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vol 59 no is heated chicken palace elevator accommodation construction o nage chicken palace in the east end of stouffviue on the former collins property now- owned and operated by deibert booth is moving toward comple tion so far as the new building is concerned it will accommodate several thousand chickens on its three floors and during their life time they will live as it were on the fat of the land in perfect comfort the new structure over 100 feet in length located on the former orchard grounds will have three stories and the whole place will be fitted with radiant heating from a hot water plant of modern design the pipes will all be laid between the floors so that winter winds and subzero weather will be unknown to the chicks that will spend their lives in the palace there will be no stairs in the building for the attendants to climb as an elevator will be install ed and large doors at the front will permit trucks to back right into a receiving room to load or unload birds or feed it is only three years since mr booth acquired the collins resid ence and land together with the six acres of orchard kind at the rear owned by the late edward walls he has developed an enormous demand for booth dressed poultry and killing of 2000 to 2500 per week has been reached recently the trade demanded not only birds nice ly picked and drawn but halved and quartered and all this is done on the premises here large cold storage room accommodates a thousand birds or more on the racks the new chicken palace is of cement block construction on cement foundation stan thompson is the contractor rushing the job to completion in readiness for the plumbers to step in and install their end of the job drycleaning plant changing ownership the new dry cleaning plant re- centy establishd in stouffviue by mr perc hewlett is under sale to a man named aida a japanese said to be well skilled in the meth ods of dry cleaning we under stand he will locate in stouffviue in a short lime and take over the business but there will be no change in the good service now be ing rendered when the business was opened here not very long ago mrhewett erected his own building for the purpose at the south end of market street and despite the difficulty of obtaining modern new machinery the plant has developed to a high degree for latest machines were secured which coupled with skilled workmanship has pleased a criti cal public uxbridge twp needs tax rate increase of over five mills uxbridge township tax rate for 1917 will be advanced over six mills according to the rate struck at an evening meeting of the council held on monday at goodwood and pre sided over by reeve stuart ball clerk john ashenhurst explained the situation when he reiorted that it would require a rate of 137 mills to raise the budget for general purposes in order to break even at the end of 1917 this says the treasurer is an increase of 37 mills above last years general rate then there must tie added an increase in tiie county rate of 25 mills over last year which adds to the increase in the township rales and make a total increase of g2 mills mr ashenhurst points out that this increase may be offset to some extent by the fact that no levy is required this year for debenture ptymentsso that the net increase is 53 mills however the requisitions from the various school sections show an increase in most every case and while council has little or no control over school expenditures these increases add to the tax r just the same tlv provide for a supplementary tottfftiillt the tribune stouffville ont august u 1j holstein breaks world record for a multiple birth upper school results are j announced i paul ctunmings eng comp ill ehg lit c geom c phys c chem- iii fr an c fr comp c i warren mover hist- c trig 111 james maunder alg iii geom c trig c fr au ii fr compii bill nigh eng- comp c geom c phys iii chem c fy au ill fr comp- c kenneth noxon eng comp ill eng lit c hist c trig c phys i chem iii fr au iii fr comp iii phvllis pugh eng- comp ii eng lit 11- bernard salmon chem iii fr ail c fr cbfnp c albert smallev eng comp c hist c chem c fr au c fr comp c ruth windsor ghent c fr au c fr comp c reta wagg eng comp iii eng lit ii hist c phys 111 chem ii fr au c fr comp iii duncan smith eng comp ill eng lit c hist c geom iii trig 111 phys i chem i fr au ill fr comp iii dorothv bown zool iii one mill advance in markhams general tax is beiii held the ontario horticultural to within one mill of the rate levied indicates that bloomingtonj stand bv the council last year for general seventh in ontario judging is fo purposes while there will only be general appearance and attiactiye- an increase of one mill on this item new of the school groun s and the school taxes will show a very many schools over the pio nee different result and this is some- entered their premises blaming thing the council have no control ton was the only school- to york 0v i countv to receive a placing for which first prize went to the hamil- advancing salaries and other iistric increased costs have caused lncreas- ed levies in almost every section in s myrtle topper teacher at mrs edw pennock laid to rest sunday one whose memory will long be cherished by the family and by all who knew her well mrs edward c pennock passed away at the brierbush hospital stouff viue on friday august 8 in her 70ih year born in whitchurch township at lemonville she spent all her life there and in town where she ultimately located mrs pennock was a daughter of the late macklem cook and lucy sanders cook he died in 1922 and mrs cook in 1935 mr cook was a prominent figure in the township half a century ago they had three daughters all of whom are now dead scynthia died in 193s lillian in 1939 and mrs pennock nettie last friday as a girl mrs pennock came to stouffviue to work in the post oflice then operated by her uncle the late v b sanders fortyfour years ago she married edward pennock and the couple have lived in town ever since always near the cnr to them were born two sons harry in the rcaf and jack pennock aurora who survive the mother together with the invalid husband edward pennock the strong rugged man of 11 years ago when lie was prominent in lacrosse circles and himself one of the stars has been an invalid for fifteen years and has not been downstairs in his home in the last four years until 1 he was taken down to see his de- results of the provmdakiura efl wjfe h amm mjn school competition sponsored ty i l i birth to eight calves born three months prematurely the calves were all dead and are shown in the top photo with gerald hess a veterinary student story on page three rate bl00mmgt0n school grounds in contest in the thornhill section for inst ance the school rate has jumped from 91 mills in 191g to 156 mills in 1917 an even sharper increase is shown in thornlee section where salaries and an extra teache necessitate an increase from 38 mills to 15 mills in the stouffviue union school the rate is eight mi mills last year one bloomington and her pupils may j feel justly proud of their achieve ment i birthday recalls marriage sixtyone 1 ii1i1vii 5vliiui hi lis as against 71 vpjirc affrt ne of the smallest 1 till 5 rtgu society istere lo h needs through the i long trying years mrs pennock had been in declining health for several months and the end came as no surprise to those close to her the funeral on sunday afternoon proceeded from the late home on main street to stouffviue cemetery rev d davis family pastor con ducted the service mr carl boad- way and mrs claude bri dinger sang an appropriate selection the pall bearers were all neighbors and intimate friends messrs thos and delbert jennings harvey moyer jacob smith chas nolan and reeve a v nolan floral remembrances were very beautiful and were from mr and mrs jacob l smith mr and mrs delbert jennings mr and mrs harvey moyer mr and mrs robt burnett mr and mrs thos jenn ings milton and mrs howard find- lay and family unionville officers and airmen of the 100 fighter squadron rcaf mr and mrs a v and mr and mrs chas nolan cal conner mt pleasant mich brierbush installs new signal system raspberries 274 inches aroixo grown i1y former city slicker call him a city slicker or what- kve war jn faf cverv lk ever you like our local fruit farmer m t brierbiish hospital is now j bouck is an honestlogoodness equipped with a new system of dirt farmer producing fruit on his signal alarm bells no matter where five acres of land on the sth con- the bed is in the room there all increases of all the sections in the township which will be good news mrs robert winterstein of for the farmers on the 10th con- whitchurch township attained her cession in the union section gist birthday on sunday august and family wreath councillor v griffin questioned i the advisability of striking the the 10th the immediate family general township rate at 75 i gathered at her home- and ce leto m totto hvc sss mink we should make it high ed the occasion on saturday be- holidaying for a week with the enough so that there will be ample fore ma mrs winterstein was misses b and e winn money available for emergencies i violet isobell jones andeame from 1 said the councillor j vicinity of mount allien hen the annual timbers reunion will reeve hooper contended on the husband who was a patient in the be held in memorial park stouff- ther hand that the rate as struck- lirierbush hospital some months ville on saturday august 23 it has otr would be ample that reasonable ago was able to participate in the been decided allowance was made for unforeseen i festivities he celebrated his 86th expenditures the expenditures on j birthday in julv and on the 2itli of j crozier of kichener is roads to date is 29000 leaving i july this esteemed couple had been visiting at the home of misses edna ue cession of whitchurch that would jh jc l u 16000 to carry the work until the married 61 years i violet hoover for a few days tack imp the corner anything your al jzupuj end of the year after their marriage they located mrs crozier is the former miss council passed a bylaw toioac expert can produce l f l ii the treasurer said that bank on what was known as the old winifred macdonald a member of inowing had started earlier this intorstein ho mr bouck brought to the tri- the nurses quarters and appropriation of 2500 for road mine office two boxes latham sounded in other parts of the hos pital so that no matter where the sets the expenditures which is subject to varietv raspberries last week every l m i mlv v h the approval of the dept of high- kerrv of which would measure 23 r ways road accounts ordered paid around lovely juicy julv work totalled 1351 and borrowing had started earlier imsl winiersiein nomestead on the lth public school staff here some year and councillor couperthwaite concession of scott township tbeyl- ago said he was told the township also farmed in the vicinity of mivirii immwlis iht le tank s30 mnunt a an ln markham havns off police officers fi and he verv zm hi call is thats untrue said the reeve rownsam about 10 years ago they court rules flour and tne erj room me can isi trea5urer t took up farming on the 10th of from i for the past 9 years when constable rusnell brought monday re im- interfer- on y cause s iurniture deinterestej ut course ne was oorn sak it 1 wa3 longing to orvule cox will tx sold ion a farm left the home acres when room for oompart monev borrowed would come from three of their family reached committed when tne officer was at lot 27 con s pickering with- j v voung and was never satisfied other sources so that actually the maturity lottie the late mrs about to make a seizure out reserve the entire sale ilst ls vi cm miei tin with the soil produce on 5 acres pork and poul- borrowings were not allan clossen and joseph d and this is summer season and ordin- printed in this knie watch for it h nurcnaed the 4bitt rv in abundance with small fruit than s10000 ross both of stouffvilte this ven- anly the courts are running at a low and remember the date saturday of tji to noih of ris in eaon a we have indicated i think the circulation of such erable couple have four grandchild- ebb however m both toronto and this week irfv jj in of the quality of hi reports should be stopped declar- ren and three great grandchildren newmarket are running high i dont thrk mr n6 mrs w l hope miui- ken w sunday visitors with mr ami mrs h boyd 5acre place north of and with his own hands a garden tractor and plenty of knowhow brains he went to work to surpass almost anything anybody else eouid do with t smile fniit folk press mr bouck to filljed reeve hooper their orders and this he tries tothey are very- far out in- mr anri mrs winterstein are both stead of a dozen cases at newmar- sald mr members of the christian church at ket recently no less than fiftyone i couperthwaite j bloomington cases were in the docket