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stouffville ont thursday march 4 1937 town topics 1 mr e j mcdonald of toronto spent sunday with his aunt miss sadie stewart miss mabel morton who attended school in stouffville a few years ago was in town over last weekend visit ing willi rev e and mrs morton no fewer than 6 billions cigarettes were smoked in canada last year which is over 5 billion more than the- year before the war the in crease is due to women smokers the revenue to the government from ex cise duty of 4 per thousand manu factured was 23 millions cnesley enterprise miss muriel meek of sandford is visitiugs dr s s balls for a few days mr herbert iageer of toronto visited his father and mother on church st for a day or two spring will be officially ushered in on march 21 barely more than two more weeks house to rent 6 rooms water electric miss valentine victoria street tf for sale 1 bed divanette also 3 piece mahogany parlor suite apply betty beauty salon phone 3206 miss isabel robinson toronto was the guest of the misses hoover at their home on obrien avenue over sunday declaration by a goderlcli judge that it is not necessary for a witness to kiss the bible when taking an oath has called attention to the fact that an ontario statute provides that an oath may be lawfully taken by a person who holds in his hand a copy of the old or new testament with out him ibeinic required to kiss the book if a witness has no respect for his oath kissing the bible will not make him tell the truth stanley theatre thurs fri- sat march 456 princess comes across starring carole lombard f macmurray paramount news reel short subjects mon tues wed march 8910 mae west in g west young man with randolph scott warren williams short sujects west end service station introducing the new flushing gun you are invited to the euchre party to be held in the oes rooms this friday evening march 5th in the ratcliff block prizes and good social evening assured st patricks dance the unionville junior karmers invite you to attend their dance to he held in mammoth hall malvern on fri day evening march hth good music refreshments mr and mrs harold sanders at tended the recital of miss erma brownscombe of uxhridge at the toronto conservatory of music last week the affair was well patroniz ed by uxbridge friends of this accomplished soloist the condition of mrs hattie saun ders a patient in the brierbush hos pital is reported as very critical following a serious operation some two years ago mrs saunders never regained normal health and recent ly her condition compelled her to undergo this latest operation since which she has steadily weakened friends will he sorry to learn mrs saunders has been a resident of stouffville for a long number of yea rs bill sanders jr has secured a position as clerk at allan goudies store the former button hardware mrs gordon lehman is opening a violin studio at her home in the silvester block beginners and ad vanced pupils taken this is march and the birthday month of our eldest citizen mrs sarah hamilton victoria street on the 29th this active old lady will commence her 97th year another of those popular social evenings will be held in the eastern star rooms this friday evening march 5 euchre and refreshments prizes a special meeting of the stouff ville war veterans will be held on tuesday march 9 at 8 oclock all veterans are urgently asked to attend b lickorish secy oboyles meat market choice quality beef pork veal lamb cured meats always on hand lard we are offering a very special inducement in the price of pure lard telephone 3501 mr and mrs geo t lee were in claremont on sunday visiting the latters sisters mrs jones and mrs palmer recent visitors with miss mae ur quhart were mr and mrs w h urquhart and son billy of owen sound and mr and mrs charles urquhart and daughter mrs a j kilgour and son douglas of tor onto the sr womens institute wishes to remind you of there annual st patrick supper on march 13th in ratclifts hall when they will serve irish stew potatoes pancakes and syrup admission 25c supper served from 330 mrs r robinson of manitouliu island says that they enjoy reading the tribune when it arrives at their home each week and she encloses a renewal in a recent letter received at the oflice of this paper mrs robinson was a former resident on 10th street and a devout member of the united church friends in the local district will be pleased to know that mrs robinson and her family are enjoying good health and happiness the latest appliance for flush ing the radiator of your car removing any dirt or obstruc tion thereby enabling the anti freeze or water to do its work properly assuring you of a cool motor and economy in oil drive in today and have your car radiator cleaned boadways service station opposite the mansion house phone 265 we learned the other day that it is just sixty years now since mrs henry vanzant first located in stouffville a young wife at that time her late husband was a store keeper in the east end and was the leading auctioneer for years mr vanzant died 17 years ago but mrs vanzant enjoys very good health and her attractive looking well cared for home is solely looked af ter by herself mrs vanzant was a sharon girl and one of our highly prized citizens the funeral of the late miss martha mcquain who died on wed nesday last week as announced in our last issue took place on friday afternoon to newmarket cemetery for interment rev l e atkinson pastor of stoultville united church of which deceased was a member and regular attendant prior to her illness conducted the service at the home of mr and mrs john cleaver and later at the graveside the pall bearers were messrs allan neal robt burnett oliver harding lou lownsborough cliff pipher and reeve a k weldon harold the sixyearold son of mr and mrs carl w reesor 5th concession markham met with a nasty misfortune the other day when he fell through an opening in the barn floor to the stables below re ceiving a broken hip as a result the young chap was brought to the briarhush hospital fof examina tion and will be confined there for a time king township with an issue of debentures outstanding of ss04 will ask the debenture holders for permission to reduce the interest by two per cent thereby creating a sub stantial saving to the municipality if such an arrangement could be brought about in stouffville in re spect to its outstanding debt thou sands of dollars would be saved but those who hold the debentures ae not likely to enter into any such agreement it would have to be shown that the present rate of in terest could not be longer paidaml thus the fly in the ointment had all these debentures contained a clause whereby they were callable it would be a different matter as it is we are entitled to carry out the agreement and we wonder if king township will not find themselves in the same position we understand that a sale has been effected of the late robt miller home in the northwest section of the village to mr james brodie who with mrs brodie and miss janet will shortly retire from the farm the miller residence is a very fine property with beautiful grounds and hedges that make it most inviting in summer season the brodie family will be a welcome addition to our community mr brodies farm stock sale vlll be held on march 12th iriverdale lodge ioof came out to stouffville in a chartered bus on monday evening to assist the local organization in the work of exemplifying the first degree there were fifteen members admitted to the degree thus probably constitut ing a record number for one even ing light lunch was served and a social hour enjoyed by nearly a hundred present science proves read as an enemy hoq is not fattening stovers bread appeals to folks because it is reliably made of pure products and wholesome if our trucks do not call at your home ask for a loaf at the shop a trial will please you pies cakes rolls in any quantity at the cake shop stouffville bakery telephone delivery 189 dependable tools february is the month when farmers get out their wood and what a help it is to have just the right kind of tools to work with a perfect working axeor a correct saw is half the battle we specialize in carry ing a line of these goods and we have them on display headquarters for wood cutting supplies see the new model handy small cabinet rogers radio in operation at our store brathwa1te hardware stouffville ontario when the scribe called at the home of mrs john grove baker avenue to offer congratulations on her 85th birthday which she reach ed on monday of this week mrs grove who shuns publicity said she feared the neighbors had been talk ing but she added if i am in for some publicity now it will be the first time my birthday was ever re corded in the press to see this bright old lady or to sit and talk with her one would surmise that she could not be a day more than g5 her hair hasnt yet turned en tirely gray nor has her mind bent to her weight of years indeed one hesitates to call mrs grove old born at dickson hill a daughter of john ramer she was one of eleven children all but one living until mature age one sister died at 95 one at 85 and one brother reached 85 her father also lived to be 85 and her mother to the great age of 88 thus the ramers were truly a longlived family mrs john grove has resided continuously in stouff ville for 45 years and we feel that it is the express wish and hope of her numerous friends that she may long be spared to enjoy many more years ln her earthly home and it certainly looks as though the fond est hopes will be realized for mrs grove living alone has no difficulty in doing her own work as well as one much younger in years drug specials that will save you real money offered for a few days only x o x 7 e m a skin cream regular 25c trial jar for 15c pepsodkxt you buy a regular size bottle at regular price 50c and receive another 50c bottle for lc new all weather agfa kiwis a new shipment of these all weather films just in a guarantee with every roll bo ad w a ys drug store w boadway rhmb mr martin tait has rented his bungalo opposite the public school on main street to mrs crumb of claremont and whose husband is employed in toronto the mother and family located her this week thus occupying a premises that had been vacant since lou morden left town last fall five of the seven children in the crumb family will attend public school the junior institute will hold their regular meeting at the home of miss ruth walls on wednesday afternoon march 10 at 230 the roll call will be answered by the recital of some interesting feature of ireland there will be irish readings and irish music the guest speaker will be mrs mcewen all members and friends invited tendency of toronto citizens to purchase country estates for permanent residence was again emphasized last week by the an nouncement that charles b shields vicepresident and assistant general manager of loblaw groceterios co ltd has acquired the hiram hamil ton estate formerly known as the baldwin mills property the estate consists of 103 acres of rolling wooded land at laskay in king township after spending the winter in cali fornia mr and mrs percy brillin- ger arrived back in stouffvile last week delighted with their holiday but glad to be home again it was an unusual winter in the south said mr brillinger for light frosts came and this strikes terror among orango grove owners frost he explained is very hard on the trees and will split the bark a big fight 19 put up to protect a grove from this northern visitor which spreads such great damage in his wake the natives burn oil pots around their groves sot out at spacing of pro bably twenty feet apart they even bum old automobile tires the great smudge set up wards off the frost but is mighty disagreeable otherwise mr and mrs brillinger made their headquarters at long beach whero they saw ico a quarter inch thick on one occasion all of which was more or less new to the natives they crossed the san fran ciscooakland bay bridge which is 14 miles from end to the other won derful engineering feat the golden gate bridge they found a beautiful piece of architecture too enroute homo mr and mrs brillinger cov ered about 3000 miles avoiding the flood districts and the mountainous snow section they did however encounter a terrible dust storm likened to a great fog and had been raging for ten days with three crops of vegetables a year this com modity is naturally cheap in cali fornia but a crop failure is quick ly rcflectedin increased prices mr brillinger said he had scon some wonderful cauliflowers grown around stouffville but nothing that could quite equal some of the fields ho saw on his visit cultivation is car ried out by means of foreign labor and the men live in the cheapest of shacks or mero sheds there was an important change made in the management of the stouffville cemetery this week when tha caretaker ernie strong resigned to take employment in the north country his place being filled by lome mcmulleu son of mr jake mcmulleu lome who has been more or less familiarized with the work through having been employed with mr strong will be able to go right ahead with the duties the new caretaker will occupy the last house on 10th street at the cemetery gates and recently belonging to the peter byer estate it was purchased this week by mr jake mcmullen mr strong is leaving at once for the north country altona shool report ss 17 pickering february honors 75 or over pass 60 or over sr iv barbara barkey so nor man fretz 66 jr iv lucille howsam 77 doris baker 76 ruth slack 72 sr ill herbert hoover 76 merle slack 75 harry tindall 74 jr ill lois fretz 82 orval fretz 559 clayton davis 50 ii audrey slack 89 audrey- baker sg keith howsam si clar ence baker 74 mary davis 69 sr 1 evelyn davis s6 murray tindall 59 jr i eileen baker 97 b lewis 95 lois baker 91 elsie tindall 89 levi fretz s5 fred davis 84 primer in alphabetic order mcrvyn bunker isabell davis graut drewery jean hodgson marjory 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