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tottfmu vol xlv no 38 stouffvtlle ontario thursday december 7th 1933 a v nolan publisher gifts that are beautiful practical moderate in cost toilet sets military brushes parker fountain pens and pencils games picture books decorations xmas cards lc to 25c in our large selection you will find many a happy and economical solu tion to your gift problems j m storey hydro notice the- power will be shut off la stouffville on thursday and friday december 7- and s between the hours ot s30 and 1130 am as has been done for the past two weeks patrons will kindly bear this notice in mind v k moitden reeve druggist tho home of quality drugs medical dr ss ball physician and surgeon office cor obrien and main phono 19 c coroner foh york county briarbush private hospital main street stouffville graduate nurso in attendance medical convalescent and maternity cases accepted private and semiprivate rooms inspection invited phone 191 mrs e r good dental marriages lewis boyd on wednesday november 29th 1933 by rev w w fleischer of brantford ontario madeliena daughter of mr and mrs david boyd stouffville to harold john lewis son of mr and mrs george lewis stouffville ontario gray steepe j a quiet wedding took place last thursday evening in st johns church norway with rev canon w i l baynesreed officiating when elizabeth betty margaret daught- er of mr and mrs francis steepe owen sound was married to mr harold j gray son of imrs and the the james underh1llci1y crackshots mother had busy life penalized the drath of the late james underbill took place on thursday nov 23rd at st michaels hospital toronto where he had been taken to undergo an operation but passed si l taugfcv avedef lesson when they were taken into custody on the farm farmers are being pestered these days with hungers from the city roaming over their premises shoot ing almost anything that looks like a bird on saturday three of these wandering cracky shooters were service was held in the united church claremont with the assistance of the brougham union lodge a f and am rev j b glover gave a very sympathetic address to the friends and relatives of which it was estimated 500 were present interment took place a salem cemetery the ate mr under bill was in his g9th year and had enjoyed excellent health the whole of his life excepting the last year or so when difficulties of any nature appeared to create more concern than in the past he was born on the 7th con of pickering township the son of the late robert underbill also of pickering township in march 1s94 he married rachael wilson tho late rev john harris officiating later in life mr underbill acquired the farm to the west of claremont south of the 9th till shortly after remaining there the death of his wife in 1905 ho was connected municipal affairs tho school board for 21 years the local ird and t ship council of which he was reeve in 1904 he was an active member late mr e gray of stouffville bride wore a graceful gown of egg- shell satin trimmed with kolinsky w u1 brown ha t and accessories and i police trustee board and the town- carried talisman roses her brides- maid mrs e c heigbway was gowned in pansy blue crepe trimmed methodist church and with chinchilla matching hat and accessories and wore a corsage ot o ma hlyofthevalley and roses mr b employed managers on c heigbway was best man follow- 7 northwest of ing the ceremony a reception for the of h j jarvisj after shooting six wild ducks onlte pond there mr jarvis vfhose premises are lot 30 con 5 markham was attracted by shots when ho saw three chaps with guns and also six of his wild ducks lying dead on tho ice the hunters were evidently speculating on low to get the birds from out on the thin ice they at first disclaimed the shoot ing but were forced to confess when mr jarvis brought constable barraclough from richmond hill all three showed gun licenses ex hibiting foreign names which went with the foreign accent they spoke after settling with mr jarvis in cash tho duel shooters will be summoned to court the wild ducks have been kept by mr jarvis for some years they winter on the place going to the barn for shelter at night and back to the pond each day honored at 89th year e s barker lds dds honor graduate of royal colle ot dental surgeons and of th university of toronto oflice in grubins block phone e201 markham every tuday- office in wear block d c smith ldsdds neil c smith ldsdds oflice over the bank of commerce office hours 9 to 12 130 to 53 phone office 1011 residence 1015 veterinary s t bodendistel vs bv sc veterinarian graduate of ontario veterinary college office nt the mansion house v phone 1g1 successor to late dr j t storey a c kennedy chiropractor church street stouffville monday wednesday and fridays 9 to 12 am a c burkholder insurance canada life assurance co also automobile and fire thomas birkett insurance agency everything in insurance phone 25902 stouffville out legal mccullough button barristers solicitors convey ancers etc buttons block stouffville money to loan harold a sanders barrister solicitor notary public etc stouffville ontario phone iso norman a keys ii scott ritchio ritchie keys barristers solicitor continental life building 371 bay street toronto 2 telephone ad 9767 l e oneill successor to w j mather stouffvlllo funeral director and embalmer night and day service business phono residence phono 9s01 9820 stewart beare phono markham 2g03 or to braithwaitos hardware 9601 radio repairing a scrvico you will appreciate immediate friends was held at the royal york hotel later the couple left for montreal on their return they will live in toronto for travell ing the bride wore a black and white frock gray broadtail coat with squirrel trimming matching muff and black accessories melville mr and mrs kenneth stotts visit ed at whitby on sunday quite a number from here attend ed the baptist anniversary service held sunday and monday the young folks have been enjoy ing good skating on the pond for the past four evenings yes we are still living in this burg though not heard of for some time but like the bad penny we always come back mr louis lehman has returned from a deer hunting trip and has re sumed his duties on the milk truck again miss mildred mckay and blanche topham have returned to their homes after completing their nurses training at toronto east general hospital congratulations girls dont forget the mary bruce mission band special meeting to he held in the church next sunday even ing mrs s hastings will deliver an address we would like to warn a certain couple of our burg that it is against the law to drive without lights after dark and dont forget we have your number tho melville womens association will hold thoir annual meeting at tho home ot mrs powell casbel on thursday afternoon december 14 at 2 pm a full attendance is re quested a sale of christmas parcels at close of meeting hitherto hitherto hath the lord helped us 1 sam 712 published by request when our soul is much discouraged by the roughness of tho way and tho cross wo have to carry seemeth heavior every day when some cloud that overshadows hides our fathers face from view oh its well then to remember ho has blossed us hitherto looking back tho long years over what a varied path and yet all the way his hand has led us placed each hindrance wo have met givon to us tho pleasant places cheered us all tho journey through passing through tho deepest waters ho has blessed us hitherto regular 2500 ladies coats selling at 1650 wo are offering beautifully patterned in all styles of ladles coats at a wonderful reduction these coats are fur trimmed in neat and attractive designs you can have your choice from our splendid rango at only sic 50 for coats that havo been soiling at 2500 all you need to do is call us and wo will call and fit you at your homo at your convenience harry golden call mo by phono at hugh andersons storo the village of which wes lehman is now in charge mr underbill had expressed the hope that he mightbe able to farm till be reached the age of 70 years but was prevented from doing so through health he is survived by one brother john the only remaining member of a family of three boys and one girl and his oaughter clara his wife had pre deceased him 2s years ago christmas market the annual christmas market for stouffville will be held on tuesday december 19 the record of this market the past few years has been that it tops them all for high prices ringwood late john arden brown uxbridgetimes after suffering for over a year from heart trouble the last five weeks of which he was confined to his bed john arden brown of ux- bridge passed away at the home of his sister mrs john studholme on wednesday november 22nd 1933 in his gist year the funeral took place to uxbridge cemetery on fri day november 24th 1933 services being conducted by rev e s bishop the late john ardeh brown was born on tho 5th concession of ux bridge a son of the late william and maria brown sixtyone years ago ho never married and worked fo- many years throughout the township until nine years ago when he came to town to live with his sister mrs- john studholme to mourn his death aro left six brothers harman sylvester marsh all and charles of uxbridge james and jessop of stouffville also one sister mrs john studholme of ux bridge to whom much sympathy is expressed in their bereavement mrs j m grove has been confined to her bed for several days with a severe cold imr and mrs kenneth campbell and daughter helen spent sunday at mrs win mitchells miss addio pipher of chapleau spent the weekend with her mother mis win pipher i mr and lmrs darlison and- family have vacated root racliffs bouse and moved to islington where ho intends to build a cottage next spring mr and mrs franklin hoover formerly of markham have moved into miss sarah fodders house mr and mrs jwtaun of stouff ville and son percy of bothesda were sunday visitors with their daughter mrs roy grove we understand that w i stevens has exchanged his farm north of our burg for a store property in tor onto we are sorry to lose mr and mrs stevens and family from our community mr and mrs fraser of creemoro spent a few days with their daughter mrs don wilson last week when they left creemoro snow plows were opening tho blocked roads the christian endeavour was withdrawn on monday evening in order that the members might attend tho special anniversary service at the 0th line baptistchurch the endeav our will he held on friday evening robert wilson a former resident of ringwood who had lived at lemonville tho past year has enter ed the store business at bethesda he has exchanged his 130 acre farm here on tho deal for edward logans store and property mr wilson now has possession of tho store but mr and mrs logan will not locate here until april they sure will be welcome residents oha hockey ville junior ii vi n f j grouped with j aurora tire l rotecuon vostiv agineourt unionvulo bea rp i sutton tho convenor markham township markham council met on dec 4 with the members all present a large number of delegations wero present mostly on relief j matters a deputation from lang staff with mr dennison as spokes- 1 tho stouffville junior hockey teaiu lias been grouped by tho oiia with newmarket bradford end markham convener is pete roesor markham tho altona intermediates aro grouped with j aurora uxbridge nverton and is lg mckilvey of sutton in whoso village i ho meeting will bo assembled to draft the schedule it njigbt be pro fitablc to divide tho intermediates into a north and south group and thus save costly travelling expenses tho two group winners would play off lor leaguo honors tho altona team got out to a man urged council to help them in pi 0i two 1ut tlie m1 weather the matter of back taxes and this month has made it necessary to evictions council considered this a keep oft tho ico skating at tho arena large problem and will bring it bo foro the relief committee richmond hill fire brigade sent bill for 21000 7000 of this was for fighting grass fires on tho farm whoro the now observatory is being built a bylaw was passed appointing returning officers for tho next municipal election to be held jan 1st 1934 theso appointees wore the same as previous election tax collectors wero notified to collect penalties on tax arrears as follows one per cent for first month and an additional one per cent for eacli month thereafter general accounts passed amount ed to 500 and relief accounts 000 the road account totalled 1000 it was decided to got some work under way in near future as a rellof measure council adjourned to meet 15th at one pm was cancelled saturday evening also because of soft ice suspended sentence for shooting before police magistrate bick at uxbridge last week newt mcclaren bf slloam was given two years suspended sentence on the under standing that mcclaren would pay tho costs of tho case ho was charg ed with shooting to do bodily harm mcclaren it will bo romembored was annoyed by a crowd of young people out skylarking on halloween night in uxbridge township pass ing tho homo of tho excentrlc bachelor they pelted a stone or stones at his roof and ho fired a gun out tho window to frighten the disturbers away the bullet struck a young chap named jones ho is now dec j recovered after having tho shot re- i moved from his chest on friday december 1st a family reunion was held at the homo of mrs s b lehmau and her sous harmon and willis at almira to honour mrs lehman on her s9th birthday she is enjoying good health and her hearing and eye sight are ex cellent for one of her age she doesut uso glasses and bor memory is excellent out of a family of fourteen mrs lehman and mr john r hoover of altona aro the only surviving child ren mr hoover who is s4 years young was able to bo present at the gathering and also mrs hoover and what a good time they did have many childhood memories wero recalled by tho brother and sister which were both serious and witty a full table welcomed them when thoy entered tho dining room for dinner and mrs lehman made the remark vyou havo gouo to so much bother over us when her brother spoke up iu his witty but sober way well were worth it which caused a hearty laugh from all it was just like christmas to see the hot goose and goodies on th table and among these sat the beautiful birthday cake which mrs peter steckley of almira brought iu that morning all as a surprise after dinner an enjoyable time was spent in conversation and sing ing misses marjorie doreen and gladys lehman and luella gaynian rendered several beautiful quartettes and then all joined in singing the lovely old familiar hymns which old and young sang heartily those present included mr and mrs john r hoover of altona mr and mrs thomas myers and son benson of zepher imr and mrs j s wideman and son claronco of peachs corners mr and mrs jos gayman and luella of stouffville mr and mrs geo baker of gormley mrs harvey houck of cashel mr and mrs willis lehman and family and imr harmon lehman who are at the old home with mrs lehman when evening camo and the friends wore leaving they all thought that they had certainly had a good day the memories of which would linger with them for a long time chautauqua to return in 1934 among the churches an old folks home for gormley mrs c g wideman has recently purchased the large residence form erly owned by jhe late alfred brillinger in gormley west and is making some extensive changes with the object of making this a home for elderly people who may be left without naterial support and home whilemrs wideman is taking tho initative inthis benevolence it is hoped and4xpected that the brethren in chris church in canada will later assume tho supervision and support yef this project as a church institution it is also expected that commenc ing about the beginning of the new year a bible course for a period of three months will be given at this place under competent instructors especially for young people the canadian chautauquas aro again coming to stouffville having been booked up last week by a number ot citizens to present a two night chautauqua during tho fall season of 1934 iu addition to tho evening programs which aro two weeks apart instead of nightly there will bo two afternoon programs the contract signed hero for tho chautauqua in 1930 was for 750 a sum which looks fabulous today but tho present ono is not so pretentious and carries a guarantee of only 234 it is generally concod ed that chautauqua brings a class of entertainment that would other wise not bo possible to present in tho smaller places if it wore not for the cooperation of tho public spirited citizens who act as guarantors it was aimed to obtain 15 in stouff ville but twenty wero signed up by miss dale tho travelling representa tive of canadian chautauqua hero is the list of tho guarantors j h ratcliff g h saunders e b leavens w e lmorden j l turner e m still geo t lee l e oneill robt ratcliff s w hastings robt leslie georgo collard n m maclean d f holden w p burnett a v nolan georgo butterworth e a button d h rusuell dr d c smith motion to cut councils size snowed under strong opposition was expressed against tho system of plural voting by many members of the york coun ty council last week when the motion by deputy reeve william lumloy of york township calling for a reduction of members ot council camo up for further dis cussion the motion calls for the reduction of representation to ono from each municipality on tho vote tho resolution was defeated by an overwhelming majority tho municipality of east york township the second largest in tho county of york has only two repre sentatives on the council and is sup posed to havo four votes said reeve r loslio speaking on the motion imost of the questions are decided by a show of hands and it would perhaps be bottor if all municipali ties wore placed on an even basis there aro many men on this coun cil who havo two votos and only uso ono by tho method of voting by hands and this means that at times 10 votes are lost for they are not used several members of tho council expressed tho opinion that a reduc tion from tho presont number ot council mombors and tho subse quent increase in tho numcrs having power of plural voting would bo detrimental to tho county mr and mrs joseph rickotts and daughter wero hero from millikens on sunday visiting mrs rlcketts brother mr k g tarr gormley all- and mrs g thompson have rented mrs asa wingers house our local barber shot a haro last week miss vera hilts spent the weekend at welland the yearly sunday school re organization was held tuesday oven ing in the mennonite church mrs c wideman has moved into her new home in new gormley which is to he used for a bible school mr and mrs geo baker spent fri day at almira with mrs sb leh man who celebrated her s9th birth day things aro looking brighter again tho local merchant mr thos john ston has been applying the paint brush in the store wo aro wondering if spring l coming so soon since the weather has moderated and ono of our farmers has taken off a crop ofalfalfa hay mrs asa winger and grandsons clyde and keith steckley have mov ed to collingwood as an old resi dent we regret tho departure of mrs winger stouffville baptist church rev cliarles mcgratn pastor sunday december 10th 1000 am bible school 1100 am morning worship 700 pm evening worship please remember tho prayer services wednesday at s pm and sunday at 615 pm you are invited to all of the above services t t t t stouffville presbyterian church rev v h fuller ba sunday december 10th pm sunday school pm afternoon worship everyone invited 200 300 regular meeting of the village council the monthly meeting of stouff ville village council held on monday evening sort of cleared tho deck3 of business for the year ah accounts wore- passed that were presented for payment the relief situation was given a thorough discussion and a bylaw passed providing for the annual election in tho event that one is demanded in granting some coal for relief councillor watts said it was proven that a ton of the shinny metal would go farther than a cord of wood whereas councillor dowswell favor ed the wood becauso it made the recipients work to some extent iu cutting it for the stove tho bylaw calling the nomination meeting sot tho placo for meeting at ratcliffs hall on friday dee 23 and if there is an election on mon day january 1st the polling places and officers will bo south side municipal hall l e todd dro morley barker poll clork north side albert lehmans har ness shop kr davis dro imartin tait poll clerk tho pay for all officers will be three dollars each dissatisfaction was oxpressed with tho manner in which the town clock is being cared for and a threatened chango of caretaker was spoken of less rowbothani was engaged to havo tho cables straightened and proper guides put on so that thoy will not intoreforo with tho operation of tho big timepiece citizens wero complaining about the clock being stopped last week and lateness at school also noticeably increased however with tho cables properly attendod to thero is not likely u bo any necessity for anything but per fect timo being kept a largo number of small accuints wero presented for payment which will appear in tho financial state ment to bo issued shortly a final meeting will be held on december 15th according to statutes when any unfinished business may be completed reevo mordcn presided with all mombors presont t 1 t t mennonite church stouffville rev s cressiuan pastor sunday docember 10th 1000 am sunday school 1100 am and 7 pm preaching by the pastor 700 pm- altona t t t t ballantrae bloomjngton lemonville united church rev jac kcll pastor sunday december 10th 1030 am ballantrae service 300 pm lemonville 700 pm bloomington the minister will speak on the missionary work of our church this friday evening the yps will meet at edgar storeys bloomington t t t t bloomington nail ringwood christian churches e morton preacher sunday docember 10th thero is no creature in all gods creation that is so richly blessed as man therefore the life of man should be the richest and grandest in the sight of jrovidence worrying takes up a whole lot ot time so does work but work draws down the cash services next lords day 1100 am bloomington 700 pm ringwood t t t t stouffville and church hill ciuustian churches chester o sommer minister sunday december 10th stouffville 1000 am ss and bible classes 1115 am morning service mr emorson sanderson of tho victoria park toronto and keswick christian churches will havo charge of all three preaching services 700 pm worship and preaching wednesday 800 pm midweek meeting at tho home of mr and mrs elias lehman church hill 200 pm ss bible classes 300 pm afternoon service mr emerson sanderson will speak thursday 800 pm mr duncan houston and imiss barbara pegg will havo charge of a meeting discussing tho causes and cure of poverty all aro invited to theseservicea t t t t stouffville united church rev thos laidlaw ma pastor sunday docember 10th 1100 am morning worship somo real ways of telling right from wrong reception service of now mombers 230 pm ss biblo lasses 230 pm business and young mens biblo class undenomination al in oddfellows hall buttons block subject lessons from the life and death ot johnnio copp 700 pm evening service monday 800 pm yps wednesday 715 pm teacher training class led by pastor wednesday 800 pm prayer and biblo study you will find a real welcome at all these sorvices tho womens association will meet at the homo of mrs david hoover obrien ave on tuesday evening december 12 at 8 pm radio bargains at buttons hnrdvraro store radio department 45 volt regular heavy b battery 1c9 45 volt heavy duty b battery 239 c volt 11 plato stor- ago 419 radio parts and assessorles at coraspondlngly low prices help us o help you by buying hero radio repairing our specialty gordon e cober send tho tribune to 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