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stouffville ontario august 8th 1935 historical sketch of stouffville written forty years ago a way back when the century was only four years old abram stouffer made the toilsome journey from pennsylvania to this dart of upper canada ha took lawful possession or six hundred acres of laud it lay between the ninth and tenth eon- cessions four hundred north of what is now main street and two hundred south mr stouffer was the progeni tor of the somewhat numerous family that now bears the name abram samuel christian david and simeon well known and re spected are his grandsons the history of the village very uaturally falls into three periods the first marks the beginning and consider able development of village life i venture to call this the stouffer per iod not long after settling here mr stouffer erected where daleys hall stands the first gristmill in this part of the country the hardy settlers who made the clearings in the forest were not unnecessarily fastidious for they were accustom ed to have their wheat rye corn buckwheat and peas all ground on the samo run of stones before there were any carriages in the vicinity or any roads on which to drive them the carrying was done by ox boat or on horseback the boy astride a horse with a sack of corn or wheat in front of him bring ing grist to mill soon became a familiar sight to the few residents of stouftersville after two mills re burned on the south side of ca- 1 look these over siop i we save you money homes sundryd coffee canada dry flavour beverages 1lb package 35c 2 large bottles 25c 4lb package 18c plus deposit fly go bulk fly spray per pint 30c bring your container and get it tilled at this exceptionally low price peanut butter maclarens white wine vinegar 2lb jar 25c per gallon 40c christies fig bars per lb 15c corned beef per tin 10c aeroxon fly coils 2 for 5c sweet mixed pickles large bottle 25c jar rubbers package 6c zinc jar rings per dozen 20c bran flakes posts orkellogs pkg 10c clover leaf salmon pink tall tin 12c 7 tomato catsup large bottle y d5c seasonable fruits fresh fish every tuesday- morning ratcliff co stouffville ontario i the street mr stouffer erected a third on the north side east of the creek the family home like king davids house built or cedar stood on tho site now occupied by dr freels beautiful residence the milling and other property came in to the hands of mr stouffers son christian who continued in busi ness here until the advent of mr e wheeler in 1847 with the mill came the store tho blacksmith shop and the tavern the first store was kept by charles sheldon in one corner of mr stouffers mill he afterwards built his residence on the site of mr j urquharts block and his store farther west on the same side doc tor lloyd afterwards occupied the house and it ultimately became sangsters hotel mr cheney who tor a time was in partnership with mr sheldon kept a general store on the south side of the street nearly opposite mr sheldons he did quite an extensive business as dealer in grain and potash next came mr john boyer whose father ben boyer came from pennsylvania about the same time as mr stouffer he built a store and drug shop on the site of tho post ofiiee block his residence is sain to have occupied the ground now covered by mr barnes house his stock was not so fine extensive or rustically arranged but repre sented almost as many departments ias one of torontos mammoth stores one could buy anything from a ibroadaxe to a yard of blue drill mr boyer was quite a village factotum he was merchant post master justice of the peace and for a time printer to the people his buildings were destroyed by fire and the block of land sold into lots the blacksmith shop belongs to every wellregulated village mr hugh casler is remembered as the i first village smithy he set up his forgo on the south side beyond the i tenth a mr anderson of stalwart frame who was such a hearty rebel that ho did not return after the rebellion consecrated to vulcan the ground on which todds carriage shop stands he was succeeded by mr james johnson and he in turn by mr muirhead the oldest in habitant says that before the vill age got out of its swaddling clothes there were three taverns and the place was not noted for its orderli ness the first building in the east end was a shoe shop built by john yake father of john yake still liv ing it stood on the south east corner was enlarged by hiram yake specials in sportwear blouse and shorts white blouse with blue shorts blouse has peter pan collar and short sleeves sizes 14 to 20 regular 119 special 79c broadcloth sport jsuits striped broadcloth sport suits in assort ed colours blouse and shorts vneck and back suitable for tennis or beach wear regular 100 special 79c seersucker sports suits white blouse with blue or green shorts sailor collar no sleeves one of our best and most attractive suits- regular 149 very special 100 pique sport suits fine quality white pique bound in con trasting colours blouse and shorts trim med with buttons to match a very smart suit regular 100 special 79c shorts in sizes 14 to 20 blue navy khaki and white drill a roomy comfortable garment buttoned at side some with belts dach 49c 89c childrens sport suits in navy and blue drill cool and comfortable sizes 8 to 14 regular 5110 special 79c childrens pantee dresses attractive prints in checks and floral patterns sizes 3 4 6 years special 39c rompers 1 2 3 years each 39c sunsuits red blue and green each 39c womens white gloves chamosuede fabric gloves pull on style a very serviceable glove per pair 49c mesh gloves with organdie cuff very smart regularly 69c per pair special 49c white silk gloves of fine quality with fancy cuff regular 100 special 75c white silk gloves with organdie cuff regularly 79c special 59c new teapots have you seen the new tflo streamlines teapot brown earthenware english tea pots of an entirely new design artistically decorated inthree sizes 2 pints 2 pints and three pints price each 89c paper serviettes a new and attractive package of embossed napkins in assorted colors in size 14xl4 package 45 15c paper pie plates for picnic or a good serviceable plate kitchen use in two sizes 9 size per 2 dozen 15c 10 size per dozen 10c pictures a fine showing of the small size pictures which are so popular now dainty floral subjects mounted in white mat and white frame about 8x10 at 69c shadograph pictures in gay and interest ing subjects each 35c shadograph panels in subject suitable for the childrens room as the pied piper old women who lived in a shoe etc price each 59c womens mainsook gowns pink and white mainsook night gowns generous size bound in contrasting colours with shirring on front- light cool 79c cotton crepe nightgowns in poach pink nile blue and white 79c 100 119 wash dresses a large assortment of frocks well made in a great variety of styles in plain stripe dot and floral patterns and all fast colours sizes 14 to 52 priced at 69c to 195 and converted into a tavern- yakes corner became known by the some what- suggestive yet euphonious name of brimstone point cock- fighting and horseracing were familiar village sports it was not unusual to close the week with a sport and settle the accounts at the taverns the justice of the peace enerally gave a final settlement to these accounts by disposing of several cases in his court on mon day morning the old allan building was one of the west end hostelries which keeps green the memory of divine morden and shoefeldt an other of them stood nearly opposite on the north side of the street this record would hardly be com plete without at least a passing re ference to two other classes of men the wise cobbler and the lame tail or help to round out the life of every old time village the cobbler was here in the very beginning but we have failed to learn that any of his craft in stouffville ever became a samuel drew a sir ctoudsley shovel or a william carey no doubt however that here as else where much wisdom went out from his bench the little lame tailor is still remembered by some of the oldest inhabitants chance stephens down the tenth made coats for the men and cut butternut dyed cloths for the bovs winter wear in the long ago a new era in the life of the vill age is marked by the coming of mr edward wheler the same year in which the coigresfcvtionial church was built xir john yake bought one acre of bush land on the south west corner at the tenth on which he built a shop in this mr wheler kept store for a short time the old brick building now standing on the corner was built by him for a store where for a long time matthew flint did business later it was converted into a tavern mr john yake built on the north side where for many years he kept tavern and store in thoso days tbi east end was a busy place it was halting station for all the farm ers from the north townships for some time mr wheler conducted a store in the building now occupied by mr h johnson having sold the stock to mr leaney at the request of the post office inspector he built tho store half way up on the south side in order that the post ofnce might he centrally located the next post otiice building erected by mr wheler was the one still used and which forms part of sanders block it is worth while inserting at this point the following item of interest in regard to the stouffville office 11 is said that for several years after the rebellion no mail was forward ed here mr boyer was too much agin the government to be counted one of the crowns trusted subjects most citizens of stouffville over twenty years of age remember whelers mill it was first a grist mill only but later a sawmill was added dusky daves reign as stoker is still in the memory of the boys an example of the enterprise of tho people a third of a century ago is seen in the building of the plank road from yakes corner to ring- wood and then straight through to kingston road our present gravelled turnpikes were not then known i record the names of the directors of the company messrs john reesor jos tomlinson arch barker abram stouffer peter ramer jonathan gates and edward wheeler the planks for this section o the road were sawn in air wheelers mill which stood on the north side about where sanders elevator is planks did not for several reasons make the ideal country road we are sorry to say that tho ideal country road is yet to be found during this period of our growth we were not without our native industries til old tannery built by john boyer con tinued under somerville mcmurchy to do slow tanning and who does not remember flints factory where the celebrated revolving horserake which could pull peas and thresh them at the same time was made hardly less famous was gibneys plow but before these commanded public attention billy rodick made wagons for anderson to iron he did not run tor member of parlia ment or mingle much in society we hav not heard anything as to the quality of billys wagon but tradition says that he was kind to t lie ueedyl tjiese however belong to tho past and we rejoice in the period of greatest progress we acknowledge our indebtedness to many who helped to lay the founda tions whose names do not appear in these pages the tracing of the religious life of the village will be found in the history of the churches for many years doctors lloyd and freel looked after the sick of the community twentyfour years ago this autumn the villagers assembled to witness the arrival of the first train on the xippissing narrow gauge it came and stayed with us for a while it marked another era it was better than the stage we rejoiced when it came we are not sorry that it is gone own relief adtninistrauor and which has grown up in the past lew secondly the many anomalies and inequities in the hodge podge system years it should also briug into focus the larger and long rauge problem of how best to allocate the functions of government between province and municipalities under present day conditions these conditions have changed so vastly in the past decade that drastic changes may be necessary before we arrive at a workable basis for the future r g clendening funeral director ambulance service phone markham 9000 financial journal backs hepburn the financial post ontarios mitchell f hepburn put his finger on public problem no 1 last week when he announced initial steps toward a programme designed to reduce the soaring cost of relief in the province relief costs for the province in may are placed at ss33000 a gain of 65 per cent over the same month last year de spite general allround improvement in business in the meantime similar figures can he duplicated in most parts of canada in toronto for example relief has cost the city 22 per cent more during the first six months of the year than in 1934 as a starter the premier plans to throw relief responsibility directly back on the municipalities by re stricting cash payments to a flat 5 per unemployed person per month except for insolvent com munities which are to get 750 per person the action follows investi gations which showed that where municipalities administered their own relief the cost per capita was much less than when the province had control previous payments by the province had varied from 350 to 1350 per month per person de pending on the financial condition of each municipality a saving to the province of 10 millions aunually is estimated the premiers action will doubt less promote bitter controversy among community politicians but it deserves praise in that it draws attention to two fundamentalsnamo ly the need for making each muni cipality directly responsible for its used car depot ford victoria coupe 131 ford delux fordor 31 poirid tudor 1930 ford coupe rumble 1929 ford coupe 1929 chrysler 52 sedan 1928 ford tudor 1928 oakland sedan 1927 2 willys knight sedans 1927 tru cks ford 1 yi ton truck 1930 ford 1 ton truck 1929 chev 1 ton truck 1927 dodge ton truck 1926 these cars are all sold under a 5 day exchange trial or a 3 day money back guarantee also a free ticket on every j1000 paid for used car on the draw for the js0o ford v8 coach d f holden phone 18401 stouffville phone 120 markham big sale of salt special consignment on hand for curing hay get your supply now use the telephone r price 60cts a cwt s w hastings phone 169 stouffville cream for best results and a sure market at all times ship your cream to stouffville creamery stouffville creamery co phone 186 open tuesday thursday and saturday evenings store open tuesday thursday and saturday evenings the w h shaw store phone ss1x stouffville ontario ternbel ttje jutng jightonp toronto shirlo 85c return 155 daily service eastern standard time ljfnvo leave stouavlllq toronto mrs h bay at anderson dundas a g15 am 800 am b 825 am 01230 pm c1250 pm a 430 pm d 245 pm e 915 pm c 350 pm e 740 pm a daily except sunday holidays b sun hoi only c sat only d daily except saturday sun- day holidays o sat sun hoi only 1832 i 1935 coach 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