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ribttiie volxlvi no 37 stouffville ontario thursday december 13 1934 a v nolan publisher gifts that symbolize affection and mirror good taste make your selection now a large assembly of beautiful and useful gifts to thrill the hearts of those you love its a pleasure to show them to you christmas cards of amaz ing value and good taste loving mother passes beyond mrs frel wilson was also lon stimliu business woman j m storey the druggist home of quality druga briarbush hospital convalescent home main street stouffville license no187 graduated nurses in attendance private semiprivate and public wards phone 191 mrs er good superintendent medical dr s s ball physician and surgeoi office cor obrien and main phone 19 6 coroner for york county dental d c smith ldsdds neil c smith ldsdds office over the bank of commerce office hours 9 to 12 130 to 530 phone office 1011 residence 1015 e s barker lds dds honor graduate of royal college or dental surgeons and of the university of toronto omico in grubins block phone 8201 markham every tuesday office in wear block see h o klinck obrien avenue for your insurance needs in fire life automobile burglary and all casualty lines a c burkholder insurance canada life assurance co also automobile and fire the death of mrs fred wilson at her home on main street on saturday evening dec 8 1934 j following a lingering illness re moves one of the early business people of this town and oue of the j few living who conducted a busi- late mrs wilson established a i millinery store in stouffville in the year issgconducting the store until 8 years ago when she retired sell ing the old stand at the corner of main and church streets and tak ing up residence in the new homo which her husband was in the course of building when lie died so sudden ly in 1923 always of a kindly disposition and ever ready with sympathetic word and deed mrs wilson endeared her self to many people she was a faithful member of the former methodist and the united church and was active in the organizations of the church until a few years ago when failing health compelled her to give up such activities born on the present brodie farm townline markham and whitchurch on january 7 1sc0 75 years ago she was one of six children born to the late abraham lehman and fannie barkey pioneer farmers of the district mrs wilson is the last surviving member- of the family to her marriage with the late fred wilson one son dr harry wilson of englehart survives three other children arthur murray and rhea all died when young the funeral on tuesday after noon to stouffville cemetery was in charge of le oneill local funeral director and the service was taken by rev thos laidlaw rjra who fittingly referred to the beautiful character and loving disposition of the deceased beautiful floral decorations covered the bier the pall bearers were messrs frank rae f l button wesley schell ross kester percy brillinger and ross davis farmer fails under mortgage act but scores temporarily on prosecuting lawyer in evad ing issue of writ council may settlefarmer claims clerkship frank pace of lincoluvllle un successfully sought protection under the new mortgage loan act of the dominion government when last week he appeared before judge ruddy in whitby f l button kc acting for his client herb ferrier mail courier sought to issue a writ against pace but was barred under the act until the judge had an opportunity to hear the issue his honor in short order declared that pace was not entitled under the act to any of its benefits pace scored a temporary point over solicitor button at the close of the case when the lawyer hurried out to secure the papers contain ing the writ that he might serve pace on the spot he reached the building again just in time to see pace making tracks for parts un known in an automobile and thus he avoided being served for the time being at least the amount of mortgage money owing is around 1000 said to be about all the farm at lincolnville is worth and there is a second mortgage of 800 the place is not properly worked it is claimed at the final meeting or the whitchurch township council to be held at vandorf on saturday it is expected that a township clerk will be appointed and more or less interest is focussed on the proceed ings since the death of clerk william crawford his son john crawford for dirty seed william drewery was 86 years old interesting action is begun in supreme court at whitby whitby gazette when the supreme court which had been in session at whitby for two days adjourned last tuesday uurday connection with the alleged sale of the permanent position is llkey js tl w to be offered to reeve herman kidd j f cz vr7 f or to mr crawford the acting clerk i r h ca ad jourued by mr justice mcfarland stepping into the clerkship he will iftjjsi tttfc cided upon by his lordship for the resign his position on the council be fore the bylaw to appoint the clerk is passed school students show talent ratcliffs plaintiff window mr aws greer of greer and humphreys oshawa is appearing while mr fred mcdonald beaverton is acting for the de fendant the case is somewhat similar to that of dure vs brech in milling co heard sometime ago in the courts plaintiff claims that through her hall was crowded to agent yiricent mcrae there was the doors last friday evening for j purchased through melville plowmens annual thomas birkett insurance agency everything in incurance phone 25902 stouffville ont legal harold a sanders barrister solicitor notary public etc stouffville ontario phone 18003 mccullough button barristers solicitors convey ancers etc buttons block stouffville money to loan a c kennedy chiropractor church street stouffville monday wednesday and fridays 9 to 12 am m m gibson ontario land surveyor aglncourt ontario the north york plowmen association which merged their annual match last fall with the provincial match at maryvale farms at wexford organized its officers on monday evening mr walter woods yonge street was elected president for 1935 and jess cook lemonville first vice elmer wells second vice the secretary and treasurer remain the same being r e ratcliff and a v nolan respectively it was found that by uniting with the provincial association finances were harder to manage for the local society and they suffered accordingly however a strong organization will rally to the support of the boys next fall to enable them to carry on the 1935 match with a good prize list the association is open for invitations from farmers who would like the match held on their premises miss doreen lehman is rapidly recovering from her recent opera tion the annual business meeting of the westminster guild was held this wednesday evening after our long wait we at last have good skating on the ptnd this is especially welcome news for all of us mr harold powell who recently gave up his position in oshawa home assisting his parents in the store mr jake smith jr is serving his apprenticeship as a jeweller with mr jerry smith at richmond hill we wish him every success in his chosen profession harold mckay has returned to his work after a lengthy layoff from his operation harold spent last week with his parents mr and mrs wm mckay and is looking quite fit as a result of his long rest we wish to add our word in the country wide congratulations being showered on mr james brodie for his recent outstanding success in the showing at the royal fair and at chicago driving by the brodie farm and observing the splendid flocks of sheep under his watchful eye we cannot help to notice his special genius along this line r r get that radio in shapo for christ mas by the ploneor radio repair man gordon e oorer radio technician graduate of television college chicago phone stouffville 7802 mongolia the mongolia school concert win ho held on tuesday evening dec 18 at s oclock a play the irish linen peddler will be given ad mission 10 and 20 cents e f good ing teacher are churches becoming retail marts lemonville the lemonville school concert will be held on tuesday evening december 18 at 8 oclock a play christmas baby will be given admission 15 and 10c j c brittou teacher l e oneill successor to w j mather stouffville funeral director and embalmer night and day service business phone residence phone 9801 9820 full enjoyment from any winter sport can only- he realized in the open air skate this winter at the cedare1a in cedar grove and learn the reason for this rinks constantly increasing popularity skating tuesday and saturday evenings free refreshments and rinnrlnj saturday nights phone mark 8604 phono mai 2030 the new outlook the official organ of the united church of canada is a paper that is seldom subjected to criticism particularly by the weekly press but last week the canadian statesman bowmanville in an editorial under the caption are churches becoming retail marts took the new outlook to task for an editorial which purported to approve of selling certain advertised articles to raise money for the church the statesman has this to say the new outlook quite apparent ly has not given this matter full thought is there any reason in the world why the church should go in to business has it not enough in fluence to gain support without hav ing to sell things to support it perhaps the new outlook can tell us why the churches should not be assessed for taxation and why those selling these advertised articles for the church should not be charged a transient traders license yet if they are going into the business of retail ing there is no reason why they should not be taxed as we have pointed out many times in the past few months tho raising of funds by questionable methods for church purposes is gett ing to be a real racket we agree in part with a correspondent who re cently wrote that she believed tho church supper wan a means of draw ing people together in fellowship but we ask would those same people be drawn together in fellowship if they did not see a splendid meal as the prime purpose of their visit it may be quite reasonable to raise money for churches under special circumstances but those churches who have membership well able to support them should interest their members in consistent and generous giving beforo expecting the whole community to contribute to this support this paper is in agreement in part with tho statesman but so far as church suppers go they cannot bo said to enter into competition with regular trade lines bazaars and cooking sales do compete directly against business places which pay a tax to sell their waros and are accordingly open to question the commencement exercises of the stouffville continuation school the nolans field day prize to noel the attention of young and old from start to finish the opening number was the maple leaf forever this was followed by a boys chorus the lads being seated around a camp fire and as an encore joe todd sang a scotch song two scotch dances by girls in kilts were beautifully executed and loudly applauded morgan baker mpp called on without warning gave a brief and very practical address between acts dr ss ball in his genial maimer presented mr evelyn baker velma brown audrey storry and graduation diplomas to evelyn baker vtlma brown audrey hoover dorothy mcewen jack clubine and lome kester seven girls dressed in old fashioned costumes sang the old spinning wheel with an old fashioned spinning wheel occupying the centre of the stage in the drama here comes charlie in three acts doris foote randolph forsyth and george austin as nora malone tim mcgrill and uncle alex twiggs kept the audience in fits of laughter the supposedly wealthy smythe- kersey family was exceptionally well played with mary laidlaw as the haughty mother marion hast ings as the sophisticated daughter and morley brown as the bored son edith borinsky played the part of charlie hopps and made the most of its many difficult situations show ing remarkaible dramatic talent alan baker as larry elliott made a splendid guardian for charlie and made a captivating lover of his ward it was a very touching scene where helped on by the lady herself he declared his love carl harper as larrys pal delighted the audience with his crisp remarks and as larrys rival for charlies hand was an accomplished lover mable morton took one of the leading parts in the drama and as mrs farnham was really wonderful in her interpretation of that ladys character entirely losing herself in the part she was playing thus making it very real and fife like great praise is due to the continuation school for the way they had trained the players and for strict attention to even minor details that mean so much in the finished production of a play your problem too the problems before tho school board of stouffville in our opinion will be much more onerous the next few years than those confronting the village council with an increas- jlg number of parents sending their jildren to markham high school oecause they are dissatisfied with the local academy is something to think about every pupil from this village going to markham is so much extra added to the local tax bill because our neighboring village rightly assesses us tho per capita charge of educating pupils there which is around 40 per year lack of room and undermanned staff are the questions to be solved that will go a long way to remedy ing our trouble but the ratepayers are not in any mood to have taxes increased through adding another wing to the school if possible this must wait until it can bo done with out increased taxes which will bo feaslblo in about four years whon some of tho present school de bentures mature in the meantime the board must maintain a sufficiently largo and efficient staff to cope with this overcrowding and that is their immediate responsi bility an exchange agreement from the defendant re presented as a miller of beaverton a quantity of seed oats represented as firstclass banner oats free from weeds the transaction is alleged to have taken place in the spring of 1933 plaintiff alleges ithat when the exchange of seed owned by her was made for a quantity owned by de fendant with a payment of a differ once of 15c a bushel delivery was taken the seed was sown on 40 acres of plaintiffs land which it is claimed was up until that time free from weeds but when the crop grew up large quantities of mustard and noxious weeds also were seen these weeds it is further claimed spread all over her farm causing damage plaintiff is claiming from defendant 7500 for loss of time in pulling up and destroying mustard and other noxious weeds 150 damages to standing grain by reason of the pull ing of mustard and other weeds 300 for damages to threshed grain by reason of it containing large quantities of mustard and other nox- ous weeds and 600 for alleged dam age by reason of the entirt farm be ing infested with the weeds in question the total claimed is 1125 with costs of action and such other relief as the court may give the plaintiff called a number of witnesses including farmers neigh bors of the plaintiff who have known the farm for years there are quite a number of wit nesses for the defense to be heard j and it may take another two days to dispose of the case the defense it is understood includes that the defendant did not sell the seed in question to the plaintiff that no guarantee was made regarding seed that the de- fondant is not a miller and that the plaintiff is the author of her own misfortune on account of alleged carelessness on the part of herself and agent the action as was that of the brechin milling company is of great interest to farmers many of whom were in court the plaintiff and defendant are both well known in the north part of ontario county death came with startling suddenness to william drewery of glasgow on tuesday morning of 4his week he had been active all day monday and on tuesday morn ing arose as usual and dressed him self suddenly he was seized with illness and passed away almost immediately he had given no sign of illness and was believed to be in his usual condition mr drewery was s6 years and five months of age thus being one of the very old est settlers in the district of stouff ville he was a great reader and retained a keen mind to the last when a lad of only 7 or s years he came with his parents from england in a sailing vessel the voyage taking six weeks and some days he was the eldest of the children and was expected to assist the smaller ones when but a lad the family stopped for a time at belleville where they landed then located at mount forest but the family divided and mr drewery located in this section where he has been for half a century or more about 25 years ago he retired from active farming at glasgow where he possessed 100 acres which he turn ed over to his son ernest but he took up residence on the place pre pared to take life easier mr drewery united in marriage with mary ann harris of mount forest and to them eight children were born seven of whom survive the father they are george in tor onto ernest on the homestead miss annie drewery and mrs lizzie cook at liberty sask imrs orville burkholder toronto earl of altona and mrs charlie armstrong the bereaved wife also survives as well as two sisters of the deceas ed living in mount forest mr drewery when a younger man attended the methodist church at goodwood and the funeral service on thursday will be in charge of rev thos laidlaw of stouffville interment being at stouffville cemetery with the churches lemonville bloomington ballantrae rev c b joffery minister sunday december 16 1934 ballantrae 1030 am lemonville 700 pm bloomington 300 pm melville bethesda praohs united churches rev 3 mcewen ba sunday december 16 1934 1000 am sunday school f 1000 am peachs 1115 am melville 730 pm bethesda stouffville presbyterian rev w h puuer ba sunday decomber 16 1934 200 pm sunday school the pastor in charge we cordially invite the publlo to worship with us stouffvi mhnnonitb church rev s grossman pastor sunday december 16 1934 services morning and evening at 7 and 11 oclock stouffville united church rev thos laidlaw ma pastor sunday december 16 1934 1100 am- morning worship the two sides of real religion 230 pm s s bible classes 700 pm evening service an advent sermon wednesday december 19th ss supper 6 to 8 pm followed by christmas entertainment by ss classes dont forget to bring your white gifts for the king to this meeting you are cordially welcome to all these services bethesda markham man missing a month nelson thompson planned hunting trip nelson thompson 30 son of the proprietor of tho summit house on yonge street who left home with two cousins to drive to the road- camps at sudbury has not been seen since nov 10 the day of his de parture for home his parents have asked county and provincial police to help find him letters from the two cousins state that thompson said ho intended to stop off at scotia junction or huntsvillo for somo hunting he was driving a 1928 chevrolet coach no hb 300 according to his mother mrs adeline thompson nelson was a steady reliable and hardworking farmer he left home wearing grey pants wlndbreaker rubber boots but carried a blue suit and grey hat with him he is five feet six inches with blue eyes and brown wavy hair thompson was broadcast through tho dally press as a markham town ship farmer living at gormley for sale boys hockey skates sizo 5 nearly new phono 4714 arthur steckley is serving on jury in toronto a b shelter is playing the part of butcher this wednesday eldou bolender is sporting a nice- looking newly acquired automobile mr valentine bolender had dinner with mr and mrs fred preston on saturday the young people enjoyed their first local skating on pikes pond on saturday evening mr and imrs john empringham and the girls spent a day with mr and mrs percy allln of aurora i guess the whippet was tired out anyway it will get its wollearned rest now since dorothy has gone home miss clara sherrick ended her visit in this vicinity by making short calls on her many friends in stouff ville mr and mrs a b shelter also mr and mrs ernest steckley visit ed with the drewery family one day last week on sunday carson neill left for lakefield where he will spend the winter carson has been employed at clarence atkinsons throughout the summer three cheers for mr isaac pike who celebrated his 8 2nd birthday this week he says that he is still a young man and who can doubt it when they look at him on tuesday night air brilllnger from the sudan interic mission su africa gave an interesting lecture with slides a gooc tendance showed the interest falron la the missionary work remember the school christmas concert on december 23 also tec white gift service oh wednesday evening dec 19th mrs mcewen will he the special speaker for the occasion and a varied programme of music pantomines recitations should provide an interesting even ing bloomington and rdjgwood christian churches rev e morton preacher sunday december 16 1934 the christian religion is the only force that is sure to succeed all other manmade institutions are sure to become bankrupt services next lords day 1100 am bloomington 230 pm riugwood 700 pm- altona blessed are the men who are just as willing to go to the house of the lord for soul refreshment as they are to go to their barns to feed the lower animals stouffville congregational christian church sunday december 16 1934 harry worling pastor stouffville 1000 am bible school classes for all ages 1100 am church service church hiu 200 pm sunday school classes for all ages 300 pm church service thursday december 13 8 pm christian endeavour at the homo of mr and mrs chas degeer we most heartily invite the public to any of our services berths wass at altona on december 10 1934 to mr and mrs arthur wagg a daughter stillborn doris evelyn school christmas tree attend the christmas concert on december 19 at ss no 13 mark ham melville good program and christmas trco silver collection christmas tobaccos smokers assessories cigars cigarettes pipe and cigarette tobacco in fancy packages your gift to him will be easily solved at our store robt snowball barber and tobacconist stouffwslli jjaixjsx church o 6 feicrth pastor sunday december 16 tsi i i in bible school cluises for all 1 00 am-f- worship the paator will preach 700 pm service rev w w fleischer ba will bring the message bnpllsinni service in the evening know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into jesus christ were baptized into his death therefore wo are burledwith him by baptism into death that like as christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of tho father oven so we also should walk in newness of life for if wo have been planted to gether in tho likeness of his death we shall bo also in the likeness of his resurrection rom 635 buried with him in baptism wherein also ye aro risen with him through tho faith of tho operation of god who hath raised him from the dead col 212 prayer meeting wed 800 pm the bible class will meet at tho homo of mr and mrs bert llcorlsh pn friday night at 8 oclock we heartily invito tho public to all our services apples for sale no 1 quality spy apples by tho bushel or barrol sam golden at ponnocks livery