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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), May 10, 1928, p. 1

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ribttne vol xl no 11 stouffville ontario thursday may 10th 1923 a v nolan publisher nyal neurotonic tablets nerve food and tissue builder invaluable in the treatment of nervous troubles sleep lessness general weakness dizziness nervous dyspep sia anaemia and as a gen eral system tonic for young or old price 50c j m storey druggist the home of quality drugs fhonb io locals raise 1100 in mcmaster drive council appoints a new constable farm implements why pay big prices for new implements this spring when we can serve you with any kind at less than half price we have an 1816 in ternational tractor good also binders mowers plows rollers etc at bargain benj rexlin thoxe 103 highest price for fat fowl wool hides and junk deluxe cleaners and dyers tailor and furriers price list gents cleaning and pressing suits l50 coats 100 pants b vests 25 overcoats 150 up dying and pressing suits 350 coats 2 pants i- vests 60 overcoats 300 specializing in cleaning ladies and gentlemens hats comforters cleaned velour and tapes try curtains cleaned and dyed f c rowbotham dry goods and groceries agent all orders promptly executed and delivered boadwars drug store stouffville about thirty people gathered in the basement of stouffville united church on wednesday evening of last week and heard rev c r dua can field secretary of mcmaster university present the ckiiuis of that institution for financial assistance in the big drive for funds now under way the objective is a million and a half and to date 895000 has been given or promised the audience was essentially bap tist and was called in a sister church by supporters of mcmaster owing to the division of opinion among the local congregation on certain matters pertaining to mcmaster the two fac tions being commonly referred to as modernists and fundamental ists rev mr duncan outlined the past history of the college in his opening remarks following the growth of the institution since its inception and even slnee the 5rst christian col lege was established in 1s56 to serve upper and lower canada fifteen years later it was sold to the catho lics and soon mcmaster came into existence the speaker said it was impossible to carry on the work today at the present site in toronto all avail able ground had been occupied there is no campus no gymnasium nothing but study rooms and they are too small the enrolment now is 400 students and the governors had reached the very point where they cannot ask for any more a new site in toronto would necessi tate a campaign for 2 millions of money whereas the proposal to locate the university in hamilton enables them to reduce the call for aid to 1 millions six years ago certain citizens of hamilton be said came forward and stated that they wanted the univer sity and were prepared to make a voluntary gift of land and 500000 for the erection of a science building this gift is not from the city but from private sources a million of the money to be raised will be set aside for endow ment fund the speaker closed with an appeal for every baptist to avail himself or herself of the privilege of sharing in this great undertaking subscription cards were circulat ed and over 1100 was obtained in cash or promises rev c e mc- leod was chairman of the meeting the tribune scribe wasunable to attend the regular council meeting on friday evening and the report ve five is gathered from information recorded on the clerks books and from verbal conversation with mem bers of council the members were all present and reeve h w sanders presided over the deliberations two substantial grants were made that will make a small hole in the treasury one being to the valued organization the town band of 100 and the other to the cemetery commis sion of 300 three applications were received for the position of constable to police the streets of stouffville mr edw penuock received the appointment at 125 per year by unanimous vote and the council agreed to procure his appointment as a county con stable so that he may act inside or outside the corporation in making arrests in addition to constable pennock mr am pugh appliedfor the posi tion at 200 but council thought tha price too high mr frank mowder was also an applicant at no stated wage leaving the matter to council but the fathers considered him too young and inexperienced the town dump came in for fur ther consideration that developed an oratorical evening so that a spe cial meeting will be called to com plete the matter the final araange- ment is that an effort will be made to secure a tender for removing the tin cans etc from the ihomes of the citizens and nave them deposited in a place satisfactory to the council on motion of councillors borinsky and ward tenders will be called in this issue of the tribune for this purpose councillor ward at one time dur ing the debate offered a motion to reopen the old dumping ground and end the trouble but council refused to do this until they make another effort along the lines proposed june 1st was set as the date to hold the court of revision on the assessment roll court at 7 pm council adjourned to meet on monday may 14th conference will discuss union the baptist anniversary retires after 52 years rroof this year with ribroll the permanent roofing for barns houses sheds low in initial cost comes in big sheets easy and quick to lay permanent leakproof handsome in appearance pre vents fires increases value of property made of famous council standard galvanized sheets give size of roof for free estimate write to eastern steel produe jqmtcea preston i successor to metal shingle and siding co ltd mr dan mcmillan divisional supt on the local division of the canadian national railways who was super annuated last week is being succeed ed by mr ga stokes former super intendent ot the toronto terminals mr mcmillan served 52 years in the employ of the icompany rising to fill one of the finest positions in the gift of this big railway since ailing the job of superintendent he has had a private car at his command at all times and it is said that the position carries a salary of 10000 per an num which the friends of dan mc millan in stouffville will wish him long years to enjoy spending in his leisure days dont miss this this friday evening at 8 oclock tbe mary bruce mission circle and the melville mission band will put on a concert in melville church ad mission 25 and 15 cents the program will give a true scene in the lives of revs john and geo mcdougall early missionaries of the united church also incidents from the life of mary reed there will also be other missionary plays and music dont fail to take this in the fiftyfifth anniversary of the congregation of stouffville baptist church and the second anniversary of the opening of the present edifice on main street was held on sunday last the rev andrew imrie of ben ton street church kitchener being the special preacher for the day he was assisted in the service of song by two young soloists from kitch ener who inspired the congregations at both services with their splendid renditions the congregations were very gratifying especially at the evening service when many came a considerable distance to attend mr imrie is a strong forceful preacher with a pleasing personality his morning sermon was one of in struction and help his subject being the church in soul winning in the evening the theme was behold t stand at the door and knock the two services were fitting tri butes to the early pioneers who es tablished the baptist faith in stouff ville prior to 1873 baptist minis ters preached here but it was in that year that a regular charge was established the late h johnson j b wurts and john millard and others were active in seouring the services of the rev j b moorewho for a time preached in the old tem perance hall long since demolished a church was soon organized and a building orccted in the east end of stouffville which was wrecked three years ago to make way for the fine building now in use siloam one evening recently 52 siloam friends gathered at mr dikes new home at uxbrldgo for the purpose ot making a presentation in connec tion with his departure from siloam roy ellis superintendent of tho siloam united sunday school pro- sided rev wm kendall said it seemed a homelike siloam gather ing he said the dikes were fine people in all his visiting he had never heard a word against them mr dikes father was an extremely honourable character quite out ot the common who in his business career met obligations which he was not legally compelled to meet and which any ordinary person would have let go in the dike family god had kept his ancient promise to bless the third and fourth generation of those that loved him j w widdifteld mla also spoke and an address and presentation conclud ed the evening mrs levi forsyth spent lats mon day on the danforlh mr and mrs harold warrier and two children of mimico were in town over sunday mr and mtrs george collard are living at their farm at gormley for the summer miss isabel maclean of toronto visited her father n m maclean over sunday mr addison jernian of toronto visited his mother mrs a s collins over sunday mrs lena jones of toronto spent a few days with mr and mrs eldon bolander of bethesda mrs lud hoover spent a few days in toronto visiting ier daughter who is attending art college last week miss ella heise ot to ronto visited with her aunt mrsjas hamilton the towns eldest lady miss mildred pugh and lady friend ot toronto spent the week end with her parents mr and mrs alf pugh mrs geo saunders is gradually getting around again after two weeks ot very severe illness from tonsilitis miss wahneita taun of havelock spent the week end with her parents mr and mrs j w taun albert street mr percy brintnell of chatham formerly of the standard bank staff here spent a couple days with friends here mrs hodgins who lives with her son j r at the cnr station has been quite seriously ill but is now recovering mrs james ridout of mactier muskoka is spending some time with her parents mr and mrs tru man holden mrs ira anderson and daughter phyllis returned home this week after over two weeks visit with her sisters in toronto on sunday mr noah hoover who lives next the standard bank was able to be out for the first time since his long serious illness after spending the winter past in toronto mrs d w latchford has returned to- stouffville and reopen ed her home on main street west wh harwood principal of keel street school toronto with his wife and family spent sunday with his brotherinlaw mr a c burk- bolder mr and mrs melville turner of toronto spent the week end with his parents mr and mrs 3 turner miss oliver turner returned to tor onto with them and spent a few days mrs h g banner is leaving for her home in winnipeg after spend ing over two months with her sister mrs f p mcdonald kitchener during the illness and death of their mother mrs c mitchell mrs w s cook spent thursday with her father prior to leaving on an extended trip to the british isles accompanied by her daughter miriam they sail from montreal aboard the laurentlc of the white star line from montreal today mr and mrs b w clark motored from toronto and spent sunday with his father mr david clark of whit church who is still suffering from the effects of being kicked by a horse in the abdomen ten days ago they also visited mrs clarks father mr a s collins mr dean kester made a hurried call at his parental home here one day last week enroute from timrains new ontario to toronto where his wife is undergoing an operation at wellesley hospital her condition this week following the operation is very favorable mrs e a button and miss janet were in toronto last wsek to attend the oratorical contest at massey hall to complete the championship finals for ontario in which miss janet won the right at the contest in stouff villo to represent stouffville school at the district finals whore she stood third place william fox of london a pupil of dela salle school won the coveted honor on friday at tor onto among 16 contestants the annual conference of the christian churches in ontario will be held thl yejr at keswlci during the month of june it is understood that at this conference the matter of union will be among the foremost questions for discussion and in preparation for this several meetings have been held between a committee of christian church ministers and the officials of the united church in canada the last one being at new market a few weeks ago just what attitude the members of the stouffville christian church will take in the matter of union is not ascertained as yet and it is the policy to withhold such decisions until the full facts are known and carefully weighed on such an im portant issue among the churches spring musical festival dont forget the great spring musi cal festival to be given by the com bined choruses ot the stouffville ohoral society and the claremont choral society in ratcliff hall on friday may isth the combined choruses will sing handels largo three iocal dan ces by schubert you stole my love macfarren god save the king stanford the stouffville chorus the long day closes come unto him gounod tus rossine mighty lak a rose the claremont society will sing will sing sullivan infama- st james presbvterian rev w h fuller thb sunday may 13th 130 pm sabbath school public worship 230 prayer meeting friday at 745 pm christian church e morton pastor sunday may 13th next sunday will be mothers day let us be thankful for the greatly expressed love of our mothers god given mothers baptist church rev w w fleischer pastor sunday may 13th 10 am bible school 11 am subject a real mother 7 pm subject the man who has two birthdays a year united church op canada h s warren ba paitor sunday may 13th 1928 mothers sunday 11 am the radiant qualities ot noble womanhood 230 pm mothers service in s s miss garrett willgive the address 7 pm speaker miss m h garrett under auspices of garrett mission circle cordial welcome to all young people mennonite church s s shantz pastor rev c i sinden pastor of the markham mennonite circuit will occupy the pulpit next sunday may 13th in the morning mr i pike kitty of coleraine lloyd o john j- s the evening no john abide with me forsyth just being happy jacobenson and the masonic oratorio zadock the priest haydn the orchestra will play two numbers and mrs m g anderson will sing two groups of songs and solos in choral work the festival will be under the direction of mr h m fletcher the toronto choral conductor secure your tickets from members of the womens institute mongolia 6th 8th 10th next mrs everett bright and little daughter have returned to toronto next time delbert wishes to try the new ford 35 an hour on the bumps we suggest the 10th jas burkholder was in toronto last saturday almira mr and mrs jos gayman were visiting with mrschris gayman last wednesday the local abbator is closed down having been going steady since last october several persons from this com munity enjoyed the nautical knot at ratcliffs hall last friday even ing mr and mrs j w lehman and h d lehman attended the funeral of mr albert lehman of pine or chard om wednesday last several appeals have been filed against the 1928 assessment roll in stouffville which will be heard at the court of revision on june 1st special notice special evangelistic services will be conducted in the union church altona from may 20th to june 3rd pastor ss shantz in charge of these services all are cordially invited melville united church 6th line markham dr e h gray pastor sunday may 13th mothers day sunday school at 130 pm public worship 730 pm please remember the concert to be given under the auspices of the mary bruce mission circle and the melville mission band the date friday evening of this week may 11th the hour 8 oclock admission 25c for adtilte and 15c for cnlldren baker hill and sixth link baptist churches w s whitcombe ba pastor sunday may 13 th sin has undone our wretched race but jesus has restored and brought the sinner face to face with his forgiving lord we proclaim a christ who has been crucified jjj baker hill 1030 am sixth line 700 pm pastor whitcombe preached last sunday morning in annette street baptist church toronto mr sneath secretary of the wonbyone band supplied the local pulpit dr w a summers 169 tonga st toronto formerly with robt simpson co eye specialist will b t takes jewelry store every thur day 120 hag was bid for potatoes by the shippers this week at good wood altona miss lizzie davis was home for sunday miss leta bunker has been on the slok list for over a week it is reported that hugh mcin tosh has sold v mill property mrs price pugh of toronto visited with her mother mrs w j monk- nouse over the week end miss ruth sprung mies flossie mcnair and mr roy wagg caused quite a sensation one day last week when they made a flying trip to cobonrg but we find that it was only a little business trip e betterinrii in 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