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stouffville ont thursday april 16 1936 town topics it is rumored that markham are endeavoring to work up a little en thusiasm for a baseball team to enter the ohaa this coining season mr and mrs win mekeown tor onto were in town saturday visiting his brother sam mr mckeowu is an expolice officer of the toronto force miss elsie lownsborougais home from oakwood for the holiday week jean pipher is home from ladies college whitby for the holidays mrs henry vanzant has been spending a week in toronto with her daughters mr ken may spent the easter weekend at his home near ottawa if you dont sleep well buy a wanted capable girl for kitchen i simmons mattress from le oneill and save 5 oft the regular prices while the sale is on now work xo washing or ironing apply to post office box m tribune the public school teacher at lemodvilte a male pedagogue from milliken was let out at easter and a miss stewart of toronto engaged in his stead mr and mrs abram s hons- berger of waterloo are visiting her brother mr albert wideman ot markham township and other friends in the district mr percy lirilliuger is carrying out plans to enlarge the heating capacity of his greenhouse a boiler room is under construction and the heating system will be extended to all the area now under glass henry lehman aged 4 4 years died in oakville and was buried at the wideman cemetery on good friday he was a former resident of this village employed lor years by mr w j mather but moved to long branch his father is a resi dent of richmond hill mrs george kester has closed her home for a time and has gone to scarboro to be with her son lome whom we regret to hear is not in the best of health he is employed with the canadian line materials co miss margaret mclaughlin of mr e j mcdonald of toronto spent easter with nis grandfather william stewart main street gordon birkett was home from st andrews college youge street for the holiday week miss gladys dougherty of mlnden saskatchewan but at present a was ll0me witn her p mr and mrs j s doughtery over easter student at toronto normal school accompanied by miss thelma wagg were easter guests at d stapletons and j wintersteins a footnote at the bottom of mr clarence stouflers letter appearing in the last issue of this paper was in error mr stouffer is a nephew of mr john k barkey of maple villa in tlie westend of stouffville and not isaac barkey as wrongly report ed a flue was handed out the other day by magistrate keith in policecourt to a markham man found guilty of shooting off fire arms after dark and before sun rise sportsmen should try and obey the law in this regard and it is pointed out that shooting close to buildings or dwell ing houses is a very unwise thing earl cook our local twirler with the big leaguers has been let out to toronto by the cincinatti reds of the national league earl made four starts with the big hoys and came through with a win each time however cincinatti are a little over stocked this year and manager ike boone of the leafs is quite eager to have earl pitch another season for the toronto ciub a white leghorn hen belonging to nathan cox of atha is the first to crow this spring about a large or oversized egg this particular bird laid an egg the other day measuring 6mx8 inches perfectly formed with a nice smooth shell if it doesnt happen to be the biggest one brought in this spring its at least the first of its kind this season now hear the hens cackle misses mary and violet hay of toronto spent easter at the home of mr and mrs e c pennock mrs e a button obrien ave has been spending the easter season in new york mr and mrs bert edwards and daughter isabel anne spent good friday with relatives in colling- wood district one or two locals snouidered their guns on good friday and sallied forth to shoot groundhogs after shooting one or two and en joying a target shoot in the belief that no more rats would be seeu than the one shot so early in the season halt a dozen more loomed into view but the boys had wasted all their ammunition on the target which no doubt would meet with the sanction of mr groundhog john urquhart of ayr has been visiting his sister miss mae urquhart over easter miss margaret graham ot clare- mont is a patient at the brierbusb hospital mr and mrs john lehman sr have returned from detroit after an absence of three mouths exreeve tom griffith of york township was in town on tuesday in his official capacity as corn bored inspector for this section of the county his assistant is john r campbell mr and mrs p e steckley son and daughter toronto spent easter with her parents mr and mrs jos hoover rupert street mr archie mcgilvray one of torontos noted gospel singers will sing and preach in the stouffville christian church on sunday when mr mcgilvray was in charge of an evening service here last summer it will he remembered that he had a capacity house and many were turned away come early and enjoy the bright song service preceding the evening service next sunday the united church congregation will hear two different preachers in their quest to extend a call to a new minister at the morn ing service rev geo purchase of streetsville will occupy the pulpit and in the evening rev c krug of chatsworth will give the sermon the congregational meeting to ex tend a call is likely to be held on tuesday april 2 stanley theatre its often blarney when a woman is told that she does not look her age but when we say that mrs lem on baker who reached her 79th year on sunday last looks at least ten years younger tneres no blarn ey about it mrs bakers bright happy disposition and cheerful out look on life keeps her young in body and spirit too to mark the event in her life mrs baker had as guests on sunday her daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs robert ratcliff and family mr and mrs crawford macklem also a niece from torohto mrs hall mr john quantz ot toronto and mr gordon quantz of fort erie spent easter weekend under the parental roof mr john p cassidy vs of tor onto spent easter weekend at the home of his brother mr frank cassidy blake street mr bart lyrtbumer was in town for the easter weekend visiting his mother mrs james ratcliff bart is employed with beatty bros of fergus miss evelyn sanderson of clare- mont and master gordon page of toronto are spending their easter holidays with mrs k d woodburn mr and mrs leslie williamson and daughter of toronto visited over easter with mr and mrs d williamson church street and mr and mrs isaac barkey rev c j loney wife and two children all of hamilton have been visiting with mrs loneys father mr john w ratcliff thursday friday saturday april 16 17 18 big double bill two fisted starring leo tracy li gail patrick bar 20 rides again starring wm boyd jimmie ellison monday tuesday wednesday april 20 21 22 u waterfront lady starring ann rutherford comedy and shorts thursday friday saturday april 23 21 25 the crusades starring loretta young henry wilcoxson short subjects like the bride groom who waited at the church in vain constable quibell too waited in vain at the cemetery on good friday for his man receiving instructions by long distance to effect an arrest of a cer tain wayward individual who was expected to attend a funeral the cop swung into duty shortly after noon kecpjpg well in the back ground in the hopes of getting his man immediately after the expected funeral completed its course to the last resting place as the afternoon wiled away with no mourners or hearse hooving into sight the limb of the law decided to crash in among the tomb stones and see what was going on at closer range only to learn that not even vgrave had been opened for immediate use nor was any funeral expected it was learn ed later that the wrong information had been handed out respecting the place of interment under which circumstances the slogan he got his man could hardly be expected to be written beware of moths thev are on the increase ilousecleaning time is your chance to rid them from heckling carpets clothing woolens etc it can be clone at small cost if you obtain our remedies moth camphour flakes package or bulk moth cedar flakes moth killer crystals moth balls larvex sprav in liquid form b 0 a d wa y s drug store stouffville w boadway phm b mr and mrs arthur lehman motored down from north bay to spend easter with his mother mrs amos lehman and her parents mr and mrs harvey wideman of markham miss audrey fleischer rn has taken a position at dr ira freels to replace miss trumaine who ha gone to her home in kitchener after 18 months here sliirley and fraser morden of toronto are spending easter week at the home of their grandfather w e morden mr and mrs miller ot stoney creek spent easter week with mr and mrs d m hoover special items including old time letters by h s obrien are crowd ed out of this issue due to tbe de mand for advertising space in his next instalment mr obrien will tell of the 25000 building boon in one summer about 1885 followed by more business blocks erected notice you are reminded that your radio license expired on march 31 1936 and must be renewed without delay as warnings have gone out from the depart ment of marine the license fee is 20 0 and is obtainable at brathwaite hardware stouffville the easter thankoffering meet ing of stouffville united church womans missionary society held on thursday afternoon of last week with mrs dclbert holden occupying the chair was favored by the pre sence of mrs g f forbes domin ion president and by a large num ber of guests from mount albert goodwood and other outside points in an interesting address the guest speaker mrs forbes impressed the members of the organization with their individual responsibility for the successful carrying on of the work of the missionary cause which maintains no less than 300 mission aries actively engaged no matter how small the gift it was a boost and a donation ot 2 would main tain the work of the whole organiza tions for one minute mrs forbes introduced by mrs s w hastings was accorded a vote of thanks ex tended by mrs laldlaw the de votlonal part of the meeting was led by mrs h w sanders musical numbers were contributed by miss alma baker daughter of morgan baker mla mrs kelllngton and mrs leslie the tables in the base ment of the church wero beautifully decorated for the tea hour which followed the meeting hold in tho body of the church about 200 attended and the thankoffering collection as reported by the treasur er mrs d c smith totalled 80 with other amounts to bo received which will swell the total it is ex pected to at least 100 boys from stouffville attending night school in toronto have been successbut in their recent examina tions at the northern vocational wm malloy and ivan goudie pass ed in classes one and two respective ly in plumbing and alfred thomas in class 2 automotive mechanics good friday was a very quiet day in town few visitors were about so fan as we could see but the time of year is so uncertain on weather con ditions that the holiday is one for which little is planned and the nature of easter is not exactly be fitting to celebrations and a hilari ous time there were meetings of one kind or another in nearly every church good friday evening with a special easter picture at the stanley theatre befitting the observ ance of the easter time it was en titled the last days of pompeii depicting the rejection of the christ by one of the roman gladiators who was called upon to choose between christ and the world joyce ball youngest daughter of dr ball is nursing a fractured ankle received in a most simple manner in the home the other day mrs s m warriuer afterspend- ing the winter with her daughter mrs totteu of the manse in freel- ton has returned home again mrs totten and young daughter are with her for a few days tho regular monthly meeting of the womens christian temperance union will be held in the mennonite church on thursday april 16th at 3 oclock let each member come and bring a friend all ladies invited the holiness convention held in tho mennonite church during the easter time attracted large gather ings at the various services and rev isaac brubacher pastor feels that great good was accomplished from the meetings archie stewart renewing his sub scription to the tribune writes from isabella man as follows green backs are hard to get out here and are getting more scarce crop conditions last fall in this dis trict were the best ever but when the rust came it sure made the crop light and that makes the pocket book light also winter set in around the first of november followed with plenty of snow and there hasnt been a mild day since no thaw whatever the snow is about four feet on the level and a stiff north west wind is blowing right now so that we will not have spring for a time at least and its now april 6 we still blow a hockey team won 14 tournaments out of 1g played in so you see if we cant grown good crops we can grow good hockey players mr stewart is a son of our veteran main street citizen wm stewart with the inauguration of much stricter discipline in the manner in which municipal officials carry out their work there appears in this issue file complete report of the village auditor tb rae as provid ed by statute in that behalf mr raes report presented to the coun cil last week is published by the treasurer in pursuance of his duty so that nothing may be hidden from the scrutiny of the ratepayers about the financial setup of the village read it at your leisure just when the firemen were called on duty for the first spring practise monday evening for which the fire bell was clanging at intervals- a real alarm came from church street and some of the boys thought it was a joke but a prompt response was made whentt was found there was trouble at the home of mr john murrison it appears that some coal was dumped into the kitchen stovei with coal oil on it and the blaze reached the ceiling and caught on to articles in the room before the lids could be replaced nathan forsyth neighbor heard the call of mrs murrison and rushed the burning things from the room then applied the lawn hose the fire was put out before the brigade came into play although the boys were ready for action in an incredible short time dicksons hill mill announce the installation of seed cleaning plant consisting 01 a plessisville power cleaner scourer and carter disc separator approved by the depart ment of agriculture and now ready for operation sow clean seed it pays we invite you to visit our plant and solicit your business satisfaction guaranteed phone stouffville 5505 snappy dancing chorus girls funny end men black outs ballads in minstrel flashes a john b rogers production the stouffville ball clubs big home talent production 75 local stars 75 saturdaymonday april 1820 ratcliff hall stouffville admission 35c plan now open at boadways drug store special kids show saturday 230 admission 10c seed grain field and garden seeds cere san a dust disinfectant for wheat oats barley it can be used now when you are cleaning your sed grain 1 pound tin 100 5 pound tin 395 feeds feed oats feed barley m ixed grain bran shorts schumacher feed feed wheat feed corn and corn feeds have your seed grain cleaned before the rush comes our machines are at your service stiver bros phone 4501 stouffville ont genuine values are available in used cars th ey have been reconditioned and are all ready for service call any time and look over our used cars and trucks ford victoria coupe 1931 ford delux sedan 1931 durant coupe delux 1931 ford tudor 1930 plymouth sedan 1930 oldsmobile special coupe 1929 hudson special sedan 1929 ford coach 1929 ford 1 12 ton truck 1930 2 ford 1 12 ton truck 1929 d f holden dealer for sales and service stouffville phone 18401 markham phone 120 marvelite lamps m o d e r n d e s i g n they glow in the dark l e oneill furniture dealer stouffville ont new purchase swagger suits suits from 1250 up coats from 950 up a careful selection of very popular styles in suits swagger and fitted coats are each full lined and come in lovely new shades in all sizes materials of english all- wool tweeds and crepes neatly tailored and priced very reasonable we also have a supply of girls 3 piece sets coat hat and bag materials of fine tweeds in size from 4 to 14x trices 375 to 775 no extra charge for coats and suits made to measure if necessary if inconvenient for you to call at our store i will be glad to come out and display coats at your home harry golden phono 263 stoultvillo 1 door east of library