur in toronto harold of j stthomas and dr crombie nixon i of los angeles also one daughterl mrs j j beare of london ont miss belle mitchell is the only sur viving member of the mitchell family the tragedy has brought wide reflect the glory of god is plea of capt harry worling ringwood dawson of stouffville and morrill of highland creek the deceased retired from farm ing 20 years ago and had lived with his daughter mrs baker in town the funeral on sunday afternoon proceeded to stouffville cemetery the service being in charge of rev e morton assisting was rev c montgomery and rev gibson brown five pall bearers were nep hews a sixth having been chosen in the person of- roydavis who was- in order that such alleged mis- expected from overseas but he did statements may be corrected in not arrive until monday his place fairness to mr roy was taken by harry branner whose wife was a granddaughter dr and mrs ii b freel and family attended the wedding at the publishers of the tribune regret sincerely if there was any thing in this report that was false untrue and incomplete and hereby tender their apologies to mr roy for any inconvenience orannoyance it may have caused him the tribune has filed a formal request with the firm of slaght ferguson boland slaght asking for a statement of what in their opinion was published incorrectly stouffville has edge but uxbridge takes in play game despite the fact that stouffville lost their opening game on home ice 5 to 3 the team gave a most credit able account of itself before the large crowd gathered and were able to bottle the northerners up con tinually but failed to beat knight in the nets the home team was down two i starting the second period which was all stouffville uxbridge only having three shots on raxlin dur ing the entire twenty minutes the continuous power play was reward ed as george rumney rapped home the equalizers uxbridge took the lead again the final stanza hockley making it i2 at half time seconds later rumney sunday school annual convention spread regret to many homes here i where this old family is held in- even if we cannot speak or sing such high esteem the passing of his praises let us live in such a dr mitchell last september was a manner that our lives will truly re- great blow to the sisters and this fleet his glory said rev capt present bereavement thus comes harry worling in closing his ad- doubly hard on a sister who is dress on monday evening before the greatly beloved by all who are largest gathering yet held of the fortunate to enjoy her acquaintance christian mens fellowship group assembled in the baptist church agincourt girl gets pastor here at the christian church royal red cross over ten years ago capt worling a graduate of agincourt high made his first public address since school and searboro collegiate his return from the far east pri come to the big carnival at the arena stouffville wednesday jan 30th sponsored by the lions club guelph of mrs freels niece miss betty crier to capt hugh ross rcamc on saturday firemens deputation visit council atfirst meeting stouffville fire brigade repre sented by their chief del jennings secretary everton smith and two other members of the force daw son wagg and elgin wagg waited on the municipal council on thurs day evening with a request for increased pay for the men and officers later rumney completed the hat is ivl v tiick banging home his third goal 3f fk pastor of the u of the night to tie the score once l 9 the seventyseventh annual convention of the markham twp sunday school association will be held in the united and presbyter ian churches of stouffville on thursday jan 17th the morning session and the afternoon childrens meeting will be held in the presby terian church and the other ses sions in the united church the nion- bring the morning address while judge lieut margaret r hood was madesoner in the hands of the japs for mr jennings stated that it was his desire to retire from the position this year as he had held the job eleven years and felt that some of the other men should be stepping up however mr smith speaking for the members of the brigade stated that they were anxious to have mr jennings remain as chief and recommended an increase in salary from 50 a year to 100 they also recommended that the salary of the secretary be increased to 25 and the men be placed on a straight hourly wage of 1 an hour hitherto they have received 1 13 months friends were keenly in terested in his message which he termed a heart to heart talk capt worling was in india six years before the war and was taken into the army where his knowledge of language and conditions in the east must have been most valuable he warned against accepting totally the leadership of mere man which is not always what it should be we must recognize the leadership of god he illustrat- an associate royal red cross in the new year honors she is a daughter of mrs james hood of agincourt lieut hood graduated from the university of toronto as an occu pational therapist befriended thieves in generous fashion ed h0 hc ha lord racing along the townline west of l was allsufficient by relating one or stouffville at too fast a clip for the lwo thrilling experiences while a for the first hour an 50c for each condition of the roadway a couple prisoner in the hands of the japs successive hour ore i dassinc 0 wl take mrl in the afternoon ndnorvmiities s at tne iesbvter- bv referee max church mrs chas montgom- by referee max pite the soft hamperml plays only four were handed out u m hector is n cnar of he children s stouffvwe are playing in whitby b2kej22 i sft l iav of tonight and will be hosts to port ff sssjs slwrss nt ivrrv in ih oci ireni on fridiv courier president chas rat- evening cliff secretarytreasurer stouffville lineup goal raxlin def paislev burkholder lewis owing to cold and flu epidemic i visitors are requested to refrain of irresponsible youths from torl when at a low level physically after onto escaped unhurt when the his operation in which he lost his machine went into a spin and land- right arm capt worling related ed inside down in the ditch how food was provided him in a opposite the george foote farm i strange way food which was sore- they walked to the home of floyd my needed to build up his low physi- ratcliff and put up such a story farm- to onto bene he are car they ditched and had the facts boon known their destination should have leen the don jail mirmiun resident drail mrs george wallen rrsident of markham for some years died at her home there on sunday jan 6th in her s5th year with her husband who survives she had lived in the chief jennings stated that only about one fire in ten years ever lasts more than an hour so that this change in the pay rate does not mean a great deal reeve nolan suggested that the cal state food in a place where brigade might bolster their income there was no nourishing food yet by increasing their charge on at- thousands of hungry prisoners tending outside fires and stated that he left singapore last sept still whitchurch twp was interested in in a run down condition but since establishing an agreement with the getting the care and nourishment local outfit to service that part of required he predicted that he will be declared in normal health imme diately he has gained 50 ounds and looks most fit mr harvey shank cousm of the chairman of the evening mr lam bert stouffer s3ng a couple of selec tions he possesses a wonderful voice campbell first line g rumnev j j visitors are requested to refrain rumney sellers second line leh- ji ih bnerbush with concession oi marnnam townsnip wcemoer man jewett petch i miis thc p maiden name was martha bell schumacker j ents until the situation improves the wedding of lela mertens daughter of joe mertens of tim- village some years or since retlrlnrj mins to mr harold poole of tim- from farming activities on the 5th mins took place the latter part of concession of markham township december they will reside at the township adjacent to the town however the chief said that the men had never been in favour of attending outside fires and that the charge for so doing had not been high as there was not a pumper on the truck and only two men could co out with the small chemical out fit the reeve recommended that the increase to the fire chief and secre tary and the hour cost be granted and the measure passed unanim ously laid down lo the creamery where the water pressure was not suffic ient there are two threequarter inch pipes carrying water down this street at present the council agreed to go into the matter at once so that costs could be arrived at and men engaged to do the work in the early spring a communication was received from j l smith asking for an in crease of salary from 25 to 39 a year for attending to the town clock the winding requires one trip up the tower a week with more frequent visits in the cold weather council agreed to the increase the tax roll was received from the collector krdavis and show ed that 1288 was all the taxes out standing in the entire town which is something of a record council expressed considerable satisfaction with the report it was revealed that the entire account of nearly 400 for a child hospitalized by the town last fall had been paid the family reimburs ing the council for the full amount the reeve suited that there had been considerable comment over the matter of paying this account and that the issue had now been most satisfactorily adjusted a bylaw was given its three read ings and passed making the annual appointments for the year geo middleton the new maintenance man was appointed sanitary and weed inspector earl keith pound- fteeper councillors john smits and e a button were appointed to the park commission jas porter to the library board for a three year term a e weldon to the board of health and dr if b freel to the high school board the position of town assessor was filled by blake sanders at an annual salary of 150 hydro electric power for the month of november cost stouffville for a load of 4202 horse jos borinsky waited on council power this is the largest power with a view to having a larger mainlaccount ever receiver