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witeite 0 so 24 authorized as second class mail post office department ottawa the tribune st0uffv1ue ont september 30 194s twelve pages has worked for five generations this towns hydro electric demand far above quota if more housewives would shift weekly ironing time a great saving would be made is belief of hydro officials five generations of the same family have had work done by arthur clendenen 7s black smith at cedar grove south of stouffville he is shown repair ing a wagon for colin and colleen heesor twin children of austin reesor when starting in business in 1s90 mr clen denen shod horses for the twins greatgreatgrandfather samuel reesor and has handled the familys work ever since stouffvilles quota for hydro current is i700 kilowatts per day unless we can reduce our daily consumption to somewhere near this objective the switch may be cut and daily shutoils will be the order we know that many house- i holders are cutting off every light that is not absolutely necessary yet despite this cooperation our daily consumption of current has run far above our allotment some people are using hydro for heating and this should not be better all co operate and avoid shutoftshospital dairy creamery and the factories will be greatly inconvenienced if the daily sliutoif occurs and work men will not have a full weeks envelope on payday our daily draw is recorded on the chart at the western entrance to the town and here is the sad story since sept 13th sept 13 kilowatts consumed 6210 sept 11 kilowatts consumed 5500 sept 15 kilowatts consumed 60s0 sept 1g kilowatts consumed 5700 sept 17 kilowatts consumed 60s0 sept is kilowatts consumed 6000 sept 19 kilowatts consumed 3500 sept 20 kilowatts consumed 6160 sept 21 kilowatts consumed 5200 sept 22 kilowatts consumed 5920 sept 28 kilowatts consumed 6120 local church records a big jump in offerings united missionary church con- fcience increases minimum sal- voal inc rev p g lehman aris sunday school attendance kitchener district superintendent increases erence reports rev h a beech vineland vice i superintendent and rev w m shantz president of emmanuel i bible college kitchener conference i secretary the wednesday evening service in charge of rev p l storms of owen sound had as its speaker mr donald pugh of palrnerston the i friday evening service was con ducted by rev j h shark a former pastor at markham and j now instructor at emmanuel bible college kitchener the sermon was by rev c x good veteran minister in the united missionary church sunday after- come as their new pastor rev cyril noon mis iazol hjl berry of colborne who wl lwrnj the children while the mencc cumes the third sunday in fm the afternoon i he former pator revs l- m w bal of por ope the conference which comment- i eel oil tuesday of last week was 1 attended by severtyfive delegates i and clergymen from many points i of the province the various reports i indicating splendid advancement in continued on page 121 indicate report of the stationing com mittee of the united missionary church meeting in annual confer- once last week at gormley dis closed that rev ii s llallman would be continuing his ministry at the stouffville and aitona churches rev percy barley also continues as pastor at the gormley w ii yates continues in charge of j the zephyr and scott appointments j the markham and dickson hill united missionary churches wel- ev cyril s shantz who concludes live years of faithful ministry at these churches will be preaching his fare well messages on sunday october 10 leaving that week to assume his duties as pastor of bethany united missionary church st catharines mr donald pug formerly of stouffville will continue his minis- try in charge of the new church at good demand for palrnerston mr 1 shepherd of newmarket is appointed pastor of used i rectors the petrolia charge 0no of the bn minimum salary of ministers was herj in this mion m ume increased 250 at the conference the r at j crbzters down which closed sunday at gormley on the dawes road conducted by the added cost of living was a atkinson some of the major factor in the salary increa farmer and sportsman robert hare buried here wednesday the funeral for the late robert hare who died at his home near oueensville on monday took place to stouffville cemetery on wednes day afternoon former section fore man and farmer in this district he was well known and generally liked mr hare had been in ill health for some time but his death came as a shock to stouffville friends bob as he was known to his intimates was born in the lincol- ville district just above town he was cnr section foreman at stouffville for years then went farming first at ringwood on the mitchell farm later on the 9th con cession of markham where his son dawson lives a few years ago he moved to queensville district he was an ardent sportsman and was a member of the stoultville hunt club said one of his pals to this paper on tuesday bob was a sport in the true sense of the term admired by all his comrades surviving are his wife the former hattie jennings two daughters mrs ira grove of ringwood mrs r d couperthwaite rena of woodbridge and five sons dawson of stoultville harold port carling and gordon ross and thomas at home if ironing in half the homes was changed away from the first two days of the week it would be a great help in keeping down the peak load in town homes without children could easily make this change while those with children could still adhere to ironing on monday and tuesday however to get a good adjustment of this some organization meetings would have to be held in the meantime all who can avoid ironing monday and tues day should do so district engineer burns says there is indication that the home owners in this town are certainly making an effort to cooperate he was very pleased with the low demand of 3500 last sunday householders are showing excel lent cooperation and succeeded last sunday in bringing our quota away below what is asked of us this will helj average the bad days to some extent the hepc is preparing a chart which will indicate the current demanded in stouffville every four hours then if cutoffs come the local council will be able to decide in an intelligent way when to make the cuts due notice of any cutoffs will be given by loud speaker if necessary but such notice cannot be guaranteed malvern murder trial proceeds in toronto court veterans hall was crowded opening night stouffville veterans memorial hall at the corner of the 9th eon westend was opened for the first time to the public on friday even ing and while far from completed the hall proved very satisfactory for a dance and other amusements and the affair proved popular as local residents young and old turned out in large numbers while the stoultville iegionaires local orchestra kept up a lively run of the music for several hundred dancers in the main body of the hall many others enjoyed a bingo game and other amusements in the basement we understand that it is the intention of the vets to hold fre quent dances in the hall as large numbers of local young people who have not had the advantage of such an amusement centre in stouffville thoroughly enjoyed themselves the friday night opening made a substantial contribution to the building fund and will assist in rushing the building to completion rushing the structure to completion before winter months winners of the lucky draw prizes were lstjoe oulette combination radio phonograph 2ndbicyele al- lin lewis 3rdmixmaster k n wagg jeweller ithpair indian blankets fred reynolds town 5thcamera lloyd jennings 6th- combination toaster and waffle iron m halstead clareinont youth stands trial before justice mackay and jury highlights including the sale of the conference statistics reveal that tractor a 1020 on steel bringing total offerings were up 21tc oveijsoso and the twofurrow ace plow those of last year while the bringing 1 so womens missionary societies gave grade holsteins sold well says a 10 increase in their givings the offerings per member indicate ss075 an increase of si 117 over the previous year one of the highest averages of any denomina tion in the province the money for church extension alone more than doubled and several new churches were dedicated during the past year while plans have been formulated for the opening of other new churches in ontario during 1919 ont county john rae buys big tourist camp ontario county road chief under engineer kean john m rae gave up his position on saturday to take over a large tourist camp at fspinola 1 1 miles west of sudbury mr rae loft this week to assume his new purchase while mrs rae mr atkinson one animal started and the family will follow next at 230 and the high cow of the sale week brought 2s0 the auctioneer fore- john rae is an old stouffville boy- sees in these figures higher milk who left here to enter the garage prices business at goodwood after build- 1 ing up a good business there he william calvert well known sold out in the meantime he rose resident of buttonville died there j to the position of reeve in uxbridge on saturday he is survived by his wife janet macpherson the funeral on tuesday proceeded to markham cemetery sunday school attendance showed i an increase of lfij- during the there were seventyone in the twelvemonth period rev f g beginners class at stouffville public huson of the banfield memorial school this opening month of the church toronto provincial director fall term that is a big class of of sunday school activities stated beginners probably that the campaign conducted during recent years the past year to increase sunday i school attendance had been very mr and mrs arnold successful and his two sisters rev j h good of grace united marion of didsbury missionary church toronto wasbeen staying with mr and mrs j sunderland where they moved to a elected superintendent of young eldon smith north of town forjcouple of years ago so that mr rae township and while holding that post received the appointment of road man for the whole county he did good work and merited much prawe but the endless driving entailed to look after the territory- was interfering with his health this led him to enter business again which accounts for the a record in j purchase of the tourist camp there are some 135 acres of land surround ing the tourist home with good sherrick j hunting right on the properly and edith and plenty of fishing in the district alta have the raes will be missed in peoples societies some time during their visit to provincial officers for the coming friends and relatives in this district would be nearer the centre of the countv mrs mae cowan mother of five daughters told mr justice mackay and an assize court jury on tues day at city hall toronto how her husband william cowan 57 had been murdered before her eyes by a prowler in their malvern grocery store during the early morning of sunday august 1 her testimony highlighted the days evidence against frederick james aldred 23 who faces a murder charge assistant crown attorney w o gibson is presenting the ease to the jury and harry rose is defending the accused mrs cowan corroborated the evidence of her 17yearold daugh ter eleanor who had followed her father to the store from his bed room after hearing a noise at the close of saturday nights business she said all doors and windows had been locked and the family retired immediately i wakened my husband she said he took his revolver from the upper bureau drawer and he asked me to look out of the north window over the front of the store i heard him say what are you doing in here how did you get in what are you doing with that gun then i heard my husband call mae and i went down to the store the lights were on eleanor was at the phone my husband had the man by the chest and was pointing the revolver at his breast the man said til stand ill stand and he did stand for a second and then the fight began i took the phone from eleanor and spoke to the scarboro police while i was still at the phone my husband seemed to lose his balance they seemed to be still struggling and 1 heard a shot fired by that time i had left the phone in answer to a question from mr gibson mrs cowan admitted that she heard a shot but didnt see the revolver she said that neither of the men behaved as if wounded they had moved across the middle of the store mrs cowan explained my husband had lost his balance and was on the floor and was holding aldred by the feet he had hold of him for a matter of seconds aldred jumped around and then broke away and ran to the warehouse- did your husband have the revolver then oh no the witness said she followed aldred to the warehouse turned on the lights and tried to prevent him from escaping but she said he turned on her and said out of the way sister or ill shoot you she said he hit her on the head with a weapon she could not identify and that as a result she was treated by a doctor for a head wound she described how he escaped from the warehouse and store and ran down the road in an easterly direction when he was outside a young woman went to him she said 1 had noticed her before when she was breaking the glass in the front door in the preliminary hearing witnesses testified that aldred had eloped the previous day with may hill 17 who was charged with breaking and entering the cowan store mrs cowan recalled that she had identified aldred in a lineup of 12 men at the scarboro police station she said that at that time she did not know the accuseds name under crossexamination by mr rose mrs cowan admitted that she had at no time seen a weapon in aldrods hands ruth cowan young daughter of the previous witness recalled hear ing two bangs she had followed her mother to the store when her father called are you sure there were two reports asked mr gibson yes did you see a flash no mr rose was expected to call miss hill on wednesday as the case for the crown closed tuesday after noon returning from engtaxi mrs bert lickorish and daughter beatrice hope to sail from liverpool on october 23rd for canada after spending the summer in the old land travelling arrangements are still somewhat difficult as to definite sailing dates and the big steamship companies do not definitely advise prospective passengers of their sailing date until within a week or ten days october flower show the horticultural society intend to stage a flower show in the united church basement on the evening of tuesday october 12 for an exhibi tion of chrysanthemums there will be an evening speaker to address the gathering mrs john hammersley buried in toronto following an illness of some dur ation mrs hammersley wife of john hammersley william st stouffville passed away at the residence of her parents in toronto on thursday sept 23rd the hammersley family came to stouff ville several years ago and pur chased a home in the westend mr hammersley commuting to toronto each day to work for some time now the late mrs hammersley has been undergoing special medical attention in tor onto and it was with deep regret that the many friends which the family has made in their brief residence here learned last week of her passing deceased the former georgina eileen empringham daughter of mr and mrs george t empring ham toronto is survived by her parents her bereaved husband and two sons david and bob also a brother william empringham the funeral on saturday was conducted by rev douglas davis from the mack burial chapel dan- forth ave with interment in mount pleasant cemetery a num ber of friends from stouffville including members of the united church choir and the local lions club of which mr hammersley is a member attended the funeral service second linotype installed a second linotype machine was installed in die office of the tribune last week known as mode 8 three decks this will bring the equipment for typesetting away above the average country office with two machines and seven magazines the widest range of type faces hoped for can be obtained 10000 in ten years raised for charity by lions club gordon belyea district treasur er of lions international was the guest speaker on monday night at the regular meeting of the stouffville lions club lion belyea was introduced by lion ted ed wards and a motion of thanks was tendered him by lion lc murphy the distinguished visitor spoke to the local club on the interesting background of lionism as it ex ists iii twentythree world count ries he stated that the 0800 exist ing clubs in these countries had contributed nearly one hundred million dollars to worthy causes in their existence stouffville alone has raised 810000 for worthwhile enterprises in the ten years the club has operated this means he continued that members of this club have given 20000 free hours of work to local community wel fare stouffville coop recently put 75 tons of coal in the bins at the big school building which will cost the board of education 1000 per ton as an indication of how fuel prices are climbing similar quality coal sold to the school in car lots ten years ago for s900 a ton