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stouffville july 31st 1924 cal happenings ss edra burkett is spending a holidays with miss dorothy at musselmau3 lake r a g lehman is raising his ling on the south side of main t and is improving same with w foundation ie municipal scythe started oper- 13 this week and no doubt the i streets will present a much r appearance when the weeds disappeared account of the rain last thurs- evening the band concert had to ostponed and will be held this sday tonight on church st on mr harvey lawsons lawn ondays globe contained the tol- ng item which refers to mr w haw3 uncle his mothers bro- john a snell who is 83 3 of age and who at present is ying a holiday at erie beach surprised his friends by his sh antics when he take3 his swim he dives turns hand- igs and floats like a shingle a mule makes no progress when hes kicking neither does a man an ice cream social is to be held on the ringwood school lawn on wednesday august 13th a good program will be provided in response to a request by the citizens of stouffville reeve dough erty has again declared monday aug 4th as civic holiday this always proves a popular date as tor onto celebrates civic holiday the 1st monday in august we are now taking orders for salt and coke for fall delivery order now d h rusaell secretary phone 6413 the regular meeting of the fire brigade will be held on wednesday august 6th ail members are re quested to be present we congratulate mrs j d monks miss myrtle beebe on the success of all her pupils at their recent musical examinations miss char lotte coulson of toronto and for merly of stouffville taking honors at the toronto conservatory of music the contract for chautauqua in port perry for 1925 has been signed by some twentyfour or twentyfive citizens of that town so they are assured of this entertainment next year mrs truman has been spending a few days in toronto on july 24th she celebrated the 84th anniversary of her birthday with her niecegxace richardson of 1052 kingston rd whose birthday is also on that date there is a movement on foot by citizens of stouffville to provide the local band with uniforms the band proposes giving a concert on each thursday evening in some part of the town and no doubt a canvas will be made in the near future stouff ville should feel proud of the pro gress which has been made by the band in so short a time and should give them most loyal support in their effort to get their uniforms lean up sale boots and shoes ra ne all must go some less than cost tens work boots fine shoes and oxfords ladies one and two strap patent or kid oxfords in black suede and white white and grey sandals patent sandals for the children running shoes mens can vas boots leather soles 150 every pair a bargain come and look them over george saunders over shaws dry goods stouffville ontario o i m i j t oudens dont wait for the iy season start right w and equip your barn th loudens hay fork d carriers and other rn fixtures jeo j lawson phone 182 he west end grocer stouffville the back of your thrual 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 first taste calls for a dishful take home a quart tonight the worlds choicest sweet meats moirs chocolates porters phone 198 the maosioa house is again vacant the recent occupants having i quality left town on wednesday morning early servicb mr f w silversides who was in jured in the train wreck near lind say received a substantial cheque from the railway company recently and they also paid his hospital ex penses mr frank mowder has been a warded the contracts for redecor ating the melvihe presbyterian church and also the altona union church the methodist sunday school pic nic will be held a week from fri day august 8th to musselmans lake as the children have been looking forward to this outing for some time we hope they will be favored with a fine day mrs george robinson celebrated her seventysixth birthday on wed nesday when she received a gener ous shower of post cards from her neighbors and many friends a picnic was also held in her honor the same afternon on the lawn of mrs e j da veys residence we are sorry to report that mr w mall oy of stouffville who is visiting at coldstream near london had the misfortune about a week ago to fall through the feed chute in the barn a distance of nine feet hurting his right side glad that the accident was not as serious as it might have been with a man of his age the stouffville band is becoming quite popular and is much in de mand this summer they are al ready billed to fill engagements for the following places monday aug 4th island grove near jacksons point for the lennox picnic friday aug 8th sutton for the big sutton horse show and saturday aug 16th for the great liberal demonstration at markham mr and mrs byron e beebe an nounce the marriage of their dau ghter myrtle fern lorinda to mr james dunahue monks on wednes day the twentythird of july nine teen hundred and twentyfour after a honeymoon of a few weeks mr and mrs monks will be at home after the first of september at 20 cedar avenue toronto horticultural notice would appreciate if anyone hav ing extra perennials or shrubs to spare when overhauling flower bor ders this fall would notify the hor ticultural secretary mr paul boadway a large number assembled again last sunday for the union church service held in memorial park the grand stand as usual was filled be sides many more seated in their cars rev mr hamilton of keswick gave the address of the evening on temperance the local band assis ted in the music the canadian national exhibition is now in its fortysixth year it started in 189 but really dates back to 1846 when the association of ontario arts and agriculture was formed an institution that had it3 start with the first fair in canada established at niagara in 1793 when the future settlers decided to grow flax for the purpose of furnishing the raw material lor the canvas that provided the motive power for the british navy and mercantile marine of that day threshing seranton coal feeds schumacher feed bran and shorts feed oats flour learys pastry flour merry wives pastry flour marvel pastry flour saxon pastry flour quaker bread flour stiver bros phone 4501 there will be a bailiff sale at the market thursday august 7th at 10 am of melotte separator and twoinone stove elijah pennock bailiff the social evening held last wed nesday night in ratcliffs hall under the auspices of the ufo and uf wo was a grand success there was an exceptional large crowd in at tendance considering the unfavor able weather that evening the pro gram which was put on by the head office staff and consisted of instru mental and vocal music and inter pretive dancing was most heartily enjoyed there were also several speeches given by prominent men of the company some of whom were j j morrison secretary of the united farmers cooperative com pany mr mcfeeders head of the ufo creamery of toronto mr clemes manager of the company and air mckee manager of the live stock department a few friends were invited to the home on main street of mr borinsky senior on monday evening to hear master isadore herman a very cle ver young violinist from toronto mr herman was accompanied by norman borinsky on the piano and entertained the visitors with some delightful music a very pleasant evening was spent after which re freshments were served f you are thirsty get a drink of our ice cold drinks a large variety to choose from or a good dish of neilsons ice cream which is much appre ciated on a hot day for fancy biscuits fruits vegetables and good fresh groceries- give us a trial we will try to please you we deliver to your home oyd turner phone 909 mp i2 0iw mm kodak as you go out of the pocket into posi tion release the shutter and the picture is yours thats the kodak way let us be your photographic service station kodaks 650 up kodak film eastman accessories our developing and printing is of the superior sort films 10c prints t to 5c fly time keep out these pests with one of our light strong screen doors and screen windows all sizes all prices silvester the department of agriculture has arranged several poultry culling demonstrations to be held during the week of august 4th in york county when a poultry expert will be in attendance and after a lecture on culling will take up some of the troubles of poultry raisers on thursday august 7th at 7 pm the demonstration will be held at the home of roy brillinger gormley whitchurch the boys club of st georges anglican church toronto which contemplated camping at shadow lake during the next week or so have had to change their plans as the advance party discovered the site they had chosen was not open to boys the property at shadow lake is owned by the t eaton company and is available for girls only the club then decided to camp on the island at lake scugog a recent issue of the toronto tele gram contained a picture oi cap tion john slattor and the fallow ing editorial for the past thirty years captain john d slalter has been bandmaster of the famous 4sth highlanders band which under his fine leadership and tuition occupies a position as one ot the finest regi mental band3 in the british empire he holds the distinction of having taken the first british regimental band the 4srh highlanders on a tour of the european contin ent captain slattor commenced his training as i musician fifty years ago and since that time as a brilliant soloist has ield the highest posi tions in many worldfamous musical organizations when stouffville band was first organized captain slatter gave a great deal or assistance- in training and hts alo been to stpuff- ville a numher of times to lead the band in their practice presentation to rev and mrs o k coulter on monday july 21st rev and mrs geoe coulter celebrated their crystal wedding anniversary and on the following wednesday evening a number of their friends gathered at the parsonage on church street and presented them with a cut glass rose bowl and salt pepper and mustard cet mrs w j thompson in a very capable manner extended congratu lations to the bride and groom of fifteen years ago while mrs warrl- ner made the presentation mrs coulter spoke briefly in thanking the friends tor their kindness and mr coulter expressed slncerest ap preciation for the thoughtfulness ot the gift rev mr tottea of shannonvllle who is visiting mrs warriner mrs tottons mother was present and gave a few remarks re freshments were served and a most enjoyable evening spent 40000 harvesters avill be wanted for the west at least 40000 harvesters will be required to garner the western can ada wheat crop this season accord ing to information received at gen eral headquarters ot the canadian national railways of this number approximately 20000 will have to be secured from eastern canada it being thought that the remainder can he supplied by the three prairie provinces and british columbia this information is the outcome of a conference held at winnipeg be tween representatives of canadian national railways provincial and federal governments and the labor boards it was also brought out at this meeting that harvesting is ex pected to commence in manitoba about august 20th and in saskatche wan and alberta about august 25th a further meeting is to be held about august 2nd in winnipeg to de cide upon the date when the special rail fares for harvesters will go into effect this date will be governed by the time when the farmers are prepared to accept harvesters re presentatives of canadian national railways were asked by the govern ment officials to state how well they were prepared to handle this traffic and they were told that the national railway system has approximatelv 400 cars ot the very latest type of colonist equipment held in readiness for the handling of the excursion in addition there are ready- for ser vice on these trains a number of specially designed lunch counter cars of this type in the country on monday july the seventh hever castle in kent england was laid open with all its beauties aadj treasures to the members of the touring canadian weekly news papers association situated in the middle of the garden ot england between rolling hills traversed by the river eden anne boleyns an cient home which is now owned by mayor j j astor of the times afforded perhaps one of the fairest sights in rural england for the visi tors major astor gave a very inter esting address in welcoming the editors and lady violet astor in a short speech also of welcome spolce of her happy days spent in canada as the daughter of earl minto canadas former governor- general mr rupert davies of ren frew replied on behalf of the asso ciation and the proceedings closed with the singing of o canada a summer session i is held in the tonge and charles st3 toronto trom now until sept 2nd when our pall term opens superior instruc tion in all departments enter any time write for catalogue w j elliott principal just think of it the 9 th concession north gets a terrible name because of the road they say its a shame the vehicle bounces like a ball to a string and often the driver finds hes got a broken spring it does seem a pity when strangers draw near that this road is mentioned as seem ing very queer and that we who live in this splen did locality are not ready to offer a better hos pitality em the maple leaf dairy having taken over the entire milk business will try and give as good a service as possible those wanting cream please order the night before as we do not carry cream on the rig unless ordered will accept all tickets of stouffville creamery 22 tickets for 100 h gilroy prop phone us and our rig will call phone 8108 stouffvillo bargains farm implements good masseyharris binder 6 ft cut stifftooth cultivator for trac tor a good deering manure sprea der the above are in firstclass condition cash or credit h her- manphone 1903 stouffville h herman phone 1903 stouffvillo canadian national exhibition aug 23 toronto sept more comprehensive more ambitious than ever depicting the picturesque the artistic and typical life of canada and other lands ew l ft gorgeous spectacle portraying the might romance and grandeur of the british empire all the amusement devices known to the ingenuity of man one hunirei exhibitions ix oxiv consult your agent for reduced railroad rates robert miller president john g kent managing director mfsfi standard garage for day or night service phone we will guarantee all work done to your cir at our garage we solicit your business i i used gars in stock 1922 ford touring like new f 1922 ford coupe good condition look these over before buying gasoline oils and free air at covered ser vice station sales stouffville and service phone 165