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the tribune stouffville ontario thursday april 10th 1941 page threh william rennies farm auction to day thursday is likely to be wide ly attended wth anything like favor able weather next friday is a public holiday when all places of business will be closed easter monday is a bank and sshool holiday only mrs cayman who is staying with hi rotert stewart has been spend ing several days at the home of her toa b cayman in unionville during which time she has been quite ill mr harry briuinger narrowly averted having several of his fingers damaged beyond repair when they became jammed by a backing truck it now appears the injured members will be all right after a few weeks of careful nursing mr and mrs p c rowbotham helen anj mr george dewitt were saturday dinner guests of mr and hrs walter kent in north toronto aad were joined in the evening by mr and mrs j d aitchison and hiss phyllis rose mr frank lehman returned this week to his home at pine orchard jitter making a lengthy visit in town with his younger brother albert who the past few days is somewhat improved in health frank is the eldest member of the family being oter so years of age we hear that the barbering establishments of this town and dis trict who natutally claim to be do ing all the clipping are strongly con sidering adding on a little in the form of advanced prices for their hair cutting the standard price of a hair cut is now 25c and a majority ire reported to be favorable to ad- tancing the- price to 35c but some are holding out to retain the old rate as an evidence o the good will aliown toward the canvassers for the war services fund last week the head of one household in the south east section left his donation with tiis wife jnst in case he was away from home when the canvassers call ed thats just what happened and it showed the fine spirit behind the gift and the manner in which the workers were received almost every where everybody wants to conserve and save a little especially so in their buying habits you can make a good start right now by perusing the offerings made by our advertisers in this very issue ranging from food stuffs to house furniture only a couple of weeks ago a subscriber told us that he thought he had sav ed more than the price of his paper in one or two months by watching the advertised goods fires of unknown origin ac count for onethird of the losses on farms and lightning accounts for 100000 annually mrs ross teel and family of wood- vllle are visiting with her parents mr and mrs lou lounsborough according to their antics some people are more interested in work ing democracy than in working for it miss jennie mccallum has re turned from toronto where she spent the winter season now that the storms of winter are past i am de lighted to be home again miss mccallum said to the tribune few homes in stouffville have been long er established than the mccallum residence on good friday morning there will be a public service of thanks giving and praise held in the stouff ville christian church this will be a union of all village churches and church goers of every denomination ire invited those who never attend church at any time will be especially welcome at this easter devotional the senior womens institute will meet at the home of mrs g t lee main st on wednesday april 1c at 230 motto let us be content in work to do the thing we can and not presume to fret because its little the roll call will be answered by hints on spring cleaning there will be a visit from district presi dent mrs g maynard and a demon stration on ways of serving eggs music and a social half hour mrs fred silverthorn who recent ly purchased the brick bungalo on main street almost opposite baker avenue has added some improve ments to the exterior making the place an attractive spot bud spang was the carpenter in charge sir frederick banting left an estate ot 73000 of this amount 46000 was in life insurance all of which implies that the world famous young scientist from alliston made no great effort to amass a fortune from discoveries he made for man kind at large an imposing ceremony at the united church service last sunday morning was the reception of twen tyfour new members six by transfer from other charges and eighteen on profession of faith being 10 girls and s boys the ordinance of baptism was administered to no less than six young people as follows barbara briuinger betty welsh marguerite grubin harry schell arnold schell kenneth klinck rev le atkinson conducted the service which proved most impressive both as regards its demeanour and the nature of the charges delivered to those who were taking so important a step mr atkinson intimated that still another intimated that still another who had expected to join the church at this time had been suddenly removed in the death of the late jesse cook the growing dissatisfaction of last summer over the inaction of the board of health in permitting pig sties to flourish right in the village the armoma from which in some cases was said to be worse than a german gas attack is to be remedied according to dr freelmoh not every porker within our borders will be deported for some are far enough removed from human habitation as to permit them to remain but even the board of health cannot author ize them to remain if the pig sty is within 300 feet of any dwelling there will shortly be an order issued by the authorities requirin the removal or dismantling of all such quarters as are objectionable it seems like harking back 25 years to have to complain of such con ditions however it is just 36 years since stouffville passed a bylaw for bidding cows to pasture on our vill age streets mm b the easiest to use thattft swk pnt- prce 35 wi wwk 3 use nss o 5 ss brighten up in and wound your homo with 0nec0at magic take up this offer youll be delighted with cilux its the easiesttouse of all enamels cilux flows so evenly hides so well and dries quickly to a hard bright washable finish lasts longer too so its more eco nomical theres a choice of 25 different colours just ask your cil dealer for a colour card hell be glad to help you with colour schemes or other paint problems dont delay get acquainted with cilux wow- while this offer lasts make them dance with colour lawn mowers breakfast nooks floors flower boxes garden furniture washing machines i i there is a cll finish exactly right for your purpose riches hardware mr and mrs alf whittingstall intend to leave next week for their new home in toronto and are vac ating their residence on main street where they have resided for over eight years we regret to see good citizens of their stand leaving our community but we wish them good health and happiness as they locate nearer to the homes of their two sons frost is out of the ground in many places and fields are fast drying up men are busy getting the main street pavement cleaned up after the win ters accumulation ait winter money is spent sanding the roadway then in the spring more money is spent taking the sand off of course it has served its purpose and we came through the winter without any car accidents due to sjudding into each other norman alexander merchant uxbridge has been appointed to take the census in muskoka ontario norman has done considerable good work for the liberal party in the riding and his appointment aside from his political affiliation meets with approval because he is capable of carrying on this work in a proper manner garden seeds we have a full line of garden seeds for this spring we have received notice from the head office that the quota of freight free grain from western canada has been filled and that no more permits can be issued for car loads farmers having placed orders for this grain with us after march 24th please get in touch with us at once seed grain is very reasonable this year in price right now it is only about half a cent over good feed grain this will be a good year to change seed stiver bros ann ual meeting the lawn bowling club annual meeting is called for thursday april 17 in the telephone office important and interesting business every member please be on hand at 8 pm miss bessie cairns missionary on furlough from kong moon south china was the guest speaker at the easter thankoffering meeting of the stouffville united church womens missionary auxiliary thursday miss cairns gave a graphic picture of life in china today rice the stable food is worth 1 for 1 pounds and meat cannot be bought because of both shortage and price no work ever done by the missionaries said miss cairns has been more import ant than that of just staying with the people through this time of danger and trouble the devotional service was taken by mrs george thomas and mrs alma baker oldham sang two num bers accompanied by mrs floyd katcliff an offering of more than 100 was received mrs s w hast ings presided during the afternoon and mrs george gunn expressed the thanks of the auxiliary to miss cairns and mrs oldham tions listed in tnis district entrance examinations will be held on june 26 and 27 despite the fact that middle school departmental exam inations have been abandoned can didates for the middle school stand ing must submit an application at the end of april as in former years a penalty of 1 will be imposed on those who make late applications every candidate for upper school standing must try the departmental examinations this year in former years some were recommended canvassers for the war services fund in stouffville were delighted to receive in the mail last week a cheque for 26 from one of stouff- villes best friends and the tribune was the agency through which the gift was inspired the cheque was mailed direct to the canvassers in the south centre district as a result of announcement and appeal through the columns of this paper last week and this paper is given credit for its effort in thisbehalf once again the power of newspaper appeal is mani fest although on some occasions in the past the local golfing season has opened about april 1st and prepar ations have been made for summer pastimes winter sports held sway here until just a week ago and our local postmaster who is numbered among local skiing fans reported that goodwoods northern hillsides provided quite a bit of slip while markham had skating just a week ago several members of the home town curling club recall one season some years past when winter and summer sports really closed in on one another here and there was curling on an easter forenoon and bowling on the local green in the afternoon even so last week was decidedly late for the indulgence in winter sports even in this neck of the voods and now the most pessimistic weather prognosticators admit that spring is long overdue upper schooii exams start on june 18th upper school examinations will commence on wednesday june 18 according to a schedule received from the dept of education the middle school departmental examin ations are not being held this year compared with former years when the candidates tried lower middle and upper school examinations the timetable received here is a small program with only high school en trance and upper school examina stouffyttlle war branch the annual meeting combined with the work meeting of the war branch will be held in the muni cipal hall on tuesday april 15 at 230 oclock donations gratefully acknowledged pair new flannelette blankets afghan from dicksons hill war workers 2 quilts and childrens clothing from 9th line imarkhamj 3 quilts from bloornington ladies 2 small quilts mrs talbot 6th yt whitchurch quilt from mrs green- bury stouffville 2 quilts and cloth ing from mrs couperthwaite lotb markham an afghan from the ladiea at brierbush hospital stouffville m davey secretary war branch fi3 ecscisra febciuaas fescftii pi sfisunxf a new permanent 300 350 500 750 shampoo and finger wavoooe finger avave 40c maries beauty shop phone 176 main st e stouffville ppw m maple leaf smoked 4 lb to 6 lb each picnic shoulders lb 23c sugarcured breakfast bacon sliced pound 29c fresh grade a large eggs dozen 21c sweet mixed pickles 27 ounce bottle 25c braeside butter first grade creamery lb 38c at stouffville ontario preaching mission dicksons him a two weeks preaching mission at this church began last sunday even ing when the pastor delivered a stirring evangelistic message on an old testament picture of the christ basing his remarks on john 314 the speaker explained the type and showed its relation to the race of men the fact of sin appar ent everywhere in all its forms made the death of christ a necessity and an earnest appeal was made to the listeners to embrace the offer of full salvation ai provided in tho great atonement a response to tho appeal was made at both tho services on sunday and monday nights and the meetings are proving helpful to those who have attended rev p g lehman tho pastor is bringing the message each night and cordially invites tho people of the community to attend any or all of the services the stress of these days tako their toll from the life and the individual person must keep in touch with the spiritual forces by the means afford ed in the inspiration offered by tho church of christ aylmer assorted except chicken soups 3 tins age prunes large size 4050 2 lbs 25c christie ritz biscuits pkg 14c domestic shortening 2 lbs 27c excelsior pastry flour 24 lb bag 69c p g or pearl white naptha soap 10bars39c red rose tea red label black half lb 36c mccormick fig bars fresh lb 19c kraft cheese 2 lb loaf 59c lynn valley tomatoes large tin 2 for 25c christies fresh hot cross buns doz age golden yellow bananas 3 lb 25c approximately 30c dozen head lettuce iceberg fresh 2 for 19c large 24 size cuban pineapples each 23c ontario leaf lettuce 2 bunches 5c florida giant size green celery bunch 15c dominion stores limitid