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v0lxliiin018 stouffville ontario thursday june 18 1931 a v nolan publisher greophos a strenthenirig tonic and tissue builder recommended for general debility nervous weakness stubborn deepseated coughs bronchitis and asthmatic con ditions price 100 j m storey druggist the homo of quality drugs ilione 1003 ringwood mrs t grove was a toronto visitor on tuesday miss addie piphcr of toronto spent the weekend willi her mother mrs win pipher fob sale sow for sale title 1 pugh phone 2902 jus for sale shoots also fresh durham cow third calf geo thompson phone 1624 oiarcmont foil sale quantity good seed harley at 90c cut v h wilson gormley phone 4 is stouffville new principal engaged saturday hufih watson for continuation secures position at 2100 had been an assistant principal in high school drowning accident at musseimars local news items for sale frame building for sale 2 storey about 18x24 apply e c jones gormley for sale no 21 floury new cockshutt also scuffler by same maker wilfred ferguson stouli for sale quantity wheat seed for sac phone 02 choice buck- bruce bros for sale kiss for sale small pigs and chunks e hoover ph hi 10 for sale 7 room frame house with lot 40x70 house is in good repair house on south church street phone 4303 stouff ville tt order plants now choice cabbage and cauliflower plants strong stock and good varieties allan closson phone 3q9 stock for sale i ofter for sale from my fully accredited herd of ayrshires several choice cows and heifers also two young bails the herd test is 4 pc butter fat if you want a choice cow call at my barns herb ii mitchell phone 5s10 roys for kahm work british boys and young men ex perienced and inexperienced for immediate placement on farms in ontario on a yearly basis protest ant homes only wages ranging according to age and experience apply to the hostel norval ontario well well wells drilled and satisfaction guaranteed quick sand a specialty agents for toronto windmills electric pumps and stable equip ments etc apply delos graham phone stouuvillc 990s 3 card of thanks we extend our sincere apprecia tion to the neighbors friends rela tives and bloomington ladies aid who so kindly assisted us during the illness and death of our loving wife and mother john mantle and family card of thanks mr and mrs dan hall and family extend their sincere appreci ation to the many friends the church congregation and also to those who rendered first aid at the time of the tragedy which took the life of our beloved son and brother mr and mrs hall card of thanks we sincerolyjippreciute the kindly remembrance of the business mens bible class the neighbors and friends who sent flowers etc or made enquiry during the long ill ness of mr gower signed mr and mrs will gower when the continuation and public schools of stouffville reopen after the midsummer holiday season they will lie in tho unique position of having messrs watson watson as principals on satur day evening the school board en gage mr hugh watson of carl ton place as principal of the con tinuation school and as the princi pal of the public school is mr cedrie watson the watson name will predominate in the leader ship of the local academy the new continuation principal has been selected from the high school profession of the province for five years mr watson had been assistant principal at port hope while at carlton place he was science and mathematics master prior to his experience in ontario the new principal held a similar position near winnipeg to that ho is lccepting here mr watson resign ed his position at carleton place to obtain a principalship nearer his homo town of whitby a fact which induced him to accept the local job as against a more lucrative one elsewhere in the province the salary to be paid by tile local board is s2100 at saturday evenings meeting all the members of the board were present and voted un animously for the engagement of our new man mr and mrs watson intend to move to stouffville and take up housekeeping here probably before september they have one son and also a married daughter in the public school miss doris boss of cannington has been ap pointed teacher of rne second book in lieu of miss dawswell who is taking the grade formerly taught by miss orchard resigned miss ross holds a permanent second class certificate and an elementary certificate in vocal music as well as junior and intermediate singing certificates she lias had six years experience in public schools the past four being at little britain by reason of her musical qualifi cations miss ross has been en gaged to teach music throughout the school next term thus eliminat ing the necessity or bringing in an outside instructor this will also be a big saving to the board the vacancy in tne primary room of the public school had not been filled up to tuesday only a teacher witli a second class certificate and holding a kindergarten primary certificate in addition will lie accepted for this appointment ross hall relieved to have fainted when diving a drowning accident occurred at lake musselinan on friday evenin isst when ross hall fourth son of mr and mrs dan hall of whit church lost his life while swimm ing oh the north snore the un fortunate young man went down in view of several companions al ia ist before they realized he was in danger dr sangster and another medical mai from mount albert were called and pronounced life extinct when the body was handed over to coroner dr ball who re leased it within a revv hours ross had been employed for some time with mr geo davies owner of the dancing pavilion on the north shore and was also regarded as a good swimmer on the fatal evening just at iusk he entered the water diving off the spring board twice in rapid succession on at tempting a third dive he went down and never came up jack irwin working at the noat house saw hall go down and shortly after the body was recovered iy ross davies of toronto son or the proprietor vtiq swam out and recovered the drowned man davies entered the water with his clothes on at the point where hall went down the water is about nine feet deep it is believed he fainted while under water george ross hall was one of a family of twelve cntldren born to mr and mrs dan hall of this section and to the sorrowing parents and bereaved family all of whom survive htm widespread sympathy is felt ross was just is years and 0 months of age to a day and was a man or fine physique weighing iso pounds he was born at altona the funeral on monday after noon to stouffville cemetery was very larely attended the service being held at the parental home on the 7th concession rev e morton conducted the service six brothers of the deceased acted as pall bearers hemstitching done by mrs street and peco work alt pugh church according to the board have set standards tl a new pastor for goodwood circuit rev george hurry of downsview will shortly become the pastor of the united church on the goodwood circuit according to the final draft just issued by the conference settlement committee rev arthur harden the present incumbent will be transfered to xew low el in simcoe county there is one other change in this district being that of the lemon- ville circuit rev mr mills is being replaced by rev george pogson of mclntyre grey county since mr pogson visited the circuit on monday it is rumoured that he will not accept the appoint ment officials convened on wednes day af lemonville to deal with tho situation gormley during the past week a number of gormley residents attended the annual general conference of the brethren in christ church which was held near stayner delegates at the conference were from florida pennsylvania kentucky new york ohio michigan indiana illinois towa kansas oklahoma idaho california india and africa since the conference has conclud ed a number of delegates have visit ed in the gormley section including mr and mrs allan foote of upland calif mr and mrs wm boyer and party of dayton ohio mr and mrs roy winger and party of carlisle pa bishop d r eyster of okla homa will be present at the semi annual love feast exercises at the heise hill church over this eomin saturday and sunday following these services bishop eyster will conduct a series of evangelistic services in the taber nacle which will be pitched in the orchard of mr orla ileise mr and mrs c e heise and children expect to motor to auburn indiana visiting mrs ileises par ents for about ten days mrs a s leaney is spending a mouth at jacksons point miss viola lehman is relieving on the post oflice staff during the holi day season miss ford of toronto was the guest of the misses rae and mrs turner this week mr win bruels of hamilton is in town and intends to make his future home with his daughter mrs frank baker mrs e redmond of smithtield spent last weekend in town the guest of her sister sirs david wat son mr and mrs earl ainsworth and son of toronto have been spending week with mrs hamilton church street south mr and mrs a e booth and family of toronto are leaving on a motor trip to western canada where they will spend the summer months miss elsie johnson attended the annual gathering of the worlds christian temperance union held in toronto last week delegates were present from 35 different countries mr m hornsby teller in the canadian bank of commerce also miss blanche slack are holidaying at the formers home town pene- tanguishene mr and mrs joseph lyle and son of woodhaven long island new york spent a day last week with mr and mrs wm hunt 5th line whitchurch mrs lyle is a cousin of mrs hunt rev and mrs hogan of centre- ville new brunswick accompanied by their daughter luella are visit ing with her brothers william and james ronnie on the 10th the visitors who came by motor from the maritimes were bereaved only a couple of weeks ago in the death of t heir second daughter burglars rob local stores but miss 150 cash box during the dark hours of tuesday night and wednesday morning robbers entered two stores in town and made away with a considerable supply of goods at e a buttons hardware guns rifles and small- ware goods were taken while at the shaw general store dry goods were stolen estimated at over 300 mr button had placed no estimate on his loss wednesday morning but it may bo considerably more than the first inventory of the goods taken showed county council author izes reduction in 1931 rate ruth gilmork wins honours ma xv at the 57th commencement exercises of the ontario ladies college at whitby held on june 10 miss ututh gilmour of montreal won signal success in capturing various awards in the scholistic year her success is particularly interesting and gratifying to present and former stouffville people because her mother mrs j d gilmour is one of our former residents possi bly better known to many of our readers as ilanna redmore miss ruth who is but 17 years of age was granted the following certificates and awards gold medal for highest standing in collegiate course rev dr hare memorial scholar ship for highest standing in honors matriculation course winning highest standing in seniour matri culation latin modern history first prize the memorial prize in memory of late dr farewell ruth gilmour was also presented with an honorary certificate as an instructor in swimming and life saving certificate being issued by the royal lifesaving society their first fall annual meeting north york liberal association will be lipid in the temperance hall newmarket on saturday june 20th at 3 pm daylight saving time for the election of officers and the transaction of general business all electors in favor of liberal principles are cordially invited to attend ii xaughton morgan baker secy president the stouffville nine leaders of the yorkontario baseball league took their first fall on friday after noon last and strange to say it happened on the focal diamond newmarket came out on top with a score of 12 to 1 the game was virtually packed away by the visitors in the first innings when they stacked up three runs lehman on the mound for the locals had a soro arm and was forced to retire at the end of the innings but the damage was done as he lead taken by the canal town lads seemed to undo the locals and they failed to show their usual snappiness only in the second did they score at all getting in one and thus saving a whitewash harold cook followed lehman in the pitching stand but his control was not good in the 5th the visitors scored nve runs and from that on tho game was ragged although this was the sixth game in the league that the locals had played this is the only defeat this season there was a fair attendance of fans at this game but those who have followed tho league are free to admit that while this game didnt prove entertaining those that came before were halrralscrs tho stouff ville lineup was battery cook and lehman 1st base j barfet 2nd e clcndeniiig 3rd f clendcnlng short stop d hodgins field dr n smith reg button harry stover in the first game of the second round of the league stouffville de feated aurora in that town by 6 to 3 on tuesday this week recital program of local talent which will appear in ratcliffs hall stoultvile on monday june 22 at s pm pupils of mrs barnes and mrs gilbert three little etudes duets elaine and clarion baker the call of the woods ii bath miss luella cayman a a curious story s heller b spring song opls nol merkel doris baker a sonatina opus 55 nol kuhlau b swaying ferns quigley iruth nendiek when life is may seymour smith duet mrs lewis and alma baker a sonatina clement b the swallow burgmuller margaret forsythe a will o the wisp jungmann b sonata in 0 mozart margaret ball a hungarian dance engelmann b andante from sonata mozart clarion baker the merry month of may stanford miss alma baker a sonatina op 20 nol dussek b song of the lark tschaikowsky pauline boadway a sonatina in c kullinu b goblins frolic heller claude brillinger the hurdy gurdy man schubert miss luella cayman a the watchmans song ed grieg b will othe wisp wollenliaupt clarion baker love the pedlar german mrs lewis a valse in o flat chopin b polish dance scharwenka doris baker ood save the king admission 25c everybody wclcomo the tax rate for the county of ontario for 1031 will be 10 os mills or twofifths of a mill less than last year the general rate will be s05 and for good roads 203 the county budget for the year was brought down in county coun cil at whitby on friday morning by deputy reeve allan moore of pickering chairman of tho finance committee and was adopted with out discussion there was faint hand clapping when the chairman announced the slight reduction in the rate an era of economy had at last arrived included in the budget report were hundreds of accounts from hospitals for the keep of indigent patients the county pays onehalf of each account and the municipali ties the balance to raise s278558 the total amount to be raised by taxation this year for all purposes is s27s5993s this money will be expended to pay a portion of the expenses of administration of just ice for improving nnd repairing county property maintenance of county bridges the house of refuge good roads educational administra tion councillors fees and other in cidental expenses of the county the total equalized value of property assessed is 2570823900 the same as has prevailed for the past five years tho committee- reomiiiended that the suggestion of c a vin- near of oshawa for a monthly audit of the county oooksbe adopt ed this new system of county oook- checking according to mr vinnear will save a great deai of work dur ing the year when the books are being closed xew matron appointed a bylaw was passed by the county council on friday morn ing appointing mrs edith darragh of whitby matron of the county house of refuge at u salary of 30 a month with board and lodging replacing the late mrs lavery the new matron has been working in this capacity for two months and is highly recommended by the house manager dr lavery the bylaw al so confirmed the appointment of dr lavery as manager at a salary of s40 ralph hamilton dead at 230 oclock on wednesday noon just as we go to press a wire from markham village announced that ralph hamilton of obrien avenue stouffville had dropped dead he left here shortly after noon hour for unionville to procure a drivers auto license for years mr hamilton had suffered from heart trouble he is survived by o wife but no family mr hamilton owned and worked the farm now occupied by chas harper prior to locating in town about 11 years ago coronor dr ball was summoned liberal ladies elect officers sixtythree ladies attended the annual business meeting of the stouffville womens liberal associ ation held on tuesday evening last miss cameron of toronto was guest speaker piano trios were contribut ed by the misses mary irene and erla crosier of altona also a vocal duet by agnes klinck and edith swift the election of oflicers resulted as follows president miss edith f sangster 1st vico pros miss nettie bruce 2nd vice pres mrs harvey moyer rec sec miss wahncita taun corr sec miss anno lehman treasurer mrs hnrman hoover north york representatives miss alma raker miss scynthia cook miss ada barkey miss nettle bruce and miss gertrude fishor muskokaontario rep mrs har- nian yake mrs arthur carruthers program committee mrs geo storry mrs geo lee mrs hugh boyd mrs alex grubln miss ethel byani the tills in both stores entered were forced open but little cash was secured the thieves evidently entered shaws store first and successfully carried out their work without be ing detected entrance was gained by removing the plate glass window in the door at the main entrance tools for the work ivere secured by the robbers at murray hills black smith shop going on to e a buttons hardware attempts wero made to jimmy the rear doors and windows but when this failed to admit them to the main store they smashed in it side window admitt ing them into the store from the cast side of the building the crash alarmed mr ana mrs george valder who live in the hoover house across the road and arising they watched the thieves move about in the store by aid of flash lights there were three in the group mrs valder then telephoned buttons residence but this evident ly alarmed the burglars as- the tele phone is a party line with the store and the thieves immediately de camped on hearing it ring on receiving the news over the phone mr button in his night at tire rushed up town in his dodge car and learned that the car carry ing the robbers and the goods had gone east unexpectedly however as he stood in the store the car came back from tnc east and flew through town at a high rate of speed mr button rushed out of the store turned his own car around and gave chase but the fleeing car had a good start on him and he gave up the run downon the sth of markham constable pugh was early on the job when the toronto police were at once communicated with and all roads watched early wednesday morning however a car answering the description of the one used by the thieves was found abandoned in the north part of the city and in it was an alarm clock likely taken from the hard ware the police are said to be on the trail of the whole affair and it is confidently hoped the goods will be recovered in addition to the valders seeing the robbers mrs mcdonald mrs shankel and others living on main street were soon aroused mrs shaw was summoned by mrs shankel and quite a crowd gathered right after the affair happened in buttons hardware the robbers were able to enter the law oflice of mr f l button who contrary to his nightly practise had failed to lock the valt the robbers entered this and located a small steel box which they might have slipped in their pocket about ten inches long containing 150 in bills which they failed to see in the bottom of the box a small tray in top of the box contained a lo gold piece and this was taken evidently the thieves worked in haste and partly in the dark among the churches christian churches bioomixgtox and ringwood axd altona union e morton preacher sunday june 21 1931 because of conference at stouff ville there will bo no service at the above churches next sunday t t t t stouffvhxe baptist church rev w w fleischer pastor sunday june 21 1931 1000 am bible school 110 am subj a father and his family 700 p m subj a fatal mistake and its consequences prayer meetings wednesday s pm sunday g15 pm mennonite church s s sluintz pastor friday june 19th 8 pm prayer meeting sunday june 21 1931 1000 am sabbath school with drawn 1100 am morning worship 700 pm evening worship s goudio altona 1000 am communion service s goudie t t t t stouffvimie and church hiiji christian churches f e hyde minister sunday june 21 1931 the sunday services in this church form a part of the logth annual con ference of christian churches in on tario rev g a connlbear president of the new york state association of christian churche3 will speak at 11 am 230 p in and bring the closing message at 7 pm there will not be any sunday school service at either church and church hill afternoon service with drawn on acount of conference a cordial welcome to all to attend these services and worship with us t t t t stouffville united church rev tiios laidlaw ma pastor sunday june 21 1931 rev herbert lee will preach at both morning and evening 11 am by the way of the wilderness 7 pm what the missing man missed sabbath school 10 am swastika club monday s pm bible study and prayer on wed nesday at s pm the public are cordially invited to all the services ballantrae the annual garden party under auspices o the united church will bo held on the grounds of mr wm cockerill lake musselman on wednesday june 24th supper from 530 to s oclock a fine pro gram is arranged adults 40c children 20c births byer on juno 14 1931 to mr and mrs fred byer claremont a daughter cober at lot 33 con 9 east mark ham township on june 15 1931 to mr and mrs gordoii e cober gwendolyn ferguson a son wmvs i stye icing b ttgiyiuay 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 p for information communicate with gray coach lines yonge at front toronto gray coach lines yy lgjg- mrmmmu mw