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mffmlte vol xxxv no 43 stouffville ontario thursday december 25th 1924 rri holiday entertaining aged resident of asked to sacrifice i church st dead a fourth carioad following a stroke suffered a week or more ago death removed from our midst on sunday dec 21 1924 rachael fockler relict of the lata keep a box of huylers choco- george brown who had lived for the past number of years with her sis ter mrs s burkholder church street another of our aged residents who will be 84 years of ag3 uext april the late mrs brown was in her 77th year and was a native of bloomington having been born there as her age indicates in the year 1s47 she was the youngest daughter of the late john fockler and margaret johnson and spent about 15 years of her married life on the farm at boominton after which they moved to stouffville where mr brown who was a native of ireland became engaged as a drover in 1893 at the age of 5s years he passad away- leaving no family the late jirs brown is sur vived by two sisters mrs burkhol der and mrs asceneth armstrong of toronto her four brothers all moved to the unitesa states years ago and have since passed away the funeral took place on tuesday to bloomington cemetery rev r morton pastor of the christian church conducted the jast rites mrs brown had been a faithful member of the cjiurch and a regular atten dant until about a year ago when her health failed and she was unable to walk to the accustomed place of worship lates handy the candy o distinction playing cards and games cameras- films- perfumes and sachet powders deluxe stationery fancy candles and decora tions cigars and cigarettes new fs booklets and post cards- j m storey chemist and druggist personal notes i with m chlrches 1 1 mexxox1te church mrs david forsyth returned last wednesday from a months visit in toronto mrs j s dougherty and gladys this t h and sarah ratcliff graduate chiropractors albert st stouffv1llk office hours mornings 9 to 12 tuesday thursday and saturday evenings 7 to 830 pm other jiours by appointment phone 5304 i miss helen smith a t c m teacher of piano vocal theory thursdaye at j w ratcliffs phone 102 j ellkott yonge and alexander sts toronto noted for high grade instiuction and superior employment service enter any time catalogue free w j elliott principal one thousand 1ensions ix methodist church christmas meats is now on display at our store nice suit for the cooking and choice cuts of meat for the table fresh homemade sausage h leadbetter botcher phone 9701 boooffvehe cheques and annual greetings to over one thousand pensioners of the methodist church have gone out from the superannuation offices in toronto the honor roll includes 441 retired ministers 441 widows of deceased ministers and lolorphan ohildren with a few emergency cases additional slightly over 500000 is the total amount paid out annually the su perannuated ministers receiving 313920 on a basis of 20 per annum for each year spent in the active wor of the itinerant minis try each minister has paid into the fund throughout the period when he was earning his pastoral charges have also paid an annual assessment and there is also an en dowment fund of over two million dollars a case of particular interest to the farmers and others in this locality is threatened against one of our well known farmers mr robt ratcliff and if it should fiud its way into the and evelyu were in toronto courts will be followed with keen week interest in june last mr ratcliff sold to tie milleranderson lumber co of toronto four car loads of lumber three of these care were delivered valued at 2trt0 and as the com pany was unable to make payment according to the signed agreement miss gladys piuder of klesherton is visiting miss dorothy thompson over christmas mrs fred saunders of toronto is visiting her parents mr and mrs joel nendick miss norah macklem of lemon mr ratcliff accepted a note in s6u spending a few days- with tlement the note was for short lfemon baker term and when it became due the i iir and jirs j- b- wurts are hav- oonpany was agan unabe to meet christmas dinner at his sons the lilil in october miller-an- rr wurts of toronto uoroi faiiid and now the auditors a former resident mrs s b through their trustee are threaten nighswauder of toronto is visit ing suit lor the delivery of the lug old friends in town fourth cur of lumber which mr rat- vlift refuses to hand over as tho others had not been paid for the company as one will readily see broke the agreement when they failed to make payment for ihe lumber delivered in june but the point will be whether mr ratcliff renewed the agreement when he ac cepted the note in lieu of the cash which afterwards proved of no value to the average thinker it would seem that the contract was again broken by the company when the note was not paid at maturity and if thsre is any justice in the law at mr and mrs w h shaw are spending christinas in chatham with his mother and sister mrs harry reid ofisabella man arrived in stouffville this week to visit her father wm stewart mr and mrs h w sanders have gone to cobourg to spend christ mas with his sister mrs willmott mr and mrs t h dawson of to ronto are visiting her parents mr and mrs elias lehman victoria street misses hattie and mamie smith and mr and mrs ira lott had ziuzt chhst cannot succeed we understand there are about one hundred creditors of the- miller- anderson company and as their roof mr and mrs a s leaney are spending the christmas season in hamilton with dr and mrs jamie- a g warder pastor sunday dec 2sth 10 am sunday school assist ant officers will have charge 11 am subject beneficiary 7 pm another christmas mes sage both services by the pastor presbyterian church sunday dec 2sth 11 am and 7 pm congregational worship 230 pm sabbath school services ond music suitable to the season on tuesday evening dec 30th at six oclock the sabbath school scholars parents and friends will gather in the school room of the church for tea and a social time business cards legal mccullough button barristers solicitors cohx veyances c buttons i block stouffville jj money to loan medical fc claims may be more or less large j son mr ratcliffs chances for any messrs norman m mclean and of the assets of the defaulting con- jos borinsky attended a commun- cern are not very rosey and will cation of palestine lodge af not likely be more than a pittance i am in toronto on wednesday the fourth car of lumber which was held until october has since been sold to another firm the- holiday rush now on is marked by the trains running more or less behind schedtsje goodwood merry christmas to all evening mrs bert miller is spending the christmas week in batavia n y visiting mr and mrs robt miller and hereon jack rev and mrs g e coulter and isabelle are spending christmas in j coldwater with his brotherinlaw miss maud fockner home tor the rev a m partridee holidays curlers dr1vv rinks gifts gifts a large assortment of christmas goods izsilh including ladies neck scrafs vanity sets and dresser scarfs with boudoir cushions to match mrs f wilson mrs a griffiths corsetiere for spirella corseta for stouffville and vicinity stouffville phone 35303 i boadways drug store stouffville wo chiropractors i church st i stouffville h building up your health every grownup let like playing unless th health is not up fo par j for your benefit the science of chiropractic has demonstrated that an ad justment of your spine will allow the free conduct of your serve force building up your health momday wednesday friday 9tq12 am at stouffville out at a meeting of the local curlers on monday evening no less than 35 members turned out and the follow ing is the result of the draw for the winter schedule of interrinks games no l william jackson john mckinnon a c burkholder w h mather sk no 2 martin tait william waddell f c marshall f l button sk no 3 dr e s barker c cadieux frank rowbotham w h clark sk george sanders everitt smith iwalter muston samuel armstrong sk no 5 lud hoover john ratcliff j s dougherty milton storry sk no 6 e a button boy tarr mervin watts w r sanders sk no 7 bert smith elias hoover walter brillinger h w sanders sk no 8 jonas lewis murray rowbotham blake sanders henry brillinger sk no 9 harry stouffer f h gangster dr iw a sangslcr william armstrong ik no 10 w caldwell lloyd turner w h todd d h rusnell sk no u ernest stouffer percy tarr e a gray herbert porter sk no 12 w h shaw c tarr ohris armstrong geo simpson sk no 3 3 william barkey f r crawford dr s s ball hatry brillinger sk- mrs john maye of eastwood visit ing her friends here for over christ inas mrs dan wlagg mrs f wood land mr and mrs f a forsyth in toronto last week miss bessie robinson who te teaching near beaverton- h6me for the holidays miss evelyn harper has secured a school at kettleby and takes charge after the now year mrs blueman has had another cancer cut from her forehead and has recovered from the operation our lion tamers are organized cgain and had there first game with the stouffville hustlers but got kind of tamed down by being beaten 12 games some of them took the defeat very hard the goodwood methodist sunday school christmas tree and entertain ment dec 19th was a great suc cess the church being filled to over flowing andthe children were train ed in an excellent manner and great credit is accorded those engaged in the work the dialogues love in a cottage and wooing under diffi culties caused quite a bit of laugh ter and was well acted by all all went home well pleased with the results of the evening the entertainment and box sociai held at the second school under the direction of miss mckenzie was a huge success proceeds were 53 there were a couple of star boxes which brought a handsome figure and the boys seemed to be after edward to make him pay up for the box his heart desired but they got fooled as ed bid on several before the right one came ed was in luck and got the desired box at a reasonable figure the children were trained jike clock work and knew their parts perfectly great credit is due miss mckenzie mrs mcgrugan and daughter dorothy are spending the christmas holidays in chicago mrs mcgru- gans mother who lives in toronto will accompany them mr sam irwin of island lake left on wednesday on a trip to warsaw new york state where he will visit his brother joseph who is seriously ill and who at one time lived in this locality last saturday rev ge and mrs coulter were in islington where mr coulter performed the marriage ceremony of his cousin miss edna grace rose to capt robt bruce angus at the home of mrs e cullen aunt of the bride on monday mr and mrs george baker attended the funeral of her uncle the late george peterman of toronto who was in his 84th year interment took place in prospect cemetery mr peterman was a brother of the late samuel peter man a former resident of the east christian church edgar morton pastor a great deal was said last sunday about the coming cf tho lord jesus into the world he said himself that he came to seek and to save that which was lost luke 19 10 and in gal 1 4 we ire told that he came to deliver us from this present evil world in the closing of the old year let each one of us be determined by cods help to live the christain life the pure life through 192t if we do that it will surely be a happy n year shall we baptist ret w w fleischer pastor sunday dec 2sth the baptist folk extend in this brief line- heartiest christmas greet ings to one and all of our commun ity at this season the impulse of the heart is that of goodwill to all while toward god we feel the deep est sense of gratitude for the gift of christ to the world again we re mind ourselves that those who truly worshipped christ in the mornin hours of the new era were led to him by a supernatural manifesta tion of god the shepherds heard the angels sing the wise men were led 1iy a star while old simeon in the temple was prompted by the movings of the holy spirit in his heart to recognize and worship jesus that unseen messenger still leads the seeking soul to the place where he can behold his glory the glory as of the only begotten of the father services sunday as usual the pastor will preach subject sunday evening a long journey and a refusal methodist church geo e coulter pastor sunday dec 28th am sdgns of a prosperous dr s s ball physician and surgeon office cor obrien and mao phone 196 v dbktal j n dales lds dd s- dentist clarcmont honor graduate of royal collect o dental surgeons and of the university of toronto j office over mr scotts store j phone 1405 claremont dr d c smith dentist stouffville honor graduate of chicago and to- ronto university and the royal college of dental surgeons office over shaws store phone office 1011 residence 101 no outside appointments e s barker lds tmxa dentist stouffville i honor graduate of royal college o dental surgeons and of the university of toronto j office in grubins block i phone 8003 markham every tuesday office oteji geo crosbys store veterinary i r g law v s b v s graduate university of toronto ringwood phone 6014 j boadway s j drug store j stouffvillx uncollkcted taxes in whit- church harness prices down ten per cent off all harness prices etc for two market days dec 29th new years market and janysth come early and get xour choice in blankets androlics real snaps thankingyou all very much for past patronage i extend to you the seasons compliment albert lehman stouffville ontario victoria square mr and mrs stan young of to ronto were out for the shooting mr e brown has been to the hos pital in toronto for treatment but is home again new lamps have been put in the church and are a decided improve ment on the old gas system tjje shooting match at r agars fifth line was a success dispite the weather conditions there was quite an assembly from toronto unionvllle richmond hill and ths neighborhood mr agar had a good management eight targets and those competing were in squads of eight and had their own targets the stinging blinding wind and drift ing snow made shooting difficult but there was some fine work c p sanderson made the best shot of the day driving the tack and nailing a goose hurrah for the square those with 22s shot for chickens and had a great time mr and mrs agars hospitality was enjoyed by a large number of guests collector frank steckley reports taxes being paid up better this year than last in the township of whit church at the present time there is 8000 uncollected while at oils period last year 9000 was out standing before the roll is return ed nearly all this will be paid in as was the case last year when only about 1200 was sent to the county treasurer to be charged like a mort gage against the property of the 8000 outstanding every division in the township is respon sible for a share although a good many lot owners at the lakes are especially slow and while the amount of taxes on each lot is very small the work of collecting them is quite as great as if the taxes were five times what they now are 8 pm young peoples will whitchurch approve o 11 church 7 pm dec 29th league christinas message christmas greetings to all our people especially would our thoughts go out to the aged the sick and the lonely on this glad morn let us rejoice fear not said the angel to the shepherds on bethlehems plains for behold i bring you good tid ings of great joy which shall be unto all people for unto you is born this day in the city of david a saviour which is christ the lord and the heavenly choir sang glory to god in the highest and on earth peace good will among men may faith in the babe of bethle hem the worlds saviour enable us to banish every fear and give us wonderful peace as w enter into the days festivi ties meeting and mingling with loved ones and friends- may we make room in our hearts for the heavenly guest alas o world turn not away thy sacred guest this natal day too oft in ignorance and sin have nations turned him from the inn but from me saviour neer depart dwell in the room within my heart north british mercantile j insurance company j limited do you carry enough firb insurance h o- klinck obrien ave t phone 3307 stouffville flowers wedding bouquets and funeral designs on shortest notice i we also have a beautiful seleti tion of roses- inquire now- floral tesigns for ah t occasions j muston sons phone 7001 stouffville j births mullaire at thihome of her par ents mr and mrs jos williams mongolia on dec 21st 1z to mt and mra maurice muhahe a dauglter next monday is nomination day in town and township and anything may happen that day to cause an election in whitchurch township although no serious opposition is mentioned so far reeve morgan baker is definitely out for reelection and if he is to be opposed the opposition is not made known yet there will be a vote taken in the township whether the council gets an acclamation or not as the electors aro called upon to decide what policy they prefer in the matter of roads are you in favor of the abolition of statute labor is the question to be put on the ballot paper and every elector should endeavor to acquaint him self with the two methods of road building and maintenance so that he or she may be able to vote intel ligently deputyreeve leary of gormley sent position which he has rjllvri one year and so far as thfttfih of can learn none of theouncll next iuave announced tktii all declare not running attt tha nomination jvar conandort next monrfay their tv roc reeve must fight there is to be a municipal elec tion in markham township if coun cillor clarry carries out a declara tion made toy him a few days ago councillor clarry says that if first deputy reeve robt smith does not oppose reeve gohnon january 5th next he will step forward and enter the contest rather than allow reeve gohn an acclamation for the council j s honey and james jarvis both of whom ran last year are spoken of as probabln candidates also exreeve w hi- may run all the present org will stand again ovinclal we thank our many patrons in town and country for their pat ronage during 924 may the new year bring you abundant health and prosperity ambrose st it is hoped tlp ffis r l k the tod the in- sons i fcon- into the treasurers vfants wfts not warrantedoonneii- will stand for reelection to his preibr clarrys chances of redectlon win be small for he is the on mem zms j the on the h proves granted councillor clarry may stand out as a hero and should head the poll reliable people usx your property out b they d0 n on out to be sneaks waiting to pur chase property m or nefr stou 5 t0 ppeny for hod est people and w will make a office hours 10 to 12 and 2 to jacob yakb i mionib 6004 buttons block sloufftihe x