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mi vol xli no 1 stouffville ontario thursday march th 1929 v nolan publisher nyal stoneroot compound inflammation of the kidneys wr urinary organs catarrh of the bladder gravel kid ney and bladder irritation frequency of urination rhe- aumatism backache and dizzy spells are- quickly reieved by the use of stoneroot compound j price 100 j m storey druggist the home of quality drags rhonb ims dogs ordered under conrrol business cards medical x dr s s ball physician and surgeon office cor obrien end main phone 198 coroner for york county drs ffia herbert freel consultation hoars dr ira free 3 to 12 am mon wed frl 5 to 9 pm saturday tues thurs sat afternoon by appointment only jr herbert pretel 9 to 12 am tues thurs sat 6 to 9 pm tues sat men wed frl 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 collega of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto office in grablns 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 children hospital office standard bank upstalra ffhone office 1011 residence 101s legal harold a sanders barrister solicitor notary public conveyancer etc office silvesters block phone 18008 mccullough button barristers solicitors convey ancers fte buttons block stouflvllle money to lotd think this over god insurance is not cheap cheap insurance is not good when a fire or other loss occurs your clients want to know they are fully protected what really counts is not what they pay for insurance but what they get for what they pay for insurance service consult t birkett general insurance agent phone 18202 stouffville wedding bouquets and funeral designs mustonfi sons the regular monthly meeting of the stouffville council was held on friday evening last all the members being present with reeve sanders in the chair the minutes of the previous meet ing were read and confirmed a letter was read from the hydro commission intimating that a sum of 150351 was the present amount of the surplus to the credit of the town an acknowledgement of the re ceipt of the petition signed the pre vious month re rum running was read from col lennox who stated that it would give him great pleas ure to present same to the proper authorities a representative of the western assurance corporation interviewed the council soliciting the policy of indemnity now held by the globe at same premiums and benefits consideration was postponed until the next meeting a large and imposing deputation was received from the local horti cultural society headed by the frest j r hodgins who read a carefully prepared peiirioj which we print in our next issue the clerk was in structed to acknowledge receipt of same and express to the society the councils appreciation of the inter est taken in town affairs by them and of their willingness to as far as possible carry out their sugges tions numerous complaints having been received of the nuisance and damage caused by dogs not under control and of the council officers to abate the nuisance having failed the council passed a bylaw by an un animous vote to prohibit any dogs at any time of the year either day or night being at large and not under control the bylaw to be published in our issue qflb week attention was drawn to the park ing of cars on the space in front of the fire hall and steps taken to en deavor to prevent a repitition of same consideration was given to the letter received from the bank of commerce respecting the increase of th charges lor collecting the hydro and and water accounts and while regretting that the previous agree- m nt had so soon been cancelled the council were of the opinion that the public would prefer to continue the present arrangement rather than the old method of payment at the council dffice and for the present accounts will continue to be paid at the bank of commerce councillor russnell introduced the question of providing a free parking place for autos to prevent congestion on main street and sug gested that the council might con sider acquiring the vacant lot on mill street at a cost ofabout 1500 the proposal received no support from other members it being con sidered that a well filled street gave an impression of life and business much to be desired councillor rusnell also introduc ed the matter of improved market facilities and it was aecided to ask ratcliff co to meet the council at a special meeting to discuss the subject the council decided to meet in special session to consider the peti tion of the horticultural society and other matters at an early date many accidents mrs harold warriner of toronto and a former resident here tea down the cellar steps of her home last week sustaining a broken collar bone mrs warriner is recovering nicely from the shock while returning from a business trip last week mr john miller of brougham brother of our mr robt miller got his auto into a deep rut and a passing car ran into him throwing mr miller out and break ing his leg james madill claremonts oldest resident who is so years of age fell breaking his hip on the floor of his home a few days ago owing to his advanced age it will require a long time to knit the injured bone again his daughter mrs george t lee of stouftville has been in claremont for a few days assisting to nurse her father her niiny friends and acquaint ances will be sorry to learn that mrs nelson smith late of stouifville but now living in toronto while on her way to church fell on the icy sidewalk sustaining a fracture to her shoulder in two places and also injuring her back mrs smith was removed to the hospital where she is reported in serious condition slipping while on the street mrs frank cooper of sunderland sister of mrs ed williams east end fell on the icy pavement in that village seriously injuring her one knee mrs cooper was carried into a nearby house where it was first thought she had suffered a fractured leg but medical examination revealed a nasty dislocation of the knee exgixeek to prepare plans for new bridge engineer babcock was given in structions by markham township council on monday to prepare plans for the proposed new cement bridge on the sideroad opposite col dea cons farm tenders will shortly be requested prior to the meeting of council the members sat as a court of revi sion to confirm the helena avenue roadway put down last fall costing in the neighborhood or 4000 no appealswere entered and the assess ment on the work a local improve ment stands the auditors w j mccoy co reported a small deficit of approxi mately 1406 over the years ex penditure the general financial condition of the municipality was re garded as eminently satisfactory local citizens lose brotherinlaw free moving picture come to the special motion pic ture presentation of the pontine big six a complete and authoritative presentation of this sensational car illustrating by motion pictures the features and qualities which make it a big six presentation will be directed by a special pontiac factory representative no one interested in automobile progress should miss it at pm on monday march 11th 1929 in the showroom of j e cober markham ont valuable prize for guessing contest reeve wesley gohn presided william a harwood principal of keele street public school toronto and brotherinlaw to messrs a c and herman burkholder of stouff ville died at his home in the city last thursday in his 49th year deceased was taken ill at the school early wednesday and went home he became seriously ill the same evening and passed away he had been principal of keele street school for 16 years the school grew from one of six rooms to one of twentythree rooms the late mr harwood was born in oxford county near woodstock ha began his teaching career at a rural school near stouffville and a short time later joined the staff of the owen sound high school from there he came to toronto twentytwo years ago v the late mr harwood was a mason an active member of the principals assooiation and attended iwalmer rd baptist church his widow formerly miss llewella burkholder a daughter mrs e m mcdonald and three sons fred w wilmot j and donald a all of to ronto survive together with his mother social personal mrs wm harding of the east end is quite ill with pleurisy mr ira brown has been quite ill for the past two weeks mrs jas waddingham of toronto was in town last week dr ira and mrs freel are expect ed home from england this week mrs murray of flesherton was the guest of mrs s s ball over tuesday miss jean collard has taken a position on the bank of commerce staff stouffville mr w p white of the east end has returned from orlllia where he has been spending the winter mr and mrs noah wideman and family are shortly to move to toron to they are tenants in queens court wm hopkins has been quite ill tor the past three weeks with asthma he is reported this week as some better mr john button is doing nicely and we understand he was able to be up last week for the first since he fell breaking his hip messrs john reynolds and john wilson former residents were in town from toronto on sunday for the funeral of the late edw cain on sale this thursday at w ii shaws a bargain line of prints ginghams galaties and juvenile cloth to clear at 25c per end a real bargain until the last end is sold auditorium theatre stouffville the following pictures will be screen ed here at an early dateben hur the big parade simba the trail of 98 and other exception ally good pictures for the season one of our best known citizens mr harry perry passed away early this wednesday morning after a long illness from heart trouble the funeral on friday afternoon from his mothers home will be private rev stanley paisley who has been serving on the local charge of the christian church was on tuesday recommended by the toronto east presbytery as a fully ordained min ister of the united church of canada on monday of this week mr and mrs prank reynolds of gilroy sask left for their home after spending three months in ontario visiting his sister airs robt hope north east of stouffville and with other rela tives the senior hockey tournament was continued at the arena on tues day night with the rouge river rats defeating aura leas of toronto with the uncertainty of weather con ditions we are unable to announce future fixtures the finals will be friday night or possibly next week on friday evening march 8th there will be a 3act comedy given in ratcliffs hall by markham talent entitled between the acts mr max reesor and miss margarlte young who are so well known local ly play the leading roles between the acts comes to stouffville under auspices of the eastern star tickets now on sale at tribune office or from members of committee adults 35c children 25c g native of almira dies in markham an old and highly respected citi zen of north markham passed away on saturday feby 23rd in the person of daniel wideinan retired farmer a son of the late jacob wide- man a widely known mennonlte minister in his day and generation daniel was born on the old wide- man homestead at almlra on august 25th 1s50 he married margaret burkolder in 1s72 and farmed lot 18 con s until 1903 four children were the result of the issue william a mrs eli hoover ada mrs a c barkey mary eva and mrs leonard w hoover susannah all of whom survive and are living at their respective homes on the sth and 9th cons of markham his wife margaret burkholder predeceased him on june 1 1901 and on april 10 1902 he marriea emma hoover daughter of the late s r hoover who survives him mr wideman continued farming until 1903 when he retired and five years later pur chased a house and moved to north markham where he has resided ever since the funeral which was large ly attended took place on monday the remains being interred ir the wideman cemetery twoyear sentence given chicken thief doctor delayed in mak ing call bloomington sorry to report miss maggie kel- jington is on the sick list miss laura alliston of toronto spent a few days at wm focklers mr and mrs w h hood and daughter of unlonvllle spent sunday at e a storrys mrs a law attended the sale of her late brother mr geo yake on the fifth line your correspondent regrets to re port that mrs hill is back in bed again we wish her speedy relief from her trouble also mrs edgar storry has been suffering from some facial trouble on friday night the young peo- plec class of the christian church with a number of invited guests held an oyster supper at the home of mr clifford lemon about forty sat down to a bountiful feast after which contests and games were en joyed by all farmers doctors and others who have occasion to use the sth conces sion of whitchurch north of baker hill are very bitter in their complaint of the laxity of the road chiefs in allowing this toad to remain blocked opposite gilberts farm while all other roads and sideroads are now opened out on monday afternoon several cars were stuck in this short pieoe of snow bank and a doctor from stouff ville was seriously hindered in mak ing a rush call to a patient near ballantrae the question is being put to this paper asto why this t6- rontoyork highway cannot receive- the same consideration as other roads receive there was not an other piece of blocked road anywhere in the vicinity on monday in fact many roads are bare of snow on wednesday the road became fairly passable through the shear determination of cars to plow through engineer rose with whom many became acquainted in this sec tion last summer is a man who de sires to render service and the coun cil of whitchurch or any body of in terested citizens from the section neglected will find a sympathetic ear should they place their griev ances before him the percy famil bereaved whitby feb 2s william j sidey aged 64 of toronto who ap peared last night before magistrate clark in the pickering police court on a charge of chicken thieving was convicted and sentenced to two years less one day in the guelph re formatory the accused elected to be tried summarily and pleaded guilty he admitted to a record extending over the past seventeen years and to having spent two terms in the ports mouth penitentiary for tue same offence the case arose out of a theft of chickens from the farm of henry marks of pickering township on august 22 at the time the offender eluded the police and could not be traced uuiii he was sentenced in tor- onto police court to sixty days at the jail farm for the theft of gloves upon the expiration of his term he was handed over by the authorities to the provincial police to answer the charge of chicken thefts in this court the feeling in this district against chicken thieving is high owing to the heavy loss of chickens from a num ber of farms in the past few months among the churches presbyterian church rev w h fuller pastor sunday march 10th pm sunday school pm evening worship former resident buried wholesale florists ontario 7001 stouffville phone stouffville lodge no384 hwli very monday bvenlnj at i oclock in the oddfellows hall vultlne brethren welcome jem cook w r sandern nowe grand recsecy thomas rae finclal secretary on sunday afternoon the remains of the late edw cain were brought from toronto to stouffville for burial at tho local cemetery a large fol lowing of old friends accompanied the funeral who were joined at the united church by many others who knew the deceased when he lived here 19 yeats ago edward cain was a son of the late thos cain and was horn near sandford in scott township 72 years ago when a young man he united in marriage with grace reynolds a daughter of the late wm reynolds and for some years they farmed cast of stouffville at glasgow the late mr cain was highly re spected and is survived by a family of four children his wife having passed away in 1914 mrs robt hope of garabaldl and tho late mrs cain wcro sisters seed cleaning demonstration train under the direction of the ontario department of agriculture with t cooperation of the canadian national and canadian pacific railways will stop at gormley friday march 15th 1929 the train will stop from 9 am to 5 pm each day- lectures w commence at 230 in the lecture car j lockie wilson hon jno s martin agricultural society branch minister of agriculture m c mcphail bsa agricultural representative with heartfelt sorrow we chroni cle the sudden death of rev charles leslie percy eldest son of the late vrev and mrs william percy at port townsend wash on feby 20 1929 apparently he was in splendid health so his passing came as a 6hock to the community who knew and loved him so well on ifrlday he was carried to his last resting place from the port townsend baptist church the pall bearers being judfce ralstcr messrs edwards lidders shelpman beck an dr gleason all friends from port angelas port townsend tacoma seattle and quilcene rev mr hargreaves conducted the service assisted- by revs reld link and bell of the presbyterian churches of port townsend and quil cene and the large attendance and numerous floral offerings testified to the esteem in which mr percy was held a mixed quartette sang a city foursquare and abide with me while mrs edwards soprano sang while the years of eternity roll mr percy was born in ontario and entered the service of his master at the age of 20 preaching for 25 years both in canada and in the eastern and western states after retiring from tho port townsend baptist church he served a term as auditor of jefferson county then moving to quilcene where he acted as postmas ter for six years but since that time he has lived a quiet life he was a member of the game commission and took an active interest in com munity affairs entlearlng himself by hs readiness to ever lend a helping hand to those in distress besides his loving wife he is sur vived by three brothers and four sisters rev w s percy guys mills pa clayton e percy windsor fred e percy toronto mrs wr eaton brooklyn ny miss beth percy westerly ri mrs geo h trethewey vancou ver bc mrsjd johnson westmountque none of the family were able to be present except mrs trethewey and son graham baker hill and sixth line baptist churches w s whitcombe pastor sunday march 10th how to have the assurance of sal vation sixth line church am baker hill church pm v mexnoxite church stouffville s s shantz pastor k sunday march 10th 11 am subject the more excel lent way pastor in charge 7 pm service in charge of mrpike auona7 pm service in charge of pastor 9 v m faith and truth temple first door east of fire hall d mcdonaldj worker in charge thursday evening 8 pm prayer service with message on divine healing sunday march 10th 11 am subject repentance 3 pim s school- baptism and the lords supper 7 pm gospel service come and bring a friend baptist church rev w w fleischer paitor sunday march 10th 10 am bible school 11 am subject lost and found 3 pm 9th line markham first baptist church 7 pm subject what a wise fish erman discovered song service before the regular ser vice christian church e morton pastor sunday march 10th our business here is to make out small part of this world a little bet ter and a little brighter than we found it much has been said lately about conscience that will be our subject for next sunday night at stouffville always glad to see strangers in our midst united church of canada rev- h s warren ba pastor sunday march 10th 11 am the need of religion 230 pm bible school 7 pm blessed are the peace makers the public business of the nation is the private business of evsty citizen true patriotism require church attendance m melville bethe9da peachs united churches dr e h gray pastor peachs 7th line markham sunday school at 10 am public worship at 11 am melvlllo oth line markhjun sunday school at 130 pm public worship at230 pm young peoples guild thursday this week at 8 pm botbasda 5th line whltehnrah union sunday school at i pm public worship at 3 pm young peoples meeting every tuei- day evening at 8 oclock births heise at tho millard fillmore hos pital buffalo ny on february 24th 1929 to mrand mrsburness w heise a daughter violet joan vague to mr and mrs ross vague at baker hill on feby 25th 1929 a son preston to mr and mrs charles preston lot 16 con 7 whitchurch on march 4th 1929 a daughter