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mmmmmmmmm wmmm tribune january 7 1987 a9 achievements honored at 4h program two 4h members and one leader were hon ored recently at a york south achievement program held in the victoria square community centre pamela powell left of dicksons hill received a desk pen set for completing 12 pro jects stephanie lintner centre market street stouffville received a trillium pin for completing six projects and jean yake right of rr 4 stouffville received a framed five- year leaders certificate jim thomas tribune files of 45 years ago farmers arm severed what news events made street- corner conversation in stouffville 44 years ago to find out the tri bunes editor reviewed the edi tions of september 1942 and found the following items bloomington farmer eugene lemon lost his right hand in a threshing accident on the proper ty of his cousin cliff lemon fol lowing the accident mr lemon walked from the machine and spoke to neighbor jack carr saying my hands off jack along with cliff drove gene to the office of dr ball in stouffville and from there to toronto gener al hospital throughout the long ordeal mr lemon remained ful ly conscious it was four years previous that a neighbor edgar storry lost his right arm in an accident at the stouffville rail road crossing warren graves of whitchurch twp escaped serious injury when a threehorse team he was driving suddenly bolted trap ping him in the implement mr graves was dragged a consider able distance before the horses struck a hydro pole his one arm was badly banged up requiring fifteen stitches longtime gormley thresher rf baker reported a yield of 90 bushels per acre on the farm of john elliott cone 3 markham township the ten acres of mixed grain took eight hours to harvest he lands the big ones when it comes to landing the big ones jonas davis 89 of col umbus and formerly of stouffville knows how mr davis enjoys fishing at the cottage residence of his daughter and soninlaw kathleen and larry paudash rr 1 ashburn the location is buckhorn lake esther smith a sister resides in the srs apart ment elm road stouffville said mr baker the grain poured out so fast there was scarcely enough time to change bags it kept one man on the jump on the wm boynton farm mr baker reported a yield of fall wheat at 49 bushels to the acre the wheat was sold to stiver bros directly from the machine for a first time a croquet match was held in the stouffville memorial park the sponsors were an obrien avenue group with 40 players taking part two of the winners were alice forsyth and wm ratcliff proceeds of 25 were turned over to the canadian red cross ross ratcliff of whitchurch twp escaped serious injury when he drove his farm tractor through the end of the barn bert silverthorn of markham twp escaped serious injury when his clothing became entang led in the power takeoff of his j tractor mr silverthorns boots and overalls were torn off but he suffered only bruises and scratches the stouffville machine and tool company was described in the tribune as the most impor tant industry in town there were 16 persons on the payroll at that time including five girls the wartime prices and trade board approved an increase in the purchase price of milk from 10 to 12 cents a quart and six to seven cents a pint an advertisement in the tri bune of sept 1942 published by dominion stores had bread sell ing at two loaves for 15 cents three 20 oz tins of toiridto juice 25 cents a 24pound bag of flour 69 cents three bunches of carrots for 10 cents a 14 oz jar of ketch up 19 cents and oranges 35 cents a dozen at ken laushways ringwood garage five gallons of oil cost 375 an advertisement read we vulcanize tubes supply re- liners tire boots and patches at oboyles meat market sir loin steak was selling for 33 cents a pound pork sausage for 23 cents a pound hamburger two pounds for 35 cents and home rendered lard 15 cents a pound special services were held sept 22 and sept 27 marking the 50th anniversary of stouffville united church the church was built in 1892 by nathan forsyth at a con tract price of 4225 with heating and furnishings the total cost was 659200 at lz- cullen country barns 4300 steeles avenue east markham ontario january 831 1987 private collections on view miniature royal doulton collection of bears antique camera collection antique equestrian equipment bottle collection doll collection etc january 1516 1987 mary sutherland will be in the milliken room to identity family treasures at a nominal cost january 2431 1987 annual dealers antique show and sale will be held throughout the barns winter hours monday 10 wednesday 9 00 a m 6 00 p m thursday 16 saturday 9 00 a m 9 00 p m sunday 1 0 00 a m 6 00 p m rofroshmonls available fr oo parking 4164774475 exl s60 vtrtf win an after christmas wish you can make your after christmas wish come true heres how to enter make a donation to unicef and fill out a ballot one lucky boy or girl will be given a chance to walk through any one of our participating stores and take home a wonderful gift up to a value of 20000 contest closes with the arrival of the wish fairy at 12 noon on january 1787 winner must be present to claim prize woodside square finch ave at mccowan toromark furniture wishes everyone a happy new year and thank our customers for our excellent 86 for 1987 till jan 31st 87 we will pay for you the 7 sales tax plus 6 monthly payments at no extra charge on our stock of quality furniture chesterfields bedroom suites for the whole family chairs lamps ffh coffee end tables wall units curios carpeting draperies plus 1 price on beds by simmons king koil global bayrest all sizes fully guaranteed plus 7 sales tax our good name and good service give you the best and lowest prices anywhere why should you pay morecome to toromark we give you 6 monthly payments at no extra charge toromark markhams oldest discount store on highway 7 just west of highway 48 phone 2942581 4772055 open 99 monday wednesday thursday and friday