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stouffville ontario thursday august 11th 1938 gliiuiiiri town topics phone ix xoub peksonais 16301 visit the horticultural dis play m the arena thursday and fndav of this week members of the uxbridge in ptinmiinimm mrs violet stadlebauer is holidaying in town with friends miss lenore mccleary of tor onto was a weekend visitor with mr and mrs william griffith mr and mrs robert johnston motored to hamilton on sunday to visit with relatives there miss audrey hoover nurse in training at the western hospit al is home holidaying with her parents mr and mrs lou hoover mr and mrs alex mcdonald former church street residents called in stouffville on friday on their way north to visit friends in muskoka the pentecostal holiness camp meetings being held at moyers bush dicksons hill closed on sunday evening and w brook secretary reports a most successful campaign this is the first camp meeting this body has held in three years mrs wm griffith and several bottlefed lambs raised at the griffith home in the east end entered the limelight last week when they were snapped by chris woods telegram photo grapher mr griffith has raised twentyfour lambs this year four of which were bottlefed babies uuuuiiiiikiiimni mr and mrs jos borinsky and family spent sunday washaga beach at mrs george menzie of tor onto visited with her mother mrs henry vauzant over the weekend mr and mrs john albright of pine grove and mrs frank stokoe of seattle were weekend guests of george e wilsons 4th con uxbridge the march of the army worm was not pleasing in this province but wed rather have that than some of the armies which are marching in other parts of the world mrs robt johnston met with a painful accident last week los ing part of one of the fingers of her right hand mrs johnston was emptying waste paper into a box when her hand struck several razor blades hidden among the debris mr dawson davis met with an unfortunate accident last saturday when he severed the end of one of the fingers of his right hand just at the first joint the mishap occurred while he was working on a shearing machine in sergeants hard ware markham threshing twenty rinks participated in the mixed doubles bowling tournament at the local greens on friday evening there were eleven stouffville rinks and nine from outside first prize went to blake sanders stouffville rink second harry marshall newmarket third mr murphy newmarket fourth dr boyd newmarket and fifth thos b rae stouffville we are prepared to serve you with choice prime beef roasts for the big threshing occasion they range from 12 to 15c per pound oboyles meats stouffville telephone 3501 we deliver parents whose children have defective eyes and who are fin ancially unable to secure proper medical aid are requested to re port the matter to a e booth convener of sight conservation committee lions club stouff ville this applies to stouffville and surounding community mrs f fable and two sons of california and former resi dents of stouffville called on friends and neighbours while passing through on a trip on sunday mrs fable and he hus band who passed away eight years ago resided in the house now occupied by mr and mrs a s collins some thirty years back this is the first time the fables have visited the town in the thirty years and they were overwhelmed with the many changes and improvements now showing salvation army corps were town on saturday night holding song service mr john anderson port perry father of our hugh anderson is spending a few days in town a new cottage is going up at musselmans for mr currie of toronto who has been a camper at the lake for some time schells planing mills are supply ing the material and art smith is the builder earl clendening son of harvey clendening with the rcmp has completed his three years in the north country being stationed at fort provi dence nearly a thousand miles north of edmonton earl is at present on his way south where he will enjoy several months leave mr and mrs hrry stouffer accompanied by misses cora and lorna wideman and mr l wideman on a trip to callendar recently claim they have a joke on our west end resident whom they say was taken for papa deonne and some tour ists approached him for his signature of course harry couldnt tolerate any deception and promptly put the mislead people right on this important score its all the go to use an electric range and at least forty stouff ville housewives have caught the idea every purchaser of an electric range will be given twenty dollars by the stouffville hydro electric commission this bonus should look attractive to all hydro users if you are inter ested consult the reeve or any member of the council or clerk dougherty sequel to the spectacular man hunt following the mysterious accident which befel arthur barnes car parts salesman well- known in stouffville the tor onto man appeared in court on friday with charges of reck less driving and failing to report an accident l mason counsel for the defense told the court that barnes had suffered a loss of memory from the shock of the accident and al so that some 130 had been stolen from the cab of the truck an adjournment of one week was granted by magistrate c f bick 8 western funny at a flay of ted at a symphony 7fci alt disneys fitfullungth feature wclp seven dwarfs wondrovsly filmed in ell the glories of th marvelous muitipianh technicoioh distributed 6y rko radio plelvrm stanley theatre stouffville f l r fshell clean rest rooms do not venture on that holiday motor trip without having us check over your car an ounc of prevention is worth a pound of cure boadways service station phone 265 stouffville a severe wind and electrical storm which struck stouffville early last saturday night did considerable damage to a num ber of trees and left the west end of the village without power for nearly an hour when one of the large chestunt trees crash ed over the wires in front of mrs archie leaneys house main street on church street a large maple cariio down in front of constable quibells home while another on the same street land ed on the roof of a car belong ing to rev totten of flesher- ton who is visiting with his motherinlaw mrs warriner baker avenue and mill street south suffered from the wind a big elm behind and creamery crashed down on the rear of lintner and griffiths blacksmith shop breaking in the roof of a shed betty beauty salon stouffville ontario nestle permanent waving at moderate prices in spiral croquignole or combination personality kair cutting marceling finger waving oil and scalp treatments shampooing for appointment phone 3206 this salon closed wednesday halfholiday mrs william lafraugh of montreal is in town visiting with mrs levi hoover mr and mrs austin jerman and family of torohto were sun day visitors with mr and mrs a s collins mr and mrs cliff pipher motored to newmarket on sun day visiting with mr piphers brother sawflies were discovered last week destroying the pine trees on the property of miss eckardt in the westend of town the lar vae of this insect feed upon the jack pine needles and many branches can be seen almost completely defoliated this is the only instance of the sawfly pres ence in stouffville that we have heard of mr james brodie re ports that his reforestration plo of some 200 acres on the mark- hamwhitchurch townline has been attacked for several seasons now the worms which feed up on the trees are about an inch long and are pale yellowish- green with dark yellow or brown heads two smoky lines along the back and a black dot at the end of the body the adult insect is a small fourwinged fly mr brodie tells us that at present no practical method for the con trol of large outbreaks is avail able where only a few trees are attacked the larva may be re moved by hand or the foliage sprayed mr and mrs bruce row- botham of cornwall have been holidaying here recently with their parents mr and mrs frank rowbotham and mr and mrs george freeman cedar grove thos dowswell of pennsyl vania has been holidaying a few days with his uncle mr george dowswell our american friend is a son of john dowswell a former stouffville school teach er over fifty years ago theres a better quaker feed for every need our boss sure likes to feed quaker live stock feeds since feed plays such an important part in your net profits we considered it our job years ago to maintain experimental farms where quaker feeds and different new ideas might be tried and tested under actual farm conditions we are constantly seeking ways to improve quaker feeds so that you will get more efficient results and at the same time cut your feeding costs consider ably we feel confident that quaker feed are the mou profitable and economical feeds on the market today a stiver bros mrs alf hoover church street is holidaying in london miss dolly thoman of kitchen er is holidaying with miss eulah brillinger for a few days we read not long ago in a magazine the canadian engin eer several articles written by mr sam foote who is at pre sent on the staff of the canadian national railways at st catherines sam is a son of mr and mrs s h foote 6th line whitchurch and attended con tinuation school here in stouff ville the articles appearing in the magazine weie part of thesis written by mr foote and sub mitted for the basc degree at toronto university several of his articles have appeared sinee and we understand that he has been offered a corresponding position on the staff of this weekly engineering paper miss doris ross formerly of the stouffville public school staff has been visiting with mr and mrs clayt baker mr don storry of blooming- ton has rented isaac boadways house in the westend recently vacated by mrs hutchinson who has moved into her new home corner of rupert and second streets a new garage is being erected on the boadway property as we go to press stouffville are preparing to meet toronto miracles in an exhibition base ball game here the miracles have been out to play the local boys on several previous occa sions and have provided some real baseball and are expected to do so again today mr and mrs d f hoiden and son walter were holidaying back north at ardbeg last week mr and mrs alvin smith and miss richardson of bond head were sunday guests of mr hugh bannerman and miss banner- man mr and mrs archie stover and ruth of milverton have been holidaying with their parents in town this week they were accompanied by earl smith and isobel seigner also of milverton claremont the following were appointed last week to the claremont paik board for the coming year dr n t tomlinson n f goddard wm birkett jos farr alf pretty and a mole wm reesor and robt ruddy were appoint ed as representatives of picker ing township council the last financial statement of the board shows a surplus of 730 a very gratifying figure free free free 2500 by d f hoiden d f hoiden sons announce another big gift to the public on a more expansive plan than ever before they have in past years given away to the public absolutely free four new ford cars this time they will offer greater attractions than ever 500 individual prizes all of cash value and ranging from 300 down to 150 prizes at 40 cents each 18 monthly draws 18 there will he monthly draws who the first 18 lucky holders will im mediately bo presented wuh their awards below is the detail for the complete disposition of the 2500 cash value awards 1st prize 30000 2nd prize 25000 3rd prize 20000 4th prize 15000 5th prize 12500 5 prizes 100 each 50000 10 prizes 50 each 50000 15 prizes 5 each 75 00 25 prizes 2 each 5000 145 prizes 1 each 14500 150 prizes 40a each 160 500 p nzes i buy this month aid every other month and secure your chances of a free gift tour tickets will all be preserved for the grand draw which wil be made in 1940 at our public demonstration b t holden sons markham stoufftille