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the tribune srouffville ont thursday february 27 1947 for this weekend we are featuring corn starch rogers golden syrup raisins prunes dates figs pie peaches gals crabapples gals peanut butter blk canned pears canned peaches canned plums california special special navel oranges 2 doz for 35c ratclif f co town delivery phone 198 stouffville higd school commencement at the school thursday and friday february 27 and 28 815 pm sharp program both nights choirs dances pyramids play high school daze presentations diplomas academic awards athletic prizes admission 35c and 25c repairs repairs now is the time to order your repairs for farm machinery for the coming season we are authorized dealers for international harvester co teter hamilton co fleurybissell ltd international motors w d atkinson mcdetr agent stouffville ioeioi 30c30i i0e30c ioeioi firstquality guaranteed chekr chix barred rocks new hamps white leghorns light sussex ljs x nh crossbreeds nh x br crossbreeds our hatcheries are known far and wide for the quality chicks we produce health size vigor and egg production count first with us when you order from us you are guaranteed of best grade chicks replenish your stock now price lists on request newmarket phone 479 chekr chix hatchery alex hill manager newmarket local history of atha and altona pioneers by mrs- thos dunkeld jlsoo the church still stands and the year 1s30 marks the beginn- 1 services are held there by the men ing of a new era in the history of nonites the ministers are mr upper canada it is estimated that thomas reesor mr fred nigh 34000 settlers entered the province wander mr a smith in is31 and during the next four the union church mennonite and years fully 100000 were added to christian situated on the abram me population pickering township r property was built in 1s7z hud its growing time in this period barkey beine the remoter it was during this time thai thei farmed east of altona his communities of which we are s son charlie barkey now lives interested namelv atha and altona l 9e larm the same denomma- had their beginning ftion still hold their sunday school the first settler to come to the and church services there the eighth concession of pickering was present ministers are mr hallman nathan bently who came in 1s31 i an lur brown and purchased the bush farm which a familar to the altona mrs carruthers now owns mr and i w joseph monkhouse mrs bently lived there till his wh0 cumberland eng- death in 1874 one of his daughters ln and married chnstena mrs c mcavov remained on the reesor he built the altona store farm until the death of her hus- and pfp cane for miles around band they had one son otto l make purchases after his death on tiiis farm was the first school f s s house built in the south west cor ner in 1su it was a cottage type anil was a fine school in its day my father went to that school the desks were all around the wail the children facing the wait tho play ground was the kings highway and as much woods as they wished to play in the present school house was built in 1sg4 opened on jan 1st he now lives in stouffville flet cher goudie now occupies the store building the homes of mr white and mr mechancy belonged to the millard family the land having been pur chased from the crown at the lime the morris farm belonged to the same family a number will remem ber the old blacksmith shop where mr boothby worked from morn till j night shoeing horses and doing the lehman family were one of repair work on the corner wa the next to come daniel lehman kept byir brown where came in 139 from pennsylvania imr 9- madll now nas a general bought the south half of lot 35 con st 8 in 1835 he and his bride settled 0ne of the sliest settlers to into a chopping mill run with stone grfnderthe mill at this tin on the farm before he brought his bride he cleared a few acres of land and built a log house in the three years he rode the same horse tiiae times to pennsylvania and back when he brought his bride they came on horse back he erect ed a sawmill which continued in busy and successful operation as long as he lived after his death in 1867 one of his sons abraham my father continued to operate the sawmill he also had a shingle and lath machine we elder children many a day packed shingles all day the mill was later transformed a time is torn down the property still remains in the lehman name eli being the present owner john bell a native of dunfries- hire scotland came to canada with his wife in 1834 and settled on lot 28 con 7 one of his sons john m bell married and remain ed on the homestead making stock raising a prominent feature of his farming activities his daughter mrs peter stewart and her two sons john and peter lived there until the death of their mother then john married mary duncan and fanned for some time after johns death the property was sold to fred byer michael nighswander and his bride came in 1838 and located on lot 34 con 7 in 1845 he also erected a sawmill on the farm in which he did a good business for 45 years their family numbered ten two sons michael and tillman lived on the homestead until their death then the property was sold to mr kirton tillman had one son otto mrs nighswander is still living and mrs ralph nighswander lives on the townline the whitson family also came from scotland in 1839 settling on lot 28 con 8 and since the death of their parents the two daughters misses ella and georgie still reside on the farm with mr fred draper as manager robert whitson owned the next farm east of his brothers with his two sisters janny and margaret they had the post office till the rural route came from claremont abraham hoover with his wife came from markham purchased lot 34 con 8 in oct 1843 a house having been built and 10 acres cleared as time went by he owned 400 acres of land his sons sam noah elsie and jacob took posses sion of the farms the farms are now owned by mr tran mrs lcuis hoover mrs macdonald and mr and mrs eli lehman adam spears a native of scot land settled on lot 29 con 7 in 1840 and also built a sawmill the lum ber was teamed to frenchmans bay this mill was continued in operation by his son james until about fifty years ago the farm was sold and his son adam lives in whitevale other pioneer names familiar are lapp burks lott harrison hisey but they are all gone and others have taken their places mr joe brown came to the eighth in 1830 and in 1889 the dun- kelds bought the farm the father died soon after the mother lizzie and the three boys james william and thomas took over till their death then murray dunkeld bought the farm i cant recall when the byers camefrom markham but i remem ber mr joe byers crandmother so well she was a kind lady i worked there when she died and recal joe byers sister passed away the same day the only church near atha was erected by the baptist denomina tion and was opened on sunday august 1s35 the services were held there for 35 years only the cemetery remains on the frank gostick farm the minister was rev ldgostick he came to can ada in 1832 from england and was always in his place on the sabbath after it closed the sunday school for awhile ntts held in the atha school house there was once a store and blacksmith at atha cor nors managed by mr and mrs beattie altona at altona the mennonltes were the first to erect a church built in come to altona district was the daniel yake family who came from germany in 1804 it took fourteen weeks to cross he buried his wife and four children at sea he came to canada from pennsylvania with the rest of his family with their little effects and three cattle of the children only michael remained in pickering in 1816 he married jane vanzant they had twelve children one of his daughters poly mar ried mr jones and she spent all her long life on the farm where ralph and mary reside robert scott john scotts father came from cumberland england in 1868 in 1874 he married alice jones a daughter of mrs jones and mother of mrs bunker there are many more who lived in altona the whites stouffers reesors hoovers the nighswan der history was in the tribune a few weeks ago the land at that time was nearly all bushland they cut trees the best of maple piled the logs and burnt them thousands of feet of the best timber to clear the land- a tree at that time was of no value in the spring they could tap any nunsber of maple trees made their own wooden sap spiles and troughs for the sap boiled it in iron kettles down to sugar they made a years supply of sugar and used it for all kinds of sweetening purposes a days work from sunrise to sunset for 50c a day or take as pay wheat and apples they also had sheep and used the wool for socks mitts and took it to cliffs mill at altona to be made into cloth and yarn the cloth was made into mens shirts and boys suits and overcoats underwear and dresses glasgow mr alexander gordon came from glasgow scotland over a 100 years ago that was where glasgow got its name mr brown was 80 years old feb 13th of this year he was born on the farm where mr will reesor now lives joseph brown mr browns grandfather got the farm from the government benjamin parker built the glas gow school about 100 years ago at one time there were three churches two blacksmith shops and a good general store situated there going down from glasgow we are sure each farm has some history attach ed to it while the pioneers have passed beyond and the buildings are gone leaving many gaps the slack farm was owned by mr hiram kester who lived a retired life in glasgow mr and mrs james slack at one time lived where mr and mrs walter davis now live we remember the name of forsyth as being very prominent the land was cleared and plough ed with a yoke of oxen the seed sown by hand the harvest cut with the sickle and cradle bound by hand threshed by the flail and flour made in the hollow of a slump today it is ploughed sown with a drill cut and bound with a binder threshed by a machine and all drawn with a tractor and the bread delivered to the house wifes door our grandmothers did the spinning of the wool and flax made their own clothes by hand with the glimmer of the old grease lamp and tallow candle the cooking done in the fireplace in crude iron utensils today the housewife presses a button floods her rooms with in candescent light uses aluminum cooking utensils on an electric stove goes to the large centres and purchases the clothes for the family ready made some of the old settlers walked as far as brougham for mail probably once a month now we have rural mail delivery at our gates everyday and news of the world at our finger tip on the radio in the early days the kingston road was the only road worthy of the name other roads be ing simply paths blazed through the forest travelled by foot or on horseback where to day our roads are four rods wide well gravelled or aved with cement making it possible for us to use automobiles to travel long distances in short time and comfort to attend social gatherings and meetings for the education and benefit of the com munity such as we are enjoying this afternoon do we appreciate our rivilegest an invitation to hear rev maurice zeidman of toronto ir zeidman recently returned from a visit to his native country poland where he found most of his relatives had been killed by the germans if you want to hear uptodate information on conditions as they exist in polandcome to the stouffville christian mens fellowship monday evening march 3 1947 stouffville baptist church special music come bring your friends col mulock buys newmarket newspaper col wpmulock has acquired the complete ownership of the new market era and express according to announcement mr andrew o hebb has sold his interest in the paper to the former postmaster general and member for the riding of xorth york until he retired ow ing to ill health prior to the last election rumour has it that col mulock will be in the running again next election and that certain changes in the boundaries of york county may bring about another seat in the dominion house green riyer the last meeting of the cgit of green river and whitevale was held at the home of barbara beeckles in whitevale twenty- three girfe were present many of them in old fashioned valentine costumes sortie of the costumes were very beautiful original dresses while others were comical and caused much comment during the evening the two gallant gentle men in powdered wigs and heavy black monstaches and beards were dorothea haffman and our leader mrs jim cook contests games stories singing and refreshments were enjoyed a special thanks was given to mr roy carter then the girls all sang for hes a jolly good fellow the green river girls appreciated very much his kindness in making two trips for them each way as the evening lengthened the weather became very bad and mrs robinson mr hornshaw and mr mclochlan very j kindly took the remaining girlsj home wptb questions and answers q my brother a veteran and his english bride found it impos sible to get a hotel room in tor onto they located a single room in a house this room was poorly furnished ami io meals were supplied they were charged sig were they over charged a it would be impossible for us to say without knowing any more details for instance youf letter does not say whether they paid by the day by the week or by the month nor does it give the location of the room as your letter was anony- mous and did net give the adtesof the ioonl is impos sible for our investigation di vision to make any inspection write in again giving details and we will be glad to look into the matter for you all letters are treated confidentially so dont be afraid to give us your name q i paid 44c for two tins of blend- ed fruit juice and now and these tins sell for two for 23c inother stores are small store keepers allowed to rob us like this a there is no ceiling price on the fruit juices which ou bought each store may set their own price we have been pro tected by price control regula tions for such a long time we have lost the art of thrifty marketing in prewar days we always shopped around and finally made our purchases at the store selling for the lowest price if we all go back to this habit other stores will be forced to sell at reasonable prices the church services christ church anglican second markham baptist rev f herman rector sunday march 2 sunday school 200 pm even song 230 pm visitors always welcome st james presbyterian church stouffville rev eric larsen minister sunday march 2 130 pm sunday schcm 230 pm worship service stouffville mennonttb church rev h s hallman pastor friday 8 pm prayer meeting sunday march 2 1000 am sunday school 1100 am divine worship 730 pm evangelistic next week tues 8 pm young peoples you are invited bloomington ringwood christian churches rev g w brown pastor sunday march 2 1100 am bloomington 730 pm ringwood ringwood c e prayer meeting monday 8 pm altona prayer meeting wednesday 8 pm all are cordially invited to attend these services plan to come melville bethesda ant peachs churches rev r t chapin minister sunday march 2 peaches 1000 ajn melville 1130 am bethesda 300 pm the melville wms meet tuesday march 4 at the home of mrs alf smith peaches yp meet tuesday evening march 4 for a a social evening at the home of jim painte bethesda wms meet wednesday afternoon march 5 church rev norman rowan pastor sunday march 2 955 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship tuesday 8 pm prayer meeting at the home of mr and mrs robert ratcliff for other foundation can no man lay than that is laid which is jesus christ i corinthians 3 11 stouffville united church rev douglas davis minister sunday march 2 1000 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship 700 pm evening worship wednesday 8 pm lenten prayer service thursday march 6 the wms will meet in the church at 245 mrs r young and mrs n baker will review the study book the cgit trio will sing stouffville christian church miss nora stapletbn organist sunday march 2 1000 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship 730 pm evening worship mr norman lehman will preach at both services stouffville baptist church rev d macjjregor pastor sunday march 2 1000 am bible school classes for all ages 1100 am morning worship 730 pm evenliuc worship come and receive a blessing gormley and bethesda mennonite brethren in christ church rev f huson pastor gormley sunday march 2 sunday school 200 pm regular service 300 pm evening service 730 pm special young peoples service at 730 pm bethesda sunday march 2 preaching 1030 am mennonite churches dickson hill and mt joy rev s s shantz minister sunday march 2 mount joy 1000 am sunday school 1100 am worship 730 pm young peoples service the arthur barkey family will supply the program dicksons hill sunday march 2 1000 am worship 1100 am sunday school evening service lifted in the interest of the young peoples at mount joy