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flttfmi vol xxxv no 17 stouffville ontario t idrsday june 21 1923 pure paris green and arsenate of lead market drug store geo collard druggist stouffville ontario early history of stouffville camp meeting fall term opens aug 27th yonge and charles sts toronto arrange now to enter this famous school famous for its high grade work and for promptly helping grad uates to secure employment none better in canada catalogue free w j elliott principal are you insured i represent the policy hol ders mutual life insur ance co all kinds of poli cies let us talk it over wth you sidney schmidt stouffyille extracts from the stouffville free i press of nov 1s95 2s years ago published by covington brosjvhtcn the following historical facts re garding pioaeersand pioneer days arejtiersfgiven away- back when the centuvy was only four years old abraham stouffer made the toilsome journey from pennsylvania to this part of upper canada he took lawful possession of six hundred acres of land it lay between the ninth and tenth conces sions four hundred north of what is now main street and two hundred south mr stouffer was the phogem tor of the somewhat numerous fam ily that now bears the name abrain samuel christian david and sim eon well known and respected are his grandsons the history of the village very naturally falls into three periods the first marks the beginning and considerable deve lopment of village life i venture to call this the stouffer period not long after settling here mr stouffer erected where daleys hall stands the first grist mill in this part of the country the hardy settlers who made the clearings in the forest were not unnecessarily fastidious for they were accustomed to have their wheat rye corn buckwheat and peas all ground on the same run of stones before there were any carriages in the vicinity or any roads on which to drive them the carrying was done by oxboat or on horseback the boy astride a horse with a sack of corn or wheat in front of him bring ing grist to mill soon became a familiar sight to the few residents of stouffersville after two mills were burned on the south side of the street mr stouffer erected a third on the north side east of the creek gut flowers and ferns late cabbage caul- flower plants now ready wedding bouquets and funeral designs muston sons stouffville phone 7001 chiropractor i church st i stouffville you must have heard what chiropractic has done for growing children their health depends upon the condition of their spine a chiropractor locates the displaced vertebras and restores it to its correct position that the nerve force mi nourish their bodies monday wednesday friday 9t012 am w iat stouffville ontf the family home like king davids house built of cedar stood on the site now occupied by dr freels beautiful residence the milling business came into the hands of mr stouffers son christian who con tinued in business here until the ad vent of mr e wheeler in 1847 with the mill came the storethe blacksmith shop and the tavern the first store was kept by charles shel don in one corner of mr stouffers mill he afterwards built his resi dence on the site of mrjurquharts block and his store farther west on the same side doctor lloyd after wards occupied the house and it ultimately became sangsters hotel mr cheney who for a time was in partnership with mr sheldon kept a general store on the south side of the street nearly opposite mr shel dons he did quite an extensive business as dealer in grain and potash next came mr john boyer whose father benjamin boyer came from pennsylvania about the same time as mr stouffer he built a store and drug shop on the site of the post office block his residence is said to have occupied the ground now covered by mr barnes house his stock was not so fine extensive or artistically arranged but it re presented almost as many depart ments as one of torontos mammoth stores one could buy anything from a broadaxe to a yard of blue drill mr boyer was quite a village fastotum he was merchant post master justice of the peace and for a time printer to the people his buildings were destroyed by fire and the block of land sold into lots the blacksmith shop belongs to every wellregulated village mr h casler is remembered as the first village smith he set up his forge on the south side beyond the tenth a mr anderson of stalwart frame who was such a hearty rebel that he did not return after the rebellion consecrated to vulcan the ground on which todds carriage shop stands he was succeeded by mr james johnson and he in turn by mrmuir- head the oldest inhabitant says that before the village got out of its swaddling clothes there were three taverns and the place was not noted for its orderliness the first build ing in the east end was a shoe shop built by john yake father of john yake still living it stood on the south east corner was enlarged by hiram yake and converted into a tavern yakes corner became known by the somewhat suggestive yet eu phonious name of brimstone point cock fighting and horse racing were familiar village sports at was not unusual to close the week with a sport and settle the accounts at the taverns the justice of the peace generally gave a final settle ment to these accounts by disposing of several cases in his court on monday morning the old allin building was one of the west end bostelries which keeps green the memory- of divine morden and shoe- feldt another of them stood nearly your financial paper tt t0 you get prompt acceptances and quick re- turns on your notes drafts and other paper a network of branches and agencies covering the whole dominion enables this bank to offer you a highly efficient and specialized collection service lit standard service xpui uf jw trtd prnpir the standard bank or canada w total assets over eightythree millions stouffville branch a c burkholder manager opposite on the norm sue of tbj street this record would hardly be complete without at least a passing reference to two other classes of men the wise cobbler and the lame tailor help to round out the life of every old time village the cobbler was here in the very beginning but we have failed to learn that any of his craft in stouffville ever became a samuel drew a sir cloudsley shovel or a william carey xo doubt however that here as else where much wisdom went out from his bench the little lame tailor ish still remembered by some of tne oldest inhabitants chance step- hensdown the tenth made coats fore the men and cut butter nut dyedi cloths for the boys winter wear inc the long ago t a new era in the life of the village is marked by the coming of mr ed wheeler the same year in which the congregational church was built j mr john yake bought one acre off bush land on the south west corner at the tenth on which lie built a shop in this mr wheeler kept store for a short time the old brick building now standing on the corner was built by him for a store where for a long time matthew flint did business later it was converted o into a tavern mr john yak built on the north side where jr many years he kept tavern and store in those days the east end wai a busy riiice it ws a halting stafioa fort ail he farmjra from the norci town- f lrps for torn time mr vheelerp cijucted i ftoe in the ovlarrkji now occupied fv mr h johnson t having sold th3 soek to mr leaneyn at the request of the post office in- spector he billt p stor- haie way up cn the south side in order that the post office ml eh be centrally f located the nett pest offlc3 build ing erected by mr wheeler was the one still used and which forms part of sanders block it is worth f while inserting at this point the foll lowing item of interest inregard lot the stouffville office it is said that for several years after the rebellion no mail was forwarded i here mr boyer was too much agin the government to be coun ted one of the crowns trusted sub- jects most citizens of stouffville over twenty years of age remember s wheelers mill it was first a grist mill only but later a saw mill was added dusky daves reign as stoker is still in the memory of the boys an example of the enterprise of the people a third of a century ago is seen in the building of the plank road from yakes corner to ring- wood and then straight through to kingston road our present gravel led turnpikes were not then known i record the names of the directors of the company messrs john ree- sor jos tomlinson arch barker abram stouffer peter ramer jona than gates and edward wheeler the planks for this section of the road were sawn in mr wheelers mill which stood on the north side about where sanders elevator is planks did not for several reasons make the ideal country road we are sorry to say that the ideal country road is yet to be found during this period of our growth we were not without our native industries the old tannery built by john boyer continued under somerville and mc murchy to do slow tanning and who does not remember flints fac tory where the celebrated revolving horserake which could pull peas and thresh them at the same time was made hardly less famous was gibneys plow but before these commanded public attention billy rodick made wagons for anderson to iron he did not run for member of parliament or mingle much in society we have not heard anything as to the quality of billys wagons but tradition says that he was kind to the needy these however belong to the past and we rejoice in the period of greatest progress we acknowledge our indebtedness to many who helped to lay the founda tions whose names do not appear in these columns the tracing of the religious life of the village will be found in the history of the churches for many years doctors lloyd and freel looked after the sick of the community twenty four years ago this autumn the villagers assembled to witness the arrival of the first train on the nippissing narrow gauge it came and stayed with us for awhile it marked another era it was better than the stage we rejoiced when it came we are not sorry that it is gone it would be unwise for us to attempt to indicate in detail the progress that has marked these later years wljn the narrow gauge came there were only a few houses west of the mill now there is quite a town there are stores several manufactories and many pleasant homes main street too has changed most of the old buildings have given way to solid business blocks few cowns of its size can boast of so vany substantial and comfortable mcs we have made a marked yance in a score of years this well info e ne inquirer some present position we mi wire to p aspired to home tule obllo i what may be to 5 iyj a personal notes the annual mennonite canipb meeting is being held this year in a b jmmsnmabbbsbbabbtbbsabbm beautiful grove just mile northl wes boadway is spending a of stounviue in what is known a browns bush it begins friday evening june 29th and continues fill sunday evening july sth this is an ideal place for a camp meeting and the committee are bend ing every effort to add every con venience possible the grounds have been cleaned up and levelled ample provision has been made for tieing space for horses and the road fence has been moved in making a most beautiful parking ground for cars abundant supply of fresh cold water right oh the grounds an electric light plant is being installed for the occasion there will be a large boarding tent and roomy tents a mothers tent etc besides upwards of to tents of folks who will be liv ing on the camp grounds during the ten days rev n w rich of rocky ford colorado will be the evangelist and conduct the evening services he will also give bible lectures during the day willard hallman profes sor in songs and his brother evange list will have charge of the singing and render special messages in song there will be a number of returned missionaries from india and africa a full attendance of ministers and mission workers of the ontario conl ference is expected also a number from the american side they will be ten great days with a program brim full of soul inspir ing and thrilling messages on home missions foreign missions mission work in ilie large towns and cities prophecy and the spreading of the blessed gospel the aim of this special effort is the salvation of immortal souls and the sanctificatlon of believers a cordial invitation to attend these services is extended to one and all the son of man is come to save that which was lost matt 1s11 goodwood miss a brown ivas in tne village on tuesday mrs g maye and her father drove to uxbridge on saturday quite a few children and a few adults have whooping cough airs fine returned to the city after spending a week nere mr and mrs c jones of orange- ville are staying at mrs meyers at present mrs millan visited at the home of mrs c harper on sunday also daughter alice the s school held a meeting to plan for a strawberry festival to be held soon watch tne paper the s school was addressed by mr bell who gave us a stiring talk in his old time earnest style the holidays have already begun for many teachers exams are keep ing the pupils busy its an anxious time some of our young people held a shower for mr and mrs c watson and spent a pleasant evening one night last week i there was a large crowd at the football match on saturday between jgoodwood and claremont the re sult being a tie 11 better luck next time i kr and mrs i wagg miss e pugh and several others from the jbaptist church here attended the baptist association held at clare- ont last week there was such a heavy electrical torm in this locality on tuesday during the noon hour which lasted for some time the gardens and fields had a good soaking as well as any one who happened to be caught in its wake unprotected miss legate enjoyed the trip to beavertor last week wnen some of the w i members attended the dis trict convention the yeport will be given this week at the institute meeting held at mrs flummerfelt fc driving mi led cro3j ja n nd kw hope tells us that it is kv 4 i g drug vff stort stouffville with the churches church op christ announcements for the week subjects thursday 8 pm the kingdom of god friday 8 pm the name of jesus christ sunday 11 am if any man draws back 3 pm the world meaning of the cross monday spm in and its remedy tuesday 8 pm world program wednesday 8 m the spirit of god everyone ordlally invited use the question ox baptist sunday june 24th 10 am sabbath school and bible class 11 am church service 630 pm prayer service pm church service by p u monday at 8 pm w w fleischer pastor menxoxite w m mcguirc pastor sunday june 24th am sunday school sisant officers and teacher3 in lehnrge 11 am preaching by the pastor 7 pm preaching by local helper altona 10 am review sunday missionary program 7 pm preaching by the pastor few days at home cbas nendick of aurora spent the week end in town mrs peters returned home this week after a two months absence john brawley from whitby is now- working in the stancard in place of t ibbetson mr and mrs d raymer of mount joy visited mr and mrs nathan on saturday miss robinson has returned after her winter vacation in florida and other points mr and mrs herb porter mr and mrs m hill motored to peter boro on sunday miss mitchell of south part eng land visited this week with mrs dr i a freel mrs g w brownsberger and mrs h d sawyer are visiting re latives at midland master ralph madillof toronto has been spending a couple of weeks with his aunt mrs geo lee percy valentine of toronto spent the week end with his mother mrs valentine of the east end mrs frank cooper of sunderland was a visitor at her sisters mrs williams of the east end rev mr fenning newly appoin ted anglican rector to sutton west died very suddenly alst week mr and mrs steele and mrs mac- nair of toronto visited at the home of their sister miss maccallum miss hattie smith was home for over sunday with her parents mr and mrs n e smith mr and mrs hess and sons gor don and harold motored out from toronto to mrs w h wilsons on sunday mrs t h nicholls and sons of winnipeg are visiting at the home of her sisterinlaw mrs w t byam miss bertie raymer who has been ill for the last four weeks has fully recovered and has returned to tor onto mrs george gooding and little son gilbert of scarboro spent es few days with her parents mr and mrs w p white mrs wetherell of cannington spent the week end with her son of the standard bank at the home of mrs fairies mr and mrs albert wells mr and mrs sloan of aurora called at the home of mr and mrs wm malloys on sunday mr and mrs e j davey accom panied by mr and mrs l hoover motored to bradford on sunday and visited mr and mrs j o cook mr and mrs w gayman mrs j fretz of fonthill and mrs gayman of vineland were the guests of mr and mrs isaac reaman on sunday mrs rb hastings returned to toronto after spending a couple of weeks with her son s w hastings of lemonville her little granddau ghter accompanied her miss susie daley left last week for jacksons point for the summer where she has been again engaged by h w sanders to take charge of the lakeview summer hotel mr thos williamson started this week on an extended trip to sagi naw mich and other american points where he will spend three months visiting relatives and friends mrs vanburen forsyth accompan ied by mr and mrs clayton stouffer leave for erie pa tomorrow fri day on a weeks visit with mrs for syths brother dr peter barkey dr and mrs a h hutchinson of vancouver b c with their two children ruth and billie are visiting bis parents and brother on the 7th line of whitchurch dr hutchin son is head of the botany in the university of british columbia miss myrtle beebe left last friday morning from toronto for port huron micb to assist in the musi cal part of the ceremony at the mar tin wedding miss martin is a granddaughter of l w hastings formerly of this place business cards legal mccullough button barristers solicitors co veyaxces c mtttovs block stotffvlllib money to loan dental dr d c smith dentist stouffville honor graduate of chicago an4 toronto university and the royal college of dental surgeons office over shaws store phone office 1011 residence 1015 no outside appointments e s barker lds dds dentist stouffville honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the univer sity of toronto office in grubins block phone 8201 markham every tuesday office over geo crosbys store s dr s s ball physician niifl surgeon office cor obrien nrd phone 106 r tnsr t h and sarah ratclif graduate chiropractor albert st stoiffvillb i office hours mornings 9 to 12 tuesday thursday and saturday evenings 7 to 880 pm other hours by appointment phone 5804 stouffville lodfle no 384 meets every monday evening at 8 oclock in the oddfellows halu visiting brethern welcoma clay baker wr sanders ng si rpccs m tait financial screta a and daches there is as much m they good pure food as injjfptj blessing with which tjt and endowed our breadjhcs program it is edicinal 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