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steibmie vol xxxvii no 9 stouffville ontario thursday april 29th 1926 special offer of parke davis cos fine toilet preparations mcfudiug the following cold cream 50c vanishing cream 50c almond cream 50c tooth paste 50c shaving cream 50c emulsified cocoanut oil and tar shampoo 50c any three articles value 150 for the price of two 100 only a limited quantity at this price phone orders accepted see our window storeys drug store phone 1003 did you ever think what it would cost you to replace your furniture if destroyed by fire do you carry sufficient insurance to refurnish your home if not why the cost of insurance in a brick house in stouffville is less than lc per day per 1000 thomas birkett general insurance broker lawson blockr phone 18202 stouffville regrouping of church circuits a well attended meeting of re presentatives of the churches con- cemed was held in melville united church on thursday last to consider proposals for the future working and grouping of the various circuits adjacent to stouffville the churches represented were melville peaches bethesda lemon ville bloomington stouffville and ballantrae a deputation from the toronto east presbytery consisting of revs j j coulter j a miller and f g humphries were also pre sent after devotional exercises conducted by rev r young the rev j j coulter was elected the trip to a happy meal time is an easy journey if you place our bread upon your table its the one sure method of making your meal complete your friends and neighbors have proven this to be true why dont you ambrose stover secretary a prolonged discussion took place in which representatives of all the places gave expression to their views and the following proposal was re mitted to the official boards con cerned for consideration it is pro posed to separate the bethesda and peaches churches from lemonville and with melville make a three cir cuit with the pastor living at or near melville it is proposed to detached bloom ington from the stouffville charge and make a circuit of lemonville bloomington and ballantrae with the pastor to reside at lemonville the deficiency in the amount raided for salary which would be inevit able in this last circuit to be made up by grant from the maintenance fund of the united churches five of the six representatives from bloomington voted against the proposal and it was evident that strong opposition would be given to this proposal which will be con sidered at once by the separate church boards concerned district news f e n reesor has been made president of markham lawn bowl ingclub for 1926 st johns united church rich mond hill last year raised the sum of 7000 in all branches of the church work business men of richmond hill have petitioned the village council of that place to pass an early closing bylaw to closeyall stores a half day each week aurora council was asked to pass a similar bylaw but took no action dundalk village is arranging to erect a skating and hockey rink to rmmwjirji personal notes with the churches miss gladys mowder was home from toronto over sunday sirs a j ward was a visitor in toronto over the week end with her daughter mrs robt howarth mr and mrs raine and daughter were visitors at the brier bush on saturday motoring out from tor onto with miss muriel ward mr john mecally and daughter miss may of woodstockvisited their cousin mrs tlattie saunders on their return trip after spending the winter in oakdaje cal mr and mrs chas urquhart of be owned and builtby tbe corpora- j p credit visited his father mr tion the cost is estimated at s000 i john urquhart ort sunday mrs chairman with rev mr burgess as the citizens anticipate sufficient urquhart lias just been elected pre- siamese twins were born in hamilton baker implements at bargain prices farmers need not buy new imple ments if they come to my yard wo have almost everything in the im plement line every article is guar anteed highest prices for hides wool and junk h herman phone 192 stouffvillh meat meat the year 1926 will find us as in the past desirous of furnish ing our patrons with a choice selection of meats of all kinds h leadbetter butcher fhomfc 9701 for prompt delivery stouffville ont mutual life insurance company of new york the oldest in the continent insurance in force 326000000000 assets 74600000000 1925 new 1 business over 48700000000 1926 surplus over 5325500000 no stockholders annual dividends full postmortem dividends cheapest insurance highest dividend scale i lowest net cost new liberalized policies with improved double indemnity and disability features life ins is part charity part busl- noss all common sense today is yours tomorrow enquire now h o klinck district manager an event which has attracted con siderable interest in medical circles about hamilton and has some local interest because one of the attend ing physicians was dr w jairrfeson soninlaw of mr a s lcaney of this town occurred at the hamilton hospital last week when a pair of siamese twins both male babies and perfectly formed were born to a lady residing in a small town near hamilton dr jamieson and the family doctor from the mothers home town were in attendance the twins were stillborn instead of being connected near thethip by a muscle as in the ma jority of such cases the babes were joined by the sternum or breast bone and facing each other so far as can be learned at present this is the first time in the annuals of canadian medical history that na ture has chosen to join monstrosities in so peculiar a manner it is understood that a postmor tem will be conducted ft the con sent of the parents can be secured for purposes of determining the ex act number of organs each possesses doctors are of the opinion that the examination will disclose the fact that the twins share several vital organs in common one possibly be ing the heart restless sleep due to stomach gas gas pressuro in the abdomen causes a restless nervou feeling and prevents sleep adloriko removes gas in ten minutes and brings out surprising amounts ot waste matter you never thought was in your sys tem this excellent intestinal evac- uant is wonderful toy ronstipatlon or stomach touble dont wasto time with pyis or tableta but get real acjlerika action t j m storey druggist red school house safe the little red school house is safe for a few years yet says the chesley enterprise the rural trustees came to the rescue last week in ses sion in convocation hall toronto before the trustees met premier ferguson had decided to put his bill for township boards on the shelf for another year it will not be put in force till after an election if it ever is the men from tho conces sion lines were the only ones to show any fight at the big gathering last week and somo of the sections wore tamo as a tabby cat led by two women who do not want to see their sons ted as fodder to cannon the rural trustees put the kibosh on cadet training too the rural trus tees certainly earned the expense bills paid by the various school boards but it is very doubtful if delegates in some other sections were worth the cost expended in payment of railway fares and board bills debentures to elimate any increased taxes p james playfair the midland mil lionaire sold all his ships to the canada steamship co for some thir teen millions half of which was paid in cash he then purchased the muirheac restaurants in toronto for 2000 so he still has a few cents to play with this week the grocery business of alderman george barker of new market was taken over by mr her- schel nixon who for some fourteen years past has been employed at the tannery of the davis leather co mr barker is entering the farm field rev john locke pastor of the united church of canada at aurora inherits the estate of his late wife emma sifton locke wjjo died in aurora september 22nd 1925 the estate is valuefl at s463 person alty amounts to 5463 and proper ty in alberta 3000 v after forty odd years with the grand trunk and caanadian national railway most of that time as sec tion foreman at markham mr wm dark has been retired with a well earned pension mr dark has been succeeded on the railway by mr geo pollard formerly section boss at mariposa who has moved to mark ham v judge oconnell presided at the sittings of the division court in markham on monday only three pases were on the trial list and two of these were adjourned at request of parties the other case was that of reuben lunau wjio sued menno raymer for 7500 value of a horse alleged lent to the defendant in january 1924 the defendant coun- terclaimed for 131 made up of feed for horse 96 and rent of house 35 the judge allowed the defendants counterclaim for rent and accepted the value of the horse at 75as placed by two witnesses giving plaintiff judgment for 38 and costs v mr and mrs jos wesley of new market have just celebrated the six- tivth anniversary of their weddng those of the family who were home for the occasion were mrs a b then pson of orillla dr w jwes ley and wife of thornhill dr rw wesley and wife of toronto revt m wesley of norwood dr j r wesley and mrs t mills of new market mr wesley celebrated his eightysixth birthday march 18 and mrs wesley is in her eightyfourth year mr wesley is a son of the late john and mary wesley the second to the youngest in a family of thirteen children he lived on the clergy reserve lot no 34 in the third concession of tho town ship of whitchurch well known as the old john weslcy farm on which he assisted in pioneer work revenue during the paying of the sident of the peel county womens conservative association last week mr and mrs joel nen- dick were in toronto attending the funeral of raymond saunderswlych took place from the residence of his daughter nellie mrs g saunders deceased was a stepson to mr nen- dicks daughter on sunday the 18th mr wm williams local representative of the british american oil co accom panied by his wife motored to brantford and return a distance of about 200 miles mr williams states that they saw no snowbanks after passing cashed the following members of rich ardson masonic lodge stouffville were in attendance at the official visit of the district deputy grand master to markham lodge on friday evening of last week clayt baker ross davis w h shaw dr ball jasftmuston frank mowder fred crossen art lehman jack baker ora reaman a v nolan mr allan collard was home from windsor for a few days this week allan is working with a firm in de troit engaged in the manufacture of machinery for automobile plants and goes to and from across the river by ferry to his work the new auto tax did not create any furry down in that centre and ford cars dropped in price only a few dollars american wages look attractive at a distance but other things are cor respondingly high new potatoesfor instance retail at 17 per bag and old ones at 7 early vegetables grown on the canadian side bring fabulous prices in the american border cities partly on account of high american tariff when a work man pays such fancy prices for his lable supplies plus- 50 or 60 rental for a small five roomed bun- galo the attractive wage of the american centres dwindles consider ably as allan is not in the married class these things have no worry for him however stouffville presbyterian u t patterson of toronto will take the service next sunday at the usual hour of 230 united church of canada rev h s warren ba minister 11 am when the brook dries up 7 pm that strange complex human nature i was glad when they said unto me let us go into the bouse of the lord christian church edgar morton pastor it is a great privilege to be at libertty to go to sunday school these sundays the lessons aie so helpful and interesting whoever neglects gods word is notwise next sun day let us be greatly interested in the greatest of all books the word of god mennonite church a g warder pastor sunday may 2 945 am come early to sunday school 1045 am eld p cober of kitch ener ont 1115 am evangelist henderson ot oberlin ohio 7 pm evangelist henderson business cards legal mccullough button barristers solicitors convey ances c buttons block stouffville money to loan medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon t office cor obrien and mala phone 196 drs- ira herbert freel consultation hours dr ira free 8 to 12 am mon wed frl 6 to 9 pm thurs sat tues thurs sat afternoon by appointment only dr herbert frecl 9 to 12 am tues thurs sat 6 to 9 pm tues sat mon wed frl afternoons by appointment only dental j n dales lds dd s- dentist clnremont honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto office over mr scotts store phone 1405 ciaremont dr d c smith dentist stouffville honor graduate of chicago and toronto university and the royal college of dental surgeons offic9 over shaws store phone office 1011 residence 1018 no outside appointment e s barker lds dds dentist stouitrilfe honor graduate of royal collet of dental surgeons and of the university of toronfc office in grubins block phono 8201 markham every tuesday offlcfr over geo crosbys store rngwoqd e sinclair who recently acquired the button hotel property here is having- the electric lights installed the number of users are gradually growing here mrs fred graham who lives with i wiu fi fffi gtine until may j- ha3 23rd the earlier date announced is abandoned on accovnt of bad roads rev t c henderson evangelist and bible teacher of oberlin ohio will dv hold forth the word of life in a series of two weeks meet ings every evening except satur day at 8 oclock preceded by a short song service you are cordial ly invited a g warder pastor baker hill and 2nd markham baptist churches prof keir3tead ma lld wiu be the special preacher tins sunday dr keirstead is a man of great spiritual insight and a preacher of unusual ability we are highly privileged to have him occupy our pulpit the services will be as fol lows baker hill 1030 am markham second 730 pm the immanuel choir of toronto to take special treatuortc fora can cerous growth her condition is serious but we hope the new treat ment will prove successful grand master coming june 1st sale register saturday may 1st household furniture belonging to mrs a hlsey will be sold at tho residence spoffords corners mlle east of almira sale at one oclock f w silversides auctloneeer saturday may 8th aucrftn sale of household furniture to bo sold at tho homo of mrs n e smith main street no reserve sale at 130 oclock f w silver- sides auctioneer jthe special nfeeting called by pick ering township council tor obtain ing sanction ior street lights in thi village of pickrlng was bold re cently in pickering town all mr mulholhnd of thi hydrc- engineer ing staff explaining the require ments of the hydro law after somo discussion it was moved by wm gormley seconded by g w barker that the village trustees re quest the township council to issue 100000 dobentures for 15 years to cover xost of installing about thirty street lights this was car ried unanimously fjmr mulholland explained that tho street lights would cost tho village 1100 per annum per light for operatlonpower and maintenance additional lights added would bring down the charge per light and the seven additional lights now proposed would probably lower it to 1000 per light tho township council then went into special session and approved the ac tion of tho meeting so that picker ing is now assured of street light ing a notable gathering of freema son is being planned to take place in stouffville on the evening of june 1st next the grand master ot the order most worshipful bro john a rowland of toronto will be pre sent to address the gathering tho local lodge richardson will have charge of the affair with tho assistance of all the lodges compris ing this district and it is expected that some three hundred members of the order will be entertained we understand that both ratcliffs hall and tho auditorium will bo required for tho day and decorations fitting to the occasion will no displayed the gathering is primarily a social function calculated to keep alive the spirit of fellowship and at the same time it will afford many coun try members an opportunity to meet and hear tho grand master stouff ville lodge feels that it has been signally honored in being selected with the staging of this affair for the district probably it is a tribute to the able manner in which their lady friends havo handled the ig annual banquet tho past few years which has been the delight of so many outside members of the craft baptist revw w fleischer pastor at last we are able to announce the opening of the new church sun day may 9th dv has been chosen for the great day services will commenceat the usual hours of 11 am and 7 pm we have secured as special speaker for the day the rev j b moore this is of special interest inasmuch as preacher moore organized and built the first baptist church in stouffville over fifty years ago the special music will be pro vided by tho sunderland baptist church choir the services in this great day will be open to all who desire to wor ship with us you are invited sunday may 2 services as usual subject for tho evening wijl be another man who made a great mistake the man who could not forget a c kennedy chiropractor church st stouffvtlle monday wednesday and friday 9 to 12 a m prices we do not furnish 500 glasses for 100 or 100 glasses for 500 our prices are absolutely right and reasonable but let ua impress upon you tho fact that your sight la infinitely more valuable than the expensive pair of glasses that can be bought or made you canscertaln the exact con dition and needs of your eyes by spending twenty or thirty minutes in our office where you are assured of careful scientific courteous at tention see mb and 8eebbtter adam ryake optometrist watchmaker and jeweler 3 doors west of railway tracks phone 15 stouffvnjl real estate news we have two good farms for sale cheap both west of mt albert see yake co stouffville wanting money on mortgages of various sizes 700 1100 2000 3000 4000 yake co stouff ville jacob yake over buttons or at yakes jewelry next mansion house stouffville notice to creditors deaths at vernon bc april sth 1926 john storry formerly of stouff ville aged 82 yearsand 8 monihs interment at vernon on april 10 call and see my samples in most attractive designs in wall papers of famous routley designs d cook in the matter of the estate of annio brillingcr into of tho township of whitchurch in the county of york spinster deceased rev h s warren pastor of tho united church has accepted the call to remain with the stouffville con gregation for a second term postponed furniture sale will be held at the homo of mrs- ab hisey half mile east of almira spoffordv corner on saturday may 1st- 1920 rain or shine sale at 130 under cover if necessary f w silvcrsides auctioneer notice is hereby given that all creditors and others having claims or demands against tho estate ot the above named annie brilllngerwno died on or about the 20th day of march 1926 at tho township ot whitchurch aforesaid are required to send or deliver their claim duly verified to tho undersigned adminis trator or his solicitors on or be fore the 15th day ot may 1926 after which date tho said administrator win distribute the assets of the said estate among the persons entitled thereto having regard only to the claims of which the administrator shall then have had notice and- all others will bo excluded from tho said distribution dated this 23xd day of april 1926 isaac pike administrator stouffville rr4 mccullough button solicitors foradmlnlstratr stoufftllle