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the tribune sfcouffville ont thursday july 25th 1940 page five montmorency cherries we have been to our bronte orchards and find that the montmorency cherries will be some later this year than last these cherries have been a proven success for some years being left on the trees to stature properly and then brought directly to fill your orders they will be at their best for canning about the end of the month so leave us your name and we will notify you on arrival watch for our weekly isurlktix i ratcliff co town delivery stouffville ontario phone 7112 planes roar no excuse eavetroughing and sheet metal work orders quickly executed at our store get in touch with us if you have any work in this line our prices on fence wire will interest you see our gasolne oil and electric stoves for summer w f riches stouffville ont phone 283 successor to button harware ahdito- permanent waves of quality priced from 250 to 750 including hair cut shampoo and wave i commencing august 1 prices at the demilo shop will be slightly in creased maries beauty shop phone 176 imain st e stouffville victoria square this community was shocked to learn of the sudden death of frank j burry a former resi dent of this place who was found dead lying on some hay in the field after a long search he had been living on the 4th just south of no 7 highway on the fatal day he told his wife he was not feeling well and thought he would see the doctor when he did not return in the after noon mrs burry phoned con stable b gayman thinking something might have happen ed to her husband it was found mr burry had not been to the doctor and it was thought he might have fallen into the creek at the back of mcquays house itie constable searched the creek bed a couple of miles but found nothing the next morn ing the neighbors formed a search party to tour the mcquay farm which borders the burry home about a 100 feet from his house the body was found in i hay field beside one of the mies it was thought he had jeen dead about thirtysix hours an autopsy was conducted by coroner dr s s ball of stouff- rille on wednesday mr burry iad a sale here of his stock only ast spring big gravel contract mr f h roberts of union- rille has been awarded a con tract to supply 165000 yards of travel for the construction of fhe new air port at goderich vandorf miss norma kingdon spent her holidays at midland mrs george sproxton enter tained her relatives from kansas city nebraska usa and her mother mrs taylor of toronto recently rev w a and mrs wescott and family are attending vaca tion school for ministers and their wives arid family miss ruth olivers sunday school class are holding a pic nic on friday for her girls mr and mrs r b brown and family are spending a few days at a cottage near bala mr russel sproxton who has been under the doctors care for some time was a guest at his sisters cottage at wilcox lake recently miss lottie atkinson and her nieces little shirley and betty holman of aurora are guests at mrs roy morleys home mr and mrs w h sproxton were visitors at mr and mrs wm morleys one day last week mr and mrs george sprox ton and family were sunday visitors at mr and mrs ar- notts home in toronto mr and mrs david ellis of aurora had sunday dinner with her parents mr harry powell and mr and mrs webb of toronto are holi daying at their cottage the recent rains make our highway rather muddy and bad for those who walk the ypu of the northern centre presbytery are holding their annual picnic at sharon temple on wednesday after noon the following three sunday services will be taken by a visit ing temperance speaker next sabbath and the following sun day the ypu from temper- anceville will have charge and mrs cale will give the message the last sunday all visitors cordially invited under new management the swift garage in stouffville has been taken over by valleau holden who have had many years experience as automobile tractor mechanics and are prepared to do any class of work in this line canadian oil company products telephone 195 stouffville ont soldiers at camp borden are not sleepyheads they just cant hear reveille over the sound of ircaf training planes so the cam bugler has to sound his horn over the p a system heres a buglar using amplifiers so soldiers cant use the planes roar as an alibi ringwood georgina myland spent a week in toronto with her aunt mrs searle mr hill of fisherville is spending a week with his daughter mrs george myland mrs ralph burkholder and miss helen were toronto visit ors over the weekend we are sorry to see mr and mrs don wilson move away bill clark who rented the grove garage has left to become the head mechanic at holdens garage at stouffville the mission meeting of the christian endeavor will be held next monday night john whet- ter of markham will be the guest speaker raspberries are commencing to ripen in this district all indi cations point to a bumper crop and lots of berry pie yum yum mrs nixon of st thomas is spending some time with her brother j a mitchell while dr thomas mitchell and sister belle are holidaying at preston springs near niagara glasgow miss marion davis is holiday ing this week in northern towns mr and mrs walter davis and family spent sunday at frenchmans bay mr and mrs l slack called on mr and mrs lome mc- mullen on sunday rev d macgregor stouff ville called at the home of mr jesse davis on monday mrs davis who has been confined to her bed these last few weeks is still in a critical condition miss ella slack and mr floyd tindall motored to midland on sunday to spend the day with mr and mrs morris hornsby goodwood donald and edward pennell of toronto spent a week at the home of mr and mrs george maye to aid beaverbrook si j p bickell canadian min ing man is en route to england where he will assist lord beaverbrook in speeding up air plane production it is under stood he will be given an im portant position with rt hon r b bennet and beverley bax ter mp dicksons hill mrs tilman reesor spent thursday with her daughter mrs jos b hoover miss ruth alexander of hamilton spent a few days at mr anthony hoovers this week remember the young peoples meeting next monday night at mount joy miss edith hoover and group will be in charge mr and mrs harvey moyer spent the weekend in muskoka calling on mr and mrs archie doner of gravenhurst and vis ited bracebridge a jolly group of young folks spent last thursday evening at risebroughs plaing baseball and other games dicksons hill relatives sent greetings to mr wilmot wide- man of alberta who celebrated another birthday july 23rd most people have a specialty in one line or another and one of harleys is washing wind shields many special events called our people in recent days among them the free methodist camp meeting at holland landing evangelistic services at lemon- ville tent meetings at zephyr and the closing exercises of gormley and stouffville vaca tion bible schools last weeks column had a couple of mistakes one due to misinformation and the other to poor penmanship which we would like to correct the lady who was hurt in the accident here last week was not fatally injured and we are glad to hear that she is making good pro gress while the other mistake less important was that mr sargeant was the essayist at young peoples instead of mrs sargeant who does not yet exist births brillinger at york county hospital july 15 1940 to mr and mrs wesley brillinger stouffville a son slendor beauty tablets for your waistline bulge two weeks supply 100 j m storey druggist buses leave summer time table leave stouffville to toronto a 615 am d 245 pm b 825 am c 350 pm c 1250 pm e 840 pm a except sun hoi b sun hoi c sat only d ex cept sat sun hoi e sat sun hoi standard time bus travel information at brown betty tea rooms phone 198 gray coach lines d0ntl0se your temper in harvest time buy mccormick twine and be sure of satisfaction full weight to the bale full length to the pound no lost time rethreading no lost twine by tangling guaranteed satisfaction results faster cutting and a better temper exclusive agent in stouffville and district central feed store phone 277 for service price push peaches miss sarah smith of almira spent last friday with mrs c gayman albert hosking is enjoying some holidays with his aunt at port hope mr and mrs j gilbert and family were sunday visitors at the cleverdon home mrs e petch and family of mandaumin were sunday visit ers at the painter home miss jean miller is spending a couple of weeks with her grandparents at lindsay mr and mrs george hoover and fern spent the weekend with relatives at vineland congratulations to mr and mrs winston watt who were married on saturday at angus mrs g meyers and mrs b lindsay of toronto also mrs hazel meyers and norma cline of new jersey had dinner at the hoover home on tuesday rev weber of toronto who took our church service on sun day was entertained at the miller home sunday visitors at the smith home were mrs p harper and mary of unionville and frank harper please keep in mind peachs annual sunday school picnic to be held at glenwood park on thursday july 25 everyone in vited come and bring your basket who ever heard of a car get ting tired of waiting for its driver and starting down the road towards home if you dont believe it ask peter epp stanley theatre phone 100 showing each night at 815 st saturday and holidays 700 aud 900 thursdav fridav saturday july 25 26 27 brother rat and a baby wagne morris thursday friday saturday july 25 26 27 those high grey walls wayne morris priscilla lane movietone news comedies monday tuesday wednesday july 29 30 31 pardon my berth marks walter connolly i meridith buster keaton august 12 3 drums along the mohamk midnight frolic sunday august 4th at 1200 mddnight holiday dance monday august 5th 5 hours of dancing from 700 to 1200 third annual sports day civic holiday monday august 5th softball game weldrest vs tip top tailors a regular championship league game transferred to here from sunnyside at 1200 noondsl big amateur show ah types of entertainment are invited to submit enterics to jack evans at cedar beach park not later than july 31st valuable cash prizes bathing beauty contest send your entry in now to r armstrong 10 avion ave toronto before july 31 handsome silver trophy and 5000 in cash prizes fun and sport for all from 6 to 60 from 12 noon till midnight cedar beach park north shore lake musselman