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tihum vol xxxvi no 40 stouffville ontario thursday december 2nd 1926 a christmas gift for you a beautiful rogers bro al jelly knife colonial pattern guaranteed for a lifetime re gular price 5150 free with package of the famous charme caressant face pow der for one dollar 250 value for 100 get yours now storeys drug store fhonb 1008 id you ever think what it would cost you to replace your furniture if destroyed by fire do you carry sufficient in surance to refurnish your home m 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 lg202 stouffville truman w eagleson teacher of piano conservatory and all branches of music taught reasonable rates btouffville saturdays studio over a g lehmans shoe store i george keay auctioneer graduate national auotion school canada farm and general sales a specialty write rr3 stouffville for terms and dates pnone 9 louden barn fixtures will make your stable work on the farm a real pleasure let us talk over your require ments in this line we have an excellent water system for barns investigate our litter carriers prices rea sonable save the price in labor agents for singer sewing machines geo j lawson west end grocery phone 182 stouffville stouffville enters an oha team i as an evidence of the interest in j mr d j aitchison was in town hockey and the strong desire for aa oha team in stouffville nearly y to forty young men attended an or ganization meeting held in mathers shop on thursday evening last week it was decided to enter an interme diate oha and mr f l button was voted as chairman to carry on the other business to be transacted with the enterprise of clayt baker in getting up a fine now arena with an ice space of 75x180 this town is able to enter in the ontario hockey association and the- boys are keen to have a winning hotkey team here are the names of the officers elected hon presidents- f 1 button dr w a sangster a c burkholder president dr s s ball viceprest ed pennock sectreas murray rowbotham manager thos birkett assistant jack baker the management committee is composedof the president vicepre sident secretary ami v r san ders wm mather and jess cook harry brillinger and a v nolan were appointed lo solicit funds to meet the current outlay in forming the club for which upwards of 100 is required j there are plenty of players to choose from anyone who wishes to show their interest in clean winter sport who have been missed by the canvassers are requested to leave their bit at the tribune office oliver yake reaches his 83rd birthday was born in stouffville and became an ordained minister mr and mrs hearty appetite its high time you got acquaint ed with the nourishing pure food for your children and paasthebreadplease will be come a slogan of your happy meal times if you remember to order this bread by name ambrose stover baker boadways drug store stouffville mr miller sleeps like log eats anything after taking adlerika i can eat anything ud sleep like a log i had gas on the stomach and couldnt keep food down or sleep signed r c miller one spoonful adler lka removes gas and often brings surprising relief to the stomach stops that full bloated feeling often brings out old wastematter you never thought was in your sys tem excellent for chronic consti pation j m storey druggist stouffville the port huron times of last fri day is just to hand and contains an interesting item concerning a native of stouffville oliver yake cousin to messrs ab and jake yake and calvin yake of this town the ihmes says oliver yake one- of lexington vill- agess near port huron most re spected citizens celebrated his 83rd birthday wednesday by entertaining a few friends at dinner at the home of his daughter mrswilford hatton with whom he lives the son of daniel and eleanor hall yake he was born nov 17th 1843 near stouffville canada the oldest of eight children the family moved to minhigan when oliver was 11 and he has lived in and near lexington since that time at the age of lv ne enlisted in company k twentysecond infantry as a drummer boy out the following year gave up his drum to robtjtolan and went into the ranks mr yake was mustered out july 1865 in detroit he was married aug 61865 to mary melissa mat thews who died a few yeafa ago to this union were born four children two of whom are living albie w of worth and mrs eleanor hatton he united with the christian church at the age of 35 and later with the advent christian church in which he was an ordained minis- 1er ilski during his ministry ho held meet ings in churches and school houses from riley center to port sanilac making the trips between points with horse and buggy mr yake has held numerous offi ces of trust both in worth and lex ington townships serving as clerk in each for a number of torms ho has served as school trustee justice of the peace member or the village council and secretary of the ceme tery association mr yake is very active for one ofhis years making a garden each year taking a keen interest in poll- tics he has two brothers livingalbert of lexington and lyman of alpena few men in sanilac county are better known than oliver yake his ability as a public executive an old time courtesy of mannerand his never failing christianity in all his dealing has carved a nicho for him in the history of the county an old comrade whom he had not seen sinco the war started out to find mr yake a number of years ago upon reaching divines corn ers west of town the comrade met a boy and asked him if he knew where oliver yake- lived to which the boy replied sure everybody in sanilac county knows oliver yake home on saturday on a brief visit miss florence elson from toronto over sunday miss jean thomas of toronto was the guest of miss meeda cleaver over sunday mrs d clendennlng has gone to vinclaad where she will spend a couple of months with her daughter jlrs w a ross mrs f i burgess miss loretta burgess and mr fred burgess also mr and mrs stewart jogmih of toronto were sunday osltors with mr and mrs s w hastings mrs e a button was in toron to a couple of divs this week with master johnnie who underwent an oeration for removal of tonsils and ilenoids at st johns hospital on tuesday mrsross davis has oeen in toron to for some days owing to the seri ous illness of her father who under went an operation mr nicholls has since passed away in his 63rd year he had been a frequent visitor to stouffville whitfield convicted of port perry shooting it just took half an hour for a jury to convict ralph whitfield aged 20 ot shooting at harold archer garageman of port perry on the evening ot aug 31st whitfield appeared before chief justice len iiox at the assizes court in whitby last week four witnesses identified whitfield as the man in the case although one or two others have not yet been apprehenslh it will be re membered that archer jumped in the side of whitfields car when he was shot at whitfield and his ac complices fled to goolwojd where they posed as fishermen and got a lift to yonge street by thresher wm yake local farmers 3rd in provincial contest york county boys were well to the fore at the annual guelph win ter fair this week when a stouff ville- teim composed of floyd steck ley murray clendenning and nor man steckley won third as a team in the stock judging contest welling ton county carried off first honors and peel county second floyd steckley was high man in the cattle judging while murray clendenning was high man in the sheep judging with norman steckley third owing to bad weather and to con ditions at home the boys were un able to get in much practise with their coach r j rogers district re presentative ot the dept of agricul ture newmarket no team of the twentyfour which were in the con test entered under such adverse con ditions which is all the more to the eretljt of the local boys in coming so near the top in the contest con gratulations are due them and mr rogers im good quality again the unsettled condition of the water in the town mains has now cleared away and the water is pro nounced pure the local board of health have accordingly lifted the ban whereby users were recom mended to boil the water from the taps on monday the provincial laboratories pronounced the water as of very good quality which means that it is free from any in jurious elements glasgow mr and mrs h steck visited the ms kays on sunday mr j ashenhurst and his men are erecting a building for james siack mr t pilkey has been engaged with d crossier for a couple of months mr r brown is i a serious con- d but we wish him a speody recovery our school is arranging for their christmas tree to be held on tues day dec 17th sunday school and church ser vice as usual next sabbath the public are invited to attend miss rena hare of ringwood spent a few days last week with miss b slack we an sorry lo report that mr evar latcham is leaving our burg tor the present to taky up i moch- enacial course in toronto the little giant- here blowninthe mould dyedinthewool the selling kid the guy who put the say in sales but you know his line selling he invented it hes a prince of pep punch and personal ity i sold him is his war cry and hell sell himself straight to your hearts deep into your affections in this mad merry melange of tem pestuous laughter tempered with tears theres more laughs per min ute than ford has flivvers with a finely woven heartthrob lovestory and a whale of a fight at the audi torium theatre this friday and sat urday former merchant freed from jail thos slee a former merchant at zephyr who on april lstli 1925 at the spring assizes at- whitby was sentenced to 12 yenrs in kingston penitentiary for arson but who has been in the county gaol at whitby with the exception of some vmonths at christie street hospital since that time owing to appeal proceedings has been given his liberty on the order of the crown authorities in toronto the reason for this deci sion it is learned is that the crown has been unable to secure any new evidence in the case necessary for a new trial slee it will be remembered was convicted of setting fire to the store of j j bartlett a rival merchant in the village of zephyr in sept 1924 who swore that his loss was 6000 the crowns principal wit ness at that time was a man named wm hillis an aged man with a long criminal record now serving a term for robbery in that part of the county who swore that in company with a man named charles land another convict also serving a term in kingston he engaged slee to set fire to the store at zephyr for the sum of 100 it was alleged by these men that they visited slee in the village in june three months previous to the fire to look the ground over preparatory to setting fire to the bartlett place there was a lot of evidence sub mitted in defense but the jury re turned a verdict of guilty and mr justice riddell sentenced slee to 12 years although the judgesuggest ed that the jury recommend mercy no such recommendation was made a fact that was commented upon by tji t a i advertisers holding display space must have their copy in the office of this paper on tuesday morning goodwood mr richard hynes is holding an auction sale on his farm this fri day mr fred robertson has just re turned home after spending oyer a week with friends in toronto mr and mrs lyman fields have gone to hamilton to the bedside of their son stewart who is sick with pneumonia and plurlsy mr and mrs albert lyons of goodwater sask are visiting their parents mr and mrs eli storry miss marjory james has under gone an operation for appendicitis and is being nursed by miss marlon reid graduate nurse of the ross memoial hospital lindsay mr h borinsky has been doing a rushing business as people are taking adyantago of the snaps it pays to advertlso in your local paper so is the experience of fred mlddleton who advertised for a set of sleighs and received many re turns mr borinsky is receiving customers from near tjnionvillo and all oyer markham 1p the sale is continuing this week with new goods he could not open before his lordship when passing sentence a few weeks later t h lennox kc counsel for slee entered an appeal objecting to the evidenco given by the two convicts and the character of the charge made by the judge to the jury the appeal was allowed and slee was granted a new trial which now will not take place thomas slee is a returned soldier who was wounded overseas n castle smith who conducted the ford agency in stouffville for a time two years ago bought the slee store in zephyr and moved there from this town among the churches presbyterian church rev j l mccullough in charge the regular sunday service at 230 pm the public are cordially in vited to attend baptist church rev w w fleischer pastor sunday dec 5th services as usual next sunday 7 pm subject what will your answer b remember the bible class meets friday night at s pm mexxoxite church a g warder pastor saturday dec tth quarterly fellowship and business meeting at 2 pm sunday 10 am ordinance service and preaching by m brickerpe 7 pm preaching by the helper evangelistic meetings commence on wednesday dec sth with a song service at 745 pm preaching each night except saturday by evangelist w m mcguire alfona union 7 pm preaching by m bricker christian church edgar morton pastor you must look into a mans heart to find out how much he is worth not into his pocket sunday dec 5th bloomington anniversary services are to be next sunday 11 am and 7 pm rev s- m lynam from to ronto will be the speaker at both services there will be special sing ing ringwood quartette will be with us in the mornings the public are invited to both services baker hill and 2nd markham baptist churches w s whitcombetra pastor every member is requested to be present at the sixth line prayer meeting tonight the pastor has something to say that concerns every members 1100 am markham second a message that always brings results 700 pm baker hill a hope less case on monday evening dec 6th 1926 pastor c j loney of hamilton will open a series of special ser vices in the sixth line church mr loney is well known in stouffville and district you will want to hear him everyone is welcome united church of canada rev h s warren ba minister sunday dec sth 11 am forbearing and forgiv ing 230 pm s s and bible class 7 pm hidden among the stuff the ss of the united church pur poses holding its annual chrlst mas entertainment on wednesday evening dec 22nd keep the date open church vs radio oh come come come come cometo the church in the home town dont go to the church j the air no place is so dear to your children as your little brick church over there business cards medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon office cor obrien and main phone 196 drs- ira herbert freel consultation hours dr ira preel 3 to 12 am mon wed frl 6 to 9 pm thura satur tues thurs satur afternoons by appointment only dr herbert freel 9 to 12 am tues thurs sat 6 to 9 pm tues sat mon wed frl afternoons by appointment only dental j n dales lds dbs dentist claremont honor graduate ot royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto office over mr scotts store phone 1405 claremont dentist stouffville school report auditorium theatre stoufevtlle tuesday and wednesday december 7th and 8th daring days featuring josio sedgewick captain suds also yearning for love wanda wiley friday and saturday the flaming frontier of stouffville school fornovember room 1 ciass a wallace byer floyd forsyth victor holden promotions from primer a to pre- merb pauline boadway 90 margaret forsyth 90 lily phillips 81 ruth nendick 73 edith borinsky 67 bruce stover 65 gloria castle 61 from primer c to prlmex b kenneth rusnell john smith phyllis siddall luella mcmullen bert clarkson elmer winn k h logan teacher room 2 jr 1 elinoro marshall amy lageer jeanne murchison sr 1 joe todd gordon siddall stanley clarkson i sargent teacher room 3 jr ii jim lawson leola jennings sam anderson sr ii hatry baker billie smith jack pennock stella barber teacher room 4 jr ill mildred dough erty mary doten agnes klinck sr ill edra burkitt mildred burkitt and alice smith norma little d e orchard teacher room 5 jr iv hugh thomas gordon murchison kenneth phillips st iv ruth brown helen todd glenn ratcliff c e watson principal e s barker lds dds honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto office in grubins block phone 8201 dr d c smith honor graduate of royal college ot dental surgeons and of the university of toronto dr neil c smith honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and toronto university also post graduate of rochester childrens hospital offices over shaws store phone office 1011 residence 1011 legal harold a sanders barrister solicitor notary public conveyancer ete office silvesters block phone 18003 mccullough button barristers solicitors convey ancers c buttons block stouffville money to loan greig littlejohn barristers etc stouffville office over w h shaw stor w f greig w h littlejota a c kennedy chiropractor ohurch st stouffvm monday wednesday and friday 8 to 12 am stcuffvijfc lcce no 34 moots every monday evening at 8 oclock in the oddfellows hall visiting brethern welcome ed w r sander n grand recst archie stover fin secretary loyal orange lodge no 1020 stouffville ont regular meetings friday at 8 pm on or before full moon mrsa grdjtiths oorsetlero for spiralis corsets for stouffville and vicinity stouffvhjlh phonh 1s8m j flowers wedding bouquets and funeral designs on shortest notice we also have a beautiful selection of roses floral designs for all occasions muston sons boadways drug store stouffville