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mifaum leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 53 no 24 stouffville ont thursday oct 22nd 1942 ten pages now in england with the rcaf gasoline thieves busy here again lift up your eyes stouffiille and scrvico stations garden radish 11 1 founds ballantrae victimized i like a great turnip a white rad- thursday or friday night last ish grown from italian seed was on week the gasoline station of lewis exhibition in the tribune office bros stouftville and the service window last weekend and proved jteesor steckley son of mr and mrs ernest steckley of bethesda who according to a cable ie- ceived by his parents last week has arrived in england reesor enlisted with the rcaf in august 1941 and completed the radio course at kingston on precision instruments in aircraft detection he is a gradu ate of toronto normal school and was teaching at mapl leaf school near weston when he enlisted mare from morissey stable was fatally injured on highway at lincolnville jimmy monks of lincolnville is 1n mourning and rightfully so he lias lost his promising 3year old mare from the morissey stables jimmy ifrequently described the animal as a loveable thing and it was cherished as one of the family the animal which was struck by a car on the highway was valued at around 500 the parting is made all the more painiful because the mare was a gift from chas morissey an old friend and mr monks had high hopes that she would some day prove herself rgreat down there at the big tracks the mare gave promise of becom ing a great runner the accident happened when the animal apparently jumped the fence and got onto the roadway vic paxton of hamilton collided with tier she suffered a fracture of the shoulder and had to be shot edar valley man dies suddenly the sudden death of isaac wilson whitchurch township at cedar valley last week reveals the fact that the man had left his home on friday evening and walked back over the field to a partly built shack where his body was found the next day by a friend who had gone to the wilson home for him neighbors report that when the friend arrived on saturday and asked wilsons sister where he was she stated that she didnt know but that he had gone back over the field the night before and didnt come home come with me and we will try and find him said the friend and the two started off for the shack where wilson was found dead on the floor he had apparent ly suffered a heart attack about a year ago wilson lost his wife who died suddenly and his sister has since then kept house for him and his two small sons pumps belonging to gib wright at ballantrae were broken into mr wright estimates that about eight gallons of es wers take from his place also the thieves carried off the pump handle and thereby caised additional inconvenience at the lewis station westend the lock was broken but whether or not any gas was obtained is not certain both these places have been robbed on more than one occasion ive just forgotten how many times they have broken into my pumps stat ed mr wright whose bedroom is so close to the tanks that it is strange how thieves get away with out being heard uxioxville lady dead the passing at the brierbush hospital stouffville on tuesday this week of mary brathwaite of unicnville is announced de ceased was over so years of age and had been a hospital patient for a few months she was a well known place subsp ribed in highly interesting for many people some said it was a mangold others a turnip but no one ever suspected it of being a radish until they read the cardi it was grown by mr f williamson resident in the east end of town from seed he brought from markham when he located in town sliced oft like bread it is mild eating and is relished by the children with bread and butter victory loan objectives set for north york the victory loan objective for the village of stouffville is set at 55000 this should be easily reached in view of the fact that this the last loan resident of yeais unionville for couple feted on 25th anniversary to mr and mrs truman baxter congratulations and good were bestowed on saturday evening it being the 25th anniversary of their wedding day the baxter home in the westend was filled with friends when they piesented the bride and groom of a quarter cen tury with a lovely cut glass rose bowl with silver stand and enjoyed a pleasant evening together mr and mrs baxter were married on manitoulin island where they made stouffville their -home- for three years then moved to toronto where they re mained for the next thirteen before moving to this district truman baxter is one of the busiest car penters in the locality and just now is the contractor on two large houses in town being built by wes schell and milt storey mr and mrs baxter have two daughters mrs harold murphy marion and miss joanon the bank of commeice staff many j the sum of 123000 an analysis of the figures for each municipality show that mark ham village which raised about twothirds as much money in the last loan as did stouffville is ask ed for 60000 against our 55000 55000 i the total objective for york wishes north is set at the same figure as in the last campaign at which time it received a tremendous upward boost york north is asked to raise 1s00- 000 divided into municipalities as follows objectives lose soccer tilt to markham 10 stouffville dropped the opening fall soccer tilt with markham high school team on tuesday afternoon by the slim margin of 10 playing on the southern gridiron markham forged ahead in the first quarter sellers getting the counter slipping the pigskin by raxlin in the stouff ville goal the locals carried a large per centage of the play during the re maining portion of the game in an effort to get an equalizer but the stout defensive tactics of baker and seavers with pilkey between the posts were chiefly responsible for keeping stouftville off tho score sheet a return match will be played in memorial park here next tuesday afternoon llncnp was as follows markham pilkey baker sealers black fleming woods sellers maynard d pilkey s pilkey and w annls for stouffville raxlin steckley k schell kllnck forfar a schell c aldred williams and kelllngton referee earl thorns one of our oldest mothers laid away the death of mrs david latch- ford sophia miller briefly an nounced in our last issue removed one of our very oldest residents and one who has lived here much longer than the average resident mrs latchford was in her s3rd year was born at ballantrae where her father conducted the ballaptrae hotel a well known and familiar stopping house for crosscountry travellers between aurora and uxbridge the family moved to stouffville when the deceased was a girl of fourteen years they located in the east end of stouffville at the four corners following her marriage to david w latchford the couple settled on main street west mr latchford was a carriage builder and older residents remember his shop which stood on main street on the corner where wes schells new residence is being built today the latchford home was built just west of the shop 40 years ago now mrs latchford possessed the artist touch and took painting less ons one of her teachers being mona oneill of uxbridge who came hero to give lessons 40 years ago numerous pieces of china are still in possession of the family and friends done by mrs latchford for many years she also gave her talent in church choirs and sang in two of the early church choirs of this town twentysix years ago mr latch ford died also of her owni family two sisters and three broth ers predeceased mrs latchford and there survives but one brother james miller in the usa of a family of four born to mrs latch ford the sole survivor is mrs urqnhart of ayr who was with her mother when the end came the funeral on friday afternoon from the late home proceeded to stouffville cemetery jthe servlco ising taken by rev d davis of the united church assisted by rpv e morton pall bearers were messrs james monk howard hill levis forsyth d l stouffer harry brilllnger and tvajter brlllingcr aurora 150000 newmarket 250000 markham 00000 richmond hill 75000 stouffville 55000 sutton 50000 woodbridge 65000 georgina township 50000 north gwillimbury 50000 east gwillimbury 100000 king township 175000 markham township 200000 vaughan township 200000 whitchurch township 120000 1g00000 nearly 0 monthly for comfort fund below are some of the most re cent communications received by mr bert lichorish secretary of the local veterans comfort fund from the boys overseas who are monthly receiving smokes and other treats through the voluntary subscrip tions to this fund the comfort will not launch any special compaign for funds this christmas as the monthly financial obligation of the fund has grown so great that any special yuletide parcels are being left for the red cross and other organizations sept 15 1942 dear sirs i was very glad to receive a par cel of smokes from you this even ing it sure makes a difference to get a real smoke again and you are the only people who send me smokes it will soon be my fourth christmas in england and i hope it will be my last because i could sure go for- a good old canadian christ mas again if doesnt seem right to have a green christmas well my time is short tonight so ill close now thanking you once again i re main as ever h s cook sept 12 1942 hello bert many thanks for the smokes i guess i missed the parcel before and this one has been doing some travelling trying to find me my address has changed you fellows are sure doing a swell job and i hope we can make it up to you george abell sept 21 1942 hello bert just a few lines to thank you continued on page ten a vision of victory and an in spiration for all canadians who have put their hands to the plow is found in this pictuie and story of mrs wm dowdall whose faim is near pei th ont aided only by her 16year old son albeit this canadian woman works the farm thereby releasing her hus band for service in a war industry aifd her oldest son for active ser vice with the canadian army oveiseas with albeitjs help mrs dowdall plows and cultivates her 100 acres and harvests the crop milks eight cows and works in the bush with axe and saw not content with thus helping to pro duce canadas food she is putting part of the proceeds into-canadas- war chest she has alieady au thorized a deduction of 400 a month from her milk cheque from a nearby cheese factory to buy war savings certificates and this month she is adding to her stake in freedom and security by subscribing to victoiy bonds meanwhile her husband is sub scribing to 2 war saving certifi cates a month through the pay roll deduction at the war factory where he works and is also sub scribing to victory loan month by month the idowdall family watch their savings grow- to day their labor and their money help win the war when peace comes their savings will be used to purchase agricultural equip ment for the fiim theirs is the resolute spirit with which this- nations pioneers carved a do minion from a wilderness merchant buys farm john deegan meaford takes local bride mr albert carswell proprietor of the former shaw store in town made the purchase last week of a fine 100 acre farm in wellington county midway between guelph and arthur the whole acreage is workable and the fine barns and house are well known in the dis trict where they are located the dwelling is modernly equipped with all conveniences and was re cently used as a manor house for travellers no doubt the local dry the chu of christ oods man will find her has a highly rev ml bailey enjoyable place to spend weekends and any spare time he can get from his business obligation here he will stock the place with cattle next spring and summer and may then be classed as a rancher the marriage was quietly solemnized at stouftville on mon day at high noon of mrs ida lehman widow of the late albert lehman of this town to mr john deegan of meaford mr ad mrs john r barkey neighbors of mrs lehnian supported the bride and groom while the ceremony was performed by the grooms pastor at mrs wjthompson laid to rest in newmarket the death of mrs william j thompson at the toronto western hospital on saturday is being keen ly felt in this town where she had spent so much of her life and de spite the fact that for probably 15 years th family had lived in new market mrs thompson had been ill for some time and although she fought valiantly for two years to regain her health and oldtime buoyancy it was all in vain mrs thompson was a daughter of a prominent pioneer family in this village her father being the late james obrien who came here in about the year 1s55 and he didnt come very far either for he was born in pickering township he had a large family and six of his sons migrated to the usa and did well tliere surviving mrs thomp son are three of her brothers her bert of newmarket oscar in chi cago and edmund of cape cod also one sister mrs brace wife of rev a j brace laura obrien thompson was horn in stouffville second youngest child she was nuitured in the home and the methodist sunday school and never a concert was held in church or day school but that her talent was called upon in choral work she possessed a happy win some countenance and her cheery disposition was an inspiration to many after her marriage to wm j thompson town butcher the couple continued to live here until over 15 years ago when they moved to newmarket besides her husband mrs thompson is survived by her only daughter dorothy and by two sons fred in the rcaf and gordon with the lome scots a number of old friends went to new- market on tuesday alfternoon for the funeral interment was made in newmarket cemetery golden anniversary at bloomington the 50th anniversary of the bloomington christian church will be celebrated with special services on sunday nov 1st both morning and evening when rev c e fock- ler of maple will be the special speaker former members of the choir will render special numbers redshaw auction tuesday sold high the bride wore a street length dress of wine crepe and carrieda bouquet of pink and white mums the bridesmaid mrs barkey wore a torquise blue crepe dress a buffet luncheon was served the table being decorated with pink candles and pink and white roses following the ceremony the well wishes of friends were received and the couple left for their home in meaford the l bride had been a resident of this town for thirty years and takes away the best iwishes of all her friends for years of continued happiness the firemen were called to the residence of mr ira aldred on sun day about the tea hour where it was found a can of varnish had been forgotten and ignited in the oven causing a tremendous smudge while the crowd wasnt so large there was lively bidding at the fred iredshaw sale west of claremont on tuesday when the gray team sold for 235 and the top priced cow realized 10750 feeders went fov 70 and 80 a head and cnlves 35 the manure spreader not the one premier hepburn stood on went at 3750 and the mower s0 pigs continue to sell well chunks bring ing 13 while cows sold at 70 and 75 a mow of hay was knocked off by auctioneer farmer at 15750 mr redshaw is giving up farming a member of the rcaf man ning depot toronto spent sunday with mrs ed gtbson and daughter mabel had j5yk kbmovkd mr a c burkholder recently the splendid prizes to the lucky underwent an operation for the re- tlckct holders who attend the moval of one eye not long ago the stouffville band concert this thnrs- other eye was operated on with day evening in cratcliffs all are on some degree of success but this display in the window of e latest catastrophe is very much to be oneills furlture store regretted no field day here this year due to the short term and press ing school work the annual- field day competitions at the local con tinuation school have been- cancell ed for this year a number of the students did not begin classes this i year until october and will possibly i leave school to assist in farm work early in the spring and this com bined with the already heavy course of study resulted in the athletic dir- tor mr r barker cancelling this years meet nonkesistant group givings over the 100000 mark most recent report fssued by the nonresistant organization of the mennonite churches in canada re veal the fact that the cash and goods given to the war burdened worfd to date has now topped the hundred thousand dollar mark the great sum has all been represented in cash withthe exception of 26- 000 odd dollars which was in cloth ing the work has now been extended to india and a bimonthly cheque for 500 will be issued by the mennonite control committee to be used for aiding the destitute in parts of that war torn area considering that there are but 10000 people under the nonresist ant organization in canada the amount of funds raised is a splen did commentary to their convic tions to report to r o a p fredclubine son of mr and mrs egerton clubine of whit church township has enlisted with the rcaf and will report to manning pool in november fred will train as a radio technician he is one of the first nineteen year olds to be called up in the stouffville district big army show to open loan drive thousands of people will line no 7 highway from brooklln to lang- staff next saturday afternoon to watch the victory armoured column several other schools in the vie- p by enroute from oshawa to newlnarket it will be about the middle of the afternoon when the great parade passes as it is due in newmarket at 5 pm the composition will include nine harvard bombers dropping leaflets two jeeps two universal bren gun inity have also found it necessary to take this step while the few who commenced classes at the regular time this fall have found time to hold a field day this situation will possibly continue as long as there u a necessity for student farm labor carriers one field artillery tractor with 20 pounder and navalgun and births dunkeld at their homo in four other armoured vehicles there will be a precision platoon of 45 men if you cannot get down to no 7 highway meet the column at new- vz market or along the yonge street route somewhere mr and mrs murray e dunkeld the gift of a daughter mitchell mr and mrs leslie mitchell nee mary cooper i jmike harding continues to put stouffville rjr3 wish to an- np a go0 battle and is holding his nounce the birth of a daughter own reports from the hospital indl- carol gwendolyne at uxbridge cate this week the westend bar on sunday october 18 1942 ber will have to take a long rest mother and baby doing fine when once he retnrns home here