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the tribunestbuflfville ont thursday aug 17th 1944 percy s the life saver at wilcox percys our saviour declared a wilcox lake ratepayer before whitchurch township council on saturday the speaker referred to percy ash ownerbf the pavilion at wilcox lake who keeps grappling irons and all such contraptions on hand in case of drowning and he goes right out to work with them spokesman petrie who coined the statement about mr ash led a de putation of disgruntled cottagers who were not satisfied with the charges imposed for collecting gar bage around the lake this work has been carried on by contract for some years- is- operated by the council and charged back to the lake residents mr ash has been the sole tenderer for four years now he gets 300 for the season provides his own wagon in which to gather the swill and pw vides his own dumping grounds mr petrie went on to say that if percy ash is not their saviour he does fish us out of the water and everybody goes to him when in trouble reeve leary told the delegation that the council was open for sug gestions the service is operated at cost and was instituted at the request of the ratepayers it was apparent that many ratepayers wanted to get out of the collection and asked council if the ratepayers association could not collect their own garbage what is to become of others if you are allowed to divide like that reeve geo leary wanted to know however he advised the delega tion to place their wishes in writ ing which would receive favorable consideration at lake mussulman three motorists pleaded guilty in magistrates court in- newmar ket on friday to charges of illegal possession of liquor- in each case township constable joseph r foote gave the informations in the case of sidney chas elles simcoe ont the officer stated that hetfsearched the formers car on may 27th at mussulmans lake and found one empty bottle and two cartons of ale he stated that the defendant admitted ownership of the ale magistrate w f woodliffe fined mr elles twenty dollars and costs or one month in jail and ordered the beer confiscated in the cases of robert cody and ellis gian both of toronto who pleaded guilty and were each fined ten dollars and costs or one month in jail constable foote stated that he searched cars at wilcox lake on july 29th in the car of the former he found two partly consumed bot tles of ale in the glan car he found seven full pint bottles and five part ly consumed bottles of ale in each case magistrate woodliffe ordered the beer confiscated charges laid on complaint of constable fisher dunham of aur ora were john c moon august moreau fanny burnstein and denny ricker all of toronto and e r evans rr 2 acton each fined fifteen dollars and costs for exceeding the speed limit in aur ora farmers tires stolen the theft of three car tires is re ported from the farm of fakrey who lives one mile east of glasgow near the 3rd concession of ux- bridge mr akrey is a city man who operates his farm alone and just comes here for weekends the thieves picked the three good tires and left two very old ones that did not suit them police have been notified since it is fairly cer tain that local people are guilty no tribune next week stanley theatre phone 100- showing each night at 815 saturdays holidays 700 and 900 thursday friday saturday august 17 j8 19 tender comrade ginger rogers- comedy poppa knows worst monday tuesday wednesday august 212223 hers to hold deanna durbin comedy cartoon thursday friday saturday august 242326 princess orourke olivia delia villand- august 282930 stardust on the sage gormley mrs e jones and miss myrtle sider are holidaying for a few days at barrie dr and mrs l s klinck of bc visited sunday evening with mr and mrs bert leek mr and mrs art carrington and daughter of oshawa visited on sun day with mr and mrs whitney johnson mr and mrs archie doner of muskoka visited with old friends and relatives last week- rev w shantz of kitchener visited over the weekend with mr and mrs j sider and called on other friends mr and mrsh schlicter of new dundee visited her parents mr and mrs doner last saturday and sundaly mr and mrs murray baker and family of newmarket visited on sunday with mr and mrs george baker a b arthur wideman is spend ing a furlough till september 5th with his father mr s wideman ac1 joe cherry formerly station ed at macleod alta arrived home on monday morning for a furlough mrs john forrester and arvilla spent last week with mr and mrs c s hazen at ancaster our gormley trio mrs f huson mr f harvey and mr a s far mer rendered several special mes sages in song at the grace chapel in toronto mr and mrs harvey cassel of preston spent last week in the henderson home bishop e j swalm of duntroon visited friends here over last weekend and was guest speaker at the brethren in christ bible con ference at vaughan miss norma cassel of blair has been holidaying- with the steck- ley sisters congratulations to miss ruth gooding for her success at toronto normal goodwood- i messrs fred middleton reuben tindal and john spencely all mem bers of the royal black precept- ory at goodwood received a hur ried call last week to attend the funeral of the late wm young at sunderland he was buried on fri day at west brock cemetery the late mr young was a member of the preceptory and had lived in sunderland for many years one son stanley young is an executive officer of the christie brown co iri toronto and his wife is a former markham girl from the victoria square district mystic preceptor 302 goodwood are holding a meeting on wednes day this week aug 16 when aurora rbp will confer one of the high degrees work was started on the new pavement from goodwood to stouffville on monday by the jupp co who have completed repairs to the road through the r swamp on the 5th concession near the rail road tracks where the logs came up through the surface vandorf mr james oliver had the mis fortune to upset a load of grain and received a severe shaking up al though no broken bones aye re ported the ypu held an icecream soc ial on george richardsons lawn on tuesday evening miss beth oliver left this week for london ont after spending two weeks with relatives here misses audrey and grace sprox- ton are home having completed their course at normal successful ly they will teach at hope and lloydtown mr and mrs bill arnott and little miss june of toronto spent sunday with mr and mrs george sproxton and family mr and mrs r carr misses jean white and nora graham were sun day visitors with miss4iable carr at hamilton in his 81st year pioneer- farmer- in markham township over sixty years ago joseph h hoover died at his home in stouffville on monday august 14th after an illness which has persisted since last november mr hoover was the son of john b and susan hoover born on the 9th concession of markham just below stouffville over fifty years ago he married frances reaman and the couple farmed for many years on the sth concession of markham the present barkey farm thirtyone years ago the couple re tired tpjstouffville and mr hoover took employment with jthe stouff ville monument works then oper ated by mr lud wideman deceased was identified with the ringwood christian church he is survived by his wife and daughter mrs percy l steckley the funeral service on wednes day was conducted at the home by rev g brown with public service in the wideman church conducted by rev e morton interment was made in the wideman ceme tery and the pallbearers weremes- srs geo gower jacob grove tru man grove albert ireesor r j filyer and bruce stouffer s the peach season is just beginning there is every indication that the crop will be of sood quality- and quite plentiful we expect to have our share and will be be pleased to take care of your needs aug si sept 12 lady in the dark almira mr and mrs lou lehman mrs edgar bateman and joan also airs nesbitt spent the weekend in detroit mr and mrs norman jarvis called on miss zelta hollingshead of king on sunday mr bruce lehman and miss ann reith have returned to their homes after having spent a week with mr and mrs willis lehman mr and mrs allan wideman and family spent sunday with mr and mrs elmore barkey miss ida kirby of toronto is holidaying at the lehmarfhome 8th line markham mr and mrs a blizzard of river bend farm pickering spent monday with mr and mrs thos blizzard miss lillian morgan and friend of toronto were sunday visitors at the formers home miss edith byer is spending a time at orangcville with her sister mrs roy smith mr and mrs warren of toron to had dinner on monday with mr and mrs spang mr henry duncan has purchas ed a home in the city and expects to move about the first of septem ber we are sorry to lose these fine friends and neighbors quite a number of farmers have completed grain cutting and some have nearly finished tions weather conditions have been most favorable the bible school at wideman church closed on friday night with an open meeting diplomas were presented to some of the pupils and the guest speaker was rev s s shantz of mt joy member of blue bells is dead ballantrae mr and mrs h dishley and daughter evelyn who are spending their vacation at their summer cottage had as their guests mrs knighton of toronto mr and mrs e johnston also of toronto and mrs e gillion and son lome of stouffville newport fluf ft quaker puffed wheat sparkies 3 for 25c 19c 25c 39c muffets quaker corn flakes- package 10c 3 for 23c ratcliffco town delivery phone 198 marmill laying meal excello laying mash birds may lay well for a short time on an inferior rat ion but for steady high production over a long period without moults slumps or heavy mortality- something belter is required actually it costs no more to feed a good ration than a poor one because on the poor feed the pullets or hens cat more while producing less naturally a ration made up of selected ingredients carefully balanced to contain the necessary proteins minerals vitamins and other materials in just the right proportion for highest results cannot be pre pared for the same price per hundred pounds as the inferior ration yet measured in feed cost per dozen eggs it is much cheaper after all it is your returns over- your feed costs that make the profits central feed store stouffvimie phone 277 a member of the oncefamous blue- bells football team of gorm- ley george forester passed away at the home of his daughter mrs r v corleth in toronto on fri day august 1th deceased was a man of nearly ninety years and was born on the present bishop winger farm at gormley where he farmed some twentyfive years ago he also worked an acreage at lang staff and operated a gristmill at newmarket at one time deceased came from a family of athletes his grandfather being a champion wrestler in england while he and several of his bro thers since deceased were mem bers of gormleys soccer squad mr forester is a brotherinlaw of mr and mrs james brodie stouff ville and mr brodie recalled to the tribune the days when he was teammate for the deceased surviving are his wife the form er ellen j wells two daughters marion mrs r v corleth tor onto marjorie mrs tiffin edson alberta and three sons graham ottawa donald vancouver and squadron leader james rcaf belleville the funeral on monday proceed ed to heise hill cemetery for inter ment r dickson hill miss blanche hoover has return ed home from her holiday in new dundee mr lloyd wideman accompanied friends on a boat trip recently miss shirley schell is visiting her sister mrs r hiscox in peter- boyo this week miss martha hoover is spending a few days with mrs reg gibbins of lemonville misses doris hoover and margaret moyer attended a promenade sym phony concert at the varsity arena in toronto one evening recently mr everek storms of owen sound and brother of our assistant pastor filled the pulpit at dicksons hill on sunday morning lance corporal mune grovems spending her furlough in fargo n dakota accompanied by her sister miss evelyn grove one of mr ken campbells hor ses nearlylostitstail at a thresh ing bee when it became entangled in the machine belt miss mary grove is spending a short holiday in greenwood at the middleton home mrs huson of gormley visited our sunday school and told the children the story of the lad who had five loaves and two fishes this sheiillustrated- on her beautiful sceneofelt sunday visitors with roy moyer included mr and mrs t wbrooks of toronto mr and mrs h w moyer and miss daley of stouffville and mr and mrs c h- mcdowell and family rev- and mrs lloyd mino who have come down from their pastor ate north of port arthur for the annual free methodist conference called at the homes of mr simeon hoover and mr roy moyer mon day evening the topic at young peoples this week our devotional life was presented by the president mr w barkey afterwards mr p storms conducted open discussion one of the musical numbers was a duet by mr shantz and miss dorothy shantz boys watch your bicycles one of the lads left his bicycle by the roadside at some distance from the scene of the aeroplane crash a man in airforce uniform sauntering along the road wasseen topick it up and start off with it when over taken and asked whats the big idea he nonchalantly replied that he was late in meeting an ap pointment with the officer at the wreck peaches friends from british columbia were recent visitors at the fergu son home miss laura warriner is visiting her aunt mrs florence miller at stouffville sunday visitors at the hoover home were mr and miss mccaus- land and mr and mrs wm poland of st catherines and mr crisp and mrs hughes of toronto mr and mrs w morris and billy were visitors with mr and mrs w moulds at ravenshoe on sunday mrs e petch of otterville visit ed at the painter home on thurs day mr john leadbetter of markham spent thursday at the smith home sorry to report mrs c gayman is confined to her bed we wish her a speedy recovery mr albert cleverdon is the first lemonville miss florence barkey was home from toronto over sunday mr and mrs ross harper spent sunday with mr harpers parents in toronto they are in poor health to finish threshing on our line mr crisp of toronto had charge of the church service on sunday a few years ago mr crisp lived on the farm now owned by mrs fer- guson please note the change of church service time ss at 10 am church at 11 am mr charles ratcliff will have charge of the service which is under the leadership of the ypu sorry to report mr robt smith is on the sick list the doctor haa ordered a few weeks complete rest the church services bloomington ringwood christian churches rev g w brown pastor sunday august 20th 11 am bloomington 730 pm ringwood sunday school in both churches 1000 am classes for all ages childrens meeting in ringwood church monday 7 pm a warm- christian fellowship awaits you at all these services the path of the just is as the shining light that shinethmore and more unto the perfect day prov 4 18 gormley and bethesda mennonite brethren ik christ church rev p huson pastor sunday august 20th bethesda preaching 11 am gormley sunday august 20th sunday school 200 pm preaching service 3 pm evangelistic 730 pm altona congratulations touhe newly weds mr and mrs lloyd weldon mr and mrs kirbison anddoro- they visited with wm clarksons recently mrs frank millman of toronto spent a few days with her sister mrs e howsam mrs walter slack and betty ann have returned home after spending a week with her parents mr and mrs d crosier mr and mrs o madill hilda and marjorie and mr and mrs g pointon enjoyed a trip recently to queenston visitors at o madills last week were mrs george lawton former ly of uxbridge mr arthur pledger of owen sound and mr and mrs gerald pointon and david mr a davis and esther and mr and mrs willis davlsvere guests of mr and mrs j mcdonald kin- sale on sunday miss kathleen thompson has just returned from a weeks holiday with her grandparents mr and mrs g thompson ajax mrs will campbell of barrie mrs stan osbourne of port credit and little granddaughter of mrs victoria square mr douglas fry of weston had dinner monday with mr and mrs louis nichols and vera mrreaostic of toronto had tea sunday evening with mr and mrs stanley boynton and family the ypu service sunday even ing was well attended the lesson was read by gordon clubine and a reading by miss r avison special music was furnished by mrs mllll- cent avison and mrsmurray baker the guest speaker was mrrea ostlc of toronto who gave the life his tory of one of the most famous japanese missionaries miss verna taun and mr george wellman of toronto called on mr and mrs douglasgee and family sunday evening mrs m wellman and daughter marjorie of toronto are spending a fewdays with friends in thecom- munity the- ypu are holding a corn- roast saturday aug 19th at the elbow a hearty invitation is extended to one and all girls are asked to please provide butter and pie mrs myrll morris- and family of bradford are spending a few days with her parents mr and mrs e caseley mennonite churches dickson hill andmt joy rev s s shantz minister mount jot sunday august 20th 1000 am sunday school 1100 am divine worship 730 pm evangelistic service monday 8 pm young peoples mrs archer guest speaker tuesday 7 pm sunshine gospel band thurs 8 pm prayer meeting dicksons htlii sunday august 20th 1000 am divine worship 1100 am sunday school wed 8 pm prayer meeting- christ church anglican rev f herman rector f sunday august 20th 200 pm sunday school 230 pm evening prayer everybody welcome melville bethesda and peachs churches rev roscoe-chapinminister- sunday august 20th peachs 1000 am r chas ratclifi will be the speaker melville 1115 am bethesda 730 pm stouffville mennonite- church v rev emoyeiy pastor a sunday august 20th i 1000 am sunday school 1100 am divine worship- 730 pm evangelistic thursday- eve prayer meeting next aveek fi wednesday eve altona prayer meeting come thou with us and we thee good numbers 1029- baptist campbell marilyn hodgins of brampton were guests of mr a davis- and esther and other rela tives in the community this week stouffville church rev d macgregor pastor sunday august 20th 1000 am bible school classes for all ages 1100 am morning worship 730 pm evening worship the pastor will preach at both services you are invited to attend these services wed 8 pm prayer service come andreceive blessing stouffville christian church charles montgomery pastor miss nora stapleton organist sunday august 20th 1000 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship 730 pmgospel service friday 8 pm christian endeavour church hell sunday august 13th 200pm bible school 300 pm divine worship whosoever shalf confess me be fore men him shall- the son of mart also confess before- the- an gels of god a second markham baptist church rev norman rowan pqstor sunday august 20th 955 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship and now i say unto you jrefraln from these men and let them alone for if this counsel or this t be of men it will come to naught but if it be of god ye cannot overthrow- it- acts 5 3339 this week tuesday 830 pm prayer meeting fridav 830 pm young peoples at the home of mr a steckley all welcome st james presbyterian church stouffville rot t deconrcy rayner minister i jl i y sunday august 20th 945 am divine worship followed by sabbath school bible class guest preacher during- ministers holiday rev we smalley of ajaxont formerly of stouffville ah are invited to hear mr smaller gobtcalls you to his house of w- v stouffville united church i i rev douglas davis minister sunday august 20th 1000 am43unday school 1100 am morning worship rev e beach of ripley will jks the speaker i the evening service is withdrawn do you wish for klridnessbe kind do you ask for truth be true whatyou giveof yourself you find your world is a reflex of you -v4- laiiiviiilk