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mimm leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 51 no 19 stouffville ont thursday august 14th 1941 eight pages taxes cut half mill in whitchurch despite 19500 road program despite increased costs higher salaries and an everincreasing pro gram of maintenance in the township of whitchurch which is similar to that of all other municipalities the whitchurch township council on saturday cut the tax rate for 1941 by half a mill the township road program this year will cost in the neighborhood of 10000 to maintain the standard of roads demanded and expected by the ratepayers of this amount j2500 has gone for dust layer and oil although not all roads have been oiled that ought to be a member of council in session on saturday ob served while viewed as a vital necessity oil and dust layer are high in price and very costly when applied in any considerable quantity saving in tax rate was made pos sibie by a half mill reduction in the eounty rate which council passed on to the tax payers so that the services rendered the farmers will be main tained at the same cost as a yea ago there were three cases of sheep killing by dogs reported and council reimbursed the sheep owners to the extent of g7 they were arthur emmerson wm brodie and stewart rae all flocks attacked it will be observed are in the soutu east corner and so far the dog or dogs have not been caught saturdays meeting aside from the striking of the rate was the lightest of the year and was pre sided over by reeve toole with all members being present deputy reeve leary councillors e logan e baker h wells v nolanwilliamson nuptial an interesting saturday event a profusion of gladioli banked with ferns decorated the home of mr and mrs garnet l williamson markham when their only daughter innis anne williamson was united in holy matrimony with charles henry nolan son of mr and mrs a v nolan of stoultville on saturday afternoon at 4 oclock rev dr thomas mitchell officiated at the ceremony in the presence of about seventyfive guests the bride given in marriage by her father was attired in a lovely gown of white chenille organza with fulltiered skirt and sweetheart neckline her veil was fulllength caught in a wreath of orange blossoms and she wore a pearl necklace the gift of the groom and carried a handmade lace handker chief gift of the grooms grand mother she carried a shower bou quet of pink roses bouvardia and white heather miss isabelle robin son of toronto cousin of the bride and her only attendant wore pink organza made on the same lines tlio brides with a matching halo and streamers and her bouquet was pink roses blue and pink cornflowers and babys breath mr jack pennock was groomsman and messrs john williamson and bill gansler the ushers the wedding music was played by miss grace prlngle and during the signing of the register mrs j s bell of toronto sang beloved it is morn following fhei ceremony the bridal party and guests passed out into the garden whore the brides table was set imrs williamson mother of the bride received in a gown of dusky rose faconno sheer with corsage of roses and mrs nolan mother of the groom chose a dress of pale blue crepe with navy hat and matching accessories and a corsage of roses the grooms grandmother mrs griffith also re ceived wearing a hellotrop crepe dress with gray accessories and rose corsage later the young couple left on a trip that will lake them to quebec and a saguenay cruise for travel ling the bride wore a figured sllk- jcrsdy dress navy redingote navy hat gloves shoos and bag on their return they will reside in stoiiffville early potatoes yield axi price good ross hood ballantrae farm er has dug and sold over 300 bis of early potatoes and has still more to harvest this week some of the tubers were so large they bud to be sold to fish and chip stores in toronto as the regular market did not like them so big they were an ex cellent sample clean and solid despite their size mr hood has averaged probably letter than 1 per pound bag for his early output it is too soon lo speculate on the yield of the later varieties which are now in flower ivan mclaughlin tho potato king of hailantrae district has 2- acres of late tubers in crop purchase of more machinery opposed when the question of purchasing additional road machinery for winter plowing came up at the august meet ing of markham council it was de cided to go slow in the matter reeve rennie suggested that it would be wiser at this time not to purchase more machinery but to engage equipment from the larger owners to do the work the view pre vailed although deputy reeve hoop er said he was not adverse to the purchase of such equipment widow of senator was uxbridge girl mrs leta card emery widow of the late state senator lewis emery died last week at her nearby coun try home after an illness of a few weelcs born in uxbridge ontario she went to bradford in 1927 when she married senator emery who had championed independent oil produc ing interests in the state legislature in the issos imrs emery maintained a winter home in jamaica british west in dies where she had entertained the duke and duchess of kent she is survived by three sisters mrs frank forrest toronto mrs william urquhart owen sound ont and miss alice card port hope ont mrs jos raymer buried at dick hill resident on the 9th concession of markham just south of stoultville 30 years ago maria nelson hoover raymer died at the residence of her daughter bloomfield avenue tor onto on friday morning last in her 74th year the funeral on monday afternoon took place to dickson hill cemetery the late mrs raymer was the adopted daughter of john b hoover and the family borne on the 9th concession is well known in the township it was farmed until his death a few years ago by a son eli whoso widow still lives on the homestead which is worked by her soninlaw maria n hoover united in marriage with joseph raymer and the couple farmed at lot 34 on the sth of markham where walter pipher lives hero the raymer fam ily were born and from this farm they attended dickson hill school they are mrs f dean flossie mrs w graham edith lloyd raymer prominent toronto baker and popular leader of the radio broadcast known as the raymer eventide hour also by major rufus r raymer orillia her husband predeceased her quite a number of years and the family left the farm for the city over 30 years ago founder ok churchill tabeisxacle to address mbc sunday schools at the coming sunday school con vention of the mbc church to be held at kitchener on wednesday august 27 the single day program will be concluded in the evening by an address to be given by rev c churchill pastor of the churchill tabernacle in buffalo this gifted speaker is widely known over on tario where so many listen to his sunday services from buffalo and his presence will assure a great crowd from long distances of people who will want to hear him churchill was a commercial travel ler when called to the work of the christian ministry and today he is one of the outstanding christian ora tors in the usa the convention embraces all the churches in the ontario conference j brown of stayner is the president and e gooding of bala secretary- treasurer extend school leave pupils at farm work reports reaching the provincial department of education on thous ands of schoolage boys and girls who are assisting fruitgrowers and farmers have been so satisfactory that it has been decided to permit them to remain on the farms until the end of september letters and messages to the department state that the students have been of great assistance in harvesting and the acting minister hon harry nixon has decided to encourage them to re main with their employers for s month after school opens principals of schools have been authorized by a circular letter from the department that all pupils who have been engaged in work during the summer shall be marked present during the month of september provided they present certificates from their employers to the effect that they have been employed on farms during the summer the schools will open on the statutory date sept 2 but those employed on farms will not be required to re turn until october 1 the letter told principals that students who have been employed on farms have been and are doing valu able war work and are worthy special attention when they re turn to school the acting minister suggests that these pupils be given special lessons or classes or individu al instruction even out of school hours in order to help them catch up in their work thumb fare carried youths 6000 miles on trip throush rockies ballantrae firemen save farm barns ballantrae fire fighters answered a call last friday afternoon and sped to the imac conner bush where a fire was raging they poured water on the flames for three quarters of an hour and succeedod in saving the barn which for a time looked to be doomed army and civilian collide on highway a long line of motor traffic was stalled on the sth concession of markham one evening last week when a motor car going south driven by a civilian and an army motor cycle crashed into each other it appears that fairly large trans ports of army trucks going to camp borden were passing up the sth and one of the motor cycles turned out from behind a big truck when it met the civilian car going south one soldier suffered a broken arm and although an ambulance from mark ham village was summoned they took the soldier on to camp in one of their own vehicles the accident happened opposite the thos lilly farm our sth line correspondent reports bill sanders jr clerk at riches hardware is at niagara for a couple of weeks training course sergt george saunders is home from niagara for a couple of days and expects to he transferred this week to a northern camp as a guard over german prisoners mrs risebrough only in her prime markham airman among three killed in british crash the royal air force ferry com mand announced tuesday that 22 airmen attached to the atlantic bomber ferry service had lost their lives in a flying accident in the unit ed kingdom on sunday the dead included eight can adians of whom two came from tor onto and three more from elsewhere in ontario seven from the united states six whose homes were in the united kingdom and one from aus tralia a brief announcement from lon don stated that the plane carrying the 22 men was of the large trans oceanic type and that it crashed into a hillside saturday immediate ly after leaving a british airport h c mcintosh was 28 years old and lived near markham he was stationed at porquis junction as department of transport radio oper ator he was educated at markham high school mcintosh left his post to serve as radio operator on tho ferry service last april foxes not to blame an epidemic of distemper among the 4logs in the broug ham and greenwood district which was reported to have been caused by foxes in the dis trict visiting farmers barn yards is now denied by dr meewan veterinary surgeon tho veterinary would not put the trouble down to foxes dogs affected were said to puff at the eyes and sneeze a great deal finding it difficult to breathe it had been said that the great number of foxes in the district this year visiting barn yards after night were affected with distemper and that it wits transmitted to the dogs who closely followed the scent from the wild animals dr mcewen is supplying a special serum which if ad ministered in the early stages ho says is most effective in re lieving suffering dogs afflicted 18 years john stickley passes we are glad to report that mrs jos mowder is able to be up and around after three weeks confine ment to her bed from heart trouble mrs mowder is s3 years of age and she does not recall her last illness in bed it is so long ago august frost there was a white frost on the vines and over the meadows early wednesday morning and it was de pioneer farmer in markham town ship john stickley died in stouffvillo on thursday august 7 he reached his 77th birthday on february 6 1941 born on the 7th concession of markham at lot 24 he was a son of the late joseph stickley all the main buildings were put on this farm by mm and the original pioneer house made of logs was replaced while the farm generally was im proved- from its primitive state athough he was a total invalid for years and had been more or less afflicted for is years he lived to be the last of a family of eight children as a young man he married sarah cober of markham she pass ed away two years ago last april but there survives an only daughter mrs j h heise who moved to stouffville from gormley last fall where her husband established a groceteria store and with whom thej the rockies motor travel is invalid father lived there are also it is marvelous what a couple of boys can accomplish if they are willing to put forth the energy and have what u takes to get along in this old world which so many find difficult last week for instance motley brown son of acting reeve r e brown and harold morden youngest son of mr lou imorden arrived in town from a trip which took them all the way to british columbia and back and they made the g000 odd miles in little more than six weeks travel more than that they didnt spend a nickle on transportation and made the whole journey by the well known thumb and bumper means of travel we understand they were motored from stouffville to zephyr where the lads caught a west bound freight bright and early one morning and this saw them right through to winnipeg their next objective was saskatoon from which point the boys made a side trip to the town where mordens lived until they re turned from the west a few years ago when they took to the road again they hit tor edmonton visited at calgary and touched the world- famous resorts at banff lake louise and jasper at the latter place they secured employment and worked for two weeks at good wages which assured them plenty of ready cash to replenish their larder which by this time must have been getting low motley said they had blankets and sleeping out at nights while a bit uncomfortable when the weather be came very cool was not a great hardship it was their ambition to reach the pacific coast but after pas sing through the rockies they did the triangle trail from banff passing west to field and golden at the tip of the journey west and here turned for the long trail home a long jour ney even for one travelling in a more luxurious way high spots of the trip were calgary banff lake louise and jasper but the lads could talk for a day and a night on many other interesting things they saw thumbing proved a quick mode of travel and on occa sions they were lifted as much as 500 to goo miles in one day however when it came to actually passing two sons peter stickley almira and edgar stickley victoria square the funeral on sunday afternoon was from the home of his son peter and proceeded to heise hill church for public service it was here that the deceased worshipped during his lifetime bishop alvin winger was in charge of the service and was assisted by elder c i cullen interment was made in the heise hill cemetery those acting as pall bearers were all former neighbors when mr stickley lived on his farm namely james jarvis george hoov er wilniot warriner ted wagg jacob wideman and howard summerfeldt some 80 guests friends and rela tives assembled at the home of the daughter of the deceased mrs j h heise in stouffville following the the safest and surest for hitch hick- ers those long lonely stretches in the mountain sectors with here and there a tunnel dark as ink and miles in length was not inviting un less you were sure of a seat in the comfortable passenger trains cop le ho constable utobert windsor return ed home on monday from new market hospital where he under went a successful operation for appendicitis and is making rapid recovery mortson family hold annual reunion here the fifth annual reunion of tho mortson clan held in the town of aurora was attended by about fifty members of the clan a programme of sports included a baseball match races and games was held during the afternoon guests were present from new york michigan and pennsylvania officers elected for the year 1941 were as follows past president roscoe mortson brantford presi dent gordon mortson victoria square vicepresident emmons mort son pittsburgh penn secretary treasurer lorne mortson richmond hill oldest lady present mrs annie mortson victoria square oldest man present angus mortson graven- hurst the death of mrs william d risebrough at her late home lot 28 con 8 markham on saturday aug 9 came as a great shock to many of the friends although in more or less delicate health over the years recently she appeared to be improv ed thus her passing in the prime of life is greatly to be regretted mrs risebrough was 43 years of age and had been ill only six weeks born on the 7th concession of scott twp north of uxbridge her maiden name was inn olivo hill be ing a daughter of thos hill she was marrjed in 1926 to william rise brough also a native of scott and they settled in scarboro but later moved to markham besides her hus band she is survived by an only daughter mary and by one sister stella mrs oscar welsh of sand- ford and by four brothers lorne and lewis hill in saskatchewan ray in scott twp and herbert in pickering twp the funeral on tuesday from the late home proceeded to hart man cemetery irev a j orr her pastor from peachs united church con ducted the service cidedly chilly all night however funeral thus maintaining a tradition the frost did no harm to any crops farmers report mr and mrs bert wideman of minnesota and rev bruce wideman and mrs wideman of new jersey were callers at the home of mr and mrs william hunt bethcsda this week over 80 but delights to enterta despite her eighty odd years mrs lemon baker takes real delight in entertaining her friends and rela tives a fact that was impressed on quite a few people about a week ago when she served meals to thirteen relatives and friends of the church for the friends to tarry with the bereaved family fol lowing the laying away of a beloved one attended the timbers reuni at sa members of the timbers family from toronto stouffville milliken and detroit held their annual re union at canatara park sarnia last week present from this district were mrs eli wilson main street stouff ville and her brother joseph tim bers of milliken mr george patten from stouffville also went along al though not a member of the clan the reunion for 1941 was on a smaller scale that the big affair held a year ago and attended by a couple of hundred descendants of the family long series of thefts sends youth to reformatorysmall brother gets chance mr and mrs w a quantz have returned after spending four weeks at keswick lake simcoe engagements mr and mrs edwin byer an nounce the engagement of their daughter dorothy mae to roy ii smith son of mr and mrs william smith glasgow the marriage is to take place in august mr and imrs delbert f holdcn announce the engagement of their only daughter erma gertrude to john glover todds ba montreal younger son of mr and mrs chas f todds markham the wedding to take place at the brides parents home on saturday august 30th two lads the eldest 13 on satur day sons of mrs dunbar imain street east whose husband is in the army were caught stealing cash from the ice cream counter at the garage of valleau holden on monday morn ing they admitted the theft of a quantity of silver and turned it all over to the owners excepting a small amount which had been spent for candy or ice cream before they were caught after the theft was commit ted brought to the office of the local j p constable al greenwood was advised to take the boys down to york county court where the juven- llo branch would deal with this and other offenses stored up against them the 13ycarold lad was promptly sent to the industrial home at bowmanvillo where he will spend perhaps several years while the younger boy was allowed again on probation father of the boys concurred in the arrangement and was willing that both lads be put where they would cause no trouble and where they might have a chance for correc tion the elder boy will be taught a trade of his own choosing at bowmanville industrial home a series of law breaking has been going on over the past year that is nbw believed will be brought to an end not only because one of the leaders is gone but tho example made of him will impress other hoys when the lionss club hold their dominion day entertainment in the rink a bunch of boys broke in next morning and stole several cases of bottles and sold them to the store keepers more recently several boys in tho same group smashed up scats at the park and cut up the ropes used on the swings the lads apprehended home monday morning admitted a hand in most of the offenses