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vol xl no 52 mffmlle stouffville ontario thursday february 28th 1929 a v nolan publisher nyal stoneroot compound inflammation of the kidneys ht urinary organs catarrh of the bladder gravel kid ney and bladder irritation frequency of urination rhe- umatism backache and dizzy spells are i quickly re ieved by the use of stoneroot compound price 100 j m storey druggist the home of quality drugs mom im business cards extreme cold kept bushmen have many away ufo oyster supper their troubles whilst hughing down the fine morris bush medical dr s s ball n physician and surgeon office cor obrien and main phone 106 coroner for york county drs ira herbert freel consultation hours dr ira freol 3 to 12 am mon wed frl 6 to 9 pm saturday tues thurs sat afternoons by appointment only dr herbert fretel 9 to 12 am tues thurs sat 6 to 9 pm tues sat mon wed fri afternoons by appointment oirly a c kennedy chiropractor church st stouftvule monday wednesday and fridays 9 to 12 am dental on wednesday evening of last week the annual oyster supper undet auspices of the stouffville u f o was held in ratcliffs nail the at tendance was not up to other years due in part no doubt to the extreme cold weather many of the farmers and their families however from the neighborhood turned out the ladies providing the finest supper one could wish for oysters cooked and oysters raw were to be had and probably oysters on the half shell if on cared for them that way other dainties were provided as extras and anyone with a good appetite could not help but enjoy this splendid spread the program in other years was usually participated in by someone from headquarters in toronto com ing out to tell the farmers how to run this branch or that branch of their business in a more efficient manner but this year with the ex ception of the entertainers local members contributed the program exreeve morgan baker was chair man handling the position in his capable style frank sangster told the membership a few straight facts without mincing his remarks with apple sauce or sugar candy he said that stouffville bad one of the larg est memberships of any club but poor interest weakened their powers to accomplish what they might for their own eood he also drew at- tenion to tlje market school in tor onto being conducted under the joint auspices of the u f o and the ont department of agriculture another speaker called on was mr j r campbell who has at one time and another been in the public eye in markham township and is in close touch with the cooperative cream shipping business the third accident to happen in the morris bush at gravel hill on the 10th concession of whitchurch since the gang ot some 20 or 30 men were engaged in cutting down the trees occurred last week when arthur basset employed as a wood cutter had the second toe on his right foot completely severed by an axe in the hands of one of the other workmen arthur happened to put his foot up on a log as a well directed blow came down on the same spot as his personal notes miss mae mowder was visiting in toronto last week miss mary daley has gone to port hope to visit with her brother mrs claughton of uxbridge was a recent guest of mrs harry w sanders miss jane burkitt was visiting her brother at oakville over the week end miss m l dixon of toronto spent the week end with miss luella holden miss marion rome of toronto foot all happening so suddenly that no ene was scarcely to blame for the spent the week end with miss mar- unfortunately occurrence the toe lorie mertens was taken off clean at the first joint henry noble of toronto spent the and all that medical attention could week end at mr 7oah stouffers and do was to sew the skin over the end i mr wm gowers ot the this is the third accident to cause one of the many workmen consider able pain and loss of time whilst the bush is being completely cut down arthur smith in some manner came into contact with a small twig which ran into his ear and narrowly escap ed bursting the drum as it was he was caused a good deal of pain and quite a serious injury with a mine operation to remove the twig an mrs e gregory and daughter bessie of petrolia oalled on friends in town on sunday imr alex scott was in scarboro on tuesday attending the funeral of his aunt the late mrs robt craig misses betty and marion ember son of toronto were week end guests with mr and mrs s w hastings mrs orchard of seagrave was in town last week visiting her daughter other victim was orval martin dorothy orchard of the public he came nigh losing a toe such as sohojl staff arthur did but he got off with the mrs a b bartholomew has re- axe taking off the nail as completely turned from a two weeks visit in as if the operation had been perform- detroit where she visited her sister ed by a surgeons knife i who is ill jess cook suffered a minor accid- m gladys miller of the weston ent last week when a big log rolled high school staff was the guest of failed as student writes textbook e s barker lds dds honor graduate ot royal college of dental surgeons and ot the university of toronto office in grublns block fhne 8201 markham every tuesday office in wear block dr d c smith honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and ot the university ot toronto dr neil c smith honor graduate ot royal college ot dental surgeons and toronto university also post graduate of rochester childrens hospital office standard bank upstolrs boone office 1011 residence 1016 lbga1 the mail and empire of last fri day carried the following respect ing dr j f burkholder who is a brother to imr n burkholder and a brotherinlaw to mrs h w sanders of stouffville and a familiar figure at jacksons point every season where he has his summer home the announcement is dated from london ont and reads thus j f burk holder former london druggist who studied medicine at the university of western ontario here and who was once plucked on anatomy has writ ten a text book on the anatomy of the brain which is described by united states authorities as the leading work on the subject known to the profession dr burkholder is now professor of ophthalmology at loyola university school of medi cine over and squeezed his foot so that he was compelled to go about several days with the limp of one 90 years of age the morris bush is being felled by mr chapman and judging by the progress being made the land will be as treeless next spring as the atlantic ocean lost over 80 hogs markham sale got high bdds harold a sanders barrister solicitor notary public conveyancer et office silvesters block phone 18008 mccullough button barristers solicitors convey ancers e buttons block stouffville money to loan think this over god insurance is not cheap cheap insurance is not good when a lire or other loss occurs your clients want to know they are fully protected what really counts is not what they pay for insurance but what they get tor what they pay for insurance service consult t birkett general insurance agent phone 18202 stouffville wedding bouquets and funeral designs mustonfi sons wholesale florists stouffville ontario phone 7001 stouffville lodge no384 meet every monday evening at 8 oclock in the oddfellows hall visiting brethren welcome jess cook w r sanders vnhle ow rcsee jiiii v fhoul scratr grade cows go to 155 the weather was quite keen on friday last but it didnt prevent a large crowd from attending the auction sale of farm stock and imp lements on the farm ot george gower on the 6th concession of markham just south of the north townline mr and mrs gower are giving up the farm and have bought a home on the 8th con record prices were established for cows of which only five or six were n the sale the first animal up was knocked down by f w silversides at 145 and her calf sold for an ad ditional 22or 167 for mother and daughter those who predicted this would be the top of the sale had their guess swept away when the next milker stepped into the ring and found a new home at 150 and her calf went along at 18 more but this wasnt the top for cow no 3 sold for 155 and the lowest milk producer in the sale sold at 103 three herses sold well at 150 for a mare 11 years old while thi aged team brought 70 and 80 each someone shouted 50 when a nice brood sow was offered and the auc tioneer said sold and this is the way the hogs were snapped off most ly around or under this figure top prices were realized for im plements a binder which mr gower paid 50 tor 7 years ago sold again at 65 it was well cared for a sulky rake got 52 a good wagon went as one of the bargains of the sale there must ho a shortage of good dats in the country for they demand ed such lively bidding in the gran ary aid found buyers at 99c per bushel the total sale ran over 3000 which- is a big figure for an auction of only 7 cattle 3 horses 15 hogs and the usual run ot implements it was discovered on tuesday this week that hog cholera had broken out in the district near stouffville on the farm of richard carruthers two miles south of mongolia on the 10th concession ol markham town ship mr carruthers isa large hog raiser and will lose over eighty swine all of which were ordered to be shot the government inspector was here this week and visited the pens on the carruthers farm when he issued the order to destroy the swine it is understood that the govern ment make compensation under buch cases but we were unable to learn what the amount will be practic ally all these hogs would have been ready for market early in march symptoms of the disease was no ticed some time ago and ten animals bad died or were destroyed but mr carruthers never dreamed of hog cholea being theeause for five years the owner has been a big producer and through an arrangement with a bakery in tor onto received all the leftover dough and stale goods which he used tor feed it is suggested by some that this feed might have produced the germ yet hogs seems to thrive on much poorer and more unsanitary feed than stale dough the disease is a had one to spread through a dis trict this spring mr carruthers is leaving mongolia district to locate over on the 6th concession of ux bridge her annts mrsjmiller and mrs latch ford over sunday i the misses nettie and allie rae spent last week in toronto the guests of mr and mrs chas wismer who motored out on saturday to the old town miss ida l foofe of bethesda who has been visiting relatives in new york city for the past four weeks has returned home and reports hav ing had a splendid outing imr wm findlay who ownes a property in the eastend of stouff ville but who is hving in toronto was in town on monday looking over his earthly possessions here coming to stouffville march 8th under local auspices between the acts a icomic production given by markham young people youll want to see it secure tickets early last sunday mrs malcolm ramer gordon and miss eva ramer and miss edna stouffer motored to st thomas where their pastor rev ss shantz was concluding a series of revival services on that day mr james cooney who ownes the 200 acre farm on the 6th of whit church occupied by the gilbert bros was in town on tuesday mr icooney is now living in toronto and this month reached his 90th birthday hale and hearty mr cooney is an uncle of joe cooney of markham township on monday evening messrs eldon fairies harry brillinger hugh clark and a v nolan were in agin- court attending the institution cere monies of the new masonic lodge the institution was held in the new oddfellows hall and was conduct ed by rt wor bro reade davis ddgm oratorical night a popular event the auditorium ot the school building in stouffville was well filled on friday evening by parents and pupils for the annual oratorical con test and elocution exercises of the school reg stouffer president of the literary society acted as chair man there were four contestants in the oratorical field and they spoke in the following order john button luella stouffer luella paisley and janet button the biblical quotation the last shall be first and the first last proved to be near the fact in this instance for miss janet button was unanimously chosen winner with her younger brother john com ing third and miss luella stouffer second the first three speakers ad dressed their audience on canada among the nations while janet spoke on the people of canada in elocution the contest had seven entrants who recited various select ions in the order named blanch topham murray thorn margaret brown mildred mckay edna pugh alma chapman erma holden the winners were declared to be mildred mackay erma holden edna pugh while the judges were doing their work a musical program wos render ed including a violin solo by murray sinclair piano duet by miss gardhouse and miss e grubin also a chorus by girls the judges for the oratorical were rev auld of markham n borinsky of toronto and miss chambers high school teacher from uxbridge rev mr auld announced the decision and highly complimented the con testants as well as giving the aud ience some instruction on what con stitutes a good public speaker mr auld is well qualified to speak on this subject for the judges in elocution mr ward announced the winners and commended the participants for their interest enthusiasm and ability shown in the contest the other judges were mrs ball and mr h o kjinck the prizes were awarded through a grant made by the school board and by the donation of 5 from our reeve mr h w sanders and were handed out by mr shaw owing to a regulation made two years ago no pupil could take a prize that had won one the previous year owing to this miss janet button and miss luella stouffer had to be content with the honor of winningthey be ing recipients of prizes on a previous occasion the teaching staff and pupils who in any way contributed to the even ings affair are to be congratulated for the splendid success attained announcement we wish to announce that we have discontinued the sale ot chevrolet motor cars hut we assure all owners of chevrolet cars purchased from ua that they will still receive at all times the most courteous and efficient service in our power to render in the near future we shall have in our showroom re presentative models of the hudson and essex cars particulars of which will be published in this paper in near future j r mckenzie riugwood phone 167 among the churches mrs catherine johnson card of thanks mr and mrs edw lloyd grate fully acknowledge the kindly assist ance and expressions of sympathy and the beautiful flowers sent by the school board during their bereave ment the high school entrance exam- inomnnn tw v- win commonce on monday june 24th illustrated lecture the league of nations will be given in the united church stouffville monday march 4th at 8 p m speakers miss a chown toronto mrs bundy toronto soloist mr- v popoff toronto the covenant of the league of nations is embodied in the treaty of versailles and other treaties of peace which were signed at the end of the great war since then 65 snatlons of the world have accepted the covenant as their method of settling internation al disputes and promoting international cooperation the league arranges conferences on many international ques tions such as the traffic in women and children the opium evil sla very disarmament reparation of refugees o it has aided austria hungary and bulgaria to reestablish their national credit on which depended their national existence it haa been instrumental in preventing a nnmber of wars the continued struggle in china the persistent propaganda of russia the race and colour probltis of many lmqs the appirent failure ot disarmament all show that there is much unrest and that the war spirit is still abroad how necessary is it then that we should lend our moral and intellectual support to an organl-sa- tlon which deals with the reed of creating maintaining and extend ing a publio opinion which is pregnant with peace there passed away in toronto on friday morning feby 22 1929 catherine johnson of stouffville and formerly ot goodwood in her 72nd year the deceased owing to ill health had gone to toronto to be an xray examination revealed serl- with her daughter on thursday ous internal trouble and it was real ized then that mrs johnson could not survive long she was born at goodwood on the farm on which the united church is located being the youngest of four girls born to the late george and matilda stafford and was one of a family of nine children more than 40 years ago she whb married to the late samuel johnson and to them two children were born edith and elsie about four years ago mrs johnson moved from goodwood to stouffville where she lived until the time of her death which came quite suddenly she is survived by her two daugh ters and by two sisters and four brothers namely mary stafford mrs james wagg and calvin stafford goodwood nathan stafford toron to jonathan of vancouver and amos of goodwood the deceased was an outstanding church worker and a faithful christ ian for some years she acted as superintendent of goodwood meth odist sunday school and was an ard ent mission worker only three weeks ago the mission band of stouffville united church was named in her honor the funeral on sunday afternoon took place to goodwood cemetery the remains were brought from toronto to stouffville by motor hearse thence to goodwood by hearse sleighs the funeral service was held in the united church stouffville conducted by rev c e mcleod and assisted by the united church choir the speaker made fitting reference to the devoted christian life of the late mrs john- eon her loyalty to church and mis sions baker hill and sixth lint baptist churches w s whltcombe pastor baker hill morning service sixth line evening service mexxoxite church stputfville s s shantz pastor sunday march 3rd 10 am fellowship and ordinance service 11 am preaching and communion 7 pm preaching all these services in charge of pre siding elder im bricker m m presbyterian church rev w h fuller pastor sunday march 3rd 2 pm sunday school 3 pm evening worship subject john calvin his lite there will be no prayer meeting ser vice until further notice united church of canada rev h s warren ba pastor sunday march 3rd 11 am christianity in action 230 pm sunday school 7 pm watch your step the service will begin with the sing ing of some old favorites come help enjoy baptist church rev w w fleischer pastor sunday march 3rd jf 10 am bible school 11 am subject should the christian be different 3 pm 9th line baptist church 7 pm subject a young man how he acted when the bosb was away remember the prayer services wednesday 8 pm and sunday 615 pm everybody welcome admission frf ction i a r pike of box grove sold his 108 acre farm for a reported sale lco of 18000 faith and truth temple first door east of fire hall d mcdonald worker in charge tuesday evening prayer service with preaching on divine healing lords day service morning 11 pm subject one hindrance to re vival sunday school 3 pm subject the christian churoh evening 7 pm subject the gospel according to you all welcome christian church e morton pastor some day we may all- feel like say ing with the psalmist i have been young and now am old next sunday the pastor will give a mes sage for the young at stouffville 11 am ringwood 230 pm altona 7 pm will the ss superintend ents please announce let us all prove to feel young as we meet to gether for spiritual action melville bethesda peachs united churches dr e h gray pastor peachs 7th line markham sunday school at 10 am public worship at 11 am melville oth line markham sunday softool at 130 pm sunday feb 24th public worship and communion service at 230 nm precommunion service on friday feb 22nd at oclock meeting ot westminster guild on thursday feb 21st at 8 oclock followed by valentine social an important meeting of the ses sion will be held in the church on thursday feb 21st at 230 pm bethesda 6th line whitchurch union sunday schoel at 2 pm public worship at 3 pm young peoples meeting every tues day evening at 8 oclock western horses auctioneer silversides received a wire on saturday from wm klinck of jamer alta that ho would ship him a car load of horses to be sold by public auction in stouffville the shipment wll arrive here about the 8th of march and the sale date will