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stouffville ontario december 17 1931 quality service this is our 41st year in serving the public and we take this opportunity of thanking our friends for their continued confidence old english mincemeat2 lbs for 25c new and finest nuts for christmas walnuts lb 20c taragona almonds lb 15c filberts lb 15c brazils large washed 20c mixed nuts all new stock per lb 18c or 2 for 35c green valley peas no 2 tin 3 for 25c shortening picake brand extra quality only lie per lb holly a 15c bunch will give the christmas cheer fresh green and well berried christmas candy alaska mixed very choice 2 lbs 25c chocolate budslb25c jelly beanslb 19c gum drops lb 15c chocolate cream drops per lb 20c peppermint chunk a pure candy lb 15c canned tomatoes choice quality claremont brand large sized tin 4 tins for 25c oranges all sizes finest quality picnic salmon large tins 2 for 23c our special black tea 35c per lb or 3 for 100 pastry flour 24 lb bag 54c table raisins the finest we have ever offered per lb 30c figs finest cooking 2 lbs 25c 1 lb box pulled figs 20c 3 inchumbrella figslb 25c lb packages 10c pitted dates 2 lbs for 25c prunes french sweet variety very fine 3 lbs 25c seedless raisins fine australian seedless raisins per lb 12c move for strong market committee the setting of stouffville christ mas market on a saturday this year december 19 has stired up no end ot opposition from those merchants not directly concerned about the buying and selling of poultry these merchants say that saturday in any case is a big day and they are hard pressed to serve their customers without employing extra help where as there aie other days in the week when even the regular staff are pretty slack that one of these days should have been named as christ mas market day is their reasonable claim on the other hand the poultry buyers are looking for the most advantageous time for them to buy and get the produce on the toronto market that monday would have suited their purpose just as well as saturday there is no doubt but this was opposed on the ground that farmers might have o pluck poultry on the sabbath to remedy this and other com plaints against market conditions in stouffville a strong market committee should bo appointed from the business men a move will be made this winter to reorganize the business mens association along these litres when the time conies to deal with this matter the merchants should make it a point to take part in it much can be done to improve stouffville market if a wholehearted effort is put forth by the merchants rural school meetings the annual meeting of ratepayers in rural school sections for the elec tion of a trustee to servo three years receiving the secretarytreas urers and auditors report and the transaction of other school business will be held on wednesday dec so at 10 am unless the hour has been changed by a resolution of the school board four crown raisins large fat juicy the raisin with finest flavor per lb 10c you pay less for more ratcliff co other goods of finest quality for your christmas wants wishing you all a merry christmas and a more prosperous new year town delivery phone 7112 sine die at this time when we read of municipal councils and other bodies adjourning sine die it is well to know the proper meaning of the term we heard a councillor say the other day that it means dead or all over with sine die is a latin origin and sine die means an adjournment without fixing the time of resuming business or reassembl ing it is used much in legal circles when a a defendant is suffered to go sin die he is dismissed the court a recent test from a point fifty miles distant from toronto revealed the fact that a farmer gained 30 in shrinkage and 20 in transporta tion on a car load of 21 cattle by railroad as compared with trans portation by truck silk hosiery always a popular gift and in good taste we show an immense choice in chiffon and service weights in all colors at per pair 95c to 200 scarves printed chiffon heavy crepe ascots squares and oblongs a wide range or colors and prints all make suitable christmas gifts at 95c to 375 attractive lingerie although assortment is huge come early if possible and take advantage of complete selection gowns pyjamas vests and bloomers to match lace trimmed and tailored styles in a variety of lovely- shades at attractive prices fine umbrellas featuring fine covers of cotton and silk on brass frames a smart selection of carved or colored ceinica handles with matching tips and ends and harmonizing wrist cords always acceptable for gifts jewelry novelty jewelry to thrill her at christmas here is a real opportunity there are bright necklets of various lengths and charming earingsbrilliants composition beads colored glass every thing thats smart in jewelry make a nice gift for christmas 15c to 200 handkerchiefs for that merry christmas wish dolls just the most wonderful dollsthe kind little girls love and hope santa will bring them all sizes 25c to 400 ingestions at shaws wool blankets an ideal gift for any home so attractive in their beautiful bright colors so cosy and warm all pure wool and unshrinkable in plaid and reversible styles these blankets are in great demand for christmas gifts moderately priced kimonos a gift that will surely be appreciated soft and warm with lovely shades to choose from blue rose mauve and tan trimmed with satin binding and girdle cord to match gift stationery gift box of kid finish stationery con tains note paper and envelopes to match shades of white peach blue and mauve per box 49c and 59c enamelled compacts these beautiful colored enamel com pacts are obtainable in a variety of modernistic designs particularly suit able for gifts 39c to 75c each christmas gift books a limited number each book clearly printed and sturdily bound a few bible stories 5c to 39c a new coat or dress is always a wel come gift the low prices will surprise you aprons made from peter pan prints assort ed styles and a variety of colors to choose from an idea for an inexpensive gift 59c we have a good assortment of tags seals cards tissue and cord shaws store phone 9512 stouffville ontario shelve proposal for markham tp council county school board s32 county question left to 1 council definite action on the advisibility of forming a county high school board to control educational matters throughout the county in place of the present ten school boards was shelved at a meeting of public and high school trustees meeting satur day iu the county buildirss ade laide st the question will be plac ed before the new county council at its session in 1932 was decided warden wesley c gohn strongly urged the formation of such a board viewing with alarm the rising costs of high school education he declared himself in favor of cutting salaries of high school teachers con tending that if the present rate of expenditure was kept up the rural part of the county would have to separate from the urban portion magistrate douglas davidson opposed shelving the resolution to form a central controlling board while several trustees opposed the cutting of teachers salaries j p wilson markham said he thought the teachers should take a salary cut ho suggested formation of a trustees and ratepayers asso ciation to cope with the teachers federation which ho termed a paid union to raise educational costs post offices in canada closed christmas and new years day according to an order issued by the postmaster general the honour able arthur same all post oflices will be closed to the public on christinas and new years day all mail posted in the side letter box will be despatched as usual on those days do your christmas mailing early and ensure its being delivered before christmas day rural mail ppatrons should also keep in mind that couriers will have holidays both christmas and new years days return to statute labor on monday december 7 a vote was taken in artemesia township grey county on the question of re turning to the older system of statute labor and the bylaw carried by a majority of 108 only two poles out of eight gave a majority against statute labor which had been tried out for several years the township is evidently disgrunted by two much govt authority and by the act that taxes are continually mounting under the new system whatever the ratepayers had in mind in returning to what many claim a backward step in vogue in the days of the norman rule artemesia pre fers it to anything else they haw tried they will now say farewell to road superintendent and the in creased clerical work involved in obtaining the government grant that carload of cheer echoes are still heard from western canada concerning the car load of vegetables shipped from stouffville last month to the stricken area at dummer sask rev her bert lee who placed a card in one of the boxes he contributed received letters in return conveying the heartfelt gratitute of the minister and people who enjoyed his vegetables mr w paisley of whitchurch also enclosed a written line with his contribution a box of apples which found their way to a country school house if ever there was glee in the hearts of children it was on arrival of that box of apples wist fully all fall they thought and even dreamed of luscious apples but here in a section where fields and the few fruit trees that might have bore fruit there was nothing but barren waste and trees stark nak ed owing to the drought even the teacher was overwhelm ed with gratitude to show their unbounded appreciation every child in the school wrote mr paisley a letter and the baby class to show their thanks for the apples signed their names at the end of he letter written by the teacher in all twentyone letters were mailed in one enclosure to mr paisley from which we print the communica tion written by the principal dummer sask dec 2 dear mr paisley just this week i found your address in the box of apples that came to the school and i wish with the children to thank you for them i have been teaching in this school since 1021 i have a very nice school with a furnace in the basement and a nice little teacher- age 20x20 about 20 from the school to give you an idea of just how badly off we are only two men in the district threshed a bus of grain and as far as i know they are the only two who have paid their taxes this year i received 51400 free furnished houso with fuel and oil nil to two years ago when i got 1200 then this year 1000 and i am hired for 700 for next year and i will liavo to take a note for all execept part of the grant which amounts to 300 if it had not been for the united church sending the district the car of vegetables and the bales of clothing we would have been much worso off than we are but tho government is keeping nearly cvery- home in fuel and groceries i camo from near hamilton out so i know more of yonr country than you are likely to know of ours but if we liavo not told you enough write and ask us anything and wo will try to answer if you do write please tell us where stouffville is of course it must be in old ontario but where yours truly j a fletcher markham township council met at uniouville monday december 7 deputy reeve smith occupied the reeves chair until three oclock as reeve gohn had important meeting iu toronto martin and liarton waited on council in regard to don ation to markham branch of north york veterans stating that the branch had greatly aided relief last winter iu the township messrs mucklin and lamaroux on behalf of miliken s s interview ed council claiming that several farms in tho community were not assessed iu school area said asses- ment amounting to 2845090 they asked that this bo added to school assessment as it would relieve school tax in that section steve demlak a poland by birth appeared before council for relief ho had purchased 5 acres of land from the elder real estate agent paid 00 down all bis savings and mortage for 1000 he built a cottage to live in and now had nothing to live on having accepted the place late in dine he had very little garden stuff in this is only cue instance in many that the council will be asked to face before spring mr c hamilton of concession 2 markham asked council to pay for cement culvert he built at his place account was disallowed october profits on metropolitan railroad showed 280 05 tho following general accounts were ordered paid jas a gibson truant oliicer s220 jas walker constable salary and mileage 10730 win brooke valu ing sheep claims 14 robt simpson co equipment to laborers for north 11210 municipal world assessors quide 107 a p graham treasure markham village 1950 richmond hill liberal 5032 j w perkins account for hall repairs 94 g geo burnham account for hall repairs 901 t burnett account for hall repairs 11 s5 john miller plaster ing hole on township hall 3075 mrs w rudkins milk suppield charity 130 c whittakersupplies for charity 1411 brown bros charity 1232 j u mcdonald 2 j p maher charity 392 the following accounts from thornhill police village were order ed paid thos james labor 1700 hoynton weldrick labor 9g0 john simpkins labor 4 so j b gilles labor 1 j e frances rent of hall i a grant of 25 was given to the markham branch of the north york veterans association the following sheep claims were ordered paid wm dean thornhill 10103 a vanhorne gormley rr 2 154 j fisher 14 road foremans accounts totalled 1g50 genera road and bridge acount 493 a bylaw was passed naming monday dec 2s at one oclock nomination day and monday jan 4 1932 as election day with voting places the same as in previous year with one exception and that is the residence of geo r cowie to re place that of c crosby who has moved away stouffville public school reports november december jr pr william kirk chas chamberlain harold hare sr pr grace armstrong doris tidy arnold schell miss a m loyst jr 1 imarjorie muston joyce ball margaret byer ii class irwin borinsky bjas smith geraldine stouffer miss i sargent ii class a phyllis winn muriel tidy isabel simpson jr ill kathleen kellington marjorie farthing kathleen turner miss d i ross sr ill jruth marshall ruth dowswell gloria castle and ellrio oato responsibility must be ap proached with faith as well as ability and understanding experience is a necessity but courage is a virtue faith in this organiza tion has been established in the public mind we servo faith fully toward that end tho gaining of public confidence wc serve with graceful discretion rg clendening funeral director markham telephone markham 9000 safety speed economy are the three elements to be con sidered when sending money whether it is sending money ten miles or ten thousand miles a dollar or ten thousand dollars by mail telegraph cable or radio you will find the canadian bank of commerce a most efficient and economical agency to use state your wishes to any one of the 800 branches of the canadian bank of com merce if as frequently happens it is necessary to withdraw money from your bank account to make the remittance you can complete the whole operation at one time your remittance will be despatched craickly economically and with perfect safety payable only to the person or firm you wish to receive it v the canadian bank of commerce capital paid up reserve fund 30 million dollars 30 million dollars casg coal we have everything in the line of poultry feed and baled straw straw 50c bale marmill laying mash is much lower in price than a year ago scratch grain crack corn and buckwheat are also down in price coke 3 put in your orders for coal and coke now while you can get it dry and clean w hastings stouffville ont salt cement m i notice please take notice that on and after sept 15th 1931 absolutely no credit will be given on ford parts plow parts accessories and tires cash basis only will be strictly enforced the usual credit terms will be given on new and used car sales some unusual bargains in used cars 1 ford touring 1931 1 ford ton del 1929 1 ford roadster 1 roosevelt marmon rumble seat seat 1930 1 dodgv4 ton del 192s 1 ford tudor 192s 1 ford coupe 1929 1 essex coach 192s 1 ford coupe 192g 1 mclaughlin sedan 1920 come in and fill up with antifrieze we handlb glyerine alcohol and valcan also handle arvin heaters for cars chains and tires d holden ford dealer stouffville phone 18402 thompson equal jr iv b victor holden bruce stover gordon hare miss lillian dowswell jr iv a douglas tidy pauline roadway elmer winn sr iv margaret forsythe harry brown margaret smldt mr c e watson denotes hon poor sleep due to gas in upper bowel poor sleep is caused by gas press ing heart and other organs you cant get rid of this by just doctor ing the stomach because moat of tho gas is in the upper bowol the simple german remedy adler- u ika reaches both upper and lower bowel washing out poisons which jj cause gas nervousness bad sleep got adlorlka today by tomorrow you feel tho wonderful effects you will say the day you read this was sure a lucky day for you j m i storey druggist births deeth at lot 5 con 8 whitchurch 3 on friday december 11 1931 to mr and ms gordon deeth a son miller in stouffville on thursday december 10 1931 to mr and j mrs walter miller the gift of i daughter 1 i i tv