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2900 copies this issue tonffirille sfcibtmc single copies for sale at lemonville goodwood brougham claremont vol co no 39 the tribune stocffville oxt- january 13 1949 twelve pages recluse of 88 albert mapes dead glad i escaped women he told the press two years ao a resident of whitchurch town ship longer than anybody who knows him can remember albert mapes died over the weekend in his ifeth year for long years he lived alone in the locality west of ballaiurae known as seldom seen despite the fact that cleanliness is next to godliness and that dis ease springs often from uncleanli- ness albert mapes got along very well without the modern bath tub or shower and like the indians in the early days reserved most of his bathing for congenial summer weather the aged albert mapes some what of a recluse was a small man and wore a flowing beard he never had a sick day that neigh bors could recall until the final breakup last fall when he was ushered off to hospital much against his wishes mr mapes owned the 25 acres of land on which he lived out his bachelor life and enjoyed the pension since it provided for even more than his meagre needs result he had in cash on the premises over 300 not since boyhood mr mapes told the tribune in august 1018 had he seen the city of toronto in fact he hadnt strayed far from the place where he was born on the uxbridgewhitchurch townline lie also informed the press at that time that he had three sisters and one brother only survivor is one sister mrs henry mcoann of tor onto but mapes had never seen her in many years there are three nephews said mr mapes to the press dui ing that visit im not much of a cook but smoke a plug of tobacco a week me was by nature dubious about women for he made the remark over and over im glad i didnt got caught by any woman since the deceased died intestate and the municipality had looked after his requirements during this illness the council on monday instructed clerk john crawford to notify the old age pension board and to contact the public trustee albert mapes found his last rest ing place in the cemetery at churchill when houses neighs mingled with councillors nays invited to speak to the mem bers of markhasn township council at their inaugural meet ing mr j e smith mp for north york who happened to be present in- the capacity of a reporter for his richmond hill newspaper recalled that when he first attended meetings in markham township 23 years ago the council assembled in a hall directly over the hotel horse sheds in unionville that brought to the memory of another reporter who listened to mr smith that too often the neighs of the horses just below the councillors feet with only a board floor between became con fused with the yeas and nay of the councillors record has it that on one occasion two horses became quarrelsome and persisted in keeping up a steady stream of squealling to the great annoy ance of the then reeve jonathan nigh who requested that some one go down stairs and remove the opposition hear returned missionary sunday evening rev frank cook returned missionary from bolivia and who will shortly neeonie a preacher in spanish as voice of the andes radio station ijcib in quito ecuador will be speaking in baker hill church in sunday evening jan 10 at 730 oclock good turnout for opening bushleague over three hundred fans were on hand at the stouftville arena on tuesday evening for the opening doubleheader of the inter- community league pine orchard downed brougham 13 in the first half of the twin bill while stouft- ville upset uxbridge junior farmers 12 the pine orchard goalie was struck a glancing blow by a stick in the third period of the first tilt and had to be removed to the local hospital for repairs next tuesday night will see stouftville oppose pine orchard and brougham clash with uxbridge junior farmers iiobisvcrai teks organize at high school here on tuesday evening the married couples club met and came to the following conclusions regarding the hobby crafts there will be four groups woodwork sewing art and leather work under the following group leaders xorman oboyle elizabeth taylor frances oboylo and clara pierre respec tively other hobby groups are pending if you are interested in any of these hobbies contact the leader for instructions as to time place and equipment this club includes all married couples of sfouirvillle and surrounding dis tricts and sponsors the hobby- crafts to which any adult is wel come marks birthday at peterborough on january 10th a happy birth day occasion was celebrated at the home of mr and mrs milton a clark rr2 peterborough to mark the okh anniversary in the life of mrs clarks mother mrs thos w klinck present were mr and mrs r f klinck of gormley mr and mrs f c row botham and mr ii o klinck of stouttville and mr and mrs ellis p klinck and daughter erma of gormley mrs klincks eldest son dr l s klinck and mrs klinck of vancouver bc unable to be present provided a lovely birthday cake for the occasion mrs klinck who is spending the winter with mrs clark her youngest daughter is still active and in good health she wishes to express her thanks to the many friends who sent her congratulations and tokens of esteem too numerous for he acknowledge in person to announcement on tuesday jan isth mr and mrs geo lee are celebrating their golden wedding anniversary at their home on main street they will receive from 3 to 5 in the after noon and 7 to 9 in the evening mr george bennett markham township is leaving litis week to siient six weeks in miami florida he will travel with a party of city friends there will be no dancing at the legion hal this saturday even ing owing to improvements going on to the interior of the buildinc therell be a pee wee game here at t pm this thursday night and a bantam game at s oclock- agincourt will provide the opposi tion thin ice and poor quality so far at fflusselmans lake right on the eve of the annual ice harvest at musselmans lake there is little ice to harvest this monday morning as the warm sun shines down on the scene where normally men would be preparing for a big cut with a thickness of around 1517 inches instead one sees only fred coultice cutting a few trial bocks if one could call them blocks just enough to cover the floor of the ice house said mr coultice any ice makes a suitable floor for the harvest to come however tuesday morning the weather had stiffened and jack frost was really doing his work inches were added to the thickness of the shallow blocks that monday were only seven or eight inches in depth and very poor quality carl rose who is perhaps the largest cutter from winter to winter is standing in readiness to make harvest just as soon as the ice crop is ready he thinks there is plenty of time yet but what is needed is a steady period of cold weather if the winter runs true to what we have been getting that kind of weather is not likely to be available failure of an ice harvest would place many a dairy and butcher in awkward position despite the fact that some butchers and daires have artificial ice plants then there is the dozens of farmers who put in ice for their milk and cream who would be greatly handicapped brierbush hospital records record year with 142 births the brierbush hospital stoutf- ville smashed all its previous high records for births in 194s when no less than 142 babies were born there further there wa not a single death at childbirth which makes it still more bright on the books of this institution the previous best year for births was in 1917 when 109 babies were born outdistancing s9 in 1910- the achievement speaks well for the local hospital and the hard working staff under the super intendceny of mrs malcolm who took over the place about three and a half years ago and increased the accommodation to 27 beds in recent time as an indication of the service rendered at the brierbush it is recorded in the government report that there were 510 patients admitt ed during the year and 197 dis charged the number of hospital clays show as s200 divided adults gsio and babies 1450 as in past years there is always steady improvement made in the matter of accommodation and just now the basement floor is being remodelled a spacious frigi- daire room is nearing completion while the storerooms are being remodelled where table supplies are kept in ample quantities also on this lower floor is the modern heating plant and the xray room in the west wing upstairs an operating room has been set up and the hospital would like to obtain an oxygen tent and equip ment which would be very useful in certain cases miss jean pipher rn who gave up her christmas holiday period to help out at the hospital donated her remuneration to start a fund for this equipment and it would be an appreciated gesture on the part of a few citizens to take the matter up to raise about s150 for this purpose while this institution is private ly operated it must be remembered that it is handicapped by the lack of public support accorded public hospitals indigent patients from york or ontario county earn no government gram such as would be paid a public institution over and above the per diem paid by the municipality and the county this is a situation that is unfair and not in the best interest of the general public miss pipher who is a daughter of mr and mrs cliff pipher is taking a teachers train ing course at the university which will qualify her to be an instruc tress in nursing she was so great ly impressed with the possibilities and the work going on here that she decided to do something about aiding in providing another piece of equipment which will be so needful in the future the delivery room on main floor is the last word in providing first- class accommodation with careful attention given to hygienic rules and practices these have been difficult days for all hospitals small and large with the shortages of nurses and diffi culty in obtaining general help however mrs malcolm super intendent is not easily discouraged and has carried ou in admirable manner miss ina forester rn who comes from maple ontario is first assistant to the superintendent and also doing great work miss forester is a graduate of the tor onto general while at times the hospital has reported a strained period to furn ish accommodation just now the tension is eased and the beds are available for almost any demand that may be made town spending kept within the budget taxes over 28000 engagement mr and mrs harold elson wish to announce the engagement of their second daughter marjorie eidcen to william joseph iaw- renee norton son of mr and mrs john norton the wedding to take puace on saturday j 29 bethesda community mourn loss of mrs hunt the death of mrs william hunt at the brierbush hospital stouft ville on monday this week came as a great shock to friends although in delicate health it wa not realized that her condition wai critical by the wide circle of acquaintance mrs hunt was in her 71st year she was a daughter of a whit church couple her maiden name being elizabeth ellen phillips and after her marriage to william hunt she continued to live in the muni cipality surviving are her hus band and one son russet the funeral on wednesday after noon proceeded from the family residence at lot 12 concession 5 to the rethesda united church for service thence to heise hill cemetery mrs hunt was active in church life in reihcsda where she will be i ktxty missed tven though local taxpayers were given a mill reduction in last years rate a move termed as folly by some the stouflfvuie municipal council received the news from the town treasurer thursday nightthat municipal spending would leave a surplus of several hundred dollars the tax roll was received from collector k r davis and showed s2s330 collected with only s1g500 outstanding the showing is credit able both for council and tax payers at the inaugural meeting for 99 on thursday night the clerk was instructed to have a bylaw prepared to provide for pay for members of stouftville council two accounts from the local fire bridgade were tabled for investiga tion the brigade have without council consultation changed their system of billing to a charge for every member of the brigade whether the members attend a fire or not there are seventeen mem bers on the brigade thats no good declared coun cillor henry ogden soon mem bers wont go if theyre going to get paid anyway better increase the pay of those who do go that would sure induce mem bers not to attend fires agreed councillor clayt baker they should come to council before changing their policy said councillor glenn ratclilf reeve nolan and councillor scott agreed with other members that such a change was not good and recommended that the current bills be held up until the matter was investigated on recommendation of the fire brigade chief del jennings was reappointed for another term at a salary of s100 it was- agreed that estimates of next years road expenditures should be prepared for next meet ing so that the necessary road expenditures bylaw can be passed and forwarded to the highway dept a total of s3 107 was expended on town streets last year exclusive of main street the department ipproved of 1473 on whicli amount they paid a 50 subsidy the street committee was asked to measure brillinger ave where a request has been made for a sidewalk tenders will be called for the work and the figures sub mitted to the interested ratepayers complaints were recognized regarding the dangerous condition which exists on the corner between mill and duchess streets where a high hedge completely blocks motorists view it was agreed that the street committee should take steps to have the trouble remedied accounts passed for payment for the removal of snow from the busi ness section totalled si 7500 mother of eight children succumbs mrs gordon fockler died in the brierbush hospital here early wednesday morning following a long period of ill health and a surgical operation performed some months ago only in her 30th year she leaves her husband and eight children eldest of whom is sixteen years the funeral this friday after noon jan 1 1 will proceed from the farm home at ringwood to ring- wood christian church for phblic service at 3 iclick interment will be at dickson hill cemetery orange lodge holds annual meeting ontario county loyal orange association held its annual meet ing at derryville in brock town ship on february 14 in the after noon older members recalled having climbed snowbanks 30 years ago to reach the place of this annual gathering but this year they all arrived in motor cars over virtually snowless roads the delegates numbered 13 and it was decided to accept the invitation to be the guest of the derryville lodge for the annual 12th july walk this year in the village of cannington derryville announced they had completed arrangements with cannington to celebrate in that village the officers elected were wm russel valentine derryville deputy m wm burgess balsover once tailor in goodwood became minister rev boothby passes in states rev freeman forsyth boothby of everett washington died there on january 5 at the age of 75 years as a result of a stroke he was buried at west seattle wash on january s the late mr boothby was born at altona east of stouftville and as a youth learned the tailoring trade in goodwood with the late mr bloomany he studied for the ministry and 45 years ago became a pastor serving appointments in the methodist church in dakota and washington states rev mr boothby married a goodwood girl whose maiden name was sadie lynn surviving are three sons joyce of seattle lynn and thomas also two daugh ters pearl and elmina of seattle and by five grandchildren two brothers surviving are charles boothby of mission city bc and benjamin of los angeles cal and one sister annie mrs g hughes of toronto curling at midland this week in the big bonspeil there were messrs chris armstrong walter brillin ger m e watts and gar lehman chaplain revwprolit beaverton d of c harold king wilfrid treasurer don smith beaverton rec sec elmer robertson udney fin sec xorman wagggoodwood lecturers cecil taylor and harold elson town benefactor elizabeth percy to be buried here miss elizabeth percy who fifteen pastor serving on two circuits years ago presented the village of j surrounding stouftville first the stoulfville with its fine tower- bloomington circuit and finally clock died on monday in the the churchill circuit records royal york hospital montreal indicate that he preached his first ermon as a young minister in the year 1s05 he and his wife died in 1914 elder vived by mil mrs percy were sur- a talented family of four following an illness of some dura tion she was in her soth year and never forget the childhood spent here when her parents elder william percy and his wife esther elizabi albert street at the corner of second where bank manager thompson resides today miss percys spontaneous re sponse to an appeal made through both gladys and lillian two be came graduate nurses and one or two graduated in the teaching were charles walter clayton and fred two of the boys studied for the ministry one became a pro fessor of the four girls ella eliza- the editorial column of the tribune to the effect that a town clock would make an ideal memorial for someone to provide indicated her love for parents and loyalty to the the power and light committee town of their last resting place agreed to have street lights install ed on lloyd ave where three new homes have been erected spread wide net for missing girii missing from her nome at jack sons point since last wednesday 13yearold shirley galliegue is the object of a widespread police search whicli has been extended to toronto mrs winnifred galiegue said she believed her daughter may have gone to toronto as she was found there on a previous occasion after leaving home the girls mother told police her daughter looks considerably older than 13 miss percy read that appeal as she said sitting under green down in south carolina where she was wintering she clipped the item and brought it back to place in the hands of the present editor with the intimation that the idea entreagued her and she called for further information result public subscription met the cost of the brick tower that houses this splendid percy memorial clock whicli was the sole condition surrounding the gift miss percys father was a very popular minister and established a record for the number of couples that came to him to be joined in wedlock he was a christian church profession elizabeth percy travelled widely crossing to england and visiting on the continent on more than one occasion in recent years she an ever- journeyed south for the winters she was caught in pearl harbour at the outbreak of war but sur vived the ordeal without harm she possessed a personality and charm that will long be remembered by those who knew her and her desire to leave a memorial to the memory of her deceased parents indicates the gracious character she possessed burial will be in the family plot at stoufrville cemetery on thurs day afternoon following public service in the cliapel of l e oneill at 230 pm rev f h muir of the congregationalchristian church will officiate at the service plowmen sail for british isles this week robert timber tea champion of ohsweken rhys bacher five ontario farmers will sail january 15 for the british isles where they will represent canada at the international plowing match to be held at saints field county down northern ireland members of the team include rhys bacher of hagersville and robert timbers of stouftville winjvork on the new wilbcrt mcfaddin and a director alvin mark of agriculture and will historical elliott moses methods of thel v many places of ontario plowmens association and n ff although the canadian farmers team manager mr moses is a member of the delaware tribe of the six nations the men will sail from new iiner caroma ners in the esso tractor class at for a months tour of the british last years international plowing isles as guests of imperial oil ltd match at lindsay onu alvin and the salada tea co ltd as well mark of cameron and wilbert as participating in the plowing mcfaddin of r the salada i matches they will study british have never been abroad when they visit northern ireland they will see old friends made last october at the international plow ing match at lindsay it was the first time that a team from the british isles had ever plowed in canada and the irish plowmen were a feature attraction of the match