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tottffoilk sfcftoue vol59 xo20 the tribune stouffville ont sept is 1947 whitchurch greyhound is tops 36 greyhounds were raced in the first meet held by the ontario greyhounds assoc the dogs sped over the course in 32 to 36 seconds percy brown owned by xorah gordon clark of 9th con whitchurch just north of stouffville romped home in the sixth race in 32 seconds percy brown was de clared winner of the meet the stouffville dog is shown here council demands grader on order two years i walter dickson buried on monday the death of walter dickson at the brierbush hospital on friday sept 12 1957 came as a welcome ri i release from a long period of suffer- i ing although only in his g4th year mr dickson known to everybody in town as walt i broke down a few years ago and a period of j steady decline continued to the end he was born on the dickson place almost opposite the hospital j where he spent his final days aj bachelor and son of the late henry dickson and his wife catharine mckennell walter spent all his life on the home place his father operj ated a blacksmith shop on the place half a century ago and when old enough walter worked the land in connection with the place he was an excellent farmer a great j lover of children and was never tool busy to give them a ride behind his farm team in fact he scarcely was ever seen without one or more rid ing whatever conveyance he happened to be using the late henry dickson who settled in stouffville 67 years ago died in 1923 and his wife in 1931 a son william henry died in 1s96 and left to survive walter are two sisters bessie and nellie at home also four brothers david in british columbia george of edmonton jack of long branch and roy in toronto the funeral service was conduct ed by his pastor rev d davis assisted by rev e morton the pall bearers were messrs lud hoover percv brillinger harry paislev albert e booth chris armstrong and a v xolan old friends and neighbors one man is killed and five injured including former minister rev w m mcguire taken to hospital in lansing suffering concussion drove from a side road into path of car on high way bleeding pro fusely he offers pray ers for killed and injured thirtyfive jute boxes operated in whitchurch township and these supply most of the music for dance halls george davies tells the council several inspectors they would take over the duties of school nurses medical officers of health and exert greater authority they say over health matters every rural school would be under the supervision of whitchurch council on saturday the unit which would be held listened to a delegation on a drain- responsible for the sanitation of age problem at wilcox lake then schools restaurants lake resorts concluded that it was more or less a i etc in the north york area private matter and requiring the services of an engineer the dele gation urged the lowering of wil cox lake which this year is at the highest level in a long time and draining certain swampy areas to make the land available for more summer residents prom musselmans lake george davies proprietor of cedar beach dance gardens congratulated council on its recent dance hall by law and warned that there should be no discrimination in its applica tion to all halls he said there are 35 jute boxes in the township and from live to eight per cent of danc ing was to this kind of music we are pleased to receive your congratulations said reeve evans and we realize that there are faulty spots in the bylaw but these will be straightened out and there will be no discrimination the solicitor is delvinging into the matter right now he concluded vern davies asked the council to provide the machinery for col lecting costs from ratepayers on two new roads which they wished improved and for which the rate payers are willing to pay all ex penses herb beach and ivan pattenden part time constables are now off the list since their term is ended and council instructed tile clerk to so notify them eric tidman for the caterpillar company with which firm an order for a new maintained was placed two years ago was put on the spot and given two weeks to announce a definite delivery date otherwise council warned that the order would be withdrawn and some other make of machine that is obtainable would be bought tid man promised to do his best to exact a delivery date from the sheep killing dogsdamaged one animal for stanley mitchell ring- wood and killed another and for hugh canning 6th concession farm er killed one sheep canning was compensated 15 and mitchell 13 on the valuation of j a clarke markham agricultural society was given a grant of 25 for the 1947 fall fair reeve evans looked serious when it was announced that 1595 was spent for buying feed for pheasants and over s100 spent on erecting pens in the township a doubtful investment said one of the mem bers receipts from pheasant licenses may be more than used up meeting this expense which in cludes the costs of constables or wardens on the days of the annual hunt theatre gravel contract in hands of local firm twenty trucks have been en gaged in hauling gravel from the big pit just north of stouffville at gravel hill for the stouffvifle sand gravel co to the site of the new open air theatre in scarboro just west of sullivans corners on the lansing cutoff road the local company has the con tract for thousands of yards of gravel for the theatre floor that conducts the cars to their individual ramps the new theatre will be the only one of its kind in ontario in that at each ramp or parking station there will be a post with individual loud speaker so that the passengers may control the volume or sound to their liking while sitting in their cars watching the picture on the big open air stage or screen the gravel contract given the ithica xy sept one man was killed and five other persons in cluding a lansing minister and his son were injured in an automobile collision six miles south of lansing on highway us 27 at four oclock sunday afternoon louis petermark 55 of detroit was instantly killed his wife and two other passengers were taken to hospital at alma mrs petermar suffering a broken arm and the others in their car were severely cut and bruised mr mcguire former mbc minister at stouffville now super- ntendent of the xazarene churches of michigan sustained a concus sion and his son wayne aged 14 suffered a fractured skull both were taken to clinton memorial hospital at st johns according to eye witness mc guires car came off a side road into the path of the petermark car on the highway bleeding profusely mcguire offered prayers for the dead and wounded before he was overcome rev mr mcguire lives at 101 west barnes avenue lansing mich and is widely known in the stouffville district where scores of friends will be grieved to learn about his misfortune vivian president buried at second resident of whitchurch town ship for some years seldoh ron- dall died at the aged peoples home yonge street on sept 10 and was brought to second markham bap- list cemetery where he was laid away rev x rowan who had taken an interest in the unforunate man who apparently had no near relatives excepting a sister in the united states made the funeral arrangements and conducted the service mr randall was in his 04th year and resided in the vivian district for a good many years he lived alone until he decided to enter the home where he received more of the comforts of life soli small farm mr wm pitman wbo bought a 55 acre farm on the sideroad just north of town several vears ago when he was in the butchering business here has disposed of the place to a toronto buyer the deal was consumated by harvey mover for the willoughby agency mr and mrs pitman intend to move to the southern states and may make their permanent home there in any event they will be down there for next winter mrs pitman a daughter of the late ollie forsyth and a sister of the town barber was born and raised here mr and mrs isaac barkey spent a few days visiting in rochester travelling by bus mr and mrs bert boyd of queensville and mr and mrs a b bartholomew of stouffville visited in oakville on sunday at the home of mr and mrs gordon bartholo- new nearly 350 exhibits for horticultural exhibition local firm is the largest thing that has come out ofthe pit here markham truck driver collides with train harry eade of victoria square was injured on monday when a cxr work train smashed the front end of a fiveton milk truck he was driving at the lake wilcox sideroad crossing the truck was tossed 20 feet by the force of the impact and a halfload of full milk cans were scattered over the road eade was pulled out of the demol ished truck by five train crew who stopped the train to assist him he complained his back hurt said jack gamble who arrived on the scene just after less than an hou driving another milk truck to com plote his route for his emplover sanderson on the 5th of markham its a very bad crossing added gamble there is no wigwag and an approaching train cant be seen until you are on the track and then its too late as eade found out he admitted as he was pulled out of prescribed the truck that be was a mightv bc conference in daily session at stouffville church delegates deliberate on divorce and mov ing picture problems rev h s hallman extended a warm welcome to the many dele gates at the opening of the 64th annual sessions of the ontario con ference of the mennonite brethren in christ meeting this week in the stouffville church the gathering erthe mon wth min ur later he was sl convention when rev cr ik truck to com v i i song after being suspended for several years owing to war conditions the hers mrs gray lome gillion annual flower show of the stouff- delphinium 3 spikes mrs ville horticultural society was held gray roy grove last thursday instead of setting up carnations mrs turner jean the display in the rink which was pipher marjorie nicely company within the time cost of the grader and plowjlucky man when the order was placed was 12925 this is now increased by 2475 it was noted i we are not to be made the goats said deputy reeve logan if this firm cannot do something rev g h thomas officiated at a let the council take action the double ring ceremony at the home people demand it he declared l mr anfl mrs w g- maxwell on everybody was in accord that two l- 19 lh daughter n rtor l elizabeth was united in mar riage to james seamen woods son of mr and mrs a j isi popular young couple wed service with rev j h good at the piano the devotional part was con ducted by rev h c boadway make full proof of thy ministry was the basis of the address of the guest speaker rev c f derstine of kitchener tuesday who implored rh tea lo make the best they saw at the cne two christ and his gospel the centre of weeks ago all their teachinsi tcl as xo less than 20 entries were made found to be too damp and other wise unfit for such an exhibition without a great deal of work being done to fit up the premises the united church basement was made use of while the quarters there were somewhat cramped the show was pleasing to those who attended and provided excellent exhibition of floral beauty that surprises the flower lovers just about 350 entries were made and this was beyond expectations having in view that the organiza tion has not been functioning until last year since war started and remembering the wet spring and recent drought the expression on the lips of many were why who would have thought that such beautiful flowers could bave been found in the locality after the kind of weather we have been experi encing the judges were percy bone of thornbill and robt little of richmond hill as usual the glads perhaps over shadowed all other blooms in point of interest best spike in the show was a rare specimen of aladdin w bich the judges said surpassed glad white 1 spikemrs a v nolan white 3 spikes mrs r vague light 1 spike mrs r vague m mertens mrs w tim bers light 3 spikes mrs w tim bers lome gillion pink 1 spike- mrs r vague jean pipher mrs w gray pink 3 spikes mrs r vague red 1 spike mrs a pais ley mrs r vague mrs w gray red 3 spikes m mertens mrs r vague m nicely yellow 1 spike a v nolan helen nicely mrs d ratcliff yellow 3 spikes h nicely mrs e baker purple 1 spike- mrs r vague purple 3 spikes- mrs r vague bronze 1 spike mrs r bone bertha winn mrs r vague bronze 3 spikes mrs r vague picardy 1 spike mrs p ratcliff mrs r grove mrs w timbers picardy 3 spikes mrs r vague mrs w timbers mrs f ratcliff best spike in the show by a v xolan 6 spikes mrs r vague mrs r ratcliff llne st james pulpit to be declared vacant sunday rev eric larson pastor of stouffville presbyterian congrega tion will be seeking a new charge and the congregation a new pastor after next sunday when the mod erator will lake the service here at 945 and during the course of the meeting formally declare the pul pit vacant a multiplicity of small things was blamed by rev j wasson pastor of calvin presbyterian church toronto for the resignation given the toronto presbytery by rev eric larson pastor of st andrews presbyterian church markham and st james stouff ville mr wasson led a committee which investigated complaints from the congregation there is nothing against his character mr wasson continued you couldnt put your finger on one specific thing mr larson refused to comment on the resignation other than to say that it was incorrect to say he was from the us as mr wasson had been quoted we feel he really was brought up in the us presby terian church mr wasson ex plained he added that for that reason mr larson perhaps was unfamiliar with the rights and functions of the session and other official bodies of the presbyterian church in canada mr larson born in denmark admitted he bad studied in the us before his 11 months pastorate at markham he had been three-and- onehalf years at madoc the minister explained his resig nation was not effective for a month and he probably would explain is to his congregation before then mr wasson explained a commit tee of counsel and reference had taken tip mr larsons case last may and mr larson didnt keep an agreement with the committee xow the congregation comes along and says whats to be done about it and it comes before the pres bytery mr wasson added that the com mittee had felt in may that the matter was settled and the con gregation had felt in it was settled we felt mr larson was under a moral obligation and he didnt keep it lm freeman who headed a committee from the congregations to protest against mr larsons con tinuing in the charge said im friendly to mr larson but it was for the benefit of the congregation that his resignation sbould be re ceived and he agreed he is a fin christian gentleman and this ii just a matter of misunderstanding w all their teacbing at another session mr derstine spoke on divorce and moving pic tures bringing the address to a more weeks be pillar company reeve evans alloted the cater- as suggested by only jwoods markham the bride looked xotincation from the county of charming in a turquoise blue crepe ork asking councils consent tol dress and a corsage of american a proposed health unit bylaw for roses mrs j h coulson the northern municipalities was f lster of the bride was matron of not given at this time instead the an1 wore a beauvais wine clerk was instructed to write the 5 jhloispff of close with an open discussion led by rev s s shantz when the conference proper opened tuesday afternoon rev r a beach of vineland chairman presided the first business was the m storoy oacn won over 20 pomt appointment of committees re- highest of all exhibitors ports were heard from the district tn0 exhibition concluded with an superintendents rev r a beach interesting short program presided rev s s shantz and rev h s over bv president e r good lady bowlers here have fine record the ladies section of the stouff ville bowling club bave been doing some fine playing this season in that they have won three trophies and placed third for three wins out of 30 rinks for the bradley gold cup at oshawa last week this last rink was skipped by mrs wm birkett and viced by mrs gordon hydrangeamrs e baker jean lemon while the lead and second marigold mr geo in the miniature bouquet class so the winners had to be good in such wide competition this was the last mrs ross vague mrs lloyd single class in the show turnermrs win timbers and mrs pipher african saunders french marigold mrs timbers mrs o iehman mrs a paisley nasturtium anne lehman mrs e baker annual phlox mrs w timbers rose polyanthus mr f wood continued on page five markham restdent dead eightyfouryear old william h dark of markham died sunday he is the father of mrs ernie reeve also of delbert dark and is surviv ed by them and his wife roses erwin clarke brotherinlaw i of the groom was best man dur- fa health unit is set upjing the signing of the register mrs ueipahty will be assessed erwin clarke sang 111 walk be- ontario dept of health about the matter if each munici ninetenth of a mill annually but side you at the reception the wouhi have no further expenses injbrides mother received in a blue connection with health matters crc dress and corsage of pink the unit proposes to set up a w the grooms mother permanent office for the northern i s2sj sjss dr a municipalities maintain three s3s5kft doctors a battery of nurses ana motor trip hallman and rev p g lehman indicating progress all along the line letters were read from mission aries in the various fields through out the world and prayers were offered on their bohalf among the messages received was letter from dr john and mrs dr jean erb of toronto the meetings continue daily until b tait mrs st john sunday morning the attendance cosmos mrs m storrey represents every church in the con- dahlia 1 bloommrs m storrey ference delegates are billeted u mertens e r good around town and meals are served nrhlia 3 bwsmrs r rat- in the basement prepared in the 7 asters light shades double mrs turner marjory nicely e davis asters dark shades double mrs turner m xicely mrs raxlin balsam mrs turner geo saund ers mrs thomas begonia tuberous mrs d rat cliff esther davis calendula mrs v timbers mrs engagements the engagement is announced of edna viola youngest daughter of mr alfred macdonald and the late mrs macdonald of goodwood ont to william myrle westervelt youngest son of mr and mrs w westervelt of mount forest ont wedding to take place on nov 15 1017 at the home of mr and mrs earl bunston in vancouver bc players were mrs evans and mrs beare of claremont the simpson co trophy was won last week at agincourt by mrs birketts rink with mrs crossen and mrs jen nings as lead and vice the other two trophies were won by rinks skipped by mrs lemon the lyons cup at newmarket and the simpson cup presented by our own club two rinks played at newmarket last week for the mulock cup however they didnt return with the cup but mrs watts rink was high sot two wins and mrs hoovers rink was high for one win all members eligible to play are asked to remember the trebles tournament on saturday afternoon at 2 pm and to let the games com mittee have their names by friday noon this is the last tournament of the season on monday evenings there are games for every bowler and anvone interestedjn becoming bowlers last mondav evening the fruit given as prizes was donated by mr glen ratcliff claremont horses tops at detroit clydesdale horses purchased from mr and mrs f e manion wish 3 ss of claremont by to announce the engagement of their daughter margaret louise to james russell domina son of mr and mrs w domina the marriage the goebels brewery detroit cap tured the big share of the prizes at the exhibition there in the heavy horse classes they were first for c- 4wkisenutvngcornpered mr m storrey mrs walter win take place sepv wat ilsjjhownm horw oclock in christ church deer park jt u f third and at the rear of the church as an i gray extension to the building delphiritxn 1 spike mrs timtoronto fourth in class the clydesdale halter