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fl tomfwue qfottmrii vol xlvii no 18 stouffville ontario thursday september 19th 1935 a v nolan j j publisher backrite tablets for the kidneys your kidneys are the purify ing altera of the body by which poisons and useless wastes are constantly being cast out neglected kidneys causo pufliness under the eyes backache lumbago rheuma tism scalding urino and brights disease when other remedys fail rely on backrite tablets for sure relief j m storey the home of quality drugs druggist former newmarket minister is dead newark nj sept 14 rev william ii hainer 72 pastor emeritus of the first christian church irvington nj and dean of congregational and christian church minister in new jersey died today in the presbyterian hospital the son of a clergyman dr hainer was born in newmarket ontario one of six brothers and two halfbrothers to follow the ministry aurora sees liberal promises fulfilled declaring that the liberal record in past- years was one of attainments and ful tilled promises j harry naughton president of the north york liberal association greeted a meeting of the womens liberal association in aurora last wednes day night in the interests of col w p mulock liberal candidate special service the rev isaac pago of the china inland mission will speak at the ringwood christian church on monday next the 23rd of sept this representative of this great faith mission which has over 1200 workers on the china field is one of the best known missionary speakers in america the mission carries on this work by faith in god they have never asked anyone for a cent since its organization under the great j hudson taylor in the last century mr and mrs john stam who were martyred in china last year were the 73rd and 74th members of this mission who laid down their lives in the great and needy land of china miss mary hay a talented gospel singer of toronto will bring special vocal selections births avlson on thursday sept 12 1935 to mr and mrs murray avlson victoria square a son hoover in stouttville on sept 12 1935 to mr and mrs lloyd hoover a daughter sanderson at the brlerhtish hospital stouffville on sept 10 1935 to mr and mrs nelson sanderson claremont a son gltat coach tttabel te rings fgfrtoap toronto single 85c daily return 8155 service standard timo iamivc toronto bay at dundas 800 am 61230 pm a 430 pm e 915 pm eastern leave stouffvillq mrs h anderson a 615 am b s25 am c1250 pm d 245 pm o 350 pm 0 740 pm a daily except sunday holidays b sun hoi only c sat only d dally excopt saturday sun day holidays o sat snn hoi only coach connections at buffa lo and detroit for all points in the united states tickets and information at gray coach lines stouffville mrs h anderson ph 158 new chambers occupied for the sept meeting whitchurch township council met saturday tor the first time in the new council chambers only recently erected on the community hall grounds at vandorf the well pro portioned new building in additon to the chambers has a private room for the clerk and treasurer and fire proot vault all on the one floor and no longer need fears he express ed about the fire hazard for valuable records of the municipality reeve newton rae deputy ireeve earl toole and councillors lome p evans and jesse cook were pre sent for the regular sept meeting with councillor george leary absent the unemployment relief dept of the ontario government advised council that until further notice late in the fall the policy as adoped re garding relief provides that each municipality shall have full charge of detail relief administration with in its own boundaries assisted by monthly giants in aid from the treasury of the province heretofore the government paid twothirds of money spent whether they will continue to pay this extent will only be learned after their inspector audits the accounts it is expected however that there will be no material change in government support for the present w w gardhouse county treasur er advised that the warden and commissioners of the county of york would meet on the second and fourth thursday each month for handling business between sessions ralph e white agricultural representative filed with council the official returns for york county concerning the tb restricted area vote showing 4091 owners with 3370 voting for the scheme the bylaw was passed to appoint r e ratcliff tax collector again this yearat a salary of 300 a new style of tax bill will be issued this year which is calculated to explain the rates better than was done on the old style slips considerable time was spent in hearing a couple of newmarket dog owners whose canines were caught killing sheep they contributed 43 cash to cover compensation paid by council to the sheep owner chas cook armitage reeve raesays he advised farmers to kill any dog caught at sheep right on the spot further the statutes say persons may kill any dog found killing sheep or straying between sunsot iind sun- riso on premises where sheep are kept several sheep claims were paid on uie following resolutions evans cook that treasurer pay douglas mcclure 24 for three injured and three killed cook evans that treasurer pay h suackman 27 for 4 killed toole cook that treasurer pay a f white 24 for three sheep killed and 3 injured evans toole that treasurer pay harry hill 17 for two sheep killed and 3 injured y cook toole that treasurer pay chas cook 43 for 7 sheep killed chas cook was awarded 10 for bringing about the destruction of two dogs found with his sheep and harry hill was awarded 500 for the destruction of one dog nortli york plowmen was made a grant of 20 for their annual match which will be held in the township in october total money voted to pay relief hills for august was 1ss39 and road accounts summed up 52773 komi accounts passed les rose drag 500 f widdi- field drag 100 pi mcclure drag 275 george sproxton drag s e fowler culvert 120 j hope drag 760 l j harper cartage and weeds 450 j ii widdifleld salary 11050 d baker truck 5035 g evans gravel 1075 e raymer drag 1000 e burnett drag 540s w h burnott drag 500 f shelke drag 250 jos jones drag 125 d baker drag 123s j hicks drag 2150 g evans drag 330 arthur topper 1g0 orval degecr culvert 175 v paisley culvert 100 w cockorell malm 275 h simpson maint 250 e mcnolly malnt 250 m rose malnt 100 a topper maint c herb pogg malnt 550 w paisley weeds 005 j phillips weeds 500 milt davis drag 250 clifford walwork drag 1000 p cutler weeds 360 less rose drag 7 n cowper weeds 260 e dennis gravel 1g75 geo fisher repairs 235 r bishop maint 440 j calvert maint 120 les graves maint 300 art mitchell malnt 120 alf lltchborn maint 250 f mortson culvert 1230 g har- man culvert 5 so b johnson cult 440 f lmortson cult 100 g harman cult 5 so b johnson scotias premier will speak for col bill mulock hon angus l macdonald premier of nova scotia will visit the riding of north york tuesday even ing sept 24th and will address a public meeting in aurora along with bill mulock the liberal candidate in this riding mr macdonald is a young man who led the forces of liberalism to decisive victory in the province down by tho sea a little while ago and is the mitch hep burn of the maritimes he is a young forceful speaker and is look ed on as one of the coming states men of canada last week north york eleccors heard from hon j g gardiner one of the western prem iers and on sept 24th will have an opportunity of hearing the message of an eastern provincial leader premier macdonald will be the third provincial premier to visit this rid ing in the present campaign all the electors are invited to hear hon j angus l macdonald premier of nova scotia and bill mulock the liberal candidate in aurora tues day night sept 24th archaeologist visits scene of old indian fort 20 jobs o last week an experienced farm hand advertised in the tribune for position and up to saturday night we had received no less than twenty applications from farmers who were in need of a steady hand what is wrong that so many are classed as unemployed in york county when one small advertis- ment reveals so many positions available surely if so many jobs are available in this locality other sections are much the same no able bodied man need to seek long for a place of employment in the light of such authentic fact as is revealed in this instance all these applicants are desirous of securing a farm hand for a considerable term a year or more it may be news to the younger generation to learu that an old indian fort is believed to have once been located on thesixth concession of whitchurch on or near the murphy farm many relics have been found in the past on the property and some of them are now in the museum at toronto last sunday the scene of- the old fort was visited by w j wiiuemberg of the indian department ottawa mr mcllwrait from tho toronto museum and pm pringle toronto artist the ottawa man has been at st thomas for two months digging tor relics he had ten men employed the party had heard a great deal about the relics found in whitchurch and this in duced the archaeologist from the dominion capital to visit the sight of the former fort he expressed the belief that some day the govern ment will establish a national park on one of these places in the days of the indian trails through this section the red men travelled from frenchmans bay north to atha and west to whit church enroute to lake simcoe the trail passes the murphy farm where the old fort is believed to have been located pastors silver wedding marked by church folk uxbridge twp council plowing match in wh the annual plowing match of the north york plowmen will be held in whitchurch township again this year on wednesday oct 23 on the farm of davis and blanchard in the northond of the municipality the farm is located on the townllne of gwillimsbury just 2 miles east of newmarket ample land for sod and stubble competitions is available and the match is expected to be one of the best on record last year the association merged their annual competition with the provincial match at oconnors farm wex ford turni pot turnip shipping commenced last week from the local depot for the first this fall with the shipper r e brown sending out five car loads mostly consigned to new york the initial cars were bought at 17c a bushel but the price has since eased to 15c and on wednesday even showed signs of softening potatoes have been running up to satisfactory levels when early this week they retailed in toronto at 125 and 135 a bag the whole sale price was quoted at 110 and up farmers will likely cash in read ily at these prices which are not likely to he maintained when once tho heavy shipments from eastern provinces comes on tho market b johnson culert 440 f timbers 100 b soper culvert 3 l harman culvert 500 r johnson culvert 100 h fockler culvert 1555 j mclaughlin weeds s w beach weeds 650 earl leh man malnt 30c m lehman maint 190j jno cowling weeds 700 herb wells wteds 360 tribune signs 400 h dewsberry drag weeds 560 d e bolendor weeds 225 g bolender weeds soc c ball weeds 200 c brown weeds 200 general accounts toronto relief 829 j william son constable 118 robt windsor constable 43 f browning 7560 e pettit gravel and stone 795 j crawford ollico supplies 2049 tribune printing 1150 p m thompson shades 1950 w a mcdonald fence viewer 200 r gray playter fence 2 j stickwood fence 200 a lane hurylng sheep 100 l wilson valuing sheep s trips 12 j c bodflsh electric fixtures 2173 office specialty fixtures 69 7s j williamson police baton 250 guarantee co 1600 s p foote weed inspector 900 s p foofo sanitary work 500 york county hospital 102- 19 treasurer aurora fire brigade 1000 uxbridge township council met at goodwood oiu saturday with reeve pickard presiding and all members present the goodwood womens institute wrote expressing appreci- ition of the letter received from council from their july meeting commending the work of the insti tute the letter signed by mrs j e wagg president and mrs ed sheehy secretary said in part that words of appreciation from a governing body like the council filled them with enthusiasm to go forward to greater work council authorized a letter of appreciation sent to one j j lyiontague who after losing both legs in the great war at vimy is now working a 50 acre farm in the north of the township he recently re ceived a medal from king george a bylaw was passed repealing all former bylaw on tax penalties and substituting therefore the following on all taxes not paid on or before the 15th day of december in each and every year a penalty of 3 per cent will be imposed and collected and on all taxes remaining unpaid at 31st december interest at the ate of one half of one per cent per month or fraction thereof will be added and imposed until said taxes are paid tho bylaw for changing the municipal elections to an earlier date was unanimously laid over till later date to ascertain the wishes of the ratepayers at our next nomination the following road accounts were passed for payment cecil wallace gravelling 3250 harvey carroll gravel 920 ira redshaw gravelling 9480 james shanard gravel 24 w e locke gravel gravelling 21600 john m rae grease and repairs 250 ross middleton spikes and work on grader 475 d shillinglaw 40 rods wire fence 12 justice todd repair culvert 200 david symes drag cut weeds 10 walter todd fill at culvert 910 jos jones pick stones cut brush weeds 1060 j c ward cut weeds 400 fred redshaw cut weeds 960 jack johnson cut weeds 400 a g clark put in culvert drag 10 so john palister put in culvert 200 howard storry haul timber 200 charles feasby haul timber 9 so t w wilson bridge timber s212 pedlar people culvert 60 4s ingot iron co grader blades 718 sawyer massey co two grader blades 66s uxbridge hardware bridge timber 6021 nelson mcdowell 35 rods wire fence 1050 fred jackson grading 9 geo lee haul timber 2 w p carmody tractor on grader ss0 alex wagg drag repair to bridge 1s30 w todd haul gravel 030 ira red shaw 185 yards gravel 2775 re lief account of 1305 municipal orld supplies 137s wm parrott sheep killed s00 jos jones 100 a large number of members and adherents of the stouffville united church assembled in the basement ou thursday evening to do honor to the pastor rev thomas laidlaw and his charming wife on the occasion of their silver wedding anniversary while the guests were assembling miss agues klinek rendered several piano selections prayer was offer ed by rev herbert lee chairman and all joined in singing blest be the tie that binds an excellent and delightful musical program be fitting the happy occasion was pre sented by several of stouffvilles most talented singers miss anne lehman acting as accompanist thoso contributing were mrs j m storey theros a rainbow shining somewhere imiss doris i ross because mrs h g kellington and mr wm hewlett oh wert thou in the cold blast mr carl roadway kind is my mary and miss luella gayman i love thee mr k g tarr then contributed very acceptably one of the choice j recitations of his earlier days in boughton yard the chairman out of his ample fund of anecdote and wealth of experience kept the bride and groom in constant remembrance of the occasion to the strains of the wedding march the winsome bride very charmingly attired in the wedding gown of 1910 showing little indica tion of tho stress and strain of the intervening years and at her side the groom still light of step and wearing a kindly reminiscent smile proceeded slowly down the aisle to wards the flowerdecked platform hero they came face to face not with the minister of that earlier day but rather our good ownsman f l button kc and mrs blake sanders the former gave the address and the latter made the presentation mr button reviewed the ministry of imr and mrs laidlaw among us the constinctive leadership of the pastor the delightful service of song by his partner their tine community spirit the growth of the congregation and the improvement of church premises for more efficient work on behalf of all present he extended sincerest congratulations and good wishes for many years to come mrs sanders then presented the large silver serving tray suitably engraved as the gift of the church responses from the groom and bride in turn were brief neat sincere expressions of their reac tions expressing the hope that future years would develop and maintain the finest christian re lationships and accepting the gift as a pledge to renewed service at this juncture an interesting coincidence was revealed rev robert young and his good wife lately returned to stouffville as permanent residents were also celebrating their wedding annivers ary in recognition of this happy union and of their reunion with the friends of their former pastorate this esteemed couple were invited to the front where mrs d c smith presented to the bride a large bouquet of gladioli mr young in a humorous but earnest reply voiced appreciation and announced his intention of taking an active part in the work of the local church upon completion of a period of rest tho ladies served a delightful lunch while all present extended personal greetings to the honored guests of the evening who we ail hope will enjoy many more happy years together local hydro reserves 39525 by e george smith stouffviues total of hydro reser ves and surplus is now 39525 its reserve for equity in the hydro system 8912 and there are 430 stouffville hydro consumers with local liquid assets in ex cess of liabilities stouffville is one of 102 hydro municipalities which are considered out of debt tnis total of 39525 in reserves and surplus which compares with a reserves and surplus total of but 5277 in 1924 the second year of hydro operation in stouffville is itemized as follows in hydro accounts reserve for equity in hydro system 8912 depreciation on local plant 2576 debentures paid 13507 and operating surplus 14528 stouffvlllea total of 430 hydro consumers constitutes a growth from 27s in 1924 horsepower used in 1934 according to the latest report statistics was 182 as contrasted with 79 in 1924 total revenues last year were 12670 as against 9796 in 1924 domestic and commercial revenues last year were 9841 as compared with 6018 in 1924 kiloatt hours sold for lighting were 33s965 as compared with 69364 in 1924 and plant capital is now valued at 27067 as compared with but is 193 in 1924 with domestic and commercial lighting rates last year of 27 and 4s cents per kilowatt hour re spectively stouffville enjoyed the low average cost to lighting consumer of 290 cents per kilowatt hour the rate is much less than the average rates prevailing in even larger united states cities it has been calculated that the application to ontario of united states private power rates would add over 40000000 annually to ontarios electricity bills in its efforts to extend through out all ontario the advantages of cheap publicly owned power the ontario hydro electric power com mission last year instituted special rate inducements including free power on certain electrical con veniences to rural ontario as a result rural ontario is be coming hitched to hydro with increased rapidity 479 miles of new rural line having been authorized this year at this timo last year only 157 miles of new rural line had been sanctioned about 4000 rural customers in all are being added to hydro service in 1935 with the churches stouffville mknnonitb church friday september 20 prayer service sunday sept 22 1935 1000 am sunday school 1100 am service by the young peoples society 700 pm no service t t t t lemonville bloomington ballantrae rev o b ijeffery minister sunday sept 22 1935 ballantrae 1030 am bloomington 230 am lemonvllle 700 pm look forward to oct 16 as the occasion of the annual chicken pie supper at ballantrao church the public are invited t t t t 8touffvillh presbyterian rev w h fullerbjl sunday sept 22 1935 2 pm sunday school 3 pm public worship strangers welcome t t t t bloomington and ringwood christian churches rer e morton preacher whatever doe3 not meet with the approval of christ stands con demned sunday sept 22 1935 services next lords day 1100 am bloomington 230 pm ringwood 700 pm altona the lords supper will be ad ministered we welcome all the followers of christ 55 years married david curtis dead a native of mongolia david curtis died in winnipeg on sept 16 in his 73rd year interment takes place at regina today thursday the late mr curtis farmed for many years in tho vicinity of stouffville and went west to enter mercantile business his wifo who was minnie imarch sister of fred march of bethcsda predeceased him some years there survive two daughters and one son also two brothers messrs robert curtis of stouffville and arthur of merlin and one sister miss ruth curtis of datonla beach florida mr and mrs sam p foote bethesda observed their 55th wedding anniversary on sept 8th at their comfortable home on the 5th of whitchurch both mr and mrs foote are enjoying very good health and tho passing years have not in the least dimmed their inter est in the wide circle of friendships which they havo woven around them mr and mrs foote were married in the town of uxbridge lived at princo albert for a time then moved to the 5th concession of whitchurch mrs footo was the former laura banbury few citizens of whitchurch are more widely known than tho gonial sp whose advice is so frequent ly sought for his extensive muni cipal experience is invaluable we join with one and all tholr friends in wishing for mr and imrs footo continued health and happiness in the eventldo of their lives national league calls meeting for ratcliffs hall the league for national govern ment will hold a public meeting in ratcliffs hall saturday evening september 21st at which speakers will address the audience on the aims and objectives of the league the league for national govern ment is a nonpartisan educational organization the primary objective of which is to mobollze an already existing large and growing body or public thought which is at present inarticulate and place it in the hands of a strong and aggressive national council which can make its voice articulate and its influence felt t t t t stouffvuilb unite chukch rev thos laidlaw minister sunday sept 22 1935 1000 am ss and bible classes 1100 am worship x jesus and war 700 pm service symbols and realities imjonday 800 pm sept 23 tho young peoples society will hold a wiener roast in the park the program will include games and a campfire service let us have a big turnout you are welcome wednesday 8 pm prayer and bible study the womans association will meet on tuesday evening sept 24 th at 8 oclock at the home of mrs levi hoover mrs sarah stouffer tho richmond hill liberal had a clipping last week from their files back in sept 12 1s95 40 years ago which stated tho ther mometer registered 95 in the shade that day as the result of a stroke suffered about a week previously mrs sarah stouffer passed away at her home in cookstown on september 3rd in her 75th year the late mrs stouffer whose maiden name was sarah barkey was born in stouffville where some fiftytwo years ago sho married aaron stouffer who predeceased her over forty years for tho past fourteen years she has resided in cookstown sho was formerly a member of stouffville baptist church and latterly an actlvo worker in ebenezer wms of a rather quiet disposition she was a fond and loving mother she leaves to mourn her loss two sons and one daughter clarence at fleet alta willis of mount dennis and mrs c cook ida of west gwilllmbury also one brother john barkey at stouffville a short service was held at her late homo in cooktown on thurs day september 5th with rov butt of churchill olliciatlng following which tho remains wore taken to stouffville whore the funornl service was conducted in the baptist church with rev mcewan of bethesda united church officiating pall bearers were messrs t thorpe l a hartman stetheam knceshaw wm oardlnor herb nlchol and chas jackson interment was made in stouffville cemetery bradford witness j you are heartily welcome to all of these services t t t t btouffvijuub baptist church o 8 mograth pastor sunday sept 22 1935 1000 am sunday school 1100 am worship 700 pm service wednesday night 8 pm prayer meeting bible study friday night 8 pm bible class we invite you to our services t t t t stouffville congregational christian church stonffvuie harry wormng ptor sunday sept 22 1935 1000 am bible school glasses for all 1100 morning worship 700 pm evening service the pastor will be in charge of both services wednesday 800 ipm prayer meeting friday 730 pm childrens mooting church hill 200 pm bible school classes for all 300 pm church service thursday 8 pm tho christian endeavour will meet at the home of mr and mrs lazenby a hearty welcome awaits all who attend these services hunting license gun licenses for sale available all hours n w byer next public school phone 3806 mansion house stouffvftlc ontario now open redecorated 21 meals 9500 sundays special chicken dinner room and board 500 per week ladies and gents rest rooms