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the tribune stouffville ont thursday nov 7th 1940 page three town topics the local banks and the post office started this week to remain open on wednesday afternoon for the winter season poppy day saturday november 5lb wear a poppy in memory of the dead in the last war and in honour i those who are dying in this one mr and mrs vernon h dennis miss lou harvey toronto and mr murray dennis sudbury were dinner guests with mr and mrs s w hastings on tuesday in honor of tkeir aunt imiss e morrison who was observing her s3rd birthday veterans and servicemen are in cited to attend the annual placing of tie wreath at the memorial gates and also the decorating of the grav es of veterans in the stouffville cemetery meet at the flrehall on sunday nov 10 at 10 am dress berets arm bands and medals mr and mrs james jarvis who recently took up residence in their newly acquired home next the mennonite church were in markham on friday attending the funeral of his brother robert who until recent ly farmed on the tenth but retired only last spring and took up resi dence in markham village miss helen hastings dietitian at batons college street has been chosen from her graduating class in household economics to conduct a series of lectures on dietetics sponsored by the health league of canada both misses helen and blarion hastings were home from toronto for the weekend visiting their parents householders are doing an excellent job in raking up the abun dance of leaves fallen the last week or ten days cooperation in this task is appreciated and only here and there do we see the job neglect ed so that the neighboring proper ties tiave a double task to perform this is also the time to get ditches cleaned out before the freezeup so they will be ready for the spring freshets so far the public water ways of this kind usually looked after by the council have not been attended to hired help is a problem to secure this fall sergt richards and his young wife elda hisey spent sunday in town the guest of mr and mrs tme watts the stouffville junior institute will meet at the home of mrs iranmer on thursday nov 14 at 330 pm mr w m cockburn will give an address special music by miss thelma atkinson messrs harry paisley eldon fairies ormsby lehman william griffiths and j f reid goodwood motored to lindsay on friday even ing to attend a hot fowl supper and meeting of the masonic lodge there our local hardware merchant frank riches was one of the officers for the evening it being his home town lodge doc bailey of uxbridge was in town on monday distributing adver tising for the ladies soft ball team dance on november 11 in the ux bridge music hall the uxbridge veterinary is a strong and iucessant booster for the girls team uxbridge town and township councils are submitting the two- year term for councillors to the ratepayers according to the ux bridge timesjournal this is the only opportunity the ratepayers have of voting on the 2year term and reserving to the ratepayers the privilege to say whether or not they want any particular council for the second term if they are a good council an acclamation is usually accorded them all veterans are asked to meet at the fire hall on sunday nov 10 at 1 pm st for the purpose of pro ceeding to richmond hill to join with the richmond hill council in their annual remembrance day service dress berets arm bands and medals b lickerish secretary stouffville veterans we are pleased to note that mrs allen closson is showing some improvement since t suffered a breakdown several weeks ago leav ing her partially paralysed and quite helpless if her condition con tinues to improve imr and mrs clossen intend to spend the winter in a southern climate for which all arrangements for crossing the hor de had been completed some time ago mr isaac barkey has just made delivery of a seam welding machine built in his foundry from patterns and blue prints the new machine rests on a heavy iron base and is of brass construction with the ex ception of the transformer and motor which are part of the machine the first of its kind made in canada the construction is a fine piece of work and the builder may feel justly proud of it head high and so proud i your head will be high and you will be so proud when you trip back home from the betty beauty salon yes indeed deft fingers of the betty beauty beau ty operator can do such al luring things to hair seems almost like magic we promise youll not be disappointed when you make an appointment and have your coiffure done as only we can do it call us today phone 3206 betty beauty cuoi miss edith borinsky daughter of mr and mrs jos borinsky who is attending toronto university had the misfortune one day last week to slip on the steps of the university library falling down the flight and striking one of the corner posts though no bones were broken the severe shakeup necessitated medi cal attention and a layoft from school for a few days we had heard quite a few people protesting against the manner in which halloween pranks are carried on by the older boys the innocent amusement during the early part of the eveninng should be relished by everybody but the destruction that is carried out around midnight is inexcusable one of the common objective of the halloween squad seems to he destruction or mov able front door steps an act which led to a law suit in bruce county a few years ago when an elderly person came out of their home and not knowing the steps had been re moved by pranksters fell and broke a limb the parents of the boy who removed the steps had to forfeit 400 last thursday night num erous steps were removed buildings overturned and a bit of other damage was done some of it was not funny and caused expense to people who could not afford to spend unnecessary money mickey oconnor a familiar figure to the boys who made up stouffvilles famous lacrosse team of forty years ago was in town on thursday renewing old acquaint ances he is now living on a small acreage at utica when stouffville won the ontario championship in isiis mickey was one of the play ers but he was just a lad then last week when he stepped into frank raes tailoring shop the needle pusher recognized him right off likewise when he called on edw pennock at his home the former liveryman said without any hesita tion hello imickey since this old lacrosse player returned we had a look at the picture taken of the champions and here is the lineup joe coxworth edw pennock jno mcdonald dan tudhope grant cooper frank clendening herb james frank beatty bill sanders mickey oconnor jack campbell goff churchill bob minns thorn graham jack woodgate and a c burkholder six of the group are dead but only three of them sanders burkholder and pennock are still residents of stouff ville mrs robert leslie has left stouffville for toronto where she will spend the winter her fine big residence furnished on church street is for rent mr frank riches hardware merchant accompanied by his sister mrs a e weldon were in lindsay last friday where mr riches at tended the funeral of the late w j qioore and mrs weldon visited her mother who is not in very good health there is an unusually large num ber of houses available for rent in stouffville at this particular time business is humming and no one wanting employment is without it hence this situation is the more re markable probably the attractive wages being paid by manufacturing plants in larger places and the fact that few if any farmers are retir ing in town accounts for the sur plus there are some attractive plac es available mr and mrs phil willows were presented with a chest of silver on the occasion of their 25th wedding anniversary by the folks of the community in which they reside this indicates that the victoria square merchant is very popular which with his winning smile makes him one of the citizens most appreci ated mr and mrs willows com menced married life at uxbridge where they spent their school days and where they had many friends many of whom are now scattered over the province the canadian school journal published in toronto as the official organ of the ontario educational association carries a back cover display advertisment in a recent issue for the aikenhead hardware co showing a picture layout of a corner of the shop room in stouff ville school this firm which supplied much of the machinery styles the local setup as a well planned shop incidentally recommending it over the province principal l c murphy and staff also the school board are naturally pleased with such recog nition given this department of our school old and respected residents of stouffville and district for many years mr and mrs dan gibner have moved to temperanceville where mr gibner will be employed with william hare also well known to many of our readers mr hare conducts an extensive poultry ranch having some lsooo chickens three men are employed in looking after this business since they have vacated their house on 10th street the gibner place is available for rent the house is compact while a very fine garden goes with the place canadian tire corporation limited associate store l a hill prop richmond hill the new 194041 fall and winter catalogue is available now to take the hazards out of winter driving we recommend superelastic groundgrip tires motomaster heater and defroster motomaster super antifreeze morpower batteries guaranteed we shall be pjeased to have you call at our store and discuss your needs you will be surprised how fittfe it will cost you to give your car a complete winter outfit look for the c t c sign 07 yonge street richmond hill the regular monthly meeting of the stouffville womens baptist mission circle will be held on fri day evening november stli at 8 pm in the sunday school room of the united church stouffville the guest speaker will be mr frank iniig president of the baptist convention of ontario and quebec he will illustrate his lecture with moving pictures of life as he recent ly saw it in india any friends who are interested in mission work will be cordially welcome to attend this meeting mrs isaac boadway is the local president mr kr shiner davis has open ed a store for the sale of tobacco soft drinks etc in the former harness shop premises conducted by mr albert lehman mr davis will do cleaning and pressing in the rear of the premises all of which have been splendidly fitted up for his needs coat maker for mr frank rao tailor mr davis will be able to do this work as he has done for many years he solicits a call from his many friends whom he will be pleased to welcome at the new stand one door west of lehmans shoe store the tobacco store will fill the gap for such a business formerly carried by the cafe which went out of business in the silvester block last summer mr john ratcliff returned last week from an extended trip to western canada during which time he visited with his daughter at midnapore near calgary and from which point he made many side trips to the mountains and other scenic soctlons of that great western land going out by aero plane and home by the railroad this veteran traveller much prefers the speedy mode of going at the time this is being written mr rat- cliff has not called around at the newspaper office to receive our greetings and welcome home but we hear from all sides that he is looking his best and is feeling the benefits of the holiday quaker 34 pc hog feed concentrate if you have a big grain crop and want to market your grain through your hogs we have just the feed you are looking for in quaker 34 protein hog feed concentrate to balance up your home grown grains it makes a very low cost ration for the man with plenty of home grown grains you can mis one bag of quaker 34 protein hog feed concentrate with three to six bags of your own mixed chop and have a very well balanced feed using quaker 34 protein hog concentrate with your own homegrown grains you will market your hogs from four to six weeks earlier than you would by feeding them your own grains only stiver bros mr don fraser of the bank of commerce staff belleville and a frequent visitor to stouffville is relieving at present in the branch at colbcurne included in the recent sales of farm machinery in this area were two new cockshutt tractors an 1s2s to dave boyd 9th con markham and 1s28 to henry miller 7th con markham miller 7th con markham sales made by bell son local agents mrs s b hoover is closing her church street home for the winter season and has been her custom will spend the winter with her daughters at east orange new jersey mrs hoover leaves town today thursday the open season for rabbit hunt ing in this territory is from nov 1 to february 2sth mr and mrs leslie rowbotham and donald visited in orangeville on sunday with mr and mrs still 107th anniversary services the anniversary services of bloomington christian church will be held on november 10th at 11 am dr thomas mitchell will preach music by forsythe quartette at 7 pm the kinsmen quar tette will sing and mr oliver ray- mer will preach a thankoffering will be received at both services the public are cordially invited to these meetings atfeaa ml and mte acey of the cleveland colored quintette who will take part in special ser vices on tuesday and wednesday evening nov 12th 13th they need no introduction having sung to thousands here this sum mer come early and secure a seat meetings every evening at 745 un til november 17 evangelist w j williamson stanley jlcdhurst pastor second mgajzuqau bafdtit glutsicu 1s onsmrs hhhed5 ijt w ti a full selection of items for your christmas baking has just arrived all of the highest quality shelled almonds lb 30c golden ha1llowi dates 2 lbs 25c sunbeam seeded raisins 16 oz pkg 17c dads butter scotch cookies lb 15c fresh clean currants 2 lbs 29c almond icing 1 lb cello pkg 29c pure quality icing sugar 2 lbs 19c red whole glace cherries lb 43c a 1 ln sweet cider gal 59c 32 oz bottle 19c canada matches 3 boxes 25c 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