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tottfftri lie t tbum volxlui no 40 stouffville ontario thursday december 10 1931 a v nolan publisher xmas cards and stationery of the better kind yet as inexpensive as the ordinary come in and choose your xmas gifts from a wide variety of quality goods peakltone brush comb and mirrors manicure rolls ebony brushes flower vases candy jars rose bowls sponge rubber bath mats yardleys toilet sets bath salts etc j m storey druggist the home of quality drugs phone 1003 thomas birkett insurance agency everything in insurance phone 18202 stouffville a c burkholder insurance canada life assurance co also automobile and fire h o klinck sun life assurance company of canada also representing various strong companies in automobile fire and casualty phone 3307 medical dr s s ball ihpsician and surgeon office cor obrien and main phone 196 coroner for york county dental e s barker lps dds mm irudtihlu of royal collage of denial surgeons aad of tut- university of toronto office in orublns block phone 8201 markham every tuesday office in wear block dr d c smith honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeon and 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 office over can bank commerce dr patterson specialist ix plate work and extracting 311ice and residence on main street stcuffville- veterinary 5 t bodendistel vs bv sc veterinarian graduate of ontario veterinary college office at the mansion house phone 161 successor to dr j t storey e a grubin r 0 eyesight specialist tonor graduate of the college of iitometry of canada gold medal- t and first hermant prize winner i 192s at stouffville on mondays appointment only appointments iay ho arranged at pollards welry store or by phoning stouff- ille 2105 ihonostniitvlile 210is council fulfills agreement with church stgr0up several delegations were cordially received at the meeting of the municipal council- of stouffville last monday evening the largest was new teacher a mt albert girl a special meeting of the local school hoard was called on friday evening to receive the resignation of miss tsabel sargeant of markham who had been on the local staff of the public school for six years her that of the ratepayers from north letirement from the staff was church street which section re- accepted with the regret of the cently was annexed from whit- hvemoers as miss sargeant as highly church township as part of tlie1 lega as a teac the vacancy was filled by the appointment of miss gladys brooks of mount albert wlio had made may establish county high school board village they came in under certain agreement made with the council of last year tins years body however had failed to givej effect to just one phase of the agreement whereby it was requir ed to reimburse the incoming rate payers for the money they had in vested in water mains out of their own pockets it was supposed that the arrangement had only been a verbal one and thereby could not be forced on the village hence it came with some- surprise when solicitor f l button produced a written- agreement ratified by the railway board and there was nothing else to do but pay over the 17017 the amount owing the new- citizens under the agreement in asking for this refund mr button said the money claimed was the original amount paid for water mains at the north end of church application promptly on reading of the possible vacancy in last weeks tribune miss brooks who will take on the second book work that miss sargeant taught comes here with seven years experience holding a permanent 2nd class and a special certificate in agriculture it was this extra certificate that weighed with the board along with other favor able qualifications every teacher on the public school staff holds a specialist certificate and this not only lifts the standard of the school but enables the board to draw higher grants that they could obtain if teachers without these qualifications were engaged there be no change in salary of street by the property owners direct which council agreed to purchase i wi if the section became part of the 1000 village there is a moral obliga- reeve w tion to live up to and one that is the niembers for half an hour out- quite proper and legal said the hjnfng the situation at county speaker when the corporation j regar education that e morten spoke to hloomlngton eldon smith of hartman was ome on sunday sporting his new ir mrs w ii clark of stouffville iciit the weekend with mrs mahon there was a large crowd at the hting and social evening of the omens association of the united ilnirch hed at the home of ra o r- tranmer on thursday ening last jliss mao boako of glasgow ont last week with miss h fairies the nion t lily meeting of the liiistian church ladles aid was 11 at the homo of mrs w a xkler on wednesday afternoon ve pleasant time was spent jack spencley who was with mr rtiiur storry for the summer has ine to agincourt for the winter a took over this section of church street you replaced this old main with a larger one i believe you sold the old pipe which those citizens paid for from their own pockets for more than 50 he de clared in conclusion mr button labelled the whole undertaking as a splendid move on the part pf last ears council reeve morden expressed surprise that there was any such agreement which had been in the solicitors office but as it read that each property owner was to be refunded the original investment in private mains council at once passed a resolution to pay over the money forthwith it was pointed out that the major portion of the 170 was being collected or saved the corporation this year alone with 30 obtained by the corporation for old mains sold and over 50 in water revenue from the section served together with other considerations favorable to the corporation the annexation was really a fair undertaking for the corporation to enter into in tlie long run they stand to benefit materially the delegation present consisted of rev ii lee george winn james murison ross davis alf pugh allan goudie the delegates said that as mr button presented their case so fair ly and conclusively they had noth ing to say further councillors rusnell and weldon nioved the re solution to pay over the 17017 the amount shown in the agree ment flection bylaws the bylaw providing for taking the votes of the electors in case an election is- demanded next january was passed excouncillor a j ward was appointed deputy re turning officer for the north side and george thomas for the south side the poll clerks are aj baxter on the south and lud hoover on the north albert lehmans harness shop and the council chambers will he the polling places resolutions passed rusnell dowswell that we transfer 20075 to sinking fund for stolen debenture account weldon dowswell- that the general account pays to the water account 000 for hydrant rental for 1931 and that the water account pay to the general account 1000 same being interest on capital account against water works another resolution trarisfored the school levies from he general to the school account being 1175 raised in local taxation and 5250 county levy g00 borrowed from the water works early in the year was re turned to this account again by resolution school concerts notices under this heading 10 cents per count line friday december isth slouff- ville continuation school concert and commencement exercises keep open friday december is for the annual school christmas concert at ballantrao an interest ing program is being arranged note belhesda school concert date is changed to saturday dec 19 owing to the hunt club supper on the previous date set interesting program by the children all wel come blooniington public school will hold their christmas concert on monday december 21 at s pm admission 25c and 15c tho glasgow public school are holding their christinas treo on tuesday december 22 almira school concert tuesday evening december 22 an interest ing program is being prepared silver collection pumpkins for salccephas raymer rural municipalities particularly townships- are unjustly dealt with was indicated from his remarks markham township for instance pays 9000 more for secondary education than it cost to educate the pupils of tlie township stouffville pays to the county a sum just about equal to what we draw in grants hence our position is a more happy one whitchurch township al though not definitely worked out is likely to stand in tlie same position as markham which is that of hav ing to educate their own children and pay a nice sum to assist educa tion in other municipalities that are quite as well able to pay as either whitchurch or markham one thing sure vork county can not go on increasing the expendi ture on secondary education as she has done the past ten years or less taxes will become intolerable if the county cannot find sbnie way to curb the school boards in the south from their lavish expenditures there is a spread said the reeve between s00o per room for build ing high schools to 2s000 new market built a creditable school at the former figure but in the yorks more lavish layouts are demanded with corresponding mounting costs the members thanked the reeve for- tiio information lie had given but could offer little advice as to bow to settle the matter in view of tho conflicting elements in council and the seeming unwillingness of the department of education to protect those who are unable to meet tlie mounting tax for school purposes in this county altona during the recent w i conven tion held at the royal york mrs win reesor had the honor of being in the old tyme fashion parade and owing to the vast display of gorgeous costumes the judges had great difficulty on deciding the winners finally the prizes were awarded to those between eighty and over one hundred years old due to their age and quality however we are pleased to know our branch was represented even if we did not secure a prize other members from our branch whom attended the convention and banquet in connec- t ion with it were miss ruby michel mrs eli lehman and mrs d crosier coming events shooting match rlngwood dec 12 at rielos grahams saturday december 19 shoot ing match on farm of george red- shaw uxbridgo township friday december 11 com munity dance at victoria square spiders orchestra with farmer ball floor manager lunch served tuesday december 15 christ mas dance at mansion house and new years eve party dec 31 good music there will be a shooting match held on the farm of john spence lot 4 con 0 whitchurch on saturday dec 19 saturday evening dance every week in auditorium under respon sible management melody boys orchestra the path across the hill drama by locust hill players under swastika club of united church on monday december 14 in rat- cliffs hall stouffville saturday december 12 the bashful mr boobbs a farce comedy in three acts will be presented in the community hall victoria square t present rate of school tax in- i crease will split the county ruruls will be unable to pay their taxes sajs warden golm fighting strongly to have a start made on the establishing of a county high school board to ad minister and handlo funds for all the high schools of york county warden wesley gohn battled his way past the members from tho suburban townships to a partial victory at the closing session of cpunty council on saturday his appeal drew the solid support of the northern niembers as well as etobicoke and some of the smaller centres of the suburbs where there is no present high school area arguing that the nonpassage of his resolution to introduce legis lation for a high school board would eventually cause a split in york county the warden backed by reeve wm e macdonald pf new toronto and dr dales of newmarket claimed that the pre sent 5050 basis of apportioning cost between the municipality and the county was unfair all through the northern part the warden stat ed there is resentment that they should have to pay the cost of the luxurious high school edifices protest fails i reeve mcdonald ended the two hour discussion by accepting an ad journing resolution which contain ed the instruction fora bylaw to ik submitted today on resuming his rhjht as chairman to accept such a resolution was sustained when the reeve of york appealed two amend ments and the resolution barred any further resolution so the chair man adopted the unusual procedure of having the warden introduce his ideas tacked on the end of an ad journment motion protests by tho suburban niembers fell on deaf ears and when the question was put the northern members rose solidly in favor warden gohn had included in the report of the educational committee a recommendation that a committee of six including messrs webster gohn cooke barchard drey and michael interview the government to secure new legislation covering the york county situation it was from this county that the legislation now in force over the high schools originated and i am sure that this county can again bring in to the government a satis factory solution for cur trouble under rule 34 the warden said old basis unfair the old so20 basis was unfair to the municipality which had high schools he continued but the present 5050 basis is very unfair to the municipality which has not got a high school after quoting figures which show ed that the high school costs for 1931 had increased almost 100- 000 over 1930 imr gohn said that if high school rates continue to go up wo are going to have a division in the county of york it is not roads or anything else that will split york county it is just the high school rates if you spend two or three mills more in the next few- years under this system you will find that tlie rural people will not be able to pay their taxes the warden dramatically stated reeve dales urged that with one high school board instead of half a dozen the county council will have authority there is no control at all for the county under the pre sent system he maintained loses western home word has been received here by cur merchant mr alex scott inform ing him that his father mr t g scott suffered a heavy loss when his residence on his farm home at carou sask was totally destroyed by fire a few days ago the origin of the lire is a com plete mystery but fortunately the roads were dry in this clay belt and thus the neighbors were able to come in cars a considerable distance ren dering such assistance as to save most the the furniture there is a small insurance and mr scott in tends to build again on the old foundation caron is in the burned out area of saskatchewan and there is great hardship throughout this territory many farmers have not bad a crop for two or three years hut there was a time when the dis trict was looked on as a sure pro ducer this year the crop was burn ed up and there has not been sufficient rain this fall to warrant sowing fall grain the people of the district have been helped by car loads of vegetables which have reached them from points in ontario father coaxed president to attend school social and personal mr arthur forsyth and mother motored to hamilton on sunday to see the new nephew and grandson mrs john lee has returned home after spending two weeks witii her son in hamilton mr william ruddy of toronto visited his cousins mr and mrs henry riddle 9th line last week messrs frank stiver and hugh boyd motored to kirk field on fri day the roads are exceedingly fine just now for travelling and could not wish for them to be better in the north miss marjorie stewart has gone to new york to join the staff of tho fordham hospital located in tlie bronx this former stouffville young lady was on the weston hospital staff which institution has affiliated with the fordham hospital auction sale thursday december 17 credit salo of farm stock imple ments dairy cattle hay grain etc at lot 1g con 2 scarboro property of thos malcolmson sale at l pm no reserve 10 months credit prentice prentice auctioneers saturday december 19 lot 1 con 4 whitchurch farm stock implements hay roots etc be longing to l h stcckley gormlcy 6 months- credit no reserve sllversldos and farmer auctioneers claremont some of our young people are attending the saturday night dances in stouffville sponsored by the melody boys orchestra our public school principal miss r donnell entertained a number of claremont friends at her home iu keswick on saturday evening lust the baptist and united church sunday schools are busy preparing tor their christmas entertainment to be held on dec 21st and 22nd respectively we are sorry to report that mrs d- b taylor who lias been con fined to bed for several weeks ow ing to a fractured nip is not mak ing -as- satisfactory progress towards recovery as her many friends had hoped she might miss sadie evans had the pleasure of attending the ottawa winter fair last week having won tlie trip sponsored oy the womens institutes of south ontario for winning tlie highest points in the judging and cooking classes the young people of the united church gave a delightful banquet on monday evening nov 30th to abou one hundred members and guests who sat down to tables upon which was all that could well be desired after which a number of toasts were proposed first to the king in response to which was sung the national anthem the toast to the church was then proposed by miss c underbill and responded to by mrs ii johnston both voicing optomism for the future and warn ing against failure next followed the toast to the visitors proposed by miss illadeston and responded to by mr goddard in which the guests were made to reel very much at home and by them very much appreciated mrs caskey delighted tlie audience with a piano solo and the toast to the young people was proposed by mr mouse a young man of great promise and responded to by mrs pearce the president of the society who extended a hearty in vitation for continued attendance miss mary forsyth was in her usual good form with a violin solo which was heartily encored the address was given by mr saywell of oshawa the president of the young peoples guild of the bay of quinte con ference who gave some sound ad vice to young people a young peoples quartette rendered some line musical selections miss lillian dawson nioved a vote of thanks to all who helped to make the banquet a success seconded by miss enid cook the meeting closed with the singing of blest be tho tie that binds and prayer by mr gaddard the fine entertainment given by the cgit of the united church iu he community hall on friday even ing last was well attended the main feature of the program was a three act comedy drama a southern cinderella presented by seven members of the group the creditable manner in which these actors presented this humorous drama merited the many favorable comments it received between acts readings and musical numbers both instrumental and vocal wore given included among tho latter was a very pretty folk song of the victor- ian era and a comedy sketch pete and jane tlie two young girls or rather lady and gentle man who rendered this might well be ranked with some of our noted comedians for tho realistic manner in which they gave it this most enjoyable program was brought to a close with a fitting worded chorus by the class in it tho girls express ed their thanks to tho audience for coming to hear them and the hope that their endeavours had proved acceptable much praise is duo their leader mrs h j caskey for the great interest she has shown in these teen age girls not only in training them for the concert on friday evening but for her capable leader ship and example since undertaking the work more than a year ago new radio agent for 1ieforks orosslky i have taken over the local agency for this well known and reliable company makers of deforest crossley radios also several used sets for sale at big reduction harold qui bel show rooms at w j mathers furniture store president leonard s kllnck of british columbia university who was recently honored by the govern ment of france with the degree cfofficer de instruction publlque has been written up in an enter taining way by canadian magazine president klinck visited france last year on his european tour and also spent a short time visiting his mothers borne in stouffville en- route in the december issue appears this description of this farm boy with a dream which is the storys heading and as a person reads it there is evidence that this is true as mr klinck was always a chore boy on the old home farm at victoria square here after school and saturdays he used to help his father with the farm work but always a great experimenter with grain when he was eleven years of age leonard klinck got hold of a little book scientific farming written unitedly by dr james mills of guelph agricultural college and c c james then minister of agriculture of ontario and sat up nights to read it as it was so fascinating to him after reading this book he began to de velop a high grade of seed grain and became eager to see guelph agricultural college and learn much more about farm experiments in 1891 when he was fourteen years of age a cut rate on the railways came into effect and leonard took a trip to the oac travelling from toronto to guelph for fifty cents here one of the professors became interested in the young experi menter and through him much in spiration was given the boy but leonard silvanus klinck did not wish to receive an education he simply wanted to stay home with his father on the farm of course he went to public school without com plaint because that was possibly compulsory but when the time came to try the entrance examina tions he decided to stop school he told his father he didnt want to try them and the magazine states the conversation very clearly as follows why asked his father dont you want to write those exams because said the boy if i pass youll want me to go to high school and why should you not go to high school said father kllnck because i want to be a farmer said the child after talking the situation over the father persuaded his son to try the entrance when the day came for the re sults to be published in the toron to papers young klinck went to the mail box for the paper and putting it in his own words he says i be gan at the bottom and read the names up tho page as i thought that i should come to my name sooner that way if it were there as line followed line my heart sank when i had given up all hope i found my name fourth from the top i ran all the way horns to tell father and exclaimed what dye think of that pretty good eh fourth in the whole county and then he went to high school he went to richmond hill for one year the second year he went to markham high school until he graduation at the age of seventeen it will be remembord by those who bought a high school lampoon of 1930 it contained a letter from this ominent exstudent in which ha stated that the students at present in attendance are no less capable earnest and selfreliant than their predecessors and i am confident that their achievements in their studies and later in the world of affairs will enhance the prestige of the school at homo and abroad from this wo can catch a glimpse of this great presidents attitude and tho character of the younger gener ation ho who has builded this magnificlent university of british columbia attributes its success to the students who have laid the foundations and aided in the bulling of the same the students even organized and canvassed the province of british columbia with a petition that tho government should build suitable buildings for them they got the signatures of 54000 ratepayers and of course the building was commenced mr klinck was at this time dean of agriculture for tho university shortly after tho buildings began to appear ho was appointed president on graduating from markham high school mr klinck attonded newmarket model school when a year later ho taught at german mills for three years then he wont where he wanted to go guelph on gradu ating from the oac this boy who did not want schooling becamo a continued on page four among the churches stouffvuiie and church hell christian churches f ervln hyde minister sunday december 13th 1931 10 am stouff vllles s s 1100 am morning worship 2 pin church hills s s 3pm preaching 700 a winsome invitation a cordial welcome to all t t t t melville circuit rev a mcneu pastor sunday december 13th 1931 peaches 1000 am melville 230 pm belhesda 730 pm subject betrayed by speach hedtord united church choir will be in charge o service at the melville service t t t t mennonite church rev w b moyer sunday december 13th 1931 1000 am sunday school 1100 am imorning service subj seeking gods favor and bless ing 700 pm evening service altona 700 p m w b moyer will speak at altona sub the first step heavenward bloomington and rdh3wood christian churches e morton preacher when the snow gets deep horses often begin to crowd each other on the country roads the worst kind of crowding in the world is that of crowding out of life the very best things that god has for us they are not things of the world services next sunday at bloomington 1100 am ringwood 700 pm t t t t united church rev thos iaifllaw ma pastor sunday december 13th 1931 1100 am morning worship the fact purpose and result of tho incarnation 230 pm s s bible classes business and young mens bible class 700 pm evening service can we follow jesus today the pastor will preach both services 800 pm monday swastika 800 pm wednesday prayer and bible study you are cordially welcomed to these services 4th line uxbridge this snowy weather makes us think of winter and chrlstmas it wont be long now mrs geo wilson is visiting her aunt mrs hart in uxbridge for a few days mr frank collins is sporting a ford coach misses jean symes and margaret wilson also messrs charlie and joe symes were at mr ed nortons on sunday mr lome hardy is working at bill coates at present mr and mrs geo jones also mary and clarence attended the funeral of their uncle at cherry- wood last friday mr and mrs r faulkner and children are home again from a visit in montreal with her parents mr george collins has installed a radio mrs mose norton and maude visited a few days in penetang last week mr and mrs bert staley spent an afternoon last week with mr and mrs ed norton a number from this line have started their practise for church entertainments for christmas how about putting a candidate in the field for council our section is not even on the map in this regard melville aubrey weeks of oshawa powell over the mr visited mr wja weekend mr harold mckay and lady friend miss balrd of toronto spent sunday under the parental roof miss marjorie lehman of whitby was at home over sunday mr and mrs hisey and family of streetsville visited with his sister mrs p spofford on sunday on december the first the family of mrs s b lehman mrs t meyers mrs j s wldeman mrs g w baker and mrs jos oayman and sons harman and willis joined in celebrating her 87th birthday at hor home in almira we join them in wishing her many more happy years do not forgot the christmas concert to be held in tho school house tuesday evening december 22nd the peachs united church auartette are getting quite popular with their singing last sunday they sang at the anniversary service at edgoly and tuesday night dec 8th are billed for dunbarton keop up tho good work boys the choir from hedford are to have charge of the service of song at melville church next sunday dec 13 everybody wolcomc births forsyth in stouffvliio on thurs day december 3 1931 to mr and mrs harold forsyth a son