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stouofvhle ontario august 22 1936 13 town topics hev herbert and mrs gone to lako simcoe for extending a week or two iee have i holiday miss eva hoover carried off the most prizes at the flower show last week thus keeping obrien ave in the front van of big prize winners as sho has done in other years the tribune is 2 per year to any address in canada if you are in arrears or if your paper is expiring now we would appreciate a remittance miss ulailys dougherty marvyn lemon and hert carpenter were among a party to visit tho rouyn district in northern ontario for few days miss ruth curtis of daytona beach florida is visiting with mr and mrs frank itowhotham olrs aaron burkholder and son orval motored to hamilton district over last weekend mrs george t lee was detroit for a couple of days in mrs loss hill of claremont has been visiting her sister mr joan lewis queens court birds for sale singing canaries 250 and 5300 each apply to mrs turner baker avenue stouffville misses leta bunker and eima holdeu were both successful in pass ing their health exams in their recent summer school course in tor onto on account of the dominion elec tions being set lor october 14 thanksgiving day will be observed on thursday october 24 a later date than was heretofore announced mrs m k watts and mrs georgo storeys rinks from stouffville were among the prize winners at the ladies tournamant in markham on wednesday last week the former rink carried off first and the latter rink third prize miss clare burgess and miss leona mcrcechnie of lions head have been visiting at the home of mr and mrs wm hennie mongolia the young ladies are down for the- sunday school convention at gormley miss burgess being the delegate from lions head church mrs nathan forsyth who was seriously injured in a motor accident between goodwood and uxbridge some weeks ago is mak ing gradual recovery she has been under the care of a nurse and the announcement of her improvement will meet with widespread satis faction if you would make a dollar stretch twice its usual length pick up one of the bargains at george saunders store in the ratciff block ho would appreciate a call from any citizen during his clearing sale ladies sport shoes mens shoes sport pants belts sweaters etc at big reductions read display adv giving only a few of the offerings better still come right to the store and see the goods mr kenneth kernaghan of flendonwynne road toronto and miss k budd also mr donald sheppard of albertus ave toronto accompanied by missfenn were guests at the homo of mr and mrs eg ponnock one day last week councillor ross brown wife and family accompanied by mr and mrs p e wiuterstein of royal oak mich have been on an extend ed motor trip to northern ontario mr and mrs f c itowbotham with their son bruce left early this week for beloeil near montreal whither bruce has been summoned to employment in the research de partment of canadian industries limited we extend congratulations and bespeak for bruce great success n his chosen work mrs f l button and miss mr and mrs a s collins were gertrude todd are spending a week on a motor trip to the caledou dis- at elgin house muskoka trict last week calling at allistou to see the former lobluw farm where lisses mildred and edra birkettlmr collins says ho saw grain that have returned after visiting their beat anything he ever dreamed of parents in oakville and sister miss maude mcdonald in toronto mrs sarah hamilton the oldest person ii stouffville has been spending a short holiday with her daughter mrs cook at uxbridge mrs hamilton is in her 9gth year mr and mrs t j honeyford and daughter phylis were in town for a few days from their home in palm- erston visiting with mr and mrs e j davey mrs a nichol and the isabel and mary nichol of owen sound have been visiting with mr and mrs robt leslie church street mrs leslie returned with them to the northern town on mon day and will be followed later in the week by mr leslie when they will spend their holidays in their old home locality a former resident of stouffville until nineteen years ago mr tlios johnson or branttord has been visit ing at the home of mr wm griffith mr johnson is a tailor by trade and still plies tho needle he occupied a house in stouffville which stood on the site of the pre sent school building and was living in the place when the old school was burned his family havent for got the exciting evening of the tire for they first gave the alarm as the old school stood just south of their home that was back in 1916 the johnson house was moved to the west end the following year to make room for the new structure of learning and it was just at this time that the family moved away town betty woodland young daughter of mrs jennie woodland montreal street is nursing a badly injuied arm as a result of the bone being splintered at the elbow from a fall the child was visiting in the country and seeing an apple fall from a tree she made a dash to recover the fallen fruit as she saw a calf misses angling for it in the race she fell lyeavily to the ground and it was several days later that she could not bend her arm a doctor was called and the full extent of the injury discovered thus the apple which caused the downfall of adam and eve thereby bringing sin into the world to curse the present generation and all before it is now the troublemaker for even the little innocent child from stanley theatre friday saturday august 16 and 17 the glass key george raft monday tuesday wednesday august 26 27 28 laddie john real gloria stuart friday saturday august 30 31 double bill four hours to kill jack oakie hold em yale on friday evening august 23 a big free concert will be presented at the arena under the auspices of the local horticultural society free yes free to all who paid admission to the flower show on either aug 15 or august 16 free also to all children who accompanied parent or guardian on that occasion however to help defray extra costs there will be a charge on all others amounting to the astounding figure of ten cents each the society hopes in this way not only to more than make amends for the disappointment of august 16 but also to present at low cost an evening of real enjoyment to a host of friends from far and near the big danforth united church orchestra is well and widely known for the excellence of its presenta tions with assisting artists to add further vanity this organization is prepared to make next friday even- one you will remember good seating will be provided and flowers will give the place a real liorticultural touch lets pack the arena jacob grove of ringwood will have charge of the evening service in the stouffville christian church next sunday august 23 the pastor will be speaking at a special young peoples service in an toronto united church east mr w j beckett of edmonton alberta visited the misses daley on saturday his wife nee nellie dougherty is their niece mr beckett has been government butter grader for the province of alberta for a number of years he was sent east to learn more about the cheese industry word was received on tuesday by john turner of the death of his aunt the late ellen hagerman re lict of the late rev ezra turner death occurred at the home of tier daughter down in oregon where sho will he buried this week the late mrs ezra turner was in her osth year was born in pickering township and spent most of her long life in ontario where her husband preached the gospel for many years she is the last of the hagerman family a brother widely known in the district kept the hagerman store at zephyr for many years dont forget this monday tues day and wednesday the big attrac tion at the stanley theatre gone stratton porters famous story laddie with an outstanding portrayal of characters showing three nights at s15 also begin- ing this week is a new series of technicolour cartoons the latest re leased other outstanding programs to follow in september are roberta dive of india gir of the limberlost folies bergere and les miserables hocse to rent 6 rooms ivater electric available for occupancy sept 1st may be inspect ed at any time miss valentine victoria street there are still those who tell in glowing terms about the good old horseback days but few there are who demonstrate them however dr james cotton with his wife and a groom pulled into town the other day astride their steeds and made a short stay here stopping at the mansion house they rode down from muskoka being eleven days at their leisure dr cotton says its the most comfortable moans of travel and with a proper going steed one never gets tired august special clearing sale ladies fine shoes rcsrular prices from 395 to 500 we are clearing these at per pair 175 please come early only about 50 pairs broken lines ladies sport shoes in blue green and yellow regular 150 at 85c look at this childrens rubber soles canvas sandals at per pair 50c ladies white shoes all to ro at per pair 195 mens all wool pullovers white and black trim at each 75c mens all wool sport pants in sizes 34 38 regular 395 at 275 fine socks mens 5 pairs for 100 work socks in all wool light weight 5 pairs 100 mens balbriggan underwear vests and drawers going at per garment 50c special ladies silk hose per pair 65c full fashioned latest colours walk in and look around no obligation to buy g h saunders ji next to ratcliffs store our esteemed contemporary the markham economist offers criti cism in its last issue against the manner in which school examina tions are published in the press the economist contends that the results of the failures should ibe disclosed as well as the passes the tribune at one time published results in just this manner but we suce uv cided that it was unfair and an in justice to the pupils and ducou tinned the practise take the student writing on only one or two papers with 100 per cent failure this student might be held up to ridicule while another stu dent with more failures but writing on six or eight papers would be adjudged by the public to have been more successful that the ratepayers have a right to know what progress the school is making is quite right hut it can be done by disclosing the total number of papers written number passing and number or failures or it might be given by the principal furnish ing on a percentage basis the num ber of successful and unsuccessful students tho toronto and vork road commission have retired mr cliff pipher foreman on the beat between stouffville and markham and along tho townline west of town because of the pending change in manage ment on the beat the entire gang is having a holiday awaiting the announcement of mr plpher3 successor the retiring foreman has been employed on roads for up wards of twenty years chairman win croft of toronto is on holidays in the north country and the vicechairman e g farr of weston intimated on tuesday that no sucessor had been named or considered for the position hut the appointment would be made promptly the toronto and york road commission is composed of live members two of whom represent the vork county council two the city of toronto and one from the ontario government its duty is tho improvement and maintenance of suburban roads surrounding toron to the cost is borne by the city tho county and tho ontario govern ment in the following manner 25 per cent by the city 25 per cent by the county and go per cent by the government the road from lincolnvllle through stouffvlllo to markham and townline west of ringwood is in tho local beat under this commission stouffville horticultural society certainly put the old town on the map last week when it staged a flower show that sent dick the gardener into raptures so that during his radio broadcast from hamilton on friday noon he spoke at length on our exhibition and challenged the big societies of hamilton and toronto to equal the stouffville show the executive work of the local society is largely eft to a small handful of people but the citizens in general support them well when the annual exhibi tion rolls around tljus the officers are encouraged to press on with the work we know of no organization that has helped to beautify the home village like the horticultural society by interesting almost every house holder in flowers and general im provement of their lots and gardens rev harry miller and daughter miss elizabeth made record time motoring from their home in little ton northcarolina to stouffville a distance of 900 miles they left home on saturday morning racing across six states to reach ontario and the bedside of his dying sister mrs kate miller although they arrived here the next day at 330 sunday tho crepe on the door of his sisters home told the outcome of his race against death miss elizabeth was at the wheel of the car throughout the whole journey resting only at rochester for a few hours a native ot glasgow district be ing born there s3 years ago mr dave pearson was in town for a few- days visiting with his sisterinlaw mrs john pearson clark street mr pearson is the last of a family of eight children born to the late mr and mrs john pearson pioneer farmers in the glasgow district it will be recalled that dave and his lato brother john were employed as cnr seclionmen in this village for many years but mr pearson is now living in hamilton he was accompanied here by his wife and daughter edith and grandson t b hamil and his wife newmarket pool gets outside aid the citizens or newmarket have gone in for securing a swimming pool in dead earnest and are putting on a big garden party to raise funds the canal town sent our in vitations and solicited aid which brought forth a cheque from the robt simpson co of toronto for 200 cash and a certificate for 25 in goods to be given away at tho party sir william mulock also gave a donation of 10 newmarket is fortunate in getting in on an early campaign send the tribune to absent friends quality service rkmembek grain market we are especially in the market for ontario oats let us have your offers you will find it profitable to deal with us we are in a position to handle all grains at the highest market price- we are in business to meet competition the als1ke market is not established yet but we will be in the market as soon as there is a price our business has been built up on keen competition stiver bros seed store and elevator open 3 nights a week phono 4301 stonffvllle ont school supplies we have a full stock school opening special assortment in fountain pens prices 25c 50c 100 extra value in writrxg pads assort el shapes each si 50 w roadway phinr druggist bo ad ways drug store stouffville weekend aug 30 to sept 2 first class fare and onequarter for round trip between all points in canada going from noon friday aug 30 until 200 pm monday sept 2 fso to certain us destinations return limit leaving destination up to midnight tuesday sept 3 1935 minimum special fares adults soc children 25c full information from ticket agents 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