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stouffville ontario thursday january 5 1939 page three 1 town topics phone ix yook personal 15301 itnnflijiiuuuuuuummumuutiiumm mr and mrs george collard were in montreal for a few days toronto have been visiting visiting the home of their son allan mr and mrs bruce heise of willowdale have been spending a week with his mother mrs sam heise clark street mr and mrs gordon quantz and john quantz all of toron to were holidaying in town at the quantz parental home a local anaesthetic one shot of which stops pain for two or three weeks has been de veloped at the college of physi cians and surgeons a report from new york announces mrs snowdon of toronto was in town visiting her sister and brother miss martha and henry mcmullen other guests at the 10th street home were sam mcmullen and son jack of toronto we are sorry to report very- little improvement in the con dition of mrs george h hewitt nellie bowers who has been seriously ill in nicholls hospit al peterboro since sept 30 1938 5000 cue cent postage stamps were sold in one day of the christmas rush it is a good thing for postmaster leavens and his staff that regulations do not provide for stamps to be licked for customers in the good old fashioned way for this was a record days sale and indi cates the amount of business going on this small community in christmas card circles alone mr and mrs joe mowder his mother in town- mr and mrs m e watts spent new years in aurora at his parental home miss mildred birkitt accom panied by mr donald eraser spent the new year weekend at the home of her father mr a birkitt oakville ontario mrs eldeen pipher and son jackie also mr and mrs dal- ton lewis were all home with the formers parents mr and mrs joan lewis south of town during the holiday season renewing his subscription to the tribune for another year mr d f byer of vineland station says we tried the tribune for a year and now we wouldnt like to be without it although it is nearly 20 years since we left stouffville district we still like to hear what is go ing on the paper is much bet ter since it became a totally homeprint newspaper a curling rink composed of m e watts thos burkett cliff pipher and ira aldred captured four handsome electric clocks at oshawa last wednes day when they won their three games in the tournament being held there the three rinks de feated by the stouffville con tingent were granites mark- ham and hamilton mr and mrs l e oneill and two children were visiting her parents in port perry at new years they were accompanied to the scugog town by mr sandy jones who is a distant relative sandy admitted that it is not often he takes a holi day in fact one could count them all on his two hands that he had taken in the 34 years he has lived on his small farm which fronts on main street near the presbyterian church one fault with the christmas spirit is that it doesnt last long enough those in need are al ways with us and get just as hungry in june as in december christmas cheer should be spread about through the year and not confined to one short season we are most of us like the fellow who got converted at the revival meeting for a time he was a saint but in a short time was out raising hell again too many people have the saint nicholas idea during december only and in the succeeding months become their old grasping selves durham chronicle a native of altona mr frank barkey octogenarian resident living in chicago usa was bereaved at christmas time owing to the death of his wife the former flora timberlake native of the usa besides the husband who was a shoe mer chant in his younger days there survives one daughter while the late mrs barkey is not known to our readers her hus band will be rememberd by many of our readers he is a son of the late daniel barkey whose homestead is still in the family name being occupied by charlie barkey a brother of the ber eaved man is victor barkey liv ing in california while an only sister in the family was mrs vanburen forsyth deceased births at the brierbush hos pital for the year 1938 were 43 an increase of 6 over 1937 mr duncan stewart of tor onto was a recent guest at the home of mr and mrs e c pennock mr harry pennock was in toronto over the new year weekend visiting at the home of mr and mrs a hess mrs richardson of ottawa was in town over the year end visiting her sister mrs e m still church street mr and mrs a g stewart and two sons were in town visit ing his parents mr and mrs robert stewart a g has been on the staff at central tech for 15 years he teaches mathemat ics and physics man in hamilton wheeling a baby buggy was struck by an auto that seemed tough indeed but the baby was not hurt as the load in the buggy consisted of two cases of beer last sale of the season big reduction in ladies hats and dresses for friday and satur- day of this week at mrs m e watts new years guests at brier- bush with mr and mrs e r good were miss ruby e good rn hamilton miss helen m good of kitchener and mr gor don l hall of toronto mr and mrs ora reaman and two children toronto were with her mother mrs ben doten mr and mrs o davis tor onto were new year guests with dr and mrs s t boden- distel mr and mrs cecil carpentier and daughter cecelia of sutton ontario spent the holiday with her parents mr and mrs j b sanders mrs maccallum and son allan of milton ontario were recent holiday guests at the home of mr and mrs j k agnew church street mrs matthews and miss francis ratcliff brantford also mr and mrs ted ratcliff and daughter betty from toronto were with mr and mrs james ratcliff on new years quality service big value ivory flour always dependable for baking delicious bread and rolls 98 lb bag only 225 the spelling of ypres where thousands of canadian soldiers saw action during the war has been officially changed to eiper but the exsoldier can go ahead and keep calling it wipers and no action for damages will be taken according to the uxbridge times journal turkeys sold on the uxbridge market 40 years ago at 78c pound and geese brought 56c both have stepped up considerably in price turkey still holding the top position by a much better margin new year visitors with mr and mrs joseph h hoover rupert avenue mr and mrs percy steckley miss marion steckley and mr howard steck ley miss alice green mr hugh oxley miss irene reaman mr cockburn d o d o aoc ioe30i o d o n o q o n o january sale winter overcoats our entire stock of mens winter overcoats at greatly reduced prices these coats come in the popular raglan and fitted models in overchecks and plain colors of blue grey and brown regular 2250 to 2500 coats at 1895 regular 1500 to 1850 coats at 1295 mens horsehide coats first quality 32 inch horsehide coats with fur collar plush or mackinaw lined clearing at 1000 windbreakers first quality horsehide windbreakers with half belt at bottom zipper fastener plush lining regular price 950 to clear at s00 mens mackinaw coats heavy mackinaw coats 33 long with all around belt just the coat for cold weather regu lar price 695 clearing at 595 r e curtis phone 602 stouffville ontario s e30i aoi o d o o q 6 q o o d o o o o d o o n o 0 mrs frank dobson of ux bridge celebrated her 95th birth day on december 29 the aged lady is not in very good health but hopes to recover and looks forward to reaching the century mark she is the grandmother of mrs harold a sanders formerly of stouffville new years day sunday and the monday holiday were very quietly observed in town fine winter weather prevailed with good sleighing and wheeling merchants not only report better christmas trade this year but an improved trade for after christmas now we may look for the january sales and everybody back to business again in the rush of advertising over the holiday season a cordial greeting had been pre pared for our genial jeweler mr hector pollard but did not find its way into the newspaper for which we are sincerely sorry mr pollard reports a nice christmas trade this year and while we omitted this greeting to the buying public the man who repairs our timepieces has his heart in the right place as everybody knows it is not now too late for us to say on his be half may you have a prosper ous 1939 rev herbert and mrs lee north church street stouffville spent part of christmas in tor onto staying at the home of their daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs lester s locke and with their son and daugh terinlaw mr and mrs walter e lee islington they were accompanied by mr and mrs nathan forsyth the event was to commemorate the 40th wed ding anniversary of mr and mrs lee and the twentieth anniversary of mr and mrs forsyth naturally both cou ples enjoyed immensely the festivities and entertainment provided during the holiday mr and mrs lee were married fn the temperanceville church on dec 28 1898 the officiating ministers were rev r b bey- non and rev n wellwood al so rev g w dewey assisted so that it is natural to assume that with three ministers pre sent they ably officiated in placing the bonds of matrimony aroud their brother clergyman both the lees and the forsyths have played an important part in the life of stouffville and are highly esteemed and be loved in the community curtis clothing store is start ing off the new year by giving a slashing cut in winter over coats for men and young men other reductions are noted i the display adv in this issue this is the opportune time to pick up a good coat that will give you several years service at away below regular prices mrs hartley brown who lives with her daughter mrs fred smith in half the well known george urquhart proper ty on main street wishes us to make known her sincere thanks and appreciation for the christ mas boxes sent to her by vari ous organizations during the holiday season mrs brown is over 80 years of age but possesses a wonderful keen intellect nearly 100 million dollars was spent in liquor stores of canada during the past year of which ontario accounted for onehalf also in one year canadians smoked 68 billion cigarettes worth at one cent each 68 million dollars also 123 million cigars and bet 21 million doll ars at race tracks it all seems to add up to the fact that times are certainly veiy bad dunnville chronicle township of uxbridge to the lectors of the township of uxbridge ladies and gentlemen i take this opportunity of ex pressing to you my sincere appreciation of the honor you have conferred upon me by electing me as your reeve for 1939 by acclamation i can assure you that i will continue to serve you to the best of my ability as in the past and trust that the year 1939 will prove to be one of health happiness and prosperity for us all your obedient servant robert e ashenhurst poetexplorer lost laying mash 100 lbs oac mash 17 per cent 195 100 lbs oac fulopep mash 20 per cent 235 schumack feed 2800 per ton stiver bros bernice m goetz of cleve land poetess has not been heard from since november 24 when she set out to explose the ecua dor jungles her father henry g goetz is planning to enlist the aid of the united states consular officers in south africa to search for her late fred pollard after an illness of only a few months fred pollard one of the most highly respected residents of brock township passed away on thursday december 22nd 1938 at his home lot 5 con 4 brock twp in his 57th year says an announcement in the uxbridge times the funeral was held from his late residence on saturday december 24th 1938 services being conducted by rev mr coulter under the auspices of victoria corners and utica lol interment in gregg cemetery the late fred pollard was born in whitchurch twp a son of the late mr and mrs edward pollard and has farmed in brock township for the past 23 years mr pollard never married was of a jovial disposition a wonderful neighbour and friend who will be greatly missed by his relatives and a host of friends to mourn his death are left three sisters lila mrs pilkey at home fannie mrs terry laugh of the week hollywoods laugh of the week cecilia parker marian hardy in the judge hardy family series was voted the most typical american girl by the nation 4h clubs miss parker was born in fort william ontario says guns offered him john kantor montreal brok er declared in a new york police lineup following his ar rest that representatives of mckesson and robbins drug firm whose head was exposed as philip musica exconvict had offered to sell him guns of toronto annie mrs gregg of victoria corners and two brothers will and george in fabyan alberta one brother ed predeceased him three years ago miss marion currie toronto was a new year guest with mr and mrs ira aldred big bseat special reduction in prices roast beef 12 to 16c steak 18 and 20c hamburg 2 for 25c trimmed pork chops 24c sausage 2 lbs 25c shoulder roast in pork 17 to 20c side bacon 28c south side meat market phone 274 stouffville clean rest rooms happy new year to all service station phone 265 stouffville round trip bargain fares from stouffville jan 12 to cnr stations in the maritime provinces province of quebec new brunswick prince edward island nova scotia january 1314 to montreal 750 to quebec city 1150 to ste anne de beaupre 1210 tickets fares transit limits and information from agents ad no t2b fartt tickcu return limits and train infomaticn from agents ask for handbill canadian national