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the tribune stouffville ont thursday august 17 1939 page three ymth town topics next time off iabor day monday sept 4th mrs gordon lehman and two children are visiting her mother at musselmans lake rev c e and mrs macleod have been holidaying in vine- land miss isabel collard to town this week weeks vacation at beach returned after a washago there was a nice representa tion from here in attendance at the stauffer reunion held in kitchener last week when in all some 200 descendants of the pioneer stouffers met locally went mr and mrs harry stouffer mrs noah stouffer and geraldine mr and mrs david stouffer miss helen stouffer miss lola forsyth and mrs willis lehman as most of our readers know the original family were named stauffer but through the change of time this came to be stouffer brought about by a slight change in the spelling mr and mrs l mcdonald of guelph were weekend visitors at the taun home eastend mr and mrs john spence spent the weekend with friends in toronto e a grubin ro optome trist and optician will be at his office in stouffville on monday august 21st see more save money buy reliable used cars cars 1937 ford stand tudor 1938 ford stand tudor the baptist quartette from claremont who assisted in the service in the united church on sunday filling in for the rat- cliff quartette were entertain ed with their wives at the home of mr and mrs k g tarr after church a social time was en joyed and musical numbers were rendered by the guests mrs robert forsyth accom panied the quartette attendance at the worlds new york fair is always below expectations and the directors have reduced the price of ad mission in hope of attracting more people being a guest of grover whalen when at the fair last week the local editor didnt pay any admission but aside from that those that pay see more for their money than at any exhibition we ever visited there is a noticeable absence of commercialism or box stall stands handing out hot dogs and cones there is really much to see at the worlds fair that is free after you are once inside the gates and travelling along the 67 miles of paved streets 1937 plymouth delux tudor heater 1935 ford delux fordor 1932 cadillac sedan special heater trucks 1936 chev maple leaf h d duals 1931 durant special dual 31929 fords 2 duals 1 single also a number of other good reconditioned cars and trucks priced right for quick sale 1 fordson tractor new prizes being forced to abondon our old scheme of giving away priz es on account of section in the criminal code making it illegal we have installed another sys tem which is legal so you will be able to secure prizes on your purchases at our places of business at stouffville and markham df holden sons stouffville phone 18401 markham phone 120 an effort is being made to patch up some of the walks which while not worn out have been badly heaved by the frost or nearby roots of trees over the past years thousands of feet of perfectly good cement walks have been torn up and re- laid because the old walk had sunken to level that rendered it useless in view of this more attention ought to be paid to getting a proper foundation for a walk will serve for 50 years if properly put down more money has been wasted in badly con structed sidewalks in stouff ville than can be laid to any other department of the civic service in fact its about the only place that a waste has gone on for years and still un solved the nature of the soil about town makes laying of cement walks more difficult than in some places where a shallow foundation will serve the pur- purpose hei it seems a shallow foundation with a strong piece of cement on top is totally in adequate to serve the purpose however the walks committee is giving the matter a great deal of thought and are trying to rectify the error of past years mrs lafraugh toronto is in town visiting with mrs levi hoover and other friends nestleton a probable playoff contender with stouffville won the hardball tournament at port perry on civic holiday defeat ing both seagrave and eden mrs george matthews and miss frances ratcliff of brant- ford were in town a few days visiting the ratcliff families here mr and mrs archie stouffer are holidaying at the home stead on the 10th before taking on his new duties in haliburton when he will become public school inspector stouffer mr morley barker and daughter zaida have been en joying a holiday in the beauti ful camp at midland mr bark er is now back at his bench next the fire hall star horseshoe tossers from all over the dominion will gath er for the contest at the cne local twirlers of the iron will no doubt be in the circle ringing some shoes on the old peg mrs sid schmidt and stanley have gone to muskoka for a holiday ma mr and mrs f h reesor and mrs isaac reesor mark ham visited with mr and mrs n forsyth one day last week mr and mrs j- linklater and two children of areola sask spent the weekend with their aunt miss sadie stewart mr simeon flint of roches ter ny was visiting his niece mrs frank baker and incident ally looked up other old friends in the village last week the ladies bowling club will hold a twilight tourna ment on tuesday august 22nd and notices have gone out in viting visiting rinks from neighboring towns after six weeks visiting her father mr martin reesor and members of her family here mr and mrs v gambriel have returned to geraldton where he is employed by the railway at this budding northern centre stokeys digestive tonic invigorates the digestive organs improves the appetite a very effective treatment for indigestion dyspepsia biliousness stomach disorders flatulence j m storey druggist in order to aid the baseball fund l e oneill provided the club with a studio set at the cost price which the sponsors of baseball appreciate very much the club did well on the enterprise and now have a few dollars with which to enter the playdown series angered at the radio com missions method of collecting license fees dr jrc edwards of newmarket boxed the ears of a collector last week when the individual entered his home to see the set rather than pay the fee dr edwards according to the era smashed the tubes in his set and thereby put it out of commission unpopular is the license fee of 250 which goes to pay two or three fat salaries which are more un popular than ever according to the reeve of markham township mr jess cook has been made director of the goat division of mark ham fair boaid having never heard of the office we are wondering if the deputy reeve of whitchurch will be attempt ing to get the goats of the people or the fourlegged tog- genbmy type that are frequent ly found on farms in any case we trust no one will get mr cooks goat while he holds the office designated by reeve rennie well well what next asks the farmers advocate when a hen lives a decent normal life picking up her food in the fields the trade says the color of the eggcontent is not right she must be properly rationed for nature no longer knows the fine points of nutrition its a crazy world when people will eat saus ages and hotdogs made from the intestines of animals chew tobacco and drink rum and then raise a fuss about the color of an egg chicago 1830 regina 4630 new orleans 3620 winnipeg 3740 gray coach lines how often does one mans misfortune become another mans good luck while with the canadian press party in new york last week one of our comrades cecil day of liver pool ns slipped on a wet pave ment and broke his right thigh bone while we were on the fair grounds at the worlds fair that was certainly ill luck but when it came to securing a recruit to accompany mr day back to nova scotia our new market publisher mr andrew hebb volunteered and was sent along it happens that mr hebb was going right back to his home territory and of course welcomed the trip but not the cause which brought it about miss edna nicholson is visit ing relatives in buffalo ny while betty lee of bobcaygeon is holidaying with leatrice nicholson mr j h wilson who has occupied the fred wilson house on main street left town on tuesday intending to go to florida to visit his daughter mr wilson who is a namesake only of the former wilson fam ily is an old railway man who located in town a couple of years ago as a place of retirement but owing to the death of his wife the home is being broken up and the town loses a good citizen quality service it is just 17 ysars last thursday since the tragic death of a prominent grain merchant william cook who died from carbon monoxide be ing found lifeless under his car a well known figure of the community it is rather unbe lievable that so many years have gone by since his death about sixty members and friends of the local christian church in stouffville gathered on wednesday evening last week at the home of mrs ralph hamilton obrien ave where a shower was tendered mr and mrs r k vickers popular pastor and his wife of the local christian church mr and mrs vickers were receipients of many beautiful gifts and the congratulations of their many friends present quaker sugared schumacher feed below you will find some strong sentences on quaker sugared schumacher feed that can be proven right here in this neighborhood they are not taken from people miles away but from your neighbor just over the fence sugared schumacher feed is better than corn better than oats better than barley better than wheat feeds sugared schumacher feed is a great utility feed there never was a better feed for dairy heifers from the time they are born until the time they come into milk than sugared schumacher feed sugared schumacher feed is the perfect summer ration for dairy cattle sugared schumacher feed can be the entire grain ration for horses we have had schumacher feed on hand for over thirty years no other commercial feed has stood the test of schumacher feed stiver bros sir william mulock at 95 has been warned to slow up owing to a slight indisposition he was unable to attend the banquet to mr king and has been confined to his home since ontarios grand old man wont like this restraint three or four years ago when he was still chief justice of ontario he was the first to arrive at os- goode hall in the morning and generally the last to leave in the afternoon he topped off a busy day with a game of bridge with his cronies and sometimes of an evening he would deliver an instructive address to young men at the university of tor onto in season he still takes a spell at fishing and not infre quently without book or note recites greys elegy or some other masterpieces for the entertainment of his friends everything is ready for the annual flower exhibition this thursday and friday evening down in the arena every citi zen in town and country should avail themselves of seeing this exhibition which in past years has been outstanding in the province the program each evening brings some talent that will be appreciated but for full details of this turn to the dis play adv and see just what is announced for each evening few if any organizations have done more for the advancement of the district than the horti- culural society by making people flower conscious and through inducing them to beau tify their home surroundings show your appreciation by turning out on this occasion the large entertainment plat form in the arena is being re constructed for the big pro gramme being presented by mcleod bros entertainment company for the horticultural society on the evening of august 18 have you marked the date on your calendar all highclass talent a variety pro gram to please everyone highlights of the royal menu contest mrs r r stirrett of swift current sask who planned the bestbalanced most typically can adian meal in the plan a supper for royalty contest sponsored by the millers of robin hood flour mayor croll of windsor ontario and robin hood executives at presentation of second prize cheque for 10000 to miss lillian i jfclackay 1668 coycau st windsor madeline- day of winnipeg man one of the judges addressing the audience at mrs stirrctts presentation ceremony in swift current mayor taylor of swift current presenting cheque for s20000 and the sterling silver cup to mrs stirrett at memorial parle swift current miss jessie read and miss marie holmes twoof the menu contest judges examining some of the thousands of entries the tremendous enthusiasm shown by women all over canada was a striking tribute to the timeliness and real educational value of this unusual contest mrs watson fairies was the only stouffville contestant to receive a prize among the 187 awards given