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thursday december 1 1932 siciissfil local happenings mrs levi hoover ha3 returned to town to reopen her home on main street after an extended stay with her sister at zephyr f e rae tailor has some choice remnants on the sale counter call and seo them we are also showing newest style readytowear over coats and suits at low down price our local tailor mr john monk- house was forced to remain at home for several days owing to ill health and as a consequence was missed from his accustomed place of business on imain street last week dr and mrs herbert freel and family are occupying dr ira freels home for the winter months mr and mrs imcxeeley and mrs john postill ox markham also mr and mrs w s hare of temperance- ville spent a day this week at the home of mr james mowat mrs james mccullough has clos ed her home on obrien ave and has left for toronto to spend the winter the village of ripley near walk- erton has a municipal wood pile and every transient to the town is introduced to the pile for two or three hours before he obtains free me als and lodging over night why not start christmas gifts very cheap and at its best collecting those i now tnlngs are the assortment is tuesday evening december 20th the church hill christian church is having a christmas entertainment everybody is invited our genial station master mr j r hodgins is off duty for a few weeks and is spending the time in toronto where he is undergoing special treatment for his eyes dur ing his absence the trains are being dispatched by an old stouffvilie boy wajtor burkholder son of mrs nelson burholder of town mr burkholder has been relieving in this division for somo the general opinion of the deer hunters wh o recently returning agent from the north country is that lime hunting without dogs is poor sport for them several of the huntsmen tell is that they would in a hltle sunday school not go north again unless the regu lation is changing regarding the dogs and some of them got their deer too females not wanted over the doorway at the entrance to mr jacob yakes watch repair shop upstairs in the silvester block there hangs a sign reading females twelve keep out or words to this effect miles from st marys last sunday while we are not sure what the the minister was telling the chil- genial proprietor means by issuin dren about the great need in the this warning to the fair sex we home mission field this winter he were wondering if he had become asked how many children would nervous just at the fag of leap ratcliffs hall was comfortably filled on friday evening for the play step on it stan presented by tlio markham dramatic club under auspices ot the stouffvilb oddfellows lodge the splendid audience was delighted with th performance and the markham cast are to be congratulated on their dramaturgy the cast all did well ind pleased the patrons which after all is everything that could be saturday evening the thermometer desired proceeds of the evening f e rae tailor has some choice remnants on the sale counter call and see them we are also showing newest style ready-to- wear overcoats and suits at low down prices scores of fish houses dot the lake at beaverton and good catches are reported according to the beaverton express fish were sold from door to door in stouff- ville last week at 13c each caught at jacksons point r e brown is daily shipping car lots of turnips to canadian and american centres from the local depot at present the price paid the farmers is 7c per bushel mr and imrs lloyd hoover have taken up housekeeping in mrs nelson mowders house on clark street westend mrs mowder has gone to toronto where she will spend the winter with her daughter if the weather does not turn mild this weekend there is a possibility of the arena opening on saturday if however jack frost is not on the job pretty lively the opening date will be postponed give up the price of a stick of gum to help the little children out west many littlo folks assented to this sacrifice one small lad not to be outdone in sacrifice caused a laugh by piping up ill go without soap year the customary saturday night crowd in town was reduced to a j i minimum last week owing to the severity of the weather at 11301 will be devoted to relief work which embodies any worthy per sons in need te lodge is not re taining any part of the proceeds for their own treasury registered at zero while it has been very cold all day although there is considerable ice on the road motoring is good excepting be tween goodwood and uxbridgel where a few drifts now frozen pro- vide a very rough track for cars rev w s whitcombe former pastor of baker hill and markham 2nd baptist church congregations where he spent part of his student days preached to a capacity house in the stouffvilie baptist church on i sunday evening the splendid congregation representative of all the denominations in town and i many of mr whitcombes baptist friends on his old charge were among those present he preached a strong and impressive sermon on jjohn 1 chapter 5 the subject of his text being how shall we know if we are saved betty beauty shop for bobbed hair only shampoo finger wave 75c shampoo marcel 75c special for one week december 1 to december 7th finger wave 50c marcel 50c shampoo 50c hot oil treatment for dry hair a scalp treatment for fljl dandruf pivu including shampoo telephone stouffvilie 320g quality service ttlr ernest ratcliff is serving on jury in the supreme court at the fall assizes in toronto earl clendenning who has been at home with his father mr harvey clendenning has returned to windsor to resume his duties as mounted police in that city 24 lbs first prize flour 39c fulopep egg mash scratch grain feed wheat cracked corn whole corn cornmeal hominy feed schumacher feed oilcake meal tankage bonemeal big sixty beaf scrap oyster shell grit coal coke having installed a modern heavy duty electric surface grinder we are prepared to sharpen all kinds of clipper plates food chopper plates and sausage machine plates e a button hardware dr d c smith talked to the mem bers of the united church mission band on monday afternoon on the proper icare of the teeth which proved highly interesting between thirty and forty members of the organization received the instruction yes its pleasant to have your baking done if its done in our bakery instead of in your own home the pure- food ingredients of our bread and pastry thoroughly mixed and baked with expert skill bring to your home the acme of the bakers art when you order our goods by name stouffvilie bakery ajibrose stover prop mrs ira g crosby of uxbridge aged 94 years suffered a slight stroke on thursday morning of last week and was unfortunate to fall against the stove when overcome imrs crosby sustained severe burns about the side of her body but is gallantly making recovery her limbs were affected by the stroke but she never lost consciousness and is able to talk with those in her sick room although it is a long span of years since the wheeler i family were actively engaged in business in stouffvilie mrs crosby who is a member of that family still has a number of old friends here and many admirers who will wish for her a speedy re covery although she is probably uxbridges oldest citizen mrs cros by possesses a bright mind and is an interesting personage depite her i length of years among those who attended the wardens banquet at the king edward hotel in toronto on thurs day evening of last week were mr and mrs j s dougherty mr and mrs blake sanders councillor m e and mrs watts imrs mcgrogan and dorothy all guests of reeve w e morden reeve kidd and deputy reeve newton rae mr and mrs seneca baker mr morgan baker and councillor r e rat- cliff all of whitchurch were also at the banquet imr seneca baker was the oldest exwarden present and was an interested guest at the annual feast the christian endeavor society of ringwood went to bloomington last week and gave a good program at the endeavor service the music given by the orchestra and singing by the young ladies quartette was specially enjoyed a good audience was pre sent and was pleased with the entire service a social time was spent after the program was rendered somo of our people who have not had a ride in a steam propelled train for a long time will take ad vantage of the cheap trip to toron to this week when the round faro from the local depot is only 50 cents good over sunday of mens extra quality sweater coats these sweaters are made from heavy all wool yarns in in varsity stitch with double shawl collars and come in colour combination of black maroon grey with con trasting color trim and will make an ideal christ mas gift- size 36 to 42 last years price 475 special price this week 365 boys leather helmets made of genuine leather with ad justable goggles with metal rims and are lined with an alhvool lining which assures warmth and com fort for cold weather color black or brown size 6 to 7 price each 85c cordurry breeches boys breeches of heavy quality dark brown corduroy fully lined in laced below the knee style with leather knee and double seat which en sures extra wear price paii- mr and mrs paul boadway will move this week into their new solid brick house just being completed on north church street built on the modern square plan the new boad way residence presents a splendid appearance and is fully equipped with modern conveniences including hot water heating the place is well windowed a feature which is being given more attention in all modern homes nowadays the proprietor one of the younger married men of the community and manager of the dominion stores here is to be con gratulated on his enterprise and the wish of mr and mrs boadways friends is that they be long spared to enjoy the comforts of a happy life in surroundings so pleasant the rev john mutch wartime minister of the local presbyterian church stouffvilie and a popular pastor here for three years has accepted a call to knox united church regina irev mr mutch is now pastor of the fort jmassey church at halifax one of the largest church es in the maritime conference the people of the fort massey church turned out in full force to say a re luctant goodbye to rev and mrs mutch who had spent six years in their midst on the occasion of their farewell the death of william irwin of aurora which occurred on monday afternoon of this weak will come as a great surprise to the many who knew him here his illness of some duration was not generally known of locally mr irwin was 73 years old and for years farmed south of stouffvilie in markham as well as north on the sth concession of whit church a few years ago he re tired in aurora the late imr irwin is survived by an invalid wife and by three sons also by three brothers robt and samuel of stouffvilie and adam of winnipeg also three sisters mrs mcnair of buffalo mrs ashbura aurora and imrs leslie hodgins of stouffvilie interment took place at the aurora cemetery on wednesday afternoon we have for sale mr robt miller special table turnips stiver bros phone 4501 stouffvilie ont auction sale real estate and household furniture the undersigned has received instructions to sell by public auction at trie promises the following goods and real estate belonging to the estate of late maggie pryne ballantrae on saturday dec 3rd 1932 the following property 185 r e curtis phono 1c02 stouffvilie ont wonderful bargain at todays low prices with findlay stoves at the lowest prices in years now is the timo to buy to enjoy from today the cooking and heating comfort cne of these famous stoves will give you although findlay prices are lower findlay quality is as high as ever como in and look over tho various models fyw brathwaite balldware stouffville ontario on wednesday of last week harry stover eldest son of our local baker returned from a twelve weeks period spent in the high river district of alberta he was employed by a farmer named bert roland at mazeppa and was one of 15 farm hands on the place the men occupied bunk houses but were comfortablo and well fed roland works 1800 acres of land and cropped 1275 but in addition har vested goo acres for another farm er wheat turned out at 65 to 70 bushels to tho acre and seed jats at 90 bushels and iroland had 120 acres of oats crop failure is un known in tho mazeppa territory two farmers in the district where harry was employed aro former residents ot this part of york county being william widoman and isaac miller both working quarter sections and had excellent crops this year as us ual after pitching sheaves over such a rangy farm for so many weeks harry comes home convinc ed that punching dough in his fathers bakery is almost like a holiday from the still more muscu lar job ho was almost a week mak ing tho homeward journey be- causo his train was stuck in the snow at estevan sask for two days tho assinlboia district is covered with deep snow conse quently the lino was some timo getting cleared and tho travellers had to content themselves in tho junction town of 3000 population while a rightofway was being made harry resumed his old posi tion in tho stouffvilie bakery on monday berths ryan on november 10 1932 to mr and imrs maitland ryan of rcglna a daughter louise jane dora mitchell mr a d morris of rochester mich was in town last week and re mained over tuesday for the funeral of the late marion grace burnett mr morris says there is some slight busi ness improvement across the line since the american elections are out ot the way but like the ontario farmer the yankee tiller of the soil is not lying on any bed of roses either ho knew of a farm which sold for 24000 in good times which today ho says would not bring more than 6000 mr morris is himself man ager of a large farm for a city owner the death of miss eva burk- liolder aged 22 years occurred at the home of her father on the 9th concession of markham two and a half miles south of stouffvilie on saturday of last week miss burk holder since her mothers death had been housekeeper for her father but some weeks ago con tracted sore throat and finally pneumonia after the sore throat seemed to have been gone she was the eldest daughter of mr levi burkholder and besides her father is survived by two sisters and one brother miss burkholder possessed a very beautiful character and her death at so young an age is deeply regretted the funeral on tuesday took place to the widoman cemetery for interment the service in the church was very impressive and was in charge of mr leonard hoover and imr thos reesor tho latter speaking for a short time single bed and springs 2 beds springs and mattresses 2 feather beds 5 feather pillows 2 stands parlor table set quilting frames curtain stretchers lantern linolium cook stove 4 coal oil lamps double lamp rocking chair queen heater kitchen table gasoline lamp wringer 8 kitchen chairs g diningroom chairs 2 couches sideboard two clocks stove pipes terms household goods cash albert clark ww lazenhy glass jars executors findlay tortoise stove extension table fall leaf table glass cupboard washing machine lawn mower new s cords 1 hardwood numerous other articles real estnto the property consists of half acre of ground with good rrame dwelling also good barn and garage will be offered subject to a reserve bid terms announced at time of sale sale at 1 oclock f w silversides auct merchants half day holi- in simcoe the half holiday in the stores has been a question of de bate the reformer is summing up the matter says judging by the attitude of a number of loading simcoe merchants no extension of the half holiday idea to make it a in the year round affair is likely since mr w h lever who was employ ed with stiver bros stouffvilie 18 years ago was in town on tuesday spending a few hours among old friends mr lever conducts a grist mill in tho fairview district second concession of markham his mill is operated by hydro power using a 40 hp motor and chopping is done at sc the jolly miller says the farmers are hard hit but business is not so bad as it might be the lever family have not forgotten stouffvilie and follow the events here with interost through tho columns of this paper each week the death of marion grace bur nett 15yearold daughter of mr and mrs w h burnett of bloom ington cast a real gloom over the district on sunday when it was learned that tho young life had wing ed to tho great beyond ill only a tew days the doctors were baffled to determine tho exact nature dt her illness it is believed that she may have suffered somo inward trouble as a result of having been knocked down and mauled quite severely a few weeks ago by a cross cow all that medical skill and tender nurs ing could do was done to no avail marlon was a pupil of the blooming- ton public school a member of the christian church sunday school and a bright winsome girl beloved by all her playmates sho is tho only daughter but besides tho parents there are three brothers the funeral on tuesday afternoon was conducted from the late home to tho bloomington comotery tho ser vice being in chargo of rev e morton tho family pastor pall bear ers wore tho following young men william morris edward imorrls noel storry eugeno lemon and marvin lemon dutchtongue a great many friends last weeks issue in which reference from stouffvilie and district were in was made to it several merchants attendance have told the reformer that they would not favor the idea in fact they feel that the wednesday half- holiday for five months in the year makes plenty inroads into their business without extending it one leading business man has figured out that about ten per cent of what would otherwise bo business hours- is lost through half and full holi days during the year viewed in this light it is little wonder that the majority of business men are opposed to tho adoption ot an in creased halfholiday schedule n canadians learn canada travel from the towns and villages of canada into the major cities and viceversa from tho cities to tho towns and villages as well as intercity travel has been given an unprecedented impetus by the policy of tho canadian pacific railway in in troducing the low rate bargain return excursion feature into the companys activities during the current year since february last and up to mid- novcoiber for the east of canada tho railways passenger department gives a figure of 65000 pas sengers who have availed themselves of these ex ceptional opportunities to familiarize themselves with the dominion the beautiful countryside of canada in all its seasonal aspects has been brought to the doors of the city dweller and the people of tho cities havo learned to get acquainted with their fellowcitizens of other cities to a degree probably unparalleled in canadian history by this innovation in railway operation distances have been annihilated by theso extremely low fares and from the maritime provinces to montreal from montreal to the bor ders of western ontario to tho capital of canada to tho ancient city of quebec to toronto london and on to windsor detroit and chicago and to scores of intermediate places there is scarcely a point that has not been brought into close touch with all others