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tmmrnm embtm vol si no 40 the tribune stouffville oxt january 25 1951 antique glass both hobby and business damages of 1200 awarded brothers from green river a settlement of 1200 in favor of the plaintiffs robert and frank wright green river farmers was approved las week by mr justice wells in court in whitby evidence was that the defendant william o smith of alimico was driving on highway no 7 last july when he collided with a tractor driven 13- robert wright just as the trac tor was being turned into wrights farm the driver was injured and the machine damaged aws greer kc represented the wrights while j f jicgary- kc of toronto was counsel for the defendant if you are one of those who are interested in antique glass and ornaments you would enjoy a visit to mrs mabel sissons home on main st west to see her splendid collection although in complete ignorance of patterns and their history on entering the house we came away with a lively interest in ail we had seen as a matter of fact we came home to look over our own belongings and to see them in a new light mrs sisson is a whitehaired and hospitable lady when she found herself alone in stouffville she decided to enter the antique glass business for years she had collect ed goblets and other interesting items while on trips with mr sisson she already had 125 differ ent patterns of old american press ed glass goblets she reestablished contacts made with dealers on these trips and soon was in busi ness of one pattern in glass which she believes to be the english panel star mrs sisson bought a compote and pair of cake plates near london ontario the butter dish came from near hamilton the creamer came from st john nb and the sugar bowl from picton ns a chinese ginger jar which is colourful ana artistic was pur chased in england for herthrough an englishman in british columlof early bristol bia this jar is an ornament or catches the eye could be used as a vase or madej a pair of french into a lamp in answer to her advertisement in a toronto paper some toronto antique hunters were brought to stouffville for the first time they had been in mafkham before but never before to this in our estimation the finest of canadian villages among the more expensive items are a pair of early english ruby lustres with cut glass prisms there are beautiful pieces of cran berry glass there are two cups and saucers over 100 years old and some eighteenth century nankin china plates mrs sisson has a number of patterns in glass dating ack to 1850 and lots of them to 1870 a very interesting explanation surrounds the tiny old flint glass cup plates extremely deep saucers mrs sisson has some were used to saucer ones tea in the good old days and in the mean time the cup stood on a tiny old flint glass cup plate things of beauty and a joy for ever are a pair of nailsea glass handled ornaments of pale yellow tall and slender of the same pale yellow nailsea glass are two tiny liquet- glasses another lovely piece is a ruby bohemian glass bowl with white frosted decora tion there are attractive pieces of bisque and colorful ornaments of german dresden a small pitcher turquoise glass or german drinking glasses 1 pints a litre bears handpainted medallions in the picture mrs sisson holds an old bristol glass vase which she picked up in quebec in her collection are pieces of early milk glass and satin glass overlay an old woodcut of queen victoria when she was 1 1 years of age is another interesting item then there are several of the ever- popular settinghens in the collec tion an old blue spatter ware sugar bowl circa 1813 could doubtless write an interesting autobiography if given the power of expression there is an old english jug of delft with salt glaze there is a tea set for four in the deep blue of the willow pattern about 1900 there is a paii of amber thousand eye glass smoke caps for over gas jets a black ruby toilet bottle and glassware in opalescent thou sand eye are attractive pieces a blue china vase is glazed with unglazed base and there are a number of articles of staffordshire china one tiny article which caught our interest was a nutmeg grater of solid silver about the size of a small pepper shaker in which a whole nutmeg was carried the owner carried this article in his vest pocket to the table and when he desired grated nutmeg on some article of food or drink produced the grater and proceeded to apply his own condiment the top which continued on page two local library circulation increased by more than 1500 724 persons use facilities church st lady was 91 ox monday airs wesley reesor who makes her home with air and airs chas gostick on church st stoufrville celebrated her 91st birthday on alonday jan 22nd airs reesor vjncial was the former elizabeth ramer and was born on deer park farm north markham in the home now occupied by rev floyd smucker she has spent her entire lifetime in tins district with the exception of a brief time with her daughter airs stanley kaufman in edmon ton alta airs reesor has one son emerson who resides at richmond hill the tribune joins airs reesors many friends in the stouffville markham district in extending congratulations on this important occasion the latent annual report issued by the stouffville public library board reveals that the circulation in this institution has increased over the pas year by 1505 to an alltime high of 10sgo magazine circulation has kept pace with the book section rising from 195 in 1919 to 323 in 1950 make a total circulation of 11183 two hundred and thirtyfive new books were added to the book stock during the year and one hundred books were on loan from the travelling libraries department of the board of education seven hundred and twentyfour persons were enrolled as library users in 1950 the financial report shows receipts of 20905 from the sale of metfraers cards country subscriptions and fines the pro- rant amounted to 26930 and the stouffville municipal grant ss5s00 a total of 222159 expen ditures amounted to 124712 the stouffville public library is a member of the literary guild and has recently joined the junior guild for senior boys and girls which will provide a steady supply of tiew books for these depart ments the library is open to the public on tuesday thursday and satur days from 2 pm until 530 and 7 pm until 9 pm on these days newcomers to both our town and immediate district are making extensive use of the library and express considerable pleasure in finding such a good line of books at their disposal both public and high schools are also increasing their use of the material available the 1951 library board is as follows chairman rev d g davis secretarytreasurer mrs w f riches book committee airs h b freel airs av f riches rev d g davis property committee airs l c miirphy air ray fleury air clare bell librarian mrs ghw thomas hay baler sets 10009 fire damages 3500 an usual type of civil damage action heard in supreme court in whitby last week ended in a judgment for 3500 in favor of ernest v gray alanvers town ship farmer who lives near cad mus last july grays barn out buildings ana some crop as well as some stock in the barn were lost by lire at the time a straw baler owned and operated by the defendant william heron of brooklin was in operation in the barn part of the evidence was heard before mr justice welle and jury before a settlement was approved by his lordship costs of the action will be paid by each party to it evidence was that heron was operating a straw baler in grays barn some gasoline had been spilled chaff was scattered over the shield on the gear box and the whole caught fire the plaintiff maintained that the baling equip ment was faulty however some responsibility was borne by the plaintiff who was in the barn at the time total damages were over 10000 new series of overseas letters from former resident by george abell i suppose you are wondering how the old country seemed to me after an absence of five years northern tip of newfoundland are the bleakest spots you could imagine and would much rather see them than live on them ave hit the open seas and the north well like everything else there atlantic swells about noon it was are a lot of changes some for the something like standing on a buck- better and some the other way j horses back as we were on the to start at the beginning had j edge of the sept hurricane that b e reesor stricken without warning stricken with alarming sudde- ness last thursday jan is benjamin ii reesor passed away at his home in north markham after an illness of less than two hours duration the son of the late benjamin b reesor and nancy hoover of cedar grove the late air reesor was born dec 30 1869 on the 11th concession alarkham township where he later farmed till he moved to north alarkham six years ago his wife fanny g hoover predeceased him on july 3 1915 the funeral was held on sunday jan 21 from the funeral parlours of thos wignall for burial in zion united church cemetery cedar grove the funeral service was conducted by rev g h thomas the pallbearers were six nephews namely norman reesor joseph barkey frank reesor carl reesor frank grove and george hoover the late air reesor is survived by one daughter airs lloyd tay lor vera and one son wilfred and also three sisters airs david grove esther mis elias barkey alary airs joseph barkey anne and three brothers her man c abram l and henry h also one grandson douglas taylor with mr reesors passing the community ioses one of its highly esteemed and respected residents nearly 3000 raised for missions at second markham baptist the annual business meeting of the second alarkham baptist church on tuesday evening reveal ed that a new high in missionary givings had been reached with a total offering of 2922g9 church offerings for all purposes for the year amounted to 028730 air robt ratcliff church clerk reported that nine new members had been added to the roll bring ing the total to ninety the follow ing was the result of the election of officers deacons b clarke j clubine k hutchinson and air miller church clerk robt ratcliff treas c clubine the meeting was conducted by the minister rev norman rowan and the reports received from each department were most gratifying the regular evening meeting of whitchurch township council will be held this thursday evening at 8 oclock judge lovering hears car collision case in local court whitevale mill closed by ice jam traffic on no 2 highway was blocked by ice floes and five base ments were flooded alonday when an 80foot mill dam burst for the fourth time in six years flood water deposited huge chunks of ice on the highway necessitating temporary rerouting of traffic loss of the dams power has forctjjl t l wilsons grist mill at whitevale to suspend opera tions- a very enjoyable trip over the boat trip up the st lawrence is something to experience we left montreal at 11 am on sept 8th and reached quebec that night about 1030 to see quebec from the river at night is something ill never forget on top of the bluffs is a giganric cross electrically lighted and the cliffs on both sides of the river were just a blaze of lights for a couple of miles the river seemed full of boats both large and small and due to this our huge ship just slowed down and took on twenty passengers and their luggage on the move from a big ferry we all expected somebody to fall in the river but soon had them all aboard and were on our way for two days we were in the river although in places its so wide no land could be seen the weather was grand and the ship was as steady as if in harbor there were lots of small steamers loaded high with pulp wood going up the river to the mills at three rivers and on the second morn ing out the empress of scotland met us going the other way there was a lot of whistle blowing and scarf waving till we were some distance apart the 3rd day out we went through the straits of belle isle which are only about five miles across i think tht bell island and thel was fooling around the north atlantic at that time by four in the afternoon half of the passen gers were in bed and the rest of us were learning to walk uphill and then down every minute how ever after a day or so most people found their sea legs and stomach so settled down to enjoy the trip the ships management do their utmost to entertain you with concerts the latest movies danc ing the best of food and all kinds of refreshments the prices of tobacco candy etc was amazing due to the absence of government tax on the high seas stan dard brands of canadian cigarettes loss than half price and every thing else in proportion its the first time i ever saw a bunch of fellows fight for the honor of buy ing a round of drinks but as a bottle of canadian beer was half price it didnt hurt anybody fin ancially each night after the concerts etc were over there was group singing in the main lounge till the small hours a group of about 30 french people going to rome for continued on back page air and airs h w moyer left by motor for florida on wednes day where they will spend two months during their absence air and airs archie doner will occupy the aloyer home on fair st and are prepared to accept any calls for air moyer in connection with his real estate business the regular meeting of stoufr ville municipal council will be held next thursday evening feb 1st in the municipal council chambers for the handling of general business win choral honors stouffville higti school placed two entries in the toronto east alusic festival which opened this week in glenmount park united church the local winners brought home the shield with top honors in the ladies choir class and collegiate choir class three parts preparedness we seek to alarm no one we are attempting only to acquaint our fellow citizens with what we believe to be the essential truths about our nations state of preparedness a special meeting of branch 459 canadian legion will be held in the veterans memorial hall on monday january 29 at 830 pm several prominent speakers will be in attendance including a hulse 1st vice president ontario command also lt col g a burton dso and others reeve henry ogden of stouftvile will conduct the meeting and the general pub lic is urgently invited to at tend only one case was listed on the docket it the january session of county court held in stouffville on friday morning jan 19th his honour judge egerton lovering presiding this case arose from a car accident on main st stouff ville on the of august 6th between 10 and 11 oclock in which a car belonging to ella m alaleolm owner of brierbush hos pital in town and another belong ing to alec bell at present resid ent of stouffville were in collision air obrien counsel for the plaintiff mrs alaleolm sued for some 200 damages from the de fendant air bell who was repre sented by air carter mrs alaleolm stated she was driving north on alain st the evening in question with her sisters three children in the car one in front and the other two in the back when 1s2 feet from her driveway as she was accustomed to do she began to edge to the centre of the pavement to make the left hand turn into her drive she saw in her rear mirror two dull lights which she judged were a considerable distance away as she neared the drive she rolled down the window and as she was about to put out her hand she heard the screech of brakes direct ly behind her expecting to be hit on the left side of the carthe plaintiff waited in the position where she stopped with about threequarters of the car left of the centre of the pavement the defendants car struck damaging the right rear section plaintiff statod she had been making that turn five and six times a day for the past five years and was driving about 10 or 15 miles an hour the repair bill of toronto motor car ltd which plaintiff declared resulted from the collision was in the amount of 207 mr carter counsel for the de fendant inquired how long mrs alaleolm had lived in stouffville and was told 54 years he wanted to know why she said she was driving north yet in the pleadings she had described it as east how could you be driving north on a street running east and west mr carter inquired this caused some confusion in the court and his honour judge lovering commented ladies arent supposed to know all the points of the compass and some of the men dont it was established to everyones satisfac tion the cars were proceeding east police constable rusnell on the stand stated the width of the street was 29 ft at the point where the collision took place he measured the distance to the plain tiffs car from the south curb which was the righthand side o the road for both cars and found it was nine feet and there were nolthe right skid marks counsel for defence j turn asked mr rusnell where in your opinion was that car before it turned it would be very close to the south curb before making the turn was the constables reply the constable satisfied judge lovering the car stood at an angle of about 15 degrees mr rusnell declared the defendants car was straight behind the plaintiffs i was proceeding east through town defendant alec bell relat ed aji at once mrs malcolm started to pull over to the right hand curb i figured she was going to pull up to the right curb and stop then she swung out again i tried to avoid hitting her why did you turn to the right he was asked if i hadnt mrs malcolm would have been in the hospital a long tyne i could have plowed into the side of her car she didnt give a signal the prosecution attempted to prove the defendants car a 1932 chevrolet was an old car with unsatisfactory lights and none too roadworthy but mr bell satisfied his honour the car had to be in good shape to drive in and out of and through toronto daily as he now resides in stouffville and drives to work at whites hard ware on alphine mrs alargaret bell wife of the defendant and anthony spang passengers in bells car the even ing of the accident corroborated mr bells statement that the plaintiffs car drew in toward the south curb and came almost to a stop then as air bell got in posi tion to pass she swerved out again and made a collision unavoidable the plaintiff should have indicated what she intended to do the defendant is not a mind- reader evidence is the plaintiff did not make a signal to turn to the left air carter set out in his defence when air obrien contended bells car was too heavily loaded with five adults and one child his honour commented my car sits better with more in the car when counsel for the plaintiff pleaded the defendant had not shown good judgment in his driv ing the bench questioned you think it would have been better evidence of his good judg ment to have slammed into the side of the car his honour declared he could find no negligence on the part of the defendant this accident wouldnt have happened if the plaintiff had driven with sufficient prudence i think she is the cause of her own accident he pro nounced the plaintiff was asesss- ed costs and counsel fee of 25 judge lovering stated many people especially ladies make the mistake of swinging a car ont to before making a left