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vol- xxxv- no 24 stoufrvlllk ontario thursdal august 7th 1924 what talcum fs yours the market is hooded with talcum powders ot all grades but can you afford to take chances our advice is to buy thehestand we recommend nyal talcum powders because we know they are absolutely pure and whole some and they cost you no more than doubtful makes district doings mwbwwwwwlwwwiihlag 25c and 35c market drug store g collard druggist 8touffvillb ontario i stanbury flottb on wednesday july 30th 1924 at 8t matthews church toronto by rev h a brooke the marriage took place of dorothy phyllisyoung- cst daughter of mr and mrs win floyd to edwin jack son of mrand mrs t stanbury claremont ont t h and sarah ratcliff graduate chiropractors albert st stouffville uttlce hours mornings 9 to 12 tuesday thursday and saturday evenings 7 to 830 pm other hours by appointment phone 5304 when magistrate t k brunton of the york county police court overhauled an american tourist some days ago on yonge street travelling js miles an hour he brought him to newmarket cqurt and confiscated his car it then developed that the american was rushing a patient in state of collapse from west virginia to gravenhurst hospital the mag istrate forgave the speeder and sent hrm on his journey at a greatly re duced speed personal notes rvi mr and mrs allan mustard were at dr and mrs balls over sunday john pipher spentthe week end with relatives in town alex meleod of georgetown was home on civic holiday mr steve yake of toronto spent the week end with mr and mrs h burgess miss waters left on tuesday to spend her holidays at jacksons point mrs j a heise and miss enna have been spending a few days in toronto misses nellre and hanna stiver one of the most prominent work ers for the liberalconservative party in north ontario was removed by death last thursday after a long illness of mr j blanchard at the age of 76 years he was born in scott township and after teaching school for a few years went into unkmville farming in his home township mr i ji and mrs butler of toronto blanchard was for years president sr visitig mr and mrs del jen- of the liberalconservative assbcia- j nings tion of north ontario and for the miss eduh jolmson vas al her baseball news jacksons point i mr and mrs fred silvester spent business cards legal at richmond hill last friday in j monday at lakeview one of the league games aurora io lloyd turner of stouffville to richmond hill by a score of 11 tried oyt our bowling sreen on civic holiday mr and mrs a s leaney have tuesdays baseball game resulted returned to stouffville after a in another victory for stouffville in j s ulay here the yorksimcoe league our boys i the lennox picnic the largest pic- journeyed to aurora winning out j nic in the world kept up to its for- by a score of s3 only six innings- nier reputations both in point of at- were played game it being a twilight anne lehman a t cm teacher of piano studio over lehmans shoe store our meat display always attracts the pleased attention of women who appreciate cleanliness in all things a visit to our shop will disclose a cleanliness pleasing to the most particular fresh lettuce vegetables h leadbetter butcher riionc 9701 soouffviille extra special i have purchased from the manu facturer 100p shell frame gold lined spectacles at a special summer reduction and have decided to pass this saving along to my customers these glasses are fitted with deep curve lense and sell regularly at 1000 per pair for this month or until the stock is gone we will pass them out at 600 examination free see window dis play of this very special sale adam r yake optometrist watchmaker and jeweler 2 doors west of railway tracks phone 159 stouffville chiropractor church st i i i stouffville 1 do you tire easily if you tire easily there may bo a subluxation of your spine any impingement of the nerves that emerge from the spine restricts the flow of vital force that is necessary to your well be ing come in for an analysis mon0aywedne50ay a friday 9t012 am at stouffville ont years reeve of the township be sides having held the township offices of councillor clerk assessor and school trustee mr and mrs james oldham of mount albert held their annual re union picnic in honor of their sons daughters and grandchildren on friday july 25th in their private park fern lawn t present in cluded mr and mrs w meek and family mr and mrs a a mustard dr and mrs s s ball and family mr and mrs garfield oldham and family mr and mrs grant oldham and family mr and mrs stanley oldham and family also several quests among them being rev and mrs bailey and family mrs hutch inson miss jennie and mr jaggar oldham a most happy afternoon was spent especially pleasing was it to see the children enjoying the boating swimming racing and games of ball not to mention the fun which young and old alike en joyed on the merrygoround on the eve of their departure for toronto last week mrs john f paterson and bruce paterson were tendered a farewell reception by the memfbers of the unionville presby terian church at the home of mr and mrs thos burnett on behalf of the congregation jtevfrank rae minister of the church voiced the appreciation of the members in the unfailing interest always manifes ted by mrs paterson in her church duties while james a gib son one of the elders on behalf of the congregation presented her wiili an electric iron mrs frank rae invested her with a life membership button and mrs crawford teacher f he aiiilii biole class iddfd a word of appreciation afterwar 1 luncheon was served the picnic held at hoydnshcie park to ceiebrite the 25th anniver sary of the whitby branch of the womens institute was much enjoy ed by those who attended about one hundred sat down to tea after which mrs roberts president of the whitby branch called on mr putnam of toronto supt of wo mens institutes who congratulated the branch on the wonderful pro gress made in 25 years and wished for them continued prosperity and advancement the minutes of the 1st annual meeting were read by mrs jb mitchell the first treas urer this was followed by a read ing by miss stevenson of claremont which was much enjoyed races were then taken part in by presi dents and expresidents past mem bers and present members repre sentatives were present who joined the branch 25 years ago the branches represented were pickering kinsale claremont brooklin and whitby before dispersing auld lang syne was sung in the yorksimcoe league on sat urday afternoon on ihe local dia mond when they beat willowdale hy 6 to 1 the game provided some interesting spots at times the visl- speht the holiday at their home in ors notched their only tally in the stcon j innings although they man aged to get to second base on one or two other occasions the willow dale pitcher did some nice twirling but received very weak support the locals played a fairly even game the score by innings stouffville 01301001 x 6 willowdale 01000000 0 1 tendance and enthusiasm displayed there were over 5000 people pre sent and the program carried out stouffville snatched another victory hoth varied and interesting the n sat- de drawing card was the presence death of jas brison johnson mothers mrs c johnson west end over the holiday mrs s b hoover from hilton ny- is visiting her mother mrs m kester east end miss millie nicholls of toronto spent the week end with her sister mrs r davis mrs chas burgess of toronto spent the week end with her son harry burgess mr tlhos collard of peterboro was with his brother geo collard over the holiday miss annie robb was with her sister mrs stevens obrien avenue over the week end miss rhoda forsyth of toronto was with her mother mrs o for syth oyer civic holiday miss jean hessel of london is visiting at miss clara mackenzies west end for a few days mr and mrs ab ingleton and son of agincourt were visitors at mrs h kesters on sunaay master nelson lott is spending a few weeks at his grandparents mr and mrs n e smith miiss hazel silvester of toronto spent the week end with her mother and father on church street dr and mrs smith have return ed from a pleasant holiday outing at lakeview jacksons point mr and mrs albert reesor and family of acton spent the holiday with his sister mrs j b wurts art blackwell and lady friend of toronto visited his parents mr and mrs t blackwell over the holiday mr e stevenson of saskatoon sask spent a few days with his sis ter mrs alf hoover church street this week mr and mrs geo hughes and family of toronto spent the week end with mrs hiram kester and other relatives mr and mrs e a button and faimily are spending a week with her parents in wallaceburg and with other relatives mr jonathan gould and mr un derwood of markham were in town saturday afternoon for the willow- dalestouffville baseball game mr and mrs kelly of kingston are spending a few days with her parents mr and mrs win lewis just west of the town mr and mrs griffiths and friends from aurora were callers on mrs a griffiths and mrs a v nolan last friday mr gordon thompson and lady friend of toronto were with his parents mr and mrs w j thomp son over sunday mr and mrs milford badgevo and daughter florida of syracuse ny visited mr and mrs ira badgero over civic holiday mr and mrs grenviile forsyth of chicago are spending a week at his mothers mrs vanburen forsyth and other friends mr and mrs bert miller and son jack motored with mr and dr ken- mare of toronto to buffalo and rochester over the holiday miss zora clendenning in com pany with dr campbell and family of gait left on a motor trip to bay city mich this week mrs and e j davis and son mr and mrs roy davis from lansing mich spent sunday with miss mae and mr j urquhart mr a g lehman and miss ida mr and mrsehas lehman and mrs charlie faden motored to jacksons chicken thieving for some time chicken thieving has been going on in the vicinity of glasgow until last weeks depreda tions gained an alarming extent on wednesday afternoon this week county constable pennock made three arrests following up informa tion he had gathered thoise taken into custody were m tindall ross raymor and another man named staley on account of the affair being outside yorn county the local sherlock holmes calle in a constable from uxbridge as it ap pears our men are confined to mak ing arrests within the county the accused men were taken to uxbridge to appear before magis trate hamilton it is estimated that the farmers in the district af fected have lost about 1000 worth of poultry mouth organ contest one of the unique features of the musical program at the exhibition this year will be a mouth organ competition there will be three classes one for the children under 12 years one for competitors under 16 years and a third for competitors who will use single hole 20 reed in struments a goldsilver and bronze medal will be awarded to the first three winners respectively in each class the contest like all other musical competitions at the exhibi tion will be under the management of the canadian bureau for the ad vancement of music of hon arthur meighen former prime minister of canada mr meighen is a convincing as well as an analytical speaker the day end ed with the usual display of fire works the annual lakeview bowling toirnament jacksons point took place on the lakeview green on sat urday and monday there were about ten rinks of the best bowlers of the province competing the in terest was very keen and the events were attended by a large gallery the rink that finally proved the win ning one was skipped by dr pat terson of cleveland the other mem bers of the team sharing in the prize being ross paul toronto drsmith stouffville and c h burrows of detroit on saturday evening the annual game for the children took place at lakeview all were kept on tiptoe from beginning to end of the leng thy program the most laughable events were the pillow contests the blindfolded mans race and the ride of the royal canadian dragoons the big sensation of theevening was the arrest of the matron of lakeview house she was brought before his worship w b sanders jp and pleaded guilty to the accusation made by messrs livingstone chris tie and bennet that she was giving permission to the serving of un dressed chicken to the guests of lakeview house his worship gave her a severe reprimand and she was bound over to keep the peace for the period of a year at the close of the trial she was complimented by his honor at the cleverness and dexter ity displayed in the pleading of her own case and an application pre sented her with a two pound box of laura secords mccullough button barristers solicitors cos vevancbs ac muttons block stoukjbvil1 money to loan medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon office cor 0iuen ard maxr lliuue 100 dental j n dales lds d 8 dentist claremont honorgraduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto office over mr scotts store phone 1405 claremont dr d c smith dentist stourfrtlle honor graduate of chicago toronto university and tb royas collage of dental surgaoaa office over shaws store phone office 1011 residence ltm no outside appointments e s barker lds dds dentist stouffrille j honor graduate of royal collage t dental surgeons and of the unltw- j slty of toronto office in grublns block phone 8201 markham every tuesday office ares geo crosbys store veterinary questions to be asked at coming plebiscite oct 23 although lacking official verifica tion a report that four questions will be put before the ontario elec torate at the plebiscite on ocober 23rd is regarded as being authentic the questions though perhaps of different phrasing will likely be as follows 1 are you in favor of the on tario temperance act 2 are you in favor of govern ment control 3 are you in favor of the sale of beer and light wines in licensed premises 4 are you in favor of the sale of spirituous liquors in licensed pre mises the death occurred on the ninth concession of markham on satur day last august 2nd of james bri- son johnson one of the pioneers of that township mr johnson was born on the ninth concession seventy one years ago and had lived all his life on the same farm upon which three generations of the johnson family had lived before him some fifteen years ago he suffered a stroke and since that time had given up active life on the farm although was in fair health until a week before point on civic holiday he died he was highly esteemed- by the entire neighborhood in politics was a liberal and in religion a bap tist mr johnson is survived by his widow formerly lydia pike and two sons r r on the homestead and w p on the adjoining farm also one brother hiram of-walker- ville and two sisters mrs cornish of toronto and mrs clendenning of stouffville the funoral was held on monday from his late residence to first markham baptist church cemetery mrs mc grogan and daughter dorothy at w e mordens have just returned from holidays with her mother in toronto and with mr and mrs h degeer and son of toronto spent sunday with mr arid mrs l vanzant mrs james vanzant of toronto and her daughter mrs w h eby from detroit spent the week end with mrs hattie saunders and fam ily also mrs fern pearson at home over the holiday mr and mrs geo hessel of new york are spending a week with her parents mr and mrs wm clossin also miss gertie clossin and mrs ernest clossin and family of toronto were with their parents over the week end mr a g lehman mrs ellas leh man mrs charlie faden mrs cecil monday red walker quits turf string sold to bedwell william red walker one of the pioneer horse owners on the ontario turf and probably the oldest trainer has decided to quit the race game in this country red will it is rumored devote himself to his farm in southern california according to information which has leaked out h g- bedwell has purchased walkers horses con tracts on two boys and other assets the horses include such performers as so it goes black shastar van- patrick cote dor and ten others jockey j stevens is now under con tract to bedwell with another lad walker has been developing the price bedwell paid walker for the staole was 11000 according to re liable report many of the horsemen were sur prised when apprised of the reported transfer it was said to be a real buy on the part of bedwell who has now an extensive string and his re presentatives have made him money on the canadian circuit this year mr walker is a brother of mrs d yake of ccppan alta formerly of stouffville and is also well known in this locality being a native of ux- bridge township ringwood mr geo mccarty has purchased a new ford car miss edna sinclair is spending a few days in toronto the farmers in our vicinity are busy getting their wheat cut mr robt wilson of toronto called on friends in our town on tuesday mr and mrs walter miller of stouffville were sunday visitors at mr s millers a number from our burg attended lennox picnic at lake simcoe on r g law v s b v sc graduate university of toronto ringwood phone 6014 boadways drug stork stouffvelle real estate for sale house with 10 rooms in bloom- ington one quarter acres good fruit with outbuildings at 1600 hojise property in stouffville nil kindsand all prices 50 acres near the hydro line brick house bank barn nice stream good land 6000 7 acres with buildings in whit church 1000 also 60 acres to 100 acres and lots of others jacob yake real estate agent office over buttons store stouffville its summer dawson and mr g m grove leave thin friday aug 8th on a motor trip to warren pa for a visit with relatives mr c nicholson miss o pryne mr l heise miss annie smith mr e raymer and miss l baker aji motored to toronto last sunday and took the boat to niagara falls all report having a fine trip and return friends in cooksvllle and erindale j ed home in the early morning hours mr and mrs ira lott and family mr and mrs ross robertson and of milton misses mamie and hattie i family of toronto mr chas gam- smith tip toronto spent the weokniage of chatham miss b quar- end with their parents mr and mrs j rier and miss christina macnab of with the churches baptist het w w fleischer pastor sunday aup 10 am sunday school 11 am church service j 7 pm church service n e smith mrs hatley of east toronto and mrs h ralston and children of mt dennis returned home on friday after spending a few days with mrs leslie rowbotham prof j m tran and mrs trail of toronto accompanied by their niece miss verna montmorency visited over the week end at mr l row- bolhams rev geo e coulter mrs coulter and miss isabel left on saturday to spend some holidays in warren on the main line of the cpr west of north bay mrs coulters native town hamilton were holiday visitors with mr and mrs w h shaw dr and mrs j burkholder of chicago are visiting at the home of his mother and aunt mrs burkhol der and mrsbrown on church street they will also visit her sister mrs h w sanders lakeview jacksons point mr and mrs edgar boothby and two children of binghamton ny motored to stouffville to visit their aunts mrs david forsyth and mrs noah hoover on tuesday they were accompanied by mr and mrs crampon of hamilton mr boothby is a son of the late james boothby mrs allen pipher and family of oshawa visited at mr wm piphers one day recently mrs jonathan baker of lemon- ville spent a few days recently wjth miss ada barkey mr and mrs albert forsyth and daughter vera of toronto were holi day visitors at mr hugh boyds by the looks of one of our young men he must have met a wild cat last friday night better be careful when you go hunting we are indeed sorry to hear that mrs t m bruels and her daugh ter mrs mossie pipher from new liskeard are under the doctors care at the home of mrs bruels daugh ter mrs a h johnston toronto we wish them a speedy recovery births joyce at the home of her father geo lewis 9th con to mr and mrs l joseph joyce an aug3rd 1924 a son your appetite wont weaken this glad summertime if you order the proper food our bread belongs on your menu ingredients which go to make- stovers bread maple leaf flour formerly called cream of the west diamond crystal salt pure granulated sugar malt extract milk easlflrst domestic shortening flelsch- mans compressed yeast a stover flowers boy wanted to learn printing trade fair education required- tribune i office- r wedding bouquets j and funeral designs on shortest notice we also have a beautiful selec tion of roses- inquire now- floral resigns for all occasions muston sons phoneoto stouftville