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the tribune stouffville ctau thursday apru 14 1949 atha news msny happy birthdays k eileen draper who celebrated another birthday on sunday april 10th congratulations to mr and mrs deward wilson who are proud to announce the arrival of a baby girl mr and mrs david tran and laurie spent the weekend in king- ajon visiting their daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs gordon overland mrs bell and baby from toronto are visiting her parents mr and mrs j spang for a week mr and mrs fred draper and family were supper guests on sat urday evening with mr and mrs joe tran mrs norman neal visited mrs bud spang one day last week mrs cowie of markham visited her father mr george tran over the weekend mr and mrs lloyd turnbull toronto spent sunday with her mother mrs l hoover ixbiudck old bov dead a firm name widely known all over the township of cxbridge forty years ago and more was that of the jones hardware in ox bridge the late henry jones had two sons charlie the eldest and robert the youngest ydurjj bobbie as he was known died last week in sunnybrook hospital veteran of the first war he had been living in barrie recently where he has a wife still living two sisters surviving besides the brother charlie are mrs richer of oshawa and mrs ernie thompson of barrie bobbie jones was in his several from here went fishing last week and reported a good catch sorry mr albert draper is not enjoying the best of health the carruthers family visited at dumbarton on sunday with mr john forgie attention farmers we are paying the highest prevailing prices for dead or crippled farm animals horses cattle hogs telephone collect for immediate service gordon young limited toronto ad 3636 stouffville 256 uxbridge 27 notice to parents who may have children starting to stouffville public school this fall due to possible overcrowding parents must register new pupils by april 18 application forms may be obtained from principalc e watson- or- chairman- w f riches fcvtf yg precisionbuilt garden tractor plows cultivates cuts grass cuts weeds plows snow tm t ut n m- wt ily bndud otrdva tractor u awaoabl at another feature of th choremaster garden tractor you can quickly and easily convert your own hand soower into an efficient power waower as tbown above amazing low costl now you can do plowing cultivating gran and weed cutting mow plowing and other garden chorea with this allpurpote allteaton garden tractor illuitrated above the choremaster equipped with duck feet for efficient btween the row culti vation other rear attachments include turning plow furrower hoee sweepe 5- tooth ipring cultivator etc the choremaster it extremely easy to handle and will save you houra of back- breaking labour i utooffvule agnews hardware farmers can tkst their seed mis green river barbara while was home to harvest good field crops good besown often seed is f the weekend mrs r da foe spent a few days euchre euchre attend the last big euchre on thurs april 14 to be held in the ioof hall stouffville under the auspices of the c p t fund there will be a door prize and other prizes lunch admission 35c 815 pm come one come all seed must obtained from the local dealer but many farmers use their own home grown seed the quality of seed i- important and a seed test wit show any undesirable condition which may rsult in a crop failure or introduce and spread trouble some weeds there are two main seed tests for purity and germination in a purity lest the seed is examined to determine the kinds and number of weed anii other cultivated s eds the germination test shows the proportion of crop seeds that may be expected to produce normal plants in making a purity test tha seed should be thoroughly mixed so thai it is representative of the whole quantity and a pound should be used for the actual analysisthis should be spread on a clean sur face in a good light and be care fully picked over and all foreign seeds removed these should be named and the number of each kind recorded if identification of some is impossible they may be sent to the nearest seed labora tory of the plant products division dominion department of agriculture in checking ihe sample the general quality of the seed anil the uniformity and size of the kernels should be noted to decide whether the seed should be recleaned if any noxious weed seeds are found it is advisable to use other seed in a germination test seed may be germinated in clean sand soil or on blottingpaper absorbent paper or canton flannel generally two hundred seeds are germinated they should be well spaced if in sand or soil and rolled up if in cloth or paper ordinarily room temperature is suitable for most kinds of seed and they should be kept moistened throughout the test clovers are counted in five days corn and peas in eight days and cereals in twelve days and only strong healthy sprouts should be included many seeds especially those which are injured or frosted may grow a small sprout which would not produce a normal healthy plant seed should germin ate over 80 per cent if it is to be used for planting easter cantata in victoria square while mr and mrs s dafoe attended the hockey games in detroit mr andmrs jack duncan tor onto and mr and mrs alf tree- wartha of markham visited on sunday at the gray home the anal meeting of the friend ly neighbor club will be this week at mrs r dafoes mr and mrs j nighswander visited on sunday with mr and mrs frank booth of brooklin a large number from here attended the funeral of the late mr joddie doten in markham on sat urday last mr doten was well known in this community at one time lie owned the basket factory now owned by f pennock but of later years he lived in the two corner houses of this town since his failing health he made his home in whitevale with his daugh ter mrs walter booth rev j mclachlan conducted the service pall bearers were j nighswander r carter i percy x k robinson s pugh and mr tapscott combine postal notes and postal money orders effective april 1st the post office department has decided to amalga mate the postal notes at both accounting and nonaccounting offices and rearranging the schedule of money order com missions on money orders payable in canada and in those countries with which money order business is conducted on the domestic basis ontario township of whitchurch local improvement notice take notice that 1 the council of the corporation of the township of whitchurch in tends to construct as a local im provement the establishing of a new street being the present right- ofway known as elm grove a section of the old toronto and york radial railway and a part of fairview avenue and being the continuation of one rightofway leading from the road allowance between the first and second con cessions of the township of whit church in township lot 67 wester ly through the said township lot 67 according to plan 169 194 and 240 of the township of whitchurch to yonge street and for the grad ing gravelling and improving of the said rightofway and the in stalling of culverts and that the council of the township intends to define the lands comprising the registered plans numbers 169 194 240 288 and 334 and the easterly 28 acres of the south half of lot 67 in the first concession of the township of whitchurch as a sec tional area in the said township and intends to specially assess the whole of the cost upon the lands described as aforesaid 2 the estimated cost of the work is s 500000 of which no part is to be paid by the corporation the estimated cost of the said work shall be borne by a special assess ment against the said lands to be paid in 10 equal annual instal menls at an estimated mill rate of 4 mills according to the last re vised assessment of the lands com prising the special area 3 application will he made by the corporation lo the ontario municipal board for its approval of the undertaking of the said work and any owner may within twentyone days after the first pub lication of this notice file with the board his objection to the said work being undertaken the said board may approve of the said work being undertaken but before doing so it may appoint a time and place and any objec tions to the said work will he con sidered dated at the township of whitchurch this 30th day of march 1919 john w crawford clerk auction sale cars wood hocsehoid furniture the undersigned has receive instructions to sell by public auction at goodwood wed apr 27 the following property belonging to the estate of the late charles wesley aesop 1932 ford v8 coach reconditioned motor new rear end 1932 chev motor reconditioned 5 cords of dry hardwarrd quantity of softwood 3 tons of hard coal quebec stove corner wardrobe breakfast suite table buffet and 4 chairs bed couch with mattress steel bed springs and mattress wooden bed and springs number stove pipes dresser kitchen table baby sleigh clothes line and pulleys childs rocker snow shovel chamber pail 2 mirrors coal sifter buck saw bamboo fishing rod curtains extension cord coal oil lamp quantity of old iron dishes numerous other articles sale at 2 pm terms cash sellers atkinson auctioneers eternal life 9 this very fine choral number will be presented by the united church choir in stouffville united- church good friday april 15 1949 at s15 pm 1 congregational singing 2 the lord reigneth the choir 3 man of sorrows alto solo miss erma dowswell and choir 4 gethsemane mens two part chorus 5 calvary bass solo john hammersley and choir 8 a whisper of hope soprano and alto duet mrs g kellington and mrs r bone 7 dawns the new day junior choir s hail to the king tenor solo eldred king and choir 9 rev james peguegfiat meditations on the passion 10 morning is breaking soprano tenor duet kay williamson and lome roadway 11 the king comes forth choir 12 the redeemer triumphant soprano solo mrs h lewis 13 the king of glory choir 14 ye shall live also tenor solo mr carl boadway and choir 15 the resurrection and the life choir balsam and mount zion mr ray wilkin and boys have returned to their home from florida where they spent the win ter months congratulations to mr and mrs john sherrin on the birth of a daughter on wednesday april 6 1949 at the oshawa general hos pital mr elmer wilson is sporting a new chevrolet and mr lewis jones a new pontiac mr larry brown of port hope spent the weekend with his parents church hill there will be sunday school at 1015 am and church service at 11 am in the churchill christian church on easter sunday april 17th miss doreen hart of toronto spent the weekend with miss luella carson mrs lewis jones visited over the weekend with her sister mrs j briggs of brooklin there will be a joint easter ser vice of the ss and church next i sunday at 2 pm a communion we are sorry to hear that little and baptismal service will follow tommy appleby infant son of mr the active service class will and mrs ted appleby is in the meet on tuesday night april 19 oshawa hospital we hope for a at the home of mrs rodd appleby speedy recovery i mrs cecil jones and mrs hay- birthday greetings to jim and ward are in charge of the program john wilson who celebrated their i seeding operations have com- 5th birthday on saturday april 9 menced here at the time of writ- miss eileen carson spent the ing mr charlie fiss has done some weekend at her home sowing protect and conserve the wildlife did you k now at all times conserve our forests and protect our wildlife that there are 60000 acres in the township of whitchurch profusely dotted with lakes and streams both large and small as well as artesian wells and springs as yet not numbered that the york county forest which embodies 2600 acres has started to return at least a portion of its maintenance through the sale of trees removed through trimming operations that we owe a debt of gratitude to private indi viduals who have carried on their own reforest ation projects numbering hundreds of acres and have caused streams which were once silent to ripple again that onequarter of this nations imports are paid by wood products exported that there is an organization in this township ex tremely interested in the conservation of our re sources the propagation and protection of wildlife in this municipality that you can be of service to this club by for warding your recommendations to the member of the executive in your district whitchurch wildlife conservation club space contributed in the service of the community by john labbatt limited beess