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vol xxxvi no 41 stouffville ontario thursday december 30th 1927 new years greetings once more it is our privilege to ex tend hearty new years greetings to our mar good friends in the year now closing we have received from you so many evidencea of good will such loyal support that our sense of obligation is great indeed during the coming year we pro pose to maintain at its high stand ard our service to the public and the quality of our merchandise that has won your approve in the past storeys drug store thonb 1008 did you ever think what it would cost you to replace your furniture if destroyed by fire do you carry sufficient in surance to refurnish your home ix not why the cost of insurance in a brick house in stouffville is less than lc per day per 1000 thomas birkett general insurance broker lawson block phone 18202 stouffville truman w eagleson teacher of piano conservatory and all branches of music taught reasonable rates stoiffville saturdays studio over a g lehmans shoe store george keay auctioneer graduate national auction school canada farm and general sales a specialty write rrs stouffvilte tor terms and da faone 9003 n lawsons grocery we have a tine line of christmas fruits and groceries v call and see our goods everything fresh and new orders delivered geo j lawson west end grocery phone 182 stouffville stovers bakery wishing one and all a very happy new year ambrose stover baker reeve silvester is unopposed but all other offices contest judging by the number of rate payers in attendacce at the nomlna tion meeting on monday night for councillors school trustees and cemetery commissioner the citizens are not greatly concerned over who handles their money in 1927 nominations were received from 73l0 to 830 which was followed by the ratepayers meeting clerk j s dougherty presided reeve f w silvester received an acclamation right on the spot for there was no opposition offered against him the school board was called on first mr mcleod chairman paying a tribute to the good work accom plished last year by the board he was followed by mr shaw who had just completed one year and stated his desire to have another term mr nolan who retired after one year declared that the addition of two rooms at a probable cost of 10000 was the only visible method to alle viate the overcrowded condition of the school from 50 to 65 of such expenditure would be borne by the county he claimed ireeve silvester followed thariki ing his supporters tor another ac clamation with no increase in tax rate a surplus nearly as great as last year had been maintained in the general account the last water de benture is payable in 1927 and the debenture debt is 35000 exclusive of hydro if it were not for our new school building this debt would be less than 5000 the reeve further referred to the old home celebration and the 50th year of incorporation to be celebrat ed this coming summer he closed with several references to county matters and predicted some new roadway for stouffville in 1927 h w sanders and walter brillin- ger thanked those who proposed them for office again mr sanders declining then to state whether he would stand mr brillinger as a member of the streets committee claimed they had put down cement walks at 16c to i7c foot last sum mer which he thought was cheaper than heretofore mr borinsky jocularly referred to himself as stouffvilles first jewish councilman and as such was one of the chosen he enjoyed the work and claimed the administra tion of 1926 was good the christmas visiting election slate in stouffville mis greta smith of the kempt mrs ja heise and miss enna there will be an election next ville high school staff is home for have returned to the old home for the monday for the offices of councll- the holidays i holiday week lors school trustees and cemetery miss nicholls of toronto spent r norman claugbton has re- commissioner christmas with her sister mrsros trom avonhurst sask for a five are running for council of k davis short visit which four are to be elected here i mr addle jerman of toronto are the names of those in the field i visited his mother mrs a s collins j john mckinnon nominated by ed ithis week walls and geo dowswell mr charles mitchell of kitchener w sanders by f w silvester is speeding the holidays wfli mr and jos borinsky nova scotia inspection dept wasj mrs w p w john cleaver by jos borinsky and home over the weekend j j jonn payers of the guelph f w silvester mr and mrs h allan goudie spent a day with her parents in to ronto this week business cards medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon office cor obrien and mau phone 196 drs- ira herbert frees consultation hours dr ir freel 3 to 12 am mon wed frl 6 to 9 pm thurs satur tues thurs satur afternoon by appointment only miss whineta tawn teacher 05 teaching staff visited his mother in d h rusnell by h j malloy and p heroert pei the mount albert public school staff j stouffville this week j mr and mrs burton of wb iterate jos borinsky by w brillinger and and is home for the holiday next week mr and mrs james were christmas guests of mr mccullough leave for california io mrs leslie rowbotham spend the winter months j mlss pearl lraby ot fene jvi miss helen monkhouse teacher in spent a couple of days with her sis- virgil public school niagara district ter mrs ira anderson last week w h jones of bloomington m tait is home for the holidays mr and mrs jack baker had christmas in toronto with her par ents mr and mrs peter lehman mr and mrs bert miller of orillia spent the yuletide with her parents here mr and mrs henry brillinger harold gray of the nova scotia bank staff toronto was home with his parents mr and mrs irwin gray mr and mrs n e watts had christmas dinner with her sister at the home of 3ir and mrs dmheise toronto dr and mrs ball and family had christmas dinner at the home of her sister mr and mrs a a mustard tiono mr and mrs richard ward spent christmas at the home of her daugh ter mrs percy stover in brooklin ontario wishes to thank his many friends for their kind birthday shower of cards mr jones has reached his 7sth birthday mr and mrs wm dark and del- bert also mrs sloan of markham spent christmas with mr and mrs jos mertens mr and mrs ira anderson and little daughter phyllis spent christ mas with her sister mrs clinton wagg mt dennis murray ciendenning and alfred hill are home from north bay nor mal school for the yuletide the a v nolan walter brillinger geo t lee and fred marshall were nominated but declined to stand three school trustees are to be elected froom this sour rev c e mcleod w h shaw wesley yake and jacob memullen the first two were members of last years board a v nolan and georw thomas were nominated but declined to stand 1 alfred collins and nathan for syth are contesting the vacancy on the board of cemetery commission ers martin tait was also nominated but declined a run in uxbridge boys have experienced the weather j in township 30 below in the northern city thus eevew g far this winter dd- following is the slate for ballot laspell geo benj madill a former wellknown resident and municipal figure in ux- bridge of edmonton alt spent a few days in stouffville miss mary oboyle public school j s 6t brother teacher in west toronto is visiting mr danu8 flelds the gormley mr clarence steckley wears smile its a girl mr and mrsasider spent christ mas day with their daughter mrs dent law of ringwood we are sorry to report mrs e hunt is ill with appendicitis we all wish her a speedy recovery mrs sarah steckley and two daughters are spending the holidays at collingwood with her daughter mrs e j swalne the attendance at both of our churches was good on sunday al though quite a number attended the special meetings in stouffville men- nonlte church miss annie m steckley is home again after a three months tour in the states in the interest of the missionary society which she repre sents flowers wedding bouquets and funeral designs on shortest notice we also have a beautiful selection of roses floral designs for am occasions muston sons boadways drug store stouffville glasgow miss m morrison spent christmas with her parents mr and mrs j morrison mr w tindall of kirkfleld with his aunt mrs marcn over the holi day mr and mrs f and edgar slack spent christmas with levi hopkins at brougham a number from here attended the nomination at goodwood on monday mr and mrs w slack and family visited at v smiths on sunday the guests at j davis on christ mas were mr and mrs a mitchell mount albert mrs noble toronto mr h davis also mr and mrs e davis and family misses ida and eva latcham mr and mrs cain also arthur edgar latcham were homo at j s latch- ams for christmas guests at james slacks were mr and mrs l slack and family mr and mrs w slack and family mr and mrs w and f mckay mr w eckardl and children and mrs eckardt her parents mr and mrs dan oboyle s g way publisher of the tweed advocate has been spending a few days with mr and mrs om madill at iltona mr and mrs a s leaney spent christmas in hamilton at the home of hi3 daughter dr and mrs w jamieson mrs f wilson and miss lehman enjoyed the christmas season with the formersson dr h wilson of englehart mr and mrs gordon pipher of toronto spent christmas with her parents mr and mrs joan alewis also wm pearson of richmond hill mr a s collins was in toronto last week owing to the illness of his brother mr frank collins who underwent an operation on friday last mr and mrs fred marshall held christ in toronto mrs marshal and two children going on to oak- ville to spend the week at the home of her sister mrs h saunders of the ea3t end wais criled to toronto last week owing to the illness of her son ray who is suffering from a severe at tack of pneumonia mrs ch dawson of toronto once again found with mr and mrs ab lehman of town in celebrating christmas at the parental home of mr and mrs ellas lehman mr f ritchie soninlaw of mr a c burkholder of this town has been appointed to an important posi tion in the wellknown firm of ae ames co which will necessitate mr and mrs ritchie leaving toroni to to locate in montreal rev c fockler of keswick and mr hiliiard fockler of newmarket with their families also mr and mrs wm eockler on the old home stead lot 14 con 9 whitchurch celebrated chtistmasat the home of their parents mr and mrs jacob fockler in stouffville it is interest ing to note the homestead on the 9th has been in the family for 12s years having been first secured by mr jacob focklers grandfather a former resident of whitchurch frank thompson son of the late w thompson ot that township spent a few days last week at mr albert lehmans mr thompson is living at ochre river manitoba mr russel s watson of regina is visiting his parents mr and mrs george watson mr watson repre sents the loganco of saskatche wan general hail agents also the hartford insurance co he is ac companied here by his little daugh ter mr and mrs moore and miss lena sanders all of toronto with their parents mr and mrs w b sanders over christmas although nearing his 8 2nc birthday wjb never enjoyed ibetter health than at this christmas time mr harold borinsky of goodwood w in town a couple of days last week leaving on friday with his family for markdale where he has purchased the creamery business in that progressive section of grey county mr frank burkholder who 1b employed by the fisher automobile body coat pontiacmichwas home for the christmas seasonvisiting his parents mr and mrs nelson burk holder messrs james little merchant and frank yake son of wm yake of the eabt end are home from th lumber camps twelve miles north of kearney for the week mr little is chief cook and frank is his aide in supplying meals to the big gang employed there mr and mrs w taylor of toron to visited her parents mr and mrs john mckinnon near the jail farm enroute to stouffville their nash sedan turned completely over when it skiddeilpn the ice but fortunately no one was injured and little dam age was done the car visitors at the brief bush for the christmas season were mrand mrs rue of boston mr and mrs and master howarth of toronto mr b a ward of tho soo miss grace kent of toronto the misses elsie winnifredand muriel ward of tor onto and mr duuglas ward councillors 3 to be elected isaac catherwood thos h lewis wm lougheed robt pickard dan iel wagg chas lee of siloam is elected reeve by acclamation among tfle churches presbyterian church rev j l mccullough in charge the regular sunday service at 230 pm the public are cordially in vited to attend united church of canada rev h s warren ba minister sunday jan 2nd 11 am communion service and message from the session 7 pmt song service and evange listic address let us honor god by our attend ance at church the first sunday of 1927 preparatory service on thursday evening at 8 pm members earnestly invited baker hxlii and 2nd markham baptist churches w s whltcombe uk pastor sunday jan 2nd 11 am markham second will there be anyone in heaven who has never been baptized is bap tism essential to salvation the ordinance of believers baptism will be administered at this ser vice 700 pm baker hill beginning the new year with god christian church edgar morton pastor the way to find happiness through the new year is in helping to mako others happy sunday jan 2nd there willbe cdmmunion service at stouffville at 11 am this is a good time to start to go to sunday school at 10 am the public are invited to the spe clal services tobe held at the bloomington christian church next week from monday to friday tho five churches of the district will co operate 9 to 12 am tues thurs sat 6 to 9 pm tues ft sat mon wed frl afternoons by appointment only dentaii j n dales lds dbs dentist claremont honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and ot the university of toronto office over mr scotts store phone 1405 claremont- dentist stouffville e s barker lds dds honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto office in grubins block phone 8201 an acclamation in markham tp your vote and influence are solicitel for abner baker as deputy reeve 1027 economy and honest dealing is his motto there will be no election in mark- ham township this january al though by the speeches at nomina tion in unionvllle on monday everything pointed to 2nd deputy- rcevo r l stivor opposing 1st de putyreeve j r campbell how ever the reeves and the council are all returned by acclamation being the same as last year those nominated were reeve wesley c gohn geo b padget harry lapp 1st deputyreeve jrcsmpbell reuben l stiver 2nd deputy r l stiver j s honey -councillors- well jonathan calvert 3 padget r j beatty abner summerfeldt mennonite church a g warder pastor you are cordially invited to at tend the closing meeting of the evangelistic campaign three ser vices this week tonight wednes day thursday and friday at 745 i pm begin the new year and con- j s honey fcoak- i tlnue to live it as you wish now you had lived 1926 if you desire a happy new year take jesus with you life would be worthless without him all things in jesus youll find the last great day of the feast will bo new years sun day 11 am the triumphs of grice 7 puj the christian home nb the subject previously an- nquncd for sunday whore are the dvad will be given friday evening hear evangelist w m mcguiren dr d c smith honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto dr neil c smith honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and toronte j university also post graduate of rochester childrens hospital offices over shaws store phone office 1011 residence 181 legal harold a sanders barrister solicitor notary public conveyancer bte office silvesters block phone 18003 mccullough button barristers- solicitors convey ancers o buttons block stouffville monar to loan greig littlejohn barristers etc stouffville office over w h shaw store w f greig w h llttlejefc boadways drug store stouffville mrs a griffiths oorsetlere for spbrella coraee for btonffrtlle and vicinity stouffville phone 188m a c kennedy chiropractor f church st stouffville monday wednesday and frldaya- 9 to 12 am vivian on thursday afternoon dec 23 a very pleasing entertainment was held at vivian school by the scho lars the performance reflecting great credit on the teacher it being such a small school every ons seemed so surprised to hoar such a good program great credit should be given to the little fellow that made such a charming speech at tho end music was enjoyed by tho vivian orchestra also by mr para- dlne mouth organ and a visit from santa clans to distribute the gifts from a well loaded christmas tree brought the proceeding to a conclu sion stcuffvijus ledge no 384 mjeets evary monday evening at 8 oclock in the oddfellows hall i visiting brethern welcome 1 ed lintner wrsanders n grand recsee archie stover fin secretary loyal orange lodge no 1020 stouffville ont j regular meetings friday at 8 pm on or before full moon notice to farmjersthe an nual meeting of stouffville branch of the united farmers of ontario will be held in the municipal hall on wednesday jan 5th com mencing at z pm matters of in terest to all farmers will be dis cussed coma early births schell oridec 23rd1926 to mr and mrs wesley schell stouffville a son scott on monday dec 20th 132 at bothosda to mr and mrs al bert c scott a son roy alberov deaths forsyth on sunday dec26th192 at claremont rachel e barrg beloved wife of daniel forsytlb in her 81st year funeral took place on tuesday afternoon to claremont cemetery