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full page classified ads famfftifut tetttift sports page nine vol 01 no 24 the tribune stouffv1lle ont october 5 1950 writes interesting reminiscences by sirs andrew pegg the big whitchurch centennial is all over we enjoyed it very much it was well planned and most of the speeches were good the dinner left nothing to be desired in fact it was sumptuous it was rather disappointing to me in one way no local colour i feel guilty about that i should have written something about the early days in whitchurch part of the time before the centennial i was busy helping to initiate a new grandson into the ways of a cold world but mostly it was the feel ing of oh leave it to george apparently those of the older generations have passed on leaving so much history of mussel mans lake church hill and ballantrae untold i fully expected to meet some old friends but in that was dis appointed i recognized mr evans but he was so busy with the dignitaries there was no getting near him one of the- speakers mentioned the dutch the quakers and the christians as having exercised a religious influence over the people of whitchurch while i have the greatest admiration for the denominations mentioned i was sorry he forgot the wesleyan methodists who laboured for so many years in that district in the masters service my father often pointed out the old log building a little to the west of pine orchard on our right as we went to newmarket saying that was a quaker meeting house there was a log building similar to it built by the people of the neighborhood in 1848 to be used as a public school during the week and for divine service on sundays it was the wesleyan methodists who held the meetings sometimes they were fortunate in having a travelling preacher speak to them otherwise they held a prayer meet ing these meetings were well attended the ministers who came riding on a horse from cobourg were always made welcome by my grandfather in fact they made his home their headquarters while visiting all through the district grandmother said they were men of god and she felt as though she was about to receive a blessing when they entered the door the remuneration was small in cash and it was a hazardous and exhausting life but they were filled with the spirit of love to their fellowmen they formed classes where the people were interested buried the dead when called upon to do so married those who wished to marry held prayer meetings and gave religious instruction to all after forming a class someone was appointed to meet with it every sunday when the cavalcade passed up the tenth concession it passed by a place called lincolnville where my father met with a class every sunday morning for years walk ing through the bush to get there sometimes he had dinner with mr and mrs robt sangster who owned a farm nearby father of dr walter and dr alex sangster then on to another class at the island lake it was quite a step from there to his fathers south of musselmans lake these classes were discontinued at these places after the churches at bloomington and church hill were built once a neighbour said to him how much do you get for all your missionary work mr hill 1 father said well every time i help a soul to find the saviour a star is added to my crown i believe i have forgotten to say just where the old log school house was situated if you travel west on the south side of musselmans lake towards ballantrae it was on the north side of the road about 25 rods past the lake i remember seeing it many times when it was used as a dwell ing house afterwards as far as i can remember those who were interested in the school paid a small tuition fee and the teacher boarded around for some continued on page two earl brethour of black- water out lifts prizewinning pumpkin one of the entries that brought him 13 firsts in grain root and vegetable classes at scott fair uxbridge his other entries placed second in six of the classes contract let for unionville ice j l wilson of north toronto was the successful tenderer for the artificial ice plant to be installed in crosby memorial arena at unionville the price was 23415 work is proceeding at top speed to ready the arena for use this winter the west end of the build ing has been removed and some extension will be made there so that the ice surface can be made isoxto a two and a half foot excavation has been made in the ice surface area to give greater headroom new sales arena opens here saturday october 14th markhara twp building 14127 a day in sept markham townships building figures for 1950 are well on the way to topping the two million mark the month of september hit a new high with permits aver aging a daily value of 14127 this great building boom is widely dis tributed throughout the munici pality according to building inspector ross norton for the first eight months of this year value of new buildings reached 1711425 as against 976- 660 last year uxioxvillh ponies successful at streetsville show on saturday sept 30 two trailers of ponies left for streets- ville mr gilbert beck took two ponies little mitzi and sonny boy in the single harness pony over eleven hands little mitzi auction was placed first the team of ponies took second and the tandem was placed third miss betty rae took her pony lea of daviburn and won the saddle pony class mr lloyd weatherill showed his threeyearold shetland pony in the single harness pony under eleven hands tiny babe was placed second over ten other entries truck driver bruised marvin harrison aurora suit ered minor bruises monday night when his light truck went out of control and overturned near here his companion was unhurt the truck was extensively damaged stouffvilles new auction sales arena will open this saturday on the site of the former curling club rink with sellers atkinson auctioneers the new method of buying and selling will render a service to the community accord ing to mr walter atkinson pro prietor community sales are very prominent in the united states and the idea has gradually found its way into ontario the old curling rink has received an extensive overhaul job and while not the largest sales arena of its- kind in ontario the owners declare it is one of the best equipped there is a large sales rink and stand with good seating capacity the opening sale is being held next saturday oct 14th with sales thereafter being held every satur day on opening day two sales rings will be in operation free afternoon tea will be served all the ladies present markham twp farms help build up big foreign trade with purebred cattle markham township is perhaps the most outstanding township in the county of york helping to build up a half million dollar export business in purebred cattle twentylive years ago the value of purebred animals being shipped to the united states mexico and south america from york county amounted to less than 50000 this year these sales have risen to more thai 300000 for holsteirs alone james russell of unionville is one of the outstanding breeders of shorthorn beef cattle for export he claims that this county is the real home of the shorthorn breed in canada as they were bred in this township a century ago other important beef breed although not so numerous is the hereford and in this connection our bumbrae farms of geo rodanz ringwood excels on monday of this week forty- five animals were disposed of on the w j russell farm in mark ham more than half of the sales being made to american buyers the auction totalled 34000 with the highest shorthorn going at 2000 on tuesday of this week an additional 46 animals were auc tioned at the ken deacon farm on the 6th con total amount of this sale was 25785 with the highest animal being purchased by an illinois buyer for 1000 twenty- three of the fortysix sold went to the us the auctioneers were c d swafler tulsa okla robt arrfos moirat ont and duncan brown sheldon ont breeders of holstein puvebreds in york county now number 700 and this number is continually growing however in spite of this growth the number cannot come close to supplying the demand for this popular breed of milk cow geo s henrys farm near oriole is an important cog in the sales of tills breed many aberdeen angus and jersey sales are continually being made to the us from the don head farms on the outskirts of richmond hill in addition animals have been shipped to new zealand south america and mexico one young angus bull brought u00 at a chicago sale last year today the livestock at this wellknown farm includes 300 jerseys and 160 aberdeen angus leitchcroft farm in markham is one of the fastestgrowing centres for ayrshire cattle and these are finding their way to the us market money from the sale of purebred cattle to the us has become a major source of us dollars dur ing the first eight months of 1950 sales to the us alone brought in more than 10000000 for cattle from all parts of canada one only needs to travel th country lanes in this vicinity to witness the great change in cattle herds which has come within the last twenty years at that time scrub cattle of indeterminate breed were the most common sight their milk production was low and they did not produce highgrade beef today all this is changed ana the majority of farmers are build ing up purebred herds while they are perhaps not all the prize variety they do have the required better standards of production fine looking cattle on every hand is what one sees as he travels the country particularly in markham township local men involved in early morning crash two trucks were damaged an oldmodel car was smashed to junk and one driver was injured in a crash on brodies hill on the markham whitchurch townline early thursday morning fog was blamed for the smash in which robert mcdowell mark ham received concussion and lac erations he was taken to brier- bush hospital stouftville where his condition on wednesday was reported as much improved and it is expected that he will be able to be discharged shortly police chief clarence wideman of markham said mcdowell was driving east up the steep hill when he was sideswiped by a truck driven by douglas ward stouft ville and struck a following truck driven by jack cummings wards truck had its rear wheels and axle torn off and cummings truck had a front headlight and fender smashed new theatre policy patrons are asked to kindly note the change in time at the stanley theatre show now commences each evening at 7 and 9 oclock with doors open at 645 saturday and holidays show commences at 630 doors open at 615 matinee each saturday at 2 oclock get ready to draw for new car thursday stouftville legion is preparing to pick the lucky person who will drive away their new deluxe chev sedan the draw will be held next thursday oct 12 at a big dance to be staged in the legion hall here proceeds of the ticket sale are going to help complete the hall christian mens fellowship sends bibles to japan monday evening saw more than a hundred and twentyfive men of the stouftville and district christ ian mens fellowship gather for their initial fall meeting in the stouftville baptist church a report of the 19491950 season given during the meeting showed that approximately 34300 was given in offerings and of this amount 11500 was used in proa viding of bibles for japan through the british and foreign bible society this work president alvin farmer stated would be the objective of the fellowship for the current season rev w e brackstone of fene- lon falls was the guest speaker and he took as his text the 37th chapter of ezekiel musical num bers were rendered by the male quartette of the toronto bible college and by mr mcclary on the violin next monday october 9th will be thanksgiving councillor fred timbers of whitchurch and renowned local plowman left on tuesday for eastern ontario where he will judge a number of plowing matches including east carlton glengarry grenville and leeds this saturday he will officiate at the championship matches of the lastern townships being held at mallory town engagement the engagement is announced of bernice isabel second daughter of mrs redshaw and the late william redshaw to george joe thomas ringwood son of mr and mrs george thomas ringwood the marriage will take place oct 9th 1950 at three oclock in stouftville local veterinary gives up practice dr s t bodendistel who for more than twenty years has served a wide area about stouftville as veterinary is giving up his prac tice owing to iii health the part nership between dr bodendistel and dr ron smith who entered the business a few years ago is being dissolved dr bodendistel has enjoyed a wide circle of patronage since coming to stouftville in the 1930s and has served the farmers exceed ingly well he estimates that he has travelled more than half a million miles on the country roads surrounding stouftville and mark ham only recently the local veterin ary partnership established an uptodate office and drug dispens ary on main st in the west end business block dr bodendistel will take on lighter employment he informed the tribune nearly quarter million supplementary assessment fenelon falls vs stouftville tri- county league finals wednesday october 11th markham township total assess ment has climbed another 238400 with the figures just released on the supplementary assessment for 1950 which covers properties now under construction the additional assessment covers 312 properties the e t stephens subdivision came up for further discussion as to whether or not the township would sanction approvement of a 19000 road expenditure in the area when there was little more than this of assessable property let the municipal board decide i dont see why we should sit here and tell those people that they cant have a road stated council lor chas hooper more people might build homes there if the road was built com mented deputyreeve dalton rum- ney council finally agreed to get a now estimate on the proposed improved roadway and try and eliminate a costly bridge which had been included in the original estimate mr jackson questioned concern ing the building of homes on a private road the municipal board frowns on it stated reeve timbers they did it in lome park sub division mr jackson added it might be alright now but some could get that property some day and want us to take over the road said the reeve the clerk informed council that the agreement between markham and pickering townships concern ing the maintenance of the east townline was up for renewal markham at present maintains three and three quarter mites of the roadway and pickering two and a half miles the difference in the area handled according to pickering road supt ward is that the pickering portion is the much heavier travelled markhams road supt buch anan was instructed to interview mr ward and review the situation harvey schell of stouffvilia was awarded 30 for a sheep killed by dogs at bis farm on the 9tb con cession a grant of 100 was extended to markham fair a letter from the unionville junior farmers con cerning a grant was tabled without action hear complaints of howling dogs and nighttime carpentering new complaints never cease to arise before township councils and mondays session of markham township council was no excep tion from hunts lane on the west side of the municipality a lady complained that the dogs were howling while in the elmwood subdivision the pounding of hammers at night and on the sab bath was jarring the ears of several distraught citizens in this vicinity well we have a bylaw against such things if you can enforce it commented clerk chas hoover such a bylaw is in force in markham township which pro hibits the blowing of horns ring ing of bells shouting or causing any unnecessary noise which may be considered a nuisance the penalty provided is a maximum fine of 50 or not more than 21 days in jail baker show team goes to ottawa that prizewinning show team of fine clydesdales belonging to vince baker of altona has been sold to an ottawa buyer for 900 the team was disposed of as part of the large auction sale conducted by sellers atkinson auctioneers at the baker farm on thursday the stable of grade guernsey cattle averaged more than 300 each with the top cow going at 33750 they were well fitted and sold rapidly as they entered the ring buyers came from as far west as clinton and as far east as ottawa forty tons of bay went at 18 per ton while a milking machine brought 23000 mr bakers show harness was sold to a barrie bidder in the spring the baker family will move to the farm recently purchased near oakwood over 50000 fixgerltngs added to whitchurch fish population the department of game fisheries restocked whitchurch lakes and streams this year with the largest number of fingerlings ever deposited here six thousand speckled trout were dropped into township streams and 45000 large- mouth black bass added to the large waters over 500 pheasants were also released in the municipality by the department three hundred were sent out in the first shipment with 150 in the second lot and an addi tional 125 old birds awarded wings ta illlllll pltlll pilot officer robert m pete knoxleet shown here was one of 23 rcaf flight cadets who were awarded their pilots wings and com missions at a ceremony held sept 22 at the rcaf flying training school at centralia ontario pilot officer knox- leet 23 is the son of com mander and mrs r w knox- leet of moyne house mark ham he received his education at kings college school in windsor ns and at royal roads military college british columbia wings were present ed to pilot officer knoxleet by his father commander knoxleet who is in the royal canadian naval supply brancb ottawa a brother flying officer e r knox- leet dfc is with the rcaf at trenton ontario the grad uation climaxes 40 weeks of intensive ground and air instruction pilot officer knox- leet will attend a twomonth air armament course at tren ton after which he will be posted to rcaf operational duties in canada