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the tribune stouffville ont thursday feb 25th 1943 its the start that counts feed pioneer chisk mash starter this year it takes only two pounds of pioneer chick mash starter to feed a baby chick the first six weeks when so much depends on so little why take a chance wiih inferior feed local dealer j delbert booth phone 8207 complete stock on hand always fresh 8th line markham j 2nd line uxbridge wagg is mr and mrs sam brownsberger of toronto were with mr and mrs warn bold on sunday i tel- sorry to hear that on the sick list miss mary stamp visited her home miss molly dyck of stouffville was over tne wee bloomington ice harvest is in full swing here juit rtpw rev and mrs g w brown were sunday gueits at mr a w storrys birthday greetings to mrs w claugton mr and mrs li degeer and son of box grove were at mr p browns on sunday j mr b a storry andmr and mrs tranmer spent sunday with mr and mrs h kee at orangeville i mrs b barnes and gwvnn of whitby were at her fathers mr lemon paisleys over the weekend mr n and mrs a w storry and mrs fairies were toronto visitors last week 1 miss alta fockler was the guest of her sister mrs leask at green- bank mr and mrs h hill of aurora were guests of his brother mr frank hill on sunday a cable was received by his mother reporting that pilot officer bill tranmer had arrived safely overseas a large group from the mbc church of stouffville spent an enjoy able time at mr m ramers on tuesday evening two sleigh loads with messrs b boake and c reesor as teamsters brought the guests congratulations and all good wishes to mr and mrs john john son nee mary paisley of bramp ton on the arrival of a baby boy at the burnside wing of the toronto general hospital last sunday had you chanced up our line one day last week you would have seen one of our worthy matrons having her picture taken amidst the tower ing snow peaks we hope this photo will be released for public view church hill the red cross are busy with two recent quiltings one at mrs peggs and the other at mrs eldon smiths the red cross acknowledge tops from mrs wm card mrs gib wright mrs mclaughlin mrs pegg and mrs h kidd we have to report that tom clark of vandorf is suffering from the mumps mr and mrs herb pegg were pleased to have all their family home for sunday mrs wm beach spent a few days with mrs j harrison at mount albert charlie mclean was home for the weekend miss amy lageer spent a few days in stouffville a visitor recently with mr and mrs allan wldeman mrs a blizzard of pickering was up for the funeral of betty morris at peachs last week miss jean spang and friend miss johnson of toronto spent the week end with mr and mrs harry spang mr and mrs alvin wldeman and family visited on sunday with mr and mrs blizzard at river bend farm near pickering north markham public school has been closed for the past week owing to the illness of the teacher miss newnhani- we wish bur and all the flu patients in the commun ity a very speedy recovery spring must surely be just around the corner as some of our residents are already getting their baby chicks and mr dave cober has quite a variety of young plants grow ing in his commodious greenhouse the death ot mr benjamin lehman of toronto last sunday after a short illness came as quite a shock to the many friends of the family in this district mr lehman was a resident of north markham some years ago mr ed taylor had a business trip to toronto on friday mr and mrs willis taylor ot bloomington visited at the albert taylor home one day last week mr albert taylor was rushed to the general hospital suffering from appendicitis mr and mrs john badgero and alan visited at the ted wagg home on sunday mr and mrs norman knight ot stouffville vlsted with bis parents on sunday mr and mrs bruce taylor alan taylor and mr leslie mitchell were in toronto on thursday last visiting albert taylor who had had an oper ation tor appendicitis 6th line whitchurch is extended to the rae family in the sudden passing of the late newton rae a man of very kindly disposi tion he will be much missed inter ment took place in stouffville cemetery on tuesday afternoon no doubt the welfare of some of our venerable citizens who owing to their years are not often before public would be of interest to their friends in this regard we mention mr and mrs george vaughan and miss hill whom we wish to report as enjoying quite good health this winter we would like to add our birth day congratulations to the many that have been tendered to mrs p jones of markham who was 93 last monday february 15 last week mrs jones had the misfortune to fall breaking several ribs but she is recovering nicely mrs jones at almira mr and mrs jim painter jr vis ited with mr and mrs jim fainter sr on sunday mr and mrs norman jarvis visit ed with mr and mrs john jarvis at agincourton sunday mr and mrs ben gayman and family of unionville visited with mr and mrs willis lehman on sunday mr and mrs robert mills visited with mr and mrs herb spofford on sunday mr and mrs allen hisey and family of buttonville visited with mr and mrs fred hisey on sunday miss i fleming and jack nigh visited with mr j wldeman on sunday mrs sam barkey and glen also mr and imrs nelson raymer of milliken and mr and mrs melvin barkey of markham visited with mr and mrs donald jarvis on sun day mrs r winterstein spent last weekend in toronto mrs a emmerson spent a few days last week in toronto miss beth rowan spent sunday with the paisley children sorry to report mr rowan our local padre on the sick list we wish him a speedy recovery mr and mrs f steckley and bernice visited on sunday with her mother and father mr and mrs t grove about 70 people attended the croquinole party held at the home of mr nd mrs e barkey on fri day night mr j a clarke ruth douglas and keith were down to see bruce clarke who is in the hospital with pneumonia edison mazda lamps see our display and get the right bulb for your particular need e 25 40 60 watt bulbs each 15 v other larger bulbs frosted clear priced accordingly marvel wheat rye flax breakfast cereal 4t 64 lb bag 25c cridlands breakfast bacon sliced lb 45c grimsby horse radish 6 oz bottle 10c swifts brookfield cheese assorted a lb 21c bordens coffee 2 coupons 14 oz tin 39c sagamo tea indian orange pekoe 7 oz pkg 34c daltons puddings j 3 for 19c assorted flavors with sugar use fruit juices from texas grapefruit and florida oranges stouffville groceteria self serve phone 280 we deliver altona one time lived where mr mills is the sympathy of this community j now residing here in bloomngton marmill chick starter marmill chick starter is a starting ration that has given satisfactory results year after year rapid growth strong bone good feather development these results from the feeding of marmill chick starter it contains every ingred ient essential for good growth health and vitalityi all scientifically balanced we expect a shipment of coal for brooder stoves next week order your peat moss early central feed store free delivery phone 277 atha miss mary graham of ringwood spent sunday with her sister mrs fred byer mr and mrs murray dunkeld and family had tea on thursday even ing with mr and mrs fred draper mr and mrs f arnold attended the wedding anniversary of mr and mrs john michell congratulations are extended to mr and mrs john michell who celebrated their 50th wedding an niversary february 22nd mr and mrs isaac lehman of altona had dinner on sunday with their son norman and mrs leh man mrs e wilson who had the mis- oi tune to fall on the ice recently we are glad to report is improving nicely several in this community are suffeiing from a mild type of flu atha school is closed owing to the illness of the teacher miss lakey lemonville mrs e wells phyllis and grant wore toronto vistors last friday phyllis wells spent the weekend with her sister mrs floyd forsythe the yps will meet on sunday evening at the home of miss flor ence barkey quite a number from here attend ed the funeral for the late newton rae which was held on tuesday in stouffville united church although our attendance has at times been low we are proud of the fact that our local school has not been closed since christmas we are glad to report that mrs w d hall who has recently return ed from the toronto general hos pital is progressing quite nicely the community was deeply shock ed at the sudden passing of mr newton rae our sympathy goes out to the bereaved wife and family we will be very sorry to see mr and mrs fred sanders move from our community the boys will be greatly missed by their little friends at school owing to the annual congrega tional meeting to be held at ballan- trae next sunday afternoon services here will be as follows sun day school 1030 am church service at 1130 am we are looking forward with interest to the arrival this spring of mr and mrs alger maye and family who purchased the late macklem cook farm last year from mrs edw pcnnock of stouffville dicksons hill miss mary bradshaw spent the weekend with mr and mrs kenneth walker miss alice forsythe of stouffville spent sunday with miss shirley hoover mr albert hoover of ringwood called on his cousin mr simeon hoover on sunday the ladies appreciated the fine weather for their wms meeting which was held on tuesday at mrs wm barkeys horate sunday visitors with mr and mrs roy moyer were mr and mrs wes wideman and miss elizabeth wideman and mr and mrs clarence mcdowell mr wm grove is a busy man these days after working on the road in the daytime he canvasses the neighbourhood receiving orders for the glover seed company a carload of folks from here en joyed the sunday evening service in the gormley mbc church when mrs archer who is attending the emmanuel bible school there gave an account of her remarkable con version the news of the death of mr ben lehman of toronto was received with great regret by the relatives and friends in this community mr lehman is the father of our form er pastor rev p g lehman and our sympathy is extended to him and the entire family new canadian crest mr and mrs ewart anthony and two children also mr and mrs geo anthony of whitevale visited at b lewis on sunday mr and mrs s thompson and family spent sunday with mr and mrs f carter of brougham we are sorry to say mrs j pallis- ter is confined to her bed mrs wm clarkson is nursing her we do hope she will soon feel better mr and mrs herb shantz o stouflville and miss marjorie madill had tea on sunday evening with mrs m tindall and family the victory milk club met at the home of their leader mrs david crosier on saturday last various dishes were again prepared and tested including a special judging contest on custards mr and mrs o madill were in uxbridge on sunday calling on mr george lotton who is ill our school was closed a couple of days owing to the teacher miss gra ham being ill we are also sorry to hear that mrs f pilkey has been confined to her bed for some time birth davis at oshawa gener al hospital on sunday feb 21 1943 to mr and mrs jonas davis a son ringwood victoria square wedding bells are ringing once again in our community mr and mrs fraser smith called on friends in the community during the weekend mrs fitzgerald of montreal spent a few days last week with her mother mrs mccausland miss verna taun and mr george wellman of toronto called on mr and mrs louis nichols sunday evening mr and mrs cecil nichols and family had dinner saturday even ing with mr and mrs douglas gee and family mr and mrs william boynton and daughter margaret of toronto had tea monday evening with mr and mrs stanley boynton and family glad to see so many at sunday school and church on sunday this is the first sunday since the new year that old man winter has not played havoc with the weather and the roads the quilting was attended by 13 ladies last wednseday we would like to see more lalles out these quiltings are held on the 1st and 3rd wednesday of each month any donations of patches for quilts will gratefully be received by the com mittee in charge the w a met last wednesday evening at the parsonage sorry 10 ladles braved the cold evening there was a varied programme on temperance followed by a qulzz programme while the meeting was going on each memher sewed a quilt block forwarwork the ypusorvice was held sun day evening scripture lesson was read by mr alvin casely reading by miss viola avlson topic was de livered by mrs reld brumwell fol we are glad to report that mrs truman grove who has been con fined to her bed for over two months is able to be up around the house we hope to soon see her out again the following pupils of mrs floyd ratcliff were successful in the recent midwinter examination at the toronto conservatory of music grade 1 phyllis paisley honours grade 2 june steckley honours grade 4 noreen steckley 1st class honours ration books will be issued from groves store on saturday feb 27 fiom 9 am to 9 pm we regret that mrs maria quantzj is under the doctors care suffer ing from acute bronchitis the excelsior class enjoyed a quilting and potluck dinner on tuesday at mrs ed brownsbergers home miss jean graham is at present employed at j a clarkes 6th line whitchurch lieut helen abell who is station ed near montreal is enjoying a twe weeks furlough and accom panied by her mother mrs j l abell is leaving on wednesday to visit relatives in canton ohio three hundred ration books were issued last saturday from groves store by the staff of volunteer workers mrs topping mrs burk- holder mrs ross vague mrs sw hastings and mrs roy grove this is the new official crest of one of the rcaf squadrons in britain symbolizing the part canadian airmen are play- injr in the war for freedom in was prepared by the college of arms and approved by the king the crest which feat ures the canadian goose was recently presented to the squadron mr and mrs mayeare just a youngj a bibie contest in charge couple and wo are sure they will be mi r exr sunday even in c the y p it a valuable asset to our chnrch and wl be cn community life imilllcent avlson melville the fine mild sunday brought many more people out to church than there has been for some time and we hope the increasing atten dance may continue we cannot afford to miss church these days a beautiful memorial plate has now been placed on the front of the melville manse as a tribute to the francey brothers who through their generosity towards the melville church and congregation made possible the erection of such a com fortable residence for the minister the c tablet bears the inscription francey memorial house erect ed in 193s the melville ypu met at the manse on friday evening last with a good attendance of members and first class farm by public auction owing to ill health the owners the undersigned has foeen instructed to offer by puljlic auction at the premises on lot j 8 concession pickering twp one half mile north of no 7 high way from brougham on paved county road on sat march 6th 1943 at the hour of 3 pm the farm belonging to geo zimmer limited description of farm the farm is composel of 140 acres more or less as occupied by the owner with a plentiful water supply solid brick dwelling with 8 rooms with a newly installed ibath room and plumbing also sum mer kitchen attached a new modern all steel bank barn 40xs6 built only 6 years ago 26 stall tieups with water bowls new concreate mangers with proper drainage the pig stye with steel roof 36xl6 implement shedj66x24 drive shed is 16x30 also anew chicken house 2 storeys 43x20 with 12xl2 feed room 2nd house 30xl3 both have water inside a metal milk house complete with electric milk cooler and rocker a brooder house llxll also goes with the property the outbuildings as well as house are in good condition the laud is of a fine fertile good producing clay loam includ ing about 24 acres of bush and pas ture land balance under good cultivation as follows about 3d acres in fall wheat about 50 acres seeded down with alfalfa timothy red clover kentucky blue grass mixed balance was well ploughed last fall there is also an orchard with apple trees and 2 pear trees the property is situated in a good locality hydro is installed in house and all outbuildings this property should be seen to be- appreciated it is an ideal place for dairy or mixed farming terms of sale 10 per cent day of sale balance in 30 days or if the purchaser desires a mortgage can bo arranged for part of the purchase visitors the programme was under i d c f jffjzf- drice tne farm wlu d offered sul jcct to a reserve bid fuller particul ars on day of sale or apply to imr george zimmer on the prem- dan thornhlll readings were given by jack nigh and miss jennie car- ruthers and a musical selection by velma miller ff mr t hobbs also gave a shortgtallr after two short ises or at 92 gienrose ave toron- contests thoevqnlnsasyvbroughl to phone highland 1929 to a close with a social time and served by the hostess clarke prentice auctioneer lunch was mrs a j orr milliken phone 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