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stouffville ontario march 26 1931 local happenings i sapi juunin farmers in the whitby section estimate they will be seeding with in three weeks wanted a maid for general house work phone 2405 readytowear trousers and spring suitiugs now showing at fe kaes tailoring shop miss sadie evans of claremont is spending the week with her aunt miss s stewart the handsome new spring suit lengths in the finest coths will interest the men and young men at raes tailor shop theodore franklin of toronto formerly of this section spent the weekend at the homo of mrand mrs tvin gower mr a f hiues will be at the w ill shaw store saturday march 2s with a good line of spring coats suits and dresses come and select your need auditorium theatre stouffville friday and saturday march 27 and 28 give and take geo sydney jean herscholt scenic comedy miss olive turner is now recover ed after a few weeks illness from flu at the home iof her parents and mrs john turner miss turner will shortly resume her duties as registered nurse mr win katcliff of the stu con cession of whitchurch is able to be on the move again after quite severe illness special prices on incubators at brathwaites hardware will interest poultry misers all machines in stock reduced to absolute cost price gasoline has gone down and the price of whiskey has gone up it is hard to draw any lesson from that because the two should never b- mixed public meeting friday night 6 octive organ dominion cheap for quick sale mrs john gower public auction sale today thurs day on earl drewerys farm south of ringwood the date of the oes euchre an nounced for april 2nd is changed to wednesday april 1st one week from tomorrow april 5th is good friday and the first public holiday of the season easter sunday is 15 days earlier than it was in 1930 markhani village board of trade has come to life in a real way and their second meeting was held last their second meeting was held last high school commencement exer- 1 week wnen several matters pertam- mr cises in ratclifts hall on thursdav i k m3 advancement of the vill- ner april 2nd oratorical and reading a were discussed among them is it is estimated that the recent snowstorm will cost whitchurch township about 3000 for openiu roads again rev oscar burkholder accom panied by his brother clarence were here from breslau over friday night on a brief visit to their parents mr and mrs aaron burkholder the preacher is deeply interested in the strawberry business as will be seen by his advertisement in this issue offering plants for sale contests also presentation of diplomas the public invited ad mission 25c and 15c for students jacob grove of the 7th concession markham has 500 ducklings out this spring and is running 13 chick incubators at the present time this bit of information is not for the benefit of chicken thieves for the grove place is guarded the arrangement to put up plenty of sign boards on all roads indicating the direction to markham and iuei- doutly advertising the place friday and saturday april 3 and 4 william haines special scenic groceries ovenkist salted biscuits 2 pksl3e royal assorted per box 32c herrings in tomato sauce 20c our owen english breakfast tea mb 25c peas no3 per tin 10c toilet soap 4 cakes 25c broom special 70c neilsons fresh chocolates per lb 49c the pork market may be in a bad way but little pigs are as welcome as babies so we estimate by the roadiness of the public to place bids on them at the farm stock sale at nehemiah gaymans auction at al- mira last saturday a batch of these comedy sucklings were knocked down by j auctioneer silversides at 5 each jand the old- sow at 30 horses at i this same sale sold at 110 120 125 while milch cows averaged 70 a head the implements were not considered highclass and brought usual prices the total sale amounted to 1600 of which sixty per cent was paid in cash this is a very good casli payment on a credit sale in these days of tight money a w scott nothing more deceiving what is more deceiving than a loaf of bread its looks do not indicate whether it contains no 1 or 3 grade flour or whether it has the other nutritious ingredients so necessary to health building our bread is made of the best flour pure malt flakey lard etc you can depend on the quality the stouffville bakery a stover cakes cookies squares imessrs john cleaver and ralph baker have been acting on jury at the general sessions in toronto concluding their duties on saturday last mr cleaver happened to be on the jury which convicted the man who held up the bank at clinton and college streets in toronto since the jury found him guilty the prisoner made a written confession proving the judgment of the jury was not at fault after a big fight had been made to get the convict off a visitor to the tribune office on monday from- a nearby town declar ed he could not get a suitable house to rent in town indeed there are few of any class vacant but none whatever with conveniences such as the average person demands today rev stuart woods who resigned the pastorate of a united church circuit in markham township has received a call to beamsville presbyterian church he having switched back to the old kirk which he left at the time of union mr woods was inducted in his new cltarge last week stiver bros the local feed and seed merchants announce that their place of business will now be open every night of the week excepting of course sunday farmers may feel free to come in the evening just when theycan get here and they no doubt will appreciate the accom modation extended by this local firm few towns or villages the size of stouffville have sold their bonds to any better advantage than was done here however we see that port elgin obtained a price on the sale of 42000 twenty year bonds of4s5 to the village while dundalk paid slightly over par to sell their issue of 70000 in both instances the issues were sold to bond houses while stouffville ratepayers took their whole allotment of 62000 locally the produce arriving on the local market last thursday was the heaviest since christmas marktt this is partly due to the fact that the week previous there was no market at all owing to the snow blockade and also to the fact that the mild weather has started the hens laying better the quantity of eggs on the market proved more than the dealers knew what to do with prices on the market for hen fruit was 15 to is cents a dozen a sharp decline although we under stand farmers were getting 19 cents as a toj price at the stores butter remained at 30 cents for best quali ty and chickens sold at 25 to 30c a pound sweeping reductions on incubators the regal bakeries has been sold to george westjii limited accord ing to announcement in the finan cial post regal trucks have solicit ed a share of the business in this territory but it is said that the firm was not making money which prob ably led to the amalgamation g s a whaley of toronto quite well known in masonic circles purchas ed the regal business two years ago but will now retire in favor of the weston concern on the imccormack farm at vivi an thirteen hundred trees are tapped this spring for sap and it is expect ed that some fifteen thousand gall ons of sap will run which when boil ed down will make in the neighbor hood of three hundred gallons of syrup there is no license required for a farmer to sell his own product from his sugar bush as he is not classed as a manufacturer or packer for which a license is necessary un der the new regulations recently en acted there is a public meeting called for the municipal hall on friday evening this week to settle the matter of the clock tower if you are interested in the towns opportunity to secure a fine tower clock as a gift he at this meeting and assist the business men in arranging for the cost of the proposed new tower the whole matter must be settled this week john mckinnon the east end gardener and caretaker of the stouffville cemetery marked up his 73rd birthday anniversary last fri day and was surprised to receive a batch of cards and a shower of flowers from old friends residents on imain street who will take the trouble to scrape the pave ment in front of their premises will secure some needed fertilizer for their boulevards in addition to cleaning up the road after the winter season the new ground left lor boulevards will benefit greatly two rinks of local curlers enter ed the oshawa bonspeil last week one of which brought home the prize in the third event namely the eaton trophy the winning granite twirlers were hw sanders sk j s dougherty m e watts and c pipher the second rink from here was skipped by sam armstrong and his team mates were will armstrong christie arm strong and thos birkett at one stage of the bonspeil the two stouffville rinks were drawn against each other the winning rink floor ed lindsay port colborne and toronto in the eaton contest hear rev j hygema of ft mayne indianna in his special address to the young peoples so ciety in the mbc church at north markham on this thursday even ing march 26th at 715 pm mr harry leadbetter is making slow recovery from his recent accid ent when the iron grateing infront of the crosby store in markham village broke down as he stepped on it resulting in a bad fracture of the skull on monday he was still paralyzed on one side as a result of clot of blood located in the head it is too early to state what per manent injury if any will result from the strange accident which will probably involve the village in heavy expenses to clear our present stock we are quoting prices so low they will astound you call and see the incubators we have to offer during january february and march we closo 6w every arening except saturday fy w brathwaite hardware stouffville ontario noticeing a kindly comment in the tribune a week or so ago regarding meetings of faith and truth temple mission and after having had so many inquiries would just like to say the meetings are continuing at the home of imrs s j mckuen mill street each sunday afternoon and friday evening all members of iother denominations who have been in the habit of coming to the meet ings for anointing and prayer will be just as welcome as formerly we stand cor the fundamental princip als of our lord and saviour jesus christ who suffered for us at so great a cost for the salvation of souls and healing of the body get right with god and he will both save the soul and heal the body gods promises ar many all requests for prayer should be phoned to 503 s j m imr richard ward probably the oldest citizen in claremont was stricken with a stroke on saturday last he is in his 9 2nd year and is an uncle to our richard of gasoline and automobile fame the aged citizen of claremont made a request to see his namesake only on fri day hence richard jr made the trip over the snow banks and difficult roads in order to gratify the request of the aged man that game day strange as it may seem he was hear ing his end at that time although he made the statement that he never felt better in his life next morning he suffered the stroke the hardware and plumbing store one door west of the bank of nova scotia will again be open for business after being closed for a few months the present owner mr chas cooper of claremont who bought out imr fletcher goudie lias engaged mr elsworth mcgrattan a highly qualified plumber to handle the business mr mcgrattan is thoroughly competent in every de partment of the plumbing and tin- smithing trade and will thus be a real acquisition to the shop it is al so announced that the store will be open all the time and a man will bo engaged for this end of the business too so that customers may have attention every business day of the the mcgrattan tin shop was the local chinese laundry has been sold by the owners to ming cook a celestial well qualified in the business ming cook took over the business this week and will call for and deliver washing mrs c perry received a letter last week from ottawa stating that her cousins the champions of ont and miss ruth robertson single badminton champion of canada were given on march lgth a compli- metary dinner by the city of ottawa to which their parents were invited the father being president ot the rideau badminton club reserve the evening of thursday april 9 for the supper and lecture to be given in the imelville united church supper from 6 pm follow ed by a lecture the passion play given by rev e crossley hunter see bills on tuesday aimer fockler rent ed the mrs raymer farm just south of ringwood on the 8th concession the property contains 100 acres and has been worked recently by orval drewery who is holding an auction sale on the premises today in con junction with mrs raymer the stock being owned jointly mr drewery in turn has rented the nathan gilbert farm north of ring- wood just as soon as the frost is out of the ground mr irobt mckinnon in tends to proceed with tile con struction of a modern new home on edward street just north of the stouffville planing mijls the build ing will be 30x3g ft and bungala style in stucco finish from the architects plan the dwelling will be thoroughly modern in every detail of appearance and equipment hot water heating will be installed and mr imckinnon will occupy the place himself unless he should secure a buyer before it is ready to move in to late next summer with mr nathan forsyth getting ready to build on church street north and other work under consideration the present summer may be a prosperous one for the building trade in stouff ville the manager of the strand theatre uxbridge ontario has week twentyfive years ago installed the northern electric talk ing system and in return requests florishing business in the town otthe patronage of the citizens of uxbridge and grattan was the the firm imr elsworth mc junior member of dress up for easter time stouffville and suburban towns now ho endeavours to give you the best making the admission as follows all scats 33c plus 2c tax excepting on tuesday and friday nights when the admission is 25c and 15c rain or shine is an all talking singing circus picture to be shown on wednesday thursday friday april 123 also buck jones in an all talking action western picture on saturday monday tuesday dont miss these well tailored suits patterned in the seasons most popular effects including botany serge fine worsteds and tweeds in a variety of patterns and colors priced 1500 to 3000 new spring topcoats topcoats are in slipon and guards models splendidly tailored from new spring tweeds herringbones and fancy checks in fawns greys and browns well lined and smart of appearance in models for men and young men priced 995 to 1800 r e curtis dr dan norman missionary from japan addressed all public services in the united church on sunday and swastika club on monday evening dr norman has a wonderful grasp of the religious and also the econ omic situation in that eastern coun try and his discourses were highly interesting and instructive the communist movement is making every effort to overthrow the social and economic life of the japs just as its hopes to overturn ideals in united states and canada its greatest enemy is the christian re ligion the missionary said they had direct evidence in the east that largo sums of money are being spent by the russian communist party to spread their propaganda among the yellow race stouffville ontario phone 5601 somehow or other tax collectors i and trees have ever been associated i with each other like ham and eggs pork and beansand so on away back quality service there is no bargain in seed the best is none too good the quality of our seeds is the best for purity our seeds are all taken from selected fields for alfalfa we have our own grown genuine canadian grimm alfalfa grown on fields which have been down for a number of years seed grain garden seeds in bulk root seeds make stiver bros your headquarters for all your seeds this spring phone 4501 tiver jdfos open every evening 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 truck will call cream at any stouffville creamery co closed at 6 oclock daily excepting saturdays strawberry plants for sale senator dunlaps 75c per 100600 per 1000 oac 100 per 100 700 per 1000 pocomoke varieties 100 per 100 700 1000 delivered at stouffville at residence of aaron w burkholder in the planting season oscar burkholder breslau ont sale still on white goldfilled spectacle frames of the latest designs at less than half price although many have taken advantage of my offer of last month i still have a few of the frames that i obtained in a bankrupt stock and the sale of these will continue through april until the supply is exhausted in addition i have marked down the price of my standard lines of frames both in the white and the new natural gold now is the time to get your eyes examined and get an up to date pair of glasses at a considerable saving ask to see the new fulvue frames in natural gold nothing like them have been produced before and they are a constant sourse of pride to the wearer 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 hermant first prize winner in the province of ontario at the present time e a grubin ro optometric eye specialist offices at markham stouffville uxbridge markham mondays uxbridge wednesdays in bible times llttlo zachaes climbed a sycamore tree to get a better look and the fact is recorded in the greatest ot all books then a few years ago a tax collector in ux bridge township owned more trees or busfi in that township than any other person in the municipality now we have the tax collector of whitchurch blossoming out as draw ing more sweetness from the trees in his township than any other farmer in the community with the exception of one last saturday mr steckley tapped no less than 800 trees for sap and on monday the run was reported as fair but it was a little two early to say whether this will be a big year for sap and sngar- ingoff or notmccormacks at vivian have the largest number of trees tapped