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tottfftrillc tilmtw vol 59 no 44 the tribune stouffville ont march 4 194s twelve pages markham township buys heavy truck for hauling gravel and plowing snow high school boys choir stouilville motors ratcliff pinner were the successful tender- xvo honor pupils er in selling a new truck to mark- two pupils of mrs howard rat ham township on monday tne passe their recent examina ble outfit a kb8 international ap- lions in piano with honors they pealed to the council in session at marion murphv grade 2 theorv unionville m preference to tenders arvl barbara dixon grade 1 theory from eight or nine other makers congratulations to both teacher and the purchase price is s55s0 pupils deputy reeve d rumney asked to have his vote recorded against j j tv the purchase since he did not favor nusdana ana wo the acquisition of any machinery at younq sons mourn the present all other members voted for the purchase beioved mother mr fellows from the highways dent queens park was present the local community was griev- when the tenders were opened but 1 sunday to learn of the death left it to the councillors to make of mrs eldon fairies who passed their choice after discussing the away at the home of her brotherm type of truck that might bemost a mr fl fairies just east o suitable for summer and winter town on that day only in her 18th work in the township year her untimely death is a blow council then proceeded to call for to the young family and husband tenders for a new power road an a wide clrcle of friends grader since such machines must be b in sc township she was ordered a long way ahead possibly a daughter of a prominent family a year her maiden name being xelhe card councillor avin timbers and coun- graduating from normal school cillor wicks submitted the resolu- she taught in the stouitville district tion to call for tenders for the big before her marriage with her hus- machine said tenders to close mar hatki the couple ultimately took up 22 this resolution passed without farming at lmcolnville where they opposition i have lived for some years reeve griffin who presided over they are members of stouitville the- session was named in a resolu tion by councillor barber and wicks to go along with a delegation from langstalv to interview the united church and when possible were attendants at its services besides her husband mrs fairies is survived by two young sons nor- minister of highways concerning man 15 and flford 10 years of the installation of a stoplight at i age the funeral this wednesday the larigstaff corner of no 7 high- afternoon will proceed from the way and yonge street home of floyd fairies to the unit- i ed church in town for service and local couple married j thence to stouitville cemetery for at uiilllck i interment rev d davis will have the marriage was quietly con charge of the se sumated at oxbridge this week of mrs martha hollingsworth and mr more light but abijah brown by the free metho dist minister there mr and mrs brown are now settled in their home on main street on the school hill friends oiler them congratu lations mr brown is a lifelong resident of town and district while his bride has been in the locality for several years her daughter victoria attended high school here when the mother resided on the this picture was taken of the stouitville high schooi boys choir during one of their num bers at the commencement exercises this choir directed by principal i c murphy who can be seen in the foreground won tin- kiwanis music festival shield which they are displaying the boys are back row left to right keith clarke court noxon lloyd freel bill nigh percv scliell roy dows- well walter farmer murray miller front row left to right howard baker derrick chad- wick lome boadway ken noxon clematli ellas bert stoulter photo by johnston food totalling 254 tons sent out by mennonites ten carloads of food comprising of 50s663 pounds have been ship ped to needy europeans by the canadian mennonite central com mittee since december the 2j 1 ni tons are vauled at 21957905 shipments have been made up the big storm tuesday xicht monday morning folk journeyed down town in one of the worst snow storms of the winter it had snow ed and blew all night drifts were not for rats a resident of langstaff urged markham township council in ses sion on montlay to provide more light for the people in that area generally of canned vegetables untiiv i whnn all1 fnit p u b varlolis i donald cuiin who died in 1917 was throughout the storm as did the asked vm church f ttnntrv f grand into town in eliminating the rats from the the dominion and by individual hunk imlway everybody is expressing the hope geo gunn loses mother in 101st year mr and mrs george gunn church street were in toronto for the funeral of hi mother mrs ellen k gunn who celebrated her high and the storm continued to 100th birthday last june burial was rage all day and late into the night made at belleville following a ser- again vice held in toronto tuesday it settled away and by a resident of toronto for the past late evening the weather became 22 years mrs gunn was born inj clear so that wednesday the day iroquois on the daughter of the broke like the much publicized late samuel and katherine coons hollywood sunshine roads are she was of uel stock the being quickly opened so that little greater part of her life was spent interruption is being felt to traffic in belleville where her husband the cnr maintained their service milk producers favor opening own plant for surplus mik members of toronto milk produc- i ers in session at unionville last week approved of the suggestion that the toronto association estab lish and finance a plant to handle j surplus milk that is milk which the dairies cannot handle in their nor- ma distribution the members visioned a possible surplus of milk i in a short time which is a seasonal occurrence from the toronto association word was received that in negoiiat- i ing with the truckers an agreement of a rise of two cents a can was i agreed upon effective february 1st i the district association will head up the organization and canvas i markham township on behalf of i the appeal for european children i who are starving for food schools are being organized to aid in the work the meeting was told and every farmer was warned to expect a call from helpers in a few days arrangements are in progress for the annual banquet which will be held in april mavxalill- harmon on saturday february 2s 1948 the marriage of margaret florence daughter of mr and mrs george harmon stouitville and allan ray son of mr and mrs george may- nard of markham was solemnized by rev herman of markham gladys maynard sister of the groom acted as bridesmaid and tom keeble of toronto was best man the reception was held at the brides home where about 35 guests were present the couple will reside in markham 9th of town whitchurch just north ofi they eat my boots gobble up my potatoes and then they drown themselves in my neighbors well said mr matthews who declared he killed two of the largest rats ever thought to be in canada only last sunday it was said that the rodents might without a doubt it was the i be attracted to the locality by a largest crowd i ever presided over garbage dump nearby where city at an auction sale declared auc- garbage is hauled to a piggery and auctioneer stands before biggest crowd at mt albert sale tioneer alvin farmer speaking about the big sale held last week on the farm of willis harrison mount albert there was renewed interest in horses and the seven head realized an average price of 10250 the best animal bringing 200 while a 2yearold colt sold at 13750 top prices for cows touched 110 for a durham milker while pigs were high in price suckers ss25 and a sow and eight pigs 115 indicated that farmers are not hitt ing new born pigs on the head as the story goes in some quarters a mil tractor on hard rubber was knocked down to a markham township farmer for 995 after spirited bidding advertising for the entire sale was handled through the advertis ing department of the tribune and the big crowd indicated that a thorough job was done not all cleaned up by the swine til go to the provincial pig in spector if something isnt done concluded the goodnatured spokes men sounding the deathknell of the rats reeve griffin promised to have the matter brought to the attention of the board of health it was understood that the matter of more light was not for the bene fit of the rats and in any case would be brought to the attention of the district hydro office flew to the soo ox rriek holiday mr glenn ratcliff flew from malton to sault ste marie last week where he paid a visit with our former townspeople rev and mrs d macgregor the 500 mile jour ney home by air was made in an hour and a half mr ratcliff states families made 15 shipments three shipments have been sent out from the kitchener warehouse alone since january c j rempel manager of the canadian central committee said today during january workers at the warehouse on scott st packed 65 tons for shipment twentyfive tons went out this month another ship ment of some 30 tons is expected to go out next week following up a shipment made feb 21 judging from the amount of food mrs charles hart in failing health for the past four years and having spent the last fourteen months confined to her bed nellie hart beloved wife of charles hart died at her home at victoria square on monday feb 23 in her 59th year a daughter of the late james and martha dymond she spent till her life in york coun ty the funeral service was con ducted by rev e currie and burial took place in victoria square ceme tery left to mourn her death are her husband three daughters mrs m jarvis dorothy mrs h hill thelma mrs w rennie mar- jorie and one son leslie c also two brothers and two sisters and mrs gunn received a telegram that this is the last snow of the from premier king on the occasion i winter and we trust too that their i uiveegiandchiklren sharleen and of her 100th birthday wishes come true ig- fudf elyn hart she also displayed interest in church organizations and was a life member of the womens missionary society surviving are three daughters mrs nell armstrong mrs adele tims and airs charles wills all of toronto and two sons george gunn stouflville and donald a of bellville besides her husband she was pre deceased by two daughters mrs emma sinclair seattle wash and mrs jean i gunn the dear departed highlights commencement ottawa train crashes grader at locust hill alreadv sent pes nromises to be i i v former super- aneaco sent uio pi onuses to u ln of the toronto general one of the record years in the hospita aml on0 son gunn of amount of aid extended by the comn mittee to the needy overseas regular duty every mennonite family in can ada contributes towards the project and canning for the overseas ship ments has become such a part of the work of a mennonite household that it is being regarded as a regular duty shipments of clothing are also being continued with workers hurrying to finish packing 12 tons for shipment within the next two weeks small consignments of clothing have already been sent out since january to england and poland destination of the new shipment is not vet determined by officials i when a privately owned road maintainer equipped with a snow vo m r ahrvfif plow sfajled on the railway tracks gect g hbag at locust hill sunday evening it inivniimi ncniv was crashed into by an ottawa co ogdeis bound train but all the 200 passenv certainly am not in favor of gers escaped injury from the wreck- instituting a garbage collection for ed maintainer which was demolish- stouitville said councillor ogden ed and thrown many feet from the to the tribune if the time ever impact untimely death of mrs fred chamberlain the death occurred on fridav feb 27 1918 of susan jane cham berlain at her home 72 chester ave toronto the deceased had been ill for six weeks with internal trouble brierbush hospital closes big year statistics show and was in her 55th year the late mrs chamberlain a daughter of the late george and comes when sucha move is made j elizabeth wagg was born in uxi patients and six babies in the hos pital indicating that the institution small army of rabies horn here last year largest private hospital in the northern part of the county of york stoulfville brierbush had 7337 hospital days in the year just closed according to government repoit just issued by the hospital there were 311 patients admitted to the institution during the year while another 109 arrived at the hospital by way of births six of these were stillborn and only one infant death occurred there were is adults passed away and 3s7 patients were discharged which in cludes the babies born indications of the popularity of the stouflville hospital and apprecia tion of its services are evidenced by the fact that 109 births this past year stand against s7 the previous year at the moment there are 20 tne big road outfit plowing snow it should start with the ratepayers bridge township in may 1917 sh for the provincial highways dept whom i do not think would wariijwas united in marriage with fred rick c chamberlain and the couple farmed for a number of years in the was crossing the tracks when the to bear the expense at this time point of the plow stuck in the rail mr ogden said that he merely and stalled the engine refore the mentioned the matter at the last surrounding district eight years driver william e warren aren- council meeting but not with the ago the fainilv moved to toronto dale could get started again the idea of promoting such a course from the farm now occupied by train was along he jumped to he also pointed out that he would joan lewis east of stouitville safety inot countenance taking the work is filled to capacity quite a few patients from distant points have had to be refused admittance in past weeks because of the crowded condition that exists mrs malcolm superintendent and her staff are hard working people these days a total of sixtyseven diplomas certificates and athletic awards wore presented to students of stouitville high school at the annual com mencement exercises last friday and saturday evenings chairman w f riches of the board of education addressed the gathering each evening and on fri day night presented the following with honour graduation diplomas margaret brown jas maunder warren moyer kenneth noxon and duncan smith and graduation diplomas to betty black leonard black audrey bell roy dowswell audrey good carl grove betty miller court noxon erline pais ley phyllis pugh albert smallcy bert stouffer carol weldon kay williamson and ruth windsor on saturday evening mr riches presented the following with inter mediate certificates alice barkey margaret barry beverley beach lome boadway harold brown jean brown phyllis clarkson don ald davis archie forfar elda gray roy heise margaret hisey jean hodgson erla holden wallace james joanne lamb patsy leh man connie lewis edna lintneri murray memullen janet noxon fay oneill herberts simpson donna stouffer murray wagg and lois weldon the following received athletic awards from the hands of miss resident on the ninth concession goodyear mr pherrill and mrf markham just south of stouff- sherk members of the staff local y for nearly thirty years mrs field day awards junior marion div1 bovd passed away at her lights out in north bay mr arthur lehman old stouit ville boy writes from north bay to inform the tribune that much larger places than stoulfville find it expedient and advisable to do without street lamps after midnight in an effort to conserve hydro in north bay mr lehman says the street lights are turned off at one oclock in the night and the saving has proven so satisfactory that no daytime shutoffs are anticipated stouitville council has approved a similar move here should the occa sion demand it at present street lighting is from g30 in the evening until 5 oclock jn the morning stouffville consumers have done so well in their program of conserving current that it may not be necess ary to make further cuts so far we have just about reach ed a ten per cent cut by voluntary appeal to the people if the record can be maintained for another two weeks it would appear that the most serious phase of the situation will be over 9th line farmers wife mrs boyd buried on monday reed and allan anderson inter mediate jean miller roy ward and donald davis senior helen goudie and court noxon interschool awards junior girl marion reid intermediate boy roy ward senior girl erline paisley senior boy kenneth noxon highlight of the program of music song and dance was a oneact comedy by stanley houghton en a flare but could not attract the atj tention of the engine crew in the rirths storm bartholomew mr and mrs force of the impact sent parts geo bartholomew are happy to of the grader flying through space announce the birth of a daughter a piece of steel cut a telephone pole at the brierbush hospital stouff- in two and demolished a railway ville on sunday feb 22 191s a switch standard the train was de- sister for janet laved more than two hours the smith to dr and mrs neil c beamish construction co owners smith stouffville on thursdav of the road outfit had another plow february 26 10js at the rriev- on the beat the next morning after bush hospital stouffviile a son the accident donald mcfarland y ada and six brothers frank and george of stouffville and dis trict alex of uxbridge james of alliston john of scarboro jet and william of orangevlie the funeral service conducted by rev garbutt of stbarnabas church was held tuesdav afternoon from thetrul funeral home nephews of the deceased were pall bearers interment was made in pine hills i cemetery maternitv ward also a machine called the new autoclave which is said to be last word in mechan ism for sterilizing instruments hark from bc ross mcmulien and allan moore returned home thursday night thev made the trip home from wil liams iake bc by bus coming through the states the large gathering which attend ed was entertained to the full by the choruses of the various school choirs the folk dances and pyra mids and tumbling by the boys the costuming and makeup were in charge of miss campbell and miss davie the folk dances miss goodvear pyramids and tumbling mr pherrill mr robinson and mr sherk the play mr pherrill vocal music mr murphy home there on lot 23 thursday february 20 in her 72nd year na tive of goodwood district she was the former sarah bertha todd daughter of the late sam todd at the age of 17 she came to work in stouffville as a domestic and was employed at the mansion house with frank miller for years after her marriage to david boyd the couple started farming for them selves and mrs boyd enjoyed good health until of recent years vhen she was more or less ailing be sides her husband there survives three sons and one daughter wil liam of tottenham ralph and carl of stouffville and madelene mrs john lewis of stouffville a son bruce paid the supreme sacrifice in the war mr george todd of goodwood is an only brother the funeral on monday afternoon proceeded to markham first bap tist church and cemetery for ser vice and interment rev j k pequegnat pastor conducting the service