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the tribune stouffville ont thursday march 28th 1940 page three town topics the mbc bible school win timbers big auction sale today thursday mr and mrs bruce row- botham were up from cornwall for the holiday mrs bessie lett of toronto spent the holiday with her parents mr and mrs george watson jack green mongolia lost a valuable bay gelding last week when the animal died suddenly from some unknown cause the same beast fell into a well a few years ago and nearly lost its life at that time it was an ex ceptionally fine horse a heavy snow storm and cold er weather rather but a crimp in the holiday spirit of good fridayroads were heavy every where and most country thoroughfares were blocked it was fortunate for the rural mail couriers that they had the day off of course as matters stood most of them would have had to take a holiday we doubt if a single one of the four routes out to town were open to traffic pte morley pugh some where in england with the can adian troops in a letter to his parents indicates that he re ceives the tribune weekly and prizes it very much because of the news from home it conveys mr hugh boyd spent the easter holiday in windsor at the home of his daughter mrs a henessey fortunately he decided to make the trip by train thus the unusual storm did not spoil the holiday for him one by one the old boys of uxbridge slip away says the times of that town in report ing the death on march 17 of ben vicars prominent in the early days of baseball in ux bridge born in uxbridge 69 years ago ben vicars lived in detroit for 30 years being em ployed by the hudson motor co he learned the trade of cabinet maker in the old organ factory the marriage is announced of elda maxine heise only daugh ter of mr and mrs duncan heise of toronto and formerly of stouffville to sargent v richards the month of april has been chosen for the wedding which will be of inter est to the many friends of the family in and around their home town the death of chas phillips which occurred at ottawa last week removed a man in the prime of life who as a small boy spent many happy days at the home of his grandparents the late mr and mrs george silves ter who conducted the general store there half a century ago charles passed away in his 55th year and the remains were brought to stouffville for inter ment in the family plot at brougham service was held in christ church anglican rev mr herman in charge chas is survived by a wife but there are no children son of sylvanus and alice phillips his father was public school inspector for haliburton district for many years a position now held by inspector archie stouffer old stouffville boy besides his wife charles is survived by one brother harry one sister mrs bradford a halfbrother e h phillips and a half sister mrs dr gardner all living in western canada among the near relatives who are bereaved at this time are mrs archie leaney of stouffville the pall bearers who conveyed the body to its last resting place were messrs f l and e a button m t leavens k r davis f e rae clifford pipher the annual convention of the ontario educational associa tion will be held in toronto on thursday and friday of this week and many of the local teachers will be in attendance this gathering was usually held on monday and tuesday of easter week but owing to the federal election the convention was this year deferred for three days back row left to right gordon schell donald pugh alfred knechtel second row doreen betz dorothy moyer mildred moyer dorothy timbers jean geiger doris brown myrtle sider lloyd wideman third row miss edith ramer rev harold j sherk rev ward m shantz rev pg lehman mrs g warder mrs h shantz front row roy brown min nie james miriam schell carl reesor win timbers big auction sale today thursday mrs alfred snider of van dorf whose husband kept the post office and store there for many years prior to his death was visiting at the home of mr jos mertens for a few days fifty years ago now mrs snider and the late mr snider were married and they lived in stouffville occupying a house now standing at the rear of goudies hardware store on friday evening this week the local members of the mason ic lodge will be athome to their wives and lady friends a travelogue picture will be shown in the eastern star rooms after which the gathering will repair to the fourth degree rooms in the masonic hall for a banquet an interesting and delightful evening is naturally anticipated when mrs larry hardy of toronto fell on the city street last week she did not realize that she received a fracture just above the ankle and when she jumped up quickly and attempted to run on the pain was so great when she touched the injured foot to the ground that she fell a second time and received another break just be low the knee on the same limb a daughter of mr and mrs alf pugh of this town mrs hardy was running across the road from her home to the store opposite when she went down on the slippery pavement with such serious results it takes the tribune five to six weeks to reach our longest distance subscriber mr earl honsberger at yelwa nigeria africa last week we received a letter from him remitting his subscription and the letter was five weeks enroute mr hons berger states in a brief note that the paper reaches them quite regularly and that they do appreciate it yelwa is a good sized town situated on the nig er river there is a good trade done by river transportation in the export of peanuts butter and some cotton the population is cosmopolitan with many island people and mohammed ans mrs honsberger is a daugher of mr and mrs john r barkey of stouffville mrs dr rowan of toronto spent the easter holidays in town staying at the home of mr and mrs morris hornsby of toronto were in town for the holiday weekend mrs ross teel of woodville spent the holiday here with her parents mr and mrs lou lownsborough mrs cecil carpentier of sutton and daughter were easter visitors with her parents mr and mrs j b sanders mr don fraser spent the holiday weekend in stouffville next monday is allfools day watch your step miss ted hoover home for easter visiting parents mr and mrs hoover was her lud mr and mrs harvey schell and two sons motored to buff alo for easter visiting her mother and brothers and sister there rev and mrs medhurst mr and mrs charles ratcliff and mr robert ratcliff were in at tendance last week at the bap tist convention held in hamil ton they returned home on saturday mrs f w silversides who has been so seriously ill is re ported to be about holding her own the last few days mrs silversides has been very ill now for several weeks but is displaying wonderful vitality martin reesor has moved from the elson house across from the school to the east half of r burtons double house across from walter dicksons farm the place vacated by mr reesor is the new home of mr and mrs e j jarvis who recently purchas ed the place and are preparing to move in feed the shurgain way shurgain cattle mineral the palatable mineral designed for cattle only so can do a better job contains no objectionable twne char to upset digestion cattle like shurgain it supplies their need and saves you money 315 cwt shurgain 19 per cent chick starter the 19 per cent freshly milled starter that good poultry- men arc specifying this year contains cereal grass nopco xx cod liver oil and oatmeal in correct per centages milled the shurgain way to save you money 275 delivered superior feeds ken rusnell prop phone 280 stouffville ontario mr jack perrin of winnipeg was the guest of mr and mrs f l button for a short time on saturday jack has enlisted with the army medical corps and is tationed at ottawa but ex pects to go overseas before long his mother was the former blanche todd of uxbridge daughter of the late sam todd prominent business man of that town 40 years ago and well known to many of our readers miss jessie walls of the tor onto east general hospital staff spent the easter holiday with her parents mr and mrs ed walls miss ida good of owen sound has been visiting her brother mr ergood and mrs good at the brierbush hospit al in order to keep up their meat supply during the general blockade of roads local butch ers imported meat from toron to when it was impossible to get cattle in from the farms life spans vary according to the different life forms lower invertebrates live less than 100 hours insects from less than 100 hours to 17 years fish up to 267 years amphibious crea tures up to 36 years reptiles up to 175 years birds from 9 to 118 and mammals such as man from 1 years to over 100 students who fail to obtain standing in middle or upper school work this year will have no course of appeal to the min ister of education- except in cases of illness or special cir cumstances according to infor mation received from the on tario department of education last week hundreds of extra calls pour ed in to the local telephone office here on monday as all roads were blocked and the only means of communication between neighbors was the tel ephone business too added its quota of extra calls rather than go out in the bitter at mosphere and heavy roads the hello girls sure had their hands full to keep up with the demands of the talking public the ontario temperance federation has decided to get flashlight pictures of scenes of intemperance in beverage rooms the proposal having been made by rev allah ferry of owen sound if this plan is carried out it is going to put some of the boys on the spot after they have pulled the old excuse of working late at the office the sr wi held their monthly meeting on wednes day at home of mrs lowns borough the roll call was an swered by health hints a very fine easter message was given by rev l e atkinson mrs ej davey gave the report of the spring rally margarite grubin and lillian piper ren dered a duet current events a correct and quick diagnois- is of appendicitis sent little 5- yearold clifton morris to the hospital last wednesday after noon where a successful oper ation was performed at the sick childrens hospital clifton the only child of mr and mrs william morris east of town complained slightly on several occasions the last week when his parents brought him to town for examination in half an hour after the visit to the doctors office he was enroute to the hospital even then gangrene had set in around the appendix however early this week he was making rapid pro gress toward full recovery marjorie foster bride of donald morton a very pretty and quiet wedding was solemnized at the temperanceville manse on the afternoon of wednesday march 20 by the rev w a westcott when miss marjorie ellen foster became the bride of mr donald wilson morton miss alda car acted as brides maid and mr harry lavender as best man the brides dress was of turquoise blue crepe and the bridesmaids was of were given by mrs g t lee dove rose crepe a social half hour was spent by for travelling the bride all i chose a suit of botany blue obbzeh quality service our specials this week we are featuring dr hess and clark products panamin for chicks hog special for brood sows and pigs powered louse killer for lice on livestock stock tonic for work horses panamin for chicks panamin contains manganese the only prevention against slipped tendons we find by adding panamin to the chick ration they develop more rapidly in fact into pullets that lay as much as 20 more eggs by december 1st hog special for brood sows sows are farrowing and now have the job of nursing their offspring no time for a sow to be lazy inside she needs dr hess hog special to stimulate body functions and to supply minerals so necessary to a nursing mother stock tonic cows are getting tired of that winter feed they need stock tonic to pep up their appetite they need stock tonic to help them through the calving period horses need dr hess stock tonic to gel them in condit ion for spring work stouffville phone 4501 cloth with sheer white blouse and wore hat of black straw with blue trimmings and black accessories on return from their honey moon mr and mrs morton will reside on their farm at oakwood mrs morton is the daughter of mr and mrs earl foster of the 5th concession of whitchurch and mr morton the son of mr and mrs morton of oakwood formerly of van- dorf the tribunes small advs are cheap and profitable why hitler cannot win this war was lost for hitler the moment he hurled his armies against poland was the claim of dr richard maresch of pickering college when he addressed a gathering here on the subject why hitler can not win and sponsored by the senior institute for their war- work dr maresch who has only been in this country about ten months is an austrian protest- ant and has been in close touch with nazi economic agents and knows of the true situation within the third reich he claimed that hitlers vital prob lem of the moment was the ob taining of rumanian oil with out which she cannot move as for german russian re lations the doctor said that as early as 1936 the possibility of such an alliance was consider ed a probability stalin gave away russias secret when he made war on finland and showed up the internal weaknesses of the country said dr maresch the speaker who has spent fifteen years in the soviet claimed that the country is militarily very weak and that there is little chance of russia engaging in another major war concluding his address dr maresch expressed the hope that when this war was won the allies would make these european people free from the terrible nazi yoke once and for all the germans are not blind to the corruptness of their leaders yet they are powerless to move if the allies can go in the spirit of christianity they can make the people understand appreciate the freedom which we enjoy in this country free dom is the greatest thing in the world but only in its loss do a people learn to appreciate it spring display of farm implements farmers we invite you to our show room to see the new spring line especially the new cockshutt no 11 grain and fert 13 disc drill oil bath this is a wonderful light draft drill we have on hand massey harris reconditioned 13 disc grain drill with grass seed attachment good waggon cut down new rims 6 used separators 1 new delaval separator no 18 oil and repairs for delaval separators see us for repairing your separator i foskitt son agent for fleurvbissells goodwood ont phone 5906 see us about a john deere tractor successfully and efficiently burns low cost fuels economy easy handling lower upkeep unequalled performance also full line of john deere farm implements 24 hour service on repairs no 1020 mccormick and 2 fordsons priced for quick sale phone or call for demonstration fred e byer phone 2216 claremont rr l fshelll clean rest rooms enjoy our prompt battery oil and gasoline service spring is just around the corner come in for your spring check up be fore the rush begins bo ad ways service station phone 265 stouffville