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stouffville february 25th 1926 1l0cai happening the stouffville vfo shipped a car load of turnip to the usa this week seed catalogues are through the mail again must be in the offing coming spring owing to the blocked condition of the roads last saturday whitchurch council meetingywas posipoued to saturday feby 2tih the town of uxbridge has a sur plus in their hydro electric account of 10000 and slouffville too has a snug surplus so that customers in both these centres may justly be ex pecting a downward revision of rates especially in the case of power and commercial lighting charges mrs watts millinery parlors art reopened for the spring season on wednesday march 3 1st frances nickawa the popular enters tainer will appear in stouffville la the united church keep this date open the womens day of prayer ob served in the local anglican church last friday was splendidly support ed by the ladles of the town one or more representatives were present from every church vn stouffvllle and the seating capacity of the church was all taken up mrs k w silvester presided over the ga thering and a hearty participation in the service was manifest by all present the road committee of thesiouff- yille council have awarded the con tract for gravelling the streets thi3 summer to george hoover at 140 per yard in the council report last week mr hoover tendered as at 210 per yard which of course was an error the rule ot j 140 p yard was the lowest of the four en- dirj received the numerous friends ot mrs j storry now of vernon bc will be pleased to learn that she is recover ing from a severe illness although she is not able to be out ot the house yet mrs storry is a sister of mrs john sanders and also mrs truman of church street mr and mrs storry went from stouffvllle about 10 year3 ago and arethorough- ly enjoying the beautiful climate of theokanagan valley mutual life insurance company of new york the oldest in the continent insurance in force 326000000000 assets 74600000000 1925 new business over 48700000000 1925 surplus over 5325500000 no stockholders annual dividends full postmortem dividends cheapest insurance highest dividend scale ixwest net cost new liberalized policies with improved double indemnity and disability features life ins is part charity part busi ness all common sense today is yours tomorrow enquire now h o klinck district maxatjer dg scott of caron sask father of our merchant a w scott writes from his western home to the effect that they are enjoying wonderful winter weather stock is running out and the roads are dry and good for travelling mr scott anticipates an early spring although he doesnt say so but note3 that the birds are carrying bits of straw etc tor nest making curling and skating help to make the western winter near caron bright and cherry on tuesday evening last week mr and mrs robt hare who live in the terrace on albert street were given the biggest surprise they had received since the earthquake rock ed stouffvllle a year ago a num ber of friends and neighbors drop ped in unexpectedly and brought along refreshments as part ot the program euchre and other amuse ments were enjoyed mr and mrs hare moved on tuesday to ring- wood where they will take up farm ing the- mfasion circle old fashioned supper in the united church stouff- ville takes place this friday evening feby 26ttu you are invited supper front s oclock everybody invlted- the stouftvuie fire brigade brill hold their annual reorganlzattoa meeting on monday march 1st in the fire halt there is an opening for a number ot new members and vol unteers are asked to hand their tame to chief blake sanders two months have gone havej you renewed ycarr subscription f the high scitool entrance exarar iiatioh will commence tufe year am june 2sth wo understand thro- will be an eatrance jas in the stouffvllle eciool of at least fifteen pupils richmond hills tax rate has been fixed at 51 mills for this year which is a slight reduction from last year but an advance over stouffvilles 1925 rate ot 21 mills the hill is rather hard hit in the matter of taxation uxbridge intermediate hockey ieam which is making such an ex cellent showing this season will play an exhibition game with the fast markham juniors on a date to be set shortly this would prove a interesting exhibition match on march 1st dr ira andi mts freel expect- to arrive home from new york wherej tlm- doctor took a months jost graduite work in the reconstruction- hospital a sad poly clinic more alberta joal is being- distri buted in town while there art somes loath to accept anything nw- in une fuel sue the majority- ot those- who have triedl the western tul tell us it is all right and claim it to- be of good- heasiitg- quahjj mr w s ormiston ot uxbridge gave the tribune a pleasant call on saturday afternoon v s js presi dent of the liberal association of north ontario and predicts that tho newly nominated liberal candidate in that riding will carry the next provincial contest in north ontario where the liberals have not placed a candidate in the field for the past two eleotions j w widdifield u fo is the sitting member and will contest the seat in a three cornered fight toronto star a lot in the vill age of stouffvllle valued at 1500 and personal assets of 4509 from the legacy bequeathed by moses hill o stouffville the widow mary jane hill receives the income f roni the estate for life and on her death nina brown a daughter oregon and j rowland hill a son oregon each receives 1000 and a quarter of the residue mabel phillips and myrtle gilbert two other daughters each get 1500 and a fourth of the re mainder no mrs sytiilla spahrs ton- sllttls is not a commonxough syrup a throat specialist irs medi cine form treats allailmsnts of throat and npse including- bronch itis cough adeuoids catarrh and every tonsil tptfuble guaranteed at storeys drutg store stouffville congratulations are due two of our familiar and highly respected oiti- zens mrand mrs thos w kunclv who have reached the week of their fiftieth wedding anniversary they were married on feby 29th 1s76 and due recognition ot the event will be marked sometime in the month ot june this year k g tarr of mongolia hasnt always been blessed with the best of eyesight but he can see when he is being robbed recently while his team stood tied t the blacksmith shop of murray ihusomeone helped i themselves to rsplendid set of bells which hung on the animals if the bells arevreturned to mr tarr proniptlyjfollowing this notice there will be no rental charged or ques tions asked on wednesday night- of lasn week fifty people drov- into stoiuffville from the- bloomiigtoii cowinunity and rendered a splendid avissionary program at tho- christitti church evety- part oc the program proved an uplift to he- entire audience bring yur biggest appetite with you to ie old fashioned supper to be served m the basement of ue united church stouffville on jprl- day evening febv 26th the keen est appetite cured come at fs pm or as soon after as you can g m lee who conducts a milk route between here and torontohas purchased a new dodge truck through the local agent lloyd turner- this will give mr lee an uptodate conveyance for his busi ness that will be capable of handling a large and heavy milk route from newfoundland mrs j g giimour who was a daughter ot the late mr and mrs chas radmore of this town writes that although it is quite a number of years since she lived here she looks forward with pleasure to seeing the tribune and hearing of the home folks it makes the worltf seem a little smaller when old friends get toge ther in a big town far away at least that is the way it seemed when lloyd hoover and arthur lehman 3 altona were weak on shooting in the local hockey tournament at the maple leaf rink here tuesday night wexford won first prize and therefore were given the gold wat ches by defeating altona in a well fought and evenly contest by 10 to also nellie lehman dearborn for merly of mount joy spent the even ing of february 15th at the home of may dornan ford and her husband in chicago it would be hard to say who did the most talking and the evening past all too quickly ave understand all are looking forward to another evening together again but were the equal of wexford in checking on monday evening wex ford downed a stouffville team by 16 to 3 altona and almira are tied for second place and will play off tuesday and thursday next week for the fountain pens in spite of unfortunate weather ind counter atevvetions the il vs- trated lecture the garden beau tiful delivered by rev geo w thte superior groceries shortening oranges meduim s grapenuts brooms special value palmolive soap aylmers golden bantam corn 1 8 c phone us your order no 909 we deliver the goods aw scott lbpkgj8c per doz 35c per pkg j7c s 49c 3 for 23c at the meeting ot the directors of the stouffville horticultural society on friday evening the lists of prelfebbs of burlington in the auditor- miums for members for 1926 were film on thursday evening was well selected these include the canai attended the slides were exception- dian horticultural allotment for ally good and tne lecture throughout orders placed with local florists a was followed with much interest choice of any one of ten groups from a prominent nursery particu lars of these will be submitted by the canvassers in many cases the price to members is barely more than onethird the cost to nonmembers for the same goods it was also de cided to have the canvassing for membership start immediately it is hoped that the enrolment will be about 75 hockey enthusiasts from stouffville boarded the train for ux bridge on monday evening to wit ness that town contest the fourth round of the intermediate oha semifinals the crowd returned on the special train provided it proved a great game to witness uxbridge winning 4 to 1 from their opponents much greater mian that of last yearn toronto a similar aggrega te increased numbers gives greatly j tion went to toronto on wednesday increasedcapaclty for effective work i evening to see the return matyh again taking advantage of a special all business men and citizens in general who are interested in the disposition of the town park are re quested to meet in the municipal building at s pm with the board of trade when final arrangements will be made to offer the property which train nearly 1500 spectators wit nessed the game in uxbridge the gate receipts amounting to about 700 mr john urquhart has leased his vacant store adjoining boadways is now free of incumbrance to the drug store to charjie lee restaurant alabastine the superior n finish easy to apply cheap and durable let us tell you how to use it for best results x banish afl of winters traces with alabastine can be used on any in terior surface inexpen sive economical so easy to apply for easy and clean washing use our connors ball bearing washing machine corporation there are those who keeper charlie is a celestial with arejiot in favor of this step being i no mean experience in the culinary made and they should be on hand art and is said to have created a to voice their opinion at this same j demand for his pies ana cakes where meeting the board of trade will i such a business was prophesied to hold their election f officers for go into the receivers hands in short 1926 and a report is also expected on the shed accommodation for horses in town if jou live in stouff ville you should be jaterested in these things come along and help to solve them on monday night march 1st i fifteen years selling this machine has proved its real worth easy to operate strong and durable washes perfectly it will help take the worry out of wash day silvester bros one of the most enthusiastic bon- spiels ever staged in markham was held at the markham rink all day and evening ot wednesday last week there were some twenty rinks took part in the games and excitement ran high throughout the day there were present three rinks stouffvllle three from richmond hill three from unlonvillo three from agipcourt three from scarboro one from wexford two from locust hill and two from markham each rinttplayed three games on the minus and plus plan first honors were carried off by stouffvllle rink composed of irwin gray f h mar shall h w sanders nd d h rus- rc11 skip 2nd prize von by rink from richmond hill 3rd by union- ville led by- gam davison con order mr urquhart is having the building put in readiness and will also improvethe front windows by raising the sills a few feet the new- cafe is scheduled to open on april 1st when the people ot stouffvllle will have their opportunity to try out chop suey and other chinese specialties the local telephone companys horse became impatient for the driver to start with it on tuesday morning and made off through main street attached to the cutter going from i oast at the same speed as greased lightning striking another cutter in the business section little edith swift who was hanging on the side bad a narrow escape from serious injury as it was her dress and coat were torn and her leg siightly in jured the runaway passed on sti servicb baptist church driving a otm j through thetown and near the old 1 1 i 0 a farmer jie and cutter here another collision occurred when the two cutters struck but therunaway horse kept right on n if heading solatlon prize falling to mr james j or ottawa freikof the cutter at malcolms home team the stouffthe second collision increased speed ville winners in addition to capurwas possible and the animal never i ing the cup were awarded handsome stopped until it reached whltevalej silver berry bowls a distance otrnlne miles i equality d stivers genuine grimm alfalfa seed canadian grown this is a superior variety of alfalfa being hardier and having a better foliage and produces a heavier hay crop the seejd has always conctmanded a higher price in the wholesale- market if you will neei any alfalfa for this years seed ing assure- yourself of the best by ordering your seed from us now- oleb stockis limtveb to this years crop remember this seed is govt standard no 1 we are agents for te- ideal incubators and brqders a stock on handl stiver bros floor feed and seed merchants phonk 45m seasonable suggestion to our farmer frierids with tractors spring will soon be with us with tractors running again for the smooth uninterrupted operation of the tiactor a good lubricating oil is necessary to users of such oil we have a special proposition to make on barrel lots get in touch with us and we will quote you attractive prices on all of the highest grades ringwood garage ii thone 167 1 have us come and talk radio with you 1 banking service and prosperity n prosperity on the farm is largely dependent on factors beyond the realm of the farmers control there must be a good market demand for farm products and the production costs must be kept in proper relation with market returns our branch manager is thoroughly familiar with the business ot farming 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