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2950 copies this issue ntow twelve pages vol 61 no 2 the tribune stouffville ont april 2s 199 interested whitchurch womsn wants to know less than 4000 from in campaign for artificial goal oai ice royal commission on liquor was questioned at con vention mrs e m starr new market stands between rev a johnson new genera secre tary and rev m j aiken peterhoro reelected president ontario governments liquor policies were castigated historic unionville church seeks new ownershii up placb list where ralph connor xovc- lreaclicd liis student ser- formkr medical doctor inoiis may sill to highest i uxbridge celebrates 85 years bidder i seeks to building s markham township dispose of 70 vearoid the decision of markham town ship council to oder for sale the former old church property in unionville used as a township hall since 1027 until only a few years ago when the offices were moved across the road and the old church building left unused excepting as a public hall has brought forth great interest around unionville where the hall such as it is proved quite a convenience for public affairs some are asking the question about what the council will do when it conies nomination time where will they hold the meeting should the hall bo demolished or out of their control and not avail able well said one councillor the other day there are several halls in the township one at button- ville another at victoria square that could be obtained if necessary should the unionville hall not be available for a public meeting in any event the place is in poor condition and should undergo costly repairs before long especial ly if the township determines to hold on this building was erected in 1st9 by the congregational church people the late mark brafchwaite donated the lot plus s150 in cash toward the project the church was dedicated in february iss0 and was regarded as a wonderful accomplishment for a small band of christian workers first minister was rev c c silcox the church was occupied by the congregationalists until 1s90 other ministers in charge being rev e ebbs and rev w wihnot the building was purchased by the presbyterians and used by that body until church union in 102 three resident ministers served the presbyterian congregation during the 35 years they owned the building rev p nielwell was minister when the building was bought he resigned in 1s96 and was followed by rev c p dun can it is interesting to note that during summer months prior to mr duncans arrival the celebrat ed ralph connor a student at the time filled the ilpit and it is fun her recalled now that the noted canadian author made unionville the setting for some of his future novels rev frank rae after mr dun cans resignation in 1007 remained until 192v the time of union the church building stood un occupied from 1323 to 1027 when purchased by markham township for a place of meeting the reeve at that time was george b padget still a veteran member of the mun icipality and the deputy reeve was the late john r campbell accom modation was badly needed at that time for nomination meetings and for council sessions the church building has stood in its picturesque setting now for 70 years amid a valued landscape it was one- of ts show spots of the district with its historic vrtrecton dr horace bascom who prac tised medicine in the town of ox bridge from 1ss5 to 1912 when he retired and moved to whitby declared that youthful hoodlums should be spanked just a bit of sage advice expounded on his soth birthday scores of homes through out the township of uxbridge recall the country doctor who is now sheriff of ontario county a position he has held since his retirement from medical practice staff changes at high school three fires on church st in wee for the third time within less than a week the tire alarm sounded for a blaze on church street north twice at the pierre poultry place and on tuesday night the barn belonging to r s fenwick on the gunn property was discovered a mass of flames at 11 0 it was a total loss despite the fact firemen had trouble reaching the place with a good head of water mr fenwick was in montreal and his wife a hospital patient in toronto the children are boarded out con tents of barn included articles in storage it is believed cause of fire is unknown win timbers called for prize second time missed call it the height of fortune or mr ross e robinson who i fate or something but the name of recently resigned from the stouft- win timbers deputyreeve of ville high school staff will teach in markham township was called for ottawa next term lhe second time within a month on almonte likewise near mr resigned will smith falls with scott paul sherk who go down east also to beginning next term latest figures in the ar tificial ice campaign on wednesday morning show that more than 16000 has been subscribed this is an increase of 8000 in the hist week and shows the canvass to have averaged nearly 2000 subscriptions per day for the twentythree clays since it started the campaign is headed down the homestretch to the 30000 mark and canvassers are optimis tic that they may reach it by the end of the week in any case an announcement will appear in this paper next week concerning a meeting of the shareholders at which time the preliminary direc tors will be named and the machinery of company formation set in motion in order that we may have an artificial ice arena in operation for next winter urgency is felt to complete the canvass this week a week or two may elapse before the permanent directors of the com pany take office and they will be the men who will be empowered to enter into contracts for the job even before a shovel has been put in the ground enquiries are coming to committee men from tor onto clubs regarding the possibil ity of contracting for practice lime well in advance this fact bears out the contention that once the arena is in operation the manage ment will find itself swamped with applications for use lions invest 1000 in artificial ice stoulfville lions club gave a generous ooost to the current campaign for artificial ice when they voted to subscribe to ten shares or 1000 at their regular meeting on monday night the artificial ice arena will be a wonderful asset to the youth of the district the lions leieve and thus they heartily endorsed the project taking extended european trip mrs reg mackay of stouffville leaves today by plane for the united kingdom for an extended visit with relatives site also plans to spend some time in paris france and lmerlaken switzer land returning to canada in july mrs mackay has been engaged on the exchange for the b s tele phone co another claimed by death from old goodwood family k retirement of mrs john wllen from the staff at the end of called fotoxite at on april 11 mr he the stanley theatre on either occasion timbers name was would have been this term on account of her recent marriage stouilville will require three new teachers next term mrs annie elizabeth tripp mother of mrs stanley mall died at lemonville on tuesday and will be buried today thursday at glenarn mrs tripp survived the great age of 91 years to miss barbara chase who has delighted many in stoulfville with her singing won the powerlite scholarship at the davenport sacred music festival on monday evening the scholarship is 30 if taken in lessons or 23 cash strange things happen at night last friday night constable rusnell was called to the home of mr and mrs forfar on the school hill after mrs forfar heard some one trying the front door and later tapping on the window when she heard the tap mrs forfar scream ed and her father mr len keep ing sleeping in the other half of the double house was aroused and hastily made investigation the constable and mr keeping toured the town without succes but in the west end they lid stop a car travelling slowly without lights it contained six young men from toronto touring aimlessly about and the hour was 2 oclock in the morning- their names were taken and the car license just in case they may be wanted for questioning later j only twoweeks ago a west endj home was alarmed when a window peeper frightened the inmates and a similar occurrence up on church street was roiwrted where a ladder was said to have been used to reach a window window peeping is undoubtedly the work of some cracked in dividual who until he is caught causes no end of annoyance and fear to householders the recipient of over 200 the deputyreeve was not present probably isnt a theatre goer we dont know excepting that he did not respond to his name and thereupon the money was restored to the kitty for the next foto- xite many people would consider themselves highly fortunate to have a chance at one draw but out- west end farmer was called for the money on two occasions within a month close to this sort of luck came mrs sam fockler north of town who on april 21 heard her name called and this thursday evening will collect 273 mrs fockler won a substantial amount only last fall c e rainey uxbridge born died in ottawa c ed rainey prominent citizen of the town of uxbridge for many years died suddenly at his home in ottawa on tuesday morning this week only recently mr and mrs rainey celebrated fifty years of wedded life an incident that was accorded liberal space in the press of the district prominent in sporting circles mr rainey was long identified with the uxbridge journal during the days when that paper was regarded as the best published weekly north of toronto not only an organizer of sport such as foot ball lacrosse etc ed rainey was himself a star player and disting uished himself in the lacrosse field and as a champion runner he rose to the rank of captain in the local militia and drill instructor at the uxbridge high school he married maud kay uxbridge girl who survives him together with four daughters and two sons and seven grandchildren interment was made in uxbridge cemetery this thursday morning on arrival of the body from ottawa in a letter received from the late ed rainey only recently he said remember me to ed pennock hughie anderson and any other old friends health permitting i hope to visit you this summer vivian farm sold twice in two months it is just about two months ago since james smith sold his 100 the ieath oec on friday of acre farm which lies east of vivian john francis- da vev at the home of o james ridley in order to mr and m dudley white take over his newly acquired farm ullona member of a former well at rngwood from delos graham known goodwood family mr last week mr ridley sold his davev was in his ssth vear aml newly acquired farm near vivian iwas i t0 re in hartman ceme- to j robinson of richmond hill tery near mount albert on mon- just two months after purchasing day the property which contains 100 1 j davey was tne fourth son attractive barns and a good of the late james and mary ann house the sale price is davev of goodwood he was bom reported to be 8500 mr robinson j aldernev channel islands in sold a property in richmond hill october 1860 coming to canada and was in urgent need hence he with his parents he lived as a lxy lost no time acquiring the vivian i goodwood where the family farm when the opportunity pre- located and where his father was sented itself just how quick section foreman for 34 vears with harvey mover turned the deal can the old gtr following in the be realized when it is known that i footsteps of his father john jr he listed the 100 acres one day and acres brick old it the next day engagements mr and mrs len tait of g cedar street ajax ont announce the engagement of their daughter doreen helen to mr george alex ander showan son of mr and mrs l d shewan of whitby the mar riage to take place ton saturday may 1lth 1919 mr irvine hawley wishes to announce the engagement of his daughter edith irene to ros maynard son of mr and mrs george maynard of markham the marriage will take place on may 28th 1919 mr and mrs jas gibson an nounce the engagement of their daughter velma irene to mr allan wesley wideman son of mr soth wideman and the late mrs wideman the marriage to place on saturday may 14th take with one of canadas famous authors plus its fine architecture of the victorian days musical show you will be sorry if you miss the variety show featuring ballads modern and popular songs with a splendid array of beautiful cos tumes presented this friday night april 29th in veterans hall billie bell gregg has had is years in musical shows and vaudeville and chautauqua in usa and canada and 10 years on canadian radio chain she was the first contralto to be used exclusively by the radio corporation and was chosen to represent canada at the opening of radio city new york she is a vocal teacher and the modernists are a group of senior students be ing presented in the public this concert is sponsored by the womens institute and is an enter tainment well worth attending athletic club plan gala may 24th stouffville athletic club is plan ning for a hangup sports day here on may 2lth feature of trie pro gram will be a baseball tourna ment with two games in the after noon and the final a twilight fix ture therell be races for the littlei tots and free icecream in addition to a big bingo party in the evening therell be a band concert in the park and the public is invited to bring along lunch and enjoy the day in the fine surround ings the stoulfville baptist congre gation held their annual meeting on wednesday evening last week and heard encouraging reports from the various officers rev j k pequegnat presided the baptist congregation was first organized in stouffville in 1s73 and a church built on main street east opposite baker avenue oswald j smith 48 year record same church or under auspices of the stouffville and district busi ness mens fellowship rev oswald j smith will deliver an address to memers of this group in stouffville united church on the evening of thursday may 5th dr smith will be supported on the pro gram by a indies octette from his own peoples church tor onto on this special occasion the men of the district are invited to bring their wives or jadv friends ame nurenvrgan when this newspaper last week revealed that miss nora stapleton had recently completed 12 years as a church organist which fact later became radio news over the popular cfrb it brought forth interesting information about another church organist in this district whose shattering record of service raises the hurdle for com petitors still higher miss janet bruce so widely known in the north markham district and who resides with her brother the well known a d bruce held the posi tion of church organist at melville on the gth of markham from march 1ss7 to june 1935 forty- eight years and three months the record made by miss bruce is more interesting when it is learned that from start to finish over the nearly half century she played the original instrument it was a dominion organ and at the beginning was the only church organ on the market in those early days it was considered rather complicated and i was the only person who could play it for many years said miss bruce this made the position rather exacting for miss bruce was called to play at every event held in the church as well as for the sunday services this organist must have given many hours each week to the ser vice of her church for it is record ed that this still interesting per sonage was choir leader for thirty years during the eriod she was organist when miss bruce took office melville church was under the banner of presbyterianism but later followed into union to be come a member of the united church of canada entered the employ of the railway and became a foreman at vivian on the old stouffvillesuttori line in operation before the first great war on retirement he located on a farm north of ballantrae but on the death of his only son norman mr davey and his wife the former matilda mckeown retired in mount albert here mrs davey died and mr davey continued there alone for some years when he moved to the home of mr and mrs d white east of stouftville mrs white had spent her girlhood days with the late mr and mrs davey john davey was of a family of eight sons and two daughters born to john and matilda davey who came from the channel islands only three remain today of these worthy sons and daughters they are william davey of ottawa peter h davey and walter davey toronto all three are retired from long and honorable records in their respective callings another brother the late e j davey of stouffville also served the railway and lived to enjoy a retiring allow ance which he received for years and which only came to those who were deserving james davey the eldest of this large family died in march 1921 thomas in december 1909 richard john november 1937 john francis april 1940 edward joseph novem ber 1917 jane mrs hill decern ber 1915 elizabeth ann november 1918 the death of john davey recalls the grim fact that there has been one member of the group called by death in 1917 1918 and in 1919 births anderson mr and mrs ken neth anderson are happy to announce the birth of their daughter a sister for sharon on april 12h 1919 at general hos pital whitehorse yukon terri- lorv markham tp tax rate points higher markham township council met several times last week striving to strike the tax rate for 1919 and finally completed the job taxes will be collected in tvo instalments june 30th and october 30th while the general tax rate of 10 mills is likely to hold the county rate is advanced which along with increased secondary school rates has advanced the overall rate by about three mills the public school rates will be advanced in more than half the sections and this is something over which the council have no control although council did con vene the trustees in an effort to have them stabilize their demands this increase is to be added to the general increase referred to in the foregoing paragraph collecting taxes in two iastal- ments is new to markham town ship but it is argued that two small bills are more easily paid than one large bill likewise if half the taxes are paid in june iwnk immto wings are reduced while the second instalment may be paid with the first it looks as though there will be no discount allowed on advance payment hence it will be interesting to so how the ratepayers will react to this situation