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mt unburn volxlvi no 36 stouffville ontario thursday december 6 1934 a v nolan publisher gifts that symbolize affection and mirror good taste make your selection now a large assembly of beautiful and useful gifts to thrill the hearts of those you love its a pleasure to show them to you christmas cards of amaz ing value and good taste j m storey druggist the home of quality drugs briarbush hospital convalescent hoj1e main street stouffvllle license no187 graduated nurses in attendance private semiprivate and public wards phone 191 mr3 er good superintendent medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon office cor obrien and main phone 196 cokoner for york count dental d c smith ldsdds neil c smith ldsdds office over the bank of commerce office hours 9 to 12 130 o 530 phone office 1011 residence 1015 e s barker lds dds honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto office in grubins block phone 8201 markham every tuesday office in wear block see h o klinck obrien avenue for your insurance needs in fire life automobile burglary and all casualty lines a c burkholder insurance canada life assurance also automobile and fire thomas birkett insurance agency everything in incurance co phone 25902 stouffvllle ont 9th line markham mr harper has bought twenty acres of land from ken campbell mr and mrs jas mccrelght and daughter spent sunday in markham miss ida burkholder spent a couple of days with mr and mrs ken graham in toronto mr and mrs john lewis were the guests of mr and mrsd boyd on sunday mrs peacock spent wednesday in toronto with her daughter mrs k graham mr and mrs albert batt gave a farewell party for sam petrochuck friday night the b yps hold their meetings every monday night at r johnsons home everybody welcome mr harper mr boyd mr pea cock and mr hare visited the koyitl winter fair in toronto last week hiss florice lewis spent thurs day with her parents and returned to brantford taking her sister audrey with her for a week every property sold at tax sale the adjourned sale for taxes in whitchurch township held on saturday at vandorf realized 39194 or 13022 over and above the amount for which the proper ties were held for tax arrears and costs john crawford treasurer acted as auctioneer and at the opening of the sale advised the bidders that as ths was an adjourned sale they might offer any sum for the proper ties to be sold be it more or less than the taxes against the property at the original sale one could only offer the amount of taxes due said offer to he raised by another bidder taking only a portion of the property involved at saturdays sale it was also permissable for the counil to bid ii any property whereas at the origin al sale the municipality could not bid the township however did not assume any properties as there were private buyers for each parcels nine properties were offered at this adjourned sale bidding was fairly brisk seven out of the nine properties realizing more than taxes against them the difference according to the assessment act goes to the owner of the properties whose places sold for more than taxes owing one or two of the delinquent tax payers howevtr wouldnt exactly think they struck a lucky star when they receive the treasurers cheque for the difference between taxe owing and what their properties sold for in the case of the 4 acres on con 1 for instance assessed to lillian killgour the owner will be the recipient of a cheque for 55c and again on two acres on concession 2 assessed to a mr wilson the owner will get a cheque for 123 surplus the properties offered taxes due and sale price are as follows- twelfth acre at lot is con 1 taxes and costs 24 s3 sold to l p evans for 32 onefifth acre on con 1 taxes 1312 sold to l f bagg for taxes onefifth acre on con 1 taxes 674 sold to l f bagg for taxes four acres on con 1 taxes 5645 sold to frank drewery for 5700 one acre in con 2 taxes 6674 sold to l if bagg for 6s00 twelve and a half acres on con 2 taxes 4932 sold to ed willis for 82 one acre on con 2 taxes 2854 sold to joseph brown for 6900 5 acres in con 6 taxes 1364 sold to henry widdifield for 3700 5 acres con 7 lot 35 taxes 1223 sold to l f bagg for 27 the owners of these properties have a year to redeem them by pay ing the auction purchaser ten per cent on his investment plus the taxes it is estimated that most of these properties will he reieemed thief spurns fat pork the daring adventure of a thief or thieves who entered homes in whitchurch township the past week or ten days is coming to light slowly at arthur smiths home at bloomingtou someone entered the homo while the family slept and helped themselves to boots and rubbers then turned attention to the larder the thief was particular and while not adverse to carrying off a choice ham he wouldnt have the fat and simply cut it off and carried away the lean the nerve of some people is beyond comprehen sion mr smith slept on the ground floor a fact the thief evidently was not aware of for he went through his pockets probably for tobacco and money from a suit which hung within a few feet of mr smiths bed homes north of ringwood and at ballantrae have been entered re cently by thieves while the owners were at- church ringwood lambs best childrens aid at chicago exposition society reformed mr james brodie the sheep king of this district won signal success at the chicago live stock exposi tion last week by winning the reserve grand championship prize for the best car load of southdowns lambs from among 34 competitors mr brodie has brought not only fame to himself but widespread recognition to the local district his victory was broadcast by radio all over canada and the united states local publisher appointed to the board mrs john henry davis jane vanzant wife of john henry davis died in stouffville on monday morning december 3 following a short illness she was in her 75th year but was a woman who looked much younger she had a bright and cheery disposition and kindly christian woman the funeral on wednesday afternoon proceeded to the christian church for service thence to the local cemetery the late mrs davis was born on the 10th concession of markham mongolia and as a maiden of 20 years united in marriage with john henry davis they located on the 9th of whitchurch where they lived almost continuously until they retired in town a few years ago of seven children born to them six survive namely stella mrs cecil wagg edith mrs lundy cedar valley lottie mrs otto baker and earl of whithurch dawson in cannington and morrell at highland creek mrs davis is also survived by one sister mrs jacob fockler who reached her slst birthday in october last and by one brother henry vanzant vs oshawa shock kills woman when the car which she was driv ing collided headon with a car driven by thain barker of mark ham mrs jessie cowie aged 51 of locust hill died from shock before medical aid arrived the accident occurred on no 7 highway almost south of stouffville the front wheels and fenders of the personnel of the new com mittee named by the ontario government to complete the re organization of the york county childrens aid met in the county buildings in toronto last week and took tentative steps toward that end the new society will have near ly 500 children as wards and will rroceed to appoint a field staff to look after this large family the york county childrens aid is financed by the county council last year to the extent of 18000 the organization hopes to obtain other assistance from those who are in a position to help such a worthy cause since the dissolution of the form er society because of inefficiency the ontario department of welfare hasj taken steps to bring about a new organization such as is now taking form when completed the society handsome surplus in water works reeve h w sanders presided over the council meeting on mon day evening which is the second to last gathering of the municipal fathers for the current year dr walhe sangster and f l button dr smith n imaclean addressed the council advocating the use of the colored lights in business section of main street burning each night of the week they explained that the strings of lights had been paid for by public subscription so coun cil decided to operate them nightly for the month of december cover ing the christmas season the cost will be about 14 for current the relief question was thorough ly aired- and steps taken to cope with the situation locally the clerk advised investing 3000 of surplus funds in the water works account in governemt bonds and a resolution was passed instruct with the churches lkmonville bloomixgtox ballantrae rev c b jcffery minister ballantrae 1030 am lemouville 300 pm bloomington 700 pm melville bethesda pkachs united churches rev j mcewen bju sunday december 9 1934 1000 am sunday school 1000 am peacha 1115 am melville 730 pm bethesda mrs cowies car were damaged mrs will have about 24 members but as cowie was stated to have suffereda neuclus the department named no injuries and the inside of her the following to move in the forma- car was found to be undamaged tion of the new organization after the smashup a passenger in prof e d mcphee york township mrs cowies car was also uninjured a d bruce markham township r l stiver unionville barker suffered a shaking up and miss helen graham of markham a passenger in his car received head and facial injuries dr h orford of markham was immediately summoned to the acci dent and on his arrival pronounced life extinct no injuries were found and he gave his opinion that death was due to shock as a result cf a heart condition coroner dr j a macdonald of markham was noti fied and ordered an inquest pro vincial officer a f delaney investi gated the accident r r get that radio in shape for christ mas by the pioneer radio repair man gordon e cober radio technician graduate of television college chicago phone stouffvllle 7s02 coming f e luke 167 yon go st torontos eyesight special ist may be consulted at itondwnys btub store stouftvllie on thursday dec 18th bethesda imiss clara sherrick is visiting friends in this district wesley brillinger is establishing quite a butchering trade the hum of the buzz saw is heard in the land miss edith allin visited mrs snider of stouftvllie on friday mr and mrs wm burkholder and family spent sunday at the home of mr and mrs arthur paisley miss irene timbers of ringwood was the guest of miss reta atkin son on friday mr herb smith spent sunday at the homo of his sister mrs roy nelson mr and mrs wash paisley and mrs snider were guests of mr and mrs wm burkholder on tuesday many of our young farmers and friends profited themselves by attending the royal winter fair last week the officers for 1935 young peoples meeting were elected on tuesday night when tht yps wa3 held at wm paisleys on sunday mr and mrs shelter were host and hostess to mr and mrs wm morley mr and mrs roy morley and son grant on wednesday afternoon the wms will hold their business meeting in tho church they are al so packing a relief box at the close of the meeting the young mens class held a singing practice at the home of chas atkinson last friday night this practice is for the songs which they will sing at the white gift sorvice at christmas time the county council claim made that county pen sions board is justified by its economy child terribly scalded when mrs walter nesbltt ballantrae placed a pan of scalding wator on tho kitchen floor hor llltlo twoyearold daughter backed right into it and was frightfully scalded about tho hips and back the mother had just lifted tho pan from the stove and was in the act of putting on the lids when the little tot balanced backwards into tho pan she was rushed to stouft vllie for medical attention and la now recovering and although vcrj sore is more free from pain york county council has not taken kindly to the new system for the handling of oldage pen sions which the provincial govern ment will put into effect on jan 1 1935 and which dispenses with the local pension boards complaints are piling in to the government from many other counties the matter was brought up when the committee on old age pensions tabled its final report for the year and in it urged the council to bring pressure on the government to ex- ompt york county from tht propos ed changes the committee claim ed that york with a population of 230000 was the second largest municipal corporation in the province and that with only one in every 116 of its population with an old age pension and operating at a minimum expense as it had the county board had justified its exist ence in other centres the ratio of pensioners to tho population was given as follows toronto one in 75 hamilton one in 78 ottawa one in 66 and london one in 64 unequalled population increase in addition it was pointed out that the population of york county had increased 100 per cent during the last ten years a rate unequal od by any other municipality in ontario the cost of administra tion in york in any one year had not exceeded 3000 while in 1933 its contribution to oldage pensions amounted to 41000 with ap proximately 700 applications handled a copy of statistics compiled over a period of five years with reasons for keeping the present system in tact in york county was forwarded by tlie committee to hon david a croll minister of public welfare it was announced reeve harry sanders of scarboro was alone in in voicing bis opposition to the committees recommendation the report for 1934 showed that at present thcro were 2234 per sons in receipt of oldage pensions in the county with 385 new appli cations dealt with during the year of these 111 were recommended for full pension 214 for part pension and 35 refused tho remaining 35 were referred back for completion of reports and further inquiries stricken at table elias stover dies seated with his wife at the dinner table on tuesday mr elias stover was seen by his life partner to slump a little in the chair she spoke to him but he never answer ed he had been stricken with a stroke from which henever rallied passing away eaily that evening mr stover was in his 79th year prior to moving to stouffville over 15 years ago he farmed on tho sth concession of markham south of dickson hill his bereaved wife was sarah wideman who survives together with five sons namely p ft stover brooklin archie of milverton and ambrose of stouff ville all proprietors of bakery businesses and wilmot also of stouffviile and herbert of mark ham and one daughter mrs harvey reesor the late mr stover was a man of genial disposition and of kindly nature he was well liked in the community the funeral on friday afternoon will be to the dickson hill church and cemetery at 2 oclock scott mcnair elgin mills p w pearson newmarket douglas webster weston w obrien toronto v b maolaren toronto a v nolan stouffville mrs d b sinclair toronto mrs howard cane newmarket mrs w j noble mount dennis county council representatives dr cooke forest hitl reeve johnson leaside deputyjreevt little newmarket pickering woman awarded 4396 is rebel enthusiast killed 7 years ago tomorrow friday is the 97th anniversary of the death of ludwig wideman the only man killed at tho battle of montgomery tavern on vonge street which ended the re bellion of 1s37 in upper canada wideman was the great grandfather of our ludwig wideman in stouff ville who conducts with ills son bart the marhlo works our pre sent citizen with this historic name was 83 years of age last may but he gets down to the shop almost every day although he does not pretend to overwork himself in memory of ludwig wideman of rebellion fame a band from tor onto came out to dicksons hill on the anniversary date in 1930 and visited tho spot which marks his grave in the dickson hill cemetery on the sth concession of markham their pilgrimage was made at that time it is said to pay tribute to a canadian patriot who answered what he firmly believed to be the call of his country wideman being a member of tho rebol forces wideman who worked his farm at ringwood had served in the war of is 1 2 with the rank of lieutenant aud his turning over to the rebels during the general election of 1s36 is said to have been the result of his vote being challenged at new market when it became known that ho was a reformer when ordered to take the oath of allegiance he is said to have taken this as a re flection on his loyalty which as a soldier he bitterly resented tho death of ludwig wideman came suddenly ho was shot through the left temple as he rose from be hind a stump to take aim at one of the govornmtnt forces his son philip wideman was tho father of our ludwig wideman justice mcfarland in supreme court at whitby on wednesday gave judgment for the plaintiff eliza beth gertrude mcdonald of toron to against mrs ellen gertrude connor of the township of picker ing executrix of the estate in a somewhat unusual and interesting actionrpiaintiff on march 7th 191s made a separation agreement with her husband under the terms of which she was to receive a weekly allowance on a sliding scale for her maintenance in 1921 it was alleg ed she divorced her husband and at that time the payment under the agreement was discontinued the husband died in april 1934 and the plaintiff now married claimed the sum of 439600 representing the amount of arrears under the agreement with interest the main defence was that the payments under the agreement were rendered null and void after the plaintiff was divorced from her husband and they pleaded the sta tute of the limitations act tiie court held however that the agreement properly drawn up and executed was still valid and gave judgment for the full amount claimed without costs fifteen days stay was granted t k creighton of grierson creighton and fraser of oshawa conducted the case for the plaintiff and w b beaton of beaton bell ross toronto represented and conducted the case for the defend ants amount which with the thousand dollar bond now held for the water works and an additional cash sur plus of 1000 in the bank makes a total surplus for this department of 5000 this is highly gratifying in view of the very low rate prevailing here for water it is strongly advo cated in some quarters that a portion of this money should be used for relieving the general taxes of the villagers a suggestion which has considerable merit t b rae was authorized to pro ceed at once with the audit of the 1934 books of the treasurer so that the statement might be available for the nomination meeting at the end of the month heretofore the treasurers statement is presented to ratepayers meeting and audited at a later date in the new year a tentative report shows the town well financed during the past year with ample reserves in all departments baptist anniversary high school commencement concert this friday in ratcliils hall open to everybody births tale at the brierhush hospital stouffvllle on dec 1 1934 to mr and mrs earl tate goodwood a son herbert emerson mens bible class sunday december 9 1934 if you are interested in a meeting for men only where a pleasant hour of companionship is enjoyed come to the young mens bible clara in oddfellows hall on sunday after noon next at 230 rev thos laidlaw ma teacher permanent waving special for december only regular 1000 for 795 regular 800 for 595 regular t 500 for 395 these waves are combinations short- bob rog 350 for 295 these waves are absolutely guaranteed to ho as represented above prices are not for light blondo grey white dyed bleached or long hair not bobb ed prices for these will bo given on request finger waving hair cutting l keeping phone 8114 4 doors east of presbyterian church the sixth line baptist churn held their eightysixth anniversary services last sunday the church on the townline was beautifully decor ated for the occasion and the choir rendered an anthem in the morn ing and a male chorus composed of the men from the choirs of the baptist church and the ringwood christian church sang in the even ing miss alma baker sang at both services accompanied by her sister doris tho special speaker for the occasion was rev mr miller of toronto a former pastor who left hero 17 years ago the church was comfortably filled in the morning and in the evening it was paked with every available seat occupied mr millers message in the morn ing was taken from heb 111 aud his subject was some problems of faith he dealt with first the adventure of faith showing that in every adventure there is a hope however dim of at least a measure of achievement so in the adventure of faith in jesus christ there is at least a faint hope of being received by him second the realities of faith as seen in the lives of christians the sinful and wicked become new creatures in christ jesus and bare spiritual fruit which is seen and recognized by their fellowman thirdly the assurance of faith promises based upon the eternal word of god shall not be broken his points were well de veloped and the congregation eager ly listened to the end the evening message was based upon numbers 2310 the desire of balaam to die the death of tho righteous after pointing out the peculiarities of balaams character he declared that balaam must have been impressed by the lives of the righteous and desired such a death as they had valuable illustrations and lessons were drawn from tho text by the speaker he made it clear that only by the blood of jesus christ shod upon tho cross of calvary caii we find full pardon for our sins and be enabled to live the live of the righteous and therefore be qualified to die the death of the righteous stouffville presbyterian rev w h fuller ba sunday decenider 9 1934 200 pm sunday school the pastor in charge we cordially invite the public to worship with us stouffville united church rev thos laidlaw ma pastor sunday december 9 1934 1100 am morning worship the spiritual basis of security 230 pm s s bible classes 700 pm evening service beginning with a 10 minutes of sacred song men and their shadows christmas sunday school supper and entertainment are on the even ing of december 19th the wa will meet on tuesday evening next at the iparsonage s00 pm monday yps 800 pm wednesday prayer and bible study you are cordially welcome to all these services bloomington and ringwood christian cihubches rev e morton preacher sunday december 9 1934 we are all liable to bo like the hoy who stands on his head and sees many things the wrong wayt- then wo forgive too little and for get too much because of-misundor- standing services next lords day- 1100 am bloomington 700 pm ringwood while tho fields and gardens are having their season of rest let us continue to bare the fruits of the spirit in the service of god stouffvi mennonttb church rev s cressman pastor sunday december 9 1934 services morning and evening at 7 and 11 oclock young peoples society will con tinue their bible study on monday december 10 at 8 pm a cordial welcome to all 700 pm altona stouffville baptist church c s mcgrath pastor sunday december 9 1934 1000 am bible school classes for all 1100 am worship 700 pm service prayer meeting wed 80c r-ui- the bible class will meetat the home of mrs nicholson on frl- day night at 8 oclock there said a dying man in a ditch when the great emperor napoleon rode by and ho hoard a shout of victory let me die the emperor has conquered and oh may not you and i be well contont to be blotted out and forgotten so long as christ the king shall come to his own again he soon shall triumph wo heartily invite the public to all our services stouffville congregational christian church marriages collins sharrard the marriage of miss marjorie sharrard daughter of mr and mrs james sharrard uxbridge twp and mr frank collins son of mr and mrs john collins goodwood took place on wednesday aftornoon november 2sth 1934 rev robert rogers uncle of the bride perform ed the coremony in his home at weston ontario miss delia johnson was brides maid and mr marshall sharrard brother of the bride was best man after spending a short honey moon in weston and toronto mr nd mrs collins will make their homo on thoir farm concession 4th uxbridgo cast of goodwood sunday december 9 1934 harry worllng pastor stouftvllio 1000 am bible school classes for all ages 1100 am church service church hill 200 pm sunday school classes for all ages 300 pm church service thursday doccmber 6 the christian endeavour meets at tho home of mrs w paisley on the 10th at 730 pm the sunday school business meet ing will follow the endeavour it is desired that wo have a full turn out of all tho young pcoplo and the sunday school staff on this im portant occasion we heartily invite the public to attend any of our sorvices apples for sale no 1 qcality spy apples by tho bushel or barrel sam golden at ponnocka livery