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wtotie vol xxxvi no 25 stouffville ontario thursday august 20th 1925 for the prevention and relief of sunburn we recommend one product above all others years of experience has proven the auperlor- ity of nyal face cream this cooling soothing and delight fully fragrant preparation heals irritated skin and stops the burning sensation but bet ter still when applied before exposure it effect tually prevents trouble 25c nnd 50c jars j m storey chemist and druggist i h and sarah ratcliff graduate chiropractors albert st stouffville offlce hours mornings 9 to 12 tifesday thursday and saturday evenings 7 to 830 pm other hours by appointment phone 5804 thomas birkett general insurance broker established 1907 can be of service to you in all branches of insurance reason able rates fair settlement and prompt payment of losses sound and dependable com panies phone 182 offlce lawson block a c kennedy chiropractor church st stouffville monday wednesday and fridays 9 to 12 am i fall terms opens sept 1st cor yonge alexander sts toronto all graduates of last seventeen months have secured employ ment as well as scores of others catalogue free w j elliott principal use the telephone for that next meat order i tou will find our selection just what you would have picked out had you come to the store largo variety of meats vege tables and canned goods h leadbetter butcher phone 0701 soouffvjue park mortgage is now paid off holidays extended a cheque was issued last week by the stouffville board of trade for 62315 being principal and inter est sufficient to retire the mortgage on the memoral park propertyrthe su property having- been acquired from the church of england the mort age was held by the synod the park etate is now freeof all indebtedness and if the previous intimation of the boardof trade is carried out the parkwill be for mally offered to themuncipal coun cil on behalf of tbevillage of stouff ville why not have a demonstra tion and a burning o the mortgage to mark the formal presentation of the park to the municipality new auto markers hem- george sihenry minister of highways awarded the contract for the supply of 1926 automobile mark ers to the macdonald manufacturing company the price being 8 34 cents per pair five tenders were received last years price was 10 cents per pair the color of the markers for next year is to be pearl grey and black some 300000 plates are being ordered ai a total cost of about 33000 the members of the stouffville school board get no holidays this year from their regular meetings for they met on friday evening as usual tor the regular august meet ing which many boards are able to rev c e macleod pre sided and all members were on hand excepting mr holden the board passed a resolution ex pressing their appreciation and ap proval of the action of the local board of health in providing the necessary spray ana material vith which to disinfect the school build ing and other public buldings the secretary was instructed to purchase from the royal ink co sufficient powdr e make a gallon of ink althoughntjr school law provides for the reopening of school on th3 1st day of sept the board decided not to reopen the stouffville school until tuesday the 8th the stouffville district school fair was granted 30 towards this years fair a committee composed of messrs macleod booth and aitchison were delegated to prepare the new room in the presbyterian cnureh basement where an extra form of the high school will be carried on for a term personal notes i as mr and mrs h g brownwho have heen managers of the king george hotel newmaret for the past fifteen years desire to be re lieved on account of ill health the directors have engaged mr and mrs fred t lewis of toronto to fill their positions and they will take charge on the 24th of this month over 60 applieafionswere received for the tosition suddenly expired after evening meal boadways v store stouffvtlle fire fire t the most dreaded burglar that robs tho farmer protect your pro perty against thls thief which usually comes by way of lightning by using lightning rods rwe are agents for the most reliable company of long standing and thoroughly experienced no cost for enquirers geo j lawson phone 182 the west end grocer stouffvillk maple old home bat attracts large atten dance with more than 1000 people pre sent maple held its annual old homo day on saturday of last week athletic events occupied a large part of the program a feature being the softball tournament which attrac ted tfee entries of fourteen mens and seven girls teams among the men the wilcox lake team took the nowtonbrook teams measure for tho championship while the maple ladies saved the home rooters from a day of disappointment by winning tho womens trophy defeating wil cox lake in the final game stouff ville figured in the turnament the wulowdale salvation army band played during the afternoon giving mr and mrs george hester east end received the sad and unexpect ed news en monday evening tc the effect that their eldest son wiimot h kester had died suddenly at his home in chatham mr kester had just partaken of his evening meal when he was suddenly overcome by a weak spell and passed away almost immediately the late wiimot kester spent his holidays at the old home here and had just returned to chatham on the monday previous to his death feeling in the best of health he was 41 years of age and leaves a wife but no family the funeral today thursday takes place from the home of his parents with interment at stouffville cemetery stouffville war veterans according military honors the deceased had a commendable military career at the early age of 17 years he enlisted with the canadian mounted rifles at prince rupert sask and went with the canadian forces to south africa at the time of the boer war later he served in the imperial army in england and at one time was also a member of the canadian volunteer militia at the time of the san francisco earthquake he was in the american navy and stationed on an island in san francisco bay when the earth quake wrought the great damage which is well remembered he was one of the naval forces which took charge of the city when it was placed under martial law in 1915 he enlisted at toronto in the slst infantry battalion and served in france from the time his unit landed in france until the end of the war he was in some of the most important engagements in which the canadian forces partici pated amongst them being the bat tle of the somme ttie ypres salient and vimy ridge at the time of his death he was the recipient of a pen sion from the canadian government for injuries received overseas the deceased had been a wide traveller having spent considerable time in at least 12 countries and was well acquainted with canada and the united states from coast to coast argentina england ireland scotland china japan france bel gium germany and one or two states in south africa wiimot kester was born and raised in stouffville he was of strong physique and looked the picture of health when he was here on holidays at the time of his death he was travelling for an automobile supply house with headquarters in chat ham besides his parents there sur vives three brothers bert of cal- police investigate chicken theft during the recent chicken thiev ing epidemic in this neighborhood the plunders in addition to visit ing the farms mentioned in our last issue aso invaded the premises of mr fred winn just north of town on the 9th concession and made away with fifteenwhite rock hens some being of a particularly choice strain ontario county provincial police have been looking into the matter the past few days as r is surmised that the thieves hailedfrom that county farmers would do well to have a short gun handy for the reception of these night mauraders so that they may be able to turn the tables on them for it would be better that the unwelcome guests rather than the chickens get it in the neck send the tribune to absent frlendi tricounty league at sutton on monday uxbridge won the right to the tricounty baseball league championships by defeating cannington 9 to 5 previ ous to this the teams vere tied for the honors and a final game was agreed on to be played at sutton more safety for buggies miss nigh of toronto spent a week with her cousin mrs mowat miss sadie evans of claremont is holidaying with her aunt miss s stewart mr a c burkholder is spending the week at his cottage at port carting muskoka mr hancock of oakville visited with a e weldon west end mer chant last week mrs wra burton of whitvale is spending a few days with her brother mr e reesor miss ada stiver of toronto spent the week end wifh her sisters ilisses nellie and hannah stiver dr butler and wife of toronto were guests of mrs george robin son main street one day last week misses augusta fierheler and nel lie jennings of toronto were week end guests of mr and mrs t w klinck mrs j a heise and daughter have returned from a two i weeks visit with relatives in mt pleasant mich mr and mrs frank cooper of sunderland were in town last week visiting her brother and sister in the east end mr and mrs f w marshall and family left this week for their sum mer cottage at maple beach lake simcoe mr and mrs h brethour of siloam and mr hurnham and friend of sandford spent sunday with mrs burkitt miss maud wallace of lindsay is with mrs w a silvester for a few days also miss hazel silvester is home on vacation mr and mrs leslie rowbotham and mr j e rowbotham visited with the latters sister mrs wm ezard of cooksville last week mr l f wood of toronto is act ing manager of the local bank of nova scotia in the absence of mr marshall who is on his vacation miss vera wdddiffald and brother merlyn have returned to pine orchard after spending a month with relatives in this locality mr john kidd and daughter miss gazy kidd also mr karl kidd from queens kingston have been- visit ing with friends and relatives in stouffville and vicinity district news l b heise of victoria square and d wideman of toronto left on tuesday evening last via cnr for winnipeg and points west a poultry culling demonstration for farmers of pickering township will be held on saturday aug 22 at 1 pm on the farm of hugh michell green river these are use ful demonstrations under auspices of the department of agriculture w there are three sets of twins at present in the oshawa hospital and the tiny tots are the centre of much attraction owing to the unusual event muriel jean and amelia jane daughters of dr and mrs duncombe of the ontario hospital at whitby are among tho distinguished guests at the hospital a son and daughter belonging to mr and mrs g rough- ley of oshawa compose the second pair while the third pair also a boy and girl are the children of mr and mrs russell richardson of brooklin the weights of the intuits at birth varied from three pounds to as high as seven pounds business cards leg aj jhccullough button barristers solicitors con veyances c buttons block stouffville money to loan medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon office cor obriisn and maih phone 198 dr herbert b freel physician and surgeon office standard bank building hours 8 to 12 am except sunday 4 to 6 and 630 to 830 pm tuesday thursday and saturday phones office 16401 residence 16402 dental the other night another accident occurred oh the lambeth highway through an auto running into an un- lighted buggy and four people were flung into the ditch says the st thomas timesjournal the article which is also applicable to stouffville and district continues the menace of the unlighted buggy has been condemned in these colums before but the buggy users seem utterly in different to this elementary step for their own safety conditions on the road have changed since only buggy overtook buggy but the men tality of the farmer iji this respect has not in the case under notice the bright lights of an approaching car blinded the auto driver and he could not see the buggy had the latter carried a tail light the auto driver would have had previous warn ing of its presence and taken pre cautions accordingly next year a new law comes into force which em powers county councils to pass legis latlon requiring all horsedrawn vehicles to carry lights births harvey to v and mrs frank harvey con 5 whitchurch on aug 14th 1925 a son e deaths forester at locust hill on thurs day august 13th anthony for ester in his slst year funeral took place from residence of his soninlaw f e n reesorlocust hill on saturday august 15th to locust hill cemetery way to a dance orchestra at night vrhen a community dance was held j gary dean of timmmsxew ontario in the community hall and lorneat homev ix memorlim byer in loving memory of orval byer who passed away aug 22nd 1924 one lonely year has passed away since from rs yon were taken wc know our loss has been your gain bnt yet fotd hearts are aching sadly missed by t4ie family mrs annie baker spent a few days at the home of lief brother crawford macklem at lemonville and mr and mrs thos ratcliff also spent a day at mr macklems dr d c smith and wife and son dr neil smith are on a motor trip this week enjoying the breezes of lake simcoe and visiting friends at woodville arid beaverton mrs wilbur widdifield accom panied bjvmr and mrs colin widdi field and son of newmarket visited with mr and mrs david rusnell and mr and mrs dawson davis on sun day on monday mrs w scott and two daughters of victoria square and mr and mrs t w klinck motored to peterboro where they visited the latters daughter mrs milton klinck mr and mrs b e wiancks of toronto were holidaying under the parental roof of mr and mrs c raymer of stouffville the past week miss bertha raymer of toronto visited at home the previous week miss evelyn bragg and miss gladys palmer are spending a few days with their aunt mrs irene byam miss bragg is the linotype operator on the staffof the bowmanville states man mr and mrs sam johnston and daughter miss pearl of mt pleasant mich also mrs john agnew of win nipeg are visiting mr and mrs elijah pennock mrs johnston mrs agnew and mrs pennock are sisters and it is twentythree years since they had been together op similar visit mr and mrs geo havener mr and mrsrolph holcombe of warren pa visited ther uncles a g and elias lehman a few days last week the visitors are on 2000 mile auto trip carrying a complete camping outfit on their car miss margaret mcleod of the city hospital staff albany ny is spending a weeks holiday here with her parents rev c e and mrs mc leod miss jones of linden n j and mrs j bettles and son clive of toronto also miss irene moyer of vfneland were guests of mr and mrs mcleod the past few days send the tribune to absent friends very beautiful gpodwood mr and mrs fry and daughter of mcrkham visited frlods here on sunday mrs jos little and daughter greta are visiting at mr d mc donalds mrs edw shae of toronto spent the week end with her aunt mrs thos baston mrs jos cooper and son joe and daughter mary are visiting friends in markhan r mr baldwin takescharge of bis duties here in the baptist church next sunday miss irene harper has returned home after spending a couple of weeks near barrie dr middleton has twenty pounds of stock food free to any one inter ested in purchasing cecil lee robt white and frank collins have gone to the west to assist in the harvest there mr wm whittleton is on the road with his two threshing mach ines ready for big harvests mr and mrs andrew pilkey of oakville are visiting her mother mrs john maye and brothers mr and mrs thos baston have returned from a motor trip to tor onto and the principal cities of the province mr and mrs thos dowswell are epending a couple of veeks vith friefids in toronto hamilton and pittsburg pa miss elsie reed and miss jean kester have returned to toronto after a couple of weeks with miss jessie and evelyn harper mr and mrs frank leggett and son donald otto mcavoy and his mother miss edith johnson of tor onto also mrs c johnson and daughter elsie bf stouffville spent sunday with mr fend mrs g maye jos baker of stouffville met with a slight mishap at the corner of the 3rd and newmarket road running a shade fast he was unable to make the turn and collided with the fence bending his radious rod death of wm vanhorne on satur day morning aug 1st one of walk- ertons most highly esteemed citizens passed away at his residence in east ward for nearly two months his condition had been becoming worse following an operation at toronto for a growth on his jaw mr van horne who was in his 61st year was born in uxbridge township and came to walkerton 35 years ago since which time be has carried on- tinuously as a contracting painter and interior decoration the de ceased had been for some years a leading spirit in the local lol or ganization at the time of his death he held the office of county master for centre bruce he was also a past master of the local lodge and a past companion commander of the scarlet chapter he was also a lead ing figure in the canadian order of foresters being the financial secre tary and a past chief ranger mr vanhorne was a life long baptist and for over twenty years he was a valued member of the choir and kind hearted and generous and manifesting a friendly spirit towards his fellowman the late mr van horne was a man whom to know was to like and respect besides his wife he leaves to mourn his loss six sons and five daughters also peter van horne and mrs isaac wagg of good wood are brother and sister to the deceased the funeral wa3 under lol auspices and the baptist minister rev c w king the pall bearers were all past county mas ters and the floral tributes too were j n dales lds dd s- dentist clarelnont honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto offlce over mr scotts store phone 1405 claremont dr d c smith dentist stouffville honpr 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 dds dentist stouffville honor graduate of royal college ot dental surgeons and of the x university of toronto office in grubins block phone 8201 markham every tuesday office ovef geo crosbys store boadway s drug storb stouffville flowers wedding bouquets and funeral designs- on shortest notice we also have a beautiful selection of roses floral designs for all occasions muston sons phone 7001 stouffville the bar of public opinion to which all food products are summoned for conviction or ac quittal is the dining room table where are gathered the appetite judges who pass upon the fit ness of this or that food we advocate the trial of our pastry and our bread their purity and goodness will be established ambrose stover baker property chances homes in stouffville from 1500 to 50000 garden farms 1000 to 5000 larger farms from 4000 to 1300o a few vacant lots for sale store property from 2000 to 4000 call and see jacob yake phone 8004 real estate agent two doors east of the presbyterian church main street stouffville