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the tribune stoasvihe ortf- thursday october 29 1963 three fires altered the path of history at the nearby village of whitevale john birnie ss with so which the voung lady is hose years pent in growing her fa ther i whitevale is iible to tell rev ralph king white- elizabeth king much vale united chuic i afcout the community in small boys have spared this window down through the years and signature of clara white descendant of tp white early day whitevale tycoon is a unique touch to commun itys oldest home now owned iby mr and mrs harold jhornshaw mm whitevale of 1s77 in this sketch had factories m and mills and the dreams of many until succes sion of ifires wiped out the business foundations of the community weilknown local village was home of many prominent pickering families three fires changed the course of whitevales history and set its progress along the quiet path of a secluded ham let rather than along the 20th century road of industrial progress according to a tor onto telegram story almost a century ago the hideaway community located in pickering township a half mile south of no7 highway was a bustling town of 1000 with mills factories and shops promising a future greatness one disastrous fire after other altered that picture rad ically a chart of 1877 shows a big woollen mill stave and heading factory cooierage cheese fac tory wagon and carriage found ers three blacksmith shops three general stores and a pub lic hall today a grist mill and one general store remain to serve 250 residents and farmers in the surrounding districtthe old whitevale hotel which once provided rooms fine food and liquor for drummers and visi tors is now a threeapartment dwelling the cheese factory provided a framework for a private dwelling which still stands on the fifth line of pickering township whitevales main street a new grist mill only 70 years old grinds on where the woollen mill once wove fine cloths only the maples plumed by the pioneers have grown slender sticks on the old map of whitevale they are now spreading giants that burst this time of year into a gentler type of blaze than those of whitevale once knew the vain call to firefighters first sounded in the settlement in 1sti that day several plants including the carriage factory were destroyed a few years later the woollen mill swept out of existence by another blaze and shortly after a third blaze razed the flour mill and the public hall with the shops and factories went the dreams and plans of t p white the man whose money and enterprise suited the industrial wheels roiling in jhe village to which he gave his name he died not long after the third fire broken by the disas trous end to his bold schemes for whuevaie with his death the community entered on a rew and quiet chapter actually the white marked a second phase in the history of whitevale before his arrival the budding hamlet was called imajorville after the pioneer major family among the first settlers in the district today fred major a farmer whose property is on the out skirts of whitevale is the last survivor of the original family tlie grist rull which now raises its bulk over white vales ancient houses is owned and operated iby the wilson family father and four sons they came to whitevale in 1932 and wish they had made the move earlier though thwarted in its or iginal dreams whitevales fu hire is by no means all in the past its longtime residents and mushrooming influx of dwellers who commute to jobs at port union ajax and tor onto anticipate its steady growth as a residential area road paving programs and population pressure in toronto are closing the gap between the metropolitan area and the country hamlet oldtimers are not certain how much they like the gaso line laden breath of the city blowing over the mill pond and through whitevales tree- shaded streets right now its a good place to live time moves a little slower and a little more plea santly for veterans like j l birnie 78 whitevales oldest resident for howard turner who lives in the house his grandfather built in 1s56 for people like mr and mrs har old hornshaw who live in the old house on the hill that t p white built so he could watch over the village in the valley residence in whitevale to its present contented residents also means such things as time to read the books in its library amazingly complete for the size of its reading public has on call and to watch their children journey safely to the villages ssyearold public schooi in ir5 whitevales plague paid another visit vanblari- coms store was burned to the ground the oddfellows moved their meeting place to the oldfash ioned gallery of the church vanbiaricom established a new shop below xot since 1034 have there been so many business failures in canada as in lfj2 when l- saga 009 businesses went bankrupt victoria square the anniversary services of victoria square united church will be held on sunday octob er 25 at 11 am and 730 pm at 11 am the guest speaker will be rev wm g berry m a bd of toronto special music by victoria square un ited church choir at 730 pm the guest speaker will be rev clayton h searle ma bd of high park united church toronto special music by the washington united church choir sunday school for october 25 will be at 945 am for this sunday only please note the time sympathy is extended to mr and mrs roy bovair and fam ily in the passing of mrs bo- vairs mother mrs ratke of roblin manitoba the regular monthly meet ing of the mission band was held on saturday afternoon october 17 at the home of mrs earl empringham with twenty two children and elev en adults present miss betty huston presided over the mee ting misses carol mortson and rahdallin trussell sang a duet i have the joy joy in my heart miss steckley of gor- mley a missionary in india for over two vears gave an in teresting account of the lives of the children of india she also illustrated how the child ren were dressed following the meeting refreshments were served the semi- annual of the w a was held on wednesday of last week at the trinity unit ed church newmarket mrs aw willows mrs r brum- well mrs s boynton and miss mabel sanderson attend ed it from victoria square several of the men of the community gathered at the church on saturday to reshin gle the north side of the church shed some to help and some to hinder in spite of the helpers and the hinderers the job was completed in good time a verv enjoyable lunch was served by the rev and mrs a huston we would like to thank all who helped mrs a huston mrs r bovnton mrs s boynton mrs p bennett and miss cor al perkins attended the mis sion band convention held in the st clair united church on thursday of last week sorry to hear of the loss by fire of mr jim mccagues fine show barn at alliston how ever we are pleased to report they were able to get all the livestock out safely the regular monthly meet ing of the couples club will be held in the form of a hal loween part- on tuesday ev ening october 27 at s pm at the home of mr and mrs les lie hart please come in cost ume the regular monthlv meet ing of the sr womens instit ute will be held tuesday even ing october 27 at s pm at the home of mrs jim valliere theme citizenship and edu cation roll call suggestions to help the school teacher greetings from district presi dent mrs g francey address by mrs w hunking a return ed missionary from africa hostesses and entertainment committee mrs d parsons mrs a frisby and mrs h barber mr re sanderson spent wednesday of last week visit ing friends at newmarket mr and mrs mark northcott and girls of nobieton spent sunday with mr and mrs william sandle and margaret mr and mrs percy bennett and ray and miss rosemary march had sunday evening dinner with mr and mrs john empringham we are sorry to hear of the illness of rev hi mackay who was a former minister to our community a speedy re covery is wished for him the regular monthly meet ing of the wa will be held on wednesday evening octob er 28th at 8 pm at the home of mrs fraser gee the guest speaker will be mrs sissons of stouffville who will talk on old glass each one is to take a piece of old glass or chi na they treasure when the modern mother wants her daughter the last place she looks is in the kitch en york county 4h clubs complete good season york county 1h club boys and girls have once again com pleted a very successful season the club year commences with the organizational meetings in april and ends with achieve ment day when the boy or girl in the calf club shows the calf she or he has been caring for throughout the season or in the tractor club demonstra tes his ability in caring for and driving a tractor the winners in the competi tions are decided on a score ba sis of 1000 points which for calf clubs includes 100 points each for attendance at meet ings judging and examination care and interest feed records kept showmanship and 400 points on the animals shown by them it is doubtful if there are many organizations which have better records for attend ance at monthly meetings the average attendance being over 95 the schomberg and wood bridge calf clubs this year each had 100 completions of their projects the winners in the clubs this year were as follows sut ton calf club richard munro sutton west sharon calf club bill taylor sharon markham calf club bill mil ler agincourt york county baby beef club bill arkin- stall newmarket woodbridge calf club andrew watson woodbridge schomberg calf club bob hulse schomberg woodbridge tractor mainten ance club bruce fieldhouse woodbridge all of the win ners are to be congratulated on their fine work and a par- j ticular note of thanks is due to the club leaders who greatly assisted in carrying out the club programmes on friday oct 16th six of the members travelled to the oac at guelph to take part in the inter county judging competition york was repre sented in the dairy judging competition by bill miller of agincourt and wilbur brum- well of gormley their stand ing point was 7th with 56 teams competing in the beef competition with 41 teams competing bill arkinstall newmarket and david ever- shed aurora stood 4th bruce fieldhouse woodbridge and bob beynon maple stood 6th in the tractor club competi tion with 39 teams competing added donations n york plowmen these additional donations- are acknowledged to the north york plowmens association 100 stewart beare wd atkin son sam d sacrko wm smith taylor electric hess drug store jack pennock art mcelroy fred peel 1000 suman shoe company 2500 toronto and north york hunt 500 mr o drake wexford sti ver bros unionvile el mc- carron john manuge cousins dairy imperial bank aurora gordon stoutt realtors ltd osbarnes stoic aurora ar- dills store aurora aurora general store iga wilsons hardware aurora farm sup ply je tullock bank of montreal aurora aurora dai ry browsers hardware collis leather aurora textiles mer- vyn wilson king saxs fish and chips keswick don christian jacksons pt agars rexall drugs keswick coo stiver bros aurora aurora milling co v 200 p ferguson leslie h smith delahey motors aurora fros ted foods aurora cleaners j f willis brices meat market aurora marshall rank marys fruit store mike lysecki wm j garfat universal insulation cooks bee supply frank tea- sdale jack chapman andys sign jk fice aurora auto motive tj johnson lga store keswick fg burrows 300 ernest davis bill thompson tommy spence daniels and dryden 5c to 100 store jack wood this competition draws com petitors from every county and district in the province and ov er 500 were present for the ev ening banquet the 4j1 club program in the county is under the direc tion of agricultural represen tative wm cockburn and as sociate representative ek pearson of the ontario depart ment of agriculture newmar ket all farm boys and girls between the ages of 1220 are invited to make inquiry about becoming members of a 4h club for the 1954 season toxawwarmhrmrwmummrjmtrmm combination doors the best procurable at storms and screens porch rails low prices do not buy your requirements until you see what we have to offer have the carhayes triple track window demon strated in your own home no obligation doors installed completely 5950 if interested phone sto 62803 g r m dingle district representative leslie sales west hill distributors mnrimifmnyvnifisrmrm the crow and the pitcher a thirsty crow found a pitcher with some water in it but so little was there that try as she might she could not reach it with her beak and it seemed as though she would die of thirst within sight of the remedy at last she hit upon a clever plan she began dropping pebbles into the pitcher and with each pebble the water rose a little higher until at last it reached the brim and the knowing bird was enabled to quench her thirst moral if you are thirsty for success- begin dropping a little money into a savings account at our nearest branch 1 with each deposit your balance will rise a little higher until at last you have the funds you need to make dreams come true be a knowing bird visit our nearest branch today i illustration by arthur rodham from the hdncmcnn edition ofawpi fabltt the canadian bank of commerce m13