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vol xlv no 9 stouffville ontario thursday imay 11th 1933 a v nolan publisher we supply radio licenses garden seeds lived 81 years in same dwelling yellow onion dutch sets formaldehyde for treating grain j m storey the druggist homo of quality drugs legal mccullough button barristers solicitors convey ancers c buttons block stouilvllle money to loan norman a keys h scott ritchie ritchie keys barristers solicitors continental life building 371 bay street toronto telephone ad 9767 harold a sanders barrister solicitor notary public etc stouffville ontario phone 180 medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon office cor obrien and main phone 196 coroner for york county dental e s barker lds- dds honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto office in grubins block phone s201 markham every tuesday office in wear block d c smith ldsdds neil c smith ldsdds office over the bank of commerce lofflco hours 9 to 12 130 to 530 phone office 1011 residence 1015 veterinary when mr martin wideman pass ed to the great beyond at his farm home on the sth concession of markham on saturday morning may 0 1933 it wax as if one whoso life had reached back into the early days connecting the first settlers with the present generation had gone to his long home martin wideman was horn and lived all his lite right on lot 2s rear of concession 7 markham in the fine stone structure erected by his father he was horn on the 2nd day of april in the year 1s52 and was therefore slyears of age just a month ago he was the seventh child of a family of nine children horn to henry wideman and his wife elizabeth hoover who died in 1ss3 and 1s97 respectively with the passing of martin hut one other child of this pioneer parent- iage survives being susanna widow of samuel hoover the aged lady who was s4 years of age on the 19th of january last is living with one of her sons anthony hoover on a neighboring farm to the old home stead the deceased is the third genera tion removed from the parent hooverwideman stock which mi grated from germany in 1704 then ludwig hoover left germany for the united states settling in lan caster penn he had four sons one christian hoover married maria troyer in 1787 they had seven children the youngest of whom was elizabeth who in turn married henry wideman father of the sub ject of this sketch the late martin wideman is sur vived by his wife who was fannie stouffer daughter of pioneer parents who settled at stouffville and by six children being joseph and wilmot the eldest two both living near didshury in alberta herbert of dicksons hill mrs wilmot schell mabel of markham v jirs clarence bolender martha of bethesda and wesley the youngest who is living on the homestead a deacon in the dickson hill mennonite congregation for long years and a man of high moral worth he remained steadfast in the faith of his fathers he was a successful farmer and was generally liked by all who knew him in the eventide of life he took a keen de light in dwelling on spiritual thought and looked forward with confidence to the day when he would readily answor the greatest of all calls from his lord and master the tremendous crowd which at tended the funeral on monday after noon to dickson hill church and cemetery was a compliment to his york ontario jeacrosse leaguj3 june a meeting of he yorkontario lacrosse league was held in the stouffville areola friday may 5 and the following officers were elected president morley symes vice president fred mcxair secretary treasurer g r stewart league executive george linton jack ashenhurst fred mcxair harold quibell jack mumlell tho following schedue was drawn up with a group of live teams stouftiville altona goodwood claremont and uxbridge game to be played at 745 pm team to bo penalized a man for every minute they are late after fifteen minutes grace may 29 altona uxbridge at uxbridge may 29 stouffville goodwood at uxbridge june 1 goodwood claremont at claremont juno 1 altona stouffville at stouffville claremont uxbridge at uxbridge juno 5 altona goodwood at uxbridge june s claremont stouffville at stouffville june s uxbridge altona at stouffville june 12 uxbridge claremont at- claremont 1 2 goodwood stouff ville at stouffville juno 15 stouffville altona at stouffville june 19 uxbridge goodwood at uxbridge june 22- uxbridge stouffville at stouffville june 22 claremont altona at stouffville goodwood at uxbridge stouff ville uxbridge at uxbridge altona iclaremout at claremont uxbridge goodwood at uxbridge july 3 stouffville claremont at claremont july 3 goodwood altona at stouffville goodwood play home games at uxbridge altona play homo games at stouffville finished seeding while seeding is not any more than just becoming general in the local territory one of our progres sive farmers mr e j jarvis has wrote finished in his records for 1933 in so far as seeding is concern ed he had seeded 50 acres on mon day this week on his farm on the ttli concession of markham two weoks ago imr jarvis planted spring wheat and on friday may 5 he had 40 acres of seeding completed so that he had not far to go to make an early finish on monday the late mrs lapeer mrs william lapeer who was iaid to rest at church hill cemetery on sunday may 7 1933 was a life long resident of the district north and east of stouffville she was 74 years of age and is survived by a daughter and son living in toronto her husband predeceased her some years and she is tho last of a family horn to hiram schell and mary fockler rev mr morto performed the funeral rites for the deceased who was laid beside her departed husband school exams less june june 20 claremont- juno 26- june 29- june 29- teachers federation s t bodendistel vs bv sci jigh standing in the community of veterinarian graduate of ontario veterinary college office at the mansion house phone 161 successor to late dr j t storey a c kennedy chiropractor church st stouffville monday wednesday and fridays 9 to 12 am a c burkholder insurance canada life assurance co also automobile and fire thomas birkett insurance agency everything in insurance phone 18202 sloultvllle automobile owners attention big reduction in insurance rates are now available why not start tho new year with the pro tection of a good auto policy h o klinck auto life fire insurnnco agent stouoville l e oneill funeral director and embalmek successor to w j mather stouffville night and day service business phone residence phone 9801 9820 stewart beare phone markham t0s or to brathwaltea hardware i01 radio repairing a terrlce you will appreciate tho dato on the label of your tribune indicates the time your paper oxplros the rate is 2 per people in which he lived the funeral service was preached by rev s cressman of stouffville who paid fitting tribute to the moral i worth of tho departed the pall bearers were messrs anthony and lou w hoover ernest and wesley steckley henry wideman and harvey imoyer the church was tax ed to capacity for the service which was followed by interment in the cemetery close by mrs wm lafraugh of 17 is kingston road birch cliff spent the weekend with mr and mrs k g tarr daffodil and tulip show federation of women teachers association of district vii will hold its annual meeting and luncheon in the iround room annex eatons college street store saturday may 13th 1933 at 1230 noon dst guest speaker will be professor w r taylor university of toron to tickets 100 may be purchas ed from representatives of your local fwta or at the place of meeting kindly send your intimation to be present to the secretary mrs alma soper uxbridge at once the meeting is open to any teacher wishing to attend with 50000 pupils about to write lower school examinations hard- pressed family budgets the province over will be saved an estimated 10000 by a curtailment of lower school examination fees from 5150 for each examination to 1 the ontario department of edu cation is the authority to effect this one reduction in the high cost of education and according to an ex planation given the globe yester day it is done by handing back the lower school papers to the school en trance boards formerly the work had been done in the department of education there is no joy in the hearts of a couple of hundred thousand other ontario adolescents however as they theoretically burn midnight oil in preparation for summer examinations the department of education which during the past year has been steadily stealing days from the summer vacation period this year grabs another whole week of the hot weather and adds it on to the high school term july 11 is the date set this summer as get away day from the high schools engagements mr and mrs r f klinck victoria square announce the en gagement of their daughter marion victoria to mr lome g baker son of mr and mrs george w baker gormley the marriage will take placo on june 10th whitchurch council the regular meeting of the whit church township council for the month of may will be held at van- dorf on saturday this week the 13th at the last meeting of this council an invitation was issued to delin quent tax payers to appear at this may meeting and show cause why they had not paid their taxes to those who come and present a satisfactory case leniency will be shown ringwood bloomington markham day last an exhibit of daffodils and tulips will he held again this spring there will bo competitions in the various colors and types of tulips singlo and double daffodils the horticultural society invites all flower growers to exhibit whether member or not it will ho held in municipal hall and probably on friday or saturday may 21st and 22nd doflnlto announcement will mado next week mr baxter has been in toronto for several days miss jessie mahon of visited with relatives one week miss mary kennedy and friend of toronto spent sunday with her grandmother mr and mrs andrew legg of greenwood visited at her sisters mrs l tindall recently the womens association held their monthly meeting and social evening at tho home of mr and mrs newton rae on wednesday ovening last there will be a special mothers day sorvico in tho united church on sunday evening may 14th a good program is being prepared bo lawn mowers sharponod and reconditioned at l rowbothams satisfaction guaranteed radio repairing get that set in shape for easter all work guaranteed gordon e cober momber of radio international guild and student of television college chicago phone 8104 j edwin smith specialized radio service formerly with t eaton co ltd prompt service on all calls phono 3306 obrien ave stouffvillo dave aitken and a few friends were out over the weekend and re ported a good catch of trout messrs robt ratcliff ralf bruels and hugh fockler are each erecting new houses in our burg who said ringwood would not grow mr and imrs george johnson spent sunday at downsview with mr and mrs norman lewis arbor day was observed at our school last friday bloomington school were invited over for a base ball match after the game cake and liquid refreshments were served tho dickson hill mennonite church is using an organ in their edifice now the gift of imr w e taylor of lemonville for over half a century the church rules forbid singing the praises on stringed in strument in our church but with changed customs comes changed view points which wo hope is all for tho best altona reg ramer spent sunday with mr norman lehman mr d nighswander has finished seeding can you beat that mr ic nicholson spent sunday with mr and mrs o madill mr charlie haynes spent sunday with miss norma rusnell mr and mrs fred draper visited with her parents here sunday mr and mrs wm eckardt spent sunday with friends at thornhill misses fern and ella slack spent friday with mr and mrs earl mcmullen miss effio davis spent the week end with her grandmother mrs j hutchison mr and mrs george jones spent sunday with mr and imrs fred ramer imr and mrs robert kensett and family of toronto visited with mrs t stover and ross on sunday altona sunday school was well attended last sabbath with 102 in number a large number attended the funeral of mrs l lapeer on sun day- she was a highly respected resident of this community tggs this substantial house concession of markham is the birthplace of martin wideman who on saturday the residence was built by wideman back in here martin spent standing on tho l js is a familiar structure on the 8th mile south of dicksons hill and died aged 81 years liis father henry 1s30 it is of all his ions life veranda beautiful cut he is seen in stone and the picture among the churches sunday is mothers day claremont 4th line uxbridge quality weekend drop milk prices service in many are pleased with tho high quality of our pasteurized milk and cream and for these customers and for any who wish to try our milk we are offering a very special sale of tickets beginning thursday the 11th to saturday night tho 13th of may wo have brought this service to stouffville and we are offering you for this limited timo thirty two tickets for one dollar not moro than one dollar to a household our regular prlco is 21 tickets for 100 our milk is from tuberculin tested cows turners farm dairy phone 8308 mr george collins is sporting whippet coupo eldon and arthur staley spent sunday at mr shellys mr and mrs george wilson had lea with mr and mrs andrew ashonhurst on sunday mrs tlios dawson returned to her homo at box grove after spend ing a week with her parents hero mr and mrs levi norton of uxbridgo spent sunday at mrs m nortons mr and mrs fred lynn of clare mont and mr and mrs walter symes and family woro sunday visi tors at dan nortons mr and mrs smith and daughter also mr and mrs john beelby visited at mr kidds on sunday much sympathy is extended to the bereaved family of the late mrs lapior who passed away at her homo near altona on friday mr silas redman of chalk lake who spent last week with hts sister mrs m norton colobrated his slst birthday on saturday mr redman is exceptionally smart for his years and wo hope he has many more birthdays our high school dance will be held may 19th attend the mothers day services in the local churohes on sunday remember mother on sunday by wearing the flowe miss j young has returned home after spending several months with her brother david of guelph a number of our young people attended the spring dance and at homo given by the stouffville continuation school last friday evening may 5th those who at- tened report having have a smart time last friday afternoon the two baseball teams of claremont con tinuation school accompanied by several other pupils motored to brooklin to compete with the con tinuation school teams there the honors were equally divided as the brooklin girls won from claremont and tho claremont boys defeated tho brooklin team our lodges but expressed confidence in tho ability of all good masons to rise above their difficulties rev j e glover attended a meeting of the coburg presbytery of which he is secretary on tuesday last and a meeting of the oshawa presbytery on thursday last john and mrs mclellan and son robert called on a number of claremont friends on sunday a number of the members of the wjms attended a sectional meet ing of the wms of oshawa pres- bytorial on wednesday last and re ported splendid sessional meetings miss iclara neal who has been con fined to hor homo during tho past two weeks through illness is now showing slight improvement rt wor bro miller ddgm of toronto district b accompanied by wor bro yulo dist sec visited brougham union lodge j269 on wednesday may 3rd visiting lodges were caledonia lodge no 637 and doric lodge and bay of quinto lodge from toronto picker ing and brooklin lodges were also represented by rt wor bro frank chapman and wor bro mowbray respectively over one hundred were present after tho work of the evening a banquet was hold down stairs where toasts wore given and responded to by tho dd gm and by bro glover newly affiliated with brougham union lodge wor bro lloyd johnson acted as chairman and toast master music was supplied by the clare mont male quartette and community singing by all the brethren tho program closed with the jr war- dons toast rt wor bro miller commended tho officers on thoir work in the lodgo and gitvo an inspiring address on masonry to the men as citizens and workers in tho church he de plored the effect of tho depression on the finances and attendance of stouffville 1resbyterlan church j rev w h fullerb a sunday may 14th i 200 pm- sunday school i 300 pm afternoon worship featuring a mother day service the band of willing helpers meet on the third monday night of each month bloomington and ringwood christian churches e morton preacher sunday may 14th none of us can possibly be on the way of backsliding until we liavo first been in the way of front- sliding next sunday will bo mothers day a choir mado up ot mothers will be at each of our services 1100 am bloomington 700 pm ringwood a good place to show our interest in mother is at the house of god stouffville baptist church rev w w fleischer pastor sunday may 14 th- 1000 am bible school 1100 am 1morning worship 700 pm evening worship a father on his knees you are invited to the regular sunday services and especially invit ed to attend our prayer meetings prayer meetings wednesday at 8 pm sunday at 615 pm stouffville and church hill chester o sonuner minister sunday may 14th stouffvillo 945 am ss bible classes 1100 am worship preaching mothers day service with a mothers choir and special music 700 pm worship preaching jesus as the good shepherd wednesday 745 pm annual busi ness meeting of the church church hill 200 pm s s bible classes 300 pm worship preaching mothers day service thursday s00 pm the play the country doctor will be present ed in the church see local happenings for fuller announce ment all are invited to the services stouffville united church rev thos laldlnw ma pastor sunday may 14th 1030 am s s bible iclasses meet in basement 1100 am morning worship special mothers day service a lino programme featuring different classes of sunday school is arranged including musical numbers pageant story and address dont miss this lets fill the church 700 pm evening service tho job of being a man a cordial welcome to all our services monday s00 pm swastikas open meeting the pastor will ballantrae bloomington lemonville united churches rev j a o kcll pastor sunday may 11th 1030 morning service bajjantrae reception of new members and sacrament service 230 lemonville special mothers day program joint servico with church and sunday school 700 pm bloomington a mother day theme on friday our young people ate invited to y p irally at sandford mennonite church stouffville rev s cressninn pastor sunday may 14th 1000 am sunday school 1100 am and 700 pm evangelist shultz is horo for special meetings support this cam- pagln with your prayers and presence week night services at 8 pm except saturday everybody is invited to any of these services remember they are for you lecture on his early missionary experiences in parry sound offer ing will bo taken for missions wednesday 800 pm prayer and bible study you are cordially welcomed to these services sale register ti wednesday may 17 extensive salo of household furniture to bo held at lot 22 con 8 pickering to wind up estate ot late mrs james dunteld sale at i30 no resorve fred postil auctioneer thursday may 18 mortgage salo of 1 acres more or less with frame house and barn at west half lot 6 con 7 whitchurch sec display adv in this issue sale on promises at 2 pm f w silvor- sldes auctioneer saturday may 27 auction sale of house and lot household effects in the village of union- villo tho property belonging to tho estate of the late jonathan lunau property in gofd condition in residential district sold subject to resorvo bid chattels cash salo at on st prentice and prentice auctioneers everybody come spring fair at 1 the melville united church friday may 12 1933 everything for tho garden jwlll ho available at a very small cost including vegetable and flower plants in boxes also bulbs shrubs rose bushes grapevines etc special big musical and sports programme no admission everybody free from 630 oclock