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stouffville ontario thursday july 13th 1933 local happenings mrs archie leaney has returned from a holiday spent at jacksons point with dr and mrs jamison united church sunday school picnic this friday afternoon to musselinans lake pack your basket and join the children in their fun the local raspberry crop ha boon greatly shortened by the hot dry weather first of tho berries came on the market last week selling at two boxes for 25c montmorency cherries phono vour order right away for fine luscious fruit at f shelkes on the former collard farm at gormley phono 2502 the raspberry crop and eaily potatoes are suffering from the dry hot weather and the crop is considerably shortened as a result dry weather raspberry crop has shortened the mr and mrs vy a wilkinson and little son george spent sunday with relatives at kice lake kev thos laidlaw and family eft early wednesday morning to spend a week in detroit visiting at the home of his aunt carl reesor on the 5th concession of markham gathered a six and a the business of dispensing gospel quarter ounce egg from his hens sermons on sunday evenings for the one day recently thats more than next month is left in tho hands of the mennonite and baptist churches of the village it will be their oppor tunity to entertain the visitors from other churches over in whitby tho united and presbyterian congrega tions are holding union services for the summer season mr and mrs harold thorley and wife and mr and mrs walter davey all of toronto were recent visitors with mr and mrs e j davey cars are required to transport tho children to the united church sunday school picnic to mussel- mans lake on friday afternoon at 1 oclock if any member of the congregation can take a load please notify n m maolean e m still or c pipher sntend entsu peri tho neglected boulevards along main street are an eye sore at this time of year but fortunately they are very few surely the occupants of theso properties could keep the grass and weeds down so that they would not resemble miniature hay fields tho chairman of the park com mission was making an effort this week to hold a meeting of the mem bers of this public body in order to get some action in regard to gett ing up the new flag pole which was bought last fall but which is now condered unsatisfactory prompt action to get up a pole of some kind should not be longer delayed the annual outing of the horti cultural societies div 5 including stouftville will he held on july 19 nt couchiching park orillia those who attended this picnic last year were loud in their praises of the good time enjoyed dishes and tea are provided free on the grounds and every member who can possibly go should arrange to do so mrs fred marshall and two daughters left the middle of last week to spend the summer at their cottage on maple grove lake simcoe mr marshall also left town on sat urday for his annual vacation at the lake shore mr r v hickson is acting manager at the local branch ibank of nova scotia during his absence because some users wasted the water and others did not shut off their lawn those when the supply was at low ebb the markham vill age council one evening last week turned off the entire supply from the householders and other users this is rather an unusual way to handle such a situation why not go about and shut off those who refuse to obey tho regulations to conserve i rather than punish those who strive to do what is right the action of markham council brought forth a protest from the milling company and other patrons of tho supply i twice tho normal size and weight there were between 300 and coo applications written for a position en the allistou public school staff they were carried to the meeting in a large sugar bag 3 we read the other day that to de velop a garden would keep many a man out of mischief that may be so but we cant help thinking about adam mrs leslie hand who is giving mrs adair miss darrach miss a up the old home here this mouth is mccarthy of toronto spent friday leaving for montreal where she will resume her profession as a nurse mr and mrs carl morrow of cleveland and mr deitz of flesher- tou were recent guests with mr aud mrs delbert holden readers aud patrons of the public library please take notice the library will bo closed as usual for two weeks from july 22 to august ith thus giving the staff a much needod vacation several car loads of hard coal hava been received by local dealers this past few weeks and is selling at a price range from 12 to 1250 per ton according to grade or size fifty cents per ton is added for de livery in town special sale of hats and dresses this thursday friday and saturday at mrs m e watts millinery store note after this week our shop will bo open tuesday thursday and saturdays only until further notice telephone 4503 ai pryne the road sweeper deck ed in a white coat was the recipient of 72 slaps on the back a few days ago when well wishers were registering his 72nd birthday ai was born at churchill and has water ueem employ for years for a long time as the bell ringer and the past few years as the street j cleaner a public meeting of the ratepay- j ers of markham village was held mass was held sunday for the first last friday night to consider what time in the new catholic church at to do about the serious water short- lake musselman which is now be- ago which confronts the municipali- j ing erected on what is known as the ty unlike stouffville where the valley road south of tho windsor water supply is not to flush in ex- drive on the south side of the lake mr l e beebe- teacher of hawaiin guitar will be in the stouflville branch of sound kea studios saturday afternoon as well as evening to accommodate students who wish to advise in guitar before school starts terms moderate phone 503 tho e a button hardware is in stalling a hot air furnace job for a customer at new liskeard new ontario two trucks piled high with materials for the work left town on saturday evening in charge of fletcher goudie chief mechanic and his helper web morton u is not often a local firm receives an order 350 miles from home after sixteen years of continuous service with the imperial oil co as distributor in the uxbridge district mr r e anderson of uxbridge was retired on pension on saturday last the tanks at uxbridge will now be closed and the district served from port perry under tho management of mr leighton mcgregor with mrs f l button rev herbert aud mrs lee have been spending a couple of days at lakevlew house jacksons point quality service mrs f a dales who has been living at woodstock is spending the summer at port bolster stouffville oranfe lodge attend ed tho walk at mount albert on wednesday where they unfurled their banner in the big parade tom barnes toronto and lloyd reesor of locust hill were weekend visitors with ireg button mrs myrtlo beebe monks teach er of piano and theory will be in her studio every saturday during july and august special rate for summer term phone 503 keep friday july 2s open for supper garden party to be held en tho lawn of miss enna helse under the auspices of the eveuiug auxiliary the hours for use of lawn hose in stouffville is front g to s oclock each evening water users are re quested to observe the bylaw in this behalf treme not spells markham has i real problem because they are actu ally short of the refreshing liquid and must find a way to get a better supply stouffville has more than ample supply but cannot store it in sufficient quantity consequently for months of the year it runs to waste a shortage of water is a serious matter for any community and we trust our southern neighbors will find a satisfactory solution to tho perplexing problem bray chicks the last call for date buyers avo still have some started chicks on hand we want to clear at once last hatch will ho july 17th get in touch with your local bray hatchery for these special prices on fast growing early nialurini chicks or write hatchery at newmarket 81 clayburn ave thone 420 st catharines jowiwwotwnwm mmbmim special for friday and saturday july it 15 lawson economy store west end geo lawson prop stouffville ontario headquarters for fresh fruits place your order now for cherries 10 lbs white sugar 70c peanut butter 2 those large jars this week for rubber jar rings whl l new potatoes fresh vegetables phone 182 cash prices we deliver the new building 25x40 was erected by contractor robt windsor the milling being done at the stouffville planing mills rev father johnson of toronto is the pries in charge and was greeted by a congregation of 100 at the opening service mrs mcgrogran housekeeper at reeve w e mordens was in port credit on tuesday for the funeral or her uncle the late abram block who died in his s3rd year he was a veteran lake sailor and was the owner of one or two freighters in his earlier days stone used in the erection of the parliament buildings was brought up to toronto by his vessel the late mr block was superintendent of the united church sunday school a position he had held for 25 years a wife daughter and two sons survive the walkerton herald declares that the case of the water shortage during the dry season in that town is largely due to the householders allowing the taps to dribble on a milk bottle over night and the paper calls on all users to conserve the supply or serious consequences will result we notice by tho weekly press that many towns are faced with a water shortage this summer due to the extra demand for house hold use lawns and gardens a number from stouffville and district attended the big political picnic down in the south end of the riding of east york on sunday afternoon at which the chief draw ing card on the program was miss agnes macphail no doubt the at tendance from this neighborhood would have been much greater had the affair been put on at any other time than the sabbath day never theless thousands attended bands played miss macphail spoke twice on the program and a basket picnic wound up the big affair a big music battle will bo held at cedar beach dance gardens north shore lake musselman- on saturday evening july 15 between two well known orchestras geo smith and russ barraca careful buyers lass judgment on braxtfohd binder twine and buy it year after year because it is made from highest quality fibres clean strong uniform free running strongly treated against insects full length full weight you are joining with thousands of other careful buyers when you select brantford as your next binder twine purchase rto stiver bros phone 4501 stouffville ontario straw hats for men at sudbury ontario on july 1st at tho lions club baby show the best average girl baby was miss marion mccormack six months old daughter of assistant city treasurer end mrs g m mccormack and granddaughter of mr and mrs w a fockler ninth line she was the winner of a 5 cash prize sudbury star sunday july 9 1933 was an auspicious day in the life of our citizen mr thos williamson for it marked his 82nd birthday away back in 1s51 he was horn down on tho banks of the trent river in sydenham township and 11 years later a barefoot lad he started out to make his own in this big world his success is best known to stouff ville residents where he has lived for g2 years and filled tho position of harness maker private banker in vestor and despife his great age is still an investor with keenest of judgment while our obrien avenue resi dent goordio watson may be the most most proficient man in town with a horse his wife does not take second place when it comes to hand ling poultry of the kind that lay best mrs watson has seven ply mouth rocks layers purchased a year ago from r e brown and be lieve it or not these fowl have lay- ed eight eggs in ono day on no less than three occasions the past two j months almost regularly they come across with seven eggs which 13 all that could bo expected from seven birds but as mentioned eight eggs have been gathered from theso seven birds on throe occasions this is a record that no ono will attempt to beat- tor it just cant be dono on saturday of this week july 15 mr isaac brilllnger of oast end stouffville will reach his soth birth day which ho may reasonably ex pect to obervo in good health as he is active and works hard every day although mr brilllnger never got far from homo ho is well posted and is none tho worse for having missed tho experiences and thrills of travel in all his long life ho has never roamed many miles and has yet to seo outside the territory that lies between lako simcoe and lake ontario he was born on tho farm just west of bethesda and lived in the township of whitchurch most of his life a few years ago ho located in stouffvillo and cares for quite a large garden acreage each summer mr brlllingers friends will wish him every good thing on his approaching birthday mr j l byer the honey king of markham township who has apiaries spread all over the province was in town this week with a sample of tho new crop honey fully two weeks earlier than the past two years crop tho 1933 honey is also one of the finest samples mr byers has ever gathered both the color and flavor are perfect and will take a lot of beating if it is chosen for competition in any empire contest as it has been on previous occasion constable pugh was authorized to check up on the users of lawn hose last week to make sure that they were not abusing the privileges extended to them of two hours use per day from g to 8 pm the water has sustained heavy demands during tho dry spell and while many municipalities have had to forbid entirely tho use of lawn hose locally the situation nan been that if everyone conserved and observed the town bylaw there would be sufilcient water to tide us through without curtailing tho seryico be yond the present bylaw which as stated permits use of hoso 2 hours each evening tho presbyterian church congre gation has decided to close their church for the last two sundays in july during which time the pastor rev w h fuller will be on holi days this is in line with the action taken by the united and ichristian churches to close down on sunday evenings for the next four sundays wouldnt a union service of all communions in town on sunday be profitable and inspiring for sun day evenings creams and groy shades of neat even weaves closely resembling panamas dome and semi tele scope crowns in snap brim styles sizes c to 7u price 100 to 193 mens flannel trousers outstanding values in grey or fawn shades that are so popular this season well tailored and finished with five pockets and cuff bottom price 323 to 475 holiday specials for boys boys whoopee pants two colours to chooso from bluo or black made with slash pockets elastic back and wide cuff bottoms size 24 to 32 price per pair 100 boys rayon polo shirts light and airy splendid for warm sum mer days with polo collar and short sleeve plain shades only blue white and green price each 00c recurtis phone 1602 stouffville ontario mrs w w fleischer wife of the pastor of the baptist church hero who recently resigned left town this week with their household effects to take up residence at brantford where mr fleischer received a call and where he took up the duties a month or more ago the family was delayed until this date in order that their son garnet might finish his school year at the public school where ho wrote his entrance last week good wishes go with mrs fleischer in her departure from our community the presbyterian church garden party held on wednesday evening last week on the spacious grounds at mr james mustons did not at tract as large a crowd as was hoped for tho program by outside talent was good and the refreshments were enjoyed while the weather was ideal it would seem that so many town folk go away on wednesday that tho time is not the best for a local affair of this nature whether this isthe reason for the shortage in attendance or whether it was due to the general shortage of cash we will leavo to tho judgment of our readers in memoriam bales in loving memory of f a dales md who passed away on july 1c 1932 i cannot let the day go by without a faint reminder of happiness we might have had had fato to us been kinder loving wife rev chester and mrs somnier have been at elgin house attending the christian endeavor summer course for the past week of stoco fortnight miss gertrude cassidy ontario is spending a with her brother mr j p cassidy our local massey- harris agent farms at 01 years of age william pile of brooklin was in town this week swapping conversa tion with his old friend mr thos williamson mr pilo 91 years of age is no usedup old man for he runs his own farm of 150 acres engages the help and transacts all his own affairs he drove into town with his neat outfit horse and buggy and stepped out like a man of 50 the whitby gazette says in re garded to this almost century old man william pile 91 years of age who resides just north west of brooklin was in attendance at the big picnic held on dominion day by the south ontario agricultural society held in brooklin saturday mr pile who drove himself to the brooklin park in his horse and huggy has not missed being in at tendance at an agricultural gather ing of any importance in this coun ty for longer than the oldest resi dent cares to talk about and still takes a keen interest and active part in supporting any movement which is of benefit to agriculturists he moved freely in spite of his advanced age through the grounds and occupied a seat on tho plat form during dr christies address to which ho listened with keen at tention his hundreds of friends on the grounds greeted him on saturday more than ono of them remarking to a representative of tho newspaper that such an event would not seem natural without mr pile will your tires hold is your heart in your mouth every time you round a curve be wise equip your car with goodyear auwcather tires thcygriptherond because they have traction in the cenrre where it belongs prices arc surphsingly low we have your size 12 months guarantee against defects and road hazards f y w brathwaite hardware stouffvelle at railroad crossings frm remember 52 persons were killed and 98 were injured at railroad crossings in ontario in 1932 speed over railroad crossings must never exceed 20 miles per hour motor vehicles branch ontario department of highways leopold macaulay miniucr