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vol xl no 48 stouffville ontario thursday january 24th 1929 a v nolan publisher vs that troublesome cough why let it hang on you can not afford to take chances neglected coughs usually lead to more serious conditions nyal creophos relieves deep seated coughs and bronchial affections its antiseptic qualities combat disease germs and creophos builds strength a sure pre ventive of the flu price 100 j m storey druggist the home of quality drugs phone 1008 business cards medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon office cor obrien and main phone 100 coroner for york county drs ira herbert freel consultation hours dr ira freel 3 to 12 am ifou wed fri 6 to 9 pm saturday tues thurs sat afternoons by appointment only dr herbert fretel 9 to 12 am tues thurs sat 6 to 9 pm tues sat mon wed fri afternoons by appointment only a c kennedy chiropractor church st stouffville monday wednesday and fridays 9 to 12 am dental e s barker lds dds honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto office in grubins block phne 8201 markham every tuesday office in wear block dr d c smith honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto dr neil c smith honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and toronto university also post graduate of rochester childrens hospital office standard dank cpstalrs phone office 1011 residence 1015 legal harold a sanders barrister solicitor notary public conveyancer etc office silvesters block phone 18003 8 mccullough button barristers solicitors convey ancer e buttons block stouffvllle money to loin anne lehman a t o m teacher of pianoforte playing and theory studio lehmans block phono 4301 wedding bouquets and funeral designs mustonfi sons wholesale florists stouffville ontario phone 7001 boadways drug store stouffville stouffville lodge no384 meets every monday evening et 8 oclock in tho oddfellows hall visiting brethren welcome jess cook w r sanders noblo grand rccsocy archie stover fin secy boadways drug the initial session was quiet the initial meeting of the new town council for stouffville held on friday evening could not be de scribed as a lively session being void of any exciting moments or outbursts of oratory it was a most orderly session which dragged out to quite a late hour reeve wii sanders was in ihe chair and members present were councillors borinsky ward rusuell and uowbotham thtluller two be ing the new members who did not have a seat at the council last year a deputation from the fire brigade with chief we morden as spokesman visited the chambers and told the council of several things they were in need of in order to re plenish their wardrobe with rubber boots and other necessities they also reported that tney had opened that day all the hydrants and found them in need of lubrication j g being badly stuck arid one froz en they asked that the town be equipped with fire sirens instead of the proposed telephone alarm system which they did not approve of as a brigade the sirens cost only 40 each the necessity of a fire chemical extinguisher was also reported with the suggestion that the council pro cure one and not just talk about one such as had been the yase for three or four years the reeve promised to secure the nefcessary boots and smali equipment at once and said that prompt con sideration would be given to the other matters referred to he said the council was glad to have the brigade come before the board in this manner and tell them of their requirements councillors rowbotham and ward moved that the water and light committee be instructed to have all the hydrants put in good working condition at once carried appointed officers the main business left was the passing of a bylaw appointing the various officers for the year in this connection f h sangster was ap pointed assessor at 100 me watts end lud hoover as auditors at 10 eicli and or sangster as m o h at 25 other miror appointments in- c it c n pound keepers d mcconnockie sandy jones fence viewers jh ratcliff m leavens robt clossen member library board mrs n forsyth members board health j boad- way athletic field board councillors borinsky and rowbotham sanitary and weed inspector j gower there was only one application re ceived for any of these positions and that came from lud hoover apply- ing for the position of assessor his appointment was moved in com mittee by councillor rusnell but the reeve councillors rowbotham and borinsky favored mr sangster on the ground that there were the school sections to equalize this year and experience was necessary to see that the town receives a just deal councillor rusnell said he was favorable to mr sangster having the position but he had not applied reeve sanders said he had it from mr sangster that he will act if appointed to show there was no ill will against mr hoover those who op posed him for assessorship sanction ed his appointment as auditor probably as a stopping stone to something with more lucrative salary another year council decided to do eome necessary repair work to the interior of the fire hall where the truck and supplies are stored with a view to making the place warmer in winter season reached her 80th year lived 40 years in whitchurch a resident of almira the past few years mrs john cook succumbed to a short illness on wednesday of lat week due chiefly to old age she be ing in her soth year the funeral on friday took place from the residence of her daughte r mrs nehemiah cayman at almira to the heise hill cemetery the divine service being conducted by rev dr gray of melville united church who paid fitting tribute to the departed mother whose christian faith and fortitude were an inspiration to all who knew her the late mrs cook was born in pickring township near cherry- wood and one of a family of twelve children horn to the late christian stove ml mary shank pioneer residents of that section after her marriage to john cook of whit church in 1s79 the couple settled in scarboro but five years later located in whitchurch where mr cook died ten years ago to this union two children survive to revere the mem ory o their respected parents they are mr jess cook of whitchurch and mrs gaymari of almira of the family of twelve children to which the deceased belonged there sur vives but four children namely miss susan stover of whitchurch elias stover of stouffville mrs a hareof whitchurch and levi of fort william elias is the eldest of the surviving family dairy business changed hands mrs hunt of tottenham their fortieth wedding anniversary tho fortieth wedding anniversary of mr and mrs e j davey was cel ebrated at their home main street last wednesday the 10th and a nuraosr of friends called during the afternoon and evening while mes sages of congratulations were re ceived from some who were unable to bo present mrs lloidge of lindsay received with mr and mrs davey and the assistants were mrs byam mrs d c smith mrs malloy mrs w b sanders mrs lee mrs hotjgins miss m daley and miss c lehman during the evening the bride and nroom were presented willi a fcandsorco serving tray arl a pair of silver salt and popper shak ers needless to ay mr and mrs dasey expressed their appreciation for the kindness bestowed on them the death oiccurred at her late residence in tottenham ont after a lingering illness of loviua degeer wife of isaac hunt on the twelfth of january 1929 in her 79th year the deceased was a daughter of the late mr andmrs john degeer being born in the township of whitchurch near mussulmans lake she was married to isaac hunt on the 31st of dec- 1873 they having celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding five years ago she spent 39 years of her married life in township of teeumseth having moved into tot tenham five years ago she was a member of the united church for a number of years the funeral was held on the fifteenth of january after a short service at her late residence the remains were taken to the united church where the service was conducted by rev r w beveridge after which interment was made in mt tegart cemetery the late mrs hunt is survived by her husband and by six sons and an nly daughter namely ellsworth of mathison wilford of orillia charlie of tecumsitli mrs alex gray of mono george of whitchurch isaac and nelson of teeumseth three children predeceased her namely manuel in infancy percy and mrs george watson two brothers and two sisters also survive on monday morning of next week mr clayt baker will take over the mali leaf dairy bassness froji mr ira rusnell who purchased the business just a year ago from mr joan lewis mr baker is a new man in this business bat no doubt vvill make a success of it mr rusnell is arranging to go on the toad for the ltawleigh medi cine co he will continue to live at the dairy and will attend to any customers who wal after hours when mr baker is not there spring wheat sown on jan 2 dogs worry 05 sheep a serious fall a very regrettable accident oc curred on monday morning about s oclock when miss mildred barkey who lives with mr and mrs jacob boadway fell on- the icy sidewalk immediately north of the united church and fractured her left leg in two places midway between the knee and ankle miss barkey was on her way down town where she is engaged as operator at the b and s telephone office and somehow fell while navigating the icy way along church street there being no one on the street at the time miss barkey called for help and was heard by miss rae just across the street mrfrankrae hurried out and with other assistance carried the un fortunate young lady into the rae home where everything was done to alleviate the great pain she was suf fering an exray examination at dr freeis office later showed the two breaks of the bone since last fridays big rain storm followed by a freeze up the sidewalks and roads are a glare of ice iitf the majority of places and in many instances it is impossible to get tho ice off especia lly where the walks are below the level of the streets mark kay of kennedy sask and former owner of the ferguson farm just below the village writing from ills home in the west on january 16 to his solicitor f button says it is very cold here now but we have the best weather i ever saw we have not had any rain since the 15th of august and the weather was tine and warm until two weeks ago we have had a little snow now there was some spring wheat sown at indian head on january 2nd and the ground is so dry we could now sow if the snow were gone six million to elect hoover local paragraphs carnival this thursday night leave your order for hemstitch ing with miss russel phone 4304 stork stouffvillr send the trlbuao to abscrt friends auiston herald george cameron the well known live stock dealer of alliston had 65 head of sheep on the jj white farm on 3rd street north of idylwyld park the farm is now worked by william tate on sat urday afternoon harold dowling of the 5th line caledon went to the barn to see a horse he was going to purchase from mr tate the latter was absent but mr dowling dis covered four dogs worrying t lie flock of sheep four of the sheep were dead and r number were badly mutilated he chased the dogs away and hurried up town and informed mr cameron of what had happened they secured rifles and quickly re turned to the barn in the meantime two of the dogs had come back and were worrying the flock shooting started and one dog dropped dead and the other was wounded but was able to make its escape four sheep were killed and another one had to be put out of misery it is quite likely several more will have to be despatched the dogs are owned by local citizens and they will be asked to foot the bill which will probably amount to 100 in any event the town may have to pay half or perhaps two thirds school board the inaugural meeting of the 1929 school board was held in the council chambers on wednesday evening of last week when the first act of business was the taking of the declaration of office by the new members messrs ambrose stover and a v nolan the first resolution to pass the board was one appointing trustee w h shaw to the position of chairman of the board and after being es corted to his seat the regular business proceeded the standing committees for the year were appointed as follows management nolan stover and lloyd property mcmullen baker and nolan the first mentioned on each com mittee is chairman trustees nolan and baker sub mitted a resolution compelling all motions coining before the board to be made in writing and after a short discussion the entire board supported the resolution and hence forth this year at least there will be no verbal motions recognized chairman shaw expressed his appreciation of being honored with the chairmanship an insurance policy in the liver pool and manitoba for 5000 was renewed by the payment of the premium of 4100 on motion of nolan and mcmullen harold sanders was appointed as a member of the public library board for a term of three years trustees lloyd and stover moved that the following accounts be pass ed for payment j mowat supplies 27 65 e wm baker for supplies 5 75 ab lehman cartage 5 50 water rates for school 50 00 mrs win lafraugh of markham village spent the week end with mr and mrs k g tarr miss eva sutton of micsburg spent the week end at the home of mr and mrs e davey choral class will meet for practice on thursday jan 24th at 745 in the basement of the united church the swastikas young peoples society will hold its regular meeting in the united church monday jan 28 at s p ii all young people cordially invited herbert hoovers election cost the republican party more than 6000 000 the final statement of treasurer j r nutt of the national commit tee filed with congress last week shows total campaign receipts of 654174s05 with a net surplus of 52s5c3720 after all bills have been paid there were 144124 contributors as compared to approximately 90- 000 in 1924 of the total recelptsl- 69724700 was collected as agent for state committees and returned to them through allocations at the discretion of the national commit tee the totals in the final report publicity and details of which are required by the corrupt practices act are exclusive of the amounts collected and expended by the large number of state committees that have financial autonomy the totals from these needed to make the kost of the national campaign are not a- vailable among the churches the christian church choir of victoria park ave toronto of 35 members will give a sacred can tata the nativity of christ in ratcliffs hall on saturday night january 26th admission 25 and 15c when the election expenses am ounting to 7000 were passed at the uxbridge township council meeting last monday the sum look ed small to that which have to be paid if a controller and four alder men are unseated in the city which would amount to 32000 some difference uxhxidge journal councillor iross e ratcliff re turned home the middle of last week following an operation for append icitis in toronto general hospital mr ratcliff made quick recovery and came home little the worse of his encounter but with a big sense of satisfaction knowing there is one disease that cannot assail him again in this life themail and empire has an editor ial on the liquor smuggling across the border under the captioncan- ada not uncle sams constable that sounds very much like the re ply cain is said to have made after killing abel and cain was brand ed as a murderer we hayent any desire to see canada branded as the country in league with bootleggers that debauch our neighbor not only as in the matter of liquor but crim es attendant on bootlegging the canadian government should show its willingness to stop the export ation longevity rirti1s heise on january 17 1929 to mr and mrs albert helse gorm- icy kita daughter deaths hoove oi tuesday jan 22 1939 a tbc residence of her son mar- barkey widow of the late samuel r hoover funeral from lie iile r- lence at 10 am on thuc i i to the widoman cknrch arid vietery for service az licrxa james johnston was a careful man he lived according to a plan of healthful living safe and sane ho never ventured in the rain nor ever trod a muddy street without his rubbers on his feet he never stayed out late at night he exercised by morning light he wisely slept he wisely ate his health was in a perfect state until one mild and balmy day he got the flu and passed away bill hoosit was a careless man he never lived by any plan he never cared a single whoop for colds or measles or the croup he ventured out in rain or storm not worried if hlsfeet were warm he walked about in the wintry air with summer socks and underwear the flu came on and passed away and bill is on the jog today mokal- tle oriy way to live and thrive is lo eay on earth and keep alive estra aroucd sen 2 fruits lorllcl with yellow band albert elson bad roads somewhat curtailed the crowd that might have attended the auction sale of farm stock and implement s belonging to arthur dowswell west of goodwood last week but bidding nevertheless brisk and the total sale mounted up to 5280 being one of the biggest auctions of the season some farmers who came up from markham didnt get any farther than stouffville owing to condition of the 10th con cession for cars it was said to be impassable owing to snow mrdows well is known as a lstclass farmer and had a big list of stack to sell auctioneer sllversldes conducted the sale and as soon as all the articles are faken off the place mr and mrs dowswell will move to their newly acquired homo in stouffville the sudden change in the weather last thursday to a heavy downpour of rain spoiled doom for the carnival that evening and for the hockey match advertised for friday night both these events were cancelled but will he held this week the childrens carnival will be held in the arena on thursday nlgh the doubleheader hockey friday evening this ha couraginc coaiosi for rn and it is hoped that liberal i will be given these events u speaking about discouragine the children are entitled lo consideration too what a disappointment to gh all read a carjiival and then have the a excelled by tbo weither j wc hops that conditions will frorabia for a rood uiro at ti arena baker hill and sixth link baptist churches w s whltcombe ba pastor sunday jan 27th sixth line evening service baker hill morning service christl4n church e morton pastor sunday jan 27th when the lords day comes let us transfer our eyes and attention towards him in true spiritual worship let us be assured that it is not possible for any man to be truly rich who is not wealthy in his soul saturday january 26 sacred can tata in ratclifts hall st james presbyterian church rev w h fuller thb friday jan 25th- annual meet ing of the congregation which was adjourned on account of weather conditions will be held at 8 pm sunday jan 27th 130 pm sunday school 230 pm evening worship public cordially invited faith and truth temple first door east of fire hall sunday jan 27th subject morning 11 am sanctification 7 pm gods provision for the body d mcdon- aid worker in charge united church of canada rev h s warren ba pastor sunday jan 27th 11 am gods search for mans soul illustrated from a study of poem the hound of heaven 230 pm ss and bible class 7 pm evangelistic theme vwhere arc we going tonight nowhere more welcome come again the womans association will meet at the home of mrs alfhoover church street on tuesday evening jan 29th at 8 oclock baptist church rev w w fleischer pastor friday january 25th at stouffville baptist church a joint meeting of the baker hill 6th line second markham 9th lino first markham and stouff ville baptist churches the meetings will commence at 230 pm and will de convened for purposes of spiritual uplift and fellowship special speakers will bring mes sages of missionary and inspirational topics at the close of tho afternoon session tea will be served to the visit ing friends after which wo shall gather for the evening session which will commence at s oclock everybody welcome sunday services as usual ject for the oyaniiig graduate who did c