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zfcumiie vol xlviii no 19 stouffville ontario thursday august 6th 1936 a v nolan j p publisher arfyqvlomgyour fghtwth stomach troublf causidby cxttssacid u ordinary eujarcoated pills uxatites and alka- fixers fail you why not in fairness to yourself try pfunderstabletst many users praise them and leading pharmacists recommend them highly pfundera tablets have won great fame for their results even in more sovero cases of stomach trouble caused by ezcess acid you can try plunder tablets for 15 days without the test costing you oo penny coat la for free detalb and trul ofttri j m storey the home of quality drugs druggist old resident brought here for burial house burned ttnant routed face half shaven ballaxtkae house destroyed by fire mrs clara frances maccallum steele wife of archibald w steele died on thursday at her home 22 i i turner road toronto she was born in stouffville and had lived in toronto for 40 years she was ai member or the united church sur- j at six oclock on friday even- vivin- are her husband a brother g and destroyed the large brick house on the 8th concession at the what looked like an eisy fire to extinguish but which grew serious broke out at ballantrae insurance thomas birkett general insurance agency representing reliable companies including lloyds of london england phone stouffville 25902 see h 0 kunck obrien avenue lor your insurance needs in fire life automobile burglary and all casualty lines a c burkholder insurance canada life assurance co also automobile and fire e a grubin registered optomerist will be at his office in stouffville very other moday and tuesday august dates 10th and 11th 21th and 25th september 8th 21st and 22nd eyes examined glasses fitted and repaired phone stouffville 2405 dr a maccallum baltimore and three sisters miss j maccallum stouffville mrs d maenair toron to and mrs j s teskey west- mount two other sons both practis ing medicine are dead the bereaved husband years ago was employed in fleurys foundary in stouffville while his father was a lemonville farmer as a girl the late mrs steele lived on main street where her sister now lives her father the late george mccallum conducted a tailoring establishment on the same site opposite dr ira freels residence and old timers of this day had clothes made at mccallums the funeral on saturday after noon was to stouffville cemetery where the remains were laid in the family plot a large number of old friends from toronto were in attendance east arctic service dental neil c smith ldsdds office over the bank of commerce office hours 9 to 2 130 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 ofllco in orubins block phone s201 markham every tuesday office in wear block at st patricks roman catholic church markham on sunday dr and mrs j orford attended their last service before leaving for chesterfield east arctic under conl tract for two years a very beautij ful solo charles gounod ave maria was rendered in latin by mrs madeline tremaine accom panied by mrs orford at the organ the members and friends in mark ham grieve over their departure doctor orford was loved and respected by all who knew him his untiring service to the poor was his outstanding quality we extend on behalf of all their friends the heartiest and sincerest wishes in this their new venture now in playoffs the first game of the oba play off for stouffville will be staged on the local diamond this friday after noon commencing at 3 oclock the locals are up to full strength and are prepared to give the best account of themselves this season they have a chance to reach the semifinals come along and cheer them to victory south end of the village and known as the e j cable place and to real old timers as the armstrong house smoke was seen coming from the attic window by a passerby when the fire was only a smouldering one but no alarm was sent in to stouff ville where ready fire fighting apparatus was available and the place was demolished it is said the fire could readily have been ex tinguished with the chemical engine but this is only a conjecture however willing helpers hauled all the furniture to safety but their efforts hampered by lack of ladders could not save the building two families walter nesbitts and the owner mr savietta an italion occupied the place the savietta family were at tea when a passerby warned them of the fire while walter nesbitt who lived in the upper part of the house was in the act of shaving he had the alfalfa shorn from one side of his face when the cry of fire went up and he was forced to rub off the lather and rush into action in an effort to do what he could the bewiskered side of his face may have stood in contrast as against what a change a good razor can accomplish on a mans face but in the excite ment no one noticed the plight of the occupant of the upper flat we win on civic holiday the stouffville baseball nine played a schedule- game at port perry and squeezed in a win by 12 to 11 runs the locals showing considerable new strength bruce lehman was ou the mound for seven innings and d bradd finishing the last two featuring the game for the locals wss the good batting of cook get ting four hits out of five times to bat cook also clouted outa homer the second this season the boys are in good going con dition to meet sutton here friday in the playdowns our prison guests detailed their age religion occupation and other information is revealed boozers lead crime ranks dr mitchell visits old vermont pastorate thanksgiving turkey medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon office cor obrien and main phone 196 coroner for york county harold a sanders barrister solicitor notary public bte stouffville ontario phone 1800s twp clerk has a fire loss mccullough button barristers solicitors convey ancers etc buttons block stouitville money to loan a c kennedy chiropractor church street stouftvllle monday wednesday and frldayt 9 to 12 am on thursday night at 130 am fire broke out in the driving shed on the farm of john crawford whit church township clerk living just west of vandort united church completely demolishing the shed heroic efforts of neighbors and the something of an experiment is being tried by our farmer mr e a lloyd on the 10th concession of whitchurch he is raising between 300 and 400 turkeys this season the birds being oyer a month old at this time theyoungsters are a hardy flock for they consume a bag of grain every two days confined totheir pens a larger range will be provided shortly but it is not proposed to allow them the free run of the farm in view of the difficulty in raising turkeys success fully mr lloyds experiment will be followed with interest fall holidays ringwocd mrs wm pipher is spending a time in oshawa with her son allin mr and mrs stephney of toronto spent the weekend with mr and mrs sam miller miss myrtle west of toronto is spending some holidays with miss florence brownsberger a great many from here attended the ratepayers picnic at mussel- mans lake on monday mr and mrs t grove mrs alex ratcliff mr and mrs joseph hoover howard steckley miss glena davis miss marion steckley mrs thomas vague and mrs j m grove motored to port bolster for a picnic on mon day congratulations to mr graham johnston father of mrs wm grove who has just reached his 80th birth day mr johnston is a native of the uxbridge district wm ratcliff has just made the purchase of 4 7 head of young cattle to run on his broad acres cattle promise to be a big price next fall and our 8th concession farmer has the feed to finisn them for any market ralph baker on the hill harvest ed 22 loads of barley off 11 acres and the grain promises to yield well although one is never too sure and ralph is making no predictions on the yield assistance of saved aurora fire the barns standing but several implements and brigade lose by two automobiles wore destroyed by the flames mr crawford had driven from the township hall at 12 oclock and placed his car in the shed and had retired for the night when the alarm was given it is believed a short circuit in one of the cars may have caused the trouble in any event the whole place was in flames when first noticed and nothing could ho saved the best car was covered by insurance also there was an insurance on the building but the implements valued at 1500 wero a complete loss sk she kings utgkwoaj safe direct economical leave stouffville a m eastern standard time p m cl250 g15 d 245 825 c 350 e 740 a daily except sat sun hoi b- sat only d dally except sa sun sun hoi only attractive round trip fares toronto 155 buffalo 6 so xow york 1735 leave toronto a m p m s00 o 12 a 4 e 9 30 30 15 sun hoi c hoi e sat mansion tickets and in formation at house stouffville phone 161 the federal government has ap parently acceded to a widespread public demand that a monday be proclaimed as thanksglvingday this year instead of thursday as in 1935 announcement is made that monday oct 12th will be observed it will be remembered that last year there was a considerable amount of dissatisfaction expressed among the business community and among people in general over the holding of thanksgiving day on a thursday because of the upsetting of routine and the difficulty of picking up busi ness threads where they are broken in midweek monday holidays it has become evident of late years are more generally favored because they interfere to the least possible extent with business and because they provide a much better oppor tunity for employer and employee to get away for a weekend another feature is that transportation com panies are much more likely to benefit by a monday holiday thanksgiving day of course has a religious significance and it is fit and proper that appropriate obser vance should be made of the day services on the day preceding how ever will no doubt be specially dedicated to the spirit of thanksgiv ing and the churches in the long run will probably find that the mon day holiday will not detract from the real significance that the day la intended to convey there has been more or less confusion also with respect to observance of armistice day or remembrance day during the last few years not as to the day of the week on which it shall be kept but as to whether or not it should bo a general holiday before the time comes to again proclaim the day there might well be an ef fort towards a better undersandlng of the wishes of government and people in order that some set plan of commemoration of the import ant event he decided upon and that the uncertainty in the minds of i business people on the question of closing bo dispelled once and for all dr thos h mitchell with his sister returned home saturday evening after an extended trip to new englaild whore he preached three sundays in his old parish at barre vermont the ringwood scribe got in touch with him and re ceived a response to the following questions what sort of trip did you have one that was enjoyahle notwith standing the summer temperature we crossed the st lawrence at prescott and travelled through the adirondacks to lake champlain we were rather disappointed with the mountains possibly because we had crossed the rockios so often our car a last years pontine behav ed splendidly giving us 22 12 miles per gallon of gasoline how did you find the weather in vermont it was not quite so hot as you had it in ontario vermont seemed to retain its reputation as the green mountain stateon our re turn home by way of montreal and ottawa we found conditions better than they seemed to be this side of kingston how did you find new england economically the barre community has suffered a good deal recently owing partly to labor troubles and partly to the general depression but wages in the granite industry are still very high six and eight dollars and oven more per day tho prices of foodstuffs we found correspond ingly high meat and eggs and butter cost about twice as much as they do with us it is difficult to account for these differences of course vermont is not a great farming state but the average citizen seemed to- lay the blame chiefly upon the limita tlon of production by the federal government what are the prospects in regard to the coming election vermont of course is a republican state it is one section of the united states in which the republicans are sure there is a strong feeling that a change of government is desirable i believe the consensus of opinion is that landon has a fighting chance that feeling has become much stronger pince his acceptance speech it is thought possible how ever that no one of tho three candi dates may secure enough support to guarantee a definite victory at tho close of the interview dr michell said that ho and his sister had been thrilled by the heartiness of their welcome from tho church and tho city after an absence of thirtyone years the report ou the prisons and reformatories of the province of ontario for the ear ending novem ber 1935 govt reports are always a year behind has just been issued a copy of which has been sent to the office of this newspaper it re veals some interesting information such as the religion occupation aud age of all prisoners there are seven reformatories and industrial farms located at guelph mimico burwash fort william langstaff the mercer reformatory in toron to and tho womens farm at con- cord as at the end of the year there were confined in these institutions a total of 1390 prisoners their denominations being as follows roman catholics 54s greek catholics 31 anglicans 27s presbyterians 19s united 19 4 baptists 50 hebrews 21 all others 70 there are two prisoners each at guelph and mimico over 70 years of age and five at langstaff tho reports reveal there are 179 in mates between the ages of 15 and 19 years the bulk of the 1390 appear to be drawn from the ranks of labor while 29 6 represent commercial pur suits and 355 mechanics the pro fessions contribute 38 prisoners and agriculture 112 the seven institutions employ a grand staff of 325 ranging from six superintendents nine physicians three dentists four teachers to 191 guards in addition to kitchen help domestics laborers laundry help engineers etc etc thus there is employed slightly over one to every four prisoners at the end of the fiscal period the most common crime for which prisoners are held is larceny or theft there being 338 on this charge alone or about a third of the total prisoners in all the insti tutions burglary comes next in line with 162 prisoners while vagrancy accounts for 157 drunk and dis orderly not including blca was tagged on to 121 there is only one man in all the instituations for gambling while shooting with intent holds hut one as does felonious assault the gaols the government blue book also gives details of the city county and district gaols from it we learn there are but two city gaols in the pro vince 35 county gaols and 10 dis trict gaols with 10792 prisoners committed their religious leaning is given as greek aud roman catholics 4321 protestants 538g while 1082 had no religious stand ing canadians numbered 7556 english irish scotish and ameri can 1777 and other nationalities 1457 instead of thieves leading the van as in the case of industrial institu tions drunks head the list with 2020 prisoners city and county goals are located in all larger towns and cities dis trict gaols all in the north of tho province at bracebridge fort frances gore bay haileybury kenora north bay parry sound sault ste marie and sildbury seven grass and bush fires but under control the township of whitchurch was a veritable fire arena over the week end with no less than half a dozen individual fires of more or less serious proportions breaking out on sunday and monday believed to have been started by a passing motorist tossing a cigar or cigarette from the car a smould er leaped into a blaze along the ditch near the gate at audrey bar tholomews farm 9th con just north of stouffville during the forenoon of civic holiday considerable fence was destroyed and the fire broke into a field of wheat but the men who gathered were able to turn it back after a stiff fight a call for help was sent in to stouffville but for some reason or other the chemi cal engine never reached the scone of trouble a blazo started sunday on the vanostrand farm tenanted by the toronto mens hostel ran back through the property to the 5th- concession travelling about a mile it broke out a second time on mon day when watchers from the farm went to the house to eat it is re ported between the 7th and sth con cession west of wm cards and just north of the reforestation property a rather serious grass fire started on sunday and although under con trol it has been necessary to keep a gang watching for any possible new outbreak a bush fire on the windsor place sprang up sunday this is located at the west corner of the 7th con and vivian sideroad and threaten ed to lick up hundred of acres it was finally brought under control by aid of many willing helpers but considerable damage to trees is re ported a farm house is reported de stroyed on sunday near henry widdifields place at cedar valley on the monkman farm at wilcox lake there was a lively bush fire which attracted an army of workers who were finally successful in ex tinguishing it the continued drought over the township has left everything so dried up that fire springs up from even a spark a drenching rain is needed while about ballantrae they point out the advisability of the county installing a chemical outfit to protect their large forest area with the churches stouffville mennonite church rev i brubacker pastor sunday august 2nd 1936 ah services of the day cancelled lemonvuilie bloom1ngton ballantrae services of worship rev c b joffcry pastor sunday august 9th 1930 1045 dst musselmans lake 1100 st ballantrae 230 pm bloomington 700 pm lemonville stouffville presbyterian rev w h fuller ba sunday august 9th 1936 200 pm sunday school 300 pm church service everyone cordially invited stouffville baptist church chas s mcgrnth minister wed 800 pm prayer meeting fri s00 pm bible class sunday august 9th 1936 1000 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship 700 pm gospel services the pastor will be in charge of the services this sunday stouffville united church l e atkinson minister sunday august 9th 1936 1000 am sabbath school 1100 am morning worship rev h leo in charge tho evening service is withdrawn the public invited marsh growers are optimistic drouth works out to advantage of holland marsh gardeners ah crops except potatoes fair nnd prices good bloomington and ringwood christian churches rev e morton preacher sunday august 9th 1936 mere negative harmlessuess will be of no avail if we have failed in our positive service see matt 254246 services next lords day 1100 am bloomington 230 pm ringwood 700 pm altona the richest people in the world are those who express great love for god in service bid 75 eor small potato patch a speculation in tubers send the tribune to absent friends to what eiids will the price of potatoes soar this fall its a question wo cannot answer but murphies will he worth a good deal in the opinion of twoof our east end citizens theo madill and a s collins former james hand place and measuring about a quarter acre after diggingaround a hill or two neighbor collins says to neighbor madill ill give you 75 cash for tho patch i can do better than that by digging them myself was mr madius answer and the deal ended mr madill estimates he will have 50 bags or over and that the mark et will pay him at least 2 per bag perhaps ho is right but some think his yield will not be 25 bags tho potato patch is on a rather low piece of ground immediately at the rear of his house and there is considerable life still in the stocks theso veterans of the soil certain ly know their onions as the say ing goes and their potatoes too but in this instance someone is out in their guess mr madill has apotato patch on a lot at the rear o his residence thel tbles to offset any shortcoming in bradford witness tho old saying its an ill wind that blows nobody good is practic- ularly applicable to the recent con tinentwide drought and its after math of poor crops aud harvest throughout practically the entire land and its effect on the local marsh garden situation while the majority of farmers and gardeners are bemoaning their bad fortunes through loss of a great part of their crops caused iby the drought and hot weather there is one section of ontario at least where very few of the several hundred occupants of market gardens can be heard to complain or grumble about their seasons prospects tho section we refer to is that of the holland river marsh adjacent to our own village of bradford though frosts played havoc with a considerable portion of the potato and bean crop around tho dutch village of ansnorveld and other sec tions of the marsh other crops on these lands are apparently maturing fairly well and tho settlers are ex pecting good prices for their vege- quantity the crops on the marsh this year are more varied than in any year heretofore with very few gardeners going in on a huge scale for one particular line of vegetable and with the failure of so many crops in other parts of the country all local vege tables appear to be greatly in de mand at very good prices first- class lettuce has been selling stead ily for 100 per crate and over and seconds at soc and 85c with buyers from windsor buffalo chatham toronto and other points supplying crates and trucks carrots and onions are also in great de mand with prices likely to be ex ceptionally good this fall while hiero is not the extensive acreage of celery on tho marsh this year it still gives promise of being a fair crop sixth line baptist church rev w e smalley pastor telephone 1903 wed 8 pm prayer meeting sunday august 9th 1930 1000 am sunday school 700 pm church service subject some things church members should do mrs roy morley will render solo numbers detit 1213 and now israel what doth the lord thy god require of thee but to fear tho lord thy god to walk in all his ways and to love him and to serve the lord thy god with all thy heart and with all thy soul to keep the command ments of the lord and his statutes which i commanded thee this day for thy good stouffville congregational christl1n church mr crook supply pastor stouffville wed 800 pm prayer service sunday august 9th 1936 1000 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship 700 pm gospel service church liill 200 pm sunday school 300 pm church service bethesda reunion a reunion of bethesda old girls and old boys will be held in robt ratcliffs park on saturday after noon and evening august 15th mr isaac pike for many years school teacher in the district will be the special guest for this occasion this notico is a personal invita tion to all present day citizens of tho district and to all thoso who have ever lived in the neighborhood please assist tho committee by being present and by letting all absent members of your family and friends know of this event bring your lunch basket and como prepared to enjoy yourself for old tlmc3 sake