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r active at 90 on sunday sept 3rd mrs walter percy main street markham marked her 90th birthday the occasion was celebrated quietly with a few friends relatives and neigh bours still active and looking many years younger than her age mrs percy has eight liv ing children 21 grandchildren and 40 great grandchildren staff photo engagement mr and mrs allan meyer of claremont wish to announce the engagement of their daughter ruth rosanna to mr gordon arthur johnson son of mr and mrs melvin johnson of clare mont the marriage to take place on friday september 22 1961 at 500 oclock in altona united missionary church al tona for every student with a spark of genius there are a doz en with ignition trouble attentsom early cut alfalfa hay well saved not weathered is a valuable low cost feed ingredient cists feed costs when ground and properly mixed with your own grains and pioneercafeteria concentrates by our mobile feed mill for dairy cowsdry sowsfinishing pigs nutritionists say ground alfalfa hay can be used as 10 of the total ration for dairy cows dry sows and finishing pigs when mixed right and fed right it gives you top results at rockbottom cost we have the formulas and feeding directions for these feeds you have the ingredients and the livestock phone us today unionville 137 feed service plan fall youth program u m church the stourtyille tribune thursday september 7 196 pij i on monday september 11th the fall and winter youth pro gramme of the church wiu be gin although the first meeting will be for the genera reorgan ization and appointment of youth leaders a new youth se ries will be introduced there will also be a fifteen minute col- oured film on a typical youth meeting materials for the programmes will be introduced to the group tuesday september 12th the denominational sunday school director will meet with the staff of the markham school plans will be made for the fall ad vance of the school it is inter esting to note that our sunday school attendance during the summer has remained at an all time high on wednesday september 13th the director will meet with the staff of dicksons hill school many new changes in this school will be noted with the addition of new class es a supervised youth depart ment and new class tables the guidance given by the director will be most helpful in imple menting a sunday school ad vance two of the sunday school classes enjoyed an outing last saturday mrs reg kirk and mrs john keeler arranged transportation for their classes every child enjoyed a wonder ful saturday afternoon of games and the best in food the outing was held at the keeler home near ballantrae the womens missionary so ciety have plans for an excellent series of first tuesday in the month meetings th ladies are sharing an interesting study on islam the pastor will be speaking at an annual youth retreat to be held at chesley lake on fri day sept s to sunday the 10th although the young people will stay over sunday the pastor will be returning for the lords day services elaine barkey di- anre barkey marion ever el- va kennedy don barkey dave barkey rose ann fineham ann barkey and ken barkey will be attending loco and personal happenings mrs joe gayman returned to her home in ridgetown on sat urday after spending the past five weeks with relatives and i friends here mr arthur rusreu of port credit son of mr and mrs ira kusne resigned as agrono mist for campbell soup co after being with them 11 years to take a position as high school teachcer in science and math in the george harvey vocational school in york mr clark hoover and his nephew don roper of toronto were visitors with mr and mrs fred pugh recentlv moke participating in addition to those merch ants already listed in the large twocolour silver dollar display in this weeks issue the follow ing merchants are also partici pating sanders beach ba garage middlemiss electric nd shiners the loud explosion that oc curred on sunday afternoon was caused when an rcaf jet plane broke the sound bar rier the noise was heard in agincourt unionville mark ham and stouffville lawn bowlimr news the local club bowled on mon day aug 2s high 2 wins went to merv watts agnes wallace and earla brammer 2 wins also to elmer farthing lue beare and laura reynolds one win to elgin wagg mabel watts and john underwood the prizes were wooden bowls made and donated by cliff wagg a social time followed the games and the members presented winnie elson with a purse on the eve of a trip to england on labour day holi day sept 4 at newmarket high for one win was elmer doris and marian farthing the little trophy was won by an oshawa rink mr garth brubacher of los angeles california is visiting his parents mr and mrs john brubacher and family albert st for a couple of weeks mr and mrs stan martin and boys of detroit were weekend visitors at his brothers mr and mrs orville martin mrs rigg has returned to her home in lancashire eng land after spending several weeks with her daughter mrs chapelle glad park ave mr and mrs ed fennell and boys of timmins spent a week recently with her parents mr and mrs w mcdowell church st the boy scout troop started their fall activities at the unit ed church on wednesday night the cub pack will be starting on tuesday sept 12 opening program for ig time in town thursday september 7th amplified music through the day distribution of silver dollar contest tags rides for the children if available balloonarama commencement friday september sth amplified music through the day lions club chicken barbq at 5pm on the street continuous distribution of silver dollar tags rides for the children if available junior farmers square dancing group 9 pm ribbon cutting ceremonies by the deputy minister of highways 4 pm free street dancing 9 pm free candies and lollipops for the children saturday september 9th amplified music through the day continued distribution of silver dollar tags rides for the children if available free light refreshments grand prize draw for 100 silver dollars time to be announced parade 11 am air cadets air force band cgit scouts etc miss e wallet of markham who has been a teacher in the local high school had the mis fortune to fall and break her hip and is now in hospital visitors with mr and mrs wm c hall at springhurst farm included mr harold le roy mr and mrs fred waite and daughter arlene mrs hen ry palmer mrs audrey burn- and all of toronto and mr and mrs donald good donald ronald and laurie oi comax vancouver island all ladies in the village in terested in joining a bowling league to play weekly at the m s c lanes in markham should contact mrs betty wilk- ins at stouff 331w not later than monday sept 11th mrs l hodgins and son dan ny are visiting with her par ents mr and mrs a reid ringwood for a few weeks be fore joining her husband in saskatoon where he is on the teaching staff of the university of sask mrs thomas hooper main st e is visiting with mrs e j crosier in toronto miss evelyn rusn- of tor onto spent the holiday weekend with her parents mr and mrs ira rusnell a colourful new neon sign has been erected at the main street used car lot operated by neil patrick motors mrs w d wells of isling ton who has just returned from a 2 months tour of europe spent the weekend with her bro ther mr n oboyle and mrs oboyle mr and mrs bob mcdowell and girls of uxbridge were vis itors on sunday with his par ents mr and mrs wes mc dowell miss janet hope daughter of mr and mrs fred hope east of town returned to her nurs ing duties in kingston after spending a week witi her par ents prior to that she was on a hip through western canada mrs tom hargrave of tor onto is spending a couple of weeks holiday with her sister mrs harry stouffer miss wendy worling of scar- boro who has been assisting in the marguerite shoppe since june is returning to toronto to begin her 2nd term at teachers college wendy is a niece of miss simons stouitville taxi at your convenience 24 hour service operated from midtown garage main street days 170w nights 170j a farewell party was held re cently at the home of mr and mrs oliver harding baker hill by the neighbours of mr and mrs robert masters they were presented with a coffee table before their departure to make their home on the don mills rd near queensville- low prices ion meats side bncoil lean rindless mb 58t lean fork shoulder hosast lb 39t wieners 2 lbs 75c bologna by piece or sliced 29t lb 3 lbs for si oboyles meat market we deliver phone 35 stouffville wideman mr ralph wideman passed away at his home rr 1 rich mond hill on wednesday aug 30 1961 he was the husband of the late louisa doner and father of cora mrs chas conner unionville delta mrs g boyce north bay and mur ray at home mr wideman was in his 85th year after resting at the wright and taylor cha pel of the pipher funeral home service was in the heise hill brethren in christ church on saturday at 2 pm interment was in the adjoining cemetery mr david stouffer accom panied by his aunt miss bertha stouffer were in owen sound on sunday david provided spe cial music at the united mis sionary church where mr and mrs f huson are in charge about one hundred and thirty members of the yake families gathered at the home of mr and mrs will yake 5th con cession of whitchurch for a re union they were present from mount forrest orangeville au rora newmarket toronto ux bridge goodwood and stouff ville plans were made to meet again on the last saturday in july 1962 at the same home a hearty welcome is extended to all descendants of the yake families officers were named pres wellington yake good wood a committee hazel of toronto ira of mount forrest elmer of aurora oliver good wood sectreas e harding stouffville mrs donald gilbert and fam ily of camp borden and mr sam selick of oshawa were weekend visitors with mr and mrs john chambers and fam ily commercial st mr and mrs joseph e smith humbert st toronto were visitors in town on saturday mr and mrs smith are week end residents at musselmans lake and have occupied a cot tage on the davies side of the lake for twentyfive years mr ralph kirby a wellknown and longtime resident at cone 7 whitchurch near lomon- ville has put away more than one hundred jars of preserves this summer and still plans on adding more before the winter winds begin to blow misses marg lintner and pat barry have retrned from a weeks holiday at bala another new stylerite home has been sold on baker ave the most recent sale was made to a north bay couple a homing pigeon has taken up permanent residence on the premises of mr cg wilton glad park ave mr and mrs russell jordan of springfield 111 entertained 26 members of the fairies fam ily at hagens chicken barbe cue at manchester on saturday night this was followed by a pleasant evening at the home of mr and mrs floyd fairies a total of 791 calls were hand led by the markham twp pol ice dept at their buttanville office during the month of aug ust this is believed to be an alltime record for a single month period fines totalling 26000 were levied in btittonville traffic court on friday morning the speeders all clocked on radar on no 48 highway within the limits of markham village had exceeded the 30 mile limit in the area mr and mrs frank bielby market st moved to their farm near atha recently and mr and mrs john smith of toronto who is one of the new high school teachers have moved in to the bielbv home mr and mrs ed nigh ed ward st have returned from a 2 week holiday with her bro ther mr and mrs harry wide- man of islington at a cottage at fletchers beach orillia mr and mrs gordon colburn and family of glad park ave have returned from a 2 weeks visit with her parents mr and mrs w j martin in halifax david who flew down 6 weeks ago returned with them mr and mrs win timbers and mr and mrs lloyd doner and family of gormley visited their daughter and sister irene timbers in toronto on sunday engagement mr and mrs edward fretz wish to announce the engage ment of their daughter marjorie eileen to mr ronald alway of st thomas the marriage will take place on saturday septem ber 30 in th wideman menno- nite church at 2 pm using obscene language brings jail sentence a seventeen year old stouff ville youth was sentenced to 10 days in jail in magistrates court newmarket on tuesday morning for causing a disturb ance on main strecr gordon bryon was charged by pc har ry heatherington of the stouft- ville police dept bryon was alleged to have used obscene language in public the accused was also fined 2500 or art alternative of eight days in jail for having beer in his possession the incident oc curred on friday night dance attraction here this friday night tiiom mrs minnie g thorn wife of charles f thorn passed away at her home in aurora on saturday sept 2 1961 in her 93rd year she was the for mer minnie shank and is sur vived by her husband in her younger days she made her home with mr and mrs john eade on the 9th cone of mark ham funeral service was from the temporary location of thomp son funeral home at aurora on tuesday sept 5 at 2 pm with interment in the aurora the project cemetery mr and mrs lloyd moyer dorothy and mildred were guests on saturday at the wed ding of miss joan millen and mr john pugh at the peoples church in toronto mrs jim cook and son claude accompanied by the former miss maude kemp daughter of the late mr and mrs george kemp former residents here and now of weston were visi tors on sunday with mr and mrs levi forsyth ron wideman son of mr and mrs allan wideman of al- mira and mr gordon tarr of stouffville motored to the west ern states in july while there they found employment in ru pert idaho gordon returned home on saturday to resume his education while ron is con tinuing at his present place of employment w d atkinson local auction eer again conducted uie annual market cattle auction at the cne in toronto last wednes day night the grand cham pion steer sold to dominion stores at 225 per pound the reserve champion sold at 60c per pound the 50 head had all won a prize at the exhibition a blood donor clinic was held in the united church basement on thursday aug 31st by the red cross despite the short notice 100 registered as donors and of that number there were only 6 rejects eleven ladies of the community assisted with one of the many colourful will be the appearance of the this group pictured here has highlights on the program to brooklin jr farmers square been trained by mr rod ox- mark the official opening of dance champions on friday ford of greenwood the morn- siouzviue rew main street evening sept sth at 9 pm bcrs arc left to risht front row ann drydcn freda draper evelyn dunkeld gail white roar row left to rifiht murray carson grant jones frank barkey murray jones and ron rogerson cadieux studio markham residents in overseas teachers group markham residents were a- mong a group of 46 modern canadian pioneers who left montreal last week by boac jetliner bound for africa and the far east mr and mrs e b comfort and three children of markham were among a group of 31 tea chers from all parts of canada being sent abroad under the aus pices of the colombo plan and the special commonwealth fin ance ministers meeting last yr the comforts left for singa pore before boarding their boac 707 jet at dorval they attended a twoday briefing conference at macdonald college ste-annc- debellevue the object of the aid program is to teach train teachers and set up study programs in under- devcloprd countries talks by government officials at the two- day briefing acquainted teach ers with conditions they will meet in their new homes in af rica and the far east members of the group flew to london and tiien continued their journeys on boac routes to accra and singapore it is the first time that can adian teachers have been sent abroad tinder the aid to africa program on which canada will spnd 10500000 in the next 3 years their contracts are re newable after one year they receive their canadian salaries plus special allowances and trav el expanses for every isember of the family at homo mrs robert maver is holding open house for her parents mr and mrs harry brammer at their homo cedar valley on sunday september 10 from 230 to 430 and 730930 the occa sion being their 25th wedding anniversary no gifts please notice e a grubin ro optome trist will be in stouffville at the james mccreight residence 58 main st e on monday after noon and evening and tuesday sept 11th and 12th on sunday evening a program of music was enjoyed at the 1st baptist church cone 9 mark ham with mr jim lewis as chairman those assisting with the program were soloist mrs alma oldham duets by the walton brothers of brechin and mrs alex ratcliff and mr eu gene bakv instrumental num bers by jim and wayne old ham and jerry lewis scripture reading by miss joan oldham mr clarion baker was the or ganist horticultural news the september meeting and flower show will be held in the united church parlour on mon day the 11th at 8 oclock mr ernie koliler head gardener at the shouldice hospital bayview ave will be the guest speaker he will have pictures to show of the gardens there as well as some taken while he was on a visit to switzerland recently there will be a flower show in the nursery room and the exhibits are to be entered from g30 to 715 in the following classes 1 an arrangement depicting autumn of flowers and fruit and not necessarily home grown 2 arrang with asters predom inating 3 arrang with zinnias prcdom 4 arrang with dahlias predom 5 arrang with glorlosa daisies predominating c arrang of any one variety of flowers 7 arrang in a teapot 8 the result of a drive along a country road and n few garden flowers v quality service 1900 stiver bros 1961 serving the community for over sixty years welcome the opening of the new pavement seed fall wheat fall fertilizers our o line of poultry feeds hog feeds dairy feeds grain millfeeds concentrates stiver bros phones 50cj 506w 502w rkfrkckicicklckickcp