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stouffville july6tb 1934 local happenings the presbyterian sunday school ill hold their annual excursion to lusselmaus lake a week from next onday the 14th of july the bowljng club of stouffvillo re looking forward to a big day on wednesday july 16th when their urnament takes place in last weeks school board report hich stated that miss card had ttered to teach the third room at jfye present had have you your ticket chautauqua yet after none will be obtainable for the tuesday sutton summer fair and horse show will be held on friday and sat august 8th and 9th this is consid ered one of the finest horse shows in ontario no expense or effort is being spared to make this year the greatest in the history of the fair on monday last toe eouneu starj used cars chevrolets fords ted work at the reservoir which has and overlands in good repair todd been in need ot repair for soma i scott time i chautauqua starts next wednes day afternoon at 230 in the park secure your tickets while they last- mias helen gibson of gorri has been engaged by the local school board to teach the third book work in the public school which com pletes the staff for the term begin ning nextseptember on sunday afternoon at the men- the mission band of the presj nonite camp meeting the high wind byterian church held their monthly j mew one of the trees down causing 1000 this should have read 1100 a large number from town and iistrict attended the meanonite amp meetings on sunday last they eport very good services throughout he day meeting in memorial park last thursday afternoon this was fol lowed by games and their annual picnic from all reports the thirty- a most enjoyable time by having her house newly paint ed mrs shankel has greatly im proved her property on main street several others in town have trim med their boulevards and planted flower beds which is appreciated by the local horticultural i society and it to fall across the large meeting tent fortunately no one was in jured ts it occurred just before the childrens session in the afternoon and the tent was empty we art sorry to report thai mrs jcitvth has been eoulieu to lior the citizens of the town in general ed through sickness for over a week we hope she may scon re tain her health again a most terrific downpour of rain iccompanied by thunder and lightn- ng visited stouffville last friday j the neighborhood advance word in the district around unionville and markham recently ota offi cers have been active in an effort to round up a gang of bootleggers known to be operating somewhere tternoon apparently the storm was sent twlce of the contem was for the most part local as very yis tne aw breakerai but al- ittle rain is reported around mark- tnouga the offlcers were alelt there iiam or unionville the annual school picnic comp rising all the rural schools in whit- hurch townshtp was held in cedar glen park lake musselman on sat urday june 28th there were in attendance only about half the usual crowd al thoifgh it was counted good turn out considering the rain which fell heavily during the after noon several teams entered the were no developments while motoring home from tor onto last wednesday afternoon mr lloyd turner had the misfortune to have a blow out now this has been the experience of many an autoist but very few have found two bladed jack knives to be the cause of their trouble mr turner found the knife had gone through the outer tire and one of the blades tube as this was mr turners first blow out in three years he must believe in having a firstclass one while hes about it senior football tournament bloom- breaking off bad entered the inner ington and claremont finally winn ing out and instead of playing oft they divided the first and second prizes in the public school foot ball hartman school won first prize with goodwood coming second stouffville girls entered a team in the ladies baseball and succeeded in winning their first game uxbridge also won their first game from hart- man it was then a play off between uxbridge and stouffville with the former team winning out stouff ville band was in attendance and with their selections enlivened the afternoons proceedings the back of your throat gives a sigh of relief when a spoonful of cool smooth flav ored city dairy ice cream caresses it after a hard hot day it knows that the first spoon ful is just a notice that there are many more to follow the firsttaste calls for a dishful take home a quart tonight the worlds choicest sweet meats moirs chocolates sorters phone 198 while attending a dance at bond lake on yonge street last wednes day night mr waddell teller in the standard bank had tile misfortune to have hi3 fordtourjng car stolen having notified the police the car was located the following day about three miles west of richmond hill by constable thompson ot that vil lage mr waddell had four good tires qu his car to being practic ally new and evidently these had been what the thieves were after as when found the car was minus tires and rjms as there was no insur ance carried it will mean an outlay for new wheels mrs- imdwick vanzant the death occurred last wednes day june 25th of a litelong resi dent of markham township mrs ludwick vanzant was the daughter ot the late john and mrs lehman and was born on the sth con where she spent the greater part of her eightyone years upon the death of tier husband about ten years ago she removed to the 10th con where she has made her home with her son edwin at whose residence she died surviving are two sons will of stouffville and edwin of the 10th con markham besides several grand children mrs wm cook of lemon- ville is a sister and she also leaves two brothers one in tennesse asd one in british columbia the fun- and took place last friday afternoon june 27th for interment in the wideman cemetery mr morton ot the christian church had charge of the service at the house at 130 bananas strawberries oranges pineapples tomatoes all select fruits visit our ice cream parlor and be entertained with the crowd lloyd turner phone 909 kill thebug make the crop safe a compressed air or hand sprayer filled with our bergers english pure paris green and best arsenate of lead will sure do the trick jour stock is complete and all fresh price right- the goodwood methodist s school wjll hold their annual strawberry festival on the church lawn on friday july 4th following the tea served from 6 to 8 oclock the program which consists of a play entitled i cant afford it will be given by the youug people of mouut albert methodist church at the uxbridge bowling tourna ment held last week almira suc ceeded in carrying home the first prizes stouffville had entered some rinks but were not among the fortunate ones although w r san ders brought home a lame knee which has caused him to use a cane for a few days at the home ot her brother dr f a dales at stouffville june 26th sarah levinah kirkland beloved wife of archie kirkland died sud denly in her sixtyninth year the late mrs kirkland had been in poor health for some time but came to stouffville in the early part ot june the funeral was held from her late residence 85 gladstone ave tor onto at 2 pm monday june 30th to park lawn cemetery william stronach a new postal carrier while on church street to ronto on friday afternoon is repor ted to have been assaulted by strike sympathizers and following infor mation given the police the arrest of albert dowie one of the striking postal men was made mr stronach is known by residents of stouffville having resided here with his mother at one time there was a mild collision on sat urday evening in trout of f l but tons residence miss gertie todd and mrs button were sitting in mr todds car when rolph davis of glasgow came along with his ford the brakeswoujd not vork with the result that it crashed into the rear of mr todds car doing it no harm but put the radiator of the ford out of commission what might have resulted in a very serious ending happened on sunday afternoon when a toronto car turned completely over on the uxbridge road just a mile this side of goodwood evidently the driver had been running at too high a rate of speed when the accident occurred fortunately only one lady occupant received a slight arm cut although the car was damaged the local lodge of the ioof ac companied by the stouffville band went to markham on sunday last to join that lodge in their services which were held in the rink capt little of toronto gave the address which he delivered in a forceful manner to a large gathering the markham rebecca joined in the par ade at the station and there was also a large turnout of the brethren from outside points fifteen people including the bride and groom were taken seriously ill last wednesday afternoon following a marriage feast near shannonville just east of belleville rev john r totten the methodist clergyman who officiated and mrs totten were reported ill during wednesday night but were considerably improved the followiug day mrs totten is a daughter of mrs s m warriner church street and is well known here a mystery seems to surround the cause of the sickness quality servicb b b beebe supplies any kind of sections or knife heads for mowers or binders following the custom of last sum mer the first of the union church services will be held next sunday evening july 6th in memorial park follow the brown arrbws to the camp meeting which is being held in win shanks woods about two and a half miles north of markham on the eighth concession mrs chas neal has sold her pro perty here in stouffville tp mr john cleaver and a lady from newmarket who will divide it the deal was put through by jacob yake real es tate agency stouffvill- is already becoming an attractive place for summer motor ists on saturday night three cars arrived at memorial park from tor- cnto and the occupants pitched their tents and spent the veek end a reunion of the grove family was hold on tuesday july 1st about fortyfive fathered at the home of abraham m grove one mile south of kingwood in the alternoon wtiuire a most enjoyabla time was spent at cedar glen park musselmans lake there will be a farmers dance every tuesday night with queens- ville orchestra on wednesday and saturday nights powers orchestra from toronto will provide the music mrs widdifield wife of judge c h widdifield of toronto died in indiannapolis recently while on a visit with her daughter judge widdifield is a brother ot mrs f h sangster and is well known in stouffville stouffville baseball team accom panied by a few isns motored to richmond hill on saturday last for the- game which was scheduled for that day owing to the rain the game had to be postponed and wea ther permitting will be played this thursday july 3rd the members of the canadian weekly newspapers associationwho are visiting britain were entertain ed last monday june 30th by lord riddell the noted british publicist later they met the british women journalists at kersingtqn palace the remainder of the week will be taken up with a variety of functions in thftr honor and next sunday they will be the guests of lieut col wal ter grant morden mp at hiscoun try house heatherden hall buck inghamshire at a reunion of the raymer fam ily held on the farm of c d reesor at cedar grove on saturday after noon last more than 200 of the pioneers and their descendants were present despite the unfavorable weather while the program was to some extent interrered withthere were short addresses by gordon raymer chairman of the committee rev mr miller of alberta rev mr goudy of hillsburg a b pike of markham and resident ministers the raymer family were among the first settlers in markham township and in point ot numbers second only to the reesor family on thursday june 26th mr and mrs thomas armstrong celebrated the sixtieth anniversary ot their wedding day being pioneers of scarboro township they were the recipients of many congratulations from scores of intimate frjends and relatives at the old homestead on the border line between scarboro and markham townships a feature of the occasion was the fact that the diamond anniversary was held in the old armstrong homestead in which mr armstrong was born 86 years ago and just across the fields from the home of mrs armstrong now in her 78th year spray the cows v we have creonoid in bulk and cans screen doors screen windows silvester bros the chtnges in the system ot ap portioning the legislative grants tor rural schools wttjch were provided for in an amendment to the educa tion act passed at the last session of the legislature are not to be put into effect this year bulletins carrying notification to- this effect are being sent outtoall school in spectors as follows- the minister of eduationhas decided jto retain for another year the present method of apportioning the legislative grants to rural schools in view of the fact that the current notice of the inten tfon of the department to alter the bases of apportionment the minister would ljepleased if you will be good enough to give publicity to the tact that no change will be made in the i method of distribution tor the year rev w l smith of toronto representative of the oatario pro hibition union an amalgamation ot all the former temperance forces in ontario spoke at both services in the stouffville methodist church on sun day lant also speaking at blooming- ton in the afternoon at the morn ing service he read for a scripture lesson a chapter from the gospel by st- john in his address which he de livered in a very intellectual manner he met the criticism and objections which are put forth against the on tario temperance act by both facts and figures he proved that such statements as the act hurts busi ness and the act aids bootlegging and many others are false and mis leading at the meeting on sunday evening rev smith dealt with the condition in the provinces of quebec and british columbia which are under government control and which the speaker deemed had proven most unsatisfactory the proceeds for k e day from the bloomington and stouffville congregations amoun ted to 117 which goes to help for ward the work ot the prohibition union try the new pastry jflour called marvel quaker flour for bread turnip seed feeds of all kinds bread flour pastry flour stiver bros phone 4501 dominion dai celebration the celebration on july 1st in memorial park under the auspices ot the baseball club may- be counted one of the big days iui stouffville in- recent years on account of so much rain falling the days preceding the holiday there was a great deal of misgiving in the hearts of the offi cials as to the outcome of the under taking however the clouds did clear on tuesday and in the early morning the cars started to come in junior baseball was the first feature of the day and quitea large number gathered at memorial park to see the game between victoria square and stouffville as this was the first game for our junior boysevery one was anxious to see what account they could give of themselves and tuesdays morning playing surely disclosed the fact that there is some real baseball material among the players victoria square got away with a good start in their first inn ings by making two runs no scor ing was done in the second and in the third fred thompson who was pitching for stouffville had the mis fortune to get hit in the arm which forced him to retire for that innings the boys then seemed to get a little excited and allowed victoria square to secure five more runsmaking it 70 no one was allowed over the plate for either side then until the eigth and ninth innings when the juniors for stouffville made a- run in each and the game ended 72 for victoria square afternoon sports at one oclock the weather did notlook nearly as promising as it had in the mornng and all duriug the afternoon it was helter skel ter fly tor shelter tlllthe clouds roll by the first game as an nounced on the bill was the girls ball between uxbridge and victoria square as a curtain raiser at the commencement victoria square shoved 6 runners oyer the pan which made it look bad for uxbridge still they soon recovered as the final re sult showed which was 129 in fdvor of the girls from uxbridge while there were errors en both sides many amusing incidents occurred which proved a treat both for play ers and fans alike the next on the program was a football game and by this time it was estimated that thero were between five and six hundred people on the grounds while many more were on the grand stand and seated in the cars which were parked along the west side the football games be tween goodwood and the simmons bedding co of toronto proved to be a very interesting event and was a close game as the score indicates which was 2in favor of goodwood the winners expect to play green river at an early date and should draw a large crowd intermediate bnseball as stouffville- has been making- such a good name tor themselves and uxbridge the leaders in their tricounty league a sparkling game was looked for between these two- teams at 330 the score result was- 30 in favor of stouffville but front a spectators view point the game did not prove a very interesting one many favorable comments were- heard regarding our local band dur ing the afternoon as they playea different selections which added to- the enjoyment of the crowd there was also a noted improvement- since the bandstand was raised up several feet a few days ago which allows the band to be heard to better ad vantage one of the popular places for the small boy ajt the park was around a pony which es kirby brought down from ballantrae and upon which the children could hato a ride for five cents s the womens institute had tho booth privileges at the grounds and also at ijatcliffs hallin the evening for the baseball clulk they were a busy crowd of women as they served refreshments and other cool dishes owing to the uncertainty of the weather it was decided- to hold the concert at night in the hall this was under the direction of the eaton girls club and they played before a crowded house the program con sisted of national and interpretive dances in costume monologue bur lesque and hawaiian music mr miller from toronto who led tho band for the day also delighted the audience with cornet solos it was found impossible w get total pro ceeds so these will be announced later loudens dont wait for the busy season start right now and equip your barn with loudenshay fork and carriers and other barn fixtures geo j lawson phone 182 the west end grocer stouffville the aristocrat of lowpriced cars the star 192425 the new system of grants is to be based on the three factors of attendance expenditures and the ability ot each section to pay it was put into force- with a view to increasing the efficiency of the dis tribution in such a way that the poorer and more descrying schools would be belped to tho greatest ex tent y group of cgit formed under the leadership o jli9a luella bruce a group of the cana dian girls in training has been re cently formed in stouffville the club is meeting weekly on a friday evening in the council chamber and although 0 lately- organfzeih number of good times are reported- the cgit icbmes under the-on- tarlo religious education board- but is somewhat slmiliar tothegirl guides- their aimisfour-t6llnttro- ely physical intellectual soclaland spiritual each meeting is also divided under tour headings buslnj ess devotional talk and activity each night some given point- being specialized it is regretted that there arenot more young ladies ot stouffville who are- willlnc to un dertake the- work of leadership so that more groups could be formed as thereare a number of girls anxi ous o join but one group isonlx supposed to take in ten tho officers of the group already form- sii arejeader miss luella bruce president miss alice iebrosn sec miss dorothy thompson and tra xrer illss reoaharo for stouffville oistrict 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