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the tribune stouffville thursday april 14 1949 i quality reliable service brand grimm alfalfa b tel vi i s lod liiii tl 101 the th i bat oir sei vi fo jv ar ar ca s6 01 stocks of alfalfa are getting short prices have already advanced we have not put our price of selected seed up as yet but when we go into the market again we will not be able to select our stock our present stock of reliable brand alfalfa is some of the best that arrived from western canada this year reliable brand timothy seed our stock of reliable brand timothy could all be sold at wholesale price we are keeping this timothy here for your use at no advance in price lodino clover ladino clover is used in pasture mixtures it helps to make bottom and gives a constant supply of clover seed disinfectants local and personal happenings the stouffville badminton club mr wesley steekley of bethesda newly formed is holding a dance who underwent an operation at in the legion hall on wednesday east general hospital is convales- april 20 beginning at nine oclock cing at his sisw and brother-in- the affair is open to the public andl laws mr anu mrs m shupe the cost will be si per person main street tickets are available from mem bers of the club or may be obtained at the dance the choir of the stouffville tomorrow is good fridav and united church will present the a public holidav all stores will be caster cantata eternal life on i closed the evening of good friday april 15th beginning at s15 pm mrs s s ball mrs gordon birkett mrs christie armstrong and mrs a v nolan were in tor onto saturday afternoon attending the reception at the royal york in honor of col george drew miss ruth xendick former stouffville girl and niece of mrs christie armstrong sailed from xew york on the queen elizabeth this tuesday for england where she has taken a position in london with the big firm of salfridge co ruth has been engaged in new york for the past year i tl ri a n s i 0 1 t ceresan m a new disinfectant for wheat oats barlev and peas semesan bei for potatoes semesan for vegetable and flower seeds bulks and certain plants stiver bros a lansing resident thought she would sell her home she put it in the hands of a real estate agent who in turn advertised it in the newspaper after reading the adv in the paper the house sounded so good to her she decided she would be foolish to part with it and can celled the whole deal local girls will model for the coming fashion show by spoffords to be held in the stanley theatre this thursday evening april 1 1 holiday h a i r d o as important as your easter parade ensem ble is your hairdo come in let us sham poo and style your hair make it an eas ter parade leader along with your cos tume only 100 i joy beauty salon phone 98w2 stouffville fortyseven years a fireman when mr john lehman resign ed as u member of the stouffville fire brigade recently he had com pleted it years membership and in recognition of his long service the brigade made him an honorary member mr lehmans long years of service probably constitute a record throughout the province when he first joined the brigade the imjvs pushed a twowheel cart around loaded with several lengths of hose later it was hauled by a horse or team first to appear at the fire hall when the alarm was sounded quite often it would be the town horse and express wagon horse which happened to be close by and on occasion some farmers when the bell rang the owner of the animal or animals would be awarded with a two dollar bill twentyfive years ago the first motor power was added by the acquisition of a ford truck citi zens were opposed to the cost of such improvement so members of the brigade canvassed successfully for funds to buy the truck what a change in the outlook over those years mr and mrs geo weale city clerk of toronto accompanied by mr and mrs p j smith of that city were recent visitors with mr and mrs joe oulette main street youth for christ final night of the sacred musical festival saturday april 16th classes begin at 730 pm remember the taffy pull at vivian on thursday at s30 films to be shown in the coming months the church in the atomic age birth of the new world salt of the earth abrahams faith one more commandment simon peter and others editors mail gas not solution to rid fox and skunk why why do you raise poultry and why do you farm and why do trappers trap it is to make a profit or in other words a living with fox pelts at 125 average and skunk at 40c average trappers cannot make expenses so they dont trap them and the fox and skunk are left to increase at the meeting at unionville on april 1st 1949 it was agreed on to supply gas free to farmers to gas fox and skunk dens this will fade out in a very short time be cause this is a continuous job and i cant see the average farmer going over his farm and a half dozen of his neighbors farms keeping these dens gassed as animals from dens not gassed will keep digging them out and nobody will known if any animals were killed or not the fact that the gas is free doe not mean that the farmer is going to take time to do this job this gas is not expensive to buy and if he wanted to use it he would have used it before being a trapper for the past 20 years and looking back over that time the skunk never got a chance to become a menace because they were held in check by the trappers and if the fox and skunk would be on the decrease they held them down before and can do it again if they can make wages this is a trappers job and if the bounty was raised to 500 per fox and 100 per skunks i think it would solve the problem this is not a protest against the use of gas but a suggestion if the gas system fails as i think it will stan powell unionville rri the easter thank offering meet ing of the womens missionary society of the united church was held on thursday in the church with a record attendance mrs k campbell president was in the chair the community friendship secretary and other members reported making 57 calls to shut- ins during march the treasurers report included a pleasant surprise when one of the members mrs griffith made herself a life mem ber mrs woods and mrs ross winterstcins group then took charge with mrs woods presiding after a few introductory remarks the easter thank offering was dedicated by mrs a dowswell offering amounting to 13100 a solo the lords prayer was beautifully rendered by mrs clarke of markham accompanied by her mother mrs woods mrs r winterstein in charge of the devotional based her remarks on verses 115 of marks gospel 1g chap the easter story also romans 10 verses 11 15 and led all in a devout period of interesting thoughts on the death and resur rection of christ and one part in helping spread and share the good tidings after which mrs william son led in prayer three verses of christ the lord is risen were sung and mrs woods called on the cor and rec sec to call the roll of visiting uxilaries which were well represented visitors coming from goodwood markham peaches lemonville locust hill cherry wood agincourt and milliken also from sister churches in town mrs clarke again favored the meeting with a solo king ever glorious mrs orval drewery ably intro duced the speaker of the after noon mrs maclean dominion board secretary for west china who based part of her remarks on a verse from ii kings we do not well for today is a day of good tidings and we hold our peace she reviewed briefly the urgent need of doctors and nurses and educationists in india africa and china and the great need of over one hundred missionaries in all fields in different lines of work the work already done is very gratifying she reported all mis sionaries in china with the exception of three whose furlough mr and mrs c e crammer who live in the baker apis church st are holidaying in the southern states mr crammer is on the staff of the local bank of commerce the couple coming here only a short time ago we notice many local gardeners getting on the land this week favorable weather has made it possible to get an early start so lets hope there are no late frosts after the early buds commence aurora lost perhaps its oldest resident last week in the death of alexander hurst who passed away in his 91st year he was a widower but is survived by five sons and one daughter a campaign to build a swimming pool at thornhill this summer was announced at a recent meeting total cost sg0000 toward which three property owners in the dis trict have contributed 10000 gordon leitch c george mccul- lough and c l burton the dis trict must raise the other 20000 mr and mrs ambrose stover who have occupied the residence in connection with the stouffville bakery since mr stover bought the business about 25 years ago moved this week into the house on mill street occupied by mr and mrs harry stover who in turn took over the residence vacated by his parents the exchange was quite a convenient one to make since the two homes are within a few hundred feet the lire brigade was called out monday afternoon to deal with a grass tire on the tsh concession of whitchurch near the home of mr herman burkholder it was promptly put under control before any serious damage arose mr g w eagleson is flying to xew york to spend easter and on his return will attend the ontario registered music teachers con vention held at the king edward hotel toronto april 21 and 22 unverified reports indicate that there will be quite a number of new houses built in stouffville this summer there is still a good selection of building lots available with good drainage walter shank who left markham last month in his small truck headed for alberta arrived safe and sound after passing through some stiff winter weather and more snow than he had seen here all winter walter has taken a position on a farm close to the property where his mother lived before coming to ontario hosking versus hopkins might provide a good heading for a motor crash one night last week when edward hosking of toronto crashed into wilbur hopkins road wagon doing considerable damage constable rusnell investigated the toronto man claimed on coming head lights blinded him so that he failed to see the town car on main street arthur m stamp chairman of the childrens vision committee of the optometrical association of ontario was the guest speaker at the regular meeting of the stouff ville lions club on monday even ing the health welfare com mittee of the club under the chair manship of dr neil smith has an eye survey for the stouffville public school under consideration inumuiinniumniidiiwiiuiiintmiim iuu1uuiic fast delivery to your door when you order marshall five star chicks last call for april may phone aurora 238r2 stouffville 123 hatcherv at kettleby operated bv skyline farms limited pres ray marshall v pres del booth the stouffville womens insti tute will hold their april meeting at the home of mrs hazel bacon on thursday april 21 at 230 oclock motto will be given by mrs w griffiths roll call my favourite plant or flower subject historical research review of forty years agrowing by mrs brown please bring your parcels for england mrs fred crossen will give a reading appointment will be made for the nominating may meeting social half hour this is your invitation president mrs jas ridout secretary sadie stewart the fashion review at the stan ley theatre last thursday night displaying the latest in spring frocks and easter bonnets from the store of mrs watts westend proved quite popular the follow ing local girls modeled the new wearing apparel lois nevel beatrice lickorish beulah rut- ledge shirley bone mrs jack sanders mrs ken wagg and mrs ted cadieux this thursday even ing a second review will be staged with spofford co presenting the show dr freel secured the former dr smith residence on main street and not the former mccallum property as reported here last was near and also were in pon committee f t health desiring of their own free will to continue in china and carry on the work some even willing to give their lives if necessary in spite of the clanger existing there she said they have a unique message to give behold the lamb of god which taketh away the sin of the world mrs king moved a vote of thanks to the speaker mrs clarke and visitors and the president added a few well chosen remarks the meeting closed with three verses of crown him and rev mr davis the benediction a social half hour was enjoyed by all in the basement where a delicious lunch was served a vote of thanks was tendered to the group by members of each visiting auxiliary for the while attending his trap lines in the west side of whitchurch town ship a few days ago mr stan powell came upon a couple of dogs molesting three fat geese in a small pond of water mr powell stoned the dogs off but not before one goose was slightly injured the third dog sitting by but taking no part in the assault belonged to the farmer who owned the geese evidently this dog knew the geese were part of his masters holdings but it never occurred to him to offer protection to them roe sanders dead native of stouffville and a painter and decorator here for years or until he left for toronto week the spacious smith12 years ago rao sanders died on residence now belongs to miss m thursday in st michaels hospital edwards who is wintering in calilin his 59th year interesting program and lunch fomia or florida and she intends to remddel the residence convert ing it into a duplex in due course this summer however the freels will occupy it while their own residence across the road is being remodelled this paper regrets the error that picked out the wrong 1iouse last week for the freels to occupy his father died when he was very young and rao lived with his mother mrs hattie sanders who owned a home on tenth street north for many years rao is the last of the family since his par ents are both deceased and his sister is also dead nearest relative living around stouffville is her bert stout new mennonite home for the aged a private hospital until 1936 then a governmentoperated domestic training school braeside lodge at preston is now a home for the aged the attractive 35room structure is operated by the mennonlte mission board of ontario