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stouffville thursday february 23rd 1933 i local happenings mr david meyer and two children j miss sager of toronto and mr were hero from toronto over sun- cecil carpenter of sutton were day visiting his sister mrs george recent guests at the home of mr taylor will street and mrs iilako sanders place your order for counter check books with the tribune we can save you money under travell ing salesmens quotations mrs it j corson of markham village left this week to spend a couple of mouths with her daughter mrs r l dales in winnipeg mr h w sanders rink won second place in the is rinks com peting in the uuionville bouspejl last saturday first prize went to g a m davidous uniouville rink the locals brought home four tine motor rugs grace until march 15 has been granted motorists to get their car licenses after that date cars on the road with 1932 license plates will bo liable to a tine friends in stouffvillo will sorry to learn that mrs w ii full er of markham wife of the pastor of the presbyterian church stouff- ville is in the wellesley hospital her condition is reported as grave but not without hope for improve ment the past week dont forget the geate oldea be tyme concert on friday night ye syngers will be separately intro duced and their peculiarities des cribed by pheuials stickle prompt ly at eight oclock and the sound of the fiddlying and syngyne will com mence at s15 see bills admission 25 and 15 cents mrs lloyd hoover and baby son left last week for chicago to visit her parents there she was accompanied as far as flint by mrs john lehman who will also visit friends in the usa miss elsie lounsborough who is teaching a rural school just out of oakwood was home over sunday miss gladys miller of the weston high school staff was also at her home here for the weekend mrs galloway of toronto was in town on saturday and informed us that her mother mrs j b wurts is confined to her bed owing to ill health old friends of mrs wurts will regret to learn of her condition and wish for an early return to better health i at a meeting of the oshawa presbytery held last week the call extended to rev j e glover of smithville to become pastor of the claremont and brougham united churches was unanimously sustain ed rev mr smith will nil the vacancy caused by the death of rev mr mclellan who was killed in a level crossing accident early this winter those who store ice tor summer use were getting in their supply last week following the cold snap blocks clear as crystal and 17 inches thick were the average ami the stock was said to be the best ice procured in several years there was a total absence of any snow shale ice visitors at the home of s w hastings on sunday were dr and mrs elgin hastings and sou john miss louise hastings also mr w h harvey miss louise harvey and mr murray dennis sunday was the first day for mrs hastings to be down stairs after two months illness withflu and pneumonia support the horticultural societys annual meeting stouffville branch of the womens institute met at the home of mrs e j davey when mrs graves of scarboro spoke on my ideal insti tute demonstrations on the making of jellies were given by mrs malloy mrs grubin and the hostess two quilts made by the institute were shown and will be applied to relief being married a month ago last saturday and returning a week later from a honeymoon trip ear hisey employee at schells butcher shop was taken ill and has been suiter- ing from pneumonia at the home of his fatherinlaw mr lemon paisley at lemonville the unfortunate groom is now recovering from his illness mrs j xosworthy of toronto was in town over the weekend visiting with her sister mrs d a- mcconnochle mr and mrs earl robertson of toronto visited with her parents mr and mrs george collard on sunday quality coal service coal coal mr and mrs f c rowbothani accompanied by helen and bruce spent the weekend with mrs row- bothams mother mrs klinck j obrien ave i eat stouffville bread its reliable and a real interest is being taken in the old time concert to be held on friday evening this week by the stouffville choral for a lot of people a concert like this which provides so much mirth and laughter j will be even more enjoyable than the introductory concert given by the society earlier in the season the number of old age pen sioners living in stouffvillo is 23 the daily star recently gave some statistics on this matter and re ported that this village had 38 pensioners which is wrong evident ly the star coupled all the peifsion- ers in the district who receive their mail through the stouffville office as residents of the village richly made 6 cents per 17 tickets for 100 stouffville bakery ambrose stover prop on thursday mr james mowat was receiving the congratulations of a long list of friends on attaining his sotii birthday on that day al though our townsman is not so spry as in the days when he con ducted the store business at glasgow ho is keen of intellect and is a great deal wiser than he was back in those days age makes us all that he enjoys reading and keeps abreast of world events through tin daily newspaper mr mowats friends coupled with the wishes of this paper are for many more years in which to enjoy the eventide of life with his life partner and faithful mate sutton hockey team has finished tho season with s wins 3 losses and 1 tie in the local oha league whitby is the only team capable of tieing this number of wins by sutton and will likely play off with sutton for group honors with home and home games whitby and sutton the contests will he widely patroniz ed ii specials for friday and saturday february 24 25 si lawsoo economy store geo lawson prop west end stouffville ontario red rose tea 1 1 d 9 red label s w palmolive soap 2 cakes 13c panshine 3 tins 25c corn tomatoes peas 3 tins 27c princess soap flakes 2 large pkgs 29c lettuce 10c per head sugar 10 lbs 47c white or brown phone 182 cash prices we deliver mr f w silverthorn of the ninth concession of markham brought in the office of this paper the other day a tadpole or young shapeless frog which he took from the creek oi his farm while watering horses how the tadpole survived the cold spell last week without being frozen up is something of a mystery and because it did it is now living in a small pool of water with some gold fish tadpoles are said to he good scavengers in a fish howl and are raised and sold in large numbers at the gold fish factory the ringwood christian church sunday school is one of the largest in these parts for a country point to boast there being 100 scholars on the roll three or four classes are designated as ordained each member being specially consecreated for gods work on thursday of last week one of these classes headed by mrs filyer met in stouffville at the homo of mrs gordon holden when some needy work was done for the poor of the district the local funeral director and furniture dealer mr tim oneill accompanied by harold quibel were in toronto last week attending the banquet and new display for spring of the norge electric refrigerator new low prices with extra improve ments and conveniences over the 1932 ice box were features the local cost for current to run an electric refrigerator is estimated at 25c per month for any make tho cnr excursion rate from toronto to stouffville and other places along this line did not attract so many passengers as one run the other way to the city saturday mornings train carried two extra coaches to accommodate tho crowd which mostly was bound for points north of here the fare to markham and stouffville was only 50c and tickets were good from saturday to monday night your hardware requirements are best taken care of at this store a complete stock at the best prices stoves and electrical equipment radios f y w brathwaite hardware stouffville ontario tho ottawa journal reproduces a photograph of- william davey of that city who has just been elected president of tho lithographers association of canada at their mootr ing held in tho royal york hotel toronto mr davey who is general manager of tho mortimer co of ottawa is a brother to our e j davey and liko the rest of the family was born in england they first located in uxbridge village when they came to this country and in that town the hoys received their early education a member of one of our former families died in toronto on satur day in the person of mrs annie bond sho was a daughter of the lato f b wicks of stouffvillo who will be remembered as a harness maker mrs bond was twice married her first husband being the lato chas morden who was burled at glasgow to this union ono daughter survives being imiss minnie morden after her marriage to james bond they lived in toronto where ho passed away no family was born to this second union the lato mrs bond is survived by three sisters all living in toronto mrs albert stover mrs walter slack and ella whose husbands name could not bo obtain ed for this article the funeral on tuesday from tho lato homo on degrassie street to mount pleasant cemetery for intermont brillinger bros and r e brown were shipping vegetables this week again in car lots the former sent out a car or two of mixed vegetables while mr brown is handling mostly turnips cabbage prices have taken a splendid up turn tho farmers be ing paid 9 per ton or 30c per dozen while turnips realize 9c bushel de livered at the depot unfortunately farmers are running short of supplies dr ira and sirs freel are ex pected to return from the southern states on march 5th after having spent tho winter iu florida the doctor is reported to be recovering from on attack of the flu a disease that has evidently been carried south by tho northerners how it ever got by the american customs officers is as great a mystery as the germ itself after being confined to her home for several weeks with the flu and on her first venturing out mrs thos morton fell on a slippery spot near her home on 10th street south and fractured her right wrist the shock and the painful break are giv ing mrs morton a trying and harrowing experience which all hope will quickly pass the accident happened last saturday reeve we morden of stouffville as one of this years commissioners appointed by york county council for the house of refuge on yonge street paid his first official visit of inspection to the institution last friday in company with warden george elliott and the other com missioner who hails from one of the northern townships a citizen of the west end asks this paper to bring to the attention of tho authorities and householders the advisability of removing the ic from the sidewalks now that old saul is rendering such excellent assistance to this end well there is little excuse for allowing ice to remain on tho walks after the mild spell of the past few days a little jogging up by the town cop on the negligent householders would not be amiss one of our west end citizens is having to do some lengthy explain ing this week because he came down town with two hats on his head last saturday a sort of double header as it wore the gentleman in question visited a couple of storer and transacted business but not ur- til ho arrived home and on beifg confronted by his wife was he apprized of his double decker head gear ho had put on a cap and absentminded liko added a fedora when he decided not to wear the cap mr orion mott who will be s7 years of age next 26th ofnapril fell on the slippery sidewalk on montreal street about ton days ago and is now only recovering from the shock a doctor was called and found that no bones were broken hut tho blimp was a little too much for one of mr motts age since tho milder weather has sot in all ice should be removed from sidewalks and the town cop would he doing a good act to enforce tho town bylaw on this behalf abram yako who sonio fow months ago gave up housekeeping in town his wife going to toronto to resido with her children has also gone to tho queen city to re sido with his son on koystono avo mr yako had spent tho past month or two with bis younger brother jako in tho silvester block the sonlor of tho two boys will be 91 years old next november while jacob tho younger is 7g the power of advertising was exemplified last weok in a closeup way to ono of our regular advor- tlsors ben rcxlln a descendent of abraham and tho prophets benj announced in these columns that ho had a power washing machine for sale and ho found a buyer down on tho markhamscarboro townllne who also bought three pieces of heavy machinery advertis ed by tho local secondhand dealer the farm machinery is to bo de livered at markham station for shipment by cnr with a carload of goods destined to tho imonnonlto settlement in new ontario misses mary and jessie lemon i who have been on an extended visit down east since early winter with their sisters mrs l silvester and mrs j k brown left on monday for their home in the west our old companys lehigh hard coal is tho coal you should be burning this cold weather customers keep telling us they are hardly using any moro coal than in ordinary weather that just proves our claim it is the longest lasting coal mined try this certified guaranteed coal and let your own eyes show you you can at last get a coal that satisfies wo also handle all other kinds of fuels stiver bros on sunday february 19th mr j e rowbothani reached tho soth year of hn age ho is in very good health and still enjoys work mr j rowhothail who is living with his son leslie was surrounded by his three sons on sunday phone 4501 stouffville ontario we are pleased to be able to an nounce to the men of this district that tip top clothing prices have taken another reduction in price any suit or overcoat now made to your individual measure of british woolens expertly cut and carefully tailored at only 1950 one price only call today and examine the samples and patterns hundreds to choose from for spring wear a e weldon western store tor mens wear and boots and shoes the annual presentation of the robert raikes diplomas and year seals took place at stouffville united sunday school on sundav afternoon last there were 45 pupils receiving the diplomas and seals this being 12 more than last year dr d c smith who made the presenta tion pointed out that it takes seven years of good deportment and regu lar attendance to become eligible for the securing of the diploma he congratulated the superintendent teachers and pupils on the good standing o tho school ever hear this one a satisfied customer is the best advertisement mr j e w writes 1 received pullets all ok they were a nice lot i was well pleased with them one is as big as two 1 got last year thanks for- your honest dealings mrs e w writes 1 got j2 baby chicks from you and raised 200 tho profit on cockerels was 10503 and on eggs 2isjt bray chicks from government approved flocks 7 years bloodtesting 100 per cent life delivery guaranteed free catalogue write for prices bray chick hatchery 81 claybum avenue st catharines ontario newmarket hatchery s bolsford street mrs hugh boyd of stouffville mrs gordon lunau and master john of markham spent last week end in kingston visiting mrs howard kelly and mrs wm lewis rev samuel goudie was prevent ed from carrying on his duties this week as presiding elder owing to a slight illness which affected his power of speech the cows are prevalent at this time of year groceries brooms rregular soc 70c brooms regular 30c 25c lemon oil large bottle 20c catsup largo bottle 19c soda biscuits 2 lbs 25c ginger snaps per lb 10c rolled oats 7 lbs 25c a w- scott iiit ilif assurance company incohpokateo 1865 head office montiusai the inherent strength of life assurance has been tested and proved during the past three years of general business recession and the invaluable service it renders the public in times of emergency fully demonstrated tiie sun life of canada during this period probably the most trying in human ex perience has maintained its record of progress 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