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mite vol xl no 42 stouffville ontario thursday december 13th 1928 a v nolan publisher delightful offerings or the christmas season will be found in our store and which we will be pleased to show you gifts which reflect well the giver and delightfully please those who receive them french ivory in natural blue and rose inne stationery seniles n chuckles chocolates perfumes yardleys toilet leases radios fada and rogers bat tery less christmas cards tags seals and decorations j m storey d r u gg i s t the home of quality drugs phonb 1008 wedding bouquets and funeral designs mustonfi sons wholesale florists stouffville ontario phone 7001 carrying no insurance is unwise you ro taking great chances experience is bought with cheap in surance and costs dearly proper protection is what a fully qualified agent recommends ana good insurance is what he sells you will consult him in the long run why not today t birkett general insurance agency phone 16201 stouffville a free market a matter that should rightfully engage the early attention of the 1959 municipal council in stouff- vule is the establishment of a free market place at the present time the municipality provides no market and any who wish to come here from toronto or other places to compete for the farmers produce must pay a rental of 530 per year for the use of ratclift s jbasement the tribune has interviewed vari ous produce buyers on this question and they laugh at the idea of being assessed a rental and flatly refuse to buy on the stouffville market what is the consequence only one buyer on the market all this year one man setting the price and meet ing with no opposition there is another consequence too and that is that stouffville market is gradually dwindling to no market at all some will tell us that times have changed and the automobile has wrought the change well the market was on the down grade be fore the auto became a popular means of transport there would be more than one buyer on the stouff ville market if the penalty of 30 per year was removed in fact the pre sent buyer may refuse to come here next year under present conditions himself the remedy is in the hands of the municipal council that body have it within their power to rent rat- cliffs basement and throw the mar ket open for anyone to buy on a committee mightbe appointed to en gage a market place and while they are at it they should make such ar rangements as will ensure warm comfortable quarters for winter use the matter was introduced by one of the councillors last friday even ing and it doubtless will come up again early in the new year such a step on the part of the council would we believe meet with general approval a live keen mar ket has its source of compensation to the citizen and certainly to the business men of the town last tursday a buyer came from newmarket but was unable to bid on the market because of the condi tions which exist and he remained outside the building and later took over half the chickens bought by the lone buyer mr west a little com petition right here might havo meant a cent or two more to the farmer and consequently the farmer would have more money to spend telephone alarm system explained mr a d bruce president ot the local telephone company addressed the municipal council last friday evening on the subject of a munici pal fire alarm he came before the body ot legisla tors in response to a request made earlier in the year for some intorma tion on alarm systems and told the board that such arrangements could be made as he deemed would be sat isfactory for such purposes mr bruce recommended a system which is in operation up in northern ontario it chiefly consists of only an extension of the telephone service there would ba placed a special switch on the board in the central office which would ring ten men ai once while yet another button rings the alarm up in the tower instead of fire alarm signal boxes four tele phones might be placed at conveni ent places in the town in weather proof boxes a person could break the glass on the box and call central on this direct line and in turn cen tral by one operation calls ten or twenty firemen informing them where the are is while this is going on the bell in the tower is clanging incessantly by the mere touch of a button on the switch board the whole operation when once a person gets to an alarm box can be carried out in a moment the cost of installing the telephone municipality would be absolutely no thing excepting whatever sum they might agree to pay of the rental of phones placed in the homes of the firemen the men have these phones available for all general uses just as any other telephone hence it would be appreciated by them and they would be willing to pay part of the rental as many of the firemen already have a telephone the cost of installing the telephone alarm boxes stringing the wire and installation of a half hp motor in the bell tower to connect with the arrangement oh the switch hoard in the telephone office would of curse be paid by the municipality and would probably be around 250 the arrangement is in operation in such towns as new liskeard where it works admirably it looks like a splendid plan and one well worthy of the local council putting into operation just as soon as the details can he worked out the council were very favorably impress ed with the idea but at this late hour in the year they could scarcely give it much consideration pickering pioneer a fine type of sturdy pioneer citi zen passed away in pickering town ship near claremont on monday dec 10th 1928 when john whitson died in his 85th year in 1s76 he married annie hos- sackmustard and they spent all their long married life on the one farm at atha mrs whitson prede ceased her husband only four weeks the late mr whitson was a member of a scotch pioneer family being the second son dj james whitson and helen bell whose homestead was on the 7th concession ot picker ing john whitson served several terms as a school trustee and was a life long conservative and presbyterian until eight years ago he was active ly engaged in farming and was known as a successful breeder of shorthorn cattle two daughters misses ella and georgie both at home survive their aged parents and to them every sympathy is extended in their double bereavement the funeral to markham st an drews cemetery will be held today election officers duly appointed 1 just the ideal thing for christmas can be had at porters an orderincouncil has heen pass ed by the ontario government ex tending the time limit of resident gun licenses from december 31st 1928 to may 31st 1929 this applies to licenses already issued rev john b brown who is conducting special gospel meetings for two weeks nightly in stouffville united church all members of the council were on hand last friday evening for the regular meeting or the town fathers reeve h w sanders pre sided and members present were councillors mckinnon borinsky ward and dowswell mr noah baker appeared before the council asking compensation for damages done to a drain running on south church street from the wilson properties recently bought by him town men in laying water mains to the rink were alleged to have broken several tile which drained the cellars ot mr bakers houses instead of repairing damage baker installed a complete new drain the labor alone cost 36 and mr baker thought the council ought to bear part ot the ex pense since he claimed they disturb ed the proper working of the old drain when pressed mr baker wouldnt say how much the town ought to pay councillor dowswell wanted to know who owned the streets and re ferred to two other attempts to tap the council to pay for damaged drains former reeve silvester and mr pugh both had similar troubles and if mr baker was paid what about the other nases this question has a moral aspect came back councillor ward let us deal with it fairly it we did damage to this mans property we have a moral right to pay dont in troduce another case at this time reeve sanders said he wanted to know that town men actually did the damage before he could consent to payment we must know first that it is our fault one of the workmen on the job said councillor borinsky- has ad mitted to me that they damaged this drain when mr ward here interjected a few more remarks the reeve in formed htm that he ought to be pro tecting the councils interest in stead of at once taking up the ease for mr baiter ward a responsible citizen has come here and asks a very reason able request that council pay part of the damage admitted by one of oui workmen councillor mckinnon said the tile has been down 40 years and was full of roots but the reeve urged councillors to come to a decision if a small amount would satisfy the claim lets arrive at it councillor ward offered a motion to pay mr baker 7 tout failing to get a seconder reduced it to 5 and councillor borinsky went on the paper with- him and the council con sented to the payment bylaw passed in anticipation of a january elec tion the usual bylaw was passed ap pointing george lee and t rae as dro and poll clerk respectively in the south ward and frank sang- ster and lud hoover in the north ward dros will he paid 4 each and poll clerks 3 each for their services the nomination will be held in ratcliffs hall on the evening of monday dec 31st 1928 at eight oclock advocated free market that in the opinion of this coun cil it is expedient to establish a free market in stouffville and we recom mend the incoming council the ad visability of same the above motion submitted by councillor dowswell was the first one in years offered by the council for the betterment of the local market which is dwindling away councillor ward opposed it on the ground that it was impracticable stating that at this late time in the year he could see no advantage in passing it councillor borinsky wasnt enthus ed with it and no other member ex pressed an opinion so the matter fell by the wayside mr dowswell cited a case that came under his notice only a week ago where a buyer came to stouff ville from newmarket to procuro a truck load of dressed fowl ho found he must pay a fee to enter the mar ket place and this shut him out mr dowswell suggested that next year arrangements be made with ratcllft co to open the market toany mar- terer who wished to buy here at present the lack of competition didnt often ensure the highest price for the farmer more buyers would be in the best interests of nil the mer chants council adjourned until dec 15th for the final moellng of this year at the hour of 130 oclock accounts passed w emordon cartage bof h 1000 muston sons wreaths veterans 3200 jm storoy flags veterans 300 tribune ptg adv veterans 500 armistice programs 1200 lighting council chamber 200 street lighting 3 mos 25000 j gower labor 1035 jos mcmullcn labor 710 l b forsyth labor 140 sandy jones labor 120 personal hotes ssns mr d g scott of toronto was visiting his son alex this week mrs caleb march ofthe east end has been very ill for the past week dr ira and mrs freel and miss robinson who recently sailed for france have arrived safely at havre oirtha south coast we understand that mr len van- zant who recently retired from the harboring business is in very poor health christmas greeting received by friends from los angeles indicates that miss lena sanders who suffered an attack of the flu so prevalent in the south this fall is quite recovered little edna the toaby girl of mrs nicholson who resides in lawsons block in the west end came home from the sick childrens hospital last week after several weeks con finement there the child is much improved in health david collins veteran tailor and well known to the needle pushers on main street and by other residents here has taken a position in camp bells takorlng store uxbridge where he was employed 30 years ago at one time dave was employed in stouffville by john bray last week mrs oscar yake of mather sask called at the tribune office to renew their home paperand intimated that it was looked for eagerly every week 51rs yake came east this fall to visit her father mr james gould of aurora who is in ill health mr goulds friends at ring- wood and other sections about here will be glad to know he is recovering from a severe illness his daughter mrs yake is paying her first visit home in thirteen years and she was brave enough to travel the great dis tance alone bringing her two small children one in arms with her mr and mrs george watson were summoned to toronto on monday morning early owing to the death of their soninlaw mr l b lett the young man had been about as usual all day sunday and in the evening took a fierce pain in the head he was rushed to the hospital and died before midnight besides his wife bessie irene watson a young son ot seven years survives the ber eavement comes as a great shock following so closely the death of mr and mrs watsons son russet only six weeks ago in regina lemonville miss scynthia cook spent tuesday in toronto mr and mrs ed pennock and fariiily spent sunday with mrs mr cook a number of our citizens attended the toronto hunt club banquet and dance at vandorf last friday night the election ot officers of the lemonville ladles aid took place at the parsonage on thursday after noon last a goodly number attend ed the following were elected for the new yearf prest mrs henry talbot vice prest mrs r winterstein secy mrs ralph baker treasurer mrs john brown organist miss scynthia cook flower com mrs tarr mrs at- reed mrs brown miss s cook program com mrs hood miss cook mrs talbot mrs talbot has had the hqnor of entering in to the 21st year of office as president a successful year closed with a balance of 75 on hand on wednesday dec 5th the home of mr and mrs george hood was the scene of a happy event when their only daughter dorothy irene was united in marriage to george frederick son of mr and mrs m timbers of lemonville the cere mony was performed in the presence of immediate friends apd relatives by rev alfred laycock pastor of the united church the bride look ed lovely in her wedding gown of french blue- georgette after sign ing the register a sumptuous wedd ing breakfast was served later the happy couple left for their honey moon by motor for chatham and other points amid the good wishes of their many friends the bride travelling in a dress of ro39 hiogo flat crepe embroidered in gold and wore a furtrimmed brown coat with smart blue hat on their return they will reside on the grooms farm at lemonville stouffville holds signal position there are 162 municipally owned domestic water systems in the vari ous towns of ontario according to the blue book published by the pro vincial secretary of ontario stouff ville is one of those places which is a matter for congratulation for we are not great in numbers but that is not the biggest thing which the government blue book shows of these 162 municipalities with a domestic water service only six of them are free of debt and stouffville is one of the six that is a matter for still further congratula tion our system is valued at 40000 and it couldnt be replaced for less than twice that amount but then the valuation placed upon it doesnt mean much for the town is solvent and is not likely to be asking for loans of any sort where our assets wouw have to be pledged the six ontario towns as shown in the blue book that have their water system entirely free of debt are aylmer iroquois lucknow mor- risburg sault ste marie stouffville surely this is a unique position to hold in this great province and one that should impress itself on per sons looking for an uptodate town with modern conveniapces appointed coroner on monday of tii week dr s s ball of stouffville received official notice that he had been appointed a coronor for the county of york it is not many months ago that this paper expressed the opinion that a coronor ought to be appointed for this section of the county and point ed to one or two cases where delays were caused on account of sending away over to aurora or newmarket dr ball will fill the position in a capable manner and his apointment mets a longfelt want in and near stouffville coming events the bethesda school concert on dec 20th is a free event come and bring your family dont forget the concert and christmas tree at mongolia school on dec 14th at 8 pm admission 25 and 15c miss card teacher keep this date open friday dec 21st the melville sunday school and westminster guild will hold a christ mas tree and concert in the church adults 25c children 15c keep in mind the stouffville un ited church supper and christmas tree on dec 17th white gifts for the king to be given as last year friday dec 21st ringwood school plays by smaller pupils en titled 1 bo peeps christmas party and 2 father gooses convention there will be a play given by expupils christmas at gooseberry glen to be given in 3 acts admission 25 and 15c the dixon hill christmas concert in connection with the public school will be held on wednesday evening dec 19th at 8 pm sharp all wel come miss mabel bie teacher admission 25 and 15 cents remember the stouffville contin uation school concert in the audi torium on thursday dec 20th at 8 pm the main feature of the pro gram is a play the birds christ mas carol there will also be songs pantomimes and exhibitions of phyi- cal culture 49 among the churches st jajies presbyterian rev w h fuller thb sunday dec 9th 130 pm sunday school public worship 230 pm christian church e morion pastor we show the exact measure of our love to god in what we are willing to do for him as we draw near to the close of the year let every heart prove to be very sincere that kind of spirit only can satisfy our heaven ly father baptist church rev v w fleischer pastor sunday dec 16 th 10 am bible school 11 am subject everlasting arms 7 pm subject the journey of an old man into an unknown land have you heard the blind evange list he will give his life story thursday night at the 6th line baptist church it will be your last opportunity to hear him for the present baker hell and sixth link baptist churches w s whitcombe ba pastor sixth line church am baker hill church pm the lord has been graciously bless ing us in the past weeks we pray that the blessing may continue in the days that are to come and abound even more abundantly the pastor will preach next sunday the special gospel meeting here being continued each evening in the sixth line baptist church this thursday evening this blind evange list rev neil mclntyre will tell the story of his life special music by a toronto male quartette united church of canada h s warren ba pastor y rev john e brown expolicemaa of new york city will conduct spe cial meetings at all services next sunday bring your friends young people your treat friday evening dec 14th rev mr brown will lecture on the little black pig the united church sunday school anniversary supper and christmaa entertainment will be held monday dec 17th kindly send in the re freshments early monday afternoon as tea will be served from 5 pm the parents are invited silver col- elction melville bethe9a peachs unitffd churches dr e h gray pastor sunday dec 16th peachs 7th line markham sunday school at 10 am public worship at 11 am young peoples meeting every wed nesday evening at 8 oclock melville oth line markham sunday school at 130 pm public worship at 230 pm keep friday- dec 21st free from other engagements or which date at 8 oclock pm in melville church the sunday school and the westmin ster guild will hold a christmas tree ana concert two short plays will be special features of the evening admission for adults 25c children 15 cents bethesda 5th line whitchurch union sunday school at 2 pm public worship at 730 pm young peoples meeting every tues day evening at 8 oclock in memoriam in loving memory of my dear father joseph- park who passed away dec 10th 1927 peacefully sleeping resting resting at last all weary troubles and trials passed in silence he suffered in patience he bore till god called him home to suffer no more sadly missed by his daughter mrs chas lee got ready for the stouffville christ mas market on dec 20th b s telephone 965 fire brigade 475 w f ratcllff gravel 15400 municipal world supplies 177 d meyer rebate dog tax 200 p lehman labor 125 stiver bros coal 5905 markham twp taxes 529 reeve clerk assessor selecting jurors 900 hydro account w e morden cartage 625 postage account 310 waterworks w e morden cartage 1350 whitchurch tp taxes 1687 j gowor labor 1600 h burgess labor 1100 prtrev bros work 1700 crane limited piping 6286 never sell grain on a dull market it does not always pay to sell grain as soon as the threshing is finished if you have a good crop and the market is depresed see the local manager of the bank of commerce and arrange a loan until a more favorable situa tion presents itself our manager is always glad to discuss such problems in confidence the canadian bank of commerce f with vjhichls amalgamated k ii the standard bank of canada jl