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e xtteti volxlvh no 36 stouffville ont thursday december 10 1936 a v nolan jj pumisktr exquisite guts of beauty charm and romance demys 3 secrets evening in paris ashes of roses yardleys fragrant offerings in delight ful gift packages that awaken a glow of appreciative warmth toward the giver gifts that will meet the needs of either the modest or affluent purse j m storey death came without warning entire dairy herd reacted was aecom- w healthy sisterinlaw 1 lfd no idea the sudden and untimely death at her home in toronto of mrs george hobbs a frequent visitor to the home of her daughter mrs a v wilkinson wife of one of our merchants came as a tremendous shock last thursday morning to the relatives here she had been in stouffvillo only a couple of days before her iloath and panied home by her mrs fred silvertliorn mrs hobbs a vast range of fascinating j at as usual thursday appeared to enjoy her breakfast but shortly latter complained of a sudden pain and asked mrs silverthorn to call a doctor the summons was prompt ly answered but she expired before medical aid reached her mrs hobbs suffered a stroke three years ago and it is believed it was a return of the old trouble deceased was in her 64th year the funeral on saturday took mi place from the late home 57 yonge ff ttvv blvd to prospect cemetery follow- vixl ih11j itig divine service at the home the sudden death of mrs hobbs s a coincidence with that of her husband who died so suddenly six months ago as a result of a fall a native of benverton district mrs hobbs maiden name was delia silverthorn and she is the last of the family her one brother fred having passed away three years i ago at his late home on the 10th concession of markham mrs hobbs is survived by a family of three two sons one in the medical and one in the dental profession and by her only daughter mrs a w wilkin son of stouffville winnipegs mayor a native son the the druggist home or quality drugs special for regular 3 curly shampoo and a short time only so oil permanent ringlet ends linger wave included fiiificrvvnxi spiral haircut 2o 20e combination and croquignole prices 350 500 750 cascades of soft selfsetting curls oil shampoos facials manicuring bleaching tinting dyeing special prices for girls under ib east end beauty shop marie brown corner mnin montreal sts phono 176 hut 225 head on bumbrajc farm- special interview reveals that all p the test mrs wa was also mr andrew green farmer on the born in stouffv 9th concession of whitchurch lost i his entire herd of fifteen milch cows one bull and three young cattle un der the tb test last week from alii outward appearances the animals and mr green says he they were tuoercular it is the intention of the owner to purchase an entire new herd of milch cows as he has a good con nection with a toronto dairy which has been taking all his milk for some years and will reserve his place as a shipper for him audrey bartholomew neighbor had eight go down in a herd of 2s while other farmers along the ninth had minor losses on the burnbrae farms at ring- wood where the owner mr georgo rodanz has 225 head of cattle there was not a reactor in the lot this extensive herd had been gathered together from far and near over the past two years the way they pass ed the test is remarkable village relief dental neil c smith ldsdds office over the bank of commerce office hours 9 to 8 130 to 530 phone office 1011 residence 1015 milk producers officers s barker lds dds honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto ofllce in grubins block phone 8201 markham every tuesday ollice in wear block insurance see h o klinck obrien avenue or your insurance need in five life automobile burglary and all casualty lines thomas birkett general insurance agency representing reliable companies including lloyds of london england phone stouffville 25902 a c the annual meeting of district no 6 of the toronto milk producers association which includes mark ham township and the southern part of whitchurch was held at markham in the franklin house hotel thursday evening december tlie 3rd the election of officers were as follows president mr r per kins gormley vice prest mr e a buchanan unionville secretary reelected mr wm champion unionville district rep mr w l clark gormley rr2 after the election of officers a discussion was held in regards to the comparison of milk and feed prices and some means of the disposal of surplus milk an open meeting will be held in the near future to which the execu tive urges every producer to be pre sent and to be prepared to discuss this problem of surplus milk and other milk problems so watch later editions of this paper for the date burkholder insurance canada life assurance also automobile and fire co e a grubin optometrist and optician will he at his ofllce in stouffville on monday and tuesday december 21st and 22nd eyes examined glasses fitted and repaired phone stouffvillo 24 05 briarbush hospital main street stouffville license no 23 graduated nurses in attendance private semiprivate and public wards ambulance service phone 191 mrs b r good superintendent paid up accounts whitchurch council held a meet ing on monday at the township hall and as far as possible wound up the business of the year so that only a minimum of business would he left to transact on december 15 the final meeting date i n morton was paid 35 for sheep killed and injured and chas cook 35 also for sheep killed and injured by dogs road expenditures paid totalled 225 dr wesley moh 158 and j if naughton for legal services 203 hospitalization for november was 121 reeve h w sanders presided at the regular council meeting on mon day evening when the members learned that direct relief had run for the year to date 942 of which the ratepayers will be called on to pay onethird the balance being met by the ontario government clerk dougherty acted as relief officer and the council voted him 50 for his services councillor brilliuger criticized the condition of the council chambers and council passed a resolution call ing for a change in the alleged conditions the clerk reported that the hydro peak for october occurred at 1130 noon hour when 221 hp was reach ed the usual bylaw was passed sett- ing time and place for nomination and election also officers to conduct the same monday december 2s at 730 nominations will he received in ratcliffs hall until 830 for councillors and members of the school board and one cemetery commissioner m c barker and g holden will man the polling both at the council chambers and ross davis and martin tait the north side booth at albert lehmans store the final meeting of the councfl will take place at 1 oclock on dec the 15th ringwood leg fractured while at play playing with other children on the little fill at the post ollice margaret jennings3econd daughter of mr and mrs del jennings was struck by one of the sleighs and suffered a fraptured leg just above the ankle v was rendered tin conscious but is now recovering mrs a maskell and miss lean were toronto visitors on monday mr walter vague and lady triend attended the maple leaf and maroons game on saturday ovening last mrs gntes of uxbridge is spend ing a tew days with her daughter mrs art basselt congratulations to the bassets upon the birth of a daughter charlie dadson wife and two children have arrived here from newmarket and are staying with mrs lucy schell the excelsior class of the sunday school met at the home of mrs robert filyor on thursday after noon a box of used clothing is be ing packed iby this class to be for warded to the neighborhood work ers in toronto coming events f announcements under this heading up five lines 25c per week fggfe safe cke kings uig hxuay direct economical leave stouffville a 715 am b 925 am c 345 pm b 840 pm kan tern standard time a daily except sun hoi b sun hoi only e daily except sat sun hoi leave toronto 1100 am 130 pm 530 pm 545 pm 1015 pm onty c sat attractive round trip fares toronto 155 buffalo 680 new york 1735 tickets and information at mansion house stouffville phone 161 lemonville sunday school christ mas tree will bo held on tuesday december 15th melville school concert s s no 13 will hold its church concert on tuesday december 22 at s pm silver collection mongolia school concert will bo hold on monday december 21 at 745 pm a play whiskers will be given eldon gooding teacher atha christmas concert monday december 21 at 8 pm childrens program and a 3act mystery drama silver collection edna fockett teacher the altona school concert will be held on tuesday night dec 22nd miss edna stevenson is the teacher stouffville united church xmas tree and concert will be held in the church on wednesday dec 16th cnristmas treats prepared in individual christmas packages on order at ratcliffs store the bethesda school concert will be held on tuesday december 22 at 8 oclock christmas program all welcome mrs chapman teacher cgit a sale of homemade baking and christmas rifts will be held in turners dairy on satur day dec 12 from 230 to 600 proceeds to go to star santa claus fund by geraldine b taylor in winnipeg free press im afraid i dont know a thing about politics smiled the gracious wife of winnipegs mayorelect mrs e e warriner when inter viewed sunday afternoon ive been much too busy being a house wife and bringing up my family to havo had time for very much else certainly what with five child ren a house in town and another at winnipeg beach to say nothing of her active husband mrs war riner has had enough to keep net- hands full and over but she has also found time during the past thirteen years to bo actively inter ested in tho institute for the blind which is her pet charity it was quite evident on sunday afternoon that she has found time as well to make a host of friends the livingroom with its welcoming fire- burning cheerfully was filled with the continuous comings and goings of friends dropping in to offer their congratulations to the mayorelect and his lady there was no mistaking their affectionate regard tor mrs warriner as they greeted her flowers filled every available corner of the room and beverley the young daughter of the house came in with still an other bouquet it was an extra special day for beverley too for on sunday morn ing she became a member of young united church and tired as she was after the excitement and strain of the past few days mrs warrin er was at the service that had such a special meaning for her daughter mrs warriner who before her marriage 29 years ago was miss florence leavens claims the same birthplace as her husband the little town of stouffville ontario she however grew up in toronto where her family moved when she was still very tiny but she used to go back to stouffville sometimes for holidays and while they were not friends at the time young fred warriner did later remember that he used to see a little girl with two fair plaits hanging over her shoulders who used to come visit ing his home town it was not until he went to toronto to study dentis try that he realized what an im portant person she was for he met her during his first year at college and they were married in toronto on october 10 1907 soon after his graduation their first home was in brace- bridge ontario where they lived until 1913 and where the two eldest children jack and lorraine were born the three younger ones beverley fred and bob were born in winnipeg which was the familys next and permanent home jack is at present in toronto in his first year at dental college lorraine now mrs herbert brittain is living in london england the three youngest are still at home im a grandmother too smiled mrs warriner the brlttains have a fourmonths old daughter and it is her grandparents great regret that they have not yet had a peek at her the young parents thotight they might bo coming hack to can ada and winnipeg for the event and mrs warriner had the bassi net and everything all ready then business required a prolonged stay overseas so granny packed every thing including a wee pink hot water bottle off to england instead victoria square hits a record 22 people over 70 years 13 babies born in year all within crying distance plowboys elect new officers a recent articlo published in this paper concerning the number of elderly people who live in the viiiage of unionville has moved one of our readers at victoria square to provide us with some statistics from that district which we are sure will be a revelation to not a few of our readers taking in a radius of a milo or so within the trading area of the square there are twentytwo people living whose ages range from 70 up to 91 the eldest resident at the square is one david smith who is 91 years of age but at that mr smith was only a small lad when the next four residents of the square first saw the light of day they aro mrs farquharson mrs grace boynton william francey and george frisby all ranging be tween 80 and 85 years there is another group of aged people six in all whose years range between 75 and so and their names thos reid thos frisby richard frisby mrs thos frisby mr glover and mrs tillie perkins nor is this the whole story for the district about the square also boasts no less than eleven citizens between 70 and 75 years of age and thats not so young either here are the names william dennie mrs frank nichols mrs glover mrs john mortson mrs lizzie boynton miss hopper levi hisey william haig robt francy mrs david smith and levi dennie lest anyone imagines that victoria square is all on the down grade with its citizens a days march nearer home than the average place the statiseian points out that within a year there were thirteen children horn all practi cally within crying distance of each other or within sound of the church bell there hows this for a record speak up ringwood ballantrae or do the facts leave you speechless marriages carpenter dougherty olivet congregationalchristian church toronto was the scenesyf a quiet wedding on wednesday afternoon december 9 1936 at 230 oclock when miss gladys luella dougherty daughter of mr and mrs j s dougherty stouff ville was united in wedlock with mr albert m carpenter rev george w hunter tied the nuptial knot in the midst of only the im mediate relatives after a short honeymoon mr and mrs carpenter will take up resi dence in h sawyers new house on main street mr carpenter being engaged in ratcliff cos store the annual meeting of the north york plowmens association held at the mansion house stouffville on tuesday evening revealed the fact that the 1936 match held at ring- wood in october was the largest in the thirteen years the society ha3 been in operation president jess cook warmly thanked the officers donors and all who in any way- helped to establish this record and mr cook was himself given due praise for the energetic manner in which he conducted proceedings rolph baker treasurer and ross ratcliff secretary gave their re ports showing tho society will have a small bank balance to carry into the new year after all liabilities are paid meals served for the stouff ville match cost 104 the womens institute of stouffville being the caterers at the conclusion of the meeting those present were entertained to luncheon by the retiring president mr cook officers elected for 1937 are past prest j cook prest elmer wells vice prest elmer gray 2nd vice ewart pinder secretary ross ratciff treas r baker directors herb wells w stephens fred timbers h rose jack wood h smith george anthony i n morton lloyd turn er w d richardson newton rae r wood mel blanchard j r foote norman steckley d l stouffer win timbers peter fergu son a fleming art emerson and six new ones are geo barkey john wood ed logan h dews- berry earl toole jas gibson with the churches christ church anglican rev f herman rector sunday december 13 1836 afternoon service 3 pm evening prayer lemonvriilk bloojungton ballantrae united churches rev c b jettery pastor sunday december 13 1936 1045 am ballantrae communion 230 bloomlngton 700 pm lemonville communion sxouffvnjub congregational christian church arthur greer pastor wednesday dec 9 s pm prayer and bible study meeting sunday december 13 1936 1000 am sunday school 1100 am worship 700 pm gospel service mr d c percy pastor of ilittle britain christian church will preach christmas treo service tuesday december 22 at 8 pm silver collection stouffvuile baptist ohur03 c s mcgrath pastor wed s pm prayer service sunday december 13 1936 1000 am bible school classes for all ages regular church services leaned heavy to the forsyth clan twin sister of the late joe middle- ton of goodwood who died in walkerton married a forsyth her only child mnrrijed a forsyth she died at tho home of another forsyth of no kin nnd was buried by rev forsyth also of no known relationship melville mrs john hoover was tho guest of the lehman family last week mr and mrs lyons and family of weybum sask are the guests of mrs r jewell almira mrs nesbitt of gilford spent sunday with her daughter mrs r e baseman and family tho westminister guild was royaly entertained by tho unionville young people last tuesday ovening in last issue wo reported tho engagement of a music teacher for ss no 13 sorry we were misin formed no definite action has yet been taken by our board reach farrow a quiet wedding was solemnized at tue lemonville parsonage on wednesday december 2nd when florence edna second daughter of mr and mrs thos h farrow of stouffville became the bride of herman bruco beach younger son of mr and mrs frank beach of siloam the ceremony was performed by rev c b jeffery the bride wore a gown of coron ation blue velvet with matching hat and was attended by her cousin miss mary cooper who wore rasp berry red crepe the groom was at tended by mr murray paisley the couple left on a trip to tor onto and other points and on their return will reside at siloam e n g a g e m e n tis mr william holmkay announces the engagement of his daughter etoilo frances to mr alfred jack son gardner ca of toronto the marriage will take place quietly tho latter part of december births bodcndistcl at stouffville on sunday december 6 1936 to dr s t and mrs bodendistol a daughter the passing of mrs james forsyth at the home of a friend mrs john forsyth three miles north of the town of walkerton on nov 27 as reported in this paper last week and buried by rev a forsyth recalls how the family sur name had not only featured her pathway through life but even cropped up to perform the last rites at her graveside christened sarah ann middletou a twin sister of the late joseph middleton they were born in ux- hridge township nearly 87 years ago when a maiden sarali married james forsyth and from that day the name seemed to have trailed her closely even to the grave in a line of singular coincidences her only offspring a daughter ida chose as her life partner one william forsyth formerly of walkerton now of regina who while bearing her family surname was prior to her marriage no re lation whatever when mrs for- sytli sr after a half century in walkerton decided to leave with her husband for a brant township home they chose the domicile of mrs john forsyth also of no known kinship to the walkerton pair here the veteran husband died on feb 5 last and here mrs forsyth in the same year and at practically the same age 87 years passed on friday november 27 when on monday she was laid away in the walkerton cemetery being a baptist in religion it was again n coincidence that at the end of tho trail a oleric of no relation ship but bearing the same surname rev a forsyth the local baptist pastor should perform the last sad rites bixxtthngton and ringwood christian church rev b morton preacher sunday december 13 1936 the best kind of warmth that can be found anywhere in all the world these wintry days is to be found in human hearts warmed with love towards him who first loved us 1100 am bloomington 230 pm ringwood 700 pm altona the pilgrims will have charge of the altona service let us help to make it the most helpful of all th five weeks just past let us make sure that we are right with god stouffvelle united church l e atkinson minister wed dec 9 at 8 pm prayer and fellowship service sunday december 13 1936 1100 am worship subject think it not strange 230 pm sabbath school 700 pm worship subject some ways to tell right from wrong mon dec 14 8 pm yps missionary service as well as the election of officers for the year 1937 iwed dec 16 8 pm annual christmas tree and entertainment you are always welcome at our services sixth line baptist church rev w e smalley pastor telephone 1903 wed s pm prayer meeting friday dec 11 8 pm young peoples night christmas program everybody welcome sunday december 13 1936 1000 am sunday school 700 pm church service subject a great revival which disappoint ed tho evangelist bibljp thought for tws week ps 119132133 look thou up on me arid be merciful unto me as thou nsest to do unto those that love thy name order my steps in thy word and let not any iniquity have dominion over me explanation asked ratepayers of markham town ship would like to know why road superintendent maxwells salary was raised and why he hired on again after reeve padget charged him with getting 50000 the reeve also stated that ho got letters from a dozen different women laying complaints then after a petition was signed by 97 per com of tho ratepayers around whero he was known on the east side of the township to have him dismissed why was he reen gaged geo h bennett notice wo have taken over the agency for standard cream separa tors and repairs recently held by the lawson estate in future you may get your requirements from us frank baker phone 15204 yon are invited to attend the evangelistic services to be held in the oddfellows hall stouffville each sunday evening at 700 oclock these services will be strictly undenominational and the speakers will be chosen from various toronto churches good music at each service by consecrated talent it may be a turkey perhaps a goose maybe a pair of ducks or a couple of chickens or a prime roast however no matter what it is in the meat line we can supply it 0boyles meat market stouffville telephone 3501 christmas market december 17 tlglltglltttg