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i tetaitt vol xxxvi no 18 stouffville ontario thursday july 2nd 1925 use mintys ma cherie v toilet preparations and you will get satisfaction perfumed with ma cherie that alluring perfume that js lasting and always delightfully re freshing face powder 50 and 75e talcum 25 and 50c cold cream 50c vanishing cream 50c cleansing cream 50c skin food 50c compacts eingle 100 compacts double 150 toilet water 100 bath salts 75c perfume 25 and 50c brilliantive 50c travellettes 35c j m storey chemist and druggist t h and sarah ratcliff graduate chiropractors albert st stouffv1llk office hours mornings 9 to 12 tuesday thursday and saturday evenings 7 to 830 pm other hours dy appointment phone 0304 thomas birkett general insurance broker established 1907 can be of service to you in all branches of insurance reason able rates fair settlement and prompt payment of lobsee sound and dependable com panies phone 182 office lawson block loyal orange lodge no 1020 regular meetings v friday at 8 p m on or before full moon stouffville ont a c kennedy chiropractor church st stouffville momiay wednesday and fridays 9 to 12 am it pays to attend the best cor yonge alexander sts toronto every graduate of the last fif teen months has secured employ ment open all year enter now catalogue free w j elliott principal parliament votes 20000 for p 0 the appropriation of 20000 for a new post office building in stouff- ville has been grained oy parliament eloquent talks by local clergy although local lodges or societies of stouffville have from time to time decorated graves at the local cemc- it passing the hrfuse in the supple- i tery the first decoration day services mentary estimates lastthursday next day two government officials from the posofficevdepartment were in town taking the record of the necessaryboxes and other equip ment requirecr to accommodate the business transacted here the next step will be to secure a site and this should not cause any delay the greatestdifficulty in an undertaking of thi nature is to provide the nec essary funds and now tiat this pon is passed we may eptt matters to move lively now watch stouffvilu forgs ahead- vacancies filled use the telephone for that next meat order you will find our selection just what you would have picked out had you come to the store large variety of meats vege tables and canned goods h leadbetter butcher phone 0701 soonffnille canned goods and fish boadway s drug stork stouffvillie lightning rods the board of education held a lengthy session on friday evening opening and considering applications for two new teachers to fill the two vacancies en our public school staff caused by the resignations of miss martin and miss gibson in all thirtyseven applied for the posi tion vacated by miss gbson alono and the successful applicant is miss eltha raymer of markham at a salary of 1000 as viceprincipal miss mabel ramer of locust hill was the successful applicant at a salary of 1050 miss ramer has had five yeart experience as a teacher with a successful record miss barber miss varsickle and miss logan were on motion each sent a letter of appreciation on their successful career last term and re newing the understanding that tney would remain with this school next term they are each receiving a salary of 1000 the matter of engaging a teacher for the continuation school had to be laid over owing to a new regula tion just issued by the department this provides that in a threeroomed continuation school such as stouff- vilhrwill have after sept 1st the principal shelf have the qualifica tion of b a under this order mr stouffer who is receiving a salary of 1900 would immediately be in eligible the board are asking thedepart- ment for a permit to allow mr stouf fer to retain his position having been told that such permit may be secured for one year for the position of a third teacher in the continuation school there were twentyone applicants several of whom were university graduates seeking positions at from 1200 to 1650 the matter of engaging this third teacher was left in obeyance until the board consult mr stouffer and until they see what disposition is made of their request to retain mr stouffer as principal rev mr mcleod presided oyer the meeting the members present being messrs d j aitchison t holdente lloyd f c rowbotham and a e booth of the cemetery commissioners was held on sunday evening when nearly a thousand people assembled and heard the ejoquent discourses and participated in the divine service at 630 oclock the children of the sunday schools assembled down town and headed by the band the members c the loyal orange lodge and citizens in general paraded to the little city of the dead in the extreme east end on the platform were three ministers a layman and a professional man each taking some part in the divine service mr f l button made a capable chair man and mr a j ward represen ted the layman rev r young and rev g e coulter assisted while the chief speakers were rev e morton of the christian church and rev ww fleischer of the baptist church both these ministers struck a responsive cord in the hearts of the big congregation assembled and were listened to with earnest atten tion and therefore with profit to each one the service was held in what is known as the old cemetery grounds which as the chairman stated had been established 73 years the grounds being donated for the pur pose by rev ludwlg kribbs who ministered to the first congrega- tionalist body in stouffville a de nomination which is now extinct here the first trustees were rienry wideman timothy miller caleb spragg david cash and arthur wickson the records also show that the first burial there was that of miss ann barnes many of these i names were connected with the early history of stouffville and are fami liar to many of the older residents while the cemetery has been con siderably enlarged and the newer ground belter cared for it is desir ous to improve the older section and a collection nas taken up at the gates to assist the commissioners in- this matter this amounted to 7400 a next year it may ne advisable to hold this service in the v afternoon and thus eliminate the neesisity of interfering with the regularchurch services county tax rate herbs salary boosted never lost a case the salary of mrstoddard keeper of the industrial home was increas ed to 150 during thejxork county council last week and that of col t h lennox kc the county soli- t h uennox ku the county sou this is the season to protect your c to he previously receiv barns and houses from lightning csve are agent for the well known r struthbrs system iiilly guaranteed let us figure the cost of wiring your building the renfrew separator is still supreme remember we are sole agents here y loudens barn fixtures geo j lawson phone 182 the west end grocer nice fresh line of groceries and fresh fruits stouffville v woman afraid to eat anything i was afraid to eat because i al ways had stomach trouble after wards since taking adlerika i can eat and feel fine signed mrs a howard one spoonful adlerika removes gas and bftenbrings sur prising relief to the stomach stops that full bloated feeling removes old waste matter from intestines and makes you feel happy and cheerful excellent for obstinate constipation j si storey druggist ing 1500 before the solicitors in crease was granted a lfftle discus sion took place reeve graham of york although stating he was not against the solicitors wanted to know why such a large increase was recommended ana what was in volved in the solicitors work and thought it would have been better if col lennox had sent a request for an increase to the council before the finance committee dealt with it all i want to do is to find out the method the grant was put through and for what reason said mr graham reeve baker whitchurch stated that the solicitor saved the county considerable money in defending suits etc rh mcgregor of east york and ray price of etobicoke contended that he was worth the 1000 increase c a thompson partner of col lennox outlined the work done he stated numerous bylaws were pre pared and suits defended and in formed council that mrlennox had at the final session of the june meeting of the york county council last week the tax rate for the year was struck being 66 mills which is one fifth of a mill advance over last years rate the increase being for road expenditure the amount to be raised by stouffville for county purposes this year is 3161 and other municipalities will raise the following sums etobicoke 36- 288 georgina 6322 east gwillim- bury 14090 north gwillimbury 111794 king 27378 markham 31548 scarboro 42742 vaughan 16746 york townsnip 121065 east york 57238 north york 50647 aurora 9055 forest hill 21453 holland landing 681 leaside 7116 markham village 2994 mimico 13464 newmar ket 12105 new toronto 15876 richmond hill 4355 sutton 2908 weston 17823 woodbrldge 1927 miss mildred pugh was home from toronto for a few days last week mr and mrs hughes and mrs e ccliff of toronto were visiting mrs boothby last sunday mr and mrs wm urquhart and babe of owen sound have been spending a few days with his father here mrs d- a galloway and famil of niagara falls ny are spending a week with her mother mrs j b wurts mr and mrs dorian woodburn of toronto spent the week end with his parents mr and mr3 w gower obrien avenue mr and mrsuc hamilton former resfdents now living in toronto made one of their usual visits to the old town last saturday afternoon miss winnie silvester miss bennie and miss ada mccartyali of toronto were guests of mr and mrs w a silvester church street last sat urday mr and mrs percy winterstein of detroit were jveekend visitors here they made the trip by automobile it being a distance of about 250 miles mrs w t shattuck of berkley california left for her home on sat urday after spending three weeks with her sister mrs w williams albert street dr f a dales is attending the ontario medical council in toronto thisweek as representative of this district the doctor expects to be home each evening mr bernard ward late science master of monteith high school and a veteran of the great war is visit ing his parents mr and mrs a j ward the briarbush east main street rev dr s g clarkson of roch ester ny visited his sister mrs d cook in town a few days ago dr clarkson was enroute to take the boat on a trip to england and is now out op the broad atlantic mr frank clendenning of gait spent from saturday o wednesday wftiffffs father mr darius clenden ning who is still in ouite feeble health dr and mrs campbell also of gait motored to stouffville on tuesday returning with mr clen denning mrs brown and family of north dakota visited the formers niece mrs isaac barkey recently also mrs barkeys- sisters miss irma porteoiis and mrs ed lyle and their parents mr and mrs porteous all of port perry were recent guests here mr and mrs george mitchell and daughter margaret arrived from vancouver bc on wednesday of last week spent a couple of days at the home of her mother mrs ella stewart mill street before leaving for tarbert scotland where they will visit mr mitchells home 400 raymer clan picnic together the third annual raymer reunion was held in exhibition park tor onto on saturday june 27th 1925 under very favorable weather condi tions many of the family connec tions in and about stouffville were in attendance and enjoyed the after noon immensely there were tour hundred ofthe clan on the grounds the aftqrnoon was filled with ports and amusements of all kinds while here and there littlergroups were gathered and earnestly lis riissph familv histnrv anit trarlitii business cards legal mccullough button barristers solicitors con veyances c buttons block stouffville money to loan medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon office cor obrien and uah phono 108 cussed family history ami tradition tie baseball match between the n arried and single men engage 1 the attention of all thybenedicts finaly winning by 1411 later in the aiiviiioon the gathering asnmblcd o the steps of the trausporracion building where a group photograph vai taken in looking ovr the a tendance it is said that thre wss a fetling ofipfide mi the pan of etch one to know that they belonged to so fine a body of people whose early history closely relates to the pioneer life ofvthis part of ontario dovercourt salvation army boys band greatly brightened the whole affair by their splendid music a bountiful supply of eatables were supplied b the many present and after this had been disposed of a few speeches were in order presi dent o l raymer of toronto ex pressed his gratitude to the commit tees and others who made the re union such a success not forgetting to mention those who came from long distances by train or automo bile it was decided to meet again next year in markham probably on the fair grounds there the election of officers resulted in mr d m ray mer of markham being elected pre sident and mr george hoover of markham as secretarytreasurer the retiring president o l ray mer of toronto was tendered a vote of thanks for his excellent services during his tenure of office this was also extended to a sider the retiring secretary mrs jas cook convener of thetable6miujtteejjiitc to the other committees dr herbert b freel physician and surgeon office standard bank building hours s to 12 am except sunday 4 to 5 and 630 to 830 pm tuesday thursday and saturday phones office 16401 residence 10402 dental j n dales lds dd s- dentist claremont honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto office over mr scotts store phone 1405 claremont dr d c smith dentist stouffville honor graduate of chicago and to ronto university and the royal college of dental surgeons office over shaws store phone office 1011 residence 101 no outside appointments jss barker lds dds dentist stouftville honor graduate of royal college ol dental surgeons and of the university of toronto i office in grubins block f 1 phone 8201 markham every tuesday office ovet geo crosbys store veterinary r g law v s b v se graduate university of toronto ringwood phone 6014 si the union picnic judge mcgillivray theodore augustus mcgillivray senior judge of the county of on tario died at his late residence whitby on sunday last in his 63rd year after a short illness he is survived by his widow two sons donald and neil and one daughter marjorie at home four brothers rev norman h mcgillivray of orillia dr donald mcgillivray of toronto dr chas s mcgillivray of whitby dr geo mcgillivray of min nesota and three sisters mrs d mclaren mrs gamble and miss florence mcgillivray all of ottawa one son allister- a member of the royal air force was killed over seas in the great war the late judge mcgillivray who had many friends in this locality was a son of the late george and caroline amelia mcgillivray of in- verlyne whitby where he was born and received his early education he was married to helen mclaren at ottawa in 1895 he held the posi- not lost one case for the county in i tion of registrar of the surrogate 24 years i court of ontario john galbraith gave notice of mo tion tlxkt he would at the november session move to discuss ways and means of getting the electors out to vote get chautauqua tickets now county for some time prior to his appointment to the bench in october 1912 he was a prcsbyertlan in religion and a con servative he was prominent in masonic circles being past master of composite lodge af and am whitby the spacious picnic park and base- baptist basketpicnic at ratcliffs on fairly alive with people last satur day for the annual school picnic which is a union affair of all the rural scfiools in this section in fact they came from faither north than uxbridge and south of markham village to participate the gate re ceipts were over 200 and the admis sion price was only 25c while every school child was admitted free the receipts were mostly all absorbod in prize money so that is was vir tually all given back to the children besides a score of minor races for the youngsters for which prizes were given stouffville girls defeated ux bridge in baseball in a lively game which provided much entertainment for the onlookers the football tournament was won by claremont with ballantrae coming second and bloomington third many hundreds of people brought their lunch baskets and enjoyed their evening meal in the open but the threatening rain hurried many away early in the evening two policemen handled the crowd and protected the fence line the result of their servicesnetted the organization 48 from those who en deavored to come in by other than the straight gate claremont miss doris mccullough has re turned home for the holidays mrs albert rawson of toronto spent over the week end with rela tives here miss myrtle thompson of toronto spent sunday at her home here sherman and mrs rumohr are spending a few days with their son ray at hickson miss mabel mclellan of toronto visited over the week end at the manse a number from herg attended the picnic at musselmans lake on sat urday two of our football teams won miss clara underbill left friday on an extended trip through europe miss myrtle stephenson teacher in the continuation school left on monday for a trip through california a number of the ladies of the missionary society of the union church attended the assembly at oshawa last thursday mrs mccallum who has been carrying on the millinery business for the past few month3 has vacated the store in the bundy block and in tends going on a holiday cauliflower and cabbage plants 7 in bulk get a supply now muston sons phone 7001 stouffyfiuv hbft ff i deaths gilmore in toronto june 28th 1925 elizabeth lee beloved wife of the late alfred gilmore baker hill whitchurch tp in her 82nd year emprjngham sibley the home of mr and mrs j sib ley of the sixth concession whit church township was the scene of a pretty and interesting event on wed nesday evening the 24th june when their eldest daughter lillian winnl- fred was united in marriage with william melville empringham also of whitchurch the bridewho was given away by her father was most becomingly gowned in canton crepe with bridal veil of orange blossonms carried a bouquet of ophelia roses and wore a beautiful pennant the gift 6f the bridegroom while miss l atkinson played the wedding march the bride and groom took their places under an arch of ever greens banked with flowers the ceremony was conducted by rev e m burgess of lemonville in the presence of about 50 guests during the signing of the register mrs r motley sang because after the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served in the diningroom the guests including friends of the bride and groom from stouffville unionville aurora newmarket and zephyr following the breakfast mr and mrs empringham left amid showers try stovers pastry wie have engaged a competent cake baker and are now making all kinds of pastry pies tarts jelly rolls wedding cakes etc cakes made to order phone u or ask your grocer ambrose stover baker i of confetti on a wedding tuor for a tv el8 eg toronto and park hill near sarnia an illinois farm the other day this is the type of porker breeders have long been anxious to develop four hind legs instead of two double bam production the bride travelled in a suit of navy with large sand hat to match on their return mr and mrs empring ham will reside at bethesda property chances i have listed among other proper ties the following 1500 good house and lot in stouffville 4000 eight roomed brick house and acre of land 5000 eight roomed frame house and six acres of land other homes at lower prices also good store property from 2000 to 3500 n farm properties several good properties call for price and particulars seven varieties of choice fowl for sale chevrolet touring car 1921 for sale jacob yake phone 8004 real estate agent two doors east of the presbyterian church main street 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