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onffoiue tibttite vol xxxv no 49 stouffville ontario thursday january 24 1924 poultry supplies oyster shell grit beef scraps granulated bone full line of royal purple preparations including calf meal market drug store g collard druggist stouffville ontario vandorf farmer takes his life another teacher s s workers whats doing in will be engaged met in markham nearby places i the people in the vandorf locality the inaugural meeting of the received a rude shock on sunday 1924 board of school trustees held when they learned that one of their wednesday evening last week it prominent farmers ceo h oliver was decided to engage a special had committed suicide mr oliver j teacher to take charge of the en left the breakfast table and taking down his rifle shot himself in the presence of his family including his wife and five childrden he died an hour later the shot entered the temples the oliver home is north of the village and mr oliver had been in poor health for some time and ac cording to information given the tribune by neighbors he found it difficult to keep up with his work and this they believe must have preyed on his mind he was in his 56th year and belonged to one of the oldest families in york county coroner c j devins was called but it is not likely an inquest will be held the funeral takesplace today thursday and is of a pri vate nature start now get ready for a busi ness career by attending yonge charles sis toronto our former graduates have succeed ed you can also we admit students at any time write for particulars w j elliottt principal t h and sarah ratcliff graduate chiropractors albert st stouffville office hours mornings 9 to 12 tuesday thursday and saturday evenings 7 to 830 pm other hours by appointment phone 5304 markham women wdnt von anne lehman a t c m teacher op piano studio over lehmans shoe store have ttrj homemade sausage or hamburg steak if not you have missed a treat- prime roast beef fresh pork veal and lamb on hand use the telephone we deliver h leadbetter phone 9701 despite the fact that there was unusual interest manifested in the recent municipal election ill mark- hnnr township the percentage of votes ilolled goes lo siiov that the tribunes comment last week that there is no advantage ii having a husband and wife both go to the polls is further born out out of 3200 men and women eligible to vote only sss exercised their fran chise or less than one in three in most of the other surrounding town ships the vote was relatively small and no place was there more inter est manifest than in markham town ship stouffville wins district cut flowers and ferns wedding bouquets and funeral designs muston sons stouffville phone 7001 stouffville curling club is estab lishing a great record this winter monday at agincourt they won the local district in the ontario tan kard bames by defeating claremont four shots the armstrong tihk was down five shots while the sanders rink was up nine snots stouffville claremont armstrong 15 bingham 20 sanders is bessie 9 33 29 the finals will be commenced in toronto next tuesday when several local rinks will enter the contest stouffville came within an ace of winning the district cup honors at agincourt on tuesday two rinks went down and won the first round from locust hill by 2 shots one tink being down 16 shots but d rusnell was up is shots the boys defaulted the final game in order to catch the train the rinks were f l button sk rusnell sk porter w brillinger irwtri gtay muston john turner todd tmnce class in an effort 10 relieve the congestion in the school d j aitchison one of the new members on the board introduced the matter arguing that such a course now might save the section many hun dreds of dollars in a few years if they were forced to build an addi tion to the school and engage an additional teacher permanently on motion of mr aitchison se conded by mr booth it was deci ded by unanimous vote to adver tise for a teacher to commence about feby 1st a room will be fitted in the basement for the special class the board is determined to stamp out the truancy in town and mrs e j davey was appointed as school attendance officer women have acted with great sutecess in other places and the board decided to prevail on mrs davey to accept the appointment feeling she would be most capable for the position mrs h j malloy and mrs e j davey on behalf of stoutiville womens insitute were heard re specting a school fair they believed one would be of groit value to the children and the institute was will ing to give assistance tlm board concurred in their views and nlr rogers the district representative is expected to meet them this month to discuss the matter further this being the first meeting a chairman was appointed for the year dr smith receiving the ap pointment which was held last year liy rev mr meleod other appointments were members library board a stouf- fer reappointed 3 years also wilmot brown was appointed to till out the unexpired term of a e booth resigned and h vv sanders to replace ag burkholder resigned the members present at the meet ing were dr smith a stouffer a e booth f rowbothim ihofden and d j aitchison chiropractor i church st i stouffville fc have vim have you tho vim and j vigor that you want if not have a chiropractic analysis made if your spine is not in perfect con dition the subluxations will yield to chiropractic ad justments and allow the vital force to nourish your nerve cells friday 9t012 am 1at stouffville qntf goodwood mr and mrs e davis have re turned from their trip mrs i foskett and enda were in stouffville on friday the walks have been so icy some people need to be sharp shod miss kennedy has been staying with her sister mrs earl cook mr and mrs clarence stafford visited at walter coopers on sun day miss m cox was visiting her niece mps otton at the parsonage a few days c harper returned on fridday from the city and returned again on monday to visit his wife who is tak ing treatment in toronto miss jessie harper had the plea sure of miss mildred watsons com pany for a few days during mr harpers absence in city epworth league was cancelled last week on account of weather be ing unfavorable wo hope there will not be need to withdraw again our blacksmiths have been kept busy shoeing horses since the roads became icy focketts had 50 to shoe one day we wonder if they all pay the attendance at fifth line and siloam appointments were both pretty fair in spite of the cold on sunday we hope the pastor will not find the winter too severe miss florence smalley has re signed her position at the corner store and has gone home to pre pare for another we will miss her cheerful service but we hope her successor will keep up the standard of efficiency owing to the severe cold many who intended visiting borinskys big sale were denied the privilege we understand the bargains will continue all next week in dry goods boots shoes rubbers as the weather moderated wednesday the attend ance accordingly increased the rev mr macintosh preached his farewell sermon on sunday in the baptist church and gave a new year message his text was taken from phlllppians 3 1314 he gave good council to forget the troubles and errors of the past year and let the pages in this new years book of life show a decided improvement in our life biography quite a num ber of methodist friends were pre sent tohear this excellent sermon organized for plowing matches at a largely attended meeting of farmers in the council chambers on tuesday afternoon it was un animously decided to form what will be known as the north york plow mens association ross e ratcliff was elected chairman for the meet ing and a strong and representa tive board of directors was named to carry on the work for this year it is the intention to hold a plowing match in this district next fall on several occasions north york had supplied champion plowmen in the provincial contests and the local association will join- the ontario plowmens association officers elected were hon prests r j rogers dis trict rep dept agriculture robt miller prest cnea j h eck- hardt and wm keith mpp president r campbell 1st vice w timbers 2nd vice david tran secretary j w reesor treasurer f w silversides directors lloyd turner elmer fockler h glendenning spfoote robt agar wm reesor lloyd burrows floyd steekley r e rat- cliff hugh boyd elmer clark geo leary ambrose stover geo bar- key mrs james caseley is visiting at thos vagues baker hill mr and mrs wm silvester were in toronto on wednesday walter chapman of uxbridge was in town on monday visiting at wm stewarts j h mills ba inspector of con tinuation schools visited the local seat of learning on wednesday mrs j w shankel left on mon day to srnd a few weeks with her sister who is ill in rochester w h clark the clerk of whit church township has been off duty at his office for several days owing to a troubled knee on wednesday mrs d mcmillan of uxbriddge and mrs john ander son of port perry visited at elijah pennccks miss pearl raby of fenelon falls after spending a week with her sis ter mrs ira anderson left for to ronto on monday mrs anderson also left to spend a few days in gooderbam last thursday and friday mark- ham- methodist chunh was the cen tre of a successful sunday school convention of the markham town ship religious educational council the sessions opened at 945 in the morning with president george e baker of siouffville presiding rev mr auld gave an interosting talk on home environment and also a helpful blackboard illustra tion on the origin of the bible which was followed by mrs irwin teaching the bible class lesson the afternoon session proved in teresting rev geo brown opened the meeting when miss lewis of the anglican church and a helper in the toronto offices of the head associa tion gave an excelleit talk 011 tem perance makiiif striking reference to the boys using cigarettes mr jateob boadway superintendent of temperance for markham township and south york gave a very com plete report mr baker and mr boadway had visited 32 out of 34 sunday schools in tha township rev mr wilkinson opened the evening meeting whea mi lewis aiain gave an instructive talk this time on teen age girl work mr terryberrj rpoke next on sab- ufiiii observance the first session on friday was opened by revgecoulter and mr auld gave a round table calk in a talk on temperance it h rat- cliff predicted ihat n iote would be taken on this question again within a year and it was up to the temper ance people 10 irepar for it now the church auditorium was about half filled in the afternoon with chidren to hear mrs hastings and she received a very attentive hear ing the primary class of markham school rendered two splendid chor uses mr isaac plk emphasized the real necessity and advantage of a teacher training class in the school special music by the choir favor ed the evening land closing session and mr crosby and miss steele freely gave of their time to assist the convention t g gold of ux bridge who has a class of some 125 each sunday spoke on the subject our task he is a forceful speaker with a splendid smooth de livery which grips his hearers in a wonderful way the president elect ross e ratcliff briefly outlined the wprk for 1924 arid hopes to call the executive together in the near future next year the teonvention will be held at victoria square and will be confined to one day this year about 95 of the schools of the township were represented a large delegation went down from stouffville and immediate localits officers elected- were president ross ratcliff 1st vice samuel brownsberger 2nd vice daniel raymer secytreas james ley recording secy ewart stiver superintendents of departments elementary division mrs m r hoover locust hill young peoples girls miss mina sommerville unionville asst miss bertha winn stouffville young peoples boys m camplin asst e c clayton adult bible class c stiver asst g williamson home dept geo e baker asst c rennie temperance j boadway asst archie stouffer teacher training rev mr auld the officers and the superinten dents ofthe departments are to act as visitors to the 34 schools in the township three garage owners and a pool room proprietor in thornbury were fined for not having a provincial license- andrew forsyth formerly of pickering has been reelected to the position of mayor of sintaluta sask for the third time at port elgin in the contest for the reeveship the two candidates were a tie and the clerk had to give the casting vote what hornets nest to get into rev john macintosh has re signed the pastorate of uxbriddge baptist church to become pastor of jodan street church in toronto mayor walton of aurora held an inaugural dinner for the towni council and guests at the queens hotel aurora percy wideman has bought out jas matchetts barber shop of mark ham andtake possession the first of next week mr matchett was forced to sell on account of ill health the stand is a good one and percy is popular with the pub lic saysthe markham economist aurora were veryfortunate in the sale of the debentures for the new- high school building amounting to 106000 twentythree bids were received ranging in price from 10052 to 10253 the tender was awarded to nesbit thompson com pany at 10253 aurora was able to get its money cheaper than the city of hamilton on tuesdays reported sales business cards legal mccullough button barristers solicitors co vkvances c wcttons block stouffvlliji money to loan medical dr s s ball physician and burgeon office cor obrien ard phone 1m dental dr d c smith dentist ktoaffrille f honor graduate of chicago an toronto university and tha royal college of dental surgeons office over shaws store phone office 1011 residence lfls no outside appointments e s barker lds ddjs dentist stouffville honor graduate of royal college t dental surgeons and of the univer sity of toronto office in grublns block phone 8201 markham every tuesday office ovar geo crosbys store tuesday jan 8th was an epoch al day in claremont it being the formal opening of the new school there were about three hundred present including a large number from the village and many from different parts of the township and outside points workman are still on the job putting on the fin ishing touches but the visitors were all able to inspect every part of the building and nothing but vords of- praise were heard in regard to the handsome structure the estim ated cost was 40000 and the con tractors have been able to keep within that estimate the building is constructed of the best materials both the visible and invisible parts there are five class rooms which are steam heated and they have the most modern equipment from top to bottom and there is not a foot of waste space in the whole building veterinary r g law vs bvsc graduate university of toronto ringwood phone 6014 stouffville lodge no 384 meets every monday evening at 8 oclock in the oddfellows hall visiting brethern welcome j clay baker wr sander n g reche m tlt financial secretary- in memori in loving memory of elizabeth mckuen wholpassog ftway on jan 29th 1923 however loig olir lives may last whatever land we view whatever joy or grief be ours we will repvmber you daughters mrs talt mrs little the following attended the markham sunday school convention from stouffville thos dowswell geo e baker mr and mrs milton harris ambrose stover and son rev geo e coulter rev e mor ton miss bertha winn the misses raymer mrs s goudie jacob boad way mrs peter lehman mrs f c rowbotham miss grose miss may mowder and others seven year term on tuesday mr justice riddell in toronto sentenced frederick thompson who lived cr the 10th concession on the outskirts of stouff ville and son of hewson thompson former hotel keeper at goodwood to seven years imprisonment after being found guilty by a jury of in decent assault on a young girl in passing sentence the judge remarked you had committed violence against a young girl of 14 years to which you pleaded guilty before a magistrate at stouffville but at the trial you did your best to make the jury believe that she had consented you thought to save yourself at the expense of a decent young girls re putation the jury disbelieved you and marked the sense of your con temptible conduct by omitting even to recommend mercy the judge further remarked the crime is one which for con- turies in england and more than a century in canada was punishable only by death it is but a few years ago that a judge was allowed to award imprisonment and then it was imprisonment for at least ten years now the law is more lenient but the gravity of the crime is as great the annual meeting of the mark ham agricultural society held in markham last week was one of the most successful in the long history of this old association the financial report submitted by roy crosby secretarytreasurer showed a bal ance on hand of approximately 1000 after paying all current lia bilities mr crosby was unanimous ly reelected to his office as secretary treasurer the other officers of the association are j cowperthwaite president gam davison of union ville 1st vicepresident jh gow- land 2nd vicepresident r h crosby sectreas board of direc tors jas gleason d everton jones james torrance dr armstrong jas malcolm go lowry p h reesor fred gowland alex douglas fred reesor w milne jw warrincr r davidson hd stewart george tran major geo b little edmason geo scott r ormerod and john graham 24 directors in all the date of the annual fall fair was fixed for october 2 3 4 silos silos silos sold factory to farmer also sash and doors farmers silo company markham ont stovers bakery speak for itself the carnival on tuesday evening was very well attended in the maple leaf rink it was the first of the season try it today a stover we deliver to your home stouffville market wednesday jan 23rd butter 32 to eggs 39 to dairy cattle hogs c select hogs s00 hogs thick smooth 700 baby beef choice 7 to 9 good butchers 500 to 600 medium butchers 40u to 450 cows butchers 300 to 400 calves 800 to 1000 sheep per cwt 200 to 600 lambs per cwt 900 to 1000 live bens ie to 18 ducks 25 chickens 25 grain market oats 40 to 45 fall wheat 97 goose wheat 95 barley 60 to 62 all the latest magazines boadways drug store this month only 800 shell frame complete with deep je curve lenses for your health and your eyes do you know that eyestrain is fequently the real cause of headaches nervous ness and other ailments many of our patrents report quick relief when we fit them with glasses why not find out whether your eyes need attention 1 a little care now may prevent much trouble later on see me and she better adam r yake j optometrist watchmaker and jeweler two doors west of railroad tracka phone 159 fitouffvillb