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efffbrnve vol xli no 46 stouffvjllb ontario thursday january 16th 1930 a v nolan publisher we recommend nyal creophos for deepseated persistent coughs it helps increase the powers of resistance is a gret tonic and body builder and is particularly valuable in the relief of bronchitis if you catch cold easily you can depend on creophos to give you strength and build you up price 100 j m storey druggist the home of quality drugs phone 1003 business cards medical dr s s ball phpsician and surgeon office cor obrien and alain phono 196 coroner for york county drs ira herbert freel dr im fred consultation hours 9 to 12 am mon wed fri 0 to 9 pm tnes sat tues thurs sat atteruoous by appointments only dr herbert froel 9 to 12 am tues thurs sat g to 9 pm tues and sat mon wed fri afternoons by appointment only dental e s barker lds dds honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto office in cjrubins block phone 8201 markham every tuesday office in wear block dr d c smith honor grnduato of royal college of denial surgeon and of the university oftorouto dr neil c smith honor graduate of hoyal college of dental surgeons and toronto university also post graduate of rochester childrens hospital office commerce bank up stairs phone office 1011 residence 101 a c kennedy chiropractor church st stouffvllle monday wednesday and fridays 9 to 12 am mccullough button barristers solicitors convey ancers c buttons block stouffvllle money to loan harold a sanders barrister solicitor notary public conveyancer etc office silvesters bix3ck phone 1s001 b o a d w ays drug store stouffvillk anne lehman a t c m toacuer of pianoforte playing and theory studio lehmans block george baker realtor nnd valuator farm and city property a specially exchanges and small acreages stouffville ont hoi 24 phone its stouffville lodge no3s4 meetings every monday evening at s oclock in the oddfellows hall visiting brethren welcome ray yake v r sanders noble grand recsec thos rao financial secretary groceries brooms 5 string rog 50c 13c brooms 5 string reg soc 71c brooms 6 string rog 1 1v heinz catsup large bottle 2k- pure orange marmalade 37c fresh fruit plum rog 35c wc fresh fruit jam peach reg35 80c- ollvos reg soc uv sour or sweet mixed pickles wc a w scott council gets down to business yearly olliocrs appointed according to law all municipal councils were required to meet at 10 oclock on monday morning and the stouffvllle legislators complied with tlie requirement meeting in the council chamber at the prescri bed hour when they took oath of oltice as follows reeve h v sanders councillors j horinsky f c rowbotlmm a j ward and d h rusnell council appointed a striking com mittee to select the standing commit tees of the year and adjourned until 7 pm when they completed the business accumulated over the new- year owing to 111 health mrs n e forsyth sent in her resignation as a member of the library board which was accepted and mrs f h sangster was appointed to the vacancy councillors rowhotham and rusnell passed a motion to have councillors horinsky and ward attend the annual meeting of the ontario municipal association on jan 29 and 30 to he held in the royal york councillor rusnell asked council to issue a warning to all citizens that they must observe the snow bylaw and attend to their sidewalks it was also stated that ashes must not be dumped on the roads while still another complaint was lodged that business fronts were not shoveled on sunday mornings if their happened to be a snow storm over saturday night the frequent interruptions of the hydro came in for some live dis cussion led by councillor ward he suggested that this council ought to call the attention of the hydro commission or their engineer for this district to these breakdowns with the hope of improving the service reeve sanders strongly opposed any such action he felt the com mission were giving an excellent service land there was little room for complaint everything isbeing done to give a satisfactory service the reeve declared mr wvrd did not press his proposal further and allowed the matter to drop councillor ward also asked council to consider the adoption of a bylaw regulating buildings on main street same as building bylaws in force in many municipalities such he thought would prevent un desirable shacks from raising up and perhaps compel some now standing to be taken down the dangerous looking condition of the roof projecting over the side walk in front of j monkhouses tailoring shop was discussed and council decided to call the attention of dr freel to the matter the council will hold their regular meetings this year on the first mon day of every month instead of friday as in the past the standing committees report showed councillors borinsky and ward as head of the water and light department and councillors rusnell and rowhotham in charge of streets and sidewalks the first named be ing chairmen a bylaw was passed appointing the officers of the town for the year as follows assessor s h sang- ster auditors xi e watts lud hoover at 10 each poundkeepers sindy jones d mcconnochie member library board mrs c e mclvcod member hoard health j boad- way sanitary inspector j gower athletic field board dr smith j hodgins f l button dr sang- ster dr s s boll and councillors ward and rusnell first burial 126 years ago mixoii hill cemetery one of oldest in these parts the annual meeting of the dixon hill cemetery officials will be held in the church there on wednesday january 23rd at 2 pm with pro bably only one exception this little cemetery on the 8th concession of markham is the oldest in the whole township the single exception so far as we can ascertain is the mennonite cemetery on the 4th con cession which shows a grave that dates prior to the dixon hill grounds the oldest grave on record at dickson hill which is undoubted the first one opened in that plot dates back to the year 1s0g and the head stone bears the name of one van- huven as the individual died 124 years ago he is not known to any of the present generation although he was a relative of the widenvan family of that day and generation this cemetery is well kept and the officers are energetic the chair man is mr alex mitchell and the secretary mr simeon hoover they hope for a good turnout for the annual meeting to which the public is invited social personal claremont the rev h e wintemute ba canadian baptist missionary in boli via will preach in the claremont baptist church on sunday jan 19th at 11 am and 7 pm mr winte mute has a story to tell concerning the victories of the uplifted cross of our lord in that country there are now three snowmobiles in stouffville grocery for ri thrify 5naps homes singapore sliced pineapple 2 tins for 21c- braeside butter lb 44c velvetta cheese pkg- 17c 40 ozorange marmaladejar 23c toypail peanut butter 21c- saiada tea lbs 35c salada tea orangepekolb 41c watch tuesdays globe and mail empire and thursdays star and telegram for our advt dominion stores ltd paul boadway manager i bethesda our roads are good just now for both motoring and sleighing the local church is shortly to be under the charge of rev imr bowles a brother of a former pastor who will be remembered by many you will be delighted to know- that mrs t wideman and mr ab steckley are improving after severe illnesses mrs wideman is suffer ing from pneumonia rev a j ward preached in our church on sunday we hope our people will not go astray during week clays now that this circuit is without a permanent pastor bloomington the farm stock sale at mrs jos burnetts on wednesday last was very successful the cows were not in salable condition but they touched ss the entire sale sur passed mrs burnetts expectations the farm of 16 acres was put up and several bids were obtained ireachiug 3300 as this was much below the reserve bid no sale was completed thos kellington and alvin cowie were among those bid ding george keays wielded the batton on the auction block mrs burnett will continue to live in the old house here indefinitely good citizens an apology for the policy of the soviet government in driving the mennonites from russia is published by a new york foreign language newspaper this publication points out that the undesirable mennonites are the prosperous and orthodox members of the mennonite commun ity those who have thrown thrift to the winds and religion to the dogs may remain in russia welcome sub jects of the new regime of oppress ion and class war yet canada refuses to accept these hardworking thrifty law- alifiding gejrmanspeaking exiles from a land of reactionary economics doukhobors have made good citizens of canada but mennonites have and under proper supervision should be welcomed in colonies to canada sg years in pickering thos gnuslin spent ixing life there thos gauslin who died in pick ering township on january 7th had spent all his long life of s6 years in the municipality he passed away at the gauslin homestead lot 14 con 7 death being due to old age he had no particular ailment other than be ing weakened from old age imr gauslin was highly respected and lived the quiet industrious life known to the early pioneer of this section his wife died five years ago and three children survives this aged father namely leslie gauslin on the homestead albert and mrs bom of michigan deceased was a methodist in re ligion and his funeral on friday afternoon took place from the late home to claremont union cemetery the divine service was conducted by rev a mclellan of claremont in memoriam hunt in loving memory of our dear mother lovlna hunt and dearly beloved wife of isaac hunt who passed away jan 12th 1929 sadly missed by husband and family imrs creighton of toronto nee luella bruce was in town monday allan mcconnochie has returned from a visit in aurora miss mary dixon of toronto spent the week end with miss luella holden mr and mrs geo delaine of tor onto spent the week end with mr and mrs del jennings miss laura forsyth is reported as slightly improved in health al though her condition is weak mr john qu intz and friends spent the week end in town with mr and mrs w a quantz mr and mrs art lehman and little daughter of toronto visited mrand mrs a g lehman on sunday last thursday airs harry brillin- ner returned from a ten day holiday in orillia visiting her sisterinlaw mrs j a heise who is spending the winter months in toronto was calling on friends in town last week mr and mrs j m walton of aurora have gone to southern cali fornia for the remainder of the winter mr elias lehman of victoria st is around again after an illness which had confined him to the house since christmas miss maggie valentine called on her aunt mrs m irwin one day re cently prior to leaving to take a position in new york city mis ira badgero and mrs lemon iuisley were in uxbridge one day last week visiting with air and mrs benj flewell mrs jas mccullough of toronto visited last friday at the home of mrs d c smith mrs mccullough is leaving this week on a trip to florida for a three months sojourn mrs j t nattress of delavan 111 who has been visiting her sister mrs david watson and other ontario friends since the last of october has returned to her home this week miss edna watson nurse in train ing at ontario hdspital whitby spent the week end in town with her parents imr and mrs geo wat son obrien ave miss francis ratcliff is on a few weeks holiday to atlantic city and ether american winter resorts accompanied by an uncle and aunt from toronto miss hannah stiver is assisting in the ratcliff store during tlie formers absence imrs nathan forsyth church st is gradually getting around follow ing several weeks of serious illness just as n e was showing signs of activity following his illness mrs forsyth broke down and her con dition was grave for some time on tuesday last week mrs ross anderson arrived here from filmore sask owing to the critical illness of her mother mrs elijah pennock it is over five years since mrs anderson made her last visit to her parental home rev ezra turner pastor of a baptist congregation in portland oregon spent a few days last week with his brother john in stouffvllle mr turner is an old pickering township hoy being born on lot 32 in the 7th concession miss maggie laurie of markham spent several days last week with imr and mrs k g tarr mr and mrs tarr celebrated their 33rd wedding anniversary on monday january 13th with mr and mrs as collins as guests mrs tarr and mr collins are cousins mrs w b sanders who has been spending some weeks with her daughter in toronto was in town last week end leaving again for to ronto imrs sanders intends to leave the end of january to visit her father mr matthew flint and her daughter miss lena sanders at holly wood cal on wednesday mr george collard was able to be down town for the first time in three months since he received a severe injury to his right foot when he fell off a low building at his gormley farm mr collard injured his heel in the fall and for these three months was unable to put any pressure on it govt highway across uxbridge township council will ask ontario county to take action the newly elected reeve and de putyreeve of uxbridge are putting some needed action into their official positions that is most commendable they propose to induce the ontario government to build a provincial highway through uxbridge town ship the idea is a good one and the justness of the claim cannot but commend itself here is a portion of the resolu tion introduced by deputyreeve todd at the inaugural meeting on monday as relates to this section resolved that we petition the hon orable minister of highways to as sume as a provincial highway in ad dltion to the road and roads re quested by the council of the county of ontario in a resolution which was approved at the november session commencing at the intersection of provincial highway no 12 through manchester to sunderland and county road no 9 east of ux bridge in the county of ontario thence westerly on tiie county road to the town of uxbridge thence southerly and southwesterly follow ing the county road in the county of ontario to and through the vill age of goodwood to intersect with the county road in york county ap proximately 2 miles northerly from the village of stouffville thence southerly and westerly through the village of stouffville following the county road in the county of york to the village of unionville intersect ing with provincial highway no 7 and that our clerk send a copy of this resolution to a e chrisian county clerk of ontario in time for the january session of the county council and that he also mail copies to mr peter mcgibbon mp and mr james blanchard mpp members hear of good work done horticulturists review their attainments will do more this year the skating sensation of the age norman a falkner the worlds only onelegged skater will give an exhibition of fancy skating lightn ing quick turns great speed dances in the stouffville arena on wednes day jan 22nd all on one leg can you imagine it see this unique ex hibition because of this exhibition skating will be held on this night instead of tuesday admission 25c and 35c people who live in glass houses should be grateful to the inventor of curtains wanted the tribune would like to secure correspondents at almira bethesda altoha and any other places in our locality not represented in the columns of this paper we furnish free copy of the tribune also stationery and envelopes and a copy of the family herald and weekly star we do not insist on a budget of news every week but send as often as yon can help to keep your locality on the map phone the tribune markham reesors marmill of markham was granted a fixed assessment of 53000 by a vote of the electors on january 6th a f wilson reeve of markham village is back in office this year after 4 years rest he was elected by a substantial majority mr a f wilson after a four ears rest steps into the ring again with renewed vigor and will lead the village council during the coming rear mr wilson has to his credit a good record of senice to the village and his lengthy experience in municipal matters should be of value to his constituents also in county council he should be able to bring influence to bear upon certain needed reforms that are much over due in that institution after many years of patient suffer ing the death of mrs samuel u shank came suddenly and very un expectedly on saturday morning december 21st 1929 in eightysixth year the late mrs shank was a daughter of martin rayiner she was born in the seventh of markham and spent all her life in markham town ship at the age of fourteen years she became a member of the evangelical church in later years joining the presbyterian church she is survived by two sons and seven daughters twentyeight grand children and five great grand child children the funeral from her late residence church st was conducted by rev w ii fuller assisted by rev h goudie interment in st an drews cemetery economist during the last fcw days two of markhams oldest citizens have pass ed to the great beyond on thursday last john s morison was called very suddenly he was a native of scotland a weaver by trade and came to markham from columbus in the late eighties along with three brothers william archie and geo when the maple leaf woolen mills were built by mr fred a clarry and his associates and has resided here ever since he was a member of the united church and a mason he leaves a wife one daughter jean and two sons john and archie the other to pass was andrew pipher at the ripe age of s2 mr pipher was a native of markham township a carpenter and millwright by trade and has many relatives throughout the township he has not been in good health for the past two years hu aged widow survives econo mist send the tribune to absent friends president j r hodgins presided over the annual meeting of the stouffville horticultural society held in ratcliffs hall on monday evening this week the attendance was large and following the business ses sion a program of music was render ed and refreshments served which proved a happy climax to an inter esting evening the improvements accomplished in the town last year as a direct in fluence of the work of this society wero outlined by president hodgins suggestions had been passed on to the municipal council last springand many of them were acted on still to be accomplished is the filling of the deep ugly ditches in the east end this is a difficult matter and not so easily solved although one of great importance imiss m mertens the energetic se cretary read her report for the year while mrs thos rae gave the treas urers statement showing the society had received cash exceeding s00 much of which had been spent in dressing up the streets with flower beds etc one of the main sources of rovenuo is members fees which has been fall ing off a shade of late years last year only 144 was gathered from that many members while the legis lative grant was 90 and the munici pal grant 25 mrs rac and jliss mertens had their accounts in excelieut shape which were readily understood by the meeting the report of the directors was given by mr ho klinck in which he outlined at length the progress of the society and all they had accom plished and hoped to accomplish in the current year he referred to the new street lamps put up by the- council as first being sponsored by the society one other important re quest made to council which he hoped they would soon attend to is the painting of the town hall and re pairing of same the appearance of the hall said the speaker could also be greatly improved by a row of colored lights around the tower civic improvement was done by the society in the placing of flower boxes and plants at the library the post office a cluster of shrubs plant ed at the corner of the 10th conces sion and main street a hedge of bar berry and spirea was established alongside the fire hall a bed was planted near the grand stand at the park and at the entrance to the grounds also many other improve ments some of which are in the park the nomination and election of officers was under the direction of mr f l button and the officers elected are hon prest ho klinck prest j r hodgins viceprests fl button t b rae secy miss im mertens treas mrs t b rae directors 2 year term- mrs k g tarr mrs geo t lee mrs edw baker f marshall a v nolan among the churches baker hhjj and sixth ianb baptist churches w s whltcombe pastor sunday jan 19th 11 am baker hill 7 pm sixth lino united church ov canada rev h s warren ba pastor sunday jan 19th 11 am is there a placo for fear in our religious life 230 the bible school 7 pm thinking it through mennonite church rev s s shantz pastor sunday jan 19th sunday school 10 am morning service 11 am evening service 7 pm service every night except saturday night evangelist rev c ngood in charge of the above services pkesbyterian church rev w h fuller pastor sunday jan 19th regular service at 3 pm preparatory service will be held in the church on friday night jan 24th at 8 oclock communion service on sunday jan 26th at- 3 pm the annual congregational meeting monday jan 27th at 8 pm christian church e morton and f b hyde pastors sunday jan 19th after hearing so many good things at the sunday school convention in our midst last week let us all plan to be sunday school goers if possi ble in the future good sunday school goers and prayer meeting goers are generally good church goers baptist church rev w w fleischer pastor sunday jan 19th 10 am bible school 11 am subject finding the path of glory 7 pm subject a bad place to stumble but a good place to fall prayer services wednesday 8 pm sunday 615 pm sale register friday jan 17th 22 highgrade ayrshire and holstein cows be longing to j a hawtin will be sold at the wetheral farm ring- wood without reserve 6 months credit see large bills sale at 130 f w silversldes auctioneer saturday jan 25th valuable household furniture belonging to mrs geo boadway will be sold at her residence in the east end of stouffville no reserve sale at 1 f w silversldes auctioneer wednesday jan 29th farm stock implements hay grain etc belonging to orval roach lot 4 rear con 3 uxbridge mr roach who is giving up farming will sell everything without reserve sale- at one 8 months credit f w silversldes auctioneer tuesday jan 28th at lot 11 con 1 uxbridge farm stock im plements household furnltureand the farm of 100 acres belonging to george brown lincolnville sale at 1 f w silversldes auc tioneer send the tribune to absent friends ajrawl 1 2cing 0 iftgfjniaij daily coach services stouffville toronto single 95c return 170 leave stouffville 725 am zll40 am z 340 pm z 825 pm standard time leave toronto zlooo am z 200 pm 530 pm zl015 pm 1 z saturday sunday and holidays only coach connections at toronto for oshawa mon treal orillia midland schomberg orangeville 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