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stouffville december 24th 1925 home town store candies christmas mixed 2 lbs 25c jumbo creams per lb 20c maple creams per lb 20c sponge taffy per lb 25c kjssesj per lb 18c choice mixed chocolates 30c candy canes christmas week naval oranges unusual eating ofily let us have your order quality xor this time of year early 40c der cocoa per lb 10c nuts mixed nuts lb 24c no peanuts in mixture very special fancy budded walnuts worth soclb for 35c- oranges greetings from weldons we send happy christmas greetings to one and all and also invite you to look over our christmas goods it will solve the gift question footwear furxishixg3 axd wearing apparel a e- weldon the old year axd the xew raisins valencia raisins 2 lbs 25c seedless raisins 2 lbs 25c seeded raisins pkg 15c table raisins in 1 lb pkgs bleached sultan raisins very fine hallowe dates 10c per lb fancy tunis bates in boxes 25c orange peel lb 28c lemon peel lb 28c white honey 5 lb pails s 65c tflseuit pkg lie 25c 60c 25c sugar st lawrence gran cwt 635 icing sugar 3 lbs for 25c loaf sugar 3 lbs for 25c cranberries 18c spanish onions 4 lbs for our special coffee mince meat 2 lbs currants our own import order direct from greece fancy quality fillistra currants 2 lbs 25c early blaeks lb patras per lb 15c or 2 lbs for 35c vestizzis per lb- 20c preserved figs a damty tooth special some morsel for lunch dried peaches per lb 20c 25 and 50c jar we wish our many cust omers the highest and best cheer of this festive season ratcliff co deliveries phone 7112 affiliated shoe stores means cheaper shoes seasons greeting to my numerous customers and everybody i wish all a very merry christmas and a happy and prosperous new year and may it be the best 1926 year you ever had and also wish you gods blessing and luck sweet clover hulled and cleaned at our seed house coal coal we have a car of pea coal in now put your order in early as it is going fast also a furnace coke and range sizes always on hand feed feed feed a carload of government standard ground screenings at an attractive price sampson feed bran shorts and flour bought before the raise in prices oyster shell grit ok laying mash and oil cake s w hastings proprietor successor to w 3 cook telephone 16 9 residence 3 715 edit0r1au0mment its hard to say which upsets a town quicker a good looking woman or a rich homely bachelor says an exchange paper m both the whitby gazette and the bradford witness have issued very attractive special christmas numbers of their pepers with illustrated sup plements bobbed hair and shortskirts have startedsomething new in st cathar ines at a recent meeting of the board of education it was suggested that the board should consider the advisability of lady teachers in the collegiate institute wearing gowns it is difficult to distinguish between teachers and pupils aid one mem ber well that is a compliment to the lady teachers anyway m m m both the conservative and ufo otganization in north ontario which extends to the outskirts of stouffville on the north of us held their riding conventions last week and selected candidates for the next provincial fight j w widdifield the sitting member in the ontario house was again chosen as standardbearer for the ufo and thos d bell of can- nington as conservative candidate each convention was held in the north end of the riding and was well attended all parties spoke confi dently of winning but somebody is sure to be wrong christmas suggestions ladies purses ladies handkerchiefs mens handkerchiefs mens neckscarfs mens neckties v call and see them j l little stouffville ontario so many towns have taken ad vantage of the new law that en ables them to hold their municipal election on the first week in decem ber that there is no doubt it is a good thing municipal campaigns are often just as acrimonious as politi cal contests and tend to mar the happy relationship that should exist at christmas time and the joyous buoyancy of the new year there is no doubt but that christmas elec tions tend to interfere with christ mas shopping and the visiting that prevails or should prevail at that time in stouffville we have kept to the old date but there probably would be many advantages in earlier elections for one thing municipal clerks and newspaper offices would not be rushed off their feet at a time when they would like to give their attention over to other matters lord grey of falloden who was minister of war in 1914 and after in his book just published twenty- five years intimates that if the re ligion of christianity gripped the na tion as does the religion of nation alism there would be little thought of or ground for war there is no doubt he declares but that at pre sent nationalism dominates the world thousands profess christ ianity who do not practice it mil lions profess nationalism and are willing to die for it war is un doubtedly a terrible scourge and the world is casting about for a means of avoiding it but while one na tion arras other nations cannot tempt it to aggression by remaining defenceless and so we have a cease less preparation for war the pre paration will go on until the world adopts the plan of the prince of peace be not overcome of evil but overcome evil with good- nothing except death so empha sizes the transieatness of life the breruy of time as does the end of the year it seems but yesterday that the year began we will have hardly learned to write 1926 at tha head of our letters before the year s gone can it be that all the mil lions of clockticks that make a twelvemonth have been counted off and we are entering on a new year what is the account we must render of them to him who gave them to us golden moments our i richest treasure the material out of which we were to make a noble life these are old thoughts the reflec tions of many generations of reflect ing men but the old thought is ever new if we make it newly our own the old year calls for old j thoughts we need just now to look j backward and take stock of our lives and see what treasure we have gathered other than that which we must leave behind us when the last year of life is ended with us jesus irade the day the microcosm of life he compared life to a days workin a garden at the end of which the lord of the garden paid to each toiler his denarius even more im pressive is the end of the year as the figure of the end of a human life so relentlessly it nastens to its close how hopeless it is to recall the days that have flitted by so irri- vocable are the mistakes of life he who is to be our sudge when life ends now judges us for what we have done or failed to do with the year the year begins with hopes plans and resolves it ends with many failures and perhaps with some successes it the world is better than it was twelve months ago it is because some of us have not wholly failed but have cone some duties fairly well the year is be hind with all its blunders and sins but a new year is before with other opportunities the failure of old resolves is no reason tor discourage ment but rather fcr more faith and higher determination in sthe future cotributed whitchurch tp council untrue report a story calculated to prejudice the standing of the reeve of whit church among the conservatives of the township is being circulated by some one concerning a statement the reeve is credited with making at a liberal meeting held in stouffville about oct 1st the statement is in ffect that anyone who would not support the liberal candidate is a fool or words to this effect mr baker absolutely denies making any such statement and asked the editor of the tribune who was present at the meeting as to the varacity of his denial during the course of his brief remarks reeve baker appealed to the electorate strictly on the tariff issue and made no unkind or offensive statement of any kind nor did ho say anything bordering on the remark he is credited with making editor as provided by statute the muni cipal council of the township of whitchurch met- for last meeting of year at vandorf tuesday dec 15th with all members present a communication was presented from the secretary of the hydro- electric power commission with draft copies of bylaw and agreement re providing power and light for re sidents of the township and request ing council to pass the bylaw and sign the required agreement reeve 3aker commissioner for townline east presented report of settlement of account with the town ship of uxbridge re maintenance of that road resolutions were passed instruct ing the treasurer to pay the follow ing accounts viz g evans 12 yds gravel 2 40 w linton 50 loads clay 10 00 e conner 231 yds gravel 46 20 gwmccormack91 yds gravel 18 20 w h clark supplies 37 99 a b haines services as school attendance officer 6 52 clerks office rent 6 mos 25 00 r ratcliff 640 ft cedar plank 26 24 f ransom 72 yds gravel 11 newmarket era advg meeting postponed w talbot damages for broken plow 5 j kraufter refund dog tax for two years 8 1 dgreenwood refund dog tax 2 extending time for collection of taxes by the collector tofcb 21st 1926 appointing councillor kl4d com missioner to have undergrowth re moved from roadvay between lots 20 and 2l con 4 action re communication of hep commission wa3 deferred to shim future meeting 40 50 50 00 00 in africa a race has been discov ered that has never ooen engaged in war but a stouffville man says that steps will be taken immediately to civilize it one does not need to go far this year to note that a more satisfied feeling prevails on the farms than has beer the case tor some years the farmer is coming back into his own by way of satisfactory crops and good prices boadways drug store stouffvtllb mongolia schoo report f r nov and da names in orde of rati it iv pearl zellarc jharris chas brown dawson wagg n reesor b silverthorn c wagg sr ill g vanzant alma zellars alta zellars a brown jr ill m spofford r brown j barkey l wagg g foote m taylor sr ii edna green evelyn green jr ii v brown l foote p brown r rennle sr i e wagg jr i g green sr primer k taylor a wagg e taylor jr primer b focte e taylor no on roll 30 average attendance 27 vera barnes teacher highest prices paid for alsike sweet clover red clover alfalfa and timothy f t hill co limited ij officr phonb 1401 l e todd j house 18 managing director in expressing to your our appreciation of the many courtesies recieved dur ing the past year may we extend our cordial christmas greetings with sincere good wishes for the new year w h shaw remember new years market on dec 29th