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tstouffville may 29 1924 local happenings this is ascension thursday 1 see the express limited under j auspices of stouffvufe womens in stitute on thursda june 5th ad mission 25 and mr isaac barkey is erecting a barn just east of the foundry mr edw pennock has purchased a new ford car for his livery busi ness the oddfellows lodge of aurora will hold a celebration in that town on july 1st the schools of mongolia blooni- lagton lemonville and ringwood will join with stouffville in putting on a school fair here next fall it will prove to be one of the big events of the year a new golf grounds is being laid out in connection with lakeview hotel jacksons point there are aisoa of other improve ments igoing on at tne point we understand there are to be two new butcher shops a new bakery a large billiard and pool table build ing and another drug store treat yourself with some of our pure and wholesome confectionery that we are showing in such big variety at low prices re member we are headquarters for the famous moir choco lates try our bulk ice cream or visit our refreshment parlors porters phonfc 198 mr john sanders has made a big improvement to his home in the west end by the addition of a new verandah and a garage to replace the old barn torn down the express limited act comedy in itafewff i thursday june three about forty pupils lost a days hall on schooling on wednesday owing to quality the absence of one of the teachers the evangelistic meetings in the menuonite church are continuing indefinitely elder w brown a former pastor is the evangelist this week a general invitation is ex tended to all to attend these meet ings on monday a couple of engineers fiom the provincial health dept were in souffville making a sanitary survey of the corporation when their work is completed a map will be issued showing the general sani tary situation and offering sugges tions for the betterment of same the work is carried on wholly at the expense of the health dept the stouffville baseball club will hold a bumper celebration in mem orial park on tuesday july 1st details of the various attractions are not yet worked out but it is understood that something good is beinf lined up strong committees are being worked out and active work ou the program will be under- way this week the war veterans association are congratulating themselves on pass ing up their annual celebration on may 24thas the weather would have made it a failure as it did in other places a number of our people spent the day at uxibridge and while the crowd was large there the at tractions were very small and most of the racing was cancelled at richmond hill the fair was cancel led entirely a visitor to town a few days ago stated that the main business corner would be grealy improved in appear ance if the unsightly burned posts on the vacant lot opposite the post office were taken down no doubt the horticultural society will endea vor to have the place put in a pre sentable appearance and in their effort we are sure they will have the cooperation of mr levi hoover the owner of this valuable lot miss huxtable of the public school staff intends taking a trip to lon don this summer to attend the british empire exhibition congratulations are extended to norman dales sou of dr f a and mrs dales church sireet on passing his final year at dental college now its dr norman dales this week mr- fred johnson of altona sent 14 hogs weighing 2950 lbs with d holdcu by truck to the win davies co toronto which graded 14 selects this is the first truck load of 14 hovs to go into the plant to grade 100 per cent select 6ince the grading system was started the increased hydro rates imposed on toronto consumers and other users in various parts of the pro vince are not to affect the rates in stouffville where the ocal plant is earning a surplus that should give us decreased rates within another year servich public school entrance examina tions will be held this year the first week in july which is a later date than the past few years so far none of the hens in this section have been able to produce an egg larger than the one brought in by jos williams which weighed four ounces jacob yakes brown leghorns however handed out some freak hen fruit on monday which is unique for its diminutive sizeand peculiar shape the egg has the size and appearance of a large peanut and is on exhibition in the tribune office 1 there are now four electric stoves in operation in stouffville all win ter lewis j kennedy the electri cian was the only householder to have a stove of this nature but the past three weeks there were three more added in the homes of f w silvester dr f a dales and george bowers in each case they are giv ing excellent satisfaction and the cost is claimed to be very reason able before the summer is past it is expected that at least a dozen will have installed these ranges at convocation of the benchers of the law society of upper can ada at osgoode hall toronto on thursday the 22na mst the degree of barristeratlaw wa conferred on dean kester he was presented to the court by f w harcourt esquire treasurer of the law society ni called to the bar with honours and enrolled is a solicitor of the supreme court of ontario on the fiat of the hon mr justice lennox he has been grauted by his honour henry cockshutt lieu tenant governor of ontario a com mission as a notary public and is leaving for the north country this week where he is beginning the practice of law with mr daniel w osullivan of timmins the hub of the great porcupine gold area another ofi the oldest native residents of this part passed peace fully beyond on wednesday morning alay 2s 1924 in the person of jack son elliott of ballantrae in his 77th year the late hir elliott was a man of sterling qualities and was thus honored by all who knew him he was born at lemonville and had lived continuously all his life in the locality 30 that he had witnessed the section rise from almost virgin forest to the cleared and settled farm land just three years ago he and his life partner celebrated the 50th anniversary of their wedding day the late mr elliott is survived by j his wife two daughters and three sous the children are miss l elliott of the t eaton co winnipeg mrs feasby also chester and floyd of toronto and robert of saskatoon sask the funeral takes place this saturday may 31 to lemonville cemetery following service at the late home at 2 oclock choice confectionery you are assured the best if you buy neilsons choco lates and ice cream we also have fruits- vege tables and a full line of fresh groceries at lowest try some of our new line of fancy bis- 1 cuits we deliver your goods the marriage was solemnized of an old stouffville boy in toronto on thursday may 20th when miss aurora daughter of mr f a bau- dry of buckingham quebec became the bride of mr dean kester son of mr and mrs geo kester of stouff ville rev lawrence skey perform ed the ceremony in stannes angli can church mr and mrs kester have been spending a few days in town while on their honeymoon they will locate at timmins where the groom will prautrce law con gratulations seed corn seed corn all varieties no 7 government standard mangold seed turnip seed feeds of ali kinds bread flour pastry flour stiver bros phone 4501 j 3 lloyd turner phone 909 use lehigh valley coal it lasts longer burns steadier gives itfore heat all sizes on hand seeds seed corn all varieties al quality price right also full stock of timothy red clover alfalfa alsike and sweet clover ulangold seed 35c per lb turnip seed 55c per lb flour and feed bran shorts sampson chop barley chop oat feed oilcake manitoba oats five crowns flour jubilee pastry flour telephonesoffice 169 residence 171 at the age of 84 years and four months there passed away on wed nesday may 21st 1921 christina boyer beloved wife of john yake at the family home lot 32 con 10 markham the aged lady had been married nearly halt a century and spent practical all that time on the farm on which she died her girlhood days were spent on her fathers farm now mown as the jones farm just south of stouffviile on which the pond is situated the late mrs yake is survived by her husband two daughters and a son the children are mrs henry taylor of highland creek miss mlna and wesley at home the funeral ser vice on friday to stouffville ceme tery was in charge of rev mr mor ton of the christian church being attended by many old friends of the family i from the fact that nobody has claimed the 1000 reward offered by us for the last two weeks in regard to one of the many rumors being spread in the district east of stouff ville it- is clearly seen that it is far harder for some people to prove things they say than to start such rumors in getting down to the bottom of that rumor we have found that it came from one of our new competitors who are using it and many other rumors which are un truthful as a method to get busi ness but in spite of all that we are still churning twice every day andin looking up our records find that w are making as much butter as last year at this time we hav6 every indication of as big a make this coming summer as other sum mers bur system of getting busi ness is not by discrediting others but our motto is as it always was a square deal to every one not only on special occasions but at all times stouffville creamery co see the very few of our citizens have lived longer than colin mackenzie who passed away at his home in the west end on tuesday morning in his 81st year about tourteen years ago he moved to stouffville with his daughter who conducts a boot and shoe store west of the railway tracks mrs abigail dougherty wife of the late samuel t dougherty died at her home at long bay manitoulin island on may 17th 1924 mrs dougherty was the last surviving child of a family of eleven children of the late norman jones and was born on the old jones homestead north of ringwood now owned by mr wellington stouffer on the 29th of march 1839 the late sir lyman melvin jones of toronto alanson jones of beaton maxon jones of bloomington mrs creorge h sil vester and mm john r button of this place were brothers and sisters of mrs douvherty her husband who predeceased ner many years was a school teacher at lemonville and was a brother of the late james dougherty the founder of the hard ware business now carried on by silvester bros and also of th late john dougherty who formerly lived the late mr mackenzie was born in scotland but spent the greater parti tne farm op the ninth concession of his life in this section for many of whitchurch now occupied by mr demonstration by an expert at our store all day thursday june 5 the coleman manufacture company of toronto will hold a prac tical demonstration in our store on above date of the popular and reliable line of gasoline lamps lanterns cook stoves especially cooking safe clean economical make i a point of being here we are sure you will be interested thursday june 5th years he conducted the general store at gormley and his wife who pre deceased him some years was raised in that locality her maiden name being elizabeth allison the late mr mackenzie is survived by one son and one daughter he lived a retired life since coming to town but took a keen interest in bowling and only last summer the local club presented him with a life size por trait of himself in honor of his 80th birthday he was a member of the presbyterian church and the funeral service this thursday will be in charge of his pastor rev robt young interment will take place at victoria square the pall bearers being messrs d j aitchison a c burkholder sam armstrong w h clark and jas h ratcliff fiewell mrs dougherty is survived by four sons and two daughters the revsamuel goudie of this place whelms been a frequent visitor to manitoulin island during recent years and a great friend of the de ceased took charge of th funeral which was held there on the 19th inst vivian mrs john mitchell has spent a week in toronto with the family of dick mitchell the latter who is well known to the older citizens here got seriously hurt at the toronto harbor works and is now in the hospital the hamilton family which had their house burned been pre sented with a purse containing 173 this has been gathered by mr gil christ of the 9th con and by miss valentine of the 8th it will be a great help for the family in their hour of need the young lewis who sustained severe burns is again able to attend the entrance class lewis and his father are going to pioneer it for the coming summer in a temporary shack while mrs hamilton and miss hamilton have moved to toronto the intention is now to sell the farm after the sum mer season the work of reforestation of which we reported last week has- come to a finish for the running season and is to be continued the next year mr martin of midhurst government nurseries who has been directing the work here this spring has gone to cobourg in the county of northumberland where the government has also a block of 1000 i acres for reforestation there are j practically only 4 weeks in the spring in which the transplanting of the two year old trees can be under taken on two of the properties bought here by the government the the properties cleaned out and the properties cleaned out tec and also fences have been built around the planted area the buildings on the former hollidge farm have however not been removed and mr fred hollidge will still reside on the property mr hollidge has also for the time being at least charge to look after the planted fields bushmen and others who feel in terested in these plantings will have a good opportunity to watch the growth of the different varieties so for instance th jack pine on very light lands will show them how now useless lands can be recreated into useful property it will also take away the utter barrenness of many a farm srot in the surrounding there is also the scotch pine which is no native of canada but has been introduced here during the last two decades the two yeaift old trees are very sturdy and strong looking the beauty of the scotch pine is that it will grow and thrive on very hght land as to the nature ol the lumber it produces we have no correct information just now which wewill give however later on to those interested as we hear that the government nurseries are all empty of trees it would prove that tne desire for re- forestration is steadily increasing the reeve the deputyreeve and councillor kidd of the township of whitchurch witnessed the final planting stouffville that have not been plant ed yet and unless there is an im mediate change to dry weather it will not be planted in xact it would be a- week before some land could be touched after dry weather sets in on sandy loam over in uxbridgo township conditions are not so bad as the rain passes through that soil like a sieve but to the west and south in the clay section the ground is soaked and even when it is not raining the weather is so cold and damp that the drying up process is unusually slow the weather prophets are all agreed that there will be a change- to better conditions before the 2nd of june when a new moon appears dont you buy a separator or gasoline engine un til you ask us to demonstrate the mellotte separator the lister e ngine or the page milker they give satisfaction all class of farm bought and sold adams wagon for sale nearly new frank baker phone 8104 big special sale of millinery this friday and saturday may 30th and slst mrs m e watts phone 313 isaac reaman has been appointed local represen tative for the fidelity cas ualty company of new york and is now transact ing all classes of insur ance for everybody accident only j r y combined accident and siokriess- municipal liabilit burglary open stock curglary residential fidelityguaranee bonds automobile all surety insurance all casualtyinsurance special accwent policies players l for ball aftermay 1st we open tuesdaythursday and saturday nights closed friday afternoon silvester bros the pupils of miss ruby nicholls mus bac a a g o a t c m gave a very creditable piano recital in the methodist church in uxbridge friday evening of last week to a lover of music it was a feast of beautiful sound says the uxbridge journal which also published the following comment of interest to stouffville people one number was a marathon piano concerto byl miss anne lehman atcm and miss nellie smalley atcm who played the different exceedingly difficult parts on two pianos changing in struments at different times we called it marathon because it was continuous playing for nearly halt an hour it was a mendelssohn composition and was executed in brilliant fashion the shading of the tones was a superior exhibition and brought to the attention of the audience just what the junior pulls could- develop into by training with miss nicholls abuac forty of the pupils gave a good night chorus flowers on the platform and femi nine loveliness in exquisite gowns bringing entrancing music from stringed instruments what a com bination and that combination made up the reidtal last thursday the main street in stouffville received its annual appli cation of road oil hence many of the homes were treated to a touch of the nasty stuff which sticks to the carpet or floor like a book agent to a prospective customer unfortunate ly the work was done here on ono of the busiest days of the week a thursday morning consequently tracking into stores and offices was worse than it would have been had the operation been performed at some other time owing to the slip pery condition of tne street before the sand was applied to the ollsome amusing things happened a- little girl on her way to school slipped in the slimy grease and was forced to return home properly cattiated with the oil the best show however was staged in front of ross browns ford store fred prosser of new market played the leading role he attempted to cross the road immedi ately after the fresh oil was laid and tried to make the cross on his heels with disastrous results both feet shot forward at the same time and the man from yonge street was laid out as neat as an undertaker could perform the ceremony in his effort to regain a standing position he rolled over several times and when he became properly greased it was no easy matter to get up his general appearance can only be imagined as he wore a light spring overcoat we mean before he rolled over when the road commis sioners again bring a charge against the oiling company for putting on an oil that will not stick we under stand mr prosser will be the chief witness for the defence he knows bad weather the frosts of last week and the incessant rains which continue al most daily are a serious handicap to farming and just now the outlook is serious however the right kind of weather will offset a good deal of the threatened danger now being caused fanners tell us iat so far the wheat has not suffered but some of the early sown grain has been washed outand it is now too late to replant and harvest anything like a fair crop barley and clover have suffered in particular there are hundreds of acres of land around renfrew cream separators we have taken the stouff villa agency for renfrew cream separator and all other ren frew lines such as scales etc dont fail to call on us for barn fixtures of every kind let us quote you geo j lawson phone 182 the west end grocer stouffville the last word in service a 3000 policy in the commonwealth life and accident fnsurluicor company guarantees at age 35 annual premium j j ordinary life 13175 twenty payment life 17275 twenty year endowment 22525 first that in case of death fromrfiy cause the face of the polfcy will be pald viz t000 second that in case ot accidental death double the face of uie policy will be paid viz 10000 third that if totally disabled from sickness or accident the company yrrpay to the insured during such disability a fonthly income of 100 and will waive the payment of premium hereunder such disability the commonwealth life and accident insurance company iiamiiron ontario j j o reaman agent stouffville ont i