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stouffville ontario june 25 1931 bl vysiiiwviywtisai local happenings 6amggggyggg a real chance to procure a new- hat or dress at a bargain below regular prices will be given all this week at mrs m e watts every thing reduced the ladies ot the melville w a desire to express their thanks and appreciation to mr johnson of the howling academy for the courtesy shown them by withdrawing bowling the night of the play at the auditorium theatre by the will of trie late mary a ilruce of stouovillc who died on may 12 last the local mennonite church is left a gift or s10u in cash the executors of the bruce estate are two nephews or the deceased namely lambert stouffer and harry stouffcr a baptismal service will be held next sunday afternoon at j siders pond on the towline the service is under auspices of the markham circuit mennonite church and the public are invited to attend it is expected that some fifteen or twenty candidates will be immersed the kitchener nevsriecord lias this to say of the stouffville men- nonnite pastor who is conducting the revival meetings in that city with the gospel corored quintette the splendid and stirring mess ages given by rev c s shanty are much enjoyed lie preaches the simple oldfashioned gospel which is reaching and stirring hearts dr could who practised medicine hero for a year some 25 years ago died in kenelon kalis this week decoration dav at uxbridge cemetery is always held the las sunday in june this year the 2sth the household goods belonging to the estate of the late mary jane heesor will be sold by auction at the late residence on friday after noon this week xo reserve matinee this saturday at the auditorium for the screen picture city lights lost a roll ot bills cotalling 1000 reward finder please notify mrs l e todd dont plan your summer ward robe until you have seen the fashion show at the eastern star straw berry festival the forsyth clan will hold their annual gathering in memorial park stouffville on dominion day july 1st probably a couple of hundred or more visitors will be present another new resdence is going up on main street to make a new home for mr and mrs walter thorn the house for which the foundation was completed last week will be 22 by 2li feet in size and is being erected on the vacant lot opposite the premises of mr sandy jones it will be a frame structure a meeting of the horticultural society is called for this thursday evening at s oclock business of urgent importance requires a good attendance exhibitors at the annu al flower show or others who are interested should attend and assist in arranging the prize list meeting to bo held in the municipal hall we understand that mr d g walls of toronto is shortly to return to town and occupy his house on alain street almost opposite the home of mrs w h todd mr walls moved to the city only a few years ago and we will be pleased to welcome him again as a resident of stoufiville the mixed bowling tournament held on the local greens on monday evening failed to draw the crowd hoped for by the officials but the greens were good and those who participated had a splendid evening oilmans rink from xevinarket won first prize and t burketts rink of stoufiville got second mr birkett was supported by d rusnell mrs doten and airs nolan third prize wont to m e watts rink with a v nolan mrs muslon and mrs birkett ben doten bert smith mrs leslie and francis iratclifl won tile fourth and last prize the mens tourney was announced for july 15 the husband of dorothy grace james of uxbridge township was last week granted a divorce from his wife on the ground of adultery w s ormiston of uxbridge pleaded the case for james before mr justice wright at whitby neither of the parties concerned appeared in court but the decree of the judge granted the divorce effective in six months we notice a number of weekly papers are carrying warning adver tisements directed against those who fail to cut weeds on vacant lots all very good we say but what about the municipalities them selves take some of our side streets and you will find the weeds thriving like a healthy corn patch right now also places on the high ways and county roads weed in spectors have been appointed in stoufiville whitchurch and other places but the weeds still thrive auditorium theatre stouffville friday and saturday june 26 and 27 charlie chaplin in city lights comedy admission one price 25c matinee saturday afternoon 230 pm 15c division court 3iarkham village at the big garden party and festival to be held in the arena on monday evening next a choir of 30 voices under madani holland will sing a comedy drama the schemers will also be a feature of the program reserve the evening and bring your friends the old bell was lowered from the fire hall tower on wednesday and the demolition of the tower is proceeding apace contractor fred betz has the work in charge and expects the new structure to raise its head within a few weeks v polo shirts keep cool and comfortable during the hot weather by wearing one of our polo shirts these shirts are made from good quality rayon and will give excellent wear plain colors only white blue and green 125 swim suits mens allwool klingtite bathing suits in plain and speed models in one and two piece styles priced from 275 to 375 mens cotton bathing suits special 85c boys allwool one and two piece bathing suits in plain and klingtite models at 225 and 250 boys- cotton bathing suits penmans make small sizes 55c larger sizes 65c hats for sport or street wear mens straw hats in sailor and snap brim style in medium and fine weave sizes from 6 to 7 priced from 75c to 295 re curtis phone 5601 stouffville ontario ah the high lights in the lawn howling field were expected to com pete at the big tournament held at high park toronto last week whether stouffville possess any of those high lights we cannot say but nothing daunted they sent down a team to compete against the high and mighty the standard bearers were messrs merry n watts p spofford george i isaunders and blake sanders the first day brought little luck to the locals but in the second days event they near ly topped the best of them for run ning into the finals of the third division they wore presented with four splendid coffee tables built of metal 64 rinks were in- the compe tition the stouffville old boys and girls association of toronto wish to invite all past and present citizens to the annual basket picnic in exhibition park toronto on wednesday july 1st area nog it is hoped that chancellor flint of syracuse will be present for the event souffville baseball team further added to their laurels on tuesday by defeating uxbridge 5 to in the northern town the losing team with newmarket are equal for second place in the league stouff ville played a superb game on tuesday good hitting and base run ning being a feature dinty hodgins banged out a home run the regular setting of the second division court of the county of york was held in markham on monday morning june sth says the econo- jmist his honor judge lee was in i charge of the court there were just three cases on the docket the first case was a suit brought by it s strong stouffville garage owner against leslie osden to collect a bill for repairs on defend ants car for 10565 defendants disputed claim on the grounds that work was negligently done and that he had to take it to another garage shortly after and have it overhaul ed at a cost of 10665 he put in a counter claim for 6000judgiuent was given in favor of plaintitf for 6185 with no costs and also for 25 counter claim in lavor of de fendant the second case was a suit brought by the markham electric radio co against george ecuyer to col lect 10901 for a stove and other goods purchased derendam denied owing plaintiff declaring that richard nuttall was the recipient of the purchases the case was further complicated by a payment of 500 cash from plaintiff to defendant on i purchases amounting to 1341 and an allowance of 900 which de fendant declared was made him on a sale judgment was given in favor of plaintiff for 1311 and for defendant of 1100 no costs on either side the third case was a suit brought by r e strong against e j cable for s20 car repair bill judgment was given plaintiff quality service st0ckaid animal spray kills and repels flies lice and mosquitos does not taint milk pleasant odor stain less does not blister or burn sprays easily 135 a gal s stiver bros phone 4501 stouffville ontario birthday surprise party insurance for farmers and others paint up your buildings and preserve them from the rigors of the weather at the same time improve your surroundings by so doing our lines of long wearing paints last and are a good insurance against weather oils paints turpentines etc close prices iwml keep out the flies onreaatomer biyolorik demand ed a punr paint a psldt thru woarw bettor and boos farther fin all nround kaua- factory ftol paint wo baro it and guarantee marunsenour 100 pure paint tab mad of rum wbiwiad rur mdeof t i uml rur zjrorcd oil poduvelj no dol i tintilon two pal iro j gr t pu of kucw- palob tvrofl inourrtor and mna j i ua too mora about it screen doors at attractive prices garden tools and lawnmowers at new low prices fyw brathwaite hardware stouffville ontario this store will be op en tuesday thursday and saturday evening closed wednesday at noona the funeral of the late iralph hamilton whose sudden death was announced in this paper last week took place to stourtville cemetery on friday afternoon the service was conducted by rev w w fleischer and rev rl hyde the pall bearers were messrs a b steckley amos lehman ii o klinck and joseph samuel and and elias hoover mr ralph hamilton who died at the wheel of his car while taking a test for a drivers license is survived by his wife whose maiden name was mary ann raymer the very sudden death cast a profound gloom over a large host of friends while mrs hamil ton was completely overcome suffering from the severe shock for some time benjamin r law go for many years manager of the heintz- man piano co and lately with mason and risch died this week at his home 7 poplar plains road toronto he was born in stouffville and had resided in toronto about 40 years he attended indian road baptist church and is survived by his widow formerly miss ada pears and a daughter at home all the latest in plumbing re quisites will be demonstrated at buttons hardware on saturday next a huge motor truck will be here in charge of the well known crane company wild will display all that is finest in plumbing supplies tiie big truck will be fully equipped with these things installed stouffville and people of the district are invited to visit the car and view the set up to us nothing is finer than to see a man of great age still possessed of all his faculties and igiving out the benefit of his ripe experience to the younger generation as a typical example wo have in mind the itev henry goudie of markham who for three weeks past was in charge of the ministerial work in the local mennonite church while the regular pastor was on evangelistic work in kitchener mr goudte carried on all branches of the pastors duties and in the period mentioned he visited no less than 05 homes for pastoral calls in addition to this he preach ed twice each sunday and we would say that for a man over so years of age this is some achievement and something our friend from mark ham may be justly proud of rev mr goudie is a brother to our rev samuel goudie residing on mill street the pupils of mrs barnes and mrs gilbert were greeted by a fair sized audience in iratcliffs hall on monday evening when they present ed a musical recital in a manner highly pleasing to all most of the pupils were under ten years of age and much credit is due their in structors for the manner in which they had developed this young tal ent the duet of elaine and clarion baker was unique and was fully appreciated while as usual luella gayman and mrs h lewis were well received the former in her rendition of the song of the woods and the latter in love the pedlar doris baker showed good talent also ruth nendick in tholr instrumental selections alma baker sang merry month of may show ing careful training enhanced by a pleasing personality margaret forsyth and margaret ball exhibit ed marked ability and delighted their audiences with their respective numbers on the piano pauline boadway played the lark song with good satis faction the boys clarion baker and claude brillinger upheld the stern er sex acceptably in their instru mental numbers this recital should be followed by others as the love of good music is universal and moreover has a definite uplift on any community dr ira frcci acted as chairman during the evening on tuesday evening the swastika executive of the united church presented miss kathleen logan with a handsome brass tea pot and tray this former teacher was a valued member of the organization and having determined to lay down the chalk and brush her well wish ers were delighted in assisting her to take up some household utensil miss logan has given up her posi tion after eight years on the public school staff on saturday afternoon at ring- wood a thoroughly enjoyable sur prise party took place in honor of the 73rd birthday anniversary of mrs w pipher who has been an esteemed resident of the district for practically all her life mrs pipher was taken completely by surprise when several car loads drove in to her home about 1 pm it was intended to have the birth day supper on the lawn but on account of the heavy showers it was foud necessary to have it indoors those present were miss addie pipher mr and mrs p pipher mr and mrs g pipher mr and mrs r burkholder mr f hewitt mr s ferguson mrs n e smith misses h m smith miss cunning ham and mrs felsinger all of toronto and mr and mrs a pipher and mr e norris of oshawa miss g fisher ringwood and mr farmer port perry and twelve grandchildren resale depot some people trade in their cars every year regard less of condition if you cant buy a new ford car now we have several used model a fords offering thousands of miles of unused transportation reconditioned and guaranteed- we dont need to mark up used car prices to make up for ex cessive tradein allowances the new ford is priced too close to the cost of production to permit unreasnable tradein con- cessi6us that accounts for our lower prices see these special bargains at once some unusual bargains in used cars lford sedan 1930 1 ford coach 1925 lford coach 1930 3 model t ford trucks lford coach 1929 3 fordson tractors 1 ford coach 1930 2 anthony gravety dump lchev truck 1928 bodies 1 to 2 yards 1chev truck 1927 1 rubber tired buggy d holden ford dealer stouffville phone 18402 put on your best smile and take all your friends and relatives out for a good time at the st james pres church garden party on c j brodies lawn on friday evening june 2gth iralph gordon will be there to make you laugh a choir leader from toronto will make you want to sing and when dovar bros play the bagpipes well are you scotch admission 35 and 20 cents cake and ice cream free served from 7 pm program s15 standard time the ioof held their annual church and decoration service on sunday june 21 in the anglican church the rev mr robbins rector of the church preached a very instructive sermon after which the members of the lodge marched to the cemetery headed by stouff ville band here they decorated the graves of fourteen brethren the ceromony was in chargo of mr jess cook p g and mr j w ratcliff chaplain the absence of relatives i of the departed brothers was re gretted by the members of the order found two valuable robes on the school play grounds owner communicate with constable pugh send a ion raft when remitting money when you wish to send money out of town you are invited to secure a bank of nova scotia draft for the required amount the draft will be prepared for you in a few moments without formality the scale of charges is moderate and you need not be a regular customer of the bank to secure the service bank nova scotia established 1832 capital 12000000 reserve fund 21000000 total resources 265000000 stouffville branch f marshall manager saftelaliag only delays the iaeeiy of bill mulocks picnic island grove lake simcoe sat july 18 everybody welcome when your roof is worn out and commences to leak you never know what damage will be caused to your decorations even though you make temporary repairs better save yourself trouble and money by reroofing now with brantford asphalt slates they cost less to buy less to lay and nothing for repairs speak to your brantford dealer about the more than 100 dif ferent colour combinations ob tainable in beautiful firesafe brantford roofs m ntford hoofs brantford roofinfr company limited head office and factory l branlfotd oat branch offices and warehouses toronto winnipeg montreal halifax saint hn nb and st john s nfld for sale by 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