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the tribune stouffville ont thursday may 30th 1940 page three town topics whitchurch council saturday mr and mrs arcbie stover of milverton were visitors iu town over the weekend the annual hoover reunion will be beld at harry ralphs farm on the 8th concession of markham just below that village on wednesday july 3rd mr and mrs george stewart of milverton motored here and spent tie weekend with mr and mrs jess cook mr stewart i3 manager of the bank of nova scotia in the busy perth county village the engagement is announced at almira of elva dorene daughter of mr and mrs willis lehman to john t only son of mr and mrs telfer wagg of cashel the marriage to take place quietly the latter part of june the local tennis club which re organized a couple of weeks ago las placed the memorial park courts in condition and they are now open to all members fees this year are 100 and all former mem bers and others desirous ot joining tbe club are asked to make remit tance to the secytreas as soon as possible chas nolan secretary- tn large double column head an evening paper tells that an oakville lady 95 boasts ot living under five crowns queen victoria died in 1901 then we had edward vii george v edward viii and george vi five in all so what is remarkable about that it is wonderful to be 95 but a person 41 has lived under five crowns messrs e r sinclair and j l barrett visited in woodbridge on sunday among those who graduated last week from the training school for nurses at the toronto general hos pital college street was miss janet guthrie lott janet is a daughter of mr and mrs ira w lott of milton ontario and a granddaughter of the late mr and mrs nelson e smith former residents of this town mrs d mcmullen of uxbridge has been spending a week at tbe home of mr and mrs hugh anderson mrs mlla hoover of toronto spent the holiday with her sister here mrs jos mowder mr and mrs j coates mrs ceo lee stouffville and mrs r e forsyth claremont attended the baptist womans convention held in hamilton last week mrs carleton baker of toronto has rented the samuel hoover resi dence on obrien avenue recently purchased by mrs n w byer it is now some years since mrs baker lived in the country but many re call mrs baker and the late mr baker as among our popular farm ers on the 8th con at baker hill the numerous friends ot tbe family will be pleased to learn that she is coming back to the old town to re side the incessant rains of the last week almost caused disaster to the trenches dug at the east end in preparation for laying 500 feet of water mains from montreal street west on the nortb side of main street just when the digging was nearing completion rain came down and ever since the men have been forced off the job in the mean time the trenches are filling with water but on tuesday afternoon they were pumped out and work resumed two of our mail couriers have tecently received renewal contracts for carrying the mail on their res pective routes lloyd moyer on rural route no 2 out of town a dis tance of 19 miles has received his renewal also jake reesor on route no 3 a distance of 27 miles has been given a renewal contract these men have been giving good satis faction and accepted renewals at tbe old contract price in each case where a courier has rendered satis faction and is worthy of a new con tract he should be granted an in crease in pay of say 10 per cent un til he reacbes a certain amount per mile this paper has no quarrel with tlte tender system of giving con tracts but the job would be greatly improved with some system of giv ing a worthy official increased pay with a renewal of his contract next monday evening the june meeting of the village council is expected to deal with the problem of securing a new constable baby patricia boake youngest child of mr and mrs albert boake who live over tbe standard garage in town is recovering from a mas toid operation performed last week at the sick childrens hospital in toronto the baby is expected to he sufficiently recovered as to enable the child to be brought home in a few days henry miller one of our consist ent advertisers for his line of baby chicks and incubation hatches expects that when the season winds up he will have put out some 10000 or 12000 fluffy babies that will h marketable birds for his customers this fall thats quite an army and is no mean production for a farm er to attain as one branch of his industry kkckives slight wotxo quality service wounded slightly in a german air raid on a french town the duke of gloucester who returned to london may 20 expects to be back soon with the british expe ditionary force to resume his duties as chief liaison officer on three successive nights in france he was iu areas bombed heavily applications for the position of constable for the village of stouff ville will close this friday the job is only a part time one while it paid a remuneration of 125 for long years the retiring incumbent received 400 although he was expected to perform other duties the position of constable is largely one of directing traffic and seeing that the village ibylaws are obeyed the officer is seldom required to go outside the corporation and then usually at the request ot another officer who requires assistance back in the socalled good old days a dozen or more men would have appreciated this opportunity of earning a few extra dollars while carrying on their regular employ ment but today men are more in different about such undertakings constable h quibel recently resign ed to take up his old job as a despatoher on the cnr it be thrifty buy war savings stamps 16 25c stamps make a 5 certificate canada asks us to save everyone can do his bit and every 2bits count a stamp to protects tomorrow save and buy war stamps here our minimum price policy means savings to you some of these savings are noted below use your savings to purchase 25c war saving stamps castoria 29c saves lie kruschen salts 69c saves 06c fruitative pills 22c saves 03c fruitative pills ige 39c saves lie mecca ointment med 45c saves 05c carters liver pills 23c saves 02c pinex 39c saves lie tums 3 pkgs 25c saves 05c agurol 16 oz 129 saves 21c feenamints ige 33c saves 02c dr chases nerve food 49c saves lie vicks vapo rub 43c saves 07c agents for uuirjue art developing printing and enlargeing a fresh supply of kodak and selochrome films boadways drug store phone 2301 stouffville another big special mr smith goes to washington is coming to the stanley theatre here next week end out of the hearts of the people a master picturemaker creates his most stirring human spectacle of the laughter the love the pain and the joy of tbe everyday business of living enacted by one of the finest casts ever assembled in one picture with jean arthur james stewart edward arnold guy kibbee and thomas mitchell it was forecast in the office of this paper a few days ago by a resi dent of uxbridge town that tbe pro posed domestic water bylaw shortly to be voted on in the neighboring town is likely to be defeated this citizen estimated that those who really want a domestic supply now have such a system private installed and that tbe figures sub mitted as to cost of the system were too low it would be unfortunate if the people of uxbridge should be denied a modern and safe water supply which they so badly need a gang of men are working on the cnr levelling up tbe ends of the rails at the joints which show wear of a fraction of an inch over other parts of the rail new steel is welded to flush up the surface and about threequarters of a mile per day is the length of track gone over in this way this week the gang is working in the stouffville area in addition to preserving the heavy rails laid only a few years ago the operation adds to the riding quali ties of the roadbed lou lownsbor- ough and randolph spoffdrd are local men who are assisting a report circulated on saturday indicated that gasoline was to add on an additional 6c tax monday morning however the yarn was without truth for no increase was announced of any kind in a simil ar way it was reported in the coun try that bread was to be advanced one cent a loaf but this is not a fact either however it may be said that bread is likely to go up slightly all ingredients entering the staff of life have gone up and there is prospect of a tax on flour being imposed which would most certainly advance the cost of bread after all when we read of what the germans are doing to the unfortunate people of belguim and other countries all canadians are ready to dig a little deeper to help win this war against an enemy that carries out a form of cruelty unknown to civilization cemetery decoration day for stouffville june 23rd rev gordon lapp toronto 34 years of age has been called to the pastorate of keswick united church to follow rev c e fockler who goes to maple miss enna heise regina sask spent a few days with her mother mrs j a heise miss heise came east to attend the canadian confer ence on social work held in the king edward hotel toronto may 21 23 reliable brand seed corn improved leaming by far the most popular corn sown in york county can be relied on to give you a good crop gov std no 1 125 bus golden glow a favorite with some of the farmers in the north half of the county gives a good crop gov std no 1 125 bus pride of nishna a great corn to withstand storms as it has a heavy stock gives a good crop gov std no 1 125 bus wisconsin no 7 a white corn that has become our second best seller on its merits alone a heavy cropper gov std no 1 135 bus sweepstakes a new corn to us but comes highly recommended gov std no 1 145 bus mammoth southern sweet it is a prolific grower with plenty of wide leaves gov std no 1 135 bus eureka ensilage the heaviest cropper of all and can be sown late and yet produce a corn has many friends in york county farmers american seed gov std no 1 230 stiver bros phone 4501 stouffville training classes for all young men from 17 years of age will com mence on thursday and friday 7 pm all men and young men in particular are welcome physical training and small arms will be given if interested please be on hand and report to g h saunders dr colin campbell of tbe medical arts building toronto and his son jack visited with mr and mrs kg tarr a few days ago dr camp bell was the practitioner who oper ated on mr tarr for cataracts some years ago at that time he was prac tically blind today while one eye has completely failed mr tarr has good nse of the remaining eye paint we carry a complete lino ot cil paints and enamels for two especial reasons we be lieve no finer product is made the ease with which they can be applied anybody can use them come in and discuss your paint problems with us w f riches stouffville ont phone 283 successors to the long established button hardware brshh i paint for every purpose tribune small advs results will please you today reople rely upon their banks barn dance on fri june 7 sponsored by the unionvllle girls softball club frank browns new barn 2 miles north unionville good muslc olde tymo and modern lunch provided admission itc long past is the day when a hole in the ground was regarded as the best place in which to keep savings modern banking evolved by man as a convenience to serve his developing needs now provides the solution as a depository for his money today the canadian relies upon his bank c from the days of the oldworld goldsmiths of centuries ago to banks bank notes and deposit accounts which meet so efficiently the greater business and human needs of today is a far cry indeed canadas chartered banks with their wide distribution of branches throughout the dominion now provide deposit and other banking services in line with uptodate requirements and in keeping with canadas position as an im portant factor in world trade fin war as in peace canadas chartered banks maintain uninter rupted all their services to depositors farmers manufacturers exporters facilitating the nattorts business looking forward to l peace with freedom as the only sure basis for enduring prosperity the chartered banks of canada