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1fle xrwmie jlw mammm grapefruit texas marsh seedless 5 for 25c jean the march to berlin buy war savings stamps california naval oranges 2 doz 29 we have been able to obtain another shipment of delicious navel oranges to sell at this exception ally low price larger sizes are scarce so take advantage of this extra value frozen salmon smoked fillet dried herring ratciiffco phone 198 town delivery red cross parcels continued from front page not be delivered and so the contents thereof were distributed amongst the wounded of the regi ment and very much appreci ated john hodgson padre twins are chosen w x- joint sweethearts of a us army engineers company are lee and lyn wilde blonde twin movie stars in hollywood tliey were chosen because the men think that each of you is more beautiful than any girl we ever met altdna our sympathy is extended to mr and mrs stanley slack of glasgowin the loss o their home by are on saturday last mr and mrs gerald pointon and little son of toronto spent the week end with their respective parents mr and mrs o madill and mr and mrs harry pointon stouffville mr and mrs walter slack of stouffrille had tea with her parents mr and mrs d crosier on sunday evening the young people held a valen tine party on tuesday evening at the home of miss gertrude winn at mongolia goodwood another two of our boys have joined up delbert cooper to the rcaf and kenneth stewart in the navy we wish them the best of luck andsafe journey home after the war is over we sympathize with mr stanley slack and family in their recent loss through fire the roads were so badly blocked it was difficult for many to give assistance and very little contents were savel from the home sorry to report robert hope and family have been ill mr hope being confined to his bed one o our sporty young men who does considerable travelling mr daniel baker has been confined to his house this past week with a cold walter bryan and forest john ston are also on the sick list mr marvin may is recuperating rapidly from his appendix operation in the general hospital and we understand william todd is doing as well as can be expected but it will be some time before he is able to leave the hospital good financial return was realized by the w i from the concert which they sponsored in the hall on friday night and the thanks of those in charge goes out to all who joined in making the endeavor such a success the holder of the lucky draw ticket was george dowswell the draw be ing made by little beth greenwood of stouffville the amount sent to the russian relief fund was 5700 remember the war workers quilt ing in the hall on thursday feb is historical facts about baker hill by seneca baker at one time there was a lane north of harry ratcllffs house which led over to the ninth just south of bloomington stouffville red cross alxut ninety years ago james d u fimetam at a loss to ex- brodie bum a saw mm a quarter of press my appreciation for your love ly box parcels do mean so much xaturally we do feel more homesick at christmas than at any other time of the year thanks again jim smith dear friends received your welcome parcel to day everything is swell things are very dull over here didnt seem much like christmas with no decora tions due to the blackout i will have to live on the memories of christmas at home i spent my last leave with the kilohs in aberdeen they are well and made me very welcome they look forward to the stouffville tribune yours truly lloyd sibley dear friends thanks very much for your par cel you sure have the knack of anticipating a fellows needs toma toes and fruit juices are especially appreciated your parcel arrived in excellent condition but i could not resist the temptation to open it be fore christmas i was transferred to a fighting unit recently and am no longer in the highlands of scotland the folks over here are very good to us and we try not to ahuse their hospitality my next leave will be spent with newmade friends in scotland food and heat are ration ed but the warmth of their welcome makes up for the latter wallace wagg stouffville red cross dear mr button please convey my heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all your mem bers for this parcel i have received i had a very nice christmas having no duties to perform i spent the holiday with my brother who is in the rcoc and stationed not too far away the people are very generous over here and will do al most anything for you the weather has been foggy and damp and seems to chill one to the bone so far there has been no cold weather of any account seems strange not to see a a mile east of the eighth all the other mills around were run from a waterwheel but this mill of mr brodies was run by steam power the saw was about six feet long and it stood upright the boiler was mitchell and mrs jim tindall have rev p g lehman to be at emmanuel bible school rev p g lehman former minis ter of the mennonlte brethren in christ churches at mount joy and dicksons hill will be back in this community to conduct a week of special ministry in emmanuel bible school which isibeng held in the mbc church at gormley mr lehman has been a member of the teaching staff of emmanuel bible school since its inception in 1940 but this year due to his heavy re sponsibilities in connecton wth the large congregation he serves in kitchener his work at the school will be confined to the one week of special ministry from fehruary 22 to 26th he will give the students special lec tures on experimental religion each evening during the week he will conduct a service at 8 pm which will be open to the public these services will be related to the series of day time lectures to the students it is hoped that many wjll avail ithemelves of this opportunity of contact with emmanuel bible school and of enriching their lives through this ministry of bro lehman ahout twenty five feet long but a smaller one having more tubes was later installed mr brodie an uncle of stoufcvilles james brodie sold his mill to two men john imcneil and donald rae around 1870 later it was sold to joel baker and john jmieson after mr jamieson with drew from the partnership the frame of the mill was moved to stouffville fart of it is still used as a part of the chopping mill mr brodie could buy the best pine logs two feet through at the top and twelve reet long for twenty- five cents each huge piles of logs which now would bs valuable were burned when the land was cleared sometimes a pile of logs was covered with dirt and then fired when the wood had burned to char coal it was used by blacksmiths later coal was used in its place much of the timber cut around ballantrae and vivian was drawn to the corner at baker hill then it was taken to frenchmans bay this meant that the drivers would have to leave about 4 am when they arrived at the bay they would leave the ttmber on the ice in the spring this timber was floated down the st lawrence to quebec from there it was sent to great britain besides squared and board tim ber spars and masits were sent across the ocean the spars were up to two feet through and 70 or 80 ft long the masts were about three feet through at the butt and 80 or 100 feet long it is thought that if a belt of for est 3 or 4 rods wide had been left along the north side of every farm it would have blocked soil erosion by winds and kept the land from drying out third line uxbridge mr and mrs stanley slack had the misfortune of having their house and most of the contents as well as 60 in cash burned on saturday while they were away to altona they returned in time to get the few things that were saved out mrs gordon taylor and little garry who were living with them also lost all of their clothes and other belongings which were in the house the sym pathy of the community goes to the unfortunate family the white family dowswell fam ily smith family mr and mrs wm former resident vead the death of paul c carmlchael in toronto on tuesday this week in his 74th year takes a former reel- dent of this town although he liv- ed here only a short time mr car mlchael was the former president of goodalls limited until only a short time ago when the company was wholly acquired by mr ira aldred who had been a member of the firm for years the late mr carmlchael will be buried at the family necropolis in toronto today thursday all been suffering from the flu but we are glad to report them all re covering now the weatherman punished us with some 40 below zero weather and it was accompanied by a high wind on sunday with the bad roads we have had all winter we feel we have been rather badly used walter latcham of toronto spent the weekend with his parents mr and mrs reuben may had dinner with her parents on thurs- day george baldwin had dinner with his sister mrs keuben may one day this week miss greta pilkey spent the week end visiting mr and mrs alsop and george the church services acaoz aomoc tcraoi ioc ioe3c white christmas but it is a godsend where heating is concerned i have seen quite a bit of old england chiefly the leeds and yorkshire area down in devon and up in scotland there is grand scenery cheerio ernest rush to the red cross thank you for the parcel i re ceived it was lovely and sure cheers me up i am fine and enjoy ing life in the army but give me canada to live in snow is better than rain we are just waiting here for the word to go and then get back to our homes yours truly arthur guppy bloomington ringwood christian churches rev- g w brown pastor sunday february 21 1943 1100 am bloomington 700 pm ririgwood sunday school in both churches at 10 am you are cordially invited to attend these services come now and let us reason together saith the lord though your sins be as scarlet they shall be as white as snow though they be red like crimson they shall ibe as wool isaiah 118 stouffville baptist rev d maogregor pastor glenn ratcliff organist sunday february 21 1943 1000 am bible school classes for all ages 1100 am morning worship 730 pm gospel service wed 8 pm prayer meeting come and receive a blessing south african ace of the raf n o o d o o d o township of whitchurch information about where to procure your new ration book no 2 ringwood- at groves store ballantrae at f g cummings house vandorf at the township hall bogarttown at school house ssno 3 third concession at chancy connors residence bethesda at smiths store a complete staff will be on hand at the above places from 9 am to 9 pm two days saturdays february 20 27 1943 1 refer to government advertisement on page five of this issue for full details about bringing along your present ration book one member of a family may procure all the books for the family and those of his neighbors provided he shows all ine present books jj this notice is inserted by the council of the township of whitchurch in the interest of all the ratepayers christ church anglican rev f herman rector miss elizabeth foote organist february 21 1943 v septuagesima sunday 200 pm sunday school 230 pm holy communion this is my body this is my blood jesus wanted to strengthen his friends in the new life which he had given them he was leaving this world soon and he wanted them to be forever in touch with his grace food was the natural symbol he took jhe bread and wine of the paschal meal and called them his body and his blood a sacrament is an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace here we always find him no matter what our need is he meets us here the public are cordially invited to worship with us st james presbyterian church stouffville minister rev t decourcy raynor sunday february 21 1943 130 pm sabbath school and bible class 230 pm divine worship when trouble troubles you into every life some trouble and sorrow will come many things that hurt and frighten us what can you do when trouble troubles you forsake not gods houso of prayer the canadian aid to russia fund is still open melville bethesda and peachs churches minister rev a j orr sunday february 21 1943 peachs 1000 am melville 1115 am bethesda 300 pm friday feb 26 peachs ypu at the home of mr and mrs j painter dickson hill and mt joy mennonffie churches rev j harold sherk pastor sunday february 21 1943 mount joy 1000 am sunday school 1100 am public worship 730 pm evangelistic service the pastor will preach at both the morning and evening services dicksons hill sunday february 21 1943 1000 am public worship rev s goudie 1100 am sunday school the public is cordially invited to these services stouffville christian church charles montgomery pastor miss nora stapleton organist sunday february 21 1943 1000 am bible school 1100 am worship 700 pm gospel service the christian endeavour group will conduct this meeting owing to unfavorable weather last sunday this meeting had to be postponed friday 700 pm childrens meeting church hill sunday february 21 1943 200 pm bible school 300 pm divine worship a hearty welcome awaits you at these services thirtytwo txnzl planes have been downed under tho flro of group captain a g sailor malaii seated hero in tho cockpit of his super spitfire one of tho youngest group captains in tho raf malan is 32 and comes from sontli africa ho got tho name of sailor while serving with the merchant navy stouffville mennonite chtjrch rev h shantz pastor sunday february 21 1943 1000 am sunday school 1100 am divine worship 230 pm mongolia s s 730 pm evangelistic 730 pm altona special offer ing for conference treasury fund wednesday evening 830 altona prayer meeting at mr and mrs isaac lehmans home thursday evening 830 stouff ville prayer meeting at the parson age come and avorship with us stouffville united church rev douglas g davis minister sunday february 21 1943 1100 am divine worship 12li5 pm sunday school 730 pm evening worship the womans association will meet at the home of miss rae on tuesday evening february 23rd at s pm the sun ibe warm and kind to you the darkest night some star shine through the dullest morn a radiance brew and when dusk comes gods hand to you second markham baptist church n rev norman rowan pastor sunday february 21 1943 bible school 955 am morning worship 1100 am gods promiseto us while the earth remalneth seed time and harvest and cold and heat and summer and winter and day and night shall not cepse tuesday 8 pm prayer meeting he god casteth forth his ice like morsels who can stand before his cold mennonite brethren in christ church gormley and bethesda rev ward m shantz pastor sunday february 21 1943 gormley 200 pmi sunday school 300 pm worship lessons from an old sermon 730 pm evangelistic service mrs archer french can adian convert from roman catholicism will give her testimony you will miss a blessing if yon miss this testimony postponed from two weeks ago on account of the storm saturday 230 junior meeting special mission- from monday to friday february 22 to 26 rev p g lehman will conduct special services each evening at 8 oclock his messages will be instructional inspiratonal and evangelistic be sure to hear him bhthesda sunday february 21 1943 1030 am worship a prayer for enlightenment 230 pm sunday school wednesday prayer meeting al