fi3- iv rrrr w- i leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol56 no 39 the tribune stouffville ont feb 8 1945 2300 copies eight pages ballantrae girl wins lucky draw at lions carnival despite the numerous blocked country roads in the district stouffville arena was crowded an wednesday night for the annual carnival of the stouffville lions club the activities were in charge of lions bert bell and walter brill- inger lion ken laushway was chief of the racing events with lion president andy williams up in the crows nest announcing the various events over the loud speaker winners in the races were girls 15 and under betty miller helen goudie helen law boys 15 and under doug burkholder roy lintner ladies freeforall betty williams betty miller mens free- forall gord todd roy sellers butch steckley thebroomball game between the stouftville hay shakers and the markhamunionville lionesses proved to be a most popular event stouffville farmers were battled all the way by the fair ones from markham as they clubbed the careening sphere up and down the rink much to the delight of the spectators the big moment was the lucky draw for 25 in cash and the lucky ticket drawn by fay oneill be longed to margaret peterson of ballantrae the prize winners in the costume classes were ladies fancy june smith shirley bone reflshaw sisters gents fancy butch steckley mr maynard ladies comic ruth harper steckley sisters mrs bert johnson gents comic nick shutin g lunau the judges were mrs ken laushway lions bert bell and walter brill- inger owing to the impassable roads members of the band were unable to get to town and stewart beare with his recorded music was brought from newmarket kept the big crowd on the move prjseyeraljhoup skating punctu stouffville cow is world champion in the lavout are shown to left peg looking the photographer over top right dr s t boden- distel veterinary from stouftville who kept an eye on pegs health during ncr recordbreaking lac tation mking a routine examinationrdeft bottom the last squirt of milk being extracted by sam adams the herdsman who actually milked her throughout the year centre bottom peg and sam pose with a bouquet of roses presented to peg by ah admirer right bottom peg with don brown and his grandfather t f monypenny whitchurch holstein is new champion milker ated with lucky spotliaridouts of chocolates by the lions january plowing cost over 7000 in markham twp owing to both the reeve and de- putyreevehaving other engage ments in toronto onmonday after noon markham township council met in the morning for a three hour session to clear away emer- h business it was indicated by the accountspassed that snow plow ing for january would cost the municipality 7000 an imposing siim amounting to nearly lv mills on the tax rate of thatniunicipality 50 per cent however is recoverable from the government even while the items were being passed a rate- payer from the southeast section presented himself rto offer a violent protest about being snowed in he had 200 hogs to feed and swill to draw from the city reeve charlie hooper promised to do his best to get this mans foad open although mr roberts declared the plow could not handle about 50 rods of it we neighbors will gladly come out and shovel that bank away if you will ionly let us know when you come along said the farmer it was agreed that an urgent effort should be made to meet this situation road superintendent maxwell said the snow costs for january would reach 7000 when ju ac counts are paid john sider was awarded 12 ior one sheep killed by dogs at lot 26 con 4 when a dog attacked right in the barn yard f councillor albert reesor wanted council to revert to thp rd custom of one regular- meeting per month with any pther meetings at the call of the reeve the resolution was defeated when it was found that back in 1912 there were as many meetings heid counting the special sessions as are now being held with two regular sessions reeve hooper thought the regular meetings gave members a better chance to plan their work at home whereas spe- great news for the farmers is the announcement that a canadian hol stein has just completed the great est twiceaday yearly production j i record ever made in any part of the world for either milk or butterfat by any cow of any breed and of especial- local interest is the fact that this famous cow doncrest peg top burke is owned and stabled at bethesda the property of mrs edythe l brown who assisted by her teen aged son don took over the management of the farm here once the fred march farm follow ing the untimely death of her hus band captain r a brown famous flier of the last war peg was actu ally milked by herdsman sam adams and gave 12775 quarts of milk per year the equivalent of 17 times her own weight the official figures are 31935 lbs of milk con taining 1108 lbs of butterfat na turally the local district is going to feel a bit puffed up about the famous animal in our midst and everybody is offering their congrat ulations to mrs brown who takes a keen interest in her farm and the live stock as you might expect from this accomplishment on completion of pegs record she was jointly purchased for a substantial sum said to be 5000 by hays co calgary and rock wood holsteins st norbert man shewasbred by porter bros rich mond hill oht the new champions best imonth was her eighth on test when she averaged 113 lbs daily with it top of 130 lbs 52 quarts peg lis a big cow weighing around 1900 ilbs probably her outstanding character istic is her wonderful udder not overly iargeas is so frequently the case with big producers it has ex ceptional quality and texture the previous world record for yearly production of milk on twice- aday milking was 29052 lbs made by pontiac diuchland devries in the herd of byron rath mossley ont in 1934 the former world champion for fatwasthe american cow winterthur posch donsegis nobsgrl owned by winterthur farms delaware with 1079 lbs the canadian champion for fat was popular pontiac abbekerk owned by elliott bros woodstock ont with 1050 lbs as a senior four-year- old all of the above animals are holsteins deaths exactly double births the birth rate in markham town ship for 1944 as recorded by the township clerk chas hooverkeep er of- the vital statistics was 32 whereas the number of deaths re corded totalled 64 marriages re- corded were 36 which is a good showing the picture as regards the relationship of births and deaths may not be quite so onesid ed as appears on the surface- it is not forgotten that many babies are born in hospitals especially in the winter season when roads are liable to be blocked and such births would not be counted in the above picture but would go to swell the count in the municipality in which the hospital is located too much sanding farmers complain against so much sanding on the county road system since it leaves these roads in a rather difficult- position a farmer is forced to use his sleighs to haul loads to and from town but along the highway so much sanding completely melts the snow away and on these highways only wheels are of any use everybody appreciates the efforts of the county officials in maintain ing safe roads for travel but we strongly urge that sand be not ap plied only in extreme conditions in order that a bit of snow will re main as long as possible to aid the sleighing town streets to have new markers mrs samuel ramer died on tuesday mrs samuel ramer died in the brierbush hospital on tuesday morning in her 82nd year she had been a patient there for two weeks but her condition was almost hope less when admitted mrs ramer was the former emma reesor born just south of the markham townline in scarboro married over 60 years mrand mrs ramer celebrated their diamond yedding day agojn amanner befitting the occasion they settled on the farm just north of markham at the time of their marriage and have spent all then- days there besides her husband there sur vives the aged mother one daugh termrs leslie wideman of stouff ville and one son ora ramer an other son eli and a daughterannie passed away- some years ago one brother david m reesor mount joy also survives and a sister bertha reesor died in vancouver the death is announced at van couver of isaac graham beloved husband of the late jennie mccul- lough on january 26 1945 the late mr graham was in his 81st year whitchurch township clerk john crawford will recover from near fatal accident firstrun films here next week two topnotch films which have just completed several weeks run at two of the large toronto theatres are billed for the stanley theatre here next week the first of the ciatsessions were called without week marriage of a private af- due notice however mr reesor f fair will be the attraction while contended that some meetings had little business to warrant them relief items for the month of january totalled 144 while num erous small miscellaneous accounts wereordered paid puty clark carried on until mr hooper arrived hedelng kismet which has been most highly publicized will be shown miss janet hope of milliken was a weckeridvisitor with her aunt in the absence of the nevbgj lv stiver iwriwt7 were both present be- delayed by another- conference sides of course those i previously councillor daltbn and r mentioned v a iu t v the streets in stouffville are to have their names displayed at each intersection it was agreed at a meet ing of the municipal council held on monday evening the street nameplatds will be white letters on a green background and are pat terned from those now in use in forest hill village council also decided to have the name of stouffville displayed at the corner of the markhamwhitchurch townline and yonge st since this is now a county of york road and is expected to be improved consider ably it was thought that the town should- divert whatever tourist traffic possible from yonge st in this direction the annual report of the medical health officer dr h b freel was duly received and approved and the report of the local milk inspec tor dr s t bodendistel dr bodendistels report revealed that the quality of milk being served to local patrons was of a high stand ard and above uiatofounumeiffius rural municlpaltiesadjacsntv fey a number of tine v accounts were passed for payment and couri cil adjourned to meet- again this thursday evening whitchurch council postponed meeting owing to the illness of the town ship clerk the council of whit church has postponed its regular meeting which normally would be held next saturday until saturday february 17th persons having business before the council will make a note of the change mrfred cummings of ballantrae township assessor is assisting in the clerks office for the present engagement mr and mrs percy cutler of vivian wish to announce the en gagement of their daughter helen m cutler to bert r paisley of stouffville the marriage to take place in the early spring reeve will try for lower hydro rates reeve nolan has been given a free hand by his council to make his own representations to the on tario hydro electric commission that might impress that body with the justness of stouffville obtain ing lower hydro rates for all its power customers commercial and domestic the reeve declares that stouffvilles reserve of 816000 plus present yearly savings were out of all proportion to those shownby similar towns and that substantial reduction could be effected while at the same time the system could be improved to take care- of in creased demand john crawford youthful town ship clerk of whitchurch lies in the york county hospital at new market badly scared by burns fol lowing the fire which enveloped his motor car and nearly cost mr crawford his life over on the cth concession of that township last thursday afternoon mr crawford was driving to stouffville from the township hall at vandorf had driven across the vandorf sideroad but encountered heavy going down the 6th just south of the pat murphy farm he backed up for a considerable dis tance in an effort to get a place to turn around when his car plunged into flames from his bed in the york county hospital at newmarket four days later he was able to recall at least some of the happenings he heard a loud backfire then flames burst up between the front and rear seats which fairly enveloped him he attempted to stem the fire but is not clear on all the happenings which followed the first few mom ents and for three days he could not recall the affair on tuesday bandages were re moved from his burned head and his physician was pleased with the progress he is now making toward recovery fortunately his eyes es caped injury which was one of the things feared because of the head burns he may be able to leave the hospital in ten days mr roy morley gth concession farmer was the first person to dis cover the burning car and his timely aid later coupled with that of misses rose and rheta mc- grisken at the murphy farm saved the unfortunate man from death i had just left my house at 313 to walk down to the corner van dorf sideroad and 6th to my mail box when my attention was attracted by a reflection through the glass in a car standing just south of the pat murphy farni entrancaonasteep hillthereftec tion continued to fix my attention although i was 100 rods away i saw a man standing beside the car or near to it it later proved to be john crawford when i realized the car was afire i ran ddwnand found the whole interior in flames said mr morley crawford by thisi a fine new bridge will be erected time was lying on the ground and on the 8th concess of markham i hauled him a few rods from the j south of the village of car fearing the gas tank might ex- imarkham and n 7 highway at plode any moment mr morley the foot what is commonly said he was so ternhly mutilated known as vinegar hill the pre- and blacked that i did not know sent structure erected when robert who it was although i am f was reeve of markham is thoroughly acquainted with our j nu municipal clerk in answer to my enquiry he was barely able to re peat lis name and that was his last word related mr morley he lapsed into unconsciousness mr morley then- ran to the murphy house and called dr urquhart at aurora and he soon arrived to gether with an ambulance in the meantime the mcgrisken sisters in the murphy house furnished a mattress blankets clothing and hot water bottle so that we were able to keep the burned man from the cold and from the wet mr morley said later dr urquhart said this timely aid undoubtedly would have much to do with crawfords re covery he might have died in the cold mr morley said the mans hat and scarf and the hair on his head were burned and his face was so blackened he could not be recog nized his glasses no doubt saved his eyesight one shoulder and one knee were burned severely three days later at the hospital mr crawford when interrogated could not recall anything about the accident the last person he had conversation with was bob harper son of mr and mrs ross harper living on the sixth the clerk said something to him about the plow and that he could- not get through then he backed away and the boy saw him no more it was evidently while backing up- that gas flames from some source enveloped him and later fire bursted out at least this is the theory those investigat ing the case put on it it explains why he does not recall getting out of the car before being burned lie escaped- unconsciously then fell beside the car mr morley who saw him beside the car at 100 rods did not see him fall his badly burned hands which have been tapped several times since might indicate that he put up some sort of fight to put the fire out the car is a wreck and was re moved to the percy pattendens near the scene of the accident the whole interior is burned out also one wheel was burned mr crawford who is only in his thirties lives on the third con cession of whitchurch on the graham farm and besides his wife has three daughters he is widely known in the district and friends everywhere sympathize with him and his family in this serious trouble large new bridge for vinegar hif said to be in a- highly unsafe condi tion and beyond repairs 125000 has been included in the budget of the toronto york road commission- for this work plans of which are drafted and for which tenders will shortly be called we understand leaves for nova scotia 1 mrs allen mcconnochie- wife of sergt mcconnochie of the postal corps stationed at debert ns has gone to nova scotia to visit with her husband for a couple of months main street reverts to control of york county lamps wouldbe put up shortly as a test at ori mairistreet will contact thehydroomcialsthls week fol lowing representations he made be fore the commission last week- those who are interested in roads will know that the main street through stouffville and run ning- to ringwood has for a long time been under the control and maintenance of the toronto and york road commission but this was changed by the county council last week and the road will now be a county road the county council approved re commendations of the special roads committee regarding reallocation of suburban roads and county highways and passed covering by laws subject to the approval of the ontario legislature it was agreed- that suburban roads or jhose roads under the care of the toronto and- york road commission should- be arterial roads and were direct routes to and from the city roads running east and west were to be county roads and this is where stouftville came in for a change the reeve of the village did not know of this proposed change until it was read in open- council he asked for information on the belter and more improved street lights he said were part of tfta change and was assured by the scheme he hoped to evolve provicounty engineer that there would bably acouple of the new type jbeno change whateyersofar as uouffvllle is concerned there merely a changeinthemarinef of paynteni for its upkeep under the york commission that bodycon tributed 25 per cent of the cost the continued on back page miss a silversides dies in5th year after a lingering illness of nearly six months duration miss sarah ann annie silversides passed peacefully away- on monday even ing feb 5th 1945 at the brierbush hospital stouffville born at zephyr 75 years ago on the farm homestead which had been handed down from her grand father silversides she lived there until thirteen years ago she was the daughter of the late joseph sil versides and hannah bellefnd a double cousin of mrs gillion mrs carver arid the late fred w silver- sides fit lt r d meyers of van couver is a nephew her sister susie mrs l hoover died in the same hospital one year and a half year ago after a similar lengthy illness a brother reuben died previous to her leaving the farm to locate in stouffville- the funeral will take place this thursday at 200 pm from the home of her cousin mrs c arm- strong who faithfully stood by dur- fifg these weary months theser vicewill be conducted by- herjpas- tor the rev drdavisintermerit af zephyr cemetery ljf i m 1 i iiimiimuisdm- jsxifti
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