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rttntiie 1300 copies vol xlvih no 4 the tribune stouflfville ont thursday apru 27th 1939 a v nolan jp publisher dedication recalls historic beginning o fiftythree years tenant in the rear half of the lehman block up stairs once a public hall in stouff- ville is the record completed by richardson masonic lodge which on friday evening had their newly renovated rooms occupying the entire flat dedicated by most wor liro w j dunlop grand master of the grand lodge in ontario includ ing the assembly of grand lodge officers about 150 brethren ware present for the unique ceremony interest centred around the feet that the local lodge is 7s years old and was instituted at cashel in markham township all those years ago at that time cashol boasted hotel which stood on the corner where the store now stands to the rear were horse sheds and above this was a public hall where the masonic hrethren met it was the custom to hold meetings when the moon was full in order that the members might have the advantage of moonlight nights to travel the bush roads of those days the upper story of the lehman block was built for hall use in one sweeping sized room earlier coun cils of stouffville met there and finally the place became a library fifty three years ago the north half was leased to the masonic order which has occupied it con tinuously to this time now they have taken over the entire floor and built one of the most modern lodge rooms outside toronto friday evenings affair vas a colorful display of gold lace bedeck ing the grand officers from various parts of ontario the actual dedi cation was a solemn and profound ceremony witnessed for the first time by many of the members later in ratcliff hall a banquet was served when the guest speaker was the grand master w i dun lop head of the extension dept university of toronto who pointer out the opportunities he saw in masonry and commended strongly taking and making the most of them the toast to grand lodge was proposed by wor bro dr h b freel and the toast to the visitors was given by wor bro dr n c smith incidentally it was pointed out that this was the second occasion in which a grand master of the masonic craft had visited stouffville mr ray yake wm officiated as toast master important horse sale on may 1st ten registered ontario bred mares and another registered mare fit for the show ring also several colts and fillies together with eight work horses will be offered for sale by public auction at wood- holme farms claremont the pro perty of mr d m forsyth who must clean out the stables at once imost cf these mares are in foal and all in all are a classy breedy lot the sale will open at 1 pm with v f marquis auctioneer distemper fever ng three dogs in town are said to have died last week as the result of distemper and numerous animals are suffering from the disease which is prevalent over the village the tribune contacted dr s t boden- distel vs who has had consider able experience in this line as to the value of serium which is be ing administered to the animals he said that if given in the early stages there is a fair chance of re covery but the trouble s too many dog owners fail to act quick enough when their house pet shows symp toms of the disease dogs should really be inoculated for prevention and this has proven most success- nl said dr bodendlstel all in all it is a signal that the time has come to tie up your pup for flower gardens and lawns will soon be taken care of and many owners object to the inherent habit of canines burying bones in the fresh earth certainly people who wish to protect their animals from the apparent epidemic about town will ttko precautions to keep them at home just now among the dead victims so far are harry hol- dens hound pup and rowbothams coach dog early potatoes george wilson well known farmer on the 4th concession of uxbridge at lot 11 intends planting potatoes ibis week al though he informs us that his fields will not be really good for working for still a few days yet mr wilson will plant the pink eye variety from new- brunswick stock probably geo will get the medal in his town ship for being the first to plant tubers this spring thieves steal sawing outfit a valuable saw and stand be longing to mr william ratcliff was stolen last week about two and a half miles north of ballantrae where workmen left the outfit at the entrance to the bush where working operations had been carried on the saw was operated from the engine of the big truck and while most of the valuable parts were i tact with the truck the saw and stand were quite valuable and repre sent a good deal of money police are investigating but mr ratcliff is faced with buying a new outfit at once as work must go and be ing a very good natured man he will say nothing but saw wood markham lad hero of rescue the boy scout training of 19- yearold william hood former markham high school student was credited on sunday with saving the life of caroline vanzant 3yearold tot of the 4th concession of mark- ham township g little caroline became fast in tho mud of a creek running near her home and her plight was only brought to the attention of the boys by her pet dog lady which at tempted to drag the girl out of the creek and then ran up and down balking wading into the foot deep water murray wallen pulled the youngster out and then hood applied arti ficial respiration for more than an hour before the youngster regained consciousness there is no doubt the dog tried to pull the little girl out of the creek they have been inseparable pals ever since they got the dog six months ago the dog was soaking wet when the hoys got down to the creek and was running around barking furiously all the time hood was applying first aid the dog stood close to the scene whimpering and whining mr vanzant said we tried to pet her but she would have nothing to do with us when caroline finally regained consciousness and sat up and spoke to us lady almost went crazy she ran around barking and then ran up to caroline and started to lick her face he said the girl according to her mother had become stuck in the creek bot tom when struggling to get out of the latter i have been ill for some time and was sleeping yesterday afternoon i awoke suddenly with a feeling something had happened to caroline i could hear the dog bark ing and when i ran outside i saw the boys carrying my girl up to wards the house she continued i guess this is one time my sc experience came in handy said hood who drives a milk truck i guess i was just lucky to be at home im glad i was aide to give first aid big wheat acreage at victoria square prospects better than average year for bumper crop it is doubtful if fall wheat ever looked quite so good over the country as it does this spring with practically all danger from frosts over every stand of wheat seems to be in a thriving condition well covered with show all winter the snow remained over the spring period and did much to preserve the excellent catch of last fall and if nothing unforseen turns up a bumper crop may be harvested in the fall while the average farmer in markham township who sows any wheat at all puts in around ten acres there are some larger acreages for instance clarence donor gorm- ley has 28 acres of fall wheat it is in firstclass condition and i never had better wheat at this time of year said lift donor to the tribune at victoria square h d mccague on a 200 acre farm has 40 acres in and is probably the largest single grower this year in the municipality at dickson hill william redshaw on the storey faim has 22 acres and there may be other large patches we do not know of corner sold for garage site imr ross lewis has purchased a quarter acre of land on the north west corner of the 9th concession of whitchurch and the townline just at the west outskirts of stouff ville and will erect a garage build ing on the property the newly acquired business site formed part of the l c wideman farm tenant ed by jack davis and the new own er anticipates capturing a portion of the musselman lake trade building operations will com mence just as soon as the ground is fit the new structure will be frame unionville rink a shooting gallery alex mcintosh and richard maynard two markham township youths were arrested on tuesday in unionville on a charge of carrying a revolver the two lsyearold lads had gone on a spree with the weapon and just masted a hole in the roof of the crosby memorial rink when they were apprehend ed by the arm of the law retired farmer passes on sunday after three weeks serious illness and delicate health for about two years thos kellington died at his home in bloomington on sunday had he lived until may 19 he would have reached his soth birthday prior to the beginning of his bread- down about two years ago mr kellington was like a man of 68 and many people did not realize his more advanced age the funeral on tuesday after noon from the home of his son garfield 9th con whitchurch took place to churchill church and cem etery attended by many lifelong friends of the family rev e morton conducted the service born in the island lake district north of stouffville thos kelling ton was one of a family of nino born to the late mr and mrs william kellington he was the second of five sons but is survived only by his four sisters they being mrs w paisley of stouffville mrs j g hart toronto mrs j l hodgson perron sask and mrs adolph grenkie rosseau muskoka thomas uniited with the christian church at church hill and re mained a member of that body un til his death he lived an exampllry life and was highly esteemed in the neighborhood he always farmed in whitchurch and after his marriage 42 years ago to martha paisley the couple locat ed on the kellington homestead north of gravel hill it is interest ing to note that thomas married his brotherinlaws sister for his wife martha was a sister of wash ington paisley who married thomas kellingtons sister the wife martha passed away six years ago in bloom ington where mr and mrs kelling ton had retired in 19 29 to spend the eventide of life there survives them an only son garfield and an only daughter margaret at home with her father among those from a distance attending the funeral were two sisters of the deceased mrs hart and mrs grenkie and two mem bers of their family w a grenkie and mrs t w wakely both of toronto to ask for holiday on monday may 22 may 24 says meeting of business men a recommendation that monday may 22ml be proclaimed a public holiday and wednesday may 24th a half holiday was drawn up by some fifteen of the stouffville busi ness men at a public moating on monday night and will be present ed to the local council at their regular meeting on monday night there was considerable discus sion regarding the advisability of adopting daylight saving time and a committee was former comprised of messrs glenn ratcliff del jen nings d f holden and donald hodgins to circulate a petition among the business and working men of the town to find out if there is any general demand for the new time it was quite apparent from the discussion that the strictly mer cantile businessmen were very much opposed to any such move but it was suggested that the petition be drawn up to give all those interest ed a chance to line up either for or against the measure various towns in the vicinity to the south were cited as having taken the step in recent years hut it was also argued that these towns and villages with their surrounding farming com munities were in closer proximity to toronto while stouffville has de finitely been ahead in keeping to regular time bringing an increased influx of country trade which will cater to the place which keeps the i same time as is kept on the farm the meeting failed to raise any kind of move in the way of sponsor ing a new organization to either work with or supplant the lions club there appeared to be such a diversity of opinion regarding the matter that no definite decision could ibe arrived at and the idea was shelved for the time being leaving the lions to carry on and endeavour to increase their mem bership miss murison buried church is closed a petition has gone forward from the officials of bloomington united church to the presbytery asking that the church he closed at tho end of the conference year in june miss hannah fairies still a member there recalls quite vividly in her mind when the church was built 70 years ago mr this has for cedar beach is newly trimmed on saturday of this week cedar beach gardens lake musselmans pleasure rendezvous of hundreds xt toionto folk will open its doors for the inaugural spring dance as has been the policy of george e davies in the past peer of all dance pavilions been completely redecorated the occasion and presents another stunning new combination of colour and lighting effects the predomin ating hue this year is yellow and rose with a mirrored ceiling in the south alcove which allows for a heautiful reflection of the complete new lighting arrange ments eddie stroud and his wellknown toronto orchestra will supply the music for the opening now that the roads are finally showing an inclination to dry up peoples thoughts will lbe turning again to picnics weekends at the lakeshore etc cedar beach park one of the finest equipped resorts provides every facility for both small and large picnic parties and is in demand daily during the summer so any who are contem plating such an outing might do well to make their reservation early in order not to be crowded out of their desired date early milk delivery beginning monday may 1st the early delivery of milk will com mence in stouffville patrons of the maple leaf dairy will please put out bottles the night before as in past summers clayton baker missing max arretted misses isabelle aitchison and phyllis rose were weekend guests at f c rowbothams mrs anna schell who has been staying with mrs p j wiebe near petersburg for the past few months is now with her daughter imrs lloyd mover church street explanation the boys of the intermediate hockey team wish us to point ou that none of their players were found in or implicated in the ux bridge liquor case on the evening of march 17 when stouffville played in uxbridge a charge of deserting his wife and family and leaving litem in desti tute circumstances was laid by markham police on tuesday against ross norton of unionville norton who is a married man father of eight children left tho village on new years eve and was not appre hended until this week his where abouts were sought by the constable over the air waves on monday and on tuesday the man showed up and was at once taken into custodv miss isabella murison beloved daughter of pioneer parents died in markham village at the home of her sister mrs james malcolm on april is in her 82iid year the family lived in the highland creek i district but twentyfive years ago al brother john murison purchased the tom carey store businesj in goodwood and later was succeed ed by his brother william the sist er isabella lived with them in good wood until the business was sold ten years ago recently imiss murison lived in markham village with he sisters mrs malcolm and mrs gscrge duncan she was highly esteemed and was quite well known in this locality mrs james murison sister- inlaw of stouffville attended the funeral in markham on friday to st andrews cemetery must consider the farmers convenience o- further gifts the receipt of further donations to the band fund which still lacks about 100 is acknowledged by the committee additional contributions will be appreciated at this time in order to meet the outstanding obligations womens auxiliary united 1000 percy stover brooklin 500 l c murphy ba 200 r haste ba 200 g bailey ba 200 miss hogg ba 200 miss imiller ba 100 local ministers to graduate this thursday evening the question of daylight saving i time for stouffville came to the forei at a business mans meeting on monday evening and a petition is to be circulated among the mer chants to get their views in black and white hy a yes and no questionaire we would sincerely think the merchants should be all of one accord in the negative to close their places of business in accordance to city custom even if it were a greater convenience to the business man were he to adopt day light saving he should first consid er the farming community the farmer cannot adjust himself yet to daylight saving and indeed he may never do so and until he does a town such as stouffville should con tinue to cater to the farmer and stick to the standard time it is really of no consequence in stouffville as to what is being done in neighboring towns our business is to favor the farmer and while such close neighbors as markham have adopted the fast time it is done only with real oppo sition from numerous merchants who claim it is a mistake there but as we say stouffville should think only of her own trade in this matter and first of all protect it under daylight saving the picture theatre would be starting its first show on saturday evening at six oclock according to the farmer and it would tend to kill the show and thats something the merchants do not want to do aside from saturday the show would start at 7 oclock farmer time and how many would bo there there is no question but that stouffville has derived considerable business in tho past from remain ing on standard schedule while i somo other neighbouring towns are slighted for this very reason there has been built up here a rural trade which must not be endanger ed by catering to the very few who find the difference in times a slight inconvenience remanded clayton ebby toronto man arrested at unionville several weeks ago on a charge of reckless driving and being intoxicated was remand ed friday for two weeks owing to the illness of constable jackson who along with constable gayman investigated the case ebby crashed into a culvert at the unionville corner at the time and overturned his car sending two rear seat pass engers to the hospital badly injured member at heise hill 60 years toronto bible college students samuel herbert cockburn born in toronto now pastor of ring- wood bloomington and altoni christian churches russell kenvon vickcrs born in hamilton now pastor of stourr- vllle and church hill christian churches stanley medhurst born in bath somerset england now pastor of 6th line independent baptist church game of chance seized tho franklin house markham hostel was subjected to a raid by local police on monday afternoon and a game of chance seized the proprietor will answer the charge in courl on mondays mrs john steckley passed away peacefully at the home of her daughter mrs henry heise of gorm- ley on april 15 to await the final resurrection death culmmated an illness of several months born in pickering township on august 26 1860 mrs steckley whose maiden name was sarah cob- er married john steckley on the 9th of march 1880 hence they celebrated their 50th wedding an niversary two years ago they lived on the 7th concession of markham until 14 years ago when they re tired to mount joy for a short time but owing to the condition of her afficted husband and her own ad vancing years they made their home with their daughter mrs steckley leaves a husband three children and ten grand children to mourn the loss of a lov ing wife mother and grandmother the children are peter of almira edgar of victoria square and mrs j h heise martha with whom the parents lived and where they were tenderly cared for tne funeral on april 17 to heise hill church and cemetery was large ly attended despite the downpour of rain and the bad condition of tho roads at that time deceased was a member of this church for over 60 years and must be among its oldest bishop alvin winger had charge f the service assisted by rev mr gooding