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tottfmlle uritwttw vol 53 xo 20 the tribune stouffville oxt november 20 1947 twelve pages the last shoe horticultural president j mennonite brethren in christ gets second term change name to united missionary churches ralph flint was native of stouffville president e r good was return ed to office by the members of the stouffville horticultural society as a tribute no doubt to his hard working effort dining the past year the annual meeting and a pot luck supper was attended by members and friends in the united church basement last week for which mrs 1 1 toward ratcliit had charge of the i music and provided an entcrtain- i ing program mr gordon miller of j west hill showed colored movies taken in gardens of the scarbor ough district the election of officers was as follows president e r good vicepresident bert mil ler 2nd vicepros mrs h dixon secretary margery mortens treasurer ann lehman fi m4l lh church name and was voted full the parents another boy mi i i auk- ml hoic mi i d unqu eiationship to the e in the first war the h ogden h o klinck directors 191s9 mrs a camp potsdam ohio at the quadren nial session of the genera confer ence of mennonite brethren in christ church recently concluded at potsdam ohio it was decided to change the general name of the the death of ralph flint builder church body to that of the united ulu contractor in toronto on wed- missioriary church nesday morning this week will be the reason assigned for the learned with regret by old friends change of the church name was the stouffville a native of this conviction that the work of the town born here years ago mr church could bo more successfully flint was a son of the late george carried on in the home and foreign flint sr and was one of a family fields under the newlyadopted n twelve children only one bro- name ther now survives he being simeon one annual conference pennjpijnt of rochester mr flints wife ylvania did not concur to the passed away several years ago and necessity for the present change in i two daughters and one son survive was kill- deceased general conference of the body while it continues to use the name oiai uueuoi tiii nis-mov- known as the united missionary society the new denomination name united missionary church will link the work in north amer ica with that of the church on foreign fields tlie doctrines of the church will remain the same as formerly only major addition to the discipline is the inclusion in the articles of faith of the doctrine of tithing under the heading of general stewardship reports given at the general v conference showed that much pro- complaints were more in the been db during the nature of inquiries as to why assess- ve ninetcen mi5sio intents had beeen increased but a t t u u flrsl were considered as appeals and dealt with accordingly uxbridge assessment dp sixtytwo percent the uxbridge township council met on monday afternoon nov 17 as a court of revision of the 1918 assessment roll with sixteen com- plaints against assessment values to be given consideration some of the c ure bad beeen increased but seen here is william griffiths and the last shoe fashioned in a blacksmith shop in stouffville one hour after this act- the smitihy shop was dismantled and thus the last blacksmith in the village discontinued busi ness closing of griffiths blacksmith shop leaves stouffville without a smithy for the first time in its seventy years as an incor porated municipality in fact 50 years ago the town had three or four shops and six or seven workmen for some years only the griffiths shop has served the town and district and was the only blacksmith between stouffville and vonge street it was customary for farmers and persons with rid ing stables to come here and take the smithy out in their car in order to get their shoeing done billy griffiths came to stouff ville from his native wales back in 1911 and took up his trade with the late byron beebe incidentally mrsgriffihs came photo by johnston studio out three years later here he remained for 13 years when he opened his own shop on mar ket street which was closed last week for all time one hour after this picture was snapped for the tribune the premises were dismantled and the smithy donned his coat for the last time and went home too young to retire mr griffiths will be employed by canadian line materials at scarboro the old shop is being remodelled and will be occupied by walter smith electric welder jof january thirteen of these being new missionaries being sent out for seven appellants were represent- he first time tn0 nomination ed at court and were heard con cerning their respective appeals after which the court considered the various complaints and decided upon the merits of each two appellants although not re presented at the court were on the advice of the county assessor j hon j as well as the local assessor given i for t g time in offer some consideration as the assessors ings d h t year stalled thought after having reexamined lhan mill dollars an a the properties that some reduction rccord of 75 76 per mem00 this was 100 more than one year now has the outstanding record of one foreign missionary for every 1s5 members in the homeland a liberal arts college known as bethel college has opened at misli- awaka indiana and will be developed into a 2000000 institu york county farmers i lifelong farmer plan protest dies in 79th year the york county federation oft a lifelong resident of the district agriculture is holding a protest just north of stouffville william meeting at richmond hill on satur day evening next as advertised else where in this issue to discuss and protest the increased feed grain prices which have created such a crisis in the poultry and livestock production programs while there is some prospect of relief in the whole milk market it is felt by most of the farmers that something must lx done to stop the heavy liquidation of hogs and poultry flocks now taking place the meeting is open to all farm- era and everyone interested is asked to attend and take part in the dis cussion being made iwssible by the federation of agriculture the meeting will lie held in the masonic hall at 8 pan and will bo addressed by w j wood of alliston district director for the ontario federation of agriculture nesbitt died in the brierbush hos pital monday in his 79th year he farmed all his active days north of itown excepting for a short time south of claremont mr nesbitt had been in failing health all last summer and had undergone two operations surviving is his wife the former martha degeer lemonville and the funeral on wednesday after noon proceeded to churchill ceme tery for interment rev e morton assisted by rev hallman conducted the service and pallbearers were elmer wells alger maye walter gray stewart rae wilbur claughton and orval drewery veterans euchre party odd fellows hall tuesday 8 pm good prizes nov 25 at nomination meeting friday reeve wishes to retire the ratepayers of stouffville will could ie shown in the domestic be called on next friday evening water department only we have not to nominate a reeve and council for ha tl10 money to develop the the year 10 is also to nominate system as it should be with the irobt winterstein laid to rest in 87th year son of pioneer parents in scott township joseph robert winter stein died in the brierbush hospital at midnight on saturday nov 15 he was in his s7th year and had spent all his life in the district liv ing at mount albert and in mark- ham township before locating in whitchurch he was known as a careful industrious farmer and bee keeper and enjoyed very good health but a few weeks ago he had a fall from which he failed to re cover in 18s4 mr winterstein united in marriage with violet isobel jones and the couple celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary last july which was also their 50th year in whitchurch township his parents were joseph davis winterstein and jemima wesley both of scott township besides his wife mr winterstein is surviv ed by two softs joseph d and wil liam ross winterstein a daughter mrs allen clossen died several years ago there are four grand children the funeral took place from the late home at lot 10 con 6 whit church to stouffville cemetery rev e morton and rev gibson brown conducting the service mr winterstein was a member of bloomington christian church the pall bearers were messrs nelson winterstein of iucknow wesley hackner james hackner stephen sellers earl pipher and wilmot cook all nephews of the deceased should be allowed- in the remain der of the cases the present assess ments were sustained the new assessment increases the assessment of the township by nearly sixtytwo per cent and the assessors and the members of the council appreciate the fact that so few complaints were filed and that the great majority of the ratepayers were willing to give the new system a fair trial school trustees and a cemetery com- manent work can be accomplish missioner one of three retires each ed says the reeve year so far as cemetery commis- a great deal of thought has been sioners are concerned given the drafting of bylavs ealcu- after three years in office reeve lated to make the village a nicer a v nolan will ask the ratepayers place in which to live he says ivttti r wninv t w iiii to select a successor like all my along this line it is aimed to pre- siuiox ma bead predecessors i suppose i have not vent shacks from being built to the resident of myrtle station wil- accomplished all the things i had in disadvantage of better homes al- j cook dlwl tiiere suddenly mind to try and do for stouffville ready erected such bylaws areip sunday at the advanced age of says the reeve during the tenure difficult to formulate and toj years he is survived by his of my office it has been an enforce evervbodv seems to be in wife tho former mary hannah unusually difficult time to govern favor of such protection but noll m cook w a veteran of and to accomplish things worth all are willing to abide by them p district and widely known there while while we have had no fin- he suggests i burial was made in pine grove ancial problems we have faced the reeve says there are still cemetery on tuesday difficult ones in getting labor when many measures to be advanced for badly needed especially experienc- the betterment of the community businessmen be sure and ed labor the town is growing and and he feels that a new man at the attend the annual meeting of the thus brings forward new problems helm might accomplish more i business mens association to le one of extending the water system people like a change now and then i held in the municipal hall this and developing new hydro to meet and as the old adage sa a new thursday evening at 8 oclock the demands of the ratepayers in broom sweens clean so why not the local hydro alone we have have more new brooms depleted our reserves of 10000 to the financial statement should be m william wright resident of about onehalf that amount all this in the hands of the ratepavers at the i akeshore road toronto was money has gone into replacement this meeting and will be fully dls- in town on wednesday visiting his and now lines a similar situation cussed and questions answered sister mrs t c gotick hydro chief was born at almira dr frederick arthur gaby who served the ontario hydroelectric power commission for 27 years as chief engineer died unexpectedly friday morning at the toronto general hospital of coronary throm- lxsis in his 70th year outstanding among engineers in canada dr gaby left the hydro commission in 1931 following the election of the hepburn govern ment the new hydro commission brought an action against drgaby and three other hydro officials for recovery of 4553 claimed paid to toronto private detectives and a chicago law firm for reports on al leged attacks on hydro the action was dismissed with costs and the judgment described the allegations against dr gaby as utterly un founded and very cruel dr gaby was born at cashel markham township son of a black smith and was graduated by the university of toronto in 1904 dur ing his student days he worked on many electrical installations and after his graduation served as an erecting engineer at sydney mines ns and later was chief assistant electrical engineer at point de bois winnipeg he joined the ontario commis sion in 1907 as assistant chief en gineer and five years later became chief engineer associated with the late sir adam beck father of hydro dr gaby helped develop the pre sent ontario system of municipally owned power distribution service dr gaby became international for his work in the development and utilization of electric power re sources following his dismissal by pre mier hepburn he spent two years as assistant to the president of the canadian pacific railway for nine years he was executive vicepresi dent of the british american oil co retiring in 115 ago and one of the highest average reported by any denomination in north america chairman of the general execu live for the next four years will be rev r p ditmer springfield ohio vicepresident is rev w e manges of elkhart indiana secretary is rev f b hertzog of emmaus pennsylvania the next general conference will convene in mich igan in 1951 mrs chester brown buried at bracebkidge the death occurred on friday of mrs chester brown at the home of her brotherinlaw george brown glasgow there are no surviving relatives rev douglas davis con ducted the funeral service at oneills funeral parlor on sunday evening and interment was made on monday at the methodist ceme tery bracebridge rev mr chapter conducted the service at the grave side h 0 klinck suffers from serious fall assisting workmen to make some repairs to the roof on the former sangster property main street west mr h o klinck fell fourteen feet from a veranda on thursday and sustained serious injury it was found that he suffered most serious injury to his right hand and arm with about fourteen or more breaks that required his removal on sunday from the brierbush to toronto general hospital for spe cial surgical work mr klinck also suffered injury to his back but this is considered not so serious as the arm injury that may leave him without the use of his wrist and hand having purchased this well known property mr klinck was sujerin- tending some roof repairs when he fell apparently he landed on his right arm with hand expanded for protection which accounts for the many breaks around the wrist was an uncle to mrs of stouffville frank baker vaxdore resident apparent good health passes in sleep lifelong resident of whitchurch township living at vandorf fred pattenden died there last week at the age of only 62 years he passed away in his sleep and had not been in ill health which adds to the shocking suddenness of his death mr pattenden had served as a pub lic school trustee for a number of years and kept in close touch with municipal affairs surviving are his widow former ly delia preston two sons ches ter and garnet and throe daughters mrs e smith mrs i foote and muriel goodwood man to carry ontario farmers protest to ottawa at a meeting of the south ontario federation of agriculture on mon day night howard harper well- known goodwood farmer was elect ed as representative on a delega tion which the federation is sending to ottawa to protest the govern ments decontrol move in a sharplyworded resolution backed by more than 50 members the federation made it clear that without some assistance to farmers valuable breeding stock was certain to be either exported or slaught ered i heber down former member of pickering township council and president of the south ontario fed eration acted as chairman the text of the resolution to be presented at ottawa is as follows whereas prices for farm pro ducts were pegged during the war years and we were asked to increase production which we did with the understanding we would be assured of cost of production plus a fair profit in view of sacri fices made during the war years we feel with the removal of ceiling prices on coarse grains and con centrates that unless some relief is given production of pork beef dairy and poultry products will be drastically reduced and much valuable breeding stock either exported or slaughtered and that the remuneration for farm labor is very much out of line with fjiat being paid in other industries whew a mouse to be routed out of a car by a bit of a mouse while enroute from tor onto was the exciting and unusual experience of a local girl and a young lady from west of town who were being driven by a young man companion speeding along in the usual way one of the girls sealjed in the rear screamed as the unwant ed passenger appeared bouncing across her lap just as excited as the young girl the car was halted and a search made but the little stowaway could not le located so with knees trembling the passen gers got back into the car and pro ceeded to town without further thrill just how the mouse got aboard is not clear but it was evi dent that it was one of those city mice bent on a trip to the country to visit some cousins anglicans install oil heating christ church anglican in stouff- vihe announce that they have installed an oilburning furnace and sincerely hope that this will en courage all their anglican friends to come out and worship the anglican church is the second to install this modern heating method farmers lose 7 a hog uxbridge meeting told at a meeting of ontario county hog producers held in uxbridge last thursday and presided over by- president harper newman the farmers present called on the do minion government to lift the em bargo on export cattle to the united states and to remove coarse grains from the winnipeg grain exchange to be handled by a grain board such as is done by the wheat board the meeting also endorsed the action taken by the ontario hog produc- insiau mis mofiern iwitung mvuiuu tki 11 th rnirwi rhurch havinz installed ers association on october 31 atmitlaltyear i am newman of lornevillc reminded the gathering that in the years before the war we had specu lated markets in grain but shortly after the war wheat was taken out of the hands of the winnipeg ex change and farmers were bonused to the extent of 5 per acre to grow barley and oats instead of wheat a bargain was made to supply britain bacon under fixed prices finally ceiling went off grain and fanners now find themselves pro ducing hogs at a loss under the fixed price for export to britain this loss is about 7 per hog even if he has his own graia