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crtbtttie vol xxxv no 12 stouffville ontario thursday may 17 1923 fresh field and garden seeds in bulk market drug store geo collard druggist stouffville ontario unexcelled in the dominion yonge and charles sts toronto it is noted for high grade prepara tion for choice business positions and for promptness in helping grad uates to get employment open all year enter now w j elliott principal are you insured i represent the policy hol ders mutual life insur ance co ell kinds of poli cies let ub talk it over wth you sidney schmidt stouffville cut flowers and ferns wedding bouquets and funeral designs muston sons stouffville phone 7001 ey0rk liberals nominate clary after a session in the town hall north toronto which lasted until 6 oclock the east york liberal convention chose henry clary of agineourt as their candidate on saturday last the choice being made when clary had a majority of three over a e brocklesly on the second ballot the last vote being a tie messrs alex mcgregor ab keer and james ramsey of north toronto a d bruce of gorraley and wesley gowan and russell ree- sor of markhain were proposed as candidates in addition to the two who went to the ballot but all de clined the honor each making a speech which denoted hope that it was still possible to elect a liberal candidate in rho riding a commit tee consisting of president haley a b kerr alex mcgregor and h j kirby had prior to the convention interviewed rj fleming and asked him to accept the nomination but r j declined the honor about 50 delegates were present president haley presided a suggestion by wm doherty that no candidate be nominated was not entertained it was stated by some of the markham delegates that major little would again be the ufo candidate in east york district news markham wednesday holiday village is observing afternoons as a half chiropractor i church st i stouffville if you get acquainted with tho scientific truths about chiropractic you will be on provement of your physical your way towards an im- condition a chiropractic analysis and adjustment will re each part of your body full supply of nervous a friday 9t012 am ifttstouffviueontf ross jarvis of locust hill had his herd of 2s ayrshire cows govern ment tested not one animal in the herd reacted this is said to be very unusual in so large a herd david james former reeve of markham township died on tues day last week at his home in thornhill in his 81st year a life long resident of york county a prominent tanner active municipal man and keen historian mrjames was widely known throughout the county m d f williams assessor for the village of markham has returned his roll for this year from which is extracted the following information assessed value of real property 482755 business assessment23- 634 taxable income cs00 total 513 1s4 this shows an increase over last year of 20500 the pro perty exemptions includes the chur ches cemeteries schools fair grounds public library town hall and waterworks amounting to 75- 200 the population is 907 num ber of dogs 49 r uxbridge town council are father ing a movement to have the county of ontario divided and a registry office for land titles and other in struments established in that town for the northern part of the county when the new post office was built in uxbridge accommodation was made for an inland revenue office and this may be occupied for county purposes as an inland re venue office is not likely to be es tablished the next move for uxbridge will be to change the county seat to a more central point in the county and when the new high school is built they will have a good building on their hands very suitable for county busi ness to be carried on in methodists raise 15 per member as an innovation from former years the methodist congregations of stouffville and bloomington churches held a congregational meet iig in banquet form on friday even ing last in the local church in addition to an excellent tea provided by ine ladiesand a social hour wherein the members had an opportunity tc frriternize rev dr w l armstrong of centennial church toronto delivered an ex- ceiwnt addrrs which was highly commented on it was a sort of stocktaking time when the officers of the various or ganizations of the church reported their financial standing and the pro gress made during the year other wise in the absence of the ohurch treasurer w h shaw the treas urers report was given by d m heise for the year just closed total receipts raised for church pur poses only were 330349 which when augmented by the amount raised by thevarious societies of the church show the organization raised well over 5600 according to the chairman of the evening the membership stands at 36 6 on the circuit hence the aver age givings or amounts raised would exceed somewhat over 15 per mem ber a large proportion of the membership includes minors for the stouffville sundav schoof george baker reported 202 on the roll the membership at bloom ington is so stated edgar storry superintendent the epworth league has a mem bership of 38 and raised the sum of 7707 303 was raised by the wms with additional bales donated and valued at over 300 more the two mission circles raised over 300 the seniors being responsible for tho greater portion of this amount stouffville church subscribed 838 and bloomington 162 for mission on the whole the reports indicate a prosperous year showing pro gress in almost every department during the evening musical se lections were rendered by miss mor- gason and messrs drewery and booth ushers appointed were messrs e j davey w h shaw a c burk- holder and a lehman reelected to the official board as society representatives were mrs davey mrs n forsyth and messrs d w walls wh shaw alexscott and jess cook youll be there and so will i invite your friends may 24th to town for centre york bowltng league his friends will be glad to learn that pte pipher of lemonvillewho has been in the hamilton sanitor- ium has been granted a very lib eral pension by the pension board sale register thursday may 17 at sander sons hotel claremont mortgage sale of lands in uxbridge town ship east halt of lot no 6 in the 4th con 32 acres terms 20 per cent of purchase money f w siiversides auctioneer saturday may 19 sale of choice milch cows feeders and stockors at the mansion house yards stouffville belonging to w a fanning there are very choice cows in tho lot five months credit sale at 130 pm f w silversidesf auctioneer boadvays drug store stouffville banking by mail many and varied are the type of men who conduct their banking with the standard through the pott busy men who live far away from any bank find that our plan of banking by mail saves them making special trip to town and is satisfactory in every way and quite simple we pay interest at current rate on such accounts write or call for full particulars 862 the standard bank or canada total assets over eightythree millions stouffville branch- a c burkholder manager the annual meeting of the centre york bowling league was held at richmond hill on monday night last week and the following officers were elected for the year 1923 hon president honw l mac kenzie king pident fl button stouffville 1st vice dr williams aurora 2nd vicerobtagar almira secretarytreasurer w r sanders stouffville executive to consist of the above officers with the following newmarket club h p gillman aurora club j g mcdonald almira club herb spofford markham club d e jones stouffville a c burkholder richmond hill j r harrington unionville g a m davison a schedule of home and home games was adopted for the coming season th league had a most successful year in 1922 stouffville being de clared the winners of the trophy donated by hon w l mackenzie king and newmarket club with the highest plus score secured veran dah chairs for their cluh at 10 am there will be a grand parade from the mansion house through the town for which prizes will be offered for best farmers team hitched to wxgon lady and gent drivers ponies with riders best business tlqxt decorated auto- iobilesbicycresand tricycles best costumes andi special prize ror best float in the parade this parade will be worth coming a long way to see there is a full program for the afternoon stouffville and milliken will play baseball while green river and goodwood are slated for a football match these games will draw immense crowds without any of the remaining program a grand baby show will be held in the big tent on the grounds competent judges will award the prizes and the babies will be judged in two classesone year and under and two yars and over one year the district schools will give a display of club jwrrijging and drills running jumping vaulting and other sports for tho school children with prizes awarded in each case the school winning the most prizes will be awarded a silver cup ux bridge whitchurch and markham township schools get busy the stouffville womens institute will conduct refreshment booths on the grounds i this assures good ser vice and clean stouffvillrfs new hand of over 30 pieces willmake their first appear ance and will render plenty of good music duning ttuj afternoon there wittbe a big double attrac tion in the evening a dance in ratcliffs hall and a moving picture show down in the auditorium entries for the morning parade should be made with f g pratt at the mansion house personal notes from wit sliu ronto miss goodwin is able to be out again after her long illness miss hazel silvester was home from toronto over the week end siuicoe county and later in to has now located at mark- mrs armstrong of windsor is visiting her aunt mrs wjmather church street dr sangster attended the fun eral of a relative tha late wm rusnell at utica last sunday a king was in town last thurs day to see mr isaac reaman mr king who had been living at lefroj mr and mrs sam mckuen also mrs j little and norma were in green river sunday visiting their sister mrs albert heisey wesley yake just south of town has a hen with an egg record worth crowing about this spring she laid two eggs each measuring s i x6 i and weighing 4 ounces on sev eral occasions this bird produced eggs measuring sx6 inches and weighing four ounces only 25c cfdmissips to the grounds in the afterioonxvhile the morning is free rawyour cars on tho grounds where they will be safer and thus keep the main street free for traffic this is the mggest program ever offered in stouffville for a one day celebration etefy moment chucked full of interest dont miss it come early and stay all day lemonville a number of our young folks at tended church at baker hill sun day night the road south of lemonville is in need of repairs we hope the council will see to it soon there was a good attendance at sunday school and church on mothers day we have seen horses and cows tied to trees and posts to pasture but one resident had his pigs tied along the highway mr and mrs tarr and miss lena attended the funeral of wm rusnell in reach township we are pleased to know that the rev dr williamson has decided to remain another year if conference permits he being such an able preacher we as a church should up hold his hands in every good effort that he makes the financial con ditions we are glad to say is better than it has been for some time hav ing raised enough by freewill offer ing to more than pay his salary for the year we are hoping that the coming year may be one of soul winning new post for weston have you read them expupils of stouffville continua tion school are invited to the clos ing meeting of the literary society to be held at the school friday evening at s pm your attention to the advertise ments of local merchants on page seven is requested owing to in creased demand local advertising is spread over all pages of the paper not being confined to four pages as was formerly the custom ringwood r ringwood has a practical joker who furnishes the press with live stuff once in a while but we are unable to publish his articles be cause the name of the writer is not made known to us a joke is quite all right if properly directed but on the other hand some people can not discern between joke and in sult and for this reason we must know with whom we are dealing for we are to be judge our ring- wood correspondent might be like the man who shot an arrow into the air it fell in the distance he knew not where till a neighbor said it killed his calf and he had to pay him six and a half ho dought some poison to kill some rats and a neighbor swore it killed his cats and rather than argue across the fence he paid him four dollars and fifty cents one night he sat sailing a toy ballon and hoped it might soar till it hit tho moon but the candle fell on tho farmers straw he said he must settle or go to law and that is the way with the random shot it never hits the proper spot and the joke he springs and thinks so smart i may leave a wound in a ringwood heart books of fiction recently added to the stouffville public library are title author cleeks government gases hanshew last ditch comfort cleeks the man of the forty faces hanshew keith smith snaith buckrose chapman oppenheim stead ward ward white lincoln wallace higgins bells of st stephen the time spirit council of seven the silent legion gods green country tlte malefactor dennison grant ma reel i a 1 marcel la 2 the westerners captain dans daughter blue water stella dallas chronicles of quincy adams sawyer pidgin courage of captain plum curwood foursquare richmond prester john buchan the thirteen travellers walpole the wire devils packard the white moll packard dad terhuno strength of the pines marshall youth conrad the world outsido macgrath gossamer birmingham a tillyloss scandal barrio the way out hough path of the king buchan the fighter terhune arncliffe puzzle holmes more tish rinehart lamp in the desert dell rocks of valpre dell the claim jumpers white cloister and the hearth reade steele of the royal mounted curwood the honor of the big snows curwood isobel curwood malcolm sage jenkins black gang sapper mcnelle carette of sark oxenbam finding his stride harbottle the enchanted april romance to the rescue mackail after a three days trip in which ottawa and montreal were included in the itinerary mayor rjflynn reeve jmgardhouse howard gray solicitor and councillors j p allan and farr representing the town of weston in an effort to get a new post office and better transportation facilities returned last week elated with the success of their trip says the toronto telegram at ottawa the party had a conference with hon dr king minister of public works relating to a new post office to replace the antiquated building that at present serves the purpose and were given assurances that something would he done in the near future with the churches an orchestra for any occasion syncopators op toronto regarding engagements soo mr shaw dai- shoe workg unionville church of christ fred sommsr minister sunday may 20th 1015 am adult bible class 11 am worship and preaching topic the meaning of pentecost no friday evening meeting this week mennonite w m mcgnire pastor sunday may 20th 10 am sunday school 11 am prophetical discourse 7 pm preaching service pastor in charge 730 wednesday evening bible study and prayer meeting singing school has closed for thin term methodist rev geo e coulter pastor sunday may 20th go to sunday school sunday 1015 am sunday school 11 am short address following the go to sunday school program our plan is to combine these services in an abbreviated form the ohurch school 7 pm the pastor monday may 21 epworth league at 8 pm wednesday may 23 8 pm prayor service baptist sunday may 20th 10 am sabbath school and bible class 1 am church service c30 pm prayer service 7 pm church service b y p u monday at 8 pm you are welcome w w fleischer pastor ford truk for sale with punture tirlswill sell at a bargain w h auth phone 2308 horse for salj- good driving horifestpply to w jacobs ringwood vnone 9312 13 business cards legal mccullough button barristers solicitors cox veyances e bcttovs block stouffvulb money to loan dental ir d c smith dentist stouffville honor graduate of chicago and toronto university and tho royal college of dental surgeons office over shaws store phone office 1011 residence 1015 no outside appointments e s barker lds dds dentist stouffvillo honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the univer sity of toronto office in grubins block phone 8201 markham every tuesday office over geo crosbys store dr s s ball physician and surgeon office cor obrien ard main phone lci t h and sarah ratcld7b graduate chiropractors albert st stouffville i office hours mornuigs 9 to 12 tuesday thursday and saturday evenings 7 to 830 pm other hours by appointment 1 phone 5804 stouffville lodge no 384 meets every monday evening j at 8 oclock in the oddfellows hall visiting brethern welcome clay baker wr sanders n g recsecv m tait financial secretary r its success in most homes the old guess work baking days have gone never to return then it was a matter of anxious co as to whether or not that batch of bread would rise properly all of our baking is ascientific success our bread should be one of your standard family foods i ambrose stover we deliver to your home good health cannot he retained if you eat poor meat the animals vra select for our butchering trade are the choicest beasts use the telephone we deliver to all parta of the town fresh and cured meat3 fresh homemade sausage now on band try them h leadbetter phone 0701 1 1 to relieve the strain and give that rested wideawake feeling you need only come to us and be properly fitted to th right glasses we use painstaking care in ex amining and fitting your eyes and yon will find our charge always most reasonable see me and see better adam r yake optometristnd optician stoufpville office phone 1604 residence