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stouffvqle ontario august 6 1931 suragaja55gajwiak local happenings the markham kconomist and sun are taking their annual holiday this week when no paper will he publish ed we trust that the editor and staff will enjoy a weeks rest from the weekly grind the gold fish supply co are constructing four outside fish ponds at their factory here which will augment the fiftytour ponds they operate on their property at king- wood the convenience of a pond right at the factory will lie an added advantago to the firm no doubt the monthly meeting of the junior womens institute will be held on thursday august iith at 230 pm at the home of miss louie lloyd the roll call a proverb and a paper by mrs barkis heesor of aliona on the girl and her responsibility mr alex torrance says the markham paper finished harvest and threshing on tuesday noon july 2s this is probably the earliest on record mrtorrance reports the yield of grain fairly good n wheat yielding about 10 bushels to acre and mixed grain and oats about 50 bus per acre gordon lehman is taking an en forced holiday from farm work just now as a result of injuring his right ankle while cranking a tractor on the farm of his employer mr albert elson on the 10th concession ol whitchurch gordon who is a son of mr ab lehman the truck driver has his foot in a cast the united church picnic to lake side park on wednesday of last week was greeted with ideal weather anil a big crowd was in attendance the usual games and sports were con ducted for the younger element witli the boys of more mature years taking a lively jiart over a hundred children wore seated at the long table duriug the supper the police court case arising out of the auto accident in which young bill kirk was struck by a car driven by clarence bunker on july 2g is postponed until next tuesday through some misunderstanding the case was uot on the docket tor tuesday of this week as expect ed and the half dozen witnesses had a trip to toronto for nothing the little fellow who was injured has now recovered purse found with small bill apply for sale high school books al tribune oflice condition reasonable phoue 6315 all the machinery for the new coming stouffville horticultur- tower clock is now on hand on the al society exhibition on thursday floor of tug fire hall ready for august 27 secure a prize list now installation the moment contractor trom miss m mertens secretary fred betz completes the building of the tower the brick work is now above the clock dials and following a new ruling from ottawa all cheques up to 5 will not again presides 50 years after quality service sir william mulock jubilev at church building of the belfry is in progress i require a revenue or postage stamp so that the entire work should cheques over this amount however oe completed next week jwlh all require a two cent stamp regardless of the amount of at 4 pm on saturday this week i cheque newmarket play at stouffville in the the first of home and home games between these two teams to decide the league championship on sunday last mrs joel xendick in company with her daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs f saunders of toronto left on a motor trip to new york although there are many peoplo of much less mature years who would hesitate to make so long a trip mrs xendiek never grows old and while her age ranks amongst the highest in town she started on the journey across the line with the keen delight of youth a couple of buoys may he seen any time now floating on mussel- mans lake near the north shored their purpose there is to warn swimmers against a couple of logs just under the water near the diving rack the proprietor of the pavilion and swimming beach mr george davies had the buoys placed and they will no doubt add additional security to the place as a swimming resort midsummer clearing sale of mens fine straw hats and bathing suits many at half regular price mens straw hats in sailor and snap brim styles made from line quality italian straw well finished and smart in appearance regular price up to 295 special price to clear 149 mens lighter weight sailor and snap brim straw hats regular up to 150 to clear at 79c mens bathing suits in one or two piece style made from fine allwool yarns in speed models sizes 28 to 44 special clearing 198 penmans first quality cotton bathing suits for men navy with red trim only size 3g to 42 regular 85c to clear 59c boys all wool bathing suits in one or two piece style made from sturdy yarns in black blue and red regular value to 250 to clear 169 boys cotton bathing suits penmans to give long service and endure hard wear size 24 to 32 to clear 49c r e curtis phone 5601 stouffville ontario mr jacob barkey of chicago was in town this week while here he had an opportunity to see the re mains of the fine flag pole which he donated to the town as it lay ruin ed by a gale of some weeks ago we understand that the park com mission are investigating the circum stances surrounding the purchase of the pole four years ago in an effort to see if any redress could be had from the ontario wind kngine and pump co who sold the pole to the town in ease any of the north church street dwellers imagine that their neighbor mr robt curtis has his garden all planted to sun flowers they should be put right on the matter the high stalks that stand seven feet in the large patch are none other than potato tops but mr curtis cannot account for the abnor mal growth the whole patch has gone pretty much to tops but the crop will not altogether be a failure the jubilee branch of the womens institute will meet at the home of mrs w hewlett on aug 11 at 230 pm program for this afternoon is a motto by mrs williams on procrastination is the thief of time roll call my favor ite flower and why talk ou flowers by mr a j ward flower judging and flower contest every member requested to bring a bouquet of flowers special music everyone is welcome the toronto hydro commission is making an effort to reduce the cost of current to householders in the city just at this timea reduction in the cost of current would not only be highly appreciated in toronto but in rural communities such as stcuff- ville also the system belonging to this municipality has enough money in bonds and cash on hand to re tire the whole indebtedness indu ed at the time our lines were built and operated by hydro surely with such an excellent showing there ought to be lower rates in store for us few municipalities have manag ed and met with greater success with as on pulling a few hills last week i their hydro than has stouffville who vandorf july 30 in honor of wesley united churchs golden jubilee anniversary a garden party was held on the church grounds here last week with more than 500 iu attendance sir william mulock acted as chairmanhe held the same capacity fifty years ago when the church was opened others who spoke ere tjev t r white of schomberg and rev t w lynd of aurora an interesting feature was the lighting of a huge birthday cake decorated with fifty candles the first candle was lit by mrs j walk er oldest member of the wesloy ladies aid the other candles were lit by remaining members of the aid during the afternoon a baseball tournament was played aurora and lemonvllle teams ending the game in a tie a musical program was provided by pine grove orchestra and salvation army bands from aurora and newmarket this was followed by a supper iu the church basement given by the ladles aid some 200 was procured in aid of church- funds tryour high grade binder twine yes good positions for good pupils the owner found that there are also fair sized tubers at the bottom seven foot high potato stalks is mighty unusual when in the act of leading a colt to the pasture field wednesday morning of last week elmer wells of lemonvllle met with a serious and painful accident from which he is now recovering nicely mr wells was carrying a long rope leading the animal when another young beast ran by causing some excite ment and when the colt in hand j bolted for liberty mr wells became i tangled in the rope and was thrown he sustained a concussion of the brain and was unconscious for two days when his senses gradually re turned to him his son lewis who was driving a team near the place of the accident rendered first aid and lost no time in securing help the wells family are located on the w known george mckuen farm just west of the lemonvllle corner could show a balanced budget this year and all this after only seven years of operation our original debt was around 14000 in asking for a reduction in rate3 the customers need not assume that wo are paying more than similar towns in the vicinity for we are just on a par with both markham and uxbridge but even so when our finances show up so well the users should be given the benefit in some way the growing demand for power or light brings a need at this time for heavier lines and more trans former service but an expenditure of some 2000 according to the hydro engineer would bring our lines right up to date in every way and render them able to take care of any demand for power that is likely to be made on them for a long time fyw brathwaite stouffville ontario there saving in a pathfinder tube too coming home from sunnyslde on thursday night last about 11 oclock a party of young people from bloomington encountered a road hog and hit and run motorist just at the top of the hagerman hill south of unionville and in order to avoid a collision the bloomington car was forced to the ditch resulting in badly damaging the auto the local party consisted of donald storry who was driving miss ruth storry miss french and william french whose father is the new minister at bloomington the young people just reached the brough of the hill when a big car travelling south raced over the top at a terrific speed and keeping right to the centre of the road in a twinkling of an eye the storry car bolted te one side and turned completely over the occupants escaped with only minor bruises but every window in the cne side of the car was smashed while the roof was a complete wreck the car containing the road hog never stopped the first person to arrive at the oene of the accident was bruce lehman of almira who passed the road hog farther south and was astounded at the high rate of speed at which the car was travel ling as the bloomington people neglected to get on the telephone and notify the polico quickly no traco of the culprit is likely to be had some people have been asking what is wrong with the horticultur al society this year evldontly their inactivity well the real trouble is the lack of interest on the part of townspeople most everybody wants to see the society progress and all appreciate what they have done in the past relative to beautifying the town but few are willing to give enough time to attend a meeting and assist with helpful suggestions as result the meetings held recently have been poorly attended and dilllculty was encountered in under taking any work for the improve ment of the communitythe splendid manner in which nearly all property owners on main street cooperated in making boulevards has been appreciated and relieved the society of what looked like some real work for them last spring recently mr f c rowbotham the president resign ed his position and the society have been going on without this necessary leadership however despite all the setbacks the coming exhibition on august 27th is to be one of keen interest an effort is being made to have premier george s henry open tho showand judging by the interest already manifest there will be a big exhibit this year again let all tho citizens combine to workexhlblt nnd i boost tho coming exhibition the whole thing is in the interest of tho community at large a very interesting picnic and family reunion was enjoyed by de- scendents of three pioneer families of this locality on civic holiday when the stapleton mertens and vanzant families numbering about sixty assebled in the park at lake musselman at noon and had lunch together many of those in the group had not met before but found congenial friendship in the trifamily gather ing during the afternoon the party adjourned to maple farm the mertens homestead where on the spacious meadows some sports were enjoyed and later all had supper together on the farm lawn where the proximity of the well known mertens flower gardens add ed to the enjoyment of the outing as darkness called a halt in the outdoor activities the guests took their departure for their homes in hamilton oshawa w toronto vandorf and other points and many other points and many were the expressions of appreciation of the kind hospitality of the host and hostess mr and mrs jos h mertens groceries salmon 2 large tins 25c peanut butter reg 25c 22c castile soap 8 cakes 25c jelly powders 5 pr 25c super suds per pkg 18c ammonia 5 pkgs 25c silver cream per bottle 15c assorted biscuits per lb 20c a w scott its art wholesome bread no matter how good tho bread from your own oven may be is there enough difference in puro wholcsomencss to war rant heating up the home when our nitead may be had a price much lower than you can bake it our bread is good bread it is freshly baked every day largo loaf 16c small loaf 8c a stover during the past few months scores of graduates of the canada business college college and spadina toronto have accepted positions ranging from seven hundred and fifty dollars to two thousand four huudred dollars per year two recent lady graduates started at twentyeight dollars per week their names and addresses supplied to interested persons one huron county farmers son who graduated two years ago and has since remained on the farm starts at eighteen hundred dollars per year in ottawa next month forget about the depression depres sions never last long some will prepare and be ready others will shine you may attend college or study all by mail pay when you like for particulars write to george spotton m p canada 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