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stouffville ontario july 2 1931 local happenings ransreftayywwft it was 94 in the shade on tues day keeping cool was a job for many people uxbridge plays baseball here friday against the locals dont for get this league fixture several speeders were picked up by constable pugh last week first offenders were warned and old offenders received a ticket to pay mredward lloyd is remodelling the verandas and making other necessary improvements to the fine brick residence opposite dr sangsters place on the north west corner of the street the premises are known as the john baker property which now belongs to mr lloyd a regular meeting of whitchurch township council is slated for saturday of this week jos betz has brought into the oflico of this paper an excellent sample of siberian cassack alfalfa of which he has sold considerable in this district the yield promises to be excellent this year us stouffvillo head the yorkontario baseball league having lost only one game this season newmarket stands in second place with two losses uxbridge third with three losses tnen aurora and sutton at the bottom of the heap the latter having lost every game of the six played because of the continued growth of the town and its broadening out the whitby council last week in stalled a siren on their town hall as a lire alarm it is operated by a five hp motor and can be heard for a mile and a half when the new town hell is installed in the tower at stouffville this summer we will have at least as good a lire alarm as under the old conditions but it is expected that the new bell wiil have much better carrying ability the old clapper will simply be at tached to the now hell as heretofore for use as a fire alarm excapitalist why a lot of had seats on the stock exchange a year ago and now look at us farmer yes and many of us had seats in our pants a year ago and now dont look at us strawberries were plentiful in the local stores last week at 2 boxes for 25c home grown product demand a higher price or 2 boxes for 35c farmers are busy cutting hay and are finding it difficult to get it into the barns between showers the crop is a good one and said to be unusually free from weeds the man who is always telling what he would do if he were in someone elses place seldom does anything himself can you think of any individuals of this class in stouffville of course not besides being a firstclass cake baker mr frank gordon is some what of a gardener of no mean re pute since the 20th of june he has been using potatoes from his own garden and they are not marble in size either some of the spuds we saw from mr gordons garden last thursday were a splendid size his splendid patch is at his home just south of the bank of xova scotia the main power line which serves stouffville and the district with hydro current has been en larged in order that we might have a better supply of the white current in order to make some of these changes an interruption in the service was necessary all last sun day we understand this is likely to be the last interruption necessary to accomplish the turnover to the higher powered line all munici palities up yonge street experienced similar interruptions to this sec tion two boys from this section have secured positions for the summer months at the windermere hotel in the muskoka district they being jack hill son of our local smithy and arthur clendening son of harvey clendening of ringwood auditorium theatre close owing to the regulations now in force the department for theatres refuse to grant a license for the auditorium here therefore saturday night was the finale for the local picture house in stouffville which has run for over 7 years and in that period only- failed the public on two occasions due to hydro trouble preparations are un der was for a new theatre with sound installation in the near future i therefore take this opportunity to thank the public for their support in the past and trust i will receive the same in the future signed syd g schmidt rev and mrs laidlaw and family are camping on lake huron for the month of july having left town on monday the annual picnic of the united church sunday school will be held this year at oshawa ou the lake the date being july 29 quality service you must now put a two cent ex cise stamp on all bank cheques irrespective of the amount it is just as well to bo reminded of the fact also that your letters require threo cents postage too frank burkholder of markham village has- installed a pasteurizing plant in connection with his dairy there the xorth york plowmen will hold a meeting in stouffville this thursday evening to arrange for the annual plowing match all farmers are urged to attend this is their competition and therefore they are asked to become interested a number of farmers who have planted large acreages in tomato plants for the new canning factory at claremont have lost practically all the plants from destruction by grubs or other insects it is said that some are putting in new plants again the summer church services at lake musselman will commence on july 7 with mr a j ward in charge this is his seventh con secutive year as lake pastor sport togs polo shirts keep cool and comfortable during the hot weather by wearing one of our polo shirts these shirts are made from good quality rayon and will give excellent wear plain colors only white blue and green 125 mens golf knickers of summer tweeds made in plus four style in grey and brown mixtures per pr 395 mens all wool klingtite bathing suits in speed or regular style in one and two piece garment priced from 275 to 375 holidays ahead for boys boys khaki pants splendid for summer wear in sturdy good wearing quality khaki drill sizes 6 to 16 years 100 and 125 boys and youths shirts in khaki blue and fancy checks made from sturdy quality chambrays with collars attached priced 75c and 85c r e curtis v stouffville ontario the announcement in this issue that the school board has reduced the school tax another 500 being the fourth consecutive reduction will be received this year with es pecial delight with the council do ing their best to keep down the tax rate in order that the new road tax may not come too heavy the assis tance given by the school board is timely beets are said to be of supreme value as the beet and the top can be eaten potatoes are in the same class the only difference being bugs get the tops mr frank rao and other mem bers of the tower fund committee report having received several cheques recently in aid of building the new tower these will shortly bo acknowledged in the press and the donors will have their names in scribed in the archives of the town possible on a stone tablet the wooden tower on the fire hall has been taken down and pre parations are underway for the erection of the new brick structure which will rear its head to a height of some 75 feet we are given to understand that the new clock will be ready for shipment from england the latter part of july stockaid animal spray kills and repels flies lice and mosquitos does not taint milk pleasant odor stain less does not blister or burn sprays easily c 135 a gal stiver bros phone 4501 robins in india are dying from eating too many cherries robins should eat one worm to every three cherries and we imagine they would wiggle through all right outside of the store itself the best and almost the only way to attract a prospective customers according to sir henry thornton passenger trains may soon be carrying freight it seems only right to us in view or the fact that a good many freight trains are carrying passengers these days the collard block and the shaw store fronts have been much im proved by the painters brush there is nothing like keeping up a good business front and we congratulate our business men on their enter prise the grubin block has al- mrs henry vanzant is the posses sor of a cactus which flowers jut one night in the year when it came into bloom a few evenings ago the whole house was charged with the beautiful aroma while the flower itself was a delicate large white and bell shaped there were two blooms many townpeoplo were fortunate in viewing the plant when in bloom stouffville ontario attention to what you have to sells been repainted a suitable gray is through the newspapers that goesrcl into the home the store that ad vertises adequately and persistently in its local newspaper has no need to waste money on other inferior media rev j r fraser pastor of dun- barton united church and one time pastor of chalmers presbyterian church uxbridge was tendered a farewell banquet at dunbarton last week on the eve of his departure for gravenhurst where he will minister to the northern congrega tion rev dr fraser is quite well known in stouffville and preached in the local church one sunday evening two years ago phone 5601 a three ring tire circus owing to the increased rate for carrying newspapers recently in voked by the postal department in the search for increased revenue the toronto daily papers will arrive at the tribune office each morning by express the newspapers claim they can ship their bundles by this method cheaper than through the post office as an example of the tremendous increase in postal rates for papers we are informed by one large daily in toronto that their postage bill will be 30000 per year more the orange lodges of north ontario will celebrate the 12th this year at sunderland and it is ex pected that stouffville orangemen will be in the walk there the 12th falling on a sunday this year will necessitate the walk being held on the following day if you have occasion to sound the fire alarm any time now the rope hangs over the door of the town clerks ollice last week when work started on the new tower the old bell was removed to a point on the municipal hall roof where it is available for alarming the inhabit ants in case of fire the matter of removing the old bell- from tower was a simple one and was accomp lished in less than three hours resale depot miss grace niceley has been appointed teacher of s s no 13 markham cashel miss miller hav ing resigned the position the trustees are messrs archie fleming wj a powell and george hoover a party of young people out joy riding on sunday evening ran into trouble up at ballantrae when they attempted to make a turn at a sideroad their car ran headon in to a cement barricade and wilburr gower one of the occupants was thrown through the wind shield sustaining a nasty gash on the head and knee while the driver of the car and another occupant received minor injuries wilbur required three stitches to close the cut on the left side of his mental dome the car a ford coupe is likely to bo consigned to the brush heap some people trade in their cars every year regard less of condition if you cant buy a new ford car now we have several used model a fords offering thousands of miles of unused transportation reconditioned and guaranteed- we dont need to mark up used car prices to make up for ex cessive tradein allowances the new ford is priced too dose to the cost of production to permit unreasnable tradein con cessions that accounts for our lower prices see these special bargains at once i some unusual bargains in used gabs 1 ford sedan 1930 1 ford coach 1930 1 ford coach 1929 1 ford coach 1930 1 chev truck 1928 1 chev truck 1927 1 ford coach 1925 3 model t ford trucks 3 fordson tractors 2 anthony gravety dump bodies 1 to 2 yards 1 rubber tired buggy d holden ford dealer stouffville phone 18402 tilvts just about what youd call our shop today three faruau goodyear tires on show path finder all- weather heavy dutj a complete range of sizes in each prices to suit everyone and each tire built with the- toughest most resilient cord ever developed for tires goodyear supertwist stop in next time youre near let is lmiiiuli tie worry of those ohj irc8at our greatly reduced 1931 prices the ratepayers association at musselmans lake are calling a business mooting for sunday after noon next at 330 oclock to be held in the church building on the 9th concession in view of the meet ing being held on the sunday and in the sacred edifice it may be pre sumed that the cottagers are about to organize a sunday school or a missionary society however laying jokes aside the cottagers declare they cannot meet at any other time than the sabbath if all are to be given a chance to attend a meeting for the transaction of business matters concerning the summer residents the cnr has issued a new timetable for this division which affects most of the passenger trains on the line the regular train from toronto each morning will reach stouffville at 855 about twenty minutes earlier than heretofore while the morning train going to toronto leaves at almost the same time as formerly being due at 1045 there is no change in the time of the mixed train going to toronto in the afternoon and the evening train from toronto will be due at 005 no change the mail train to toronto in the evening will leave hero at 700 oclock if you are interested in the train service cut this notice out for future reference despite highly favorable weather the garden party held in the arena j on tuesday evening was not largely attended the members of the eastern star had provided an ex cellent tea while the program was above the average on such occasions the talent was contributed by two toronto chapters and was heartily applauded with every number the same evening two other similar events were being held at country points which in addition to the fact that there was a garden party al most every evening last week is partly responsible for the attendance of local people not being up to ex pectations fyw brathwaite stouffville ontario put a new coodyear tube in every new casing taking into consideration the catchy weather of last friday the local presbyterians were very fortunate in having such lino weather as prevailed in the early evening to start their gaiden party in and as a rasult over 500 people assembled for the event on the spacious grounds of mr james brodie townlins cost during an intermission in the program when the big crowd thronged about the refreshment booth from out of the skies and without warning a heavy downpour of rain fell and the scurry for cover was like a rush on a free lunch counter the program by toronto talent was greatly appreciated as heretofore ralph gordon and a couple of pipes being the chief entertainers geordie watson had a busy time as treas urer in charge of the gates while james rennle was going at top- speed as master of eremonles the host tho genial jim was here there and everywhere welcoming all the friends from far and near the big scotch garden party is now look ed on as n real annual event and only the abnormal tlmo3 in which wo are living prevented the at tendance from being double what it was negotiations are underway that may end in an agreement being entered into for the construction of a new picture theatre in town the only kind of a building that would really pay in the long run would be a thoroughly modern structure de signed for picture shows concerts etc and well located in the bus ness area that a good picture house is a drawing card for any community few will deny since the coming of the talkies the present show house in stouftville has only a license for a limited time and the authorities will not permit the talkies being installed in this building as a consequence many people from here have been drawn to uxbridge to the talkies dininn recent weeks and the local show and business interests suffer accord ingly the manager of the uxbridge i theatre tells us that he gets patron age from as far south as osbawa district lake musselman connors dance hall dancing every friday evening the public invited h ere an dtn ere highclass orchestra general admission 25c there are 75211 tractors in operation on the three prairie provinces of canada according to a recent estimate last year 8991 tractors were sold in westers canada save money on barnwell alberta on the line between lethbridge and medicine hat breaks the record for spring plowing and cultivation for 1931 work on the land there is general and began march 25 motor tourist travel to new brunswick from united states was almost 50 per cent greater in 1930 than in the previous year according to a statistical state ment issued recently by the can adian cnstoms commissioner bill mulocks picnic island grove lake simc0e satjulyl8 gasoline everybody welcome j while the railroads of this con tinent are not responsible for deaths or injuries to trespassers on their properties they annually spend many thousands of dollars in preventative steps and educ ational campaigns to reduce this drain on the men and women of the country georgo h jones head of the canadian pacific supply farm at strathmore alberta has been ap pointed zone manager of the col onization finance corporation of canada limited with headquar ters at portago la prairie mr jones is recognized as ono of the outstanding livestock authorities in canada tax extra this is not a cheap imported gasolene but our regular brlttsh american super power gasolene other b a brands at regular prices j w perkins station cor kennedy rd and highway no 7 unionville ontario travelling incognito their maj- estles tho king and queen of slam will not appear at pnblic recep tions in victoria or vancouver when they arrlvo with thoir re gal suite aboard tho empress of japan en route to new york april 17 the consulgencrol for shun announces a total of 1068 moose and 10- o73 deer were tason by hunters in the now brunswick woods daring the past hunting season bringing the total for the past ten yoare to 12614 moose and 60332 deer ac cording to the report of the game warden bz the province announcement has been made by the canadian pacific railway company that shipments of freight at eastern points for points west via port mcnicoll will now be accepted subject to delay at port mcnicoil pending the first sailing thero will ke five canadian pac ific steamers on great lakes ser vice during the coming season given a year of peace and china will become a dominant fac tor in enormous trade develop ments between great britain and europe in the par east says sir ernest thompson prominent british cotton manufactarer who returned from a british cconomlo mission to china aboard the em press of canada recently