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stouffville ontario thursday october 20th 1938 page three istiniuiuiuiiiimiiiiiuiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiii uiiuuiiiuuimiuiiiiuuiiuuiuiuimuiu i town topics i i lhoxk ix vouk personals 15301 nmrthllllllll llllllllllllllllumiiillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliiiuiiiiimiiiuiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiilllllllllilllllillljllluli5 at dkfflibx mr and mrs fred marshall spent the weekend at hollywood lodge island grove all licenses are sold for the markham township pheasant shoot but the european peasant shoot has been called off the european crisis is not over yet warns the manchester guardian but how is one to known when one crises ends and another starts these days less than ten participants are still in the running for the local tennis honours the weather this last few days has been ideal for the continuance of the tourna ment weatherills auction today victoria square mr ed davis of bobcaygeon has been visiting in town recent ly william cook of south myrtle took a turnip into the whitby newspaper office the other day weighing 20 pounds one of mount alberts eldest women passed away last week when death claimed mrs william silversides whose maiden name was martha batenian she was in her 84th year and was a cousin of the late f w silver- sides a committee was formed in markham village this week to undertake the work of organiz ing a boys band in that centre at the last regular meeting of the council members voted un animously in favour of the pro ject the autumn thankoffering meeting of st james presby terian church wms will be held in the church on tuesday october 25th at 3 oclock dr mackenzie smith returned missionary from india will ad dress the gathering and a cord ial invitation is extended to all the ladies to attend postage stamps that have be come stuck together may be se parated by laying a thin paper on them and running a hot iron over it this does the trick with out damaging the mucilage mr and mrs walter davey of toronto were visiting his brothers here for the weekend mr davey is the writer of flash column for this paper which is read by all the old good wood people over canada wouldbe robbers entered the school house of whitchurch ss 3 last thursday night by break ing a basement window al though the building was thoroughly ramsacked nothing has been reported missing permanent waxes 250 1000 shampoo haircut and finger wave included hot oil treatments facial manicuring east end beauty shop phone 176 lehmans shoe store phone 4301 stouffville footwear for all the family womens hosiery boots shoes rubbers mitts socks gloves the westview nursing home stouffville obstetrical and convalescent cases taken reasonable terms marjdrie stewart reg n phone 272 mr and mrs j h ratcliff were in hagefsville for a short holiday where mrs ratcliff was met by all her children making the occasion resemble a family reunion mr and mrs nathan forsyth returned last week from holi daying in grand rapids mich where mr forsvth visited with two nephews frank forsyth and nathan udelle while away mr forsyth celebrated his 86th birthday to place him in the class of possibly the oldest man in stouffville lighting a match to inspect a tire on no 7 highwaysunday proved costly to john holden toronto he forgot the uphol stery had been treated recently with an inflamable finish it caught fire and in a few minutes the whole machine was in flam es and was almost totally de stroyed beginning friday october 14 a program of autumn schools for the young people of toronto east rural presbytery will be held at unionville and uxbridge seventy young people of the presbytery sat down to supper at the first district rally held in the united church stouffville on friday evening guest speaker was mr em- merson knowles student preacher from highland creek who told of his experiences in a western canada charge this past summer charged with drunk driving walter tranmer of stouffville was lodged in the jail farm on saturday evening by constable daniels of markham and pro vincial constable taylor after he had completely wrecked the car he was driving along no 7 highway tranmers machine took to the ditch at dollar tak ing off the guard and rolling over in the deep ditch several times clarence rogers the other pass enger in the car was not held the pair suffered minor cuts and bruises tranmer has been re leased on 50000 bail henry joyce of markham township farm hand employed by anthony hoover narrowly escaped serious injury on satur day night when while riding his bicycle on the 8th con struck by donald parrott of markham who was proceed ing south on a motorcycle parrott was charged with leav ing the scene of an accident and operating his machine without the necessary owners permit mrs m troyer of fleet alta writes to order the tribune for the first time last summer mrs troyer spent several weeks in the stouffville district visiting among old friends and relatives for 25 years mr and mrs michael troyer lived in this town occupying a house in the westend we believe and now trust the tribune will come like an old friend to mrs troyer who enjoyed her visit here so much mr percy brillinger is re modelling the double house on mill street recently acquired from the byers boys the large frame dwelling is being equipped with bath room facilities and furnace heating which will make a desireable home for two ten ants mr and mrs lome clark and mr and mrs ojerman with their families were guests of mr and mrs a s collins on sunday quality service mr and mrs walter barkey and family of toronto motored out on sunday and spent the day with mr barkeys step father mr thos williamson one of the towns eldest citizens miss ruth nendick grand daughter of mrs f w silver- sides underwent an operation for appendicitis at the toronto general hospital and is report ed to be making very good recovery we are pleased to learn corncutting is still keeping the farmers busy this week the cornborer which up to the pre sent has not proved much of a pest here has made inroads on the 1938 crop the most effective method of destroying the borer is to burn or destroy the root stalks mrs wj mccartney clare- mont was able to leave tho brierbush hospital last week while her daughter miss myrtle mccartney expects to be able to go home this weekend follow ing their recent severe shaking up in an auto accident on thanksgiving day miss mc cartney suffered a fractured jaw weekend guests at the brier- bush with mr and mrs e r good were mr and mrs chas mackechnie toronto miss ruby e good rn and mr edward r good of hamilton misses helen m good and rhea brown kitchener and mr gordon l hall toronto mr and mrs morgan degeer have moved from their farm on the second of uxbidge to the brick residence in the east end formerly owned by mr degeers mother mr and mrs degeer will be welcome to town as new citizens although they do not come as strangers by any means twentyyearold bob forster former markham township resident markham junior hockey player and star goalie of last years oshawa juniors is to play hockey for the balti more orioles this coming season a strong force of ontario play ers are being taken by pick hines coach in the easter unit ed states amateur hockey league the markham florists in con junction with the local horticul tural society are doing some thing to stimulate the growing of tulips in town as was seen by the display adv last week the markham florists gifts of tulips are being given for the best looking tulip beds next spring no doubt the compe tition will be keen but best of all the village will enjoy a dis play of beauty that all people may enjoy no invitation has so far been extended to any minister to be come pastor of stouffville and church hill christian churches since the resignation of rev arthur greer a couple of months ago several men have been heard and real impression has been made but the management so far has not acted this paper was informed by one very close to what is going on last thursday mrs jess cook was operated on at the general hospital in toronto for a cancer ous growth which it was found not advisable to remove the patient is in a precarious con dition but friends are hoping that she may be spared to enjoy life the robbery of one thousand dollars worth of jewelry from the reive store in barrie last week recalls the fact that the head of the firm w s reive conducted a jewelry store in stouffville 40 years ago his shop in barrie is one of the most modern to be found in ontario the loot stolen from his store was later recovered in toronto much of it undamaged reives jewely here was conducted in the east side of the building now occupied by l e oneill and used as a casket show roomthus the room which was sale place of many a wedding ring the symbol supposed to bring happiness and sweet bliss to married couples for life later became the sale place of those necessary things which when we come to the point of having to buy gloom and des pair weighs the heart which is transacting the business convicted on three charges of breaking entering and theft john procopchuk vagrant was sentenced to two years in the kingston penitentiary for break ing into the mount albert creamery he was given two years for breaking into r r davis bakery and norman wil sons garage both at mount al bert by magistrate w f wood- cliffe in police court at new market last week the sentences were concurrent a charge of receiving stolen goods was with drawn numerous stolen arti cles exhibited in the court were found on procopchuk while other articles were found along the railway tracks procopchuk told the court he had never seen any of the articles found near the track and that the other things were his own he told the constable that the mount albert people were very kind and gave him lots of things among the articles recovered were a money pouch fountain pen grease gun blow torch several sockets used in cars leather coat claw hammer and thermos bottle that the fly is not only a domestic but a friendly insect without brains is shown by the multitudes of its kind that are invading this printing office where they find solace on the skin they love to touch while they might be fattening on th fleshpots of a nearby restaur ant and meat market many of the flies that enter the printing office are cut off in the flower of their youth by fly poison despite the great slaughter of this aviating pest that goes on in the printing office it doesnt interfere with their cens us much for there is another steps right into their place and heirs their property the monthly dinner for the lions club was served at the mansion house on monday even ing being attended by the dis trict governor mr j brown of bowmanville and a party of lions from his town he was welcomed by lion m e watts while the president lion john hodgins acted as chairman a report of the activities for the past nine months was given by the secretary lion hugh banner- man the situation for future work was given consideration and will probably include the distribution of christmas cheer for the kiddies of town and countiy when santa clause is expected about december 24 mrs matthews of brantford accompanied by miss frances ratcliff and by messrs john and james ratcliff and glen ratcliff of stouffville attended centennial celebration services at the gilmour baptist church near peterboro last sunday the father of our two business men messrs john and james rat cliff and of mrs matthews was the rev frederick ratcliff who was pastor at gilmour when the family were children and on readers will be interested in the special fall sale at l e oneills furniture store stouff ville where genuine springfill ed mattresses are being offered at from 850 up yu may rest peacefully on these low priced mattresses that have not been priced so low in years and were bought specially for this sale another special is a full panel bed with cable springs spring- filled mattress for only 2450 the regular price runs dollars highei drop in the first time you are in town or down street and look over the stock there are many interesting things in a purchase now with a small oneills and if you wish make down payment and goods will be held for christmas in addi tion to saving real dollars you will have the worry over of what shall i give stouffville se to 155 store we now have a complete line of fall goods on display womens sweatees 98c womens berets 39c hosiery new fall shades 69c mens and boys caps mitts and gloves at attractive prices doe skin shirts 100 military flannel 75c 100 we carry everything feeds this is the time to buy feed concentrates such as gluten feed oilcake meal soybean meal molasses schumacher feed quaker 24 per cent dairy ration purina 24 per cent cow chow moullee feed dry and freshening chow cil mineral bonemeal and stock tonic bread flour 98 pounds ivory flour 250 98 pounds quaker flour 275 98 pounds mothers in gingham 275 start the pullets right now with fulopep egg mash its the oatmeal that puts the pep in fulopep seeds grain feeds coal stiver bros phone 4501 stouffville ontario this 100th anniversary occasion it was a most interesting and fitting thing that they should visit the scenes where their father ministered for eight years and where they spent part of their youthful days his hip inflicting a deep wound which almost reached the bowel gardiner is employed on the smith farm at cashel but he was working at the wagg farm there at the time of the accident attention is called to the professional announcement of miss marjorie stewart r n in this issue the westview nursing home is located on north mill street miss stewart being a stouffville girl is well known to our people hence her business card in this paper will be of interest anthony gardiner jr son of anthony gardiner markham farmer on the 3rd concession met with a painful accident the other day from which he is making re markable recovery at the local hospitalhejumped from an elevation of ten feet and landed orifhe handle of a fork sticking upright the handle of the fork ran into his body at the rear of james h ratcliff brought down seven partridge a few days ago while on a hunting ex pedition in the north thats a pretty good bag for a man who lays no claim to any bisley title the condition of mr charles harper at his home just south of town still remains serious he has not been able to partake of any food for a couple of weeks now the regular monthly meeting of the womens christian temperance union will be held at the home of mrs j boadway church street on thursday afternoon next oct 20th at 3 pm a good program has been prepared and a good atten dance is looked for fish dressed fillets of haddock 1 cup of milk vi cup of flour 1 tablespoon of mustard 2 cups of grated old cana dian cheese 2 tablespoons of butter fresh chopped parsley prepare a white sauce with the butter the flour the mustard and the milk add the grated cheese season wipe the fillets with a damp cloth cut in individual pieces cover each piece with the cheese mixture sprinkle with chopped parsley place on well bunered oven dish and cook 20 minutes in moderate oven fillets of any other kind of canadian fish may be used instead of haddock fillets the kiddies eyes will sparkle when you bring in an appetizing platter of fish its a dish fit for a king with its delicious palate- pleasing flavour yet so inexpensive that you will have money left over for extra meal time treats you can enjoy canadian fish and shellfish all the year round over 60 different kinds fresh frozen smoked dried canned or pickl ed as often as you wish many tempting recipes make it easy for you to offer delightful variety to hearty appetites department of fisheries ottawa j write for free booklet rt please send me your free booklet 100 tempting 385 fish recipes please print letters plainly ajjrctt m y m v m w cii p xi