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nhnnt volxlvii no 37 stouffville ontario thursday february 6 1936 a v nolan jp publisher nyal creophos a strengthening tissuebuilder tonic and recommended for general debility stubborn deep- seated coughs bronchitis and asthmatic conditions used iu the relief of whooping cough of child ren j m storey the ilomft of quality drugs druggist ballantrae folk shocked man dies on road levi mapes expires after rapid walk to warn household of fire chinese pay 60 j and court costs suspended sentence for having liquor on premises i i deal thomas birkett insurance agency everything iu insurance phone 252 stouffville out ii 0 klinck obrien avenue lor your insurance needs in fire life automobile burglary and all casualty lines a c burkholder insurance da aim life assurance co also automobile and fire r i n g w o o d miss jean grove is spending two weeks in toronto j the ice harvest is in full swing at i win iratcliffs and dixon hill ponds the ice is over twenty inches thick seldon ahell who is employed with the chrysler motor car corpor ation of detroit is spending a week with his parents as a community we congratulate imiss helen abell on winning first prize for general proficiency in household science also miss edna sinclair who won second prize for proficiency in home nursing at the short course held in stouffville dur ing the month of jauary mr and mrs roy grove were sunday visitors with miss gertrude wegg cashel nurff folks claimed that tuesday night was the most severe weather test locally of the season six or eight degrees below zero with a 40 mile gale went right through many houses especially if they were not protected from the west wind any- way wo all know it was frightfully cold and wednesday morning al though bright and sunny was a bitter day outofdoors ne with startling sudden ness to levi mapes on wednesday night last week as he was walking home from ballantrae to iiis place on the 7th concession of whitchurch mapes had spent several hours in ballantrae and left the barber shop owned by w andrews shortly he- fore 11 oclock that evening to walk home a distance of less than two miles he had not gone far on the aurora road when he discovered sparks coming from the chimney of hugh binghams house the first farm west of ballantrae and known as the baddy young place mapes evidently speeded along in order to warn the occupants he reached the front of the property only over exclaiming 1 believe i have overdone it which words were j heard by two young hoys radford i and hill who were there when i mapes came up they hurriedly gavei the alarm at the house and mr j mapes was removed inside but life was extinct a doctor was summon ed from mount albert and pro nounced death due from heart condition i mapes was in his ilth year and j was born in the township of mark1 ham hut iiad spent quite a number of years iu whitchurch he lived alone occupying a liouse on some land owned by his only brother albert who survives him and who was the older of the two levi is al so survived by three sons two living in toronto and one near kingston his death occurred around 1 1 oclock at night and he had spent the day as usual so far as is known in the evening it was often his custom to walk into the village of ballantrae which lie did on this occasion spending some time in the barber shop and conversing with the lads there as usual he gave no evi dence of ill health dr ball coroner stouffville in vestigated and pronounced deatli due to natural causes the weather was extremely cold and the violent exercise walking home is believed to have been too much for his heart the funeral was held on mondday afternoon this week interment tak ing place at churchill cemetery found guilty of keeping a i common gambling house ill a restaurant here in stouffville thos j fong chinese was lined 50 and costs while his brother harry was remanded for sentence on the same charge the case was aired before magistrate keith iu county police court last thursday morning and so many attended from here that the local population must have shrunk noticeably for a few hours twentyfour lads were all summoned on the charge of found- in three of them including the two chinese boys bobbie and alex were struck from the list they be ing under it years of age the 21 boys were all assessed one dollar and costs making a payment of 2 each when the magistrate propos ed a fine of 5 per head the crown lawyer suggested that it was too much intimating that many of the la i lads may not have been playing the illegal games and were just in the place out of the cold weather it will be recalled that the police raided the restaurant on saturday night january is seized several slot machines and took the names of everybody in the place sergeant william martindale and county constable george stewart testified to entering the restaurant and find ing a number of the boys playing the machines the officers seized five machines and four punch boards sergeant martindale said that clerks changed slugs procured from one of the ma chines for money on an additional charge of having liquor in an illegal place both harry cfiool clinic a public clinic for children of school and presehool age of the school section of stouffville will be open at the public school from 10 until 12 am thursday february c for the purpose of administering the dick test and the giving of toxin for the prevention of scarlet fever all parents of the village wishing to have their children treated should endeavour to have them pre sent dr w a sangster mho retired merchant amos lehman dead grand banquet marks close of short course what is believed to be the largest short course in agriculture held in ontario this winter came to a close in stouffville on friday with a big banquet served by the senior womens institute to the student boys and girls and a number of guests making a total sitting ill ratcliffs hall of over 200 persons an interesting toast list followed a well served banquet which com menced with an appetizing cock tail ending with apple pie and ice cream of more than ordinary uxbihngf undertaker ontario warden and thomas fong were found guilty i flavor the toast list was presided and placed on suspended sentence over by one of the students harry the officers seized six bottles of spang the guest speaker was miss spirits and 11 quarts of beer j bess mcdennad institute branch harry fong was also found guilty i toronto who rounded out an inter- l come a toast to the home makers was proposed by lorne tiudall and responded to y miss helen abell of hingwood miss sadie evans claremont proposed the toast to tkcabel the 1ungjs jkjictljtrjnp stouffville toronto singh 85c pvcturn 155 standard time leave leave stouffville toronto mansion bay at house dundas a 71f am b 1100 am b 025 am c 130 pm c 345 pm e 530 pm d s40 pm c 545 pm b 1015 pm a dally except sunday holidays h sunday holidays only c satur day only e daily except saturday sunday holi days connections at toronto for buffalo detroit and all usa points gkay coach links mansion iintisc phone iftl stouffvillo john m low reeve of the town of uxbridge for a number of years and a prominent business man in that town was elected warden of ontario county for 1930 when the county council assembled in whit by for its first session of the year mr low was given the wardens chair after a third ballot had been taken with j e mcdonald reeve of brock township as his opponent the successful warden received 10 votes and mr mcdonald nine on the deciding ballot the new warden was immediately gowned and escort ed to the chair by his runnerup after taking the chair the new warden thanked his colleagues for the high honor they had confer red upon him and upon the town of uxbridge stating that he would endeavour to uphold the dignity and importance of the office he ex pressed the hope that the same harmony and cooperation which had marked the sessions of council for some years past would prevail this year conditions in the country wore still in bad shape and the em pire had just passed through one of the greatest sorrows in its history through the loss by death of his majesty king george the fifth who was one of the most outstanding kings over to sit on the throne of britain robert pickard reeve of uxbridge township was made chairman of the committee on reforestation he was also placed on the legislation and memorials committee while deputy reeve albert b james is a member of the committee on education trial stalls may 1 1 the county clerk and solicitor advised the council that the action brought by the port perry board of education against the county of ontario to recover money alleged owing to the board on account of grants for maintenance of county pupils which the board through errors had not collected was set down for trial in whitby on may 11 much importance is attached to this trial in view of other similar claims against the county in his possession and was fined 10 and costs the shooting iron was the property of former constable alf pugh who had registered most of til guns in stouffville but missed his own although he lias another gun registered all the machines punch boards and liquor were ordered confiscated twentyone found guilty of being foundin were fined 2 each there was no suggestion that any boys had been served liquor and the restaurant wouldnt have been raided on that count out when the officers were making a cleanup thcy took everything the charges against the china men will probably end the use of slot machines in stouffville for all time lost spare truck wheel and rim red painted reward f betz sons phone 177 amos lfiimax retired shoe merchant who died sunday afternoon iu his 73rd year goodwood now that the bank is no more in goodwood tho citizens will be re- j pupils milling their hydro and telephone bills by express money order all the stalwards of the united church will be required to get theii saws and axes ready for the big bee that i j fosketl intends to organize for cutting wood he has purchased several large trees that are to be manufactured into stovej wood the storm in our vicinity has fill ed the roads with snow and reports indicate difficult travelling noi motoring on the township roads and the the home seekers witli re sponse by george abell of ring- wood harley wideman introduced a toast to agriculture and deputy reeve earl toole of whitchurch responded each speaker added an interesting feature to the program the addresses were interspersed by other numbers including a trio number by misses edra burkitt gladys and doreen lehman solo by miss luella gay man and a iboys trio composed of lorne tindall floyd forsyth john keeler a humorous skit was presented by john ilundy and george abell reeve ii w sanders of stouff ville with the chairman of the even ing welcomed the guests in their opening remark while chas hooper of gormley and a member of markham council responded for the municipal councils the class paper was read by miss lillian phillips of stouffville and a costume number the hat of other days was presented by 14 girls during the course the record made by each pupil was kept and prizes were given at this time the standing announced was general proficiency girls blanche atkinson liothesda edna sinclair ringwood high standing home economics helen abell sadie brans general proficiency boys harley wideman duncan spang chester somerville lorne thidall as a mark of their favor the students combined to present their instructors and r e white district representative witli a gift each mr white organizer of the course is generally popular with the stu dents and with the public at large because of that smiling countenance and genial nature miss grace a 1111 is of scarboro and mrs a e wright of odessa each won a coveted place in the esteem of the did mr r e goodin assistant to mr white in the hands of these instructors the course was one of interest and instructional value total students enrolled in all courses was around 150 the students plan to carry on meetings under the student execu tive organized with harry spang and helen abell president of boys and girls groups iu the death of amos lehman on sunday afternoon at his late homo on obrien avenue a retired busi ness man prominently associated with the business and church life of this community through its early days as an incorporated village passes into the great unseen fully prepared to meet his god mr lehman had been in poor health tho last three years as a result of a stroke from which time he gradually declined the end came rather suddenly after he had been assisted by his devoted wife to dress mi lehman was stricken with a convulsion and never regained consciousness before he passed away a few hours later amos lehman was the leading boot and shoe merchant in stouff ville retiring only four years ago when lie disposed of his business to his eldest son ornisby after 36 years in the trade as owner of a store born near cedar grove mr lehman at the age of 14 years entered the employ of a shoe factory in huron county at the village of blake after 2 years apprenticeship there he went to michigan to spend a further three years learning the art of making shoes in 1s90 mr lehman launched into business in stouffville in premises now occupied by the j undertaking store main and church streets in 1901 he purchased the building standing immediately east of the fire hall where he carried on until the last year of the war 1919 when he bought the line brick store right across the road from the other premises and where the lehman shoe store has since been located the brick store was built by messrs sam and jake burkholder the upper storey being a masonic hall and a dwelling mr lehman was a son of the late benj lehman and was of dutch pioneer stock he is survived by his wife whose maiden name was fannie hoover to their marriage in 1s92 a family of five children survive being three daughters and two sons namely misses ida and ann at home mrs fred kieth of stouffville ormsby who succeeded to the fathers business and arthur circulation manager toronto daily star in northern ontario one brother elias lehman and one sister mrs chas fader akron mich also survive a man who took an active conscientious part in the affairs of church and state our townsman has been missed ever- since he retired from business he was a member of the village council for some years and was honored with the reeveship in 1922 he was a member and church official in the old methodist church and one of its leading lights for long years and best of all he undertook to live the true life of a christian in li is daily activities the funeral on wednesday after noon to wideman cemetery was largely attended irev thos laidlaw his pastor and rev herbert lee conducted a short service at the late home the service at wideman church was taken by rev mr laid law and mr louis burkholder interment was made in wideman cemetery local cop gathers in bad boys on sunday evening constable harold quibell of stouffville arrested two toronto youths who are charged with the theft of three motor cars the boys gave their j names as w fititt virginia st and w keeue monarch park avenue when the local chief was noti fied of the theft of a car from wide- mans church he swung into action with a vim comaudeering the tow truck from silverthorns garage rushing out to ringwood he caught sight of the youths and soon overtook them as they sped away in two stolen busses they admitted stealing first a car iu toronto which was found to be the property of dr mccormack in this stolen car they motored to markham village and came on north but ditched tne machine at widemans church they picked up a second car belonging to alvin reesor which caused the alarm to be sent into town abandoning the doctors car the lads drove reesors car into stouffville where in front of jh mcdonalds residence main street they picked up the third car eacli of the lads now driving off alono toward ringwood it was then that constable quibell was on their trail the ford car taken from mr mcdonalds was the property of mr j mcmillan of todmorden persons nearby saw ono lad jump out of the reesor car and get into the ford but it was all so bold they did not realize that a theft was being com mitted stitt 16 confessed to having stolen 13 cars in the past and is only recently out of jail while keene 17 is new to the police locals enter oha jr playdowns the garret evening auxiliary of the united church will meet at the home of miss byam on wednesday evening february 12 at s oclock for the first time in many years an oha team in stouffville have entered the playoffs journeying to agiucourt tuesday night the locals defeated tho scarboro team 65 right in their town rink both teams put on a wonderful exhibition ot hockey the first goal came after about four ninutes of play by a pass out by nerlick to redshaw who slammed it home without giving the goalie a chance in a few minutes harrison for scarboro tied it up the second perio goals by spence- ly and harrison of scarboro put scarboro oue up for only a short time when nerlick notched one from a pretty combination play ashenhurst and holden scored two smart goals from a nice indiv idual rush by nerlick making the score 53 to end the second period fire works started in the 3rd period when morden and harrison started a freeforall only to be chased to the bench for five minutes spencely for otouffville scored midway in the period with the score standing 63 and a minute and a half to go scarboro scored twice as stouffville only bad two men on the ice with no less than 14 penalties and two exhibitions of boxing the game was a thriller to watch ending 65 in favour of stouffville giving the local lads the right to meet aurora in the playoffs stouffville line up goal paxton defence morden and spencely nerlick wings holden and red- shaw subs ashenhurst anderson brillinger baker paxton in the stouffville nets played a star game with nerlick starring on the forward line friday february 7 aurora at stouffville in first game of the play offs home and home games goals to count on the round the church notices v a i- k x t i x r dance no milk truck through on county road from uxbridge for tor- dance community hall victoria onto since tuesday as the wind has square friday february 14th been blowing and drifting part of snider orchestra wilbert jennings the night and all day those who floor manager lunch served art- left town motoring on tuesday mission 35c everybody welcome morning will have a hard time to get under auspices of the trustees of home the community hall post office extension mooted there are well founded rumors afloat to the effect that the depart ment of public works ottawa con templates enlarging the stouffville post office the present quarters arc now taxed and the proposed mail route to commence this year from here cannot readily be accommo dated in the building as it is now laid out it is said the office was built with the idea of removing the south wall and extending the building any time such a move was warranted the time has now come when more space is required if an addition is added it would provide tho caretakers quarters with a veranda upstairs over the ground floor extension stouffville is the logical centre for more mail routes than now start here and we hope the authorities will now provide for the extension without delay reeve sanders of stouftville has been made a member of the bylaw and legislation committee of york county council while ireeve rae of whitchurch is placed on the educa tion committee and the committee on equalization the veteran george padgett figures on bylaws and legislation and equalization these are the more important committees lemonvtlle bloomington ballantrae rev c b jeffery minister sunday february 9 1936 1045 am ballantrae 2 30 bloomington 700 lemonville t t t t stouffville presbyterian rev w h fuller b a sunday february 9 1936 200 pm sunday school 300 pm church service everyone cordially invited t t t t stouffville united church rev thos laldlaw minister sunday february 9 1936 1100 am morning service 230 s s and bible classes 700 evening service evening service beginning with a song service pastor will preach at both services monday 8 pm yps wednesday jan 12 800 pm midweek service in basement where dr thos mitchell will speak on subject follow me the 3rd in the series the invitations of jesus let us fill the basement for these addresses you are heartily welcome to all of these services t t t t bixomington and ringwood christian churches rev e morton preacher sunday february 9 1936 now there is so much snow it would be a delightful picture to behold horses drawing sleighs and cutters loaded with folk bound for places of worship on the lords day services next lords day 1100 am bloomington 230 pm ringwood 700 pm altona mr j mcdowall from toronto bible college will be the speaker at our three servics next sunday will be pleased to see you t t t t stouffville baptist church chas s mcgrnth pastor sunday february 9 1936 1000 am bible school classes for everybody 1100 am morning service 700 pm evening service wed s pm prayer service friday 8 pm bible class we invite yon to our services stouffville mennonite church rev i brubacker pastor sunday february 9 1936 1000 am bible school 1100 am morning worship 700 pm regular gospel service come out to the young peoples meeting on monday february 10 the bible study period will be tak en by mr paul boadway and the singing lesson will be given by mr lambert stouffer meeting at 8 pm t t t t sixth line baptist church rov w e smalley pastor telephone 1903 sunday february 9 1936 1000 am sunday school 700 pm church service text acts 2028 then agrippa said unto paul almost thou per- suadest me to be a christian wed s pm prayer meeting bible thought for this week isn 5533 wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread and your labor for that which satisfieth not hearken dili gently unto me and eat ye that which is good and let your soul delight itself in fatness incline your ear and come unto me hear and your soul shall live and i will make an everlasting covenant with you even the sure mercies of david t t t t stouffvhle mens bible class nondenominational meeting each sunday afternoon at 230 in oddfellows rooms button block a cordial invitation is extended to all men of tho community who are not connected with any other sunday afternoon group t t t t stouffville congregational christian church sunday february 9 1936 william tyler pastor stouffville 1000 am sunday school classes all ages 1100 morning worship the pastor will preach 700 pm gospel service come and join us in our bright song service preceding the evonlng service wed 715 junior endeavour wed 8 pm prayer service remember the prayer service is the power house of the church church hill 200 pm sunday school 300 pm church service christian endeavour will meet at tho home of mr and mrs w reach on thursday night at s oclock