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jbmffim vol xxxv no 23 stouffville ontario thursday august 2 1923 pure parisgreen and arsenate of lead market drug store geo collard druggist stouffville ontario new tax collector threshing started bowling tourney i 27th fall term opens aug 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 council states we havent water to j waste- i on record crops there was a special meeting of as the proof of the pudding is the town council on fridav evening in the eating so is the threshing chiefly for the purpose of appoint- time the real proof of a light or te a collector of taxes the appoint- 1 heavy harvest last week tlu- ment going to harry perry at alary of 7 as usual taxes this year will be collected in two instalments sept 1st and dec 1st the collector is now preparing his tax demands which should be in the hands of the payees within a few days while in session the members dis cussed the advisability of enforcing s bylaw governing the watering of lawns from the town taps dur ing the recent dry hot spell the sup ply of water was perilously low at one time and had a bad fire occurr ed at the time the supply might have been insufficient it was also intimated that some people are unnecessarily wasteful of water in the houses to the extent of allowing a tap to run all night this sort of practice may lead to unwelcome restrictions being placed on water users are you insured i represent the policy hoi pers mutual life insur ance co ell kinds of poli cies bet us talk it over wth you sidney schmidt stouffville gut flowers and ferns wedding bouquets and funeral designs muston sons stouffville phone 7001 field of sports stouffville plays ball at newmar ket this friday threshers started out in the locality of stouffvill to sift the grain from the chaff in the alsike mow that a heavy yield is the result ot this years growth was manifest after three or four barns had been threshed out the yield varied all the way from 6 bushels to the acre to 11 bushels seven and a half bushels to the acre of alsike is regarded here sta ted one farmer as a good yield but this will not be attained in many sections on account of the drought the section about stouffville was particularly favored with frequent rains on the farm of albert e booth at the rear of the high school eleven bushels was averaged while even 13 is reported in some quarters most of the wheat is cut about here and robt millers farm at ringwood is the first to thresh they started there on tuesday this rain is described by mr milter as good sound no 1 wheat and the yield to the acre will be high some oats are cut and the grain is said to be well filled the annual bowling tournament under auspices of the stouffvilie club was- played yesterday there were 35 teams in the competition s of which were local harry san- iders jacksons point team won first almira second oshawa third the three prizes to be awarded are first auto rugs second bowling shoes and third umbrellas several rinks were here from toronto besides uxbridge sunder land and teams from the york county bowling towns the ladies served meals on the grounds so that play was made con tinuous all day the local rinks entering the com petition are as follows the last named in each rink being skip amos g lehman james hand bendotan mr muston neil smith dr sangster sam armstrong i a free s baker dr ball b sanders f l button george saunders m watt jos grove d h rusnell j h ratcliff m rowbotham m storry w r sanders irwin a gray m j bruce harry perry w j mather w armstrong w h todd ah lawson a c burkholder j waddingham w j brown fred silversides herb porter personal notes gggtesmsebssasattaen chiropractor i church st i i stouffville dont accept anything- blindly j c ivii have you blindly accep ted all of the errors of the past will you recognize the fact that your body is a delicately adjusted machine and that chiropractic places in alignment the spine through which tht nerve force of the body cows at uxbridge wednesday sutton won 10 to 4 which gives them second standing in the league the next home game in the tri- county league will be with uxbridge here on the 10th august the siinual baseball tournament at musselmans lake for the baker cup will be played this year as usual on monday august 6th in the tricounty league last week newmarket trimmed uxbridge by a score of 10 to 12 spectators say it was one of the best games of the season to look at up to the sixth innings neither side made a tally and it took the tenth innings to break a tie the result puts newmarket two games in the lead for group honors league standing w l tp newmarket 7 2 3 sutton 6 4 2 uxbridge 5 5 2 stouffville 1 s 3 by permitting sutton to win by a score of 9 to 5 here on wednesdav last week the local ball twirlers retain their fixed position at the foot of the league group the best often comes last however and stouffville is making some ball plav- ers who will some day not in the distance give a good account of themselves this game was replete with bad errors the first two innings went all right with no rnns then stouffville started the are works with a bunch of bungling plays which proved their undoing the boys plainly showed lack of honest practice sutton scored two in the second three each in the third and fourth and one in the seventh stouffville was shut out until the sixth when they notched two it was repeated in the seventh and again in the ninth they scored one galbraith for stouffvillestruck out seven and learoyd for sutton 6truck out nine an acclamation george todd of goodwood is the new councillor in the township of uxbridge having been elected by acclamation at mondays nomination meeting the vacancy was caused by the resignation of mr h roach from the council to become clerk at the nomination meeting not more than a dozen people were pre sent and very little interest was manifest in any quarter three persons were nominated being thos lewis of altona wilbert glaspel of near uxbridge and george todd of goodwood mr glaspel has had previous experience on the council while the other two are new to the position mr todd qualified early on tuesday morning and this meant that any other nominee doing the same would cause an election this was undesirable to all the ratepay ers and mr todd was accordingly- tendered an acclamation board of trade at a meetiryj of the board of trade on monday eveninc mr nor man mclean was appointed secre tary a position made vacant by the recent removal from town of mr f c hessel mr mclean is well qual ified to look after the duties of the important office a strong resolution was passed acknowledging the unselfish service rendered by the womens institute at the time of the july 1st celebra tion all of which is helping to build up the park property a copy of this resolution will te placed in the hands of the proper officer of that organization accounfs contracted for th july 1st celebration were all settled which left a small balance to the credit of the board the meeting was presided over by president j h ratcliff mijaavhomihja friday 9t012am 1at stouffville ontf births slack on july 31 1923 to mrand mrs william slack altona a daughter doner on july 30th 1923 to mr and mrs clarence donor gorm- ley a daughter brown on juy 30th 1923 to mr and mrspercy brown stouffville a daughter reesor on july 31 1923 to mr and mrs joseph keeso markham a daughter 6th as civic holi of stouffville w stb con iltoolam owing to the reuesof a large number of citizensor ratepavers i hereby proclaim loday august for the village morden reeve boadways drug store stouffville mrancv mrs joseph mowder were visiting in toronto last week mr and mrs henry halliday of toronto are visiting mr and mrs nolan fred saunders of toronto was one of the bowlers at the tournament here playing with a city rink fred who is a soninlaw of mr joel vnendick is one of the stouffville young boys of 40 years ago small remittances xxjtien you remit small amounts do you use the safest most economical and most satisfactory medium bank money orders are inexpensive protect you against loss and relieve you of worry these orders are obtainable at all our branches and subbranches standard bank op cnad total assets over eighttthree millions stouffville branch a c burkholder manager goodwood mr and mrs mtddleton were in toronto visiting their daughters mr n shaver of toronto was at his uncle mr isaac shavers on sunday mr and mrsnmaye and children also his brother john visited their sister at oakville mrs longtield has left miss j todds and mrs howard longtield is taking her place as housekeeper while he is engaged on the farm the ladies aid and w ms held their meeting at the home of mrs a taylor north of goodwood miss bessie robinson had charge of the program on league night and we had an interesting meeting on account of the party at siloam the league is being held on thurs day evening with miss dowswell as leader we hope there will be a gcod attendance at the bible society meeting in the methodist church on friday evening the baptist raspberry festival passed off very well there was a good crowd who could not dispose of all the good things provided the program given by the quartette from toronto under rev pettitt was well rendered mrs boothbyand her sister mrs glffln visited their cousin mrs c johnson and other friends a couple of days in this place where were the absentees from choir and pew on sunday there were 99 s- s the ot weather seems to cause a shrinkage in more than one respect mount albert mr altie wagg visited friends at minesing last week mrs dunn is spending a few days with friends in claremont mrs mccieland has returned from a visit in barrie and thornton mrs j walton is spending a few- weeks at her daughters at ottawa mr h sisler spent the week end at the home of mr and mrs james lawson mrs wot irwin of stouffville has been visiting mrs b paisley and other friends wm robertson the cnr station agent has purchased a gray dort special car mrs john moore is spending a couple of weeks at duclose point lake simcoe mr and mrs velvin moore have returned from a three months visit in california monday august 6th has been proclaimed a civic holiday by the town fathers miss bessie penfold of guelph visi ted for a few days with her sister mrs kenneth ross mr and mrs bert scott and fam ily of aurora visited at the home of mr and mrs harry spang on sunday miss evelyn cook who has been spending a few weeks with her aunt mrs d cook has returned to her home in woodbridge the mission bawd and cradle roll dept of the methodist church are holding there annual picnic on the church lawn on thursday afternoon quite a number took in the league ball match at zephyr last wednes day zephyr and udora were the competing teams zephyr winning by a score of s to 7 harvesting is now general in this vicinity and the fall wheat rye and alsike promise a good yield and the later crop will be only fair on ac count of the very dry weather union services has been conducted by the rev mr bailey of the metho dist church for the past three weeks during the absence of the rev mr dyer who is away on a vacation mrs ianson from toronto has taken mrs harper home for the summer months mr and mrs har per taking a western trip mrs ianson gave an afternoon tea to her many old friends of mount albert and all enjoyed it with the churches church of christ sunday august 5th 1015 am adult bible class 1100 am worship and preaching frederick sommer minister p baptist sunday august 5th 10 am sabbath school and bible class 11 am church service 630 pm prayer service 7 pm church service bypu monday af s pm rev w w fleischer pastor christian church sunday august 5th stouffville mkthodist church rev g e coulter pastor sunday august 5th 11 am public worship 7 pm union service in the park rev e morton minister mennomte w m mcgnire pastor sunday august 5th 10 arc sunday school assistant officers an2 teachers in charge 11 am preaching service 7 pm preaching service pastor id charge of both services mss mary wallace of toronto is visiting her cousin eva ramer llloomington miss frances page of richmond hill is spending a few days with her aunt mrs w malloy ralph kirby who is in the employ of dotens barber shop is on a motor trip to windsor mrs florence lehman and chilo- re ot st marys were visiting mr and mrs joseph mowder mr fred e percy of toronto spent sunday with relatives who are visiting in stouffville andy moore who has cut many miles of whiskers in this town has returned from toronto for a time mr n h ramer of hamilton is spending his holidays with his nep hew malcolm ramer bloomington mr and mrs eman miller and young son of toronto are holidaying at his aunts mrs d w latchfords west end drand mrs smith leave this week for jacksons point where they will spend some time at the lakeview house miss velma v lehman accom panied by miss pearl somerville of acton and other friends are holiday ing at kushog lake miss evelyn crosby of markham was visiting miss florence doten who has returned to toronto after her vacation at home here mr and mrs andrew graham and their grandchildren leonard and mary byer spent the week end with mr and mrs allan good6 of port perry mrs isaac pipherleft today to spend a couple of weeks in toronto at her daughters home on indian road mr pipher is engaged in the city this summer mr and mrs harry mcgee mr and mrs wm inglis mr harold wright and barstow miller all of toronto spent sunday last week with mr and mrs robert miller mr and mrs a t mercer and son charles also mrs s b hoover all of hilton nv are visiting the lat- ters mother mrs j m kester opposite the mennonite church mr and mrs geo smith were on a fishing trip on the scugog last week mr smith is not operating the basket factory now but is taking orders at his home opposite the presbyterian church on tuesday albert hoover who is the owner and farmed lot 33 rear concession s pickering was in town from oshawa mr hoover is em ployed in the general motors and prefers factory life to that of the farm rev i w sherk and wife mis sionaries from west africa leave stouffville on friday to visit mrs sherks home in hespeler prior to a tour of the middle west states and new mexico they will return this way late in september mr- and mrs g atkinson and daughter of scarboro village also mr and mrs 4j- empringham and eon of scarboro junction called on mrs tripp in town last week mrs tripp mother of mrs peter lehman has been quite seriously ill mr and mrs joseph randall who live on the 10th con near the townline left on monday to visit their daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs w g randall of west branch iowa they will not likely return until after christinas rev walter s percy son and daughter motored from pennsyl vania last week and are spending a few days with his mother who is summering in the old home town also miss percy of new york who accompanied her mother here from toronto mr and mrs hamilton gray of minnedosa man are visiting mr and mrs ira badgero mr gray is a brother of mrs badgeros and although he has lived in western canada nearly 40 years he still makes his annual visit to the old home section mr and mrs malcolm morden and mr wm morden of chicago iii visited their mother mrs jane mor den and their sister mrs a barth olomew last week they also visited in tororrto with their sister mrs f fockler and their brother j a morden returning home by detroit and niagara falls on friday mr and mrs ross brown and mr and mrs j hrat- cliff motored down to the bronte fruit belt where the finest cherries in ontario are said to be grown cherries in that section have been a wonderful crop but this will be the lasthig week for them last week miss kate darrach of toronto was holidaying in town miss darrach will be remembered as being in the millinery business here with her sister although it is quite a few years since she left stouffville the old town claims first place with her stilt when it comes to holiday time rev robt young and mrs young are holidaying at his old home in trenton on sunday morning the pulpit in the presbyterian church s occupied by rev dr baltbwalte of unionvwe and next sunday rev mr moyer of near london will take the service mr moyer is a brother- inlaw to mr george thomas gar dener east end business cards legal mccullough button barristers solicitolts ta veyaxces c hltlovs lilock stolllvuiik money to loan dental dr d c smith dentist stouffvlllo honor graduate of chicago and toronto university and the royal college of dental surgeons office over shaws store phone office 1011 residence 101s no outside appointments e s barker lds dds dentist stouftvlllo 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 dr s s ball physician ami surgeon office cor obuien ard main phone ij t h and sarah ratcliff graduate chiropractors albert st stouffville office hours mornlns 9 to 12 tuesday thursday and saturday evenings 7 to 830 pm other hours by appointment 1 phone 15304 meets every monday evening at 8 oclock in the oddfellows hall visiting brethern welcome clay baker wr sanders n g recflec m tait financial secretary i t mmujual perhaps baking is the art ot producing fine foods our mas ter bakers construct a loaf ot bread that appeals to every family sense of food value our pastries will make you wonder why mealtimes dont come closer together when you write out your next grocery order write the name of our bread upon it and insist that you get jt ambrose stover we deliver to your home the meat market we conduct an uptodate butcher shop when out this way kindly stop and view the goods that we select with greatest skill and intellect to tempt the daintiest appetite you are sure to find onr prices right h leadbetter phone 0701 all eyes viewed from a certain distnee usually look alike but theyre all differ ent that is the reason you should not buy glasses without having them fitted to your own eyes we are thorou ehly experienced optician we drescnbe and make glasses to accurately fit your eyes if your eyes are weaken- insr better consult with us at i r pur stock of watches clock and jewelry are new ajad ud to the minute adam r yake optometrijr watchmaker and jeweler phone 109 stonffrtllo