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the tribune stouffville ontario thursday april 6th 1939 page seven stouffville lady sets attendance record for 40 years dating from last saturday through the cold and snow of winter and the heat and rain of summer mrs emily gray of stouffville has tended her butter and egg stand at the st lawrence market with the same cheery smile says a tor onto reporter during all that time she has missed only two market days once was when her husband died some seven years ago and the other time when she lost her father several years earlier although she encountered some pretty stormy weather during her years of market ex perience mrs gray never allow ed it to keep her at home when she knew her customers would be coming to the market to be served once she recalls a heavy snowstorm prevented her getting back home for a whole week the train got in to toronto all right on the saturday morn ing but by afternoon the line was blocked it was a whole week before they got it clear again and every day i had to go down to the station and wait all day for they never knew how soon the line would be cleared and the train would be able to pull out at the end of the week i phoned home and had them ex press my supplies so i was able to open my market stall as usual during the week i stay ed with relatives so i was not as badly off as i might have been it was during the war and while waiting at the station i spent my time knitting socks for the soldiers st lawrence market was housed in a wooden structure when mrs gray first gathered her prints of butter crates of eggs and jars of cream and in the early morning climbed into the wagon with her husband to drive to the city from their farm home near stouffville to spend their first day at the market years later when the present structure was being built she recalls the farmers had to move to the street mrs gray soon had her regu lar customers and many of them are still dealing with her mrs gray usually looked af ter the market stall herself while her husband attended to other business in the city mr gray never liked work ing behind the counter and only did so if we were real busy the reporter learned but i have always liked the work very much your customers be come just like friends and it is a pleasure to meet them and chat with them each week but i think that i shall soon retire and take life easy the smiling grayhaired but still lively lady continued i suppose i shall miss the trip to town and the crowds but ill just have to get used to it aurora wins junior hockey title aurora won the oha jun ior c championship in gait on friday night when in the fourth game of their best of five series they trimmed mil ton 64 eliminated in the finals last year aurora came through worthy champions this season in the final game on friday they displayed the fine brand of hockey which gave them the first two games in the series both teams were inclined to mix it up and no less than twelve penalties were handed out baby is scalded by upset coffee one more ontario town is turning to the idea of an arti ficial ice arena this fall simcoe is planning a campaign to raise funds for such a project a joint stock company will be formed spring is here get your outfit now we have completed our buying for spring in wearing apparel a full range of sizes and shades in ladies and mens coats and suits and boys and girls coats and suits a great variety to choose from at a low price spring hats for ladies and men to match your outfits also other accessories such as bags gloves hose and scarves we have just received a very nice line of ladies spring dresses you are invited to come in and look them over if it is not convenient for you to come at the store just telephone us and mr golden will be glad to call at your home with the coats no extra charge for coats made to measure every garment is guaranteed as represented harry golden phone 273 stouffville cutting the clothes from the scalded body of his oneyearold son teddy c f blunt ux- bridge town baker probably saved the life of the boy after a coffee perculator upset spilling its contents over him the child was playing with his father when the accident occurred he was scalded about the face neck arms and chest and after receiving treatment from dr f e mellow was rushed to the hospital for sick children where his condition is reported as satisfactory goodwood old boy recalled coal and feeds place your order today so that you will not be disappointed on that truly good reading coal dealer for national concentrate and natural minerals poultry feeds cod liver oil salt all other animal foods s whastings stouffville phone 169 help your farmers by using more butter its cheap and farmers should ship their cream to us for best results stouffville creamery the older residents of good wood will recall in the days goneby when the village was thriving with all kinds of in dustries such as sawmills grist mill planing mill grain eleva tors backsmith shop hotels and a goodly number of stores and churches and also one of the best carriage factories north of toronto the town prided itself in having its own brass band composed of citizens connect ed with the factories and other businesses those who remembered the town hand will recall one of the members who was the youngest of all being at that time twelve years old he was the drummer boy this lad was none other than william davey son of m and mrs james davey at the time he was attending the public school and enjoying all the good things that were to be had in a town of this size and times that will never be forgotten but there came a day when the drum sticks had to be put aside to start life anew this was many years ago in after years he was sent to toronto and was apprenticed to the printing industry for five years he serv ed with the old firm dudley burns finishing his trade but knowing everything could not be learned under one roof he ser ved in the printing department of the normal school at toron to for a short while then join ed the staff of the methodist book room now known as the ryerson press then the brown searle co and later he went to ottawa to take chaige of the mortimer company printing department and was only with the company for a few years when he was appointed general supt of all branches in 1922 he was appointed as assist ant manager and a year later was promoted to general man ager and finally was made vice president and managing direc tor retaining this until retiring in 1938 mr davey has travelled extensively a few years ago he toured europe visiting in holland belgium germany switzerland france and eng land he visited a great num ber of the states to the south and last year with mrs davey he visited bermuda british west indies mr davey married miss ellen olive caldwell rn graduate of lady stanley insti tute ottawa and ontario whitby ladies college they had five children of which three are living one daughter mrs henry gordon ottawa wm jr now attending mcgill university in montreal john at home attending the glebe college mr davey now retired in ottawa is enjoying a well earned holiday after a very strenuous business life and we hope he will continue to do so for many years to come tribunes small advs cheap and profitable are pheasants life brings court action a double charge of reckless driving resulting from an acci dent just south of unionville on march 23 was dismissed in county court by magistrate keith on monday who advised that civil action should he tak en if the contestants wished to press their claims further the accident investigated by constable gayman involved mrs christina hall of scarboro jet and chas b peek of 79 ingham ave- toronto drivers of two cars which collided on the kennedy road a couple of weeks ago it was claimed that the car driven by mrs hall and travelling north swerved sud denly to avoid hitting a pheas ant and collided headon with a machine piloted by mr peck both new cars were badly dam aged xoraoi losaoz ioesoi i0e301 ennie s seeds christopher steckley passes aurora banner christopher steckley whose death occurred on sunday march 26th was born in 1854 at bethesda in the township of whitchurch and had reached the age of 85 years he was the son of samuel steckley and lydia baker two well known whitchurch families mr steck ley had been ailing for some months and his end was not un expected he passed away very peacefully surrounded by the members of his family he came to king township 37 years ago every package is dated your guarantee that you are getting fresh seed buy reliable seed and get best results do not starve your crops feed them with agriculture chemicals fertilizer and maintain profitable yields robin hood contest starts this week ask for particulars and see valuable prizes on display in store window farmers who are treating their own grain may do so now with the new improved ceresan central feed store price pugh free delivery phone 277 o d o o q o aoxaok xoe30e aoi and had a farm on the 2nd con cession a few years ago he pur chased the old johnson farm the west half of lot 21 in the 3rd concession where they have continuously resided his wife was mary wheadon of aurora the following children survive a son- robert and daughters mrs william storey of king township mrs w p rush of sault ste marie and mrs geo green of patterson there are four grandsons and one grand daughter mr steckley was highly re garded by all who knew him in his long and honorable life for many years he was on the offi cial board of the snowball united church the funeral service was conducted on tues day the 28th at the home rev mr burton of kettleby offici ating assisted by a nephew of the deceased rev levi atkin son of stouffville interment was made in the family plot in the aurora cemetery lehmans shoe store phone 4301 stouffville footwear for all the family womens hosiery boots shoes rubbers mitts socks gloves chevrolet the only lowpriced car combining all thats best at lowest cost illustrated chevrolet 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