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volxliiino 10 stouffville ontario thursday may 7 1931 a v nolan publisher greoptios will make you strong high ly recommended for stub born deepseated coughs bronchitis and asthamatie conditions owing to its anti septic nature creophos is most valuable in combating disease germs prick 100 wanj clock t0we8 the bee rushed order placed for the clock councillors are told at their meeting monday lontr session held i m storey druggist the home of quality drugs phono 1003 for sauk buckeye brooder 1000 cap new rout stewart 1astukk to rent iu markham phono 2s01 peter raymer for sale sulky and a bassinette mrs wm evorton smith pigs for sale just- weaned e c fielding 7s2s pullets for sale- old phone 6000 10 weeks ford touring for sale 1025 good condition mrs bainborough 10th street south for rent acre or more of land as a garden mrs stewart mill street seed potatoes for sale irish cobblers also ford 1923 mode at a bargain good order o w hollers phone 2110 pasture to let tor number of cattle plenty of water grass and shade floyd spence phone 2913 pasture to ukxt at lot 11 con 2 uxbridge tor limited number of cattle plenty of grass and good water wm smith 3s morton ltd toronto notice wc can still take a limit ed number of orders for may hatch of paired rock chicks phone liili h miller for sale g roomed house with sun room large veranda with large lot in westend stouffville concreto construction and in good repair located on 4acres of land with plenty fruit apply to d mcconnochie on premises for rent house with large lot on 10th concession stouffville house available july 1st im mediate possession to garden apply on premises to mr bruce morion or to mrs las vauzant 1s5 howard ave toronto at the may meeting of the vill age council on monday evening dr ira freel president of the business mens association announced that the donor of the proposed new clock bad deposited the funds for the clock 2000 in a local bank to be drawn on the order of the reeve dr freel and a v nolan to pay lor the clock to be ordered this week from croyden england and urged the council to make all haste to award a contract for building the brick tower for which funds are also pledged the clock would be ordered in england this week reeve- morden said he would see that the matter would be pressed and he would call the council to gether just as soon as lie received the more definite plans and spceifi- cations from the engineer which would possibly be some time this week on behalf of the town band mr clossou requested a grant to re pair the drum and was promised 25 which lie said would bo satis factory a third deputation was com posed of messrs wash paisley ami wm stewart who interviewed council respecting a new sidewalk on the south side of main street from the creek to a point east on the school ii ill from the discussion we understand council intends to construct a new sidewalk which will be raised considerably higher than the old walk and work is like ly to be started very soon councillor rusnell called at tention to an alleged dangerous sidewalk near orlen motts home but no action was taken a long argument ensued on the advisability of enforcing the park ing bylaw the trouble ail arose over certain drivers leaving their citizens are requested to assist in the bee to be held at the park on wednesday afternoon may 13 for the purpose of putting the base ball diamond iu condition helpers are asked to bring shovel hoe and rake at one oclock or shortly after prepared to assist in the work for the benefit of the baseball club this being the halfholiday a good turnout is anticipated ross davis to take local census personal mention get your flowers day at mustons for mother seventh line markham in a few weeks the time worii jokes regarding censustaking will be renewed for the censustakers will be at work in canada again the first true census was taken in canada in quebec known as new france in 16g5 nova scotia acadia and newfoundland follow ed suit in the next century european nations began to take census but the early european counts were mainly to give the monarch of the day an idea of how many serfs he had and how much money he could extract from them the first modern census was taken in britain in 1801 the census taken every ten years proves an interesting link in history the exact population is ascertained and especially this year it will prove interesting because it will show the actual number of un employed ross davis we understand has been recommended and will bo named this week as enumerator for stouifville the official appoint ments are expected to be an nounced any day here we are again in the merry month of may by all appearances we have some warm weather after a beautiful start it didnt pan out so well the folk were just beginn ing to warble hail gentle spring or something like that when the gentle spring proceeded to hail snow rain freeze and what not as mark twain was wont to say everyone talks about the weather but no one does anything about it our church service is being en larged upon these daysthe regular service at peachs as you know comes iu the morning but we are now favoured by a service in the evening every second sunday and let us get to the bottom of this it seems that a new organ is on the cords tiie old one having served faithfully many a long year and of course organs are not like tenny sons brook they wont go on for ever the young mens class have therefore decided to hold these special services for the purpose of raising funds to purchase said organ mr c e powell principal of stouffville continuation school is billed as the speaker of the tleir anniversary services here on evening on sunday may 10th at i7tl and aao monday the 730 pm standard time he is alf isth tle wl present their play so to be accompanied by musical goodwood sally the cyclone is going to blow up again in the united church on thursday may vth on account of the last presentation falling on a rainy evening see here the football club re quest your patronage for tuesday may 12th to witness ginger a rollicing comedy township hall at s pm see bills for details the baptist church are holding patronize the school concert and encourage the children mr percy winterstein is in town from royal oak near pontiac michigan rev dr j t daley and mrs daley of port hope spent the week end with his sisters the misses daley mrs ii b barnes doris and clarion baker attended the paderwiski concert in massey hall last week cedar glon pavilion lake musselman will open for the season on saturday evening this week followed with a big dance again on wednesday 13th an important monthly meeting of the junior womens institute will be held at the home of mrs allan goudie on wednesday may 13 at 230 annual meeting and election of officers mr and mrs w dickson of oakville ontario also mr ami mrs brown and mr dickson of union- viile visited with mr and mrs elias lehman on sunday last mr and mrs w d forster markham announce the engage ment of their daughter jean isobel to mr henry b michell youngest son of w j michell green river ontario the marriage to take place the early part of june mrs pearson was native of uxbmdge twp among the churches stouffville united church of canada rev tuos laidluw ma pastor sunday may 10th 1931 1030 am sunday school will meet i basement a litelong resident of uxbndge 00 a day service in township elizabeth morgason j church special program featuring a ladies choir musical numbers etc widow of the late philip pearson passed away on saturday last week in her 7sth year the late mrs pearson died at the family home stead at lot 12 concession 2 ux- bridge and was noru on lot 13 having spent all her life iu this one place she was a daughter of the late john morgason and was married iu 1ss3 to mr pearson who pre deceased her some years two children survive tho parents being mrs a mcdonald of uxbridge township and edwin on tho home- stead the deceased was a member of a large family and is now sur vived by three sisters and six brothers namely mrs j h bow man of schoniberg mrs s miller and miss mary morgason both of goodwood also william andrew by the children and address by the pastor 700 pm evening service t t t t stouffville and church hill chr1stlvn churches f e hyde minister sunday may 10th 1931 10 am sunday school 11 am morning worship 2 pm churchill sunday school 3 pm- preaching 7 pm woman recrowned a cordial welcome to all to attend these services t t t t christian churches bloomixgton and rixgwooi e morton preacher sunday may 10th 1931 be on the lookout for a nice ind thomas morgason of good- suitable flower for mothers day wood george of toronto jacob of j next sunday special music and nerval and jonathan of stouffville messages the late mrs thos armstrong was i 1100 am bloomingtou another sister j 230 pm ringwooa mrs pearson v a member of 7 pm altona goodwood united church and was a talent so a real evening is assured sunday being mothers day church and sunday school are to be com bined also a program of some sort will be presented the time is 1030 of course half an hour later than usual no one should be late an editorial in one of the lead ing morning papers caught our trucks on the road or boulevards all night and on sundavs council- lors rusnell and djwswell support- 1 raic the otlcr la delentiog ed a proposal to issue a newspaper warning but councillor watts opposed this paper hanging painting experienced workmanship wall paper and paint ror sale orval w roach phono stouffville s902 and 1 will call with samples notice to gravel truck owners tenders in writing sealed will lie received by the undersigned up until 0 pm on monday may 11 1931 for the purchase and delivery of gravel and crushed stone per cu yd for markham township roads said township will be divided into four sections as follows fourth concession being dividing lino running north and south and road running between lot 20 and 21 known as road no 17 being east and west division material for this road no 17 to be included with northern division truck men may tender for one or more divisions and must carry p l and p d insurance divisions to be known as north west north east south west and south east tho council also reserve the right of any part of any division to be drawn with teams as said council may deen advisable lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted w g maxwell markham court of revision municipality of the township of uxbridge county of ontario public notice is hereby given that a court of revision of the assessment roll for the township of uxbridge will be held in tho township hall at goodwood on may 23rd iosi at 200 oclock pm to hear and adjudicate upon all complaints against the assessment roll of the municipality of the township of uxbridge for the year 1931 all persons having hogs dead or otherwise disposed of since the assessment was made must have their appeals in by the above date and all other appeals in to the clerk by tho hth inst no adjustments wfl be made after the sitting of the court ail persons interested are re quested to take notice and govern themselves accordingly h roach clerk of said municipality goodwood may 7 1931 method he didnt wish to do anything that might interfere with patrons to the town and countered that the constable be notified to deal with offenders and thus avoid issuing too many notices the reeve favored a general notice but the matter ended without a resolution forthcoming ten dollars was struck from a bill presented by the fire brigade for attending a fire in markham township the brigade will be re quested to present the bill to the farmer whom they served anil whom it was stated was willing to pay for the service wm watson appeared in person asking for a reduction of frontage tax for new road as he understood that where a creek crossed a property a reduction in frontage tax was granted the time having long elapsed for appeals no action was taken but it was stated that mr watsons frontage charge as made was correct and that he would not be entitled to reduction because of the creek at his premises can collection day was set for friday may sth tomorrow a long time was spent in in formal discussion the session last ing until after 11 pm the members were all present including reeve morden and councillors watts weldon dowswell and rus nell passing accounts occupied con siderable time and were passed for payment as follows hydro workmens comp board 51100 albert lehman repairs 60c ferranti meter co 53050 j s dougherty stamps 5350 water works h burgess 29 hrs work and car 5970 john gower work 20 so workmens comp 675 general account attending 2 fires in village 512 hydro light 52 m hill repairs s3 f h sangster equalization 5170 f d morton 59 b s telephone co 514 boad- ways supplies 51065 standard garage repairs 5575 jmcfarlane sewer work 5150 ida simpson board 513 workmens compensa tion 572 j s dougherty insurance 51135 j gower work 5s35 ed thorn 60 rds gravel 5105 thorn 13 h hrs truck 51350 thorn 13 vi hrs man 405 ed ed altona the womens institute will hold their annual meeting for electing officers at the home of mrs e lehman atha on wednesday may 13 at 2 pm roll call a memory gem while you pay your quarterreport of secretary- treas election of officers everyone wel come the bombastic utterances of a certain it went on to say that an englishman would think a great deal more of a person if they talk ed up to him quite so dear readers we might ask you for a tenspot and you might admire our nerve but would the ten spat be forth coming thats a dog from a different kennel sez you seeing a n w- car on this avenue is something unusual the last while they generally belong to an out sider anyway but here we have a brand new essex challenger right in our own bailawick owned by mr walter brignall of the corners how about a ride walter our highway is in wonderful shape once more thanks to our foreman mr forsythe plus the co operation of the natives smooth as a billiard table believe it or not mr albert lister and mr and mrs j t hosking and family had tea with mr and mrs lewis on sunday mr and mrs j w warriner of markham visited on this line on sunday a number of our masons visited markham friday evening on the occasion of the visit of rt wor bro dr w a mathiesonddgm nearly two hundred brethren turn ed out to make it one of the largest if not the largest gathering in the history of the loage mr and mrs elmer wells and family visited with mr and mrs jonas lewis on sunday evening theres a wild rumor of wedding bells around the south end of the avenue cant find out any names but the riimour persists time will tell last call for the week where were the melville celebrities last session perhaps the frigid atmos phere got the better of them and perhaps not who knows the scribe public school concert that was intended for christmas but owing to some of the artists be ing ill they were unable to appear rev mr cowan of new lowell occupied the pulpit in the united church sunday last the rev a harden officiating at new lowell mr jno rae is getting his build ing moved to the foundation he has prepared we presume will soon be ready for business in his new garage wolves attack herd of cattle raids causing anxiety to faracrs in north end of victoria county york baseball association organizes at a meeting of the baseball clubs of this district held in aurora last week it was decided to operate an intermediate league to be affiliat ed with the obaa teams from stouffville newmarket sutton uxbridge- and aurora will be repre sented in the league the following officers were elected hon pres hon w l m king pres dr c j vandervoort newmarket vicepres dr n smith stouffville vicepres dr n smith stouffville sectreas e c duncan newmarket ex com n acton of uxbridge dr e j henderson of aurora dr h leroyd of sutton tuesday eveningmayl9 program given entirely by the pupils oratorical and elocu tion contests instrumental and readings also vocal selec tions under the direction of mr arthur lynde supervisor of music for stouffville public school admission 25c a pack of several wolves boldly attacked a herd of cattle in somer- ville township in the northern part of victoria county on two nights last week and although none of the cattle were killed three had their flanks badly torn one had a fore- shoulder ripped another had most of its tail torn off and another was found in a swamp almost dead from exhaustion and fright one of the wolves was seen walking between the barn and house in broad day light m h mccallum lceneloi falls authority on wild life says the deer in that district have been wip ed out by the wolves farmers can keep sheep no longer unless they stand guard over them or keep them locked and as the wolves are becoming more numerous farmers can expect a considerable trouble from now on with wolves chasing their cattle j a hawtin who held so many cattle sales in this locality pur chased many of his critters in victoria county and in fact one or two cows sold in stouffville by him had bobbed tails said to have been the result of wolves attacking the cattle village of stouffville citizens are requested to comply with the public health act notice is hereby given that all residents of stouffville are required to forthwith clean their cellars drainsyards pig styes water closets outbuildings and remove therefrom all dirt manure and any other sub stance which may endanger the pub lic health and have the same com pleted by the 26th day of may next on which day the sanitary inspector will commence a general inspection and further take notice that the section of the public healthact pro hibiting the keeping of hogs be- between the lath day of may and the 15th day of november except in pens at least 70 feet away from any dwell ing house and any lane or street with floors kept clean from all standing water and regularly- cleansed will be strictly enforced all citizens arc requested to keep their property constantly clean and thoroughly disinfected dr v a sangster medical health officer get your flowers for mothers day at mustons new dance gardens opened for season beloved mother the funeral on monday to glasgow cemetery was largely attended the service being in charge of rev a harden and rev e morton the six brothers of deceased acted as pall bearers stouffville band will play at richmond hill spring fair saturday may 23rd plan to follow the stouff ville band to the s2nd annual spring fair to held at rich mond i ii 1 1 on saturday may 23rd increased pries for all classes of live stock monster softball tournament for which entries can be made now mid way athletic events novel attractions for young and old for full particulars or prize list write to r s cooper secretary richmond hill out probably the outstanding social event of tiie weekend was the grand opening of trie new cedar beach dance gardens at lake musseiman the big building formally opened on saturday even ing drew one of tne largest crowds ever assembled at riusselmans at one time which is saying some thing for this now popular resort visitors from far and near were more than delighted with the spacious new building which boasts a dance floor second to none and the largest of its kind within many miles it is estimated that some s00 people tripped the light fan tastic there on saturday evening to the music of the new orchestra rendering all the popular dance music in good style novelties and entertaining features added to the opening pro gram and pleased the patrons immensely this fine new building situated on the north shores is well equipp ed from a culinary standpoint and the general service is of a high order the lighting effect too is very pleasing and the management who have spent a great deal to real ize their desire in producing a high- class summer resort of this nature intend to maintain it purely on a high scale dancing every wednesday and saturday evenings with special pro- grams will be maintained through out the season while private parties may be provided for any other evening of the week or any afternoon the bathing beach in front of the pavilion dance gardens nd the tom thumb golf just across the road at the rear all go to make cedar beach gardens an ideal place for amusement and a delightful spot to spend a few hours for sale 300 b rock chicks ready may 15 good laying strain r e brown phone 17c can collection day in accordance with the usual custom the municipal council hereby proclaim ascancoiec- tion day friday may sth householders are requested to place old cans and other junk convenient to the roadway so that the collectors may easily lift it old junk of all kinds will be removed but not vegetable matter by order of council w e morden reeve decorating painting paperhanging and plastic decorating a specialty also furniture refinishing 24 years ex- people perience walter melvin lincoln- mothe ville phone s003 t t t t mennonite church s s shantz pastor sunday may 10th 1931 friday may sth 800 pm prayer meeting sunday may 10th 1931 1000 am sabbath school 1100 a m morning worship subject in keeping with mothers day monday may 11 at s pm young peoples meeting at altona 7 00 pm worship t t t t melville circuit united churches pencils 1030 am combined service of congregation and sunday school in mothers day program will bo given by sunday school 730 pm young peoples service mr powell principal of stouffville continua tion school will speak theme mother and miss luelia gayman miss edra burkitt and miss edith swift will render a musical program of solos duets and trios melville the sunday school as usual at 130 pm followed by a mothers day service program given by the sunday school and a mothers choir hoi liescla p in mothers day service in charge of the young theme behold thy card of thanks we wish to extend our sincere appreciation to the neighbors and oilier friends who so willingly assisted us during our recent bereavement mr and mrs o mott and son sale register saturday may 9 auction sale of household furniture to be sold by auction at the residence of mrs bainborough 10th street stouffville sale at 1 30 oclock f w silversides auctioneer gormley martha m francis sometimes known as martha m francey widow of markham who died feb 3 last left a total of 523319 to be divided equally between her two children garnet h of gormley ont and mrs mabel drelsbarch pocatcilo idaho according to letters probate today granted in york surrogate court get your flowers for mothers day at mustons araurl he lkingfi sjigljuiay daily coach service st0uffvillet0r0nt0 single 85c return 155 leave stouffville leave toronto eastern standard time 625 am a 800 am a 940 am c 100 pm c 240 pm 430 pm b 725 pm b 915 pm a sunday and holidays only b saturday sunday and holidays only c saturday only 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 for information communicate with gray coach lines yonge at front toronto gray coach lines