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stouffville decesberv13hiis2 local happenings nomination day dec 31st stouffville christmas market will e heia on thursday dec 20th mr h porter is remodelling his twi next the tribune office with a lew to having an uptodate candy stabjishment special meetings every night this week in the united church hear rev john e brown expoliceman 3t new york city tell his wonderful jtory a new well is being drilled on the brown farm immediately east ot the townfor the tenant mrlloyd turner boring is below the fifty feet level and a small stream is encountered the final meeting of the stouff ville council will be held next satur day afternoon at 130 oclock all accounts for the year should be in at that time we have a car ot corn to arrive in a weeks time put in your orders early as this will not last long 35 per ton which ds 5 below the price ot shorts and worth 10 more for feed purposes s w hastings phone 169 the local ioop lodge entertain ed the ladies on friday evening to a theatre party at the royal alexan dra after which luncheon was served at the five sisters a very enjoy able evening was spent 65 forming the party auditorium theatre stoufrville friday and saturday dec 14th and 15th mary pickford in my best girl sportlight comedies tuesday and wednesday dec 18th and 19th burning daylight milton sills hodge podge comedy earl a cruufn ro eyesight spe cialist at stouffviee from wednes- day to saturday of each week and every evening phone 2405 the nicest christmas present you can send to distant friends is a years subscription to the tribune it means fifty letters from home through the coming year hydro electric lights were turned on in goodwood for the first time on tuesday evening nearly 30 homes were wired ready for the- new cur rent which is supplied from ox bridge band practice every wednesday evening new members are wanted it you wish to learn any band in strument free tuition wilt be gtven this is a rare chance for young men in our last issue one figure was omitted in reporting the sale ot the urquhart block the sale price was 5000 not 500 as most readers would readily understand auditorium theatre stoutfville will the persons holding tickets num ber 56 114 us 147 kindly call and receive prizes prizes for this week at the audi torium theatre dry goods and gro ceries next week 6 boxes of hunts choice chocolates 3 prizes for 15c admissions and 3 for the 25c admis sions mr jack mcmullen has rented the house next to mr ross brown in the cast end being vacated by normni heise who has moved to cobourg the property vacated by mr mcmul len is likely to be remodelled nex summer dr f a dales has a placard in the window at his home on church street offering the residence for sale or rent this is a substantial home and has been used as a doctors resi dence since he came to stouffville 28 years ago in case of a sale dr and mrs dales contemplate moving to toronto friday and saturday dec 21st and 22nd sorrell and son from warwich deepings novel friends of mr and mrs harvey gould of uxbridge were sorry to learn of their bereavement last week in the death of their youngest son i harvey aged 27 years deceased died at the home of his brother harold v gould in st catharines from pneu monia the funeral in uxbridge on saturday was under masinic aus pices j northern rubber footwear the northern range of overshoes for men women and children offers a wider selection than ever jersey or cashmer- ette in various heights with buckle strap or whizzer fasteners made with 1 3 4 or 5 buckles mr harry klinck is laid up with an attack o the flu a complete range of northern rubbers and stylshus is on hand to meet your needs njsi8n g h saunders boots shoes stouffville the years best value here is everything you want in radio a set embodying all the exclusive deforest crosley features giving the full musical scale and the rich tonal quality that have made the fidelity series the outstanding radio achieve ment of the year call at our store and hear it the most moderately priced set on the market are your pullets laying is- a popular question about town just now the- tribune carries a line of per sonal greeting cards for christmas 100 dozen and upwards pupils in the junior and senior fourth grades at the public school are having a holiday owing to their teacher miss dorothy orchard be ing ul the cold dip in the thermometer on saturday last froze tha pond south ot town so that the- youug hockey fry were busy there- all day saturday the north york plowing associa tion met on saturday evening at the tribune office but didnu transact much business it was decided to adjourn until some time in january- when a further meeting will be call ed hydro is expected to be turned at almira very soon and some ot the householders are wired in readisess they will be served by the line being built along the sth concessit ot markham from the south townltae to the north towaline at jas brodies corner one dollar invested in a years subscription to the improved family herald and weekly star ot montreal will bring the farmer better divi dends that one hundred dollars in the bank the farmers wives daughters and sons get free the best magazine extant the whole dominion is talking of the great improvement in the family herald and woekly star montreal at 1 a year or three years for2 it is the farmers highest jdivided pay tug investment and the family circle gets with it the best ot nil magazines free although the stouffville school board have been continuously adver tising for a teacher to fill the posi tion of principal archie stouffer who goes to- weston high school staff after the first of january the posi tion is still unfilled university grad uates capame of filling principlship are very hard to- secure at this time of the year in fact they are not overabundant at any time but it is hoped that someone will turn up be fore the opening of the term after the christmas holidays it is very hard to explain how some news gets about so wide of the mark for some days it was report ed about town that mrs b heise of buffalo had joined the great major ity but on investigation it could not be found that she was even in ill health probably the rumor was started from the fact that mrheises sister miss enna who is living with her mother in toronto was to enter the hospital there last week for treatment in any event the story we are glad to say hadnt a tittle of truth in it considering the condition of the cattle the sale of young stock and milch cows at the farm of edwlloyd just north of stouffville on the 10th last saturday was very successful very young calves sold particularly well and cows terribly thin around the 100 mark owing to inability lo keep up with so much work and a shortage of feed mr lloyd decided to reduce his cattle in numbers the animals are particularly well bred and had they been properly condi tioned would have brought s0 more in price our hardware is replete with useful articles as christmas gifts silverware electric ware kit chen utensils stoves washers radios lamps and hundreds of other articles make the gift a use ful gift f y w brathwaite successor to silvester bros hardware open tuesday thursday and saturday evenings so far as unique oratory goes this year at municipal council meetings the bun should be given to the stouffville council there is plenty of diversity for the onlooker at the average meeting witty wise and otherwise are the bouquets handed in good spirit and taken in the same manner we believe here is a sam ple of one ot the many dialogues put over the other evening member mr reeve there is a matter i wish to introduce you may not all approve what i am going to say or suggest i know this antique sitt ing next will be opposed but i wish to bring before you etc etc if the meetings are any criterion there will be a really lively nomination meeting on the 31st and it the anticipation of such will bring out the ratepayers in greater numbers then the unique oratory will have some good effect at the anal meoting of the wo mens missionary society for this year held in the united church par lors thursday last weekofficcrs wore elected for the ensuing year and the happy announcement was made that when the mite boxes arc open the society will have reached their finan cial objective for the year of 355 mrs hastings delighted the gather ing with the splendid manner in which sho dealt with a chapter of the study book officers elected wore v prost mrs w b sanders 1st vice prcst mrs warren 2nd vice prcst mrs thomas secy mrs n burkholder treasurer mrs d c smith corsccy mrs d holden christian stewardship mrs wil liamson we iuvile the- gublic to visit ouh store and see rhe fine display- of j christmas candif in which we-spe- cialize the gift question can be quickly solved ar our store herb porter quality servtse wm- cjarksons who recently lost several fingers oft his right hand is gradually recovering and expects to be out off the hospital in a couple of weeks his farm stock sale wlihaka place o- saturday this week and everything- win be sold without re serve h ou monday afternoon mnt d e jonsgafmarjjflam addressefi the re gular- meeting- of the junior mission baaui of the united churcb and de- iigatod the children with uer inter- i estalig talk cisi memberships in the bind were- presented by mrs- w b sanders to edra burkitt jack sam- dttr and nartes nolan rev av p kennedy pastor of tae provideroie- baptist church from 1s34 to 183s die suddenly in st cath arines- joe sunday night deceased was 6t years of age and is quite well remeoefteredi by citizens in stoufijvilie and aw the circuit to which he minis tered- a brother the deceased coaltnted the planing mill here at one time being a orotherinjaw to james brodie the regular ninthly meting of the stouffville womens institute- will be held aa the horse of aiwt byam on wednesday dec 19th at 230 program christmas story by mrs geo t- jtee honorary president reading 5hss m daley commun ity singing exchange of christmas gifts notlo exceed ten cents in value roll ctl responded to by sugges tions for inexpensive christmas gifts social halt hour everybody welcome schumacher feed the second besot eating mash iisthe worjid 215 per cwt stiver bros unionvilte stouffville aurora the best fulopep egg mash a clinic is being arranged to be held at the public school on dec 19 when dr mcclennehan will be pre sent to administer the sheck test to the children of the school who have applied for same the provincial officer will be assisted by local physi cians this test it should be remem bered is to ascertain it the subject is liable to diphtheria if they prove to be immune they are through but if they are not immune then at a later date the toxoid treatment will be administered this is all being done as a public service and at no individual cost to any parent the housing situation in ontario is getting much easier and shows a marked contrast to five years ago when municipalities were consider ing the building of homes to relieve the situation that existed then six years ago one could scarcely rent a property in stouffville a fact we know from personal experience for it was at that time the writer located here the situation today is quite reversed on church street there is said to be from five to seven homes for sale at the present time and in addition houses are obtainable in all sections of the town prices have not fallen any however and are not likely to go down much if any ow ing to the high cost of building ma terial and labor h e a r rev john e brown expoliceman of new york cifji stouffville united church special address every evening 8 oclock prayer service ati 745 thursday dec 13th forsaken friday dec 14th a little black pig special address for young people sat dec 15 in chinatown new york city as policeman and mis sionary sunday doc 10 11 am 20th contury love pm when you pray for rain carry an umbrella monday dec 17 the leprosy of today tuesday dec 18 a visit to singsing prison wednesday dec if a frameup thursday dec- 20 3 pm women only a womans influence for good or evil 8 pm gambling by one who knows friday dec 21 power saturday dec 22 the story of mr browns conversion sunday dec 23rd 11 am neglect 4 pm men only boys under 12 not admitted the king of lion tamers 7 pm a holdup miss sadie mcalpine soloist superior groceries headquarters for choice christmas candies nuts bona chocolates bulk chocolates and many novelties for the christmas stockings in groceries we were never better prepared to serve you than this christmas fresh fruits a w scott phone orders promptly delivered masterpiece of marconi j radio engineering r for vftxpuon wider caiiadlaji conditions thisllew marconi batteryless radio surpassing in reception in selectivity in tone interpretation toddy hear see and hear this new marconi 6tube battery- less radio tune in for yourself at this store experience a new thrill a new delight in radio music a presence you have never known before note the newer and finer standards of selectivity a feature of the one dial opera tion colorful realistic reproduction with the temple airchrome speaker the most perfected rcproduc ing unit known to radio this is the radio of which you may be justly proud and the new marconi battery oper ated model has all the refinements of design the trueness of reproduction the same selectivity as the marconi batterylcss model a leader in the battery operated class and an excellent purchase we will gladly demonstrate j e cober phone markham 1211