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volxliii n023 stouffville ontario thursday july 10 1931 a v nolan publisher storeys diarrhea mixture an efficient remedy for diarrhea dysentery cholera colic ami cramps relieves lain removes cause of trouble ami quickly pro motes return to normal of digestive tract price 50 cknts j m storey druggist the home of quality drugs ihone 1003 legal mccullough button barrister solicitors convey ancers c buttons block stoullville money to loan norman borinsky barrister solicitor notary associated with the legal firm ot corloy keen and howard counsel j w seymour corley kc trusts and guarantee building room 605 302 bay street toronto ont telephone elgin 3153 and 3154 res tr 6343 the tower clock reaches canada big timepiece reported in bond in toronto customs office child struck down by motor car the line new 2000 tower clock a gift to the citizens of stouffville lo perpetuate the name of one or the former old families of this place reached canadian soil from the manufacturers in croydon england last week and will he shipped hero some time this week the shipment is made in seven pieces and a lower clock expert trom toronto with the assistance of the local jeweler we understand will he engaged to insfal the new time piece in the tower now under construction at the lire hall the tower contractor mr f w botz had the brick work high enough last saturday to commence providing the openings for the clock dials hut on learning that the clock was in canada work was stopped until the clock dials could be securedso that they may be built into their places in the four walls this will ensure a better job and eliminate any possibility of mistake after the clock dials are install ed there is still some 15 feet of tower to build and it is not expect ed that the work will he completed until about the middle of august thomas birkett insurance agency everything in insurance phone 18202 stouffville a c burkholder insurance canada life assurance co also automobile and fire medical dr s s ball phpsician and surgeon office cor obrien and main phone 19g coroner for york county a c kennedy chiropractor church st stouffville monday wednesday and fridays 9 to 12 am melville is all the go topham spent the parental dental e s barker lds dds honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto office in grublna block phone s201 markham every tuesday office in wear block dr d c smith honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeon and of the university of toronto dr neil c smith honor graduato of royal college of dental surgeons and toronto university also post gradu ato of rochester childrens hospital ofllce over can bank commerce veterinary s t bodcndistcl vs bv sc veterinarian graduate of ontario veterinary collego ofllce at the mansion house phone 161 successor to dr j t storey e a grubin r o eyesight specialist honor graduate of the collego ot optometry of canada gold medal ist and first hormant prize winner in 192s at stouffville every thursday friday and saturday ofllce in the grubln block eyes examined glasses fitted and re paired phone stouftvlllc 2405 r g clendennig funeral director and embalmer private ambulance phone 9000 markham ontario massey harris agency in the old stand just south of post oftco stouffville got your ropalre and new implements now j p cassidy phone 902 alsike threshing these days miss blanche wednesday under loiof miss edna kinch of toronto spent a few days last week at mr n caymans mrs carr and son of toronto visited with mrs chas connor for a few days miss eleanor thompson of clare- mont spent sunday with her aunt mrs win sellers misses dorothy ruth and fern hoover had tea with mrs c gay- man one evening last week mr oxford mcneil of new york was home over sunday with his parents irev and mrs mcneil miss frances nigh visited with her grandparents mr and sirs jacob wideman lor a couple of days sirs george baker and murray of gormloy called on the formers mother mrs s b lehman last thursday evening we are very sorry to hear of the illness of sirs clark who is stay ing with her daughter sirs v powell we wish her a speedy re covery sir and mrs s george also sir and sirs harold george and daughter lola of toronto called on sir and sirs ed nigh on sunday evening sir and sirs russell harding and family of new toronto al so sir and siis george baker and lome and murray of gormloy were visitors on sunday of sir and sirs j s widemai peachs choir led in the service of praise at bethesda last sunday evening the quartette rendered two selections which wore enjoyed by all and anyone wishing to hear them again come to melville next sunday evening when they will partake in the service there sliss olive sickinnon who has been nursing sirs j nigh for the past three months was suddenly called to toronto on sunday even ing as her cousin sirs gordon clarry is very ill and was rushed to the hospital we sincerely hone sirs clarry is not as serious as it is feared when attempting to cross road from between parked cars an automobile accident which nearly cost little billy kirk his life happened on slain street sunday afternoon when the child darted cut from behind a parked car right in the path of a passing auto driven by clarence bunker son of sir norman bunker of slongolia the child was struck by the front wheel of the car and knocked against the curbing sustaining a deep scalp wound necessitating several stitches also a badly cut lip and body bruises he was rushed to dr sanssters office the boy is now out of danger and is recovering the accident happened right in front of the kirk home almost opposite montreal street two child ren on the opposite side of slain street called to the unfortunate lad to come over and seeing the danger a young man named mustard called from the veranda of the kirk home for the child not to go but at tiie same moment he rushed out from between the two cars and was struck bunker was driving west at what was said by onlookers to be a lively rate of speed the child was struck by the right front wheel next the cur indicating that he had almost got clear across the road bunker stopp ed some distance ahead and re mained at the scene of the trouble until county constable lud hoover took particulars a charge of reckless driving was laid against young bunker by con stable lud hoover sir and sirs kirk and family moved here only a few weeks ago to locate in the house recently re modelled by a s collins sir kirk is a returned soldier and is employ ed in the ciit express in toronto he came to stouffville partly to give the children a better chance away from the heavy street traffic or the city another son of only tender years was also injured by being struck by a car when the family lived in toronto sir kirk is a brotherinlaw to sir percy spoltord of almira personal mention at the recent midsummer toronto conservatory exams the following passed the elementary piano exam margaret forsythe honors claude brillinger clarion baker 1st class honors sirs barnes teacher beryle brillinger was successful in passing the introductory piano forte grade and ruth lehman the elementary pianoforte grade both are pupils ot anne lehman proclamation in accordance with policy of previous years on request of citizens council i proclaim the and and mystery bullet kills valuable young mare a valuable twoyearold marc belonging to edgar stony t blooniington died last week as a result ot being shot when grazing in the pasture field sir stony found the horse in a bad condition and called dr bodeudistei the local veterinary the animal was suffer ing from peritonitis and died the day following the voterinarys call after owing to a mysterious wound just behind the left elbow it was decided to perform a post mortem which revealed the fact that the animal had been shot and at fairly closo range but possibly from a stray bulletthe post mortem show ed that tho bullet- had passod s or 9 inches along under tho skin entering the chest cavity then piercing tho lung it then passod through the liver and lodged in the kidney mr storry can assign no reason why anyone would shoot an animal belonging to him and is inclined to tho belief that some person out rlflo shooting had carelessly shot in the direction of tho pasture field the animal was a promising pcrchcron constable pugh was called and is investigating bloomington sirs philip lemon visited in toronto a few days recently sliss annie harland of toronto spent a few days with sirs jarvis storry sir everet barnes and murray visited at woodville at grant barnes dr j j slatheson and wife of toronto visited at e a storrys on sunday sliss a fockler and sliss laura alllston ot toronto wore at win focklers on sunday e a storry had the misfortune to lose a good horse last week owing to some careless shooting w a fockler accompanied by percy brown and earl davis were on a huckleberry expedition last week and came homo well laden with the choicest sample ot the north sir and sirs thos kennedy and daughter of st paul slinn visited his mother and sister last week the young peoples class at the christian church are in charge of the church service next sunday morning august 2nd a splendid service is being planned judgment reserved golf case on john low of birch cliff golf club together with sir bloom of the danforth driving field and the proprietors of the driving field at birchmount and kingston rd were summoned before the county court for violation of township bylaw 1745 oii the question of sunday golf the case of sir low came up for hearing wednesday and the plea of not guilty was entered by sir lows counsel the case for the defence was that the birch cliff course is not a miniature golf course and so does not come with in the township bylaw also that said club is duly incorporated and the sluniclpal act gives the town ship no jurisdiction and also that said club is different only in de gree of fees charged from such august clubs as greenfield and st andrews and many others in the township saying that the case presented absolutely new features and that his decision would establish a pre cedent magistrate keith reserved judgment in tho meantime he re fused the plea ot tho prosecution to close the course on the coming sunday the point at issue viz that the pecweo courses are discrim inated against by the bylaw while the larger courses are free to do a they like did not arise the birch cliff club claimed to belong to the larger courses and therefore ex empt from township control miss verua tarr is holidaying at washago the guest ot her uncle sirs j agnew of winnipeg is here visiting her sister mrs elijah pennock rev herbert lee and wife are holidaying at the summer home of his brother on sparrow lake dr s t bodeudistei was a his home in guelph two days last week attending the veterinary convention sliss slary rae and sliss ell morrison of toronto were sunday guests with sir and sirs t b kao dr d c smith left on saturday to spend holidays among old friends in beaverton and woodville sirs kidd ida vanzant also mr harry vanzant from toronto were guests of sirs henry vanzant this week sir and sirs sam george mr and sirs harold george and daughter visited in town with rela tives on sunday sir and sirs bert gower of toronto spent friday with his brother v t flower who is con fined to his bed sirs wm nichol of winnipeg wa3 in town recently visiting with her daughter and sonnlaw dr and sirs herbert freel sliss a e love rn who has been visiting sirs leslie rowbotham for the past week left for her home at slindemoya on sunday evening sirs r n fairies is now summering at the home of her son eldon and is recovering from the recent effects of high blood pressure sliss clara sickenzie who con ducted the boot and shoe store in the west end at one time was in town last wek visiting with mrs wm clark and other friends sliss slairs of toronto who is holidaying at lake musselman was in town on saturday her parents mr and sirs eli slairs of bethany are former residents of whitchurch sir j burkholder of chicago and sirs lawson of toronto jack barlow of oshawa also sir and sirs flavius reesor of cedar grove were guests this week at sir leslie rowbothams sir d si heise was in town on friday the seaman kent lumber co with which he has been identi fied for some years are reorganiz ing their business ready for the fall trade congratulations are due sliss alma baker a pupil of sirs h gilbert on passing with honors her junior vocal examination at toron to conservatory of music alma is a daughter of sir and sirs slorgan baker of whitchurch sirs duncan and daughter slis3 annie also rev gordon duncan of workworth are in town a few days rev sir duncan and sister are in tending to visit in algoma and other points before returning to his ministerial duties in northumber land county a sort of family reunion was held over the weekend at the home of sirs georgo kester when her three sons accompanied by their wives were all present namely svb kester who is holidaying here from calgary and sir dean kester of tinimins new ontario also sir lome kester who is on his honey moon this week sir and sirs j w coxsworth arrived hero by motor from their home in chicago to visit with his slater and broterinlaw sir and sirs k g tarr it is 35 years since sir coxsworth last met his sister while he had never before met sir tarr sir coxsworth is s native of slarkhim township but has spent most of his life in tho usa on slonday sir and sirs frank baker were in toronto attending tho funeral ot sirs iralph flint who passed away in her goth year in the toronto east general hospit al the sympathy of the community is extended to mr flint who is well known locally as a contractor and builder having erected several homes in this place within recent years the death of sirs flint followed a long illness monday aug 3rd to be civic holiday for the village of stouffville w e morden reeve cnr passenger receives injury strange accident happens on morning express from toronto seventh line markham birth sleyers at gravel hill on july 21 1931 to sir and sirs isaac sleyers a daughter hausser in starkham village on july 2fi 1931 to sir and sirs john hausser a son allan in toronto general hospit al on july 23 1931 to sir and mrs albert allan markham a eon stillborn sorry we werent on deck last week but the backdraft from that baby cyclone sort of spoiled our journalistic ambition we had a very good view of tho twister from this line the cloud resembling nothing so much as an oversize mushroom with the stem coming to a point and rotating in a lefthand direction then we saw a cloud of dust which seemed to rise up and meet the cone of the twister how ever we hadnt any idea that such an innocent looking little contrap tion could pick up a barn but the effort must have been too much as it broke up immediately afterwards into several little streamers and disappeared entirely those attending the salvation army band concert at the slorgan stemorial park on sunday evening and there were many had the surprise of seeing none other than c f todds in the role of band master charles did very well lead ing the band through several numbers and we are inclined to be lieve in the face of his many activities that fc is a very versatile performer the choir from bethesda united church were present at peachs church on sunday morning this is getting quite the habit as slel- ville choir visited us a week ago keep up the good work beauharnois can you pro nounce it beauharwaw are we right everyone has their own way of doing it and thats ours brother sweezey seems to have thrown the mozuna about like a drunken sailor but then there may have been method iii liis madness very mysterious why sir aird jr got that 120000 seemingly for noth ing that stuff doesnt go down be cause they dont throw around the long green for nothing and if we may venture a suggestion the money wasnt meant tor sir aird the bees had a good thing and didnt know enough to keep it they had the use of the church for a hive seven days a week but then they raised serious objection to the people having it on sunday for church sir henry walker donned an outfit which turned him into a dead ringer for a trappish monk excuse our little joke sir walker and declared war on the bruites at the time of writing the battle is nearly over with the bees coming in second best a good job done sir walker over on the eighth there was born a litter of eleven pigs the old lady however seemed to lack the maternal instinct and refused to own them whether she didnt like the looks of them or what will never bo known but it was thumbs down and thats all there was too it so the owner garnet kirk under took the job of nursemaid whether lie feeds them from a bottle pan or trough we are not sure but at any rate the wee porkers are doing famously so well wish garnet all kinds of luck county constable jas walker was called out early sunday morn ing to attend to the tribulations of a party of musicians whose car turned several somersaults just north of slarkham on tho eighth travelling north enroute for slusselmans lake the car got out ot control and according to popular report turned over three times the four backseat occupants leaving by way of the roof which kindly opened to let them be on their way dr j a slacdonald was summon ed to patch up the injured sending one we aro informed to the hospit al while constable walker took the rest to their destination tho car excepting the top was not badly damaged those injured are sidney win ston bad cuts to face arms and head robert paradlne whitchurch township cuts about head and face gordon rusdon cuts about both arms slillle cascadora deloraine avenue toronto shaken up slary statcra osslngton ave toronto shaken up florence sic- clelland shaken up robt paradlne tho only local resident in the accident was tho one to go to tho hospital tor treat ment last call theres more but we cant think of it and even it we could you wouldnt caro to hear it it you see one of those cyclones coming we would recommend that you get as closo to the ground as possible being on to tho grass and most important of all have a clear conscience the scribe a most unusual accident happen ed to a passenger on tho canadian national train from toronto on thursday morning when sliss mcdonald of brechin daughter ot sir angus mcdonald ot that place received face bruises as a result ot some object being thrown into the window of the train sliss mcdonald was enroute to her home in brechin when tho train stopped at scarboro junction the window was down and without warning a fair sized stone blazed its way through tho glass striking miss sicdonald in the face injuring her cheek just a halt inch below the oye the injured passenger proceeded on her way and when the train reached stouffville dr ira freel attended the injury which he signi fied would not develop anything serious tho stone was recovered and is in possession of the cnr detective department who aro working on the case it is suggested that the missile may have been thrown by a child or boy at play about tho station yard who seeing what he had done made his escape hurriedly bethesda sir william yake was the guest of sir ernest staley on sunday harvest has begun in this dis trict sliss kathleen steckley visited her girl friend shss dorothy poin- tou of alfcona over the weekend on sunday last the choir from peachs took charge of the musical part of our service and was much appreciated well probably some are wonder ing how sir grimmer is getting along repports say that he isstill alive and happy as ho ever was and perhaps a little more so why a number from here attended tho social held at rev wm slcneils on wednesday july 22- a very enjoyable time is reported this social was for the three appointments of the y p s bethesda and peachs played base- hall against melville the score we understand was 19 to 26 in favor of the former a very fine address was given by rev sir auld of mark ham amoag the churches stouffvhile united church rev thos laldluw ma pastor sunday august 2 1931 regular services both morning and evening with tho pastor in the pulpit following his holiday voca tion prayer and bible study on wednesday evening a cordial welcome to all stoupfvnjje and church hhji christian churches f e hyde minister sunday august 2 1931 1000 am stouffville s s 1100 am sir e j sanderson of newmarket will preachmrsander- son is the new student minister ot victoria park christian church in toronto 200 pin churchill s s 300 sir sanderson will speak 700 pm sermon sir sanderson mennonite church s s simntz pastor friday july 31st at 800 pm prayer meeting sunday august 2 1931 will bo lifted in the interest ot the stayner campmeeting revival closes the revival campaign held in the local arena building came to a close last sunday evening with h fairly large congregation a splendid altar service saw some 25 persons seeking the better life during the whole campaign 75 persons went to the altar rev j a berry the evangelist rendered excellent service in bring ing the messages and was assisted by the ladies quartette all who had the privilege of attending these meetings could not help but receive great goodon thursday the pastor rev ss shantz expected to leave for stayner where the big annual camp meetings are opening bloojungton and ringwood christian churches e morton preacher sunday august 2 1931 the young people ot the above churches will have charge of the services next sunday they can promise a good program for blooniington 11 a m iringwood 230 pm altona 7 pm come and enjoy their prepared treat stouffville baptist church rev w w fleischer pastor prayer meetings wednesdays sunday august 2 1931 sir slaurico gillion will be in charge of both services baker law and sixth link baptist churches w s wlutcombe b a pastor sunday august 2 1931 1100 am baker hill 700 pm sixth line village of stouffville voters lists 1931 siunicipality of stouffviltje county of york notice is hereby given that i have complied with section 7 of the vot ers lists act and that i have post ed up in my office at stouffville on the 17th day of july 1931 the list of all persons entitled to vote in the said municipality at sluniclpal elections and that such list remains there for inspection and i hereby call upon all voters to take immediate proceedings to have any errors or omissions corrected according to law the last day for making appeal being the 7th day of august 1931 dated at stouffville this 17th day of july 1931 j s dougherty clerk of stouffville 0ay icoagh rattl lii 2cmg a tgtjttiag daily coach service st0uffvillet0r0nt0 single 85c return 155 leav stouffville leave toronto d 240 pm eastern 430 pm b 815 am standard d 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 modorato ratos for information communlcato with gray coach lines yongo at front toronto gray coach lines