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two sections totifmlc unburn fourteen pages vol co no 36 the tribune stouffville ont december 23 194s first section stricken in the postoffice at claremont mrs geo scott expires overcome by a weak spell while in the claremont post office on monday afternoon between four and five oclock mrs george scott prominent resident of the village died at her home about two hours later she had been about all dav as usual preparing for the coming christmas festivi ties of the home born in pickering township her maiden name was minnie pugh after her marriage to george scott prominent and highly respected citizen of this district the couple took up farming on the 8th conces sion of pickering where they remained for long years they retired to richmond hill but later transfered their residence to clare- mom where mrs scott was active ly associated with the life of the church and community she was a member of the united church womens missionary society and a group leader at the time of her death and seldom missed a meet ing owing to indisposition in health she did not attend the last gathering however some years ago mr and mrs scott celebrated fifty years of wedded life besides her husband there survives the mother four sons thomas david gordon and peter another son dr wm scott predeceased his mother mrs scott has one sister living mrs wm miller of pickering village the funeral on wednesday after noon seemed to have been attended by almost everybody in claremont while many friends from the sur rounding district were also present the service was held at the late home conducted by her pastor rev i e kennedy interment was in the cemetery on the 7th conces sion where members of the family found their last resting place winning horse owners at christmas show the finality of horses shown here on tuesday at the christinas show was very high and classes were nicely filled but the crowd was not very large disagreeable weather dampened the interest of many the results of the judging was heavy draught t a wilson lumber co cannington vince baker stouffville heber down brooklin light draught vine baker heber down t w wilson allen lewis stouftville harvey schell stouffville percheron or belgian jack woods aurora harvey schell wilmot shea manilla roy hall oshawa harvey schell amateur harvey schell wil mot shea harvey schell allen lewis ihorse team vine baker t a wilson heber down harvey schell wagon horse and harness roy hall 1st and 2nd rest clyde in show t a wil son vine baker heber down t a wilson best percheron or belgian jack woods w shea h schell jack woods pony michell class roy hall fred connor henry hanover man wins legion austin car the new austin motor car given away by the stouffville legion on tuesday evening following a ticketselling campaign that lasted four months went to g e allen of alliston an employee on the han over post when called by telephone by lloyd weldon allen expressed extreme surprise as might be expected he promised to be down here on friday to receive his prize and produce his part of the ticket the car was sold to the veterans by charlie ward local agent the lucky ticket was sold by wallie nickolson who will receive 50 prize wallie did a great deal of selling along with the manager george saunders who constantly pushed the sale from the first day to the last thus making it the success it proved to be funds were earned to pay for much of the work going on the memorial hall reeve a v nolan was given the task of conducting the lucky- draw before a filled hall at 1 a very merry christmas its christmas again and in countless homes everywhere families and friends foregather everyday cares forgotten in the joyous fellowship of this ancient and hallowed festival for christmas is real abiding through centuries of change through good years and bad years glad symbol of peace and goodwill on earth everywhere the stouffville tribune management staff christmas market termed a flop crowd small due to various causes the annual christmas market in stouffville held on tuesday was very poor indeed both from the standpoint of attendance and in the amount of produce brought here for sale by i fanners one merchant said the affair was definitely a flop and unless the merchants did something about it in a more serious way next year the day should not be called christmas market any more weather conditions were not the best it snowed all morning next thing to rain and the street was mucky few farmers were about in fact the crowd on main street monday morning was larger people said everybody was waiting until after dinner for the horse show when a big crowd was hoped for however at two oclock interest was still lacking the grocery stores were rather idle and no store was overly crowded although there were a few scatter ed buyers despite all this general stores reported good business ratclilf co have given up buy ing poultry and the merchant purchasers were the three butcher shops visiting these places it was revealed that little poultry came in buyers had been through the country and picked up the poultry privately the reporter saw only one nice lot of geese for saie at the curbside and these went individually to private buyers at iac a pound butchers were quot ing and paying from 60c to 05c but as one butcher explained we cannot afford to pay the retail price to farmers unless we can buy wholesale and deliver to customers lit retail the business cannot go on another buyer bewailed the lack of accommodation no market place no prizes and no friendly cup of tea for visitors these are the things that make other centres popular on market day however some merchants are doubtful about the value of a market day they take the view that without a big jam on one day the buying is better spread over the christmas season thus we have the two ideas it is likely that ere another christmas rolls around the issue will be settled shall we have a big day exhibits in memorial hall and free lunch for farmers supplied with tickets by the merchants as christ mas gifts or shall we proceed on an even way of things good store displays competitive prices but no socalled big days whats happening in whitchurch this week nominations for the office of reeve and for councillors in the township of whitchurch for 1919 will be received next monday at vandorf between the hours of one and two oclock in case an election is demanded it will be held on tuesday january 1 there are still rumblings of an election possibly a contest for all offices ivan mclaughlin is men tioned as likely to oppose l j harper for the deputyreeveship but will not be certain until mr mclaughlin gets before the rate payers in the public meeting that follows the nominations fred tim- 1 bers is also being urged to come- appeal for aldred is dismissed the supreme court of canada had rejected the appeal on behalf of young aldred from claremont who was sentenced to eighteen years for the slaying of the mal vern store keeper the young man was spared from hanging because i he entered the store for the pur pose of stealing and had no fire arms on him the gun was proj duced by the unforunate deceased william cowan and obtained in a uitle by aldred this indicated that killing was not premeditated however the highest court in canada considered the long sentj forward it is pointed out however that it would be unfortunate if all coun cillors fight for deputyreeveship since only one can win and the others would leave vacancies on the council that would all have to be filled by new men then there is another line of gossip which says that earl toole may be seen back in council next year no doubt he could readily gain a seat and would be heartily welcomed back into public office mr toole went through to win the wardenship of york county only a few years ago bringing great credit to his municipality and to himself reeve l p evans is reported to be standing for reelection and will be opposed by deputyreeve ed logan poultry prices here on tuesday farmers received 05 to 75c for what few turkeys were brought into stouffville early this week geese realized 00c to 65c and ducks sold at anywhere from 45c to 55c with very little fowl offered chickens brought the farmer 55c to goc a pound on tuesday for market less than a ton of poultry was brought into town for saleagainst eight and ten tons a few years ago for christmas market 2900 copies 11 pages this issue bus truck collide 35 students unhurt high school students from zephyr district bound for uxbridge escaped with a shaking up when their school bus collided with a truck just outsidp the school gates on monday about a dozen were thrown to the floor but none were injured i had about 35 students for the uxbridge high school on board said albert hockley driver i think the truck must have skidded on the slippery road it did about 100 damage to the bus the truck was driven by cliff gold- stone uxbridge prov constable f johnston investigated leaving for belleville church friends farkweli baptist church friends tendered mr and mrs bruce stover a fare well party at the stover home on obrien avenue on tuesday even ing on the eve of their departure next week for belleville where mr stover has purchased a bakery business the stovers were pre sented with a lovely mirror as a remembrance of their days spent la stouffville and in the church bruce stover began his baking career with his father ambrose in the stouffville bakery after taking a course in this line at the agri cultural college in branching out on his own behalf he will have the best wishes for success of many friends here a dead cull charlie connor gth concession farmer comes up with a yes answer to the query in this paper last week did you ever see a dead sea gull since they are around at times like a cloud in the sky someone was moved to ask why more dead gulls are not seenl mr connor recalls that he found one in one of his fields last year it had a wing spread of nearly five feet and was lying dead after be ing seen around quite alive some davs before thieves steal rural mail boxes in vivian district midnight on tuesday he said that encc iri p justified while he was privileged to draw the ticket from the drum himself choice fell to miss ixiis neville he would call on a young lady at whose parents live in the sangster random from the audience the apartments engagement mr and mrs nelson sanderson announce the engagement o their daughter thelma to robert hock- lev on of mr and mrs chas hockley uxbridge the marriage to take place early in january no less than three rural mail delivery boxes were taken from their mooring on rural route no 2 stouftville during the night of mon day according to a report received at the local post office tuesday the boxes were taken from owners who live on cherry street adjoining the vivian forest almost opposite the main lodge on the grounds owners could not account for the boxes being removed from the posts and those who suffered loss were messrs neilson elliott and clarke whitchurch police chief ronald watts is investigat ing and an inspector from the dominion government is expected to take the matter up it is a seri ous offense to steal anything per taining to his majestys mail only a month ago still another mail box was stolen on this route when the box at the farm of peter saboratti ballantrae was taken it is presumed that mail boxes are stolen with the hope of holding them for resale a vain wish say police since they would be easily traced and the sale of mail boxes in this manner extremely hazard ous the rural mail courier on route no 2 stouftville is myron ander son he was unable to report whether any mail was stolen along with the boxes or not however it was more than evident that it was boxes the thief or thieves sought since taking mail would have been easy to accomplish without taking away the box so far as could be recalled at the local police headquarters this is the first case of stealing boxes on record from any of the routes running out of stouftville and it is doubtful that the removal of four boxes within a few weeks has a parallel in the province prize rooster and 140 hens stolen while farmer at concert during a christmas concert at atha friday night chicken thieves struck twice at neighboring farms and escaped with 110 hens and a prize leghorn rooster at the farm of ernest carruthers on the eighth concession of pick ering township the take was 20 rhode island reds 30 leghorns and the rooster murray dunkeld whose farm is two miles southwest of claremont lost 90 plymouth rocks both farmers and their families attended the concert and did not return home till shortly before midnight the thefts were rejxjrted to police next morning the thieves visited the farm of alex robinson neighbor to the carruthers farm and left the stable door wide open but they got no chickens mr robinson had sold a fine flock three days before it must have been pretty easy for the thieves all they had to do was unlatch the henhouse doors and cart the birds away it was snowing heavily during the even ing and that was enough to cover any car tracks said constable frank godley of the ontario pro vincial police pickering township police are cooperating in the in vestigation