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m tfbtme vol xxxv- 35 stouffville ontario thursday october 30th 1s24 nyals stone root compound is a kidney remedy of ex ceptional value endorsed by all who have used st especi ally valuable for kidney troubles of old age kidney disease is very prevalent and is a treacherous foe it creeps on gradually and you are wise to heed the early warnings of lame back rheu matic pains etc price 100 j m storey chemist and druggist stouffville ont successor to g collard police give bandits stouffyile votes a hot chase 6 to 1 for ota citizens startled by sodden death last thuteday stouffvil again stood true to its tradition of being excitement ran high along main street on friday night due to the j presence of several cars filled with a sober town or town of temperate county and provincial police and j people out of 63a votes polled on to the story that a bandit gang was the plebiscjte 4if were cast in favor expected to raid this town that even ing for some weeks past daring rob beries hae been committed in the towns and villages all around tor onto the chief attacks having been made at port perry port credit unionville and markham village cash sweaters victory bonds cigarettes etc have been stolenand the suspected robbers are said to be a gang of daring bandits well armed and a very dangerous lot the bandits travelled in a black cadilac car with license number f joshua hoover scarcely any warning of the continuance or the ontario temperance et and only ninety- two in falor of the sale of beer and death came with startling sudden- on g ness to one of our best known personal notes 3c lu tunanusbbawmm hiss jennie baker is visiting friends in toronto mr and mrs thos ratcliilf also mrs v h wilson motored to king men mr joshua hoover of clarke temperance et and only ninety- stre in the early hours of friday i morning oct 24th the previous wine inealefi packages as a bever- eve in fact about three or four age tlfe jttetood five to one in he passed away mr hoover had been down town and at favor of the ota handled the pie on the north side of main street voting at two polling- booths ha vote as usual the people on the t h and sarah ratcliff graduate chiropractors albert st stouffville office hours mornings 9 to 12 tuesday thursday and saturday evenings 7 to 831 pm other hours by appointment phone 5304 annfe lehman at c m teacher of piano studio over lehmans shoe store the home of mr ea button listen ing on the radio to the election re turns on the plebiscite 2zxzje ww i returning home he intimated to vtt th side nis mrs- mowder with whom g f 0 reamanslhe that he feu unwe b bs office next the fire hall strange to had prepared m cine for say the number of voters against him tlle pain had passed and he re the continuance of the ota was t i within nil j 6209 and wercitod near exactly the same in both polling divi- sefmmofhepw wes nx mn v riioe an a doctor was hurriedly ipnflw f far into caled u the medical man was the night people hung around town the act 0 nreoarine a stimulant sk i resu rr b unortsl p ei s i t r t death was due to neuralgia sll w i e e s ha of the nean muscles during all his wje nnfnr w2 ife hoover na previously been b wet majority began to dwindle free from illness and had never suf- s the re from or had aby ndfeation suits gnp a dry vote over the pro that his heart muscles were im- vince of around 4uc00 the vote ec ty counties will be found on an inside page miss helen smith a t c m associate of the toronto con servatory of music is taking over the class of miss myrtle fil beebe and will tie- teach ing thursdays at miss beebes studio our meat display always attracts the pleased attention of women who appreciate cleanliness fb all things a visit to our shop will disclose a cleanliness pleasing to the most particular fresh lettuce-r- vegetables h leadbetter butcher phone 9701 soouffvslie bank east of uxbridge town about two oclock- on friday afternoon by provincial constable ward an ex change of shots took place and the robbers then eluded their pursuer at five oclock the car passed through stouffville and was noticed going through ringwood at union ville it took on gas and had a tem porary repair made at the garage there during this stop bystanders overheard the strangers discussing stcjuffville and the cnr station here when they became suspicious provincial police from toronto were soon on the spot but beyond giving chase and citing the bandits car for a few minutes nothing happened i it is evident that the police anti cipated a raid on stouffville station or some other point in the town that evening judging from the number of police cars calling here through the night one car in charge of prov constable taylor came up from oshawa twoothers came from toronto in charge ot constable ward and the other in charge of de tective boyd as well as several cn r police from lindsay and peter- boro all armed with revolvers or rifles constable pennock and mes srs charlie and richard ward com posed the local force and did picket duty throughout the night wen were placed at the various main roads and many side roads in the hope of landing the bandits but things were evidently too hot for them and they kept low somewhere on saturday morning their car was abandoned near manchester the robbers evidently escaping on a pass ing train from that point markham township goes dry t 10 1 at no previous election in the his tory of- markham township has a tide of the interest shown been hitherto manifested as shown in the results received last thursday and the crowds gathered to hear the re sult the total vote east 1616 for the retention of the ota to 273 for government control is believed to constitute a record in the pro vince of ontario the majority over the township for the ota is 1343 and the smallest vote cast was in elgin mills where the voting power is relatively mr and mrs alex miller of cree- more spent the week end with their uncle william stewart the fall bulbs have arrived for the stouffville horticultural society members may procure same on fri day and saturday at boadways drug store mrs ira freel will receive in honor of mrs herbert freel friday afternoon nov 7th from 4 to 6 oclock miss eva aikins of toronto will receive with them mr j a morden and mrs fock- z i- and family of toronto visited their mother on the farm ot mr a b bartholomew this week in honor of the aged lady reaching her soth birthday howard morton of oakville was in town sunday attending the funer al of the late joshua hoover as re presentative of the doidge motor co mr hoover and mr e a button were local agents for the doidge car messrs isaac and emerson shef field of dodsland sask are in town visiting at j w browns and with other relatives they came east primarily to see their sister mrs yake of toronto and a former resi dent of stouffville who is seriously ill business cards legal mccullough button barristers solicitors ocml vkvancks c iscttovg block stouffvh1js money to loan medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon office cor obrien and mjub phone 100 joshua hoover was in his 5th year and was the third son of the late daliiel hoover a farmer of markham township being of that staunch old pennsylvania dutch origin joshua wjs born on the homestead concession 10 just south of stouffville and was of a on wednesday of this week oct iamily of ten children all of whom 29th miss carrie rae eldest daugh- survive him up to sixteen years ago he farmed the home place but at that time retired to stouffville and took up his residence with his sister airs nelson mowder he was a man highly respected in the com munity and was a faithful member of the christian church he had lived an exempliary life the nine brothers and sisters are mrs henry myers and mrs john hare of markham mrs nelson mow- 3 2bslz wv eissss eyes examined free adam r yake optometrist watchmaker and jeweler 2 doors west of railway tracks phone 159 stouffville chiropractor j church st i stouffvilipe h i feel wretched this is an ordinary experi ence in many homes in this land if you ftel wretched the chances are that an im peded flow of the vital force through your nerves has been strangled by displaced vertebrae and that chiro practic adjustments will allow nature to restore health wtjmday wednesday at stouffvllleiont citizens honor baseball club the citizens of stouffville showed their appreciation ofgood sport when on fndav evening they ban queted the lociil baseball club and presented flfteen beautiful white wool sweaters to the members the honors were flonain rateliffs hall about 7 orclock some 150 peojile sat down to the banquet tables pro- pared ty thi lafiies of the community and which wre fit to grace the halls of windsor castle following the luncheon j community sing was enjoyed with mr stanley st john of uxbridge at the piano mr w j thompson ably acted as toastmaster in a happy manner and conducted the evenings program to a success ful finish three toasts were called the king proposed by the toastmaster the ladies proposed by mrrobt miller prest of the canadian national ex hibition and responded to by mr tommy thompson of toronto and mr ijnderwood of markham our guests proposed by mr fl button and responded to by president dr sangster anajer w j mather and several members of the ball team including messrs paul boadway m lennox max reesor bruce lehman and dr norman dales an interesting feature of the even ing was the presentation of sweaters made by reeve j s dougherty this year the- ball team were within reach of winning the oba ontario chaplonship when pitcher lennox met- lth a serious accident which put him out of the game manager mather was loudly ac claimed when he predicted that next year he hoped to have the banquet table graced by the presence of the ontario championship cup was in unionville where a double poll was held the total vote in the two being 304 for the ota to 68 for government control browns corners in no 3 rolled up a major ity for the ota of 121 to 23 for government control while victoria square gave 224 for the ota to 34 for government eontrol at no 9 in the northeastern part of the township 194 votes were re corded for the ota and only 19 against ville also two unmarried sisters misses maria and jemima and three brothers messrs levi alfred and ludwiik all living in stouffville the late mr hoover was a bachelor the funeral on sunday was un usually large service being held in the christian church following in terment in stouffville cemetery his pastor rev e morton was assisted in the ceremony by elder d prosser of newmarket who preached north york dry the j funeral service from the like a leaf we fade away the speaker forcefully brought home the uncer tainty of life here below and the necessity of being prepared for the final summons on tin- plebiscite vote oct 24 1024 in north york whitchurch ota white- rose 206 iemonville 255 bloomington 212 bogarttown 221 pine orchard 140 vivian 92 holland landing 85 govt c 52 aurotra 21 3y 25 24 59 don t fail to see hms pianafore comic opera tonight in rateliffs hall at s oclock admission adults 3oc children 25c ter of mr and mrs j j rae was united in marriage to mr james turner obrien avenue the cere mony was quietly performed in to ronto miss nettie rae and mr fe rae sister and brother of the bride being in attendance dental plowing match attractive event township audit begins maj 634 sutton 7 443 georgina twp 604 east gwillimbury division 1 713 sharon i queensville 266 brown hill 37 mount albert 290 ravenshoe 130 north gwillimbury 624 king twp 1494 ota majority in north york 5691 markham township audit insti tuted through the representations and petition of thirty residents of the municipality not all of whom were property owners and in whici an accountant and two assistants rr engaged is now on and it is estimated will continue for from six to eight weeks the audit dates back for a number of years or ever since ga m davison the present clerk been in charge council were practically a unit in opposing the audit as uncalled for and involv ing a large expense on the township for no good reason a the accounts have been regularly audited from year to year but the submission of the petition left no recourse in the matter 79 22 34 14 43 8 144 346 locust hill on the morning of friday sept 12th the hand of death was laid upon one of the most loved and re spected residents of locust hill in the person of miss a a button she was born at buttonvllle mark ham township in the year 1s39 the eldest duughter of the late lieut- col and margaret button she joined the methodise church at the age of eighteen and since that time has led a consistent helpful chris tian life she was one of the fjrst teachers in the locust hill sunday school which position she held for over fifty years she was missionary collector for twentyone years organist of the church for a number of years and a member of the womens missionary society she was an invalid for nearly five years before on monday sept 1 5th after service at the home the remains were laid to rest in the locust hill cemetery miss- button leaves to mourn her loss three sisters mrs theo hagerman of woodville mrs munro of toronto and mrs b hagerman of locust hill markham township appeal ixses judge denton after visiting th ground with a government surveyor to take the levels has given a deci sion in the appeal of messrs mat thew and john allen of lot 17 con 5 markham from the award of tp engineer james the judge also upset the township bylaw appoint ing e a james township engineer as not being properly worded to conform with the ditches and water courses act but on his advice the merits of the award made by en gineer james were gone into so as to settle the matter once and for all time after looking over the ground he was of the opinion that the drain should be run through the allen arm from the 5th con road allowance as indicated in the en gineers award but instead of con tinuing in an easterly direction to an outlet near unionville villageshould turn south to the county road hlghi way across which a culvert should be built continued to the h p eck- ardt farm and drained through with the churches baptist rev w w fleischer pattor sunday november 2nd 10 am bible school 11 am key notes of baptist life 615 pmprayer meeting in the vestry 7 pm subject a lawyer asks a question last in the series of vital questions watch for the next stouffville series monday evening regular meeting of bypu at 8 oclock election of officers wednesday evening regular mid week prayer meeting at 8 pm methodist church rev c e conker pastor friday oct 31st at 8 pm the ladles aid will meet at the parson age full attendance requested sunday nov 2nd 10 am sun day sctiool 11 am and 7 pm reopening the spectacle of over 4000 people on the farm of a b bartholomew stouffville witnessing some 32 teams and a number of tractors in plowing contests was a grand sight on tuesday afternoon the first plowing match of the north york plowmens association was an unqualified success presi dent john r campbell was beaming with deligbfrhna so ivas all the other officers the womens institute of stouff ville served meals on the grounds and later at the banquet injlatcliffs hall when the prizes were awarded a class that wasomitted from the prize list and vyhieh woirrd have proved interesting was nfe for men over 60 years of age however there were boys cuses ernest timbers mihilen irged 15 was the youngest contestant e morris of toronto bea it floyd steckley the provincijichijmpion at bramp ton with tractors in sod the prize winners are 1st class in sod w timbers stouffville ed timbers stouftville w l clark agincourt g tran whitevale best crown w tim bers finish e timbers 2nd class in sod russel cowperth- waite hagerman r lowrie mark- ham d j tran claremont best crown d tran finish cowperth- waite jointer class lencox agincourt lloyd turner stouffville chas tab- scott milliken stanley thompson claremont best crown turner fin ish cox 4th clas in stubble m morgan milliken john timbers markham norman steckley stouffville fred timbers stouffville murray clen- denning stouffville best crown steckley finish morgan 5th class those who never won a prize c atkinson stouffville h wells stouffville m dunkeld claremont harry pugh stouffville seth wideman stouffville best crown and finish atkinson boys 16 and under arthur daniels milliken ernie timbers milliken best crown and finish daniels tractors in stubble f stecklev f nicely stouffville j n dales lds dd s dentist claremont honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto ofllcc over mr scotts store phone 1405 claremont dr d c smith dentist stodftvllle honor graduate of chicago aad toronto university and tha royal college of dental surgeons office over shaws store phone office 1011 residence i no outside appointments e s barker lds dd dentist stouffrllle honor graduate of royal college dental surgeons and of the univer sity of toronto office in grubins block 1 v phone 8201 markham every tuesday office atttji geo crosbyb store veterinary r g law vs bvsc graduate university of toron ringwood phone 6014 boadway s drug- stork stouffville truman w eagleson truman w eagleson teacher of piano- pupil of w f pickard conserva tory of music toronto pupils visited mark 4616 1er first awi of the services the speaker for the day engineer which- was not filed he reommendedthat the township pass a proper bylaw under which the engineer make an award as outlined above the appeal was sustained with costs against the township mcdillough button appeared for the aliens and mcnanghton for the township rirths benson to mr and mrs ivan han son locust hill on october 7th 1924 a daughter turner in stouffville on october 2sth 1924 to mr and mrs lloyd turner a son being rev a e baker oftronto special music will be rendered by a union choir presbyterian and methodist we extend a cordial in vitation to all monday nov 3rd young peoples league 8 pm in charge of robt sllversides wednesday nov 5th prayer ser vice s pm mission circle at the home of mrs f l button s pm the regular monthly wmsmeet- inj being postponed til nov 12 plan to attend the great centen ary celebration or the methodist mis sionary society in massey hall tor onto nov 4 5 6 h ratciff ringwood tractors in sod e morris tor onto f steckley stouffville best finish steckley crown morris churchill dont fail- to see hms pianafore comic opera tonight in rateliffs hall at s oclock admission adults 35c chlldren25o miss lillian wagg at miss b chapmans on sunday revival meetings started monday night in- this district mr hamilton of keswick con ducted the church service on sunday on account of mr morton attending the funeral service of joshua hoover of stouffville miss reta paisley while coming from stouffville on thursday last happened with an accident one of the shafts of the buggy broke and the horse ran away upsetting the vehicle rata and ruby clark both received minor bruises miss velma martin 5s home for a while on account of illness of her mother also stanley martin was home on sunday people were alarmed on seeing a nurse going to the home of mrs jos marlln but it was only mrs mar tins daughter fall time is here the time that you should fall in lino for better bread line up for pure food products tell your gro- ceryman that you want our bread and make sure that he delivers it you know howto make sure that hell deliver it dont you j a stover flowers wedding bouquets j and funeral designs 1 on shortest notice we also have a beautiful selec- s tion of roses- inquire now floral tesigns for alii occasions muston sons phone 7001 stouffville the ringwccd csisge radio equipment of all kinds aerial wire insulators ab c batteries- also a full line of the fam ous philldclphia wet batteries to replace any kind of dry cell these batteries will improve any radio set to a remarkabledegwr complete radio sets froiri zxt up battery charging anwiiring 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