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ftr jc otm leading weekiy for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 28 no 22 the tribune stouffville ont sept 26 1946 twelve pages high school memorial fund launched juniors take two straight to eliminate newmarket 84th birthday stouffville juniors eclipsed xew- market from the oba playdowns former pastor bereaved on saturday afternoon by the score the mlnv memls of rev w s of 138 in a game that had the four whitcombe toronto one time pas- 10 five hundred fans roaring with tor of the baker hill and second every innings the game was the markham bantist churches extend final of a best twooutofthree sympathy at this time to mr and series and was played at aurora j mrs whitcombe on the death of stouffville tied the series on their their baby son john william home grounds last wednesday winning 1713 and the series moved over to neutral ground for the pay off stouffville took a commanding lead of four runs in their first time jos koch dies at home ix markham a lifelong resident of markham and member of north markham mennonite church where he held office joseph a koch died at his at bat and never rehnqmshecl the on in h 70tn vem edge although newmarket threat- he was a carpenter and builder by ened on two occasions drawing within one run of tying the score trade surviving are his widow formerly nettie raymer a sister the locals second big scoring i sarah koch and three brothers spree came in the fifth when they ran in four more tallies with two on miller beat out a pop up to the catcher who missed to load the sacks schell stepped in the box with the fences in his eye and his smashing triple to leftfield clear ed the bases he followed in a few minutes later with run number four the home nine added three more in the sixth and one in the eighth and ninth newmarket had their big chance in the fifth when they tallied four runs on four hits orval rouse who had pitched a stellar performance up to this point was relieved by fred spellman dales started on the mound for newmarket to be followed by left hander gibson and then brougtiton these three hurlers gave up five walks while rouse and spellman handed out four free bases g doo- little was the big gun at hat for the opposition getting four hits for five tries schell was most potent for stouffville with two for four one of them a tripple one of the nicest plays of the game particularly from a local standpoint came in the ninth inn ings when stouffville collected their thirteenth run with jewett on second rouse beat out an infield hit and jewett scored all the way from the second sack runs hits errors stoufiville 13 11 3 newmarket s 12 3 nehemial of ajax levi port perry and david in california 123 156789 newmarket stouffville 10 114 0 10 0 10 0 0 13 0 111 cemetery mrs roy curtis buried on monday confined to her bed for over four months mrs roy curtis passed away on sept 21st at the brierbush hospital stouffville a daughter of mrs frank h stiver and the late mr stiver formerly of unionville hannah was well known to many as a sales clerk in stouffville twelve years ago last may she un ited in marriage with roy e curtis who conducts a gents furnishing store in town and here too she was often found assisting her husband in the work of her choice the private funeral on monday afternoon from the home of her sisterinlaw mrs j g wetheral church st was conducted by the rev s cooper of unionville lu theran church and rev d davis stouffville united church left to mourn her loss are the bereaved husband an only child margaret rose now seven years old net mother mrs f h stiver and two sisters mrspercy tarr nellie of stouffville and mrs herbert irwin ada of toronto also six brothers fred percy and stanley of unionville leslie norman and orval of toronto the pallbearers were four bro thers and two brothersinlawpercy stanley fred and norman stiver percy tarr and herbert irwin in tcrment was made at stouffville sto u fk vi ll e m e et i xg isowmanville today siouflville i meeting bow- iiuiiivillc in i in- local park this wednesday in the first of a best- iwouiuoiiluec series the second game will be played at bow man ville iliis saturday be ginning at 3 pm albert e davis who reached his slth birthday thursday last week was the recipient of no less than g2 cards offering con gratulations from friends far and near mr davis is a life long resident of altona district oct ok hospital percy dike sth eoncessionmark- ham who was seriously injured when run over as he fell off a trac tor was able to return to his home again last thursday from the hos pital well on the way to recovery will perpetuate memory of those students who paid the supreme sacrifice 7 a 10000 memorial fund has just been launched to be known as stouffville high school memorial whitchurch native 97 is dead leonard stalev who spent 75 years of his long life as a farmer in whitchurch died on sept 21 at the home of his son h f staley in streetsville he was ill only one week and was in her 97th year the late mr staley was born in whitchurch on a farm near mussel- mans lake and could claim to be the oldest ballantrae man living up to the lime of his death he later lived in scarboro and for is years was a resident in uxbridge townshin near goodwood he married elizabeth neil of aurora district who predeceased him is years four sons and one daughter were born to them three sons surviving hf of streetsville and ae of goodwood and eb staley toronto the funeral on tuesda afternoon proceeded from streetsville to churchill cemetery where old friends gathered to witness the last rites local mbc pastor relieved to take in florida missionaries fly to prust fund in memory of the lads african field ml lassies who attended this school annual mbc conference at stay- hcr hears of advances spiritually and financially in the work of the church one delegate rev s goiulic present for gist consecutive year extensive duck farm to develop near altona the william slack farm of 100 acres just east of stouffville on the pickeringuxbridge townline has been sold to a montreal interest a firm engaged in raising ducks in a wholesale way for the city market the new owners are the brome lake ducks limited with extensive interests in a duck raising farm at knowlton quebec where last year the farm raised and sold soooo birds mr earl spaftord president of the imperial tobacco co limited and mr g b foster prominent montreal lawyer are the owners of bromi lake ducks limited which they developed as a hobby if the cement and other materials are available this fall will see con siderable activity around the new duck farm but if materials are not to be had plus labor there will be little activity until next spring in any case sooner or latter it will be here a quack there a quack everywhere a quack quack on the old slack farm manager of the stouffville under taking is mr e g wilson who said that the firm was expanding in order to take care of the evcr-in- start made for veterans hall the war veterans association has purchased a building that will be demolished and brought to stouffville for reerection as a war veterans hall it is officially an nounced the deal for the building is now completed and the site for the hall is expected to be immediately west of stouffville garage near the corn er of the 9th concession and main street on the timbers farm in whitchurch township opposite moles new service station and garage negotiations are not completed for the site but it is expected that the deal will be closed shortly the hall will have ample plumb ing stage and suitable space for banquets and other functions we hope to have the building ready to occupy by this time next year said bert lickorish on behalf of the association ancient athens appreciates our help lenore spence of whitchurch has received an interesting letter of ap preciation and appeal from one of the recipients of clothing sent to europe in the last drive carried on here the letter will be read with interest and the writer it will be noted has a good command of eng lish language although the form of expression is unusual athens sept 12 1946 dear miss spence through unrra i received your pair of shoes for my sister and i thank you from all my heart no- hody can imagine what greece has suffered all those years and especi ally people who lived otily with those who live with their salary so we are happy for whatever we receive from the unknown people over the sea before the war 1 studied in the university as a lawyer but after the war 191011 i was obliged to work to help my parents my sister and myjjjsung brother 1 left my stu dies and i became an assistant perhaps you have no interest of my life although i will beg you with a great boldness to help me and my family as you can and if you want of course i hope that you will be good with me the unknown receiver- of your present and i thank you once more from all my heart faithful friend kosas linos pittakou sir ia athens greece wacc paisley at the home of rev e morton creasing demand for their ducks stouffville on saturday september tite present undertaking will supfl 21st at three oclock ruby bernicc ply birds primarily for the toronto paisley daughter of mr and mrs market transportation charges he pauley became the bride of said were too high from montreal rona e son of mr and the close proximity to toronto mn f- washington ttagg will place the brome like ducks on towhin oxbridge the city market at the minimum of cost for transportation only one h of ducks are raised the old manager who explained that only- reliable pekin which mr wilson p of ihc purchased would says meets their ideal of perfect he required for their use they ducks for table use j would not attempt to produce their we were attracted to the slack feed demands and will rent out the farm solelv on account of the valu- portion 4 he land not required for able stream of water that crosses duck housing and yardage thejdace and its proximity to the the manager will occupy she bride and miss ecoreoran in hon- toronto market said the firm brick residence on the farm our of her cth birthday engagements mr and mrs ross harper an nounce the engagement of their only daughter grace arlene har per to mr rao holden son of mr and mr- robt holden toronto the wedding will take place oct 12th 1915 at the home of the brides parents fairview farm stouffville mr and mrs edward williams stouffville announce the engage ment of their only daughter betty beryl to gerald russel acton elder son of mr and mrs russel acton uxbridge the marriage to take place quietly in october mr and mrs horace walshstouff- ville ont announce the engage ment of their youngest daughter betty eleanor to lloyd grant turner son of mr and mrs lloyd turner stouffville the marriage to take place saturday octo5er 12th at 4 oclock in stouffville united church mrs w briard was honoured t dav evening at a surprise partv given by her daughter mrs c mc stayner sept 23 the mini mum salary of ministers was in creased s300 at the annual pro vincial conference of the men nonite brethren in christ church which concluded sunday at stayner the matter of car allowance also received much discussion by the laymen of the conference and it was decided that ministers in small towns and rural districts having more than one appointment should receive an allowance to wards their car expenses a committee was appointed dur ing the conference to investigate the advisibility of lauching a church broadcast in ontario the stationing committee report ed various changes throughout the province but ministers in the stouffville district will remain the same as last year witli the excepi tion of the appointment of rev ii s hallman to the stouffville men nonite brethren in christ church rev hallman will take the place of rev e moyer who asked to be relieved from any pastorate as he will be spending some time in the united states with his son in flor ida other changes included rev d eby retired from the scott circuit replaced by rev w h yeates at bresleau where rev v k snyder resigned to devote full time to teacliing in emmanuel college the appointment will be taken by john colley of stouffville who is a uni versity student mrs colley is a daughter of mr and mrs fred pugh also of stouffville mr prosser an unordained minister was placed on the sunnidale circuit relieving rev h s hallman several new churches were dedi cated during the past year and building projects were reported to be in progress in various places several other churches were given permission to sell their properties in order to build larger structures oldest minister at the conference was rev s goudie at stouffville who has been present at every con ference since 1885 a new departure was made this year by mr hallman lay delegate from hanover who came to the conference by plane the reports of the various pastors showed that the mennonite brethren in christ church was making progress both spiritually and financially throughout the pro vince church membership showed a slight increase over last year oflerings were the highest in the history of the denomination and were 15 per cent higher than a year ago offerings averaged 6001 per member an increase of s738 over last years average of 5260 this was reported to be one of the highest averages of any denomina tion in the province rev l k sider of owen sound was appointed provincial director of sunday school activities and rev j h good of toronto was elected provincial superintendent of i young peoples societies 1 an increased staff was announced for emmanuel bible school inj kitchener and a preparatory year will be added to the course j the conference- sermon on sun day morning war- delivered by the conference chairman rev h a beech of vjneland the dedicatory service for the outgoing mission at any time and who served in his majestys forces during the recent war first public announcement of the undertaking was made monday evening by princinal l c murphy before the lions club of this town he was immediately given a dona tion of 300 by the club air murphy said that the great asset of an community is the abil ity of its people and to preserve our way of life scores of young men and women who at some time attended our high school served in his majestys forces many were wounded and suffered privations of prison camp indeed seven former students paid the supreme sacrifice in order that government of the people by the people for the peo ple should not nerish from the earth he stated the question of a suitable mem orial has engaged the attention of princidal and staff also literary executive of the school andafter consultation with the parents of fallen heros it was decided to launch this memorial fund purpose of the fund is to provide financial aid interest free for de serving students of stouffville high school who wish to continue their education the money borrowed from this fund is to be returned when the beneficiary completes his education the fund will be deposited in the local bank and will be kept growing from year to ear by means of contributions from interested par ties individuals and societies for decades to come it will assist worthv students i the ladder of success a hand letter scroll suitably framed and placed in the upper hall of the school will keen the names of our heroes before the stu- dent body contributions are solicited from townspeople municipalities and in dividuals over the area served by the school and from exstudents long since awa from school send your donation to principal l c murihy stouffville mich school your contribution will be acknow ledged direct as well as through the columns of the tribune under auspices of the foreign mission board of the mennonite brethren in christ mr and mrs gordon bolender left on tuesday for the mission field at lebba nigeria bay africa they planned to fly from new york and should reach their destination in five days instead of spending several weeks enroute by land and sea travel gordon bolender is a son of mr and mrse bolender bethesda and his wife is a daughter of rev w r moyer of kitchener mr bolen der gave up his profession as a school teacher to go to the foreign field but it is expected that he will resume teaching there presbyterian pastor at new carlisle the many friends of the rev t decourcy rayner former minister of st james presbyterian church stouffville will be glad to learn that he lias sufficiently recovered from his long illness to get back into the active ministry when in montreal early in august the specialist at the royal victoria hospital gave him permission to resume preach ing he has accented an invitation to become minister of knox presby terian church new carlisle quebec until next summer new carlisle is a town of some 1500 population right on the sea shore on the baie des chaleurs just across from new brunswick it is over 900 miles from here knox church is a single charge and the stipend will be 1800 mr rayner has promised to commence his min- istrv there on october gth for next sunday sept 29th rev mr rayner will preach in old st andrews presbyterian church scarboro at 11 am numerous advertisement and news items were crowded out of this issue because of lack of space despite a 12 page issue taking journalistic course mr jack drewery son of mrs robert ratcliff has entered carle- ton college ottawa enlisting for the journalistic course tuesday night closing jn accordance with the custom of other years stores in stouff ville will now remain closed on tuesday nights for the fall and winter season dog taxes paid one hundred percent dogs on the west side of mark ham township may hark louder than ever and feel justified last week the last dog tax owing for 1910 was paid according to l l nichols assessor and collector of dog taxes total sum of 1479 was received by the collector which includes pay ment for seventeen kennel licenses at 1000 each this is the best record established for several years and of course can never be surpassed no dog living in the west side of markham need now hang his head in shame be cause his master thinks he is not worth the price of a dog tag since the total receipts are among the largest ever received over the area it indicates that the number of dogs is not showing any decrease goodwood veteran killed by fall from building one of the largest crowds to at tend a funeral at heise hill church gathered to pay respect to the life of kenneth stewart whose tragic death on friday night shocked the community where he was known rev norman rowan conducted the service in the church assisted by bro roy nigh the crowd was estimated to be over goo a brief service was held first at the home of mr and mrs chas conner 0th concession of markham parents of the bereaved young wife prepare to meet your god was the timely subject chosen by pastor rowan who strongly admonished the large congregation that now to day is the accepted time of salva tion following the service interment was made in the heise hill ceme tery former goodwood boy kenneth stewart met with a fatal accident in toronto on friday found in a are was conducted by rev p gpool of blood after falling 21 feet lehman ds a minute of silence from the roof of a king street fall when he appeared to lose his balance he toppled over the edge and sustained internal injury and a fractured skull naval veteran stewart served a3 was observed for the ministers who building he was removed to the had been called by death during the western hospital where he died year several applicants for the vi a few hours ministry were received on proba tion meals were served to conference penter on renovating the building ivlves him together with his young members at the churchs dining and a witness to the accident wife eleanor conner daughter of hall on the stayrer camp meeting anothnv butinsky told police that mr and mrs charles conner cth grounds ihe saw a man standing on the roofconceson markham ordinary seaman at deepdale nova scotia in the recent war ken was a son of mr adam kenneth was employed as a car- 1 stewart of goodwood who sur-