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stouffville january 12th 1928 local happenings you can get it at shaws january clearing sale at a greatly reduced price coming dr f e luke opto metrist 167 yonge st toronto may be consulted about your eyes for glasses at j boadways drug store stouffville thursday jan 20th the springlike weather of last weekend removed much of the ice from the sidewalks which was al most impossible for the faithful snow shoveller to remove mr george mckuen of lemontille is expected to return from toronto this week after a couple of months confinement in wellesley hospital toronto he was able to be at lemonville new years day to cast his ballot mr wm bruels of hamilton is making good progress towards re covery since he has been able to iave the hospital there which in formation will be received by bis friends with general satisfaction mr chester brown of toronto was in town last saturday thirty years ago he operated a stumping machine at altona and rooted up more stumps in his time here than a cyclone at present chester is conducting a bil liard room on yonge street a busi ness he has been following for ten or fifteen years mr simeon hoover has eased his farm of 70 acres on the sth conces sion of markham to messrs barkey bros clarence and elmer and will hold an auction sale of his stock and implements on january 2fith mr hoovers sale will be a large one as he has accumulated a great amount of goods in his time the implements all being well cared for auditorium theatre stouffville friday and saturday jan 13th and 14th all aboard johnny hines comedy excess baggage paramount news reel friday and saturday jan 20th and 21st hard boiled haggerty milton sills comedy paramount news reel 15th at noon for the building of an admission 15 and 25c s g schmidt prop carnival tonight thursday in i some of the new councillors who the arena- j expect to shine this year may be j thinking about their bald spot fresh pork sausage sale a e booth phone 8112- dr w a summers formerly with itobt- simpson co eye speci alist will be at jacob yakes jewelry store every thursday free consul tation monday january 16th markham at stouffville in a junior oha game this will be one of the big features of the hockey season mark- ham lead the league and stouffviho believe they can beat them you come and see the outcome wm morgason farmer of glasgow now retired in goodwood renewed his subscription to the tribune last week to which he has been a sub scriber since the paper was estab lished in 1ss8 in fact mr morga son has taken the stouffville paper sicce the first issue of the first paper published here 50 years ago w r sanders the photographer and jos borinsky the creameryman are carrying about with them sum mons to attend the petit jury in tor onto for the assizes as there are a couple of cases to be heard of wife desertion and domestic troubles of one sort or other we cant see where the local photographer is qualified to pass any opinion but he will at least be able to take a panoramic view of the situation should he be called as juryman on one of them the value of vaccination against smallpox is being broadcast through the newspapers boards of health and by radio talks parents in stouff ville should give heed to them and have their children vaccinated every medical practitioner in town voices this opinion and as their advice is sought in time of trouble it is of value on other occasions we note that some municipalities in york county through the local b of h are urging butchers bakers and all who handle food products for public sale to be vaccinated against this disease dozens of new cases have broken out the past ten days in scar- boro scott bros west end phone 18201 stouffville weekly offerings the best soap chips 2 pounds for 25c orleans coffee 45c pound marvel flour 24 lb bag 95c good bulk tea 55c pound choice peas 2 for 25c quick purity bulk oats 4 lbs for 25c finest side bacon 30c pound lettuce large head 15c celery well bleached 15c fancy dress carnival in the stouff ville arena this thursday evening prizes will be awarded for costumes admission 25 and 15c writing from kitchener mis lehman wife of pev f j lehman of that city states that they look for ward to the arrival of the tribune each week carrying to them the local news of their home district smallpox has broken out in scar- boro township and in the town of durham there are two cases all public meetings have been banned for two weeks to prevent a spread in the durham case due to almost springlike weather so much of the time this winter and to the large number of storage eggs on the market the farmers are feel ing the easier prices for hen fruit on the local exchange last thursday the best eggs demanded only 50c per dozen or a drop of 10c from the previous week butler remained at from 35 to 4cc pound and chickens which had not reached the old hen stage realized 25c to 30c pound the old birds themselves were plen tiful at 20c pound dressed in the presence of a large congre gation which assembled in all saints anglican church toronto a few evenings ago a tablet was unveiled and dedicated by the bishop of tor onto to the memory of watson t bradshaw a member of the church for more than 40 years and peoples warden from 1914 to 1926 the flowers which adorned the chapel of the church had been presented by mrs james rennie of stouffville sis ter to the late mr bradshaw both bishop sweeny and the rector of the church paid eloquent tribute to mr bradshaw and his outstanding record of church service mr hugh clark son of clerk w h clark of whitchurch township has sold his farm near ballantrae to mr elmer clarke of the same township who will turn tho property into a ranoh farm hugh has pur chased a small farm in norfolk county two miles and a half from the thriving town of simcoe this is one of the sections where tobacco farming is coming intc prominence the seasons and soil there being par ticularly adapted for the growing of the weed hugh has a lot of close friends here who will be sorry to lose him from their midst he will an nounce an auction sale of farm stock to be held in february mrs thomas who returned lately from the hospital is reported to be making favorable progress and is able to get around the house with the aid of crutches roy strongs sale a mile north of stouffville on the 10th takes place today thursday valuable furni ture and other articles will be sold without reserve start l pm mr george winn intends to move his household effects from the old home on the 10th of whitchurch to his newly acquired property on north church street this week mr winn and family will be welcome re sidents at vermillion alberta where w percy badgero lives the weather for three months has been below zero and for several weeks the thermome ter stood around 40 below and touch ed 44 it is the coldest winter in that part for the past 35 years mr badgero is a son of our townsman mr ira badgero and is a weekly reader of the tribune mrs jane williams widow of the late edw williams celebrated her s3rd birthday a few days ago in a manner befitting the occasion from a distance came a handsome birth day cake while other good friends remembered her with presents and greeting cards all adding to the joy of life for one of such an advanced age as mrs williams mrs j p norris of the 5th conces sion of whitchurch has a large stock of magazines on hand which she will be glad to donate to any society or in dividual who wishes them for their value as reading matter they con tain illustrations and reading mater ial accumulated for some years it you would like to have them or a portion of them telephone mrs norris at 7209 and arrange to have them left in town time for evening meal stun and bill found their friend myron anderson who is confined to the hospital through gunshot wounds in the arm able to walk around for the first that day although it is expected that he will have to remain itr the hospit al until june master frank bartholomew who sustained a fracture of the arm two weeks ago is making uapid recovery when mrs henry mcmallen was out in the yard last week she slipped on the ice falling and injuring her hip very badly fortunately it is thought no bones were broken owing to the 111 health of one of the players miss eva hoover it is necessary to change- the date of the play his best investment from jan 18th to wednesday feby 1st ratclitfs hill failed to seat the large crowd assembled there on sun day evening to enjoy the sacred band concert put on the boys of the local organization- as an evidence of how much the crowd enjoyed the programwe state- they went down in their pockets for a collection of 35 when the hat was- passed around for a silver donation- in addition to well rendered numbers by the band under the leadership of barney hod- gins misses ivy saunders edith swift and erie collard assisted in vocal selections- with miss anne leh man at the piano sacred band con certs are an- innovation for our boys which look- hre- becoming a success and a second one will he staged in a few weeks time of which the pub lie will be- given due notice send the tribune to absent friends quality service the regular meeting of the wo mens institute will be held at the home of mrs w watson main street on wednesday jan 18th at 230 oclock program address dan ger of luxury in modern life by mrs c e macleod reading mrsw lewis demonstration salads by mrs hodgins mrs hill mrs malloy and mrs simpson roll call answered by my favorite salad music social half hout everybody welcome there is loud demand for more lights on the north side of main st land in a few of the outofthe way corners of the town but no doubt the new council will give a listening ear to them and at least investigate the requests probably the council will assemble on the streets some dark night and traverse the side walks judging for themselves where a few more lights would be of hene- fit last year a reduction in street lighting was effected amounting toj 400 and part of this might justly be expended in additional lights councillor borinsky is chairman of this department and it will devolve upon him to keep his committee active kenneth stotts employed with edw nigh of the 6th concession of markham township suffered a pain- iful injury to the face when enjoying the hockey match in the stouffville arena last friday night one of the whifby players undertook to shoot the puck against the boards with considerable force when he raised the rubber too high and it passing over the top landed on mr stotts nose this useful organ was split open but the doctor in attendance patched it up with plaster avoiding the necessity of stitches ken says the knock he received reminded him of something he had heard about in the midst of life we are in death it was a bad knockout and rendered the victim helpless for a time de forest crosley radio the annual meeting of the united church sunday school took place last week when officers for the year 3 928 wore elected the receipts for the nine months amounted to 390 with expenditures of 5359 the offi cers and teachers elected are super intendent m harris assistants dr smith g thomas secretary wilber gower treasurer lola burkholder pianists eva hoover anna scott teachers misses middleton and booth mrs hare mrs n burkhol der ida lehman mrs woodcock ormsby lehman h thomas mao imowder miss watson mrs booth bertha winn miss dowswell in ad dition leaders of the different de partments were elected and assist ant teachers sales provedit the new royal series offers the greatest radio value ever placed on the canadian market weeping sales throughout canada have more than proved this statement e suggest that you call at our store and see and hear the de- forest crosley radio y w brathwaite successor to silvester bros hardware the first meeting of the womans missionary society of the united church for the year 1928 was held at the home of mrs k g tarr obrien avenue last thursday after noon reports were given by the secretary and treasurer the yearly report showing total receipts amount ing to 52451 the motion of the december meeting was sustained that the first thursday of each month be the day of meeting the president mrs w b sanders gave a short synopsis of chapter three of the study book new paths for old purposes dealing with child wel fare short papers were also given on chapter four followed by a dis cussion of the influence of tho american attitude towards the race problem on the foreign missionary work mrs n forsyth was elected delegate to tho presbyterlal in tor onto the last of january and follow ing the meeting a social half hour was spent tho hostesses being mr tarr mrs hoover and the misses taun the officers for tho coming year are hon pres mrs brown and mrs robinson prost mrs w b sanders 1st vice mrs h s warren nd vice mrs n fcurkholder rccsecy mrs a e booth cor secy mrs delbert holdcn troas mrs d c smith on sunday mrs edwin boothby reached her 8 1st birthday and on monday her sister mrs hiram kes- ter arrived at her 84th milestone these two elderly ladies live in the west end and are well known to nearly all our citizens they were the object of congratulations from many of their friends on attaining such ripe ages in tho active spirit which prevades their home in talking to the tribune over the tele- hone mrs kester gays she would like to be sweet sixteen again with the wisdom she now has these two sisters belong to a longlived family for two brothers and one sister are also living being mrs giffin of blenheim and messrs nathan for syth of stouffville and hiram for syth of uxbridge the latter named lb the oldest of the family being in his scth year both mrs boothby and mrs kester have suffered tho loss of their life partners although mrs boothby has four children living her only daughter and her husband who live in toronto having spent sunday with their mother when master bill sanders and sam borinsky visited the toronto general hospital last sunday afternoon to see their school chum myron ander son the former hadnt any thought of becoming a patient in the institu tion for a brief spell but such was his mlsfortuhate those medicinal odors familiar to such institutions accompanied by so many patients suffering from one trouble or an other was too much for bills con stitution rugged as it is for a lad and he went out to use a slang phrase regarding people who lose consciousness as bill sat there watching tho nurses go to and fro in the performance of their duties he sensed the oncoming seasickness but refused to make known his plight and undertook to leave tho building for fresher air outside sud denly everything went black and bill dropped in his tracks striking his head against a piece of furniture inflicting a nasty gash about the eye he was hastily taken in charge and some time inter when he came to hlmnlf discovered that ho was carrying several stitches necesolated to close the gash bills experience like most other peoples who enter hospitals was not too pleasant nni t was with a sigh of relief that ho found himself homeward bound in more eggs from less feed increase your profits with ful o pep egg mash ask for the new fulopep calender and pamphlet as the days lengthen the cold strengthen use oto nut coke d l w hard coal all sizes st iver bros flour feed and seed merchants phune 4501 superior groceries quaker oats large pkg 28c muffets 2 pkgs 27c economy tea 1 lb 53c h p sauce per bottle 27c ingersoll cream cheese per pkg 14c gillex per pkg 14c neilsons chocolates eskimo pies arctic sweethearts a w scott phone orders promptly delivered storm windows reduce fuel costs let us fit up your home with wellmade storm sash and doors which will repay their cost in one season made to order we also can supply you with lumber shingles lath and lime stouffville planing mill stouffer schell phoe 194 stouffville special introductory offer on braeside brand acclaimed the finest butter to be obtained taste the creaminess of this butter reg 44c lb also mayf leld brand 40c ib f1i coldn hllwl dates chateau loaf cheese hib pi 21c domino f7 wkol cu rice 21lb pku 25c choice smyrna cooking figs 2 ib 21c cri8 sardines trn 15c finest granulated or yellow sugar 10 lbs 68c 665 bag tea domino blend exttt bmafut ta cjurtooa ely 69c lb toddy h 133c uitii 1ucqc htioi cooked spaghetti 16c amixalu omr fmni bakery products tasty bread ac o la at jelly rolls 15 bacon mayf leld brand machine sliced breakfast jsw tb 35 shirrfffs pure senll oranre row erui isrance marmalade aj lushut jelly powders 325c keillera utile chip orange or lemon marmalade i 23c 5i aylmer brandt 2 tin 22e white satin pastry keendaf mustard 5 49 the finest flour for good pastry 24lb bag 93lb bag 389 delicious canned florida grape fruit vry economic ready to scrr0 29c paul boadway manager