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thursday december 22 1932 christmas gifts that please last minute suggestions mens gift socks holeproof and other good makes are represented in these socks fine long wearing wools and silk and wools reinforced for extra wear in smart now pat terns and designs in a large variety of colors size- 10 to 11 at 40 and 05c per pair mens fixe dress scarfs of super quality silk that will wash well made in square and reefer style a very useful and serviceable gift price 125 to 200 all wool scarfs reefer style si 00 mid 150 boys gut ties 2 for 19c neatly arranged on card and celloplane wrapped a wide range of colors that boys like to wear colors blue tan green brown stripes and small pattern 12 for 49c belts and bcckies heckok belt buckles in brown black and grey packed in gift boxes boys sizes 24 to 50 50c each mens sizes 32 to 44 5075 1 heckok sets consisting of braces and garters and garters and arm bands also braces arm bands and garters boxed separately price range from 25c to 150 scores of other items suitable for christmas gifts now on display come in and look around r e curtis phone 1602 stouffville ont heres to a merry christmas filled to the brim with cheer for ford and other owners to last all the coming year d holden ford dealer phone 184 stouffville ontario t3ississsisss3isssstissssssi notes and comments heres hoping that santa glaus will never be taxed out of existence joseph andrusjkiewicz was one of those naturalized at sudbury the other day well joe whats your other name the old hippodrome theatre in new york city sold the other day for 100000 just after the war it changed hands at 1700000 the price of ontario hogs has hardly slumped that much m a number of municipalities which advertised their nomiuaton meetng to take place on friday before christmas day have had to change this announcement and revert to the statutory time for holding the meet ing which is monday dee 2tith the law says the meeting shall be held on that day unless the day falls on sunday or christmas day in which case nomination shall be call ed for the friday previous monday dec 26th is not christmas day al though it is or will be observed as such by many people m too many people ave whining about the depression bad as it is some were never better off in their lives there are still those who have not lost their money and who get their interest regularly but if they are complaining such people are real parasites on humanity it is their duty to cheer those who are down and otherwise help them in a tangible form nothing could be more conemptible than to hear com plaints from some men who really never had so much money as they have today an estate of 1s4s991 was left by mary jane booth toronto widow of the late dr booth former pastor of stouffville methodist church who died nov 13th legatees who re side in shelburne ont are charles l morgan soninlaw 1000 mar garet m william r and alison u morgan grandchildren 500 each ethel h morgan daughter residue of estate assets are cash 3s1239 bonds 1209105 stocks 30 house hold goods 2105 personalty 34450 interest in w b booth estate 107 dr booth who died three months ago also left an estate of considerable size uxbridge twp council tax collector reported only 10300 owins on 1931 tax bill m are you prepared for the coming holiday season an early selection of articles to iill up your gift list will save you a great deal of worry fa and anxiety and our stock is now very complete so that you will have a much fa wider choice you will find quality and price equal to anything you can pur- fa chase elsewhere a small deposit will reserve any article for you bath robes on your christmas to help you in making up your christmas fj list list we are listing a few items 3 these are really wonderful value and aeroplanes strong and well made 25c-40c- 5 make a lovely gift- eiderdown kith satin trucks and autos 25c a binding smartly cut with large collar and large dump trucks 75c fa cuffs in blue and gray blue pink and rose jig s puzzles 49c m rose and gray and blue and brown purses 152935c fa 20 to 450 sz spinning tops lac fis a blanket for baby diarys 25c m these are the lovely esmond blankets jj cushions 29c m in blue and pink and are full size 30x40 j nr jig a most acceptable gift for the babv bab rattles 101525c fa 79c 95c and 125 shopping bags 2535c m radio covers and table runners- jewel boxes 1525c fa these radio covers and runners add a games of a11 kmds real touch of beauty to a room they are in jardineires floral and oriental patterns and exceedingly e 0 it attractive color combinations a most desir- make a very usefu and acceptable gift we able gift 59c to 225 have ln a wlde vanet 0 l and at j8 all prices 2oc to 300 m stencilled cushions with backs m these are attractive and easily worked glassware designs on good quality cotton a very an infinite variety in cut glass plain and jg pretty and inexpensive gift 19c colored unusual shapes with dainty cutting an opportunity particular people no gift could be more w a gift bag special acceptable a wide range of prices fa a splendid line of all leather bags in gift china js assorted styles and colors with zipper fas- wc carry such a large stock of china that we m tenors a wonderful bag for the money- are confident that we can supply your wants jj p aml si- in odd china pieces or sets dishes in all 7s other styles of hand bags up to sooo shapes and for all purposes with artistic caps and scarf sets decorations visit our china department fa attractive in style and color just the nivvirt sft thing for school skating or driving warm uifnfsu11 aciia and cosy 125 to 195 0ne of our finc french limoges or english j t txt t t imc semiporcelain dinner services would nvke ji special in alltt ool hose alt idea gift for m make her proud w we have only a few dozen of these well- and happy on christmas morning with one fa known diamond knee hose for boys and 0 these lovely sets in english ware 895 up fa girls so we are clearing them out at slaugter in french limoges 2450 up fa prices- up to size 8 former price 1 now 59c ij over size 8 former price 125 now s9c dolls dolls s allwool heavy ribbed hose splendid wear- such a variety of lovely dolls to bring joy ing qualities formerly 85c and 100 to the hearts of the little ones fa now 49c and 75c we have them at 5c to 500 fa the w h shaw store phone 9512 stouffville ontario fa fa lxbridge township council met on thursday dec 15th with all mem bers present the reeve mr cather- wood in the chair the minutes 01 previous meeting read and confirmed the school attendance ofiicer re ported two pupils in ss xo 1 not attending school on account of priva tions and the want of shoes messrs conaut annis of oshawa advised that the court hearing the reach twp appeal will sit on same in court house whitby on dec 19 thereby completing the matter tho townline adjustment commit tees report was received andjaddpted the annual report of the local board of health was also received and adopted said report showed the township had been exceptionally free of contagious diseases xot one case of scarlet fever diphtheria etc had been reported to the hoard dur ing the year mr d mcdonald tax collector having since last meeting of council returned his roll for year 1931 completed showing 7340 taxes can celled and 403 5 to be returned to county treasurer for collection out of a total roll of 3t4077 mr mcdonald was very highly compli mented by council for the manner in which he had made the collection accomplished witholit one distress the usual contingent bylaw was given its several readings and passed mr elmer still manager of the stouffville branch of bank of com merce gave the council a friendly call and after wishing the council well and tlte compliments of the sea son presented them with a box of the best chocolate the following road accounts were passed and payment made scott twp townline adjustment for 1032 231 27 reach twp townline adjustment for 1932 4 7s pickering twp townline adjustment for 1932 145 32 w p carmody drag etc 1 10 a g clark grad and grav 3340 b mcguckin filling washout 7 20 ira stiner cleaning ditch repair bridge 1050 m alsop building wire fence 1 go d symes dragging 1100 i jackson filling washout g 00 r morgan drag cut weeds s so t a wilson piles and timber hook bridge 505 3g j w gould services hook bridge 4 00 d j kean engineering services hook bridge 35 00 uxbridge hardware co gas and oil hook bridge s so geo etwell gas and oil for coun ty tractor is 10 irobt steuart work on sandy hook bridge 12 clif lee filling washout repair ing bridge ii dickinson dragging a hockley jr filling washout a wagg grad and grav a james gravelling m wagg 4s yds gravel w j wagg c tilo ci manloy gravand gravel j johnson 39 yds gravel r blueman 50 rds fence d morris 4 0 rds fence w locke grav ana gravel county troas rental county gra der tractor go 00 a number of other accounts were passed and will appear in the finan cial statement just before adjournment the fol lowing resolution was unanimously passed by council that wo as members of tho council of t ho town ship of uxbridge hereby desire to express our appreciation to our reeve mr cathcrwood for the very courteous manner extended to us in dealing witli the affairs of the town ship during tlie past year we also believe you have used your best en deavor in hie interest of the town ship as a whole tho reeve gave a very satisfactory reply also thank ing tlie council for their friendly co operation in transacting the business of the township farmers mass meeting demands inflation of currency as relief measure 70 5 00 2 go 1 40 30 40 1g 0 0 7 20 7 50 20 75 5 8s 15- 00 12 oo is 05 the representative mass meeting of ontario farm people which met in toronto at the lime of the annual enveutiou of the united farmers of ontario passed a resolution approv ing of currency inflation they sent their demands to tho ill me minister right honorable r b bennett by wire advocated the circulating of a petition and asked head office of the united farmers of ontario to assume the responsibility and work of circu lating the petition throughout the province the telegram to the prime minis ter read as follows representa tive mass meeting of ontario farm ers demand immediate inflation to point where prices of farm products shall be sufficient to meet fixed char ges restore purchasing power and maintain decent standards of giving present desperate condition makes such action imperative as a moans of informing the min ister of finance immediately of how urgently this relief measure is need ed we are asking the newspapers of tho province to cooperate witli the farm people by publishing a aioliftca- tion of the petition in the form of a brief letter to the minister of finance which you will find below this is the problem of every citizen and each reader can do his or her part at once by signing it cut it ouf and mailing it direct to hon e n rhodes minis ter of finance house of commons ottawa xo stamp is needed on the letter in place of a stamp mark it 011 ms then there is one other thing that you can do if you wish to make the request of the ontario farm people as emphatic as it should be it is this drop a line to the united farmers of ontario duke and george sts tor onto 2 out saying that you will circulate tho petition in your com munity we need one or more vol unteers in every school section of every township in the province when writing please mention the paper in which you saw the announce ment and the appeal for volunteer workers to hon e x rhodes minister of finance ottawa dear sir as an emergency and temporary measure to avoid widespread bank ruptcy and suffering we demand de preciation of the canadian dollar in terms of sterling accompanied by- such an expansion of currency as will result in a marked increase both in domestic prices and m the price re ceived for export commodities theve- by reestablishing a more just rela tionship between debtors and credi tors buyers and sellers boots shoes signed scarboro defaults when seven municipalities on the windsor border already in charge of boards of supervisors the township of scarboro adjacent to toronto is now added to the list of defaulters and a board will lie appointed to take charge of its affairs while it is ex plained that the supervisors are not dictators the act gives them wide powers subject to an appeal to the ontario municipal board anil tlie icsult will doubtless be a whole some improvement in the finances of the township it is tho first one in the toronto area to report default but a similar suggestion has bean made in some others the effect of all this will undoubtedly be to revive tho metropolitan area project which premier george s henry champion ed while still a subordinate in he ferguson cabinet the measure which he prepared and later with drew contemplated a contribution by toronto to the educational and other expenses of adjoining municipalities which with tho city constitute a greater toronto but which have not the assessment advantages which the great downtown district gives the city proper melville mr and mrs j cooney and grant spent friday last in barrie mr john wegg and miss gertie wcgg had sunday dinner with mr and mrs j widemau tho farmers are busy these days helping eacli other to butcher poor piggie christinas services at melville ss on sunday dec 25th special col lection in aid of the sick childrens hospital toronto we understand that francis nigh molly mcewen and marion lotton are on tlie sick list we hope they will soon be around again tho community was shocked to hear of tho death of mrs hastings on saturday last our sympathy is extended to the family in their ber eavement mr and mrs c w knowles and daughter shirley and miss lillian evans of toronto had sunday din ner with mr and mrs archie flem ing keep friday evening dec 23rd open for the christmas concert in melville public shool there wiil be a good program consisting of choruses drills dialogues and reci tations beginning at s pm every body welcome george hoover chairman tho thieves who broke into the school house last week were also in the church but had evidently been tightened away as things had been left on the table in the basement they also took a valuable gun from archie flemings garage and chick ens from harvey houcks leaving tlie stable doors open on tho animals at time of writing they are still at large the annual meeting of tho wa was held at the homo of mrs powell on wednesday dec 14th the follow ing officers were elected hon president mrs j xigh president mrs w topham vicepres mrs gayman secretary mrs e xigh asst sec miss j carruthers treasurer mrs p spofford asst treas mrs a fleming organist miss m carruthers ways and means com mrs powell mrs cooney mrs w loji- man mrs a smith mrsh spofford 0vur for a uerrg fa o lehman the shoe store quality phone 4 301 p7 service salt tile cold weather is coining prepare for it by having your bins filled with the best we carry the famous- philadelphia reading anthracite welsh anthracite pocohantas coal also feeds pastry flours and seeds coal coke cement s w hastings phone 169 stouffville ont ioexoi xoexor loaoc tgtgtgtgtg 1 a o g sincere greetings and all good wishes for christmas and a bright happy new year j is the message broadcast from 1 stouffville creamery co lodhot ioe loxaoc o i o j editors troubles that an editors troubles are not all local was indicated in the tribune sanctum only recently by several sharp comments sent us through the mail xo less than two staunch champions of president herbert hoover told us in no uncertain words by letter that we were wrong in our expression of opinion of the esteemed statesman at the head of affairs in uncle sams coun try we believe our american read ers once stouffville residents are correct in their diagnosis of tho high character of their present loaderbut as for his high tariff platform well wo just cant get over oraround it then again wo have gotten into trouble with some of the good women in markham village our neighbors staged a chicken pie supper in tho southern village and part of the tribune ofiice staff as well as some bloomington lovers of chicken ar rived late and didnt even got a piece of neck in reporting that our friends had been eaten out of house and home as the saying is wo nearly gol our feathers plucked out xovor- theless last week markham church choir staged a second supper and as if to prove that tho hen roosts were not all depression there was so much chicken on mnd that ono stouffville patrons informs us he was invited to have a second plate as tho admission vas only 25c he may- have been ashamed to accept tho generosity of tho hostesses but tho fact is thero was enough and to spare stewart beare phono markham 2603 or to brathwaites hardware 960i radio repairing a service you will appreciate say it with flowers- xo expression of sentiment more beautiful flowkhs fok every occasion muston sons phono 7001 stoufivllie out tho new stand groceries marmalade largo jar 35c catsups largo bottle ise jello 4 pkgs 2j5c peanut butter per jar 20c soda biscuits 2 lbs 35c fig rolls 2 lbs c christmas candies etc at prilcs a w- scott stouffvlllo west from post office