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ftrftame vol xxxvu no 14 stouffville ontario thursday june 3 1926 do your friends admire your hair bring out its natural beauty keep it silky soft attractive with parke davis cos tar shampoo here is a preparation that contains both pine tar and cocoanut oil makes a rich fra grant lather keeps the scalp clean and white goc a bottle x storeys drug store phone 1003 did you ever think what it would cost you to replace your furniture if destroyed by fire do you carry sufficient insurance to refurnish your home if not why the cost of insurance in a brick house in stouffville is less than lc per day per 1000 thomas birkett general insurance broker lawson block phone 18202 stouffville freemasons hold notable banquet craftsmen of toronto district b accompanied by the grand slastor and over co olliceis attend district news the davis leather co of new market are building an addition to their plant a c kennedy chiropractor church st stonfftilte monday wednesday and frllayi 9 to 12 a m mrs a griffiths corseticre for spireua corsets for stouffville and vicinity stouffville phone 15303 it3 easy the trip to a happy meal time is an easy journey if you place our bread upon your table its the one sure method of making your meal complete your f rienda and neighbors have proven this to be true why dont you ambrose sjover baker one of the most successful frater nal events ever staged in stouffville and no doubt the largest was held here on tuesday evening of this week known as a grand masters night of the suburban lodges tor onto district b ancient free and accepted masons the grand mas ter of the grand lodge of canada in the province of ontario mw bro john a rowland vras the guest of honor and over 500 masons from the eight lodges in itie district were present for the occasion to insure the success of such a large undertaking entailed consider able work but most of the officeis of stouffville lodge and many of the private members entered into the spirit of the task so whole heartedly that everything was con ducted in excellent maimer then too the ladies played no small part in preparing the banquet which was a stupendous undertaking but they handled it with skill and prompt ness that was a source of satisfac tion to not only the guests of the evening but to local masons the ever willing hand of rw bro whealy representative of the grand master in this district solved many of the problems of preparation and to him the local order owe thanks for valued assistance at 7 pm the lodge converted in the auditorium which had been specially prepared for the purpose with suitable lodge regalia and which provided seating for over 475 wor m clayton baker of richard son lodge received some sixty grand lodge officers in due form including the grand master j a rowland also the uepucy grand master rw bro hon john s mar tin hon w d mcplierson pgm and several district deputies and past district deputies a pleasing feature of the occasion was the presentation of minton china pieoestotbe grand master on behalf of the district lodges following this there was the pre sentation on ibehalf of richardson lodge of a past masters jewell to w bro k ross davis the imme diate past master of the lodge the durham town has decided to oil its streets this year calcium chloride used last year did not prove satis factory wiartons new post office is being constructed at a cost of 31000 the building is of native stone and construction has commenced fifteen paid fines in the barrie police court last week for speeding on the main street of that town and for neglect in getting new markers the progressives of simcoe county tendered a banquet in honor of e c drury last veek at win h arthur roebuck was the chief speaker m the past winter is said to have been the most severe on fall wheat since 19 is about thirteen per cent is estimated to have been win ter and spring killed this year in this section lionel raymer aged 10 years son of mr and mrs clarence ray mer of toronto formerly of orillia died of burns received while stand ing before an open grate in his night clothes a the village of canniuton which recently had its main street paved is likely to asphalt some of the side streets as a largely signed petition requested the council to proceed with the work mrs gould wife of a j gould marble and granite dealer uxlbridge died suddenly last week aged g6 years mrs gould was preparing for church when she took a fainting sjjell passing away in a few hours besides her husband she leaves tour children m m the first sod of the new 100000 addition to the newmarket high school was turned last thursday afternoon without the usual cere mony it is expected that the foun dation will be completed early in june and the laying of the corner stone will take place about that time while working in his garden at virginia ont on monday afternoon i personal notes mr and mrs r j feaster of to ronto were week end guests of mr and mrs e j davey mr and mrs h d sawyer spent sunday north of bradford at churchill and lefroy owing to ill health miss nellie stiver of the shaw store staff is taking a months rest mrswt byam was at port hope last week end attending tho fuuiril of her niece mrs r l nicholls mrs geo w brownsberger and mrs john thompson of goodwood visited last week with relatives at barrie aiid midland mr and mrs r j foote and miss doris former residents near town but now of aurora were sunday guests with mr and mrs h porter on june 15th mrs a e paisley will leave for gorfield sask where she will spend part of the summer with her daughter mrs w e roger mrs r n fairies attended the annual convention of the womens christian temperance union of york and peel counties held in brampton on tuesday and wednesday of this week mr and mrs a g lehman and miss anna also mr and mrs thos ratcliff visited friends at vineland on sunday the peach blossom bloom is very scarce this season in vineland section of the fruit belt mr and mrs chas havner and two children from warren penn and mrs frank morrison and son of liona penn visited their uncle and aunt mr and mrs elias leh man of stouffville on sunday on wednesday last week mrs spring miss squires and mr orval king all of barrie motored down and spent the day at mr a staple- tons mrs spring continued on to omemee where she is visiting friends mr and mrs geo watson mr and mrs hugh anderson mr and i mrs ira anderson and mrs e pen- nock were in uxbridge last satur day attending the funeral of the late mrssam anderson wife of a former wellknown barber in that town i and brother to the anderson bro thers of stouffville with the churches business cards legal stouffville pbesbytkrln next sunday service at 230 pm the public invited t united church of canada rev h s warren ba minister sunday june 6th 11 am rev e m burgess 7 pm rev r young ba a day of thanksgiving for a year of blessing in the united church come and return thanks christian church edgar morton pastor sunday june 6th blessed are they which do hun ger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled the pas tors subject for next sunday will be christ and the common people remember the sabbath day to keep it holy is still gods will w baker hill and 2nd markham baptist churches the deadly plague of modern ism its cause effect and cure a frank discussion in the spirit of christ of this deadly disease that is troubling every denomina tion in the world will be dealt with next sunday by pastor w s whit- combe b a markham second 11 am baker hill 700 pm baptist rev w w fleischer pastor sunday june 6th 10 am bible school 11 am worship and administra tion of baptism 7 pm subject has god spoken to stouffville lords supper will be observed at the close of the evening service have you attended the midweek prayer service come and enjoy these times of spiritual refresh ing with us every wednesday at s pm mccullough button barristers solicitors convey ances c buttons block stouffville money to loan medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon office cor obrien and mala phone 3 96 drs- ira herbert freel consultation hours dr ira freel 8 to 12 am mon wed frl 6to 9 pm thurs sat tues thurs sat afternoons by appointment only herbert freel 9 to 12 am tues thurs sat 6 to 9 pm tues sat mon wed fri afternoons by appointment only dental i h j n dales lds dd s dentist claremont honor graduate of royal collejre of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto office over mr scotts star phone 1405 ciaremont dr presentation was made by the grand jame thvfathero7hon implements at bargain prices farmers need not buy new imple ments if they come to my yard wo have almost everything in the im plement line every article is guar anteed highest prices for hides wool and junk h herman phone 12 stouffvilljd the opening game the opening game of the york- simooe baseball league was played here on wednesday afternoon last between newmarket and stouffville and resulted in a win for the home team by the score or 1 to 0 the game was a pitchers battle between bruce lehman for the winners and mchale for the newmarket team each pitcher struck out 8 men mc hale yielded only 3 hits and bruce lehman only 2 both of which were made by hugo the heavy hjtter of the visiting team the stouffville team played rrorless ball behind lehman while the visitors made a couple0f errors one of which paved the wajr for the only run of the game it was the finest game of ball played hene in a longilmeand the stouffville team nd especially their pitcher deserve great credit for the game put up in view of the fact that they had very little prac tice this season and had never been all together on the field at one time there was a fairly good bunch of fans present the team deserve the support of the town and we trust at the next game the field will be too small to hold the crowd stouffville lineup lew lehman c h forsyth if dr n dales 1st b earl clendenn- ing- ss pjwbritwell 2nd b murray clendenning 3rd b bruce lehman p p clendenning lf h cook rf master the ceremony behind tyled doors was only brief and the large assem blage withdrew to itatcliffs hall for the banquet the hall decora tions were particularly pleasing in blue and white which added much to the gayety of the evening tor onto talent furnisned a splendid musical program and an enjoyable toast list followed the banqueting rw bio jsa whealy officiated as toast master and proposed the toast to the king rw bro ga m davison past ddgm proposal the toast to the crnd lodge of canada and the response wa3 made by rw bro hon jno s martin rw bro w s ormiston proposed the toast to the grand master to which the head of the craft made an able reply in replying to the toast the grand master was given a rousing ovation his address was of a very high order and was greatly appreciated he defined freemasonry as the science of living freemasonry said he is the realization of god and the practice of brotherhood it must begin with each of us in his own life while the whole world today is learning and must learn universality we freemasons of all men ought to know it already our fraternity is a living exemplification of many men throughout the world dwelling together in unity as brethren our great task is to or ganize all men of good will for thej purpose of making brotherhood pre vail democracy in the final analy sis means fraternity it is a gov ernment by friendship and brother ly love brotherhood is a lamp without which all other lights flicker and fade as we walk together in the dim country of this world all of life and of religion may be summed up in the one word a deep and tender fellowship of the soul with the father of all and turning man- word a filling of all the relations of life with the spirit of sincere and sympathetic brotherhood other toasts included those of the suburban lodges the visit ing brethrea and to the ladles who played so important a part in making the evenings enjoyment one grand success the visit of the grand master to this town will be rooked upon by local masons as a signal honor for stouffville and all who participated james lyons late minister of mines in the ontario government was seized with a heart aitackand was found dead by his family a short time later the late mr lyons was in his seventyfifth year and had lived in virginia for many years about a week ago the godson contracting co shipped two car loads of machinery on flat cars from cannington they took every precaution giving the heightwidth and weight of the shipment to the cnr and in retujrn got a clear ance receipt as the train was pass ing under the bay street overhead bridge the mixer which was about four inches too high crashed into the bridge and swept everything from the car leaving a twisted mass of debris on the ground about 30- oooworth of machinery was render ed useless in a few minutes time the railway in all probabilities will have to settle with the godson co for the loss do not overlook the comedy what happened to jones to be given in ratcliffs hall this friday evening at 8 oclock kichmond hill dramatic club will furnish the tal ent and the affair is under auspices of the young people of stouffville united church excellent music is promised admission 35 and 25 cents the division court high on a hill overlooking peace ful barrie and the quiet waters of beautiful kempenfeldt bay the flery cross of the ku klux klan ominous ly reared itself on sunday evening last veek several hundred mem bers of the ku klux klan of kan- ada assembled in barrie coming by motor and ttc busses from all parts of central ontario on satur day afternoon and sunday forenoon and in spite of the refusal by civic officials to allow them the use of one of the towns parks held after noon and evening sessions in hub bards field at the north end of tor onto street throngs of curious townspeople numbering many hun dreds braved a bitterly cold north wind to watch the proceedings of both gatherings in any way towards the great func- dishes left from tuesday nights banquet in ratcliffs hall may be had at w h shaws store tion carried out in such resplendent style from start to finish it will put the town on the map in the knowledge of many people who heretofore did not know us and the hearts and minds of many important citizens of this province will have stouffville indelibly printed thereon as a comraunty able to pnt over big undertakings of this kind in true masonic spirit the upstair room of the council building was filled to capacity on monday morning by witnesses and others anxious to hear the cases to be tried in division court his honor judge widdifield presided and aside from a judgment sum mons case which was heard in camera only one case was on the docket it provided sufficient interest how ever to hold the crowd for a couple of hours aw snowball thresher of mark- bam township claimed 120 dam ages from d graham farmer of the 10th concession of the same town ship the action arose out of an accident at grahams farm in oct 1924 during threshing operations when a team belonging to the de fendant became frightened at es caping steam from the engine and jumped onto the cutting box badly damaging the box in order to set tle the matter without law costs the two men decided on arbitration snowball selecting arthur lapp to act for him and graham selecting h s clary of locust hill these two picked the third man being r a fleming of markham f l button for mr graham contended that the arbitrators never really sat as mr clary objected to certain methods employed wnen they came together but tho other two agreed on a sum of 10c as a proper amount for graham to reimburse snowball and gave a written find ing to each of the men concerned a week after clary refused to partici pate in the arbitration his honor reserved judgment to determine whether the arbitrators were properly selected and convened and if not then to determine the amount of damages if any that should be alloted to graham the plaintiff didnt submit evidence to show that the defendant was in any way negligent in allowing the acci dent to happen mennonite ohubch a g warder pastoi saturday june 5th quarterly fellowship and business at 230 pm at stouffville sunday june 6th quarterly communion service will be held at altona at 10 am service in charge of m bricker pe who wiirpreath at stouffville on sunday at 7 pm will also dv continue revival meetings at altona each night next week except saturday come and help make these meetings a blessing to the community stouffville prayer meetings on wednesday next week east clas3 at oliver zellers mongolia west class at j boadways church street stouffville dr d c smith dentist stouffville honor graduate of chicago toronto university and the royal college of dental surgeons officeover shaws store phone office 1011 residence 101 no outside appointment e s barker lds ddjs dentist stouffville honor graduate of royal collel of dental surgeons and of th university of toront office in grubins block phone 8201 markham every tuesday offloa over geo crosbys stora young wife dead a sad and untimely death took place at the toronto general hos pital on sunday may 30th in the passing of mrs bertram taun who since her marriage two years ago lived on the j w taun farm lot 11 con 5 whitchurch mrs taun was only 29 years of age and had been ill a couple or months being in the hospital four weeks until she finally passed away suffering from internal trouble from which recovery was impossible the late mrs taun was a happy bright girl beloved by a wide circle of friends her maiden name was maggie myrtle empringham daughter pf mr and mrs j w empringham of hisey hill gormley besides her husband and parents there also sur vives two brothers and two sisters mrs tilman hoover of stouffville mrs glover of victoria square and john and david empringham of gormley the funeral on wednes day of this week was attended by a very large conepjirse of friends and relatives of che bereaved fami lies rev e m burgess of lemon- ville pastor of the broken borne officiated do you drive a car eye strain may be very easily aggravated by driving a car the attempt to focus the eyea on objects which you are pass ing rapidly errates the already strained eye dont give up the car but have your eyes attended to begin by letting us examine them to find out what causes the strain good sight is too valuable for your success and comfort to run the slightest risk of impairing them i our equipment together with our skill and experience en ables us to determine exactly the condition and needs of your eyes see me and beb bbt39br adam ryake optombtrjot watchmaker and jewalsr 1 door ireat of railway timka phone 151 stomrnzxa real estate news vacant lots we have some excel lent sites at snap prices houses several worth while bnya in homes both in town and coun try farms large or small acreage from 7 to 195 acres and at price from 600 to 13000 call and see our listings loans we want amount from 500 up and can offer good miort- gega security jaoob yakk over buttons or at takes jewelry next mansion hon stouffville owing to today thursday being the kings birthday it is observed as a bank holiday and the post office recognizes it also thus tho dispens ing place for mail will be closed a day and a half this week too short notice markham township council court of revision on the assessment roll which- was to have met on monday last was postponed although only two or three appeals were filed it was claimed by one of the appelants that the statutory notice had not been given and court adjourned to next council meeting meat meat the year 1926 will and us as in the past desirous of furnish ing our patrons with a choice selection of meats of all kind h leadbetter btjtohbr phone 9701 for prompt delivery stouffville ont bo ad wat x dbuo stor stouffvilijc send the tribune to abma friends