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p9 the stouffviue tribune tknirf october 6 796 1961 buick lesabre clean crisp styling and su perior reliability from the new outrigger suspension to the new roofline highlight the 1961 buick line the lesabre sabre series lealure turbine fourdoor hardtop shown here drive transmission as stand- offers a choice of three en- ard gines and all models in le- cedar grove this time the whole story should be told it should be told partly because it never has and partly because this year the end ing is appropriate to the story it begins with many unrelated announcements and requests a small boy warhoops through the kitchen door and yells hes going to be an indian mother takes half her mind off the pies and asks when on thanksgiving is the reply good enough that makes sense sixyearold sense in another kitchen another mo ther is informed that hemis- chievous daughter is about to become a puritan she doesnt believe it in the days following there are strange requests for black dresses feathers a tur key a pie and then the merch ants feel the pinch an under taker a garage owner the own er of an appliance store sundry farmers all discover suddenly that they have a very important part to play in the recreating of the first thanksgiving cedar groves float for markham fair parade the wheels are in mo tion but they seem to be rid ing off in all directions the only person with a fairly clear picture the person who hopes to hoop all these wheels into one yard is the teacher mrs smith has been contem plating this particular thanks giving for weeks iong before school opened she was musing on the idea en route to london while the farmers were bring ing in sheaves of oats and was prompted into climbing a fence and parting a farmer from a few of his sheaves grain in sheaves is hard to come by in a combine district recesses and noon hours ev ery spare moment is soon pack ed with plans and every talent comes into play as banners cos tumes and properties begin to materialize out of odds and ends eager minds and busy hands all mind you with no grade eights and only two grade seven pupils at this point in the project mothers are just plain con fused they translate half un derstood or excitedly delivered messages as best they can and do as they are told even grand mothers are pressed into serv ice the day before the big par ade the trailer is in the school yard and basic decorating must begin such a trailer george carr has lent his spanking new freshly painted red trailer with a matching rack at each end beautiful too beautiful no one has the courage to drive the first nail into such a fine piece of equipment aubrey lapp and mike dean are sosd into plant ing a tree at front and back and fastening 16 feet of mason- he to each side and some at each end the challenge is to do it without driving too many nails into such obviously unmarred newness aubrey thrives on that kind of challenge and two child ren are despatched for baling twine and the job is done but problems keep arising there is a need for corn who still has corn in the field how can the big plaster turkey be anchored to the table so it wont slide into markham main st one little girl has not been well and must ride not walk give her a doll and a cradle and put her on stage what could be more appropriate at the first thanksgiving someone must get artificial grass from the gen erous undertaker will thumb tacks go into masonite yes if you put it soft side out will the wind blow the banners to shreds get the scotch tape the day arrives parents wear ing anxious frowns drive the children to school with one eye on a heavy sky on parade day after weeks of sun it is rain ing this error in the weather mans judgment docs not bo ther the children one whit they dont believe in rain it isnt exactly a case of ignoring it they just dont believe it in the morning twelve little boys come to school and twelve little indians leave war paint must have been conceived by the in dians to bolster the morale of notsobrave braves at noon the sky is grey the float is at morgan park un finished indians and puritans are at large all over the village gulping down hurried lunches staring into mirrors hoisting up skirts tying bonnets larry reesor is washing jo cham pions tractor at one oclock a miracle takes place suddenly the pieces all fit together suddenly the bon nets are framing the faces of angels the indians are subdued and the turkey reposes ban ners fly the band plays the parade begins and the sun blesses the occasion gloriously down the main street of mark ham goes the first thanksgiv ing plymouth 1620 keeping company with canadas fur traders mother goose and can adas book week the red cross why father saves canadas resources all colourful and cleverly executed ideas a little boy bored with marching gets a bigger kick out of stepping on the shoes of the little girl in front she has to stop every few feet and put her shoes back on the band plays on and off and on a little girl trips and sends her basket of fruit scat tering over the road and rips her crepe paper skirt if you ride the float you save your feet but freeze if you waik it is tiring but warmer do you see anyone you know dont turn your head dont wave dont even smile press on to the fair grounds now the best is over and the worst to come waiting interminable waiting while the judges decide who wins first prize this year one minute your own is the very best float of all one min ute later they all look far bet ter than yours a hush in the crowd spreads like the measles the announce ment is made first prize goes to ss 20 for the first thanks giving the story ends but it isnt just our story it is the story of every float on main street last friday afternoon the sadness is that only one has the happiest ending mrs smith and the pupils of cedar grove school would like to thank mr and mrs aubrey lapp all the parents and grand parents and the many others who in so many ways helped them prepare for markham fair our village had a good year at the fair we not only en joyed ourselves but we brought home our share of prizes joyce lapp won 15 awards in the cu linary arts and carol beare was high on the same list for the 1h club the murisons walked off with some turnip prizes as usual and john won nearly everything with his ap ples robert little got three firsts with his jersey calf and the school children did very well indeed debbie reesor 2nd in penmanship alfie smith a 3rd and susan petrie a 2nd our last years grade eights won jean schullur a fourth adeline reesor a first susan ryan a 3rd gerry dean won second in his native wood collection and gordon milroy and jerry dean got a first and a second respect ively for nails in the snap shot competition janet bielby first ronnie dean second cath erine ritchie third and cathy mcclennan fifth in a special for grade 7 and 8 for a map of ontario susan petrie came second and jerry dean third scrapbooks of birds and animals won a third for sharon lapp and a fourth for arthur lapp catherine ritchie and cathy mcclennan won a first in flow er arranging sharon lapp and margaret tyler a fourth and susan petrie and janet bielby a 5th congratulations to all the winners fcijr see thim at stouffville tribune butt0nv1ue young people excel at markham fair while the world held its breath over the tense un sit uation last week locally mark ham fair held the stage buttonville entries did excep tionally well in most cases and the young people in the neigh bourhood came out with flying colours kathy murgaski brought hon our to buttonville school by winning the spelling bee and on friday evening she was pre sented with a 2500 award at the grand stand in the 4h club entries roy robinsons holstein calf was grand champion winning the hon george s henry award sandra burr won a red ribbon for her jersey calf and took two other firsts one for showman ship in the calf club while in the homemaking division san dra received firsts for a cotton dress and a lunch box entry another first was for a rope calf halter and a first in the county calf show the buttonville junior insti tute display of floral arrange ments took first prize in that section and mr and mrs rich ard pralet took their usua high percentage of firsts with flower and vegetable entries master feeds farm turkeys walked off with man honours as did entries shown by bob lanthier formerly of this nei ghbourhood but now living near bradford the buttonville womens in stitute was awarded sixth prize in the institute division and at tracted much favourable atten tion from fairgoers again in the homemaking section mrs george hooper took several firsts with her home baking and other prizes in sewing neighbourhood notes mr jack rodick and his sis ter mary attended the cattle sale on manitoulin island last week guests at the home of mr and mrs douglas hood were mr and mrs gordon hood last weekend dr and mrs george kelly sr are very happy about their new grandson george kelly who was born to dr and mrs geo kelly jr of newmarket on saturday september 24th at the york county hospital a brother for susan mr and mrs harold caughan and mr and mrs dick jones are also happy about a new grandson born to mr and mrs gordon vaughan at branson hospital on sunday of this week robert gordon is a bro ther for gail mrs wm rodick will enter tain at a dessert luncheon at her home on wednesday of next week at 100 pm all ladies of browns corners congregation are cordially invited to attend the luncheon will be followed by the wms autumn thank- offering service and harmony meeting w i euchres begin oct 21 on wednesday mrs joe rob inson entertained w i mem bers onthe occasion of their oc tober meeting mrs gordon purves gave an interesting talk on upper can ada village which is located on the st lawrence river near cornwall and will be opened sometime in 1961 it contains homes selected from the vill ages which were lost when the seaway was in progress and is of historical interest mrs aubrey stephenson sang solos accompanied by mrs geo hooper on the piano and mrs adam brown vicepresident oc cupied the chair during the business discus sion it was decided to commence the autumn euchre series on the evening of friday october 21 at buttonville hall under the same arrangements as last year mrs charles hooper was ap pointed delegate to attend the regional convention of womens institutes at the royal york on november 2 3 and 4 96th birthday friends in this neighbourhood which was mrs l scotts for many years offer her congrat ulations on having reached her 96th birthday on friday sep tember 30 mrs scott who now lives on windrldge ave markham is active and interested in affairs generally and loves to have old friends call 25th anniversary on sunday of last week sept 25 mr and mrs john brown were guests of their family nancy harvey and gordon on the occasion of their 25th wed ding anniversary following dinner at the yang- tse pagoda they returned home to find a brown family party awaiting them to join the cele bration among those present were mr and mrs douglas hood and their family mr and mrs lome dimma mr and mrs jack rutherford mr and mrs bob thompson and the younger members of the fam ily group during the evening mr and mrs brown were pre sented with a silver tea service in the mcllon pattern silver wedding- miss grace rodick arranged a family dinner and reception for her parents mr and mrs wm rodick saturday to cele brate their 25th wedding anni- gormley news mrs c miled the spelling contest at the markham fair sponsored by the markham township federation of agriculture was a great suc cess there were 25 entrants and first prize of s25 was won by kathy murgaski of ss no 5 buttonville teacher mr h atkinson the second prize of s15 was won by patricia patterson of s3 no 16 mount joy teach er mrs m barkey the third prize of s10 was won by edward wideman of s3 no it dixons hill teach er mr james irwin all other entrants received a 1 prize inspector m hallman conducted the contest mrs l walmsley and mrs h mullet were the judges we welcome mr and mrs d mizen who have moved into the former dennie home at new gormley also mr and mrs al ex wilson and family of milli- ken who have moved into the other house at mr h smiths farm where mr joseph coutts used to live misses dorothy and vera doust of kitchener spent the weekend with mr and mrs fred doust mr victor britnel resumed his studies in engineering at waterloo university on mon day mrs e crabtree and david of willowdale spent the week end with mr and mrs a pope a number from our commun ity attended the sunday school convention on saturday at the philpot memorial tabernacle in hamilton a special wms service was held on sunday night at the united missionary church the president mrs ernest hunt had charge of the service the guest speaker was rev doug las percy of toronto bible col lege who brought a challenging missionary message please save all your white or brown cleaning bags card board dress boxes used cotton and flannelette sheets for dress ings for our local cancer cup board more information will be given later on oct 19 the annual work shop of district no 12 of the ontario division of the cancer society will be held at christ church woodbridge from 9 am to 4 pm luncheon will be served by the church ladies everybody welcome the annual saviller reunion was held on sept 24 at chit- hurst farm the home of mr and mrs r g britnell every one spent a very enjoyable af ternoon we have a little further news from mrs allan doner of ilorin nigeria w africa written on sept 21 people here are be ginning to get excited about oct 1st celebrations at 745 am in front of the emirs palace there is to be a gathering of all the school children in ilorin teach ers etc for parade and then to hear speeches by the prime minister and premier our boys all want some days off work to celebrate the government has provided all school children with a flag and a plastic drinking cup also in the west money for a school feast the great exhibition in lagos will be something to see lasting for 3 weeks a surprise birthday party was held on saturday for mr elias elliott guests were mr and mrs frank thompson mr and mrs jack keith his brother mr levi elliott all of toronto mr and mrs frank harvey mr and mrs ern harvey of cedar valley and mr and mrs asa byers of stouffville they all enjoyed a delicious birthday dinner and social evening to gether dr and mrs s j navin re turned on friday after spend ing ten days at harbour island nassau in the bahamas doctor navin left on saturday to re sume his practice at caramat mr and mrs geo french spent wednesday with mr and mrs chas conner mrs frank bennett enter tained the junior sewing circle of heise hill church at her home on monday night at their regular meeting the oldest guest was mrs george french 82 yrs who made and donat ed the quilt iu log cabin design that the ladles were quilting a miscellaneous shower was held on thursday night at the home of v and mrs roy nigh in honour of miss joyce downing of oak ridges mr and mrs richard kozicz and sons john and peter of wawa ont are visiting her mother mrs s j navin mr frank baker of toronto visited his brotherinlaw and sister mr and mrs elias elli ott on sunday mrs dave elliott of belhaven spent sunday with her son and daughterinlaw mr and mrs ronald elliott mrs j bond had dinner one day last week with mrs peter stickley ljnville congratulations to mr and mrs allan pope on the arrival of their first granddaughter tracy aileen and to mrs d fennel on the arrival of her greatgranddaughter born to mr and mia lawrence pope of sudbury on sunday the gormley united mission ary sunday school reorganized for another year and we present this slate of officers who took over their duties on sunday october 2 adult school supt murray bennett asst a s farmer secretarytreas mrs l har vey teachers sr men a smith f harvey sr ladies- miss e ravrner mrs e har vey sr bible class f doust mrs g cullen intermediate bi ble class g yake e harvey jr bible class a s farmer mrs g harmon young peo plesrev c hunking r elli ott intermediates miss g bruce miss m summerfeldt jr school supt mrs f yake asst e morby teachers sr boys 1 miss l bolen- der mrs r baker sr boys 2 g bolender j quinn sr girls miss f bolender mrs m bennett- jr boys e mor by b munro jr girls mrs g bolender mrs ed jones pri mary class mrs e morby mrs r taylor beginners school supt mrs c hunking asst mrs r el liott teacher mrs p bolen der librarian miss f yake school secty a yake organ ists miss m summerfeldt mrs b freston pianist mrs l bolender jr school pianist miss l bolender miss f yake missionary supt mrs r baker home dept mrs beulah jones cradle roll mrs g barrett remembrance com mittee mrs g harmon mrs g bolender sun school dea coness mrs g harmon sun day school board pastor de partmental supts plus two elected members e morby and b yake mrs beulah jones miss vera hilts mr jos jones and mrs jos sider visited miss beulah heise and mrs annie hilts on friday at the fairvlew menno- nite home at preston the annual wms rally was held on wednesday at the st clair united missionary church a number of ladies from our community attended flu and colds reallj seem to be making the rounds among both children and adults the beiiicnda chivari gang senenaded mr and mrs dick frisby on monday night mrs george french spent monday with mrs levi steck- ley markham fair was held in stouffville 85 years ago on october 5th and 6th 1s75 i opened the fair a rearz ecora eightyfive years ago the mark- 1 attendance was recorded ham fair was held in stouff- stouffville men who have versary which is october 5 setting out for a quiet lunch eon party at the home of miss lilly tate toronto mr and mrs rodick were surprised to find 15 members of their immed iate family present as well as their daughter grace whom they supposed to be in dryden several hundred miles away in the afternoon they returned to find further delights awaiting them at home during their absence mem- wmtocal if ft comes to just dial our number there m m txmi burton tv radio sales service phone 424 stouffville tiers of the harmony club of browns corners church had moved in and their home was ready for a reception of friends and relatives the ladies assist ing with the catering the reception was from 300 to 500 and 700 to 900 pm with more than 100 friends attending among the many beautiful gifts presented to the couple were a silver rose bowl and randle holders used in the tea able arrangement which were the gifts c their son and daughter john and grace ville it had been agreed at an earlier meeting of the board of markham and whitchurch ag ricultural societies that the two should arrange to hold a com bined fair for that year entries were filed by exhibitors with wm braithwaite of unionville secretary of markham board and m jones of bloomington secretary of the whitchurch board fifteen hundred entries were received the crowd was not largee however due to the wet weather and poor roads the markham township board members were president t martin vicepros james gorm ley sectreas wm braith waite directors jim russell jacob horner jacob pike jas clarkson thomas moi gan hen ry robson wm haacke james eckardt and jesse reesor prize winners at the stouff ville fair of 1s75 were as fol lows canadian draught stallions best 2 yr olds 1st ctiabes i pilkey 2nd charles canning canadian gen lurpose stal lions special prize 1st geo davidson 2nd elijah john son draught horses 1st simon beauie 2nd jos gregg general purpose horses 1st m hutchinson 2nd g w gra ham 3rd w storey best brood mare 1st w britton 2nd jonathan baker 3rd tlios chimi carriage and roadsters 1st r forsvth 2nd henry davis 3rd win hill best eingle horse or mare 1st p r wideman 2nd a wright 3rd wm robinson prizes were given by charles fisher ringwood a v bussick of stouffville r knill stouff ville and robt williams stouff ville historic notes of fairs 105 year history 1855 fair held in markham 1857 fair held at unionville on oct 21 1857 there were 62 horses shown 22 cattle 64 sheep 6 swine 15 poultry 28 grain entries 14 fruit entries 93 root entries implements and carriages 20 entries judges for horses were john scott geo prlngle and henry wisnier one hundred years ago band competitions were a big draw ing card at markham fair be tween 1858 and 1863 band ent ries were filed from markham whitevale sharon ringwood and majorville 1872 a baby show was held and attracted a large crowd 1881 the attendance was 6000 the gate receipts were 117800 1889 the maikhanr socie ty and east riding of york so ciety amalgamated and the fair was held at markham under one board of directors 1892 the society had the honour of entertaining the lieutgovernor of the province of ontario at a luncheon ii cost the board 3360 1896 the fair was honour ed by the attendance of his ex cellency lord aberdeen gover norgeneral of canada he was entertained at a luncheon the roval dragoons band attend ed 1915 an automobile race was the feature of the fair six cars were entered four mode t fords and two mclaughlin buicks were entered by mr kred cole and mr everton tones the big cars led the race and mr cole was the winner by a bumper 1912 two thousand invita tions were sent out for an old boys reunion it was a fine success sixteen thousand peo ple attended present was the lieut governor sir john gib son and sir james whitney premier of ontario 1918 this marked the fust year tiiat markham fair was held on a saturday previously the days had been wednesday thursday and friday 1913 the year marked a red letter day for the fair board the remaining mortgage was solemnly burned and the association was free of debt 1955 it marked the fairs centennial year premier leslie frost attended the ofllcial open ing hon geo s henry former premier was also present there was a very large attendance on both friday and saturday 1960 hon earl rowe mp served as fair presidents are james rennie mongolia 1914 lloyd turner 1952 t h paisley 195s balsam mt zion mrs b jamleon mr lome disney left last week for waterloo iowa for 2 weeks to help look after mrs romans cattle mr and mrs robt sadler of bowmanvihe spent a couple of days with mr and mrs alan manderson a large number of friends arc relatives gathered at the church on friday night and presented mr and mrs donald wilson with a miscellaneous shower mrs lewis jones mrs glen manderson mrs dick ward and mrs b jamieson and mary jean attended a shower at ash- buvn on friday night for miss sheila hamilton prior to her marriage to mr grant parrott saturday oct s mr donald lidgett and joan of toronto had dinner saturday with mr and mrs cecil disney several from here attended markham fair on friday and saturday friends are sorry to hear that mrs lloyd robinson is again in the hospital mr and mrs cecil jones vis ited sunday with mr and mrs david pagan in toronto mr and mrs robt miller and family of hawkstone visited on sunday at the ralph jones the homcmakers club met saturday night at the home of mrs earl disney for their first meeting of the fall course dressing up homegrown veg etables the next meeting will be this saturday at the home of miss linda hoskins at 130 pm the wa will meet next wed nesday oct 12 at the home of mrs f disney mrs walter carson and mrs ralph jones are in charge of the program roll call an item on thanks giving there will lie a special thanks giving service next sunday at 930 am audley mrs frank puckrln the sacrament of the lords supper was observed on sun day the anniversary service will be held on october 23 the sunday school classes were promoted on sunday mor ning the superintendent fred puekrin presented the follow ing with certificates and pins for regular attendance during the past year jo astley joy astley anne guthrie eileen guthrie harold guthrie don ald guthrie linda izatt arthur puekrin lynda puekrin nan cy puekrin keith puekrin roy puekrin joyce smith marie smith ronald smith shirley smith glenn squire and peggy squire the club met at the home of gordon and mrs smith on sat urday evening with a good at tendance the president bill guthrie conducted the business winners of the euchre game were ladies mrs bob batty mrs d winter gents bill brown charlie clemence the next meeting will be one week earlier october 29 at the home of fred and mrs puekrin bob betson mrs geo puek rin judy puckrln and garry gibson attended the wedding on saturday afternoon in waubau- shene of miss joan keenan and donald tucker marvin and mrs barlow of whitby visited with mr and mrs arch bell on sunday additional locals mr and mrs wesley schell spent a few days last week in cornwall where their daughter marie and miss anne lintner have taken a position on the staff of mon dieu hospital marie and anne are both grad uates of the toronto wellesley hospital where they have been nursing since their graduation in june 1959 mr j k cowan of mongolia was awarded a total of five prizes for his vegetable entries at markham fair in spite of the stiff competition he rccciv- ed 3 firsts and 2 thirds village burner service stouffville 740wl call anytime you are invited to visil the kennedy clinic auditorium unionville thursday oct 27th 8 pm to hear and see an account of dr and mrs kennedys recent trip to ruvila dr and mrs kennedy hope to describe the oberammerfrau fusion play the last thursday in november fr hart kennedy will continue practise at the stotifiville offioe dr a c kennedy and son will be at unionville each mondxy wednesday and friday from 2 it i and from 630 to 830 pm a c kennedy dc pm