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ht tetwtw volxlvii no 32 stouffville ontario thursday october 27 1938 a v nolan jp publisher stores to continue with halfholiday but shaws general store and schells butcher shop will be open stouffville merchants voted two to one on monday evening to close their places of business every wednesday afternoon all year around excepting during the christmas season the action was strenuously opposed by the shaw store and onfe or two others harvey schell butcher fought the measure and con tended that if certain stores wished to close up then let them do so but they should not interfere he said with those who want to work mr schell later suggested that the store patrons should be allowed to vote on the idea with a secret ballot for the hardware firms messrs agnew and goudie each sfrongly favored the closing idea i was useo to it before i came to stouffville and certainly missed it said mr agnew for the brathwaite firm- reeve weldon who was vot- id chairman favored the clos ing idea but frowned on any suggestion that closing should oe the order at 1030 on satur days mr bert wilkinson super ior grocery who voted against closing on wednesday after noons in the winter agreed to submit to the majority for the sake of unity he said however i think it is a mistake to close our stores on wednesday after noons in the winter i am as much in favor of shorter hours as anyone and would be glad to take a couple of days off each week but we cant get away with it mr wilkinson signed the advertisment in this issue to close only as he says for unity and to prevent confusion among the public miss waters speaking for the shaw store explained how this firm had a heavy invest ment and employed much more labor than almost any other per son present just now they were preparing for christmas and needed every working hour looking over returns she found that wednesdays from janu ary to april were better shopp- ing days than monday or tues day and all in all she could not see that holidays in the dead of winter were called for if you are looking after business why lets look after it she said we are not hard up for holidays with one almost every summer month miss waters added reg button advanced a resolution to continue the half holiday all the year and this carried as stated by two to one mrs m e watts seconded the motion it was later decided that those who would close should band together and carry on an advertising scheme to acquaint the people with the fact that they would be closed all year excepting a few weeks at christmas those who refused to be led into this scheme to close in the winter season includ ed the smw store harvey schell butcher the drug stores have not signed ur to close either it will be noted in the dis play adv that all the barber shops will close also miss ruth badgeros beauty shop of course as it was pointed out any of these stores may serve a customer who comes to them likewise a barber may accom modate a customer under an emergency thus the rule to close is to be much like it has been in the past not too binding an obligation every grocery store has sign ed up to close with the exception of the east end grocery at 10th street thus will the present halfholiday roll along if the shaw store and schells butcher shop gather any support from other stores who may recant their position there would soon be a general breakup on the other hand some argue the half- day will become so natural we will wonder why all the fuss time will tell we call attention to the display adv in this issue signed by the merchants and business people bought building lot councfllor jack silverthorn garageman has purchased a 40 foot building lot on mill street from john madill the property is immediately across the lane from the rear of shaws store and has a double brick garage at the rear mr silverthorn in tends to build a residence on his new property next summer aftermath of the pheasant shoot constables b gayman and arthur daniels are here shown with a number of pheasants confiscated on the 5th of markham from two italians who will answer two charges of shooting without a license and using an automatic shot- gunbesides other infringements of the law bishop of mennonite faith passes on o samuel wideman aged 76 peter brillinger george cober buried at heise hill tuesday robert francey peter epp his death records the first preachers were aaron t o i grove oscar burkhoder alvm break in the family of sons winge and thos doner grand children numbering 32 announcement mr and mrs peter lehman will be at home to their friends on monday october 31 from 3 to 5 and from 7 to 10 oclock in the evening it will be the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary stanley theatre makes contribution the boys band fund will benefit storeys special cough mixture an excellent remedy for coughs cold bron chitis and air inflamed or irritated conditions of the throat and bron chial tubes j m storey druggist the home of quality drnga on the evening of thursday november 3rd the stouffville theatre is putting on a special complimentary picture in aid of the recently organized boys band and mr and mrs schmidt owners are deserving of public thanks for their fine gesture of good will given in so tangible a form indeed the management of the stanley have shown them selves always at the head of any good or worthwhile undertaking of a public benefit they donat ed liberally to the rest rooms and this latest contribution to the band fund comes when it is sorely needed the stanley is not only giving the use of the theatre but they are providing the picture free of cost to the boys who are going out to sell the tickets and to make all they can for the fund their only expen will be the amount spent for advertising the picture is entitled bor rowing trouble and is family entertainment from nrt to finish it is one that everybody will enjoy as an added attrac tion all tickets sold wil be numbered and there will be a lucky draw for a valuable prize this adds extra zip to what ought to be a record sale of tickets get your tickets early nd if you do not find it nossibe to attend the show you may still be the prize winner the prize is being donated by maple leaf dairy halloween dance a special halloween dance will be held in the township hall at brooklin on friday evening october 28 extra prizes and novel ties dont miss this big event wolf sighted 1 is reported that a wolf was sighted on the 8th concession near the vivian reforestration last weeken 1 by manage of the bank at mount albert this is the efeccnd time within the past ipw iiic nths that a wolf has been seen in the ballantrae district christmas market plowing match prize winners as stated in our last issue the number of entries in the north york plowing match exceeded the year before despite a wet day young dan hall chip off the old block as they say won the prize for youngest boy plow man dan is eight and like his father and his grandfather ahead of him he is sturdily built and promises to be a man of strong physique the silver cup for plowing the best land in the whole match was carried away by william harrison of gait which sort of gave the york boys who are spposed to be the best plowment in ontario a mild jolt best teams in the match were owned by elmer wells with william botham and charles williamson being runnerup ratcliffs hall in town was crammed during the evening for the big banquet served by the stouffville womens institute and what a grand supper it was we saw men coming in after a hard day of toil following the plow they were tired and chill ed we had one of them say to us those hot beans and pota toes with hot brown gravey just hit the right spot we knew exactly what he meant and so the supper hit the spot for all who were hungry president russel gray con ducted the program of music and speeches the prizes were given out promptly and the even ing came to a close without a hitch of any kind continued on page 8 an effort will be made to stage a christmas market fair in stouffville this year the matter came up at a meeting of the business men on monday evening when a committee was formed to gather certain infor mation about conducting such a market this committee will report at an adjourned meeting next mon day evening october 31 in the council chambers every busi ness man should attend this is your invitation halloween euchre the oes will hold a hallow een euchre at 815 on satur day evening this week all are invited crashes tractor after lemonville plowing match leaving the plowing match at lemonville on wednesday even ing last week a truck driven by ira ramer 8th concession smashed off the axle of the trac tor belonging to mr fred tim bers no one was seriously injur ed the truck was attempting to pass the tractor ahead of which was another truck the tractor was rammed into the truck ahead which was also damaged both trucks were insured mr timbers tractor was in charge of man named grafton who had plowed with it that day he was returning it to the timbers farm at the time of the accident the truck driver who caused the accident claims that he did not see the tractor he struck the left hind wheel smashing off the axle and bursting the big pneumatic tire the damage to the tractor will run into con siderable money the death of samuel wide- man suffered a final stroke al- day last makes the first break in this family of father mother sister and brothers and some 32 descendants in the family circle of grandchildren five days before he passed away mr wide- man suffered a final storke al though he was active up to that time and attended as a last pub lic function the communion ser vice two weeks ago held in the wideman mennonite church he was born on nov 7 1861 and was actually 76 years 11 months and 15 days old born in markham township the late mr wideman was bless ed of godly parents and himself became a minister of the gospel for the past four generations in his famly lineage there has been either a minister or bishop in the mennonite faith his great grandfather henry wide- man who died in 1810 at the age of 53 years was the first men nonite bishop in canada his son adam became a minister and following him was jacob also a minister it may be truthfully said that all of them faithfully endeavoured to serve their lord and master and are now await ing the first resurrection to meet their lord in the air samuel wideman enjoyed good health until only five years ago when stricken with a stroke from which he recovered but subsequent attacks gradually weakened him forty eight years ago he married elsie ann hoover who survives and to this union were five sons and one daughter they are jacob at bethesda willis of stouffville roy on the home place isadore of gormley and joseph on the homestead of his great grand father jacob at lot 32 con 8 markham the only daughter mary is now mrs harvey cober living near wellandpoi at the age of 21 years the late mr wideman was converted and united with the mennonite church ten years later he was called to the ministry and three years following he was received as a bishop at all times he faithfully served his ord and master is the beautiful testi mony advanced by one of his own sons the funeral on tuesday after noon took place from the late home at lot 31 con 5 mark ham where he had lived for almost 45 years to hisey hill cemetery for public worship here there gathered many old friends and christian associates who mourned the loss of a faith ful follower and at the same time rejoiced in the knowledge that he had laid up a goodly heritage the pall bearers were messrs a d bruce levi hisey two months for illegal selling percy henley of markham was sentenced to two months imprisonment in county court on monday on a charge of illegal liquor selling henley also appeared on charge of hav ing unregistered revolvers in his possession and was remand ed for sentence on this charge for two weeks mitchell family is bereaved many people about stouffville were shocked to hear of the death of myrtle mitchell john ston last thursday morning at cleveland ohio she was the only daughter of cuningham f mitchell who passed away last april and margaret patterson formerly of bloomington she was married about 23 years ago to rowland johnston a promin ent architect of cleveland her death was quite sudden and un expected she having done up fruit for the family larder the day before mrs johnston was a woman with a very sweet dispos ition and had made a host of lovely friends in cleveland these facts were attested by the character of her funeral interment was at 3 oclock last saturday afternoon in the city where she had spent all her married life she is survived by her husband her two children helen and magaret her brother delbert and her aged mother her aunt miss belle mitchell and her cousin mrs kenneth camp bell attended the funeral at cleveland returning home on monday evening 90th anniversary the 90th anniversary of the sixth line baptist church will be held next sunday oct 30th regular sunday school school session at 10 oclock the morning service will be addressed by dr mitchell with music by the ladies double quartette and mrs oldham evening service will be at 7 oclock and will be in charge of members of forward bap tist church toronto there will be a youthful radio singer at the evening service engagements mr- and mrs george e todd goodwood announce the engage ment of their eldest daughter blanche ethel to john victor son of mrs j c paxton ux- bridge the wedding to take place november 5 over 2000 pheasants are estimated to have been shot in markham township last friday and saturday during the twoday shoot this fine bird escaped the shot and shell and is still preud to be alive