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st0uffv1lle june io 1926 ilocal happenings copious raln3 during the past few days hare advanced the grains and assisted the hay and pasture fields wonderfully no charge for printing school re ports teachers should see that they are sent in from the country districts salvation army band saturday evening at 730 to 830 no doubt a big crowd will be on hand to hear this musical organization as they pass through to uxbrjdge franklin peter kribbs born june 14th 1869 will therefore reach his 57th birthday on monday next in stead ot going about with a cane or a crutch as many havo to do at his agefrank is mascot for bill mathers 5aseball team the haliburton special train will run again this season making us first trip on saturday june 2gth this train passes through stouffville from toronto each saturday after noon returning sunday evening which proved very popular last year dr w a sangster ot stouffville has been elecled president of the barrel manufacturing co which iholds some local interest ii that they were likely to locate here at one time the head ffice of the company i3 in toronto and prepara- tions are- under way for manufactur ing a limited quantity o their pro duct almost immediately mr jos betz of the 10th con cession of markham has just had issued a second consignment of leaf lets edited by himself dealing with the culture and planting of siberian cossack alfalfa seed chinchtllla rabbits and reg dorset- horn and hampshire down sheep all of which he specializes in and is finding a big market for the rabbits which are valuable for their fur three for 20 markham presbyterian church choir assisted in the local church on sunday afternoon in the service of song comfortable 4roomed apartment to rent with room for car also use of garden mrs mr irwin victoria street the monthly meeting of the junior womens institute will be held at the home of miss greta ratcliff on thursday june 17th at 230 pm members are asked not io forgt che quilt blocks visitors welcome willowdale will meet the locals on memorial park diamond here next saturday at 3 pm in a fixture of the yorksimcoe basejball league dont miss thi3 one a fast game 13 looked for macdowalis we have in stock a complete line of monarch green stripe silk hosiery for ladies sell ing at monarch prices 100 a pair all the new shades pearl greyoak buff peach grain black and white messrs benj madill and isaac boadway are local delegates to at tend the annual convention of the whitby and lindsay association ot baptist churches being held iu lind say this week rev w w fleis cher and wife will also be in atten dance the provincial government have passed an ord9rincouncil amalga mating the independent order ot foresters and the united work men both of which organizations had members in stouffville but who had dropped nt owing largely to excessive rates the annual mennonite camp meetings for this district will be held jhis year at stayner from june 25th to july 4th rev n w rich of rocky fordcol has been chosen as evangelist for the occasion no doubt stouffville and adjacent terri tory will send a good representation to stayner almost every householder took advantage last friday of the can collection scheme put on under dir ection of the council and the dray men completed the work within the day twentyfive loads of old tins were drawn to the dumping ground which cleaned up all the material that was placed on the streets by the householders three or four resi dents neglected to place their contri bution out until after the wagons had passed and their piles stand as a memorial to their neglect in com plying with the instructions issued sn last weeks paper fiftyseven years ago probably before seventyfive per cent of our citizens were born mr and mrs joel nendick were making prepara tions for their wedding day which was on june 24th 1869 if our figures are correct and they are sell at not very far astray mr joel nen dick is 77 years old and is capable of doing a hard days work yet while his life partner is two years his senior we are glad to know that dr neil smith has decided to locate in stouffville and has entered the office with his father dr d c smith for the practice- of his pro fession a year ago he graduated at the royal college of dental sur geons and toronto university the past year has been spent in post graduate work as dental enterne at rochester hospital where he made a special study of the disease and treatment ot childrens teeth last sunday a number of the shadow lake young women pre sented a beautiful pair of collection plates with some support upon them to the churchill christian church this gift was given as from the island lake people and was received with much appreciation one thousand large speckled trout from the englewood hatcheries were shipped here last week by the eaton co and deposited at their camp shadow lake spawn are used for stocking running streams but for purposes of stocking a lake such as this it is necessary to deposit the large fish the new stouffville post office is now completed with the interior fittings and awaits final acceptance by the government after which it will shortly be put into use it has added a great deal to the better ap pearance of atain street and will be highly appreciated as place of business claremont sunday schools reopen ed last sunday after being closed for some time owing to an epidemic of whooping cough hardly a child in the village it is said escaped the whoop we understand there is oae or two cases in town among school children who are being kept from school which is quite proper on wednesday of this week there took place the official opening tor the season of the shadow lake camp the event was marked by the presence of the eaton choral society also all the store managers with their wives who enjoyed the camp dinner nearly a hundred people will be in canip all summer the regular summer band con certs commenced wednesday even ing of this week and will be con tinued each wednesday at 830 in front ot the municipal building the weekly band concerts are very popu lar and much appreciated by the citizens in general along this line of railway stouffville and lindsay are the only towns with organized bands between toronto and peter- boro auditorium theatre stouffville friday and saturday june 11th and 12th botterfiiy featuring launt inplante and norman kerry perils of the wild 9th chapter century comedy married neighbours admission adults 25c children 15c s g sclimldt prop get our baking powder special see display adv p boadway dominion stores the ufwo are reminded of the meeting to be held at mrs f sang- eters on tuesday june 15 at 230 members kindly be on hand during the past week there have been three showers in honor ot june brides or five since the first ot the month in stouffville and locality surely june is the mouth of matri mony arrangements have been com pleted for the showing of gaston lerouxs famous novel the phan tom of the opera at the auditorium theatre stouffville on july 123 watch for further announcements of this supreme showing s g schmidt prop the council have arranged to purchase a supply of chloride which is used for laying dust on the road should the ratepayers of any street in town wish this dust layer applied they may have it by petitioning the council and paying the cost which we understand is very reasonable anv number of citizens may band together and have it placed on the roadway superior groceries mclarens peanut butter toyp 18c pine tree matches 3 for 25c toddy 8 oz 35c puffed rice per package 17c puffed wheat per package 14c- kraft cheese per lb- 37c arrowroot biscuits per lb 29c neilsons ice cream and chocolates fruit and vegetables v a w scott phone us your order no 909 we deliver the good zinc insulated champion mr percy brillinger gardener is making a ereat improvement in the property he recently purchased from the j b wurts estate at the rear of beebes blacksmith shop the stabling has been thoroughly re modelled i and the ground worked to a high state of cultivation mr brillinger intends to erect a green house during the summer of moder ate size in which to raise early spring plants at the present time he has thousands of celery plants in hot beds mr simeon hoover of markham township just south of town ad vertised pitted russet apples for sale in this paper and among the replies he received one came all the way from ardmorepa where a former oldtimer from the section had visions of the luscious russet as it would come from the pit hard and firm with excellent flavor after the long winter fruit was pre served in fine state and mrhoover shipped the order this week if the box travels through the customs without undue delay our american friend will enjoy some choice fruit these apples are not only fine for eating but they are excellent for cooking whole what happened to jones drew a fair sized audience to ratcliffs hall on friday evening ot last week the play was put on by the young people of richmond hill united church for the young people of the local church and many expressed their delight with the ability of richmond hills talent the pro ceeds amounted to about 75 quite a large number of members and friends of the stouffville christ ian church went to the home of mr and mrs david stapleton last fri day night for the purpose of giving their daughter veola a surprise a splendid program was rendered and among the gifts given was a beautiful clock no doubt the home protector will be found as useful an article as anything the public understand the meaning of such occasions the regular monthly meeting ot the womens institute will be held at the home of mrs r rae on wed nesday june 16th at 230 oclock program address by mrs rev morton paper mrs connon report ot district meeting by delegate spelling match capts imrs hod- gins airs a goudie community singing social half hour those wishing to go meet at sorters ice cream parlor at 2 oclock every body welcome extra jtrice fence insulated against rust 40 to 100 more zinc the local produce market was very dull last thursday although eggs stiffened a little in price from the previous weeks selling fresh eggs brought 27c and stamped ones 28c butter 32c there was a few dressed roosters brought in and realized 25c pound there is little demand for dressed fowl and had the weather been warm buyers would not have purchased them potatoes one who had exceeded by several years the usually alloted span ot life passed away on monday june f7th 1926 in the person of mrs jas j rae wife of postmaster rae in her 81st year following only a criti cal illness of a couple of days de spite the fact that mrs irae lived to so advanced an age she never en joyed rpbust health and the past couple ot years had been ailing more or less all the time the end came with astounding suddenness mrs rae was performing some duty about the house after partaking ot the evening meal on friday when heres good newt for farmers a better fence longer life fence thicker galvxnuing at no extra charge champion zinc insulated fence repels rust will outlast anjr other wire fence made its a farm fence sensation and no other maker can sell you a zipc insulated brand come in and let us tell you all about it we have it tm slock for quick delivery our prices on fence are the same as you pay direct from the factory it is full 9 gauge and absolutely best quality we have it in all styles and for all purposes gates steel posts barbed wire black wire and fence tools let us quote you pries- silvester bros during summer we close each wednesday at noon open tuesday thursday and saturday evenings 7 cne evening meal on friday when are climbing off the fancy priced l was 3uudenly selzed with a rv being offered at 250 with few l whch para throati to buy seed brought 150 a box from which she succumbed in 30 of collie pups attracted many ad mlrers but were not keenly sought the mother was described as a rare cattle dcg no reasonable offer would be refused tor the offspring the hens are again performing with big eggs and during the past happy life togeth week beautiful specimens ot large hen fruit was received at the tri bune for which the honors are almost evenly divided jonathan hutchln- sonsbiack minorcas up at mussel- mans lake produced a perfectly formed double yoked egg weighing short a time mrs rae was born in woodbridge and following her marriage 56 years ago located on the farm north of stouffville where she and her husband remained only a few years coming ho stouffville where they have enjoyed 51 years of er the late mrs rae was a mother among mothers her home was her shrine and con stant care ot a family of six chil dren four survive to revere her memory also the aged husband who is 86 years old the family are mrs j j turner misses nettle and z ounces and levi forsyths pen i allle and mr frank rae all ot of white leghorns on the 10th con stouffville the funeral on wed- laid one the same weight or one j nesilay afternoon was largely at- dram more to be exact mrforsyths j tended by townspeople and many egg measured 7 inches round the from a distance rev roht young long way while mr hutchinsons who was the family pastor in tho was a quarter inch larger so that presbyterian church for years con- while mr forsyth holds the record ducted the service assisted by rev weight by a fraction of an ounce h s warren of the united church lr hutchinsons egg is the larger j interment took place at the family by a quarter inch j plot in stouffville cemetery f quality service do you know what the cod liver meal and oil do in fulopep chick starter s the results are 1 decreased mortality 2 better diges- tive condition 3 smoother tighter feathers 4 stronger bones 5 more rapid growth we have a sup ply of futopep starter and chick feed on hand also baby chick grit and charcoal big sixty beef meal and bone meal seed corn seed corn recent tests have shown that only a small percentage of seed corn is fit for seed we have a stock of no 1 seed corn on hand leave your order now for this stock it will be hard to replace orders taken and filled for spring coal stove nut and pea sizes 24 lbs pastry flour 95c j stiver bros flour feed and seed merchants phone 4501 selfoiling selfregulating with the strongest tower built its the toronto selfoiling windmill requiring oil only once a year all gears operate in a bath of special oil affected by neither heat nor cold every bearing and working part thoroughly and automatically lubricated y if you have a toronto windmill now you can obtain this selfoiling feature by interchanging the head and using your present wheel most toronto windmills too can be made absolutely selfregulating in operation the toronto tower will stand for a lifetime because it is the heaviest strongest and bestbraced one built for any windmill see this new mill nou or get my booklet r hold en phone 184 stouffville the masseyharris agent splendid offerings in baking requirements wonderful savings whitesatinpastry flour b 24 lb bag 97c domino brand baking powder 1 q no alum reg 23c c tin c0c0anut desiccated 19c seedless raisins 2 27 teas mxt our specialty always uniform richmell079i select 73s dsl bulk 631 finest messina lemons 19c toy pail 16 ox peanut butter 21c ensifirst or domestic shortening m 49 clarks beans no 2 sixe 225 sterling fruit drinks concentrated ii one raspkrry viatrar bot choice quality corn 2 sardines kings plate norwegian 2 christies vanilla wafers 35 silver bar crushed pineapple 1 of no 1 tin tis prices in effect for one week front data of this paper i28c p boadway mgr stouffville new low prices we invite you to see the latest model 6cylinder overland coach the 4cylinder coach or coupe or any of the open model overland cars we have them on exhibition and you may try them out astoundingly new low prices the big reliable overland engyie is famous for long life and power- the body of the car should be inspected by you j w h todd stouffville ontario buggies harness spreads also wheelbarrows etc