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jkmfftrillt ibum vol xlii no 10 stouffville ontario thursday may 8th 1930 a v nolan publisher for mother on mothers day may 11 1930 smilesn chuckles the very best candies each box ribboned with gift card inserted your choice of live assortments family package assorted hard and soft centres fruits and citeara centres hard centres and nuts maraschino cherries in cream coc lb j m storey druggist the home of quality drugs phone 1003 calvin yake laid to rest bond and investment house re quires a local representative with good standing to represent them in stouitville and district apply box si tribune oilice stouffville okgax seven octave suitable lor country church or home beautiful walnut ease al- a bed and springs apply sirs e pennock phone 1g3 coaij oily brooder 500 chick capacity nearly new phone 7207 j r sider kor sake oac no 3 early seed oats phone 2103 jos bets stouffville wanted driver for its keep phone s101 c ranter for sajub quantity seed barley t h paisley phone c511 houses team general purpose gelding for sale harry mantle lot 12 1st con uxbridge for sale baby chicks ijarred rocks r filyer phone 9902 pasture available for num ber of cattle lot 11 con c uxbridge plenty good water shade and grazing g si brown barred rock baby chicks from our own flock a few ready now orders taken for later chicks henry sliller phone 4914 stouff ville 12 order your baby chicks xow for later dating barred rocks and white leghorns re brown phone 170 stouffville 11 furniture for sale kitchen cupboard tapestry rug 9x12 3 burner new perfection oil stove and fallleaf table frank har vey phone 3305 four s1ex dutch are available to work on farm these men are able and willing they are at sinclairs roadhouse ringwood enquire there for particulars card of thanks sirs c perry wishes to thank her many friends and neighbours for their kindness during her illness and the long winter months also the ladies of the eastern star the wi and w a of tho united church truly god has sent many beautiful silver linings under tho dark clouds of sorrow that has passed over my life in mesioriam lehman in loving memory of percy lehman son of sir and sirs ellas lehman who died 12 years ago april 2s 1d1s gone is tho face we loved so dear gone is the voice we loved to hear sleeping so peacefully resting at last all worldly sorrow and troubles are passed tho family in memorial eckardt in loving memory of our dear daughter laura echardt who passed away slay 13 192ti whot would i give her hand to hold her dear sweet face to see to hear her voice to see her smile that meant so much to us you left behind some aching hearts that loved you most sincere we never have and never will forget your laura dear sadly missed by father and mother american hankers magazine says no business man in any place should allow a newspaper published in his town to go without his name and business being mentioned some where this applies to all kinds of business and professional men your health thousands havo been bene fitted by taking flolschmans yeast we recommend it be- causo doctors have proved its value for nursing mothers and a famlous italian physician says untold health benefits are mado avallablo by the sunshine vitamin d now in irradlted fresh yeast it builds strong bone sound tooth and tones tho muscles get it today at our bakery or at porters storo ambrose stover baker stouffville ontario following a gradual decline in health due chiefly to old age sir calvin yake passed away on friday afternoon slay 2 at his late home here sir yake held the distinction of being the oldest living resident who was born and raised in stouit ville he had spent the entire 87 years of his life here being born just acress from the brick residence where he lived practically all his days at the corner of isiain street and the 10th concession the fuiiciyil on monday afternoon took place to the- stouffville cemetery following divine service at the late home conducted by rev sir shantz itevww fleischer and rev e morton active almost to the very last sir yake had been a familiar figure on our streets long beiore the present generation can recall he was the eldest of a family of seven grown up children born to the late sir and sirs hiram yake pioneer settlers here a century ago the elder yakes are quite well remembered by our older residents who recall them as the rugged type of early pioneers they established a hotel business on the opposite corner to where their eldest son died and yakes hotel was known all over the country as a reliable house it was later moved to the south west corn er in those early days before the railway passed this way it was the hub for teamsters and the old pump was a welcome place for the horses as they hauled their loads from uxbridge down the 10th and on to toronto as many as 20 or 30 teams have linetl up all loaded with lumber or grain waiting their turn pt the watering trough calvin yake took over the hotel business from his father when the parents located on their farm in pickering township at the time business was most tnriving a shoe shop stood on the southeast corner from the hotel and as many as sev en men were engaged in making hoots for there wias no machine- made footwear available calvin married susan lmoore a pickering girl who predeceased him two years and to them seven children were born six of whom survive the fjather they are ira yake or toronto amos yake and sirs thorn of stouffville sirs lamb and bruce in western canada and sirs st john of aurora another son hiram died three years ago on slay 2nd pass ing away on the identical date and month as his father of the family of seven children born to the late sir and sirs hiram yake the ueath of calvin the eldest is but the second break in the family the living are sirs ed williams and mrs win harding of stouffville sirs frank cooper of sunderland harmon yake on the farm home stead in pickering and arthur liv ing in stouffville another sister died in chatham a couple of years ago our departed townsman calvin yake was a man of keen intellect and carried on a wide loaning business at one time and few men were better known over the country he was a great reader and was well versed on public matters he enjoy ed talking of the good old days and told the writer about the first hotel ever in stouffville which his father established the building of which was afterwards used as the shoe factory spoken of previously in this article despite his great ago sir yake possessed a bright memory right up to the last and except fqr his fall ing eyesight would have gone about with the alertness of a man of go ills death is as the breaking of a link in the chain which connected the curly life of tho pioneer to that of the present generation rev dr mitchell to leave edmonton pulpit next year will accept chair in st stephens college edmonton alberta weekly market for claremont on the evening of friday april 25th a meeting of the business men of tho village ajul farmers of the immediate vicinity was held in the community hall for the purpose of reorganizing the board of trade the following officers were elected pros b kllpatrlck 1 st vicepres e bryan iid vicepres l fingold secretary treas ohas cooper com mittee h g sicintyro i f dop- king john scott lyman pilkoy the membership fee was fixed at 150 a yearthe board has been at tempting to establish a local mar ket and it has now been definitely decided to hold a weekly market in tho community hall every thursday morning produce of all kinds is re quired buyers will bo on hand and good prices are assured citizens of claremont aro advised that there is a splendid place at which to pur chase their market requirements tho first market will bo held on thursday may sth many farmers will complete seed ing this week while a number have already finished the edmonton journal pastor at the robertson united chuivh since 1924 rev dr thomas hslitchell announced his retirement from his pulpit to take the chair of practical theology at the st stephens theological college here at a meeting of the- board of man agers and elders of the church held wednesday evening dr slitchclls resignation from the church will not take effect until june 1931 and lie will take tho chair at the college at the opening of the fall term in 1931 with the church board desirous of keeping dr slitchell as long as he would stay and expressing sincere re gret at his resignation the pastors application to have his retirement from this pulpit take effect a year lrom junerather than june of 1930 was granted readily i regret leaving the church dr slitchell stated inasmuch as i have been very happy in my work there has met with success since dr slitchell took the pulpit it robertson united church the con gregation roll has more than doubled coo new names being add ed to the lists while the church debt has been largely reduced rev dr isiiitchell lias spent his lifetime in church work he was born at ringwood out and com menced his education at the slark- lam village high school from which institution lie proceeded to the toronto collegiate later he taught school at ringwood for two years before going to the university of toronto from where he graduated in 1s9 having taken honors in i philosophy as a result he was duly honored by the university senate by being appointed examiner in mental and moral science and logic for which subjects he prepared examination papers a twoyear uouise at knox college toronto followed and later a year at the manitoba theological college winnipeg a postgraduate course was taken at harvard university here dr mitchell was fortunate in being able to study under francis peabody in ethics of social questions following his postgraduate work at harvard dr slitchell accepted a call to the first presbyterian church at barre vermont where ho enjoyed 10 years of successful ministry in 1905 he came back to canada and preached for a short time at st enochs toronto and in 190g went to the new st james church at london ontario remaining there for 10 successful years in 1916 he went to st andrews at peterboro ontario and filled the pulpit there for 13 imonths and then was called to old st andrews toronto staying there for three years relief pastor here in 1919 he came to the rohertson church at edmonton staying for one year as a relief pastor beforo going to new westminster bc his health caused him to seek the coast climate at that time and four years later ho was recovered sufficiently to accept the call to the robertson church here when he took the pulpit first in 1919 the congregation urged him to stay but he felt that the change to the coast was necessary he is the author of the drama of life a series of reflections upon shakespeares seven ages he is appealing and effective in his preach ings and his personality suggests un bounded sympathy in a recent interview he declared that if he had his life to live over again he would entcd the ministry i again the ministry give two fine oppor tunities not afforded in any of the other professions he declared they are one for self culture and the other for selfexpression in a modest way dr slitchell credits what success i may have had to a complex of inferiority somehow i have done few things which have given me complete satis- taction he stated i have noticed so often that when i have gone to the pulpit with a cocksure state ot mind my efforts have been a fail ure on tho other hand when i have gone with becoming humility i have had a greater consciousness of power general regret at dr mitchells departure is being expressed by his congregation epresscs regret his honor lieutenantgovernor william egbert most distinguished ot the robertson membership states that he is very sorry indeed to hear of dr mitchells intended departure dr slitchell has been held in very high esteem hy all he states tsiy family and myself have had the greatestof pleasure in attending his church however 1 am very glad to know that ho is not leaving the city he is one of those anen who inspire confidence in those who hear him it gives one great satisfaction to hear his discourses which always are ex tremely interesting he has endear ed himself to his congregation through his manner and ability dr slitchell has contributed in large measure to the upbuilding of robertson church stated dr r b wejls who is also a member of the congregation his work has been a constant source of delight to his people who hold him in the highest affection and esteem the loss to robertson church is great but now that tho decision is made it is a pleasure to knpw that one of our own colleges is to have the benefit of his scholarly influence h w b douglas another mem- ibor of the congregation states it is a great calamity to the church and we can hardly reconcile ourselves to it he was a real source of strength which was farreaching and i be lieve that he is the outstanding preacher in the dominion it is a relief to know however that he will not be leaving for a year and also that he will not bei leaving the city i on the other hand while we are j indeed sorry to lose him we con gratulate him on ills appointment at st stephens college thero is general regret through all the church a y blain k c member of the congregation stated upon learning of dr slitchells resig nation wonderful preacher personally i have known dr slitchell for years and we are very sorry to lose him he has done won derful work here the congregation has grown and the church finances have improved greatly dr slitchell is a wonderful preacher and it will be most difficult to replace him delbert mcfarland musical direc tor of the church said upon learn- in of dr slitchells intended depar ture that the pastor has been loved toy everyone he is a wonderful thinker and reader he stated and his work was something inspiring i am very sorry to hear of him leaving however dr slitchell as a stud ent desires more time to himself and we must not stand in his way personal notes our former townsman sir wilniot browu was in town on slonday sir and sirs karl fielding and friends were entertained iu toronto one evening last week sirs m sloore and daughter and sliss francis sanders all of toronto called on friends in town on sunday sliss slary ramsey and sir andrew leslie of toronto spent the week end with the formrs cousin vera tarr sirs violet stadelbaur has re turned from winnipeg and after spending a few days in town will locate in toronto exreeve f w silvester and wife were in town on tuesday hav ing reopened their cottage at kes wick after wintering iu st peters- a few days ago sir a s leauey was able to be out for an automobile ride following his long illness which had confined hiin to the house all last winter sir aud sirs j cooper of toron to victoria park church were guests with sir and sirs earl davis and the christian church parsonage on sunday last over the week end sir edw llnt- ner the blacksmith had a visit from his brother who has just returned from newfoundland where he set up a couple of printing presses for his employers the slanton bros ltd of toronto sir frank e rao and sisters slisses nettie and alice and sirs turner were in toronto on svednes- day this week attending the funeral of their aunt miss ford the de- cased was a sister of the late mrs james rae aud was in her 90th year council call public meeting the council among the churches presbyterian church rev w h fuller pastor suuday may 11th meeting of the municipal i on slonday evening passed 2 pm sunday school 3 pm evening worship examination dates can collection day the time table forthe annual de partmental examinations for 1930 is in the hands of all schools and the dates are drawing very near high school entrance examinations will commence on slonday june 23rd and continue until friday june 27 lower school exams will commence on thursday june 19th and con tinue until wednesday june 25th middle school commences on slon day june 10th and continues until wednesday june 25th and the upper school examinations will commence on slonday june lfith ending on isionday june 30tlr altona the monthly meeting of the altona womens institute will be held at the homo of sirs henry slack on wednesday slay 11th at 230 pm all mombers are requested to be present as this will be the election of officers the report ot scctreas will be read the roll call will be answered by jokes in accordance with the usual custom the municipal council hereby proclaim as can collec tion day friday may 16th householders ore requested to place old cans and other junk convenient to the roadway so that the collectors may easily lift it old junk of all kinds will he removed but not vegetable matter by order of council h w sanders reeve not speeding when accident happened isrr eli hoover of the sth conces sion of slarkham resents the impli cation made in this paper last week that he was driving at a high rate of speed when his car came into con tact with the car drivon by walter sliller on the ringwood road in which collision sir sliller sustained a broken knee cap sir hoover stales that the car ot sir slortson of j victoria sqnaro which stood on the i roadside obscured his view duo to please remember the mothers day headlights and ho believed there yomlg ople iie m music and readings ballantrae the ladles aid met this week when the monthly business was transacted in the absence of our president sirs h klrby through the sickness of sir klrby sirs earl connor our vice president rendered excellent ability we aro fortunate in having a good president and an able vicepresident the morton sar which he grazed on tho side this sideswipe damaged his steering wheel which isir hoover ex plains caused him to run into sir sillier sly car was nearly stopped when we struck said sir hoover and i did not feel the force of the collision enough to move mo from tho seat gormle mrs eli housberger is recovering from a bad fall down the stair steps sir percy coher has moved to victoria square sorry to see the cobers leave our congenial centre annual lovefeast services will be observed at the brethren in christ church here this week end the wedding of mabel hlrs and earl doner was solemnized on wed nesday this week congratulations young folks naomi the little daughter of clar ence iloise suffered a broken wrist hy playing at cranking her fathers car svo welcome sirs barkey home again after a period in the new market hospital much improved jn health mr robert weatheral who farmed on the breuls property at ringwood has located in our section welcome to sir and mrs weatheral lewis scliell visited his mother here recently he is going to the usa as his position has been wip ed out witli the stopping of the metropolitan line that was a splendid photo of sir isadore wideman in the tribune of april 21th he sure put our line on the map we expected alvin farmer home from the hospital on wednesday our young auctioneer will surely be on the auction block again this fall to the pleasure of all of us now that the bylaw has tarried to operate the old metropolitan railway system a portion of the liability for which belongs to chose farmers in markham township living near yonge street it will be tho duty of the slarkhani council to see that no part of the cost of operating this line may at any time be chargeahle against the remaining portion of the township which is not interested in the line in any way goodwood charlie feasby has erected a new garage at the rear of his store a slarkham farmer was in the village on saturday looking for seed potatoes which appear to be not too plentiful especially it you dont know where to got them when the thunder storm was on last week the reflection of a fire could ho seen to the east where a barn was struck at utica sliss sara jane alsop has return ed to our village after spending the winter with her brother on the town- lino orval roach tho stouffville paper hanger was hero redecorating the house the fine dry weather of tho past few days just suited sir dan wagg who is enjoying a new whlppot car our village has been unduly quiet because all the farmers are busy seeding last saturday when your scribe made his rounds the only flut ter of news wo heard was that fred sllddloton had left the bachelor club but even this proved to bo falso when wo called at his head quarters our football club intend holding a box social in the hall hero on the evening of friday slay lgth a pro gram with a 4 act comedy the road to the city will be glvcn by sandfdrd younc people president geo todd secretary w a hender son and manager slorley symes hope for a big crowd read the posters i for further details off almost featureless while th amount of business to transact was not onerous walter brilllnger o behalf of brillinger bros complain ed about the damage caused by drains emptying onto their farm lauds council promised to look into the complaint some discussion took place when a small bill for less than 2 was presented for payment by j boad- way the amount of it didnt bother the legislators but the fact that the goods were got back iu 1926 rather startled them the late j urquhart was clerk at that time and council held account for further enquiry councillor ward introduced the matter of tin can day which was set for friday slay 16th he also en quired if members had received j any complaints against condition of the back yards on church street just off slain street some members point ed out there was no law to enforce tldeness and so long as yards did not become unsanitary the board of health or council had no jurisdic tion councillor borinsky asked council to take steps to have a survey ot the water users made this was con curred in by resolution of council and one or two men will be appoint ed to call on all water users from tho town system making a record of taps used bathrooms lawn uses etc it was felt that some extensions had been made to the system that have never been reported and some are paying for lawn watering while others get the privilege without pay ing even though it costs only 50c for lawn water it is not fair to place this charge on some while others do not pay it the reeve asked for a public meet ing for friday evening to discuss th road question with the ratepayers engineers will be present to give facts and all information and the york road commission have expres sed their willingness to build a cem ent roadway through the town they to bear the whole cost of the centre 20 feet and the village all width over this the meeting was set for 730 the assessors roll was received and information concerning it will appear in our next issue ail members were present reeve sanders presiding with the weather so far this week has been extremely warm and the heat is the great topic of discussion an agitation has long been going for a new high school building in slarkham village and the economist says the opposition is practically faded away surely stouffville will have her first high school before slarkham has her second one the claim of frank slowder for damages amounting to 17 has been refused by the insurance company protecting the corporation of stouff ville against damage to persons us ing our streets sir slowder ran into a pile of dirt where town men had been digging and damaged his car to the extent of the claim raker hull ami sixth link baptist churches w s whitcombe ba pastor suuday may 11th 1030 am bakor hill 7 pm sixth lino united chuflcu op canada rev h 3 waaren b a pastor sunday may 11th 10 am sunday school 11 am s s and congregation join in slothors day service 7 pm the eternal quest baftest church rev w w fleischer pastor sunday slay 11th 10 am bible school 11 am subject the christian his walk his work and his growth 7 pm subject at what age should a slan retire prayer sleetings wednesday s pm sunday 615 pni bloosnxgton nnd ringwood christian churches e slorton pastor sunday slay 11th next sunday will be mothers day lot us have a good look at mother again that we might understand her better a mothers day program will be rendered at each of the sunday schools and then you are invited to worship at bloomington 11 am ringwood 230 pm and altona 7 pm remember your flower stouffville and church hill christian churches f vs hyde minister sunday slay 11th 10 am stouffville sunday school 11 am the woman of the home 2 pm church hill sunday school 3 pm a slothers love 7 pm a slothers pay special music at the evening service we invite all who havent a church home and are strangers iu our town to worship with us a cor dial welcome to all mr g p burton is acting as re lieving agent at the cnjr depot during the illness of sir hodgins ratepayers meeting a meeting of all ratepayers and the business mens association is called for friday evening slay 9th at 730 pm to be held in the civic building over the fire hall the purpose o the meeting is to dispuss tho costs and advis ability of laying a new roadway through slain street engineer rose and engieer babcock will be present to lay the matter before the ratepay ers every property owner is finan cially interested and is invited to be present and express his views it w- sanders reeve qfrauel stye 2ctng a litgtjutatj daily coach services stouffville toronto single 95c return 170 leave stouffville 625 am z 1040 am z 240 pm v 725 pm standard time leave toronto z 800 am z 100 pm 430 pm z 915 pm 7 saturday sunday and holidays only coach connections at toronto for montreal ottawa barrie orillia schomberg cookstown hamilton brantford niagara falls buffalo and intermediate points coach connections at buffalotfor all u s a points gray coach lines