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twelve pages famfftriue mibum 3050 copies vol 60 no 45 the tribune stouffville ont february 23 1950 the robins return mrs leonard brillinger was sur prised to see a robin in the orchard on their farm at bethesda on mon day morning scarcely able to be lieve her eyes mrs brillinger called her husband and he too identified the robin pecking hun grily at an apple on the tree century old love story revealed by lady of 77 bollanrroes first postmaster dealt courageously with cupid and went forth to meet his bride astride his steed borrowed from father hy mrs andrew vettk the tribune is indebted to mrs andrew pegg of greenwood tor ibis historical sketch of the hill family of ballantrae although in her i7u year mrs pegg writes with the vision of a person much youngei ana her information about the hills and ballantrae will be read with great interest by many hundreds of former residents as a portion ot eai township of whitchurch history it will prove invaluable robert hill was the first postmaster at ballantrae assuming office there in 1852 immediately following his romantic marriage in that same year mr hill conducted the office in the whitchurch hamlet until his death in 1902 mr hill built the present store occupied by mrs gib wright and her daughter he also built the spacious brick residence south of four corners there now the summer home of col hollinrake york county magistrate back in 1852 robert and william hill made pine shingles at ballantrae and teamed them to toronto to sell at 25c per bunch robert was only 19 years old and his brother was eleven months younger robert possessed a more adventurous spirit than his bro ther one day when they were ready to return over the long trek home from toronto robert sug gested that they travel a different road by way of change and while it was farther they drove out the kingston road and landed at greenwood in pickering township on their arrival at the little ham let the brothers were cold and the colts they drove appeared tired- they still had sixteen miles to make home so they decided it was best to stop and feed the horses and get warmed up themselves thoroughly enjoying the fire be hold a lovely young girl entered the room and enquired of the boys would you like to have supper served but they responded that they had only wished to get warm warm william could not help noticing that his brother was greatly im- pressed by the beauty and grace fulness of this girl and well un derstood later when on frequent occasions robert suggested the long way home returning from the city that long way of course took them via greenwood one night when the family had all retired to their beds at ballan trae the dgors locked by their father william was awakened by robert pulling at his elbow and poking him in the ribs saying come wake up do not make a noise i want your hely in getting ready for my wedding tomorrow continued robert explained they must crawl through the back kitchen window and asked wil liam to brfhg up a horse as he robert dressed william remonstrated imploring robert to wait and asked what will father say what will mo ther think robert wailed j cannot help it eliza defoe is the only girl for me and say do try to soften up father and mother toward me and then his horse galloped away into the night williams words of reconciliation must have been effective because two weeks later father hill sent horses and sleigh to bring the happy couple home to the old brick house which still stands on the east side of the 0th concession just south of musselmans lake robert hill and brother john built a small residence and shop on the lot side of the road that turns olf the sth concession of whitchurch across the south side of musselmans lake john did blacksmithing robert woodwork ing and carpentering they also did teaming between ballantrae and toronto about the year 1s6s robt built the store on the four corners and bought his merchandise from tor onto when the grand trunk railway came through people had grown tired of making pine shin gles and took to cutting cordwood which robert hill bought paying them 125 a cord he paid men 1 per day to load the wood on railway cars the money was usually spent in the hill store so robert then was doing well robert hill bought most of the grain grown in the district and shipped it to toronto besides be ing the first postmaster he had a telegraph otlice the old gtr station stood about 60 rods west of the four corn ers just north of the main road to aurora the mail wasjearrfed twice daily to and from the trains when roberts son newton born in 1872 grew big enough he had a dog called shep and this dog drew the mail wagon or sleigh with newton aboard ho would say mail shep and the mail was transported in short order newton today is- stouffvilles retired stone mason living on tenth street aged father of mrs stalter markham dead a resident of oshawa for the past 73 years thomas george kennedy died at the family residence in oshawa on friday february 17 in his 87th year he had been in poor health for the past year prior to his retirement mr ken nedy was an employee of the mc laughlin carriage co for 25 years and later was employed by fittings limited for a similar period a son of the late mr and mrs robert kennedy the deceased was born at enniskillen on april 17 1s63 he was married at oshawa on october 2 1804 he is survived by his wife the former mabel v menagh a daugh ter mrs o r stalter phyllis of markham and two sons merlyn of winnipeg and paul v of oshawa also surviving are six grandchild ren rev d m rose rector of st georges anglican church con ducted the funeral service at the family residence on monday in terment was made in the union cemetery there uses new drug hilly broderick youthful leuk aemia victim who is at home with his parents in mount al bert after treatment by the wonder drug acth won at least temporary triumph over the malady confined t bed the lad is feeling fine wife of high school teacher passes resident of stouffville only since last midsummer mrs george pearce died on friday at the family home on rose avenue husband of the deceased is a member of the stouffville high school staff and the family have the sincere sym pathy of teaching fraternity scho lars and townspeople in general many of whom had occasion to visit her during the past few months throughout her long ill ness mrs pearce maintained a spirit of courage and cheerfulness which was an inspiration to all those who knew her as her pas tor rev d davis stated mrs pearce revealed a reservoir of faith and courage during her long period of physical disability jda viola may wilkinson was born at mornings mills ont dec 25th 1005 she received her high school education in creemore later attending toronto normal school she taught for a number of years including six years on the staff of victoria school barrie she is survived by her husband and three daughters marilyn mar- jorie and carol also surviving are her mother mrs ida wilkin son creemore and two sisters cil- verta at home and alma mrs morley atkinson hornings mills her father the late william a wilkinson predeceased her in 1925 funeral services were held at the late home here on saturday evening and at the steckleylloyd funeral home barrie on sunday afternoon rev douglas davis was assisted in the service at barrie by rev s e lewis collier st united church barrie who was formerly pastor at honeywood united chur ch of which mrs pearce was a member floral tributes from friends in stouffville wales well ington toronto peterborough creemore and from friends else where bore silent testimony of love and esteem for the deceased and family especially for the children who have lost a mother at so criti cal a time in life reserved seats for hockey playoffs reserved seat tickets for the opening game of the senior oha semifinals to be played in the stouffville arena this saturday night feb 25th go on sale this thursday at the following busi ness places d holden sons l e oneills and at the arena afternoon and evening all tick ets reserved and rush are 75c so fans are asked to pick up their seats early to avoid disappoint ment of having to stand the opposition in the first game of this best fouroutofseven series is almost assured to be orillia there is just a slight mathemati cal chance of meteors squeezing up out of fourth place by defeat ing markham this thursday cou pled with a loss by stouffville to eclipse if the standing remains as is meteors will play markham in the first game of that series at newmarket on saturday night with the second game here in stouffville next week while the clippers are away at orillia these dates will be announced definitely this weekend shot through wall wounds youthlat greenwood victim of a freak shooting acci dent clifford richards 17 toron to was wounded sunday at green wood pickering twp provincial police said richards was in a shack near the home of douglas hoskins when a bullet ripped through the wall penetrat ed his left arm and lodged in his right wrist the bullet was accidentally dis charged police said from a rifle in the hands of fred haniford 11 to- onto richards and haniford both air cadets were out on a weekend visit haniford was walking 25 feet from the shack when the gun went off i richards was driven through snowdrifts and over icy pavement to brooklyn where dr guthrie grant removed the bullet no bones were broken const henry price said that if the bullet had not first gone through the wooden wall of the shack it undoubtedly would have shattered the bovs wrist pickering twp dogs ordered confined a charge against herbert burk of dunbarton of keeping vicious dogs was withdrawn by magistrate frank ebbs monday with a warn ing that the animals be kept con fined owner of five great danes burt admitted that the dogs occa sionally got out of the kennels one had attacked a youth and tore his coat various complaints have been tabled before the municipal council concerning the burt dogs public invited to hear speaking contest the public is cordially invited to attend the annual oratorical con test sponsored by the stouffville lions club to be held at the high school next monday evening feb 27th commencing at 730 oclock winner of the local contest will advance to compete with other speakers in surrounding lions club zone contests couple injured by skidding car two toronto persons were injur ed on sunday night when a car went into a skid and crashed into another car on no 7 highway a half mile west of markham injured were john meallister20 and his wife mary 27 both of to ronto they received cuts to the fuce and head when a car driven by roccie pagnello 23 of markham crashed into their car prov const w skidmore said the pagnello car went into a skid attempting to avoid a parked car mr thos birkett local insurance dealer has been ordered to bed for a few days owing to the pre carious condition of his health pastor resigns rev r c mcdermid pastor of chalmers presbyterian church uxbridge resigned monday due to ill health he came to uxbridge in 1015 for the past three months he has been confined to his home with a heart ailment engagements mrs may kennedy of stouffville wishes to announce the engage ment of her daughter eileen joyce to mr gordon samuel paddley of claremont the marriage will take place on saturday march 1th at stouffville uxbridge council busy passing annual bylaws three bylaws were passed by uxbridge township council in ses sion last saturday a bylaw to ap point live stock valuers pound keepers and fence viewers for the current year also a pound keeper and a live stock valuer from each school section and fence viewers from all parts of the township council passed a bylaw to auth orize appropriations for expend tures on roads and bridges for 1950 the amount of money was set at 20000 another bylaw was passed to authorize the reeve and the treas urer to borrow money for payment of current expenses and the amount authorized was 20000 the council appointed the three councillors along with the road superintendent and the clerk as delegates to the good roads con vention the reeve and deputy reeve are delegates from county council the road voucher for january amounting to 04669 was passed for payment and general accounts amounting to 25654 the next meeting will be held on the afternoon of march 13th local school choirs do well in competition with larger centres stouffville high school choirs made a fine showing in the current kiwanis musical festival in tor onto carrying off one first four seconds and a fourth the local group is under the leadership of principal l c mur phy and was pitted against choirs from much larger centres includ ing preston paris simcoe and oakville in fact the mixed choir class in which our local songsters stood second called for groups from centres up to 75000 popula tion queensviile cow is worlds second highest- milk producer ivate hockey scores midland ii toronto meteors 2 collingwood 14 eclipse knights 3 horse and cutter honeymoon recalled by mr and mrs n tarr events of sitv years ago when they drove from claremont to uxbridge on first tap of honeymoon revived at anniversary occasion for mr and mrs nathan tarr stouffville sunday feb 26 will undoubtedly have vivid recollec tions of that memorable cutter drive they took together on feb ruary 26 1890 the sixty years will not have greatly dimmed the recol lection because on that occasion they were starting on their honey moon driving from claremont to uxbridge behind a spirited steed the nuptial knot had just been tied by rev c j dobson method ist minister and the couple left to the tune of bells and the cheers of their many friends who wit nessed the ceremony mr and mrs tarr confided this information as they were on the eve of observing sixty years of wedded life at their comfortable home in stouffville where they have resided the past eleven years or since their retirement from farming on the 0th concession of markham just south of stouffville there was lots of snow that winter of 1890 said mrs tarr but we made the trip to uxbridge with horse and cutter both principles in this happy marriage were born in pickering township of parents who came over from england in the early clays for their wedding mrs tarr who was then matilda burgess whose parents after farm ing in pickering retired in uxbridge town had for her brides maid her sister now mrs j a jones of mt zion south of balsam mr tarrs brother the late k g tarr was best man there were fortyfour guests the young couple of that 1890 wedding event settled on a farm in the district but after three years moved into claremont where mr tarr was engaged with the local baker who he bought out after nine years he successfully oper ated the bakery himself for the next nine then returned to the business of farming they located on the 9th of markham just south of stouffville and here remained for 32 years or until they retired to stouffville their five children look on the aged parents with great reverence and respect and have every reason to do so there was no electric switch to turn on during mrs tarrs active days in bringing up five children no electric washing machine and no refrigeration the custom mrs tarr said was to rock the cradle with one hand and work the wash board with the other i guess we all had to do it one time or other fifty years ago said mrs tarr the family of mr and mrs tarr consists of three daughters and two sons they are mrs andy green eva just north of stouffville mrs doolittle mary of orillia mrs c a wright verna of montreal roy in orillia and clifford at home with the parents there are six grand children mr tarr will be 85 this coming may and mrs tarr was 84 on st valentine day he suffers some impairment of his sight but can still read large print while mrs tarr finds her hearing not so good as it once was yet she carries on conversation with not too great difficulty and is still the careful housekeeper maintaining their neatly kept home in pink of con dition townspeople are naturally proud of mr and mrs tarr and hope they will enjoy good health until the end of their days which is probably the best wish anyone can extend to those who are living in the eventide of life local dogs win at new york show great danes from stouffville did themselves proud at the famous blue ribbon show held last week in madison square garden new york when the exhibits belonging to mrs malcolm stouffville brier- bush hospital carried off two coveted wins noble ladys mona stood to pin the open harlequin bitch class and was awarded the red ribbon signifying first while gras danes baron took 4th place in his entry thus did those local canines bring thus did those local canies bring certain honor and distinction back to canada and to stouffville from one of the most important dog shows in america alphahst dale holstein of the glencloskey farm queensviile ont is now recognized as the worlds second highest milk producer dale being admired by pat arthurshas given 21061 pounds of milk british col umbia cow leads with 21800 pounds friends will regret to learn that wm maxwell wellknown citizen of markham village and for many years road superintendent of markham township is confined to his home following a- heart attack which he suffered last saturday