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bhe 0tottffoille zteftmue vol 61 no 16 the tribune stouffville ont auoust 4 1949 muir family bound for china rev frank muir and mrs muir and two children are now enroute to western canada where they will visit her parents in alberta then proceed to the pacific coast in august on their return to the mission field in china during their furlough in canada mr muir was minister to the stouffville christian church people bertha reesor at journeys end 82 yrs on same farm when the funeral cortege bear ing trie body of miss bertha reesor left her farm home at lot 7 con 5 scarboro just below the mark- ham townline at cedar grove on tuesday all that was mortal of this devoted daughter of the soil passed out the farm drive and gate way for the last time after over 81 years of coming and going had she lived until the 12th day of november this year miss reesor would have reached her 82nd birth day and every one of those years have been spent on the farm there where she was born she followed a devoted life and held member ship in the little white church as it is called but officially in church records referred to as the risser mennonite church in the southeast corner of markham since childhood to the very end she enjoyed membership there the church was built by tier grandfather who donated land on the corner of his farm and who was its first preacher he was j e reesor but since he died the year before bertha was born she never knew him she could recall how ever every other minister beginn ing with a son of the first pastor who was appointed the year she was born her father being a saw- miller he made all the coffins in the early days for the increasing num ber who were laid away in the church yard bertha reesor died in the brier- bush hospital at stouffville on saturday july 30 1949 where she had been taken only a few days before her death she was a daughter of simeon reesor grand son of the original peter who came from pennsylvania and her mother was susannah nighs- wander like her elder sister bertha never married although a third daughter in the family emma became mrs sammy ramer all three girls are now dead and of four brothers only one survives david reesor who left the homestead where bertha died back in 1930 to live in markham he is 79 and still very active bertha spent all her long life on the farm for after the death of her father she was possessed by his last will and testament of certain comfortable living quarters and a garden plot which she cared for actively until this year when declining health set in her brothers who have answered the great call were tilman menno isaac mentioned in seniority of their ages the reesor farm at lot 7 con 5 scarboro has been in the family since 1820 one john hall obtained the crown deed and grandfather reesor acquired it from hall soon after now the third and fourth generations occupy the fine acreage mr and mrs russel roesor russel married faye hoover and they have one daugh ter merna the farm is across the road to the west from the well known woodland park the funeral on tuesday after noon this week left the homestead after a house service conducted by abram smith for public service at the reesor church a mile or two eastward from the farm where thos reesor veteran minister and fred nighswander also a preacher conducted the service interment was made in the family plot in the church yard pall bearers were messrs albert reesor ora ramer trampled by pony markham girl taken to hospital margaret michell fourteenyrold markham girl suilered head in juries and concussion on monday at port perry race track when trampled by a pony she was taking part in a sports day event j to aid the port perry community centre when a boy riding a pony ahead of her fell from his mount the girl veered to avoid him fell from her own pony and was trampled by another pony she was taken to oshawa general hospital by ambulance after receiving first aid from dr m b dymond hospital authorities said later that her condition was satisfactory margaret has been a horse rider ever since she was five years old and has won several cups and trophies for her riding in the same race 13yearold bert beckett of unionville received abrasions to the left hip when he was thrown from his mount the leading horse veered in front of beckett causing him to rear up throwing young beckett to the ground marie waller 16 daughter of mr and mrs c s waller of seagrave rr2 was knocked down when she was struck by a horse ridden by bobby leggett 11 son of mr and mrs w r leggett as he was coming into the infield dr r s irwin of port perry said the girl was slightly shaken up she was moved to her home life was young and gay in days of peg top pants remember the good old days when ladies squeezed their necks into tight collars four inches high when men had to take off their boots to get their trousers on or off because their cuffs were so small and when gramophones with flower horns were the latest a western reader sends us a report in which he says my father somehow managed to have a reminder of those days for at the bottom of an old trunk i recently found a t eaton com pany limited mail order catalogue for the spring and summer of 1912 able to bring wistful smiles to old lips and loud guffaws from young throats the battered book is positive proof that things have changed in the 37 years that it lay hidden it was 1912 saskatchewan was then a fledgling province just seven years old and walter scott was its premier the world was living in the shadow of a war cloud that was to break two year later king george and queen mary returned to england from a visit to india at the south pole captain robert falcon scott and his party of four fellowexplorers died from cold and starvation and on april 15 the world was electrified by the news that 1595 lives were lost in the icebergchilled waters of the north atlantic after the titanic sank such are the events that the old book recalls to those whose mem ories go back to the year that the duke of connaught visited saskatoon the year that the water filtration plant was installed the street railway system con structed and the pavements laid the year that men worked here 10 hours a day for 30 cents and meal tickets cost 450 a week imagine second avenue if every woman wore a 1480 plumed hat 19 inches in diameter and a 150 waist of fine white lawn elaborately trimmed with plauen lace and fine tuckings with a tight collar that sheathed the neck from collar bone to chin imagine those ladies in high button boots that hugged ankles that were seldom seen because of long slim skirts that featured the habit back and the panel front the best mens suit in the book cost 25 the finest ties of ameri can silk were only 50c each when knotted around stiff linen collars that could be had two-for-a- quarter a dress shirt was 1 as was a pair of overall pants and hats sat high on top of heads often covering toupees that were adver tised with before and after pictures for 2750 for the farmer eatons best farm wagon complete with 28inch double box spring seat neck yolk and whiffletrees cost 7583 de livered in saskatoon harness for a team of oxen cost 985 and for a team of horses 3750 with continued on back page unionville resident laid to rest the funeral service for mrs dukes widow of john dukes unionville was held in the clendening funeral parlors at markham on friday afternoon rev w s butt conducted the service mrs dukes who was 86 years of age was born in norfolk county england and came to canada with her parents in her early childhood she spent the greater part of her life in unionville her husband be ing an expert drainer and her children attending the unionville public school her husband and a younger son thomas predeceased her many years the oldest son george who was so well known throughout this district as a clever mechanic and electrician died of heart trouble less than two years ago she was a member of the anglican church and a person who had a high standard of life and was much respected she left a family of four sons and two married daughters name ly hiram toronto james toron to victor unionville robert cooksville mrs e hawkins and mrs kathleen scott both of tor onto one brother mr alfred rush of unionville also survives the inspiration of her love her guidance strong and sure her kindness and her loyalty these blessings will endure albert davis dead lived in district for 87 years one of the oldest men in the district albert e davis died at his home in altona on monday following an illness that had made him a bed patient since last feb ruary mr davis was in his 87th year and enjoyed good health all his active days albert davis was born in the stouffville district and at one time operated a draying business in town his father philip davis was the undertaker here 60 years ago and made the coffins for those he buried his shop is the old build ing still standing at the entrance to the cemetery from main street albert davis married martha ann hunt who predeceased him in may 1940 surviving are five daughters and three sons they are mrs joe wild of holland landing mrs ed davis of glasgow mrs robert hook markham township mrs james mcdonald of brooklin and miss esther davis at home and jonas and willis davis of picker ing township and ernest in whit church where he is the township road superintendent the funeral on wednesday after noon from oneills funeral chapel j kenne weredisturbing thtpeace in stouffville proceeded to stouff- and tnat the daily burning of ville cemetery for interment rev gibson brown conducted the ser vice and the pall bearers were all grandchildren namely clayton fred george gordon thomas davis and walter hook employees pension plan discussed for pickering would benefit fourteen messrs aird and morley of pickering insurance representa tives discussed a possible pension plan for pickering township employees with the municipal council on tuesday council asked mr cyril morley to prepare figures for a pension plan to include the road men there are six office employees and eight road employees representatives from the pro vincial fire marshalls office spoke to council regarding a proposed fire area or areas for the township frank prouse township building inspector tabled july building figures for the township showing as follows 16 dwellings valued at 50500 six summer dwellings 6850 and four garages 1900 making a total of 59250 council agreed to grant mark ham fair board s50 to cover grants for 1948 and 1949 a petition from 25 dunbarton ratepayers was tabled claiming that dogs belonging to the burt former boy returns winston laidlaw elder son of the late rev thos laidlavv pastor of stouffville united church prior to the pastorate of rev d davis was in towrr on tuesday for several hours winston is circula tion manager for the evening tele gram having just been moved from the north baytimmins district to york county he is now a married man with one child manure was deteriorating the value of property in the locality council did not grant a license to mr burt and instructed the clerk to request him to remove the boarding dogs theres nothing more annoying than a bunch of yapping dogs commented deputyreeve disney weve no kennel bylaw but we dont need one when theyre a nuisance said reeve westney council agreed to give the owner 30 days to remove the dogs road accounts for the month amounted to approximately 4025 hospital and welfare accounts passed for payment amounted to 71676 which included 54639 relief contingency accounts amounted to 213460 elmer annis broken front south of first con received 46 for one sheep killed by dogs and one lamb ross irwin chairman of the pickering high school area board and sid pugh another board member discussed the pro posed new pickering high school with council the site as selected and approved by the dept of education is adjacent to pickering village park and will cost the rate payers 12000 for 12 acres the board expects to receive a 70 grant on the cost of 7 acres council agreed to support the board and was ready to supply the necessary finances when called upon to do so four tenders were received for a heating plant for the municipal building tenders ranged from 1000 to 3000 and council took no action a request was received from the hungarian assoc to erect several dozen cabins 10xlo at lot 17 con 2 the clerk was instructed to notify the association that the cabins could not be erected new arena closed in miles of pipe expected shortly stouffville arena limited have their new building closed in and ro6fed ready for the finishers to not our sid a news broadcast on monday proceed with gallerys dressing- and a report in the globe and mail j rooms seating etc the interior stated a one sidney smith of stouffville had been assaulted in the allan gardens toronto and had suffered facial and other injuries a chap named mcdonald was arrested on an assault charge checking into the authenticity of the story the tribune could not locate any sidney schmidt or smith connected with the report and we have to report that the police report or who ever made it was in error regarding the address of the schmidt reported as being assaulted while the name tallies with our sidney schmidt on church street south this gentle man was not in toronto and had never been victimized in any way births boyd mr and mrs rolph boyd stouffville are happy to an nounce the birth of a son on tuesday august 2 1949 at the brierbush hospital stouffville jack mr and mrs wesley jack are happy to announce the birth of their daughter a sister for bonnie on wednesday july 27 1949 at the private patients pavilion toronto general hos pital taylor mr and mrs ivan tay lor uxbridge are happy to announce the birth of their daughter on saturday july 23rd 1949 at the brierbush hospital stouffville lintner mr and mrs iharry lintner stouffville are happy to announce the birth of their daughter on tuesday july 26 1949 at the brierbush hospital stouftville leney mr and mrs douglas leney uxbridge rri wish to announce the birth of their daughter on wednesday july 27th 1949 at the brierbush hos pital stouffville hockley mr and mrs lloyd hockley rr2 stouffville are happy to announce the birth of their son robert ernest on fri day july 29th 1949 at the brierbush hospital stouffville merrick mr and mrs leo merrick uxbridge are happy to announce the birth of a son on monday august 1 1949 at the brierbush hospital stouffville son of founder of shoe company mason golfer william joseph sisman aurora son of the founder of the sisman shoe co and former president of the firm died sunday in his 59th year he had been in ill health for some time born in toronto mr sisman spent his early life in quebec city markham and aurora after two years banking experience he joined his fathers company in aurora in 1912 after two years as office manager mr sisman became secretarytreasurer with the death of his father in 1931 he was appointed president of the com pany a life member of the rising sun masonic lodge in aurora he was also a member and later on the board of directors of aurora united church for several years he was also a member of the shoe manu facturers association he retired in 1947 surviving are his widow the former lois bond a son john two daughters patricia and mrs douglas clark of aurora two sisters mrs r linton of midland and mrs g t bishop of london ont and two brothers frank of hamilton and herbert at aurora has yet to be insulated and sheeted in sand is being drawn in for the ice surface three inches in depth will be levelled off immediately on which rest the four by four creo- soted timbers for the piping the balance of the sanding will be done after the pipes are laid linde refrigeration co expect to have piping in stouffville next week thirty five tons of the one and a quarter inch material is being shipped in from montreal the sale of arena stock is con tinuing and less than one quarter of the original 75000 worth of shares now remain unsold how ever this last allotment must be sold if the arena is to hold its grand opening debtfree the response of local citizens has turn ed the project into a real commun ity undertaking and company officials appeal for shareholders to take up the remaining stock on this ground the building is finely situated and will be a credit to the community as well as an inestimable asset for years to come thursday august isth has been set for the big flower show of the horticultural society mem bers please keep this in mind and plan to be an exhibitor farmers church service uxbridge next sunday the ontario county junior farmer association extend an invitation to take part in their fourth annual open air church ser vice to be held at uxbridge on the united church lawn sunday august 7th at 730 pm dst this service is for all denomina tions so they are asking you to invite your parents and- any in your community to come with you miss myrna coulson from york county will be the speaker her topic will be the five stones of defense the uxbridge junior farmers will supply the special music 94th birthday miss betty woodland left satur day for new brunswick where she will spend her two weeks vacation mrs f c whittlesey of mission texas is spending the summer with her brother and sister s j foote and e foote mr and mrs charles weber of dover ohio spent the weekend with them also illkml george tran veteran farmer of pickering township- reach ed his 94th birthday last week and a party was held in his honor over the weekend mr tran delights in walking to the barn and watching the pro gress of work on the farm operated by his son david simeon reesor joseph reesor chas w reesor russel n reesor miss dorothy sherk ba miss reesor enjoyed her reading principal of ontario bible school matter and was a subscriber to fort erie and miss jessie moore the tribune down through the ba b paed stevensvllle were years and at the time of her death weekend guests of mr and mrs presses and yardage goods get liberal reduction spofford cos big summer dress sale and clearance at reduced prices on yardage goods should be of special interest at this time when mounting prices seem about all one can read about check up on the local firms display adv in this issue and see what you think about it- over 300 at cober reunion ten persons over eighty john scott miss sherk was the speaker at the evening service of the gormley brethren in christ church the fact that ontarians are living longer is not only proven by statistics but is borne out in fact at the cober reunion held in memorial park stouffville on civic holiday there were ten persons present all over 80 years of age they came from distant points but they were here and were active in discussions of the day it was the largest reunion held in the park this summer over 300 cobers and their immediate connections were present and enjoyed the wonderful meals and program weather was really cool a great relief from the oppressive heat of the previous days eldest man present was christ ian sider of wainfleet man while mrs ben cober of gormley was the eldest woman mr sider who married into the cober clan made the trip from the west especially to attend this event other guests came from the counties of welland lincoln simcoe haldimand huron and of course the counties of ontario and york visitors were also present from new york state and oregon all indicating the wide interest in the group new officers were elected as follows president j c fretz kitchener vice president ervln cober new dundee secretary vernon l cober kitchener treas urer aden eby stevensvllle executive ernest j swalm dun- troon leslie d witmer preston and george cober markham twp