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stouffville thursday february 16th1933 local happenings imr walter barkey who conduct a large laundry business in brant- ford was a guest of mr thos williamson over the weekend mr barkey is a native of stouffville rev herbert lee who received a knockout blow from old man flu a couple of weeks ago was able to rise again last week and is now on the way to recovery townspeople will be glad to learn harry stover who is taking a special course in the art of baking bread and cakes was home from guelph over the weekend the tribune is very anxious to secure a correspondent at bethesda or the immediate district free copy of paper and stationery and post age supplied lets get central whitchurch on the map hrough the columns of the local paper imiss marjorie meriens turned from spending month in toronto has re- the past her friends in town will be pleased to know that miss helen rowbotham is able to be out again j after her long and serious illness with eye trouble rl owing three rinks of local curlers were entertained by the strathcona club in toronto on monday with one of on thursd our local business men f y w aie a brathwaite as special host aljtown was though they lost all three gamesfebruary the stouffville rink appreciated the this issue splendid tlmo accorded by their host the visiting rinks were skipped by f l button thos burkett and w r sanders the stouffville choral society who i will render an olde tyme concerte reme cold weathjhere on february 24 is giving their last the farm stock original concert which was ren- storrys north of derod on january 13 in tho town tponed until monday 0 aurora on march 10th the con- display adv in cert will bo broadcast over cfrb 3501 g r clendoning of markham village has opened a branch office for his undertaking business in stouffville ho has purchased the store premises one door west of the the mansion house and opened this opens this week and fans are ad- week with george courtney in j vised to keep a close watch on the charge mr and mrs courtney bulletin boards moved here op monday and have past years have taken up residence in the apartment ful hockey over the office it least sinco stouffville had a double birthday was featured j meat specials round steak 15 in one of our westeud homes on pound pork chops trimmed 2 lbs j friday mrs f v silversides and for 25 and sausage 9c pound or 3 granddaughter ruth nendick for 25c get your requirements at both entered another year of life i these low prices tait bros phono am we j their friends in exteud- i this season annual hockey tournament these contests in produced wonder- and will do so again ten gold watches will lug happy greetings is fifteen years a second he presented to tho winning team the c x r is running an excur sion along this lino from toronto north on february is the fare from the city to stouffville is only 50c and should bring back a num ber of old friends to spend the week end in townregular fares will apply going to toronto undertaking establishment eat stouffville bread i i its reliable and richly made 6 cents per loaf 17 tickets for 100 stouffville bakery ambrose stover prop calling at the office of this paper stouffville hockey team forfeited last week to renew his subscription their right to enter the play oft for mr henry hoovej of the gth of the district in the oha by dropp- markham remarked that since ing their game to the rouge hill march 1932 he had attended no less lads at aginconrt on friday night than 21 funerals henry will him- the final score was 31 but the self be 74 in decomber next and teams were very evenly matched al- like so many old friends finds that though tho rouge showed to ad- no small army of lifetime acquain- antage on the small ice surface lances have passed over the great being about the coldest night of divide twentyone funerals in less the winter spectators failed to turn than 7i year everyone an old out and gate receipts were less than acquaintance is surely a stern rej15 as a result minder that this life is but transi- tory j an important change in the local jcnr timetable will come into man arrested in a toronto j effect at the beginning of next week connection with the afternoon mixed train for at mark- toronto will arrive in stouffville one keep a look out for the annual meeting of the horticultural society the date is not set yet but is expected to be announced next week be sure and come to the olde tyme synginge meetias by the stouffville choral society in the ratcllff hall on friday february 24th a wonderful programme of music of one hundred years ago will all be sung in the old fashioned way with action and dances court- seys as they were done in 1829 tlia dress parade of the syngers will be worth seeing the soloists will be eli brewster old time fiddler deborah nimble fingers harpsicorder ruth stirra bout matilda ford hesikiah bare bones mariar parsons mary ann dudenhopper deacon phiisdurys yeke parsons uriah pettibone and susan slopper the members of the quire have tho strips of pasteboard for 25 ct- train service changes saturday feb 18th important changes in train service will be made on saturday february isth and certain other dates full information now in agents hands canadian national 113 quality coal service coal coal one hotel last week in the recent bank robbery ham village has admitted his guilt this admission obviates the necessity of our townman willbur burnett having to go to the city in order to identity the suspected man mr burnett it will he recalled stepped into the bank to make some change right when the robbers were in action and he was relieved of his money also there were two gang sters in the holdup and one is still at large the 430 i specials for friday and saturday 1 february 17 18 lawsons economy store west end stouffville ontario 4 lbs blue rose rice 25c corn 4 tins 25c tomatoes or peas 2 tins 19 soap deal with steel frying pan value 115 only 69c just a few left chipso large pkg 19c comfort soap 5 bars 19c sugar 10 lbs 45c white or brown hour later than heretofore mixed will leave here at oclock instead of 330 as at pre sent it will be due at the danfcrth at 010 oclock this train will be run in future as a wayfreight and will supplant the freight coming through here every second day this will give an improved freight ser vicedaily instead of every other day there will he no change in the time table of the local morning and even ing passenger trains y since the last issue of this paper we have experienced the most severe weather of the winter season last thursday morning at silverttiorna garage and at rateliffs store the thermometers registered is below zero at 030 in the morning and it remained belqw all day by one or two degrees xero weather prevailed all day friday moderating over the weekend tho local plumbers hart the busiest time in many a day all three shops were going at top speed thawing oit pipes in the homes of tho citizens as there is very littlo snow on the ground the frost un doubtedly went in deep in places the country roads have just enough snow to make execellent sleighing but it is thin and would not stand any amount of warm sunshine this paper was delighted to hear from an old subscriber archie t stewart who lives at isabella mani toba mr stewart says that winter set in their district around the middle of october and no matter from which direction the wind blows it is very cold there is lots of snow too coupled with the low price for farm products food is plentiful in the locality both for the people and the live stock and because of this there is not much room to complain last year tho district about isabella produced a bumper crop mr stewart is a son of our octogenarian citizen william stewart and is a native of uxbridfje townshp we ifbpe that other western readers will take the tip and not- neglect to tell the tribune about conditions in their western district when they re mit for their annual subscription phone 182 cash prices we deliver file fiwiriwtritoirrmt your hardware requirements are best taken care store complete stock at stoves and the electrical radios of at this best prices equipment f y w brathwaite hardware stouffville ontario stounvillo miblic library the annual meeting of the stouffville library board was held on thursday evening february 9 1933 with mr f marshall in the chair after the usual business for the month was completed tho secretary gave the annual report for 1932 this showed that the total receipts for the year amounted to 131400 with expenditure of 922 leaving a balance of 392 during the year 162 new hooks were purchased and 145 books were donated and nearly 50 was spent on rebinding of books at the close of 1932 there were fis4 patlons fewer books were circulated than in 1931 but a very gratifying feature was that the de crease was in fiction while there was an increase in history biogra phy and travel in all 15117 books and magazines were circulated dur ing 1932 r tho officers elected tor 1933 chairman mr f marshall sectreas mrs g n forsyth property com rev t laidlaw and mr h watson publicity com rev h lee story hour supt mrs ea button after the election of oflicers there followed a discussion about some books obtained in the last purchase some of theso were considered un suitable for the library- the members of tho board are very de sirous of keeping up a high stand ard of books for the reading public of stouffville and vicinity they would apreclate the cooperation of its patrons do youpatronlzo the library it not why not if so why not assist tho board by helpful suggestions if you know some worth while books that should bo in tho library mention these to any member of the board before the next purchase and thus can wo mako our library one of which we shall all bo proud tho secretary jj r remember the story hour for tho children at tho library saturday afternoons at 2 pm on toronto east presoyterial rc views five years work mrs d everton jones was re elected president of the toronto east presbytorial wms of the united church at the annual meet ing held last week in hope united church toronto- mrs j moir dun can president of the toronto con ference branch conducted the elec tion and installation of officers and mrs jones in her presidential address stressed the thought faith in god in summing up the work of the year the reports by mrs a m dal las recording secretary and mrs r w anglin corresponding sec retary showed marked success in all departments within the presby- terial there are 49 auxiliaries with a total membership of 2163 total receipts amounted to 29048 mrs i c clearihne the treasurer re ported this she said was s3fi per cent of the ow prom the supply department goods valued at 263235 were sent out eleven bales to western provinces and northern ontario a truckload to fred victor mission an auto load for emergency relief work arid two cases of books and toys for christ mas gifts to the chinese boys and girls in classes at the metropolitan church oflicers were elected as follows past president mrs r t shiell vicepresidents imrs j y fergu son mrs r m irvine mrs r worth mrs m r ho mrs s w hastings and imrs r e thomp son recording secretary mrs a m dallas corresponding secre tary mrs g r mcbeath treasurer mrs i c clearihue departmental secretaries christian stewardship and finance mrs r mcdougall mission circles mrs a e coleman strangers mrs h j armstrong supply mrs s manchester mission ary monthly and world friends mrs l h wing associate helpers miss s 11 needier temperance mrs levi annis press miss a u callighen cgit miss m v roberts bjby bands mrs j a icarson missiou hands miss evelyn follett members without portfolio mrs sam sharpe mrs c e kuow- ton mrs j s honey mrs g d atkinson mrs it e imilicll mrs l j campbell mrs r w anglin mrs g cowan and mrs w j sanderson our old companys lehigh hard coal is the coal you should be burning this cold weather customers keep telling us they are hardly using any more coal than in ordinary weather that just proves our claim it is tho longest lasting coal mined try this certilied guaranteed coal and let your own eyes show you you cau at last get a coal that satisfies wo also handle all other kinds of fuels stiver bros phone 4501 stouffville ontario richmond hill village council has made a timely cut in the 1933 tax rate to 50 mills last year it was 54 mills uxbridge twp council uxbridge township council met on saturday at goodwood with all the members present and reeve isaac catherwood in tho chair a request for a donation to the sick childrens hospital was not acted on also tho request that council sent delegates or the road superin tendent to conference on roatls to be held in toronto was refused s b heuston and imr wilson insurance representatives both appealed for the township insurance on roads n b heuston co was given the policy guarding the town ship against accident liability for another year the auditors presented their re port on the treasurers books which was accepted by council and copies ordered to ho printed for distribu tion tho usual annual bylaw was passed making road appropriations for current year on the introduction of council lors pickarrt and ashenhurst a by law was also passed making the following appointments pound keepers kenneth wallace walt chapman w h fiss roy coppins joseph norton jesse davis edgar latcham frank beach edgar storry george hosie isaac cather wood talbert evans sheep valuators russel blue- man john kydd joseph jones e w evans howard hockley henry slack alfred haynes frank beach joseph cooper isaac tompkins for this week swifts garage stouffville ontario tire repair kits 19c regular 50c storage batteries 598 guaranteed 1 year burgess flashlights 45c complete we carry a full and complete line of electrical ignition parts and are equipped to give you prompt service generator and starter repairs a specialty tire vulcanising equalized assessment levied for three years will require twothirds vote of york county councils to repeal schedule as a sequel to york townships appeal to the provincial govern ment two years ago to introduce legislation enabling it to set an equalized assessment for county purposes for a period of five years york county council set an equaliz with tho south portion of the county in favor of the schedule and having the majority of votes in council this is believed by promi nent menthers of council to be practically impossible the table he- low shows the assessment figures for 1931 1932 and the equalized figures which will stand for three years at the end of that period the scale ed assessment at this session stipujwill in all probability he equaliz- lating the equalized assessment of ed again a perusal of the table will every municipality in the county to i reveal that york township is up he used for county levies for tho over ono and onehalf millions of next three years doll ars over its 1932 assessment in order to reappeal this assess sev oral other municipalities have nient it requires a twotl irds vote of i been raised most northern ones county council i lowered assessment assmont equalized municipality- for 3 years 1931 1932 6391159 6619272 6852534 1019419 1020419 920698 n gwillimbury 1879889 19224s9 1820639 e gwillimbury holland landing 2139224- 2120114 2070964 king 3899195 3907344 3740567 5487440 5233418 4956064 7655355 7912353 8609234 vaughan 4140950 4151150 1375077 2456374 2454860 2370325 york 25656061 10001722 26907512 10639236 27075000 1151s500 14543974 1477s2s0 150s0000 total townships 85270762 s7 660 447 s9305602 1556651 2322640 1564903 22s3505 1335674 1697520 markham village 5336s6 536181 4 53550 richmond hill 911850 923050 677578 stouffvillo 603680 608180 536691 3744419 3845612 3601429 317055 320480 300182 4195261 42974s5 3830660 630585 4440556 630 s82 4564809 58s59s 3998856 2606446 8244750 2s92225 9289743 23s9620 forest hill 101007s9 swansea 3351164 3469006 3507368 1524542 1546021 1542725 total townsvillagcs 349s9285 36772082 35061240 grand total 120260047 124438529 124456842 courteous service phone 195 wilfred simpson talbert evans fence viewers alfred haynes thomas dawson howard hockley wm f st john frank nolcos wellington smalley j w widdi- field joseph norton erastus smalley isaac catherwood frank hardy j a hingston edgar storry william hackney berton tindali chris mauley henry slack j j carmody the following road accounts were passed w p carmody dragging 306 john collins drag 186 louis otto cutting brush 2160 earl stewart cutting brush 23 5s walter thompson cutting brush 2250 other accounts h e p com hall service charge 0ss russel feashy service as 1000 fred w johnston service as auditor 1000 dr r b e wilson medical atten tion stanley york family 1300 mrs e m hall nursing stanley york family 12 mcguire low undertaking babe york 2050 r w pollock medicine for york family s90 municipal world supplies subscriptions 2403 h j cavo sn printing contract 3945 toronto stamp stencil co 300 dog tags 11 3s thomas manley kindling wood for hall 300 wm boll cutting and hauling wood for louis otto 360 on motion of messrs ashenhurst and james council adjourned to meet on saturday march 11th 1 pm lowest priced chicks in years consistent with bray quality wo are beginning our biggest season judging by the orders coming iu xmv is the time to order february cockerels usually bring the highest price ns broilers and pullets commence to lay when egg prices arc high 7 years bloodtcsting 5 of government inspection 100 per cent livo delivery guaran teed shipped anywhere any tlmo you sny all popular breeds write for free catalogue and prices bray cinch hatchery 81 claybuin ave st catharines out newmarket out 8 bolsford st with tho permission of the dairy department wo are now paying a premium of 2 conts per lb of butterfat for special grade cream over 1st a good many of our shippers are already reaping that benefit it will pay you to tako that littlo extra care of your cream our splendid service whereby you can bring your cream as often as you wish and not having to wait until your can is full helps you considerably another very convenient thing is our system of testing and paying for your cream while you wait it you ask for it especlaly it is convenient for those who aro not steadjv shippers you can bring your cream in any quantity whether in our can or any other cream can in a fow minutes you get your cash and your cream can back mako uso of your spare time by bringing your cream and thereby got tho most for it if you aro not ono of our shippers you stand nothing to lose but much to gain by a trial shipment open saturday ovonings stouffville creamery co most efficient creamery service since 1918 we close every night at 6 oclock except saturday night phone 186 stouffville ont