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the tribune stouffville ontario thursday april 6th 1939 page three mmmiimmnimmiitn nummumuiibbnuillhiihuar own topics phone ln youil peissonai 18801 miss ruth cook of toronto daughter of mr w s cook cf leaskdale was one of three lucky girls who held a winning ticket on the irish sweepstakes and captured one of the prizes miss cooks share will we understand be nearly 2000 mill iiiiiiiuitiiiniiiiwnitimiiiti welsh and roberts the two men captured in connection with the markham bank robbery last week are expected to come up for preliminary hearing today when they will likely be sent on for trial charged with the rob bery of the canadian bank of commerce and with kidnap ping one man and one woman in stolen cars removing a water front from a stove in the home of mr george saunders in the post office building mr fletcher goudie plumber was severely scalded on one arm when water and steam blew out unex pectedly the injury while not serious was quite severe rev eber rusnell left on saturday with his motor car and trailer headed for car- stairs alberta mr rusnell had spent several weeks visiting his brother councillor ira rusnell his sister mrs jake reesor and other relatives in his home town district the cooking school sponsor ed by the canada starch co and conducted in ratcliffs hall under auspices of the womens institute drew a good crowd last friday afternoon mrs aitkin professional dietitian exemplified the correct way in her opinion of making this and that piece of pastry and many were the new wrinkles tried out on the men folk last saturday in at least one instance hubby advised his wife to resume her own concoctions but for all that the school turned up many new ideas the women were pleased to see demonstrated mrs thomas klinck was pre sented with a wonderful looking cake for being the eldest lady present mrs klinck is 84 many other gifts were handed out get your radio license from j m storey druggist a large party of young friends of mrs roy clark mary doten gathered at the home of her mother mrs ben doten jast fridiy evening completely surprising the young bride atid bringing with them many useful and lovely presents in linen china etc the evening proved a happy one for the guests and was sincerely appreciated by mrs clark dont fail to see alexanders ragtime band at the stanley theatre this weekend that measles are reserved for just kids is vigorously denied by our faithful bread delivery man mr jos gay man helen rowbotham spent a few days at the home of miss isabelle aitcheson in toronto last week mr and mrs m bell and baby of king city were in town sunday mr bell formerly on the commerce bank staff here is manager in king although saturday was april 1 there are still huge snow banks over the country and side roads were generally heavy around this district a heavy rain came down in the afternoon which did a good deal toward reducing the snow banks which are for the most part along the roads many fields are showing brown again i always read the tribune more or less exhaustively but now while i am spending the greater part of my time in bed i read it practically from start to finish and with much enjoy ment writes rev arthur greer former pastor of the christian church whom we trust is well on the way to re covery since his recent illness although a resident in stouff ville but a few years rev arthur greer left his mark for good on the people of stouff ville and distict and we willriot soon forget him the congregation of whitby united church last week ex tended a call to rev clifford park of elora to become their pastor on july 1st mr park is a voung man in his thirties rev russel obrien of whitby is going to burlington a freak of nature was born in kettleby last week when one of elmer harrisons goats gave birth to a twoheaded kid the animal died when only a couple of days old the creature had a large head two ears four eyes two noses and two mouths it used only one mouth sb tip top representative at weldons store on thursday april 13 iva zella card widow of the late langley vivian tailor of uxbridge died in toronto last week two sons survive a few homes in town are placarded for measles the time of quarantine for the patient is seven days and there is a heavy penalty set for those who neglect to report such cases the wms of st james presbyterian church will hold their easter thankoffering meeting on tuesday april 11 at 3 oclock a special speaker will address the meeting all are cordially invited to attend evidently the people appreci ate the service of the issuer of automobile licenses at union- ville the receipts last week indicate that many car owners patronize this- the first place to issue licenses in the riding of east york outside of toronto many owners evidently left the purchasing of their plates for the last week in march as the receipts for the last four days total 9400 extra clerks were added to take care of this last minute rush lloyd turner last eek re ceived a record of performance certificates for two of the mem bers of hisi purebred holstein herd betsy roebuck dixie led a class of six three year olds in the 305 day division of the march report with a production of 383 lb j fat from 17011 lb milk echo alcartra bessie made a major record also in the 303 days division of 601 lb fat from 718406 lb milk the certificate was issued by the holsteinfriesian association of canada stanley theatre playing this weekend with easter sunday falling on april 9th this year it is interesting to know just how it compares with the average easter date easter is determ ined by the first sunday follow ing the first full moon after march 21 records dating back to 1865 show that easter has fallen on march 23rd but once this was in 1913 next year easter will be on march 24th the earliest since 1913 within recent years march 28th 1937 was the earliest date only once since 1865 has easter come on april 25th the latest in 75 years we may look for disturbing weather all this week said a well known man of dickson hill the other day this is passion week and the dutch people or many of them maintain that weather conditions are always disturbing during this par ticular week anyway at the time the prediction was made monday morning it was storm ing like a midwinter day and was anything but settled weather monday tuesday wednesday april 10 11 12 i stand accused robert cummings helen mack lyle talbot thursday friday saturday a p r i l 13 14 15 joe e brown in the gladiator wonder is often expressed by many of our citizens how our churches are able to carry on from year to year and meet their expense bills when such a large proportion of the pews are unoccupied sunday after sunday wouldnt it be line if the size of the congregation which took in the entertain ment at the local united church last wednesday could just be repeated on sundays all churches tell the same story and it is only on the rare occasions ithat what might be termed as a large congrega tion is present we have able ministers but why the indiffer ence about this business of church attendance we dont know a woman in stouffville who is 100 years old says she does not pay much attention to men now preferring to give the other girls a chance a woman who at the century mark re tains such a delightful sense ff humor has grown old grace fully walkerton herald last week mr and mrs otto barkey moved to their newly rented farm of 100 acres at queensville from the tarrfarm just south of bauantrae old friends of the barkeys will wish them every good luck and happiness in their new home it is their first experience away from the local district but they will have the tribune to keep them posted each week it reliable brand seed grain banner oats the general favorite in this district especially suitable to our heavy clay soils victory oats a stiffstrawed oat very popular in some parts of the county erban oats outstanding as a smutresistant medium early variety grain is of good size and has a thin hull alaska oats the standard early variety reliable brand seed barley oac no 21 velvet barley reliable brand seed wheat goose wheat marquis wheat reward wheat we offer only the highest quality seed grain we take the greatest care in the selection of our stocks and all seed grain sold by us is carefully recleaned to the highest possible standard stiver bro phone 4501 stouffville ontario j k noble operator of nobles transport of uxbridge suffered a badly lacerated leg on thursday while unloading two elecfvx ranges in front of ratcliffs store here mr noble became jammed in some way between one of the stoves and the plank by which the ranges were being lowered out of the truck and received a very pain ful leg wound the electric stoves were being placed in ratcliffs hall in preparation for the cooking school held there on friday it was an expectant audience which filled stouffville united church on wednesday night last week to see and hear mrs nellie mcclung noted authoress and lecturer who was to give an address on canadas place among the nations deviat ing from her subject the speak er gave a graphic description of her attendance as a delegate to the 19th assembly of the league of nations at geneva mrs mcclung still has faith in the league- and while it had failed in one thing it had accomplished great good its weakness was its lack of power power to change the human hearts and to cast out selfish ness coming to canada she said we must take our share of the risks in world events and characterized unemployment not only a problem but a sin which can be solved only in the right spirit it is not new parties that are needed in can ada but a changed heart a heart of goodwill which alone can solve our difficulties and keep us on the royal road she said the speaker favored bringing in refugees from stricken areas in europe mrs mcclung came to stouffville under auspices of the united church choir and the study club she was introduced to her audience by dr thomas mitchell- a personal friend and whose guest she was while here mrs hastings and mr leslie moved a vote of thanks to the guest of the evening pure fresh lard only 10c a lb oboyles butcher shop stouffville phone today 3501 a large number of parents from town and country took advantage of the open night at the high school on friday to visit the big knowledge works and see firsthand the fine interior of the building they had the opportunity of seeing the classes in manual training and household science in full operation the teaching staff under principal l c murphy ba were on hand to welcome the visitors and con duct the classes interviewing those present the press found everybody delighted with what they saw and all marvelled at the spacious building and bright attractive work rooms natur ally they were all more than ever before enthusiastic about the new courses ook over the passing parade and youll spot mclaugk- linbuick as the one car thats excitingly new and different youll agree its the beauty with the brilliant 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