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stouffville february 2nd 192 constable harry perry is in a tery poor state of health miss may urquhart was in toronto on sunday where she visited her father at the general hospital col t h lennox member of parliament for north york is re covering from a serious illnesswhtch has confined him to bed for some weeks mr and mrs h b uarne3 have taken up their new home in stouff- viile moving in from ringwood last week they recently purchased the allen property in the west end auctioneer silversldes was in ux- bridge on wednesday of last week conducting a furniture sale for walter watt who has disposed of his clothing business there to j f brownscombe mr watt is moving to callforna with nothing but mild weather all winter up to last week farmers were fearful lest they would be unable to do their winter teaming with the sleighs all their fears were dis pelled however the latter part of tho week when heavy snow storm covered the ground to a good thick ness and cold weather is here to sustain the beautiful on saturday the thermometor hovered around zero and early monday it dropped to 15 below but the day broke so still with a bright sun that the cold did not penetrate as it sometimes loes auditorium theatre stouffville friday and saturday feby 3rd and 4th the potters pa ma mamie and bill rivals paramount news reel f c rowbotham is adding wall we are glad to see mr john w paper to his general store stock ratcliff out again after a twc weeks illness dr w a summers 169 yonge st toronto formerly with robt- the february meeting of the simpson co eye specialist will be municipal council for stouffville will at yakes jewelry store every thurs jbe held this friday evening day karphone demonstration free i faitmkbs firstclass lard for sale joseph hoover phone 9024 the annual meeting of the stouff ville fire brigade will be held on monday evening feb 6th at s pm election of officers and other im portant business mrs geo dowswell who has been quite ill tor the past two weeks is we are glad to say able to be around the house again in renewing his subscription to the tribune rev j burkholder writing from didsbury says the weather ha moderated a great deal in their locality from the low temperature of the early winter the burkholders look forward to the weekly arrival of the home iaper with keen inter est the thursday market last week was not a largely attended affair poultry was not very much in evi dence only a tow dressed chicken being brought in and these sold at from 25 to 30 pound buyers were prepared to bid 20c for old hensbut none came eggs remained at last weeks low price of 37c dozenwhile butter too was unchanged in price at 35c to 40c pound the toronto east presbytery of the united church on the appeal of rev h s warren decided to pre sent rev geo bainborough with a radio set the contributions of min isters and laymen supplemented by the gifts of local friends have made possible the installation of a beauti ful westinghouse the thanks of the treasurer is hereby extended to mrs d m hoover mrs j ahelse mr w h todd and mr f lbutton for their kindly assistance friday and saturday feby 10th and 11th god gave me 20c hay fever time paramount news reel admission 15 and 25c s g schmidt prop there has been some discussion as to the relative size of the toronto arena and the stouffville arena the city rink is 200x90 feet and the stouffville rink is 180x75 the size of the local ice area exceeds almost anything outside of toronto being larger than the socalled big rink in newmarket which is 174x74 the rink at whitby is said to be the near est in size to the one here than those possessed by other towns in this dis trict unless it be alarkham which has a rink 180x67 next monday messrs ellas hoover w r sanders and jos borinsky will go to toronto to serve on jury more than 200 applications for divorce are to be dealt with by the senate divorce committee at the present sesson of parliament twentyfour hours after publica tion mr sid schmidt had six replies to a small advertisement in the tri bune of an incubator for sale hft is naturally a firm believer in the power of printers ink newmarket arena co are discuss ing the possibility of installing an artificial ice plant in the rink over in the canal town the estimated cost is 30000 but some members of the company do not think the investment would be profitable our merchant tailor mr john monkhouse was in st catharines a couple of days last week it so hap pened that the beauty contest for colored ladies was staged there simultaneously with johns visit and his friends are tearful that this inspired his trip to the fruit belt city the historic metropolitan church in toronto was destroyed by fire on monday morning causing a loss es timated at 500000 a few hours prior to the outbreak thesgjastor rev dr sedgewick preached to a large congregation assembled in this edifice his subject being the god who answers by fire durham council has just passed a bylaw voting the members 2 each per meeting during the year 1928 as durham is an incorporated town they are within their rights but here in stouffville such a thing could not legally happen village councillors must give their service gratis al- though they may vote a salary or honorarium to the reeve scott bros r phone 18201 stouffville weekly offerings blue rose rice 3 lbs 25c quick bulk oats 4 lb- for 25c seedless raisins 2 lbs 29c wonderful soap 3 bars 25c with 1 bar free zink wash boards 50c ea marvel pastry flour 95c bulk orange pekoe tea 63c pound fairy toilet soap 4 for 25c date jam cookies 24c lb the ice harvest is in full swing thi week with the- finest quality being cutin many years it is 16 inches thick on the average and clear ice to the top being free from the usual few inches of frozen snow of other years the stouffville creamery put in about 1200 cakes from the supply at the altona pond while some of the local ice houses are being filled from musselmans lake where the quality is also first the thermometer hovered around class cutting is also- in v progress at dicksons hill and wm ratcllffs mrs shankel has been indisposed for the past week with lumbago but is gradually recovering mrs jane williams of the east end has been very poorly for the past week delhart hoidea experts to receive one ot the new ford cars next week with regular shipments very soon mr calvin yake has received word that his wife at millbrook has had a serious heart attack and is confined to bed- robert curtis is having the sand and graxel drawn preparatory for the erection of an uptodate resi dence on church street oae ot north of the united church come to presbyterian church sun day feby 5th 230 pm and hear mrsadams missionary in the orient now at home on furlough speak on conditions as she saw them there we are sorry to learn that mis3 marjorie stewart nurseintraining in grace hospital toronto is unable to continue her training for some time due to illhealth since having diphtheria this week mr and mrs allan goudle are moving back to stouff ville from barrio allan will enter the newly established plumbing and tinsmithing business with his brother fetcher the case of tenants a- certificate would be issued entitling him to a dollar rebate in his rent and the landlord would get a corresponding reduction in his tax w1l mrs a griffiths spirella corsetfere stouffville and vicinity phone 15303 quality service 3f if at the feed for all need- schumacher feed a kiln dried ration we- recommend schumacher fijed for young pigs growing shoates finishing hogs stiver bros flour feed and seed merchants phone 4501 on february 10th miss elizabeth percy of westerly rhode island is sailing on the berengariay touring france italy switzerland holland and england miss percy expects to spend three months in these his toric countries there is a big demand to have the play his best investment repeated in the near future owing to the hockey match wednesday evening to decide the group honors many fail ed to see the play who otherwise would have patronized it buckeye chicks are easier to raise if you want to make the biggest possible profits from your poultry if you want to hatch your chicks with the very smallest amount of time effort and expense you must have an incubator that does certain things you must have an incubator that you can depend upon to hatch every hatchable egg you must have an incubator that you can depend upon to hatch the biggest strongest heal thiest chicks you must have an incubator that you know operatesas nearly automatically and with as little time work and fuel as possible buckeye incubators have been tested and proven they have been tested and proven n the hands of more than 700000 poultryraisers they have been tested and proven by agricultural colleges and experimental stations they have made money for poultryraisers for more than a quarter of a century their success has made the buckeye incubator company the largest manufac turer of incubators and brooders in the world last year more than 350000000 chicks were hatched in buckeye incubators anyone can hatch chicks with a buckeye prices 1800 up f y w brathwaite successor to silvester bros hardware the stouffville juni6r hockey ag gregation administered a big defeat to the uxbridge team on wedhesday evening of last week when they sent the northerners home with the short end of a 7 to1 score despite the unbalanced score the visitors dis played better combination at times than the locals who maned their playing by individual rushes it was the poorest exhibition of hockey this season due partially to the unequal strength of the opposing teams on friday last uxbridge boys trimmed imarkham at uxbridge by a score of 2 to 1 w b kester of mcgrath alta is spending a few days with his parents in town in the section of alberta where he lives they have always been accustomed to california weather but this winter they have had ex treme cold the thermometer regis tering 35 below zero at times about 150 farmers assembled at richmond hill on saturday all be ing milk producers in york county interesting and instructive addresses were delivered by prof dean and others mr j r campbell of dick- sons hill presided ovor the gather ing as chairman superior groceries magic baking powder 16 oz 34c crown syrup 5s 35c comfort soap 5 bars 25c little chips orange marmalade 12 oz 23c grape fruit good size 3 for 25c fine cleaned currants per lb 18c neilsons chocolates eskimo pies arctic sweethearts a w scott phone orders promptly delivered mm members of jubilee chapter eas tern star were in attendance at a social function held in the crystal ball room of the king edward hotel toronto on monday evening as follows mr and mrs j borinsky mrs f a dales mrs mather mrs muston mrsnoian and mises hattie ratcliff and jane burkett modern ijfe an essential of banking service u one of the essentials ot modern lite it as sists in the production of every article and in the transportation of every commodity without it distribution would be impossible yet banking functions so smoothly that we are scarcely aware ot our dependence upon it by taking banking service for granted we pay our greatest tribute to its effi ciency each year an increasing number of depositors and clients affords evidence of the character of service offered by the standard bank of qanada the standard bank of canada established 1875 the annual business meeting of the womans auxiliary of christ church anglican was held on thursday last at the home of mrs robert miller satisfactory reports were read from the different organ izations of the society for the year after the reading of the different reports and the transaction of other business a letter of greeting was read from the expresident mrs fw silvester from monica monte carlo election of officers for 1928 was then proceeded with and resulted as fol lows president mrs as leaney secretary mrsrobert miller treas urer miss elizabeth foote dorcas secretary mrs m hill mr ot johnson a student of the toronto baptist seminary gave an interesting and instructive address about the work among the negroes in the island of jamaica a week ago wednesday night at the baptist church sixth line mr johnson has worked there for a number of years and intends to return at the end of his course on monday evening of this week a sleigh load of friends from clare- mont enjoyed a social evening at the home of messrs richard and george taun main street east two of the men in the party were over 70 yesws of age indicating that not only the young folks enjoy an evening out until the wee morning hours that was an interesting event held a few days ago at the home of mr wm rennie on the 10th concession of markham when his motherinlaw mrs peter raymer celebrated her s2nd birthday there were eleven guests present as well as three of her daughters mrs ohas brillinger of whitchurch mrs fred mantle of uxbridge and mrs rennie with whom the aged mother lives airs raymer is still the master of her mind and body too despite her ad vanced years she enjoyed the honor bestowed on her on this occa sion and the wish of all is that she be spared in health for more such birthday events eighty members ot stouffville horticultural society motored to concord on tuesday where they were shown through the greenhouses of miller sons and otherwise enter tained the ladles were all present ed with a bouquet of flowers by mes srs miller who in a shlort speech by president h o kllnck received the hearty thanks of the society an interesting surprise event took place on monday evening at the home of mr and mrs george watson when members ot the local presby terian church took their youngest daughter edna by complete surprise on the eve ot her departure next day for whitby where she will enter the ontario hospital in training tor a nurse in addition to a pleasant social tlmo edna was presented with an address expressing the senti ment of all present for her success in her lofty undertaking and the general regret at losing her compan ionship here at home as a token of further good will a presentation i was made ot a leather club bag this week mr percy cober ot gormley is moving into stouffville having secured a house on obrien avenue mr cober and his brother john are not dissolving partnership as stated last week but will continue to operate their threshing outfits jointly as heretofore they will have five machines in use their younger brother george is now locating on the farm at gormley which he in tends to operate in future m m x h h i ivory soap it floats guest size 29c 6oz cake 2 for 15c cabbage bottle at the annual meeting of the on tario plowmens association held in toronto on tuesday tho north york society was represented by the presi dent ross e ratcliff and harvey clendennlng win timbers fred timbers and ralph baker the members assembled at the king ed ward hotel where interesting ad dresses wore hoard and a banquet served with tho idea of stimiilatlnc in terest in liilc elections a suggestion has teen irnde iiionk the nea- aide i roderick duncan read the address men at kitchener that next year the and mrs kelly made the presenta- ratepayers who votebe given a bonus tlon i of one dollar off their tax bill in oc j naptha soap 2 10k39 special dried fruit sale there is only a limited supply of some of these articles buy now and you will save considerably figs smyrna table 19c lb 2ib packets 3 for 2sc choice cooking 2 lbs 2 lc choice golden hallowi australian sultana dates 2 19c raisins 15 dwilmafi medium size loc lb rl7un large 2 lbs 2sc finest santa clara aprcots 33c lb raisins 2 25 will iv 7 i i stromaid puffod sdad raisins is bates 2p25 christies cocoanut puff biscuits 35 ib cravs r betkivf corn syrup 16c 2lb tin catellia macaroni or spaghetti 2 pku 23c club house quean olives kiion jr 39c tasty bread jqc wax wrapped for your protection jj loaf perfection floor 29c llb tin wax domino blend eneluh grewft tea 69 l4 cart id j fresh milled rolled oats 5 it 25c 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