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stouffville november 18th 1926 start your hens into winter egg production with marmill laying mash sold formerly under tlm ok brand and now better than ever a mash which is all peed contains less than 450 fibre and guaranteed to contain no oat hulls or other fibreous niters which are of no feeding value you may be offered a cheaper mash of inferior quality but remember you cannot fool the hen a trial order will convince you manufactured by markham flour mills markham ont for sale by s w hastings stouffville brown bros unionville send for our free booklet profitable poultry feeding 111 i christian church conference superior groceries specials this week pure lard i lb print 22c grape fruit 3 for 25c st charles milk 2 tins 25c christies soda wafers perpkg t4c toddy j2 lb 33c dutch tea rusks per pkg- 1 7c lemon orange peels per lb 25c neilsons chocolates and ice cream a w scott prompt delivery telephone lumber and building material storm sash and storm doors this is the time of the year to prepare for the winter so consider these two im portant items a good supply of rough and dressed lumber on hand all average sizes in stock we sell brantford roofing stouffville planing mill stoufper schell phone 194 stouffville jpwo weeks after christmas spending a lew days in toronto and woodbridge you wake up bright and early jchristinas morning you open the dtockings christmas presents on ichristmas morning are the most wonderful beautiful things in the jfrorld under the soft light of christ inas candles every present looks like p priceless treasure on the day after christmas you jogin to look at your presents more carefully it is easier to decide tjfliich ones you like best one week after christmas your preferences are very definite two weeks after christmas you have to fctop and think a minute to remem- jjer what some of your friends gave you why not give your friends a christmas present that they cannot forget and would not if they could the youths companion comes once fevery week fiftytwo times in a ear for 200 what present could you possibly buy that would be more ibseful more used and better appre ciated just send your order to the address below and santa cwus will take care of delivering the companion to your home or to the home of a friend- subscribers will receive 1 the youths companion 52 jssuefl in 1927 and 2 the remaining issues of 1926 1 all for only 200 3 or include mccalls magazine too monthly authority on fashions both publications only 250 the- youths companion en sept boston ma6i bubsoriptions received at this office messrs ira and abe grove and miss ada grove were toronto visi tors on tuesday night mrs e r sinclair had a hurried call to toronto on sunday to see her sister mrs appleton who is ill ambrose lewis and family moved from dr storeys farm on 8th line to the hargrave farm on 7th line on wednesday mr lewis had pur chased this farm some time ago aged mother gone ringwood stewart stouffer was in toronto pn wednesday win timbers is all smiles these days its a boy mrs wildgoose and family spent sunday in toronto mrs isaac pipher is spending a ew days in toronto mrs ii leach has gone to phil adelphia for the winter wm ratcllff and sons harry and gordon spent tuesday in toronto mr and mrs wm pipher are on tuesday of this week sarah wideman relict of the late jacob horner died at the home of her grandson edwin w jewitt at lot 32 concession 5 markham the funeral on friday will leave the house atone oclock and proceed to heise hill for service and interment the late mrs horner had passed her 82nd birthdoy and was one of mark- ham townships oldest residents few living had been in the township longer than mrs horner for she was born on the farm where she re ceived the great call to go up yon der her father was the late john wideman who lived on this same farm over a century ago they were of dutch descent and the late mrs horner spoke the language in her daily conversation she was a true christian woman adhering to the mennonite faith her husband pre deceased her many years and she is survived by an only child mrs r jewitt simple mixture stops gas bloating simple buckthorn bark glycerine jbtc aa mixed in adlerlka often fcelps stomach trouble in ten minu tes by removing gas brings out a bur rising amount of old waste mat ter you never thought was in your ftysom stops that full bloated lee ing and makes you enjoy eating jeiollent tor chronic constipation adlerika works quick and delight fully easy j m storey druggist gtoutfville lbmonvtlle school report for month of oct jr iv merlyn baker s4 her bert hood 74 ross hall g9 jr ill florence so jean baker 79 floyd preston 77 don hall 76 jack laycock 73 jack barkey 68 bert taylor 55 sr ii blake yake 9s albert richardson 77 rota wells 75 elda hutchinson 73 lewls wells 72 stanley hall 63 sr i helen hastings si doris baker 6 keith hutchinson 62 bruce baker 61 frank hall 34 sr pr allan baker 98 marlon hastings s5 alice richardson 7s alex kirby 68 howard kirby 45 jr pr vcro wells james atreed harold preston no on roll 30 average attend ance 26 whore the name is marked with an the pupil wag absent for one or more examination margarete y thomson teacher year of constructiveservlce the young peoples congress of the ontario christian conference met at the bloomingion christian church on nov 8th nearly three hundred people from all parts of the conference attended the meet ing had in it all the enthusiasm of young people with a deeply spirit ual tone they gave a program of excellent quality the congress opened at 930 oclock with a song service in ohark of mr murray hainer of oshawa the devotional period of the morn ing was conducted by the young people of victoria park christian church toronto following the devotional period mr stanley pais ley stouffville president of the congress took charge mr carl davis of the bloomlngton church brought words of greeting and welcome to the congress t which cordial speech by miss laura thompson first christian church toronto responded the theme of the convention was ready go and in accordance with this theme the program of the day planned miss pearl fletcher os hawa discussed getting ready through our homes miss fletcher is a daughter in a home which has given two sons to the ministry of the christian church and she her self is in training for full time christian service she was well qualified to talk about a home which gets its children ready for life and service getting ready through the school was the theme of miss eve lyn hamilton who was unable to at tend the congress but her paper was presented by mrmorton wench miss hamilton is a teacher of ex perience and she told in a simple forward way how she get the children whom she trained ready for a christian life and ser vice the papers of all the young people rang true because they talk ed about things that they knew of and did not deal with theories during the afternoon meeting miss kate reesor altona discussed getting ready through the church her paper was a most impressive one miss margaret fockler kes wick daughter of rev c e fock ler president of the ontario christ ian conference talked about gett ing ready through the conference miss focklers paper was a definite revelation of the relations of church and conference and the part which the conference and congress played in getting young people ready for useful christian lives mr herman eldrege field secre tary of the department of christian church dayton ohio was the visit ing speaker of the day he brought two stirring messages in the morn ing he discussed the appreciation of the things which we have pointing out how loyalty to the home to the local church and to the denomina tion of which one was a member better fitted one to have a part in the larger loyalties of the world and of the general church the afternoon message of mr eldredge came at the close of the program and was a most fitting close about the expression ill tell the world mr eldredge admitted that those young people would tell the world that they had to be fast to keep up with the world but asking three questions he developed his theme what would they tell the world how would they tell the world and when would they tell the world he urged the young people to give the world the right sort of a message the message of the christ in a practical application to life he pointed out that god called to all sorts of work and that whatever useful work a man or a woman did they could do it as unto god then he admonished the young people that now was the time to tell the world that they need not wait until they were famous or old but that they could tell the world their message now it was a great address and more than two and a half hundred people present were moved deeply the nearly two hun dred young people in the body were impressed and thoughtful as to their part in telling the world during the day there were render ed several musical selections by young people miss alta fockler miss t watson and m dearborn sang for the congress in a most de lightful manner most of the officers of the con gress were reelected for another year mr l s paisley president mr wfred riding vicepresident miss nellie crocker toronto secrej tary mr theo wagg treasurer heads of departments miss hazel deguere oshawa missions miss nora stapleton stouffville publlca tions jack wench baldwin evan gelism the young people brought basket lunches and while thoy ate a lunch thus provided they gave yells and sang in a way good to hear the women of the bloomlngton church kindly served a supper to the gather ing fallowing the evening meeting amid the happy farewells and sing ing of the young people they left the congress meeting for another uxbridge tp- council hospital withdraws lesul suit uxbridge township council met on saturday nov 13th with mem bers all present reeve w gcassie presiding the meeting was called by the reeve one week earlier than adjourn ment date as county council goes into session the following week minutes of last meeting read con firmed and signed by the reeve a communication was received from c h d gamble kc soli citor for the toronto general hos pital stating that upon receipt of an affidavit of edgar mcnally re wm edwick they had v ithdrawn the suit against the township the school attendance officers report for october was receivedand on motion adopted wm shier and joseph norton in terviewed the council respecting sale of timber on sideline opp lot 15 con 5 and on 6th con south if timber is removed it would be a benefit to the road after consider ation by the council the following resolution was passed todd lewis that ur glaspell and mr dowswell be appointed to view said timber and have power to h ere an dth ere philadelphia the silver cup for tie best display of poultry at the sesquicentennial poultry show was won by the hon john s martin ontario minister of agriculture a newly constructed line of the canadian pacific railway between unwin and lloydminister in the province of saskatchewan is now in operation this line 306 miles in length will greatly assist the farm ers of ths district in marketing their grain ripe plums are now being sent to england arriving there in prime condition the ontario department of agriculture reports having made a trial shipment with excellent re sults as attested by word from the other side the plums were picked ripe and fully colored john j brown dies in his 82nd year vancouver the largest efcipment of tree seeds ever made within the british empire was that of 3200 lbs of yellow pine seed sent from new westminster to new zealand by the dominion government seed extraction plant at the former place sell same if they see fit either pril a jfi f j vately or by public auction seed s to follow shatt thls glaspell lee that the following constitute the committees for town- line adjustments for this year south townline reeve clerk and mr lewis west reeve clerk and mr todd north reeve clerk and mr lee east reeve clerk and mr glaspell as the township of uxbridge has the full quota of constables but no justice of the peace convenientthis resolution was carried by messrs todd and lewis that our clerk mr roach be appointed a justice of the peace and our reeve mr cassie make application to the attorney general for same the annual bylaw was given its several readings and passed provid ing for holding the municipal elec tions for 1927 with officers appoint ed as follows pd 1 john latcham dro louis slack poll clerk john davis house polling place pd 2 alfred mcdonald dro daniel wagg ipoll clerk township hall polling place pd 3 w w toole dro wm crapper poll clerk mrs chases house polling place pd 4 joseph jones dro chas fiss poll clerk school house polling place pd 5 howard hockley dro roy quantz poll clerk i cather- woods house polling place pd 6 fred johnston dro isaac ball poll clerk school house polling place pd 7 wm dickinson dro orval roach poll clerk school house polling place the following accounts were pass ed and payment made as follows b mcguckin shovelling snow 500 w chapman 7 yds gravel 105 e lewis 33 rods fence etc 675 t manley 39 yds gravel 585 j norton 4 yds gravel 60 chris manley 51 yds gravel 765 r spencely rep culvert etc 1050 r pickard rep culvert etc 1000 f johnston 24 rds rence 480 a ewen filling wasnout 650 j murray pkgs soot foe 50 w dickinson dragging 600 a wagg grading etc 3250 wm croskery grant 2000 d wagg work 250 council adjourned to meet again on dec 15th final meeting of year will be planted on waste lands in new zealand quebec the canadian pacific railway has decided to add three hundred rooms to its famous hos telry the chateau frontenac and to meet the requirements has taken options on a number of properties near the present buildings through the construction of the proposed new wing the chateau frontenac will probably become the largest hotel in the british empire having some 1200 rooms christmas travel from canada to the old country is expected to be exceedingly heavy this year over the cpr lines and by the cana dian pacific liners high wheat prices and good crops are given as the causes for this exodus the rush will be inaugurated virtually by the sailing of the cpr liner montroyal on december 7 for which a special train will be run to ship side at saint john recognized throughout the west as two of the outstanding author ities on mountain transportation jatnes and william a brewster president and general manager re spectively of the brewster trans portation company visited cana dian pacific headquarters in mont real and in an interview for the press predicted great popularity for banff lake louise and other points in the rockies americans they stated were regarding these cen tres as some of the outstanding hol iday resorts in existence a british columbia hen a white leghorn has taken the world rec ord in egglaying with a total of 348 eggs given in 360 days the hen was entered by the university of british columbia in the domin ion experimental farm contest ex tending from november 1st last year to the same date ths year previous eggiaying records were held by new zealand 342 eggs per year in 1923 and by australia 347 eggs in 1924 last year the honor of establishing a record for this continent went to a hen m puyallups washington with 335 eggs laid in the year one of the very oldest residents of this section born and raised in or near stouffville passed away on friday november 12th 1926 in the person of john jbrown in his 82nd year the deceased was born on the farm where he had spent all his long life and subsequently died on the 10th concessionjust east of town the late mr brown was of u e loyalist stock his early ancestors coming from taunton dene somer set england and settling at mount bether township nifflen county pennsylvania following the re volutionary war they came to can ada locating first at niagara but the family compact of that day was paramount and they were simply dispossessed of their holdings and compelled to leave their homesteads the father of the deceased was one of william lyon mackenzies follow ers at montgomery tavern in 1837 together with several brothers on december 9th 1885 the late mr brown was married to ann eliza hunter of uxbridge when they im mediately settled on his farm near town to them were born four children two of whom survive namely mrsleland johnston on the homestead and ross e brown of stouffville together witfj their ber eaved mother mr brown always took a keen interest in public events and was a great student and reader for years he served as a school trustee and as a member of the markham high school board he was one of those instrumental in founding the old mechanics institute in stouffville which later became known as the public library it was his delight as a boy to see the deer which roamed this section in plenty and he witnessed most of the surrounding farms being hughetf from the virgin forest long before the days of the railway through stouffville the funeral on monday afternoon from the farm of his daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs johnston was attended by a great many old friends and relatives of the family the last sad rites being performed by the rev edgar morton of the christian church interment took place at stouffville cemetery swifts garage now is the time to have your battery looked after not after it gets frozen have tests made often now that the weather is getting cold drive in and have your oil changed if your motor turns over to stiff batteries called for and de livered in town try us for everything in bat teries and accessories radio swifts garage phone 195 to the public having purchased a business in markdale i am leaving goodwood and will hold a mammoth closing out sale of dry goods mens clothing bootsand shoes rubbers hardware groceries and patent medicines everything must be sold regardless of cost as we are giving up the goodwood business watch for big special announcement and prices next issue 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