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stouffville april 23th 1926 local happenings found a fountain pen office tribune beautiful warm spring weather set in on april 21 but it didnt lasth mr wm malloy has received an invitation to a dinner to be given in june at toronto university he was a student there back in 1870 gradu ating in arts that year last week ab brown sold his farm of 80 acres on- the 9th conces sion of whitchurch bloomington occupied by douglas booth to mr louis tindall of altona for 7000 a number of people through habit no doubt continue to place revenue stamps on cheques of 5 and under this is a mistake only cheques for amounts exceeding 5 require the government stamp the chilly weather which set in over the week end had a very dis couraging effect on our sick people who are longing for warm sun shiny days the household effects of mrs ab hisey which was to have been held at the home half mile east of al- mlra on saturday last was post poned owing to the heavy rainfall that day it will now be held on saturday may 1st- rain or shine under cover the ringwood garage which re cently went into the manufacture of automobile batteries lsmeeting with good succoss wltl their new lowpriced baitery the firm is re liable and stand behind their guar antee which shmid be an added tdvantage to locil purchasers if batteries the ringwod garage is being remodeid iuside the attention of our readers is called to the automobile page in this issue bearing special announce ments from several of the firms sell ing medium priced cars tin this terri tory see page 7 a e booth whose farm adjoins stouftville sowed a field of spring grain on thursday afternosn last week and thereby established a re cord for being one of the first local farmers to get started on the land this spring in the tribunes reporc of the united church congregational meet ing it stated that mr geo dowswell was elected as one of the stewards this was an error the item should have included the name of mra e booth who was elected to this office the entertainment given under the auspices of the public library by the victoria square dramatic cjub in ratcliffs hall on friday evening last was very successful from every point of view the audience com pletely filled the hall and followed the program with intense interest from the opening of the play to the end of the entertainment the old codger is a real good play with an interesting plot and some fine char acter delineation particularly that of the old codger himself where all those who took part in it did so well it would be invidious tojnentlon the acting of anyone in particular the other artists also made fine contributions to the pro gram the contraltosolo singing of miss mccague was greatly enjoyed miss marguerite brown the elocu tionist is especially good in her in terpretation of the eccentricities ol childhood and mr edgar wall ac companying himself on the violin was a great favorite particularly with the younger folk in the audi ence the victoria square drama tic club have made uch a reputa- tion for themselves in stouftville as will ensure for them a full house should they come again road on main st the presbyterian always rough every icularly had this year fit to travel over be taken to pro- spot this is the time of year when more damage can be done to lawns than can be repaired during the whole season by people v care lessly trample across the lawns leav ing foot prints deep and muddythat the householder finds it hard to fill up the sod is easily broken and the grass roots destroyed take a min ute longer and keep to the paths for the sake of future beauty a- travelling show struck town last week and played at tie auditorium for two uights this being the se cond company to hit here this spring mr garnet eckardt a tal ented musician on the violin was one 6ttbe performers being a members of the former eckardt bell ringerst so well and favorably known through here a few years ago one of the chief attractions in last weeks show was the work of kuba the hypnotist by way of advertising he put a lady member of their company to sleep under hypnotism in lewis store win dow at noon hour on wednesday and she remained there until 930 in the evening on thursday one of the troop was again placed in the window going through the perform ance of turning out a washing at- which he labored harder than any nigger for over three hours several town boys participated in the first nights performance and judging from street talk provided the main part of the nights performance since their experience under this spell bur hill has decided to join the fire brigade and the entire quartette of fred morden allan mcconnochie harry yake and wil bur hill may qualify as experienced speelers at the toronto exhibition midway charles barkey reports that hsj has bought his brother william out and will handle the orchard in con nection with the farm located at atona what about the annual cleanup week which the council inaugurated last year- surely it was poputar enough to be repeated- april 24th was observed for this purpose last year there was the usual mket last thursday with prices still weaken ing for farm produce butter sold at from 33 to 35c according to quality and eggs went at 23c or 25c for stamped ones buyers stated that the egg market may go still lower the electric fixtures including the two electric pillars at the entrance to stouffvilles new post office build ing are now installed and the build ing is practically completed and ready for occupancy excepting for the placing of the interior fittings so far they have not yet arrived in town and we understand the factory has not completed turning out the order j vake jeweler and real estate agent wishes to announce that he is now in shape toreceive customers at his new stand over buttons hard ware or rather at the old stand watches clocks and jewelry repair ed properly being of a lazy dis position he prefers more sales in real estate than other lines of work but will endeavor to keep up both branches he also has some genu ine bargains in watcnes and clocks hes at home any old time so call at your leisure theres a comfort able chair waiting for you auditorium theatre stouffville wbwy and satukdav april 30th and may 1st hovsk peters in raffles the amatuer cracksman comedy itching for revenge by eddie gordon chapter s of the serial perils of the wild the flaming juagle quauty service seeds trout fishing opens on saturday special sale of millinery for fri day and saturday of this week mrs m e watts toronto returns to daylight sav ing time on may 2nd time pieces will he advanced then by one hpur in the queen city- b e beebe has taken over the agency tor wilkinson plow shears and plows formerly held by late n e smith full stock of points on hand owing to the large partronage last sunday the stouffvilletoronto bus seivice required to large busses to bundle the heavy passenger traffic on the return tripsin the evening the stouftville band has been engaged to furnish the music for the richmond hill spring fair on may 24th some effort should be made to secure suitable uniforms for our band at the junior farmers judging competition hed st newmarket last week fifty young men and thirty- two young ladies participated among the winners were miss delia steckley of stouftville district who came seventh and miss winnifred nlchol of gormley 10th in the en tire class of 32 miss jean stouffer of ringwood won fourth prize in class 2 nutrition and miss msnider of vandorf third 1n sewing class in the aggregate standing in the junior boys classes floyd steckley came first murray clendenning third and norman steckley fifth each of these boys were awarded a silver medal donated by warden pearson j s g upenor urocenes shortening oranges sweet juicy bulk dates ginger snaps brooms 5 strings per lb 19c per doz 39c 2 lbs 20c 2 lbs 25c 47c on tuesday of last week the second sale of the household effects of the late annie brillinger was held at bethesda which completed the auction of oneof the biggest sales of household dry goods ever held in whitchurch among the chief items of sale was a large pile of quilts on which skilful needle work had been done while their were probably fifty or more of these bed covers every one was disposed of at prices from 150 to 8 each some of these were estimated to be nearly 70 years old but had never done any service among the relics of furniture was a sideboard estim ated to have been made 140 years ago having once been in possession of miss brillingers grandmother mr john urquhart received a tele gram last weekend informing him of the death of his brother hector urquhart who was killed in an ac cident at time of going to press no further information had been received concerning the nature of the accident mrs jas hand is mourning the loss of her brotherinlaw robert taylor beloved husband of charlotte mahaffy who died on sunday at his late home in toronto the funeral took pjace to brampton cemetery on tuesday the deceased xwas quite well known in town having visited here on many occasions and general regret is expressed at his passing away x neilsons chocolates ice cream aw scott phone us your order no 909 w deliver the roods zinc in champion mr byron beebe said to be the oldest smithy in this part of the country still actively engaged at the work is back at the forge again after being laid up with influenza for a couple of weeks it is just 50 years this summer since he embark ed in the blacksmith game and he has wielded the hammer in this be half continuously until the present time thirtyfour years ago he es tablished his present shop in stouftv according to changes in the sum mer timetable just issued by the canadian national railways there is not likely to be any noticeable change on the local line it was hoped that the company would see fit to place a gas or electric car on thisline and a deputation from ux- jjridge which waited on the officials last fall were given some hope of this but according to the changes this is not to be no effort it seems is to be put forth to counteract the business lost to the local railway line by reason of the bus service inaugurated between stouffville and toronto red clover the 1800 stoek is alfsold we have northero ontario seed extra choice parity and large bright seed 1900 we can recommend this seed alsike our no 1 seed is one of the finest samples we have ever offered 1380 per bushel no 2 seed choice quality 1300 timothy two grades both no 1 for purity but one hulled slightly more than the other j550 and 600 stiver bros flour feed and seed merchants phone 4501 oaiouuwa tub mark of quality ptwjuctt on evtry beet made to brltuh adniraltr specifica- hon md rolled to a hkclat formula council stan pard abtata art your aafait bur accept rom of too caanr aubsutuwt corrugated iron sheeting is best protection for your barn dont take unnecessary chances when prevention of fires is so easy metal roofing and siding pre vents sparks from doing damage and resists fire from inside or outside of your barn you owe it to yourself and to your family to take these precau tions dont let a sudden fire sweep away your accumulated fortune be sure to get council standard warranted quality the heavier galvanized coating on these evenly gauged sheets assures you of lasting service in resisting fire rain and rust t iw robt ratcliff stouffyjlle x a- mrs h hodgson of church street south was called to toronto last week owing to the illness of her sis ter mrs mary clark who passed awayon saturday in her 87th year the late mrs clark was born in pickering a daughter of the late james middleton one of the pioneer setters of the district upon her marriage to the late alex clark they located in the grand valley disj trict where they cleared a home stead after half a century there they moved to vancouver early in the present century where they re mained until mr clarks death in 1907 since then mrs clark has re sided in toronto mrs clark was a member of the latter day saints 5r1 new spring goods genuine uptodata goods for this season now arriving gents furnishings in hats col lars and ties boots and shoes call and look over our stock j l little stouffville phone 177 ontario extra iprke fence insulated against rust 40 to 100 more zinc ville and is therefore perhaps the and is survived by eleven chidren dean of the local business men in forty grandchildren and 22 great all his experience handling hun- groat grandchildren she is also dreds of horses from the high spirit- survived by three sisters and three ed rancher to the old nag whose i brothers namely mrs spears of carcas was about as dead as a houe claremont imrs geo bowers land yard mr beebe was only deceived mrs h hodgson of stouftville jas in an animal once and was kicked middjeton of orlllia john of xor- in the leg that time ut as he ex plains he was young and green then his friends are glad to see our townsman back at his accustom ed place again heres good news for farmers a better fence a longer life fence thicker galvanising at no extra charge champion zincinsulatcd fence repels nut will outlast any other wire fence made its a farm fence sensation and nor other maker can sell you a zinc insulated brand come in and let us tell you all about it we hava it ta 1 slock for quick delivery a carload or this best of fence has just arrived comprising all standard styles you make no mistake either in quality or price in buying i your fence from us silvester bros we are now open tuesday thursday and saturday s evenings some towns are troubled with petty thieving and it evidently is far reaching enough to interfere with the millinery establishments the walkerton times tolls of such an experience in that town when it says considerable pilfering has been going on among the stores of walkerton and the guilty parties seem to have been getting by with impunity very recently two young girls from the neighboring conces sions stepped into bests ladies wear store here and during a time when the management was in the rear waiting on a customer they annexed a readytowear hat apiece and walk ed ou without boub through the formality of paying tho matter was reported to the poflcebut rather than put the girls to tho publicity of a trial tho mangoment of the store undertook to get a quiet settle ment of the affair which culmin ated in tho young ladies walking in on wednesday of this week and set tling for the annexed headgear others who have been pulling off similar stunts however may not fare so well if caught later with tho goods onto and george f torraine sask the funeral on monday took place to whltevale cemetery in the death of ann williamson relict of the late milton kester on saturday afternoon april 24 1926 stouffvilles oldest citizen is dead for mrs kester was in her 93rd year she was a bright active woman until a couple of weeks prior to her death and was able to read the newspaper without aid of glasses after her marriage to the late mil ton kester who died 29 years ago she resided on the farm east of stouffville now occupied by milton harris to them were born four children but only two survive both widowed daughters mrs a reesor and mrs s b hoover she is also survived by nine grandchildren and eight great grandchildren the late mr and mrs kester retired to stouftville from the rarm 31 years ago and built the house in which both of them died adjoining the publc school mrs kester is the ast of a famijy seven children and the funeral from the late home on tuesday afternoon was largely attended by many of the older re- ridcnts of the town who were ac quainted with the deceased in her more active days she was a meth odist in religion and the service was taken by rev h s wrren friendly bank for the service of farmers qur desire towrve the farmer is sin- cere because we realize that unless his financial affairs are well ordered he can not prosper and unless the farmer prospers the country cminot make progress we invite you to open your personal account with us and you may feel entirely free to have a friendly talk about a business problejn with our experienced managers at any time for nearly 100 years we have been bankers far rural canada the bank of nova scotia established 1832 capital 10000000 reserve 19500000 total resource 130000000 252 s send the tribune to absent friends a meeting of all interested- in baseball for this season is called for monday evening may 3rd in old council chamber at 8 pm joseph p downey fifteen years superintendent at the ontario hos pital orlllia and known throughout the province fied on mcnday boadways drug stoke stouffville in mhmoitlam lehman in loving memory of our dear son percy son of mr and mrs ellas lehman who died on april 28 1918 oh how we miss you words cannot tell your bright smiling face we ai loved so well tho sweetest of memories are all hat is left of our dear percy gone homo to rest father mother and family boadways drug stork stouffville j