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stoukfville may 8 1919 local items jiouse to rent apply to w h todd pfe fred nighswander spent last week in toronto pte kine and family have mov ed to victoria square mrs joe brown of the west end is in a very poor state of health o mr w j stark of edmonton paid stouffvitle a hasty visit last week miss mamie smith was quite seri ously ill last week but is now better hev mr brace ail family left toronto wednesday last for china mr a s gerrie of toronto vis ited with miss lillie brown over sunday mr and mrs f bursess of the east end moved to toronto on monday o the young ladies of stouffville have organized a bowling club for the summer o mrs rev toten of greenwood is visiting at the home of her mo ther mrs s m warriner flight lieutenant charles phil lips of minden spent sunday with his aunt mrs a s leaney w j mather has purchased a new hupmobile and with mr is e byer is driving it from windsor o mr and mrs f c madill and fam ily and miss g mclaughlin spent the week end at claremonl o stephen yake who was taken suddenly ill last with a severe at tack of inflammation is improving o the young ladies of the town will hold a dance and euchre party in the liberal club hall on friday night o next sunday may 11th 3rd sun day after easter services in christ church anglican 3 oclock old time mr r p coulson who is recover ing from a severe attack of flu has moved back to stouffville for the summer o there are a number of desirable houses in stouffville for sale if you cant get one in toronto come to stouffville miss brillinger who has been seri ously ill for the past six weeks is we are glad to say now on the way to recovery o the many friends of miss flossie davis will be sorry to know that she is very poorly at the home of her aunt in uxbridge o mr ed obrien of chatham mr otto obrien of chicago and mrs brace visited at the home of their mother over sunday o storage batteries all makes repaired and recharged e a stonehouse maikliani iml phone 4107 chevrolet dealer 0 mr alex mcdonald has opened up a shop for the sale of implements and cream separators one door east of w j mathers undertaking par lors o mr amos lehman has purchased the brick block formerly used by the bank of nova scotia and intends converting it into an uptodate boot and shoe store o the town and township of mark- ham have combined and will hold a reception and field day for returned soldiers at the markham fair gro unds on july 1st o mr and mrs sidnoy williams who arrived last week from over- seas where he served with the ar tillery paid a week end visit with his sister mrs c e macleod o mrs a s lenney mrs f w sil vester miss mccarty miss harding and miss davies delegates of christ church anglican are at toronto this week attending the annual meet ing of the womens auxiliary mr w b sanders has been up to stouffvilleonthelake and reports a largo amount of damage done along the lake shore by the recent ice storm boat houses destroyed boats smashed blgodles swept away trees and cement break waters de stroyed the returned soldiers of sutton and vicinity with their fathers and the evening of april 21 about one hundred sat down to a bounteous re past after which an adjournment was made to the town hall where a pleas ing program was provided by jules brazil and will white and short ad dresses of welcome given each or the returned men were presented with a gold medal suitably inscribed and a framed scroll owing to the very inclement weather many were unable to be present a meeting will be held tomorrow evening to consider the advisability of holding a chautaqua festival in stouffville at some future date q the w m s of the methodist church held its monthly meeting at the home of mrs s freel on wed nesday rug for sale brussels rug green with pink llower good as new size 11x13 apply at this oilice mr matdonald of mcmaster uni versity toronto will occupy the pulpit at the baptist aud christian services on sunday in the baptist church o n e smith has for sale 5 good secondhand separators some small ones and some large ones all newly repaired and guaranteed to be right or money refunded mr j a heists took four friends up to uxbridge on tuesday to call on miss flossie davis they were delighted to find miss davis much better the young people of claremonl held a dance in the masonic hall on friday evening of last week there was a large attendance and a most enjoyable evening reported music was furnished by powers orchestra the tenders received by the pro vincial highways department for the construction of the new good roads on the kingston road were all so high that none were accepted and the time has been extended two weeks if tenders at a reasonable price cant be received it is expected the gov ernment will go on with the con struction of the road with hired labor o a former stoulvville boy honored the following was taken from a recent number of the canadian con- gregationalist an attractive fea ture of the convocation of the con gregational college montreal was the conferring of the degree of doc tor of divinity on two of the gradu ates of the college one was the rev j t daley b a of cobourg in re cognition of his scholarly attainments and his many services to the denom ination and the college o mothers day methodist church may 11 to honour the best mother who ever lived your mother 1030 a m every scholar in the sunday school room 11 a m service school in the body of the church subject our debt to mother chorus by the school 7 p m service subject the fam ilys testimony a married ladies choir will lead the music of the day the carnation is mothers day flower a hearty welcome to all seats free mothers day sunday may 11 130 sabbath school 230 service subject what we owe to mother a choir of ladies will lead in the musical part of the service the public cordially invited to at tend mr m tait is building a summer kitchen to hfs residence on mill street occupied by mr w h shaw o lloyd mather who has recently returned from overseas where he served for many months is visiting his brother w j mather it is estimated that the snowstorm which raged all friday night and saturday all over tha province of alberta has been worth ten million dollars to the farmers markets eggs 4012 butter 4950 butler fat 60 o the rev jus brown will preach on sunday may 1 1 at bloomington christian church at 11 am at itingwuod at 230 and markham christian church at 7 p m wm pearson clevo pearson and altum hurkitt left on monday for elora where they have secured sit uations and will play in the flora band for the summer mr matur manager of the can adian bee supply and honey co has purchased the house owned by air s cartledge the latter is hold ing an auction sale on monday 12th inst and intends to go to the west s1kil meeting a special meeting of the janey canucks will be held at the home of mrs frank gordon on tuesday may 12 at 730 p in a large attendance is requested o organ for sale firstclass berlin organ in good condition also a number of good canada cherry trees red sour cherry old kind 100 or more will sell cheap robt chappell 1rcsfovtcrlnn church may ii inijl 1030 a m overcoming the chur chs failure 230 p m sabbath school and bible class 7 p m sin and its remedy third of the series on a faith for men of today appropriate music everybody welcome anna scott fouryearold daugh ter of mr and mrs alex scott was taken to the toronto general hospi tal on saturday to have a piece of a needle removed from her foot on tuesday when she was in the sewing room wearing a pair of woollen slip pers when she stepped on a needle lying on the carpet the needle broke in two making it necessary to use the xrays to locate the piece left in her foot she returned from the hos pital on sunday o dont be too hard on port hope it may not be as enterprising as it was seventyfive years ago but it must be better morally in 1ss4 the town of 1200 people had five dis tilleries one brewery and four churches it is fair to say that the residents did not themselves con sume all the product of the gin mills 429 casks of whiskey were exported also ten tons of rags orillia packet the deering manure a great time and labor saver has the newest and improved features and is of the strongest construction ever used in a spre ader get the best deering implements are built to get more and better service from your investments for sale by holden seott stouffville ont the ma grocery frankford canned pumpkins jlc3 a can grapefruit oranges and lemons fresh groceries violet cl4rks0n phone 909 stouffville store open evenings tues fhurs and saturday the big corner store do you realize that spring is with us if so you are hitting the trail to the jig corner store for your footwear from the little wee man to the hig grown up we have shoes which will suit the most wide awake buyer we have a very fine range in chocolates and black for ladies give us a call some specials in general dry goods we have best at lowest prices do not hesitate to buy as present prices will prevail no cheap goods in sight for awhile our grocery stock is bigger and better than ever eveiy line fresh and clean do not overlook those house cleaning needs we have them all last but not least that famous blend tea of ours we are receiving compli mentary remarks on it every day come and be one of those satisfied ones yours for big values 3 j s huntley general jlerelinnt stouffville ont s 316 just received one bale of grey factory cotton mill ends exceptionally good values also a great number of other remnants store open as usual tuesday thursday and saturday nights aw stouffville 4 x x