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‘ Mr. George Macklem of Toronto is making a visit with his Mother-in- luw. Mr. J. H. anvr. Miss Ella Mortson of Toronto is visit- ing with her gmndfather Mr. Matthew Mm-tson for a few weeks. Mrs. C. Ramer of Aylnwr. accom- panied by three daughters from T0- mntn, spent (“'01- Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. ancr. At the Epwnrth League twmnrmw evening Mr. \V. E. Jones of Victoria College will be present and give an addrms. Willa]! whn can. cnme to hear Mr. Jones Friday evening. At the spelling match in ennnPctinn with the Epwm-th League Friday evening Mr. Allen’s side carried off the honors. Miss Haerl Smith was the only person standing at the close of the cont-est. The l‘vslllt did not indi- cate in some cases a vary close study of Proverbs. Men’s sweaters extra value each 75C. Mv'n’s sweatm'cmlts‘ grey trim- med with navy, high buttoned cnllnr. 2pockrits, spunin] price $1.75. Bnys’ sweaters. buttmwd nn shoulder, mulnr navyund Cardinal each 850., men’s fourâ€"m-hund tips. a gnud 'dssm-annt of patterns to chrmse from. 20c each. Atkinson & Switzvr. RICHMCIND HILL, ONT., FEB. 22, 1912 Mr. and Mrs. Johnston of Rinmvnnd and Mrs. Jcnnthnu Baker (11’ Baker Hill spent. a day 01" MW) with Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ramvr and other friends. Men’s black and white stripe dri]! wot-king shirts, extra huge. all s‘zox. 50c. each. Boys’ and yrmthq’ drill working shirts 50¢. each. ‘Atkinson & Switzer. The Prize List for thn annual Fah- nn th'? 24th of May was revised by the directors at n‘ mPPting 0n Mondav. Judges wm-o :llsm appointod. and other arrangements made for the Fair. Natural size cnokmg figs. 60. 1h: naw prunes, 2 lbs. for 250; choice hand picked beans. 6 lhs. for 250.: finest Turkish figs, 21bs. for 25c. Atkinson 8: Switzer. Richmond Hill Juniors played Vic- tm-ia Square Juniors, and Richmond Hill Senian played the Beverley Ath- letics in the rink here on Fliday ove- ning. The Hill teams defeated the Visitors in both Cases. Choice cocoa. 25c. 11m: Bensdorp’s cocoa, 25c. package; Uowan’s and Baker's unsweetened chocolate, 10c. cake; prepared icings almond, maple. chocolate, orange and vanilla flavour ings, 10c. package. Atkinson & SWItzer. A meeting nf the Ontario Good Roads ASSHCiEIUOH will be held in the County of York Municipal Buildings, Advlaide St.. East. Toronto, on Mon- day 261!) Fvbrneirv, at 2 p.m.. and the WW) following days. A good pmgmm of subjects fur discussion has been prepared. The Council of tin- Township of Pickering has passed a resolution pm- testingagainst, any move by which Richmvnd Hill and Nm'th Toronto might get :1 supplv nf wan-r from ar- tesion wells «‘3 Lunmm’ille. It- is claimed that n lmxm‘h .uf tho Dul‘l‘m-in Creek whig‘h runs Ilnmugh Pickering township has its riw in \Vhitclmrch, and that harm might rusnlt. Another large crowd found their way to the rink ’l‘uvsdny muminq. The main a‘ttrm-tions \Vtâ€"‘I'P the fimcv and figure skating by Professor- Heins, formerly of Milwaukee». and the1 hocke-V match between the Macphm'son Club and the home sow-n Professor Heins gave two exhibitions on ordinary skates, and one on skates 15 inches high. He skated with ease and grace, and let, us here any that our young skater-s who glide round and round and round the rink year after your should be stimulated to attmnpt some of the graceful movements theimselves. The exhibition Tuesday evening in- clude-d spinning figure angle 45, grape vino. corkscrew. \vullz step. cross foot waltz step, scroll spin, Dutch scroll &c. The hockev match was fast and excit- ing, the home. Loam winning by a score of 11 to 3. The match was refereed by Mr. J. P. Naughton. ii?»le fifth”th SKATING EVENING. The following won pxizes at the rink Monday m‘ening, at the skating party in aid of the Methodist Sundav School: Buys’ race, 10 yrs., Ist, Cvcil Glass. 2nd Geo. Wiley; Boys’ 12 vrs.. lst Clarence Palmer, 2nd Cecil Glass; Buys’ 15 yrs., lst Gen. Blanchard. 2nd Clarence Pal» mer. Girls’ 10 yrs., 13!: Vivian Stung, 2nd Edna Granger: Girls’ 15 yrs., 158 Bricey Patton, 2nd .Libbie Rubinson. STRUOK BY CAR. Mr. John Ash, a fmmer near Lake Wilcox, was seriously injured by a. Metropolitan car near midnight. Wed- nesday of last week. HP was driving north with his team and sleigh when he was struck by the car. Mr. Ash claims the snow was so high that he could not get, off the track. He was thrown from the sleigh, and was picked up only a few feet in front of the car. One of the horses was badly injured. It is now thought that Mr. Ash will recover. FAN CY SK ATING. For bést sheaf Goose Wheat $8. $6. and $5. ‘ Also still larger prizes than above at the Guelph and Ottawa winter Fairs, for-“goose Wheglt. The Markham Agricultural Society is giving prizes divided as follows for best 5 acres of standing Goose wheat $20. $15. $12. $10. $8. $6. $4., largest acreage $6. $4. Thc‘lCunadian National Ex'hibition, Toronto, for best 2 bushel bags Goose wheat. $10. $8. $6. GirlsuAgnes Boyle, goal; Cecile I’e‘zusnn, point; Mary Topper, cover; Winnie Simpson, rover; Francis Car- leton, right- wing; Edith Clement, cvntrv; Flossie Allison. left wing. __A Buysâ€"Duncan Read, goal: Carl Hill, pmnt: Douglas Larkin. cover; Nor- man Tyndall, raver: Willie Naughton. left; Wing; Norman Francis, centre; Mel-ton Brown, right wing. FIJI“ particulars apply to A. Ward Milne, Secretary, Markham Ont. St. Andrew’s church was Crnwdvd to its utmost at the annual oyster supper held on \Vednesday evening of last WN‘k. After supper was sewed, the choir of Uhalmers’ church, Tm-nntn, gave an excellent. musical progt-mmne. Tho proceeds amounted tq about $200. There was a large crowd at the rink on Saturday evening. Aurnm hand was prvsent and furnished gnud music for the skaters. The hockey team wont (u N()hlet0n last Friday evening. After an hour’s good playing the résult was 3 t0 1 in favor of Nobleton. Mr. T. Cunsms is shipping a. car load of eighm‘n horses to the \Vesb this week. Mr. 8., Ireland is in charge of tho car. ’wv. F. J. Vowles uf Victoria Uni- versity, preached in tho Mt-Lhndist church on Sunday morning. The line up for Richmond Hill to- nighrtrwill be:â€" Another hockey match will be play- ed here next Monday evening whm a fast, team from Stanley Barracks club will meet the home seven. Puck Ln be faced at 8.30. Victoria Hall was crnwded VVednvs- day evenng of last, week when the St. Valentine social was held in connvc- Lion with Trinity church. An excel- lent programme. was given by Miss Cmm-ie Master: Brown and other talâ€" ented artists. Mr. Hughes, hotel-keepoz, was up before Magistrates Sandexsnn and Francis a few days agn, and was fined $50 and costs for having liquor on his premises. Secnnd oifence A large number of our enthusiastic citiznns accompanied the hm-kny boys to Aurora. Tuesday evening when a match was played with [he nm-Lhern team. After a shm‘p contest, the game went. in favor of Aurora. Dun’t forget the lvcture on “Success in Life and how to achieve it,” to be given under the auspices of the Guild, by Rev. Dr. John Gray of Toronto, on Friday evening. .at, 8 o’clock. Those wlm remember the Vlsib of Dr. Gray in the interest, of the New Knnx Colâ€" lege will Wish to hear him speak on so practical a subject. Mr. Pratt; will preside at the meeting. No admission fee beyond the monthly collection. The congregation has sustained a distinct loss through the, death of Mr. Andrew Newton, which occurred on the 11th instant. For many years he was Well known and highly esteemed not only as a business man, but as a. citizen, who was deeply interested in all the activities of Richmond Hill and vicinity. He discharged with faithful- ness the. duties of any office in which he was called upon to serve. This will he remembered in connection with his service upon the School Board and as a manager in the congregation. He was a man of kindly disposition who seemed to befriend every body and to antagonize none. And in these later months of illness his placid spirit he- spoke a confidence beyond the reach of all fluctuation and change. The first round of the home and home hockey games hetween tho Markham and Richmond Hill High Schools will he played to-night (Thurs- day) in the Richmond Hill Skating Rink. The girls teams will take the ice :it-S p.m. sharp. and the boys im- mediately after. Markham is playing fast hockey, as they have a. much better ice sheet f01 practice, and spec» tators will see an exciting struggle from start to finish. The admission fee is put down to 10 cents for both. The rink should be crowded to its ut- most. The pmceeds from these matches, after expenses, go towards equipping a High School reading table. Let everyone turn out and give the home teams a cheer. The Victoria Square Branch of the W'omen’s Institute will hold their regular monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. J. Cherry, Gormley,-on VVed- nesday, February 28. at; 2.30 p.m. I’rogranmie:~â€"Paper on Spring Sew- ing; instrumental duet by Master J. Frishy and Miss B. Frisby; duet, by Miss R. Baker and Miss N. Saunders; solo by Mr. Keys; Question Box. All Welcome. COMPETITION IN GOOSE WHEAT After 38 years in office James L. Hughes retires from the position of Chief Inspector of the Toronto Public Schools. His retiring allowance is $2,000 pen mmum. PRES BYTERIAN CHURCH HOME AND HOME GAMES. V iotoria Square. H. S HOCKEY. News N ote. Thornhill. Mame. BUY FLORIDA LAND~leyP HEAD OFFICE: 2! QUEEN STREET NORTH BERLIN. UNIX 82-6. 30-911) IQIZ Models are unsurâ€" passed for value and effluen- cy. Above cut represents‘our five passenger, thirty horse power car at $I375 00, deliv- ered in‘Torouto fuiiy equipp- ed. Call without fail‘and see our 1912 Models, A d d r e s s : FLORIDA COLONIZATION CO. LIMITED SHAW=0VERLAND SALES CO., MOTOR CflES and TRUCKS OVERMND ELEBTRIG MEWS 28-tf FIFTEEN YEARS’ EXPERIENCE Prices Moderate House Lighting, as WM. GRAEAIE‘I Rubemid Roofing, Oshawa Steel Shingles and CurrugaLed Iron Roofing I have on hand a car 10nd posts for sale. By Rules of National Board of Fire Underwriters for United States and Canada. Richmond Hill, Out. Persons wiéhing to do any mofing Will be safe in leaving their order with 28-“ WM. GRAHAM H. B. STIRLING 52 T0 59 ADELAIDE ST., \VEST TORONTO It is very productive. 2. It is not hot in summgr and their winter is June weather. Yongflpmrlfldiy‘gs dc; 1193,. cost OLo-quurtur of 77v â€"â€"~ 1 Northern FRI-m Buildifigs. You save your large wiuca fuel bill Ynu do not walk all summer no wintor your 1:“, AL, ,L live stock It grows crops the year around; THREE 030 P8 in the pear Your crops are ready to market when tho rest of the continent is in Lhwlead nf wiutsr Spl did markets 9. hegulurund piemiful k,,ll of Toronto. operated by the CH1â€" tt‘al Business Cuiiogn of 'I‘m-ontu, train young men and \vomvn ful.‘ Office positions. Why not got your training under “Spec1alists”~smne of whom are \VQILknown :mthm-s of commercial text; books? We have students in sittendzmm fmm Halifax to Vancouver. Semi for free catalogue to W. H. SHAW, Pres., Yonge & Gerrard Sbs., Tn- ronto. 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Ladies print house dresses in neat striped patterns each $1.35. Upholstering Tapestry 50 inches wide for furniture coverings, etc..500. yd. 72in. White Flannel sheeting reg. 75c. yd. for 650. 28 in. Tartan dress goods, red and black check pattern, per yd. IIC. 38 in. Black Serge, all wool, 30c. yd. 44 in. All wool Black Serge, 50c. yd. Feb. 8. 1912. Th3 fiésézmam! ééii! fiaméshing Smre Men’s Men’s Men's Men’s Men’s Concrete Store N eWs FURNITUR E Chairs, Tables, Couches, Springs and Mattresses. Our Bed-room, Dining-room, Sitting- runm and Par- lor Furniture are the most upâ€"to-datc because they come straight from the factory to you '- YOU’LL D0 BETTER HERE THAN ANY PLACE GET OUR PRICES AND SEE NQRMAN J. GLASS PROPRIETOR 2.10 Rubbers, regular $5 .90 saPe price $ .70 Heavy Rubbers, “ 2 50 “ ll ' . . 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