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stouffville ontario february 19 1931 local happenings rsmm there will be 15000 persons taking the census of canada this year young ladies and widows who desire to be entered as married women should do their best to hasten things along so they can qualify for the high honor due to a printers error the date for holding the regular meeting of the womens institute was confus ing as published in last weeks paper it read tuesday february 18 whereas it should have been wednesday the 18th many are making use of the 3 pound of tea for 100 at dominion stores get your share early buy your peas by the case at dominion stores this week 149 per 21 tins at the unionville carnival held on wednesday evening of last week miss hazel boyd was awarded the first prize for best dressed lady impersonating miss canada the prize award was a ladys purse the womens world day of prayer will be observed this year at the baptist church stouffville on friday february 20th at 3 oclock a huge shipment of licorice all- sorts at dominion stores get your treat this week mrs e j davey has been spend ing much of her time the past few weeks in toronto owing to the serious illness of her sister mrs kobt feaster whose condition is said to be very critical albert glass has been appointed assessor of richmond hill village at a salary of 175 mr glass is quite well known in local lawn bowling circles lets move to alliston the town recently erected a high school and last summer pavea ail the principal streets making it a fine place to live but wait tne estimated tax rate is just eighty nulls auditorium theatre stouffville friday and saturday february 20 aud 2 x one hysterical night reginald denny province ok ontario ricturb comedies a united states woman is asking for a divorce on the ground that her husband is praying all the time probably his prayers are being answered we read that the most fashion able colors iu mens socks will shortly include ivory helio cocoa wren orchid saraband epinard green and sultana red the average male will be duly tnunkfulhoivever it he can get hold of a pair iu plain black without holes in them friday and saturday february 27th 28th skinner steps out scenic comedies groceries toilet paper 6 rolls 25c brooms reg 10ff s5c sodas 3 lbs 45c tomatoes 3 tins 25c peas 3 tins 25c beans hand picked 6 lbs 25c tea reg 60c lb mac or green 50c peanut butter pint jars 23c candy mixed 2 lbs 19c word was received last saturday by mrs alt b hoover of the sudden death of her brother e b steveu- sonof the national drug co saska toon sask in his 65th year he leaves a widow and five children to mourn his loss also five brothers and two sisters the late mr steven son was a native of markham village where the family was raised a series of evangelistic services will commence in the church at dixon hill on sunday feb 22nd evangilist l grove of markham will conduct the services two services on sunday will be held at 10 am and 730 pm con tinuing each week night at 745 un til further notice the public invited to any and all these service a g gooding pastor a w scott the best bread is only 8c per loaf delivered but you should insist on securing stouffville made bread or you may not get the quality there is a big difference these days between our bread and the loaf made to sell at a low price to compete with us dont be fooled eat stouff ville made bread a stover those who have been feasting quite sumptuously on jackrabbits or tame domesticated onee this winter say they are developing long pointed ears and the kangaroo hop there has been a great many rabbits consumed this winter in both this and other sections when money and work is a bit scarce more people turn their attention to chasing the bunnies in the woods and if they are not eaten by the hunter a ready market j found for them the town of aurora has renewed their water contract with the can adian national railways for a period of five years at 600 per annum water is to oe supplied for all engines and also to the station building those who feel that stouffville is not enjoying a good contract for supplying water to the cnr here should make a mental note of the amount aurora is accepting for supplying this service members and adherents of the faith and truth temple will rem ember mr david mcdonald who was preacher here for a year or more until he went to hamilton about a year ago it is announced that he has enlisted for service as a missionary ia africa and will leave to take up his new work next spring mr mcdonald is a fine type of man hood and his zeal tor christian work is best manifested in the latest step he has taken he is a native of elderslle township adjoining the town of chesley in bruce county and his uncle wo mcdonald is a former member of the ontario legislature on shend buckeye when you buy an incubator or brooder buy a buckeye you may be able to save a few dollars on first cost by buy ing a cheap machine but you actually lose all you save and much more your buckeye incubator is guaranteed to give you the very highest percentage of big healthy chicks with practically no cripples or weaklings incubators and brooders your buckeye colony brooder either coal or oil burn ing will raise every raisable chick no crowding no chill ing grow three chicks where one grew before write your own moneyback guarantee let us show you this wonderful poultry raising equipment during january february and march we close 6iw every evening except saturday foaxctt eveby hatgha eg f y w brathwaite hardware stouffville ontario ceorge wilson or uxbridge town ship has secured some nice muskrat hides on his farm this winter these pelts have been bringing around 5 each hence catching the little ani mal is a profitable pastime for the farmer the muskrat season closes march 1st miss ruth badgerow is mend ing the hair dressers convention iu toronto this week which is being held iu the crystal ball room of the king edward hotel the parkdale tabernacle 1s6 cowan avenue toronto announces an evangelistic campaign which opened on sunday last and is scheduled to continue until march 15 rev j g morrison d d of kajisas city is the special evange list who will assist the pastor of the church rev w m mcguire former ly of stouffville mrs jackson elliott a lifelong resident of ballantrae celebrated her eightieth birthday on february 12 at the homo of her daughter mrs feasby who resides on with- row avenue toronto mrs elliott enjoys good health for her years and looks forward to spending the summer months in her old home at ballantrae while in the meantime the stouffville tribune keeps her in touch with the old home news the many old friends from the ballan trae section send heartiest greetings and congratulations to mrs elliott on the attainment of such mature age beginning monday the geuerat wicket at the local post oilice closes each evening at 730 oclock owing to the new timetable at the cnr the trains come in much earlier thau heretofore and very few people call t the wicket after 730 the new order is the result of instructions leceived from the district inspector of post offices mr a m gibson the lobby of the post office will be open until nine oclock as usual for convenience of box holders abstract statement of the receipts and expendi tures of stouffville contin- ation and public schools for the year ending december 30 1930 local delegates to the annual gathering of the ontario horti cultural society held in toronto last week were miss marjorie mortens mrs f rowbotham and mrs a v nolan others from here who attended the banquet given in the king edward hotel on the first evening of the convention included mr and mrs t b rae mrs b doten imiss cora wideman and mr fletcher goudie public school receipts fees from outside pupils 5 47 s5 government grant 156291 twp levy markham 49300 twp levy whitchurch 46750 village levy 453750 balance from last year 613264 s1324340 expenditures teachers salaries 526075 other salaries fuel repairs examinations printing stationary equipment insurance sundries to continuation school ace motoring to toronto one day last week to participate iu a curling match mr w r sanders the local photographer being wa dumped out it turned oven in unfortunate in his car the ditch just 52 days after being admitted to the toronto east general hospit al mr walter davey of toronto was able to be removed to his home in the city on feb 10 on dec 20 last lie was struck down on the street in the city by a hit and run motorist and was found to be suffer ing from scalp and head wounds with his right leg token in four places between the knee and foot the fractured limb s still in a cast and it will be several months yet before lie will he about once more but mr davey is assured of a com plete recovery by tie best of surgi cal advice and this latter informa tion will lie read witli satisfaction by his many friends in stouffville and goodwood district the patient has intimated to the tribune his real pleasure in receiving so many letters enquiries and good wishes during his illness for which he would like to send his sincere thanks mr davey who is a brother to oure j took an active interest in redeeming the goodwood ceme tery from a state of disrepair to its present well kept grounds when south of the school house at dixon hill this point there is a high wall of snow on either side the road and in turning out to pass a bobsleigh the auto took to tnc ditch as the snow was deep tne car came off without a scratch ana the driver es- icaped injury also he was accompanied by exreeve h w sanders who also b off without any harm when the car was put on its wheels again it continued on its way and the motorists were able to participate in the curling match without further mishap sincere sympathy is felt for mr and mrs roht hare in the death of their second son robert who died on friday last wees from dropsy bobbie as lie was well known to s fellow pupils in the local public school was seized witli a severe cold iu december which resulted iu an attack of the flu when on the way to recovery the lad contracted further cold followee by dropsy and his end came after a severe illness besides his parents there are eight brothers and sisters surviving his friends at the stouffffville school had planned to attend the funeral in a nody until it was learned that burial was to take place on sunday when the arrangement had to be revised the funeral was largely attended aim the service was conducted at the late home on the sth of markham by rev w w fleischer the pall bearers were all school boys including jack pennock harry and murry holden harry davis john button and chas cadieux the attendance was unusually large nttesting the symppathy felt for the parents and family in their great sorrow mr cecil west the toronto buyer on stouffville produce market is doing his part to reduce the over production of eggs while returning to toronto from stouffville market on a recent thursday with his motor van piled hlgn with filled egg crates he made a call on one of his customers as he was about to restart his eggladened benzine chariot again a medical practitioner of toronto came whizzing along in a sedan rammed into the motor truck broadside mr west was hurled through the side window and found himself floundering in a snow bank with dead chickens ylng all about when the load was examined it was found to bo transformed into what is claimed to be the largest egg omelet ever scrambled in one instant for but few of the flimpsy shelled hen fruit survived the jolt the load was appraised at 20 cents a dozen and the insurance company paid the bill mr west suffered somewhat from shock but is quite himself again white both the eggs and the price that might have beon obtainod for them dropped all too sudden the owner at least was re lieved from the work of distributing them to his city customers birthday parties are becoming all too rare in these days of hurry but the friends and neighbors of mrs maggie irwin on victoria street stouffville are not of the kind that allow such important events to pass unnoticed on a recent evening this month a fine spread was provided at the home of miss eckardt who lives next door to mrs irwin the guests assembled and then mrs irwin was sent for whose surprise could not have been greater had an earth quake visited this fair section as mrs irwin like most women had stopped counting birthdays since she was 16 the fine birthday cake with its candles didnt signify any age each of the ten sticks standing for love good wishes long life etc the honored guest was presented with an electric grill and a hand some bouquet of roses she enjoys a circle of close intimate friends in town and many more in the ballantrae district where she lived prior to the deatli or mr irwin the event here related needless to say will ever be remembered by mra irwin and her thoughts on this an other birthday can best be express ed in the words of pope who wrote pleasd to look forward pleasd to look behind and counting each birthday with a grateful mind baiance cash 42500 18s00 11346 970 3002 24477 6150 35948 3s232 5707560 016780 1324340 continuation school receipts examination fees 80 so government grant 76885 county grant 552131 local grant 38232 5675328 507000 43500 19650 10s51 9555 150 39676 14350 sundries 30596 expenditures teachers salaries other salaries fuel repairs examinations printing equipment insurance january 17 675328 auditors thos b rae h o klinck 1931 ballantrae visited by plane not since the airoplane crash in umcmullens field at ballantrae last july had a plane come nigh the little hamlet until wednesday of last week when william howe of toronto paid a brief visit to his friend here mr roht radfordhowe left the airdrome n toronto and flew over stouffville then canie very close to the ground at the rad ford farm on the 7th concession of whitchurch he looped the loop and then returned to the airdrome it is fourteen years since howe first came out here to visit his friends the radfords an his first visit was made in an old model ford car the boys living on the seventh recall having on more than one occasion assisted in pushing the old benzine bus over the sand spots where it frequently refused to trav el on its own power mr howe ob tained his flying license in january passing in record time the tests at latchams airways limited spectacle frames our special for march and last week of february white gold filled spectacle frames of the very latest designs at less than half price i have just purchased a bankrupt stock from london ontario consisting of white gold filled spectacle frames of the latest designs which i am going to sell at less than half price while they last frames that retail for 1000 and 1200 will be sold for 75 and 575 i have also obtained large quantities of other spectacle material consisting of all shell frames combination schell and metal frames and yellow gold filled frames and am now able to supply first quality spectacles from 250 up including a scientificexamination of your eyes my repairs are also the lowest in price when you come to me for eye service you get first quality material at the lowest possible prices and have the services of the only barns gold medalist and ilennant first prize winner in the province of ontario at the present time e a grubin r o- optomctric eyo specialist offices at markham mondays uxbridge wednesdays quality service first prize pastry flour made from first prize wheat in this years competition it must be good flour try the new quaker method of easy bread baking bake bank and your own the difference home baking is economical stiver bros phone 4501 stouffville surplus milk not only will you get more for your surplus milk by separating it and selling the cream to us but you will also eliminate helping to create a still more over produc tion of milk you can bring your time or our track will call cream at any stouffville creamery co closed at 6 oclock daily excepting saturdays qjnutfl 2tye kings sjtgljwaij daily coach service st0uffvillet0r0nt0 single 95c return 170 leave stouffville leave toronto eastern standard time 725 am a 900 am al040 c200 pm c340 pm 530 pm b825 pm blo15 pm coaches stop at any point to pick up passengers signal plainly by hand to the driver chartered coaches for all group outings at moderate rates 4 for information communicate with gray coach lines yonge at front toronto gray coach lines acknowledgment of donatioxs local february 13th 1931 tho tribune stouffville ontario dear sir the treasurer of the muskoka hospital for consumptives desires gratefully to acknowledge tho following contributions received in stouffville by tho field secretary of the national sanitarium associa tion miss l waters 300 stouffville creamery 200 f l button 200 c b powell 200 miss h dowswell 200 miss p stiles 100 e s darker dds 100 p boadway 100 e b leavens 100 j r hodglns 100 i s barkey 100 sundry contributions 275 2075 go a reid secretarytreasurer acetlyne welding is one of the main branches of our business and we have the facilities and ex perience to do you a first- class job experienced men only work on your battery if brought to our garage car repairing of all kinds tractors overhauled and made like new we are graduates of the tractor school standard garage old todd stand j- haley prop