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uteibmte vol 51 no8 stouffville ontario thursday may 25 1939 eight pages justice green hears farmers in dispute frank williamson and white fighting action john a ease before the supreme court in whitby last week re calls a division court action heard in stouffville last winter and brought by the complainant in the whitby case frank williamson markham and pickering township farm er was on the witness stand for three hours one day and two and a half hours the next day and the case was not finished williamson is suing john white well known pickering township farmer for unstated damages amounting to several thousand dollars over a period of live years williamson is re presented by ernest c fetzer toronto barrister while white is represented by r d ruddy whitby barrister in a disjointed manner that has confused the court on vari ous occasions causing justice green to make coniderable com ment williamson told of work ing for white on several farms in pickering township from 1933 to 1937 williamson claims that white took his cattle grain failed to pay him allowed his son arthur to be abused had him sign a chattel mortgage which he thought was a lease on a farm and kept some of his farm implements in crossexamination this morning the defense lawyer showed the court a number of variances in the testimony of the complainant as given in court and as given in the exam ination for discovery a letter written by the complainant to the defendant at the time these deals were conducted did not make any mention that the com plainant had any grievance with any of the deals the defense exhibited a settlement agreement made be tween the two parties the de fense claims that this agree ment covers all the deals while the complainant asserted that it only covered one farm it will be recalled that williamsons action in stouff ville was for wages against a markham farmer who claimed he took williamson and his sen for their board only on the re quest of the then reeve geo padget and constable scotty walker williamson at the time so these witnesses said was a township problem however the judge at that time allowed him a fair proportion of his claim the case against mr white will be completed this week motorists loud mouth tips off township cop a charge of having liquor in an illegal place was laid by constable gayman of markham township on saturday night against gerrow vanwart of leaside vanwart with several passengers were proceeding north on the 8th of markham when they were accosted by the constable the constable was directing traffic through the wideman bridge which had become con gested due to an accident there when he overhead vanwart say to a companion in his car for gods sake put that bottle down theres a cop and sure enough there was the cop and he promptly brought their car to a halt making the discovery which biought disas ter to vanwart thousands greet royal train at agincourt stouffville wins opening ball game in toronto park harold cook hits homer sixth innings marriages hiese atki nson a very quiet wedding was solemnized at gormley by bishop winger on monday when helen edith atkinson eldest daughter of mr and mrs clarence atkinson of bethesda was united in marriage to lome hiese son of mr and mrs j h hiese of gormley the bride looked charming in royal blue carrying a bouquet of daffodils tulips and babys breath her attendant was reta mclntyre attired in grey with wine colored accessories the groom was supported by jbruce empringham after the cere mony they left on a short honeymoon and on their return will live at vandorf cars collide on 8th con bridge first train ride for many we learn as 337 board the cnr for riverdale long life is ended peacefully president klinck loses wife word reached relatives here on friday of the death of mary alice mcdougall native of guelph and wife of president l s klinck of the university of british columbia mrs klinck died in vancouver at the age of 64 years she had been in ill health for about 18 years and had been married for 35 years besides the bereaved husband an only son ronald klinck of trail bc survives the mother interment took place at vancouver engagements mr and mrs david w crosier announce the engage ment of their youngest daugh ter erla wahneita- to mr william david malloy son of mr and mrs howard j malloy stouffville the marriage to take place june 15th mr and mrs 0 peacock of stouffville announce the en gagement of their youngest daughter mary loraine to mr vernon lewis son of mrs lewis and the late george lewis the nnrriage will take place in june 1030 stouffvjle ontario a lifelong resident of this district died on sunday when mrs john grove passed to her reward in her 88th year born at dicksons hill on the sideroad at the farm now occupied by jacob grove she was a daughter of the late john ramer and is the last of the family she united in marriage with john grove and for many years the couple farmed on the 8th con of markham nine years ago mr gove died the couple had retired to stouffville prior to his death however there were no children the last few yeaxs mrs grove lived with mr and mrs wm conner just west of town she being an aunt of mrs connors here the elderly lady was tenderly cared for which must have been a great comfort to her in her declining years the funeral on tuesday afternoon proceeded from the connor home where she died to the mbc church here where service was conducted by rev h shantz assisted by rev m- mcguire the pall bearers were messrs jacob meyer jacob reesor jos mertens jos hoover c v pipher and malcolm ramer mrs grove had been a faithful member of the church nearly all her long life the horticultural society are anxious to have a good repre sentation at the district meeting this friday evening may 26th at thornhill and would those wishing to go kindly notify mrs h klinck or m mertens at once arrangements are being made for a spring flower show to be held early in june more than 300 school children and students with their teach ers boarded the special train for toronto on mon morning for riverdale park to join tens of thousands of people in extend ing a royal welcome to the king and queen incidentally it was the first train ride for many of the youngsters and indeed sev eral girls in their teens told us it was their first train ride despite the fact our train was the last to arrive at the park of the many scheduled from various points and that we were nearly an hour behind time the stouffville group saw their majesties and without having to stand for a couple of hours in fact the excuisionists from here just nicely landed into one of the enclosures reserved for youngsters when the parade came along children were seen on the station platform in town short- ly after eight in the morning at least two hours before the train was due and three before it did get here- and long before the actual time for departure the platform was crammed with young people and a few grown ups in all 377 tickets were sold most of the adults took an earlier train thus reserving the last one for school students be hind schedule leaving stouff ville we raced along but failed to catch up lost time there being so many children to get aboard at markham and other places our reservation in the park became filled with grownups and the police endeavoured to remove them the loud speakers announced these people must move out to make room for the children coming in on a late train how ever when the train failed to arrive until close to the time for the parade to pass the crowd rushed to the vacant space again and it was lost to those for whom it was set apart believing the parade was coming just a few minutes after our arrival the local con tingent rushed into another section and found places fairly satisfactory it was but a short time ere their majesties ap peared and everybody saw and cheered but alas it was all too short there was the general regrets felt by everybody the teaching staff were loyal to the charges and did every thing possible to make the trip enjoyable and a merry en thusiastic group of youthful humanity it proved to be probably one of the best opportunities to see their majesties by local people pro ed to be at agincourt where hundreds gathered early in the norning to see the royal train arrive from kingston slowing down to a snail pace the queen it required four stitches to close the forehead wound re ceived by clifford mcewan of toronto when a car in which he was riding collided with a stouffville machine driven by stood on the rear platform and waved to the big crowd lining the platform and along the way close up to the royal tain many declared it was the best 9vgju3titim tumty of real greetings they u nja kv ath got all day thus did we take part in wel coming royalty in joining ihe tens of thousands of people who lined the streets of toronto and park spaces the dominion has welcomed royalty before but the present sovereign com bines eminent characteristics of former kingtobe who came to us and the queen just stole the hearts of everybody sunny of sunnyside sunny of sunnyside an oper etta by pupils of stouffville public school in the stouffville arena friday and saturday june 2nd and 3rd further particulars next week markham farm is sold on the wideman bridge 8th concession of markham gor don murphy 36 wanless ave toronto and four passengers was proceeding north when the collision occurred while the talbot automobile with its four occupants was southbound both cars were considerably- damaged this bridge has been the scene of numerous accidents and should have some warning signs erected stouffville edged out an 8 to 7 win over pears on friday night to mark their first game in the north toronto intermediate league stouffville took a tworun lead in the first innings and then came on to score six in the sixth frame harold cook featured in the local rally slam ming a home run into deep centre field with one on bruce stover rookie fielder hit a clean single over first to ad vance two more pears scored single runs in each of the first third and fifth innings in the last half of the sixth- home runs by steve levantis and pitcher bob ferguson added four more to bring the toronto team to within one run of the locals batteries were ferguson and munro for pears anderson and cook for stouffville this wednesday afternoon ostranders last yeai league champions visit the memorial park here while hillcrests will hook up with locals here on saturday at the end of seven innings wednesday score was ostrand ers 3 stouffville 0 home after 23 years the wellknown david gra ham farm on the tenth con cession of markham about threequarters of a mile north of no 7 highway was sold last week to a toronto buyer whose name is not yet disclosed the property consists of 150 acres and has been stocked with hereford cattle developed by mr graham over ihe twenty years in which he lived on the place the large barn is in good condition and a fine stone house is on the place mr graham will retire to north markham where he bought the gideon browns- berger residence mrs will madill of vernon bc is in town visiting her mother mrs darius field and her sister mrs kaiser it is 23 years since mrs madill was last at home her husband is a son of the late benj madill former ly of quaker hill west of ux- bridge town and who lived in stouffville during part of his retired life mrs madills father died here last february major bowes winner here sunday miss marion douglas talent ed winner on one of major bowes recently conducted amateur hours will play the cathedral chimes and marim- baphone at all services stouffville christian this coming sunday irl the church mrs charles harper has pur chased a vancant lot on victoria street and work commenced wednesday on the construction of a new house there which mrs harper hopes to occupy this fail county officer charges claremont village with neglect in procuring license plate for fire truck rev jack scott of forward baptist church toronto mr scott is the popular pas tor of a church that is well known for its evangelistic and missionary zeal the coming of this young apollos to speak in the christian church at ring- wood on may 29 ought to be one of wide interest and no one should miss this opportunity of hearing him the village of claremont is in the peculiar position of being hauled into court for not having a motor license last week when the decrepid old fire truck was hauled down the street to an swer a call when the barn be longing to w wallace was in flames constable wid miller seized the occasion to lay a charge against the municipal ity for driving their truck with 1936 markers the village trustees will be called to answer the charge it is believed but the situation has caused untold criticism in the village we have been held up to criticism over the radio said one irate citizen to the tribune but after all it is be lieved that the tax payers will now be forced to consider the fire protection they have the reporter ran into several hot discussions on the situation for it is a burning question in the village we were told that the people went to considerable expense to equip the village with fire fight ing apparatus and for a num ber of years the outfit was kept in good condition but of recent time it has been allowed to fall into a state of decay here are some of the questions which the ratepayers demand wa put to the trustees why should the truck have to be towed to a fire and why is the truck being kept with only a 1936 license plate still other posers they want the the trustees to defend are why not the trustees pay any fine imposed from their own pockets and to sum it up why do the people of the vill age stand for such conditions from a legal standpoint if the truck did not run- it is not likely to draw a fine but real point is not the fine it is the fire protection there are those who feel that the trustees will act promptly in putting the fire outfit in some sort of reason able repair in fact trustee pretty told the press he hoped there would be a meeting right away for the purpose of consid ering the purchase of a new truck all united church young people of the toronto east rural presbytery are invited to the annual convention being held in unionville town hall on may 26th the banquet and program hegin at 630 est admission 25c births curtis at the brierbush hos pital- stouffville on mondav may 22nd 1939 to mr and mrs roy curtis stouffville the gift of a daughter