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from tribune files of 43 years ago ae button hardware store sold the tribune thursday january 11 1s79 15 what was front page news in the tribune fortythree years ago to find out the editor leaf ed through the files of january 1936 here are some of the stories he found e a button an nounced the sale of his hardware business to his head clerk allan goodie mr button had operated the store for a period of 30 years the first ten in the ratdiff block in 1915 he acquired the premises from the late w r sanders and moved to the north side of main street only a handful of ratepayers turned out for the annual nomination meeting described by the tribune as a wash out the entire council was returned by ac clamation including reeve h w sanders councillors m e watts r e brown walter brillinger a e weldon and school trustees dr herb free edw baker and lloyd turner the stouffville continuation school literary society met jan 17 prizes for an amateur contest were presented to elrie thompson jean pngh gertrude winn and grace lehman the school paper was read by editor morley brown followed by musical selections by marion baxter grace lehman clarion baker and margaret ball the following at tendance figures were recorded at sunday schools within the village on jan 19 united church 140 mennonite church 70 christian church 45 baptist church 40 and presbyterian church 15 police conducted a raid on the fong bros chinese cafe in stouff ville and laid charges against the proprietors of keeping a common gambling house twenty- four foundins were also charged a memorial service in honor of the late king george v was held in the stouffville united church and was largely attended the choir was directed by robt leslie with anne lehman at the organ prof thos mitchell gave the memorial address the last post was sounded by ormsby leh- born jan 1 a baby boy man rev w h fuller presbyterian pro nounced the in vocation rev isaac brubacker mennonite read the lesson rev chas mcgrath stouff ville baptist and rev w e smalley sixth line baptist offered prayers and rev thos laidlaw united pronounced the benediction a solo selection was rendered by carl boadway the chairman was reeve h w sanders veterans represmting the army navy and airforce and under the command of president ralph burk- holder marched in a body to the church dr w a sangster medical officer of health announced the holding of a clinic for pre school and school age children to provide toxin shots following an out break of scarlet fever at a meeting for the official board of stouff ville united church rev thos laidlaw the pastor for six years announced his resignation effective at the end of june a short course in agriculture concluded with a banquet in stouff- vules ratdiff hall with more than 200 present the program included a trioedra burkitt gladys and doreen lehman a solo by lnella cayman and a boys trio lorne tindall flojd forsyth and john keeler the following prizes ere presented general proficiency blanche atkinson bethesda edna sinclair ringwood harley wideman duncan spang chester sommerville and lome tindall highest standing in home economics helen abdl and sadie evans at the congregational meeting of the stouffville united church con tributions for general purposes totalled 3529 five hundred dollars short of expenditures over 1200 was contributed to the missionary main tenance fund the board of stewards was in creased from seven to 14 including f e rae clayt stouffer h a sanders isaac barkey roy curtis a v nolan ormsby lehman leslie hodgson wash paisley j r hodgins roland winn floyd fairies and s w hastings george hambly was elected president of the markham and east york agricultural society for 1936 the 1st vice- president was a h crosby 2nd vice- president w g max well honorary president w h crosby r r corson ajh eckardt and r p armstrong directors james torrance kenneth prentice h- c morris a l smith albert wideman win petch wm l clark ken deacon george padget wesley pipher fred coakwell john arm strong j w warriner jim rennie fred bagg h c hamill maurice hamill thos harding lyman kennedy walter milne john scott george rodanz and jesse cook outdoor skating j it its best 10th line markham twp ivi miles south of no 7 vi mile north of steeles ave 10 pm rdm tuesday 730 adults only thursday 73010 pm family skate sat evening 730 10 pm family skate sun afternoon 2 4 pm family skate mgr d ritchie weather permitting admissions adults 100 students 751218 children 50611 under 6 free 29447 if your car is giving you a problem call on us our experts will have it fixed in no time at all depend on us to get your car or truck in perfect shape for winter driving winters anti- ysnow tune i freeze i tires ups m jfc neilpatrick motors ltd pontiacbuickventuraacadiangmc trucks 477 main w stouffville by evelyn milsted gormley the community extends congratulations to mr and mrs rick collins on the arrival of a baby boy aaron thomas born new years day mr and mrs collins and son have moved into the home recently vacated by mr and mrs herb wells mr and mrs wells and family are now living in their new residence at stouffville rr 4 sympathy is ex tended to mrs lloyd doner and bruce tim bers in the death of their father win timbers in scarborough centenary hospital saturday the funeral was held tuesday afternoon in stouffville mrs jack wright underwent surgery thursday in york central hospital rich mond hill she is progressing well ken brash had surgery on his nose last week in york central hospital alvin farmer has been moved from scarborough centenary hospital to the nursing former pastor passes vic square news of the passing of rev ac huston was received with regret by residents of this com munity rev huston was a minister here for several years mr and mrs fraser gee mr and mrs earl empringham stanley defoe and sister and mrs jim barker attended the funeral service in peterborough saturday a speedy recovery is wished for bill boyd a patient in york central hospital richmond hill the annual sunday school and community skating party will be held on sat jan 27 at cedarena from 2 to 3 p m followed by sleigh and toboggan rides the monthly meeting oftheucw will be held jan 17 at l 30 pm in the sunday school room of the church congratulations to mr and mrs george tooley married 30 years jan 8 birthday greetings to john hill jan 9 andrew hart one year jan 16 mayor tony roman jan 17 wm sandle jan 17 darlene nichols seven years jan 17 three arrested last month a breakin occurred at the stouffville cooperative on edward street tools and clothing were reported stolen valued at 2500 following in vestigation police have charged three persons one with break entry and theft and two with possession of stolen property wing of parkview home stouffville mrs delbert baker welcomed another granddaughter esther born to mr and mrs john honsberger of barrie jan 4 mr and mrs david sloss formerly of gor- mley welcomed a baby sister for their three sons jan 5 a number from our community attended the funeral service for mr walter thomson friday afternoon in the missionary church at markham the myf will meet at 730 p m fri jan 12 at the missionary church a family skating party of the missionary church will be held at 730 p m sat jan 13 at the youth centre a communion ser vice will be observed at 11 a m sun jan 14 at the missionary church a hymn sing will be held at the 730 pm service stouffville fitness boxikg club presents boxing latcham hall sat jan 13 8 pm pay adults s300 pay at students 200 at door children s100 door brices sports centre presents grand a note fiom bud doffing wi bt omkftfl 3sn m pro ncitcl 5 tn rorth of nawmrtit tw in t j clearanc we have over 5 000 garments in the works and as finished will be sold at 50 oh til feb 4784929 on al snowmobile ft ski clothing wearing apparel snw speciab on snowmobile equpment downhil cross country ski packages montofri9 9 47flmfi7 sat sun 9 lmwi national ski week a project of the canadian ski council january 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