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qtefbmit vol xl no 7 stouffville ontario thursday april 5th 1928 a v nolan publisher for easter as welcome as the flowers that bloom in the spring smilesn chuckles candies for the easter festival every box is a message of qual- ity supreme specially wrapped for easter conveying seasons greetings 60c a pound j m storey druggist the home of quality drugs phone 1008 carrying no insurance is foolish you are taking great chances experience is bought with cheap insurance and costs dearly proper protection is what a fully qualified agent recommends and good insurance is what he sells you will consult him in the long run why not today t birkett general insurance agency phone 18201 stouffville the insurance department report of the mutual life of new york contains the following a large volume of new business se lected according to the companys high standards was placed on the books the rate of mortality has declined to a very low point and as a result it was possible to distribute to policyholders dividends according to successive increasing scales in vestments are particularly well se cured at the same time policy con tracts have been liberalized and clari fied and the treatment accorded to policyholders and their representa tives has been eminently fair and just contingency reserve and 192s dividends 9375352161 h o klinck dist manager used implements call at my place before you buy new imple ments and we will save you money all kinds of mowers binders plows rollers etc gas engines from 2 hp up at low price good used harness benj kexlln phone 192 highest prices for fat fowl wool hides and junk real estate we have sold housea and vacant lots in stouff- ville away below the price asked for them so that one never knows where the are at unless you deal with a reliable real estate agency such as we conduct few seem to know the real worth of their pro perty so it is better to consult someone experienced in the busi ness we do not want listing away out of sight either as we wish to do what is right all round an honest deal is no robbery jacob yake west of railway tracks real estate stouffville 30 hours without a w s record slow job in 35 years spent lifetime on one farm just when the majority of the housewives wens busily engaged in the weekly washing of clothes last monday morning the town water supply failed them workmen having cut off the supply at a point opposite or near the presbyterian church in order to make repairs to a hydrant on the school lane housework was almost at a standstill dinner hour came and still no water at 0 oclock the situation grew desperate and people were seen scurrying hither and thither with pails glad to get a draft from those who possessed a well the operator at the switch board was busy plugging in on the chairman of the water committee jos borinsky his aide councillor watd and on the reeve all dis claimed any knowledge or responsi bility for ordering the men on to work but the town officials did get out and try to hurry up the repairs it was learned late in the after noon that the repairs were of such a nature as not to be easily fixed and doom seemed to fall when the fact became known that there would be no water supply that night the fact is the repairs were not even tem porarily made until late tuesday af ternoon thereby constituting a re cord in thefailure of the town sys tem of water since its installation thirtyfive years ago it was oft the east end approximately 30 hours the members of the water com mittee can scarcely be blamed for undertaking so iii advised a job at such an inopportune time hut it is their duty to see that such a thing never happens again the little episode has borne home the fact that there is need for a shutoff at the entrance to every street so that when trouble occurs on any side street thewater may be turned oft there during repairswith out interfering with the entire sup ply the expression of the ratepay ers on every hand is that the water system should be brought uptodate in every particular rather than that the rates be cheapened it is our opinion that both objectives can be met the death took place on thursday march 29th 192s of margaret lee wife of s herbert foote a well known and highly esteemed resident of whitchurch mis foote would have reached her 3rd birthday in may next had she survived she was ill only a few days hence her demise came as a great shock to the family and her many friends bom ou the farm where she died a short distance north of the town- line on the 7th concession mrs foote had spent most of her life there this farm was the property of her tutlher and was known as the sam lee place the family holding the deed issued from the crown it being clergy reserve lands mrand mrs koote were mariied almost 50 years and had she been spared it was planned that they celebrate i belt golden wedding anniversary on oiristmas day 192s the day ou which they would have been wedded half a century to this union there are three children who survive along with the husband namely s j foote miss elizabeth foote at home and mrs whittlesey of mission texas the late mrs foote is the last of a fam ily of thirteen children she being the youngest the funeral on monday afternoon to stouffville cemetery was largely attended the service being conduct ed by the rev j j robbins rector of the local anglican church of which the deceased was a faithful member injured his wrist hot x buns harry stouffer son of mr noah stouffer suffered a nasty fracture to the bone in the right wrist as well as a dislocation of the wrist on monday afternoon while in at tendance at the funeral of the late mrs foote harry undertook to crank a graydort car which refused to respond to the battery when it backfired the crank handle flipping back and striking him a terrific blow on the back of the wrist all this week ambrose stover baker rib roll- house roofslastinginexpensive jtvoof your house or cottage with ribroll handsome to mcrcftsc value of roporty lasting col- look at firoporty laatinq ecta clean rainwater banishes leaks ideal for housea barns sheds warehouses achools churchoa public buildings givo aiz of roof for free estimate writ easfernsteel product preston ont soccesior to metal shiaito 4 siding co lfanittd ninth line markham mr grant and daughter moved to markham last saturday r j mcelwaln spent a day in to ronto last week we are glad to ireport that albert batt is improving in health mrs hollingers sister of toronto spent a ew days with her last week mr dix and family of the eighth line spent an evening last week at the home of mr mcelwaln wm boyd of the eighth line moved last monday to goodwood his father and brother assisting him ringwood robert wilson is in toronto serv ing as a juror deloss graham and family spent sunday at alfred dixons lemon- ville mr and mrs harvey pipher and family spent sunday at mr isaac plphors mrs john lee has returned home after spending a couple of months in toronto mr and mrs sylvanus baker of baker hill wore sunday visitors with mr and mrs sam miller mrs millsap of stayner was a re cent visitor with her daughter miss hazel millsap who is employed as bookkeeper at mckonzies garage miss edna earle of toronto will speak in the christian church here next monday evening april 9th at s oclock at the missionary meeting miss earle spent several years in china summer hours after april 10th the merchants in stouffville will continue the present business hours until the week of monday april ib when the stores will be open on tuesday thursday and saturday evenings closing on wednesday af ternoon of each week send the tribune the names of your easter visitors mrs kdw uoothby has been spend ing a few weeks in toronto mr james moran left ou monday to serve as juryman at the present assizes court a supper will be served in the united church basement on tuesday april 17th mrs burns of pickering was the guest of her brother mr robert miller for a tew days last week miss annie duncan of the post office staff was off duty a few days last week through ill health mr and mrs wm j bennett of unionville district were in town on monday for the funeral of the lute mrs foote mr and mrs collier and mr and mrs marshal of picton and bloom- field relatives of mrs wm morden motored up and spent a short time at the home of the latter mr and mrs isaac parkinson of toronto were in town on monday making final arrangements for the transfer of their former home one door east of the christian church to dr patterson dentist mr noah hoover is critically ill at his home one door west of the standard bank suffering with heart trouble at one time it was thought he could not survive more than a few hours all are invited to attend the liter ary meeting of shs to be held in school assembly hall thursday april 5th full program and re freshments special feature debate uxbidge vs stouffville at 8 pm admission 25c james mccullough ill friends in town will regret to learn that james mccullough of mc cullough button stouffville is in the general hospital suffering from blood poisoning originating from what appeared a minor scratch on the hand mr mcculloughs condi tion on tuesday was described as critical goodwood george todd shipped two loads of stock last saturday our rawlelgh man has a new pro duct fo chocolate and lemon pie filler free demonstration mrs bennet and son of toronto are spending the week with her par ents mr and mrs jos middleton miss isahell and bessie murison made a business trip to toronto this week also mr and mrs w cooper anyone interested in the good wood football team will attend a meeting at wm todds on saturday night mr and mrs alvin adams also miss rennie adams of sequin falls are spending a few weeks with their grandmother mrs jos cooper and other relatives reeve h w sanders boarded the bus one morning last week for tor onto but on reaching ringwood he disembarked and walked back home v made the trip by the old relia ble steam road the bus had a dis abled engine and could only travel on second gear at around seven miles per mile the only other pas senger from stouffville that morn ing was mrs f a dales who stay ed with the ship until it reached unionville when she too became dis gusted and just managed to catch the train going to toronto on- which rode reeve sanders mr and mrs george hughes and family left this week from toronto for watson sask whore they will reside mrs hughes is a former stouffville girl deaths breuls on sunday april 1st 1928 at the residence of hor daughter mrs a johnston 504 church st toronto sophia breuls aged 7g years widow of the late timothy breuls formerly of ringwood interment on tuesday april 3rd at dicksons hill cemetery ix memoriam law in sacred memory of our dear sister abbio who died april 8th 1921 it was hard to lose you dear sister but god who knoweth best held wide his loving arms and said come unto me and rest sadly missed by sisters and brother altona kenneth says it wont be so far now miss lizzie davis was home a week ago sunday reg hastings of stouffville spent sunday at w mcnalrs mr and mrs w reesor visited at o m madills on sunday ernest davie is helping his brother willis davis or a few weeks we are glad to see mr3 b reesor out again after her recent illness mrs monair and flossie spent a day with ed wideman at goodwood miss flossie mcnair spent a day or two last week with mrs willis davis mrs willis davis has engaged miss jean benson of claromont for the summer miss chambers left on friday for ottawa it sure is very unlucky for george sam frctz is very busy thesoanys drawing cars out of the mud the ninth is very bad molvin tlndall of altona has en gaged with j coates for the sum mer mrs f reesor one of the oldest residents of altona suffered a stroko last friday visitors at f waggs on sunday were miss lillian wagg mrs mdun- kcld and fred draper sure signs of spring tom burn- ham has started his old fish stories and h mcintosh says the warm wea ther is taking the stiffness out of his limbs special display of ladies coats and dresses at rowbothams today thursday ah ladies and misses are specially invited deplorable service crawford nesbitt the home of mr and mrs d s crawford lakevlew farm picker ing was the scene of ai pretty wedd ing on wednesday evening march 21st 192s at 8 oclock when mar- jorle florence peggy youngest daughter of john and mrs nesbitt of toronto became the bride of r s gordon crawford the rev j s ferguson officiating the bride en tered the room on the arm of her brotherinlaw mr j hoover to the strains of mendelssohns wedding march played by miss isobell squire the bride was daintly attired in pondre blue georgette and carried sweetheart roses carnations and maiden hair fern she was attend ed by miss madeline crawford sistei of the groom who acted as brides maid wearing a frock of pink geor gette and carrying pink carnations and maiden hair fern garnet crawford brother of the groom acted as groomsman following the ceremony supper was served to 35 guests during which mr ferguson proposed a toast to the bride and groom the happy couple will re side for the present in pickering among out of town guests at the wedding wore friends from toronto stouffville goodwood oshnwa and salom its churchill oliver beach is all smiles boy robert paradine was in toronto over the week miss rola beach spent the week end with her parents lewis thompson was a toronto visitor over sunday mrs c badgero spent a day in nowmarkot lemon paisley visited relatives in orillla w vaughnns of bloomington visited j paisleys on sunday mrs w paisley is visiting her mother mrs reesor who is very hi the regular meeting of the jubi lee branch womens institute will be hold on wednesday april 11th at 230 oclock at the homo of mrs ed mcnally roll call a spring cleaning suggestion food values of eggs by mrs a clarke how to furnish a boys room by mrs c dadgero everyone welcome to our meeting divis c his honor judge widdifield held division court in stouffville on mon day of tms week several cases being disposed if i in only one of three cases tried were local farmers involved this be ing the suit of edgar storey versus i ralph conner storey is pound- keeper and cattle belonging to cou- i nor were impounded in order to i get them out connor gave a bond j guaranteeing payment for any dam age the stock may have done when on the rampage alonzo allin a neighbor of connor claimed 20 for damage to his crop under this item and the suit was to recover this amount with 55 poundage fees judgment was given for full amount claimed george h bennet of box grove brought action against the earl elec tric company of toronto to recover 575 paid on an electric washing machine according to his evidence and that of mrs bennett they contracted for the purchase of a machine used for demonstration purposes at the cn e but when the clotheswasher was delivered it was found to be old at the job of wringing dirt from soiled linen and the bennetts refused to accept it several witnesses for the company including the general man ager testified to the fact that they were willing to replace the machine with another but bennett never con nected up with their offer they did not deny however that a differ ent machine was taken to bennets home to that which had been sold to him and the judge instructed the company to return the 75 initial payment in both the above cases f l button acted for the plaintiffs gleeson vs nelson wagg was an action for the payment of a note of 125 gleeson bought the note from wagg and gave a horse and 90 in payment h a sanders for defend ant consented to judgment which was promptly given by his honor mccullough button for plaintiff sweeping price reduction whippet and knight cars as a result of the increase sales we are able to announce substan tial price reductions on the following cars willysoverlandknight model 56 coach 1395 model 56 sedan 1525 model 70 coach 1645 model 70 sedan 1845 whippet oars 4 cyl coupe 784 4 cyl coach 784 4 cyl sedan 850 6 cyl coupe or coach 1009 6 cyl sedan or landau 1150 w h todd dealer stouffville easter c services baitist church rev w w fleischer pastor sunday april sth 10 am bible school 11 am a resurrection church 3 pm busv bee mission band 7 pm subject the adventures of a homesick soul mexxoxite church s s shantz pastor easter sunday april sth morning services in charge of pastor subject the empty tomb evening service in charge of mr isaac pike pastor will be in charge of the ser- vice at altona in the evening christian church e morton pastor sunday april 9th we shall reach the eternal destina tion for which we sail by choice all our sevice next sunday will be full of the spirit of easter let us meet in the interest of him who gave himself for us st james presbyterian rev w h fuller thb sunday april sth sunday school at 130 special easter church service at 230 pm easter music sermon by the pastor subject the resur rection of christ everyone in vited united church op canada h s warren ba pastor sunday april 8th easter services 11 am theme the desire for immortality the choir will ren der special easter anthems 230 the church school decision day service 7 pm a choir of 40 voices will render a sacred cantata from cross to crown consisting of 19 numbers dont miss this treat baker hill nnd sixth line baptist churches w s whitcombe ba pastor sunday april 8th sixth line church 11 am baker hill church 7 pm christ is risen that is the easter message but what does it mean in your everyday life ibit a present experience as well as a-his- torical fact unless you can say as paul said christ liveth in me easter means nothing join with us next sunday in praise for the fact ofand the power of the resurrec tion of christ card of thanks we wish to convey our thanks and appreciation to the neighbors and other friends who so kindly assisted us in our recent bereavement s herbert foote and family card of thanks we wish to express our deep grati tude and thanks to the friends and neighbors who rendered us such valuable assistance and sympathy during our great bereavement mr and mrs edw lintnef card of thanks to the many friends who have ex pressed their sympathy and have assisted us in this vrry sore afflic tion and bereaivement we w4h to express our deepest gratitude and heartfelt thanks rev leslie and mrs grove mr and mrs henry grove swifts garage annual spring sale saturday april 7th only tires and tubes 30x3 courier cords reg 775 648 303 courier tubes reg 175 139 30x3 oldfield cords reg 925 819 30x3 oldfield tubes reg 210 168 30x3 v overside c s cords reg 51250 114s 30x3 heavy cord tubes reg 350 319 44021 balloon cords reg 1475 134s 44021 balloon red tubes reg 375 329 44021 oldfield balloons reg 1275 1048 44021 oldfield balloon tubes reg 325 269 45021 balloon cords reg 1575 1448 45021 balloon tubes reg 400 359 our special 30x3 universal cords 869 30x3 4 regular grey tubes 188 accessories champion spark plugs 68c h a c spark plugs 62c 3 blow out patches 38c 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