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stouffville ontario october 1st 1931 local happenings fefi gig school field day friday read the label on your tribune and see that it is paid in advance i free lantern lecture in ratcliffs for their hall next monday evening under auspices of the horticultural society wanted capable woman or girl to assist in housework and care of invalid husband apply to mrs c g wideman phone 3609 farmers are bid 40c wheat at the local elevators with but little offering fall footwear is the rigfit place to buy your footwear mens work boots with panco soles 250 leather soles 285 the rubber season will soon be here rubber boots black or red soles at 300 rubber boots all red 350 mens overs 80c up to 1 boys at 65c youths 60c womens 60c childrens 50c misses 55c every time according to value your daily paper renewals may be left with the tribune office official agents our clubbing offer with the tribune will save you money under the regular rates jack minor told an audience the other day that he was going to ask iiis bank to be his pall bearer at his funeral as they had been carrying him all his life an oshawa man whose home was burned says he escaped with his pants and his life well he at least has a better start than gandhi last weeks rain in this district enabled the farmers to get on with their fall plowing while fall wheat was greatly benefitted by the rain anyone wishing to knit or sew for those in need in western canada may have material or yarn by applying to mrs k tarr mrs a hoover mrs d cook fm sanders committee secretary mr frank mowder has been awarded the contract for painting and decorating the united church building at goodwood interior and exterior the work will take six weeks to complete several acres of cauliflower had to be ploughed under this fall in this vicinity owing to the failure of burns the city market to absorb the big crop better prospects for other root crops are indicated however a new system of memory train ing was being taught in a village school and the teacher was becom ing enthusiastic for instance he said suppos ing you want to remember tho name of a poet bobby burns fix in your minds eye a picture of a policeman in flames see bobby large blood red tomatoes weigh ing two and three pounds each have i been grown this year by mr malcol ranier of bloomington they are radio bargains for sale ten known as the oxhart variety and battery sets that have been traded laro particularly choice for table the mutual shoe store a g lehman school section no 11 markham made a good showing at the school fair held at unionville last week securing 990 in prize money from entries made by sixteen pupils miss wahneita tauri is the teacher the claremont i aiming factory is running with full force atpresent occasionally work is held up through the inability to secure cans of which 10000 to 12000 per day are used the factory furnishes employ ment for 25 women and girls and 10 men consequently there is no unemployment problem in claremont tomatoes grown right in stouffville have found sale at the new cannery radios electrical goods an entirely new line up for 1932 watch for announcements later introducing in on electric radios all in first class use a sample weighing two pounds condition also two good gramo- and a half was displayed in the phones with a large number of re- tribune window last week cords geo j storey phone 102 the mennonite parsonage was a fair last stirring p on tuesday evening when the young peoples organiza tion of the church took the pastor and his family by surprise by call ing as a group to spend a social time and bid them adieu prior to rev and mrs shantz moving to owen sound later in the evening the older people arrived and the stouffville school week gave abundant evidence of the quantity of tomatoes grown here this year in addition to the large crop everybody grew them so it seemed in this competition alone there were ninety entries a postponed meeting of the upper canada bible society is called for next tuesday evening oct g at 8 oclock in the municipal hall the meeting called for this week failed to attract a sufficent number to transact the important business in hand do not overlook the meeting next week d h rusnell secretary yes i see said a bright pupil but how is any one to know it does not represent robert brown ing quality service flour prices reduced claremont new superhetrodyne circuits ordinary tuned a superhet will get double the stations an radio frequency circuit will new prices from 50 up new cabinets to match new furniture styles new tubes since the screen grid tube has been marketed this year 1932 brings us a new pentode tube which is a power tube one pentode tube does away with two old power tubes another t ube being used in the new sets this year is an improved screen grid which stops cross talk we have several used sets for sale 2 sonora electric 1 navigator electric 1 sparton 10 tube battery set we test your tubes free of charge with a jewell radio set analyzer try us for service gorden cober stouffville phone 8104 last week- hogs declined to 5 cents a pound and potatoes to 20 cents a bag new lows for the pro duce markets of ontario while on the industrial markets similar things were happening with eng land going off tho gold standard industrial stocks on the exchange with millions of dollars behind them and gilt edged security dropp ed to ridiculous prices hitting new all time lows these are anxious days but the faster prices fall the quicker will be the rebound the numbers materially in addition to a purse of money mr and mrs shantz wero presented with an electric table lamp and a hq3t of good wishes for their future success on monday evening tho usual church supper will be served from c to s pm colds and a mild rorm of flu are somewhat prevalent in our vicinity l fingold and ben kilpatrlck have added to the appearance of their residences by giving them a fresh coat of paint the bowling tournament for tho annual chicken supper ended last week with r j hows rink being the winners by a small margin so mr porter and his followers will have to provido the chicken supper swelled which will be held some time in 98 pound bread flour at 225 bell cow bran shorts reduced oilcake meal and gluten meal cheaper we want to buy good malting barley and good ontario oats dr hess poultry panamin hog special coal coke next monday evening oct 5 mr j f clark an outstanding lecturer on horticultural subjects will ad dress the citizens of stouffville in ratcliffs hall members of the local society are especially invited as mr clark comes under their auspices he will speak on a sub ject immensely interesting to them and other citizens there is no ad mission fee and you are invited to bring any question to the meeting pertaining to shrubsj flowers and gardens a youthful hunter john button son of our hardware merchant brought down a species of the duck family in the form of a hell diver up on island lake one day last week in addition john shot a hawk measuring from tip to tip of the wings exactly five feet the family tradition of being a good marksman with a rifle is emulated in tho rising genoration of this local family a representative of c h burgess co toronto was in town this week offering a small issue of bonds for sale of the township of mark- ham and bearing interest at 5 the issue purchased by this firm of brokers some time ago was for the purpose of purchasing markhams share of the metropolitan railway on yonge street as the bonds are guaranteed by the township it represents a perfectly safe invest ment local people who invest their funds in any way will never lose very much if they would only stick to conservative investments of this nature of the 15 bonds offered for sale nearly 75 was disposed of in and around town totalling about s000 this indicates that stouff ville locality is not by any means bankrupt tfihras that heat the trouble car pijt on cooilycnr heavy duty tires and you can forget the question of tires for probably as long as youll drive your present car coodyenr heavy duty tires nro tho nrutotratt of tires theyre extrastrong due to their specially built suprrtwist cord carcass theyre extratractive due to their famous all weather trend at present prices these nik hardservice tires cost but a few cents more than you were asked to pay last year for standard tires drive over and let us show you why our goodyear heavy duty tires can free yon from tire trouble fyw brathwaite stouffville ontario put a nmo goodyear tube in every new casing goodyear heavy doty when the new public school teacher arrived at hilton beach school on st josephs island at the beginning of september the trustees and islanders awaited her coming with keen expectancy and interest for the arrival of a new personage is something of an event up in thi neck of the woods ere the boat had docked the children and some of the parents imagined they could see the new school inarm daintily dressed as she stood ready for the gang plank but lo only one female dis embarked and she was a colored girl a fullblooded negro lassie children slunk off as their hopes of meeting the new teacher vanished just then there was commotion among the group or women this negro lassie introduced herself as the new teacher pandemonium reigned in the homes that night and the trustees were bombarded by the inhabitants with all sorts of questions they too were mortified for they engaged the girl without personal application being made the school inspector was sent a wire and his reassuring message saved the position for the negro girl no better or more capable teacher anywhere declared the in spector and today islanders arc saying just the same thing after one month of trial mothers are ready to sink their racial prejudices and everybodys happy why not our townsman n m maclcan visit ed st josephs island last week where he heard the above story and talked to the dusky lassie which wo thought of suftlcient inter est to pass on to our readers on tuesday morning a lady call ed at the tribune office introduc ing herself as mrs e scott pro vincial inspector of factories and office buildings this lady is sent out by the dept of labor parlia ment buildings toronto on what looks like a real cushy job mrs scott enquired if the tribune en gaged any female help and also in vestigated the sanitary conditions cf our office this is the first in spector to have called for a few years and we supposed the depart ment had ceased the useless visits to small towns with so many men out of work a woman on the job is at least a novelty the fall activities of- the swastika club of the united church were commenced on monday evening with a banquet in the form of a pot luck supper served in the basement of the church in view of the fact that some 75 turned out for the feast it would indicate that the club or society will prove a popular feature of the church work this season after alt had eaten with mr a m still as toastmaster a short musical program was enjoyed while the pastor rev t laidlaw and rev h lee spoke to the gathering in addressing the young people after the feast these leaders in the organization were but testing again the wisdom of the words so well written long ago by peter pindar the turnpike road to peoples hearts i find lies through their mouths or i mistake mankind churches benefit from widows will mrs jane morrison widow of the late daniel morrison of stouff ville who died on sept 13 at her ringwood abode left an estate valu ed at 10000 to the mennonite church at stouffville she willed 1000 and to the united church here she bequeathed 500 in recognition of his kindness to her mr philip fockler of ringwood is bequeathed 200 the residue of the estate is left to the sickchlldrens hospital toronto according to tho probate now in tho hands of solici tor f l button the late daniel morrison was one of our village blacksmiths 30 years ago his home and shop stood on the site in the east end where mr ross browns house now stands at corner of main and montreal streets the old smithy shop is still remembered by readers october this tournament ended the bowling season here until next ear mr and mrs w p jones have purchased a residence in balsam which they are having re modelled and are planning to ocupy in the near future their only son lewis who was married on september 19 will live on the home farm where mr and mrs jones have resided for several years the new canning factory is now running full time as tomatoes are coining in faster than the factory can handle them d a scott has been appointed salesman for the factory and several truck loads of canned tomatoes have been shipp ed to toronto during the past week a large representation of our womens institute went to kinsale on wednesday afternoon sept 23 where they were entertained in a most enjoyablo manner by tho kin- sale institute the meeting was held in the community hall with mrs r mowbray presiding as is usually the custom the visitors furnished most of the program which consist ed of some line musical numbers a paper on temperance a health talk and are planning to occupy in the program ended with a musical contest arranged by the kinsale branch after the program a bounte ous supper was served by the kin sale ladies during which old acquaintances were renewed and new ones made after a vote of thanks was tendered the hostess for the very enjoyable afternoon they had made possible the visitors re turned home happy in the thought of having had both a pleasant and a profitable afternoon the ladies aid society held its september meeting in the basement cf the united church on tuesday last when a busy afternoon was spent by thoso present in addition to the buisness meeting two quilts for the missionary bale were quilt ed supper was served at the close of the afternoon when the usual number of visitors came hostess tor the supper were mesdames w g scott d a scott t stanbury j wilton and f cowie anniversary services will be held connection with the baptist church on sunday and monday october 4th and 5th the sunday services will bo in charge of rev a r park toronto who was a farm er minister of the baptist church here ris stiver bros phone 4501 stouffville ontario couple celebrate wedding silver euripides the whisper within one may prove to be more vir tuous counsel than the pas- slonato roar of an orator ours is a modern yet conservative service attended to with ability and tact and tecs in reason r g clendening funenl director markham telephone markham 9000 saturday was the occasion of a joyous gathering when about sixty relatives and friends joined with many of our mr and imrs e a storry at their home in bloomington to celebrate tho twentyfifth anniversary of their j wedding the bride graciously re ceived the guests in a brown and i eggshell satin ensemble while the groom wore the same suit tie and christy hat he used 25 years ago i the happiness of the occasion was added to by tho presence of tho former bridesmaid now mrs o r tranmer also the groomsman mr ernest morgason the guests sat down to pink and silver decorated tables which were laden with banquet dainties the brides table had as a centre a four story wedding cake rev e c french acted as toast master when tho guests hoard from dr j j matheson and mr t kennedy ma mr and mrs storry were shower ed with many beautiful gifts of silver including money during the evening mr roy stewart of mount albert ably assisted ln his splendid style with several appro- prlate solos also misses steele and hood of toronto and miss wagg of mount albert among those present were mr and mrs p p steele dr j j matheson and wife mr and mrs a e booth and the misses isabel and betty mr and mrs t kennedy and misses steele and hood all of toronto also miss mahon of mark- ham mr and mrs ed wagg mr and mrs o wagg and daughtor and mr and mrs roy stewart all of mount albert besides many others from nearby centres cream are you getting everything pos sible from an uptodate creamery service if not try the stouffville creamery co most efficient creamery service since 1918 phone 186 fjkhjffviliie ont open tuesday thur sday and saturday evenings notice please take notice that on and after sept 15th 1931 absolutely no credit will be given on ford parts plow parts accessories and tires cash basis only will be strictly enforced the usual credit terms will be given on new and used car sales some unusual bargains in used cars fordroadster rumble seat 1930 ford town sedan 1928 ford tudor 1928 ford haf ton truck 1929 1927 1929 ford half ton truck ford coupe 3 ford ton trucks a number of other cars fordson tractor 1927 d holden ford dealer stouffville phone 18402 coal coke flour feed coal our sampson feed is an all round good feed for cattle or poultry bran shorts and middlings cheaper in price cement and tile on hand at all times put in your orders for coal and coke now while you can get it dry and clean s w hastings phone 169 tile salt stouffville ont 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