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fet- vt 1 vr v jr leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 27no 11- the tribune stouffville ontjuly 124945 eight pages ourgapital- correspondent written expressly for the stouffville tribune by dean wilson not withstanding the headlines of news in this nations capital where leaders of the government includ ing ministers of the cabinet have not been able to take a real holiday this summer due to preoccupation with official business at a time when most people have been hav ing vacations yet it must be report ed that the big story of the moment backstage on parliament hill now is the effort to provide full measure of employment for the masses- a hint of this has al ready been dropped in ottawa by one leader when he claimed that returning men were glad to get gratuities credit etc but these men want a chance to earn a living by the sweat of their brows and the toil of their hands with the only solution for canadian problems be ing employment and the greatest stimulant of employment being trade with other countries in fact in answer to demands for a flow of immigration into the vast open and empty spaces of canada in the present postwar era the ready reply heard in this capital is that before immigration can even be started employment must be found first for the returniiig men arid women of the armed services and second for workers displaced from war industries in short full employment seems to be in the mind of leaders on parliamenthill at this time to a most surprising extent as ways and means are being sought to assure that private industry as well as the government may- boenabled to pro vide a high levelof employment in the immediate period ahead more over it will not be an easy nor simple task in the opinions of many since the people have become accustomed in the war years to a rather higher standard of living in instances so that it will not be pos sible to create a sort of artificial continuation of full employment and by far the mdst talked about subject on parliament hill at this time though it may not appear to be to the average man or woman reading or- hearing the news from the capital with its importance as a problem growing by the hour ij i j- a sharp reminder of the role which canadas air force will play in the pacific war was given by conferences held in ottawa between air marshal sir hughpugh lloyd commander of the british air forces in the pacific and air min ister colin gibson as well as the canadian chief of air staff air marshal robert leckie with these important meetings taking place prior to thedeparture of the british commander for this theatre of war operations where the royal can adian air force will serve under his command it is- intimated in ottawa that canada may have before long an official residence for its prime min ister just as the famous no 10 downing street in london serves as the official residence of the british prime- minister with the move in this direction being the legal expropriation- proceedings initiated for a jarge sized property owned by a 7 former member of- canadas jfparliameiit gordon c edwards and located in an old sec tion of this nations capital an offerbf 125000 has been made for this bid residence near the ottawa river thedefeat of prime minister mac kenzie king in the last general election has been a topic of much whispering in ottawa in regard to his- future plans and their signi ficance especially l in suggestions that the prime minister may not enter into certain negotiations or plans before he had gained a seat for himself intlie new parliament nor that he would visit president truman before this event had occurred however wellinformed quarters on parliament hill hold that the prime minister himself is extremely optimistic that he will be in his seat in the house of com mons in the coming session of the 20th parliament judging by pre sent reports of his chances own louncil petitions government to share our road g in the town of goderich will be supported by the village of stouff ville in their petition to be placed before- the ontario dept of high ways asking for financial aid in building roads in towns and villages the petition points out that townships receive 50 of all expenditures made on their roads whether for new construction gravel oil or grading and that towns and villages receive no aid whatever- i have contended for some time that towns and villages seem to be discriminated against said the reeve in asking the council on thursday night to join the petitioners which will ultimately run into the- hundreds councillor jack smits said he was surprised to learn that towns and villages received no help while townships are so liberally treated and would gladly support any move to bring the matter before the authorities at queens park coun cillor ross brown moved the reso lution seconded by councillor smith the petition calls for a grant of 50 per cent on road expenditures in villages and towns where a county road enters and where no county road enters the grant recommended is larger j in presenting the petition there is ho thought of asking the dept to pay any portion of curbs or gutters but just a snare of the actual road surface townships re ceive 50 per cent- en ditching weed cutting etc going to the pacific home from the rcaf station at tccland fred clubine is shortly leaving for the pacific and will no doubt welcome the change of scenery some time ago a story was printed herein about the total rock of- iceland and how the new comers grow their vegetables under glass fred arrived home totally unannounced and was not expected evenby his parents it was a great surprise when he walked in on the homefolksouton-tlielvgsrtown- line yhere heleft over two years ago roostek attacks child cock of the barnyard alright but when the big rooster on the premises of mr and mrs ken ward south of claremont attack ed their twoyearold child the title faded away and we believe the rooster will be on the table of some- home for another pur pose other than strutting about master of all he surveys on sunday the barnyard rooster- attacked the youngster and picked the childseye inflict ing a wound so serious that it was rushed to the doctor fortun ately the sight was not impaired and the wound is expected to heal quickly however it was a narrow escape that might have had serious consequences central feed store bought by manager reesors marmill owners of cen tral feed store in stouffville has disposed of its business here to mr elmer daniels who has managed the business so successfully for several years mr daniels will con tinue the business of selling feeds coal and sundry items as hereto fore and will be one of the younger business owners on main street the business was transferred as of july 1st and with the retirement of marmill limited we believe that the new owner will maintain the same high standard of business for which the place has been noted goodwood celebrates 12th at orillia r members of the orange order for north ontario and which comprises stouffville were obliged to leave their district today if they wished to participate in the annual 12th of july walk since no celebration is being held in the district goodwood orangemen decided on orillia as the place to celebrate and will be there in a body other lodges per haps from the district will walk at lindsay and still a few orange men will be in toronto from this area gormley wife receives fatal news previously reported missing pte- donald henry thompson 23 the lincoln and welland regiment is now officially reported killed in ac tion with the canadian army in holland on the 26th of january1945 according to information received by his wife who resides with her parents mr and mrs austin rich ardson on the third concession of whitchurch pte thompson was a son of mrs henry thompson and the late mr thompson of clear lake muskoka he left- the dehaviland aircraft co of canada and joined the army in december 1942 he trained at brampton and went overseas in juno 1044r in september 1912 pte thomp son married marion richardson of gormley rr 1 surviving besides hiswife is one daughter goodwoodlboy headed canadian troops into berlin new teacher for ss 19 miss jacquelin skinner of new market has been engaged as pub lic school teacher for ss no 19 markham to succeed miss betty thomas who resigned to take a position on the markham village staff a picnic and farewell party washeld bypupilsand parents at woodland as a friendly farewell gesture to miss thomas lions raised nearly 1500 for benevolent purposes starting in the present month a ten per centincrease in the alloca tion of newsprint for canadian consumption will be allowed and this may relieve the headaches of newspaper publishers to some ex tent at least it is the beginning of a betterment for the publishers though outside sources are said to be seeking canadian newsprint al- lost as fast it may be increased in production witbaone such instance laving been indicated in the arrival n ottawa of the government printer for the union of south frica colj jkruger accompani- dby rsbaker and cpearce col rugercame to ottawa in order to et newsprint from canadaand it s hinted that he has beenpromised hatmore will be provided how- veranotherreport has shownthat uch shipments from canada to uropean publishers maybecurb- d and scandinavian newsprint iaybe sent to provide the euro- ean needs in respecu v- i amidst tremendoustapplausea continued on page two fc stouffville lions club has raised a total of nearly 1500 for charitable purposes during their year just end ed on july 1st according to the club records probably their largest single effort was the collection of 525 for the salvation army the entire club participated in the drive which assisted the army when they were badly in need of canvassers the local club again contributed the sum of 120 to keep one child bomb victim for a year in britain and made contributions to the sick childrens hospital and the crip pled childrens fund getting closer to home the lions extended 100 to the north york boys camp a further 50 was spent on the air cadets which provided insurance for the boys and the cadet magazine in addition to taking care of several local optician and dentist accounts the club pro vided several christmas baskets to needy homes in town fine work of air bert lickorish in oper ating the comfort fund has been recognized by the club with a dona tion of approximately 70 which supplied a box for one month to every name on the fund list much has been done to promote boys work in the community and in every instance the lions have been the financial backers ithe cubs and shortly the boy scouts have been sponsored by the club and only lately the baseball clubs for juvenile and bantam ages have been organized by the lions and at a cost of 75 the red cross blood donor clinics have been held in stouffville periodically with the assistance of the lions club both from the mem bers themselves and from the treas uryi the lions put stouffville on the map in a big way when they spon sored the ontario panorama radio program boardcast here in decem ber and along- the same line they havecompleted a survey of the town which has been forwarded to government authorities for use in postwar planning arid development the club is one of the strongest backers of the proposals for a con cert or memorial hall in town and have stated their willingness to give their supporttto whichever scheme is deemed most advisable by the local council andschool board for the erection of such building whilethe stouffvillelionshave pulled thelrfull share in war chari tiesnowthatthe conflict in europe is over more extensive plans right instouflville are mooted for next years club which will convene in september three orange services county master norman wagg of goodwood had a busy day last sun day since there werejno less than three church services held in north ontario at which the orangemen attended in a body and he did his best to get around to them he re ports parades were held at wilfrid beaverton and uxbridge wants kindergarten placed in school a deputation composed of mrs riches mrs chadwick and mrs w c sanders waited on the board of education monday evening ask ing that the kindergarten class con ducted in the basement of the unit ed church last season be taken under the care of the school and if possible accommodation be provid ed in the building the deputation was told to sub mit a report on the possible size of the class children from 4 to under 6 years of age before consideration could be given not too great hopes were entertained for opening the class in the school next septem ber since the accommodation is so limited well known main st home sold the well known residence with its spacious grounds belonging to mr a s collins main street east opposite the brierbush hospital is under sale to mr douglas booth lotheoncession farmer who intends to retire here shortly since the property joins up with the orchard lands recently purchased by mr booths son delbert from the late edward walls the collins house will provide accommodation for both the father and on as a two- family place if necessarv the solid brick house is one of the older places in town and many years ago was the home of the late dr lloyd ifjhas beeir well preserved while the land is high class garden pro perty with an extra building lot that is one of the choice lots still not built on in town mr and mrs collins have occupied this place for 25 years but with advancing age are unable to maintain so large a home any longer mrs collins suf fered a breakdown some time ago and is still at the home of her daughter mrs cowan at malvern mr collins will we understand find accommodation with the new owners of his property a public auction sale of the collins house hold goods and effects is announced for thursday july 26th pte roy mcdonald of goodwood drove jeep for 48th highlanders the united press reported on thursday from berlin germany that exactly two months after the ceasefire signal went outover the canadian front in germany and holland- canadian troops entered berlin that night as part of the british garrison force while german adults and child ren lining the streets through which the canadians passed sur prised the troops by waving and even throwing flowers into the vehicles the long convoy followed a pilot jeep driven by pte roy mc donald of goodwood ont to the wilmersdorf area for which the canadian composite battalion will be responsible pte mcdonald and his passenger major roy mackenzie of sarnia ont second in command led the composite force embracing men from the argyll and sutherland highlanders hamilton ont les fusiliers montroyal montrealand the loyal edmonton regiment throughout an exhausting 13hour trip which began in brunswick at 530 am 1130 pm edt tues day and ended in berlin at 7 pm roj- mcdonald cows stepout to die after beingmilked trf s fifteen minutes after ewart anthony townline farmer between pickering andy uxbridge milked three cows the animals were dead 1 pm edt major mackenzies already ardu ous task of keeping the vehicles steady at a snails pace over the 130mile route struck international complications when red army guards manning the barrier to the russian sector near helmstedt refused the canadian troops entry an alert russian major observ ing the british 7th armored divi sion cross the border spotted the difference in canadian vehicle signs and the troops battledress patches he ordered the barrier dropped just as csm romeo renaud of the fusiliers montroyal approached in a carrier driven by pte leoneli desjardins of rimouski quebec the russian maintained the canadians should have separate authority to enter the sector although he had already examined the credentials of the british officer leading the convoy the barrier was erected only at midnight july 3 with direct orders from marshal zhukov that none should pass without his authority as door nails struck by lightning as they entered the pasture they rather died in the harness as the saying- goes of people who past out while at wprkfor the cows were dead before their last milking wa cold the animals were insured against lightning with agent t b birkett of stouffville a cow and calf were struck by lightning on the well known john miller farm at ash burn during a storm and were found dead in the pasture ratepayers keep the child and claimbaby i it is not the intention of this council to sit idly by and see any father or mother saddle the hdspit ahzation of their child onthe rate- through pte stan sqbieski of new j payers while they- the parents ga- britain conn servincr with the si j r u- iv gormley has a mystery horse some two weeks ago neil weir gormley farmer just north of the cnr station there noticed a strange horse in a strange place on his farm for it was on the railway tracks which passes through his property mr weir took the animal to his barns and has cared for it ever since the gelding showed a few bumps but nothing of a serious nature it was travelling on rubber shoes too more like the j city equines wear and since no end or enquiry has located an owner in the neighborhood of gormley the belief is increasing that this bit of horse flesh really belongs to the city streets and may have fallen from a train passing along if this proves to be the fact the animal did a thing in escaping with only minor bruises while the stecdremainssiiehton tho matter the tribune throughijtsadvertis- ing columns- is- broadcasting the find in an effort to locate the owner and incidentally to solve a mystery that has the neighborhoodhaffled in theevent bfno solution then of farmerweir itniaybe trulysaid thatagift horse stareshim in the face eastend grocery changes hands mr al- greenwood who icondui-l- ed the east end grocery in stouff ville for the last eight years has dis- i posed of his business and premises to mr oliver mcquarrie of malton who will take possession august 20 in addition to the store there is a residence in connection which will be occupied by the new owner and his wife mr and mrs greenwood are not yef decided on their future plans but they may move to north ern ontario where mrs greenwood has a brother living their friends will certainly be sorry to see them leaving the community and patrons of the store who recognize that the business established a reputation for quality goods are being assured that the new owners will maintain the same good lines of groceries in fact we hear they intend to remodel the place as well hardballers split last two games after thoroughly trouncing mark ham senior hardballers 132 stouff ville dropped a close g5 score at newmarket on monday night in last weeks game against mark ham the home squad were never in trouble and drove in runs in each innings with a fiverun rally in the 4th the schell brothers formed the stouffville battery on monday night stouffville dropped a game which they had nicely tucked away by the score of 51 right into the seventh innings when fielding errors allowed the newmarket boys to shove over five runs and take the game lome schell- was again on themoundfor the home team britain conn serving with the i thevtn tiiveas7m6ney7rom baby fusiliers montroyal and a fluent i bonus declared- the reeve at the speaker of russian the major told major mackenzie unless zhukov said so were you god himself you would not pass this barrier the troops and the british regi ments following the canadians bat talion waited 2 hours while the russians telephoned berlin and major mackenzie through pte- sobieski had to answer innumer able questions about the composi tion of the force the number of tanks the type of armament and weapons and estimate the number of vehicles to go through finally the difficulty was cleared up and the canadians proceeded in a heavy drizzle to berlin through a countryside swarming withgreat herds of cattle tended by armed cossacks on horseback a wooden military bridge over the elbe at magdeburg was ornamented by a spiked tower at each corner while arches at the approaches feature sizable gilt stars on each side miss gertrude tofid is holidaying at elgin house- muskoka where mr and mrs f l button- are spending two weeks council meeting on thursday night when council was confronted with an account of nearly a hundred dollars for hospitalization for a child the father of which had pro mised to reimburse the taxpayers we will not be made the goat in such cases said the reeve- one councilman said he under- stood the father was making good pay working in- toronto- i have t no doubt his earnings are as good or better than many people- who j will have to help keep his child if i we fail in ourdutytocbllectsaidj the reeve the hospitalization will v continue until- august the v reeve said- clerk storey aid he had written thefather but theletter was ignored i the authorities at ottawa willbev communicated with in an effort to divert- the baby bonus to thetown until the corporation is reimbursed in thematter v basehaijtj friday night stouffville senior hardball team will meet milliken in memorial pk this friday night this is the first meeting for- these two clubs gormley boy liberaflc by general pattbhv arniiy w engagement mr and mrs roy coppins an nounce the engagement of their daughter margaret gladys to mr budadamsceldestsorirofjmrsyr cooper of toronto the marriage to take place the latter- part of july in toronto- vernon- gooding was captured in italy vernon gooding son of mr and mrs a t gooding of gormley reached home on dominion day after an absence of more than two years vernon went overseas in may 1943 he was later attached to the toronto irish regiment rand went to the mediterranean into italy after his capture he was moved through the brenner pass across austria and- finally into germany and describes the scenery enroute through the pass as lovely its a long narrowvalley with rising hills or mountains on either side- said vernon unlike many moves made in germany these canadians were accorded train transportation to moosburg camp staleg 7a- during the last seven weeks of his captivity vernon worked on a red cross truck distributing- food i- j v v r 4 at j jrf vernon gooding i rv baseball missing- tequipmentj y- party containing tithet redcrossi equipment belonging to tti emifever lions ibasebaluujsicati t to hungry- canadians and hewas fwlh the party who plckedupthe very well fed during that- period- 1 cul s containing uhetbasebau however prior to this cross f jipnent belongjngjo the leaslde parcels werea veritablelifesaver llgnsibaseballc ujatthe park for german f arenas mighty jkaha le short i i v- sxyxc 3 general liberated 1 the canadians in staleg 7a and the rejoicing was so great that this gormley- boy could hardlydescribe fefc-ivi3si1- ul j