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stouffville ontario thursday august 10th 1933 local happenings miss xellio dickson has been nurs ing a wounded foot which was injur ed when she was stepped on by a cow the six or seven hour rain last week will do much to save the root crop from being a failure locally more moisture would be a great bene fit to the crops right now miss ada mccarthy has been spending a few days with mrs wm silvester mrs einpringham of goriuley spent a few days last week with her oaughter mrs jack oboyle east of stouffville mrs henry brilliuger is spending a week in toronto visiting her daughter mrs bert miller on monday reeve w e morden was celebrating his birthday its significant that the chief magistrate declared that day as a public holiday but per haps it is just a coincident mr john f reld goodwood ontario wishes to announce the en gagement of his daughter viola to mr gordon verney crapper of ottawa sou of mr and mrs william crapper goodwood the marriage to take place quietly early in september a few days ago in connection with our duties as a justice of the peace the editor of this paper handled some papers in reference to a certain estato which involved some life in surance taken out with the local court independent order of forest ers a branch of this organization was established in mrs young and daughter miss ruby motored here from their home in walton near seaforth to visit their cousins mr and mrs wash paisley last week on saturday mr and mrs blake mr and mrs george storey and sanders motored to north bay and master ken klinck motored to spent a couple of days visiting mrs iluntsvilie on saturday to spend a fow days with rev and mrs c j looey at their summer cottage last week stouuvilles eldest resi dent mrs sarah hamilton took a holiday when she went to uxbridge to visit her daughter mrs cook mrs hamilton who is in her 93th year made the- journey with her grandson glen ratcliff and she thoroughly en joyed the visit the suggestion in these columns to move tho memorial gates at the park up to main street for a new entrance provoked a good dea of discussion some suggest that new pillars should be constructed en tirely mr alex graham prominent citizen of uxbridge for the last half a century is very ill and contin- ed to his bed this information will be received with general regret to stoufivilie in the j grahams numerous friends in year 1sss with ten charier members and ten years later according to the records tho lodge had a member ship of 39 amongst the very first officers were the late a s leaney and the late john urquhart also mr george urquhart who is with mr richard undorhill about the only surviving members of the original organization tho late w j stark was the iof treasurer here for years stouffvillo wliero be made many friends through the medium of the bowling green rev gordon duncan and sister miss annie returned about the middle of last week to their home in warkworth where mr duncan is minister in tho presbyterian church his holidays were cut a little short in order to attend to some urgant i work in his parish 1 sanders sister there rev mr robertson of bolton will preach in the st james presby terian church next sunday after noon at 3 oclock in the absence of the regular pastor mr uriah hamilton of baby point crescent toronto accompan ied by his wifo and daughters were in town on monday mr hamilton was a banker here 25 years age or more stanley theatre stouffville alltalkie friday saturday alglst 11 ami 12 heritage of the desert mr and mrs delbert f holden i and walter are holidaying at clear lake ardbeg ontario i quality service mr and mrs allan goudie and john button are camping at hawk lake haliburton mr and mrs james muston are attending the annual exhibition of florists and gardens held at guelph a zane pictorial grey special comedies patrons please note two shows coming f e luke 1g7 yonge st torontos able eyesight specialist may be consulted at bqdways drug store stouffville eye- exam ined and glasses if require i at right prices thursday august 2 kit is the date mr albert lehman the local harness maker in company with mrs lehman and mr and mrs willis widdifield returned on tues day from a three day motor trip to collingwood meaford owen sound and returning by mount forest visiting friends at points ilong the route they covered 315 miles death to bugs save your crops by using bergers paris green absolutely pure thoroughly reliable sure to kill every time paris green is used for a pur pose which makes poor grades worse than useless its a ques tion of death to the bugs or death to the crops it wont pay you to experi ment with paris green of in ferior quality bergers paris green is best quality made by lewis berger co ltd lon don eng and distributed in this country by the sherwinwilliams co the name of maker and distributor both are guarantees of honest goods let us supply you jack sanders and myron ander son are running a couple of motor boats this season at hawk lake 17 miles north of minden the local boys are getting plenty of patron age and are reported to be making good sea captains the regular meeting of tho senior womens institute will be held on wednesday afternoon aug 10 at the home of mrs ed baker the branch will bo entertain the junior institute and every member is requested to be present to assist the juniors will provide the pro gram visitors welcome the brathwaite hardware awws8wwwillwot special for friday and saturday aug 11th and lawson economy store geo lawson prop west end stouffville ontario salmon tall tin 2 for 41o gunns ivory soap 5 bars 25c pg soap 7 bars for 25c arrow brand tea per lb 35c jar rings at 23c doz genuine zinc rings picnic supplies special prices for that motortrip glazed sweet pickles 29 oz jar 25c 10 lbs white sugar 70c phone 1 82 cash prices we deliver a prominent citizen of stouffville thirty years ago mr walter renfrew was in town on saturday visiting old friends prior to 1903 mr renfrew occupied the fine residence now own ed by dr s s ball which he sold that year to mr thos williamson who later disposed of the place to he doctor mr renfrew who resides at british columbia is looking well time having dealt kindly with him he was the guest of mr robert mill er while here monday civic holiday was a time of mixed entertainment in the home of the villagers as the poet writes some were sad and some were gay there was no celebration in town and the only afternoon sport was the mixed bowling tournament consequently many people availed themselves of the opportunity to go visiting in outside places some homes were in mourning too and the funeral of the late uncle dave stouffer attracted a great throng of old associates who camo to pay their last respects to this fine old man whose name is inseperable from tho early history of this community mrs r kirby has sold her farm on the 8th concession of whitchurch at ballantrae to a mr andrews of toronto who has recently moved to tho place mrs kirby is now living in the ratcliff house at baker hill and will shortly move to toronto where her son david will attend normal school there have been very fow larms sold tho past three or four years and tho fact that mrs kirbys hundred acres is reported as a cash deal makes it the most outstanding sale in this locality for some time tuesday wednesday august 13 and 10 trailing the killer patrons are advised to take ad vantage of the first show saturday night and avoid disappointment syd schmidt prop parking spaco in rear of theatre league championship thursday at 4 pm mrs wm lafraugh ana mrs preston morden of 171 s kingston road toronto visited with mr and mrs k g tarr on monday earl grubin in company with dr walton of picton is on a trip to the worlds fair at chicago the eye sight specialist shouldnt miss much in the windy city mrs agues mustard stouffville also mrs wilfred mckay toronto were the guests of mr and mrs ah hiesey at lake simcoe at tho august meeting of the churchill jubilee womens institute held at the home of mr and mrs w lazenby miss marjory mortens read a paper on horticulture aud a flower contest was conducted edythe grubin is spending a holi day with eleanor and ruth marshall at their summer home maplo beach near beaverton mrs w j mather and betty re turned saturday evening from visit ing tho worlds fair at chicago mr and mrs w st john and howard mr and mrs bob rawson and family spent sunday with rela tives near orillia mr w b jewett and son lloyd of toronto accompanied by mrs a w scott and daughter anna motor- baseball l to haliburton over tho holiday croxwall male quartette of ux bridge will sing in tho stouffville united church sunday morning next friends are invited to hear them mr and mrs a e weldon and family also mrs w t byam and daughter miss ethel spent the weekend visiting at bowmanville and port hope mrs g w brownsberger accom panied by mr and mrs w j payno of markham spent monday at orillia and on return home called for mild- ied payne who was holidaying at presbyterian glenmohr camp at brechin dr l s klinck president of the university of british columbia arrived in stouffville on civic holi day and is spending a few days with his mother on obrien ave ken phillips winner of the beautiful floor lamp given away at tho final baseball game sure has good neighbours it was little billy nicholson living next door who drew the lucky ticket mr bush one of tho chiefs on the staff of the toronto globe motored through here on saturday and made a friendly call at the tribune office mr bush was emphatic in his praise for our tidy and homelike village which he was seeing for the first time mr and mrs a b stockley obrien ave attended the golden wedding of mr and mrs h b lott high park ave toronto on moud- day at the summer home of their son ernest lott mississauga rd port credit mrs george valder has rented her nowly built house two doors west of the bank of commerce to mr e w durnin the newly appointed princip al of stouffville continuation school mrs valder will hold an auction sale of her household effects which is an nounced elsewhere in this issue and will give up housekeeping for tho present the mixed lawn bowling tournament held on the local greens on civic holiday attracted twentysix rinks and the handsome prizes were all won by visiting rinks from aurora newmarket richmond hill and tor onto the always popular joe watts rinks from urora won tho first with three wins and the highest score stouffvillo ladies served tea on tho grounds and the tournament came to a close iut as a heavy shower of rain fell last saturday mr and mrs fletcher goudio returned from now liskeard where mr goudie in company with a half dozen work men from this district erected a house installed the plumbing and heating plant during their stay in the north country a quiet marriage ceremony was performed at the presbyterian manse markham on tuesday august 8 1033 by the rev w hi fuller when mary ann youngest daughter of mr and mrs james rennie stouffville was united in marriago to leslie charles parkinson eldest soil of mr and mrs edgar parkinson toronto following a honeymoon trip the couple will locate in toronto the lowest prices m years so why not the best at no time in its experience has brantford binder twine ever offered you such value as the present low er prices than before and constant improvement in quality and features made from highest quality fibres clean strong uniform free running strong treated against insects full length full weight there never was a better twine to buy so why not buy the best make brantford your next twluo purchase out edge 650 foot gold leaf ooo foot stiver bros phone 4501 stouffville ontario bathing suit special mens and boys pure wool bathing suits in latest speed and no back styles in plain blue black and maroon at reduced prices mens reg 285 to clear at 210 mens reg 5195 to clear at 8150 mens reg 150 to clear 110 boy3 100 or 120 to clear at 89c regular 150 to 195 a clearance of fine quality straws in the ever popular snap brim stylo made of fine evenly woven straw closely resembling panama in cream and grey shades trimmed with grey or black bands this lot is made up of broken sizes in our 150 175 and 195 hats come and get yours at a greatly reduced price sale price 120 recurtis phone 1602 stouffville ontario wallace and edna nicholson re turned from two weeks holidays at port perry also mrs hannaford aud small son donald mice have started to infest the high school at harriston and in one week 10g were caught in traps of course as soon as the school opens the lady teachers will attend to them lemonville sylvanus baker was in stouffviun on saturday evening for the first time in many months mr baker who cele brated his 74th birthday on august 3 was confined to his home for four months this past winter which was a trying spell for a man experiencing the first illness dn his life art swift the garageman left a standing inducement with the base ball boys to the effect that he would give a gallon of motor oil to each and every homo run hitter well the hitt ing hasnt been too good for the sea son is about over and tho only one to swat the pill out for a four- bagger is lou lehman who connect ed in tho necessary way at tho last game against aurora lous feat will save tho boys from entirely rejecting tho chance of that free motor oil j a groskurth manager of tho imperial bank at richmond hill and gormloy was recently given a suitable sendoff by the folks at gormley on tho eve of tho imperial discontinuing its branch there and consequently its managor leaving as evidence that tho oldtime community spirit still prevails in many country places ovor ono hundred friends gathered at tho home of mr and mrs george baker while councillor charlie hoover of markham twp told tho oxmanager how sorry thoy were to sco him go mr george loary acted as master of ceremonies and piloted through an interesting pro gram which included a popular num ber by geo baker and mr croskurth mr baker presented tho latter with a smoking set and floor lamp all grate- i fully received theso sort of good- i will demonstrations aro all to scarce i these days in tho hurry of timo the prize list for the annual horticultural society fair to be held in the arena on thursday and fri day august 24 and 25 will bo issued in a day or two members should see that they obtain a copy early for everybody is urged to ex hibit tho best they have this year in order to help swell the flower show this timo when so many societies have been forced to cancel i their show altogether the local organization will require ovory eff ort on the part of tho members to put accross tho exhibition hero if this is done tho success of the affair is assured watch for tho issue of tho prize list tho large school garden which was planted last spring by the students at the continuation school under the direction of principal h w watson is something to look at right now tho plot is located just opposite the school building on tho north side of main street and contrary to predic tions it did not run wild during tho holiday season pupils aro ontltled to avail themselves of any vegetables from their own little ploco of land or thoy may sell the crop in bulk and donato the funds to the school sports fund this season when vegetables aro not so plentiful tho production from tho school plot is worth while having and the pupils will be de lighted to see the result of thoir early toil sinco school stopped john phillips has been doing tho weed ing for which the department makos a grant to the school board for tho repayment ot the small cost i valuable prizes away positively at holdens 1st prize new lriven free v8 tudor model 44 absolutely free to th holder of the lucky ticket to be drawn at a public demonstration in stouffville on january 1st 1934 or the same value applied on any other new ford car or truck 2nd prize 100 cash value 3rd prize 50 cash value terms and conditions free ticket for every 5 gallons of gasoline or distillate oil purchas ed free ticket for every 1 quart of oil purchased free ticket for every one dollar in purchase of ford parts accessories free ticket for every one dollar in purchase of goodyear car and truck tires or tubes and accessories free ticket for every one dollar paid in labor on cars trucks tractors free ticket for every ten dollars paid in purchase of new cars trucks and tractors free ticket for every ten dollars paid in purchase of any used car all purchases must be settled for at time of purchase either in cash or by note contest openii on february 27 1933 and closes on january 1st 1934 the employees proprietor and his family are barred from this opportunity to obtain a ford v8 free under this campaign d f ford dealer holden stouffville ont