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steilmite volxlv no 23 stouffville ontario thursday august 17th 1933 a v nolan publisher muskeekee reconstructive tonic and mood purifier muskeekee is particularly effective in loiik standing ailments such as asthma chronic bronchitis nervous breakdown chronic indi gestion etc a highly con contrated tiplo strength puro indian herbs over co adult doses for 100 j m storey the druggist home of quality drugs medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon office cor obrien and main phone 196 coroner for yorlocounty briarbush private hospital main street stouffville graduate nurse in attendance medical convalescent and maternity cases accepted private and semiprivate rooms weekly rates 20 and 25 inspection invited phone 191 mrs b r good dental e s barker lds dds honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto ofllce in grubins block phones201 markham every tuesday office in wear block d c smith ldsdds neil c smith ldsdds office over the bank of commerce office hours 9 to 12 130 to 530 hhoue office 1011 residence 1015 veterinary 8 t bodendistel vs bv sc veterinarian graduate of ontario veterinary college loflico at the mansion house phone 161 successor to late dr j t store reviewing exams results certificates were issued last fri day to pupils of stouftville continu ation school who took middle school work last term and in order that the net results of the classes may be seen we have compiled a more or less analytical report which will provo highly interesting to the parents and scholars while there ere some bright spots as for in stance where miss styles passed all nine pupils taking latin composi tion the report otherwise has some dismal failures from a teachers standpoint prin cipal h w watson had the highest average of pupils getting their years work his agricultural classes over which there was so much speculation doing particularly well in french composition in n class oc eleven two obtained their pass on term work and nine wrote the examination but eight of them fail ed someone saved the class from being whitewashed in english composition and en glish literature pupils might well have passed almost 100 per cent be cause these are subjects that pupils own effort is about all that is re quired to make a proper standing and they are regarded as the least difficult with 50 per cent failure in literature there is evidence that the pupils failed to study as they might have done on the whoie pupils obtained their standing in si cases while failures were recorded in 67 instances below we give the names of teach ers and the subjects taught with the results obtained get behind your flower show exhibits and patronage of every citizen who can is hoped for whitghurch council makes reduction in tax rate for 4th year 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 stouffville legal mccullough button barristers solicitors convey ancers e buttons block stouffville money to loan harold a sanders barrister solicitor notary public etc stouffville ontario phone 180 miss styles pupils in class failures can history 10 anc history 12 latin authors 4 latin comp 9 9 9 2 0 4ll 20 miss houston eng comp 13 eng literature 14 french auth s french comp 11 8 7 3 8 4g 26 h w watson 5 5 9 2 1st year physics 22 2nd yoar ichem 13 01 21 onthursday and friday of next week stouffville horticultural so ciety will hold their big annual lower show in the arena this will he the tenth exhibition and in no other year has the fair been held under more difficult circumstances which calls tor two things on the part of our citizens first that they make every effort to exhibit flowers or vegetables as the drought has left few perfect blooms or choice sized vegetables secondly the society may have to finance the fair this time without the usual grant of 50 from the ontario government to overcome this the officials are hoping that everybody will patronize the show open from 4 to 1030 pm the ad mission is only 15c for each evening while cake ice cream pie etc will be served at very low figures to those who care to have lunch at the exhibition the prize list is now issued and you may have a copy by applying to miss marjorie mertens or mr t b rae the program on the evening of aug 24 will be rendered by local talent and on aug 25th by toronto and other talent mr rouse is one of the best comic entertainers over to come to stouffville and he will give a wholes hour program alone mr rouse appeared here last winter at a masonic function and every body was elated with his funny entertainment a floral parade will also feature the second nights per lonnance members are- expected to come in comic costume orchestral music each evening get behind your society and help put over this fair as the best in york county the 1932 rate in view of the factizlng the road superintendent that this is the fourth consecutive notify mr d j aitcheson that the whitchurch township tax cent of monies spent on township rate for 1933 was set by the muni- roads last year and 50 per cent of cipal council at their regular meet the road superintendents salary ing on saturday at one mill below i a resolution was passed author to that he year that a mill has beeu taken off will be held responsible for any the rate it is something of an damage caused to the roadway on achievement for the council to bo concession 7 opposite lot g on able to reduce taxes again this year account of culvert built by him in addition to the reduction of one which is not of sufficient opening to mill this year the various school curry the spring freshet sections have beeu able to reduce councillor toole questioned the their individual rates consequently j advisability of making any grant to note another the annual hunters trials held the farmers should worthwhile reduction in their an nual bill when it comes to them this fall the county rate is set at 10 mills to raise 52i3s0s7 high school attendance 2 mills to raise 408616 general township purpose levy 4 mills to raise 9796- 0s general school levy 3 mills dowslvkiili reunion local happenings mrs frank michell of markham spent the weekend with mr and mrs k g tarr mr h mcgerlic of toronto will preach in church of christ westend stouftville sunday august 20th at 11 oclock am you are welcome mr and mrs e howard colo laid mrs james curtis of hampton spent the weekend visiting at the home of mrs w t byam mrs chris raymer wishes to publicly thank the senior institute of stouffville for the fruit and read ing material sent her recently it was all gratefully received says mrs raymer mr and mrs s c fleury have at mohawk park brantford just arrived in town to visit with omc for the ensuing yea norman a keys h scott ritchie ritchie keys barristers solicitors continental life building s71 bay street toronto i telephone ad 9767 l e oneill successor to w j stouffville mather funeral director and kmbauher night and business phone 9801 day service residence phone 9820 stewart beare phone markham 1608 or to brathwaltea hardware tfoi radio repairing asottice you will appreciate mrs s m warriner church street it is eight yearssince mr fleury last visited the old town mr and mrs a browu from toronto accompanied by mr and mrs robert brown stouffville have returned homo after a few days visiting friends at stayner mark- dalo and many other towns in the norhorn country they report a good time fractured wrist ix fall mrs truman holden was un fortunate fti falling down the stairs in her home on tun sday fractur ing her wrist and receiving other injuries whilo severely shakoi up friends will bo glad to learn that mrs holden sustained no permanent injuries tho stouffville ladies lawn bowl ing rink skipped by mrs mervyn watts won signal success at tho ladies tournament held at aglh- court last week when thoy captured tho telegram trophy winning again st somo formidable toronto players tho winning stouffville ladles woro miss francis itatcllff mrs s gru- bin miss luolla holden mrs watts mrs r dotens rink also won a prize at this tournament standing in third place in addition to tho cup tho local rinks were presented descendants of thomas dows- well who located in the scarborough district over a century ago held their annual reunion in westdale park hamilton on saturday aug 12 when the largest and most re presentative gathering of the family assembled members being present from brantford buffalo cleveland detroit essex goodwood hamilton lynedock pt rowan simcoo stouffville stratford and toronto outstanding features were the reception of new branches of tho dowswell family from buffalocleve- land and detroit the reunion of win dowswell of toronto now in his eightyeighth year aud his sister mrs storey of buffalo in her eighty- sixth year and the formal presenta tion of best wishes for a bon voyage and a divine blessing to rev dr lome whittaker of brantford a descendant of the norfolk dowswell branch who assumes the work of a medical missionary in india in the near future felicitations were expressed by tho president j a dowswell essex and messrs lewis hess stratford thos whittaker brantford lloyd dowswell detroit earl dowswell cleveland dr whittaker brant ford and c comstock buffalo tho picnickers made a hasty but very profitable inspection of the rock garden mcmaster university and the sunken garden three very beautiful aud valuable possessions of the city of hamilton tho reunion of 1934 will be held on tho second saturday of august the g year are pres j a dowswell essex vice pres lewis hess stratford socy- treas brydon roberts 15 dale- woo d cres hamilton associate secylilliau dowswell stouffville paying the shepherd some time ago council received a letter from the solicitor for mr james brodie threatening to enter action against the council for the payment of 14 alleged due mr brodie for guarding his large flock of sheep pastured in the township on concession 7 it will bo recalled that heavy damage was being caused the flock and substantial claims had to bo met by the council to compen sate the owner council decided it would be to their mutual advantage to engage someone to watch the flock in the hope of catching the dog or dogs mr brodie took on the job himself for two weeks at 2 per night as agreed with a committee to hire someone reeve kidd stated that he and mr brodie agreed jointly to higher someone and mr brodie was to pay half the cost then deputyreeve rae and sheepvaluer elmer m clark hud mr brodie go on himself mr brodie through his solicitor claims that he was to got tho 2 per day for watching the flock and if same was not paid legal steps would be taken to collect it no attack was made on the sheep during the watch in reply to this letter the follow ing resolution unanimously passed the council moved by reeve kidd and councillor earl toole that the clerk write to mr brodies solicitor regarding his claim for watching mr brodios sheep advis ing him that the reeve made an agreement with mr brodie previous to tho time of hiring that both parties would pay half tho mans wages promised government protection mr brodie was present at the council meeting to take the affidavit for his latest sheep award but left before the above discussion took place he stated while there that when ho wont into the sheep raising business on a big scale the govern ment promised him protection he had not been sent a copy of the lau est award this award came from hon thos kennedy as made by the government valuer wm whitelaw for damage done the flock on may 12 13 and 23 sixteen sheep woro killed and three wounded total award 163 the flock at that time numbered 457 mr brodio stated his flock at present totals 1237 marriages footb doner at stayner on wednesday july 26th bessio- florenco donor eld est daughter of mr and mrs alex doner yonge street to john bruce footo third son of mr and mrs john ii footo nowmarkot send tho tribune to absent friends with beautiful linen and chinawarc grove taux tho marriage took place very quietly in barrie on wednesday aftornoon august 9 of wahnelta margaret daughter of mr and mrs j w taun albert street stouffville to roy b grovo son of mrs grove and the late j m grove of ring- wood the ceremony was conductod by rev thos laidlaw of stouffville united church the bride who was unattended woro a gown of powder blue chiffon with white turban and shoes and carried tea roses and babys breath after the ceremony tho couple left by motor for a trip to iroquois falls cochrane and other northern points tho bride travell ing in a beige wool suit with beret to match on their return they will re side at ringwood other sheep claims william linton was paid 5 as compensation for one sheep killed on resolution moved by councillors ratcliff and deputyreovo rae an other resolution also awarded j a clark 17 for three sheep killed and one damaged on or about july 25 and 2s on resolution of council lors ratcliff and toole government road cheque a communication from the on tario department of highways stat ed that whitchurch townships road subsidy as earned in 1932 would bo 645sss the same being 40 per each fall reeve kidd said that the grant of 10 did not mean much to the organization but showed councils good will toward a popular organiza tion he wouldj not press the matter and each member was free to use their own judgment on the matter king township granted 25 aud the local grant went through at 10 road accounts paid l j parr crushed gravel 29575 j a hopkins gravel c secord trucking r drewery trucking n nesbitt trucking j peterson trucking jas watts trucking james coonoy wes rose trucking l j harper trucking orval drewry trucking geo hoover trucking south townliue markham pay half orval drewery trucking geo hoover crushing grav e ferguson for div 39 w cockerill div 6 m barnes div 40 geo hoover dragging h guthrie for div 14 jess cook for div 35 chas rose maint dan hall maint orval degeer tl east fred mortson for div 34 l l peterson for div 36 p e ferguson liv 39 d w mccormick div 3s les preston div 10 w h sproxton div 15 r bishop tln h widdifield salary stewart rae j a clark bridge timber thornton vales gravel wilcox gravel co account m baker expenses oea w beach constable wh mcmullen reid and grose fence viewers j a clark 3 trips val sheop j williamson constable clerks office expenses n f starr weed inspector relief account drdevens re j clayton f j march milk blano bros groceries dominion stores stouffville liberal convention at aurora sat aug 19th a convention to select a liberal candidate for the provincial riding of north york will be held in aurora arena saturday aug 19th following the selection of a candi date a public meeting will bo held when tho speakers will include mr arthur g slaght kc hon duncan marshall and others mr morgan baker of whitchurch was the popular choice of the party stalwarts made a meeting held be fore the riding boundaries were changed a few months ago it is mr bakers wish that another conven tion bo called embodying as it will the new territory taken into tho riding to the south it is a forgone conclusion wo believe that mr baker will again be the choice of tho convention 11430 5400 12050 350 1260 7920 10420 15490 71 s5 3545 1550 137ss 3545 29120 3525 413 3125 250 350 2363 1600 7s5 s157 1250 875 3525 109 so 2s25 soo 5240 13400 250 490 5725 090 1000 3300 600 450 12350 1725 1000 675 400 400 1s7 83 years on one farm today thursday mr david clark of whitchurch township is celebrating his 83rd birthday as one of the brightest and most active octogenarian citizens in the whole municipality one of those who longed to extend congratulations to mr clark is his lifelong friend mr seneca baker both men are the same age and both were born on adjacent farms back in 1s51 mr baker however has been quite ill this week mr clark first saw the light of day on the farm at lot 13 concession 7 where he now lives his father died when he was only 13 years of age and the burden of clearing the land from a wilderness of trees fell on his young shoulders that he accepted the responsibility and suc cessfully shouldered the burden is a story well known to his friends mr clark is enjoying the even tide of life in a manner justly earned by him and we join with his wide circle of acquaintances to wish him health and contentment in the years just ahead among the churches baliiantrae bloomington iiejionvbllb united churches rev jac keu pastor sunday august 20th 1933 1100 am dst morning service in musselmans lake church 300 pm st lemonville 700 pm st bloonilngton the yps will meet at the homo of mr orval drewery on friday evening j dont forget the concert and lawn social at appletons park saturday august 19th concert begins at 830 dst admission 15 and 10c t t t t stouffville baptist church sunday august 20th 1933 1000 am bible school 1100 am morning worship 700 pm evening worship please remember the prayer services wednesday at 8 pm sunday at 615 pm you are invited to all of the above services t t t t stouffville fresbtoerian church rev av h fuller ba sunday august 20th 1933 200 pm sunday school 300 pm afternoon worship everyone invited t t t t mongolia wo oxtend congratulations to mr and mrs albert brown on their recent marriage james cowan and lady friend visited his father and mother on sunday wo are glad to report that harvey baker is some what improved in health miss mary rennio who was married in the presbyterian church at markham with her husband were hero on saturday visiting her parents mr albert boako and mr lome mcmullen accompanied by miss feme slack and margaret mcmullen spent tho weekend at stayner and muskoka district the stouffville institute held their montly meeting at mrs geo thompsons and entertained the altona branch a good programme and afternoon was spent bloomington misses edna and mildred lemon of toronto spent last week at the home of their mother mr and mrs a e booth and misses isabel and betty of toronto were guests at e a storrys on sunday mr and mrs vaughan of toron to visited his parents mr and mrs geo vaughan on sunday mrs w h clark of stouftville spent the weekend with mrs mahon mrs smith and brother mr thos chase spent the weekend with rela tives near newmarket miss aletta fockler of toronto spent last week at her home here miss marjorie french of toronto is visiting with miss ruth storry miss marion baxter is visiting in toronto miss g tranmer is holidaying in toronto stouffville losses jfirst game wins second wmm t s 1 1 m mm u iv jjft v 1 jg ctr v isissstts bruces novelty baud seen here will be in stouffville after noon and evening for labor day celebration sept 4 on thursday last stouffville and aurora lined up for the first game of the play offs of the york ontario leaguo bruce lehman was on the mound for tho locals while chuck thorns filled this position for aurora tho first innings was com pleted in short order by stouffville while the blue ribbons were pound ed tor four runs with this little lead tucked away everything looked rosey from a local standpoint aurora though were not so easily outdone and by tho end of the ninth they left stouffville with the short end of a 1613 scoro a rampage of err ors and a lack of manoovering of tho pitching staff proved our boys undoing lehman was replaced by jack pennock in the sixth who held the yonge st troop to four scattered hits r h e aurora 072141001 16 20 5 stouffvillo 430042000 13 18 9 x x x x a much different story came back on saturday when aurora entertain ed the locals on their own field both teams played tight ball and there was no scorp until tho third round when doc smith tallied on a hit by bruce lehman this perform a nee was repeated by both teams in the fourth making the scoro 21 the local boystorced a real rally in the fifth getting four runs on tour hits aurora made several bids to tio it up but failed to come through jack pennock and lou lehman formed tho battery for stouffvillo and turned in a mighty fine exhibi tion sparky vail did the twirling for tho yonge st team but was no moro successful in stemming stouff villo hitting than was his team mate on tho former occassion at stonffvlllo final score was 8 4 r h b stouftville 0011400028 12 4 aurora 0001001024 5 3 both games umpired by an oba official bloomington and ringwood christian churches e morton preacher sunday august 20 th 1933 mrs b reesors sunday school class of young women will have charge of the morning service at blomington next lords day the ringwood helping hands class will have charge of the evening service at ringwood mrs l dearborn of toronto will speak at tho ringwood service at 7 pm and peachs male quartette will sing these two services are sure to be helpful come and be helped strangers welcome t t t t stouffville united church rev thos ilaidlaw ma pastor sunday august 20th 1933 1000 am ss bible classes 1100 am morning worship 700 evening service the pastor will preach at both services 800 pm thursday prayer and bible study your are welcome to these services t t t t mennonite ohuroh stouffville rev s cressmnn pastor sunday august 20thj 1933 10 am sunday school 11 am preaching service 7 pm preaching service 700 pm altona strangers welcome everyone invited t t t t stouffville and ohuroh hxlii christian churches chester o sommcr minister sunday august 20th 1933 stouffville 1000 am ss bible classes 1115 am worship preaching 700 pm worship preaching wednesday 745 pm meeting in charge of miss helen rowbotham church hill 200 pm s s bible classes 300 pm worship preaching thursday 8 pm c e meeting at tho church everybody is invited to all these services ss and young peoples convention aug and the stennonito church on tuesday and wednesday 22 and 23 the sunday schpol young pooples society whore a large number of delegates from all tho fields in ontario will assemble in the church at stouffville morning aftornoon and evening sessions on both days with live spiritual topics of interest to all who are concerned about the christian llfo rev s s cressmnn local pastor will welcomo the dele gates at tho oponing sosslon tues day morning while theodore ward er prosidont will conduct tho de votional births rocik- at st michaels hospital on friday august 11 1933 to mr and mrs lount e beebe a son lome byron