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r5u 3t0uffvjlle deceilbek 27 1923 we wish a happy new year to all our patrons for january we will offer big bargains in winter goods to clear just when you need them re member our attractive prices in groceries prime fresh beef at low prices no cuts over v 16c pound visit our store in january tor big surprises highest prices for butter and eggs goodwood economical general store h borinsky prop the mutual life insurance co of new york no stockholders big annual dividends would your present assets produce a perpetual and sufficient income for your loved ones were you to pass from here tonight a small sum annually now from you will fully safeguard their future and relieve you from further worry enpiire about it it satisfies h o klinck district manager reduction coal prices having been able to secure a stock of choice quality anthracite coal at lower prices on account of the mild weather have reduced my prices as follows chestnut and stove sizes 1600 per ton large furnace size 1500 per ton pea size 1150 per ton full stock of bran shorts chop manitoba flour pastry flour salt oil cake etc on hand at lowest prices o highest prices paid for all kinds of gka1n and clover seeds telephones office 169 residence 171 happy new year to all our customers and friends old and new we wish you a happyand prosprous new year also we want to thank you all for your confidence and patronage during the year 1923 we intend doing even better the coming year and to increase our service wherever possible respectfully silvester bros stouffville ont ps during january february and march we close every evening excepting saturday at 630 local happenings happy new vear a few tiats left to clear at less than half price mrs f wilson a h lawson participated in tue alarkham checker tournament and banquet last week the return match will be played in toronto on saturday jan 5th to decide the championship the little daughter of mr and mrs percy brown of the th con cession received a nasty cut across the nose when she fell on the pave ment in front of the tribune office on thursday last week medical ex amination showed the little girls nose was broken it cost the township of whit church about fluoytms year for sheep destroyedby 3ogs so that the township actually reaped a protit from dog taxes there being approx imately 1000 ollected the dog tax is supposedto provide the fund to pay for sheep edstroyed by dogs the wctu will hold an open meeting at the home of mrs h w sanders on thursday jan 3rd at s oclock a special program will be given also mrs duff of toronto will giv an address a cordial in vitation is extended to the ladies of the town to meet with them it would be a most unusual thing to have a run tor school trustees but such would be a healthy sign messrs geo collard j daitchison and albert booth are being strongly urged to run and are certain of a nomination the retiring trustees are messrs martin tait abram stoffer and kev mr ale leod- and these may be reelected although they are not very keen for the position the choir of the methodist church rendered a christmas cantata on sunday evening in excelsio thirty voices took part the soloist parts being taken ty miss alice leh man miss a morgastin mrs w j thompson and mrs w cook also messrs o lehman ak booth and alex m scott it took about one hour continuous singipg to give the rendition there is nothing more talked about these days than the weather it being so mild last week that ploughing was jgoing on a farmer over in pickering preparing the ground for spring crop stated that the plow neverwent better the team was very warm and the farmer worked with ills coat off plowing on december ilst certainly estab lishes a record in this part of on tario a quiet wedding took place at the home of professor sharp new l-es- keard when ethel gertrude eldest daughter of airs alacrorie and the late john alacrorie durban alan was married to dr f h wilson only son of airs wilson and the late frederick wilson sfoultville dr land airs wilson will reside in engle- hart the many friends of this former stouffville boy wish him much happiness in his new sphere of life typewriting miss frances kat cliff is prepared to do typewriting for the public reasonable rates next monday is nomination day if the promised fire works take place it 1u beone of the most in terestlng entertainments of the sea son ratcllffs hall win no doubt be well filled tat evening at 730 oclock james h white of rokeby sast writes to renew his tribune for 1s24 he says the paper is the best in years and we cannot do without it mr white is a brother to airs ueorge aickuen of lemonville and will be well remembered by many in this locality w a fanning belchtnother milch cov sale at the mansion yards on saturday afternoon ordinary grade cattle sold up to 5132 with an aver age of 5100 or about 20 head this is one ofthe best sections in on tario for dairy cattle general sympathy is extended to air and mrs joen baker neegert- rude shakel of mafktiam in the death of their eldest cliiid sunny who passed away at the age of only four years and three months follow ing an attack of pernicous pneu monia the little fellow passed away on monday morning and the- funeral took place to alarkham cemetery christinas day was very quietly spent in stouffville with no special attractions or entertainments in tli evening many teended the the atre when a good film was shown and appreciated by all there was a large number of visitors arrived on the trains from toronto christmas eve but not so many christmas morning that there is no victims of the home bank failure in or near stouff ville is evidenced by jhe fact that not a single demand was made at the local branch of the standard bank tor the 25 which that in stitution advanced to the depositors last week the branch at canning ton and other places remained open all day last saturday in order to accommodate those desiring the money the friends in stpuffville of sam strong siloam teamed with deep regret of the sudden death of his wife last thursday she had been in delicate health for some years and it was for this reason that mr strong decided to give up farming and held an auction sale on dect 12 the funeral on sun day took place to stouffville cemetery after which divine service was held in the alennonite churcti the late airs strong was 45 years or age and her maiden name was alary elizabeth heisey besides the bus band five children also survive the day schools closed on friday last for the christmas holidays to reopen on thursday jan 3rd this gives tlie teachers an extra day to get back tobusiness after the joy of the holiday season in stouffville the scholars in the various classes and rorms held the usual christmas con cert the upper or continuation concert this year was denied to ex- pupils much to the disappointment of some judging by reports it would have been weltworth hearing the various churches are not coll ecting the brble society funds very speedily this year the campaign was launched a little late so that it came into christmas work and was stood aside up to the present time a little more than 200 has been turned in afost of this was collec ted in stouffville mrs peter leh man and aliss stewart collectors for northwest part of the town gather ed 18122 airs kaiser in south east section has reported 1740 miss fairies for the bloomington locality received 14 miss c toppln and ailss spofford- nt melville 1gs1 canvas not complete airs i hoover for uormiay alennonite s2605 and d ai heise for the tunkard church 310 the absence of any whiter wea ther this season has put oat the cal culations or the hockey enthusiasts in uxbridge anjl atarknam and other places uxbridge is scheduled to play their first game on january stn while the schedule for the group in which aliarkhan plays is not yet drawn the alarkham boys had a practice lastweek in the arena at toronto on iheartificial ice and our andy alooje was again on the line up in case the mild weather con tinues alarkham boys expect to play their games on the city ice s stiver bros extendto one and all the seasons bestcompliments for the libeeral accorded us during the past year we thank you and may we continue to merit your favor in the year 1924 ssssm write or phone the tribune the names of your holiday visitors owing to the date of the regular board of trade meeting coming on new years eve it has been inde finitely postponed the new issue of the telephone directory is most welcome to the subscribers as the old book contain ed many misleading numbers the pond is frozen over and the i boys have risked a skate on it one i chap went through the other day and received a cold bath the weather is too mild to make ice at j the skating rink our clubbing offer with any of i the daily papers will save you money and time of sending in your own j subscription we will handle your i renewal whether in town or country i millinery parlors will be open j tuesday thursday saturday after- i noons only until furthef notice or- ders by phone talcgn at any time phone 312 mfcme watts perhaps the largest mail ever handled in one day at the local post office came in here on monday there being thirty bags off the to ronto train alone in the morning the postmaster also states the out going mails were unusually large this year the increased accommo dation in the rear and frontlof the post office was certainly greatly ap preciated during the rush days milk because in any sickness in a fam ily the mother is the one that suffers the most in many cases not less than the patient that is why the mother is always on guard for the good health of the entire fam- ily it is always her aim to get tho safest possible food available the safety of food is not the thing thatn you can afford to take any chances on the milk we sell is absolutely the safest under the present circum stances in this town the sterliz- ing of milk bottles and cans has been a bylaw in this town since 1d16 but was never carried oat by any milk vendor we- are the first to carry it out in the most satisfactory way the sterlizing of milk bottlea is the most important part in tho cleanliness of the milk business your milk is handled in a plant sani tary and suitable for that business such as stouffville fiever had in its history before we also deliver sweet cream and buttermilk stouffville creameryco greetings an interesting annual christmas reunion was held on christmas day at the home of airs nelson mow- der clark street of the hoover clan about thirty relatives and descen dants of this pennsylvania dutch family were present and they mostly all live in or about stouffville in fact the most distant point reprer sented at this years gathering was toronto the methodist christinas tree took the form of a bantala this year held in the auditorium on friday night the seating was well taxed and the program though lengthy brought out excellent talent and showed long careful preparation the junior pupils provided recitations and drills while the seniors pht on a pageant representing each of the provinces under confederation miss e heise as the goddess of fame had the heavy role and filled it in a pleasing and capable manner proceeds 65 a christmas girt of candies was pro vided each child at the conclusion of th program considerable criticism is being levelled at the school board and others in authority at the big knowledge works in lie east end or the town ror permitting the reading and preparation or certain papers one by the girls and by the boys ot the fourth form at tho closing exercises wo were permitted to peruse one paper read and in crit icism w say it was niushie and mighty poor prose or poetry and while it is not the sare channel ror childrens mirills to run in there was nothing seriously wrong with what we read nevertheless several demands were made on the tribune to publish the paper in order to hold before the parents the sort of thing that may be going on we wasnt long in making up our minds that we would not publish the paper with out the consent ot dr barker w cook j d altchison a e booth geo watson geo collard and sundry others ir parents have any objec tion to raise agalst the condiicj at the school it should be urged before the school board if that body does not see it themselves was a lifg commotion in front of the tribune office on satur day night whenan auto arid horse vehicle collidedalmost headon eye witnesses stati that both the horse and car werorafrry in the centre or the street ond neither driver ap peared to see each ottter ted jones of the 9th concession driver of the car stated that he didnt see the horse anilbuggy driven by win eekliardjof the 2nd of uxbridge until titty were fairly met when he pulled to the side suddenly escap ing the horse but striking the front wheel or the buggy both it and the shaft were demolished fortunately no one was speeding and the drivers escape uninjured that your christmas may be a merry one and that the new year may be filled with joy and prosper- y ity is our sincere wish v we would like to give chu yoke kong our new laundryman a better introduction to the people of stouff ville chu yoke kong has been in canada more than ten years his wife and two sons never having- seen their father in all that time he learned sufficient english langu age in toronto to carry him along andhe is a member or the chinese alethodist yaica of that city chu yoke kong gets lonesome ror his family but must be satisfied with looking at the little family group in picture which he had neatly framed some day he states they may meet again but he has no hope or of bringing his chinese wieftocanaada chu kong likes the boys n excepting when they annoy him by banging on his laun dry window and we hope the boys will in future have great considera tion for the poor foreigner who makes great sacrifice to earn a live lihood for his loved ones at home being trained in a firstclass laun dry and judging by the whiteness of line linens lie showed usstouff- ville should get the best of work manship from the new laundryman geo j lawson west end grocer phone 182 stouffville seasonable the tribuno has a very fine line of wedding stationery and wedding typ9 stouffville christmas market last thnrsda vivas by far the largest of the year pho jfutiin of the day was the low price or turkeys of which there was a goodly tr offered this foul the effect of cheapening the price of otherdressed fowl as is the case all over the prp- vlnce turkeyssold freely at from isc to 30c pounrtytlie lowest in years the eaiisefs the unsually mild weather for ilressert poultry and to large shipments or turkeys from the prajrie provinces nine carloads arrived in toronto in one day geese sold freely at hoc to 23c chickens at the same price tlie fowl offered was exceptionally good in most cases some 20 to 2sc turkeys being offered a large number were purchased locally while some live or more toronto dealers were on the market kges sold at 55 to 60c dozen and butter at 40c pound uingwood wedding bells are ringing in our vicinity roy grove has installed a alar- coni radio albert alaskell is in toronto for a few days lhilllp fockler is jspending a rew days in toronto aliss ada darkey is spending some lime in toroino aliss gertrude fisher was home here over christmas dr and airs law are visiting a few days ill toronto percy ilplier spent the holiday under the parental roof miss ootktf boyd is spending her holidays in toronto aliss anona foster of aurora spent the holday at wm reamans air and airs kershaw of tor onto are spending a few days with airs wlldgoose groves store where the ramous lemon tree nourishes produced a lemon last week weighing three quarters of a pound the absence of snow for chnst- fiiis was not very welcome espec- ally to the young folk who like the sleighing the christmas tree and entertain ment held in the school house last wednesday night was well attended aand all report a good time fall groceries good clean and wholesome gro ceries are essential to good health we have a com plete line also a line of choice confectionery ice cream iu bulk visit our parlors a w lehman telephone 909 stouffville wishing one and all a happy new year y nothing is more acceptable than a box of jmoir selected chocolates put up in a hand some cartoon make your selec tion now for a new year gift orangescandes bulk choco lates filbertsyanuts peanuts and almonds fresliajid fine to r eat c new year sweets porters phonb 198 erouffviulb v onx 1