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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), November 29, 1945, p. 1

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s leading weeiiyfo rvawwr- w wa n he raibulrstouffviixe ont nov 29 1945 iyv4w w rjrr housen family over 100 yeats this historic farm home just west of stouffville has been in the mertens family for more than a century and the first religious group of congrega- tionalists met here about 1840 toorganize the first church body to function in stouffville the farm now owned by jos v mertens is being offered for y sale and since immediate pos- session can be arranged a new owner should soon be found the farm contains 100 acres splendidly situated on the high way incidentally it may be stated that a list of 20 other farms in the immediate district will shortly be listed that can show continuous ownership in one family for a century and more victim wave f salvation army call this friday night have your donation ready when uic canvassers for the salvation army call at jour homo this friday evening nov 30th if you expect to be away during etcning leave your contribu tion with a neighbor or at the tribune office brt paisley is current crime bert paisley of stouffville son of v mr and mrs harry paisley was robbed of about 28 in cash when attacked by a thug in toronto the youthful trucker had deliver- ed his livestock at the west tor onto market and then had dinner the restaurant there with another trucker he left the eating place and walked duectly to his truck nearby his friend did the same but hadjust pulled away as bert was able to get the cab door unlocked at that instance he felt a pair of hands around his neck but didnt turn as he believed it to be just one of the lads he knew t however the pressure increased and he attempted to turn to see who his acquaintance was when he re- ceived a violent- jblow in the stomach knocked out v it is belieyedthe fthug orjjthugs i shoved their- victim into theear and r thererifledhisp6cketstakirigjthe conyjrsauons- were walietontalrilnga28riandais i- papers drivers permit etc his assailant notdescription could be given the i pbliceandvthe incident is closed for 1 the present whichms unfortunate prize sheep have left for chicago james brodie and son shipped their annual car load of prize sheep to chicago this week and a second car went to toronto considerable difficulty was experienced in obtain ing apermitforthecar lot leaving canada due to meatrationing here however the trouble was finally overcome after several telephone made with bond selling champ one of the salesmen for the 9th ivictory loan in york county came in for distinction and that individual i was mr h oklinck of stouffville who carried off the prize for the special award for f district e it was donated by the ontario division of the national war finance com mittee this was not all for mr klinck i also won the special award repre senting first prize for the salesman making the best showing in the dis- trict of york north which was a 50 cash gift donated bv mr aubrey davis chairman of the district war i finance committee mr klinck turned in sales amounting to a grand total of 110- ly850 has been indicated by his i wins was a feat not attained by any i other salesman in the county mrs druery dead i after an illness of only three weeks- mrs george w druery native of ontario county died at york county hospital on saturday born in manchester on march 5 1888 the daughter of mr and mrs wm stone isobel hattie stone married george w druery on october 31906 mrs druery was an adherent of the presbyterian church arid a member of the womens institute her chief interest was her home and family she was a resident of bogarttown district for 39 years surviving besides her husband are six sons melvin beaverton elmer bogarttown earl peterboro raymond overseas joshua and harold at home and three daugh ters leta pearsons crossing mrs e nuttal norma newmarket and alta at home two brothers percy toronto and william aurora and three sisters mrs noble jane aurora mrs wilton zella and mrs collins clara port perry also survive two acres of carrots realize grower 1080 within a- short radius of stouff- ville a veritable vegetable section i s exists for cabbage carrots and i turnipswhich find their way to the i big soup plant of the campbell co through buyer mr r e brown tkis seasonhas been one of the good ones good crops and good prices as evidence of this fact we cite one grower inyhitchurch who was paid 1080 for two acres of carrots the producer is a hollander who does things his own way and i really understands the growing of vegetables iflfor instance this man who pro- educes great big carrots and lots of i ahem to the row wouldnt think of putting the dust fertilizer on the ground until his crop is started and uup thats the way he was taught and he has facts to back up the ltwisdom ofhis method turning in pthe fertilizer before seeds are start le ed permits it to go below the seed hand thereby is not as effective for mthe plantto feed on as if it is dust ned ontop of the groundto beiwork- leddown bythe elements its the hhardway he explainsbut it really hpays v l between 25 and 30 big cars of i fvegetabfesrcarrots turnips- and i cabbage have been loaded by brown l son this far this fall which when added to the tonnage leavingthe districtby trucks for toronto -mar- iket gives one a small idea of the vegetable production in the district llnpt all the vegetables jfind their 1 way toicampbehsthauare loaded at the cnrforjsome travel long distances especially turnips to the new york and other us mar ltets i nprthern power to help niagara the hydro electric power com mission are erecting a high power line from barrie in simcoe county to a new station in scarboro over which the northern power may be conveyed into this niagara power district the station in scarboro township will be capable of trans forming the 60 watt power from the north to the 25 watt frequency in use over the niagara service or visa versa thus when there is a breai down on either system current from the other system can be called into use it will relieve the heavy burden now felt over the niagara system r large gangs of men are at work constructing the line which will pass through gormley and south through markham township work men are being housed in a cluster of huts erected at gormley on a lot immediately south of doners store ahockey meeting- to appoint an executive for the stouffville oha entry islikelyitobe held the fore part of next week stfthat these offi cials can meetwithvthose ofux- bridge and other teams expected to comprise this r jowing to whitby drawing sbmetplayers from oshawa their entry may now be forced into b competition by the chas hooper gets 10th acclamation as markham reeve for- the tenth consecutive year markham township ratepayers have accorded chas hooper an acclamation the nomination meet- i ing on friday afternoon in union- ville offered no opposition whatever and mr hoover had no one nomin ated against him however there will be an election in the township just the samefor deputy reeve w l clark who resigned left a vacancy for which two councillors aspire councillor dalton rumney of victoria square with three years experience on the council will con test the position with councillor albert reesor who has been a councilman for eleven years and says he would prefer to be put out raiher than to rust out mr rumney says heis in the fight to the finish and will see as many of the electors as time will permit mr reesor told the s meeting that he would not do any canvassing and would leave the matter to the judgment of the electors may the best man win was the sentiment of mr reesor i nojumore than25 ratepayers turn- cd out to the meeting and little interest was evinced about the situation a former reeve wcgohri explained the lack of interest when he declared that the farmers were doing well making money and were not concerned about the tax rate consequently they took no interest in municipal affairs mr- hooper was the first sneaker he reviewed county matters anduhen turning to markham saidthe town ship had spent about 44000 this year on roads which he thought was a new high i ate of expenditure he leminded the ratepayers that snow plowing last winter was tre mendous and costly and although i oads could not be permanently kept open he took consolation in the fact that county and govern ment roads were blocked for long periods too mr hooper said that a special effort was made to see that roads leading to auction sales fun erals and any extra ordinary event were always open he appreciated his tenth acclamation very much and promised the same careful cqn- sideratipttitotbwnshipiinatters2s he had endeavored to give jrihe past t mr hooper was followed by mr rumnev who expressed regret at such a small attendance at nomina- tion when one thinks of the thousands of dollars of the tax payers money which we spend it is surprising they are not more con cerned about it he declared he referred to the purchase of a new road grader and said it was not bought before it was needed he admitted the roads were not good and were actually going backward with two machines he saw where a big improvement was possible mr rumney said the township lost a good man in wl clark but in clarks new job he had a chance to still render his township good ser vice said mr rumney ive made up my mind to run for deputy reeve and regret that if i am elect ed you will be putting out a good man in albert reesor he said magnanimously mr reesor rose to say he would not be putting on any canvas and that dalton was a good fellow and a clean contest was forecast continuing mr reesor said that as a council they were not satisfied with putting on just 5000 yards of gravel this year we have some years put down 11000 yards but it couldnt be done this vear when so much was spent on snow plowing he said that much of the time the townshjp grader was in the hospi tal and although it had gone through many operations the patient was not well arid the road program fell behind as a result mr reesor said the new grader would be here aboutchristmas time but dont get confus ed and think it is going to be any christmas present i say to you you he hoped that the 5000 reserve for post war work would be wisely spent when it was decided to dis perse the money ratepayers he continued make manv demands and it took a good deal of wisdom to weigh the ideas properly i want to be elected on my merits after eleven years as a councilman concluded mr reesor stewart mcquay whowas nom inated for council said he had no criticism to offer but if he became a councillor he would strive to have the weed situation handled by the road superintendent both on the roadsides and on private property this would do away with aninspec- tor in his opinion he noted that wild carrot was on the increase and should be curbed with a spray a veteran of municipal events in markham wcgohn advocated the candidature of leslie cowperth- waite for councillor since only a contest for a deputy reeve would prove a tame affair and such men ascowperthwaite wouldbean asset to the council he attributed the small gathering to theprosper- bus times farmers are enjoying with pockets full of money they are satisfied he concluded- vvj wlclark who resigned after 14 years in office sppkeat some length and thanked the electors for the acclaimed jeh 1 circulation 2465 copus v v ten pagis eeve and cbuhcillbfs are charlie hooper reeve of markham township who has just received his tenth consecutive acclamation from markham ratepayers r returned by accljamation no ruiv for school board m oha z honors accorded him ira reesor auction totals 8000 perhaps the very cold weather for the time of year actually helped to augment- the crowd attending the iia reesorjiarm auction at cedar grove lastrthursday for it was large and went down in the pockets for 8000 which was the total sale receipts buyeis were fiom such distant points at hawkstone near onllia washago and sunderlandin fact the farm tractor sold to a man from hawkstone for 1260 a sum that would more than equal the price of a new machine if you could get one the tractor plow sold for 177 old dobbin blinked in his stall and pricked ins ears when he heai d the family cutter soaring to strange prices for these seldom sought winter conveyances but up it went 10 15 20 and on until 22 was reached and the cutter knocked down to a city man who must be very fond of those lovely winter scenes that look so nice on calen dars with the family around the cutter going for a christmas sleigh ridesperhaps as theauctioneer suggests someone has visions and firmly believes we are to have much show and- many snow banks to buck this winter the herd of grade holsteins reached a good average with the leading cow starting at 171 mr e h scott stock editor of farmers magazine was one of the buyers several of the cows were sold to mr evans from lindsay horses generally slow at winter sales saw one animal going for 107 while hay went at 14 a ton mixed grain 172 vi per cwt which was about top price for this fall of any thing we have heard there were ico pullets put up in a bunch and the lot went at 170 each to one buyer in all it was a fine sale and brought real satisfaction to mr reesor sellers atkinson auc tioneers who did the selling report that everything was disposed of in just five hours mr and mrs reesor are leaving the farm to live in a newly acquired home atorilha gets holdback order great shipment ready for starving europeans it must have been with consider able surprise that the markham mennonite group received word last week to cease fire as it were in the preparation of relief supplies for overseas just what the trouble could be that put any delay in the efforts to rush food and supplies to the starving people of europe is not known here but an order came through officially to stop ship- ments the old mennonite group in markham of which joseph reesor ezra grove and allen mcdowell form the committee have put forth a splendid effort and have two beef cattle reduced to meat for shipment in its most concentrated form also we hear there is enough funds on hand to make purchase of still another beef animal five hogs have been donated and made into canned meat but this food has riot been shipped this of course is only part of the supplies prepared by this gr6up over 800 jars were required for filling in this effort and included 400 jars of concentrated soup the group have had an eye to preparing nourishing foods that are so sorely needed extensive supplies of fruit and vegetables have been donated too but they now have to be held for shipping instructions i r- the central control committee is located in the united states and the ontario committee headquarters are at kitchener when millions are on the verge of starvation and such fine supplies are available it is a pity that there should be any holdup of shipment curling meeting cahmembers of the stouffville curling cluband others interested areiaskedto gather at the- club houseori friday evening at s pm for a reorganlzatlon meeting secyi walter brillinger small crowd turns out to hear candi dates review years work stouffvilles entire municipal coun cil was returned by acclamation at the annual nominations held on fri day evening in the field for the reeveship two names were propos ed avnolan and aeweldon the latter withdrawing only four were nominated for the council seats be ing the entire 1945 council ea button ross brown john smits and hugh boyd on the board of education j w mcmullen lloyd turner and don chadwick were returned to office while blake san ders was returned as cemetery commissioner only a small number of rate payers attended the meeting the inference being that the people were satisfied with the business as conducted by this years council with clerk george storey as chain- man avnolan was called on as the first speaker and dealt at some length with county matters mr nolan explained the heavy task falling on the york county child rens aid of which he is a director the number of children being cared for was over 900 he stated that the county road program has been considerably curtailed owing to the shortage of labor returning to local matters the reeve told the gathering that as in the county municipal construction programs here had been held up due to the labor and material shortage he cited the erection of street signs as one small accomplishment that had brought public favour and touched briefly on the newly instigated road building program as to the public hall situatiorimr nolan stated that the municipal building was badly in need ofrepair and suggested that a proper roof be placed on the building with a small hall above which could handle smallpublic gatherings vv the reduction in mill rate was credited to the pjrovincialgpvern- mpnt and it was pointed puvtthat the taxpayers here faired rriost favourably in comparison with many other municipalities- who returned no reduction whatsoever to the people of the fifty percent school grant mr nolan revealed that the local veterans association had proposed that the council- extend them 6000 to assist them in building a veter ans hall and explained that if such a sum was to be raised the rate payers must decide the matter by a vote he stated that he had along with the council been invited to the veterans meeting to trv and decide what presentation could be made by this town to her veterans which would be most suitable the council were quite prepared to make the boys an outright grant of one mill which would be approximately 360 without going to the people for con sent john smits thanked his mover and seconder for returning him to office and said that he was most interest ed in seeing the new street building program continued ross brown stated that the short age of labor had curtailed any sidewalk building this past summer but expected that such work would be resumed when these conditions became more favorable e abutton toldthe gathering of the improvements made at the memorial park this summer and stated that he felt the park was a most definite asset in the town and urged that even more money be spent on this work in the coming year hugh boyd thanked his nomina tors and stated that he could add little to what had- already been covered by the other speakers returned as a member of the board of education for another term donald chadwick reviewed the building program being carried on by the board and stated that the first step the installation of the new heating plant would be fully completed within the next couple of weeks the other two members of the board returned to office were not present and drhbfreel and mr a g thompson were asked to elaborate further on the school pro gram dr freel stated that the building program as i contemplated would be in three stages the heat ing plant now practically finished the newwashroom facilities and lunch rocms separate installations for eachschoolandjthirdthe auditorium and gymnasium with provision for three additional class- coksabue sells ukionville house constable benj gayman has sold his residence in unionville on the kennedy road just soiithof the four corners to a toronto man who will take up residence there although we have no formal announcement it is understood that the township constable has his eye on another property mr gayman built the place he just sold a- jew years ago aged mother lived in whitchurch 60 years succumbed in 91st year the death of mrs charles wells at the advanced age of over 00 years removes- one of the oldest person ages in whitchurch township mrs wells passed away on sunday eve ning nov 25 at the home of her daughter t mrs wilfred lunday i j m i near aurora she had been in good health to the very end and looked forward to her 91st birthday shortly with confidence born in englandjher parents cametocanada wasan infant inarmsrandiri first- birthday was- spent at f sea she settled in whitchurch sixty- years ago and hasbeen a widow for 33 years mr and mrs wells lived near vandorf and mr wells was a team- ster for the vanof strand- saw mill there for 26 years in those early days it was an extensive business of a family of nine mrswells is only survived by a sister and brother alfred ranson of totten- ham 80 years of age- and mrs jack cull of kingston who also surviving the aged mother in whitchurch are three sons and one daughter they are alfred wells of uxbridge herbert in toronto and elmer at lemonville with whom she spent much of her time the only daughter is mrs wilfred lundy at whose home the mother died there are 1 17 grandchildren and ten great grandchildren the funderal tuesday afternoon proceeded to aurora cemetery- the service being conducted byrev mr- moddel of wesleychurch vandorf ten grandsons actedas pall bearers markham township goes to the ballot 1 j- ii f there willbe an election in mark ham township on monday dec 3rd when albert reesor rand dalton rumnev two oflast years council- lorswill run for the deputy reeve ship a- position made vacant by reason of the resignation ofw l clark fiwho has been appointed assistant road superintendent at the same time there will be contest for the three seats on the council rlstiverwill run to re tain his se-it- held last year and others in the field are stewart mc quay win timbers andj leslie cowperthwaite it isthedutyof the ratepayers to attend the poll and mark the ballot it is a goodthing that canada has a free ballotandit should be exercis- e in our own interest the anpreeiationdf the board to the council for- their cooperation in regards to the building plans he said that times were difficult and salaries had been raised to compete with other schools teachers he stated were asking almost any price they wished andgetting iti nominationswereas follows for reeve avnolariliby hugh banner- man and donald chadwick a e weldon by willis widdifleld arida l provis onfor tnree aqaiuonai ciass- a dav forcouncil- john smits by roomsif neededof thlsbuilding pa thegoverhnientatthe present time was paying seventy percent of the- cost which i relieved stouffville of- any heavy financial burden dr freel- said thathe favored pushing ahead with the program- with all possible vspeed asvitwastiiought that the pr6vlricial powers might riches ross browribyavnolan and dr freel e abutton by john- smitsand drfreelhughboyd by john smits and avnolanjfor school trusteejtwjsmcmullenbyj a v nolan and agthompson c lioydtumer bydon chadwick and i john smite donald chadwick vbya notbeable tokeep mpwithj this g thompsons and hugh jbanner heavy financial obligation ofseven irii ty percent grant r u a chairman agthompson 1 4weifevaitrj h jsfeva 4s3 nil

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