te jkmfftriltt tlbunt vol xlvii no 30 stouffville ontario thursday december 12 1935 a v nolan jp publisher its a gift to give wisely a few suggestions gift sets yardley woodburys april showers evening in paris cutex and moonglo cuticle sets hath dusting powders hath salts military brush sets toilet sets in pearl and the new chromium plated enamel ware fine stationery parker vacumatic pens and pencils games picture rooks bibles hymnary decorations candles finest selection of christmas cards markham ponders relief question not one cent ovkk campbell report for relief recip ients ix makkham says uekvk faucet j m storey the home of quality drugs druggist sale registers saturday dec 21 household furniture including good diner chairs chesterfield suite stoves rugs bedroom furniture kitchen utensils etc beloning to c c thompson will be sold on the premises lot 3 con a whit church sale at 2 oclock terms cash a s farmer auctioneer mansion house stouffville ontario home cooking bread cakes pies 21 meals 500 room and board 500 per week ladies and gents rest rooms insurance thomas birkett insurance agency everything in insurance phone 25902 stoutfville out h o klinck obrien avenue tor your insurance needs in fire life automobile burglary and all casualty lines a c burkholder insurance canada life assurance co also automobile and fire etabel tfjelung5sim3ljuaj weekend bargain fares during november beween all points on gray coach lines routes good going friday to sunday returning till monday jlinim m excursion return faro sue typical bargain fares between stouffville and liarrie s3 50 huntsville 715 midland 430 toronto 11 s brampton 195 buffalo 500 visit toronto royal winter fnir november 20th to 2sth information at sirs ii anderson ph 15s stouffville relief matters occupied consider able of the time of the regular de cember session of the markham township council several requests for increased relief were met with the firm declaration by reeve geo b padget that as far as he was con cerned the township would not give any relief in excess of the campbell report some applications claimed that this allowance was nol sufficient to meet their needs but reeve padget declard that no per son would get one cent more other members of council agreed with the reeve on sticking to the campbell report as the basis for relief the problem of the single unem ployed faced the council when a number of single men made applica tion for relief up until december 1st the council issued no help to single men but in response to come of the applictions the council will endeavour to provide work lot some of the single who claimed they were right up against it and ill need of food the extra demand for worit amonst these men will fall upon mr maxwell road supt for the township and reeve padgett in structed him to find and es tablish as much work as possible for the men who have no other means of employment a request from white- church township was acknowledged for a meeting of the two township councils for the discussion of im provements on the dividing road south of bond lake this work if agreed to will mean a great deal of unemployed men will find work by this method claimed the reeve the township unemployed men would be adequately taken care of one man attending the meeting related the instance of his son work ing for six weeks this fall for the sum of 12 this amount was for working all six weeks from seven until six pm and riding a bicycle for five miles morning and night this condition he claimed drove the men to ask aid from the townships governing body if men were paid fair wages for their labor no re quests for relief would be asked he stated the usual bylaw was passed pro viding for the annual nomination and elections the nomination meet ing will be held monday afternoon pec 30th and the election monday jan 6th on election day polling will bo from am to 5 pm and the following were appointed as de puty returning officers thornhill n j smellie and j e francis elgin ailiis george topper button- ville cliue burr victoria square thomas frisby unionville j gib son and w noble cashel herb spofford lot 5 con s george cowie lot 10 con s a rw wide- man dixons hill edgar browns- berger d ramers house d ramer mongolia william rennie a letter from tho chief weed in spector for the province of ontario ruled that no weed inspector or council can be held responsible for any losses sustained as a result of threshing operations road accounts were passed as follows d boyd stouffville s40 r j cunningham gormley rr2 7030 e a buchanan unionville 53220 d shadlock milliken 3200 c wideman markham rr2 4250 w j stonehouse unionville 5740 j k reesor markham 2870 j g wideman stouffville 27630 w g maxwell salary 10000 general accounts as followscosts markham division costs 1950 geo dukes work twp hall 150 hugh boyd stouffville sheep valuer fees and mileage 800 robert davies mt albert sheep killed and flock damage 2500 hospitaliza tion account 163 s7 wm brooke sheep valuer fees and mileage 200 a g gormley 2 sheep killed by dogs 1400 james gibson tru ant officer fees and mileage 7500 f h stiver sheep valuer fees and mileage s00 james walker constable salary and mileage 11780 a v orr relief officer salary and mileage s715 naugh- ton and jenkins solicitors account re unionville debentures 11077 returns after 43 years absence joe lehman left stouffville in 1892 and never saw the place again until last week home burned in rainy river district election talk about markham thieves continue their farm raids it is just 43 years last spring since joseph lehman of altona en trained at stouffville for the north country intending to settle in the rainy river district he reached his destination all right and re mained there almost continually until last saturday when he traversed his steps and landed again for the first time in all those years in the old village of stoufiville to spend and indefinite time at the home of his sister mrs william watson centre main street the only time mr lehman left the bush country of rainy river was to go farther west on a number of occasions to help in the harvest fields out on the prairies beyond winnipeg joe lehman encountered all the hardships of the pioneer settler north of the great lakes he took over 160 acres of land built him self a log home doing all of the work himself but on november 16 last tire visited his shack and laid low the humble home of the settler mr lehman cieared the timber from about half his land and could handle a shovel or axe with the best of them despite a crippled hand from an accident which befel him before he left the old home district east of stouffville speaking of boyhood days he re calls a number of his school chums who went to the little red school house or was it red among them he mentioned dr l j burk- holder of chicago being a bachelor it comes natural for mr lehman to be opposed to consolidated schools which he maintains are a curse to the northern district and the cause for mounting taxes on farm lands he paid over 60 last year which is considerable for unbroken country deprived of many comforts enjoyed in older ontario a man of 74 years joe lehman may rest in comfort the remainder of his life in the assur ance that he has done his full share of work but were it not for his crippled hand he would never stop for he looks good for many years to come hydro extension the markham rural hydro is ex tending its lines steadily over the south end of whitchurch and the latest farmer to prepare for the current is mr seneca baker whose barns and house are now being wir ed it isreported that signers are ready totake the current in and around bloonnngton in which case it should bebut a short time before the lmcis continued across the baker sideroad to serve the people on the 9th concession the ontario government con cession toward defraying part of the cost of the primary line coupled with the possibility of very reason able price for current is bound to attract more and more users and after all nobody stands in need of electric current to a greater extent than the farmer and his wife goodwood the ixast day december the fourteenth is the last day for paying your taxes in whitchurch township without the penalty for nonpayment being add ed collector r e ratcliff will be at the municipal hall on saturday for tho purposo of receiving the levy from any who wish to meet hiin there thus far taxes are coming in in a highly satisfactory way and receipts up to this time arc up to or slightly better than a year ago a fair lady in town is looking for rusty come along old iboy mrs nell of agincourt visited her sister mrs lyman fields this week the ladies aid of the baptist church met at mrs willard slacks on tuesday evening an interesting missionary program was given and a special offering lifted mr wm todd has torn down part of his barn which has been in bad shape for some time mr todd in tends repairing the piece that was left standing tho bypu last week was in charge of the fellowship group the topic was on friendship and was taken iby mr lloyd wagg mrs henderson had oharge of the meet ing miss gladys wagg took suddenly ill on saturday evening and on going io the doctor was informed that she must havo her appendix re moved at once and was later re moved to newmarket hospital where she was operated on tho latest reports are favourable and we sincerely hope that she will soon bo able to be home again those interested in the work of the bible socioty will be pleased with the amount collected at good wood the sum of 4715 fron this locality and 1735 from rosevillo and siloam a total of 6450 has been sent to tho societys office in toronto the editor of the richmond hill liberal has been doing some scout ing in markham township to ascer tain just how the wind is blowing respecting a municipal election in january and who may be in the field editor smith found that there was the usual diversion of opinion with no general demand for a scrap indicating there are no big issues at stake there are those he says who predict an acclama tion all around for reeve and councillors in markham and there are those who say there is bound to be an election continuing he re ports the veteran reeve george b padget is likely to be in the field for reelection and most prominent ly mentioned as a possible opponent is exdeputy reeve w l clark who ran a tight race with the present reeve last january deputyreeve rennie will seek reelection in his present post and all members of the council are likely e ndidates for reelection others mentioned as possible candidates for various posts are exreeve w c gohn exdeputy reeve r l stiver bill champion exdeputy reeve kineaid former councillor r j beatty george topper and a dark horse candidate from the victoria square district if all these enter the lists along with some workers candidates from the subdivision district who feel the relief administration has not been sufficiently generous the electors can look for a lively contest we might add to the observations of the richmond hill editor that plenty of electors in east markham think that deputy reeve rennie is the only logical successor to the veteran george as reeve of the township and his friends may in sist on his advancement this com ing nomination day this leads us to ask would mr padgett step aside tor mr rennie or would he wait for the electors to decide the issue our guess is that he will step out when mr rennie says so but mr rennie recognizes no doubt in mr padgett an able representative whom ho is not in a hurry to move how ever electors see differently and may force an issue from some angle anyway whatever happens the open season for municipal greetings and handshaking is now on this is the time of year when large bodies of ratepayers wait on certain people in the hope of pressing them into the public service and it will soon be nomination day when those seeking municipal honors get up to thank their movers and seconders and those who have been in office take the platform to give an account of their stewardship nominations this year will be held monday dec 30th and the elections will be held one week later close on the heels of fred winn being robbed a week ago of a valu able pen of chickens thieves again raided a farm property in the viein- plowmen going to england as a result of their prowess in the art of plowing a number of ontario boys at least one of whom will be a stouffville winner will go to england some time in january to ity of stouffville on sunday night compete in the big british competi attractive prices at auction sale they entered the premises of gordon crowder who works the ira raymer farm on the sth concession of whitchurch just across from the home of reeve newton rae and adjoining moran bakers premises and carried off an electric motor no trace of the thieves was left and there being no snow they could not be tracked on the hard roads the electric motor did all the work in the milk house such as separating pumping cutting etc george talbot reports the theft of two pigs from his premises on the sth concession the old flewel farm just south of ballantrae and in all these cases there are no clues north whitchurch suffered heavily last week when the poultry houses on the farms of jack skinner less rose and david mc- clure of the pine orchard district were raided and many birds taken a chap named rumacki on the vivian sideroad was also a victim when his entire poultry holdings were cleaned out it is believed that a quantity of grain was taken saturday night or early sunday morning from the farm of the late otto baker where the big sale was held on wednesday last week the granary was not locked and it was impossible to tell the extent of the theft at the time the tribune called farmers are confronted with enough troubles without the added burden of having to police their premises all night which is an in novation of the near future unless something can be done to bring the thieves to account down in scar- boro hen pens have to be lighted every night because men love dark ness better than light to carry out their evil designs tions that are being arranged at this time but as yet is only in the pro posal stage it is understood that canadians will compete in three classes at least for empire competition for which there will be two tractor classes two jointer classes and two for junior farmers fred timbers of whit church is likely to be one chosen to represent the massey harris co in the tractor competition and alex black another outstanding winner is reported to be named by the fleury plow co to handle their plow in the jointer class these classes are subject to change and well informed plow men believe they should be for instance high cut is a very promi nent in england in practical work should be in the competition in this even our win timbers twice provincial champion would be call ed on to go there would be at least six com petitors to go from ontario should the plan come to maturity it is even suggested that some of the best plow teams should go from canada sponsored by some of the local outstanding stables of heavy draft and clyde horses interested in british overseas markets bloomington coupe rams truck travelling along main street east in his pontine coupe on tuesday evening fred todd crashed into the rear of harry paisleys big truck parked in front of his home opposite the christian church completely demolishing the topof the coupe fortunately for fred he escaped with only minor cuts and bruises the paisley truck was left- in re verse gear rfiid the force of the im pact shotyft ahead twenty one feet damaging the gears a second aeci- igijje was dent was registered at the same time when the brierbush car stopping at the accident was bumped into by harry welman who escaped injury as did his passenger alex boyd only minor repairs will be needed melville dont forget melville school concert on the lsth owing to unfavourable weather the bible class didnt visit the observatory last saturday evening miss marjorie lehman who is nursing mrs morgan baker of baker hill was home for a short time last sunday we are indebted to tho wa for procurring the carolina singers tho concert by this group last thursday evening was a rare treat ti1i3 thursday evening a miscell aneous shower will be presented to mr and mrs ro3s mckay showers and wedding are coming thick and fast and since rumours persist that more are in the offing it has every appearance of an epidemic on tuesday evening of this week a large group of neighbours and friends of mr and mrs allen hlsoy met at the home of the grooms parents and presented tho newly married couple with a miscellaneous shower many and usefhl were the gifts and good wishes showered up on the happy couple the evening was joyously spent in the playing of games and brought to a satisfying conclusion with a splendid lunch mr and mrs arthur storey were in the big city the other day mrs paisley and john whetter from markham were here on sunday visiting friends mrs joe lemon enjoyed a day at the home of her daughter mrs morgason at goodwood seneca baker is installing hydro when will the main thoroughfare of bloom ington be illuminated after dark by niagaras great boon to humanity lemon paisley is progressing favorably following his operation in a toronto hospital and it is expect ed that he will be able to return home in a couple of weeks at least election talk is very quiet in this locality but we all anticipate that reeve rae and councillor jess cook will hold their offices for another year and this is our hope irrespec tive of what we think of the condi tion of the 9th concession as a road although christmas is very close the roads are splendid and there has been little frost to create mud this fall in riiaking this statement we would not have our township officials imagine the folks on the 9th are proud of the concession line which is badly in need of a tarvla top to take care of the heavy truck and car traffic that passes this way much work has been put on this road but it will not stand up under the travelling conditions of today the district of bloomington was cast into deep gloom when the news spread of the death of mrs louis tindall aged 58 years following her recent serious illness she rallied and it was confidently ex pected that she wa3 well on the way to recovery taking a bad spell early monday she expired within an hour the bereaved husband and only son carson a lad living at home are left to a sad home to whioh our sympathy is extended mrs tindall is also survived by two sisters mrs jones of bloomington and mrs pegg of greenwood and by one brother wesley hill of stouffville her maiden name was louisa m hill and she spent her entire life in whitchurch mrs tindall was an outstanding church worker in the united congregation here her cheer ful disposition and helping hand be ing a potent factor in all undertak ings of tho church branches carried on by the ladles the funeral large ly attended took place on wednes day afternoon to churchill cemetery our yps were at milliken the other evening giving their play safety first which wo hear was well received in the southern dis trict boadways drug store is santa claus headquarters this christmas visit the store where your gift problems are easier solved for all the family the farm stock sale of goods and chattels belonging to the estate oj tho late otto baker drew a tre mendous crowd on wednesday ol last week and from a little before one oclock auctioneer alvin farm er went strong all afternoon knock ing off tho sales which had a grand total of 3000 prices ruled high in the opinion of bystanders at the sale and with the single exception of grain for which there seems to be no immediate market the bids came in lively reaching fancy proportions here and there a 7yearold mare attracted a buyer at 150 cash and her mate brought 140 other horses ran around 90 and 100 with an aged animal at 40 the prices obtained for cattle were the best seen here in years a fresh cow topping 8250 and her calf bringing 450 additional albert hisey of gormley took away tho high priced animal a jersey heifer sold for 72 while two heifers not bred went for 30 each a sow and 12 pigs brought 49 while animals of 170 pounds almost reached 12 each there is a good demand for implements that are in good con dition as evidenced by tho bidding a seed drill sold at 50 being bought by arthur dowswell of stouffville who will resume farm ing next spring over in uxbridge township the hay rake went at 30 binder 38 fanning mill 20 and a walking plow 1550 just a couple of dollars off the regular retail price potatoes went at 90c a bag while bidding on grain was dull even dealers not wanting to add to their stocks at this time activities of the chbrch candies for the christmas tree or for gifts in handsome packages at 50c and up porters candy store christ church anglican stouffville sunday december 15th 1935 confirmation service at 3 pm preacher rt rev bishop a r beverley d w you are cordially invited to this special service t t t t stouffville baptist church clias s mcgrnth pastor sunday dec 15th 1935 1000 ajm bible school 1100 am worship 700 pm service wed 8 pm prayer serivce t t t t stouffville mennonite church rev i brubacker pastor sunday dec 15th 1935 1000 am bible school 1100 am worship 700 pm service monday dec 16 s pm young peoples meeting tho pastor will speak all welcome we invite the public to our gospel services t t t t stouffville congregational christian church sunday dec 15th 1935 stouilvllle 1000 am bible school 1100 am morning worship 700 pm evening service short song service the rev mr mcdowell of tor onto will preach at both services next sunday wednesday 8 pm prayer meeting wed 7 pm childrens meeting church hill 200 pm bible school 300 pm church service we cordially invite the public to all of our gospel services t t t -p- stouffville united church rev thos laidlnw minister sunday dec 15th 1935 1100 am morning worship subject the promise of the father 230 pm ss and bible classes 700 pm evening service subject god and this genera tlon the w a will meet on tuesday evening dec 17 at s oclock at the home of mrs blake sanders thursday dec 19th 730 pm sunday school entertainment chrlsmas tree and santa clause dont forget to bring your white gifts wednesday 8 pm prayer and bible study monday 8 pm young peoples society reorganization meeting you are heartily welcome to all of these services lemonvelle bloomington ballantrae rev o b jeffery minister sunday dec 15th 1935 1045 am ballantrae 230 pm bloomington 700 pm lemonville ballantrae united church annual concert will be held on monday evening dec 23 watch for details next week t t t t bloomington ana ringwood christian churches rev e morton preacher sunday dec 15th 1935 that person is to be pitied who simply drags through life without having some inspiring ideal the ideal for us all should be jesus christ services next lords day 1100 am bloomington 230 pm iringwood 700 pm altona as his custom was he christ went to a place for worship luke 41g leaving us an example that yo should follow in his steps 1 peter 221 t t t t stouffville mens bible class nondenominational meeting each sunday afternoon at 230 in oddfellows rooms button block sunday december 1 1935 a cordial invitation is extended to all men of the community who are not connected with any other sunday afternoon group wo brillinger rev t laldlaw president teacher t t t t stouffville presbyterian rev w h fuller b a sunday dec 15th 1935 200 pm bible school 300 pm church service all are cordially invited t i- t t sixth line baptist church rov av e smalley pastor telephone 1903 sunday doc 16th 1935 1000 am sunday school 700 pm church service subject the oly way to heaven wednesday december 18 rev and mrs e hancock and miss florence stacy returned missionaries from liberia west africa will givo a lantern slide lecture of their work friday this week dec 13 mission clrclo will meet at the homo of mrs j a clark mrs hastings will address tho meeting biblo thought for tills week ii cor 98 and god is ablo to make all grace abound toward you that yo always having all sufficiency in all things may abound to every good work