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tonfftrille tetow leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 58 no 13 the tribune stouffville ont july 25 1946 ten pages shortage of iron pipe holding up extensions to local water system sister officiates at wedding record sale of rings by local jeweller i the officials had planned to install a four inch main to the water works system from the maple leaf dairv running east to the corner proceeding to the curling rink to service the three new houses going probably the jeweller who sell up near the rink also it was intend- loo signet rings in 25 years would ed to install a similar sized main on consider he was doing very good the new brillinger subdivision in business for this particular line but j the west end and to place a hydrant ken wagg local business man at the south end of the new main and one of the towns recent can which could better serve the green boast of selling 190 rings in a single houses than present hydrants on order going to the township of main street which are too far away whitchurch the rings will be gifts from the big floral plant ifor the returned men as decided on the work will be delayed until joy the municipal council october because of the shortage of council also determined to pipe but if it arrives then it is like- present mothers or sisters with ly the undertaking will be proceed- suitable lockets while there will ed with in the meantime an effort also be the gifts made to all wcac will be made to install a t in the and nursing sisters from this riiun- maih passing the brillinger sub division during the fine summer weather together with a shutoff as to accomplish this the water has to be shut off for several hours after that there will be no inter ruption to the service to complete the work former mansion house proprietress buried here friday mrs frank miller former pro prietress of the old mansion house in stouffville died on thursday last at newmarket and was laid to rest in stouffville cemetery on friday in the family plot where her hus band was buried mrs miller was 70 years of age she was born at sharon her mother passing away when she was nine months old and she was raised by her stepmother only sister of mrs miller mrs thos bruels and a halfbrother live in toronto mrs millers maiden name was julia doane coming to stoulfville as a bride of only 1 years of age 57 years ago with her husband they conducted the mansion house then well established by mr millers father elijah miller who started the hotel in 1s75 the first mansion house was erected in 1s77 but was burned two years later when the present structure was built of brick the mansion house was regarded as a high class hotel with 30 rooms and enjoyed wide patronage butl with the coming of local option business fell into the discard for a i time then later revived and with good management could be a popu- lar place even to this day however some years ago the property was acquired by dfholden who dis continued the hostelry in favor of garage business mrs miller left the hotel to live in her private home which her late husband acquired in their palmy days she has been away from town for several years and the news of her death came as quite a surprise although she had been in very poor hea lth for years icipality ken wagg will supply the big order for rings while the lockets will be procured through an aurora jeweller the rings will be inscribed with the information that the ring is a i gift from the township in the space usually used for initials mrs feren passes in hospital here the death of mrs amelia feren at the brierbush hospital in stouff ville on wednesday morning cul minated a very short illness she was in her 79th year mrs feren had spent last winter in toronto and only last week returned to re open her home at goodwood when she was suddenly seized with ill ness and was moved to the hospital born in stouffville a daughter of the late mr and mrs robt green- bury she married turner jferen who redeceased her just over a year the couple farmed near good wood but lived retired in the village t ere for 15 years mrs feren was a member of the united church surviving is a daughter miss marie feren toronto and a sister mrs wesley johnson markham township the funeral will be held this fri day afternoon from the late home in goodwood proceeding to the cemetery there following service at the house at 230 oclock storm crashes telephone pole on passing motorist passenger goes to hospital battle of wilcox lake brings heavy fines for guilty one of the most severe electrical storms of the season passed over north pickering on friday after- noon it was the end of the big storm that played havoc over the province at acton for instance 21 jersey cows were killed by lightning in one stroke in the claremont district barns and live stock escaped but there were narrow misses from deatli for some people crops were not flattened to any serious degree for down grain has mostly straightened farmers report miss mildred linton daughter of mr and mrs norman linton was as for the first time in the history of the united church of canada an ordained minister was married by his sister in a ceremony at victoria square united church above are the principals of the unique wedd ing left to right are capt the battle of wilcox lake it is now known came to an end this week when magistrate martin in county police court on monday sentenced those bovs who were perilously close to a bolt of lightn- ie to have been guiltv of ob- ing as she was reclining on the su o0lk in their dulies and couch in the home ot mr and mrs who we charged with assault etl redshaw she was rendered convicted were robt and harold unconscious but when she camel arsenaulu a is and 21 respec- oui of it she appeared to have sufl- 1 tively the stecklev brothers don- ered no apparent injury and was doug j and carl 21 quite all right in a short time after j willam trent 25 john watson 20 grant preston 20 and william regaining consciousness mrs judd todd daughter of eldridge argvle currey and lieut doris boddv daughter of mr and mrs william boddv oshawa rev erla m curry who peiformed the ceremony is also in the picture both the bride and groom served in the war to hovok uxbridge tvi soldiers the township of uxbridge will welcome home its service men and women with a presen tation and programme to be held in the goodwood commun ity park on friday august 2nd commencing at s oclock programme will be provided by bert harvey and the john son family the newmarket band will be in attendance the general public is invited to be present the citizens of goodwood are requested to decorate their homes in honour of the occa sion escaped keswick pike miss helen ratclih has returned from a holiday at canadian kes wick helen was one of the sixty guests who had to flee the building the night of the big fire pine cement silo towers over harper farm stan thompson contractor has just completed a fine new silo on the farm of wm harper at the south end of obrien avenue the new structure built at the south west corner of the large barn is of cement with mefal top and is a nice smooth job that one may be proud of size of the silo is 12x10 feet which should take care of a lot of fodder for winter feeding this is the first silo to be used on this line farm where an excellent herd of milch cows are cared for and will undoubtedly be found to have wonderful advantages over the old system of storing winter feed we years understand that the cost of such a silo runs around 700 or ss0o markham fair building may go hollywood the big main building on the markham fairgrounds may be used for taking moving pictures during the off period when it is not re quired by the fair board if anything develops from an ofrer read before the fair board tuesday night a canadian picture company wanted to enter into negotiations for rental of the building and grounds or part of the grounds for taking purely typical canadian scenes the company is now said to be operating in quebec but would use markham building when they operate in this area it was understood that the concern is com paratively new the grounds committee was dele gated to deal with the matter and individually members present in dicated that all things being satis factory the fair board would not be adverse to the proposal retired school teacher reaches 79th birthday resident of goodwood for sixteen and a native of uxbridge threshing begun alsike yields vary threshing operations have gotten under way mr ralph baker the gormley thresher reports he open ed up on the crops in that area last friday threshing alsike for mr joe jones at buttonville but rain came and up to monday night was unable to resume the work mr baker thinks the alsike will run around seven bushels to the acre which will be entirely satisfactory to the farmer other grains give promise of good average yields but results will not be available for a few days threshing on july i is not un usual although it is earlier by a week than in some years east of stouffville first threshing or one of the first was on the farm of jake mcmullen where the alsike did not do so well as at victoria square mr mcmullen said a lot of the heads were just dried up with nothing in them and the yield was anything but good threshing here was done by mr sam barkey who made this his first point of call for the season sam took over the wm eckardt threshing outfit horses bolt and driver is killed john richardson son of a former resident of the east end of stouff ville mr sam richardson painter and veteran of the first war was crushed beneath the wheels of a milk wagon in an attempt to halt a team of runaway horses he was a driver for the acme farmers dairy was only 32 years of age east york police said richardson was on his morning rounds when the horses apparently frightened by a motor vehicle raced away from the curb at broadview and mortimer aves police believe the driver seized the reins but was tin able to halt the team in an effort to jump in the wagon they think he lost his balance and fell under the wheels unionville loses beloved resident funeral service for mrs charlotte fugard beloved wife of robert fugard unionville was held at the clendening funeral home in mark ham on july 17th the service was conducted by rev s cooper born in unionville she was for merly miss charlotte cook and was in her s3rd year besides her husband whose eriti- iil condition in hospital after an operation on his eyes prevented his attending the funeral she is sur vived by 3 sons 3 daughters 23 grandchildren and ii great grand children kind and generous throughout her long life she made many friend and lie will be great ly missed y her large family and her husband to whom the sympathy of the community i extended god thought to give the sweetest thins in liis almighty power to earth and deepiv pondering what li should be one hour in fondest joy and loveof heart out reigning every other he moved the gates of heaven apart ui i gave erha mother township william henderson ob served his 79th birthday at his home there on sundav july 21 partly because he doesnt like a fuss but more because his daughter was lying at deaths door in the oshawa hospital mr henderson and the family took no step to cele brate the occasion of his birthday born on the lth concession a son of joeph henderson carpen ter he became familiar with the early life of pioneer hardships his father was also a farmer and clear ed much of the land where he settled in uxbridge joseph was born in whitchurch on the 7th con cession just south of lemonville it was the desire of the parents that william should have an educa tion and accordingly he attended ottawa normal school from which he graduated as a teacher in 1st2 i will never forget that year said r henderson because it was the year that sullivan knocked out corben and it created such a furry fixed itself in my mind mr henderson possesses a per fectly keen mind and one would hardly judge his advanced age cor- ecth may he long be spared to the quietness of hi- home gormley resident left for australia on saturday mrs d c henry of gormley left on an extended trip to australia where she expects to spend the next two years with the parents of her late husband com missioner and mrs d c henry who live at north kew victoria in the locality of melbourne prior to her departure friends gathered at gormley to shower her with gifts and the schell oil co with which the late mr henry was employed nresented a lovely twiti luggage bag a most timely git on the eve of this long journey mrs henry enjoys a wide friendship at gormley and her departure is re gret led the crossing via england will take seven weeks since she is travelling on a freighter with only 37 passengers aboard gravel pit accident proves fatal stanley noble unionville who was employed by the jupp con struction co on the good roads system on no 2 highway between beaverton and orillia met with a tragic accident on thursday last which resulted in his death last night in orillia hospital the accident occurred in a gravel pit which is operated by the com pany and one of the heavy trucks while backing in struck mr noble who was on the wrong side of the roadway and was out of sight of the truck driver one of the wheels of the truck passed over the lower part of his body and although he was rushed at once to the hospital at orillia nothing could be done for him he was conscious long enough to exonerate all blame to the driver stanley noble made his home at unionville and was the son of mr and mrs w a noble he was born at hagerman and lived with his parents until the time of his mar riage his wife formerly miss fay gil ham predeceased him several years and left a family of three daughters louisa mrs garnet booth dexie eleanor and lenora twin sisters unionville besides one sister mrs a empringham markham stanley noble was highly respect ed in this community bein a man of exemplary habits and making friends wherever he was living he was 58 years old sincere symoathv is extended to the bereaved family mrs george redshaw had a mirac ulous escape when driving through the storm along the uxbridge- pickering townline a telephone pole was struck and crashed over the top of the car mrs todds arm was over the door and she was cut by breaking glass rushed to clare mont where the doctor was away she was taken to stouffville then on to hospital in toronto where numerous stitches were required to close the wound the car will require considerable body repairs newmarket batters run wild against local juniors newmarket sluggers pounded three stoullville hurlers for a grand total of 22 runs in a junior ball playoff fixture in the yonge st town on tuesday night the best the locals were able to collect oil the offerings of gibson was two runs runners dying on the bases on three occasions miller started on the mound for stouffville and pitched three and i a half innings the battery was handicapped by a shoulder injury which ken schell had sustained sentence this week weakening his pitching magistrate martin warned the two arm and throwing out of gear his brothers that if either of you are usual brilliant throws to second ever convicted in this court of any ivfii i similar charges again 1 will be forc- ttells relieved miller in the fourth ed t0 impose the maximum penalty and stood off the newmarket guns which is 200 and costs or six for two innings when he was re- months and six months in jail canjoloussky19 the charge against i donald baker was dismissed j unfortunately three of the ac idised are returned men said the magistrate 1 have sympathy with i returned servicemen but neverthe less they must learn to behaveand they cant let their service in the forces excuse them for their con duct in tiiis despicable affair i hope the penalties 1 impose will make you realize the law must be obeyed and that obstructing police officers is a serious offence harold arsenault was fined 100 and costs or six months on the ob structing charge robert arsenault 75 and costs or five months can- jolousski and trent 50 and costs or three months each the steckleys watson and preston 25 and costs each or one month the arsenaults were convicted on five counts harold being lined a total of 330 and costs or six months all sentences to run concurrently his brother robert was also con victed on five counts with fines totalling 305 or six months they were convicted of assaulting con stable floury and constable kidd and constable hamiliton and were fined 10 and costs or one month on each for assaulting edward white they were fined 200 and costs or six months county court officials said that the two arsenault brothers said they would not pay the 035 total fine and would serve the sixmonths lieved by lome schell who finish ed the game stouffvilles two tallies came in the second and fourth innings a real workout is expected by the boys this thursday night in pre paration for the return game here on friday stouffville won one and lost one against newmarket on the seasons play and despite the lop sided score on tuesday are confi dent they can turn the tide on fri day the teams finished in the follow ing order milliken 20 pts newmarket 12 pts aurora 10 pts stouffville 8 pts richmond hill 6 pts markham 1 pts in the midget division the teams finished in the following order aur ora milliken stouffville richmond hill markham stouffville will open a best twooutofthree series against aurora in this section at aurora next tuesday night uxbridge property changes hands harry morris reports the sale of his 100 acre farm at lots 245 con cession 3 uxbridge and known as the former arbuckle place to c marcheant at a reported sale price of 1000 the place is sandy soil with no buildings mr morris also sold his 50 acre place across the road to john de- gemier this property has a barn and dwelling mr morris is looking for a 10 to 50 acre place it will be seen by con sulting the advertising columns on the back page a charge of assaulting constable hamilton against watson was dis missed carl steckley was convict ed of assaulting police chief dun ham of aurora and was fined 10 and costs or one month the case developed wide interest with 200 wilcox sympathizers ac cording to lawyers for the defense all against police but with a solid background of farmers and towns people in the locality keen to see that lawlessness and disorder is put down by a firm court judgment it seems that the lads implicated went to the trouble of engaging very competent counsel which meant a big fight in court as the original battle was a big show police officers are not popular with the public said mr rose maybe the people are not educated to it or maybe its the fault of our home and school system but theres a natural antipathy of john public toward the man who swings the authority thats a slanderous thing to say remonstrated crown counsel har old sanders i dont think my friend knows the public very well children walk two miles to bible school two bu- imong all his friend- is the wii f one who in h- vouthful davs many children gathering oriud ame under the tutorship of this of the word of god just hi pedagogue said mr huson children walking private cars to brliigjover two miles and others on foot up of 100 scliolais attend fridays one mile in this day so that they might enjoy these gospel services osing exercises in addition mere are two busses children are walking one and two and a number of cars bringing the miles to reach she vacation bible children in on the first morning school at gormley pastor f g the attendance was ui and each hiin told the tribune on monday iday the attendance increased until monday julv 15 marked the open- u reached 1c0 to see a church a ing dav of this school now an most filled to capacity with child- annual event closi ssion this ren is truly something to inank god fridav night declared this enthusiastic mr huson said that hearts of the leader who is justly proud of what christian worker- are warmed andihehas built up blessed each morning as they see so biblical instruction music every day the program is packed with new and interesting develop ment- helpful lessons for the child there is a wellbalanced program set memory work stories handcraft all under competent teachers chief aim of the school said the i fore police arrived leader is to win every scholar for edward white was beaten up on christ and in these days of sin that his way to the dance mr sanders perhaps i know them better than he does broke in mr rose anyway ive made my statement and im sticking by it he backed up his statement by reference to the testimony of grant preston 20yearold farm worker one of the 10 defendants that al most every one of the 200 people in the wilcox lake crowd were swearing at the police the 10 ac cused were charged with obstruct ing police some are also charged with assault it is rather strange how this whole thing started rather strange mused mr rose a busy dance hall oh a saturday night every thing is quiet till three officers arrive he omitted to mention as mr sanders later pointed out that be- man named is a great objective he declared mr huson calls upon all christ ians to pray for the school so that during closing exercises the great objective may in reached he in vite- everybody to attend the clos ing service this friday evening at s oclock while the financial end is not strc d an offering will lie lifted friday night that is expected meet aii the expenses said the evidence clearly indicated a vicious and unprovoked attack on while by harold and robert arsenault two girls point out the arsen al- continued rose descriptively constable aubrey pleury goes continued on page ten ring wood mrs albert king is ill we wish i her a speedy recovery-