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r r rizr s fr vrifse vv t -r-v- jci 7 r fhaf thetribune- stouevwetontthuxbteyaiisrdflbm limited quantity of regular twine on hand 600 ft to the lb in 8 lb balls 500 ft in 8 lb balls this twine is superior to this years wartime twine king bug killer king bug killer is a very efficent bug killer dust it on the plants thru a jute sack for use on potatoes cabbage cucumber flowers king bug killer- will destroy all leaf insects western grain to all poultrymen we advise stocking up with a supply of 143 crop of western oats and western wheat as it is wise to feed id grain to your poultry until x first of october dr hess fly spray dr hess fly spray will keeptjne flies ok cattle pro tects cattle in the pasture for horses use a saturated woollen cloth and pass lightly over the hair stiver bros local arid per sohal happenings fighting in france the gold fish supply co are closed this week giving their em ployees their annual vacation xj the servicemens wives and mothers club hold a meeting on monday aug 7 at 8 pm all ladies cordially invited wilbur smaller son of mr and mrs we smalley who recently moved from town to ajax under went a surgical operation from wincbhe is now making good re covery miss verda kitching of wood stock daughter of rev j m kitch ing was in town visiting irev s and mrs goubue mr goudie is again seen on main street although be requires the use of a pair of crutches yet- to aid his injured thigh cub news the cubs have long wished to takein shpw they will get their wish the next meeting aug 4th trhenthe pack willgo to the stan ley theatre owing to the cub master being on vacation there will ha no meeting on friday aug 11 on behalf of the cubs the cubmas- phone service ter wishes to thank the lions club the stouffville floral co and the stouffville machine and tool works for financial assistance received the merchants of stquffville observe civic holiday next mon day aug 7th it is also recognized by the bank and post office as a legal holiday what if no telephones a front page article in this issue marks the fortieth anniversary of the bethesda stouffville tele phone co which brings to light the fact that prior to 1004 the farming district hereabout had no telephones concerning this situ ation mr a d- bruce said that he recalled once seeing a man fairly disembowled following an accident in the country and recalled that they had to send to stouffville for a doctor also to pick a second doc tor to assist all the while these men were coming by horse trans port the victim lay suffering he died later that greatly impress ed me with the real need for tele- said mr bruce to day the telephone is taken as a matter of course but stop a minute and consider what inconvenience would be caused if we had no bert maskel of stouffville is known to be with the canadian army fighting on the road to paris this v word is received in a recent comunication to the local comfort fund misses eulah brillinger and is- obel collard formerly of stouff ville are holidaying this week near orillia slight be worth trying the hordes of starlings which invade this municipality each sum mer are back and although they have confined themselves to that bushy plot lying east of the skat ing rink for the most part they are slowly beginning to migrate to the grove next to the dr freel home shooting up these feathered annoyances with- buckshot has many fields of corn that looked very sick and considered a total loss following the hail storm of two weeks ago are making a wonder ful comeback dry weather is sorely needed now to enable the farmers to get on with the harvest ferrying casualties misses jessie and mary lemon accompanied mr and mrs geo gunn to jacksons point on thurs day where they enjoyed the hospi tality of mr and mrs h sanders at lakeview point village barber at aurora for 40 years mr a e hancock has just retired from active business how many miles of whiskers or how many tons of hair he cut in those forty years is a problem to conjure with dr thos mitchell occupied the pulpit in the aurora united church last sunday and in mak ing the announcement the banner says that dr mitchell has many friends in aurora who will wel come the opportunity to hear him preach a rt oddments from the rural news carson t tindall of stouffville who has been overseas nearly two years attached to a hospit al unit has been assisting in the evacuating of casualties from the normandy front ac cording to harold boake who has arrived bak in canada carson had already made three or four trips to the beach by american ship for the wound ed mr john lehman west end resi dent whohad a good garden show ed us one of this early cobbler potatoes on monday that had long sprouts on just- like- an old tuber been- fairly successful but- heres would show the potato came out a suggestion from- the walkerton times arid we quote residents cec andrus cubmaster phones in the rural homes who want to get rid- of starlings and who may happen to have a stuffed- owl around the premises can get rid of starlings by follow ing the action of harold woolver- ton a grimsby fruit grower who placed a stuffed owl in the top of sweet cherry trees in a row of 15 trees he has placed four owls this year and he reports theres not a bird to be seen anywhere near those cherries by means of string he fastened the owls to the end of poles in such a way that they swing i around in the wind of the ground with thesprouts on indicating that it was about to in crease like the grape vine by pro ducing more of its kind ynxiv clearance of 0 i for the young miss sizes 10121415 white voile blouse drindle skirt 198 misses spun rayon sharkskin and seersucker dresses onepiece and twopiece 398 and 550 summery coloured n v6lle dresses sizes 14 to 38 for 245 womens spun rayons in variety of shades sizes 38 to 44 325 womens seersucker and spun rayon dresses onepiece and twopiece sizes 1444 498 and 698 i womens good- summer silk dresses ah reduced to clear in france ralph forfar son of milton for far bailantraems now in france with a tank unit recent word from ralph stated that his tank had been hit in the recent fighting and one of his close friends had been killed ralph was writing in appreciation for- gifts from the local comfort fund on nazi trail vic cobourn a markham hockey junior of a few years ago and- one of the most colorful players in the group is now overseason aircrew duty and according to word re ceived at home has taken part in many of the heaviest bombing raids of the year over germany miss jessie copper kindergar ten teacher in toronto was the guest of mrs isabelle rennie al bert street over sunday mr and mrs harold spofford from the corner store are spend ing a holiday on the scugogi mrs- robt snowball and daugh ter helen were holidaying several days last week with mr and mrs percy wilson locust hill the weather doesnt please all of the people some of the time nor some of the people all the time mr and mrs arthur reynolds of toronto were visitors on thurs day with mr and mrs f william son church st mrs harry stover bobby and roger also mrs jack spang spent a few days atkitchener camp last week next july dominion govern ment family allowance act be comes effective will the birth an nouncement then read- mother and bonus both doing well chas dennie of whitchurch twp walked intp the office of the tribune the other day with three sample turnips weighing over a pound and a half each these par ticular roots were planted on may 24th and are an example of the tremendous growth this year the turnips were of the laurehtian variety miss violet hoover obrien ave is slowly recuperating from an in jured foot which has kept her in doors for a couple of weeks miss hoover is- believed to have strain ed a ligament in heiv foot mrs percy- stover a- neighbour on the avenue is also laid up with a sim ilar injury although more serious as mrs stover had the misfortune to break a bone in the side of her foot local people will recall mr har vey bell who came to stouffville with mr w e carswell about three years ago when the latter took over the shawstore news reports last week toldof the death of mr bells son johnny aged 20 who was testing a jeep on the plant of the ford motor co at windsor the lad was a university of toron to student and was a native of elora where his parents still re side friends of mr bell here will sympathize with him in this un timely loss mr and mrs john timbers mr and mrs menno grove andmrs ben grove motored to clarence centre ny to attend the funeral of the late albert seyfang mrs hoover remained there to spend a week with the relatives the village of winchester in dundas- county about 90 miles from montreal must have been perturbed ontthelh of july when one of its business men appeared on its main street wearing a long fur coat vhenthe thermometer stood around 84 before the gen eral run of citizens decided that the fur bearer was ready for the nut house it was explained that it was all in settlement of a bet made last januaryt v one always thinks of the hamil ton district as a fruit bearing locality rather than a place where prize grain and root crops are pro duced however that may be the smithviue review tells of a farmer bringing him in a stalk of i corn eight feet high for the most part of ontario corn has not been reaching up to the clouds this summer consequently when the sleepy village of smithviue lying 20 miles south west of hamilton produces 8 foot high corn it is en titled to the headlines mrand mrs fred nicely and young daughter have moved from hamilton back to toronto former residents of this locality they will be more convenient to the home district now what next a women black- smith has been located at strat ford following her occupation in the car shops there surely well have to change that old poem that brought tears to the eyes v of our school teacher as he emphasized the sentiment and deep feeling that somehow brought a big lump in our throat when he recited the village blacksmith now it will have to run thus under the spreading chestnut tree a woman smithy stands femaleof mighty brawn is she with ugly sinewy hands after all few men can have any quarrel with women invading this seemingly last retieat of man since the smithy is quitting his job everywhere for more inviting work hats off to canadas first woman anvil pounder m j y there is a- small town of some 000 population jup near walkerton 17 miles fromthe bruce county centre to be exact ithat has been struggling along without a con- stable- of late youth looks on the vacancy in the cop job as a sort of holiday their worst offender is the fellow who has an old car that hecan make backfire at will and which is driven all over the village after dark in the absence of a properly appointed limb of the law the reeve or some other official could do something about bringing that sort of nuisance to a stop mrs isaac boadway arrived home from a wonderful holiday spent mostly in seattle enroute home mrs boadway came via the pacific coast and vancouver and certainly looks well after her threes months absence lac wilkes rcaf is home this week visiting his wife and babe who are located in the rennie house on baker avenue when he resumes training next week he will go to jarvis camp mrs win d malloy left stouff ville on sunday to join her husband who is with the rcaf at tren ton she- will make her home there ji spofford co sn uiiiriitdnh ftif were nil interested now the smug citizen shrugs his shoulders when the subject of ven ereal disease is mentioned which implies he or she is not interest ed quite so but there isnt a tax payer in stouffville who hasnt contributed hard cash to fight the disease at the last council meet ing a medical item of over 3000 was approved in payment for a nonresident doctor for treatment of- one or- more local cases it is mandatory on the part- of the eouncil to pay the account al though neither the council or any one else knows the identity of the patient save the doctor and the 30 was approved in payment to a nonresident doctor for treatment of- one or more local cases it is a legal secret made thus we suppose so as to place the- least possible barfler in the way of suf ferers presenting themselves- for treatment sinrounding municipali ties many of them have received slmiliarvaccounts since the treat ment ttouhe sufferer as made free in the hope of stamping out some thing the health department views as a menace to society and the wel fare of the nation mrs nwbyer who recently re turned from a period in the toron to general hospital is making splendid recovery at her home here following a critical operation and is able to be about again her friends will be glad tolearn dr john button rcaf return ed to his western post last week end after enjoying a couple weeks leave with his parents mr and mrs e a button john returned to edmonton from where he ex pects to be posted to another air- force station gorden lemon and miss luella holden teamed up to carry off first prize at the mixed doubles tournament at unionville bowling greens onfriday night the final round was cut short when rain intervened lieut ostend- walter shuttle- worth of- kitchener was wounded in normandy according to inform ation received from kitchener by his parents mr and mrs harry shuttleworth of stouffville mr shuttleworth is employed at the monument works here lieut shuttleworth became a casualty on july 10 his wife at kitchener was advised he has three brothers one- in the dental corps and now in england also four sisters he won his commission at three rivers quebec and has show good ability and is 38 years of age isnt it remarkable how brazen ly crooked some fellows can be last week we were impressed with this fact after reading of a police court case from walkerton the accused was a 24 year old chesley district young man named edward subject he was charged with obtaining 84 unlawfully and with intent to defraud the charge against subject was the result of an investigation on the farm of mrs r c pearce sit- uated on lot 6 con g veiderslie which revealed none of a stated 37 cords of wood had been cut on the premises of the- accused al- though the latter had just received a cheque from the paisley lady for seventyfour dollars as payment foithework having been engaged to chop the wood at two dollars a cord the accused youth several days later had requested payment stating that the work was completed when the lady declared thatshe would first survey his work he persuaded her insteadto accept the word of an old neighbour- near the bush farm whom he would have meas ure up the woodjhd report how it was done 1 this information later came in the form of a letter forged by sub- ject and supposedly written and signed by mr a green the latter testified as- not writing or having any knowledge of same in addition to receiving payment for the phantom wood pile the ac- cused collected an additional ten dollars for hauling- the wood into paisley on his truck which didnt exist after asking this advance to help cover costs of the funeral ex penses following a bereavement in his family severely reprimanded by mag- istrate walker for his meanness and trickery which he employed on the paisley widow in return for the confidence she had placed in him the youth was asked what restitution he intended to make to mrs pearce following his term in custody i v in reply subject said that he would cut the wood for the lady and to which the cadi responded that the court did not place any reliance in his statement but that if he failed tocarry his prom- ise he could look forward to again appearing before the behchthis timeona charge of forgery which at the present was not being press- led m ftm uffiili t i -rsr-