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lip 0t0tiffwlle mmkmm vol 61 no 12 the tribune stouffville ont july 7 1949 local honey crop looks like a total failure according to present estimates of keeping bees in hives rather the local honey crop will be the an hunting them in the forests c i but once developed the practice lightest harvest within the recol lections of the oldest bee keepers j l byer sons when contacted by this paper admitted that they would have practically no local honey but because of the expanse of their business they will have honey from other counties where the drought had not dried up the flowers and clover crop the byers look to madoc district in hastings county to supply them with any honey they may obtain since their hives in that area give better promises than any other district in a normal year new crop honey comes from the byer apiary about the 15th of july it has been said there is no new thing under the sun and this is certainly true of beekeeping which is known to have been a flourishing industry in ancient egypt 4000 bc and probably much earlier in very early times bees appar ently lived in the natural state building their nests in hollow trees or other suitable cavities in warm climates such as india the nests would be found hanging from the branches of trees wherever the nests might be they were hunted for and robbed of the honey and wax they might con tain because in ancient times these commodities were highly prized it would be interesting to know how man first conceived the idea probably spread rapidly no doubt the first hives were hollow sections of trees in which swarms of bees had established themselves the hives used by the ancient egyp tians were hollow tubes made of clay and since that time bees have been housed in almost every con ceivable thing that could hold them virgil spoke of hives made of wands and a similar hive or skep made of straw is still in use in european countries the first instructions on the care and management of bees were given by plato aristotle virgil and others living just prior to the christian era these instructions were copied and handed down with little or nothing changed until about the middle of the seven teenth century when swammer- dam a dutch scientist devoted part of his life to the study of bee behaviour during the latter part of the eighteenth century francis huber a blind swiss naturalist with the help of his servant francois burens laid bare most of the secrets of the hive but it was the work of the rev l l langstroth of philadelphia who invented the first top opening movable frame hive thus enabling the beekeeper to study his bees and control their activities at will it was his invention that marked the beginning of modern apicul ture the timbers reunion was held saturday stouffville july 2 the 15th annual reunion of the timbers families in canada was celebrated on saturday in ratcliffs park while the family is not deeply rooted in canada it has blazed a record in the agricultural world as having members among the best plowmen in canada and the us matthew timbers father of the famous plowmen insisted that his sons plow a straight furrow and he taught them the art the original timbers of which the clan has record is john and mary in norfolk england they had ten sons and daughters matthew was the first son to migrate to canada following a sister who had settled here he located in scarboro but soon took up land for himself at mongolia in markham he married sarah walker of armadale who proved a wonderful wife they had six children mr win timbers the eldest is the deputyreeve of mark- ham township a younger brother fred is a councillor in whitchurch and both are plowmen of note fred won the canadianunited states championship while win of recent years has been an acting departmental judge of plowing all over ontario fred won a trip to england because of his prowess and wins son bob won the same trip last winter another brother frank lives at locust hill mrs balsdon of newmarket and mrs fred mortson of whitchurch are two sisters one other brother died of the ten sons and daughters born in norfolk two remained in the old land one of the boys coming to america one became a methodist minister in the us and was expected to fly over for the reunion however he faded to arrive uncle joe another of the lads now 85 came up from arma dale to join the celebration gordon timbers of aurora is president and mrs fred mortson mary timbers is secretary being a school teacher foi many years she proves a good secretary and keeps track of the clan member ship and records ted williams who spent his early school days in town at the home of his uncle the late rev c e macleod has been successful in passing his normal school examinations standing among the top 20 students out of 400 ted has ibeen appointed to the staff of hester howe school in toronto and will be distinguished as being the only male teacher on the staff sale of arena stock mounting the first block of shares in stouff ville arena limited the new artificial ice arena here has been sold salesmen are now continuing to sell shares to cover the cost of the ice plant work on which will be started shortly prospective buyers are being urged to invest both on the grounds that the con cern will be one of the finest assets the district has had in many years and on the frfct that every arena of this kind within fifty miles show handsome profits which bids fair for those investing in the local company tenders on the artificial ice plant are to be in company hands this week from the six interested ice manufacturers if the local arena should be the only one of its kind functioning in the area next winter hockey activity for the district will no doubt centre on this artificial ice and this is a very definite possi bility in this event the local firm should find their plant a most lucrative undertaking state com pany officials power hand saws are bringing the thousands of feet of lumber on the job quickly into shape and the construction of the bents and truss work is progressing steadily patrols street but misses gunmen constable rusnell patrolled main street in the very early hours of monday morning after receiving a warning that four armed men had attempted to rob the service station of john brooks son on the 10th of markham at no 7 highway no suspicious characters were picked up here and the wouldbe robbers made their escape brooks said the four men called him about 1 am and asked for a gallon of gasoline his son roy went down to get the gasoline and as he bent over to lift the gallon can one of the men struck him on the jaw my son yelled and i rushed down to see what was wrong he said we grappled with the men for several minutes and although they had guns they did not fire any shots then tney fled to a nearby car there was a driver in the car and the men jumped in and sped down the road brooks said police constable e j sheppherd markham investigated neck broken in whitchurch sunday diving into three feet of water at preston lake vandonf on sun day afternoon robert griffin of victoria square struck bottom and broke his neck he is in york county hospital and his condition is said to be fair the 21yearold man is just out from england four months he had gone with others to the lake and was rescued by bathers other wise he might have been drowned dr c rose of aurora was sum moned and attended the stricken man mrs john madill eldest at reunion about sixtyfive members of the madill clan gathered at stouffville memoriah park for their annual picnic mrs john madill of stouffville received the prize for the eldest lady present little connie tate of orangeville received the prize for the youngest person present prizes were given for each event of sports after a very bountiful supper served by the refreshment com mittee an election of officers was held for the year 1950 officers are as follows president clarke bunker stouffville vice- president william madill 136 shanley street kitchener secy- treas mrs bert petty markham bring your child for that free portrait at carload groceteria opposite the clock tower this fri day no obligation to buy any thing former baptist pastor died at age of 84 active in the ministry of the baptist church for 52 years rev w harris wallace died in toronto last week in his 85th year- he suffered a stroke 10 days ago until a few weeks ago he frequently served as pulpit supply he was pastor at stouffville prior to the turn of the century or thereabout born at arbroath scotland mr wallace came to canada in 1886 and spent some time in training in ymca work in dundee he first settled in winnipeg where he was appointed a ymca worker he attended the university of manitoba and later was gradu ated from mcmaster university ordained in 1897 in the old bloor street baptist church his pastor ates included st thomas weston belleville stouffville barrie ottawa coaticook que and tor onto surviving are two daughters mrs trevor smith and dorothy wallace both of toronto miss erma dowswell and mi3s patricia stallwood are attending a six weeks summer school course at hamilton fire threatens cottages at musselmans lake tries out with montreal royals bob hassard vho has been a standout performer with stouffville intermediates has been in toronto this week trying out with the montreal royals who are currently in a series with the leafs hassard poled several long ones against montreal relief pitchers in his turn at batting practice on tuesday elderly man att g local brigade called out to fight two grass fires on sunday afternoon the scorched earth last sunday created a serious fire menace in the country and the stouffville fire men were busy all afternoon work ing hard to stamp out disastrous fires in whitchurch and markham townships around two oclock in the after noon they were summoned to the farm of charlie forsyth to fight a blaze on his lands on the 10th concession of whitchurch three acres of hay had been overrun 40 rods of fence alongthe railwayand 5 telegraph poles burned when the fire laddies were summoned by tne cnr to stop the runaway fire which they did after a tough fight against smoke and heat the cnr was appreciative and will reimburse the brigade for their be ascertained work instead of leaving it to the township taxpayers fire is said to have started from a passing train just after refilling their 250 gallon water tank at a town hydrant following the forsyth fire the siren sounded again and the boys still assembled on main street rushed to the farm of james brig- nail 10th concession markham where another grass fire was over running the farm it had been going since morning but was be ing fought by hand methods when the fire got into stumps and under growth outside help was sought and it took a real water soaking to quench the stubborn blaze the heavy fire engine travelled over the fields to fight at close quarters cause of this outbreak could not bank manager retires after 37 years service on the termination of a three weeks holiday which he is now enjoying mr a g thompson will retire from active banking he has been manager at stouffville for seven years preyiously at camp- bellford for the canadian bank of commerce it is thirtyseven years since mr thompson first took up banking as a youth being first with the standard bank which later amalgamated with the canadian bank of commerce during his managership in stouffville mr thompson took active interest in many public undertakings he is at present a member of the high school area board and served as chairman of the stouffville board of education prior to that in fact before he came to town he served in this capacity in campbellford covering in all a period of 25 years likewise mrs thompson has been interested in other pursuits be sides her home she is now serving as president of the synodical society toronto and kingston of the presbyterian church which meets weekly in toronto mr and mrs thompson are on their vacation spending holidays sisteks and brother reach great ages of a family of ten children born to the late rev samuel doner and mrs doner pioneer workers in the mennonite church during the last century four still survive and one of them is a resident of stouffville mrs priscilla lageer church street although s3 years of age is the youngest survivor one of her sisters is mrs elizabeth schejl of stayner aged 98 another is tklrs fanny heisey of toronto 93 while a brother samuel doner of luse- land sask is 90 members of this remarkable family planned a reunion this summer member of pioneer stouffville family blake sanders dead acked by round hog two or three acres of grass was burned over at musselmans lake on saturday evening which threatened to engulf some fifty cottages on the davey estate owners of cedar beach dance gardens a fortunate wind blew the fire in the opposite direction from the big hall and the stouff ville brigade protected the cottages and finally got the blaze under control i was standing right there but couldnt see what started the fire in the long grass said mr george davies who explained it was only a yard or two in size but in a flash it raced through the long dry grass over acres of ground two acres were in flames when the brigade arrived and the breeze was heading it directly to the cottages the fire engine was able to race up and down ahead of the flames and subdue them with a fog nozzle using water from the stor age tank on the engine in half an hour the fire was under control but it took constant watching for some time against fresh outbreaks mr davey treated the fire laddies to refreshments at the booth when the heat of the con flict was over this was appreci ated said a member of the brigade since the alarm was sounded at the mr nathan tarr albert street while walking along the 9th con cession of markham was attacked by a ground hog which he beat off with his cane the animal bared its teeth and came right for me declared mr tarr who could not understand the strange action of an animal he had been familiar with for 70 years or more and never knew one to attack before 1 believe i must have walked between the ground hog and its young opinioned mr tarr the over 80yearold man had walked down to his old farm south of stouffville and was returning when he had the thrilling experi ence he had bent down to tie up a loose shoe lace and strewn along the road were clumps of grass where the men had been cutting roadside weeds he kneeled on one while tieing his shoe and had completed the task when he eached for his cane and rose to his feet at this moment the ground hog bounded right at him from in front mr tarr struck with his cane and landed a whack right on the hogs nose with such force as to whirl the little brown fellow completely around seemingly more enraged it bared its teeth and came for mr tarr again fearin his cane would not hold out ant fortunately seeing a maple limb at hand he grabbed this and struck again wit good effect i never stopped until i killed the ground hog although it retreated to the ditch after i gave several blows said mr tarr those who are very familiar with the timidness of ground hogs are of the opinion that the little brown fellow got mixed up and thought he was cornered for only then will he offer resistance to anything not a very speedy run ner he is very willing to use his legs to get away from danger at all times in any case mr tarr is sure he would have been severely bitten when the animal made for him the passing of john blake sanders at his home on second street this tuesday morning at 8 oclock was a matter for general regret a town boy born and raised in the village and who spent all iu v c his days here mr sanders was a with their family at their cottage memneiv of a pioneer family t tow gon of tne mr ami mrs john sanders blake was born in stouffville 65 years ago and was an outstanding figure in lacrosse days nearly fifty years ago when this town carried a champion team in business he was associated with his father in the coal trade and in very recent days became town assessor which he gave up due to declining health he was active in all progressive movements for the advancement of the town he married evelyn stratton who survives him together with two sons jack and william of stouff ville and one daughter ethel mrs cecil carpenter of sutton and by six grandchildren also surviving is a brother william local photographer another brother united church minister died in western canada the funeral will take place this thursday afternoon from the chapel of l e oneill at 230 oclock for interment in stouff ville cemetery rev d davis will conduct the service on weslemkoon lake cow and baby beef brought 26400 at chalk lake sale top prices were realized for cattle at the auction sale of spence bros property at chalk lake east of claremont on monday top cow with baby beef at side sold for 26400 with heifers going at 21500 and calves 5500 the cattle were grade herefords and poll angus they had all been stabledfattened and were in prime condition a sow with seven pigs two weeks old brought 19600 the ford tractor not new but in good condition sold for 80000 a rubber- tired wagon and rack 10000 side- delivery rake 18000 disc drill 30000 and cultivator 100 hay baled in the field brought 30 per ton buyers were on hand from con siderable distance messrs wade son of pickering love of lind say and frank bennett of gorm- ley being among the prominent buyers mr bennett purchased over m0000 in cattle the total amount of the auction was 8500 ted jackson of port perry was the auctioneer with messrs john scott and ralph faulkner acting clerks births wagg mr and mrs leo wagg stouffville are happy to an nounce the birth of their daugh ter shirley elaine on friday july 1 1919 at the brierbush hospital stouffville considering unit here public health again the fourteen northern municiior five townships decide against palities in the county of york are the scheme the cost would be more considering the formation of a than a mill to those who agree to health unit under which a permaj stay in that is getting up to a supper hour and several of the boys missed their meal to respond twice with its teeth showing had to the call he not beaten it off nent medical officer would toe employed together with necessary nurses sanitary inspector etc to operate the unit undoubtedly such an organization would do more thorough work for the children in our schools than the present hit- andmiss arrangement where busy medical officers of health give what spare time they can to look ing after the general health of children it is not likely when the fourteen municipalities meet this thursday that all will go for the health unit at least not enough of them to warrant the project going forward for only eight or nine places cost could be too high for in a scheme of this kind there must be many people in order to keep the costs down fact that the ontario gov ernment will pay half the cost is not sufficient in itself to encourage eight or nine municipalities to form a unit if the cost to those places is unreasonable one mill on the tax rate of any municipality figure that may induce the reeve or deputyreeve to frown on the scheme stouffville is likely to enter the unit where the costs are kept within the mill if a health unit is formed local officers of health sanitary inspec tors and local nurses now engaged by individual municipalities would toe relieved of their positions or taken into the unit a drainage expert would serve the whole area in york and with this becoming a mounting problem in most places his services would be appreciated no doubt as would those of a sani tary inspector who would check the various municipalities in the unit at frequent intervals at least one medical officer would toe on full time duty and schools would be tabulated and the health of the individual child is checked and with the nurse on full time also much help would be rendered the parents in caring for the health of their children these things cannot be done in a small way thus units tne tax rate ot any municipality ue none in a snian way uius uiimsi would be the limit of charges if by counties are being formed all the fourteen enter hence if four over the province high school exam results announced 175100 116674 iii 50s c 5059 in a few cases of grade xi and nil students may be permitted to take the work of the next grade where failure was not too great grade xi 1 alice barkey eng ii hist ill geom ii lat c fr c chem ii margaret barry eng ill hist i geom i chem ii french c paul barry eng c hist ii geom ii chem iii lome boadway eng c geom i chem ii clarkson phyllis eng ii hist ii geom ill chem i fr c elda gray eng c cherh hi fr c ag sc c patricia haley eng ii hist ii chem ii lat c roy heise eng c alg c geom c chem iii margaret hisey eng i hist i geom ii chem i lat i fr u erla holden eng i hist i geom i chem i lat i fr ii wallace james hist ii geom ii chem c lat c patsy lehman eng ill hist c geom ii chem ill lat ii fr ii connie lewis eng ill hist iii geom ii chem ii fr c fay oneill eng ii histrl geom i lat i fr ii murray mcmullen eng ii hist ii geom i chem i lat c fr ii donna stouffer eng ill hist c chem ill lat ii fr ii murray wagg eng c hist ii alg ill geom c chem ii fr c lois weldon eng c hist ii geom c lat c fr c grade xi barbara bagg eng ii hist c alg i lat ii fr ii ag sc iii joyce barkey eng ii hist c ag sc c shirley bone eng ill hist c alg c ag sc c bruce margaret eng c hist c lat c fr c ag sc c john davis eng c hist c alg c ag sc c vera doust eng i hist ii alg i lat i fr i ag sc i jean empringham eng ii hist c alg c lat ii fr iji ag sc c norman fairies eng ii hist iii alg ii lat c fr c ag sc i clarence fockler eng c hist ill alg ill lat ill fr c ag sc ii agnes forfar eng ill alg ill lat c fr c ag sc c norman fretz eng i hist i alg ii lat i fr i ag sc i donald green hist c alg c lat c ag sc c jessie harding eng i hist i alg i lat i fr i ag sc i charlie hill eng c alg ii fr c ag sc iii lloyd hoover eng ill hist c alg ill ag sc ii bud lehman eng ill hist ii alg ii lat c ag sc c barry mackay eng ill hist c alg c ag sc c barbara mccreight eng i hist c alg c lat ii fr ill ag sc c willard moyer eng ii hist i alg i lat i fr i agc i janet noxon eng ii hist i lat i fr ii ag sc ii murray redshaw eng ii hist ii alg c ag sc ii barbara smith eng ii hist ii alg ii lat ii fr ill ag sc ii ronald smith eng c hist c alg c ag sc- c alma steckley eng i alg c lata c fr ill ag sc c shirley steckley eng i hist ii alg i lat i fr i ag sc i george timbers fr c dean watson eng ii hist ii alg c lat c fr c ag sc c betty wideman eng i hist ii alg c lat ii fr ii ag sc c allan winn eng ill hist c alg c lat c fr c ag sc ii keith clarke hist iii grade x i marion atkinson floyd doner helen hisey murray pip- her ii ruth atkinson pauline barkey barbara dixon lome emmerson james hewlett isobel mccreight douglas mcwhirter clifton morris helen paisley jean rae edna sanderson ronald smith ronald walsh ill roger black arlene bolen- der helen campbell donna keep ing june steckley keith steckley marie stover c allan anderson grace barry robert bruce douglas card ernestine cooper clifford dun- keld gerald heath doreen ogden phyllis spofford margaret steck ley grado ix i james bodendistel eldon brillinger reg cox david hoover billie murphy eddie murphy walter oboyle doris steckley glenn thompson doris whitty mary wideman ii ray atkinson florence continued on page 4 v