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the tribune stouffville ont thursday april 20th 1939 page three innmiimniii 1 town topics 1 i phone in your persona1s 16301 i thos crew one time news paper man but for 22 years postmaster at barrie is deing retired it is also announced that the beautiful summer to on kempenfelt bay will have a house delivery mail service be ginning on the first of october the stouffville war veterans intend to put on a moving pic ture show in ratcliffs hall on thursday evening may 4th this is a silent picture depict ing war scenes from the great war perhaps you will recog nize some of the laddies so come and pick them out it is fairly estimated that at least four thousand people will read this issue of the tribune which is something for adver tisers to ponder ovei at so little cost no other medium is to be found in which to get your announcement over to the buying public readers will find a real appeal in the advertising columns of this issue and the wise buyer wjll carefully look them over from calderbank sask com es word of the death- of mrs lydia pitt who died on april 3 she was the daughter of john and margaret wesley and was born in whitchurch in 1858 she mairied james pitt of new market who predeceased her in 1925 she is survived by two sons gordon of calderbank and garfield of fort william one sister mrs william trivett of burks falls and one brother alonzo wesley of ravenshoe it is interesting to note after the recent discusson in stouff ville on the qualifications of ice from the local waters that last week a ban was placed on ice from pickering the tor onto board of health has pro hibited the distribution of 600 tons of ice cut in frenchmans bay near pickering the water only rated d quality unfit for human consumption the lake shore ice and fuel company who have cut the ice must stand the loss stouffville lawn bowling club reelected last years officers at the annual meeting held last friday evening the club decided that fees for 1939 should be the same as last year too being 500 per member and 300 for begnners renewed interest in the game was antici pated with the opening of the season in a few weeks the pres ident is j b sanders vicepres idents c v pipher and j s dougherty secretary jtreasurer t b rae mr f l button were elected representative to the provincial lawn bowling association it is reported that a small town brawl such as might be portrayed any week in the col umns of the star weekly by gregory clark and jimmy frise was staged in the establishment of a markham smithy last week when two of the local checker enthusiasts came to serve blows over an alleged false move on the part of one of the players the accused shark landed a hefty right on his opponents face which brought a real flareup only quick action on the part of several onlookers prevented the fist swinger from being carved up badly as the other gent drove him clean out of the hang out brandishing every thing from a pickaxe to a wagontongue it it understood that the proprietor has evident ly witnessed a lttle too close a call and into the forge has gone the checker board apparently there is no closed season for checker players backrite tablets for the kidneys for backache tired feeling dizziness rheumatism head ache bladder troubles they help to cleanse the blood and also act on the liver the ideal spring tonic for cleansing the system j m storey druggist in the mail last week was a re newal for the tribune from an old friend in cappon alta mrs daniel yake well known to many of our readers mrs sarah cook practical nurse who has been attending miss urquhart in toronto all winter is visiting in stouffville with mrs charles badgero while she called also on mrs ollie flewell at ballantrae mrs cook announces that she will not be at her home in good wood prepaied to accept a case there or she wul be subject to call wherever her services are desired local car drivers who buy 400 gallons of gasoline a year which pei is a fair average for pa cars will pay the ontaro government a tax of 32 on that purchase when the increase goes into effect or 8 more than he paid last year he will be paying a tax of about 40 per cent on the retail price of gasoline and that isnt some thing to laugh off it is exactly thirty years since mr ramsey e sinclair moved from stouffville to tor onto and last week he was glad to meet a few old friends whom he has kept in touch with over the three decades he spent a few hours in town on thursday and recalled that when he lived in town he was travelling for a large drug company covering much of the province but aside from living in stouffville mr sinclair has another reason for remembering the place his de parted wife sister of mr sen eca baker gives him an added interest in the dstrict and he still ownes a brick house on main street west it is frequently rumored that mr robert ratcliff intends to build a fine home ri town for his own use but mr ratcliff informs the tribune that he hesitates to make the move be cause of unsettled conditions which might plunge our country into war this is just a small example of how far reaching an effect the unsettlement in europe can be mr ratcliff has several boys and if they are ever called for service why the seniour member of the family is not too old by any means to work his farm but heres hop ing that last weeks peace move ment made by president rose- velt will soon give the world some semblance of settled con ditions for a decade or so mr and mrs robt johnston cnr agent motored to alliston on wednesday of last week to attend the funeral of the late andrew reid beloved husband of margaret fields sister of mrs johnston he was in his 76th year one of the dairies in mark- ham village is contemplating this spring the erection of a new plant on no 7 highway just west of the entrance to the village the dairy operated by carmon lewis would add con siderable new equipment to the concern and mr lewis is at present seeking water service from markham village water rates in markham are consider ably higher than here the supply for such pasteurizing equipment costing between 40 and 50 a year the site under vew is on the farm of a c hagan fronting on no 7 high way mr lewis recently pur chased a portion of the mark ham business held by mr sam raymer of mount joy mr and mrs gordon quantz toronto visited his parents in town on sunday and monday w j merten and son walter from toronto were visiting the old mertens home west of town on sunday although we heard many pro tests against the 8c gasoline tax right here in stouffville we have yet to learn of a single car being laid up because of it people w not give up con veniences even if to have them spells disaster the townline from gormley east to the 5th concession is in a deplorable state this spring and should be brought to the attention of the county road engineers by the officials of both whitchurch and markham township lack of anything like a ditch along this heavily trav elled townline forces the water down the centre of the high way which became unfit for motor traffic scrapping the road will act as first aid remedy but when the weather and other conditions permit some body needed ditches should be set up the longsuffering people of gormley would then have a needed motor road to their trad ing centre in stouffville mrs clara wideman held a successful sale of surplus furni ture at her spacious home in gormley yesterday at one time mrs widemans residence was used by the ontario bible school and later as a rest home but now these things having gone mrs wideman had a great stock of surplus house effects the stanley cup though now competed for by professionals was donated by lord stanley as a trophy for the amateur hock ey championship back in 1893 the trophy cost stanley but fifty dollars and look like an inferior article yet is one of the most highly coveted prizes in the world of sports today fact digest yes it isnt the first cost but the upkeep what a heap of dough has been spent in the playoffs for that mug since 1893 mrs george lee was in town last week coming from her home in bobcaygeon for a short visit rev gordon duncan and sister miss annie duncan were in town for a short time last week on a business trip mrs arthur smith and mr and mrs arthur storry and noel attended the funeral in bolton last thursday afternoon of the late mrs marcus cros by wife of the former veterin ary surgeon in uxbridge who died a couple of years ago dr crosby was quite well known in stouffville while his wife was a member of the jaffary family of bolton she was twice married her first husband being the late henry bustin of ux bridge one daughter mrs bertha gulley of pembroke survives for complete satisfaction use reliable seeds and seed grain let the fulopep plan help make 1939 your big year for profits ask us for folders on the fulopep plan of feeding we are now taking orders for spring coal at 1100 per ton off car men with wings v pennaman from south of claremont has purchased the property on main street east almost opposite the westend grocery store from mr m t leavens who acquired the place two years ago from baxter who moved to toronto this large frame dwelling which stands on the south side of the street adjoins the north end of the cemetery property and an at tempt was made to purchase a portion of it from mr leavens in order to provide a better main entrance to the cemetery the deal fell through because the parties could not agree on price besides the house theres a large frame barn and several acres of land including a field on the west side of cemetery lane mr pennaman intends to go into the poultry business on quite a scale when he gets locat ed n town the property has been recently tenanted by foster wagg last sunday added one more to the continuous cold weekends since christmas although the sun shone brightly and the day was clear farmers estimate that theie is sure to be late seeding for even if the change of moon today ushers in warm er weather it would still be two weeks before seeding would be general in the local district the snow is still piled up along the fences but there j very little frost in the ground just about the time the last blind was being drawn down at 12 oclock saturday night with still a few people about the stores the fire alarm was pound ed for a chimney blaze at greenwoods east end store the firemen responded in snappy time but after standing on guard for a few minutes while the chimney burned out it was found not necessary to use even the chemical hose the fire fighters raced to the east end in record time even before some of the citizens managed to arrive on the scene in their pyjamas and slippers in less than no time a line of hose was laid ready for action but fortunately the chimney burned out without setting off the building be sure and keep next week end open for men with wings an alltechnicolor spec ial coming to the stanley theatre april 272829 men with wings starts with the pioneering exploits of the wright bros in 1903 and con tinues the history of aviation to the recent flight of howard hughes theres also a nice bit of romance mixed in with a daredevil flier and an aviation technician both in love with one girl the photography is sup erb and its beauty is enhanced with colour the leading cast consists of fred mcmurray ray milland louise campbell andy devine and lynn over man fresh garden seeds in bulk or package increase your yield use disinfectants 1 pound ceresan 100 5 pound ceresan 350 pound formalin 350 grafting wax pound 50c boadways drug store send the tribune to absent friends footwear sismans sisman and grebb work boots rubbers polishes laces etc- lehmans shoe store phone 4301 stouffville fortyfive members of stouff ville horticultural society at tended a joint meeting in mark ham with the markham and unionville societies to hear an address by mrs percy waters last week even one of the heaviest snow storms of the winter did not deter the flower lovers from rolling up a big attendance mrs waters gave numerous practical demonstra tions in arranging small baskets and centre piece displays f house use and emphasized what could be done with only very few blooms get your car ready for spring fix up your car and get better value more en- a complete check from stem to stern is advisable joyment from it while making it a safer car in we offer youthat kind of service at reasonable cost with the arrival of spring which to drive change of oil brakes tested we tak e and greasing after a long hard winter we cannot impress upon you too strongly the necessity for and value of changing your oil and grease for spring and sum mer driving and just now we have men at our garage right on the bit ready to serve you effici ently and quickly might we suggest that you drive in now before the rush is on drive safely with safe brakes we test and adjust them j h silverthorn has just received highest honours in this department and is most ably quali fied to attend to your car in this respect the wrinkles out dont have a dented fender wrinkled door when we can beautify your car at low cost treat your battery va grinci a few minutes a small cost for charging your battery with spring go mg and motor tune up silverthorns garage stouffville sunoco oil products sun oil company gooderich tires and batteries phone 17002