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stouffvelle december 2nd 1926 jlocal happenings i now that we know the water sup ply is pure- further- stewing is un necessary send in the local news wanted a girl for general iiutise- vok apply mrs herbert freel louis bartholomew eldest son of mr john bartholomsw of stouffville recently suffered a stroke at his home in toronto the appearance of christmas pack ages at this time in the post office indicates that many people aro mind ful to post parcels early the town council will meet on thursday evening instead of the re gular night of friday owing to the reeve having to attend the warden banquet on the friday bert smith who ha been living on stouffer street moved last week to the brick house on the southeast corner of victoria and main streets across from the heise residence a party of sixty or seventy people including local free masons and wives were in toronto on friday evening last week enjoying a theatre party and dinner in honor of the ladies whose husbands are uembers of the craft quite a number of to ronto members who were former re sidents here joined them in the evenings festivities there seems to be an impression abroad that stouffville has a game warden who is not doing his duty in respect to prosecuting those who go shooting in this vicinity- on the sabbath day and otherwise breaking the law by killing pheasants and black squirrels the trouble is that stouffville has no game warden but merely an issuer of licenses in order to core with the situation it would be advisable for the local municipal council to send in a re- quisition to the ontario government recommending and anvising the nec essity for a resident man to police this district in the interest of pro tecting the game etc one of our citizens mr george kester was abie to be down street last week for the first time la almost a year he has been suffering from an injured foot it takers sixtyfive muscles of the race to smite unci a hundred and twentylire to frown f why overwork see the little giant at the audi torium theatre friday and satur day dec srd and 4tb mr and mrs john henry davis of bloomington have closed their home for the winter at least and moved into town to be with their son dawson who recently suffered the loss of his wife mr orten- mott returned on mon day from visiting nfe son- hxry in buffalo the brier bash stduffvifte and fed pugh each captured two prizes in poultry at the royal fstir just closed dr and mrs herbert freel are occupying- dr and mrs ira freefs home during- their sojourn in st petersburg there will be an ample supply of morning papers at the tribune office this thursday morning containing the election returns those who take an evening paper will be glad to get the results earlier by calling at the tribune office the tribune is anxious to have news from every corner weekly if your concession line or hamlet is not represented in these columns we will be glad to furnish free all nec essary stationery and a copy of the tribune weekly to any who willun- dertake to furnish us with the news probably the interest in the tem perance question induced some strangers to the town churches last sunday in any event a certain town v is said to have induced her hus band who was not a regular attend ant to accompany her to evening service during the sermon he fell asleep when his wife was constrain- ed to give him a sharp nudge in the hope of rousing him to her con sternation however he slowly awakened and exclaimed quite audibly let me alone light the are yourself its your turn to get up on tuesday mr holden purchased the brick residence in the vest end belongingto mr william burkholder milleiysituated opposite mr jas rarcliffvhome the house is tenanted bymr w burnett who will now have to seek for another house as mrtliolden intends to move to town very soon the sale price is reported at 2500 there was an extragood attend ance at the localmayset last thurs day with a noticeatble increase in the number of fowl offered for sale chickens were lurfted at 22c to 30c pound according to quality and hens brought 2uc butter at 35c on stturday last mr dan oboyle a farmer trident just eat c town was able to return homo from the general hospital where he h3d been confined the past three weeks owing to having undergone a seri ous operation froni which he is re covering nicely mr winters government archi tect on thestouffville post office ac companied by inspector gibsonwere in town on monday looking over the post office property with a view to arranging for the filling in at the rear of the property and fencing the grounds auditorium theatre stouffviliie friday and satarday december 3rd and 4th the little giant starring glenj hunter from the saturday evening post story once a pedlar quality service bustec brown in bustejbfs bust up schumacher feed a9mi33ioy admissfoa 25c children 15c 8 a schmut prop miss e m lageer graduate nurse is open for engagemesit3 phoue 270 40 mr geo saunders boot andshoe merchant has been officially notified of his appointment as caretaker of the new stouffville post office and he entered on hi3 duties wednesday of this week so far he has received no instructions concerning the care takers quarters over the office but it is expected that the rooms will be available for him in due course home on the evening of the young people of stouffville have issued invitations to an at to be held in ratcliffs hall december 3rd some two hundred couples have been invited and a toronto orches tra has been engaged following are the patronesses mrs s s bail mrs harry brillinger mrs f a dales mrs robt miller mrs f marshall mrs jas mjiston mrs f w silvester mrs blake sanders mrs v shankel and mrs l e todd a meeting of the ufo member- pound to the mrmer and hen eggs at ship will be held in the municipal hall stouffville on saturday after- 60c dozen afre prices which have not varied irthe past month s the demand forgood catthis keen if the sale of albert reesors at lot 26 concession 9v south of stouffville i is any indication grade cows mounted to the price of 158 while another sale avasynade at 15250 and a third at 150 there were a number of heifers in the sale which ran from 80 to 125 taking all the cattle together they average 108 which price was highly grati fying toahe owner f w silver- sides waon the auction block week end special this week end special 4 packages jelly powder 25c with each 200 grocery order w a stonehouse prompt delivery phone 1602 noon dec 4th at 2 oclock for the purpose of electing delegates to an nual convention and other business all those who shipped turnips prior to nov 1st will receive deferred payment at this meeting a full at tendance is desired the junior institute will hold their monthly meeting at the home of meeda cleaver on thursday dec 9th at 230- pm topic influ ence of character members will kindly answer the roll call by a pro verb wednesday was not too favorably a day for the provincial election a strong cold wind blew most of the time but still it as not fierce though to reavl an anxious eleior mr nnis called in town during lite miu niiig and b- noon abou i- third of the te was pollel as go to press the polls are still open reiisiiing so uii 7 prh while driving home from toronto a couple of nights ago mr ernie stouffer saw a young deer leap across in front of his car just as he passed over the overhead bridge at the outskirts of the city the in sinuation that it was the reflection in the windshield of a deer which sat by his side is without founda tion as ernie was in company with his father mr noah stouffer the mightiest western epic ever conceived based on the glorious epic days of the heroic general cus ters last stand with thousands of indians whole troops of us cava lry frontiersman scouts and plainsmen in profusion all in a re markable portrayal or the immortal story of americas last frontier thats the flaming frontier the ultimate in thrilling entertainment for the people of every town in every theatre coming to the audi torium theatre friday and satur- daydec 10th and 11th a big spe cial at- usual prices local ufo shipped three car loads of turnips from stouffville station last week to points in the usa mr frank sangster the se cretary reports that up to nov 1st sixteen carloads had been shipped and the nefprice tc the farmers is 28c l bushel we understand that a meelfng is to he held this week when cheques will be lijtvi- buted for all coasignuienis sold prior to nov 1st skating time yes itss cold ad we are all ready with a big fresh stook of the world famous automobile skates both tubes and solid styles in big range of prices and sizes to fit all boots a big surprise party was held at the home of mr and mrs john turner 10th concession markham on friday evening of last week when a crtjwd of young people from stouffville assembled so unexpected ly to do honor and show goodwill towards their friend miss olive turner who is leaving home to enter the coronada hospital tor onto in training js a nurse miss turntrwho wa a pupil of our third form in the conrut school y many friends in town who were rlsiii ted to partiiplr in tbo social evcni during the enjoyment of the evening miss vera tarr read an appropriate address and miss jossio walls made the presentation of an umbrella and purse to miss turner on behalf of all present olive made fitting and impressive reply in which she expressed delight for the kind ness extended to her and regret for the circumstances which will severe her from school days and school chums she expects to leave thii week to take up training for her chosen profession an enthusiastic and well attended meeting was held in ratcliffs hall on sunday evening in the interests of the ota and again on monday evening a similar meeting was held under auspicesof the young people when the hall was jammed to over flowing and some were turned away mr harry klinck acted as chairman in an abl manner addresses were given or read by erie collard helen rowbotham wan paisley edgar walls of richmond hill who was also the leader of song wm miller of peaches miss stinson 6l almira and allan ferry of knox college who is the originator of the young peoples movement in the campaign also mr j patterson of knox miss nellie lewis gave an illustrated talk on the abuses of alcohol miss eva hoover officiated at the piano and the meeting was full of pep and go for fully three hours when the hat was passed for a collection to defray expenses upwards of 40 was raised oispcnsfng uooucrs ron factory nom ano sootfoe the modern quick safe way to clean pipes and chimneys prevents chimney from getting on fire a 50c package wilplast one stove all winter try one silvester bros a very kind way in which to re member his aged father was shown on sunday when mr and mrs baniel yake accompanied by their daughter emma and her husband mack oreighton arrived at the par ental home here from toronto wi their vr ladened with good things they brought with them a full course dinner hot goo3e with all its accompaniment and a birthday cake with 84 candles which decor ated the centre of the tableln honor of their fathers birthday mrabram yake had just reached his 84th year and he was showered with congratu lations from children and grand children is well as friends sunday was one ot the happiest days on tho calendar for mr and mrs yake be cause of the thoughtfulness of his children and grandchildren it is siich expressions of love as these that make the aged say as brown ing said the beat is yet to be the last of life for which the first was made j on monday mr harry stfton the liberal candidate in the recent dominion election was in town when the tribune had an opportun ity make some enquiries from him as to the situation in connection with the postmastership hero dur ing the past few days it had been rumored that the appointment was decided on but mr sifton states this is not the case he said he had been most anxious to secure the position for miss duncan who is on the post crace staff dut he realizes now that he cannot hope to have this sanctioned by the commission because the statutes emphatically state that a returned soldier must get first choice since this point is decided on mr sifton has recom mended the appointment of mr ormsby lehman a returned man whose application has gone in but so far as he is aware the posl- tio had not been filled up to the pesent time ik was mr sikans opinion that the commission might arrive at a decision any moment a representative from the civil service department at ottawa was also here on monday in connection with the postmastership he called on several of the applicants and is reported to have stated that a re turned soldier would receive the ap pointment and among them record of service would count mr syd sshmldt proprietor of tho auditor ium theatre show would rank first place under these circumstances as ho is a veteran of two wars and holds several service medals mr schmidt was interviewed by the government man who also called on mr lehman and enquired for mr k ros3 davis who was out of town mr sifton introduced him- to some oflho civilian applicants schumacher feed the best teed on the market cheaper than shorts at the prick stiver bros flour feed and seed merchants phone 4501 christmas baking sale some very special values to help you in your christmas baking quality freshness low prices all make up real value white satin pastry flour 24lb bag 99 domino brand baking powder contain no alum mb tin easifirst or domestic shortening paiihrjlc finest seedless raisins 2 lbs 29c 16oz delmonte seedless raisin ioc finest filiatra currants zlbi 27c hb peel b25c yi tin cut mixed peel 19c table figs lb 25c cboice hallowi dates 2 lbs 25c smyrna cooking figs 2 lbs 19c assorted chocolates sweetheart cheslji 3lb bojj v 99c jfb box ii a shelled walnuts or f g almonds y lb 13c patrico ground 9c- almonds lv brazil nuts lb 23c i tjle finest canned goods peas bayido t choice quality o domino fancy 1 jj tomatoes baysida choice quality 1 o domino fancy x f corn 15 19 baystcte choice quality domino fancy crotby f finest rolled oats 529 finest mincemeat 2 ibs 29 flexors 23 snip ejjtt mixed nuts- 25 shirrifii trat extracts 23 christies qlc cheese wafers m paul boadway manager banking is universal whereever goods are bought and sold banking has a service to ren der a service which simplifies transaction- and renders them mora profitable- during more than fifty years of constructive banking prac tice the standard bank of canada has built up throughout the domin ion a loyal clientele who have learn ed to rely on this banks services the standard bank op canada stouffville brancha c burkholder manager subbranch at goodwood i u the maple valley near orange- ville presbyterian church which was declared a united church has now returned to ithe continuing plesbyterian there was a dispute ver the original vete and a new vota was taken bjr the communion terminating on sunday last the on- gregatlon deciding to continue in the presbyterian connection the vote being 40 for union and ii against farm machinery and washing machines peter hamilton pulpers for sale ateo repairs and knives in stock we have good second hand washing machines also new power washers ra stock an excellent christmas gift for the house wife international farm machinery and melotte separators and lister engines for anything you require in farm machinery give us a phone call frank bakkr bakers garage or phone 810 sootfoe a foe to soot the modern chimney cleaner a small amount will clean your flues and prevent fires save fuel give more heat 50 p8r package for sale by silvester bros stouffville