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the tribune stouffville ont thursday oct 26th 1939 page three tiiiiimmiimiiiil town topics m miss r marshall is acting as relieving clerk at the bank of nova scotia while the teller mr chester wark is on holi days which he is spending at his old home in petrolia mr lome kester also on the bank staff has just returned from holidays during which he visit ed the worlds fair seized with a sdden illness last week mr billy still now on the staff of the woodville branch canadian bank of com merce was rushed to the gen eral hospital last friday and operated on for appendicitis latest reports indicate that he is doing nicely and hopes are high that he will make a com plete and rapid recovery his parents mr and mrs- e m still were in toronto on friday at the time the operation was per formed reports from the hospital indicate that mr earl howsam altona miller seriously injured more than a week ago when his tractor crushed him against the wall of the garage is making very good progress while his recovery is now quite definite it will be many weeks before he will be able to leave the hospit al and still some months be fore it will be possible for him to be around again grace lehman mentioned among the prize winners in the field day results at the local school should have read grace latcham we were shown an interesting picture a few days ago of our west end resident robert mckinnon taken with his son a- e of toronto also his grandson and great grandson four generations one would never dream that the genial gardener bob mckinnon was a great great grandad but the youngest is now quite a lump of a lad robert bruce by name rev mr carscadden toron to told an audience in the united church last sunday morning that there are 10800 blind people in canada all regis tered in the offices of the can adian institute for the blind with headquarters in toronto thousands of these people have never seen the beauties of nature have no idea what a flower looks like and of course gpuld not vis the inspiring autumn scenery despite such terrific handicap they are not downhearted and ask only a chance to establish themselves in life mr carscadden is one of this great throng of people whose faculty of sight is gone after all too few people stop to count the blessings that come to them so easily as sight and hearing but a visit from an able speaker such as was heard on sunday morning tends to arrest ones thoughts on a sub ject we are too apt to pass by lightly during the past week the markham rural hydro gang of linemen strung new wire in the village in the section from the school house to tenth street the discarded wire was too small to carry the increasing de mand and as a result the ser vice was poor wherever toasters or other power nits were used however since the installation of the larger wire the service is excellent and patrons are appreciative of the step taken to give them a good service beyond question of a doulyt allan b meyer atha farmer has set the pace for large pota toes this autumn we had in the office of this paper for several clays two whoppers one tipping the scales at two and three- quarter pounds and the other but slightly smaller- such giants would not be very popu lar on the market still it was some accomplishment to grow them just the same the tub ers were of the green mountain breed last friday evening the local masonic lodge received an official visit from the district deputy grand master rt wor bro murphy of markham who congratulated the ruling mas ter o- m madill and his offic ers on their work an interest ing sidelight of the meeting was the fact that the candidate of the evening mr sam borin- sky is a son of a past master active in the work of the lodge namely mr jos borinsky a luncheon was served in the new masonic rooms adjoining the lodge rooms in the lehman block and was attended by many visitors from toronto markham agincourt and other places mr neil heise of toronto was in town last saturday re newing old acquaintances an 8th concession markham farmer wants the name of the stouffville hunter who was about to shoot one of his guinea hens didnt know it from a pheasant meet the tip top representa tive at our store this friday you will appreciate the new styles in suits or overcoats even if you do not leave your measure a e weldon annie cameron 16yearold markham girl suffered a long cut on the side of her head and bruises on her arms and legs in a traffic accident on no 7 high way opposite the village on sun day night- the death of dr g e- gilfill an occurred in toronto on sat urday prior to the great war he was a dental partner with the late dr david baird and later conducted an office inde pendent of a partnership he enlisted and went overseas with the rank of captain and on his return married muriel vicars youngest daughter of the late john vicars of uxbridge dr gilfillan was a native of orono the local school was a place of unusual livelihood last fri day night about 430 when some 5 members of the girlsathlet- ic association set out on a pap er chase the trail which exten ded for several miles over ploughed land cabbage fields and swamps was quite easily followed in spite of the numer ous fences and creeks which al ways seemed to be in the way on their return the girls en joyed a hot supper wjpch was prepared by the teachers a deer was sighted just east of here on the farm of charles barkey one day last week fred lewis was ploughing at the time and saw the doe skip nimbly across the end of the field over a fence and head for reesors bush last year it will be remembered several of t the animals were sighted around goodwood but it is very rare for one to be seen so close to town- reports from north whit church tell of numbers being seen in that region where they are said to come south from the holland swamp m fotfx bmfcj uw sa ttfctf tttt v j- wo tova in one f thatishowcanadlanwomenhavedescribedthe findlay oval the success of this powerful range l is in the findlay type of deep oval firepot quickly interchangeable for coal or wood and its heavy construction which gives it great heatretaining dualities here is an investment in heating and cook ing equipment which gives you double value plenty of oven and cooking top capacity for the large family larger sizes will burn 24inch wood easily with wood grate in lower position large chunks of wood can be burned three sizes available large fast heating reservoir with rustproof top its attrac tive appearance and wonderful capacity make it the ideal standard finish range for the farm home riadlay products ox backad by 70 tnr oi traditional quality coal and wood stotf ga and electric raogos warm air furnace and air condi- l tionino sy- toma e brathwaite hardware farmers are said to be find ing an unduly large percentage of water core turnips this fall even those who treated their fertilizer with saltpeter are reported not to be imm from this troublesome thing with turnips for which our agri cultural experts so far have been unable to dispose of suc cessfully one farmer who was getting off with a very small percentage of water core earlier in the season states that since the late rains his crop is infest ed leaving his patch unfit for table use a new roof has just been completed on queens court property belonging to miss gertrude todd and once the queens hotel in this town d the great war some time between 1914 and 1918 it was converted into private dwelling houses and the roof put on at that time has served until this day which is not an unduly long time for good shingles to stand up indeed one expects a great deal more than 25 years service from the cedar shingles but perhaps they are not so good as those made long years ago stouffville ontario travelling homeward about 230 pm sunday morning clifford arsenault of gormley and his brother harold accom panied by bill elson completely wrecked their chevrolet coach when they rammed a culvert in front of the pipher home at the ringwood corner according to constable gayman who investi gated the hoys were travelling west on the townline when just after crossing the bridge at the corner lost control of the car which careened along the shoul der of the road for a distance of over 150 feet finally coming to rest after a complete somer sault over the pipher culvert dr w a- sangster attended the boys two of whom suffered minor cuts and bruises the ontario intermediate a baseball crown went to hagers- ville on saturday when they de feated gait 21 in ten innings to win the round two games to one hagersville won the first game in gait while gait who incidently put stouffville out of the running dropped the second and also the third on monday afternoon the womens study club of stouff ville entertained the hypatia study group of uxbridge at the home of mrs- s w hastings mrs g ernest forbes as guest speaker took for her subject women leaders here there and everywhere mrs ross winterstein favoured the rreet- iing with two splendid readings and several musical selections by miss doris baker and mrs alma baker oldham were much appreciated by the members present two toronto people james vandusem and lilly singleton narrowly escaped serious injury on sunday morning when the coupe in which they were travelling crashed headon into one of the maple trees lining the roadside opposite the bruels farm on the 8th concession just south of ringwood the couple were travelling north when the car got out of control in some way and sped over the ditch to hit the tree with tremendous force constable gavman in vestigated dr ss ball attend ed the occupants who escaped injury except for a severe shak ing up in the midst of war efforts canada will pause again nov 11 to pay tribute to the mem ory of those who died in the iat war prime minister mackenzie king may it was said decide on the issuance of a special pro clamation soon concerning re membrance day saturdays big auction the sale of farm stock and implements belonging to the estate of the late albert hisey at green river will be sold by auction next saturday october 28 the very desirable farm has been sold to mr forsyth of greenbank as announced some weeks ago and now the entire list of dairy cows horses swine and farm implements will all be sold without reserve- mr walt milne executor reports that the stock is in prime condition and will naturally attract a lot of buyers the farm is one mile sing a song of egg profits every poultry keeper is pleased to hear his hens sing and cackle- that means eggs and eggs mean profits if you want to get more eggs from your hens and more money from egg profits feed fulopep egg mash feed it the fulopep way with whole oats and fulopep scratch grain get more eggs at less feed cost uizop egg mash has proved its worth in getting high production from layers and keeping them up in body weight health and condition begin now to get more profit from your hens feed fulopep egg mash order today stiver beos due east of green river on no 7 highway mrs hisey sole sftrvivor of her husband is ii old lemon- vilie girl a membef of the mckeown family and her brother samuel of stouffville has been away from town for months looking after the farm and fitting the live stock for sale no doubt a goodly number of old friends from whitchurch will attend this sale annual fall dance the unionville junior farmers will hold their annual fall dance in the mammoth hall malvern on friday oct 27th russ creighton and his orchestra october sale on thursday friday and satur- day of this week mens brown cotton gloves 2 for 25c mens doeskin shirts 100 mens pullover horsehide mitts v 69c mens heavy wool sox 39c boys golf style hose 25c boys doeskin shirts 59c boys leather mitts 25c kiddies sleepers brushed cotton 75c womens celanese hose 25c womens wool and cotton hose 25c womens snug fitting vests and bloomers 25c childrens fleece bloomers 25c comforter batts 72x90 33c enamelled roasting pans 98c glass mixing bowls 5c hot water bottles 39c stowfsville 5c to 1 store working in their fields seed time ani harvest in those faroff days louis hebert had no bank to give him assistance or encourage- ment today it is different this centuryold louis hebert louis hebert canadas first practi cal farmer was a member of that little colony at port royal annapolis royal who in 1605 first attempted to cultivate canadian soil later in 1616 he settled in quebec made a clearing on the heights of cape diamond cultivated it with his own hands acquired a fief and became except for champlain the leading citizen of quebec above is depic ted a monument tohis memory which today stands in the city of quebec bankjactuated by a genuine desire to promote canadas basic industry always welcomes opportunities to serve the agricultural community coast to coast in canada newfoundland jamaica cuba puerto bico dominican ketvkttc new york chicago boston london encland t mi mm iim i mi j