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sfcibnne vol xlii no 5 stouffville ontario thursday april 3rd 1930 a v nolan publisher nyal creophos the best family cough remedy very efficient in the treat ment of all coughs acute or chronic bronchitis asthma croup catarrh and all affections of the air pass ages useful in the relief of distressing night cough and whooping cough of children creophos will build you up price 100 j m storey druggist the home of quality drugs phone 1003 business cards medical dr s s ball j phpsician and surgeon office cor obrien and main phone 196 coroner for york county drs ira herbert freel dr ira fred consultation hours 9 to 12 am mon wed fri 6 to 9 pm tuos sat tues thurs sat afternoons by appointments only dr herbert fred 9 to 12 am tues thurs sat 6 to 9 pm tues and sat mon wed fri afternoons by appointment only dental only one case aired in court others held over judgment given in full on wage claim although there number of cases on division court in monday only one were quite a the docket for stouttville last was tried the e s barker lds dds honor graduate of koyal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto office in grubins block rhone s201 markhaui every tuesday office in wear block dr d c smith honor graduate of uoyal college of dental surgeon 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 commerce bank up stairs phone office 1011 residence 1015 others being traversed to the next court albert e boake sued one john innes of king for 2775 being balance due for wages judgment was given for full amount and costs nil of which was paid by win chap man on whom a garnishee was issu ed prior to the court action innes secured a contract to do bush work over on the 7th concession of king township for mr chapman and lioake was engaged as a teamster or truck driver the work lasted over three months and innes witheld the balance of the pay 2775 on the pretax that boaks was to pay his board while in camp under oath boake said no agreement was enter ed into to pay board when lie was engaged and innes was not in court to dispute this evidence hence judg ment was given for full amount his honor judge lee presided for the first time in this court mr f l button presented the case for mr boake while there was no defence offered and mr chapman was call ed as the only witness a daughter of pioneer parents dies in her tfcjrtl year lived all her iau ufi here lightning shock jolts car driver large tree crashed right across his pathway but no dam age done boad ways drug store stouffviiile a c kennedy chiropractor church st stouffville monday wednesday and fridays 9 to 12 am mccullough button barristers solicitors convey ancers c buttons block stouffville money to loan harold a sanders- barrister solicitor notary public conveyancer etc office silvesters block phona 1s003 anne lehman a t c m teacher of pianoforte playing and theory studio lehmans block phone 4301 the electrical storm which passed overwhitehurch township last week killing a horse and pig on the farm of a pike will long be remembered by more than that individual about the same time that pikes barn was struck in the early evening percy pattenden was driving his automo bile from vandorf alcross the side- road just east of that village and known as vandorf sideroad lightn ing struck a large pine tree just to the south of the roadway and with in a hundred feet of mr pattenden the kirge timber crashed down across the roadway while the whole atmosphere seemed to he electrified and the shock threw the hands of the driver from off the wheel at the same instant the lights on the car went out and all was utter darkness lor some time when ir pattenden recovered his bearing lie found the car lights useless and had to grope along with the aid of the feeble rays of the sky the large timber blocked the road way and he was forced to take down a fence and drive around the obstruction if percy pattenden over passed through another experi ence of this kind hell be a fit case for a nerve specialist to see heros to you peiicy pattenden struck by lightning but still icame back again the cur we are told to the road wouldnt hold hut took to the ditch instead the death n thursday march 27 1930 of sarah jane sangster relict of the late john l baker removes one of the very oldest and longest standing residents of stouffville dis trict born s3 years ago on the farm just cast of lincolnville now owned and occupied by mr it s hope the late mrs baker spent all her long life in this neighborhood death was due to old age but mrs bakor was active until last christ mas since which time she had failed rapidly passing away at the home of her son edwin a lloyd 10th con cession oif whitchurch a daughter of the late alex sang ster mrs baker came to stouffville with her parents when a small child they keeping the hotel property which extended along main street from where boadways drug store is now loeated to tails butcher shop she was an only child and as a young woman united in marriage with the late dr rolph lloyd who kept the drug store and medical practise whore lloyds store now stands unoccupied following only a few years of happy wedded life dr lloyd passed away in 1871 59 years ago being survived by his widow and two sons edwin and charlie the latter having since died the widow united in marriage with jl baker of whitchurch who died in 1922 they were a consecrated couple and proved a power of strength in the work of the baptist church mr baker having donated the land on which the present ichurch building is ercttted few people were more intimate with the early history and various stages of our pioneer life than was mrs baker the funeral on saturday afternoon took place from the home of her only son ito the christian church cemetery at bloomington attended by many old friends and lifelong associates rev w w fleischer conducted the divine service and the pall bearers were imessrs james ratcliff noah stkniffer sam hoover elias hooveir henry brilllnger and isaac boidway municipality to vote on purchase of radial line too many churches seek to reduce overlapping george baker realtor mill valuator farm and city property a specialty exchanges and small acreages stouffville ont box 24 phone 179 earl a grubin ro eyesight specialist honor graduato of the college- of optometry of canada gold medal ist and first hormant prize winner in 1928 at stouffville every thursday friday and saturday office in the orubln block eyes examined glasses fitted and re paired phone stouffville 2405 8touffville lodge no384 meetings every monday evening at 8 oclock in the oddfellows hall visiting brethren welcome ray yako w r sanders noble grand racsee tho rae financial secretary representatives of the five churches of the christian denomination from stouffville ringwood altonabloom- ington and churchill gathered at stouffville on saturday last to meet representatives of the united chunch from toronto to discuss with the members of the lolcal churches plans for carrying on of the work of the two organizations in this locality the meeting which was called at the request of the representatives of the united church was held in the local christian church and was pre sided over by rev e morton the united ichurch was represented by dr ramsey rev mr brown and rev mr miller a general discussion took place upon the matter and proposal was made to the christian church officials that they take over the work at bloomington and transfer church hill to the lemqnvllle circuit or that the vork of the two circuits be car ried on on a cooperative basis no decision was reached at the meeting hut information has reached us to the effect that the overtures of the united church have been declined and that no change will be made in the work of the christian churches here some alterations will be made with the lemonvllle circuit as the grant from the united missionary society which amounted to over 700 for the year 1929 has been with drawn it is thought probable that the united church at bloomington will be closed and that some mem bers will make stouffville their church home while others will join the christian church there boadways drug store stouffville municipal representatives of the township tot markham vaughn and north york and the village of rich mond hill this week concluded nego tiations for the purchase of that por tion of the radial line which lies be tween richmond 1111 and toronto the purchase price finally agreed to is75 000 which includes the install ation of a signal system valued at 8500 an agreement will be made with the toronto transportation commission for the operation of the road on much the same basis as the commission operates for the town of weston and the township of york it is proposed that in the three townships concerned an area extending a mile and a quarter from vongo street each way will be zoned as a transportation area and the line purchased by this defined area in much the same manner as a local improvement would be carried out to conform with legal requirements it will ho necessary to take a vote in the areis affected and steps to have this expression of opinion will be taken by the various municipali ties at once it is hardly two weeks since the proposition for the operation of tho line as far as richmond hill was first considered but in that time a great many conferences have been held by municipal councils in an effort to seoive the transportation problem the first offer from the city was that the line could he purchased for 150000 the representatives of the four municipalities with their solicitors met ait willowdale on thursday last to consider it and decided to make an offer in the hope that a better price could he obtafin- ed the members met the board of control on monday and again oh tuesday when the final price of 75000 was agireed upon the re placement value of this section of the line is placed at 155000 and the three quarters of a mile of track in richmond hill lasd two years ago by the ttc at a cost of 55000 debentures will be issued for a fif teen year term and the annual charges to meet the annual pay ment divided betweon the four municipalities municipal represent atives are confidnt that with the economies effected under the new typ of service that there will not bo any operating deficits and statistic show that with any appreciable in crease in traffic in the course of a very few yrars if not the fifrst year tlie road should carry all capital cha rges the completion of the deal will mean that transportation on north yonge street will be controlled by tile people served the municipalities concerned will own tho line and the ttc will be operators employed by the people richmond hill liberal jos grove of r- ringwood dead mr jos m grove the ever popu lar and widely unown ringwood mer chant died rather suddenly at 1115 on wednesday morning this week following a heart attack ho had been in failing health for more than a year however mr grove had been in business for many years being successor to the late george silvester besides mrs grove an only son roy sur vives and they have the sympathy of a wide circle of friends in their trouble at time of going to press arrange ments had not been made for the funeral personal notes miss ivy saunders will be the as sisting artist at the elsie mcluhan concert in the united church next wednesday evening body recovered whitevale creek dvnamite used to release body of wm l smith 73yearold miller from river bed harry fong proprietor of the stouffville cafe is a native of kantong china ringwood mr and mrs daniel ramer mrs martin raniar and family have moved to mount jkjy they have purchased george hoovers home formerly the hospital the seventh has lost a very much respected family but mount joy no doubt will gladly welcome such residents just the other day mr editor your correspondent happened in a homo on ithe 8th of markham and over on the parlor door saw the legend worded in letters of red what is home without a mother across the room was another motto god bless our home now whats tho matter wlthgod bless our dad he gets up early in tho morning lights the fire boils the eggs and wipes the dew on his boots making tor tho barn to do tha chores while many amother is stepping he makes the weekly handout for the bakor tho butioher and grocer and his little pile is often badly worn be fore he has it long if there is a noiso in the night dad is kicked in the back and made to go down stairs and find the burglar and kill him mother darns the socks but dad bought the socks in tho first place and tho neodles and yarn afterwards mother does up the fruit well dad works the plae and cultivates the soil and he furnished the jars and jars and sugar cost like tho mischief at meal time dad serves tho chicken to everyone else thon draws the neck from the ruins for himself after everyone else is served what is homo without a dad ton to one its a board ing house father is under a slab and the landlady is tho widow dad heres to you you got your faults but well miss you when your gone death of mrs gee the death of mrs rev d e f gee of imjarkham village in her ssth year removes another descendant of n pioneer family funeral services were conducted on saturday and in terment took place in st andrews cemetery markhanu mis gee was born on lot g concession s mark ham and was the daughter of the late hiram crosby a direct descend ant of the first crosby family to settle in markham she had always been associated with life in the com munity particularly that of the methodist church where she was for many years organizer of the wms for the uxbridge district in 1s72 she married rev oef gee who at that time had charge of the stouffville circuit and who predeceased her some 37 years since that time mrs gee has lived with her daughter mrs e crosby in markham besides whom two sons hartley and howard of toronto and one other daughter miss gert rude of markham survive miss gladys miller of weston was week end visitor here mrs earl fielding spent a few days in toronto with her parents re cently mr and mrs a e booth and two daughters of toronto were in town on monday miss edna watson of whitby spent the week end with her parents in town lyman helmkay of newmarket visited his brother wellington in town on tuesday oliss mary dickson of toronto and miss m dickson of woodville were recent visitors with miss luella h olden mr sam stouffer of toronto a war veteran who lost his left arm in the great war has established a local agency for the j i case tractor and has secured space in wards garage r j smith moved to stouffville from bethesda this week having rented the kolly residence on ed ward street just west of the man sion house mr smith has taken over the agency for melotte cream separators mrs truman holden has been visiting her aunt mrs sarah brown whose health is in critical condition mrs brown has two sons on tho police force and she is 77 years old mrs j j agnew has returned to her home in winnipeg after spend ing some weeks with her sister mrs elijah pennofck who is slowly recovering from a long and serious illness whitevale creek has given up its dead the body of william lewis smith 73yearold miller who lost his life three weeks ago when he slipped into the turbulent flood waters of the creek was recovered a mile down stream from the scene of the drowning late last thursday afternoon a charge of dynamite used bv the searchers released the body from the clutches of mud in the river bed and brought to an end a search that has lasted day after day for tho past three weeks when toronto life savers failed to recover the body of tho old miller from the racing mill stream the day after the tragedy w t dudley a diver was hired by a smith of tor onto a friend of the missing mans family nearly a week before the recovery of the body dudley entered the icy waters of the creek early in the morning and fought a powerful undertow and extreme cold while he searched the river bottom in the vicinity of the spot where the tragedy occurred after several hours fight against the streams current dudley was forced to dis continue his search when his body became numb from cold after an examination on the river hank by coroner dr cartwright of pickering the body was removed to wears undertaking parlors s73 kingston road the funeral took place on sunday from his lata resi dence to whitevale cemetery will those who have joined or intend to join the horticultural society and wish the premium send in their request to the secretary not later than april 5th among the churches presbyterian chubch rev w h fuller pastor sunday april 6th 2 pm sunday school 3 pm evening worship t baker hill and sixth unb baptist churches w s whltcombe ba pastor sunday april 6th 1030 am sixth line 7 pm baker hill term offering for the union of re gular baptist churches will be re ceived mexnonite church rev s s shantz pastor sunday april 6th sunday school 10 am preaching 11 am evening service 7 pm young peoples monday 8 pm 0 united church of canada rev h s warren b a pastor sunday april 6th 11 am induction reception com munion service 230 pm the bible school 7 pm the just thief a cordial welcome baptist church rev w w fleischer pastor sunday april 6th bible school every sunday morning at 10 oclock 11 am subject gods message to a needy church 7 pm a young man with a good character but a bad reputation prayer meetings wednesday 8 pm sunday 015 pm m m m m c w petich will preach in the church of christ west end on sun day april 6th at 11 am subject christs second coming hear him now as this may be his last visit before returning to the west local happenings washing imiahlne for sale clarence barkey mrs turnips are still in demand at 35 to 40c per busliel from local shipper george crosby has been elected president of the murkhani lawn bowling club and t whitter secretary those living in the country wish- jng to join stouffiville horticultural society please leave fees with thos b rae at telephone office or with miss marjorie mortens a bankrupt village according to the finanoial state ment of the treasurer of the village f mildniay in bruce county publish ed in last weeks gazettee the vilage is bankrupt the statement shows assets of 1s7is31 and liabilities of 301s379 which means if the vill age was put up at auction sale according to the treasurers own figures it would bring only 62 cents on the dollar however mildniay is a solid little burg and will get out of debt some day last summer pave ments to the extent of 2227133 were put down in the village and while the municipal finance minister includes this amount as a liability because none of the debentures havo not been paid off because the first one is not yet due the value of the paved street lias not been included in the assets 1hxdkr for sale masseyharris in good running order leslie wideman phone 1104 a now transformer has been put into use on chuilah street south the one doing duty there being overload ed and this was causing constant interruptions to the service in that section of main street owing to the sudden cold spoli over tuesday night the ice at the curling rink was in good condition on wednesday and the ardent push ers of tho granite rocks were enjoy ing a game on the second day of april does this constitute a record for lateness the monthly meeting of the junior womens institute will be held at the home of mrs d h rusnell on wednesday april 9th at 230 pm roll call to be answered by suggestion for a next year pro gram an interesting demonstration on a canadian breakfast mr j r hodgins president of the horticultural society has been out of the public eye for a few days be cause one of his own eyes hasnt been functioning properly in order to allay any unnecessary questions we hasten to say that the local cnr agent is suffering from a bad eye from natural causes only a regular meeting of tho village council will be held on imonday even ing next at 8 oclock wo under stand that the thirteenth power bill is likely to be presented to council at this time showing the financial standing of our hydro system for the past twelve months last year wo secured our power at 50 per hp instead of 70 as heretofore honce our ichances of creating a big sur plus in toronto is not so probable this year mabel spang daughter of mr and imrs j o spang and winner of the eaton trophy at the claremont school fair the prize is a handsome silver cup and is awarded to the pupil winning the most prizes send the tribune to absent friends birth pettit at keego harbor mich on march 28th 1930 to mr and mrs w pettit nee imarjorie boyd a son donald eugene deaths pike at wellesley hospital on friday march 28th susanna sowell beloved wife of a r pike of mark ham ontario the funeral on sunday march 30th from private parlors of j a wetir markham service was held at united church locust hill at 330 pm interment locust hill cemetery 1 ix mkmoriym claughton in loving memory of mother rebecca claughton who passed away march 27th 1929 peaceful be your silent slumber peaceful in your grave so low you no more will join our number you no more our sorrow know yet again we hope to meet you when the days of life is tied and in heaven with joy to greet you where no farewell tears are shed sadly missed by children m in loving memory of a dear husband and father alexander grubinwho passed away april 6th 1929 it is lonesome here without you there is a vacant place where wo never hear your footsteps or see your smiling face as we loved you so we miss you in our memories you are near loved rememheredlonged for always bringing many a silent tear sadly missed by wife and family 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 z saturday sunday and holidays only coach connections at toronto for oshawa orillia midland schomberg orangeville hamilton brantford niagara falls buffalo and in termediate points coach connections at buffalo for all usa points gray coach lines