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2900 copies this issue tottfftttllt mm single copies for sale at lemonville goodwood brougham claremont vol go no 42 the tribune stouffville ont- february 3 1j49 twelve pages veterans memorial hall ceiling going on persistency and determina tion against great odds dis played on the part of the mem bers of stouffville legion have brought this fine memorial hall into existence semiofficially the hall is now open and has been rendering service before it is actually completed monies earned go to purchase materials here veterans are seen holding another bee placing the ceiling fred castle and walter smith ill the fore ground to the right william malloy and bert clarkson are seen while we also recognize harold morden and jack skin ner left wife of former pastor brought back for burial the remains of the late mrs h m evans was brought to stouff ville from montreal on wednesday and taken in charge by oneills funeral chapel for burial the same afternoon in the family plot here mrs evans was the wife of a former minister here pastor of the flock which ranged itself under the banner of the disciple church which first began in the east end but later had their church in the west end mrs evans is recalled by our older residents and she was buried here along with a son who died years ago a very interesting horticultural meeting was held in the united church basement on tuesday evening of this week despite the cold there was a splendid attend ance mr carl james of unionville showed garden pictures mrs bramham played a piano solo mr eugene baker and miss alta fockler sang a couple duets which all helped to make the meeting a real success maple leaf juniors here thursday night therell be a doubleheader in the local arena this thursday night feb 3rd newmarket will meet stouffville in a scheduled juvenile game at 8 pm while at 9 pm the maple leaf junior winners of nine straight games in the thl will oppose the stouff ville ac communityleague team local undertaker loses great uncle herbert m asling who died in toronto this week had a slight connection with stouffville in that his mother was a stouffville girl resident of obrien avenue many years ago herbert was a brother of the late wilmot asling who lived west of stouffville for sonft years owning the present win tim bers home and acreage in mark- ham herbert asling who was in the brokerage business in toronto was a great uncle to mr l e oneill of this town but while he had these ties with stouffville mr asling never lived here and of course was little known to our residents found guilty on a charge of wounding his brother mrs parker follows husband to grave just two months and ten days after the death of her husband mrs walter d parker died in stouffville on sunday following a long period of declining health since the passing of her husband she expressed the hope that she would soon follow him into the great beyond mrs parker was in her 75th year the funeral took place from the late residence on north church street tuesday at 130 proceeding by motor to hatley where service was held wednesday and burial made in the family plot there mrs parkers maiden name was jane e kathan born in shefford county quebec of uel stock following her marriage to m parker the couple farmed in que bec and in 1023 moved to pickering township then retired to stouff ville in 1911 mrs parker was interested in church work during her active days and was a member of altona womens institute where her assistance was greatly apprec iated surviving besides an only daughter mrs robt bone of stouff ville are five sons glennes of boston merton orville clayton toronto and lawrence of mon treal the supreme court jury late wednesday night at whitby acquitted earl hopkins 27-year- old uxbridge farmer on a charge of attempting to murder hi brother marlin 32 but found him guilty of lesser count of wound ing the exact wording of the verdict returned after the jury had been out for seven hours and twenty minutes was that earl hopkins did shoot and wound marlin hop kins without intent thereby caus ing bodily harm mr justice sillily commented i think the indictment should be endorsed as unlawful wounding he said he would sentence hop kins on feb 2 his older brother marlin 32 received serious injuries on the night of nov 25 from a shotgun blast fired through the window of a cottage owned by george matt hews a neighbor evidence adduc ed at- the trial showed a drinking party had been in progress and that earl had left earlier in the evening in a statement given police the accused man had said i shot but i didnt mean to shoot right at him no definite motive was establish- ed throughout the trial in charging the jury mr justice smily observed that there appear ed to bo no doubt that earl dis charged the shotgun it is sug gested he was so drunk he didnt know what he was doing the fact of drinking does not excuse a man unless the evidence shows he was so incapacitated as to be unable to form the intent for a criminal act i dont think the defense sug gests he was tnsane that would have to be proved by him and unless it is he is to be presumed sane during the trial members of- the hopkins family including earls widowed mother testified the accused man had been acting strangely ever since his return from a western harvesting trip with marlin last summer the judge stated that alternate counts on which the jury might convict hopkins were shooting with intent to maim wounding or assault causing actual bodily harm the jury retired at 330 pm and was recalled three times for further instructions on the first two occasions due to representa tions made by counsel on points of law and on the third by the judge who wished to give them further instructions on the alternate counts at their own request the jurymen returned at 6 oclock to ask the bench is the statement given jiolice by hopkins sufficient evidence alone for the jury to arrive at a decision or this being a confession from the accused should further evidence be pro duced by the crown mr justice smily replied that the statement did not constitute a confession but must be taken in account along with all the other evidence argument over the admissibility of a statement made by accused to police occupied a whole morning session during the arguments submitted continued on page three whitchurch township office is robbed thieves still at large no clue to the identity of the thieves who broke into the whit church township office at van- dorf on wednesday night last week and made off with petty cash belonging to the ratepayers of some 200 plus a heavycarriage typewriter electric addin machine police chief ronald watts is reported to have said there were three in the gang they slopped their car right on the highway in front of the office on the 1th con cession of the township and walk ed across the 30 or 10 feet through the snow broke a window in the west and north corner and made entry after unsuccessfully attempting to open the vault breaking off the handle they finally made entry to the vault by means of a small rear window which strangely was made large enough to allow a medium built man to crawl through smashing the galls in the vault window the thieves forced off the iron bars and the rest was easy clerk john crawford had xo gain entrance this way next day in order to recover township books necessary to carry on the work of the municipality in the interium of getting the safe door open with out the aid of the handle a revolver was also taken from the office and so far neither it or the machines taken have been traced the township office is very small and inadequate for the needs of the municipality while the vault is smaller than any in muni cipalities half the size of whit church the existence of a window large enough to admit a man will likely be immediately remediedbut general enlargement of the building may have to have more consider ation it became almost an election issue when all members of council admitted that the place was inadequate for the municiaplity the size of whitchurch big tike sale now on jack brignalls big tire clear ance sale opened this week in claremont mr brignall is offering 15 off the price of all atlas tires a substantial saving if youre in neetl of new rubber engagement llr and mis norman hisey announce the engagement of their daughter lorraine to keith steckley younger son of mr and mrs peter steckley the marriage to take place quietly the latter part of february explosion blows off two fingers and thumb fred schelke passes was noted horseman fred schelke of gormley vet eran horse trainer who bred and raced shepperton one of the out standing canadianbrocls died on 1 friday in st josephs hospital finding what appeared to be ar old cartridge that had been exploded marlin grove 19-year- old son of mr and mrs russe glove stu concession markham struck the object with a hammerj following a six weeks illness when it exploded and blew two in tiie passing of schelke amer- fingers and a thumb y threads he ican racing lost an outstanding was rushed to toronto east gen- horseman who trained and raced eral hospital where amputation of horses in canada the united the damaged fingers and thumb states mexico and cuba for half was completed ja century merlin found an object in the early last december schelke barn which he thought was an old took ill on his gormley farm he cartridge but which turned out to had not enjoyed the best of health be a piece of dynamite feeling for the past three years twelve sure the supposed cartridge had days ago he suffered a heart attack been exploded he cracked the end and was transferred from the farm of it with a hammer when the to the hospital he suffered a bad explosion followed turn on thursday and friday the groves occupy the byer died from a coronary thrombosis farm just south of the wideman born in brooksburg near madi- mennonite church the injured son indiana schelkes love for young man being a grandson of j thoroughbred horses brought him mr j l byer who is so seriously to the racing industry when very ill mr grove father of merlin said the presence of the explosive in the barn is a mystery funeral for mrs james riddle to locust hill mrs james riddle resident on the 7th concession of pickering township for 30 years died in the hospital at stouffville on tuesday evening in her 71st year she is survived by her husband and two sons gordon and fred and one sister mrs roy raymer mrs riddle was the former mary ellen wolfe her father being of irish nationality and her mother was born in the usa following her marriage to mr riddle the couple settled in her native town ship of pickering and a few years ago retired to box grove the funeral will be from the funeral home of r g clendening markham this thursday afternoon clippers trim beli seniors 73 stouffville clippers trimmed toronto bells 73 on tuesday night in the richmond hill arena in a scheduled league game scorers for stouffville were les clarke with two campbell crew- son jack rumney smith and legge each one only three penal ties were suffered by the clippers markham won over peterboro petes on monday night by the score of 42 with their top line of milroy brennan and singleton featuring in the scoring sunday school is facing expansion meeting reveals temperance rally in stouffville wedjfeb 9 the north branch of the ontario temperance federation will hold a rally in the stouffville united jstoufrvillv united church review church next wednesday feb 9th the work of the past year wa at s oclock in the evening this is rev 1 davis granted two months holidays to visit he old country the annual meeting of the one of a series of meetings in an educational campaign designed to safeguard the public and strengthen youth against the evil effects of liquor traffic the speaker on wednesday will be mr royal moulton field secre tary of the ontario temperance federation in addition there will be sound films and special music by the baker hill double trio the federation feel that the big problem is the increased opportun ities for purchase of alcoholic beverages alcoholism is not only a serious medical and moral prob lem but also a serious social and public health problem young people and their friends in thi area and in all of north york are invited to attend and to make february a month to study this alcohol problem sentenced to 10 months earl hopkins 27yearold ux bridge township farmer was sentenced to ten months in jail on a charge of unlawful wounding in court at whitby noon on wed nesday hopkins was charged in connection with the shooting of his brother marlin in a house near the brock rd in uxbridge twp a charge of attempted murder had been reduced to wounding ng the work of tne past year was challenged with the inadequacy of the facilities of their building this is accentuated by the growing sunday school and the many organizations that are handicapped by the lack of suitable room and accommodation surely said rev d davis pastor we are in better circumstances to tackle this extension program than were our parents who financed the original building program slogan for 1919 is therefore preparation for expansion to do better work this church has a constituency of 310 united church families durin 19 is the pastor conducted 23 funerals 17 baptisms 15 weddings twentysix new members were added to the church roll the church treasurer reported a budget of 7672 raised for local purposes and 1536 for the missionary fund to this should be added 152 raised by the wms and s39s by the garrett evening auxiliary these two groups also packed two bales of new and used clothing for the mission fields valued at 1021 the womans association have had an active year having raised 52s their special endeavour was the modern izing of the parsonage kitchen of which they can be justly proud the sunday school is the greatest challenge with a nursery depart ment overflowing into every vacant corner and asking for more and better facilities to do thi important work we are sadly in need of better accommodation for our boys and girls said mr davis who aptly asks is it the juveniles who are delinquent or some others the cgit had a busy year even to travelling to lake simcoe for their program they had a bud- got of 278 the explorers are the newest group and a healthy one these energetic young girls could easily lie called the busy bees they raised 69 special mention was made of the excellent work of the choir under leadership of mr l c murphy and mrs c nolan during the evening mr john hammersley represent ing the choir and dr n smith the offcial board made a presentation to mr murphy of a very fine music case once again the choir brought honour to the church and com munity as they represented them at the east york musical festival the ladies provided a very delightful lunch and the men excelled themselves in its distri bution and consumption a motion of appreciation of the ministry of the pastor and his wife was unanimously adopted mr davis was given a two month vacation this summer in order that he might visit his mother in the old country who has passed her 90th birthday and still retains all her faculties messrs del jennings hedley feir arthur woods wilbur gower leonard wilkes and stewart stouffer were elected the hoard of managers young his keen knowledge of horses was shortly recognized and he was engaged as trainer for one of the leading stables across the border his first trip to canada was to woodbine park when he was training the stable of the late capt p m walker most of the training and racing of his own horses by schelke centred around the maryland tracks he trained a division of the j k l ross string and was for years with ii guy bedwell h grabner of chicago the late h c hatch henry dirks and r w r cowie were among the racing stables with which he was identi fied in his long career late last fall schelke sold shep perton and 1g other head are on stand in stud on the london farm at present sun craig sire of shep perton and other 16 head are on the gormley farm schelke con sidered chicago a horse he train ed as the best horse he ever handled schelke at one point was offered close to 30000 for shepperton but refused to sell instead he took the big chestnut to new jersey to try him at some of the better americanbreds shepperton suf- fered a knee injury and never again raced in his best form surviving are his widoy the former mabel costella and one daughter mary funeral service was held monday morning at 10 oclock in st cecilias roman catholic church toronto crucial doubleheader next tuesday next tuesday nights community hockey league doubleheader will be an important one pine orchard and uxbridge now tied for the bottom rung in the standing will meet in the first game while stouffville and brougham will square off in the second half of the twin bill the latter two are all tied up on the top of the standing this tuesday night brougham downed uxbridge 74 while stouff ville trimmed pine orchard 53 attractive westend bungalo is sold the beautiful west end bunga low of mr and mrs cliff salmon was sold last week to mr and mrs charles sisson at present residing in richmond hill mr sisson is a retired electrical engineer former ly associated with the general electric co the residence was built about 20 years ago by the late win cook and later it was occupied by mr and mrs harry brillinger both mr and mrs sisson are originally from peterboro and by a very pleasant coincidence will be close neighbours to their old acquaintances mr and mrs a turner also from peterboro who are locating in stouftville in the near future stouffville will keenly regret the loss of mr and mrs salmon who plan to move to australia within the year mr salmon haa been an accountant with stiver bros for 15 years employed at the unionville office sales to discontinue this week end this store will also be closed to from feb 7th to feb 12lh mrs i watts