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stouffville ontario thursday july 21st 1938 town topics i phone ix xouit persosaib 16301 amnuiiiiiiiiiiirininaniiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiinniiiiiiiiuiiiiniiiiiiitiiuiiiitmihiiiiiiiiiiiihimiiiihdiniiml street dance friday night july 22nd e a grubin ro optome trist and optician will be at his office in stouffville on monday july 25th mrs a s leaney has return ed from a week at jacksons point where she enjoyed the holiday at the cottage there with dr and mrs jamieson mrs charles robinson and miss e williamson of toronto were out from the city last sun day spending the day with mrs florence miller- stouffville hardball team took quite a drubbing on saturday afternoon at the hands of ostrander jewellers a toronto squad- the score mounted to 139 due mainly to an infinite number of errors jack pennock harold cook and ross wideman each took a turn at twirling for the locals police magistrate c b jeffs and mrs jeffs of barrie spent sunday at the home of h- bainnerman church street this was the first time either had been in this neighborhood and they were delighted with our village and especially with the wonderful displays of flowers that adorn so many of stouff- villes homes plasterers are now at work on the new addition to the school building indicating that the work is progressing well mrs will allan and baby daughter are here from calgary visiting with her parents mr and mrs j- r hodgins premier mackenzie king has promised to attend the mulock picnic to be held at woodbridge on august 20th mr and mrs norman neal also mr and mrs fred hope of milliken with janet and donald were in town sunday at mrs fred johnsons mr and mrs harry paisley left friday on a motor trip to the maratimes they intend to reach halitax before returning home where they will visit mrs paisleys brother mr- wilbur chidley a quiet wedding was celebrat ed at the home of rev- herbert lee church street stouffville on wednesday july 13th 1938 when mr harry pottage case was united in marriage to miss edith gertrude storry daught er of the late mr and mrs her man storry formerly of mark- ham after the ceremony the young couple left for toronto followed by the good wishes of their friends at last snow white and the seven dwarfs is coming to stouffville it will appear at the stanley four days august 10-11- 1213 this masterpiece of walt disney is breaking records everywhere and is expected to do so here there will be two shows each evening with mati nees on wednesday and satur day- miss freda little daughter of mrs janetta little of oak ridges onetime resident of agincourt was married to j allan bullock in knox presby terian church toronto last wednesday afternoon july 13 rev dr harvey carmichael of whitby officiated- following a short honeymoon the couple will live on the grooms farm north of gormley on the 3rd concession of whitchurch that holiday trip would be seriously spoiled if the car did not perform well by doing its part in carrying the family on your summer vacation take no chances on spoiling the trip by neglecting to have boad- ways service station tune up the machine for you our gasoline and oils en ables a motor car to do its best and thats what is wanted shell service carl boadway proprietor the uxbridge public library have received a gift of 2000 for new books magazines etc in memory of the late john mustard and his wife mary pirt mustard who fanned in scott township the gift was made by a daughter of the de ceased couple it goes without saying that the uxbridge board are delighted with the gift as are the citizens of the town generally several local teachers enjoyed a trip to buffalo ny last fri day as part of a health course being taken this summer at tor onto while over the line the party were taken on a tour of the welland canal and buffalos museum of natural science those attending from the dis trict were reesor steckley bethesda engaged this year at hillcrest school duard rose and miss innis williamson mark- ham miss grace paisley formerly of stouffville and miss verety tweed recently engaged by the ballantrae school alex mcrither 54 of hock- len ave toronto died in the brierbush hospital here on sun day morning having been rush ed down by ambulance from musselmans lake mr- mcrither and his soninlaw had been holidaying in the north country where the health of the deceas ed had kept him confined in the haileybury hospital for some time on saturday the two motored down to musselmans where mr mcrither was sudden ly stricken sunday morning july 17 he leaves to mourn him a wife and six children street dance stouffville this friday night july 22nd mrs thos dowswell was in town last wednesday visiting with miss norah stapleton miss gertrude clark pupil of miss alma baker was success ful in passing her junior exam ination in singing at the recent examinations in the toronto conservatory miss frances ratcliff of brant- ford was in town for a day or two in company with mr and mrs james ratcliff the party spent the weekend on a motor trip to peterboro and bobcay- geon district lightning struck a hydro pole in front of harvey toppers ballantrae during a thunder storm on friday but no serious damage resulted at the same time a fuse was blown out in porters service station indi cating that the storm was at least interesting to those nearby local girls win 43 shirley hand daughter of thos hand toronto came to her death on june 25th on no7 highway in a collision between her fathers car in which she was riding and a truck driven by john jarotte the jury found in an inquest that corner dr- s s ball of stouffville held last wednesday night in unionville mr edw davis who is assisting his soninlaw mr george lee in the creamery at bobcaygeon was down for a few days he reports they are making 20000 pounds of butter a week for which there is a ready sale arthur wagg formerly of man- itoulin island is the butter mak er- an unfortunate accident oc curred at brillingers gravel pit north of bethesda on the 5th of whftchurch on saturday morn ing when harry lockyer 23 of lansing suffered a badly lacerated arm having it caught in the gears of the new stone crusher recently installed there- he was removed to the brier- bush hospital for first aid the arm requiring stitching from the wrist to the elbow monday august 1st is civic holiday it will be one of the biggest days on record at mus selmans lake with two organi zations offering unexcelled pro grams the ratepayers associa tion will hold their annual field day while davies north side pavilion on cedar beach will offer an afternoon and evening program that is calculated to attract a few thousand people from long distances all in all it will be a great day if the weather man does the right thing 0e30i 30e30i x0e30i xoe30e3 o d o d o a street dance sponsored by stouffville war veterans stouffville friday july 22nd a new and novel local orchestra will provide the music supported by brilliant entertainers admission 25c three lucky prizes valued at 10 5 and 2 draw at 11 oclock cobers sound equipment b d o it was an oldfashioned custom for wedding parties to rush up and down street in cabs with cans and old shoes flying it is still the custom to parade a bit in motor cars with horns honk ing cans trailing and what-have- you flying in the air with all this fun we have no quarrel but when the rate of speed of such a procession reaches the speed some of them do it is time for police intervention we have seen them rash through traffic at 40 miles an hour and there is no excuse for this a noisy parade is accepted in the spirit the participants carry it out but they should not lose their heads to the extent that the pro cession becomes a dangerous thing it would spoil the happy occasion if some youngster were killed by a car taking part in such a procession lets have a little less speed is the plea stouffville girls softball team nosed out clarcmont 43 in a twilight game here on monday night claremonts lack of shine in the field coupled with the home girls heavy hitting gave stouffville their margin on the play claremont made their big threat in the sixth innings when they scored all three runs blanche slack local pitcher slammed out a homer in the fifth frame for the only circuit blow the lineup for stouffville p blanche slack c isobel simp son 1st nelda lehman 2nd dorothy wagg 3rd edith gru bin ss phyliss davis if ilene lewis cf beth kellington rf margaret wagg- the factory at delhi ontario where bruce lehman of almira is employed was severely dam aged by lightning in an electrical storm there last week no one was injured bruce reports the other day the scribe met ralph jones of altona up at musselmans lake and he de clared it was the first time ho had seen the place since cottag ers started to build homes there that is probably 20 years and when you think of it what a change there has been in that time from barren fields at that time to a community of around 1000 people in residence for the two summer months is certain ly an amazing thing the place also has modern grocery store and perhaps the largest and fin est dance hall in all ontario- of course ralph didnt try it out but it was something to look at a local lady who missed the train in toronto one evening last week was feeling very dis appointed about the matter but when on leaving the depot she discovered two other ladies who were rushing to catch the same train the situation somehow didnt seem so bad the old saying that misery likes com pany seems to have something in it these three ladies two bound for stouffville and one for uxbridge all declared the train pulled out a few minutes ahead of time the timetable says the train leaves toronto at a quarter to five its a good thing to have a minute or two to spare when planning to catch a train and especially so if as the women say they pulled out a little ahead of schedule a double honour last week when this paper stated that stouffville lol won the prize for having the best lodge in the parade at cannington we only told half the story goodwood lol- and stouffville united their forces and engaged the stouffville band which made the big showing that took the eye of judges good wood lodge is a strong organiza tion and provided the largest proportion of the members and of course deserve their share of glory the omission last week was made in good faith for we did not know of the arrange ment until the matter was call ed to our attention after the paper was issued mrs l e oneill and two children were holidaying in haliburton last week- sam borinsky is at present in the western hospital where he underwent a nasal operation on monday mrs sam craig and son of detroit have been spending a few days with their aunt and uncle mr and mrs leslie hod- gins east of town street dance stouffville this friday night july 22nd renew our tribune for an other year writes george french of hagersville who ex plains that the paper was sent to them for six months and now they would not like to be with out it for it gives them the news from home his wife wa3 formerly miss sheffer and mr and mrs franch lived in gorm ley before they went to hagers ville- still another letter we appreciate very much comes from mr j burkholder of vine- land who is kind enough to write just recently i saw a copy of the new set up of the tribune i like it very much find enclosed 2 for a vears subscription i dont know of a better weekly paper subscrib ers to the tribune are dotted all around the world china india africa scotland frances etc- on tuesday the following letter reached us by air mail i am enclosing one dollar to start the tribune coming to my ad dress if you will acquaint me with the rate to the usa i will remit balance for a years sub scription signed o- a baker san babriel california locally this papers list of subscribers is a paying thing for advertisers- almost 100 per cent coverage in stouffville and a circuation in the surrounding district equalled by few weeklies binder twine blue circle 650 ft gilt edge 650 ft red circle 600 ft gold leaf 600 ft do not forget that we keep binder twine for you the year round dr hess fly spray kills flies in the stable protects cows in the pasture king bug killer dry powder for dusting on all plants it is a conditioner thus increases the yield pulopep developer for pullets grow a flock that can really make money for you this year stiver eros stouffville phone 4501 ontario iocdoi aonoc 30e30e 0 the heavy thunderstorm which drenched this vicinity last thursday although most wel comed by everyone brought a scare to at least one family in the district and downfall to the markham township cop hurrying to the rescue an exceedingly close clap of thunder and light ning blew out several fuses in the home of thos- white al mira filling one of the rooms with smoke and sending his panicstricken wife and daught er hurrying to the phone to summon ben gayman mark- ham constable ben hastening along the sideroad had scarcely crossed the 6th concession when something went wrong and both front wheels of his gas buggy folded up leaving him stranded he proceeded the remainder of the distance on foot found that little damage had been done and succeeded in quieting the fears of the women folk free free free 2500 by d f holden d f holden sons announce another big gift to the public on a more expansive plan than ever before they have in past years given away to the public absolutely free feur new ford cars this time they will offer greater attractions than ever 500 individual prizes all of cash value and ranging from 3800 down to 150 prizes at 40 cents each 18 monthly draws 18 there will be monthly draws when the first 18 lucky holders will im mediately be presented with their awards below is the detail for the complete disposition of the 2500 cash value awards 1st prize 30000 2nd prize 25000 3rd prize 20000 4th prize 15000 5th prize 12500 5 prizes 100 each 50000 10 prizes 50 each 50000 15 prizes 5 each 7500 25 prizes 2 each 5000 145 prizes 1 each 14500 j 150 prizes 40c each 160 500 p rizes 1 buy this month and every other moith and secure your chances f a free gift your tickets will all be preserved for the grand draw which will be made in 1940 at our public demonstration d f holden sons markham stouffville