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stouffville february i6th 1928 v boys leave the farm because they hate to plow through life york county council have peti tioned the ontario government to put into operation the old age pen sion act as provided for by the fed eral government the large circle of friends will be delighted to know that mrs robt batcliff is making rapid progress towards recovery following an op eration in the wellesley hospital early last week she is now con sidered to be out of danger the february water samples from the loca domestic supply submitted to the provincial analyslst for exam ination reveal the best quality of any samples heretofore submitted citizens who are using town water have the assurance of an absolutely safe beverage mbk samples sub mitted also reveal good quality free from any injurious elements auditorium theatre stouffville friday and saturday feby 17th and 18th kid boots eddie cantor watch out new champion paramount news reel friday and saturday february 24th and 25th aloma of the south seas comedies paramount news reel admission 15 and 25c s g schmidt prop last call for saur hoover church street kraut alt most of the men io believe in placing a tax on bachelors are married men dont forget the h ardtlme and fancy dress carnival to be held in bakers arena next monday night under auspices of the local chapter eastern ptar dont overlook the oratorical con test on friday the 17th gesexal admission 23c lost foxd tire rim and tire holder complete morgan baker whitchurch j xcwmarket has its pensh factory ia operation again undee the man agement of mr howard oln- snowmoblles are occasionally seen about town but the roads or most of them are excellent for both wheeling and sleighing a wonder ful month this february the remains of a former citizen margaret sweet mother of henry l sweet of toronto were interred iu the local cemetery on ftlday last deceased was in her s4th year and will be remembered as having lived here years ago with the iate thos brown her brotherinlaw delbert holden is sporting a nobby coupe of the new ford model which is attracting plenty of atten tion and drawing very favorable comment he will have other mod els in the course of a few weeks or probably sooner the stouitville orange lodge will hold a euchre party in their lodge rooms over the west end grocery store on the evening of friday feb 17mi the ladies are asked to pro vide lunch and the cash proceeds of the evening will be for the bene fit of the orange orphanage mir ira badgero lost a small tin box last week containing a victory bond and a couple of notes totalling several hundred dollars although their non recovery will not incure any loss mr badgero is anxious to secure their return the bond is registered and cannot be cashed by anyone without his endorse tion while the notes have also been provided for the small box was lost between the west end and the skating rink and as it resembled a cigarette box may have been kicked aside and not recovered by anyone get your share these grocery bargains circumstances makes it necessary for us to greatly reduce our big grocery stock during february the prices below will show the public how anxious we are to sell and how necessary it is for you to buy now while the slaughter prices are obtainable giltex box lie red rose tefa lb 07c glass wash boards 55c ovenkist orackers 10ozpkg2 for 2c national salted crackers lb 15c fairy soap 4 for 23c no 2 camel tomatoes 2 for 25c sunmaid seedless raisins 15 oz sunlight soap 4 for- 23c 2 for 27c chipso small- 3 for 25c sunflower salmon lb tin 10c jello and nu jell 4 for 30c rinso 4 for 25c tea orange pekoe 2 lbs 113 sylvan rasp jam 5 lb tin 65c heinze catsups large 23c honey clover5 lbs for 65c heinze catsups small 15c robin hood oats large box 24c heinze cream of tomato large ovenkist crackers 6 boxes 25c doz 125 bodleys assorted biscuits 20c heinze cream of tomato sunset dyes 3 for 35c small- doz 100 rice blue rose 3 lbs for 20c flexo large 18c assorted biscuits christies 2 gold 1 pearline 2 p g ovenkist lb 28c 1 ivory soaps 30c bulk syrup beehive lb 6c flexo small 3 for 25c fells naptha soap 4 for 25c scott bros l mr a b lehman of atha who- in in his 81st year is suffering rcou am attack of pneumonia constable harry perry is ablfc ta get down town again after- a serious ulness of several weeks several citizens sustained nasty fells on the icy walks lately pro perty holders should seize the oppor tunity of cleaning off thewalks when they- are covered with slush your neglect may mean the fracturing of someones limb have you seen the prizes to ba donated to the winners at the carni val next monday night they are now in shaws store window next sabbath feby juinquageslma jj sunday sunday before lent quality service wapzeed 200 bushels buckwheat at highest market price at the auditorium i theatre fri day saturday night aicyclone of fun in this comedy success of the season kid boots starring- eddie- cantor the well known comedian and singer of stage fame 19th is ule last max reesor whose arm adjoins markham vlllaxge has- just threshed 30 bushels and 45 pounds of red clover seed from five acres of land stop look listen the junior womens institute wilt hold a sale of homemade baking homemade bread pies cakes tarts etc in flet cher goudies store saturday feby 25th 230 to 530 mr alex scott received a tele gram on tuesday announcing the serious illness of j l hodgins at cairon sask mr hodgins formerly lived at uxbridge goodwood and balsam mrs g r w thomas returned to toronto on friday where she will undergo further treatment at the hospital for her injured limb but expects to return hoine this week again dr w a summers 169 yonge st toronto formerly with robt simpson co eye specialist will be at yakes jewelry store every thurs day earphone demonstration free a party of young people from uxbridge enjoyed a skating party at the local arena t jast saturday evening they came down on the 8 oclock triain returning on the 11 oclock stouffville oha junior team took stan hustons toronto super- sixes into into camp here last friday njght and administered a defeat by a margin of two goals the visitors brought along some promising play ers the choir of the stouffville christian church were enterainedto an oyster supper at the home of miss nora stapleton one evening last week miss stapleton has been a- valued member of the organization in more ways than one for a number of years a number of ladles of stouitville met at the home of mrs w b sanders as representatives of the different churches to make arrangements for the annual womans day ot prayer i it was decided that the meeting i should be hehr in the meanonite church on the 24th of fvby at three oclock the grain markets are holding about the same feeds arte firmer and the tendency- is for higher prices the baby thick season is close at hand- and we are ready with a full supply- of fulopep chick starter anl chick feed we sell and recommend the feeds in the striped bags stiver bros flour feed and seed merchants phone 4501 to wal in ux several members from stouffville lodge attended the county meeting of the orange lodge which was held in gooawood last week with some 35 members present from the vari ous aldges of the district it was decided to hojd the annual 12th oc july walk this year in the town of uxbridge the next county meeting wilv be held in canniugton the officers were elected and installed as follow by bxo w q webster past county master udora county master elmer robinson udney county deputy bro r steven son udora county chaplian broeb taylor uxbridge ree sec broac taylor udora fin sec bro e johnston good wood county treasurer bro j v park wilfrid i county marshal bro h madill uxbridge 1st lecture n wagg goodwood 2nd lecturer w heron balsam after having a serious operation for appendicitis some weeks agoand putting up a wonderful struggle for recovery of lost strength marjorie clark of churchill is again able to be moving about in the home her many friends are glad to know this school statement superior groceries aunt jemima pancake flour pkg 10c roman meal per pkg 20c ecux so grape lruit 3 for 25c brooms extra value 33c castile soap 2 cakes for 5c neilsons chocolates eskimo pies arctic sweethearts a w scott phone orders promptly delivered white cedar shingles if you contemplate a new roof or repairing an old one it will pay you to consider our white cedar shingles the white cedar shingles we handle are grown and sawn in eastern canada from virgin growth timber where climatic conditions are similar to our own they are air dried although there are a number of different grades in white cedar shingles we only handle the best grade which is an all clear shingle without any sap white cedar shingles are sawn very pump at the butt being five butts to 2 in thickness for a lasting roof it will pay you to investigate the good qualities of our white cedar shingles phone or better still call around and see us stouffville planing mill stouffer sckell phoe 194 stouffville fej messrs pe ras and j monkhouse were in toronto last week attending the merchants tailors association annual meeting the dictum of the tailors for this spring is that there will be little change in mens styles coats will be made a little longer but reguar trousers will be in vogue phone 18201 end stouffville mrs chas perry has received word from timmlns new ontario assuring her of the safety of her grandson charles perry from the mine disaster in which nearly 40 lives were lost last week charles is a son of the late bert perry but is not employed in the holllnger he is in the essay office of the mclntyre mine 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 ai 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 in 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 star and telegram are wrang ling over which of them published the news of the mine disaster in new ontario first which of them stretched their imagination to the greatest extent to lend excitement to the actual facts doesnt matter and isnt a question for controversy an abstract statement of the receipts and expenditures of the stouffville public and continuation schools for the year 1927 public school receipts and expenditur receipts government grant 1374 00 govt county equipment 61 78 tp markham levy 675 00 tp whitchurch levy 637 67 village levy 6 50 balance firom last year 2008 96 mr sam hisey has sold his 100 acres at cashel to mr archie flem ing of the 10th concession of mark ham mr hisey has been on this farm for eight years but will now move to stouffville where he ownes a house on clark street the sale price of the farm is reported as be ing 12000 this is said to be one of the best grain farms in markham township 10944 91 expenditure teachers salaries 5144 63 other salaries 456 68 fuel 313 09 repairs 120 01 examinations 10 35 printing 10 00 equipment 122 77 insurance s2 00 sutdirles 243 92 to continuation school 502 93 balance cash in bank 3938 53 10944 91 continuation school receipts exam fees 76 40 govt grant 765 00 county of york 4096 68 county of ontario sundries from public school ace 345 88 10 00 502 93 last saturday mr barkis reesor shot a large owl on his farm at ai- tona the big bird measured 57 inches from tip to tip of wings these owls which are of the great- horned variety feed mostly on wild rabbits and on pheasants when they can get them the pheasant how ever is said to be more wlleyfor the owl than the rabbit and can sense their enemy at a great distance mr reesor will give the bird to anyone who cares to have it reeve sanders got busy on his first visit to county council in his capacity of chief magistrate of this community and made an effort to impress on the york county road commission the need for some road improvement in stouffville the reeve is looking forward to having the deep ditches in the centre of the town filled in this summer and the logs removed from the road bed nerar the presbyterian church if this is accomplished this summer we will have something to be thankful for and main street will not be so obnoxious to visitors and towns people the reeve has the assurance that this work will be done and nn early- visit from the commission is looked forward to 5796 89 expenditures teachers sauries 4398 23 other salaries 172 00 fuel 333 00 repairs 82 66 examinations 75 13 printing and adds 32 45 epulpmnet 317 03 insurance 123 00 sundries 191 39 rent 72 00 5796 89 audited and found correct w h clark m e watts statement of the building fund account corporation loan 2500 00 corporation loan 700 00 treas sale of debentures 10500 00 from public schoolacc 153 90 13853 90 expenditures w f hamilton contractor 9788 75 d r franklin architect 511 64 alkenhead hardware 337 91 paid icon and interest 3215 60 is839 total contract and extras 5js95 00 x s dougherty sec auction sale register friday feby 17 farm stock and implements the property of mrs benj hare lincolnville no reserve sale at one fw silver- sides auctioneer tuesday feby 21st farm stock implements etc on lot 15 rear 8th con markham mile east mount joy belonging to david grove 8 months credit sale at one sharp prentice prentice auctioneer saturday feby- is household furniture and farm implements the property of mrs wm lewis just west of stouffville no reserve property is sold sale at one f w silversides auctioneer tuesday feby 21st at lot 20 con 2 uxbridge extensive sale of horses 25 cows and other cat tle 25 sheep swine implements household furniture etc belong ing to fred jackson sale at 10 oclock sharp lunch provided at noon f w silversides auc tioneer thursday feby 23rd register ed clydes reg shorthorns reg cotswold sheep farm stock hay grain etc belonging to john for syth lot 4 con 2 uxbridge f w silversides auctioneer saturday feby 25 mortgage sale of 80 acres more or less ex tra choice farm almost adjoining stouffville to the west sale at mansion house stouffville at 1 pm f w silversides auct wednesday feby 29th at lot 26 con 6 markham cashel farm stock implements haygrain etc also the farm of 85 acres will be offered for sale sale at 1 pm the property of mrs thos klln- kinboomer prentice prentice auctioneer wednesday feby 29th farm stock implements etc belonging to mrs thos clinklnboomer at east cashel no reserve sale at 1 prentice prentice auctioneer thursday march 1st extensive disposal gale highclass cows young cattle and hogs belonging to wm hackney lot 10 con 2 uacbrldge sale at one f w sil versides auctioneer thursday march 8 extensive sale of farm stock and implements registered shorthorns belonging to hugh clark lot 17 con 7 whitchurch sale at 12 noon sharp no reserve f w silversides auctioneer tuesday march 13th at lot 33 con 6 markham farm stock im plements hay grain etc belong ing to sam helse sale at 1230 oclock f w silversides auct wednesday march 7th dis posal sale of entire farm stock and implements belonging to fred pmllint mile north glasgow no reserve as farm is sold sale at 1 2 oclock sharp fw silversides ort wednesday march 14 at lot choice milch cows and young cattle the property of win red- shaw sale at 12 sharp f w sil versldes auctioneer goodwood edw taylor is spending a few days in new ontario i on with the dance every fri day night until further notice mr isaac wagg made a call on friends in stouffville last week mr wagg is among our oldest citizens and is a widely known man george todd loaded two cars of potatoes at 95c bag last week the murphy market is surely sick for this time of year the absence of any great amount of snow will probably mean that we shall escape the annual spring flood for whiqh goodwood is noted a number of young people of the baptist church ss took occasion on friday evening last to meet at the home of isaac wagg where a presen tatlon was made to mrs woodlands on bghalf of the girls in her class the address explains the matter dear mrs woodlands the members of your s s class ask you to accept this basket of iroses as a token of the love and esteem we hold for you and for the loving and faithful manner in which you have taugiht the lessons to us we feel sure that many of the truths you taught us will remain and be of much 1eneflt to us in future years we hope you may be spared to con tinue the work in the ss for many years on behalf of the class the address was signed by isabel ashen- hurst and jean slack markham township notice to dog owners owners and hairborers of dogs in tho township of markham are requested to have the money ready to pay the license fee and procure tags for 1928 from the assessors a j camplln east half and ja thompson west half when they are called upon the license fees are as follows for each dog the sum of 2 if only one- land 4 for each additional dog 4 for each bitch if only one and 6 for each additional bitch under the provisions of the act an extra charge of 25c will be made for license tags if payment is not made before april 15 and further owners or harhorers of dogs not reporting same to assessors are liable to severo penalties for not taking orjt licenses for same and the dogs subject to bo destroyed the assessors aro now on their rounds o a m davison township clerk 10 roar con 5 uxbridge 60 head mrs a griffiths spirrln corsetiore stouffville- and vicinity i phbne 15303