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t weil keep you warm next winter you will cooperate with us this year more than ever be fore our coal sup plies must be kept in constant flow from the mine to the consumers bin railway facilities are urgently needed in the war pro gram delivery men and trucks are scarce to make sure of your fuel supply for the cold months that lie ahead we urge you to 1 place your entire fuel order at once 2 accept your fuel this summer when ever we are able to deliver it in accord ance with government regulations 3 permit us to deliver whatever class of suitable fuel we may be able to supply well keepyou warm next winter if youll cooperate now stiver bros a camper at musselmans lake was unfortunate enough to burn a cheque drawn for 33 on the gov ernment the process of obtaining a duplicate- is being proceeded with a fine birthday mrs hie reynolds and her son harry and his wife were here on sunday from toronto the guests of mr and mrs w h eby tenth street m parker rcaf of hatlejr que was a visitor on sunday at the parker home- church st lac parker is a nephew of mr parkers and is training for a pilot at hag- ersville mrs e ireland strathcona ave toronto was in town on monday visiting old friends her two sons randolph and dwight forsyth are both in the army dwight is in italy mr jim brown of this town reached his 76th birthday on mon- dayof this week he was born in tjibridge township and 26 years ago married annie paul a widow thus changing her name back to brown the cognomen with which bhe started life word has been received here from mrsw low of canyon creek alta that her husband cpr wlow is fighting with the canadians in france mrs low is the former ruther haskell of stouffville mrs hickson and daughter pearl flf thornhill and formerly of mt bpy were visitors during the week end at the henry johnson home 0brien ave just when an ammunition dump was being prepared to be used in shooting up the starlings that vere a menace on main street the whole flock moved off for southern points good riddance to them and may they be a long time gone their removal to southern climate however is a warning that fall is just around the corner stouffville baptist young people are looking forward to their annual picnic this wednesday afternoon which with favorable weather will be held at woodland park the stouffville red cross ac knowledge- the -receipt- of 5blan- kets5 pairs of stockings 3 night gowns from lemonville w a 1 quilt each from- excelsor class ringwood and bloonungton red cross at the mixed trebles bowling tournament held here recently the rink of mrs fred crossen robt snowball and f l button s carried off the first money while a trio skipped by gordon lemon came second and dr browns rink from markham fourth ilene lewis daughter of mr arid mrs don lewis of stouffville was rushed to the toronto general hospital last week suffering with acute appendicitis latest reports on her condition are favorable and it is expected that following some treatment she will return for a surgical operation mr and mrs oscar cryderman and daughter mae flint mich spent a couple of days with mrs- crydermans father mr j gower in town- mr and mrs james ridout and mr and- mrs gordon holden and billy spent the weekend at crystal lake with mr holdens sister rev and mrs maurice gillion erla holden returned home with them after spending a holiday at the lake mr ken klinckofficiated as best man at the wedding for mr and mrs lloyd weldon at the home of her parents mr and mrs earl howsam on august 11th kens name was somehow omitted in the- report in our last issue oh this social event surprise shower for miss elsie brown completely taken by surprise miss elsie brown daughter of mr and mrs lloyd brown of gravel hill was tendered a delightful bridal shower at the home of mr and mrs sallour 2886 danforth avenue toronto with streamers decorating the room and a royal stouffville war branch acknow- seatfor the bridetobe shewas the ledge donations of 1 from miss recipent of many useful and love- mary daley and clothing from mrs ly articles among those present couperthwaite mrs buckley mrs were her parents from stouffville sinclair and mrs andros mrs miss brown will be a bride of- next davey secretary j saturday jack drewery son of mrs robt ratcliff has been pro- moted to the rank of flying officer according to word re ceived here by his mother what made the promotion even more of an event for jack was that he was inform ed of it on his 20th birthday he is presumed to be in eng land with the rcaf staff sergeant and mrs victor holden of sydney ns made a brief visit to his grandmother mrs a serious accident occurred on the j truman holden one evening last harris farm- just east of town last i week week when mrs harris in some manner fell off the veranda and sustained a fractured leg she was removed to the general hospital where good reports are heard con cerning her progress public and high schools open in stouffville next tuesday sept 5th demand for advertising space in the tribune necessitates the pub lication of a ten page paper again this week the second time in aug ust usually a very quiet month mrs herbert lee of stouffville was a visitor to jacksons point last week where she was the guest of mr and mrs harry sanders at lakeview house mrs ac burkholder has return ed from a holiday spent at miners bay a delightful summer resort in haliburton another local person who recently motored through that district was impressed with a slogan of the miners bay summer hotel which read we dose but never close ave overheard a lady say that peaches were dear at 99 cents per six quart basket she didnt know that the ipriceof peaches in brit ain is just 150 each which makes thecahadian price very attractive indeed mr and mrs reg button have been holidaying in muskoka for a week during regs furlough from his rcaf duties at trenton ontario these are available in all shades trimmed with silver fox red fox squirrel and persian lamb also tweed coats untrirumed buy your winter coat now fur coats note we have the agency with a reliable f inn to sell both fur coats and neck pieces buy your fur coat now or if you wish to remodel yours have it done at once see us early spring and fall coats and suits we have alarge assortment which are re- duced to clear reversible coats only 9 nine reversible coats all regularly 1850 to clear an interesting ceremony was con ducted in markham united church on sunday morning when barbara infant daughter of air- and mrs earl thorns was baptized by dr thos mitchell who wasthegiiest speaker at this church during the summer mrs thomswas the former edy the grubin stouff ville tt i- k- morgan baker exmpp was a caller at thei tribune office last week hed like to meet the writer from seldom seen mr and mrs baker were here to spend the day with his father mr seneca baker on the ocasion of his 95th birth day mr and mrs bert noble former residents were in town last week for a short stay mr noble was recently bereaved by the death of his mother mrs george h noble who was a widow for only a year the late mr and mrs george noble once lived in stouffville he being a tailor by trade surviving the parents are three sons and one daughter a number of visitors from stouffville district went to the farm of george roe east of ox bridge to attend a dinner given in honor of her son ptegeorge ham mond who has justlanded here from regina he has been attach ed instructor of transport of vehicles and with him coming east was his attractive wife and their two daughters georgean 8 and shirley 3 it is the first time that george has been back from l west in 17 years we understand that mrs w h keller has soldi her home and spacious grounds in the central part of markham village to a tor onto buyer mrs kellers husband years ago was the editor of the ux- bridge journal and an outstanding newspaperman in the province mrs keller will return to toronto to reside shortly n last call for taxes today thursday is the last day for paying the first instalment on stouffville taxes if you wish to escape the 2 percent penalty added after that date persons whopayc the second and lastihstalment with the first are entitled to a discount of 2 per centon the second or last half of the tax bill we imagine that most people will find it nottoo hard to meet the tax demand prom- ptly at this time taxes in towic are at the same rate as that prevail ing in 1943 i o oddments in the rural news on friday evening a number of friends representing the band com mittee that functioned so well when stouffville was justly proud of its band organization and which was more or less abandoned to war conditions assembled at the home of mr and mrs wesley schell to bid adieu to mr arid mrs bert wilkinson who recently sold their home on church street and are moving to- toronto they were presented with a hassock and tlie good wishes of all their friends sizes 1395 fall hats the fall hats are here choose yours now we have a good selection of ladies allwool cardigans sweaters and pullovers v mens and boys suits our fall shipment of mens and boys suits is with us look these over fall and winter coats- there is a good choice in fall and winter coats we still have striped and plain flanneu ette congoleuni rugs markham boyspromoted two markham lads serving with the royal canadian air force markham racing overseas have recently been pro moted to the rank of flight lieut they are james parrott andoscar shank james being a son of the late mr and mrs parrott of mark ham village while oscar is a son of mr and mrs eli shank of the same place school days are here again for boys pants longs and shorts breeches sweaters socks and shirts for girls skirts dresses socks blouses sweaters goldens clothing store phone 273 stouffville mrand mrs w a quantz were renewingold friendships in town last week after an absence of near- iytwo years since which time they have lived in toronto mr quantz will be 90 next november but he still possesses a keen mind and a healthy body 7 f major fergus watkin of the dan forth salvation army division was in town last week making advance arrangements for the annual drive for funds for this worthy cause an effort will be made to interest the stouffville lions club in help ings with the army canvass which is very popular because of the great amount of war effort and free ser vice this grand old religious organ ization has done in the past major watkin was accompanied on his visit by capt maccorquedale of uxbridgq theres a little miss at the east- end of stouffville who stands high in the records we believe when it comes to the matter of grandpar ents shes rhoda smith 4-year- old i- daughter of mr and mrs ernie smith she had a birthday this week and it was revealed that she has no less than two great grandmothers mrs jos mcmullen who incidentally is eightyfive and mrs chas kelsbyof toronto one great grandfather mr chas kels- by a grandmother mrs fred smith and two -grandfathers- mr fred smith and mr otto mcmul len both of stouffville stable growing john stuart of markham and for merly of aurora boastsa growing racing stable he scored an im pressive win at hamilton track re cently with- jacless for whom he paid a pricein five figures jacless came home in the lead- in a 1500 event and paid 1450 to win which certainly must have lined some- bodysipocket the sheriff an other stuart horse in the two-year- old class is just rounding- into shape he is air offspring of the famous buhty lawless motor accidentin italy word was received here last week by his aunt mrs christie arm strong to the effect that murray nendick who has been with the troops in- italy had met with a motor cycle accident in which he received injuries to bothlegs while his condition is not consider ed serious he is confined to hospit al l an old timer visits denver vthenairie6f richard george is closely linked -with-the-earlyhls- toryof stquffville jtwillbe re called that with his brothersam george the two brothers started the first electric light plant ever in this town over half a century ago and today richard is still anactlve man of 81 years enjoying a holiday down in deniver colorado enroiite he was joined by his sister mrsed- ward lemonof milwaukeeandthe pair journeyed on to denver to gether to visit a brother russell all three were born in stouffville there being fourteen in the family we are indebted to mr w d dow- dell of torontoforthis bltofin formation his wife is a daughter of richard george and the dow- dells have a cottage at musselmans late port perry fair will be held this year on labor day sept 4th as further evidence that there is always somebody trying to keep an editor down we sight the case of s s mckenzie publisher of the bradford witness somebody took the editors step ladder so the newspaper man is unable- to get more than one foot off the ground at a time a warning publishedan the bradford witness is threaten- ing action against the personwho is holding the editors step ladder i a disease of the form of sleeping sickness encephaliteslethargica has been striking down horses in theudoraand zephyr or the two weeks past according to the cannington gleaner five horses have been killed in the udora area with loss of two out of three at zephyr veterinarians of sunder- land and of sutton are using-avail- able supplies of a vaccine chick embryo vaccine which is the most modern thought in making other horses immune to the ravage of the disease king and vaughan annual plow ing match will be held this fall on wednesday october 18somewhere in vaughan township according to a recent decision of the direc tors in the very room where he first saw the light of day 79 years j james albert clubine died in vaughan township last week 7 farm tractors caused more deaths in the state of kansas last year than any other cause on the farm port perry may rhave to spend 25000 on finding a new water supply- for its and if the supply has to be chlorinated the cost will be 40000 according to ah engineers estimate just placed be- fore the municipal council of the scugog town stouffvilles- water supply worth around 90000 only brings in a revenue of about 1800 ayeaivnot good interest oh the in- vestment hi if charlie scott of mount albert- fell off a ladder while threshing on the farm of donald stiver there- last week and severely injured his back which leaves this farm hand an invalid for some weeks the number of accidents on the farms- is amazing and leads us to think that the farmer should enquire in- to the cost of carrying accident insurance with- the workmens compensation board the privileges of which- have only recently been extended to the farmer in industry this insurancejs compulsory but with the farmer it is- optional like most towns barber- shop gossip up in wiartoh on the bruce peninsula takesirieverything from knittingneedles to- rattlesnake soupavisltor to that town recent- lyproclaimed hisjiklngfor rattle snake broth but the trouble iwas rattlesnakes were too hard to locate v few ofburrreaderswill worry about- this butuhenas the ojdladyisaidvwhen she kissedthe cow everyone to his taste- the south simcccrop -improve- ment associauonhavingbeenthe firstto organize in ontario to spon- for a 500 bushel potato clubihas just announced their plans to carry on a yield competltlon-sfdrefall- wheat itwilltbeknown asithe south simcoe507busher-persacre- fall wneat club we leanvfrom the creemore star x- j i l it tfjiskfiji swiz j wimsv