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the tribune stouffville ontario thursday june 1 1939 page three ofliiiiuiiiuiuiiitiiiiniiiiimiiiiiui j town topics j i phoxe ix youk personais 15301 i p veterans the ajinual meet ing of the stouffville veterans will take place on monday june 5th election of officers all veterans are asked to attend we heard over the air one evening last week that the first woman druggist to graduate in this province was margaret johnston of stouffville who was granted her degree back 1896 miss dorothy greer sister of rev arthur greer has been en gaged as french teacher at albert college belleville duties to commence september 1st in john gower should have a power lawn mower he- has contract for cutting no less than fourteen lawns this sum mer hence will probably mow as much as the average farmer with his horses george patton local veteran was honored during the kings visit to toronto by being among the number of veterans chosen to plant an avenue of trees near exhibition park mr delbert jennings also officiated in this capacity at exhibition park congratulatory messages continue to arrive at the tribune office over this paper receiving the j t clark award for the best weekly in towns up to 1500 population last week we received a letter from major tarr of manchester england who was a visitor in town last summer another letter came from friends in ireland and still another from india it would seem that the news has advertised stouffville right around the world rev dr archer wallace famous preacher author and lecturer will be the guest speaker for the business mens bible class rally at uxbridge next sunday june 4 t mrs n bushert of carstairs alta was calling on old friends at the mbc parsonage last week rev h shantz was at one time a resident of carstairs and was glad to greet a friend from his former town dr neil smith will be absent from his dental office on june 5 6 and 7 during the convention period of the ontario dental association mrs leslie hodgson and son charlie granddaughter jean also sadie stewart attended the silver wedding anniversary of their home in pickering twp beelby on friday evening at thtir home in pickering twp in a magazine known as now coming to this office last week a large map of the dominion on the back cover marks the town of newmarket as a main nazi centre of activ ity as far as we know there have been no reports of such action coming from this patrio tic town ileen holden daughter of mr and mrs a s holden of markham village met with a painful accident last week when her hand was crushed in the ringer of their electric washing machine rev b e newham of southampton was unanimously voted in on sunday evening as the new pastor of st andrews united church markham rev newnham will replace rev h woodhouse who is removing to arnprior mr and mrs art mertens and family of toronto spent sunday at the mertens home baseball here on afternoon at 230 pears vs stouffville saturday toronto university results last week were gordon murchisonhon 4th year forestry isobel booth 6th year medicine john button 5th year medicine flower show in the united church basement tuesday june 6 the flowers to be in place by 5 pm prizes to be tulip bulbs donated by mark ham florist members help make this show a success by exhibiting all you can total number of passengers carried by the cnr over the local line for the kings visit to toronto was 4013 rajlway fig ures reveal it was the biggest day in several decades as well as marking the first train ride for many of the youngsters in this motor age the mr elton armstrong piom- inent yonge street farmer and president of the aurora horse show was mauled by a bull on his farm a few days ago while not seriously injured mr arm strong recognizes that it was not the peaceful ferdinand he had to deal with mr and mrs w a quantz who spent a few days in toron to at the home of their son gordon from whose place they were able to view the king and queen on the 22nd have gone to keswick to spend a couple of weeks at their summer cottage no doubt w a will put in a bit of garden vegetables for sum mer use a badly smashed caulfield dairy truck was towed down the 8th on sunday night from musselmans lake where it is reported to have been ditched by alfred thomas of stouff ville while making regular delivery it sounds very simple to say you can travel anywhere with in the 34 square miles of tor onto for one street car fare but it is simple only if you know how it is said that few people know how the actual exper ience is that they would pay many fares before the area would be covered mr and mrs walter barkey and two daughters all of tor onto were guests of his step father mr thos williamson on sunday mr barkey was born in stouffville being a member of one of the early prominent families of the community quality service the band fund profits on souvenir silver dol lars issued by the government railway i in connection with the present and its employees are all to be royal visit are expected to pay commended for the fine man ner in which they handled the whole difficult situation every thing possible was done to pro vide cars and the employees cooperated in helping the public splendidly our own local agent answered 1000 questions in one hour and did it pleasant ly- 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 a large proportion of the cost of entertaining the king and queen while here the margin of profit on this silver currency is between 65 and 70 per cent as the dollars cost but 27 cents each in addition to minting and engraving costs which are small mr and mrs john turner enjoyed a motor trip to dundas and hamilton last week in company with their daughter and soninlaw from toronto although mr turner is one of pur eldest citizens he retains his interest in life so much so that he keeps abreast of all do ings in his home locality and elsewhere orders are now being filled with summer coal by stiver br oscoal and why because for thirtyseven years they have bought the highest known grade of coal because during those years they have given ali year service second to none anywhere because they have given two thousand pounds to every ton of coal that left their scale in all those years your patronage enables us to obtain the best men that can be found and these men give you the ser vice you get mr and mrs reg cheese- man accompanied by his father and mother were sunday guests at the homes of mrs david mcconnockie and mr carl boadway still short of their objective the junior band fund is pleased to report the following dona tions recently received and added to the sums which were acknowledged heretofore by the treasurer mrs bali womens study club 6 eastern star 1075 mr and mrs e at the annual demonstration at tomorrows big day at coopers the village of claremont will resemble the donny brook fair on friday of this week june 2 it being the occasion mr sandy stewart has been appointed local manager of the milverton branch of the bank of nova scotia for some years he has been on the relieving staff and his new appointment would seem like a happy fulfill ment of his years of service in the various branches ot the institution milverton will gain excellent citizens in mr and mrs stewart mr and mrs carman brace and family motored out from toronto last week and spent a few hours in what mr brace considers his home town they were accompanied by his mother who was the former blanche obrien and a native of our village old friends were de lighted to welcome these highly esteemed friends back even for a few hours duration we hear that still another house is to be built this sum mer in the west end of stouff ville mrs cunningham is re ported to have purchased a building lot west of mr peter lehmans residence and adjoin ing the new home of mr and mrs paul boadway mrs cunningham is the mother of mrs boadway and will be a welcome addition to our com munity the burnedout bulbs on the strings of colored lights on main street were all replaced monday evening by new lights more than 50 per cent of the lights do not stand up one season due it is beneved to the fact that the small 25 watt bulbs are too light for outside usethe colored lights are very much appreciated they look nice and add additional light to the busi ness section where the regular lighting is not quite enough button 6 mr h w sanders 4 mrs jacob hisey 2 it is an interesting fact to note that the band was organ ized just one year ago and those who have heard their music marvel that so much could have been accomplished in one short year the membership is now 28 and the players hope to participate in various programs this summer the next objective is for uniforms and when once outfit ted the stouffville junior band will be one of the proudest un dertakings ever established in this community we are all proud of the band even now while they go about in civies coopers hardware as in form er years there will be a real program provided afternoon and evening which will be enjoyed while the public will be amazed with the demonstrations shown them in so many lines in which they are interested this demonstration has be come so widely known and pat ronized that it is scarcely necessary to do more than make a formal announcement of the date mr cooper says come along expect the same fair treatment as we have given over recent years along the demonstration lines will be seen automobiles trucks washing machines hand and electric refrigerators wire fen cing electric fencing cook stoves electric stoves gas stoves pumps and tires bat teries oil grease implements of all kinds ready roofing of various makes stable equip ment general hardware and then there is a big list of used goods in many of these lines in short anything and every thing needed on the farm or rural home will be on display friday is coopers day if you have attended before youll be on hand again if new to the demonstration you have a thrill waiting you changes in train service visit of their majesties the king and queen on account of above certain trains are being cancelled on specific days and the schedules of other trains are being chang ed extra train service is also be ing arranged for full particulars apply to ticket agents canadian national we placed a special order with one of canadas leading manufacturers of quality mattresses to get a reduced price royal sovereign matresses on these superior the worlds first coldwahrefriqerator with the metermiser buuromm entrely newprmipie made only by general motors see it today at charles cooper claremont a beloved elderly lady of the westend of stouffville mrs nelson mowder celebrated her 82nd birthday on friday of last week indeed those who really do not know would take mrs mowder to be around 72 or 73 years so well does she weather the passing years to mark the occasion on friday her two daughters living in toronto mrs mildred willson and mrs gladys hall were both at home there is another daughter mrs orlando forsyth in cal gary to her school chums she will be remembered as vir ginia there were two gand- children and three great grand children here for the day to mark the event as one long to be remembered mrs mowder was born on the 10th concession on the farm now occupied and own ed by mr william rennie but she has resided in town for 35 years mr mowder died 17 years ago friends will join with the members of the family in adding their congratulations to mrs mowder on this special birthday occasion at a recent meeting of the womens christian temper ance union held at the home of mrs still the following list of officers for the year were elect ed president mrs leslie row- botham vice prest mrs smalley recording secy mrs leslie cor secy mrs james ratcliff treasurer mrs frank rowbotham supt antinar cotics mrs h lee supt of membership miss 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