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s the tribune stouffville ont thursday january 19j3 mbmmmw w ww 3t e r local and personal happenings see the great offerings at gold- ens january clearance sale on page two of this ivue twentyfive and fifty percent ot many items- mrs john snowball of inionville who has passed the eighty mile stone was a new years holiday visitor at the home of her son on hose ave mr robt snowball to our customers and friends a very special thank you for the privilege of rvin you through the year 1952 we do appreciate the business and we want to so improve our service through the year 1953 that you will always want us to do your chopping rolling mixing and to call us for feeds coal domestic fuel oil etc for improving our service we are always open for comments your being pleased with our service is as important to us as your satisfaction with the feeds coal domestic fuel oil and stove oil that we furnish stiver bros stouffville phone 64501 or 45 friday 13th will occur three times if sou are superstitious about the i3th day of any month falling on friday then lj3 could be a bad year for you because there arc no fewer than three months in 1953 when the kith will be on a friday this is rather unusual as evidenced by the fact that both 1952 and 1954 contain only one siuh combina tion but in 1953 friday the 13th will occur in february march and november truly a bad omen for a superstitious person another unusual feature of 1953 ls the fact that february will be a perfect month that is to say the first falls on a sunday and the isth on a saturday resulting in exactly four sundays mondays tuesdays etc leap year left with 1952 this type of arrangement is indeed a rare occurrence as it can happen only in february when that month has 2s days the last such perfect month occurred a great many years ago faster will he quite early in 1953 with good friday on april 3 and faster sunday april 5 labor day on the other hand will not be until sept 7 its latest in years the wearers of the green will do their strutting on tuesday this year as march 17 falls on that day while the orangemen will run into a bit of ditliculty as july 12 is a sunday they will likely stage their annual walk oii the pre- ceeding saturday or the following parents ok bailantrae iadv go years married mr and mrs sylvester wood cock celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary sunday at their home on symington ave toronto with members of their family including five great grand children they were married in new market and lived in mount albert for many years before going to tor onto where they have made their home for the past 32 years mr woodcock who is 81 was employ ed with the masseyharris com pany before his retirement 20 years ago they have six children who were with them on their 60th anniversary mrs c wallwork ballantrae mrs harry freeman islington mrs harry dickson mrs george pattison clifton woodcock and ivan woodcock of toronto they have 12 grand children and five great grand children stouifville municipal council at their inaugural meeting agreed to continue the first monday of the month as regular meeting nights throughout the year the mary ellen cook property at lemonville was disposed of at the recent auction sale the price received for the place was 3300 and far cook was the purchaser a car belonging to arthur top per 9th con of whitchurch was involved in an accident on the townline just west of town sun day evening the machine had broken down and was left strand ed throughout the night on the side of the highway miss ruth kerr of ringwood who was pro ceeding along the townline oppos ite the swamp failed to see the alxindoned car because of on coming traffic and sideswiped the parked vehicle but fortunately received no personal injury con stable shearon of markham town ship investigated coloured films of the holy land the stouffville horticultural society who on three former occasions have had the thrill of touring the mediterranean area with mr glenn ratcl are to be favored with a special presenta tion of a part of his tour not prev iously shown here this is to be presented on mon day evening jan 12th when his toric landmarks of greece and palestine will be depicted with appropriate descriptive comments such as were found so helpful in former presentations mr and mrs howard baker will provide music in duets and num bers on the vibraphone a full house is predicted so you are advised to come early the meeting is called for eight oclock in the united church auditorium everybody welcome come and bring your friends silver collec tion classified advs are inserted the tribune for 50c cash new remington portable type writers for sale the stouifville tribune mr and mrs milt burk spent new years with mr and mrs percy of toronto veterinarian mr leroy wise of new paris indiana was a weekend guest at the home of e r good mrs bernie ruddy of arnprior was a visitor with mr and mrs keith ham during the weekend mr ruddy was the former man ager of stedmans 5cl store and is operating his own hardware business at the present time mr and mrs lome crowder and keith from london spent the weekend in stouffville with mr and mrs gordon crowder other visitors at the crowder home were mr and mrs roy davis and daughters from scarboro local police patrolled the west end section of town for several hours on monday night on the lookout for a peeping tom who was reported at the windows of several homes in that area al though a close watch was main tained for some time there was no further sign of the prowler when the police arrived on the scene rev douglas davis officiated at the opening ceremony of the 1953 municipal council here on mon day evening reeve henry ogden congratulated his councillors on being elected and called on the local united church minister for a few words and prayer following which each member took his oath of office births baker mr and mrs bruce baker stouffville rr2 wish to announce the birth of their daughter nonnie rene on dec 23 1952 at york county hospi tal newmarket timms mr and mrs george timms claremont rr3 are happy to announce the birth of their daughter barbara ann on friday jan 2 1953 at the brierbush hopsital stouffville miss m tweddie of brougham spent the weekend with mr and mrs milt burk il2e your own cheques with your firm name prominently dis- played modernize your cheque appearance printed at the tribune ollice reasonable dr duncan smith who has recently joined dr ron smith in his veterinary practise in stouifville miss audrey good returned to bethel college on monday to resume her studies after spending the holidays with her father e r good some pilfering of milk bottles has been reported to the tribune i it seems the bottle and contents have both been disappearing the bottles no doubt finding their wax back to the local dairy for refund guests on sunday with mr and mrs chas tindall were mr and mrs orvin downer ami family of toronto mr and mr- cecil tin dall and family of oshawa and mr and mrs reuben tindall of cherrywood harrv goldens gigantic janu ary clearance sale opens clothing store this week at his mrs dewitt and joyce visited last tuesday to friday with mr and mrs walter kent ross kathryn and paul at willowdale monday st davids day march 1 is also a sunday while st georges day april 23 falls on a thurs day and st andrews day nov 30 on a monday one new special day will be included in this years celebrations and that will be june 2 the date set for the coronation of queen elizabeth ii this rare and time- honored event will take place on a tuesday the hearts and flowers day st valentines will fall on a satur day while remembrance day on november ii will be a wednes day halloween falls on a satur day in 53 stanley theatre stouffville ont i 2 shows nitely first show commencing at 700 pm matinee saturdays at 200 pm i friday saturday january 9 10 a garnet v gray ro optometrist will be absent from his stouffville office on tuesday jan 13th 1953 in order to attend the ontario optometrical midwinter congress where the latest in visual science will be discussed and demonstrated markham township sunday school- convention victoria square january 22nd at 10 am 2 pm 730 pm all sunday school workers are cordially invited to these inspiring and instructive sessions the last great texas range wars mr and mrs walter louden and miss grace louden of lind say visited with mr and mrs clarke bunker last tuesday miss louden was a teacher at mongolia for three years messrs arnold and howard burton also mr and mrs earl cook and gerald of claremont were new years visitors with mr and mrs orville burton tommy burton and miss barbara hodgson of the rcaf stationed in north ern quebec spent a portion of their new years leave at the home of his parents on albert st forty years married mr and mrs robt johnson bloomington not only celebrated new years last week but also their fortieth wedding annivers ary the couple were in toronto for the wedding birthday at the home of their daughter mrs ii g boadway other guests for the occasion were mr and mrs nor man mcleod of brampton to add to this local couples pleasure their daughter mrs c g ward telephoned congratulations from stjphn nb new years day mr aiid mrs john little and family of kettleby joined in the family celebration mr and mrs johnson have been in blooming- ton about eight years since moving from the farm just north of stouff ville mr johnson was born and raised on this whitchurch farm and his wife was the former bea trice clossen also a township girl there are three daughters mrs john little mrs c g ward mrs ii g boadway and one son bruce johnson in colorado there are ten grandchildren the stouffville womens lasti- tute will meet at christ church parish hall on thursday jan 15 at 2 pm roll call a place of his torical interest 1 would like to visit program convener is mrs mortson mrs ridout will give the mctto current events will be gixen by mrs middleton and mrs brown the hostesses are mrs arnold mrs jaggei mrs bad- aero and mrs lickorish early railroader born in stouffville the man who drove the first through freight train from the crows nest pass to lethbridge by way of the high level bridge died in the lethbridge hospital recent- lv he was george frederick james 78 of 711 3rd st s lethbridge who died after two months ill ness his historic trip over the newly constructed highestlongest rail way constructed in the world was made on dec 2nd 1909 known as safety first james he drove locomotives in that part of the country for the remainder of his time with the cpr making his home in lethbridge born in stouffville mr james lived in parts of north dakota and montana before going to winni peg as an employee of the cpr later he moved to moose- jaw then to calgary and in 1907 to lethbridge he retired from the cpr in 1910 mr james was a member of the church of england and the brotherhood of locomotive engi neers surviving are his wife the for mer ida m grant whom he mar ried in toronto in 1909 five daugh ters mrs mary lenn of pentic- ton bc mrs ida stout of cham pion mrs yerna ford and elsie kittchener of lethbrige and mrs dorothy flynn of stetler alta three brothers herbert marvyn and arthur of toronto one sister mrs a c burkholdor of stouff ville and six grandchildren wsssrsrsssrmrsssssssssrrrcrcrrse til intnlwiii a univfrstt inifrmiional plciurf monday tuesday january 12 13 happy picture happy peopt vn vsonnrwijbnjof mm ft jack rose melville shavels0n zi ovchenry blanke norman taurog wednesday thursday january 1 j 15 bruce clark ites e j stiver secy uw uai humphrey boga8t o 20lh ctnturyfoxf deadline usjl etha barrymorewm hunter 1 jut ss are you interested in saving money then sit down now with a pencil and paper and figure ou your 1953 fertilizer requirements imtttnmttmtitmvii nm1 m nm points to remember are 1 you can save 250 per ton by ordering- now rather than later on in the season 2 the most popular coop fertilizer analyses are 12112 21210 016s i1210 3 no matter how long you store it coop fertilizer will not go hard 1 in the retail market coop prices are competitive 5 last but not least if you are a coop member your purchase of fertilizer will help increase your patronage dividends stouffville coop association phone 269 or 122 prompt delivery