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vol xlvii no 31 stouffville ontario thursday december 23 1937 a v nolan j p publisher icecarnivalplanned jby junior farmers the ice carnival season in stouff ville will open on weduesday dae 29 when the junior farmers club will sponsor a night at the rink the like of which they say has scar cely ever heeu enjoyed besides th run of prizes in the competition fo- fancy and comic dress there will oa a series of comic races stunt efforts and other hilarious entertainment the air will he filled with brass bund music and the boys and lassies are invited from unlonvllle gormley bethesda ballantrae goodwood altona and claremont invitation is wide open body and all youll he is to slip a quarter wicket as you pass in the boys and giils will do the rest in providing a grand time circle the date on your calendar at once and head for stouffville arena on dec 29 tnose contributing to the prize list are brown betty tea hooms ratclift co hugh anderson hodgins grocery silvertliorn garage curtis mens store oboyles meat market goudies hardware storeys drug store stovers bakery the tribune a e weldon shaw store schells meat market dickson hill mills l e oneill boadways drug storfc brathwaite hardware chinese cafe ormsby lehman stiver bros dominion stores thos birkett the stouffville creamery art swift hardings barber- shop turners dairy forsyths banner shop robt snowball less rowlbotham harry paisley d f holden in fact tho for every- asked to do through the date not set the appeal case brought by walter davis of altona against mrs kthel brown as a result of a de cision given by magistrate ebbs or oshawa in favor of mrs brown will he heard it is expected about the middle of january on a date to he set by the county court judge for ontario county davis was fined 1000 and costs amounting in all to about 100 on the appeal he will be repre sented by mr arthur greer of oshawa and the case will be heard in whitby before judge coleman births lionlec to mr and mrs albert boako stouffville on december 20 19x7 a daughter coming events the stanley theatre is arranging a free matinee for children on the afternoon of december 24 as a christmas treat from manager sid schmidt adults regular admission the opening junior game in stouffville on monday evening next dec 27 will start sharp at 830 and not at s pm as announced elsewhere in this issue and by post ers week of prayer under the joint auspices of the following local churches baptist christiancongregational mennonito brethren in christ st james pres byterian and the united church there will he held a week f prayer beginning monday january 3rd and continuing to friday january 7th watch for a more de tailed announcement next week stoukfvitilie arena skating ox friday and saturday dec 24 enjoy christmas eve nnd evening nt the arena good hand music to those who give the finest smiles n chuckles chocolates 50c per pound i 1 2 4 lb boxes enchantingly wrapped as a sift it is the supreme compliment to those who know and appreciate cigars cigarettes and tobacco christnlas wrapped tree decorations christmas cards j m storey druggist the home of quality drugs j c steckiey supt at ridgeway farm last weeks announcement by hon p m dewau minister of agriculture of appointments and changes in- the ontario dept of agriculture are of particular- inter est to the people of whitchurch ami york comity the many friends- made by j c steekley while serving the county so capably as agricul tural representative from 1911 to 1922 will be delighted to learn thai jatk has received a welltdeserved promotion having been appointed to superintendent of the experimental farm at ridgetown succeeding w r reek who was recently appointed deputyminister of agriculture mr steekley left york county in the fall of 1922 on being appointed associate professor of animal hus bandry at the ontario agricultural college guelph taking charge on the death of prof wade toole prof steekley enlarged and developed the work of the live stock department at the college in research and herd improvement some three years ago prof steekley was transferred to brant- ford to represent the dept of agri culture there and this paper joins his many friends in congratulating a native son of york on his recent appointment imr steekley was born in whit church township and farmed at bethesda his father had lived retir ed in stouffville for some yers and passed away in october of this year many of the young farmers of today attended school fair and short courses under his direction or were members of his live stock judging teams many of which won provincial honors mr steekley was succeeded here by r j rogers christmas globe mail as christmas day falls on satur day there will be no issue of toron to evening papers from friday night until the following monday night persons who wish to secure a copy of the globe and mail on christmas morning may do so at tribune office better still telephone right now to reserve your copy and this will enable us to better estimate me number of extra papers required remember this is the last issue of any daily until the following mon day evening liquor seized at jail farm two are arrested it will undoubtedly be a dry christmas at the langstaft jail farm but not because certain in dividuals didnt try tipped off that liquor was to be brought into the jail farm guards were stationed at the rum runners rendezvous a barn on the jail farm grounds a car drove up two men got out and headed towards the trap they were immediate sur rounded by guards and quickly overpowered in their overcoat pockets were found two bottles of whisky in the meanwhile the car and a third man continued up the aide lane at the rear of the jail out buildings and turned back to pick up his two associates seeing ills path blocked by guards he headed the vehicle straight at them the guards leaped out of the way of the roaring vehicle as it forced an open ing ou the roadway it bended southward under a fusilade of bullets four shots were fired by guards at the disappearing auto- and one is believed to have hit its mark jail officials expect an early arrest to day of the driver the two men captured by the guards gave their names as david edward and john fraser they were held at the jail farm on charges of vagrancy and are scheduled g appear in county police coiirb guards trailed the fleeing car as far south as aglncourt all subur ban and toronto police wore noti fied and main arteries leading into the city were blocked within a few minutes residents on church street are incensed over the action of certain hoys who have mutilated a good number of the beautiful shade trees the lads we are told carried a hatchet and slashed into a number of treeswhlch will mark them for all time to come if it does not do more serious harm by killing a few wo have been asked to mention tho matter that parents may warn their children about the seriousness of this offense lions club under consideration in stouffville strong list of officers is selected at meeting r hunters are fined tor poaching in markham proposed organization name jr hodgins as first presi dent dr ball will tame the brutes and blake sanders tail twister a branch of the lions club an international association was form ed in stouffville on friday evening when a representative number of citizens assembled in the municipal hall to hear organizer irwin judg ing by the standing of the citizens the organizer succeeded in interest ing in this new undertaking tha lions are in for a good time and should prove a distince asset to the community while twenty members are required to sign up befor organization is complete we are told that there is excellent prospect of this number joining before tho first regular meeting along about the middle of january the offices to be filled are much like those of any othar orgnniaation excepting that one allotted to mr blake sanders he is to he the tall twister th- duties of which we will have to leave to your own imagination we also note that dr ball is named to tame the brutes the proposed set of officers are president j r hodgins first vice m e watts second vice f l button kc third vice rev l e atkinson secretary hugh bannerman treasurer elmer still lion tamer dr ss ball tail twister j blake sanders directors c e boadway tim oneill clayt baker a e booth the aim of the lions club is to promote intelligence liberty the nation- and safety all laudible objects this paper has for a ong time recommended the formation of some association that would nave for its object the promotion of the business welfare of stouffville and serve as a sort of backing for the municipal council who would often welcome the support of some in fluential organization in the pro motion of some scheme for rhe advancement of the community at large if the lions club can take in sufficient scope to do this then there is a place and need for them in the village and we are told that they can and will interest them selves in local undertakings the annual fee was set at 40 payable half yearly in advance initiation tee is 1000 four lions from bradford attend ed the meeting they reported that the membership fee covered most of the yearly expenses excepting ho cost of suppers held twice a month other funds were raised through theatre parties and other activities president rutherford of bradford offered to send over a couple of loads to provide a program for charter night to which ladies are to he in vited the first fine to be registered un der the new game protection act recently invoked in the township of markham was made this week when magistrate keith in county court imposed 10 and costs on four hunters picked up in the muni cipality by deputy game warden stiver and harper the hunters were carrying fire arms and were on a shooting exped ition when the officers got themthey had no license for tho guns or for shooting rabbits in the municipality and were forced to pay 20 each to cover costs of the court it has been said that the recent ly enacted game law for markham township would never be obeyed and that it lacked teeth well there are now four toronto men who will not agree with this for they have felt the teeth andttheir pocket books have felt a drain no doubt f- bailiff charged a police court action has been entered against edward wurm bailiff charging him with common assault when he entered the home of isaac meyers lot 20 con 10 pre sumably to make a seizure mrs meyers attempted to obstruct the officer at the door and she charges him with assault in attempting to enter the home the case is slated for county police court on monday december 27 at 10 oclock last rites performed a large concourse of old friends attended the funeral of the late mrs matthew timbers on thursday after noon from the home of her daughter mrs f mortson lot 5 concession 8 whitchurch the public service was held in the dickson hill mbc church where the pastor rev w brown took charge being assisted by rev mr bailey pastor of the friends church at armadale where mrs timbers attended and had membership years ago the pall hearers were all nephews being messrs john and ed timbers john and george brooks hilllard and alvin walker besides the bereaved family as mentioned in our last issue mrs timbers is survived by a sister mrs j brooks of malvern and a brother wm walker of markham to rent comfortable 6room house near stouffville apply to tribune office christmas services stouffville united church sun dec 26 order of worship f morning 1 1 oclock organ prelude holy holy holy invocation i s hymn 638 prayer choir carol good christian men f responsive psalm n t scripture lesson i hymn 51 announcements offertory choir solo the manger throne mrs keliington hymn 62 sermon prayer choir anthem o come all ye faithful imrs harold lewis and choti- hymn 58 1 benediction i kvcnlnk 7 oclock organ selection processional invocation hymn 55 prayer anthem bethlehem solo selected miss luella gaymam scripture lesson hymn 64 announcements anthem while by my sheep duet sleep heavenly babe misses sanderson and atkinson- offertory anthem it came upon the midnight clear miss gayman and choir carol lo how a rose solo the song the angels sing mrs keliington anthem gesu bambino benediction come and worship with us jfo inspector roberts case investigated public school inspector roberts who is said to have been removed from the- waterloo district and dumped onto the district of north york because such strong objection to him was taken in the waterloo inspectorate is again in hot water last week a protest meeting was called of trustees of the north york inspectorate when a strong protest was said to have been registered against what is termed unjust criti cism hurled by the inspector at cer tain teachers in markham vaugban and whitchurch townships the member for north york morgan baker attended tho meeting while the deputy minister ot edu cation promised a full investigation would be made in view of the trouble this inspector is reported to have had prior to being ent into north york where ample mater ial could have been found locally for the position it shouldnt take the deputy minister long to arrive at a decision in the matter police force is incr b two following in the footsteps of his father who for 25 years was a mem ber of the york county police force william myers jr of mimico was appointed a county constable by the warden and commissioners at a special meeting yesterday one other appointment was also made by the commission aubrey fleury who for the past ten years has been town constable of aurora was assigned as county constable for whitchurch aurora and king tbwnship areas a third appointment for the new market area is contemplated by tne commissioners but this is not ex pected to take place until some timo later william myers will be the youngest member on the county force having just reached his 21st birthday his father the late de tective myers was one of the best liked officers on the county force and the young man is entering a service for which he has been well trained b appletons four nephews and five nieces are beneficiaries in the wli o herbert a appleton who disposed of an es tate ot 21201bert cv appleton s bequeathed 881 byrori appleton is left 2588 while charles appleton receives 4867 vera talbot is left a bequest- of 3407 margaret and edith appleton and verna vesey each are willed 486 dr s s 3all of stouffville and byron appleton of scarboro are named as executors the late byron appleton who died on nov 25 was a prominent farm er at musselmans lakeland owned lands on the west shore turkeys touch 35c a pound although the stouffville christ mas market was held ten days be fore christinas day there was a very good run of fowl brought in and what was lacking in quantity certainly was made up in quality however probably because many farmers had not orought their poultry up to the required fatness so far before the anticipated time for killing or because of i the stronger drawing cards presented by neighboring town the crowd and the amount of poultry offered was decidedly down in comparison to other years chickens geese and ducks form ed the biggest offering in poultry with quite a nice lot of turkey chickens were low at 20 cents per pound for choice fowl while gee3e rose from 16 cents to 18 and 20 be fore the close of the market twea- tyeight cents and 30 cents was be ing offered for turkeys with sever al lots of choice birds selling at 35 cents per pound mostly to house holders eggs were 29c for grade a whitchurch pay in 44000 tax payers of the township ot whitchurch contributed to tho municipal coffers up to dec 15 over 44000 collector r e rat- cliff announced on saturday this leaves a balance outstanding on tho 1937 roll ot approximately 18000 against which there will be sub stantial payment by the first of tho new year it is difficult to compare the man ner in which taxes were paid this year as against 1936 the 1937 roll has a grand total of around 62000 whereas in 1936 the taxes totalled 70000 y the toronto and north york hunt collection for the poppy fund at holt post office on nov 11th am ounted to 4500 which has bosn distributed among the york county veterans as follows aurora branch 15 newmarket branch whitchurch branch king branch east gwilllmbury branch 00 50 50 50 50 appoint new constable at a special session of markham village council onmonday night elmer daniels a resident of mark ham was selected from among some eight or nine applicants and award ed the job ot constable the salary attached to the position is 900 and includes the offices of tax collector weed inspector sanitary inspector and park caretaker along with the regular constables duties owing to a special page of christmas greetings in this issue the local topics will be found on page seven 45 00 there will be a special free show for the children on friday december 24 at 230 pm stanley theatre adults price at the regular may sell grattan newmarkets walter grattan owned by walter blanchard muy be sold to the owner of grey hound the famous u s trotter again at dufferin track in toronto this horse won a 500 stake and the canadian sportmens associations silver cup for the best trotter in canada at dufferin two weeks ago among the churches lived to 96 years well known to many in lemon- iville and stouffville where she was a resident for a number of years mrs barbara mckay hunter a toronto citizen since 1912 died friday evening at the home of her daughter mrs v u heming 71 duplex avenue she was 96 year3 of age mrs hunter horn in aberden- shire scotland left her birthplace with her parents at the age of 16 years for canada they settled in newmarket she is survived by five daughters mrs a monkhouse mrs a blainey mrs b l wideman mrs heming of toronto and mrs t j todd of indiana a service was conducted in the chapel ot morley s bedford at 130 pm mon day interment was jnade at lemon- ville the old gideon 3aker farm now owned and occupied by mr george cook is the old hunter place and i was here the late mrs hunter lived stouffville congregational christian church arthur greer pastor sunday december 26th 1937 1000 am sunday sk 1100 amw itt gospel service cuurch hill 200 pm sunday school 300 pm worship everyone welcome t t t t sixth line baptist church rev w e smalley pastor phone 2203 sunday december 26th 1937 1000 am sunday school 700 pm church service subject a new year declaration bible thought for this week 1 kings 1821 and elijah came unto all the people and said how long halt ye between two opinions it the lord be god follow him but if baal then follow him and the people answered him not o word what is your answer t t t t former constable alt pugh was in toronto tuesday for treatment at the hospital he has not made the complete recovery that was hoped for since his serious operation of a year ago we regret to report by the death of mrs james mc- rae at the advanced age of 9- years whitevalo has lost its oldest resident imrs mcrae whose maid en name was pallister was connect ed with some of the oldest families in this township and while of a re tiring disposition was held in high esteem by all bloomington and ringwoow christian church kev e morton preacher the happiness derived from do ing deeds of kindness is the purest the sweetest and the most lasting of all human enjoyments next lords day services tcc 20 1100 am bloomlngton 2 30 pm ringwood 700 pm altona lords supper at altona the best lovo is not expressed by the audible voice but in spending itself in christlike service for the good ot others t t t t stouffville united church l e atkinson minister sunday december 26th 1937 christmas services 1100 am worship subject no room- in the inn 230 pm sunday school and bible class 700 pm worship servlceof christmas music lead by the choir anthems carols solos etc see order of worship elsewhere watch nlsht scrvuq friday dec 31st watch night service this service will begin at 1045 pm and is open to all who care to attend may you all have a very slcrry christmas tho womans association will meet at mrs k o tarrs on tues- stouffvuile presbyterjiv rev w h fuuejrst 3 scno stoo pm evening wotisg the public are invited ts with us t t t t christ church angmi rov f herman hector sunday december 26th 1937 1st sunday after christmas 200 pm holy communion t t t t lemonvtlle bloomington ballantbae united churches uev chas b jeffery pastor sunday december 26th 1937 1045 am ballantrae 230 bioomington 700 pm lemanyllle t t vvt stouffville baptist church d macgregor- pasto sunday december 26thji937 1000 am bible school classes for all ages 1100 am imorning worship subject never this way again 700 pm gospel service subject god asks why what is the answer miss alma baker will sing at the evening service come and receive a blessing t t t t stouffville mennonetb church rev i brubachcr pastor sunday december 26th 1937 flowering plants for christmas cycleman and begonias all moder- 1 d evening december 28th ately priced at brllliuger s green house open evenings you are cordially worship with us invited to there will be a special prayer conference in stouffville mbc church from dec 26 fo january 2 rev w b moyer city imlsslon president will be the speaker for the evening sessions with which will open with devotional at 730 sunday morning rev w b moy er will speak on dec 28 and 29 there will bo a ministerial gathering the fore noon session will bo solely for ministers of this group but in tho afternoon they will join the prayer conference on tuesday tho 28th at 2 bmdovotlonal taken by roy h shantz of gormley 230 topic tho spiritual condition ot the disciples before and on and after pentecost by revw shantz tor onto the evening devotional will ba taken by rev h s hallman on dec 29 the topic will be taken by rev lloyd slder of col- borne on how to retain exper ience of entire sanctiflcatlon rev arthur lehman zephyr will tako tho evening devotional there will be an afternoon meet ing on dec 30 when a mesago to tho christians will be delivered by rev w b meyer