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the tribune stouffville ont thursday feb 25th 1943 whitchurch bride wed at newmarket a quiet but pretty wedding was solemnised at the church parsonage ntewmarkct in january when vera daughter of mr and sirs alfred becket whitchurch bride of gnv russell james dingman son of k j dingman toronto united irene became the mr arid mrs mrs frank baker has been spending several days at the home of her son mr and mrs norman baker belleville cpl george saunders visited his home here over the weekend from his miltary post at fetawawa mr and mrs c held of leaside were visitors on sunday at the home of mr and mrs a v nolan mrs jack fennock is spending this week with her sister mrs don fraser in belleville gnr murry nendick of stouffville who has been attached to the pro vost corp petawawa was trans ferred last week to the 7th bty rca debert nova scotia capt and mrs r w morning- star nee helen hastings are holidaying at golden isles beach hotel georgia basking in the sun of the old south mr gordon barkey of toronto was a weekend visitor with his par ents mr and mrs john r barkey spiuce villa pilot instructor fred warriner son of dr warriner of winnipeg now in trenton spent a few hours with his grandmother mrs m warriner church street on satur day harold good of the royal can adian navy a son of mr and mrs e r good of stouffville arrived in town on friday from new york on a 2sday leave his ship being laid up for an overhaul miss maryon hastings spent the weekend with her parents mr and mrs s w hastings miss sadie stewart and sister mrs harry reid were in goodwood on tuesday visiting with their aunt mrs albert stewart and family perhaps one of our yery oldest citizens to be stricken with the grippe was mr a s collins he was forced to bed for several days just like scores of others who have not had his long experience in the battle of life scores of school teachers were surprised last week to learn of the death of a former public school inspector robert gillies who pass ed away at his home in toronto he retired three years ago from the staff of york county inspectors messrs robert snowball jack pennock and jack momullen local hunting trio will collect another bounty this week fcom markham township for a fine red fox which fell to the gun of our local barber just south of town this is the second such catch bob has made this year we need no coupons for kindness its a joy we can share with all kct and mrs shantz motored to kitchener on friday stopping at joalt where they visited wth rela- ares of mrs shantz accompanying the pastor and his wife was their daughter evelyn and miss alice hackborne of breslau miss hack- borne is at present attending bible school at gormley red cross to organize for drive a meeting of the business mens executive of the stouffville red cross society will be held in the municipal hall upstairs on thurs day evening february 25th at 830 v for the purpose of organizing this village for the coming red cross campaign all business men of stouffville are cordially invited to attend this meetng t b rae secretary the stouffvlle executive of the red cross are asking for lady volunteers for the purpose of can- vassing stouffville homes in- the currant bushes blooming v despite the severity of the weath er this month signs of spring have been popping up on every hand and not the least of these are green leaves on red currant bushes on the farm of w i fmith glasgow mr announcements have out for smith happened o te digg ing the musselmans lake ozestd mut t surprise tepayers gettogether whichwill were new green leaves uncovering miss isobel collard who has been employed for the past several months on the office staff of the sarco plant claremont has given up her position and will make her home in toronto thus closing out an old established home in the west- end of town several more in the row he the same new foliage found an interesting meeting of the gariett evening auxiliary was held at the home of mrs w h shaw and miss lucy waters with the vice president miss eva hoover pre siding the devotional period was taken by miss luella holden assist ed by several of the members the theme the need for a stronger christian faith and the christian mission in wai time a piano duet by mrs rl barker and mrs c h nolan was greatly enjoyed mrs leslie gave a very full report of the toronto east presbyterial conven tion held in the kingston road united church toionto the study be held this year at the masonic hall gerrard and logan sts in toronto on the evening of march 3rd a hearty invitation is extend ed by the president mr carter and secretary harold bevins to join the summertime friends for this annual good time coming red cross campaign will book chapter the church and the applicants please communncate with family was reviewed by miss edna the secretary t b rae or the hoover at the close of the meeting president f l button a social half hour was enjoyed stouffville lost two westend resi dents last week in the persons of rev and mrs e e honsberger who have made their home here since returning from their mission work in nigeria some time ago the couple have moved to v port elgin wheie rev honsberger will take charge of the church there the present pastor beings unable to cany on through ill health vic cobourn a well remember ed markham junior hockey player is still in the hockey limelight but this time on english soil as a mem ber of the engineers overseas vic helped his fellow sappers obtain divisional army honors last week and the right to proceed into the overseas hockey semifinals against artillery army medical and others he was ci edited with scoring two goals in the latest game for the engineeis the new village assessor mr h o klinck has encountered his first opposition to getting on with his new job which he was supposed to start a couple of weeks ago ho was knocked out with the grippe and had to go to bed thus delaying the handing out of those appraisal papers on which the next tax bills will be based we understand mr klinck is now on duty again and is busy on the 1943 assessment roll clean rest rooms you can be sure of unexcelled gas oil plus highgrade service at boadways service station phone 265 stouffville license period extended you will now be given until march 31 to obtain your 1943 license plates and permits this will coincide with the issuance of the new gasoline ration books the highways minister pointed out when making the announcement that weather conditions in many parts of the province had forced motorists to lay up their cars and thus they were deprived of about a months use of gasoline and 1942 permits the moving ahead of the date will partially offset this local curlers have close run with detroit club the local rink of curlers made up of h w sanders sam armstrong thos birkett and walter brillinger who competed during last week in the annual ontario curling bon- speil in toronto came home on fri day with three wins under their belt one of them against a rink of the vaunted detroit club which finally triumphed in the big speil the stouffville entry defeated one american foursome 1210 but went down by a slim margin to dr fishs rink which quartette were the cup winners stouffvilles other wins were against thornbury and chap- leau a remarkable incident occur- led in the game with chapleau when stouffville counted a seven end against this rink and only missed making it a perfect score of eight by a fraction this last shot requiring a measure hello peeps just arrived eh after youve been fed on fulorep chick starter youll grow as big and strong as i am the easiest way to raise good chicks when you take off a hatch or receive a shipment of chicks put them on fulopep chick starter at once it is the safe sure way to give them all an equally good start in life feed h in hoppers with fulopep fine chick feed this is the easiest way to grow chicks rapidly develop their size and get smooth uniform feathering a chick ws1arteba is a quality feed with an oatmeal base its ingredients supply the needed pro teins and vitamins and make it a per fectly balanced feed which the chicks can easily assimilate stiver bros stouffville ontario russian relief ioe 30e30e aox 30e30e stouffville continuation school commencement o n o ratcliffs hall at 815 pm on thursday and friday febi 25 and 26 ruary zd an programme both nights choruses dances pyramids quartettes tumbling readings royalty play oh johnny n o presentation of diplomas academic prizes tickets now on sale 25c and 15c proceeds for war work o m oe aocxoc ioe xoexo promoted to sergeant on 4th birthday overs fas george abell son of mr and mrs j l abell ringwood has been promoted to the rank of staff ser geant with the rcasc in eng land the promotion came last week at about the time george was marking his fourth birthday in england february isth to be exact the abells are quite a distinguished family no less than four of their number now being in uniform besides george there is helen who is a lieutenant in the womens div ision of the army and is stationed at st anne le beaupre que jim another brother has enlisted only this week with the rcaf and will train as a member of an aircrew while bob has now been in england some months with an rca unit of the canadian army bomber crashes nt ballnntrac on flight from trenton on a routine training flight from trenton ircaf base a large anson bomber was forced down on the farm of vm simpson ballan- trae about teatime on wednesday the plane carrying five of a crew is reported by neighbors to have circled the farm several times and was about to attempt a landing with motor trouble when apparent ly the trouble cleared and the pilot throttled up to proceed just at that moment however the engines failed entirely and the ship pancaked into a field cutting off several trees and badly damaging one wing and one engine all crew members were injured to some degree one chap suffered a broken hip three others broken legs and one a broken nose army men from newmarket and later rcaf personnel from trenton took over the guard duty on the plane from constable robert windsor who was on hand follow ing the crash we believe that andy clark in his regular sunday commentary on weekly happenings in the country could well have checked up on the presence of bluejays with us this winterthese birds have been a com mon sight throughout this long hard winter j r barkey of stouffville reports having two of the birds liv ing near their home all winter and that they have become so tame they will calmly sit and feed on the window sills in plain view of the folks on the inside at the home of m e watts one of these hand somely plumaged fellows was found to have frozen to death during a recent cold snap shortly after tho incident was discovered by the watts no less than seven more bluejays appeared spent some time in looking over their fallen com rade and then disappeared at the home of the editor of this paper a bluejay took refuge one cold evening last week on the back door step pressing itself as close to the door as possible for warmth continued from page bertha and emma winn mr g kellington mr leslie rowlbotham mrs milton harris mrs c stouffer miss chapman mrs barkey and mildred mrs ferguson mr milt storey mr d holden mrs c f griffiths mrs ira rusnell mr w boadway mr and mrs e good mr and imrs pennaman mr w schell mr l forsyth mr s lewis mr e drewery mrs h hoover miss bannerman mrs wallwork mrs gilbert mrs t ratcliffi mr and mrs j hoover mrs f l smithe dr barker imr montgomery miss m mowder mrs f williamson mrs s warriner mr h paisley mr l turner mrs williams mrs smith mr golden mr g t lee 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 f 1 1 1 1 1 x 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 x x 1 x x 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 war branch the war branch wishes to thank the following for contributions re ceived ballantrae group 18 quilts eastend ladies 7 quilts 3 overcoats pair fur mitts and fur cap x coat and cap mr golden mans coat and vest 6 sweaters 2 pair boys pants and other clothing eva hoover 2 slips pair gloves 2 scarves lemonville w a 2 large quilts m davey secy stanley theatre phone x00 showing each night at 8x5 saturday and holidays 700 and 900 222 25 chircmont jllnlster addresses lions rev i e kennedy of clare mont was the guest speaker at the regular meeting of the stouffville lions club held in the village inn on monday evening rev mr ken nedy took for his subject fools and strongly impressed this group of businessmen with his picture of the fools that were and the fools that are the claremont pastor urged strong support of russia and recalled the snubbing of the soviet by the allies prior to the war men who urged support of a rearmament program six years ago were dubbed cranks and cracks but today theyre the men of the hour stated mr kennedy only russia could turn back the nazi hordes and though we have done much for the soviet we should do ten times more he continued mr russell barker introduced the speaker having known htm for years during his teaching career a hearty vote of thanks was tender ed following the address by rev douglas davis also an acquaintance of longstanding small donations and tickets sold on quilts donated by the womens institute clothing to russia boxes valued at 1 box from cgit 344 i 30 278 60 75 00 m 33 75 davey secy thursday friday satnrday february 25 26 27 dangerously they live john garfield raymond also tanks are coming and news reel massoy monday tuesday wednesday march 1 2 3 yokel boy with joan davis musical and short subjects thursday friday satnrday march i 5 g twilight on the trail henry and dizzy rebuilt motors ford model a exchange 84050 vtco motor oil 5 quart tin 125 spitfire siotor ohi 6 quart tin 125 generator starter windshield wiper motors and fuel pump exchange service paris auto supply auto wreckers richmond hill ontario phone 86 ore a we want more of it you want the best market for it have our truck call or make your own deliveries to the creamery and get two cents extra per pound of butterfat cold storage meat lockers for rent stouffville creamery co open saturday bvbnctgs stouffville ont phone 18601