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mffirilte vol xlv no 8 stouffville ontario thursday may 4th 1933 a v nolan publisher we supply radio licenses garden seeds former citizen approaches the century mark lightning fires farmers barns yellow onion dutch sets thomas shaw enjovs excellent health as his 96th birth day approaches formaldehyde for treating grain j tho m storey druggist home of quality drugs legal mccullough button barristers solicitors convey ancers c buttons block stouffville money to loan norman a keys h scott ritchie ritchie keys barristers solicitors continental lite building 371 bay street toronto 2 telephone ad 9767 harold a sanders barrister solicitor notary public etc office 26 bloor street west toronto telephone kingsdale 5545 stouitville tuesday thursday and saturday phone 180 medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon office cor obrien and main phone 196 coroner for york county dental e s barker lds dds honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and o the university of toronto ofllco in grubins block phone s201 markham every tuesday oillce in wear block d c smith ldsdds neil c smith ldsdds oliice over the bank of commerce office hours 9 to 12 130 to 530 phone office 1011 residence 1015 veterinary s t bodendistel vs bv sc veterinarian graduate o ontario veterinary college ofllco at tho mansion house phono 161 successor to late dr j t storey a c kennedy chiropractor church st stouffville monday wednesday and fridays 9 to 12 am a c burkholder insurance canada life assurance also automobile and fire co thomas birkett insurance agency everything in insurance phone 18202 sloultville automobile owners attention big reduction in insurance rates are now available why not start tho now year with the pro tection of a good auto policy h o klinck auto life fire insurance agent stouffviuc l e oneill funeral director and embalmer successor to w j mather stouffvlllo night and day service business phone residence phone 980 9820 stewart beare phone markham 103 or to brathwaltes hardware 8u radio repairing a service you will appreciate three years before the city of toronto was incorporated ninety- six years ago thomas shaw was born in stouffville the former event took place on march 6 1834 and the date of shaws birth was may 9 1s37 he was 49 years old before lie moved to toronto where for twentyeight years he has been court constable of the general sessions he is wellknown to hun dreds of citizens particularly those who have served on grand juries iu a few days he will be ninety- six years old yet he has never had a serious days illness during his long lifetime ho does not smoke he has never partaken of alcoholic beverages and he sleeps at least oight hours every night that is his recipe for a long healthy life and surely he should know for although ho has past mans allotted span of existence by 26 years his hearing and sight are still unimpaired his appetite is excellent he likes his job and in his own words he sleeps like a top every night my father came to canada from yorkshire in 1825 and settled in toronto mr shaw told us he helped to lay tho citys first stone sidewalk on the south side of king street later lie married and moved to stouffville where he conducted a butcher business and acted as veter inary surgeon for farmers in the district a historic press following the custom then pre vailing in england mr shaws father appprenticed him when lie was ten years old to john boyer who ran a general store in the vill age here he learned the printing trade oii an old wooden press which was later seized and destroyed at the time of the mackenzie re bellion stouffville in those days consisted of one large store where everything from coffins to cows could be pur chased and a few scattered farm houses deer fox wolves and bear infested the bush it was a typical backwoods settlement having learned his trade mr shaw and a partner went to prince albert a town near port perry where they started a newspaper called the ontario observer and conducted it with some success for a number of yearshe moved to tor onto in 1886 and clerked in a store before taking up his old trade of printing again he still lives in the first house he inhabited when he moved to the city situated at s mcgill street his wife is long since dead a son is employed in a brokers oftico in new york city and a daughter keeps house for him mr sliaw was an uncle to tho late wilmot brown of stouffville about twelve oclock midnight on monday during terrific thunder storm fire destroyed the large barn 43x32 am the farm of william swain justso of gravel hill on the uxbrhlgewbitchureh towuline tho blaz started from a bolt of lightning which mr swain saw- descend upon the structure as he watchedythe storm from tho window of his borne almost instantly the building burst into flames with the aid of his son che pair rushed into the burning building and rescued most of the stock entering the cow stable one animal was dead in the stall presumably killed by the lightning while another had a broken back these two of course went up in the flames one sow and 11 sucking pigs were also burned as well as one beef ringer a quantity of grain 30 bags pota toes 2 loads mangolds and a number of large implements the binder was barely saved after the swains had pulled it to safety from the burning flames which damaged tho machine some mr swain had his hands burned in the grand effort to save tho binder in addition to the large barn a hog pen and implement shed were destroyed a strange thing about the catastrophe was the fact that few attended- the fire imany of the closest neighbors did not even know of the disaster until the fol lowing morning which seemed odd in view of the fact that the flames lighted the sky for miles around perhaps the fact that so many farmers had their phones removed accounted for the news not spread ing willis wideman was the first outsider to arrive and the flames were leaping through the building when he got there there were no lightning rods or the building and the loss is only partly covered by insurance mr swain had just taken out a policy for the first time in farmers mutual last month it pays to drive carefully township taxes coming in well reduced rates on automobile insurance came into effect april 15th insurance agents of the town have been notified that the downward re vision in the rates of automobile in surance ot tariff companies for on tario became effective for all new and renewal business on april 15th the new schedule provides for a 20 per cent discount from the public liability and property dam age premiums to owners who have operated an automobile for the past three or more years without claims while there is a 15 per cent discount from public liability ami property damage premiums to own ers who have operated an automo- bilo for the past two years without claims and a 10 per cent discount from public liability and property damage premiums to owners who have operated an automobile for the past year without claims the dis counts on fire and theft premiums is 15discount from the25 deduct ible collision coverage 20 per cent discount from 50 deductible colli sion coverage and 30 per cent from 100 deductible collision coverage tho no claims bonus in respect to public liability and property dam age applies to the entire province only 13000 unpaid in mark ham twp winter relief bill totals over 4000 new the altona miss saturday floronce tindall in toronto mr and mrs o madill monday in toronto mr ernie davis spent with miss elsie hill spent spent sunday notice to horticultural society members the premiums for the members of tho horticultural society will arrive at the cnr station on fri day may 5th will you help the committee in charge by calling and getting yours anytime after 3 pm miss viola bunker spent friday with mrs wm morris wo wonder what elgins big at traction is up at ed bakers mr and mrs lapeer of toronto called on their daughter mrs l mills miss ida raymer of toronto visit ed with her sister mrs fred pilkey hero recently imiss margaret mcmullen of stouffville spent wednesday last with mrs e mcmullen players scored success the st chads dramatic club presented a threeact comedy be fore a stouffville audience which turned out on tuesday evening to see what happened in june tho visitors from toronto are to be complimented on their dramatic ability which was worthy of a greater packed house proceeds were for the anglican restoration fund 4th line uxbridge awarded vd medal icapt henry jakeman of ballan- trae war veteran and township assessor came in for special honors last month when ho was awarded tho vd medal which is bestowed upon officers of the colonial aux iliary forces for long and merit orious service capt jakeman was one of tho first to enlist in 1914 with tho 136th battalion cef and obtained his commission in 1915 he went over seas but was invalided home from england ho is an active member of tho york county veterans associ ation and a worker for tho cause of the returned man radio repairing get that set in shape for easter all work guaranteed gordon e cober member of radio international guild and student of television college chicago phone 8104 j edwin smith specialized radio service formerly with t eaton co ltd prompt service on all calls phono 3306 obrien avo stouffville all and mrs ross davis and family were guests with his parents mr and mrs albert davis recently mrs earl mcmullen and baby murray spent thursday last with her grandmother mrs drowery of glasgow farmers and gardenors are busy on the land and all are hoping the weather will not change to a lower temperature mr howsam will have to get his fish line ready if ho wishes a feed of those big trout we hear there was a dandy fish caught the other night mr and mrs henry madill and daughter hazel mr and mrs brnio madill and two little sons all of toronto also miss hazel yake were visitors at tho homo of o m madill on sunday the regular monthly meeting of the altona womens institute will be held at tho homo of mrs e lehman on wednesday may 10th at 2 pm tho program will be community singing report of secretarytreasurer election of officers music miss grace lehman roll call pay your fee for next year at home and spring dance on friday evening ot this week may 5 tho stouftvllle continuation school will hold an at home and dance in ratclifts hall danc ing from 830 to 130 the reception committee are mrs hugh watson mrs jas muston mrs harry brllllnger mrs s shankel miss k houston miss jean collard and miss p styles exstudents and friends especially invited admission 70c a couple ruehen maye is doctoring a nasty swelling on his knee miss jean syines spent sunday with miss maudo norton jack norton jr fifth line is helping on mrs nortons farm for a time mrs irussel feasby and family visited at mr bert tindalls on sunday mr silas redman of chalk lake is spending a few days with rela tives on this lino teddie kidd is absent from school having had his tonsils and adenoids removed on sunday but is feeling better now miv and mrs george jones and gordon visited at e hockleys fifth line on sunday dont forget the services held in tho fifth line church next surtday evening at 715 oclock pleased to report harold norton is improving nicely from his opera tion and is able to 00 up a tew hours each day mr and mrs thos dawson of box grove spent sunday with their parents mr and mrs wm maye and mr and mrs thos dawson sr tho fifth line young people are repeating their play in the little yellow school house one mile north of port perry on friday evening may 5th there is marked improvement in tho payment of taxes in the town ship of markham so the collectors reported to the municipal council on monday at the regular meeting for the month of imay to date 90 per cent of the total 1932- levy is now in leaving only 13000 uncollected reeve geo padgett presided over the session at which all other mem bers were present the yonge street radial report for the first quarter of 1933 showed a loss of 2108 of which the township ot markhams share is 231 s9 tho department of highways notified council that tho 40 road subsidy would only be allowed on an expenditure ot 12000 for 19s3 the opinion was expressed that tho roads would suffer unless an extra grant could he secured the assessors delivered their assessment rolls but failed to re mit for all the dog taxes because they could not collect from the owners of the curs the names were handed over to constable walker to deal with james mclean the influential citizen of richmond hill came forward requesting a township grant for the richmond hill fair and lie- was successful to the extent of 515 a fair days pay said one in the council room council was informed that up to march 31 the total for relief in the township amounted to 371487 on which the government had paid 2100 while it is hoped to draw 40 on the remaining 1600 odd dollars the relief bill for april was paid i at 59731 but it included some leftovers from march this brings the grand total over 4000 a motion passed set monday may 22 as date of court of re vision on the assessment roll a deputation from the hubbs subdivision appeared to lodge a complaint about condition of some roads in that locality which council promised to inspect when on their annual tour shortly following general accounts were ordered paid hydro electric 22 32 t tjc 231 s9 treasurer of yc hospital 129 13 i williams langstaff refund of taxes constable walkersalary gajm davison stamps economist sun adv beaver ptg bookbindingco borne to rest at dicksons hill among the churches the funeral of tho late abraham sherriek of oak ridges but former ly of whitchurch and markham townships took placo on friday afternoon to tho dickson hill cemetery the remains were con veyed from oneills undertaking parlors stouffville at 2 oclock and servico was held in the church at tho hill rev mr gooding of markham and rev mr cressman of stouffvillo conducted the cere monies mr gooding preaching the funeral service in the church the pall bearers were all old associates and neighbors in tho bethesda district being messrs fred march ah sehaffer ernest and wesley steckley clarence bolender and clarence atkinson having lived all his life on the 5th concession ot markham and the 5th concession of whitchurch the late mr sherriek was widely known here only a few years ago lie mov ed over to yonge street where he acquired a property and established a successful fox farm mr sherriek was a man of splendid business fore sight and at one time was a successful and well known breeder of holstoin cattle ten years alro or more when fox farming canio to the fore ho immediately became inter ested and it is said that few men knew a pelt better than mr sherriek and thus this business grew until at the time of his death he had dozens of foxes and puppies and a large trade built up in the sale of fur the late ah sherriek was a son of tho late daniel sherriek he was a bachelor but is survived by one sister jmiss clara who lived with her brother at oak ridges and by three brothers oliver of richmond hill wesley of toronto and ezra of didsbury sask his death came as a great shock ftfr he was in the prime of life being 50 years of age a severe attack of the flu was followed by other complications which proved fatal bethesda theatre building is making headway second instalment due and will be lifted any time now such splendid progress has been made with tho remodelling of the local theatre preparatory to installing modern talkies that the opening date is likely to bo much earlier than tho proprietor had hop ed for a couple ot months ago the building is fire proof tho floors and all partitions etc going in with cement in fact tho entire stage is ot cement and will bo finished with drop curtains and wings in pleasing effects tho spaci ous operators booth over tho rotunda at the entrance to tho theatre is a feature that not all theatres enjoy com fortable opora seats will bo install ed and tho lighting is described as unsurpassed in the larger theatres the citizens who pledged support tp this project have all paid their first instalment and tho second and last are now duo mr schmidt under tho terms ot tho agreement when called on be ready with your second instalment which is needed to carry on tho work and which will bo highly appreciated 17 3s etc 83 23 etc 9 00 6 00 co 21 20 520 15 1300 00 road accounts amounted grant to re white agr rept for junior farmers 10 00 three tenders were received from messrs martin woolfrey and clements all were near the 400 for decorating township hall it was felt that this was too high and no action was taken church hill the churchill womens institute will hold their monthly meeting at the home of mrs walter mitchell on tuesday may 9 at 230 pm roll call pay your fee exchange of flowers and bulbs this is the annual business meeting and wo ask that all members endeavour to ho present at church hill church on thurs day may 11th the four act play the country doctor will be pre sented by tho young people ot church hill beginning at s pm tickets 25c and 15c bo sure to come and bring your friends you will enjoy this play office cost of highways the public accounts for the province ot ontario for year end ing march 1932 is just off the presses they contain every item of expenditure for tho province and contains a great deal of statistical information which editors with a penchant for details can dig out for the benoflt of their readers in the department of public highways the salary of tho hon leopold macaulay as minister of highways is 10000 with the usual cut this year ir m smith his deputy pulls down 4800 a year in tho main office thoro are no fewer than 111 engineers draughtsmen clerks mechanics stenographers valuators secretaries typists and office boys tho whole cost of the mainofflce iacaulays salary not included is lfs941g6 contingencies in tho main office cost the taxpayers of ontario 103- 83706 the inspector ot signs and gasolino pumps pulled down 2992- 92 and the travelling expenses of the highwaymen amounted to 32747- 40 mrs moran is still seriously ill and is under the doctors care miss mocutcheon spent the week end with friends in our village mr and mrs george leary visit ed with mr and mrs s p foote on sunday quito a few little tots began their career at the local house of learning last week miss bessie bolendar returned home on sunday after spending a week in toronto miss agnes duncan is in our midst again after having visited friends at goodwood for some time anyone who has not seen turtles for a long time ought to go to pikes pond and view tho reptiles basking iu the sun there is tho interesting fact that mr isaac pike was one of the very first persons in this locality to in- stal a telephone when that means of communication was first out long long ago an appropriate programme is be ing arranged for may 14 mothers day at our sunday school imrs mcewen will be the special speaker on the occasion and there will also bo special music a largo number of people from this district attended the funeral of the late abram sherriek at dix ons hill last friday imr sherriek had been a resident ot bethesda until only a few years ago when lie moved to oak ridges his sudden death was a shock to his numerous friends here stouffville presbyterian church rev w h fuller b a sunday may 7th 1933 200 pm- sunday school 300 pm afternoon worship tho band of willing helpers meet on the third monday night of each month bloomington and ringwood christian churches e morton preacher sunday may 7th 1983 tho kinsmen quartette from toronto will be with us again and mr raymer will preach at bloom- ington on wednesday night all who heard them last week will want to hear them this a male quintette from altona will sing thursday night on friday captain smith and tho lieutenant of the salva tion army from uxbridge will bo with us for service we invito all who can to come to these spiritual feasts stouffville baptist church rev w w fleischer pastor sunday may 7th 1933 1000 am bible school 1100 am morning worship an old preachers prayer 700 pm evening worship a sure cure tor the blues you are invited to the regular sunday services and especially invit ed to attend our prayer meetings prayer meetings wednesday at 8 pm sunday at 615 pm a cordial welcome to all our services lightning shattered lofty pine lightning shattered a tree in a very unusual manner on tho 3rd concession of whitchurch just north of gormloy during monday nights storm tho large second growth pine was completely shattered into a couple of hundred pieces tho top of tlio treo dropped down to tho ground at the trunk while 0110 pieco ot log that would take a couple of men to carry was thrown 14 teet small pieces were found of tho wreckage as far as 150 feet from tho stump old timers in tho district say that ot all the freaks ot lightning this 0110 beats anything they over saw it was a case of the chips fly ing and alighting whoro they may send tho trlbuno to absent friends mennonite church stouffville rev s cressman pastor sunday may 7th 1933 1000 am sunday school 1100 am and 700 pm evangelist shultz is here for special meetings support this cam- pagin with your prayers and presence week night services at 8 pjn except saturday ballantrae bloomington lemonville united churches rev j a c keu pastor sunday may 7th 19s3 1030 morning service ballaritrae 230 p m bloomington 700 pm lemonville the rev herbert lee of stouff ville will have charge of the services our young people are invited to attend- the special servico at bloom ington christian church friday evening this week a hearty welcome is extended to all stouffville united church rev thos laldlaw ma pastor sunday may 7th 1933 1100 am morning worship sacramental service 230 pm ss and bible classes 700 pm evening service a hymn sermon monday s00 pm swastikas wednesday 800 pm prayer and bible study next sunday may 14th mothers day service at 1100 am you aro cordially welcomed to these services stouffville and church hell chester o sominer minister sunday may 7th 1933 stouffville 945 am ss bible classes 1100 am worship preaching 700 pm worship preaching wednesday 745 pm prayer meet ing at the home of mr and mrs harold warrlner led by mr allen closson church hill 200 pm s s bible classes 300 pm worship preaching thursday 800 pnvl c e meet ing at tho church mis3 mary pegg will lead the discussion of the topic nb thursday may 11 at 8 pm come and see tho young people present their play tho country doctor see local happenings for special announcement 1irwat vacuum for bent make your houscclcanlnk easy airway vacuum sanitary system cleaner for use on your up holstery furniture polishing and cleaning hardwood floors etc it la also equipped with a moth spray which will rid your furniture etc t of this post l e oneill furnlturo dealer phone 980j