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stouffville march 4th 1926 local happenings western potatoes are coming onto the toronto l3g market at 225 per h perry the assessor is on his rounds again which will assure us of another tax bill this fall for the 0rst time la several moons mr george urquhart was able to get down town on monday following a period of indisposed health mr bert miller has given up his position with the b s telephone co in stouffville as plant chief and mr thos jennings has been ap pointed to fill the vacancy beautiful bouquets of mixed flow ers will be sold from shaws store window on friday and saturday this week price 75c per bunch watch for them they will be fresh from hustons greenhouses read tip top adr on this page special to men a e weldon jas ii ratcliff is taking an en forced holiday having been sum moned to serve on jury in toronto the monthly meeting of the wc tv will be held at the home of mrs geo robinson main street on tuesday next march th at 3pm the sleek well conditioned milk cows for sale at k g tarrs auction on march 10th are well termed as mortgage lifters mustons xurserles will have a wonderful display of bouquets in shaws window on friday and sat urday watch for them and pick yours out early mr wm bruels of hamilton a former resident of this town has secured the contract for placing brass weather stripping on the win dows of the new stouffville post office and is in town at present to do the work be careful dont operate too quickly many operations for tonsil troubles catarrh adenoids coughs bronchitis or other throat and nose infections are avoided when mrs sybilla spahrs tonsili- iis is applied good results guar anteed at storeys drug store stouft viile one of the very oldest citizens in these parts is daniel hoover livjng near the townline and the 6th con cession labels the present winter as one of the nicest he can remember mr hoover celebrated his 93rd birthday last october and is there fore qualified to express an opinion having seen more winter than most people among those who renewed their subscription this week to the tri bune is philip ramer of ringwood kr ramer has passed his 82nd birthday and has witnessed the 56th anniversary of his wedding day but is as smart as the average man of 70 he can still perform a full days york on the land with the average man both mr and mrs ramer are to be congratulated on attaining such a long happy married life the girls of the united church mission circle happened to stage their old fashioned supper last fri tay on an old fashioned winter night when the storm king reigned supreme and roads wore drifting high with snow many there were who braved the elements neverthe less with the result that the circlo will have 59 for missions after laying all expenses incitlential to the feast a program short but worthy of a large audience was ren dered during the evening a supply of hard coal is expected to arrive in stouffville within a week or ten days and is likely to retail at around 15 per ton at the residence of mr and mrs john phillips main street east on tuesday afternoon their daughter violet was united in marriage to walter h- thorn also of stouffville by revww fleischer the young couple will make their home in town choice dual purpose reg short horn cattle are what the farmer is looking for and excellent specimens will be sold at auction wednesday next week at k g tarrs big sale a great opportunity to get a real cow hockey final tonight thursday altoua and aluilra wall papers a choice selection of routleys spring wall papos for every room attractive patterns and colors also attractive prices calt and see them dan h cook one of the prettiest driving mares in this locality is owned by benj hoover of the sth concession mark- ham mrhoover secured this hand some grey driver from geo walsan of stouffville last week we understand that mr ab brown former east end merchant is arranging to return to stouffville tnd take up farming on his pro perty recently occupied by william grove on the 9th con of markham seventyfive local hockey enthusi asts boarded the special train for toronto on wednesday night last and witnessed the game between uxbridge and north toronto when the uxbridge team were whitewash ed 8 to 0 or 9 to 4 on the round the extra large sheet of jce was a distinct disadvantage to uxbridge rlso the referee north toronto lads were faster skaters and played the better game of the two as the score indicates a small town like uxbridge is to be congratulated in gettjng two notches from the cham pionship in any event we are informed by h 0 klinck prest of the horticultural society that the society has ordered 150 rose bushes of the hybrid teas and hybrid perpetuals and such climbers as american beauty ka victoria testout etc alsj 50 hardy clinchers such as pauls scarlet american pil lar dr van fleet crimson rambler goldfinch excelsa etc all 2 or 3 years old with 3 to 5 branches all named labelled and packed separ ately amazingly low prices to so ciety members join the society buy to advantage and make stouff ville more beautiful owing to the dangerous condition of the sidewalks over sunday through glarry ice forming on them some of the local heavy weights didnt even venture out on the sab bath day and some who did met with disastrous results but so far as we can learn no one was seriously hurt the feather weights of course were more inclined to take chances and were less concerned over the admonition watch your step if some of the householders would spread a few ashes in front of their residences at times like this it would be heartily appreciat ed by those who become stranded on the sheet of ice tnat gets mora slippery than anything made in skating rink thos blackwell former mail courier on routes xos 2 and 4 out of stouffville along with mrs blackwell left town on tuesday for renfrew ontario where mr black- well has secured a position with the refrew refrigerator co as mrs blackwell was night operator for the local telephone company that posi tion is open for a new appointment the stouffville womens institute will conduct a two weeks millinery course in porters ice cream parlor this class will commence on monday march sth at 2 oclock instructor mrs g hawkey of toronto those wishing to take this course are re quested to give their names to mrs geo t lee president or mrsdavey secy the fee is 25e for members of the wi or 50c for nonmembers mr alex stewart the contractor and his gang of carpenters are again on the post office job after a couple of weeks lull they are hustling on the trim and expect to be finished ready for the interior fittings such as boxes etc within a couple of weeks when completed this will be the best constructed building in town the annual meeting of the betn- esda and stouffville telephone co was held in the companys head office here on saturday afternoon last with mr a d bruce the pre sident presiding the financial statement presented was regarded as satisfactory to the shareholders and the annual dividend has been met amounting to 7 heavy rains prevailed all over thi3 section last thursday and the heavy down pour with the abundance of snow threatened a hood had the weather not turned colder on fri day changing the rain into a snow blizzard during thursday there were spots on the fields where fall wheat had been sown oi exposed and great ponds of water covered the low spots some anxiety is felt for the wheat in these places con siderable snow lias since fallen how ever which will do much to save the wheat and clover from bein killed out the funeral of the late levi hoover took place last thursday to stouff ville cemetery with divine service being held in the united church revs warren young and morton participated in the service which was largely attended the pall bearers who conveyed the remains to their final resting place were messrs bart wideman frank rae dan cook ralph hamilton jos hoover rupert st and joseph hoover obrien ave mr alfred epugh who has work ed the wilmot brown farm adjoin ing stouffville to theeast is giving up farming owing to ill health and inablility to get assistance in farm work he willhold an auction sale on tuesday march 30th which will be one of the largest sales of the season as mr pugh has a big herd of cows and many implements and rig3 mr ira rusnell has taken over mr pughs lease and mr pugh will move into stouffville the- superior groceries shortening oranges meduifn grapenuts brooms special value palmolive soap aylmers golden bantam corn 1 8c phone us your order no 909 we deliver the goods a w scott 1 lb pkg j 8c per doz 35c per pkg 17c 49c 3 for 23c as spring draws near prospects for more building in stouffville are increasing mr abram yake has purrhased mr edwpennocks frame house near the livery barns and will move it to a vacant lot longside his dwelling on main street in the cen tre of the town where he will re model it into a better dwelling this will be done early in the spring so that mr pennock may have his lot clear for the erection of his new hungalo for which the contract is let mr a s leaney also contem plates building a modern bungalo with all conveniences on the splen did site adjoining his present dwell ing which is offered for sale the busy bee mission band of the baptist church spent a very enjoy able evening at the home of miss sadie stewart on friday last at the close of the social hour mrs fleischer president spoke in behalf of the band presented mrs geo t lee with a life membership certi ficate in che baptist home mission society mis lee thanked the band in a few well chosen words and all joined in singing praise god from whom all blessing flow sarah lehman relict of the late melville kester who died at his farm home just oast of stouffville in march 1924 passed away at the home of her sister mrs fred wilson in stouffville on tuesday morning of this week since the death of her husband mrs kester had been an invalid and death come as a welcome release from her suffering deceased is survived by three sisters being mrs wilson miss maggie lehman of this town and mrs haggle of waterloo the late mrs kester was a presbyterian in religion and the funeral service on wednesday of this week was con ducted by rev r young and rev h s warren interment taking place to stouffville cemetery judging by the way the business men and citizens in general turned up on monday evening to discuss the shed accommodation question for stouffville it would seem that the business men are not much inter ested in the matter there were so few on hand that the matter had to be left over and another effort will be made next monday march sth to interest a few more business men are bound to suffer by the present situation and in view of this all should show their interest by attend ing the meeting in the municipal building next week if you are not interested in the towns welfare perhaps you are interested in the horse there died at midnapore alta on friday feby 26th mr john morton soninlaw of mr john w ratcliff of this town the sad news reached here oii saturday and in terment took place in the west mr ratcliff left on tuesday of tliis week for midnapore a small town near calgary the late mr morton was must have i a native of scotland and since being in canada followed the banking and merchandising business he is survived by his wife margaret rat cliff morton but no family deceasett visited in stouffville four or five years ago and old friends here of mrs morton extend the hand of fel lowship in her hour of sorrow quality- service ideal incubators and brooders manufactured by j w miller co rockford illinois usa incubators price 85 egg size 2750 160 egg size 3350 250 egg size 4600 400 egg size 5900 s 600 egg size 9300 brooders portable 100 chick size 1075 oil burning brooder stoves 42 inch canopy any capacity up to 500 chicks 1850 coal burning brooder stoves 42 inch canopy any capacity up to 500 chicks 2150 stiver bros flour feed and seed merchants phone 4501 seasonable sugges tion to our farmer friends with tractors spring will soon be with us with tractors running again forthe smooth uninterrupted operation of the tractor a good lubricating oil is necessary to users of such oil we have a special proposition to make on barrel lots get in touch with us and we will quote you attractive prices on all of the highest grades ringwood garage phone 167 vj have us come and talk radio with you two conven ient ways of forwarding money if you wish to send away a sum in excess of 10000 we will issue to you a bank of nova scotia draft which is payable anywhere for amounts of 10000 and less the bank of nova scotia money orders are most convenient charges are moderate the bank of nova scotia capital 10000000 reserve 10boo000 established total resources 310000000 1832 westinghouse radio sets westixghouse were the ploneesr at the radio frame and the first makers to establish a broadcasting station they have been the leaders in best sets ever since when you buy a westing- house set you are protected by a guarantee of one of the very strong est electrical firms behind your purchase come in and let us show and tell you all rariiolas a b- and c batteries aerial outfits tubes ac we charge wet a batteries v silvester bros of the former citizens who have gone from among us to other parts none are better remembered than mr d stouffcr now living in tor onto during his younger days he established the finest choral class that ever assembled here and many of the present generation can trace their musical talent largely to the training they or their parents got under mr siouffer after all a musical ear does seem to be heredi tary jn many instances mr stouffer writes lit renewing his subscription indicating how lie appreciates the home town paper as follows the tribune comes as an old friend keeping me in touch with the affairs of the old town i am pleased to note the various improvements that have been made and are still being made since i left there i am also interested jn knowing that you ami your paper are taking an active part in promoting the well being o the community of which the town is the centre thanks mr stouffer for your kind appreciation tip top tailors one price 2400 one price the worlds largest one price tailors will have their representative at our store on tuesday march 9th we will be showing the seasons very latest and smartest designs and natterns on the above date the values offered by tip top tailors cannot be duplicated in canada at much higher prices give us a call on tuesday next select your new suit while the range is complete and have the garment delivered at your convenience remember one price only 2100 your order will be tailored to your individual measure a e weldon stouffville the west end store