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ifllki vol xlviii no 26 stouffville ontario thursday sept 24 193g a v nolan jjp pamlsher backrite tablets a valuable remedy for certain diseases of the kidneys urinary or gans and liver soothing and stimulat ing the kidneys the filters of the system eliminating poisons which cause backache lumbago rheuma tism scalding and scanty urine etc j m storey the home of quality drugs druggist r g clendening funeral director ambulance service phone markham 9000 l e oneill stouffville funeral director and embalmer continuous telephone service day and night business phone residence phonf e a grubin registered optomerist will be at his otrice in stouftville very other moday and tuesday september sth 21st and 22nd october dates 19th and 20th eyes examined glasses fitted and repaired phono stouftville 2406 delegates protest ib test today dolegatos from the township of markham protesting the tb cattle test are meeting in toronto today to consult witli dr v moynihan district veterinary inspector the meeting was arranged by the reeve and deputy reeve of markham township following a deputation waiting on the council at the last regular meeting deputy reeve jat rennta told the- tribune that he and others had waited upon premier hepburn last week who passed them on to hon duncan marshall minis ter of agriculture and mr marshall in turn passed them along to doctor moynihan as these various inter views occupied the greater part of a day dr moynihan set a new date for the whole delegation to see him and thus the meeting this thursday afternoon it is understood members of the delegation will press to have tb testing discontinued in york county but despite the protest against it others in the party were of the opinion that it would be too late to have it stopped monday is their golden wedding elijah ijtgeer and miss priscilla donor of joriuley were wed i at stayner bethesda briarbush hospital main street stouffville license no 208 graduated nurses in attendance private semiprivate and public wards ambulance service phono 191 mrs e r good superintendent mansion house stouffville ontario all you can eat 35c meals tobaccos chocolates soft drinks sandwiches our specialty acme famous ice cream ladies and gents rest rooms west end service station your service station is what we endeavour to make of our shell gas service station opposite the mansion house highest grade gas and oils plus courteous prompt and efficient service is the reason we servo so many steady customers try us next lime you want a fill or checkup carl boadway opposite the mansion house phone 265 mr and airs a b shaffer visit ed on sunday with mr and mrs norman burkholder of peachs mr and mrs louis brillinger spent sunday with mr and mrs george covey of toronto quite a number from here atten ded the anniversary services at peachs on sunday messrs roesor steckley and jack cluhine were home over the week end remember the young peoples meeting friday night of this week there were not very many out to sunday school last sunday come along next sabbath and bring a friend congratulations to those who brought home prizes from the school fair last thursday messrs fred yake and gordon tidsberry were elected to represent our young peoples society at the biennial convention of the toronto young peoples conference to be held at owen sound saturday and sunday saturday will find a large crowd gathered at the house of s p foote where the household furniture will be sold wo are sorry indeed to lose mr and mrs foote from our midst on monday next two of our aged and respected citizens mr and mrs elijah lgeer north church street will observe their 50th wedding anniversary and while they do not plan an unusual celebration the day will be one to be remembered both mr and mrs lageer are in very good health and are keenly interested in the things of life just as they were many long years ago they were married at stayner where the groom of 50 years ago farmed and the rev henry goudie then an active young minister tied the nuptial knot and mr goudie was in town last week for the annual conference of the mennonite church the young bride on this occasion was miss priscilla doner a daughter of the late samual doner of gormley whose farm occupied the southwest corner of the 3rd con cession at old gormley and on which the present sn donor store is located seven sons and daughters to this union live in various parts one daughter mrs oscar neal is here from st catharines on a holi day but no concerted effort will be made to have a family reunion at this time mr elijah lageer is nearing his soth year and as a personal ex perience that god moves in mysterious way points out that in his own family there were eleven children and all of them died whle young with the single exception of himself who as a lad and ever since was never very robust farmers beware farmers are warned to investi gate the credentials of any man representing himself as a purchas ing agent of a wellknown malting company before selling to him the agent offers 105 or 110 per bus for barley whereas the company whom he supposedly represents states they have absolutely no agents on the road and are paying a lower price than this alleged ageut offers some have sold grain to this man and are reported to have not received payment or only part pay ment in return as this man is operating in this district it might be well for anyone knowing of his whereabouts to notify the authori ties farmer on jury lose entire herd four of the condemned cattle were not reactors while charles rose prominent farmer of cedar valley in the north end of whitchurch was away at tending on grand jury and thereby serving his country in a compulsory manner veterinaries from the de partment of agriculture visited his farm tested his herd for t b and condemned the entire outfit on arrival homo mr rose was im mediately confronted with the prob lem of disposing of every hoof and of replacing them which most farm ers say is a big problem there were 23 head on the farm including 14 milch cows 1 heifers 2 bulls and a twoweeksold veal calf four of the animals condemned were not re actors mr iroso says anticipating the visit of the in spector mr rose felt reasonably sure his herd would stand up un der the lest for annually they are tested by the milk firm in toronto to whom he makes daily shipments the last test made by the toronto veterinary showed four reactors and these were disposed of at once victoria square herd of ii go down on the west sido of markham lou nichols lost his entire herd ot 4 lorvul hisey 25 and ross nichols 11 aside iroiu this many herds had a clean test s vie kings uigviuxnj safe direct economical change of time table kffcctive sunday leave stouffville a 715 am b 925 am c 345 pm b s40 pm september 27 eastern standard time i03o leave toronto 1100 am 130 pm 530 pni 545 pm b 1015 pm a daily except sun hoi b sun hoi only c sat only c daily except sat sun hoi tickets and in formation at mansion house stouffville phone 161 wms notice the members of sherbourne street united church toronto wms will be the guest of stouffville auxiliary on thursday oct 1st at 215 an interesting program is be ing prepared the toronto auxiliary are bringing a guest speaker ladies of the congregation are cordially in vited to be present a fall rally of wms workers of the east presbyterial will be held in hope united church toronto on friday oct 2 cars will be provid ed those wishing to attend notify mrs s ball i building lot sold edward walls has purchased a fine building lot with barn at the rear from a s collins the prop erty sold lies immediately east of mr collins residence and has a frontage of around go feet mr collins will retain a drive way on the east side ot his premises as well as another fine building lot on the west side of his property all of whichis located opposite the hospit al on main street east mr collins formerly had about 300 feet front age it is his intention to convert a one storey kitchen on the east side of his residence into a garage which will bring the place more uptodate and in keeping with present day de mands in acquiring the additional property mr walls now has a liberal frontage on main street to join his fruit lands to the rear of the collins property and may build a house on main street provided he can dispose of his brick house on tenth street in which he now re sides claremont the schools of this district seven in all held their annual fair in the memorial park and community hall on monday sept 21st the weather was ideal and although the atten dance was not quite so large as on some former occasions there was a fine exhibit of most of the classes shown the cut flowers were es- specially beautiful considering tliau the past summer has not been favorable for ruralflorieulture as usual much intcresfwas shown in tho public speaking and recitation contests but the musical entries were all tod tew miss mildred lin ton of cedar creek won first hon ors for public speaking and miss shirley kilpatrick of claremont wasfirst in the recitation contest first for instrumental solo went to master earl dowswell of s s no 6 these three will take part in the county contest later in the season in cooking the first prize in all four classes went to pupils of the claremont school they were for macaroons shirley manion for graham muffins margaret manion for white layer cake margaret briscoe and for apple pie haze ham this year there were fewer animals and pets exhibited than usual first prizefor the greatest ability in showing animals was won by douglas ham of claremont blue ribbon union paint leav es no brush marks dries thoroughly with a good gloss and can be used on furniture as well as walls and ceilings get your supply now at goudles hardware farewell to india missionary a farewell shower was tendered miss anna steckley who is shortly to return to her mission station in india the event took place at the home of peter steckley almira on monday evening and came as a com plete surprise to miss steckley a program included the ratcliff male quartette gormley male quartette and quintette henderson trio and duet by alvin farmer and miss cherry speeches were made by rev a winger d jones c donor and d harris miss steckley found it difficult to fully express her deep appreciation for the evening in her honor and for the basket of useful gifts god be with you was sung by all as a fitting closing to a happy time mbc conference changes ringwocd the mennonite church conference came to a close hereon sun day at the morning service people were turned away after the body of the church and tho basement had been filled to capacity stirring addresses were delivered at all services the business ot the conference ended on saturday and the report of the stationing committee was re ceived and this showed a number of changes rev s goudie toronto goes to vineland rev h s hallman leav es the scott charge for jones ave toronto russel pike an old bethesda boy stationed at hespler goes to srigley arthur lehman srigley goes to zephyr c t homuth stayner to hespeler rev h good qollingwood to sunnidale j h sherk sunnidale to stayner the collingwood charge vacated by rev good will be taken by a new man in the conference rev mr houston a former oliicer in the salvation army rev c t gooding of vineland will have no charge this year at one time he preached on the markham circuit childrens tag day october 17 mr oliver raymer one of the quar tette members will deliver the message miss gertie fisher was a toronto visitor on monday mrs philip lott of montreal visited with her sister mrs d l stouffer last week air and mrs wilson of lisle spent the weekend with their sou donald wilson rev and mrs morton and miss rhoda lotten of stouffville were monday evening visitors at j l barretts home a number of our skating en thusiasts have attended the royal rink in toronto this last week mr and mrs roy grove were sunday visitors with miss gertie wegg unionville miss ethel speake of the toron to telephone exchange was a week end visitor at locust lodge with miss belle mitchell we cordially invite all to the annual harvest home service in the church next sunday evening at 7 oclock the kinsmen quartette of toronto will be present and have full charge of the service dr thos mitchell miss belle mitchell and john a mitchell are spending a few days with friends in emsdale muskoka on monday evening sept 28 8 oclock the junior department of the sunday school will have charge of the program at the regular c e monthly missionary meeting blue ribbon union varnish makes a wonderful finish for your furniture and woodwork get your supply now at goudies hardware sale bill 80yrs old there was brought to the office of this paper last week a printed half sheet sale bill printed in june 1s50 and which is therefore so years old it was printed on blue newsprint and the color in tho paper has been retained perfectly tho poster was for a public auction sale of goods and chattels belonging to the estate of the late daniel barkey at lot no 34 con 7 picker ing and the executors calling the sale were joseph barkey father of mrs h w sanders and daniel g hoover father of mr lud hoover eighty years ago the dollar was not common in canada and money was reckoned in pounds and the bill stated that all sums of one pound or under must be cash with 15 months credit on amounts over this provid ed the party asking credit would furnish a joint note such terms were common right up to two or three years ago when cash terms be came general evidently tho barkey estate was very well to do for those times for there was offered for sale three horses seven head of cattle g hogs 12 sheep buggy cutter harness fanning mill cutting box and 10 acres of wheat on the ground there wero no arge implements for the very reason that few it any were in the district at so early a time sales in those days wero usually held in the morning and this one that would take two hours to sell commenced at 10 oclock the name of the auctioneer was not given on the bill melville mr elliot mcclure of glenaldon farms cashel caried away several prizes witli his fine herd ot jerseys from lindsay fair last thursday next sunday will be rally day at melville owing to the unusually large number of pupils in line for awards and the lengthy program sunday school will open at 10 am sharp misses jean dorothy and margaret mcewen and gladys lehman spent sunday at their homes mr frank nicholson walter wideman and miss evelyn watt of toronto mr mack stewart of churchill were guests of the rev mcewen and family sunday miss a j shelter of stayner is visiting at the home of mr and mrs p e stickley plans are underway for the mel ville anniversary services on oct 1s19 watch for further announce ments miss mildred mckay rn of whitby spent the weekend with her parents our sister congregation at peachs passed another milestone of service to the community with two largely attended and very successful ser- ices last sunday the church was beautifully decor ated for the harvest home service last friday night the program was presented by stouffville choir and soloists the lecture by the rev levi atkinson on his experiences among the indians of the far north was a rare treat on tuesday evening last at the home of mr and mrs p e stickley a shower was presented to miss anna steckley of gormley who will shortly return to the mission field in india the gifts of wearing apparil blankets sheets and other use ful articles too numerous to men tion will be a great help in her work as well as being a constant re minder of the good wishes of her people back home women condemn beer parlors blue ribbon is also made in a hardwearing lustrous gray and yellow floor enamel get your supply at goudies hardware j an interesting meeting of the wctu was held on tues day afternoon sept 15th on the bowling club house verandah through the courtesy ot its members mrs l l reddick ontario vicepresident was the speaker and brought a message full of informa tion and encouragement to those who heard speaking of the recent petition of 92000 names all passed and pro nounced legal sent in to the government tor the abolition of the beerparlors but which was tabled by a succession of technicalities brought up by the liquor interests she said it had at least shown the liquor people where toronto stands her subject was responsibility personal responsibility we do not live for ourselves christ our master did not livo for himself we who are strong must help the weak let it be known where we stand today is our day to serve are we as faithful as our parents were it is our duty to pass on our influence that is our privilege as well as our responsibility this can only be accomplished by constant watchful ness as to our living stand firm do not allow alcohol in any form to creep in we havo added responsibility in the matters ot education also legis lation and finance who gave tho government the power they have we did we are not discouraged last year 183000 young people all over canada took tho course ot study sponsered by tho federation of temperance the childrens aid society ot york county proposes to hold its membership drive and first annual tag day on october 17 the society was officially in corporated under its new charter on january 16th 1935 its purposes and objects are to protect children from cruelty and neglect on the part of the parents guardians or others to care tor and control neg lected children to improve the home life of children to secure fostor homes for children who have no homes or proper homes of their own and to discharge the functions of a childrens aid society under the childrens protection act since the reorganization of the society efforts have been made to understand the personality of the children under care to keep in touch with them in order that they may be helped to become happy useful welladjusted individuals foster homes have a large part to play in the work of the society in their choice have been considered the opportunities they offer for the i physical mental and spiritual de velopment of the children involved efforts have been made to safeguard the health of the children through physical and dental examinations and corrective treatment when necessary thought is given also to educational and recreational oppor tunities for the children for whom the society is responsible 452 children are under the care and supervision of the society in foster homes if they are to be guid ed and helped to become citizens of whom york county may justifiably be proud the society needs the interest and support of every citizen of york county the homes of 335 children are also under supervision because of reported neglect the society is trying to protect these children toy improving their home conditions 121 cases under the unmarried parents act also require much time in the effort to secure settlement from the father to the child and to help the mother plan for her baby and herself the childrens aid society of york county is the only countywide social organization working ex clusively for the welfare of the children of york county they are our children and s such surely they are worthy of our support the county council has dealt generous ly with the society in reference to its budget there are however many expenses which are not chargeable to the county these must be met out of private dona- lions the warden of the county of york is wholeheartedly behind this effort to raise funds and has appeal ed to the various municipalities for their cooperation in the societys drive for membership buy a tag or better still become a member of the society at the membership fee of 100 in the interest of the 787 children who need the services the society has to offer tho board of directors of york childrens aid are mrs harold f ritchie president forest hill village dr hm cooke first vicepresident forest hill village mrs howard cane vice- president newmarket mr j scott mcnair vicepresident elgin mills mrs george smith vicepresident new toronto mrs wj noble vice- president mount dennis mr a a johnson vicepresident leaside mr a v nolan vicepresident stouffville mr w j obrien treasurer york township mrs d b sinclair forest hill village mr r l stiver unionville mr k b maelaren york township mrs john mills baby point miss lillian holborne sutton west mrs milton j cprk forest hiirvillage mr h w sanders stouffville mr m j murphy mimico mrs e e reeco scarborough mr john westren forest hill village mr w t kenney scarborough warden j o little county council representa tive newmarket mr robert clark county council representative lea- side mr w j bennett county council representative now toron to with the churches miss a m steckley missionary to india sailing from nyss cameronla october 17 193c farewell sorvice gormley ontario october 4 at 7 pm farewell service church head quarters harrisburg pa oct 11 7 pm jesus command go yo into all tho world and preach tho gospel his promise lo i am with you always even unto the end of tho world ready for service lowly or great ready to do his will field address saharsa bnw ry india 4th line mission uxbrldgo township 2 houses north ot old cemetery evangelistic services every sunday at 730 pm good music mrs mack and miss matthews stouffville presbyterlin rot w h fuller b sunday september 27 1936 200 pm sunday school 300 pm public worship the sacrament of the lords supper will be observed sunday october 4 1930 300 p m anniversary service rev g c lamont of bonar presbyterian church toronto everyone cordially invited lemoxville bloomington ballantrae united churches services ot worship rev c b jeffery pastor sunday september 27 1936 balinntrao 1000 am sunday school 1045 am worship lcmonville 200 pm sunday school 300 pm worship bloomiugton 700 pm worship stouffville united church ii e atkinson minister wednesday 8 pm prayer and fellowship service sunday september 27 1936 1030 am all members of the sunday school will meet in the basement of the church 1100 a m annual sunday school rally service 700 pm evening worship subject giving god a hearing monday sept 28 8 pm the yps will open its fall work with a very interesting campfire pro gram followed by a weiner roast the womans association will meet at the home of mrs levi hoover on tuesday evening sept 29th at 8 oclock you are heartily invited to all these services stouffville baptist church clias s mcgrath preacher sunday september 27 1936 1000 am bible school classes for all ages 1100 am worship 700 pm evening service you are heartily invited to all of our services stouffville congregational christian church arthur greer pastor stouffville wednesday 800 prayer service sunday september 27 1936 1000 am sunday school 1100 am service subject his name 700 pm evening service subject behold i stand at the door and knock special music at iboth services bloomington and ringwood christian church rev e morton preacher sunday september 27 1936 harvest home services at ringwood next sunday night the kinsmen quartette will havo full charge and mr oliver iraymer will preach on monday night the 28th tho children of the sunday school will supply the program for the monthly missionary service services noxt lords day 1100 am bloomington 700 pm ringwood the best highway that can be travelled on tho lords day la the highway ot holiness read isa 358 sixth line baptist church rv w e smnlley pastor telephone 1903 wodnesday 800 pm prayer meeting sunday september 27 1936 1000 am sunday school 1100 am church servico subject some possibilities of persistent prayer bible thonrht for this week rom 8 2027 likewise the spirit also belpeth our infirmities for we know not what wo should pray tor as wo ought but the spirit itsolt maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered and he that searchelh the hearts knoweui what is the mind ot the spirit because he maketh inter cession for the saints according to the will of god