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etitatte vol xlvi no 47 stouffville ontario thursday february 21 1935 a v nolan publifher stoneroot compound for disorders of the bladder and kidneys dr mccallun dead at smith falls miss jennie mccallum mourns loss of brother such as inflamed weaken ed and irritated conditions of the urinary tract inline back backache and rheumatism scalding urine etc j m storey druggist the home of quality drug legal harold a sanders barrister solicitor notary public etc stouflvtlle ontario phone 18003 mccullough button barristers solicitors convey ancers etc buttons block stouffvllie imoney to loan a c kennedy chiropractor church street stouffville monday wednesday and fridays 9 to 12 am m m gibson ontario land surveyor agincourt ontario dr john sangster mccallum one ot smiths falls most outstanding citizens died on tuesday last week at his home there the elms following a short illness in hi s8th year born at stouffville on november 6th 1847 son of the late george mccallum and jane sangster dr mccallum received his education in the public schools of stouffville for two years he was teacher on the staff of the uxbridge normal school returning to college he graduated as a gold medalist in medicine and surgery from victoria college toronto in 1872 a sister is miss jennie mccallum of stouffville while a brother dr george mccallum over 90 years of age lives in baltimore three other sisters are mrs mcnair and mrs steele toronto and mrs teskey of montreal from 1s72 tol877 dr mccallum practised in wellandport and dunii- ville removing to smiths falls to wards the close of that year and entering practice there while this town was in its infancy for many years he was a member of the muni cipal council and for several terms filled the office of mayor effort made to unseat reeve markham twp w ii clark defeated candidate for the reeveship of markham lasf january has entered suit against his successful opponent the veteran george padget charging unlawful conduct before and during the elec tion clark lost the fight by 15 majority in his statement of charge mr clark contends that padget did unlawfully give fuel to a ratepayer in the doncaster subdivision not on relief this incident is alleged to have occurred a few days before the election secondly clark charges that the deputy returning officer in elgin mills subdivision allowed per sons not on the voters list to vote the number is estimated at 20 his honor judge lee was scheduled to sit on the case wednesday this week potato grading is now in force goodwood farmer member of board farmers are not allowed to sell no 2 stock hope to end truck nuisance geo urquhart died on sunday in87th year father came to canada in 18421 born at ringwood flour exporter geo lived in stouffville nearly 75years marriages call renewed after three years briarbush hospital main street stouffville license no 263 graduated nurses in attendance private semiprivate and public wards phone 191 mrs er good superintendent medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon office cor obrien and main phone 1j coroner for york count following eight years in the pastorate of first church of the nazarene cowan ave toronto rev w mansel mcguire has re ceived an invitation to remain for another term of three years at the last annual meeting the caii was accepted by mr mcguire onetime pastor of stouffville mennonhe church momulleii davis the marriage was solemnized on tuesday afternoon at the mennonite parsonage of miss myrtle ruth davis daughter of mr and mrs walter davis of glasgow to cifford jacob mcmullen son of mr and mrs jacob momullen stouffville east rev s cressman performed the ceremony melville dental d c smith ldsdds neil c smith ldsdds office over the bank ot commerce office hours 9 to 12 130 o 530 phone office 1011 residence 1015 e s barker lds dds honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university ot toronto oflico in grublns block phons 8201 markham every tuesday office in wear block see h o klinck obrien avnue for your insurance needs in fire life automobile burglary aud all casualty lines a c burkholder insurance canada life assurance also automobile and fire co thomas birkett insurance agency everything in incurance phono 25902 stouffvllie ont stewart beare phone markham 2603 or to bralthwaites hardware 9601 radio repairing a service you will appreciate l e oneill stouffvllie and funeral director embalmer night and day service business phone residence phone 9801 9820 mr and mrs robson jewitt celebrated the 44th anniversary of their wedding on sunday miss jennie carruthers who was quite seriously ill is up and about again we are glad to say the guild will hold its regular meeting at the home of mrs grant this wednesday evening mrs powell is still confined te her bed we are sorry we are un able to report much improvement in her condition we dont know just iiow much pitted cabbage there is in the dis trict as yet unsold but one thing is certain the price isnt likely to im prove with the recent removal of the duty on this vegetable the xray taken of clarence widemans injured knee revealed torn ligaments and not a fracture as was supposed in either case it will mean a long layoff mr and mrs j w lehman h d lehman and imr and mrs jos gayman of stouffville were the guests of mr and mrs thos myers of zephyr on the occasion of their 47th wedding anniversary last friday negotiations are under way to procuro the raymer eventide hour group to put on their programme in the church on a sunday evening early in march further announce ment will bo made as to the exact date of their appearance the thaw put a stop to the ice gathering operations on the pond last sriday tho tremendous body of water came down willi a rush covering the ice to a depth of sever al inches the power sawing ouilet in uso is now giving very satis factory results it is many years since such a volume of ice has been taken from here the low cost and good quality coupled with strict regulations by tho health dept regarding tho cooling of milk are contributory factors hockey finals the bush league hockey finals are likely to attract big crowds this thursday evening the semi finals will be staged between altona and mount albert at 745 and stouffville playing 6th line in the second game the final game will be on mon day evening feb 25 and it promis es to be a hum dinger puck faced 8 pm six pairs of twins attend one church rev horace burkholder pastor of caisterville united church be lieves his church holds a record in the matter of twins this grimsby district church with a very limited membership has no fewer than six pairs of twins as adherents they are vernon and fern goodale in their 15th year harley and clarence culp in 17th year rhea and roy degrow in 14th year howard and harold dennis in sth year and bobbie and donna lymburner in 5th year all live within a radius of two miles the the rev burkholder is not a member of any local clan by this name so far as the tribune could ascertain but the culp children may he connected with the families by this name in markham town ship the lymburner twins also have a connection in this district as relatives of mrs jas h ratcllff of stouffville pegging of potato prices by the potato marketing board at 50 cents will mean a great deal to farmers who have potatoes in storage r e white york county agricultural representativesaid last week it will be an infringement of the marketing act to sell potatoes other than number ones mr white said the farmers will have to be a little more careful about grading trucks carrying potatoes will probably be checked up on the way to market and they will have to he licensed ontario potatoes have been bringing only 35 cents a bag in tor onto compared with 65 cents for maritime potatoes the grower has been getting only 20 cents a bag at the farm he will now get fifteen cents or so more and will be able to afford to feed his number twos howard u harper of goodwood has been appointed to the board as one of the fourteen fanners in ontario mr harper announces the opening of grading stations at markham village speight building and at oshawa as soon as arrange ments can be put through stations will be opened at goodwood and at ballantrae if a building is procur able all potatoes must be graded dealers will be required to have a license before they can come out and buy the farm tubers and in addition they must sell at firm prices this is calculated to end the truck nuisance as only author ized dealers may be in the business farmers of course selling their own product will not require to be licensed i the grading canflj into force last friday with the inspection station at markham being opened mpnday this week goodwood drop in at hodgins grocery on saturday this week and attend the coffee demonstration we will bo pleased to welcome all the ladles expert coffee maker present he was a canadian- births alsop at the briorbush hospital stouffville on february 17 1935 to mr and mrs chas alsop altona a daughter barman hoover stouffville i am prepared to do all kinds of painting decorating no job too large or too small reasonable prices phone s10s i had just finished eating my breakfast in nobles restaurant on broadway in oakland california and was walking down the aisle to the cashiers desk when i noticed a gentleman sitting at a table pardon me i said you vill not he offended if i ask you a question not a bit said he goodnaturedly what part of canada are you from i queried how did you know i was from canada he replied you will not be offended if i tell you i again ventured no said he well said i any time i see a man drinking tea out ot a saucer he comes from canada he was a good sport and freely admitted it ho came from markham mr and mrs edgar latcham spent the weekend in toronto the price of potatoes are up with some satisfaction to the potato grower dance this thursday night in the hall to tho popular strains of the famous egyptian band mr and mrs f a forsyth and mrs f woodland and miss ethel white had a business trip to the city on monday harvey may has his barbering days specified as tuesday thursday friday and saturday owing to the increase of business the sudden thaw last week made a bad rush of water through here the wedding bells are reported to be ringing on tho fourth line mrs george maye and miss edna brignal and mr geo stewart were in toronto saturday miss briguu trying a musical exam constable alt pugh gave our hockey boys an unintentional treat on tuesday night the chief gambled on stouffville winning the game but goodwood his native heath fooled the cop well be seeing you again alf the skating party and bean social that was to be held last thursday evening in tho- goodwood united church was a failure as far as the skating part but the beans and pie were in when george urquhart passed peacefully away at his late home en main street east sunday after noon it was as if a link directly connected with the early history of stouffville had been severed he was born in scarboro but his family or at least one brother the late john urquhart first set foot in stouffville in the year 1s59 or 76 years ago although there appears no definite record tho younger brother george came to the town shortly after he learned the painting and paper hanging trade and followed it all his ion g life his death on sunday was at the age of s6 years last birthday and it is a singular fact that his brother john died in his s6th year although george was passed his sgth birthday whereas john was approaching it when he passed away in 192s the urquhart family originated in the north of scotland descendants of sir thomas urquhart the father of george urquhart subject of this sketch migrated to canada in the year 1s42 setting in montreal here john destined to later become stouffvilles first assessor later clerk and treasurer was born later the family came on to scar boro where george first saw the light of day as a young man george united in marriage with alice kester native girl and to them was born an only daughter laura who died as a young married woman leaving also one daughter now mrs alice keep ing whose faithful care of the aged grandfather during his declining years has been most commendable the aged gentleman while retain ing the complexion of a school boy had almost completely lost his memory and while things of long ago were more or less clear to him at times current events were a com plete blank the late mr urquhart is also survived liy one brother james living at datona beach cal his wife predeceased him by three years the late mrs urquhart wa3 a sister of laura forsyths mother and a half sister to willis monk- house of altona george urquhart adhered to the presbyterian faith and filled vari ous offices in st james church be fore the union when he followed those entering the new church the funeral on tuesday after- 1 noon took place from the urquhart home where the deceased had lived for about 50 years to stouffville cemetery rev thos laidlaw united church pastor conducted the service the pall bearers were neighbors and friends of long stand ing being messrs sandy jones rolit mckinnon john gower edw walls james morriu aud frank baker tho stouffville riugwood dis trict lost a native son in the death ot william b browne pioneer miller and flour exporter widely i known in toronto for 30 years ho was 83 years old born at ringwood as a youu man he conducted the carriage shop there later coming to stouffville where he operated a carriage shop which stood on the site just east of dr sangsters residence geo law- sous block now occupies the ground rthat was 50 years ago stiil win browne and the carriage shop are well remembered mr browne lived at various plac es after that ho conducted the norval mills which were burned five years ago before his retire ment from active work in 1930 he had offices in toronto for his flour exporting business he was a member of the all angels church aud a liberal iu politics surviving are a wife four sons russel gordon cedric and lanfear one daughter helen and 14 grandchildren with the churches mrs mable ph the death of mrs john phillips of brougham which occurred at the wellesley hospital toronto on tuesday afternoon will be learned with deep regret and surprise in this neighborhood mrs phillips was only 46 years of age and was a former girl of the mussolman lake district she was a daughter of the late mr and mrs moses hill having lived most of her life on the 9th of whitchurch besides her husband she is survived by four daughters and one son mrs nathan gilbert of ringwood and mrs john e brown of oregon are sisters and john r hill of oregon brother to the de- deceased funeral thursday afternoon at 2 oclock from the late home in brougham value and purpose of fire prevention auction grain the farm stock sale of harold j lewis at dickson hill on tuesday afternoon realized good grain prices eight tons of alfalfa hay sold in the mow at 1050 a ton and mixed grain went si 17 cwt the harley seemed to sell a little cheap according to market quotations abundance sis 5c bushel mr lewis is junior curlers at the junior district curling competition at agincourt on tues day stouffville boys won first place the local rink included jack ponnock donald closson claude briiiingcr and walter slack the boys won both their games and will play in toronto again next week and a very enthusiastic crowd play ed crocinole and other games to the satisfaction of all oliver wagg son of tho late robt wagg goodwood died on monday at his home in the niagara district he was g4 years of age and was buried wednesday this week at mount albert deceased is survived by a wife and two or three children a brother edward farms at mount albert a number from hore attended the funeral on wednesday mrs w d richardson dies in her 69th year irosident of vandorf district for more than half a century mrs w d richardson died there on sunday in her 69th year born at agincourt mrs richardson moved to vandorf when she was 12 and lived there un til her death she was a member of the vandorf womens instltuto and tho womens association of wesley united church and was at one time presi dent of both associations surviving aro her husband w d richardson a brother henry spauldlng ot toronto a son geo richardson at home and a only daughter mrs g k mayor of newton robinson moving from the campbell farm of 1100 acres to a small 4 acre proper ty a s farmer wielded tho ham mer for the auction church hill tho christian endeavour will bo held at the home of mrs w paisley this thursday evening the engagement is announced ot grace elizabeth beach daughter of mr and mrs wm beach cedar valley to ross gordon thompson son ot mr and mrs jas thompson mt albert the marriage to take placo in march tho monthly meeting of the jubilee branch of the womens institute will be held on february 26 at the home of mrs w lazonby at 2 pm everybody bring your needle and thimble in order to work at the institute quilt there will al so be a good programme provided everybody welcome cream advanced cream prices are up again the local creamery quoting 25c for first grade and 27c for special dear sir fire departments are organized to give citizens protection against loss of life and property by fire while fire fighting must be their primary job the most alert of these departments consider that their full measure of service to citizens re quires as much attention to prevent ing fires as to putting them out intelligently made inspections are the backbone of effective fire pre vention work the average business man and property owner is not trained to recognize fire hazards and does not have the knowledge of fire fighting and tho factors influencing the spread of fire as does the ex perienced fireman the purpose of inspections may be outlined as follows 1 hazards persons who work among materials and situa tions which are hazardoits often be come negligent of their own safety just as long periods without a fire produce overconfidence and an underestimate of the fire danger firemen are able to more accurate ly judge the hazard and can point out and explain the conditions which need to be corrected 2- fire equipment under normal conditions fire extinguishers and other fire protection equipment do not get frequent use routine in spections are necessary to make sure that they are in working order when the need arises safety to lite of the occupants ot a building may depend upon the effectiveness of the fire protection equipment maintenance of klro exits as the first duty of firemen oi arriving at a fire is to assist people to escape from the building if necessary exit facilities are a vital concern to the fire department as well as to the occupants of the building an exit which is satis factory for ordinary use may be of littlo or no value under firo con ditions conditions in buildings maximum efficiency in tho hand ling of fire fighting equipment re quires a detailed knowledge of the building in which a firo is being fought knowledge of its fire haz ards its fire protection equipment its structural features affecting the spread of fire and its exit facilities is necessary for the safety ot the firemen as well as for eflicient handling of tho firo to eliminate unnecessary loss of life and property in tho near future a group of fire men may call on all business places to gain knowlcdgo of conditions may wo have your cooperation in preventing fire w e smith secy firo brigade stouffville presbyterian kev w h fuller bjl sunday february 21th 1935 200 pm sunday school 300 pm regular church servlca tho pastor will be with u we cordially invite the publlo to worship with us t t t t lemonville bloomington ballantrae rov c b jeffery minister sunday february 24th 1935 1030 am ballantrae 230 bloomington 7 0 0 lemonville t t t t melville bethesda peachs united churches rev j mcewen b a sunday february 24th 1935 1000 am peachs 1115 am melville 730 pm bethesda public meeting in peachs church on thursday evening feb 28 to be addressed by mr a d bruce on the political situation in relation to liquor peachs quartette all wel come t t t t stouffville mennonith church rev 8 cressman pastor prayer meeting friday night at 8 pm let every member try to be present at our prayer service sunday february 24th 1935 1000 am sunday school 1100 am morniiig worship 700 pm etvening service we most heartily invite th public to our services t t t t bloomington and ringwood christian churches rev e morton preacher sunday february 24th 1935 what we all kuow is little enough what we are ignorant of is enorm ous let nono be ignorant of the fact that there is a better and richer world than tho world of sense services next lords day 1100 am bloomington 230 pm ringwood 700 pm altona i weut with them to the house of god with the voice of joy and praise with a multitude that kept holyday ps 424 we will bo delighted to see you t t t t stouffville baptist ohurok charles s mcgratb pastor sunday february 24th 1935 1000 am sunday school classes for all ages 1100 am worship 700 pm service song service of old familiar hymns before regular service prayer meeting wed 800 pm the bible class will be held on friday night at the home ot mrs woodland montreal street at 8 pm wo heartily invite the public to all of our services t t t t stouffville congregational christian church harry worling pastor sunday february 24th 1936 stouffville 1000 am bible school classes for all 1100 morning service church h1h sunday february 24th 1935 200 pm sunday school classes for all 300 pm church service thursday feb 21st the christian endeavour will meet at the ihome of mts w paisley we should bo pleased to have all our members out to this meeting wc most heartily invite the public to all of our services t t t t stouffville united church thos laidlaw ma pastor sunday february 24th 1936 1100 am worship the presence of jesus 230 pm ss and bible class 700 pm evening service 15 minute songservice subject they havo no wine monday 800 pm yps mrs frank sangster has kindly consented to give an address entitled a iramblo through the books dont miss this come and bring a friend wednesday 8 pm prayer and bible study tho mooting of the womens association will bo at mrs k g tarrs on tuesday evening feb 26 at 8 oclock a real welcome awaits you at all these services