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2900 copies this issue vol 60 no 40 toiiffwue mm single copies for sale at lemonville goodwood brougham claremont the tribune stouffville ont january 20 1949 twelve pages zduwual would restrict competition the toronto star the president of the ontario federation of agriculture mr it w morrison fears that unscrupulous manufactur ers will mix margarine with butter and sell it to the pub lic as butter to avoid any possibility of this fraudulent practice he argues that margarine should be a different color than butter fink or even green are his suggestions we cannot help but feel that mr morrisons sugges tion is prompted more by the special interests of the dairy farmers than the wellbeing of consumers for it would discriminate against margarine without any guar antee against fraudulent substitutions only strictly en forced laws can accomplish this the use of pink or green coloring in the manufacture of margarine while it would not alter the nutritional value certainly would make it less attractive to the consumer this seems to be the real point behind mr morrisons sug gestion in some form or other he hopes to restore the protected market for butter it would seem much more to the point if mr morrison concerned himself more with measures to increase the production of milk and therefore the manufacture of butter for an ample and cheap supply of butter would be a much more effective way of meeting the competition of margarine as it is however canadian farmers cannot begin to meet the demand to avert a serious shortage large stocks of butter are now being imported the ban on the manufacture of margarine as the supreme court ruled was without basis in law to try and perpetuate the restrictions on the butter substitute would be without justification the public have a right to enjoy the butter substitute in its most acceptable color undue restrictions of any kind should not be tolerated if we are to have a free competitive society then let us have free competition let the farmers compete with the margarine manufacturers and let the public freely de cide what it shall buy margarine or butter surely we have had enough of these restrictions not to get tangled up in new ones death comes with shocking suddenness mrs ella reist who lived with her sister and brotherinlaw mr and mrs maurus shupe in the former nelson burkholder home on main street near the school dropped dead without the slightest warning on saturday evening about six oclock she had walked from one room where members of the family were passing her brother wesley in the doorway and as she entered another room she fell and passed away in a mrs shupe and ernest steckley also her sister mrs shupe a sistei mrs david hoover predeceased her the remains were taken to new dundee for burial on tuesday it was in this district she spent years of her life rev h s hall man conducted the service held in the funeral chapel of le oneills engagements the engagement is announced of nellie elizabeth daughter of the late mr and mrs e o moore of uxbridge to daniel willis kerr elder son of mr and mrs ray kerr of toronto the marriage will moment or two mrs reust was in take iace saturday feb 5th at her 69th year death was due to a thp hnmp nf hrhw mr thrombosis born in whitchurch township she was a member of a well known family her maiden name being ella steckley twice married her first husband was the late milton hallman and to this union three sons survive namely frank dun- das harold of toronto and reginald of kitchener one daugh ter grace passed away some years ago ward hallman of dickson hill is a nephew her second husband was gideon reist who died some years ago there was no family to her second marriage two brothers surviving are wesley who lives with mr and the home of the brides uncle mr win risebrough mr and mrs stanley boynton announce the engagement of their eldest daughter marion phyllis to mr william jsandle son of the late mr and mrs j sandle of london england the marriage to take place on saturday feb 19 1919 at 3 pm in victoria square united church couple honored on 50th wedding day friends in town and from al over the country it seemed seized the opportunity on tuesday to call at the home of mr and mrs george t lee main street on the occasion of this couples 50th wedding anni versary few people are spared to enjov fifty vears together in such excellent health messages poured in from distant points and during the afternoon and evering the spacious home was filled with friends while lovely gifts were admired by all and of course greatly appreciated by mr and mrs lee among the remem brances were a beautiful tray from most attractive in the province pickering reeve w h westney new warden of ontario county f x reeve w h westney of picker- 1 ing was given anacclamation fori the wardenship of ontario county at the inaugural meeting on tues- day member 6f pickering council for eight years he has served as reeve for two reeve w h westney svas born in scarboro but came early in life with his parents to the elliott farm in pickering near the hamlet of audlev this farm is one of the the bowling club and a lovely purse from the womens institute in which organizations mrs lee had been so active those who poured tea were mrs jas ratclift mrs flora urqtfhart miss sadie stewart and mrs geo middleton attending the door were miss gertrude todd and mrs richardson three nieces served being mrs a manderson of bal sam mrs r sadler of bowman- ville and her daughter vivian and mrs dingwell of toronto mr and mrs george lee were married in pickering township by the rev mr clair and lived for a few years near whitby they spent 1g years on the old boyer farm on the 7th of pickering before retir ing in stouffville just over 30 years ago since coming to town mrs lee has been particularly active in institute work in the bowling club and in choral work george enjoyed public life too served as town councillor and took active interest in sports they are highly prized among our citizens besides mr and mrs richardson and son boyer from roanoke virginia other outoftown guests were mrs lees brother j h madill of harrow ont brother fred and two sons harold and ralph and mrs ralph madill from toronto jhl morgan of port credit and mr and mrs miles of toronto many friends from picker ing township and claremont also called while stacks of cards indicated remembrances from others unable to get here working over the butchering block in his fathers shop next the tribune office ken schell was injured on saturday when the long knife he was working with slipped and the point entered his stomach necessitating five stitches still missing goodwood physician leaves city hospital dr r e darling of goodwood who entered a toronto hospital at christmas to undergo a surgical operation has sufficiently recover ed to enable him to be moved and on monday he was brought to the brierbush in stouffville where he will be nearer home and closer to his friends during the convales cent period not long before dr darling was stricken the tribune had the privilege of an interview which we passed on to our readers and which was so favorably commented on xo dog license fixed two ratepayers in markham township were hauled into court last week charged with failure to procure a license for their dogs constable c- wideman obtained a conviction on both charges and each dog owner was required to buy a license forthwith and pay the court costs one or two other dog owners settled out of court some time ago buying a license and paying costs incurred up to time of settle ment and the present warden took over there from his father to complete its development the registered herd of holsteins is greatly admired and grains grown on the place have been used all over the province as certified seed a demonstration woodlot on the place has some of the original forest timber still standing while pines and walnuts show new growth trees william westney married miss clendenning of scarboro and they have three children muriel a dietition in st josephs hospital henry who lives in a new house opposite the home farm and margaret wife of a banker in hamilton there are three grand children councillor sprains ankle councillor r c baycroft newly elected to municipal life in whit church slipped on some ice sun day and suffered a badly sprained ankle which will confine him to his farm home on the 4th for some days at least wilmot davis passes borx ox th of pickerixg after a lengthy illness from a heart disease wilmot davis passed away last week at his home at wellington near trenton the deceased was known in this dis trict being a son of the late mr and mrs philip davis and was earn and raised on the farm where allan meyer of claremont now resides he united in marriage with mary jennings of this town who survives him along with a daughter and two sons also four sisters mrs isaac lehman mrs joseph byer of altona mrs knupp of western canada mrs campbell of hillier and one brother otto davis of minesing markham council holds discussion in committee warden westney lions to draw for xew car thanksgiving the stouffville lions club will shortly open sale of draw tickets on a new 1919 automobile the draw to take place on thanksgiving night of this year the club is engaging in extensive park improvements here as well as their regular wel fare work and the funds from the stile of this car will be used for these purposes lome b goodfellow york county warden lome b goodfellow reeve of king township was elected warden of york county council by accla mation at the inaugural meeting on tuesday he has been reeve of king township for seven years and a member of county council for eleven years reeve hugh griggs of mimico and clive sinclair etobicoke were also nom inated but withdrew john macpherson csyearoltl father of a u of t professor who has been missing since he left his whitevale home for a walk on jan 9 up to press time he was still missing the road and walk committee of stouffville municipal council ak that residents contemplating a request for sidewalks this year would advise council immediately as tenders for such work and appropriation of money will be made shonlv reeve v griffith told the mark ham township council on monday that the business of the council could be handled more expediti ously if when a matter comin before council was handled in committee form it was thereupon tried out and found to work very well if an issue is to come under dis cussion council goes into com mittee form and no other matter may be introduced until the com mittee arises and reports so often something is under discussion when a member asks some ques tion about some other matter and it often happens the first matter under discussion is dropped or crowded out when council moves to go into committee the reeve vacates his chair and some council lor takes over enabling the reeve to speak from the floor like any member of council i feel that i have been taking too much respon sibility in the chair all the time and believe the change would enabie other members of council to share that responsibility said reeve griffin when council solved itself into committee stage councillor barber was in the chair and the question of better arrangement as between the road superintendent w l clark and the other employees could be worked out the manner in which the township plows worked during the big storm at new years was questioned and a friendly discussion thoroughly covered the whole matter that it is expected will lead to better under standing dr albert sangster last of local family died in michigan last survivor of a family of seven sons born to a leading pioneer family who lived in stouff ville within the memory of a great majority of its citizens dr albert e sangster is dead he passed away at cheboygan mich where he had lived for over fifty years the late dr sangster was a dental practitioner and cele brated his slst birthday last august he is survived by his wife two sons and one daughter one of his sons is mayor of cheboygan dr albert sangster is the last of seven sons and born to the late mr and mrs robert sangster who came from england and settled on farm lands in whitchurch at lincolnville in 1811 but later retired in stouffville robert was both farmer and miller and when he located in town in 1885 he continued his activities and gave leadership to the development of the village and immediately built the sangster residence at corner of main and albert streets where his sons dr alex and dr walter sangster practised medicine for so many years it is interesting to note that five of the sangster boys brothers of dr albert all entered the profes sions they were dr alex dr walter both surgeons frank represented the bar and the youngest brother harold was a dentist and practised with the fate dr d c smith in stouffville just prior to the turn of the last cen tury then there was the subject of this sketch dr albert who practised in cheboygan for 50 years dr bert sangster had been a frequent visitor to his home town of stouffville his last call being at the time of the death of his brother dr walter sangster later when frank passed away albert was not physicially fit to make the journey only descendant of this leading family still in stouffville is mrs lane daughter of the late frank sangster mrs lane returned to town during the lifetime of her father and built a fine residence for herself in the northwest part of the village her mother who is still able to walk down town now and then lives with her councillor wants early election date in whitchurch just before whitchurch council closed its first session of the new year councillor sid legge said he was giving notice of motion that he would move at a subsequent meeting that the municipal nomin ation and election next year be held on what is known as the early date that is the last week in november and first week in december many municipalities have adopt ed the early election date although it has not done what was claimed for it namely increase attendance at nomination and voters on elec tion day as a matter of fact there were more ratepayers at the nomination meeting than in any other town ship hereabout where early elec tions are held the attendance exceeded either that in markham or pickering townships where the early date was adopted years ago the only preference we see in early elections is they get away from the rush of christmas and new year holidays unionville draws with weston 66 unionville mutuals and weston battled to a ici draw in a hard- fought oil a junior c game in unionville on tuesday night gord minton and bill boychoff set the pace for the mutuals each netting two other unionville marksmen were lyle pelch and poots with one apiece for the three daughters visitors w goodwin was outstand ing with three goals calhoon smith and jogo accounted for the others david grove markham buried on sunday retired farmer living in mark ham village david grove died at his home there on thursday in his 76th year during his active days he farmed just east and north of the village right across from the homestead where his father joseph grove farmed in his day the late mr grove married esther reesor who survives him together with three sons russell louis and frank one brother menno grove also survives mr grove was a member of the wide- man mennonite church and had been in ill health since last august the funeral on sunday proceeded from the late home to the wide- man church for service and inter ment ab smith and fred nighs- wander were the ministers in charge congratulations are due mrs alf hoover for many years a resident of church street who is living with her daughter mrs walker unionville mrs hoover reached her 80th birthday on tues day this week toronto mohawks vs stouffville clippers here this friday night breaks ankle bruce harper suffered a frac tured right ankle monday evening when lie slipped on a piece of ice just outside the door of his home he was moved to the brierbush hospital for treatment the acci dent will confine bruce to a cast for some six weeks sight wildcat in whitchurch twp frightens children f a wild cat has been sighted in jmt what is killing them two big winter carnivals are dated for february the legion will sponsor the first big night on feb 2nd while the lions club carnival is scheduled for feb 16th lake simcoe white fish will not be available at oboyles meat market this week as advertised customers will please note the northern part of whitchurch township and at least three families have reported to the town ship clerk john crawford that they are afraid to send their children to school while the men ace still threatens the school is known as thjf bogarttown or pine orchard school and miss ratcliff is the teacher mrs george hunt farmers wife said she saw the cat crossing a field while others report its cries ss something in the nature of a screech and can be heard mostly at night mr crawford said that farmers have been losing chickens but there are many foxes around and it has not been established the wild cat is described as be ing about four times the size of a full grown house cat but one has never been shot in the municipality in recent years simultaneous with the discovery of such an animal in the district the whitchurch wild life conser vation club announces a fox hunt for saturday january 22 accord ing to their display notice in this issue mr crawford who is secre tary of the club said that the hunt ing area would undoubtedly cover the district where the wild cat is believed to be he couldnt say how many children are staying away from school and the teacher could not be reached by telephone when the tribune called