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stouffville ontario july 9 1931 local happenings the local bowling tournament i new will be held next wednesday july from 15th first draw at 1 pm the mennonitc camp meetings op en on thursday let ready for them the final sale of the season at mrs m k watts takes placa this thursday friday and saturday the ccdarvale salvation army hand of fast toronto were here on saturday evening and dispensed several guod band numbers lifted a collection and returned to the city tlioy played ii markham on the i kitigwood way home mil melville church wednesday july 1 almira lets go ice cream social at 11 spoffords postmasters in convention recent ly asked the government to place some better glue on the stamps why not put some vitamines in the stun the the for to mr noah llaker has sold brick house almost opposite presbyterian church and built his son jack a few veals ago mrs david watson the place is a semi bungalo and nicely finished in side witli all conveniences the sale price is 3500 mis watson arid her laughter expect to vacate the walls house just a few doors west of her new home at the end of this month complaints are to hand that hoys or young men are destroying property at the park grounds many windows have been smashed in the arena while the kitchen for the motor camp was broken into right after the first of july a special effort to locate the guilty parties should be made so that they may be brought to justice mr alf collins a resident of the piety hill division in the eastend wants to know who started lu saying that the good die young hes just after celebrating his 71st birthday the death of mrs david kennedy took place in hamilton last week and the remains were interred at cashel cemetery on tuesday the deceased lady was a one time resi dent at bloomiiigton yes melville church ice cream social is down for wednesday july 15 on the lawn of 11 spoltord almira bring the family on tuesday mr ab lehman lost a package of corn flakes and a box of arsenic of lead from his truck en- route from toronto if the finder will report to mr lehmau it will be appreciated the jubilee branch of the churchill institute are entertaining the goodwood branch at the home of mrs c badgerow on tuesday july 14th at 230 pnu the visiting branch will supply the program all welcome potatoes are now on sale robt stewarts gardens excellent size and quality tele phone 120s for a basket mr and mrs jack monkhouso of buffalo spent the 4th of july in towu with his father mr john monkhouse church street myrtle post office entered amd robbed the extreme heat of the fore part of last week cooked many of the gooseberries on the trees conse quently an otherwise heavy crop will be a light one according to local growers as a further evideice of the great heat one farmer showed us a branch of cherries that were actually baked from the in tense heat whitchurch township council has passed a bylaw prohibiting parking of motor cais in certain places along the roadway at musselmans lake the restricted area lies along the east side of the lake and will be plainly marked this week by park ing signs the police at the lake have been authorized to let the public knbw that the new regula tions must be respected which is necessary as the particular section is highly dangerous miss agnes loyst of xapanee has been engaged as primary teacher for stouffville public school to fill the vacancy caused by resignation of miss kathleen logan miss loyst for two years has been on the staff of the cobalt public school where she has been teaching the junior grade she made a personal appli cation to the board and holds a kindergarten primary certificate which enables the school board to draw an additional grant of s0 next year by reason of engaging a teacher with this special qualifica tion for teaching junior grade ah the vacancies on the local staffs are now filled thursday evening july 9 will ba the opening service of the evangel istic campaign in the arena rev j a beery the evangelist will be the speaker the ladies quartette consisting of four leaders of city missions will be present to sing also the male quartette of the fort wayne bible school at indiana wili be present for thursday night only they will render selections only thirteen pupils wrote on the recent entrance examinations from the stouffville school and but 1c pupils wrote at this centre the local academy sent up the smallest number for entrance in the past five years while the total coming nere to write from the surrounding schools dwindled considerably from former years due largely to the recent rearrangement of the in spectorates stouffville school is a different inspectorate from either markham or whitchurch and some markham pupils consequently went to lemonville to write their entrance the brick for the new tower at the fire hall arrived here this week and the brick layers will start at once on laying them work on the foun dation was completed last week in readiness for the brick albert elson had his fine car badly smashed up on sunday while motoring on the lindsay highway he was run into by another motor ist but fortunately none of his passengers were injured ilyrtle out july 3 tearing the side of the window oil the general store of postmaster peacock hero early today robbers entered and rifled the store they carried off about 150 worth of merchandise and about 200 coppers that had been left in a bag in the till the money aud valuables including stamps and posuil notes bad been removed by the postmaster to his own home when he closed the store the postal authorities andj police a vrking on the case quality service the regular meeting of the senior womens institute will be held in memorial park on wednes day afternoon july 15 every member is requested to be present as we are entertaining the gormley and altona branches a good time is expected all visitors welcome the fire brigade were summoned just at noon hour on monday and in record time answered a call to the home of mr george lee two doors east of the presbyterian church children playing with matches had set the garage on fire but some workmen nearby saw the blaze in time and assisted in extinguishing it before much damage was done only part of the roof boards ard a few rafters were burned 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 phone 5601 stouffville ontario when it was intimated at the council meeting on monday evening that our street cleaner and bell ringer aipryne had that day at tained his 70th birthday councilor dowswell did a nice thing by dipp ing down in his jeans and handing over a douav bill to ai although he is entitled to the pension ai- in tends to keep right on like the old woman on the dutch cleanser cans chasing dirt for the balance of this season at least this long stand ing citizen whom everybody knows and appreciates was the recipient of other generous gifts monday we are informed aurora baseball team will play league game here on friday after noon at 5 oclock the league fixtures are drawing to a close and the games are getting better as the season goes on if you havent seen the locals perform this seaon get busy on friday and take in the game the boys with their splendid winning average are entitled to even better support than they are getting extensive arrangements are un der way by the lol for the big celebration to be staged in stouff ville on monday august 3rd a time when most towns and villages w observe civi holiday in addition to a big fiovi day of baseball and football raios etc plans are shaping up for a monster street celebration ill the evening definite announcement is expected to be made next week concerning the various events of the day so in the meantime hold yourself in readiness to celebrate civic holiday in town and arrange to invite your friends fie lol is pfsenting a new ford tudor car to the lucky admission ticket holder for the afternoon we understand that the catholic church has inaugurated a church service at lake j where mass is being celebrated each sun day morning at 830 at cedar glen pavilion on the south side of the lake the manager of the eaton girls camp and a great many of the campers belong to this faith hence the attendance at sunday mass will warrant them holding the service while it was not definitely settled on monday it is expected that rev father keane of ux- bridge will conduct the services for the season otherwise rev father johnston of tiie toronto seminary green river picnic a grand reunion field day and picnic of the green river fbc who won fame 20 years ago by winning the ontario championship will be held on wednesday july 15 at wilson park green river sports will commence at 2 pm consisting of races for young and old ladies and mens softball tug owar climbing the greasy pole pitching horse shoes etc at 7 pm the original team of 20 years ago will play an exhibition game with the fast marmill team plenty of music will be furnished by stouffville band and a good evening program is being arranged admission free everybody welcome j a nighswander chairman blake annis secy st0ckaid animal spray kills and repels flies lice and mosquitos does not taint milk pleasant odor stain less does not blister or burn sprays easily 135 a gal stiver bros phone 4501 stouffville ontario insurance for farmers and others paint up your buildings and preserve them from the rigors of the weather at the same time improve your surroundings by so doing our lines of long wearing paints last and are a good insurance against weather oils paints turpentines etc close prices mum- rpabitl 100zp1e ouroohtomoni d purer pftlnt a pxldtthit wourrilkturjhl jiini furthor n all mxdd1 aatla- faotory iroot patnt wo have tt ami guarantee mortlnsenour 100 pure paint tolmmadaof pur whltlra4 pnr oxsdodf tina para unrd olt pomfttntf do daj 1 ltereuofh two pajet i tail 70a mora about it keep out the files screen doors at attractive prices garden tools and lawnjmowers at new low prices fyw brathwaite hardware stouffville ontario this store will be op en tuesday thursday and saturday evening closed wednes day at noons rev s s shantz has returned from conducting a series of special meetings at listowel he was assist ed in this revival campaign by the colored quintette now quite well known to local people the net re sults of this campaign meant 50 persons coming forward to the altar thereby signifying their de sire to lead better lives on the clos ing night of the campaign some is persons raised their hand asking the leaders to remember them in prayer its seemed rather a coincident that just a few days after a man was secured to climb the 100 foot flag pole at the park in order to put a new rope in the pulley the top halt of the pole was broken by the wind james melton employed by drs freel volunteered for 10 to climb the distance and insert the rope which he successfully did he made his ascent by means of fastening clamps to the pole as he went up some onlookers could not have been tempted for ten tens meddle some boys caused the trouble but a repetition of it was guarded against by putting up a wire cable june promotion one of the pair of rugs advertis ed as found on the school grounds recently has been claimed by the owner mr farthing of toronto who was hero attending the recent con ference in the christian church identified one as belonging to him it was removed from ills car as it was parked across from the school he saw the adv in the tribune and immediately communicated with constable pugh the chief still holds another valuable rug evident ly taken from a car on that occasion and the owner may have same by paying for the advertising stouffville baseball nine are sure carrying around a lucky streak in their baseball suits this season not that they are inferior to any team in the league but on friday when they needed a lucky break it was there waiting for them in grand style the uxbridge team went home with the short end of a 7 to 5 score the game was hardly up to the averago and both teams spotty at times the feature of the afternoon were two brilliant catches made by beg buttonln the field just when it looked as though the visitors had the game laid away the locals came strong and piled in three runs for tho win on tuesday the locals went to sutton and returned with another victory a to 2 sutton was decided ly weak and stouftville piled up three runs in the first innings sutton scored their two rounds in the final session cook was on the mound for stouffville giving lehman chance to rest up until friday when aurora plays here in the death of mrs james cook which took place at the home of her daughter in toronto on june 27 a former resident of this sec tion is removed mrs cook whose maiden name was ann e addison was born in belleville 75 years ago she married elijah smyth who taught school at ringwood half a century ago and who died in 1ssg to this union two children were born one son percy who died three years ago and one daughter mrs m l james at whose home in toronto tho mother passed away mr smyths death just in the prime of life was the result of an accident he being kicked by a horse in 1901 mrs smyth was united in marriage with james cook also a resident of this section but he died in 1915 and of late years tho widow made her home with her daughter in the death of mrs cook the last of a large family is gone her one brother the late john addi son will be remembered as a carri age builder in stouffville the funeral took place on june 29 to stouffville cemetery s s xo 10 whitchurch in order of merit denotes honours jr iv to sr iv clarion baker clayton topper sr ill to jr iv carson tindall noel stony john williams margaret brown jriii to sriii william tran- mer marion burnett mary paisley harold gilbert rec ross gilbert rec ii to jriii reginald winter- stein lillian churly rec edith churly rec i to ii gwendolyn tranmer gordon wideman eugene winter- stein gordon brown teacher stanley j rose for s s 12 whitchurch names in order of merit sr ill to jr iv glenn bolender vclnia gibson verna taun jr ill to sr ill gordon bolen der charles clubine betty duncan mabel wideman alex logan leonard appleton rec evertt preston rec ii to jr ill erla staleymarjorie foster stella preston reta mclntyre arthur arsenault rec jimmie duncan rec florence arsenault rec sr i to ii fred clubine jack mclntyre roy haines dorothy taun orville taun harold gibson rec jr i to sr i allan wideman erma staley earle brillinger teacher g nicely resale depot 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 tiansportation 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 close to the cost of production to permit unreasnable tradein con cession that accounts for our lower prices see these special bargains at once some unusual bargains in used cars 1 ford sedan 1930 1 ford coach 1925 1 ford coach 1930 3 model t ford trucks 1 ford coach 1929 3 fordson tractors 1 ford coach 1930 2 anthony gravety dump 1 chev truck 1928 bodies va to 2 yards 1 chev truck 1927 1 rubber tired buggy d holden ford dealer stouffville phone 18402 strand theatre northm sound electrfc system uxbridge ontario on wednesday july lath you will enjoy yourself at the ice cream j social on ii spoffords almira good program the forsythe clan held their annual reunion at memorial park- here on dominion day the atten dance running between 175 and 200 people meals were served in the spacious arena and games were played in the cool recesses of the grove on the east side of the park while the children were able to play with safety around the brook runn ing across the corner of the grounds as is the case with so many gatherings this year the attendance was perhaps just a little below par due to the fact that few members from great distances were on hand this may bo put down to the strenu ous times of this the present year however and not to any lack of interest on the part of the clansmen peter forsyth of washington the honorary president of tho associa tion was on hand as usual while mrs b boothby of saskatchewan accompanied by her daughter mrs george hughes were both heremrs boothby was perhaps the oldest lady present as well as having come the greatest distance she is sl years young and enjoys life today as she did half a century ago the local committee had everything in readi ness for the day and their thought- fulness in arranging the numerous details was apprcclatedthe election of officers simply returned mac forsyth of claremont as chieftain and w t pepper of toronto as lawn secretarytreasurer for another term mount albert the death of jean johnson aged thirteen who was drowned in frank lins pond on monday afternoon has plunged the whole mount albert district into mourning four girls were playing on a raft and thinking it was drifting away they plunged into the water and en deavored to swim ashore unfortun ately none of the girls were real swimmers lorraine johnson 15 herself a poor swimmer managed to save helen groulx 9 margaret lehey managed to reach the shore safely but when they looked for jean she was not to be seen it was an hour and a half to two hours be fore little jean was found and of course it was too late for anything to he done for her the funeral took place last thurs day morning from st johns church newmarket with interment in st johns cemetery high mass was said by rev father wedlock bethesda the bethesda picnic will be held at lake musselman on thursday july 10 everyone come and bring a basket on account of the weather being so warm on tuesday evening the league held an open air meeting on the lawn of mr s p foote they appreciated the use of mr footes grounds prayer meeting at mr valentino bolanders home was also an open- air meeting this week an 1 those pre sent were enabled to worship in comfort except for the annoyance by mosquitoes eldon bolenders family are quarantined this week and we sympathize with them in their trouble we hope to see them out soon again m 1 1 1 wcl i w yakeemefifjurity- we know you gilblp charlie huggles june gollyer in a columbia picture produced by chriti directed by a l christie jl from thi play by brandon thomas july 91011 its enough to make a cat laugh ox jlly 10 to 18 lawrence tiijiiett and mill piay iv new moov grace moore the baseball match planned be tween bethesda and vandorf for friday of last week was jostponed until next week we expece to report results later following the baptismal service the wms meeting was held at of last sunday by the mennonitc the home of mrs hunt on thurs- church another baptismal service was cay held by the dnited church on the miss alma burkholder spent part property of mr george staley on the ot the week visiting in toronto south sldo of preatonj lake rev mr mcneil was in charge and a very solemn service was conducted eight persons were baptized by immersion miss ethel enipringham had dinner on sunday with miss anna bolander several youn people hero united with the church on sunday howard staley is home tor a few holidays