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tetfif v0lxliiin018 stooffville ontario thursday june 25 1931 creophosjthree young men plead guilty to local robbery a st rent honing tonic ami tissue builder recommended for general debility nervous weakness stubborn deepseated coughs bronchitis and asthmatic con ditions price 100 j m storey druggist the home of quality drugs phone 100s for sale quantity good feel barley at 90c cwt w ii wilson corniley phone 115 strayed from a montreal st home a dark grey cat howard phone 201 former fown boy with two companions are remanded for sentence on rob cas hoover family is again bereaved alfred hoover an invalid for a year back succumbs to his illness for sale 2 fresh cows with calves by side j green phone 7s05 estray brown driving mare shoes on hind feet and wearing headstal finder please notify albert barraclough or ph 712 fire wood for sale all kinds cut to short lengths at reason able prices win ratcliff phone 9900 pigs 0 wilfred pigs a number of suckin weeks old for sale mantle lincolnville buckwheat choice seed quantity of bay for sale jos phono 2103 for sale frame building for sale 2 storey about lsx2 apply e c jones uormley for sale quantity choice buck wheat seed for sae bruce bros phone 3002 order plants now choice cabbage and cauliflower plants strong stock and good varieties allan closson phone 309 markham property for sale situate in the village good frame house and double lot house newly decorated and paint ed price 2200 apply to mary chapman markham village boys for farm work british boys and young men ex perienced and inexperienced for immediate placement on farms in ontario on a yearly basis protest ant homes only wages ranging according to age and experience apply to the hostel nerval ontario well well wells drilled and satisfaction guaranteed quick sand a specialty agents for toronto windmills electric pumps and stable equip ments etc apply delos graham phone stouffville 990s 3 in mkmokiam morden in loving memory of my dear mother mrs w j morden who passed away june 28 19 2s a mother whos heart was as pure as gold my dear mothers worth can never be told in the evening of life god claimed her dlow good to walk in his way wilfred e morden howard and fred morden in loving memory of mary 1 morden who passed away june 2s 192s this day brings back memories of a dear one laid at rest those who think of her today are those who loved her best none know her hut lo love her none mention her name but with praise mrs may mary and dorothy mcgrogan with the arrest in uxbridge on thursday last in the early mornins hours of edison wilson and vandel simpson brotheriniaws the mystery in connection with the robbery of buttons hardware buttons law office and the shaw store iiere on tuesday night just two days before was practically solved although tnls pair were arrested on suspicion of having stolen a car they ultimately con- lessed their guilt in the local raid and the stolen goods were recover ed at 1000 bathurst street toronto even the silver dollar taken from the vault in f u buttons law office and tiie gold piece were repossessed in fact it is believed every article taken is restored with the exception of the few dollars the thieves took from the tills and some dry goods from shaws store are unaccounted for wilson and one of the other young men told of their thieving in stouffville they explained that their first warning of being detect ed was when they were pilfering the hardware store at midnight on tuesday the store phone rang when summons was being sent from mr valder to the button home and they sped from the place going east to the tenth concession they circled up the tenth and back stouffei- street straight throught the business section and across to yongc street through gormley had they not re turned to a street dance at uxbridge the following evening where they got into the meshes of constable william vessey who displayed his shrewdness in making their arrest they might easily have gotten away with the loot the old injunction be sure your sins will find you out seems to be ever true of thieves who make stouffville their mark for they always leave a loophole for the police to get on tneir trail a former lnd here edison wilson was raised here where his father was a garage mechanic some yars ago on leav ing school the boy was employed at the tribune olliee for a couple of years arrested in uxbridge at 415 am friday morning and taken by de tective sergeants f crowel and w mcallister to torolito where charges of stealing tne autos of j e anderson 1 nina ave and john robinson 375 rosewell ave were preferred against them in police court wilson 23 simpson 33 pleaded guilty and were sentenced to one year determinate and six months indeterminate in the ontario reformatory they wcre then hand ed over to the county authorities on a charge of breaking into the stouff ville stores ycssoys good work after chief constable vessey of uxbridge arrested the men he tele phoned toronto police and detective sergeants crowe and mcallister were sent to uxbridge by sergt arthur levitt investigations result ed in the men being charged with stealing two automoniles in the city and breaking into three stores at stouffville the men gave their names as edison wilson 23 and vaudel simpson 33 of albany ave but on checking that address the police learned they resided at 1009 bath urst st detective sergeants alex ander and skinner visited the bathurst st house and recovered a quantity of dresses and other goods stolen from stores in stouff ville the men told the uxbridge chief they had borrowed the car from a friend but detectives crowe and mcallister found the car belonged to mr anderson who did not know it was missing returning from uxbridge the police car stopped at buttons hard ware where the proprietor identi fied a hash light as belonging to him also mr button mr tait and others who happened to be on hand recognized wilson as a former citi zen up to this time wilson de clared he had never been in stouff ville and knew no one here saturday morning constable pugh arrested robe cameron also of 1000 bathurst street as the third party implicated in the local robbery young wilson was brought here a second time on saturday enroute lo uxbridge where he recovered and handed over to police a revolver stolen from buttons the weapon belongs to constable pugh who left it at the store for repairs when wilson was placed in the cell at urbridge he secreted the revolver in the cushion of the bench cell it was loaded on arresting wilson his companion fled and constable vessey did not take time to search wilson but locked him up and then took after simpson whom he caught in a lane remanded for sentence on monday morning the trio wer again brought into court and all three pleaded guilty to the stouff ville robbery and asked for leniency on the ground of having nevei been in trouble beware the magis trate remanded them until friday for sentence alfred b hoover died at his late home on church street early mon day morning over a year ago he suffered a severe stroke and had been seriously incapacitated since which culminated in his death this week as a son of one of the widely known pioneer families in the neighborhood mr hoover was high ly respected he was in his 09th year born on the ola hoover home stead at mongolia now owned by wm renniehe was one of quite a large family born to the late mr and mrs daniel g hoover he was nearly 40 years of age when he left the farm to take a position with the massey harris co with his headquarters at stouffville as a young man he married mary steven son and the couple located on the homestead until they moved to town thirty years go mr hoover took the census in markham town ship and for- some years he served as a councillor in the township a man of genial disposition he was very popular besides his devoted wife and an adopted daughter marjorie he is survived by one brother lud of stouffville and by three sisters mrs nelson mowder stouffville mrs sarah hare mark ham and miss mila hoover of tor onto this is the second bereavement in the family within a few weeks miss jemima hoover another sister having passed away in toronto two brothers levi and joshua also died within recent years favor onion with american body christian congregations ask to be taken in by u s congre- gationalists ontario dis ciples church also sought in union melville iuul mrs archie fleming and motored 10 greenwood on e hyde ordained to ministery revival campaign to be held under auspices of the mennonite church in the arena stouffville from july 9th to 26th evangelist rev 1 a reeky of bradford ohio and the mission workers quartette including miss edith raymer of st catherines miss ethel snider stratford miss bertha fidlcr of toronto miss mildred spies of petrolla sunday service 1030 am morning worship 2 to 3 pm childrens meeting 3 pm preaching s pm preaching all coming from a distance for the day on sunday please bring lunch along mothers with babies invited nursery accommo dation provided the public is cordially invited n s s shantz pastor mr family sunday mrs j brodie and daughters janet and edith called on mrs j nigli on sunday evening miss mary mutard of unionville visited with miss darlene sunimer- ieldt on sunday mr and mrs stanley topham and mr and mrs norman hisey of stouffville spent sunday at niagara falls mr percy spofford was bowling thursday afternoon in toronto and was one of the rink of stouffville to capture second prize mr william topham has greatly improved his premises by piping the water from a spring on his farm to both house and barn everyone is looking forward to the garden party to be held at mr c brodies on friday evening june 2gth miss mildred mckay of whitby and mr harold mckay of toronto spent the weekend with their parents mr and mrs wm mckay mr and mrs mcneil have invited the young people of bethesda peachs and melville to their summer cottage at keswick on tuesday mrs angus mckinnon of medi cine hat alberta and also mr and mrs donald mckinnon of toronto were sunday visitors at the home of mr allan mckinnon mr and mrs d l hoover and daughter violet of stouffville and mr and airs j s wideman were guests of mr and mrs harry wide- man of mimico last weekend mrs j houck accompanied by her daughter edna mr and mrs harvey ilouek and mr and mrs percy puterbaugh of maple cele brated her birthday at the home of her daughter mr and mrs earl tail lincolnville the play which the ladies of the w a of melville church put on in stouffville last thursday evening was very poorly attended whether owing to being poorly advertised too many counter attractions or that stouffville are unappreciative of a play which was well worth hearing and seeing we do not know what might have been a tragedy but turned out tojic a comedy occurred to one of our seventh line farmers one day last week while in the act of lighting his pipe a spark fell unobserved on his trous ers thats the tragedy the comedy occurred when he noticed a largo hole burning in his overalls which caused him to leap frantically in the air- ferwin hyde minister of stouff ville and church hill christian churches was ordained to the sacred ministry in the memorial christian church here last sunday mr hyde served the churches on the centre field as assistant pastor before taking up his duties as pastor of the circuit he is now serving he has been quite active in the work of this conference and is president of the ontario youth congress for the past two years mr hyde has been one of a select group who meet in dayton ohio to plan the youth program of the church tho ordaining council consisted of the following rev g a conni- bear who preached the ordination sermon assisted by rev f e gaige rev j n dales rev c e mcleod bruce morton and e b hoover mr hyde will continue his services with the local church for another year lie will also continue his studies at church of christ college and emanuel this fall goodwood miss e fraser and mr j f reid spent the weekend in toronto mrs florence button is visiting with mrs wm haynes miss jessie harper has returned to orillia to resume nor duties as nurse born to mr and mrs howard harper on june 18th 1931 a daughter goodwood team are still playing good football trimming cherrywood on saturday by 20 the orange lodge here will march in a body to the united church goodwood to do honor to rev bro harden it being his farewell service next sunday we invite all visiting brethren of ux bridge stouffville and other places to be present the 106th annual session of the conference of christian churches in ontario which was in session at memorial christian church stouff ville from june 17 to 21 came to a close sunday evening with an oldfashioned gospel service led by rev g a connibear president of the new york state christian con ference the conference was very successful in every respect and many important decisions affecting the future of the conference was reached the session was opened officially by rev f l meadows of new market who was reelected as presi dent for the ensuing year rev e morton of stouffville was elected vice president mr e b hoover was elected as treasurer and mr free man pollick of keswick elected clerk mr eli lehman of altons and mr woolfaith lazenby church hill to the board and mr ii g kellington and j n dales and c e fockler to the educational board of the conference an event of far reaching import ance was the unanimous vote of the conference to ask admittance into the n y state congregational conference which will soon be known as the congregationalist christian conference of new york anovontario there will be no change in the act of constitution annual sessions will be held as before another item of interest would be the appointing of rev f e hyde and j g halse to confer with a committee from the ontario disciples whereby we might enjoy a closer fellowship between the two groups an interesting event was the ordination of f erwin hyde to the sacred ministry outside ministers came in and rendered a great service to the conference rev g w hunter pastor of olivet congregationalist held theundevided attention of his listeners on wednesday as he urged his hearers to seek the companion ship of jesus as a possible solu tion to many world difficulties on thursday night an inspiring message was given to those attend ing tho y p congress meeting when rev rhodes thompson pastor of hillcrest church of christ desciples toronto presented a challenge to youth as well as age to follow the christ on friday night a very interest ing missionary program was given by the wms presenting the new worldwide mission activities of the new united congregationalist christ ian church ot united states and ontario visiting ministers from the unit ed states included rev f e gaige and wife of milford n j and miss ina henion licentiate ot new jersey conference all contributed a lot to the success of the conference much credit is due to the pastor of the churches on the centre field and to their congregations for their special part in making the con ference a success the invitation of bloomington for the 1932 conference was accepted retired farmer passes aged 82 following a period of long illness henry elson passed away quietly at his home opposite the public school on thursday afternoon june istli for long months he had been al most helpless and while for a few- years he had been in very feeble condition he was a man who did not show bis advanced age he be ing s2 years and four months old old mr elson was a prosperous farmer in his day he being born on a farm near claremont and as a young man farmed in uxbridge township north west of the same village he was regarded as a successful farmer and 14 years ago in the latter days of the war he held one of the best auction sales in that part of the country following which he retired to stouffville twico married he is survived by a large family to his first wife who predeceased him many years there survives eight children namely james elson of glasgow albert ot the lotli concession john of picker ing henry of toronto mrs morga- son of stouffville mrs t hardy of claremont mrs davis of whitby and mrs thompson of toronto his second wife was mary jane cunningham who survives the aged husband together with one daughter florence mrs wesley roadway david elson of uxbridge township is a brother to the de ceased the funeral on saturday after noon took place to altona cemetery the service was conducted by rev e morton in tho presence of a large number of mourners 4th line uxbridge mrs g wilson spent an evening with mrs r feasby glad to report mrs mose norton improving in health mr and mrs robert ashenhurst spent sunday at j kidds mr lome hardy visited with alviu redshaw last sunday miss laura ashenhurst is home from peterborough normal school mr and mrs a stover and family called at geo jones on sun day last now that our road has been gravelled and fixed up well expect more traffic than ever we guess m norton jr will have his trade well learned as he had tho job of painting d nortons new house it sure is an improvement on tho fourth miss hattie maye is engaged at howard harpers at present stork delivery this time instead of mail delivery eli howard a v nolan publisher among the churches mennox1te church s s shantz pastor friday june 26tu s p m prayer meeting sunday june 2sth 1931 1000 am sabbath school 1100 am and 7 00 pm public worship i pike in charge 7 pm altona a b lehman will speak t t t t stouffville and church hhil christian churches f e hyde minister sunday june 2sth 1931 1000 am stouffville s s 1100 am the pastor will preach tho glory of going on 2 pm church hill s s 3 pm a special memorial and decoration day service rev h o hutchison pastor united church mount albert will bring the message public urged to be present 9 bloomington and rinqwood christian churches sunday june 2sth 1931 eternity think of tho awful- ness of that word for those who are unprepared let us make a good start in the new conference year by being in the spirit of worship jacob grove will preach at ring- wood next sunday 7 pm and e morton at bloomington 11 am t t t t stouffville baptist church rev w w fleischer pastor sunday june 28th 1931 1000 am bible school 1100 a m subject a patient leader through lites wilderness 700 pm subject my one in- despensible friend you are invited to all services remember especially the prayer meetings on wednesday at 8 pm and sunday at 015 pm t t t t istouffvillie united church rev thos laiduaw ma pastor sunday june 2sth 1931 1000 am sunday school and bible classes 1100 am morning worship subj visiting made helpful 700 pm evening service subj the lure of the short cut the pastor trill preach at both services s00 pm wednesday prayer and bible study you are cordially welcomed to these services bill mulock pinic sade register friday june 20 household furniture belonging to the estate of the late mary jane reesor will be sold at the late residence main street east no reserve sale at one terms cash f w silversides auctioneer card of thanks we wish to extend our sincere thanks to the neighbours friends and relatives who so kindly assisted us in any way during tho long con finement and subsequent passing of a dear husband and father mrs henry elson and family card of thanks mrs hamilton wishes to convey her sincere appreciation to the many friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted her in her present bereavement mrs hamilton card of thanks we wish to publicly thank all the kind friends who sent flowers in cluding the church organizations all of which were gratefully receiv ed during the illness of mr irwin mr and mrs robt irwin card of thanks we are grateful to tho friends and neighbors who were so kind and thoughtful on our behalf during tho illness and subsequent death of a beloved mother and herewith thank them all mr and mrs h s mcintosh it is announced that bill mnlock will be host to citizens of north york at monster picnic to be held at beautfeul island grove lake slnicoe on saturday july isth there will be a varied program of sports including softball boxing wrestling and races athletic events of all kind prominent public men will deliver addresses and several brass bands will provide music dur ing the day there will be special features for the children and a host of attractions to please everyone everyone is invited ringwood mr and mrs s baker of baker hill spent sunday at sam millers geo harman and gordon fockler are busily engaged drilling a well at chalk lake john fisher and henry browns- berger spent sunday with geo mctavlch of lefroy miss nola farrow of goodwood spent sunday with her parents mr and mrs thos farrow several from here attended the whitchurch township sunday school convention at mount albert on monday and tuesday mr and mrs leo e jaynes and daughter lenoro of toronto were sunday- visitors with miss ada barkey constable walker of markham arrested sevon toronto youths on a joy ride here on sunday afternoon and took them to the jail farm for the night after a number of pens and pencils which were stolen from our school were found in thoir possession dont forget that next monday night is the regular monthly missionary meeting in the church at s oclock the missionary com mittee have prepared an evening of song solo ducts trio and quar tettes miss wahnclta taun of stouffville will be in charge of the topic come and bring your friends and have a real old time song service luscious strawberries and cream with a bang up program at the arena next monday personal mention miss lindsay of toronto was the guest of mrs still last week mr and mrs a b steckley of obrien ave spent the weekend with relatives in guelph mrs robert milroy of cedar grove spent a few days with her cousin mrs k g tarr mr and mrs s waddell of calgary arrived in town on satur day the guests of the formers brother wm waddell on sunday mr and mrs lloyd hoover left for chicago after spend ing a few weeks with his parents mr and mrs lud hoover mrs fred wilson and youngest grandchild spent- a few weeks with her son dr harry wilson at englehart new ontario mr allan pryne of toronto is holidaying at ballantrae where he spent his boyhood days mr pryne is employed by the farmers acme dairy miss bertie raymer who is en gaged with the woolworth stores lias been spending a couple of weeks with her parents mr and mrs chris raymer main street miss raymer is leaving shortly on a business trip to tho maritlmes on behalf of the big store company rirth mckuen to mr and mrs s j mckuen on friday june 19 1931 a daughter mary lois change of time table effective saturday june 27th 1931 leave stouffville leave toronto d 240 pm eastern 430 pm b 815 am standard 1 100 pm a 625 am time b 800 am c 610 pm d 915 pm d 725 pm a daily except sunday and holidays b sunday and holidays only c saturday only d saturday sunday and holidays only coaches stop at any point to pick up passengers signal plainly by hand to the driver chartered coaches for all occasions at moderate rates for information communicate with gray coach lines yonge at front toronto gray coachf lines