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stouffville ontario thursday october 27 1938 page five autumn canned g sal stock your shelves now at this special low price tip top brand choice canned peas 3 no 2 tins 25c tip top brand choice golden bantam corn choice white corn 3 no 2 tins 25c tip top tomato juice fancy quality 3 no 2 tins 25c 6 no 2 tins 25c no 10 tin 35c pearl soap special 5 bars 17c salted peanuts special pound 10c fresh smoked fillet of haddock smoked herrings ciscoes ratcbifff co phone 7112 ringwood milton gillham is suffering from a severe attack of the flu miss jean fraser of toronto spent the weekend with her sister mrs donald wilson mr and mrs roy grove were sunday visitors with miss gertrude wegg cashel we are glad to see mrs wm ratcliff out again following her recent illness the newly married couple mr and mrs walter vague have the best wishes of the community mr cockburn will be in charge of our church service at 230 pm let us greet him with a full house mr and mrs floyd steckley and son bernice were sunday visitors with mr and mrs alex ratcliff mr and mrs j l- barrett spent friday evening with rev and mrs levi atkinson of stouffville- the wedding bells of last saturdays wedding are hardly silent before we again hear those same bells pealing forth in our community- miss belle mitchell left on saturday morning to attend the funeral of her niece in cleve land ohio she was accompanied by mrs kenneth campbell- afternoon the prices obtained were very good all along the line despite the general drop in farm farm prices on the world mar kets mr weatherill is giving up farming and the 50 acres have been rented for next year by r white who works a neigh boring place we hope that bob weatherill will find something to do that will suit him and in which he will find the best success of lemonville gormley rev isaac and mrs brubacher entertained a host of friends the other evening as a welcome to their new charge here many nice gifts were brought all of which were gratefully received by the minister and his wife our farming community was well represented at the auction sale held by bob weatherill south of victoria square on friday mrs mary canning and son hugh spent the weekend in the queen city mr and mrs walter gray and family have moved to their new home just east of the school we are indeed very glad to have this family in our midst again mr and mrs ralph kirby enjoyed a motor trip to chatham recently miss jean preston spent the weekend with miss doreen rae mr and mrs albert foster and family were sunday visit ors with mr and mrs stewart rae miss elva tindall had tea on sunday with miss norma rae mr herb- wells and family also miss vera wells were sun day guests of mr and mrs austin yake mr and mrs james cooney and family visited mrs j- walsh of newmarket on sunday mr and mrs orval drewery visited mr and mrs earl hisey recently miss lillian dunbar had tea on monday evening with miss evelyn and velma- a social evening for the yp is planned in the form of a masquerade at the home of mr and mrs g hamm on tuesday evening nov 1st bethesda some love money some love casn but all the girls admire percys moustache mrs- wm hunt spent tues day with mrs sanders of lem onville miss reta atkinson and mr fred yake had tea on sunday with mr and mrs wellington yake mr and mrs- russell hunt and mr and mrs fred allin visited in barrie on sunday with mr ploughwright col c c thompson and mr donald sindlandson spent the weekend with mr and mrs hicks remember the ypu every and mrs ploughwright attendance is increasing but lets make it larger our sympathy is extended to mr jacob wideman who has recently been bereaved by the death of his father mr samuel wideman as all the young people know and maybe not just the younger fry monday night is hallowe- en its fine to have plenty of fun but lets not be destructive this thursday afternoon the w ms- has been invited to att end the 50th anniversary of the melville wms to be held in the melville church quite a number were present at the y p u on tuesday night when mr hill of the friends church newmarket spoke to the young people on the subject the mission of the church mr and mrs clarence atkin son and family and mr- and mrs chas atkinson blanche and delma visited in richmond hill on sunday at the home of mr and mrs f j atkinson the jr institute met last week at the home of mrs- harry pugh with a fine attendance mrs maynard of unionville the wi president addressed the meeting and gave an account of her recent trip to england which was very interesting and educational the wms- are holding an open meeting in the church on friday nov 4th rev mr erwin of lemonville will be the speaker music will be supplied by the henderson sisters of gormley and rev- and mrs erwin there will also be other local talent on the program anniversary services gormley m b c church sunday november 6 1938 1000 am preaching by the pastor special singing by the gormley quartette 200 pm sunday school speaker rev p g lehman 300 pm preaching rev mr spicer of toronto special singing by the ratcliff quartette 730 pm preaching and special singing by rev spicer a cordial invitation is extended to all i b brubacher pastor wnoc ioe30c xoe30c 30e30i visit the new not store done if so you have winter coats now on display and make your choice before the big rush is on right now you have the widest range to choose from no extra charge for coals made to measure splendid range of boys and girls coats coats and suits we have a large selection of ladies and mens coats and suits priced from 1250 up we also carry mens horse hide leather coats and hoys- leather coats with fur collars and wind- breakers all kinds of winter underwear and win ter shirts also odd vests and pants to match your suit girls and boys snow suits sizes from 2 to 14 and from 14 up to 20 minimum price wc also have a large supply of quilt patches 7 lbs for 100 assorted colours 0 o d o 0 o 0 o n o 0 o we observe wednesday halfholiday all year except during christmas season in accordance with the step taken in many ontario towns the undersigned merchants of stouffville have agreed to close their places of business every wed nesday afternoon throughout the year excepting during the christmas season we believe that in taking this step we will have the full cooperation of the farmers and townspeople alike it will enable us as business people to obtain a few hours from business and will provide some recreation for our hired help who are called upon to work three evenings a week most of the year the same arrangements that now prevail for remaining open three nights a week tuesday thursday and saturday will still prevail throughout the spring summer and fall seasons on the whole the business places recorded below will thus be open longer hours per week than that afforded by the average town merchant f y w brathwaite h a goudie donald hodgins ratcliff co wilkinson superior store dominion stores ltd harold forsythei barber archie harding barber robert snowball barber ruth badgero beauty parlor mrs m e watts h bannerman 5c to 100 store price pugh central feed store l e oneill furniture a e weldon harry golden r e curtis o lehman m c barker n oboyle thomas birkett mccullough button pine orchard mrs reid and helen motored to toronto on tuesday miss vera coppins is ill at her home in holt mrs mel lehman was visit ing in our community mr doug hope and rae mc- clure were in guelph friday the auction sale of mr burns was well attended last week congratulations to mr rae mcclure on obtaining a ten day scholarship at guelph a good crowd attended the supper friday night all report a splendid program and supper mr percy hutchinson had leased the farm where mr and mrs chas brandon are living percy is not moving until spring cedar grove mr and mrs a g olfen spent sunday in toronto mr and mrs alex reesor of markham visited at alex mil- roys on monday night miss a miller and friend of toronto visited at george offens on saturday evening the croquinole party at zion last wednesday night proved a ueivss the tiri prize going to oivc macintosh we are glad to hear that sid claremont mr and mrs e dopking are holidaying in the states we are pleased to see miss margaret macnabb around again after her trying illness mr and mrs r mcleod are moving this week to reside in the tucker house in the westend commencement exercises are being planned by the continua tion school this year miss katie beaton of the east general hospital staff toronto spent monday at her her father mr irwin pearson mr donald davis of ringwood is spending a week with his par ents mr and mrs ralph davis mr and mrs henry slack spent last wednesday evening in toronto with relatives over 50 friends and relatives gathered at the home of mr and mrs walter davis last wednes day evening to present mr and mrs sidney perrin nee effie davis with a miscellaneous shower the evening was spent in games and contests after which a bountiful luncheon was served the young couple re ceived both beautiful and useful gifts the chirvari gang present- home here in claremont the annual harvest home ed them with a satin comforter services will be held on sunday nov 6 when rev thos wallis of greenbank will be in charge special music will be provided next tuesday night will be the big chicken mongolia joe brownsberger is erecting in thei new pen community hall with a drama i a number from here attended following the eats to be pre- ft pushing match at lemon- sented by the young people of i r the church miss verna brown spent mon- day at the home of mr and mrs a potluck supper to be ser- r grav ved by the ladies of the united sunday visitors with mr and church is being held in the base- mrs 0 zeler were mr and mrs ment on thursday evening the men of the congregation are to supply the program we regret to report the death in oshawa of mr porter broth er of mrs gleeson claremont the sympathy of the com munity is extended to the rel atives and friends we hear that mac forsyth mjs has a stable filled with nobby harry golden i r u way to recovery we understand that he has had a mild attack of typhoid fever the ypu of zion church held their meeting on sunday night mr emerson knowles of highland creek spoke to the iarge number present on his stay in the district of spinning i hill sask last summer i next sunday oct 30 is zion anniversary afternoon service beginning at 230 with clare- mont choir and evening service horses some 34 clydes includ ing six foals these animals have high breeding and were owned by an outstanding amer ican breeder no doubt mr for syth will be erlad to show you over the lot theyre worth look ing at mrs olasrrow noexoe io oe wp bells are rierfrig wei are busy nt 730 with locust hill choir louis slacks pnrl we hope they rev w r auld of midland a hw civoq rvdn ivtn- former minister here will preach mr thos ouhen ph daucrm at both services er of ingeisof are visiting with earl madill and mr and cooper all of toronto mr and mrs- a brown spent sunday with mr and mrs wil- mot brown mr and mrs albert brown and helen of brougham visited with mr and mrs- charlie brown on sunday mr and mrs earl mcmullen are the proud parents of a young son congratulations mr ken madill of zephyr and miss ina crowder of newmarket were sunday guests with mr and mrs- clark bunker and family visitors at our sunday schoo on sunday were messrs atkin son and williamson and stiver mr williamson addressed the school and stated that hn had visited twentyfour rural sun day schools in the past year p but he believed he enioved bpiner at ours a much a any he had been to mr isaiah hoover wai highly commended as a teacher of his class