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tje ritew vol xlviii no8 stouffville ontario thursday may 21 1936 a v nolan jj publisher nyal iron and yeast tablets a valuable blood tonic for the relief of anemia skin blemishes and for constipation j m storey the home of quality drugs druggist insurance thomas birketr general insurance agency representing reliable companies including lloyds of london england phone stouitville 25002 h o klinck obrien avenue tor your insurance needs in fire lite automobile burglary and all casualty ltnes a c burkholder insurance canada life assurance co also automobila and fire e a grubin registered optomerist will be at his office in stouffville very other moday and tuesday may dates 11th lsjtn 25th and 26th june bates 8th andjlth 22nd and 23rd eyes examined glasses fitted and repaired phone stouffville 2405 l e oneill stouffville funeral director and embalmer continuous telephone service day and night business phono residence phone a c kennedy chiropractor church street stouffville monday wednesday and friday 9 to 12 am briarbush hospital main street stoultvllle license no 28 graduated nurses in attendance private seraiprivate and public wards phone 191 mrs e r good superintendent dental neil c smith ldsdds office over the bank of commerce office hours 9 to 2 130 to 530 phone ofllce 1011 residence 1015 e s barker lj0s dds honor graduate of koyal college ot dental surgeons and of the university of toronto oillco in grubinh work phone 8201 markham every tuesday office in wear block chancellor flint now a bishop chancellor of syracuse univer sity just elevated is native of stouffville relatives and friends in stouff ville and throughout canada will be interested in the elevation of dr charles w flint native of stouffville and chancellor of syracuse university to the board of bishops of the methodist episcopal church of the united states during the chinchs general conference at columbus ohio dr flint together with l- wilbur e hammaker minister of a church at youngstown o for 21 years was elected to the board on tne fourth ballot two more members of the board one a negro remain to be elected dr hammaker received 431 votes and dr flint 40s with 372 necessary for election dr flint was born in stouffville november 11 1s78 the son of geo flint jr and eliza barnes flint he received his b a degree from victoria college university of tor onto in 1900 and his ma from columbia university in 190s he married clara janette yetter sioux city la september 3 1901 he was principal of a public school at scaiboro from 1s97 to 1s99 and entered the ministry in 1900 he was pastor at pocahontas la from 1900 to 1902 at marathon ia from 1902 to 1904 a bayville li ny from 1904 to 1906 at st james ohurcli brooklyn 190g to 190s at first church middletown conn from 190s to 1913 at new york avenue church brooklyn from 1913 to 1915 was president of cornell college mount vernon la 1915 to 1922 and chancellor of syracuse university since 1922 chas flint was in stouffville about 6 months ago for a brief time attending his mothers funeral ringwood irev thos h mitchell preached in north bay on sunday mr and mrs gordon fockler and family moved to lemonville on monday mr and mrs j w taun of stouffville spent tuesday with their daughter mrs roy grove miss gertrude fisher is homp after being in toronto during the winter the frost of last week did con siderable damage to garden crops in this vicinity earl davis lost a valuable horse last week through death murray sinclair who is in the bank of commerce at minden spent the weekend with her parents the road north from our village which was badly broken up this spring is being repaired by the jupp construction co mr and mrs abell miss helen and messrs seldon bob and jimmio motored to callanuar on monday to get their first glimpe of the famous dionne quints mr and mrs charles warnett of toronto moved into part of george johnsons house recently vacated by mr and mrs fleming mr warnett is engaged at groves garage glad to report miss jennie fockler is able to be out again after her serious illness the rain just at noon hour tues day gave the farmers an excuse to attend the culp estate sale next widemans church the entire sale was house furnishings and realized very good prices death claims aged resident the death of mrs hiram winter stein occurred on saturday at grace i hospital windsor in which city mrs winterstein had lived the past i few years she was 75 years of age the body is now resting at the undertaking parlors of l e oneill stouffville awaiting the arrival of her only son and offspring percy e winterstein who had been winter ing in florida immediately on notification ot his mothers demise he left miami with his wife to make the long treck back to canadian soil and is expected to be in stouffville next saturday when the funeral will be held saturday afternoon at 230 interment stouffville cemetery born in the township of king mrs wintersteins maiden name was arviua hughes after her marriage to hiram winterstein the couple farmed for many years in the twp of whitchurch finally retiring on a small place just north of the town on the 9th concession a few years ago they decided to move to the usa to be with their only son percy but at that time the strict regulations at the border prevented their entry to that country and they tookiip their home at the border in windsor a few hours motor drive from their sons home at royal oak michigan mr winter stein died in windsor about two years ago a brother of mrs winterstein died in toronto recently and a surviving sister is mrs frank gray of toronto deceased was highly respected in the district and had many warm friends and admir ers here marriages a place mortson gayman pretty spring wedding took at the home of the brides mother in almira markham twp on saturday afternoon may the sixteenth when rev john mcewen united in marriage verda esther only daughter of mrs gayman and the late mr gayman and clayton arnold mortson son of mr and mrs r t mortson thornhill during the ceremony the bridal party stood under a canopy of white streamers and a white bell before a bank of flowering plants and ferns the bride who entered on the arm ot her uncle mr j cook wore a gown of blue crepe with a ihair bandeau of tiny white gardenias and carried an arm bouquet of talisman roses and maidenhair fern she was attended by miss marjorie lehman as bridesmaid in pale pink flowered chiffon and carried a bouquet of talisman roses the best man was mr bemice w gayman brother of the bride miss luella gayman of stouffville play ed the wedding march after a delicious wedding repast was served the happy couple left by motor for a short honeymoon the bride wearing a brown and beige ensemble mr and mrs mortson will reside in thornhill provincial lawn bowlers w r sanders new president and w e morden secretary a meeting of the provincial lawn bowling association group no 13 with thirty delegates pre sent from agincourt aurora mark- ham richmond hill and stouffville was held in newmarket last week with jack burns of markham chairman of the district presiding bill kelly president of the pro vincial lawn bowling association accompanied by w b cowan who will captain the canadian bowlers to britain this summer addressed the meeting john mcleod of allis- ton was elected vicechairman of the district and mont goslett acted as secretary protem following a lengthy discussion of provincial and local matters the schedule for the summer season was arranged immediately following this meet ing the eckhart committee met with president tom doyle presiding delegates were present from all the abovementioned clubs the minutes of the last regular meeting and the financial statement were read and adopted stouffville being the winner last year the competition will take place on their greens on june 2fith bill saunders of stouffville was el ected president and w e morden stouffville secretary peter byer 85 buried wednesday the death of peter byer on mon day this week removes one who had spent more than threequarters of a century right on the sth concession ot markham he would have reach ed his soth birthday this august and had been in ill health for sever al years the funeral on wednesday afternoon from the home of his son j l byer on the old homestead proceeded to the widoman cemetery for interment born on the sth concession near the wideman church mr byer lived there until lie retired to town only a few years ago he was a son of john byer who came from pennsyl vania early in the last century peter was twice married his first wife being jane herring- ton to them six of a family sur vive being mrs alex reesor and mrs frank hall toronto dr ra byer woodville j l byer mark ham peter byer winnipeg nelson w byer stouffville by the second marriage one son walter survives mr byer was a sturdy type of farmer who did his share in settling the district in which he lived so long road supt now on stated salary altona mrs b teachers mrs w carter and reesor are attending the bible training school at claremont several attended the young peoples meeting at dixon hill on monday evening mr and mrs c howsam and family ot selina and mrs g howsam of port perry visited at e howsams on sunday mr and mrs w j monkhouse have moved to the brownsberger house at mongolia our best wishes are extended to them in their new surroundings we extend our sincere sympathy to mr o m madill in the passing of his mother in toronto the inter ment taking place in stouffville cemetery on friday last mr and mrs murray duukeld and family and mr and mrs f draper spent sunday afternoon at f waggs the w i meeting was held at the home ot mrs b reesor on wednes day afternoon it being the final meeting of the year the officers were elected and will be published next week cooper brothers circus short course club following some misunderstand ing concerning rooms which they had previously rented the stouffville short course club meeting for may was held at the mansion house where mr blackburn had kindly arranged accommodation doris mckeweu gave a short talk on picture hanging and helen abel jean baker and lillian phillips told brief but interesting accounts of their visit to the girls conference at guelph a committee appointed to wait on mrs george lee reported that mrs lee had kindly promised to accept the apointment of honorary president margaret watson visiting guest gave a short talk reta wells read a paper on curtain hanging and considerable business was discussed the boys and girls meeting in separate rooms later joined forces for a social time lecture and oratorical contest twp of whitchurch tenders wanted tenders for the collection of garbage in the area of wilcox and musselmaiis uikes will be received up to and including saturday may 23rd 1930 at the office of the clerk vandorf satisfactory vehicle and disposal of garbage must ibe arranged by applicant separate tenders for eaoh lake will be received the lowest or any tender not necessarily excepted john crawford clerk x5 vie kings utgynuay j safe direct economical iieave leave stouffville eastern toronto a m p m standard a m pm a 615 c 245 time b 1000 0 430 b s25 b 740 p m c 445 c 1230 b 916 a daily except sun hoi h sun hoi only c sat only c daily except sat sun hoi attractive round trip fares toronto 155 buffalo 6 so new york 2245 tickets and in formation at mansion house stouffville phone 161 stover warder bethel chapel toronto adorned with spring flowers was the setting for a pretty wedding on saturday afternoon when elvera warder second daughter of mrs a g ward er and the late rev mr warder one time mennonite pastor at stouff ville became the bride of harry stover elder son of mr and mrs ambrose stover of stouffville irev w b moyer performed the cere mony and mrs irwin warder play ed the wedding march during the signing ot the register mrs eldon smith sang because given in marriage by her brother mr theo dore warder the bride looked love ly in a white satin gown fashioned on simple lines with long tight sleeves coming to points over the hands high cowl neckline and slight train her tulle veil was caught at the back of her head with wide pleats and a coronet of orange blossoms she carried red roses and white sweet peas miss laura ward er sister of the bride attended as bridesmaid frocked in capri blue chiffon and wearing a ibandeau of peachcole red flowers in her hair she carried johanna hill roses the grooms slter mis margaret stover was flower girl in a dainty frock of peach organdy and carried a nosegay of johanna hill roses and blue sweet peas mr reginald stouffer was best man and the usher3 were mr irwin warder and mr eldon smith later a reception was held at the home of uio brides mother who received wearing a navy triple sheer ensemble with matching hat and a corsage of johanna hill roses the grooms mother also ohose navy with matching access ories and a corsage of roses the couple left for a short motor trip following which they will make their home in stouffville for travelling the bride wore a smart brown tweed swagger suit with matching acces sories the circus is coming there is news for you cooper brothers trained animal circus will bring their circus and wild west offering to entertain this community on tuesday may 26 with performances afternoon and evening the circus will occupy the grounds south of lintner griffith blacksmith shop and will spread happiness for old and young in the way happiness comes only on circus days in the circus atmosphere and in the en chanting thrall of this universally enjoyed style of amusement in addition to the regular circus the sideshow and the many enjoyable features common to circuses there will be displays of horsemanship and daredevil riding by skilled masters of the rein sur and saddle and speaking of horses there is pewee with cooper brothers circus and pewee is a horse worth going miles to see here is a perfectly formed equine standing 20 inches high and weighing only 40 lbs mouse colored sleek healthy and as perfect as horse can be formed imagine the joy of the youngsters to see this tiny animal guess if you can how every body and girl will thrill with the imagination of owning riding and petting pe wee their tiny friend the menagerie with cooper bros circus is the pride of the show from all climes have been assembled boasts and birds skilled trainers have broken some of them to do amazing tricks and stunts acrobats and athletes men and women of skill and poise on horse back or swinging in the air funny clowns to make old and young for get themselves in spontaneous laughter dogs ponies and domestic animals doing cuto and almost un- belleveable tricks everything to amuse and delight old and young is promised in the program of enter tainment coopors shows will bring to town an illustrated lanter slide lecture and oratorical contest will be held in the basement of the united ohurcli stouffville thursday even ing may 21st at s pm in the interest of the iloyal temperance legion the wctu requests every body interested in the temperance cause to help try their attendance melville church service there will be an outstanding ser vice in the melville united church on sunday evening may 24 victoria day under auspices of the wa rev dr mitchell will preach the sermon and special music will be rendered by peachs quartette assisted by melville choir the ser vice will open at 730 all old friends and everybody else invited exstage figure dead tom marks- dr warriner of winnipeg called on his mother mrs s m warriner on monday he is down from the west attending the dental conven tion in toronto harold tottcn student at the dental college and grandson of mrs warriner was also in town smoked his big cigar and drew gales of laughter a familiar figure on the stage of practically every opera house in canada in bygone days tom marks who started his theatrical career in the early ls70s is dead he was the father of ernie marks of oshawa who sponsored a number of shows in stouffville of very recent times bom southwest of ottawa si years ago tom marks is said to have got ibis start with the buffalo bill company later joining a stock company owned by his brother r w marks this company under the name of marks brothers toured canada producing oldfashioned melodrams tom marks is displaced now by the clmplins beerys and fields of the modern screen but in many a small town he will be remembered there they cant think of tom marks without linking him with jiggs of the comic sheets before the crude scenery in many an oil- lighted town hall he smoked his thick cigar and drow gales of laugh ter from people whose one diversion was his annual visit moving pictures and radio were unknown the motor car was prac tically nonexistent and anyway the rural roads were terrible he is survived by one daughter mrs james perrin chicago four brothers ir w joseph e c ot christys lake ernest of oshawa and john of british columbia his wife the former ella maud broken- shire of wingham died five years ago also the moh in uxbridge township uxbridgo township council is in receipt ot a cheque for 314690 being road subsidy for 1935 from the ontario government this was acknowledged at the may meeting ot the council held in goodwood a cheque for 10220 was received earlier as a graut on goodwood side walk tho county clerk notified of three patients being admitted to hospitals chargeable to uxbridge bylaws were passed fixing a salary for the medical officer of health and road superintendent in compliance with government orders the road superintendent will receive 600 for his services and the moh 100 mr t r ferguson inspector of public sehools stating that the public school act had been changed so that the township grants to rural schools for 19361937 will be so per cent of the sums set forth in section 109 of the public school act which means that the schools in the township of uxbridge will receive 40000 from the general school rate instead of 37500 as previous ly the following road accounts were passed and payment made gordon hockley shovelling suow 240 george wilson shov snow 100 russel spencely shov snow 2 so louis slack sliov snow and drag 1145 roy wagg drag 1705 leslie noble shov snow 400 a smith putting in culvert 340 w todd truck on grader 900 david symesr fill washout drag 500 ed sheeny dragging s alex wagg drag 23 samuel bacon drag 12 cecil latcham drag 10 so kenneth wallace dra g fill wash 1s95 j c ward drag 760 harold dickinson drag s marshall sharrard fill wash and drag 1370 walter shell drag 515 a g viark fill wash and drag 13 frank merrick drag 1150 melvin alsop drag move snow fence 2835 howard forsyth fill wash drag 1430 bristol mcguckin drag 5 so pedlar people for culverts 27050 ross middleton spikes and sharpen pick 575 gordon hockley fill wash and drag s40 william jones shov snow 200 john w noble shov snow 640 mrs wesley matthews to pay shov snow 5 so howard forsyth repairs to plow 650 charles walsh cutting brush 4 other accounts passed william huntington one lamb killed by dogs 500 john kidd valuing 100 david hockley with car inspecting roads 15uo treas to renew twp hall license 300 and relief accounts totalling 169- 31 on motion of messrs james and ashenhurst council adjourned to meet again on june 1 3 till at 10 am for general ibusiness and at 2 pm as a court of revision with the churches horticultural society public meet ing will take place on thursday evening may 2s in the united church basement varied program details next issue harness horse and pony races at newmarket on svtudxvy with 525 in purses the harness horse and pony races at newmarket on saturday are attracting an ex ceptionally largo field of the best horses in the province for the open ing spring meet tho track regarded by horse men as one of the best in the country is in splendid shape and track records for the 218 222 and 230 classes will undoubtedly be broken tho running races which are so popular with a great number of the fans includes ponies 12 hands and under 14 hands and under and a farmers running race softball ad midway attractions complete a full programme for the afternoon there will he a street dance on friday evening may 22nd with scotty balfour and his orchestra providing the music richmond hill fair monday may 25 richmond hills 87th annual spring fair will be hold monday may 25th this year the horse show will be featured with prizes offered for all classes of light and heavy horses and a big program of saddle and hurdle events which will attract some of canadas finest jumpers and riders an added feature this year will be the dog show with classes for all breeds of dogs music supplied by york township boys band three times winner of the first prize at the cne there will be softball horse shoe pitching midway attractions and many other features in the evening there will be a great wrest ling show in tho arena stouffville presbyterian rev w h fuller b a sunday may 24 1936 200 pjn sunday school 300 pm church service the sacrament of the lords supper will be celebrated everyone cordially lnvttsd stouffville mbfnnonitk church rov i brubacker pastor sunday may 24 1936 1000 am bible school 1100 am morning worship 700 gospel service 700 pm altona stouffville congregational christian church william tyler pastor sunday may 24 1936 stouffville 1000 am sunday school classes for all ages 1100 am morning worship 700 pm gospel service the pastor will be in charge ot both services church hill 200 pm sunday school 300 pm church service wo invite tho public to our gospel services stouffville united church rev thomas lnidlaw minister sunday may 24 1936 1000 am s s bible classes 1100 am morning worship 700 pm evening service monday s00 pm yps wednesday s00 pm prayer bible study tlie wa will meet at the home of mrs blake sanders on tuesday may 2gth at s pm you are cordially welcome to all these services lemonville bloomington ballantrae rev c b jatfery minister sunday may 24 1936 1045 ballantrae we are looking forward to re opening on may 31 special music 300 pm lemonvilie service will be held in the school house 700 pm bloomington stouffville baptist church c s mcgrath pastor sunday may 24 1936 1000 am bible school classes for all ages 1100 am morning worship 700 pm gospel service preced ed by song service pastor j b cunningham will preach both morning and evening mr cunningham is a young man and a great preacher of the glorious gospel come and hear him wednesday s00 pm prayer meeting in the church friday s00 pm bible study meeting at mrs robert hamiltons mr cunningham will be in charge of all services on sunday for the jews require a sign and the greeks seek after wisdom but we preach christ crucified unto tho jews a stumblingblock and unto the greeks foolishness but unto them whicli are called both jews and greeks christ the power of god and the wisdom ot god because the foolishness ot god is wiser than men and the weakness ot god is stronger than men 1 cor 12225 sixth line bapist church rev w e smauoy pastor telephone 190s sunday may 24 1936 1000 am sunday school 700 pm churoli service wed 8 pm prayer meeting bloomington a r christian churches rev e morton preacher sunday may 24 1936 our daily occupations should not he allowed to deprive us ot enter ing into the secret place ot the most high where ho feeds his children on tho bread ot life services next lords day 1100 am bloomington 700 pm ringwood o come let us worship and how down let us kneel before tho lord our maker ps 956 mansion house stouitville ontario all you can eat 35c meals tobaccos chocolates soft drink sandwiches onr specialty acme famous ice cream ladies and gents rest rooms