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imtatie vol xlv no 42 stouffville ontario thursday january 11 1934 a- v nolan publisher bi and h naugural session 26000 volt line village council now completed oha hockey honey and horehound compound cough syrup gives immediate relief it checks and loosens the most painful and deep seated coughs loosens the mucous and soothes the irritated membranes 25 and 50c bottles j m storey druggist the home of quality drugs medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon office cor obrien and main phono 19c coroner for york count briarbush private hospital main street stouffville graduate nurso in attendance medical convalescent and maternity cases accepted private and semiprivate rooms inspection invited phone 191 mrs e ii good the- newly elected village council was duly sworn in on monday at 11 oclock by clerk j s dougherty and after subscribing to the oath of ollico the members appointed i striking committee to name the tanding committees for the year i the twelve hour interruption to the hydro electric service stouff ville divided over t days thursday friday sunday last was sufficient to allow workmen to finish the new high tension lino in to ringwood and install the service at the new station there it then adjourned until evening the expected there will be any members were all present for this further shutoff as the job is quite opening ceremony including reeve completed so far as tho work on h w sanders and councillors m high tension lines are concerned e watts a e weldon walter the new line from yonge street briliinger and ross e brown to ringwood is served from the at 730 that evening rev thos dundas street power station and laidlaw and rev c o sonuner carries 2g000 votes into ringwood opened tho first regular meeting otjat the now station there it is stepp the 1934 council with prayer and i ed down to a brief addresses by each of the clergy which resulted in councillor watts raid brillinger moving a voto of thanks to the gentlemen for- their kindly words and encouragement council then proceeded with tho j general business of the session the standing committees for the year were named us follows i water and light a e weldon m ie watts streets and sidewalks brillinger mid brown finance watts aud reeve sanders relief weldon and watts i the first named is chairman of voltage that ran be received into our homes for general use a constant and satisfactory ser vice can now be guaranteed the officials say and the reeve is member of all dental e s barker lds dds honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto ollico in grubins block phone s201 markham every tuesday office in wear block d c smith ldsdds neil c smith ldsdds office over the bank of commerce office hours 9 to 12 130 to 530 phone office 1011 residence 1015 veterinary each committee exofiicio a committees les rowbotham was appointed now caretaker of the town clock which he recently put in running order and has reported to council that the big timepiece is likely to give every satisfaction from now on the accounts for the cost of the january municipal election were placed before the council by the re turning officer j s dougherty totalling 2750 for polling the votes of the ratepayers tho regular meetings of the council this year will be held on first monday evening each month at 730 the customary bylaw was passed appointing village officers for 1931 as follows assessor geo storey salary i00 auditors t if rae k r davis stouffville juniors will entertain nowmarkel in the local arena on monday night jan 15th 12th child born markham junior oha team de feated stouffvillo in the southern villag on monday evening by 65 in overtime play owing to rough and soft ice good playing was im possible and the game developed into a shinny match stouffvillo played the regular lineup with the exception of the goalie which position was filled by vic paxton and joe todd was added to tho forward line ailoxa wins their gamb breaking out of the tough luck that seemed to bo following them and showing the calibre ot hockey they aro capable of altona came through to boat unionville c to 2 painter obtains 50 judgment two new assessors the churcbe for whitchurch judge mcdonald york countys most youthful addition to the judi- eary presided over the sitting of the division court in stouffville oc monday for his first appearance on the bench here his honor was faced with a very light docket only one case to hear and two judgment summonses mowder vs davies adjourned from last court was a case from lake musselman judgment was given against the proprietor of tb dance pavilion for 50 in favor of frank mowder of stouffville paint er who fell into an oil pit at the lake on the defendants property last june 15 sustaining severe in- last friday night the first of tho juries to his person mowder had week they lost a close decision in parked his car in the public park- salary 1000 eacaj ivpnt any slump on monday afternoon a baby girl was born to constable william and mrs beach at churchill which said to distinguish the family as tho largest in the townshipof whit church for it makes the twelfth child born to the couple eleven of the children are living and there is numbered among thorn some of the most healthy specimens of humanity one could wish to ygaze upon constable beaeli in addition to the children mntioned above is father to one other child bv his first wife which made him daddy to 13 of whom 12 are living a brother to the musselman lake constable oliver beach is the father of ten children and the two airs beachs aris sisters their friends are prone to have a good natured joke on the two sisters and two brothers in explaining there is some sort of rivalry among the four as to who can boast the largest family naturally the beach children pre- in the school s t bodendistel vs bv sc veterinarian graduate of ontario veterinary college main street stouffville phone 255 a c kennedy chiropractor church street stouffville monday wednesday and fridays 8 to 12 am pound keeper sandy jones member public library board fred marshall board health- a v nolan sanitary inspector john gower the athletic committee was m appointed as follows dr d c smith dr ball dr w a sangster n m maclean delbert holden councillors walter brillin ger and r e brown the last threp named aro new men on the park committee rumors of protest attendance at ballantrae where the two families contribute a good share of the attendance stouffville bible class elect officers a c burkholder insurance canada life assurance also automobile and fire co thomas birkett insurance agency everything in insurance phone 25902 stouffville out legal harold a sanders barrister solicitor notary public etc stouffville ontario phone 180 mccullough button barristers solicitors convey- ancers etc buttons block stouffville money to loan l e oneill successor to w j stouffvillo mather and funeral director embalmer night and day servico business phono resldcnco phone h s clarry has notified markham township council that he will pro test the recent election on the ground of irregularities alleged to have him made in the election there on january 0 the rumor that mr fred coak- well would protest the election is not borne out by mr coakwell who is giving the matter consideration he has 14 days in which to lodge such protest mr coakwell was defeated by ohas hooper by one vote and in tho iiuttonvillo division it is alleged that a- voter marked his ballot for hoop er then attempted to rub out he cross and mark opposito the naino of chas hoover tho ballot is said to havo been counted for both theso men it being held that tho cross opposite hoopers name was not re moved sufficiently as to become ex tinct any candidate demanding a re count is required to put up 5 to cover tho cost of such recount be fore a county judge 9s01 9s20 vandorf miss whilemina graham is stay ing with her grandparents mr aud mrs s williamson mrs g petch has been visiting with her son mr j petch aud family alf allen was seen the other day with a black eye whats tho cause of it alt tho election ot officers at the yps look placo two weeks ago mr gordon carr is our now president wo aro sorry to hear that mr snider our local merchant has been on tho sick list miss clara graham visited with mrs sheridan and miss coltham on thursday afternoon mr harold porter visited with mr and mrs james porter on sun day mr and mrs howard morning also mr and mrs j moynlhan visit ed with mr and mrs c moynlhan on thursday evening members enjoyed supper and social evening president walter c brillinger viceprest 01 watts sectreasurer h a sanders asst sectreas j b sanders teacher rev thomas laidlaw pianist j m storey publicity agent jack s sanders entertainment committee jas ridout l e oneill w e morden garland lehman harold quibell allan neal followup lookout committee h j malloy wilbert morton milt storry s w hastings sports committee syd schmidt dick stewart winston laidlaw relief committee h j malloy rev thos laidlaw ed lintner following the election of officers the local business mens and young mens bible class enjoyed a very fine supper in their class rooms on thursday evening last week the remainder of the evening was spent in euchre bridge and other games to suit tho individual tastes aurora 42 the game here friday night was a treat to watch in the first period altona fairly smothered the union- villo goalie with shots only to have him turn them aside midway in the second period tindall for altona scored on a pass from the corner and a few minutes later hodgins rifled one in from the side catching tho top corner of the net giving the goalie no chance to save period end ed 20 in the third period altona swarm ed around the ice like a flock of angry bees which soon resulted in a goal by reesor he having slipped around the defence to score hod- gins and evans both furnished combination plays that resulted in a goal here the local boys played some great combination with the new forward pass down pat the prettiest goal of the evening came within three minutes of time ken reesor grabbed the puck at his own goal line slipped through the for ward line split the defence wide open and pulling the goalie out of his net pushed the puck into the corner finishing one of the famous reesor rushes the boys certainly deserve credit for their improved showing they should have a strong following when sutton visits here friday j jan 19 sutton won the group last year and altona will certainly try to take a fall out of them line up goal jake hoover defence wideman wagg centre ken reesor left wing simpson right wing hodgins subs gordon reesor tindall evans arid derusha dont forget the next game with sutton come and cheer the boys along ing ground at davies pavilion and proceeded to cross the premises of the defendant to reach the danco hall it was dark and he stepped into the oil well used for greasing the under part ot cars he was daz ed from the fall and badly hurt tho inaugural meeting of the whitchurch township council on monday witnessed the former 1933 council sworn into office for an other year as follows reeve herman kldd deputy reeve jjewton rae councillors r e ratcliff earl toole and isaac n morton the members were sworn in by clerk win crawford discussion took place on the advisability ot council keeping the roads opened for winter motor traffic reeve kidd said that he did not feel like opposing any reasonable measure taken to keep roads pass able in view ot the fact that he lived on a county highway which is kept open at all seasons he would be guided by the wishes of the rate payers and other councillors voiced much the same opinion it was ultimately decided to leave the matter in the hands of councillors to take such action as any road division might demand of course in court amounting to 2b coupled with this he asked compensation for loss of time from his work as a painter and for pain and suffering making a total bill of 75 mowder and constable bill beach gave evidence for the complain ant and mr davies on behalf of his wife the owner of the property beach testified that the grounds were open and the public was invit ed to enter in the erea where the accident happened this deemed to be the crucial point of law mr davies said that while the grounds may have been in darkness there were large candle power lights burning from the pavilion aud lie thought mowder should have been guided by these the judge said in giving the 50 verdict that he had a good deal of sympathy for the owner of the premises and while guided by precendent in giving judg ment against him he would reduce the claim to 550 ringwood 20c for turnips neither the cold weather nor the holiday season were able to com pletely stop the turnip shipping business carried on by mr ross e brown at stouffville cars have been steady leaving the local depot every few days for american points and demand is likely to be more brisk with the turn of the year prices aro very attractive at 19 and 20 cents per bushel to the farmer this good return for tur nips is in accord with the prediction made by mr brown last tall when ho advised the farmers to carefully harvest tjo crop in anticipation of high prices during the winter season the host price for these roots on tho 1932 crop w as 7c bushel mrs ross vague was a toronto visitor a few days last week there is a good cutter for sale at groves store priced reasonable mr and mrs fraser of creemord spent a few days recently with thei daughter mrs d v wilson there will be no power shortage in this district in the future as the new hydro substation was com pleted last week the many friends of mrs thos vague will be pleased to know that she is steadily improving following the amputation of one of her limbs at the knee the operation being per formed last thursday in the toronto general hospital we hope she soon will be able to be home again my and mrs john gilliam of tor onto also mr and mrs milton gil- ham were guests on imonday at the homo of mr aud imrs david gilliam at a dinner in honour of mr gil- hams birthday mr gilliam was 77 years of age on this birthday and possess all his faculties it is inter est to note that he is just 13 days older than our native citizen mr alex mitchell who will reach his 77th on january 21 markham township goodwood mr j e wagg is in toronto for a few days visiting friends mrs j f iroid is in toronto for a couple of days this week mrs bert staley glad to hear is doing very well since her operation george todd is looking for good turnips to ship and will pay the highest prico for same glad to report earl storry homo from oshawa hospital and is recover ing fast from his operation official vol ins sorry to report mr west sido garago man list wright our on the sick whats the matter with the weatherman is he to blamo for all tho colds around town something will have to be dono about it soon tho young people have enjoyed a few skates on our rink clio weather conditions havent been very favorable for making ice better luck later archie mr lloyd wagg was quite fortun ate in securing a position as school teacher in ilallburton locality quito a numbor of our local teachers havo appointments in that part ot tho country i 1 i oop reeve tliornhil 49 57 1g1 elgin mills 2 13 77 buttonville 1 go 0i victoria square 2 31 105 unionville 45 09 156 cashel 3 12 48 lot 5 con 8 20 7 23 lot 10 con 8 6 5 18 dixons hill 4 12 37 icedar grove 51 12 81 mongolia 12 g3 is total 194 14g 7ss and presented a doctors bill to the the event of any formidable storm it was not to be expected that council would cope with the situa tion dan hall and one or two other farmers spoke as not in favor of spending much township money oil shovelling snow tax collector jrank steckley announced that over 1700 in taxes had been paid in since dee 15th which is regarded as a splendid chow ing in view of the fact that for th same period last year only 600 was received ewart pinder urged the council to adopt some system of fire pro tection through the aurora and other brigades council did not think it would be fair to institute a system of protection for any one section that could not be enjoyed by all but advised mr pinder to draft an area that aurora might serve and if the farmers benefitted aro willing to pay a small assessment to cover the expense council would cooperate by levying for the pro posed assessment in the section so affected albert miskelly was awarded 6 for one sheep killed by dogs on a resolution introduced by councillors toolo and ratcliff road accounts paid amounted to only 435 a record small sum for any meeting in years bylaws were passed appointing assessors and other officers for 1934 less j harper for the west side and joseph martin for east side were made assessors at a salary each of 120 plus 10 for postage each applications for the positions were received from j a vanostrand george hunter f j march rj moukman l j harper joseph martin ralph baker george coppins and h m jakeman dr williams was made medical officer ot health at a salary of 60 or 40 less than in 1933 this is in keeping with the reduction in cost of the b of h in most other municipalities m f starr and everett barnes were reappointed sanitary inspectors and by a resolution introduced by councillors morton and toole mr starr was also appointed weed in spector at an allowance of 50c hour this ot course includes travell ing expenses council will continue to meet on tho second saturday each month as in past years in response to a demand that the recipients ot relief should b published eouncll acceeded to the request hence the accounts this year will indicate to whom the re lief is extended relief accounts paid at this meeting are as follows chas cook coke for cooper lane owens graham 2325 w h chapman wood for hudson 9 jm grove groceries for hlbbard and schell 1064 blaln bros groceries for sawchuck stewart lane cooper johnson owen 4369 w f ratcliff wood smith and hibbard 18 e imcnelly milk gilbert 4 g o wright supplies mrs ellis a spellman w gilbert 2714 f wlddiileld supplies for balnsky pike dyer 1841 w a brunton supplies thompson 1880 a g snider supplies j gould 682 business and young mens bible class nondenominational rev thos laidlaw teacher oddfellows hall sunday jan 14 at 230 pm subject the story of a sin men of the community not con nected with any other sunday after noon group are cordially welcome t t t t stouffville presbyterian church rev w h fuuer ba sunday january 14th 1934 200 pm sunday school 300 pm afternoon worship everyone invited t t t t mennonite church stouffville rev s cressman pastor sunday january 14th 1934 1000 am sunday school 1100 am morning service 700 pm evening worship ballantrae bloomington lemonvhjlb united church rev jac keu pastor sunday january 14th 1934 1030 am ballantrae 230 pm bloomington 700 pm lemonville the x peoples society will meet this friday evening at tho home of mr and mxspsnley rose bloomington v t t election returns monday january 1 h4 u a s j 55 deputy- rcevo 1 48 106 so 1 3 30 41 3 0 69 57 5 4 68 55 31 27 156 106 17 0 59 21 6 0 32 is 9 0 16 20 26 2 60 10 1 9 70 65 9 0 64 15 109 93 780 478 x s n o a a k x o x i 1 for councillors 64 49 140 112 57 41 95 20 3 36 79 5 5 30 63 0 55 70 28 1 71 3 64 116 is 3 44 133 30 0 98 40 li6 72 114 14 33 130 40 0 46 27 1 23 29 5 0 42 21 1 14 31 2 0 22 dixons hill 1 13 41 6 0 64 71 9 0 69 7 79 27 10 9 11 81 25 1 93 568 97 569 312 267 95 718 isaac sheffield news of the sudden death of isaac sheffield of dodsland sask will be learned by his many old friends hero with keen regret deceased was well known locally where he spent so many years prior to his removal to the west he was the undertaker at dodsland i and was burled at saskatoon on january 3 the news of his demise was re ceived in a telegram by mr clayton stouffor who had received a letter at christmas indicating that mr sheffield was well at that time bloomington and ringwood christian churches e morton preacher sunday january 14th 1934 love in the heart is the great thermometer of the christian life and service the evidence of the christian life the mainspring ot obedience services next lord day 1100 am bloomington 200 pm ringwood 700 pm altona the lords supper will be administered t stouffville united church rev thos laidlaw ma pastor sunday january 14th 1934 1100 am imorning worship the new religious reformation 230 pm s s bible clsses 700 pm evening service faith a road to truth wednesday 800 p m annual congregational meeting keports of various departments will be given official board will be reconstituted andannual reports distrbuted we invite the congregation members and adherents to this meeting with its social and spiritual fellowship the ladles of the congregation will kind ly provide refreshments as they are accustomed to do t t t t stouffville baptist church rev charles mcgrath pastor sunday january 14th 1934 1000 am bible school 1100 am morning worship 700 pm evening worship for god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life could we not sacrifice something and attend prayer meeting wednesday at 8 pm and sunday at 615 pm and in this way show our love for him the bible icias3 will meet on fri day evening january 12th at the home of mrs gibson we hope that it will be possible for all members to attend anyone who is not a member but who enjoys fellowship with gods people are cordially in vited to come and take part in the study of his word stouffville and church hull christian churches chester o sonuner minister sunday january 14th 1934 stouffville 1000 ajn ss and bible classes 1116 am morning service what miracles are you working 700 pm worship and preaching wednesday at 800 pm meet ing at tho home of mr and mrs kirby churchill 200 pm ss bible classes 300 pm afternoon service what price bread thursday january 11th 800 pm mr and mrs sommer have invited the people of ichurch hill to a social evening at their home in stouffvillo i