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famfftrille tibnnt vol xlv no 24 stouffville ontario thursday august 24th 1933 a v nolan pubuaher headquarters for school books and supplies j m storey the druggist homo of quality druga medical dr s s ball physician and surgeod office cor obrien and main phone 19g coroner for york county briarbush private hospital main street stouffville graduate nurse in attendance medical convalescent and maternity cases accepted private and semiprivate rooms weekly rates 20 and 25 inspection invited phone 191 mrs e r good baptists extend call to minister the congregations of stouftville and first baptist churches has ex tended a call to rev g roblin of otterville western ontario to be come pastor here and the invita tion has been accepted the now pas tor will commence his duties on this circuit with the first sunday in september rev mr roblin and his wife and ono young daughter will move to town shortly having engaged the west halt of the double residence occupied by mr noah biker corn er main and church streets tho local churches have been without a pastor for a couple of months or since rev w w floisher resigned to become pastor at brantford dur ing this interval several men have preached hero for a call filthy lucre or filthy water dental e s barker lds dds honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto oflico in grubins block phone s201 markham every tuesday office in wear block visit the hospital an open invitation in order that all the people of stouffville and vicinity may personally see through the new hospital just opened at the briarbush main street east we extend an open invitation to one and all to call on saturday august 26 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm and see first hand the in terior of the recently re modelled building with its hospital equipment this visit will entail no obligation on any one mr and mrs e r good in charge the briarbush private hospital stouffville ontario about 15 householders were fore ed last week at the point of the gun so to speak to choose between part ing witli some of their filthy lucre or perhaps depend on some filthy well or pool for their future water supply the trouble appeared to be that they had neglected the little detail of paying their water rates and in accordance with the village by law in that behalf those affected found the town man at their door armed with the big key which shuts off the water supply at tho street from the individual house all days of grace lapsed into months had gone and it was a case of putting up the cash or going dirty and thirsty too in every instance the necessary cash was forthcoming and tho closure was not applied we have no idea who the delin tiuent users were but the council evidently thought that they could pay and the fact that they did would indicate that the step taken was tho right one water rates like tax rates are inescapeable and the bylaw in this behalf applies to all users morgan baker again acclaimed as candidate d c smith ldsdds neil c smith ldsdds office over tho 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 of ontario veterinary college office at the mansion house phone 161 successor to late dr j t store 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 agoncy everything in insurance phone 18202 stouffville legal mccullough button barristers solicitors convey ancers c buttons block stouffville money to loan harold a sanders barrister solicitor notary public etc stouffville ontario phone 180 aurora wins league the baseball season ended last week in a whirl of excitement stouffville and aurora played oil for the championship best two out of three each too a game and the final went to the yonge street town by a 9 to 7 score on wednesday at aurora botii sides batted freely and in tho ninth with two down stouff ville had two on bases but failed to get the necessary hit to score the runners it was an exciting finish with tho championship at stake reg button on third starred for stouff ville this is the finish of a splendid season and stouftville club are to bo congratulated in only being nosed out of the championship by a combination team from aurora and newmarket president clifford case ii pp invited tho club to supper at aurora following tho final playoff which while it could not be accepted was nonetheless appreciated and indicat ed good sportsmanship mongolia the farmers appreinted the rain on thursday last mrs bright has been spending a time in toronto mr and mrs w wideman atten ded the hoover gathering at mark- ham on saturday last a number from around mongolia were away last week to the marsh picking thimble berries mr and mrs ii hopkins enter tained toronto friends over the weekend tho community extend their sympathy to mr russel scott on the loss of his mother mrs 1 scott mrs win rennie rushed to owen sound on sunday owing the tho ill ness of her daughter mrs ernie lucas who is now out of danger she was operated on for appendicitis a discordant note was struck at an apparently harmonious north ork liberal convention held on saturday at aurora when milton leggo exwarden of york county charged that morgan baker candi date for the nomination had used his term of office as president of the north york liberals to gain support for himself at the previous conven tion tho charge flung rom the floor of the crowded convention in the aurora arena evoked a flood of pro test that the majority of tho 500 delegates disagreed with the allega tions was shown shortly after when mr baker succeeded in obtaining the nomination for the second time over dr l w dales reeve of new market the victor was given the nomination for tho old riding of north york at a liberal convention in newmarket last february when the riding was changed under tho redistribution bill it became neces sary to hold another convention prospects of a peaceful convention were bright until mr legge one of tho five nominated as a candidate approached the front of the plat form after both dr dales and mr baker had spoken some intima tion of his intention to throw a monkey wrench into the machinery was evident when he stated at the that mr morgan baker when presi dent of the association last year used the association to his advant age i have been informed that in structions went out to the delegates before the convention to vote for baker stouffville continuation school norman a keys h scott ritchie ritchie keys barristers solicitors continental life building 371 bay street toronto 2 telephone ad 9767 l e oneill successor to w j stouffville mather funeral director and embalmkr night and business phone 9801 day service residence phone 9820 stewart beare phone markham 2803 or to brftthwaites hardware tcol radio repairing a service you will appreciate upper school results samuel borinsky eng comp 2ndenglit42modiiist38aig luella a gayman eng lit 40 jack hill eng lit 38 audrey k hoover eng comp 1st eng lit 37 agnos klinck comp 2nd lit c chas nolan englit34 alg40 harley r wideman eng comp 3rd lit c mod hist 2nd the above report indicates that of 1 ed english literature contributing tho greatest number of failures only two of the seven writing getting a pass standing indicated by c meaning a credit in composition tho showing was good overy ono of tho four writing getting first or second class honors subjects taken by teachers eng comp and lit miss houston modern history miss styles algebra principal ii watson ringwood mr and mrs isaac graham and two daughters madeline and jean are here from ashland wis visit ing their brother delos graham and his household the american visit ors were accompanied by two of delos sisters mrs frank darling and mrs j dulling boch from durant michigan the sisters and brothers enjoyed a side trip up to ballantrae and the musselman lake locality where they visited the old farm whore they wero born isaac graham was here six years ago and in that time he noted groat change about the lake which is being thick ly populated with cottages he is an oxmember of the fire department at ashland having retired on pen sion it is 35 years since he left tho old home at musselmans lake morgan bilker liberal candidate at tho stanley theatre on mon day sept 4th one night only a ken maynard western thriller two shows 700 and 900 on friday and saturday september s and 9 a big feature the sign of tho cross at the regular price of admission entering high school send tho tribune to absent friends lioved to be thousands of young men and young women they arent boys and girls after they get out of the grad es enter high school this year and if they aro tho right kind of young 5 papers written only eight pass- p 8et th rigut ki english literature contributing of 111 from his experience entering high school is an epochal event in tho life of anyone who is blessed with the opportunity most students nevor get beyond tho graduation period in the high schools after that they either go to work or loaf or do a little of each a great many young people who enter high school never graduate and that is a very sad mistake for them to make and a still graver mistake on the part of tho parents providing tho latter deliberately give their consent to a child leav ing high school without graduating when it is not necessary tho first day in hlghscliool marks the beginning of an important event in tho life of the young man or young woman who enjoys tho privi lege of acquiring this important education thoro will como a time in tho history of this country and it is approaching rapidly nowadays when a young person without a high school diploma is going to find things pretty hard in this life for education is tho stepping stone to success and independence and with out it all is slavish labor and inter minable discouragement those who entered upon high school life today- are to bo congratulated they aro marching over a royal road and pav ing their own lifes highway so that progress will bo smooth and sure outset that he had refused to sign the agreement to support the suc cessful candidate in the event of bis own candidate being unsuccess ful the last convention of the asso ciation was an unrepresentative one declared tho former york county warden i have reason to believe proof demanded cries of prove it and shut up sit down echoed through the hall but the speaker stuck to his assertions i am not seeking your favor as a candidate he continued above the uproar i am withdrawing in the hope that the choice of tho association may fall upon a third man behind whom we may all unite mr baker then retired and th convention buzzed with talk presi dent j h naughton announced that the delegates would vote according to districts every care was taken that only fully accredited delegatos cast votes congratulations weft showered upon morgan baker when it was announced that ho had car ried tho convention dr dales mov ed to make the choice unanimous and it was promptly carried the convention was the first of its kind ever held in aurora and the mayor of the town dr charles boulding briefly commented upon this fact dr boulding on the plat form is a staunch conservative it is rather a unique occasion for aurora as it is the first liberal con vention ever held here said tho mayor and it is rather a unique occasion for me too he added amidst laughter for it is the first time i have ever appeared on a lib eral platform dr boulding urged his hearers not to listen to the nostrums of radi calism but to hold fast to one or other of the oldline parties he ex pressed the view that neither of tho parties was entirely perfect or en tirely bad they were manned by men who sought the best for tho citizens he declared other candidates nominated for the riding were f w kemp and dr carnet mclean both withdrew each candidate was given 15 min utes in which to outline his views mr baker attacked the governments hydro policy he claimed that queens pavk was controlled by a gang of party workers and not by cabinet ministers the only way to bring freedom to the people from the onerous cast upon them by toryism the speaker assertod was to place the party of reform in office duncan marshall liberal candi date for peel was the speaker of the fternoon he dealt with various provincial affairs and dwelt on hydro and alleged government mal administration of tho enterprise whitchurch twp publican after tax arrears delinquent tax payers in the township of whitchurch who are tenant farmers or owners with mortgago on their lands wore stirr ed into action in a very definite way last week calculated to force pay ment of tax arrears without fur ther mouths of grace collector frank steckley has kept a solicitor and bailiff more than busy for some days issuing and dis tributing warrants to seize for taxes the collector is forced to act in this matter because the law holds him personally liable for taxes should ho fall to collect by distrain on tenants or on mortgaged lands if there are goods or chattels on the promises to distrain in an effort to carry out tho law the collector is now in real action total taxes outstanding amount to 9000 hut some of this will be returned against properties as in tho case of vacant lands unlike little zacchaeus of bible days the publican of whitchurch lias not been hard on the tax bur dened people and has protected them to tho limit but now in order that he may not become personally involved for several thousand dollars a determined effort is being put forth to gather in the sheckles bought a farm last week mr f w silversides the wellknown auctioneer returned to his first love as it were when he made the purchase of a 100 acre farm in the township of scott 7 miles north of uxbridge and due west from leaskdale it was in this same township that tor years he was manager of the large mcgillivray estate which carried him to chicago and other important- fairs exhibit ing stock mr silversides does not intend to leave stouffville but his daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs christie armstrong have already moved from town to the newly acquired farm and will have two a bled bodied boys in russel and murray nendick as farm hands necessary implements and stock havo already gone forward to the farm and the new owner has things humming this property will be well known to persons familiar with scott township as the david urquhart farm and is said to be one of the best hundred acres in tho municipality among the churches baliiantrae bloomingtox wlmonvbllb united churches rev jao kell pastor sunday august 27th 1933 1100 am dst morning service in mussulmans lake church 230 pm st bloomlngtou 700 pm st lemonville the young peoples society will meet at the homo of mr ed barkey lemonville on friday evening t t t t stouffville baptist ohuroh sunday august 27th 1933 1000 am bible school 1100 am morning worship 700 pm evening worship please remember the prayer services wednesday at 8 pm sunday at 616 pm you are invited to all of the above services t t t t stouffvllle presbyterian church rev w h fuller ba sunday august 27th 1933 200 pm sunday school 300 pm afternoon worship everyone invited t t t t mennonite church stouffvliile rev s cressman pastor sunday august 27th 1933 10 am sunday school 11 am preaching service 7 pm preaching service strangers welcome goodwood stent mystery unsolved on july 12th last a bottle of milk delivered and left standing at tho door of tho home of mrs georgo valder on main street was later found to contain some sort of poison the bottle was promptly recovered by tho milk vendor harry sawyer who had it sent to toronto where on being analyzed it was found to contain arsonato of lime a poison mrs valdor had a quantity of this material in tho house but how somo of it could have gotten into the bottlo is a question that has not yet been solvod mr sawyer placed tho matter in tho hands of tho authorities who havo so far not un ravelled tho mystery- it is not oven known that the lime found in tho bottlo was from the same packet as i was in the house although t is be- s inl and and were e russel wags of toronto sunday at e w davis miss etoile ilelmkayun toron to is at her home here mr and mrs s byam spent a few days in toronto this week with their daughter mrs shoppard mr john mccullpugh is spending his vacation at his summer home hero mrs geo rodanz and jean are spending a tow days with her parents mr and mrs wm todd mr and mrs clms watson and family visited at stouffville on day with tho formers mother istor mr and mrs j r footo miss j kester of toronto guests on sunday at mr and mrs t orsythos mr and mrs john ashenhurst and family mr and mrs geo leo and family and mr e davis spent last thursday afternoon at port holster enjoying a picnic there mr and mrs arthur smith and family of sandford called at e davis one day this week mrs w r kmdrco and todd have returned to their homo in toronto after spend ing a couplo of months at her homo on the 2nd concession too late last week mr and mrs j f reld aro enjoy ing their holiday in montreal mr and mrs george rhodanz and jean also miss viola todd of toronto was homo horo ovor sunday our dramatic club aro giving their play botty the girl of my heart at cherrywood this week miss isabel ashenhurst along with a few of her girl friends aro enjoy ing a holiday at port bolster mr and mrs chas w watson and family motored to four mile lake near burnt river and spent a very enjoyablo weekend as invit ed guests with mr and mrs horace ramsdon at their summer cottage st john peaches and richest varieties at closo prices ratcliff company mennonite convention tho joint convention of the sun day school and young peoples society of the mennonite brethren in christ assembled at stouffville on tuesday and wednesday an occa sion which brought back many formor familiar faces and onetime pastors on the local circuit rev s s shantz and rev wm moyer woro among the delegates also rev l r pipher from vineland who had tho opportunity to visit his old homo in markham and with his sister too tho visitors wero billeted at the homes and no meals woro served at tho church as is done at conference time rev s s cressman wolcomed the convention tuesday morning after the president theodore ward er son of a former stouffville pastor now deceased opened with devotion al exercises lambert stouffer dealt with tho topic of what constitutes a successful sunday school teacher tho manner in which the subject was handled was highly praised the other sessions of the convention woro also equally interesting the lound table conference on wednes day afternoon was conducted by frank harvey and the conventions closing address is scheduled to bo given wednesday evening by rev i h erb thursday at ratcliffs store- spec ial sale of plums 11 quart basket 35c or 3 for si 00 councilor arthur weldon and wife and mr and mrs jos gayman motored to orangevillo and aliiston on sunday last misses dorothy cook kathleen moyer and dorothy burkholder all of vineland are visiting with luella gayman this week miss luella gayman along with her aunt and uncle mr and mrs thos myers of zephyr and their son benson myers spent last weekend at hemlock lodge on the shores of clear lake scotia junction tho summer home of air j barnaby nelson toronto t t t t stouffville and church hmj christian churches chester o sommer minister sunday august 27th 1933 stouffville 1000 am ss bible classes 1115 am worship preaching how may we know god nb commencing last sunday the minister is preaching a series of 3 sermons on god 1 what does gode mean to us 2 how may we know god 3 how do wo think of god 700 pm worship preaching wednesday 745 pm meeting in charge of mr collins church hill 200 pm s s bible classes 300 pm worship preaching how may we know god thursday s00 pm open air meeting in charge of miss mary pegg and mr john spence everyone invited t t t t stouffville united church rev thos laidluw ma pastor sunday august 27th 1933 1000 am ss bible classes 1100 am morning worship a faith that never fails 700 evening service the master builder the pastor will preach at both services s00 pm thursday prayer and bible study your are welcome to these services additional credit to the middle school students bloomington the miss annlo paisley spent weekend at niagara falls mr and mrs geo mccormack and children of sudbury spent last week at tho homo of her parents wm focklprs rev stanley paisley of spruco- dalo gave a vory inspiring address at tho young peoples meeting last friday evening tho girls class from altona took chargo of tho service in the christian church on sunday and certainly gavo a very excellent programme this year the department of education advised ii s and con tinuation school principals to grant on satisfactory years progress promotion to tho upper school on certain subjects that aro continued there henco tho upper school would bo relieved of writing on those papers in tho middlo school and thus save 150 for each paper on tho principals recommenda tion tho following students should receive promotion c standing in the subjects named with this as surance they did not write on these subjects and consequently their names did not appear in tho report of last weeks issue audrey hoover fr composition harry bakor-tr- english comp helen hastings english lit six students wero granted pro motion standing but decided to write on the departmental papers and obtained higher standing as follows donald closson alg ill lome kester geom ill lat chi evelyn baker 1 agrlc ill dorothy mcewen 1 agrlc ii audrey hoover lat comp ill velma brown latin comp ii those names and their standings wero included in week mrs ward clarkson and son donald of newmarket visited a few days last week at tho home of her brother mr fred cockorill also miss bornico and edwin edwards spent sunday at the cockerell homo mrs moses norton tho death occured at their homo at lot 11 concession 4 uxbridge townsliip on wednesday august 16th of mary jano redman wife of tho lato moses norton after an ill ness of thirteen weeks in which time sho was confined to her bed suffer ing from a stroke the funeral was held friday august 18th to uxbrldgo cemetery tho service being conducted by rev goo burry of goodwood assisted by rev wm edmonds of uxbrldgo tho funeral was largely attonded by friends and relatives tho deceased was tho only sur viving daughter of tho late mrand mrs james rodman and was born on tho 7th of uxbrldgo 70 years ago on december 1st 1887 she marrlod moses norton who prede ceased her two years sho spent all hor years in tho township of ux brldgo living 38 years on the farm on which she died loft to mourn her death are two sons and ono daughter daniel uxbridge township and edward and maudo at homo also four brothers silas of chalk lake james of pick ering thos of toronto william of tho report of lastjblrksfalls and two grandchildren i harold and ivan norton viw-