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stouffville ontario july 9 1931 few foremen intercept wages due laborers has a road foreman the right to confiscate the pay due any man on his beat in order to settle a private account was a live issue before whitchurch township council at its regular meeting last saturday under the present system of pay each individual worker receives a personal cheque after his time has been certified to by the road fore- mutual shoe store real quality low prices never before have we offered such quality at such low prices compare prke with any store or mail order house on mens womens and boys footwear mens boots at 275 bent retan grain black leather made by tho williams shoe co boys shoes 200 womens pumps 250 womens strap 1g0 tennis shoes good value cue 05c 70c 75c 100 mens canvas leather soles 200 members of the mutual shoe stove the largest group of exclusive foot wear merchants in canada a g lehman horse register dol 17320s 12921 the im ported percheron stallion the property of e a somerville he is a government premium horse will stand for the season of 1931 at his own stable lot 14 tenth line markham terms 1200 no 2336 enrolment form al clydesdale stallion golden west king 23g75 enrolment form 1 the property of abner baker will stand for the season of 1931 at his own stable lot 7 con 8 whit church to insure foal 12 two mares or more 10 payable feb 1st 1932 ownera of mnres when bred will be held responsible telephone markham 2603 its stewart beare for expert radio service prompt service anywhere man hut last winter am previous to that a practise prevailed whereby tho total money due the heat for work performed was l bulk to the foreman and he was ex pected to pay his men in only very rare cases has a road foreman tailed to promptly pass it on but in the caso at issue the laborer was in debted to the foreman reeve kidd opinioned that if the foreman had merely advanced the aborer money on his work he was surely entitled to be reimbursed when he got the pay off council reeve rae felt very strongly on the matter and feared that from all information in this case at least the laborers pay was held to settle some other account which lie un derstood was in dispute that the council positively refuse to be n collecting agency for any foreman was the sentiment ex pressed by deputy reeve williams and by council ratcliff tho deputy reeve said that unless an in dividuals pay was guarnisheed tho laborer might sue council for his pay not handed on by road fore man the discussion dropped yith practically unanimous opinion that pay should not be wthhed without a written order from the man to whom the money is due deputation of campers headed by messrs jarvls and alcott officers of the newly formed ratepayers association at lake musselman a deputation w on council merely with the object they stated of getting acquainted and to extend invitation to attend a meet ing of their association to bo held on sunday afternoon the visitors were cordially wel comed by reeve kidd who congratu lated them on their new organiza tion and assured them council stood ready to cooperate with them for the general improvement of the lake district the sanitary conditions at the summer resort were at times de plorable said one speaker and the question would become a live issue at the ratepayers meeting the reeve said that if the lake people instituted a system of garbage collection he thought council would undertake to provide them a satis factory dumping grounds george miuard and w william son of newmarket interviewed council relative to a grant for the j 20 cockerill 3 a topper 3020 newmarket horse show and secur ed 15 as a donation from the township dan hall requested some im provement on roadway at the hill on the 7th line which was left in the hands of the reeve road supt and mr rae likewise jos buckle was promised consideration when he asked for repairs on sideline be tween lots 2526 con 1 messrs rosedrewery and cooney were decided on as the truckers to haul gravel from storrys nit at gravel hill for road work probably 00 yards will bo drawn the next meeting of council was set for saturday august 1st and adjournment was made after pass ing road accounts for gravel and maintenance totalling 5575 the accounts are as follows john hicks 79 s wideman 36 j jones 12 wm carlisle hs c connor 1s howard graves 1s w marshall 18 a q smith 1920 j ltarkoy 150ii a smith 1120 a clark 512 ivan mclaughlin 12 j martin 21 oliver beach 12 a vaughan g c degeor c w mitchell 9 philip burke 9 w beach 3150 p widdilield 50c otto tranmer 510 m barnes 3 w copplns 4050 c wright 3525 f theboult 2250 ii coppins 2250 geo wright 2g25 boh rodford 3840 albert jerdon 1020 percy wight 2475 w hot hum g570 geo bowser 4380 walt woods 24 a trent 12 geo robinson 9 herb wells 35 c nail 12 c hood 16 so w spence 15 w a cook 1470 geo hood 37 go mark cook 720 s rne 12 j gould g o barkey 1350 e walls 1020 s king 1s30 mr longhurst 150 a penroso 1290 e penrose 2065r playter 750 j f playter 1050 f drewery 5250 c graham 9 f stephens 3 go j falkeard 0 a penrose 1s e dennis 3180 r playter 1350 j f playter 15 f drewery 1s c graham 9 f stephens 2055 a falkeard 9 b lewis 12 f hope 240 l l petorson 3250 ross hood 3275 will hood 15 w coppins 15 edgar kidd 15 cliff wall- work 25 j clark 15 w h mcmullen 15 j jordan 15 d sedore 15 mr davis 750 h davis 750 d kidd 750 c peterson 750 f hood g00 g sutton 750 r over 750 c coppins 750 o smith 1050 b grose 2915 w boden g g smalley 19 so w cockerill 25 w topper 12 e menelly 24 c rose g h coppins 3 j douglas 3 h simpson 750 b dcgeer 30 m connor s h jakemau 450 h mitchell 150 f windsor 450 j devitt 210 j windsor 1920 t simpson 1380 d kirby 0 e cable 15 m- rose 13 v wagg 1340 l preston 9707 p preston 20512 6 brandon s05 m lehman 180 c brandon 120 h thompson 60c ii brandon 030 c degcer 1170 w ii ratcliff 563 r mortson 1925 w jacobs 9m ham 9f stephens r howlett 4 so geo dona- hoe 210 m fockler 325 c preston 720 geo fockler 12 w pattenden 3830 r morly 27 s gilbert 750 e murphy 3 i gilbert 3 h talbot 6 f monkman 1450 ii boyle 204 mr pelfernian 1980 c lee 1320j nuhil 000 f marlsan 950 j stephens 0 j l ogden 9 j mclaughlin 20 j ogden 15 w simpson 19 so alex spellman 1710 m mckeown 1170 percy cutler 1170 j d adams co 10s metal roofing co 19440 a hill 420 geo walker 075 w beach 15 b stewart 1 div 17 50 div 19 201 div tln 13920 div 36 2075 div s 18155 div 9 0810 l prestou 42 l preston 12599 div sb- s70 div 7 04 50 div 7 107 g5 div 40 150 div 40 1475 div 15445 t l e 14525 div 11 27 tln 12 div 13 2005 div 35 10045 div is 12 div 12 17 div 27 24 div 32 1010 div 35 1950 div 4a 9 div 24 4110 stiver clan hold reunion at uxionville pioneers moved to markham dis trict from germany in i72 i yra need no longer f ear storm clouds on the horizon let them pass overhead and drop their sheets of rain let them do this year after year if your interior decorations are safeguarded with brantford asphalt slates for brantford roofs are tough like the hide of a rhino they are made to resist the attacks of sun snow and rain not for one year but for many years without upkeep or repairs a roofs first job is to protect the house beneath it and brantford asphalt slates shoulder this responsibility in sturdy fashion never relax ing their vigilance for an instant even though they are kept on duty season after season ask your dealer about these famous roofs that mingle beauty with fire protection and permanent weather resistance at no extra cost ntford kooffs brantford roofing company limited head office and factory brantford ont branch offices and warehouses toronto winnipeg montreal halifax saint john nb and st johns nfld for sale by stouffville planing mills stouffville in the year 1792 john stiver dissatisfied with high taxes and rigid religious obligations left his home in hanover germany to es tablish a new home for his family in the neyy world following him sixtyfour families came from germany and located in what was known as the putteney settlement new york john graves then governor of lower canada desirous of bringing sturdy german settlers into his new country through his agent wm beiezy offered the stiver family free farms in canada the attractive offer wfts accepted and the trek made under difficult conditions coming by way of the hudson river up the genesee valley around the end of lake ontario to york now toronto a mere hamlet at that time then cutting the way through the unbroken forest from york to ihb southern portion of markham township this trail marked the be ginning ofyonge st lot 20 concession 5 markham the first home of john nicholas stiver and for which he received the patent from the crown in 1s04 has remained continuously in the stiver family f i stiver of stiver bros flour and feed at stouffville unionville and aurora is the present owner and occupant of tills fine property read history these are but a few of the inter esting items from the stiver history read by ewart stiver to the 500 de scendants representing families from jfount albert aurora oshawa detroit winnipeg and markham i township who assembled for the stiver reunion at crosby memorial park unionville on dominion day dinner and supper served from bountifully spread tables in the mammoth rink which was artisti cally decorated for the occasion the various sports scheduled for the afternoon the program following the supper teeming witli interesting events including orchestra with rout stiver leader piano violin guitar and vocal solo selections readings step dancing by the vari ous members of the family and then tho old time dance for tho wind up of the parly with the stiver orchestra in attendance r l stiver calling the dance among the many present were win and mrs burton whltevale aged so and s2 jears respectively tho oldest couple on the grounds reeve wesley gohn warden of york county and a j h eckardt toronto a de cision to hold tho function annually with r l stiver president and eivart stiver secretarytreasurer for the ensuing year received tho unanamious approval of tho gather ing melville miss eleanor connor spent sun day with miss cora hisey miss marjorie lehman of whitby was home over sunday mr harold wells was a toronto visitor on sunday mr harold powell of toronto was home for the weekend mr and mrs orval roach visited friends in stouffville ou sunday mr wm carruthcrs and mr fred carruthers motored to brant- tord on sunday mr and mrs harvey quantz visited with mrs m houck ou saturday miss kate reesor was a guest over the wekend with mr and mrs alfred smith mr wm stotts and mr thos popham of toronto spent the weekend with their family miss may kitchener of hagerman hill spent sunday night with mr and mrs orval roach mr and mrs geo carruthers and family of brantford are staying for some time at mr wm carruthers mr and mrs jakes of ottawa also miss christies spent a few days last week with mr and mrs jas cooney mrs harry forrester and children wella and dixie visited with the formers mother mrs mustard last thursday mr and mrs j e cleminsou also mr herbrt cross of toronto spilt the holiday with mr and mrs harvey houck mr and mrs george baker and lome and murray of gormley call ed on mrs s b lehman on sunday evening mrs j miller and miss marjorie miller of the seventh line visited on sunday with mr and mrs jacob wideman mr aud mrs orval carruthers and family of toronto visited on sunday with tho formers parents mr and mrs wm carruthers mrs wm carruthers ad miss marv carruthers also mr and mrs stewart duncan of bcthesda called ou mrs j nigh one evening last week miss mary mckinnon or broug ham visited with her father mr allan mckinnon before leaving for winnipeg to visit her sister mrs harry stewart dont torget the lea cream social to be held on wednesday evening july 15 on tho lawn of mr herbert spofford almira come and enjoy uurself and incidentally help the adies of the wa of melville church pastor appointed it was announced on the lenion- ville circuit of the united church last sunday that rev e french or newfoundland had been appointed as pastor of the circuit aud that he had accepted the call rev mr french comes highly recommended and is said to bo a real find a- lie has held much larger churches but in order to be transferred to this conference it is necessary for him to accept one of the rural appointments thus the lomonvillc circuit will benefit the retiring pastor of the circuit rev mr mills is leaving the united church to return to the former presbyterian body where it is said there is a shortage of ministers bloomington mrs dr m of toronto is visiting at e a storrys mr and mrs edgar smith of toronto spent the weekend with relatives here mr and m q r tranmer and family visited friends at belhaven recently mr and mrs mcfadden and daughter of durham spent tho holiday at e a storrys service will be held in the united church at 7 pm on sunday next tho new minister rev e c french from newfoundland will occupy the pulpit for sale quantity choice buck wheat seed for sare bruce bros phone 3602 revival campaign to be held under auspices of the mennonite church in tho arena stoufrville from july 9th to 26th evangelist kev j a- beery of bradford ohio ami the mission workers quartette including miss editli raymer of st catherines miss ethel snider stratford miss bertha fidler of toronto miss mildred spies of petrolia sunday service 1030 am morning worship 2 to 3 pm childrens meeting 3 pm preaching s pm preaching all coming from a distance for the day on sunday please bring lunch along mothers with babies invited nursery accommo dation provided the public is cordially invited s s shantz pastor for any locality an emco bathroom nto matter where your home may be you can a now have a complete emco bathroom why he without this modern convenience any longer the emco bathroom fixtures and complcto fittings here illustrated pedestal lavatory builtin tub toilet and shower may be had for a small down payment and monthly installments of 1800 for homes without running water if in reach of a powerline an empire duro pressure water system will supply a minimum of 250 gallons an hour from shallow or deep wells sufficient for al household needs lower prices and hydro electric commission purchase plan put it within reach of all see tho dealer named below or write us for sale by chas cooper e 1 mcguattax manager phone 17702 stouffville empire brass mfg co limited london canada toronto winnipeg vancouver i isssis ssss sislsr business directory rjxqzsqlx2 r- qill zxiy- a leiml mccullough button barristers solicitors convey- ancero c buttons block stouffville money to loan norman borinsky barrister solicitor notary associated with the legal firm or corley keen and howard counsel j w seymour corley ko trusts and guarantee building room 005 302 bay street toronto out telephone elgin 153 and 3151 res tr g313 thomas birkett insurance agency everything in insurance phone 1s202 stoulfville a c burkholder insurance canada life assurance co also automobile and fire medical dr s s bali phpsician and surg i office cor obrien i main phone 19g coroner for york county a c kennedy chiropractor church st stouffville monday wednesday and fridays 9 to 12 am dental e s barker lds dds tonor graduate of itoyai i ollego of dental surgeons t fi tie university of toronto office in grubins block phone 8201 markham every tuesday office in wear block dr d c smith honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeon ami of the university of toronto dr neil c smith honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and toronto university also post gradu ate of rochester childrens hospital ofiice over can bank commerce veterinary s t podendislel vs bv sc veterinarian graduatu ot ontario veterinary college office at the mansion house phone 101 successor to dr j t storey k5jsat e a grubin r 0 eyesight specialist honor graduate of the college ot optometry of canada gold medal ist and first hermant prize winner in 192s at stouffville every thursday friday and saturday ofiice in the grubin block eyes examined glasses fitted and re paired phone stouffville 2105 r g clendennig funeral director and embalnier private ambulance phone 9000 markham ontario massey harris agency in the old stand just south ot post olllce stouffville get your repairs and new implements now j p cassidy phone 902 bill mulocks picnic island grove lake simcoe sat july 18 everybdrjy welcome