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twelve pages tettffiwlle 3050 copies vol 60 no 40 the tribune stouffville ont march 2 1950 granddad mother save boy two dragged unconscious from six feet of icy water in a farm cistern twoyearold larry patton king ont was rescued by his grandfather william carson 70 and his mother mrs william patton it was a miracle he didnt drown said his mother five minutes after he fell in a playmate of larrys ran to the house yelled that larry was in the water mrs patton and her father dragged the boy up from where he was floating five feet from surface eight townships enter hogs for bacon show march 14 as we go to press eight town ships are shipping their hogs entered in the bacon show to be held at newmarket on march 14 to one of the plants where they will be killed on friday and after being processed in wiltshire sides will be placed in the curing tank for a week these will be brought to newmarket the day before the fair and hung up for competition and display each township will have a group of three hogs each producer being allowed only one entry the township committees of york county hog producers association are responsible for these entries and very attractive prizes are be ing provided by the dominion live stock production services entries for the seed fair do not have to be in until march 10th but the growers are busy now getting their seed cleaned up for the show the most of it being cleaned in the custom seed cleaning plants markham wins opening playoff markham millionaires won their opening semifinal senior b hockey playoff against toronto meteors in quite convincing fashion 71 this is a best three-out- offive round and the second game will be played in collingwood on thursday night mr maurice dixon of iroquois falls was a guest of phyllis fleury over the weekend skating and dancing at the arena saturday night this saturday night the stouffville arena will stage a big skating party with lots of spot prizes and novelty skates and to top it oil therell be dancing to the latest tunes under soft lights from 1030 on an enjoyable evening is vours at the regular prices of 35c and 20c deaths mrs frances bennett beloved wife of the late william james bennett died at her home in agin court on saturday feb 18th in her 4th year she leaves to mourn her loss one sister mrs w j shaw eva of toronto and one brother william john of alliston interment took place in stourtville cemetery on feb 21st 1950 denby robert at his home 4th concession markham town ship friday feb 24 1950 robert denby beloved husband of ada ground in his 81st year father of norman mrs bradley ethel marjorie arthur mrs hord flossie gordon mrs uillicott ada mrs mcmullen audrey mrs smith myrtle mrs may- nard helen mrs maynard catherine interment mount pleasant cemetery toronto reesor lydia elizabeth at toronto on monday feb 27 1950 lydia elizabeth reesor of 12 browning ave toronto aunt of harry clendening mrs ernest ratclift and mrs thos rao stouff- ville interment st andrews cemetery markham on arrival of motors on thursday afternoon longestablished home closes at altona when the household effects in the ab davis home at altona were finally moved out last saturday afternoon following the public auction sale it was the final scene in closing out a household that had been in existence there for about 45 years the late ab davis was onetime drayman in stouffville and shortly after the turn of the century he settled in the house and lot at altona which he pur chased at that time from the late nelson mowder here mr and mrs davis remained until the end of their days the family of five girls and three boys had grown up and long since married since the death of mr davis some months ago the only member of the family left at home was daughter esther who now is taking up residence in stouffville where she will be engaged as a clerk in the golden clothing store old friends and neighbors stood about at the auction last saturday and as is to he expected there is always a note of sadness when a longestablished home is passing from existence but said one of the neighbors the davis place will always be such to we older people because here we have come for so many years always assured of a warm welcome and friendly word we have seen a large family grov to womanhood and manhood and from this single home many more homes have sprung up headed by the children and so such is life such is expansion a whitehaired old man nodded approval of these sentiments but nothing more was said folks stood about as though they were attend ing a funeral and somehow there was a similarity ail unaware of the feelings of the oldtimers who had come and gone from that home over nearly half a century out in the cold auctioneer farmer and a lively small crowd were intent on the business before them the auction eer urging for bids and the crowd dropping m a quotte here and there the scene soon passed but its memory will never be effaced for some adeline hoover dead lived 83 years on same farm in the death of adeline hoover widow of the late christian hoover n sunday february 20 1930 it was as though a link that connected the first oioneers with the present had broken mis hoover who was in tier sird year was a daughter of pioneer parents who came from pennsylvania early in the last cen tury it will be noted that unlike most brides mrs hoover did not change her name her father was christian hoover and her husband bore the same name she was married on dec 24 1s89 born in markham township at lot 34 eon 7 this farm was the homestead and hero she spent all her long life or right up until her final illness when she was nursed at the home of her daughter mrs willis reesor rr 2 pickering despite her advanced age she had been housekeeper on the home farm for her son norman almost right up to a year or two ago it was here her husband died in 1923 mrs hoover was faithful to her home and possessed sterling char acter she was a member of the old order of mennonites surviving are two sons and two daughters norman on the home stead and george also living in markham in the peaehs district t fannie mrs levi grove and annie mrs willis reesor there are 10 grandchildren and three great grandchildren the funeral on wednesday after noon took place from the funeral home of thos j wignall mark ham to wideman cemetery ser vice at the funeral home was con ducted by mr thos reesor at the wideman church by mr fred nighswander and the commital service was conducted by mr abram smith the pall bearers were messrs albert hoover ezra and thomas grove frank burk- holder arthur hoover wilfred hoover farmers favor dollar assessment for promotion work on thursday evening a federa tion of agriculture meeting was held in whitchurch township hall vandorf for purpose of organizing a township unit of the federation mr melbourne memillen a local farmer gave report of the ontario and dominion federation of agri culture conventions mr r w morrison past presi dent of the ontario federation spoke on organization work in the past he said no matter how effi cient the leaders may be they need the support oi small organized farm groups the need of farm forums and township units was stressed farmers must lie careful to keep their demands reasonable our scope must take in labors abil ity to purchase our produce provisional officers appointed were president melbourne mc- millen rr 3 newmarket secre tary ross armitage rr 3 new market treasurer edgar dennis rr 2 aurora the meeting went on record as being in favor of an assessment on all producers of farm produce of not less than one dollar per farm or unit for feder ation expenses it would assist the officers ap pointed if interested persons or groups in school sections in sub- polling divisions no 1 2 3 4 and s would contact the president se cretary or treasurer suggestions are coming to the committee on what a township unit could under take the committee would wel come suggestions and opinions from all farm people markham twp council wont act on request from high school area bd arthur atkinson passes in 79th year a resident of aurora for over forty years arthur atkinson pas sed away at his home catharine ave on thursday february 16 in his 70th year he had been in ill health for several months he was born in whitchurch township the son of the late mr and mrs joseph atkinson a blacksmith by trade he had been retired for several years he was a member of the aurora lawn bowling club and was an ardent bowler his wife the former hannah williamson predeceased him three years ago surviving are two daughters mrs ewart pinder alma of toronto and marjorie at home congratulations pros buckingham palace kok local couple on the occasion of the 60th wedding day mr and mrs nathan tarr received a cablegram from the king and queen offering their congratulations to the venerable couple while the incident is not without parallel it is nonetheless highly appreciated and indicates how deeply interested their majes ties are in the wellbeing of their subjects john phillips succumbs to long illness in declining health for several years john phillips died at his home on main street last thursday feb 23rd in his 73rd year a na tive of king township near kettle- by mr phillips came to stouff ville about 25 years ago and was always well employed until his health failed he was a man of quiet disposition and a goodliving citizen surviving are his wife the former mary miles a son kenneth man ager of the dominion stores lim ited stouffville two daughters mrs walter thorn toronto and mrs e h stoltz aurora two sis ters living are mrs schaaf of kit chener and mrs montague tor onto the funeral on saturday after noon was held from oneills chapel and interment was made in heise hill cemetery the pall hearers were messrs charlie and clare atkinson clare bolender robert burnett and edgerton clu- bine john brillinger rev h s hallman conducted the service in the chapel and at the graveside markham deals with daylight issue markham township council in session on monday with reeve timbers presiding went on record as approving daylight saving from sunday april 11 to sunday sept 21 as requested by the association of mayors deputy reeve dalton rumney and councillor hooper indicated they didnt think much of it but couldnt see how markham could successfully stop the infernal tam pering with the clock councillor hooper added a rider to the resolu tion agreeing to the daylight time which indicated that it should end when schools open for the fall term that would suit better commented councillor clark ramsey sinclair buried at baker hill on friday afternoon funeral ser vice for the late ramsey e sin clair of toronto was held in the baker hill baptist church follow ed by interment in the cemetery nearby where many of the pioneers associated with the life of the dis trict found their last resting place ramsey sinclair died in toronto on tuesday evening february 21 1950 the late mr sinclair was a son of a baptist minister and as a young man united in marriage with mary elizabeth baker daughter of the late mr and mrs joel baker of whitchurch and stouffville for some time following their marriage the couple lived in stouffville then they moved to toronto and mr sinclair was prominent in the real estate business during the western land boom days he was a man with an impressive personality mrs baker died in 1934 and it is recalled that her sister edith baker who married john bundy followed her in death the next year 1935 her three brothers seneca of baker hill dr w a of peterboro and rev j j of tor onto all since passed on at greatly advanced age within the last ten years douglas sinclair of detroit is an only surviving son and thomas l sinclair of toronto is a brother of the late ramsey e sinclair rev 1 k pequegnat recent pas tor of stouffville and 9th line bap tist congregations with his wife and family moved to toronto this week vacating the home in the west end that has been the parson age for some years mr pequeg- nats congregation in the city has purchased a residence there fox their minister to occupy since renting has now become quite an impossibility mrs ralph burkholder who has been undergoing treatment at the again and much improved in lockwood clinic toronto is home health her friends will hope to see mrs burkholder at her accus tomed place in the mayfair shortly another cow hits birth record triplet calves at vivian close on the heels of the report where a markham cow gave birth to triplet calves at the carruthers farm a few weeks ago a similiar event occurred on the farm of harold rose at vivian whitchurch township when one of his cows became the mother of three calves born within a few minutes of each other last midweek mr rose told the tribune that the three babies were doing won ders one of them is red and the other two all black in color while there is only one heifer the farmer just wasnt prepared to say the mother was durham holstein or something else in breed but shes a good cow and just now stands very high in favor by her owner i the next open meeting of the horticultural society will be held on friday march 10th in the united church basement mr bunting of downham nurseries will ie the special speaker on monday afternoon markham township council refused to take action on the request of the mark- hamstouffville high school area to transfer a section of the rich mond hill area touching a block of land on 2nd 3rd and 1th conces sions near gormley to the stouff ville area the formal request came from the markhamstouflville area board while a letter from the richmond hill area board opposed the transfer the request was backed by a petition signed by the ratepayers in the area comprising lots 35 con 2 and 3 and the northwest half of the west half of lot 3o con 4 although it was pointed out that students in this area were now at tending stouffville school and had always done so over recent years council couldnt see how they could upset the boundary of rich mond hill without more informa tion and advice it was decided to efer the matter to the high school inspectors for consideration only the township council can change the school boundary by passing a bylaw which in turn must be approved by still another bylaw by the county of york the county council of course would iccept the advice of the local coun cil in such matters reeve win timbers stated deputv reeve d rumney and councillors w l clark charlie hooper and alf james all agreed that no action should be taken un less further information was ad- anced that would warrant them taking action somebody hinted that where students were attending stouffville school from the richmond area trouble had been encountered in collecting from the hill area this it was said may have led to attempt to change boundaries mrs hamilton 90 markham manufacturer meets with accident mr chas reesor president of reesors marmill is taking an en forced holiday as the result of a fall of about six feet off a ladder he sustained a splinter or fracture to the elbow but hopes to escape the use of a cast since the injury is not as serious as might have been ah in all the exreeve of markham village has been ordered to take things easy for a time at least until he recovers from the shock engagements mr and mrs fred moorhead toronto announce the engagement of their daughter norma lorraine to george arthur dowswell son of mr and mrs arthur dowswell stouffville the marriage will take place march 18th in beljfair united church toronto studebaker sales agency the les wilson garage west end of main street newly appointed sales place for the studebaker cars received a consignment this week and mr wilson invites car drivers to drop around and see the latest today thursday mrs nancy hamilton edward street will reach her 90th birthday enjoying very good health born near goodwood she was nancy stover daughter of abram and cather ine stover pioneer farmers near goodwood there were 12 child ren and mrs hamilton is the sole survivor after marriage to robert hamilton the couple also followed farm life living south of goodwood he died over a quarter century ago also their onlv daughter a grandson earl aiiisworth toronto and two great grandchildren are now nearest relatives mrs hamilton has not forgotten the pioneer life when at this time of 3ear they would be snow bound for weeks at a time but they always jooked out for that sort of things and the larder seldom if ever failed mrs hamilton is a member of stouff ville baptist church mr and mrs harold spofford spent last weekend with his relatives in the collingwood dis trict miss joy wood stouffville pupil of mrs peggy clarke mark ham was successful in passing her grade i theory with honours at the royal conservatory of music toronto john birkett and three daugh ters misses electa and eileen and bernice mrs b kent and grand son richard of port perry spent sunday with mr and mrs w birkett the march meeting of stouffville village council falls this thursday evening and persons having busi- should make note of tonights ness to bring before the council assembly mrs delos brown margaret stover and baby daughter of colbourne returned home on sun day with her husband after spend ing a week with her parents mr and mrs ambrose stover mr and mrs don brown norma stover of hamilton also spent the week end with her parents here claim foxes take markham pheasants w a harris representing the danforth rod and gun club told north york council that pheasants in north york and markham town ships are being reduced in number due to foxes he asked permission for a fox drive early in march un der the supervision of the game warden they would use shot guns only when he consulted the chief of police the chief thought it would be a good idea and sugges ted that any policemen at liberty might attend to see that the rights of citizens are protected council decided to check with the town ship solicitor and chief of police before giving a decision fifth game here monday if necessary if a fifth game is necessary to decide the winner of the current senior b hockey semifinal be tween stouffville and orillia it will be played in stouffvile arena next monday night march 6th the fourth game is being played in orillia this saturday night all fifty years married mr and mrs e g michell of port perry have a unique record in that their parents all four have passed the 50th wedding annivers ary and all are in good health mr and mrs c l mackey of oshawa celebrated their 54th an niversary on february 4th last and mr and mrs j ii michell of claremont celebrated their 57th an niversary on the 22nd of february the mackey ancestry settled at kinsale ontario and the michell ancestry settled at claremont dur ing the early part of the 19th cen tury cattle soar at auction cow and calf bring 445 stop shoving one another around and ill give you all every chance to hid ordered ken prentice when the bidding was more than brisk and the auctioneer was capitalizing on the excitement over some very nice looking holsteins with bags that looked like a whole dairy in themselves scene of the auction was the ho ward ness farm at thornhill and the second cow sold was run up to s300 then in less than no time her twoweeksold calf was knocked off at 35 to total 415 for mother and daughter the 22 head comprising the herd of registered and grade cows and heifers averaged 241 the buyers were mostly all local farmers and the auctioneer smilingly said the high prices were obtained without promising a higher floor for but ter he congratulated mr ness on his fine herd and in his opening talk urged prospective buyers to examine the animals and be con vinced that they were going to cost plenty of money they did implements realized good prices with the manure spreader selling for 5320 it had been worked two vears the whole sale prentice prentice said ran over 9000