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stouffville march 6 1924 s local happenings ford radio sets the last wora in uptodate radio equipment for prices and information on sets and all radio parts see the agent francis rtcliff the wctu will meet at the home of mrs robinson on tuesday march 11th at 3 oclock green leather purse lost in the skating rink finder kindly leave at the tribune office p the farmers of this district sold over5000 worth of stock on the toronto market last week which re presented the amount received for the four car loads of stock shipped on the 25th of february plenty of hot murphies and a good program at the garrett mission cir- cle supper on friday evening march 14th lloyd turner who purchased a w lehmans ice cream and confec tionery store in the collard block is having the premises painted and generally improved within before opening for business keep the d3te of april 4th open for the supper to be given by the congregation of the stouffville chris tian church frank stiver local grain and seed merchant has purchased the 100- acre farm on the 5th of markham at the rear of col deacons property from mrs jas caseley stouffville this is close to mr stivers home at william burkholders auctiod sale of farm stock held on saturday ssm 7 last milch cows sold as high as stouiuille to 5140 each and for the sale they averaged 9525 a number of far mers wanting cows came back to stouffville on monday and purchased all the animals left here by mr fanning from his sale on friday afternoon tea is not complete without oui delicious ice cream bricks just try one different flavor is our grocery department stocked with fresh goods h porter phonk 198 spring millinery will be on display after march jst at mrs m e watts phone 3j2 one of mr george urquharfs rock hens established a record in laying large eggs this year mr urquhart gathered an egg on monday that weighed 3 ounces and three quarters in measurement it was s inches by 6 inches can you beat it pitch holes are said to be particu larly bad and plentiful on the roads in this section just now due to so much snow some of them are deep enough to take a horse up to his csvi while in places ihey are so close together the horse and driver lose sight of each other while the driver is emerging from one hole the horse is disappearing into the next dip the 20 donated in cash prizes to the scholars in the oritorical con test by the continuation school last friaynight wasgiven by the mem bers of the school board namely dr d c smith truman holden a s stouffer a e booth and j d aitchison dr smith suggested that it would be a splendid public act for any citizen financially able to donate a foundation for such a pur pose 500 he said would provide a creditable yearly amount for con tinuous prizes heres a chance for some of our financial men to do something handsome for our com munity and at the same time per petuate his or her name in a worthy cause dont forget the euchre and dance to be held in ratcliffs hall on st patricks day march 17th good music everybody welcome the lenten season began yester- march 5th it is observed by those of the roman catholic faith and by members of the church of england messrs lud hoover and irwin gray were summoned to toronto on tuesday to serve the king as jury men at the assizes which opened on that day butter is selling on the maret at from 33c to 37c pound and eggs 25c dozen our complete local market quotation are crowded out this issue week of 17th inst everybody welcome come and have a good time in ratcliffs hall on st patrick night euchre at 8 pm good prizes dancing immediately following the euchre at a meeting of the stouffville war veterans held on wednesday evening last it was decided to donate to the stouffville board of trade the sum of 25 to be used for toboggan slide purposes only stouffer schell proprietors of the stouffville planing mills have purchased a 15 hp electric motor and expect to take hydro power in a few weeks or as soon as the necess ary machinery is installed alfred pugh has leased his house in the east end to lou morden who takes possession when mr pugh moves to the brown farm adjoining the corporation this spring we understand wm hopkins will move back to his house in town now occu pied by mr morden tho garrett mission circle will give a st patricks supper in the methodist church stouffville on friday evening march 14th sup per served from 530 to 8 p m plenty of hot murphies and other good things to eat orchestra music and a good program admission adults 35c and children 23e fox tox no 4 our ranch at ringwood contains three pairs of tbeau- tiful silver foxes 1923 litters theso foxes have all been inspected and are registered in the canadian national live stock records at ottawa each fox is tatooed oh the in- side of both ears no fox which does not score 85 points and upwards is passed by government inspectors the silver foxes in our ringwood ranch will score 90 and up wards they are the pick of 300 pups raised- in 1923 in our ranches in new brunswick w are sorry that we cant ask you to visit our ring- wood ranch at the present time but along in july we will be glad to show you the old foxes and the little puppies which we are expecting to arrive at ringwood some time in april let us answer any questions that have arisen in your mind canada foxes limited ranches at sackville new brunswick and ringwood ont ranch manager at ringwood dr r g law a local hockey tournament is on in stouffville rink this week the teams entered and the draw which took place on monday is as follows altona vs bloomington ringwood vs 6th line claremont ve unionville stouffville vs war veterans the winners of these sets play the semifinals this thursday evening blake sanders referee at the sign of the famous yellow box i the dependable kodak film that safe- guards results your size is on our shelves 2 developing and printing that make the most of every exposure 3 constructive criticism of your films that will help you make better pictures three reasons why its well worth while to let us serve your photographic needs silvester bros if the local churches wish to create a little special interest locally let each of the seven congregations in town take a vote on whether or no they wish the government to take a vote on the liquor question again no doubt the members are more desirous that the ota should be enforced than that a referendum should be taken but the result of such a vote would be interesting at any rate it would give this neck of the woods something to talk about the annual supper of the christ ian church congregation will be held on april 4th keep this date open 22 quarts milk for 100 at stouff ville creamery get tickets from our driver or at creamery yesterday was ash avednesday first day of lent services in angli can church every wednesday night through lent the canadian general manager of the international bible students association veil speak in stouffville on march 16th the stouffville war veterans are holding a st patricks euchre and dance on the 17th inst- in ratcliffs hall everybody welcome evangelist elijah brown will con duct evangelistic services for two weeks in the church at bethesda commencing next sunday morning dr williamson pastor remember the garrett mission circle supper to be given in the methodist church stouffville on friday evening march 14th supper from 530 to 8 pm followed with a good program the playlet the ten virgins will be presented ad mission adults 35c and children 25c the north york plowmans asso ciation will meet in old council chamber stouffville friday after noon march 14th at 230 to hear an address by district repre sentative rogers and james mclean of richmond hill all farmers are invited come and encourage this newly formed organization r j campbell prest j w reesor secy all over canada and the united states there are to gather together for prayer the women of these countries on friday april 7th in our own village the prayer meeting will be held in the christian church at three oclock let there be a large gathering of the women of ail tho churches draw nigh to god and he will draw nigh to you the ladies aid concert in rat cliffs hall on tuesday evening proved a success in every way the program was a real treat and was furnished by jessie alexander and the misses erma and mildred brownscombe of uxbridge miss a lehman acted as accompionist for the singers and the school orches tra added to the entertainment also proceeds slightly over 100 a little boy was taken by his mother to visit a cemetery the little boy went- from plot to plotfrom tomo to tomb reading the inscrip tions with awe and delight then when- lie had read them all he said now take me to the other ceme tery ma the other cemetery his mother said what other ceme tery do you mean dear the one said the little boy where the bad people are buried the death took place at 117 lang- ley avenue toronto on sunday march 2nd 1924 of henrietta osborne miller widow of- the late thomas a guthrie the deceased had been in ill health for some time and hypostatic pneumonia eventu ally was the cause of her death she is survived by her two children william t of the firm of murphy love hamilton co insurance brokers and edna r of the mail order department of the t eaton c6 interment took place on tues day in st james cemetery toronto mrs guthrie was a sisterinlaw of mrs n e smith of this town and of mrs william pipher of ringwood the untimely death occurred in toronto last week of mrs arthur raymervwhose maiden name was mabel irene irwin daughter of mr and mrs wm j irwin formerly of stouffville and now of aurora she wasj only 26 years of age and be sides her husband is survived by 3 baby boy of two years tha hus band is a son of peter raymer of dixon hill and the funeral on sat urday took place to the cemetery at dixon hill the service being con ducted by rev t laidlaw of aur ora assisted by revs yates and mcguire mrs ambrose stover of stouffville was a sisterinlaw to the deceased quality service contributions received by the board of trade towards the erec tion of toboggan slide are hereby acknowledged as follows war veterans 2500 a v nolan 450 f l button 300 mrs d m heise 300 ambrose stover 200 a g lehman 200 dr sangster 200 dr dales 200 dr ball 100 j h ratcliff 100 crawford 100 dr smith 100 contribution of labor are joel nendick g saunders sid schmidt harry burgess sam armstrong and h j malloy a local farmer came into my store for a mantel clock after getting my prices he said he could save 2 on the same article from a toronto catalogue mall order house having the catalogue mentioned on hand i produced it and was able to show this customer that my price was just the same as the catalogue for ex actly the same article however before buying lie went about town to see if he could do better and being unsuccessful returned and made the purchase let all do like wise before buying watches clocks or jewelery call in and soe me and we wilt show value for value from the man who has given you good service in the repair department as well as in merchandise for the past 29 years a grubin if the following story is to be relied on theres a lot of coal going up in smoke on the stouffvillesutton line of the cnr one of our citi zens and a man from ballantrae were swopping tales on the relative faults of our line of railway our west end friend said on my last trip to toronto the train was so smoky that we had to leave the door at the rear of the coach open to let out the smoke thats nothing came back the witty man from the ballantrae region you get so covered with soot on our line with those little engines that the last time i got off the train at the union station one of the ladles on the platform hurrying towards a pull- man i stood beside handed me her suitcase and tipped me a quarter stouffville public school report primary room d dnss sam borinsky murray hoiden edgar garthwalte b class donald cios- son jim lawson joe todd a class agnes klinck mary galloway hilda parkinson and wm d mal loy equal dorothy mertens sr i blanche hoover dorothy mcgrogan charles nolan and hazel davis equal jr i johnnie button ted lint- ner and daisy madill equal jr ill zaida barker janet but ton erma grubin and jack baker equal sr ii george mertens kenneth phillips ethel sanders jr ii luelia stouffer hugh thomas burton green jr ill edwin smith leonard byer jack sanders sr ill garland lehman robert ferris charlie perry sr iv roy hillrena hare geo lawson jr iv james vanzanr edua stouffer isabel booth coal coal we have a few cars of the best nut stove and pea coal that ever arrived in stouffville see sample or try a 100 lbs- to prove it then you will know what to buy when you put in your spring coal read our quaker flour and schumacher feed advertise ment in this issue stiver bros phone 4501 preserve your car by having it repainted at our garage right now before the busy season starts again we can quote you special attractive prices consult us r personally or by telephone j baker bros dealers stouffville phone 8109 agents for star and durant motor cars j the womens lloeral association held its regular monthly nieelng at the home of mis sangsler feby 27th there were 30 members pre sent and 4- visitors the study hour was in charge of three of the mem bers who gave papers on tlia early history of canada leading on from war of 1812 mis monkhouse tak- the chapter on making o premier a social hour was spent listening in on the radio and enjoying dainty refreshments the preit and secy represented the- acsm ation at an executive meeting houl at the new liberal committee roonin toronto at the luncheon hour w v sinclair leader of the opposition spoke on he usefulness of womens organiza tions in thv political field ir grace mitchie england pre of the mon treal women liberal ciub sjwko on the joliicl situation from i he womens view point in quebec goal have just received a shipment of choice lehigh valley coal ben car shipment clean and bright chestnut stove egg sizes at lowest prices flour try five crowns flour for bread jubilee flour for pastry feed a full stock of bran shorts oil cake sampson feed oyster shells grits manitoba oats etc on hand highest prices paid for grain seeds hides etc telephones office 169 residence 171 k 4 q 4 dollar window i am running a dollar sale for the month of march my window is full of beautiful and useful goods ranging in value from 150 to 300 regular remember this is not a fire sale or old 3hop worn goods but the newest and latest creations in the jewelry and novelty line lhave spent weeks preparing for this sale and have had the- wholesale cooperating with me in selecting the best that can be had to make this a genuine dollar sale z look in my window and see thebeautiful things a dollar will buy any article in window for the next two veeks goes for a dollar adam r yake optometrist watchmaker and jeweler two doors west of railroad tracks phone 159 stouffville