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stouffville september 23rd 192g ilocal happenings tront fishing is ended for another year or unt 1 mayist next stouffville rural school fair to day tliursday toronto has returned to standard time and thus ends the confusion markham fair dates are changed this year and the fair will be held on sept 30th and oct 1st and 2nd thursday friday and saturday tho late mrs gordon ferrier has left a bequest of 50 to the mission ary fund of the united church of canada according to information received ly the church trustees from the solicitors of her estate messrs mccullough button cattle sale tomorrow- to the victor belongs the spoils sow the liberals may proceed with the appointment of a new postmas ter for stouffville miss sara l jliddleton teacher of piano and theory lessons is now- open for engagements at her home main street term3 reasonable are you a booster for stouffville remember when a mule is kick ing it isnt pulling and the same logic may be applied to the two- legged mules there is a great deal of thieving going on in the malls and several letters have been intercepted be tween stouffville and toronto and money stolen register money letters or purchase money orders or postal notes and be safe mr and mrs h e gilmour who have been in newfoundland the jiast three or four years have re turned to canada and are located in quebet city mrs gilmour is a daughter of the latechas radmore of stouffville and she spent her eirlhood days in this place with prospects for very fine wea ther the next few weeks it gives a splendid opportuaity for clearing the vines and growth from the gar dens getting up the bulbs cleaning the town reservoir and generally setting the community in order for the winter season which is fast approaching mr james little has gone back to the lumber camps of northern ontario where he is engaged as chief cook for a large lumbering concern during the season just commencing the i lumber camps are opening a month earlier this year than last during his absence the store next bank of nova scotia will be in charge of mrs little mrj i dickson divinity student wo has been conducting religious exercises at st james presbyterian church stouffville during the sum mer months is leaving this week for princeton seminary to resume his studies preparatory to under taking missionary work in korea after preparatory service on fri day evening last this congregation presented notes of appreciation and a small donation and wishes him success in his studies and future work prune and lombard plirais for sale e wallsv phone t5vs let us hear more often from our country correspondents during this season now that harvesting time is about over hear the public lecture on roses by a h moore in rateliffs hall friday evening sept 24th silver collection only mr nathan tarr last week sold the 75 acres of land on the 9th eon- cession of markham opposite the farm of henry grloe to john robin son who ha3 one of mr j r camp bellas farms rented the large brick residence in the extreme east end of the town known as the brown property which was purchased by the burwashes who met such sudden deaths there last spring has been sold to a toronto man for 2800 the property ad joins mr john mckinnons to the east and the house his witter and eiuctrie ilpht installe- notice library closed for cleaning tues day sept 21st to friday sept 24 fcoth inclusive rupture expert here do you 3uffer from rupture if so your big opportunity has now ar- xived mr reavely the noted rupture expert will be at the mansion house for one day only thursday sept 23rd 1926 and will be pleased to give free ex amination to any sufferer and to demonstrate his famous appliance this appliance will contract the opening in 10 to 15 days and will icure cases in from three to six months this appliance is positive ly demonstrated to you right on your own person without any charge you do not spend a penny unless you are fully satisfied that it is the tight appliance for you a consulta tion with mr reavely will cost you nothing dont let this opportunity get away from you remember the date thursday sept 23rd the continued wet weather has been no detriment to the root crop in this locality cauliflower which early in the season promised to be a failure owing to being infested with maggots which killed out about 50 of the crop is now making great headway the crop which escaped the pest is producing won derful results and prices are hold ing up well the carrot crop is also good and contrary to expectations there is no worm or grub among them despite the continued wet a couple of bus loads of support ers of harry sifton and the stouff ville band journeyed to yonge street on wednesday night of last week in the special busses chartered for the occasion to participate in the de monstration for the liberal candi date who was defeated in the cam paign and for the king govern ment which put the tory regime out of business completely about 70 motor cars formed the procession at thornhill and headed for new market where a big demonstration took place in the arena mr sifton thanked his supporters and workers forfthe hard fight ttiey put up and in return received a wonderful ovation from the huge crowd as sembled some time friday night the barn of mr robt cowie 14th con brock was entered by thieves and some sixteen bags- of cleaned alsike were taken for some reason the plun der was secrgted in a corn field some distance from the barn where it was later found the circumstance is a warning to farmers to see that their premises are well secured rev a w banfieid missionary from west africa was a guest in town during the mennonite confer ence last week mr banfieid is secretary of the british and colonial bible society and since he went to the mission field in 1900 has learn ed tire native language and trans lated it to english on saturday afternoon and evening he showed views and gave an interesting dis course in the church on his great work among the heathen people auditorium theatre stouffvillb friday and satitrday sept 24tn and 25to crrt ljtell and 31irtio xixou in sporx1vg life quality service the great drury laae melodrama edna marian in jkigmteev carat also a ttbv peggy comedy admission adults 25c children i5e a g schmidt prop dating from sept 1st the order of the canadian home circle is united with the independent fores ters the garret mission circle intend holding an indoor garden party on october 6th in the basement of the united church delays are costly you can save money by stocking your coal now we have that homestead fly salt in stock fulopep feeds schumacher feeds bran shorts and quaker flour stiver bros flour feed and seed merchants phone 4601 strayed from hugn andersons a black and tan hound answer name of tonie reward hugh ander son phone 15s ted kid lewis welterweight champion of england and former holder of the worlds ring title makes his bow as an actor in sporting life at the auditorium theatreon friday and saturday 24th and 25th at s15 pm earl clendenning and alfred hill left on monday morning for north i bay where they will enter the nor mal school from which they hope to emerge next ripping as full-lied- ged pedagogues history tells of many famous earls nor have we forgotten all about alfred the great and who knowsbut that the two young men whowent north on monday may majce names for them selves thawill also go down in history certainly earl and alfwill spare no effort to make good in their chosen profession an urgent meeting of the odd fellows lodge will be held in their lodge rooms next monday sept 27 at 8 pm very important business is being brought before the members and it is requested by the noble grand that a full attendance should be on hand dont fail its your business wr sanders rec-secre- tary the best in the spring a young mans fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love but in the long autumn evenings young and old enjoy a cup of good coffee we sell the one grade of coffee it has proven its quality and allurements for 25 years and public opinion announces the verdict it is the best our flannelettes flannelette blankets and cottons are ajl good value the large comforter bats 72x84 at 75c are getting their share of praise they are so fluffy and pure white we have a full range of groceries at reasonable prices special announcement next week w a stonehouse prompt delivery phone 1602 the newmarket era says that goods roads have a lot to do with the impression visitors form of ones town ipso facto strangers and visitors to stouffville should they motor along the roadway from todds premises to the old baptist church lot will form a mighty poor opinion of our town the logs from the old corduroy road which at one time bridged the swamp at this place have worked up to the sur face and now one gets a semblance of what the old time corduroy would have been like had their been cars to drive forty years ago the expected detour at the west end of the town between stouffville and ringwood will not inconveni ence the public very much as a through thorofare may be made after six oclock eaeh evening and on sundays it will not be until the fcarvia top is bjeing applied that the road will be permanently closedand then only for a shore period of time in order to construct this mile and a quarter of new roadway some three or four thousand tons of stone is being used this represents pro bably eighty or ninety car loads which is being taken from the cars at stouffville station special introductory offer fd baking powder yz lb 1 ho oqp reg price 19c jl m reg price 32c saaiv guaranteed quality contains no alum cheese finest canadian new 21 c lb domino blend tea 731 ricbmello 79 dsl bulk 631 k cherries 28 packed in british colombia h biscuits 2- 25 pocket sixe m matches 21 c dsx bxa fresh milled rolled oats 5 ib 25 the heater cook three styles the stove shown here is just that the large deep firebox makes it a real heater for win ter but one minute changes it to a shallow wood firebox thus having an ordinary cook stove for summer three prices among the many visitors in town last week for the mennonite confer ence and convention was rev d s schantz of castor central alberta probably thirtyfive years ago or more mrshantz was pastor at mount joy dixons hill and altona prior to the formation of the mennnoite congregation in stouffville ill health forced mr shantz to go west and for twelve years he was post master at didsbury alta but is now living a retired life at caster on his visit east he is accompanied by his wife and they met many old acquaintances in tnrs locality as well as up in waterloo county where they are spending some weeks postmaster nutting of walkerton has resigned his position anil gone to florida owing to ill health in- connection with a new appointment the walkerton herald last week said two officials from the post office inspectors dept london were in town on monday to person ally interview all applicants for the vacant postmastership in walker ton candidates for the positjonwho didnt present themselves before these officials will not have their applications considered by the civil service commission to whom thei while proceeding from yonge street to unionville on sunday even ing in his fathers gray dort car heber rusnell son of david rusnell of this town was ditched as he attempted to round the s shaped bend just east of the jail farm the car turned completely over and all occupants escaped uninjured a more serious accident happened a few moments later however when mr rusnell lighted a match to make a more careful survey of the situation as it was after dark when suddenly the machine caught up in flames and was a total loss in only a few moments heber was burned about the hands and face in his effort to extinguish the blaze but the other four men were uninjured the cause of the car turning over was the fact that the front wheel went over the side of the culvert which the driver failed to see and iikf the chapters of a ten cent novel each succeeding moment of the thrilling incident became more ox- citing until the last embers of the fire left the occupants with nothing but shanks mare to bring them home globe brand pears in light syrup 2 2s new pack dominion brand fancy quality peas no 3 1ac size tin bay side brand choice quality tomatoes large tin 2 brasso 14c23c saniflush 29c chipso qoicksuds 23c star ammonia 3 for 25c sos for pots and pant 1 5c domino catsup 19c h p sauce 26c libbys mustard 13c 20 oz queen olives 34c olive oil 25c choice california lemons 15c doz 2 doz 29c thai pricas in affect for on waak from data of thi papar j 44c xxxxx b c shingles if you are needing a we have a few of these in our yard now new roof call and see these shingles sometime when you are iu town irop in and see this rccicboard we have it makes excellent sheeting for poultry pens this is something entirely new from any other boards it sells for 4c per square foot stouffville planing mill stouffer schell phone 194 stouffville mr alex scott one of our local merchants arrived home on satur day night from saskatchewan fov which provinco he left just a month previous owing to a serious acci dent which befel his aged mother who suffered the loss of a foot mr scott states that his mother is rest ing in tho moose jnw hospital and last week underwent a second am putation which she withstood brave ly exact details or tho accident wore obtainable when mr scott mot his father who was an eye witness above officials are sending their in- 1 to the terrible incident mrs scott masseyharris and ford agency now is the time to see us about a fordson tractor and all kinds of tractor machines if you are intending buying- a quebec sulky plow order how as we expect to run short on these plows and only those who order early will be able to get one we have a number of second hand machines and cars on hand which ws will sell very reasonable to make a clean up before the end of the season we have 6 ford touring cars 1 1924 model coupe 3 ton trucks 1 1926 ford koadster only run 6 weeks sell at a bargain if you live in the claremont district see mr thos- scott he is re- presenting us there d holden agent phone 1840 stouffville we show in the six hole large oven make and three styles and prices in the four hole smaller oven make these are all the production of our most reliable makers and fully guaranteed our stock is most complete our prices are right come in and look them over silvester bros formation and other data they se cured here on monday we under stand something over twenty appli cants met the officials and gave them a line of talk on their particu lar special aptitude for tho job as the civil service commission is said to he outside the pale of politics tho change in the government on tues day it is considered will have no bearing on the chances of any of the candidates for the sit tho appli cants will bo considered solely on their merits according to these two officials miss violet krnmp for merly assistant at tne po has been duly sworn in as post mistress pro tem had taken a lunch to her husband who was driving tho binder with four horses one of which was a colt when mrs scott attempted to urge tho steeds on for her hus band tho colt forced tho other threo horses to turn completely around and before tho woman could escape her foot was drawn in to the knives and complefoly severed tho nearest doctor was r miles away and it was over an hour before he arrived at the scene of the accident mrs scott who is 70 years of ago is in a ser ious condition but the manner in which she is holding up under such suffering is nothing short of mar velous j f c s a a dollar is saved when it is in the bank and tbo sooner it la doposlted in tho bank the greater the as surance of its being saved a saving account is a magnet for the money that ordinarily slips through ones flngersand an incomepaying guarantee tor tho future the standard bank op canajda stouffville brancha c burkholder manager subbrunch at goodwood