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mibum volxlvi no 43 stouffville ontario thursday january 24th 1935 a v nolan publisher lax ac old tablets a quick acting and thorough ly effective remedy for the grippe flu and colds relieves congestion allays ever disagree dr freel new jpay last tribute trustee chairman to geo graham members given serious thought to local school proble does not produce able aftereffects price 25 cents j m storey the druggist home of quality drugs legal harold a sanders barrister solicitor notary public etc stouffville ontario phone 18003 mccullough button barristers solicitors convey ancers etc buttons block stouffville money to loan a c kennedy chiropractor church street stouffville monday wednesday and fridays 9 to 12 am m m gibson ontario land surveyor agincourt ontario briarbush hospital convalescent home main street stouffville license no187 graduated nurses in attendance private semiprivate and public wards phone 181 mrs er good superintendent the stouffville board or school i trustees met last wednesday even- j ing as prescribed by statutes and i organized for the year dr herbert i b freel a member of the board for four years was unanimously chosen i chairman alter a resolution by j trustee edward baker was advanc- jed offering the position to rev c e macleod a new member of the board but also a former chairman who had retired seven years ago trustee ambrose stover presented the resolution which elected dr freel and it was seconded by rev mr macleod while the amount of business was not lengthy the board took the opportunity to enter into a serious discussion in an informal manner on the general condition of the continu ation school as to ways and means of how best to cope with the ever increasing attendance which had a tendency to hamper the progress of the school in recent years several village pupils are attending the high school at markham who should be attending the local academy and it was reported that some in students from this district should be attending this school from a geographical standpoint they started here in the fall but the accommodation was not satisfactory these are some of the boards problems which they intend to give sincere attention to the regular meetings of the board will be held on the second monday of eacli month while another resolution named the following committees management ambrose stover lloyd turner rev macleod property jake mcmullen edw baker lloyd turner great grandfather granted 3000 acres on west side of whitchurch george graham who has lived iu aurora for more than 30 years and was a lifelong resident of whit church towuship was buried thurs day in the aurora cemetery he died on tuesday in his 76th year his greatgrandfather colonel william graham who served iu the canadian militia was granted 3000 acres of land in the northwest corn er of whitchurch by the govern ment of upper canada tor his mili tary services on his death he divid ed the land equally between his twin sons who are- said to be the first white children born in whitchurch township william graham brother of the late george graham still lives on the original homestead standing on the last of the huge tract which his grandfather was granted in the early years of the 19th century on the 3rd concession east of aurora surviving are a sister mrs mathilda logan toronto four brotheis william james oliver and frank all farmers in whitchurch township for many years the late george graham operated a portable sawmill in that section of the coun try and also threshing machines he suffered a stroke about four years ago while working on his brothers farm presbyterians resident in town ifree car goes to markham farmer review the work for forty yeaks the seventyfourth annual meet- the death of john atkinson for tug of st james presbyterian more than 40 years pi eminent church was held in the basement ofjurover and stockmau occurred at bis the church on thursday evening ast home on main street at nine oclock a bountiful supper was prepared by this tuesday morning following a the ladies of the congregation which long and painful illness mr was thoroughly enjoyed by the atkinson had been confined to his members and friends of the congre- j bed for around four months and gatiou the session reported five new gangrene had seriously affected his members by profession from sunday one foot school and the membership stands mr atkinson had he survived at 53 until august 12 next would have the treasurers report presented reached his soth birthday and up by jas rennie showed a total revenue until his recent illness was smart and ot 70082 with expenditure of alert in fact his mind was never 65365 leaving a balance on hand i impaired of 4717 no was born north of bethesda the wms with a membership or whitchurch township and owned 16 had an average attendance of 10 lone of the atkinson farms in the and raised a total of 12000 includ- settlement there but forty years ago ing a bale valued t 6700 he sold out and located in stouff- the sunday school enrolment jville where he resided ever since stands with 40 scholars average his wife who was a miss dennison attendance 12 raised 6370 and idled 13 years ago and an only have a balance of 2s13 i daughter miss addie at home sur- the baud of willing helpers i vives the parents announced receipts 17270 and expenses 14403 balance 2s67 melville the managers elected were elmer ferguson and mr ffm morris mr rennie was reelected church secretarytreasurer the auditors elected were miss monkhouse and mrs murchison rev w h fuller presided and expressed appreciation of the work accomplished during the year the funeral will take place to victoria square cemetery this thurs day afternoon following service at the late home at 2 oclock annual meeting medical mrs john bundy dr s s ball physician and surgeon office cor obrien and main phone 19 6 coroner for york county dental 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 e s barker lds dds honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto oillco 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 co also automobile and fire the death of mrs john bundy sister of mr seneca baker jvhieh occurred at her late home in thorald on wednesday last week re moves a very fine type of mother and a former lady of this town who was widely known in the district mrs bundy was in her 64th year and until about 30 years ago resid ed with her husband and family in stouffville where mr bundy eon- ducted a taioring business which was through liberal advertising well and favorably known besides her husband there sur vives the late mrs bundy four sons and two daughters also of a family of seven sisters and brothers to which mrs bundy belonged there survives only three brothers namely dr wm baker of peterborough jacob baker who in his younger day was widely known as a local preach er and our own seneca baker of bloomington who is distinguished as a former warden of york county morgan baker mpp is a nephew to the deceased the funeral took place to baker hill cemetery on friday afternoon the service here being in charge of her pastor from thorald rev c c boyter who paid fitting tribute to the splendid qualities of the deceased and her ardent interest and support in the work of the baptist faith rev c e smalley baker hill pastor assisted in the service thomas birkett insurance agency everything in incurance stouffville ont voting phono 25902 stewart beare phone markham 2603 or to braithwaitos hardware 9601 radio repairing a service you will appreciate l e oneill stouffville funeral director and embalmer night and day service business phone residence phone 9801 9820 pickering extra power when ontario county council meets in whitby this week the reeve and deputy reeve of pickering township will carry two votes each and in the went of a tie vote at any session of council reeve r c reesor will have a casting vote which will be vote no 3 for him pickering township carry this extra voting power because of their size under the municipal act the township is entitled to a second and third deputy reeve but in order to salve expenses the extra voting power is conferred on the reeve and deputy pickering township is the largest municipality in ontario county in point of assessment which stands at nearly tour million dollars councillor wm reesor of altona is the representative on the council from the north west corner of the township and if the other councill ors arc men of the same calibre as our own william pickoring should havo a body of able and progressive legislators we hear many farmers complain ing of the fact that they are unable to procure sufficient sawdust to pack away their ice requirements misses margaret mcewen and marjorie lehman mr a d bruce were melville delegates to the sun day school convention held in union- vine last friday mr hemic gayman and herb spofiord are working on a power ice sawing machine which they hope to have in working order for the ee harvest a goodly number of our young people were present in the stouff ville rink last pmday evening as guests of the bethesda yps under whose auspices the skating party was held mr robson jewitt who has been confined to his bed most of the winter was rushed to newmarket hospital early last week we are sorry we cannot report any improve ment in his condition which at pre sent is very critical severe colds and flu have been making the rounds in this community several people are confined to their beds heres hoping the outbreak doesnt assum epidemic proportions the annal business meeting of the melville congregation was held in the basement of the church monday evening the reports were presented by the different organizations and were favourably received especially we feel the work of the wa should be commended along with all other departments the 90th anniversary of the congregation will be observ ed in the early part of october this year plans are under consideration for the event it was voted by the meeting that following this year the congregation shall hold the anni versary services annually formerly this event was observed every ten years the ladies are to be- con gratulated on the splendid supper provided for the evening members and friends of the stouffville horticultural society anticipate an enjoyable time at rutcliffs hall on friday evening of this week on the occasion of the annual meeting everyone is invited the only stipulation is that you bring some refreshment sandwiches cake pie or pickles and dishes as your contribution to the pot luck lunch to be served at the close of the entertainment in addition to the election of officers and receiving of reports there will be an illustrated address by provincial lecturer john f clark solos by mrs clark an ad dress by our district director lionel godson and abundance of lively music by johnny moscow and bis orchestra we invite the hearty cooperation of the community in making this evening a grand success a collection will be taken to de fray expenses tory rally postponed the conservative convention scheduled to be held in newmarket on saturday last for the purpose of selecting a candidate for north york riding in tho next federal campaign did not come off there were 225 representatives present where as 350 were invited and the small number did not warrant proceeding with the important task clifford case former mpp criti cized the tactics employed by the executive in organizing the meeting he declared that he was not invited and had to crash his way in according to the toronto telegram it is expected that capt harold breuls will again be nominated when a fuller convention is obtained big interest centered in the giving away of a new ford 2door car by delbert holdeu to one of his custom ers when the draw was made in the arena on tuesday evening custom ers at the service station obtained numbered tickets throughout tho year at no extra cost over regular prices and duplicates were kept and drawn from on this occasion the lucky man was elliott harrington of locust hill whose ticket number 7133 gives him a new ford car lome schell son of mr and mrs harvey schell drew the ticket and the committee to witness included councillors a e weldon walter brlllinger and councillor orval hisey of markham mr holden caused 25 additional tickets to be drawn from the tub resulting in the following obtaining a gallon of oil free ben gayman unionville miss meach rj reesor r clendenning a reesor bert farrieraaron burk- holder markham art farthing art steckley w e morden james cooney levi burkholder joseph borinsky s anderson p tarr hs jones s anderson art smith j brownsberger wemorden stouff ville b gayman e appletonunion- vill wm bassitt ringwood robt milne locust hill with the churches stouffville presbyterian rev ay ii fuuer b sunday january 27 1933 200 pm sunday school communion service at usual hour of 3 oclock the pastor will be with us we cordially invito the public to worship with us t t t t lemonville bloomington ballantrab rev c b jcffery minister sunday january 27 1935 1030 am ballantrae 230 pm bloomington 700 pm lemouville t t t t melville bethesda peachs united churches rev j mcewen b a sunday january 27 1935 1000 am sunday school 1000 am peachs 1115 am melville 730 pm bethesda t t t t agricultural society able to show surplus markham wins churchill skating is improving with this cold weather miss mary pogg spent tho week end at homo mrs chas badgero spent the weekend with mrs ivan mclaughlin the crocinolo party at mrs ivan mclaughlins was quite a success about forty were present the prizes for tht boys went to stanley beach and roy beach the girls to leone lazenby and mildred clark sale register wednesday feb 6 credit sale of farm stock implements house hold furniture at lot 13 con 10 markham on highway no 7 be tween green river and locust hill the property of wm trowartha 6 months credit articles of 2300 and under cash sale at 12 noon no reserve live stock all in prime condition prentice prontico auctioneers stouffville juniors failed to cone out of their slump on tuesday night when they took a 102 trouncing at the hands of the markham squad although the locals carried the play during the first period they failed to check around the nets and opened up their own fort for markham to count three the second period saw very little scoring both teams slowing down considerably the final period prov ed stouffvilles undoing markham rapping in four goals in short order the home team failing to even come close and getting only two the game was far from clean a total of sixteen penalties being pass ed out in the last period morden for stouffville began to mix it up in the corner with james of the maikham defence tempers having reached the breaking point both sides dropped sticks and gloves and pitched into a lusty freeforall referee rice with the aid of manager blake sanders finally managed to subdue the scrimmage each team received two penalties markham drawing a third shortly after depleting their ranks to only two men goaltender forster was also sent to tho cooler in the inst moments of the game but stouffville failed to get a shot on tho net tho markham team were a little too fast for the local lads who just couldnt get that scoring punch round the opposing not gormley mrs jos byer spent a week re cently with her sister mrs ora byer mrs ernest hoover and children also rev and lmrs shantz were re cent guests at kitchener mrs cherry entertained the womens institute there being a good number of local people present the special meetings in the mennonite church haive been very well attended for depth of winter time potatoes are selling ivery slowly we hear our big grower roy brlllinger is holding his crop at 40c delivered in toronto but sales are slow mr brillinger has around 4 000 bags to dispose of yet and we hope he gets a good price for them died in michigan the annual meeting of markham agricultural society was held last week and the secretarytreasurer r h crosby reported a better showing for the association for 1934 than for some years past a surplus of 120 being on the books the following officers were elect ed president r p armstrong reeiecttd vicepresidents a h crosby wm maxwell secretary- treasurer r h crosby township directors j e armstrong w l clark ken deacon gam davison h m pipher fred bagg g b pad- get fred coakwell village e a stonehouse ken prentice a l smith james torrance albert wide- man h c morris w petch scar- boro h c hamill thomas hard ing lyman kennedy w r orme- rod pickering walter milne john scott w c gohn g i hambly o heisey walter atkinson and col george little declined reappoint ment to the board dates for fair are october 3 4 5 loaded chickens stones with extraordinary weight of dressed poultry caused investigation at egg dairy cos plant last week when several birds wero found to be filled with rocks a talc from wnlkerton securing plymouth rock prices for common field stone is the way a the death of william atoole at i setrichquick farmer undertook to stouffviiilk mbnnonitb church rev s crcssninn pastor prayer meeting friday night at s pm let every member try to bo present at our prayer service sunday january 27 1935 1000 am sunday school 1100 am- morning worship 700 pm- evening service the young people will take charge of the service mr bruce brillinger returned missionary from africa will give the address we most heartily invite tho public to our services t t t t bloomington and ringwood christian churches rev e morton preacher sunday january 27 1935 we may talk about the best means of doiug good but after all the greatest difficulty lies in doing it in the right spirit services next lords day 1100 am bloomington 200 pm ringwood 700 pm altona when invited to go to the house of god let us be like the psalmist glad psalm 1221 the public are invited to all our services prospective assessors markham township tax re- markham township tax report chas hoover treasurer ot mark ham township reported tho tax account as on january 7 1935 as follows 1934 tax roll 11723721 1934 coll of taxes to date 8459447 1934 tax arrears 3264274 1933 and prior tax arrears dec llth 1933 and prior tax collec tions dec 14 2468630 1882 94 1933 and prior arrears 2280336 the appointment of assessors for marjsham township was laid over from tho january to the february meeting no doubt the concil will be able to agree on the appointments iu the meantime tho following made application tor the two appointments herb spofford almira w c gohu gormley rr w a craig gormley rr j a thompson thornhill h b forester markham warning it has been found that boys are breaking bulbs on the electric light poles in the east end parents and boys are warned that action will be taken and the guilty ones prosecut ed if the offense in not stopped at once by order electric light committee officiating burial whs ii w sandersreovo rural hill comctcry northville michigan on dec 29 removes an old pine orchard boy and cousin of earl c toole deputy reeve of whitchurch and of mrs jos mertens of stouffville the late mr toole visited here a year ago last summer and mot many old friends in the neighborhood the northville record says of him william arthur toole died saturday dec 29 at the age ot al most so years mr toole had been in his usual health although some what declining in strength until ten days previous to his death william toole the son of malon and sarah toole was born nov 5 1s55 in pine orchard ont hib parents were quakers and their quiet faith and manner of living influ enced his life throughout all his years lie was a great reader and his love of good poetry was shown by a large scrap book of choice selec tions gathered in his reading he was a man of refinement and intelligence having been a teacher for many years in cook county 111 in oklahoma and in eldorado ark for some years he held a responsible position as government inspector of oil wels in arkansas he also was an employee of the michigan school furniture co and its immediate successor the globe furniture co mr toole was twice married one child of tho first marriage dying in infancy his second wife was mary willitt of eldorado sinco 1929 mr toole has mado ills homo with his sister miss emma toole on south center street northville one brother alfred and three sisters tho misses elizabeth and adeline toole and mrs david cook preceded him in death the funeral was held in tho schroder funeral parlors wednesday afternoon with rev h g whitfield made in clear the pebbles off his farm at pro fiteering rates when he disposed ol his gravel at dressed poultry quotations on the walkerton market last week the birds were sold to a distant merchant as dressed fowl and al though the weight of them seemed out of all proportion to their size the guileless buyer turned them over without suspicion to the walkerton egg dairy co member of whose staff almost got curvature of the spine carrying them to the stock room although plymouth rocks are amongst the heftiest breed of fowl lie never knew them to bear down like granite so an investigation started which resulted in over a pound of stones being exhumed from a small chicken while others of the shipment had even heavier innards as the birds could never havo swal lowed such boulders and thrived the fat on their slats showed that tho trick of filling them up with virgin rock had been restored to after death and was no doubt thought to be a very clover ruso to clear an exceedingly stoney farm and lift the mortgage off the proper ty with despatch city dwellers who dont know much about fowl except to eat it would no doubt surmise that tho reason these birds wero called ply mouth rocks was because of the rockorles they contained the legal aspect ot the case will show the sellor to have disposed ot tho birds as limestone rocks a heavier breed than tho plymouth on theso two points the farmer was telling an evident fact but we are not saying in advanco how tho judg will view the matter free picture show tonight at the stanley by compliments of delbert holden ford dealer be early and secure a soat picture at 8 pm t t t t stouffville united church rev thos laidlaw ma pastor sunday january 27 1935 1100 am morning worship subject- tho service of religion to all irouud healthfulness 230 pm ss and bible classes 700 pm evening service lifes emancipations tuesday s pm yps skating party yps will be cancelled this week owing to the skating party wednesday 800 pm prayer and bible study the wa of the church will meet next tuesday evening at 8 pm at the home of imrs h w sanders you are cordially welcomed to all theso services t t t t stouffville baptist church c s mcgrnth pastor sunday january 27 1935 1000 am bible school classes for all 1100 am worship 700 pm service prayer meeting wed 800 pm professor beuler of france and teacher at toronto baptist seminary will address the bible class friday night tills week in the church an invitation is extended to the public to hoar this clever speaker we heartily invite the public to all of our services t t t t stouffville congregational christian church harry worllng pastor sunday january 27 1935 stouffville 1000 am bible school classes for all 1100 am church service church hill sunday january 27 1935 200 pm bible school classes for all 300 pm church service thursday january 24 the christian endeavour meeting will ho held at the home of mr and mrs martin wo heartily invite tho public to any of our services