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stouffville- december 18th 1924 local happenings decorate for christmas bloomington school concert is on tonight thursday lost in slouirviue a green plaid lap rug on friday last week finder kindly communicate with tribune office a christmas tree and concert will be held in the lemonville pub lic school on the evening of thurs day declstb at 8 oclock program of songs recitations dialogues and drill admission 25c now that election time is drawing near keep in mind that you will never offend a person by returning a smile the amount of uncollected taxes in stouffville for the current year is 1200 which is about the same amount as last year and this will be returned against the roll to the county treasurer the total jaxes to collect approximate 20000 the annual christmas concert of the goodwood s s will be held on fridav evening dec 19th in the goodwood methodist church a good program consisting of a cantata santas santalady by junior scho lars a pantomine the holy city and two plays love in a cottage and wooing under difficulties will be given admission adults 25c children j 5c special notice owing to the illness of my wife my place of business will be closed for two months persons wanting articles at bargain prices should get their requirements within the next week after vj he opportun ity will be gone h herman phone 1903 stouflvlue dont spoil the christmas cake with cheap fruits that are being offered come to the quality shop where prices are lowest compared with quality choice fresh currants raisins peels lemons oranges nuts etc fresh fish and head lettuce every week the pure food inspector called at ur store last week and pronounced our shop firstclass in matter of cleanliness and purity of groceries lawson jeo j lawson phone 182 the west end grocer next monday b chrutmasmarket day in stouffville the date for next division court sitting in stouffville is monday jan isth porters pumpkin contest closes on the night of dec 23rd joa the 24th the pumpkin will befut open and seeds counted by mrsfdavey and mrs h j malloyiuttie event of a tie guess a draw will be arranged between the winders get your guess in now writing from vernon b c john storry former resident of stouffville savs the weather there is beautiful and far superior to what we have in the east mr storry says further that he looks upon the tribune as a big letter from home each week and convevs the good news that he and mrs storry are well they had their first snow storm at vernon on dec 11th but the weather is very mild again it is quite a novelty in this section to curl in the open on tle pond while waiting tor ice at the rink but the men who participated in the game on boyers pond monday after noon report the ice good and the bovs really thought they wore in scotland the result c cadieux w waddell j mckiunon f marshall geo simpson w h todd dr sangster d rusnell hbfillinger sk12 hw sandeissk 9 mr jack cook of bradford well known masseyharris district agent who for some years made his head quarters at stouffville died in brad ford on thursday night of last week in his 56th year following an ill ness of three weeks in bed the late mr cook had foeen ailing for sometime with inward goiter and nerve trouble but the end came suddenly and was a great shock to his wife who has been ill in bed since last thanksgiving besides mrs cook three children two sons and one daughter survive this is the time of year when the chronic kicker starts out to find fault with the work or lack of work performed by the members of the council school board or other pub lic office if you will look about it will be seen that this class of citi zen never held a public office nor never offers any constructive critic ism which is quite the right of any ratepayer it should he remembered that the men who occupy these municipal offices give of their time and energy without pay and they are doingjt for the benefit of the eommunityas a whole dont be a kicker if you have better plan of doing things get out and advocate it and there will be a place for you among the raen who have done some thing to build up the community in which they live next- monday is stouffville christ- j wrist watch lost initials as market day get your poultry engraven thereon reward fat tribuno office mas ready cairnbrogie stock farm belong ing to graham bros claremont wtilch was advertised for sale and then postponed until a later date is now withdrawn from sale entirely acton farmers have sold about 50000 bushels of turnips this sea son at ten cents per bushel not withstanding this strawberry jam remains at the same old price a butcher in a nearby town had read considerable about the milk from contented cows and wanting to keep up with the times he placed this sign in his window sausage from pigs that died happy in lieu of the usual christmas concert the methodist sunday school scholars will be treated this year to a supper and the usual pro ceeds derived from the concert will be raised by a free will offering fcw j apply i there is still time to get personal greeting cards at the tribune office with your name printed on mrs geo brown an aged resident of church street who lives with her sister mrs samuel burkholder suf fered a stroke last week there will be four vacancies on tbe stouivlle school board this year so that all who desire should have a good chance of election watch lost mans gold watch with fob attached in stouffville presumably near mansion house frank mowder russe sherrick of didsbury alta arrived here a few days ago to visit his grandfather mr daniel sherrick who is in ill health at the home of his sou at bethesda although there is fairly good wheeling quite a number of cut ters were on the go the fore part of this week the side roads or concession lines wero rather poor for sleighing but the main county road was in excellent shape ringwood school concert and christmas tree will take place on tuesday december 23rd admis sion 25c and 10 cents you are ex peced so do not disappoint the annual christmas tree of ballantrae public school will be held in the presbyterian cmirciithere on theeveniiig of monday dec 22nd everybody come l the stouffville band boys are preparing to hold a concert early in january the boys are now un- do forget the glasgow public der the tuition of e s hodgen for- school annual christmas tree and mer leader of cannington bandand entertainment at glasgow on tues an exceptionally fine cornet soloist i aa dec 23rd aj oclock pro- two practices a week are being held f oc laogue songs etc every- preparatory for the concert when d0 welcome the time comes there is no doubt i but that the boys will find the citi- warning persons cutting trees or zens will be heartily behind their small shrubbery on the wm bruels efforts the oha hockey districts were drawn up last week and we notice that markham is grouped with new market richmond hill aurora and north toronto while uxbridge will play with lindsay cannington and port perry both markham and uxbridge should make a good showing in their respective districts and if they should meet in the semifinals again a good crowd of fans will be on hand from stouffville for the first time for about 500 years a total eclipse of the sun will take place throughout ontario it will occur at seveir minutes past nine on the morning of january 24 and will last for one minute during which there will be complete dark ness the light will very soon a- gain return however and by 1022 am the whole eclipse will be over it will begin at- 759 am and grad ually work up to the minute of dark ness we publish this above in formation so that those of- our read ers who do not know will uot think the world is coming to an end on that day property south of the park will be prosecuted leslie rowbotham owner held to answer this story of a fighting minister an actress and the criminal courts is one of the most thrilling stories of the day astrong drama with a great cast would you shoulder the blame to protect another at theatre on sat urday light we have a large stock of different grade shingles on hand our prices will bear inspection also save your coal pile by putting on storm sash and doors we can supply you promptly stouffville planing mill stouffer and schell phone 194 at the final meeting of the school board for 1924 held in the school building on friday evening mr a stouffer handed in his resignation as a member of the board although his term of office does not expire until december 1925 the resigna tion was accepted and nominations will be received for the vacancy at the same time and place as the reg ular december nominations for the other municipal offices as a mem ber of the board mr stouffer was always held in the highest esteem while honesty of purpose and fair ness characterized his dealings at the board meetings some of the local curlers have been drawing their curling stones on hand sleighs to boyers pond the past few days where the pros pects for their winter sport was very fair if dad must go curl ing on the pond surely the boys will have to go skating there too efforts to get a sheej of ice at either of the town rinks is not yet success ful the methodist sunday school ofilcers and teachers invite the-jpar- ents to come along with thekiddies on friday decfloth at 530 for the supper and christmas tree the parents and members of the congre gation are asked to contribute either sandwiches pickle cake tarts pie there will xso be a freewill offer ing to provhie cheer for the scholars and to finance the s s work gener ally ready for christmas we have many beautiful and useful articles in our store which make suitable tnd accept- able gifts for father and mother brother or sister come in and see our lines shop early while stocks are complete here are some suggestions and all the best makes one can buy siverware and cutlery pyrex french ivory kodaks scissors razors flashlightsradio sets electrical goods- aluminumware bonny blueenavtel- ware mitts and gloves skates and hockey sticks coleman gaso lamps hand sleighs our goods are right- our service isright our prices are right few people write xmas deliberate ly when they mean christmas x means nothing nobody would want to send nothingmas greetings but the substitution of x for the name of christ is found occasionally on greeting cards and it is allowed to creep in unintentionally in other printed references to christmas ac cording to websters dictionary the meaning of the word christ is the lords annointed christmas is thn season when the birth of jesus is celebrated jesus according to the dictionary reflected an ideal and perfect humanity as typified by christ the town of uxbridge which has for many years maintained a police officers has now engaged a second man for night duty the people of stouffville who number between 400 or 500 less than uxbridge are so lawabiding that not even one con stable is engaged hereand we know that the law is obeyed here as well as in the northern town this be ing the fact it means a great saving in taxation for the expense of such officers must be met entirely by the municipality ggsssl silvester bros our 50th anniversary in stouff ville a am again feiad to wish you all the compliments of the season i am still at yourservice to sell and reprfir watches mocks and jewellery i solicit your uatronage and am grateful to any many customers for their past favdre i still intend to keep bright tile untarnished reputa tion whicl i have enjoyed for the pasy 30 years good work far and spuare dealing in every in stance ifany 6t our customers wish to purchase more expensive jewellery than a country store car ries in stock it would pay you to consult ixxw and i will get you any article on approbation saving you from 35r to 50 per cent a grubin for the first tlmo since ins new appointment elder m brlcker of to ronto presided at the quarterly meeting in the mennonite church on sunday last tlie morning service was given over to fellowship feet washing and preaching owing to the stormy day the attendance was somewhat down but about 100 peo ple participated in the ordinance of feet washing for this religious ceremony the brethren sit on one side of the church and the sisters on the other so that the ordinance is observed by the men alone and by the sisters alone a pleasing fea ture to the elder members was the manner in which tne young people took part in the service which lasted for two hours or more elder brlcker preached a stirring evange listic semon and also preachei at the evening service the toronto globe last week pub lished an item from oshawa credit ing a school teacher there who had taught for 42 years as holding the record for the province of ontario the globes correspondent made a bad guess for mr isaac pike of bethesda whitchurch township is able to outdistance the oshawa re cord by a good deal mr pike who is now engaged in farming taugh school almost continuously for 44 years and during all that time he stayed in the same school at bethesda whenmr pike start ed info the teaching profession he labored for more than three years to earn the same salary as a young girl scarcely out of her teen age is now paid for one years teaching half a century ago when mr pike took charge of the bethesda school the attendance was just as great as it is today and sometimes it exceed ed the present enrolment families at that time numbered eight and ten children on an average as against one and two today so that while the section may have more householders at the present time it has not any more children the economist and sun of mark- ham had the pleasure of a call from elder h r heise of gormley last week elder holse who is the head of the tunkardchurch in markham is widely known and held in the highest s2iem by all classes in the community he is the eldest eon of the late chrfstopher heise of vic toria square where his greatgrand father also christopher settled when he came from franklin county pennsylvania in 1805 his grand father had two brothers who came to markham from pennsylvania about the same time christian who settled on lot 33 rear con 3 in 1804 on the same lot on which the tunknrd church now stands and joseph who settled on lot 26 con s now owned by tilman reesor in 1s06 elder heise is at present engaged in gathering information for a- family hlstoryof the heise family since they settled n3iarkt ham and will be glad tohear fr any of the descendant as to names and members of the family and inci dents of interest quality service this is the month to have your hens and pullets laying keep fulopep laying mash in front of your hens all the time plenty of grit oyster schell and fresh water feed your hens grain once a day we have a full line of feeds on hand we sell the quaker flour which you will see advertised in this issue the turnip contest is still on stiver bros phone 4501 we wish you alt j a merry xmas and a happy and prosperous new year markham flour mills d n reesor sons markham locust hill cherrywood the west end shoe store gifts that will be appreciated men and boys like gifts to wear why not give them shoes t fi s hose m-i- slippers school boots moccasions rubbers mens and womens spats fs see the smart set table covering jusj like linen low priced a e weldon stouffville ontario the superior store qtjautv and service get your christmas goodies now- our stock of candy nuts oranges etc- is worth looking over no time to quote figures but the same low prices prevail just the same we have everything in christmas table eatables whether for the cooking or to put on the table j l turner prop phone us your order we deliver 909 ringwood garage battery repairs automobile rep a hamit3 12 battfp instead of the lzfl christmas gifts why not thissir say itrffln we nave m all kinds of bziiy-s-s- trwsmall flash light and radio to the any of them make an ideal christmas gift- ineveore many other things in our stock that would juake a suitable gift for the friend whodrives acr also you will find a gift of this discription will be muck appre ciated ik- phone 167 s i