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stouffville december 12th 1s29 local happenings early this christmas the there is a real treat awaiting you now ladened with their if you havent yet seen the christ- full christmas stock mas display at porters markham village ratepayers will vote on a bylaw in january to give reesors marmill a fixed assessment of 3000 girl wants work apply to mrs w h johnson markham phou 4306 the foul supper season being officially closed the open season for christmas concerts may be declared the following from here took in the- missionary banquet in toronto alidressed by dr vmott and a missio nary who is from india h a sanders f marshal rev ii s warren and h o kllnck no trouble to solve the christinas gift problem it you visit porters those wonderful chocolates in handsome boxes will appeal to every heart make your selection early and we will put your box away ttoi scfth iattersons hunts and moyers chocolates in artistic christmas boxes all beautiful at porters big range of prices mr a c burknoider who has retired as manager of the bank of commerce here is opening an office over shaws store for general in surance business and other work frank harvey of unionville has bought the lehman property on obrien avenue one door north of reeve harry sanders residence mr harvey is running the grist mill at unionville but evidently intends to locate in stouffvlllo before long iork on the new bridge just of caremont village in pick- j ering township has been resumed after being held up again for sever al weeks it is expected this bridge will be ready for traffic in a few weeks now aji munlcipnlccouncils meet for me tmal session of tie year on monday dec 16th this is the last day for passing accounts and tran sacting general business after that i date no new business may be gone i into get the clubbing offer for daily newspaper renewals at the tribune office you need not liave your dally paper stop because you cannot teach town it you phone this office the arena opened on saturday night for skating the earliest season ince it was built four years mgo last week there was much more snow in scarboro township than we had around stouffvllle on two occasions the bus experienced diffi culty in getting through and on friday it took to the ditch near clarks corners but it did not up set and no one was injured j a wea jfuneral director ambulance service funerals 70 and up phone 9000 markham oxt if you have any items which you think would be of interest to our subscribers we will be pleased to have you send or phone them in if is our aim to get all the local and nearby district news possible and with your cooperation we can look forward to a bigger better local paper municipal pride is at its best when i town begins to worry about its traffic problem stouffville has given thought to this for some years by the engaging of a policeman and a lighting system on main street that will assist in eliminating trouble en busy nights of che week when the street is crowded with motor cars give him this christmas qifts men appreciate ar always acceptable especially when its nearly a dozen young people came to the christian church parsonage last wednesday dee 4h to express their interest in the wedding of ira lome wagg and lillian m brown the happy group gave tlje newly married pair a good start on their honeymoon as all set their faces to ward toronto tiigir many friends extended best wishes as they malfe their home in altona community ross brown shipped twelve car loads of turnips from stouffville station within two weeks which in dicates that the farmers consider it better to sell them at 25c per bus than to turn them into feed jf course many farmers grow a sur plus of turnips for shipment be cause they represent ready cash in the fall season shipping is going on again this week with prices around 25 and 30c bushel my beauty parlor will be open from tuesday to saturday each week over lehmans shoe store hair dressing and marcelling phone s904 margaret cove 41 in- the hi notices last week mr and mrs waiter pipher were report ed as being the parents of a young son which is not just correct the young sou mentioned is really a daughter and we humbly apologize for making so grave an error stiff winter weather prevailed over the week end aud good sleigh ing or wheeling to toronto or uxbridge was possible although a very little blow would block the motor traffic as je snow is quite heavy in places the vogue hat and novejltv shop christmas gifts that are differ ent and which will be appreci ated come in aud see the gift tables it will make your shop ping easy choose your gifts early and secure the best and avoid the rush attention mex here is the place to find the gift for your wife or girl friend with every dollar purchase you have a guess on the basket of nuts a lovely doll or handpainted bowl to be given to the lucky- one contest closes dec 23rd quality service feed feed feed schumacher feed plus a very happy wedding took place dec 7th at the home of yilliain h west scarboro junction when his son harold ernest became the hushand of nell loa qfjden daughter of mr- and mrs joseph bgdeii so well known in stouffvhle vicinity mr west being a gas litter they will make their home at scar boro jet only 10 more shopping days before christmas and we sug- gest that you shop early and i avoid the rush of the last few days gifts for dad and the boys mens allwool sweater coats in the new shades 275 to 600 ea liens fine shirts in plain and striped patterns some with two collars 195 ea mens allwool mufflers 150 mens linen initialed hdkfs 3 for 100 ties that men appreciate 55c to 150 mens lined and unlined gloves 100 to 450 mens umbrellas 149 to 5 mens bathrobes and pyjamas at various prices boys winter overcoats 795 to 1200 boys leatherettes and all- wool wind breakers sweat ers shirts pyjamas ties handkerchiefs etc everything phone 5601 in mens wear stouffville tjgm notonlya ristmas the findlay furnacette beautifully finished just like fine furniture does the work of a furnace buy the family one for this christmas call at our store and look over the dispay of heaters cookers and parlor stoves but something useful hear the deforest crossley radio at our store f y w brathwaite open tuesday thursday and saturday evenings the rpgujar meeting of the wo mens institute will be held aj the home of mrs e j davey on wednes day dec 18th at 230 oclock ad dress the beauty of christmas by mrs c e macleod reading mrs geo saunders report of convention by mrs h j malloy exchange of christmas gifts in charge of mrs j r hodglns gifts to the value of twentyfive cents roll call respond ed to wjllj a suggestion for last min ute christmas gifts social time everybody welcome meeting will commence sharp on time edgar storry of uxbridge town ship is able to figure that he at least balanced accounts with a toronto policeman the other day who inter rupted his progress into the city in order- to test his ijrakes edgar re monstrated with the officer that he was in a hurry but the chief insist ed on the test because he didnt like the looks of the benzine buggy that edgar drove standing on the run ning hoard he ordered the farmer to proceed whilst he watered his test ing instrument working on the running board when he gained a speed of 30 miles an hour the officer ordered the brakes applied edgar applied them with a venge ance and the car came to such a sudden stop that the big officer was hurled into the windshield and through it as the brakes worked perfectly the officer had nothing on the uxbridge farmer but there was something on the officer who was called on to pay for a new glass and admitting the liability hg put up the money her many friends will regret to learn that oils ab lehman is quite seripusly ill at the home of her daughter mrs cliff pipher mrs elijah pennock is also another of our lifelong residents who under the doctors orders ifrom recent information reach ing here from the british west indies we are old that lmr and mrs john w knight who went out as missionaries this year to that count ry are both enjoying good health and their work- they are located at clarksonvilie jamaica and their post office is cave valley we hope some time to favor our readers with a description of that country and the work being done by mr and mrs knight death came as a welcome relief to mrs adam betz of main street east on friday dec 6th following an illness of nine months during which time she suffered terrible pain and the end came after a day of awful suffering she was 71 years of age and the funeral took place on satur day to the stouffvllle cemetery three sons and three cousins of the deceased bore the remains to their final rest while rev s s shantz of the mcnnonite church preached the funeral service born at cedar grova mrs betz spent all her life in this district she was a daughter of jacob lapp of markham and was married on february 16th 1877 to adam betz the couple settled at mongolia on tho 9th concession where they farmed for 33 years moving to stouffville 20 years ago to retire besides the husband four sons survive the mother who was a faithful christian devoted to her home the sons are john henry betz of colorado arthur betz of orlllla and fred and joseph of stouffville mrs george kirby of stouffville is a sister to the deceased the additional new electric lamps on main street went into operation last thursday night and made a decided improvement to the street afier dark the now style lamps procured from the canadian lino material co of scarboro a firm which employs a couple of stouff vllle boys are the first of this style to bo turned out thoy nro made of a solid material each weigh ing about 40 pounds finished in a white metal or allumlnum combina tion the council are to be congratu lated in making the choice of lamps they did and on putting them up after a long delay caused by getting a proper rightofway over the bell telephone co lines the cost of operating the new lamps will be about 250 per year but this does not represent the full amount of the reduction given us last year on our street lighting bill so that with the new lights the corporation will not bo paying as much for street light ing as wo paid in 192s or beforo the extra lamps were added good milch producing cows are still in great demand land at high prices as evidenced from the fact that a good hossle of this type brought 175 at the public auction sale on the farm of edw williams southeast of town on wednesday of last week she was just a good typo of common grade holstein giving evidence of the best of care other similar animals sold at 155 the whole sale was featured by good prices particularly in the cattle bidding was particularly snappy throughout but the auctioneer f w silversides claims the credit for keeping the interest up in the man ner it was the total receipts were 3325 and the salq lasted only three hours coming events stouffville christmas market will be held ou thursday dec 19th altona school will hold its annual concert on friday evening dec 20th at s pm admission 25o children 15c keep open friday evening dec 20th for the school concert at bothesda a good program silver collection grace nicely teacher 42 a concert consisting of dialogues drills songs and choruses will be given in mongolia school on thurs day evening dec 19th beginning at 745 admission 25 children 15c the christmas concert at glasgow school will he held on wednesday december 18th an outside cbnied- ian will feature the program in ad dition to songs dialogues etc by the scholars it you cant laugh dont come admission 25o and 15c christmas concert and presenta tion of entrance certificates of stouff ville public school in the school auditorium on friday evening dec 13 at s oclock admission 25 and 15o s a meeting of the curling club is called for friday evening of this week at the link at 8 oclock the ichief business is- to draw up the sohedule for the season and to appoint a caretaker a christmas cantata tlie kjng at glory will be rendered by the stouffville baptist sunday school in their school roonf on monday evening dec 23rik everybody welcome no charge froewilloff ering only in aid of missions the sixth line public school will hold its annual christmas concert 1n tlieeth line school house on thurs day evening dec 19th there will he a varied program consisting of school gongs dialogues remtations etc a special feature ot the evenlngwill be songs and acting by a local comedian dont forget the date thursday dec 19th at 8 oclock admission 25c your own feed try it now to make your feed last longer feeds have all appearance of getting stronger fulopep egg mash and all other kinds of poultry supplies stiver bros stouffville ontario year round creamery service we would impress on cream shippers that we are at your service 12 months in the year not merely in the sumer months we collect your cream in any kind of weather or season or you may deliver it to obtain best results ship your cream to us lc per pound butter fat extra to patrons who deliver their cream also a can of butter milk to take home free of charge this will well pay you for your trou ble to deliver your cream stouffville creamery co an unequalled creamery service since 1918 closed every night at 6 oclock erceptlng saturdays fred chamberlain has sold his 50 acre farm on the 9th concession of whitchurc about three quarters of a mile north of the markham townline to bruce w morton of toronto for 6 goo air morton is a returned missionary from porto rico and his wife is a local girl being a sister to mrs albert reesor ot mark ham township for ome time mr morton has endeavoured to locate a small farm in this section ancvho has finally secured a good home mr chamberlain intends to hold an auction sale one weok from next saturday when his fine herd of milch cows will bo sold along with all the farm implements albert prior aged 84 years died in the town of uxbridge last week born in england he came at the age of 5 years to canada when the family settled in whitchurch town ship near newmarket where they tanned until 1862 after his marri age to sarah flewell of uxbridge in 1874 he again farmed in whit church but finally located in the township of scott it was said ot mr flewelland he kept the record that only once in his life did he lose his temper and that was caused by a balky horse mr prior was christian and a man ot very meek disposition he leaves one son william of al berta and two daughters mrs alex grieve and mrs colin noble of ux- brldgealso four brothers johns of north chili ny chas a of toronto je of uxbridge and one sister mrs john a ball toronto interment took place to quaker hill cemetery auditorium theatre stouffville friday and saturday dec 13th and 14th the sporting age and charlie chaplin in the cure tuesday and wednesday dec 17th and 18th the rawride kid comedies friday and saturday dec 20th and 21st universal jewel admission 25c children 15c s g schmidt prop that grows more 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