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tottfftnue rtbttne vol 16 no 9 authorized ai second class mall pest office department ottaaa the tribune stouffville ont jlne 17 194 two sections 11 paces christian church conference reports ministers are on all circuits vigorous preaching and hearty singing characterized the annual conference of congregational-chris- j tian churches in ontario conven ing at ringwood last weekend and concluding on sunday evening president gibson v brown wel comed the delegates on the open ing morning and briefly reviewed the work of the conference and pointed out thai every circuit now had a minister stationed rev dr robert bruce superin tendent of the new york confer ence of some 350 churches deliver ed two sermons on sunday that struck profoundly at the hearts of the large congregations assembled he was supported by the ringwood male quartette the altona trio and mrs dan filyer in the service of song the church was also packed for an evening service when miss pl coghill christian worker and tra veller spoke at a similar ses sion dr maurice zeidmah deliv ered an address on his trip to po land one evening was given over to the young peoples groups and were led by the kingston delegates the election of officers resulted in the return of rev gibson brown as president and of the chief execu tive officers they are as follows president rev g v brown vicepres rev john moran kingston clerk rev c h way toronto treas wm reesor stouffville mother stricken in j international officer kitchen dies instantly installs lion executive i 1 mm rev gibson v brown was ac corded a second term as presi dent of the conference con gregational christian churches in ontarioeonvening last week at ringwood ual life 2 failure to recognize marriage as a hollowed and divine institution resulting in unhappy homes separ ation and divorce is becoming en tirely too common children born under such circumstances seldom receive any spiritual or moral guid- the ladies of ringwood who ser- lance but are allowed to drift into ved the meals in the large tent to channels of godlessness and conse- delegates did a splendid work anc quentlv do not develop into desir- were the subjects of flattering re- able citizens marks 3 the use of beverage alcohol according to the press and radio the old enemy of body and soul is reports as well as our own almost almost inseparably associated with daily observations we have reason all other forms of crime and degra- to seek some remedy to counteract union and we believe it is directlv the low standards of the social and or indirectly responsible for the moral activities that prevail in our greater part of the misery and midst said the report on moral re- crime of our day according to sta- form submitted by albert reesor tistics the consumption of alcohol- court records confirm the fact ic beverages in canada is growin that crime is on the increase and year by year a great percentage of criminals are v therefore recommend that comparatively young men and l that all members of our con women and in many cases mere ference as well as those of other boys and girls denominations take a firmer stand let us consider just a few of the against sin in its many forms ever outstanding factors contributing to the aforesaid conditions li sunday is fast becoming a holiday and no longer respected as a holy day we believe we are liv ing in the time referred to by the apostle paul when he said men shall be lovers of pleasure more than lovers of god without doubt desecration of the lords day and neglect even on the part of many church members to attend and par ticipate in public worship is having periences in the philippines while a demoralizing effect on the spirit- rel work builv engaged in the pursuit o lion jack smits will head the her household duties about 5 pjnj stouffville lions club for the year on thursdav afternoon mrs ed- 194849 and he along with other ward limner resident on main j officers was intaled on monday street for some 30 years swooned over in the kitchen of her home and died instantly present in the home at the time was a daighterin law and two tf her sons bruce anci george mrs lintner had carried i on a normal liays activity and had not complained of illness the doc- tor pronounced death due to a thrombosis j the body was removed to oneills undertaking establishment and the- funeral on saturday was held pril vatelv from the stricken home in the east end where the mother seemingly only hours before was about her daily task rev j k pequegnat baptist church testified at the service to the loyal qualities of the mother and to her long years of service as a sunday school teach er only the sunday before her death she had taught her class of girls as was her custom down through the years j born in stouffville nearly 58 years i ago ruth burkholder was married 3j years ago to edward lintner from the home of her parents mr president bruce puts in first call to the tribune over new telephone system crank telephone passes out today for the past several months the at two oclock pm on wednes- bethesda si stouffville telephone day mr a d bruce president of co have had men engaged along the bethesda and stouffville lele- with the local mechanics installing phone co formally opened the new the mechanism for a more modern switchboard at the exchange oihee and speedier telephone system and in stouffviuc by calling the reeve this wednesday afternoon the of the village with reeve nolan changeover took place no longer on the receiving end president need one ring for central if you bruce said have a town phone just lift the jhis is a d bruce talking as receiver and the hello girl will- president of the bethesda vv stouft- espond when vou hang up the rei ville telephone co i greet you as ceiver the disconnection is auto- reeve of the village and inform malic and you need not ring off you that 1 am now speaking to you as quickly as possible workmen from our new switch board will be around to remove the cranks evening in the regular meeting a the high school by international and mrs aaron burkholder the counsellor i ion reg fveratt the newly installed officers are pres jack smits 1st vice l c murphy 2nd vice harold spbfford 3rd vice ted edwards lion tamer harry ratcliiv tail twister norm farr secy fred campbell treas norm baker directors bruce clark john scott trum baxter reg button the distinguished visitor lion everatt was introduced by lion ted edwards musical entertain ment was provided with miss stal- wood at the piano young couple took up farming near dunbarton in pickering but return ed to town in a few years and mr lintner became the blacksmith at ringwood later coming into town to form the business so long known as lintner griffiths and which was dissolved during war days mr lintner has been working at ajax ever since on the day of his wifes death he reached home very shortly after the tragedy surviving the mother besides the husband are six sons charlie ed ward harry bruce roy and geo and one daughter edna four other children died two in infancy mrs walter miller of stouffville is an only sister and five surviving bro thers are rev oscar burkholder and clarence burkholder of bres- leau ont orval ira and ralph burkholder of stouftville beautiful floral tributes from friends of jhe family attested the esteem in which the deceased and her family are held in the com- munity six sons acted as pall bearers and interment was made in stouftville cemetery remembering the power of example 2 that we utilize every oppor tunity to lead our community our nation and the whole world that together we may enjoy closer fel lowship with god and his son relief work in philippines rev rav witter of kansas will visits brothers and sisters for first time in fortyfive years an interesting figure in town this week is mr ab s barkey of san pedro cal who is visiting his bro thers and sisters messrs isaac and ed barkey mrs nancy lee and mrs truman grove none of whom he had seen in 45 years mr barkey is a bus driver in san pedro and while he travelled con siderably up the west coast he had not contacted any members of his family i just cant connect stouftville i of today with the appearance of the there were 120 entries for thel town as i had il in mind said flower show in town on tuesday mr barkey to the tribune some- conducted bv the local horticultur- h from the phones and in the mean time be sure not to ring jiist lift the receiver it is injurious to use the crank on town phones so please remember a circular letter sent out by the company advises if vou are on a party line in town it will be necessary to lift the re ceiver and contact central to get the other party on your line you can not ring them direct any more persons with rural phones will carry on as usual by using the crank to ring central new direc tories will be issued shortly and will contain a series of new num bers for town phones thirtysix exhibitors at flower show al society coming from some 3i exhibitors president good presided ram th 1 sneak in the heise hill church nexp over an entertaining program th sj tf n v thn 7 nviocif winners house plant bloom mrs sunday june 2u at tne ociock t nt- ca -m- nio no mm monk nn hie cv lehman mrs ogden m mer- service he will speak on his ex- nlants blooml mrs dogs folds raid four sheep in whitchurch spring lamb may be catching the fancy of dogs in whitchurch since no less than four claims for sheep killed by dogs was presented to whitchurch council on saturday fortunately none of the attacks were of serious proportions wihnot brown george brewery and chas dennie each were compen sated for one animal killed at 10 and s12 each and james rae was paid for two 25 elmer wells was awarded 5 for killing one dog mak ing an attack mr vein davies appealed to coun cil to provide more police protec tion at musselmans council had been considering increasing the summer force and advised mr davies that the matter would have attention two applications were filed for the right to open a riding school in the municipality in the one in stance council refused a license on the ground of location and in the case of martin boyd a license was granted with the understanding that routes for riding would by pass township roads where riders would present a danger to travell ing motorists and to the riders themselves milton focklers tender far dump ing privileges was accepted at 100 per year a similar dimming place is being sought near wilcox lake for the west side mr focklers dump will serve the centra and easterly side of the township the owner will supervise the dump and its opening should eliminate the growing nuisance of persons dropp ing refuse on the roadside in bags cartons and parcels which is illegal the council decided to institute chemical engineer tens 5 house plants bloom mrs m storey house plant foliage mrs o burton mr 0 lehman mrs o lehman iris 1 spike mrs w timbers mrs o burton m mertens 6 spikes jean pipher mrs timbers ross vague basket jean pipher mrs dixon mrs ri- dout collection mrs timbers mrs vague mrs woodland peonies white jean pipher mr lamb mrs w slack pink mrs h wideman mr lamb p stover red lome gillion anne lehman jean pipher any other p stover miniature bouquet special prize p stover 1st mrs dixon mrs b winter- stein mrs timbers roses mrs ogden mrs ridout basket of mix ed flowers special prize mrs tim bers 1st mr timbers mrs fairies jean pipher basket of any other variety mrs timbers mrs wide- man anne lehman lupins mr timbers m mertens mrs fairies shrubs p stover mrs fw oster- dahl mrs fairies pansies mr c lehman mrs ogden mrs farth ing dining table bouquet mrs l forsyth p stover jean pipher livingroom bouquet jean pipher mrs fairies mr dixon modern mrs c pipher mrs timbers m mertens how it is just like a strange town to me so far as the buildings go now he continued a resident of san pedro for 30 years he has made his main occupa tion on the buses but being a natur al musician he played in orches tras for years and his brother isaac recalls that he was a musician before he left home as a young man our guest married a girl from the state of maine and she will be here shortly to see the birthplace of her husband just now mrs barkey is visiting her home state when mr barkey met his siste mrs grove he didnt recognize her in fact he admitted he wouldnt have known mrs lee either had they met on the street beauty queen to be crowned wednesday girls have you got your entry in yet for the beauty contest being staged as part of the big stouffville lions club carnival and dance next wednesday night theres 35 for the first prize luckv miss and 10 for second 5 for third all girls hi and over are eligible send your entry in writing or telephone to bruce clark reg button chas nolan or ted edwards stouftville deadline for entries is tuesday night at midnight al harvey will be on stage the wwb orchestra and games galore over s50o lucky draw prizes are being given away to help boost the lions wel fare funds this is in fact the first call re ported on opening for regular ser vice the reeve congratulated the pre sident and his company on their progressive policy of improvement in keeping abreast of new mechan ism in an effort to meet the stupen dous demands of new subscribers and a talking public the cutover was in charge of mr r manswell connecting company supervisor of the bell telephone and the operators were trained by miss geraldine stouffer under the supervision of miss louise burton district instructor toronto the new switchboard was con structed and installed by the nor thern electric co limited with foreman g g bell in charge of the installation the company wishes to acknow ledge their indebtedness to the officials of the bell telephone co of canada who so willingly cooper ated by advising and from time to time inspecting the progress of the work at system of a tight game reserve be adopted in the central part of the township there will be a meeting of the game wardens on june 22 to discuss the issue hence no action was taken reeve l p evans presided over the cashbasis fot indigent pers ms th meeting and members present heretofore the voucher svstem were deputy reeve e logan and has been in use but it entails end- councillors fred timber and ivan less work and accomplishes utile mclaughlin councillor harper good over the cash basis of relief was unavoi absent relief for last month totalled 1031 mrs hazel bacon and donald recent graduate in chemical engineering from the univer sity of toronto dean fockler shown here is a son of mr and mrs elmer fockler of whit church township dean has taken a position with colgates palmolive co john hare aged 88 called by death well known figure in the mark- hamstouftville district for three- quarters of a century john hare died suddenly in the brierbush hos pital stouffville on friday in his soth year he had just been taken to the hospital a day or two and was about town here a week before his death mr hare was born in south markham of pioneer farmer par ents and he himself farmed on the sth concession of markham andj later lived in markham village and in stouftville he married sarah hoover sister of mr lud hoover of stouffville she predeceased him nearlv 15 vears an only son louis also is dead and a grandson jack hare survives them the funeral on monday afternoon this week was from the parlc rg clendening markham pro ceeding to stouffville cemetery for interment manv old friends paid win first home softball game stoultville defeated greenbank on tuesday night in their first home start of the uxbridge softball cir cuit jack epworth was on the hill for stouffville with dan finlayson and harold morden alternating be hind the plate the balance of the local lineup was lstb h morden 2nd ted cadieux 3rd wally nich olson ss jack barkey cf bill nicholsonlf llovd jennings wal ter siackrf bill peacock lou rax- lin ross and ward edwards are also on the local roster the next home game here will be on juno 2lth when the team meets ux bridge outdook concert public school princial c e watson and his staff of teachers and the scholars too were being highly commended for their effort in staging the big concert friday evening which marked the closing of the school term the scholars acquitted themselves admirably and the splendid attendance indica ted the interest and appreciation of the townspeople the affair was held on an improvised platform at the front of the school building the setup worked very well in the absence of a proper auditorium in the building farm eks gathered musselmans lake last friday june 11 the york county junior farmers held what has been termed their most enjoy able annual picnic and dance yet at musselmans lake with the new sehomberg club very prominent in all the activities each of the seven locals was represented in the vari ous athletic events and a group of over goo danced to the lilting melo dies of glenn smiths merrymak ers in the colourful cedar beach gardens in the evening going north two members of the tribune staff wilbur gower pressman and ken jennings compositor are tra velling with the ontariojuebec press party this week to timmins and other points in northern on tario where they will have a look at some of the big lumber mills and hydro projects there they were accompanied at the business ses sions of the convention in toronto on thursday by chas nolan assoc editor who is a director of the ontquebcc weeklies councils unite to build asphalt surface on the 9th engagements mr and mrs lavern cairnsgood- wood wish to announce the engage ment of their eldest daughter ruby margaret to mr melville howard albright claremont marriage to take place in the early part of julv mr and mrs alvin cowie wish to announce the engagement of their youngest daughter norma jean to tpr herbert robert bruce son of mr and mrs frank herbert of whitevale the wedding to taks place june 20 1948 the engagement is announced of hazel annabel youngest daughter of mrs hamilton and the late walter hamilton of brougham to kenneth percy bent son of mr and week was from the parlors of mrs percy bent of oshawa the marriage to take place quietly on saturday june 25lh ben langlev and ernes smith also mrs david watson and miss appealed to council not t abandon mvrtle watson were guests of misses j their last respects to this owtimer the game reserve setup and dr lillian and jean dowswel in tor- by being present for the service o f vannostrand suggested that the onto on sunday at the graveside the quarter mile of road on the ninth concession the east side of which is in the village of stouft ville and the west side in the town ship of whitchurch will have an asphalt top built on it this summer if the decision of the two councils is carried out the cost of about 750 will be shared equally by the two municipalities while the township has plowed the snow and did the grading on this bit of townline highway be tween the two places stouffville has applied gravel and did the oil ing maintenance is almost impos sible today with the heavy traffic on a gravel surface and the village took steps to secure the cost of a heavy treatment of tarviaand chins double that applied to other streets in town on saturday reeve nolan presented the figures to whit church council and il was agreed to proceed with the work when the beamish construction co are doing musselmans lake chips small stone will be supplied for the work by the stouffville sand gravel co and thereby many dollars will be saved on freight costs whica have soared to serious heights a class of good buildings are go ing up on both the whitchurch and the village side of the ninth and a dust free road will encourage this kind of construction further as the dust nuisance is bad there fur ther farmers complain about the constant disrepair of the road which will also be eliminated total cost of the job will be 715 or s37250 for each municipality which seems most reasonable con sidering the fact that the public will be provided with a road surface that will be some pleasure to travel receives ba robert megillivray second son of mr and mrs john megilli vray of mount albert and for- merry of glasgow graduated this year with the degree of bachelor of arts from the uni versity of toronto robert is now on the staff of morse ps the american peony society are holding their international exhibi tion at guelph on june 24 a picnic is being arranged for that date by the horticultural societies of this district at the ontario agricultural and college where the gardens on this is the oniv tarvia topping greenhouses could be visited the that will be built in town this sum- international peony queen will be mer but many streets are being j crowned at oclock the local rovt final meetimr of the cubs made readv for the treatment next society would like to arrange a wcchdav jun ad t t or when a future council de- bus if possible notify m merteas wi termines to do the work phone 220 before friday night on school