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stouffville february 12th 1925 a msb foist to solve following a streauous fight to de feat church union in markham vil lage the church will be carried into the united church by a majority of 7 or on a vote of 64 against f the roiult which wa3 expected to be close wa3 always regarded as sure for union the total vote cast 121 in a evombership of 140 in vie- of 111- njs in some of the homes and abaence from town is regarded as 1 local happenings j the next public holiday i3 good friday april 10th next saturday day is st valentine3 next sabbath is sexa sun day second sunday before lent lost open face watch in town finder please notify j h ratcliff harry leadbetter has just install- ed an electric bone grinder in his exceptionally good and indicative of outcner shop and can now supply the great interest obtaining in connection with the entrance of the markham presbyterian church into the union an interesting situ ion has arien in the will of the late thoma3 morgan the sum of 10000 was bequeathed to the markham presby terian churchthe sum total of which wa3 later invested in dominion war bonds and the interest of which amounting to approximately 550 a year is by the late mr morgans wilt to be devoted to the mainten ance and repair of the church what effect if any the merger into the united church of cinada will have remains a problem to be worked out later cedar grove appointment some five miles east and south of mark- bam in affiliation with markham congregation is not included in the markham figures it is expected to vote in favor of union the minister in charge is rev mr auld an ardent supporter of the union move ment and last week it was stated that in all probability the noncon currents will by mutual arrange ment after june 10th repossess their old church the present metho dist church being utilized by the vembers of the united church of canada sond the tribune to absent friends eye sight is priceless it has no market value sight can neither be bought or sold it is a precious gift fiom the creator of the five human lenses seeing hearing feeling smelling tasting sight is more indespensible than the other four senses combined its value cannot be estimated be cause there is nothing with wfeich it can be compared a moments reflection of your help lessness without them will give you a better appreciation of there value see he and see better adam r yake optometrist watchmaker and jeweler 2 doors west of railway tracks phone 159 stouffville ground bone for chickenaat 5 cents per pound a little ground bone will often start the hens laying try it mrs john lewis who is 83 years of age and lives with her son joan just west of stouffville is recovering somewhat from the effects of coal gas which sickened most of the fam ily one night a couple of weeks ago the aged lady who was quite infirm prior to this mishap is making sur prising return to health and hopes are held for her that she may be about again probate has been granted in the estate of the late albert paisley of stouffville who died in the hospital on january 24th last leaving an estate valued at 9000 he leaves a life interest in the estate to his wife and upon her death it is to be divi ded among his six children who also receive separate bequests total ling 2000 the two eldest sons and mrs paisley are named a3 exe cutors and executrix on saturday mr frank baker of stouffville sold his 150 acre farm at lot 23 on the 3rd concession of uxbridge township to james tin- dall of altona for 9500 this is an extra good property the buildings being in firstclass condition with running water through the stables as well as having other uplodate stalble fixtures installed since mr baker came to town the farm has been worked by his two sons who are looking for smaller farms there was a goodly number of stouffville people who listened in last sunday to the sermons delivered by chancellor charles w flint of syracuse university in convocation hall toronto the chancellor being an old stouffville boy local people who had an opportunity made it a point to hear his addresses over the radio probably no other son who has gone out from this town climbed up in the hall of fame to the same extent as chancellor flint who is at the head of one of the leading colleges in the whole united states the local imennontte congrega tion have decided to erect new sheds at the rear of their church property and worjt was commen ced this week whoh many loads of gravel and other material were placed on the ground in readiness for spring building the new structure will be around 80 feet long and 45 feet wide and will be ontfrelfy closed in this will be good news forthe horses that are called upon to stand there for many hour3 during a year a closedin shed has come to be re cognized as the most human kind to erect as it has so many advant ages over the old style openshed it offers much better protection to horses and can be kept dry and clean a car load of reground standard screenings buy now as prices are going up s w hastings successor to w s cook coming dr f- e luke opto metrist and optician 1u7 yonge st toronto will be at j boadways drug store stouffville feb 26th to test eyes required at right pricei thursday glasses if take advantage of the tribune clubbing offer when renewing yourj quamty servioh daily or weekly papers i mr geordie watsoa shipped a carload of horses from sunderland last wrt to toronto lo3t mile and a quarter north of unionville tire chain finder kind ly leave at tribune office mr w h keller for many years editor of the uxbridge journal has sold his residence in that town and will move to markham village where he has purcased the property on wilson street belong ing to r a fleming there is quite an extensive out break of measles in a number of towns one municipality 1a simcoe county reporting so cases parents should watch their children closely at this season giving them careful nursing nt the first sign of illness although artificial light in the hen house is not a new idea it has never been generally adopted in the effort to secure greater egg production during the past winter mr richard stadlebar who lives opposite the stouffville public school has worked cut the idea to what he believes to be a paying investment mr truman holden is offering his farm for sale which is located just south of the town on the 9th con cession and which has been his abode for the past fourteen years mr holden is now 72 years of age and is naturally looking forward to a few years of retired life the regular meeting of the uf wo will be held at the home of mrs frank sangster stouffville on tuesday feb 17th at 230 an in vitation is extended to all secretary everton smith has leased the house on the corner of main street and william for a long time occu pied by miss mckenzie until she moved to port arthur the housa vacated by mr smith on albert street is advertised for rent keep open the date of monday feb 23rd to hear the rev c j cameron give an illustrated lecture on the stockholm convention or a trip through eleveu countries in the baptist church under the b ypu we have just received a big con signment of boys boots bought at a sacrifice price sizes 7 to 10 going at 100 pair and 11 to 13 at 150 the prices may stagger you by their lowness but just see the boots wonderful good leather jl little next bank nova scotia the reid memorial mission band of st james presbyterian church will serve afternoon tea from 4 to g and a business mans supper from 6 to 7 on the afternoon of friday feb i 13th plan to do your shopping on that afternoon and drop in to have a cup of tea with the band harry paisley of imperial sask who came home last month owing to the death of his fater the late albert paisley started on his return trip west this week he has 360 acres under lease but crops were not very good in his locality last fall wheat going only 10 bushels to the acre mr paisley could easily be induced to come east again if he could locate a hundred acres at not too fancy a price the fire gong was sounded one day last week in the public school and it took just one minute to clear the building of every one of the two hundred scho lars nothing but perfect con trol and order could attain such a record and so long as this is main tained there should never be any serious mishap to life by reason of fire in the local school shingles hardwood flooring always in stock stouffville planing mill stouffer and schell phone 194 their was a large crowd in atten dance at the masquerade carnival in the maple leaf rink on wednes day evening last week it was pro bably the best turnout of costumes for some time as well and the large crowd of skatera enjoyed the skat ing to band music the prizes were awarded as follows clowns 1st geo crawford 2nd miss hare 3rd walton clottin character 1st bear mr steckley 2nd capt kidd arthur clarkson 3rd valentine rlioda crawford comic couples 1st maggie and jiggs slack and hare 2nd sargent and war bride hall and foote now is the time to make your walls fresh and attractive with alabastine apply it on any wall surface over plaster wall board or soiled painted walls 2 lb packages 5 lb packages churchs hot or cold water now before the spring housecleaning begins is a good time to have the walls decorated wo have full range of colors alabastln and muresco wo can tell you how to make a beautiful permanent job at little cost silvester bros during jan feb and march we close at 630 every evening except saturday last week mr and mrs r j davey of palmerston were the guests of his brother and his wife mr and mrs edw j davey in town mr r j davey has just retired from 49 years of active service as a railroad man like his brother e j davey he stared on the road when the family lived in goodwood on the old niplssing line o which their father was also an employe mr davey married a stouffville girl a miss isabelle stewart whose parents lived here and are buried in this locality thirtyfive years ago mr davey be came track superintendent at pal merston and he also has two sons in the service looking back mr davey thinks it is only a short time since the days of the old narrow guage and wood burning engines on the nipissing line reeve morgan baker of whit church has been appointed by the county council of the county of york as one of the two county com missioners for the year 1925 this is perhaps the best annual appoint ment in the gift of the county coun cil next to the wardenship and is keenly sought for by the experienced men on the council womens institute the regular monthly meeting will be held at the home of mrs allan goudie on wed nesday feb 18th at 230 oclock program paper by rev mr coul ter reading by mrs w watson paper on bread making by mr3 a bartholomew music everybody welcome to attend these meetings the ladies aid of the methodist chufch stouffville will serve a new england supper in the base ment of the church on tuesday feb 17ith tea served from 530 to 8 oclock followed by a good pro gram of music etc miss storry elocutionist of markham will ren der some of her choice selections admission 35c children 25c the mortgage sale of farm pro perty at lot 35 and 36 in the town ship of uxbridge north of siloam on friday of last week resulted in several bids being received by auc tioneer silversides the largest being 3900 as this did not quite reach the reserve bid the sale was not de finitely closed on the spot the property contains 100 acres and was occupied by mr sam strong until about a year ago when levj forsyth read in last weeks tribune about the- wonderful egg laid by barkis reesors white lechorn pullet he must have car ried the new3 dowt to his chicken pen for thb following day his rhode island reds commenced to perform in a manner asnever before one of them ylaid an egg that has any thing beaten for size that has yet been brought into the tribune office this latfestcontribution of ken fruit to the editors desk measured 8 4 inches liy 6 inches and weighed a quarter of a pound as eggs are graded nowadays it would just re quire five of such eggs as the one laid by mr forsyths pullet to make the same weight as a dozen graded as extras which is the average on the local market from week to week grw thomas of the east end brought in an egg on monday that about equals the one reported vy barkis reesor it measures 6 x7i but is the same weight as mr reesors however from such a good presbyterian hen pen as mr thomas keeps his hens will probably fight on until they win first placoin laying big eggs in the stouffville dis trict mr thomas got this egg from his white leghorns the re cord of the eggs brought in to the tribune up to the present time is as follows levi forsyth ri red 8vix barkis reosors w leghorn 8x6 gr w thomas w leghorn 7x6 jw reesors rired 7x5 mr herb porter was in toronto last week owing to the death of his cousin chas porter an old and hon ored employee of the masseyharris company he passed away at the age of 66 years born at manvers ont of northern irish stock mr porter later was in business as a carriage builder at peterboro where he married miss margaret elizabeth prescott 41 years ago they moved to toronto about thirtyfive years ago where mr porter identified with alpha lodge the maccabees and chosen friends he was for many years an oddfellow mr porter had for years been associated with wesley methodist church and one of his sons rev d h porter is methodist minister at coppercliff his widow another son mr h e porter of brantford and a daughter mrs d p gash of toronto also survive him the tribune is always glad to publish news of your travels if you intend to be away or have friends visit you send fh the information to us or any other news items of an interesting nature phone 15302 oh no there was no charivari last thursday evening it was just the music of the animated song pageant at the home of mrs w j thompson when a number of neigh bors and girlhood friends dressed to represent titles of welljkuown songs met to spend a last social evening together before the thomp son family leave to make a new home in newmarket it was a most hilarious affair with the costume3 fearfully and wonderfully made mrs geo lee was unanimously first choice as where did ycu get that hat while mrs mather and mrs wb sanders tied for second in their widely different interpretation of the last rose of summer at the end of the- trolicmrsacburkholder read a humorous address describing the outstanding characteristics of mrsthomp3on mrs geocoitard fol lowed with a few words presenting on behalf of the motley crowd a hand some wicker fernery and jardiniere stand in replying mrs thompson was kepi from slipping into the val ley of tears by impertinent heckling altogether it was a very cheerful tearless farewell iolitely speaking refreshments were served although in reality it was a food hints for successful feeding years have been spent develoying and perfecting schu macher as the carbohydrate part of the dairy ration schumacher feeding cannot be excelled 3 parts schumacher feed 2 parts linseed meal 1 part gluten feed 1 part barley analysis protein 2000 soluble carbohydrate 5200 fat 475 fibre 900 note feeding more protein than contained in above rations is dangerous practice protein in excess causes abortion and nonbreeding stiver bros phone 4501 ringwood garage radio radio if you are thinking of purchasing a radio be sure and hear the new splitdorf set it is nonjregenerative a feature that should be insisted upon when buying a radio we install these sets in your home and guarantee absolute satisfaction come to ringwood garage and hear a real radio there is a concert nearly every afternoon also we are open wednesday and saturday evenings come in and enjoy the music dont forget to send in your battery for winter storage phone 167 ringwood garage omoi o xoe30x aono o q o d o stocktaking sale clearing broken lines mens boots per pair 350 mens rubber boots ladies boots and shoes hockey boots mens and boys mens spats boys boots 195 200 250 everything greatly reduced mens slippers 98c ladies 65 and 75c some less than cost watch shaws window and come upstairs and save money g h saunders shoeman we do firstclass shoe repair work guaranteed ao saocaoc iono i 0 q d o 8 j clearance shrewd buyers are making substantial savings by taking advantage of the bargains offered at our winter clearing sale now going on are you among the number note we sell coal oil and gasoline a e weldon the west end shoe store the superior store quality and service and the right price shaker salt package 10c superior baking powder contains no alum 8 oz 15c 16 oz 25c soaps pg gold comfort surprise 10 bars 53c instant postum large 47c small 27c superior toasted cornflakes 3 packages 29c grapenuts per package 17c j posts bran per package 15c hand picked white beans 2 lbs lgc cornmeal 2 lbs 15c ow homestead peas 2 tins 29c aylmor tomatoas large size 2 tins 31c kraft chee3e per lb 35c j j lu turner prop 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