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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), February 11, 1954, p. 5

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the tribune stouffviue onr thursday february 11 1951 ss sassa quality service dont miss this livestock and poultry meeting veterans hall stouffville thurs feb- 25 th at 8 pm mr k j karst of swift companys livestock division will discuss such subjects as grass silage vs corn silage effect of rations on hog grades antibiotics on hog feeding mastitis control preventing kentosis milk fever mr r l davis poultry specialist with swift company will talk on such timely subjects as high level feeding of antibiotics in poultry feed respiratorv diseases and egg production hybred hens egg production bring vour questions and neighbors to the meeting refreshments door prizes sponsored by stiver bros unionville stouffville aurora in cooperation with swift canadian co limited anxious to have crossing corrected feeling is quite high near gormley concerning the dan gerous approach to the cros sing on the leary sideroad and where a recent fatality oc curred in last weeks issue of the tribune the name of jack gamble was erroneously mentioned as not being favor able to giving land from his property to aid in rectifying the crossing condition the gambles are most anxious that some move be made to im prove the visibility and accor ding to mrs- gamble have not been approached concerning the giving of any land for this purpose theatre uxbridge phone 252 policy 2 shows nitely 700 000 matinee sat a pm last showing tonite technicolor starring last showing tonite thursday feb 11 city beneath the sea technicolor starring robert ryan and mala powers fri sat feb 12 13 son of belle starr technicolor starring peggie castle and donna drake plus tembo in technicolor the business and profes sional womens club held international night dinner at the high school on monday evening feb 1st miss audrey markham regional advisor conducted the candlelighting ceremony a number of mem bers of the unionville club were also present mr na baker accountant at the local bank of commerce for the past eight years has re cently been appointed manag er of the commerce branch at west hill ont up until mjw this branch has been operated as a subagency to highland creek but due to the great in dustrial expansion in scarbo- ro twp it is now to be open ed as an independent branch mr baker has purchased a house in west hill and his present house on mill street is now being offered for sale mon tue tr feb 15 16 lili technicolor starring leslie caron and mel ferrer free free free to one of our patrons attend ing the roxy theatre uxbridge from saturday feb 6 to friday feb 12 one complete set of alumin um waterless cookware retail value 12990 also 6 valuable door prizes consisting of stainless steel knife sets aluminum coffee percolators and salad bowl sets will be awarded free on the night of the draw during intermission friday feb 12th attend the roxy theatre during this time you may be a lucky winner all prizes courtesy of regal craft montreal interesting letter from miss trotter in greece continued from page one relations club they share in the village rehabilitation pro ject at mavrorachi residence parties are sometimes joint plays are usually produced sep arately but with joint audien ces the boys did eugene o neills oil in greek for the big school bazaar and the girls did a fulllength most charming play of little wo men in english for christ mas many little customs here are like moultons girls have the same sweet ways and the same little tricks i feel at home and am often reminded of the happy days of old how thrilled i was with my christ mas cable from moulton with the alumnae news sent air mail in a christmas card with the class tea programme with newspaper clippings of anne williams and ruth page i am glad the resodding is finished the front hall decorated etc by the way many of my girls would like pen pals and id ap preciate hearing from anyone who would like to cooperate our ages are from twelve to eighteen i do not feel competent to discuss the political and econ omic situation in greece it is all too complex and too uncer tain there is much red tape irksome to the foreigner there is fear born of suffer ing there is dire poverty es pecially throughout the vil lages which may make them the easy prey for propaganda american aid has been poured in and many constructive pro jects started but net always j clearcut government policy in regard to pursuing them 1 have just received snap shots of my family taken on christmas day including baby victoria jane whom i havent seen it is lovely to hear good newsof them i must stop greek people shake hands and say chroma polla for the first forty days of the new year so it not too late for me to say it to you it means literally many years but with the glowing smile and warm handclasps that always accompany it it meaas a wealth of good wish es thats what im sending you marjorie trotter 6ethesda the institute will be onl thurs feb 18th at the home of mrs harry pugh mrs fred byer will discuss community activities at this meeting mrs c burkholder mrs f allin mrs r hunt and mrs l briilinger attended the to ronto east presbytery wms annual meeting at kimbourne united church last tuesday donations to the valentine boxes for the institute are to be- left at the home of mrs el more barkev on or before thurs feb 11 mr and mrs leonard brii linger and family accompan ied mr and mrs grant mor- ley and bilue to niagara falls on sunday our local andpersonai happenings mrs arnold burrows passes at 59 following an illness of near ly two years mrs arnold bur rows passed away at her late home 10th con of whitchurch on friday feb 5th she was in her 59th year deceased was the former helen michell of pickering township when lerses were more prevalent ri town a few years ago mr and mrs burrows were a very familiar sight in town with their light wagon and white lorse besides her husband wil liam arnold burrows this mo ther leaves to mourn her pas sing two sons donald of markham and maitland of stouffviue and a daughter he len at home there are two grandchildren a brother al fred lives at green river mrs m ryan dora a sister ced ar grove and mrs f michell ruby of colbourne and a brother henry of markham rev john mclachlan con ducted the funeral which was held on monday afternoon in terment was made in stouff viue cemetery the pallbearers were all nephews allan and bill mi chell morley ryan arthur and james burrows and allis on fleming former councillor farmer john scott buried wednesday resident in stouifville for a number of years and farmer in the claremont area for more than forty years john scott passed away at black- stock on sunday feb 7th fol lowing a lingering illness the result of a severe stroke the late john scott was born at altona on oct 10th 1874 and farmed in the clare mont area for more than forty years the large red barn and brick house which he built just south of the village and which he operated for thirty- five years weie familiar to the many residents who travelled the 9th concession hls first wife the former margaret bay- les predeceased him in 1916 following which he retired to stouffviue and erected a new bungalow on park rd north miss vivian sadler of bow- manville spent the weekend with her aunt mrs geo lee mr and mrs chas nolan ac companied by the editor and his wife mr and mrs chas davis of elmira were in new york for- several days last week district governor bill garn er of barrie paid his official visit to the stouffviue lions club on monday evening he was introduced to the gather ing by lion john button lion president fred campbell of stouffviue presided mr and mrs cn perkin of ballantrae attended a diamond wedding anniversary at their cousins in brampton on mon day stouffviue child health cli nic for babies and preschool children will be held in christ church parish hall on friday feb 12th from 130 till 4 pm free immunization friends will be interested to learn that george stewart former stouffviue boy with the bank of nova scotia in sarnia ontario has been tran sferred to the queen and ri ver branch in toronto mrs albert king and mrs james turner have returned from a months vacation in flo rida on changing buses at de troit they met mr and mrs ho klinck who were on their way to the south dr bert viddifield an old stouffviue boy from western canada watson sask was in town this week visiting friends for a few days dr widdifield is a veterinarian and left stouffviue as a young man fol lowing his graduation calls still accepted by don lehman stouffviue for garb age collection weekly phone stouffviue g5w4 o o capture her heart with a valentine gift of by o whether you choose exquisite french imported perfume a plump hcartshapea cake of hath soap or an elegant sachet you can he sure theres no lovelier way to say i love you than a gift of my love created hy elizabeth anlen my love perfume hoxcd and beautifully valentine giftwrappedi s750 s300 my tove soap deeply t p etched with the words my c love in a delightful heartstrewn box si 25 my iove sachet rem- niccnt of a fine old french print cellophane wrapped and encacd in its own open window box 150 houstons the rexall drug store he has been residing in black- stock about a year and a half one of the best known men throughout this district john scott was a director on the markham fair board for forty years and held the presidency at the time the mortgage was burned in 1943 he was a mem ber of the claremont school board for nine years and serv ed on the stouffviue municip al council for two years as well as on the park commis sion the late mr scott was a keen livestock man and had many blue ribbons to attest to his progress as a sheep breeder he was familiar throughout the area as a clerk of farm stock sales and hand led sales for twenty five auc tioneers over a period of forty five years he was a member of the independent order of workmen later the ioojt as well as the stouffviue lions club since coming to stouff viue he had become a memb er of the anglican church surviving him are his wife the former genevra campbell whom he married in 1948 there are three sisters mrs wm forsyth marie of pun- nichy sask mrs wm burn- ham abbie of uxbridge and mrs norman bunker imaggie of altona two nephews are everet and ray burnham of uxbridge the funeral on wednesday afternoon from oneills fun eral chapel was conducted by rev frank herman assisted by rev fraser bournes and rev geo nichols pallbear ers were walter atkinson ray burnham bob haslam murray dunkeld frank rich es and ken prentice inter ment was made in the family plot at the stouffviue cemet- ballantrae the ballantrae wa held their monthly meeting at the church last wednesday mrs h crowhurst pros was in charge of the meeting after the regular business was at tended to group 4 entertained with mrs jim mcdermott mrs jack patterson singing when the roll is called up yonder mrs jack hill gave a reading on the authors of the hymn holy holy holy mrs j wallwark jr mrs jack hill mrs jack patterson and mrs jim mcdermott sang the hymn mrs perc pattenden was accompanist mrs wall- work closed the meeting with prayer the group served a dainty lunch milton davis and jack rad ford motored to bracebridge last week to visit with mr herman davis mr george cook of toronto visited on sundav with his aunt mrs 0 flewell mr and mrs tom simpson of newmarket were sunday supper guests with mr and mrs herb simpson mr frank cirtwright is home from the hospital we hope he will soon be able to get around again little linda barkey has re turned to her home in mark ham after visiting for a week with her grandparents mr and mrs delos graham mr and mrs ted cadieux accompanied by ken wagg and lady friend were in buf falo during the weekend and attended the american league hockey game in the auditor ium a cordial invitation is given to all members and friends of the stouffviue united church wa to attend the next meet ing feb 15th at 800 pm the guest speaker for the evening will be mrs roy grove dont forget the shower for the girls at the victor home such items as towels wash cloths baby powder and soap also home made jams and jel lies will be greatly appreciated the regular meeting of the stouffviue wi will be held in christ church parish hall on thursday feb 18th at 2 pm roll call a canadian indus try and location motto mrs kerr current events local mrs l hoover world mrs walsh the program will be in charge of airs burk con vener of agriculture and can adian industry everyone welcome i cpl ken r crosby of rcaf station centralia has been posted to rcaf sta tion photographic division gros tengguin france and re ported on feb 8 at lachine que flying to england the following day from dorval ken and son douglas paid a short visit to his parents mr and mrs roy crosby on his way from centralia an odd coincidence occurred the other day involving our local jeweller ken wagg and a toronto taxi driver the taxi driver happened to be harry brown son of the late abe brown formerly of stouff viue and a school student here some twentyfive years ago harry was making a quick dash for the hospital with an expectant mother when he collided with ken waggs car speaking to this former school chum this week the writer learned that mr brown mar velled at the great changes in town he has not visited here in more than ten years the regular monthly meet ing of the stouffviue home id school assoc was held on wed feb 3 at s pm in the school the meeting began with a sing song directed by mrs e mcconnachie and was enjoy ed by all present the guest speaker of the evening was mrs abrams cur district public health nurse her talk outlined the work of the pub lic health unit and its relation to the community one point of interest of which many may not be aware was the fact that there is a gage institute tb unit present at the stouffviue united church ev ery eighth week to give free chest xrays following mrs abrams ad dress two films were shown the first dealt with eating pro blems and proved very enlight ening the second showed the ageless problem of the com mon cold and the care that should be taken after a vote of thanks to mrs abrams the meeing adjourned at the official board meet ing of the melville bethesda and peachs united churches held on monday evening the members heard with regret of the decision of the minister itev geo e robins to retire from the active ministry at the end of of the conference year in june appreciations of the work done by rev and mrs robins during their min istry were expressed by the board a pastoral relations committee was appointed to choose a successor mrs griffen main st eat met with misfortune last week when she tumbled on the street breaking her wrist cjh beu son are offering through a display adv in the tribune this week sensation al savings in refrigerators a clearance of 1953 models these wonderful gilson and philco deluxe models must be sold to make way for new stock the supply is limited easy terms can be arranged the wmij of the united church met on thursday feb 1th in the church parlor fol lowing the regular business reports of the toronto east presbyterial meeting were giv en by mrs a wood and mrs b sanders the speakers at this meeting were dr buch anan and dr jr mutchmore the treasurer reported 30775 sent to conference branch an increase over 1952 or 151710 we are proud to announce that mrs delbert booth was made member without portfo lio of toronto east presbyter ial the group under the lead ership of mrs r winterstoin and mrs s hastings present ed a very interesting program miss winnie hutchinson gave an inspiring address on con- quest of the unknown mrs ken campbell and mrs stew art stouffer sang a duet no one ever cared like jesus in her usual capable manner mrs s hastings reviewed a chapt er of the study book and mrs fairies brought the meeting to a close with prayer coffee prices may be climb ing in most quarters but here in stouffviue one of our rest aurants has pulled a surprise by advertising coffee at 5c a cup which is only half the us ual rate city eateries have been talking 15c coffee so that our local proprietor has done even better than hold the line by cutting the usual rate cof fee drinkers who are steadily on the increase are expected to take advantage of this re duction when enjoying a quick pick me up engagements mr seth wideman gormley wishes to announce the en gagement of his youngest dau ghter jeanne virginia to clyde edward son of mr and mrs ce countway of nova scotia marriage to take place quietly in february mr and mrs thomas watt 154s victoria park ave wish to announce the engagement of their daughter wilma eliza beth to david robert tremb- lay son of mrs claire bell of stouffviue ont the marriage will take place friday evening fcb 2g il95t at st judes church wexford clearance sale at lehmanfs shoes to continue one more week drop in and see our selection of shoes at greatly reduced prices another happy ontario farmer why because he is using coop fertilizer the fertilizer that is free flowing doesnt cake up gives you higher crop yields saves you 250 a ton see your coop manager today sold only at your coop stouffviue coop phones 2g9 and 122

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