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the tribune stouffville ont thursday nov 16th 1939 page three luuiininuuiiuiiiuimumuiiiuuiau town topics mnniiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiillllllllllhiuiiiiliiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiimiimimiiiiiinihiiiniiilliimill mr and mrs fred walker montreal street have closed up their home for the winter and have gone to toronto counter check books are ad vancing in price we warned our customers three weeks and do so again realizing that fur ther advances are in the offing the tribune mr don fraser of belleville was in town visiting friends over the weekend take advantage of the lower drug prices at boadways drug store the regular monthly meeting of the womens christian temperance union will be held at the home of mrs j boad- way church street on thurs day afternoon nov 16th at 3 oclock a large attendance of members and friends is expect ed did you know that unnatural ized aliens are not allowed to own firearms of any kind nor can they be issued a permit to own any an unnaturalized alien in hanover was fined 5 and costs last week for just such an offence mr and mrs ted cadieux who for several years have made their home in markham where mr cadieux was employ ed by the markham florist have again moved to stouffville and taken over the apartment above the hodgins grocery ted is now employed by the stouffville florist co william greenbury church street north is taking an en forced holiday nursing a broken bone in one foot as a result of a fall of some eight feet while engaged on a carpentering job winter is the slack season for carpenters but our local mail driver was more than busy right up to the time of his mis hap mr carl kidd a representa tive of the good year rubber co caiied on his aunt mrs murchison church street one day recently messrs bob snowball bill pitman price pugh massey mowder and h pollard joined various hunting parties in the north country last weekend mrs ross teele and two children woodville are visiting her parents in town mr and mrs lou lownsborough mary cowie 17 of markham village received leg abrasions and a cut over her left eye on wednesday night the car in which she was riding became involved in a collision with an other car at pape avenue and oconnor drive east york harold wilkinson markham driver of the car told police he had to swerve on to the wrong side of the road to avoid being struck by a northbound car farmers using rubbertired tractors on the highways to pull their wagons or other farm vehicles will not be penalized for not having a license as per mits are being issued for the balance of the year to author ize the operations of these trac tors by farmers without fee this information was given out by hon n o heipel provincial minister of labor in our mail last week was a letter from mrs john wagg mindemoya manitoulin island enclosing a remittance for her paper until december 1940 this renewal tells its own story that the folks on the island who once lived around church hill intend to read their home town paper in the future as they have done in the past last summer mrs wagg and her husband who are farming had a visit from two of her brotherinlaws messrs ed davis and albert clark in renewing her subscription to the tribune mrs gordon sherk of selkirk ontario says i would hate to be without the tribune as i learn more than a letter would give me thats how it is former residents everywhere love to get the home paper and knowing this does it not suggest a fine christmas remembrance when you ai puzzled what to give mrs stiver and the misses stiver and howard of union- ville also miss mary kerr were all guests of mr and mrs f l button and reg on sunday mr gordon murchison has taken a position with the thun der bay paper company fort william ontario gordon is a son of mrs c murchison church street stouffville under the convenership of mrs e m still the members of the eastern star chapter in town received an allotment of wool for knitting numerous other organizations may be ex peeted to swing into action along this line after returning to their farm for the summer mr and mrs morgan degeer have re opened their home the large white brick just north of mrs john mckinnons in the east end and will spend the winter in town at least mr degeer has hired help on the farm over on the 2nd of uxbridge that will relieve him of the winter chores schumacher feed a fish and chip store has opened for business next to wards garage being the first restaurant of this kind to serve the people of stouffville and dis trict how they will take to fish and chips will soon be known mr bell the cockshutt imple ment agent started the new venture in which his good wife will play an important part being an accomplished cook vaughan township pheasant shoot netted the township coun cil 911 and each of the twen ty game wardens sworn in for the shoot were paid 10 each for their services markham township too does very well financially from the pheasant shoot and so will whitchurch when they get into the circle next year so far as we can learn it wasnt a local bank teller who got in wrong last week with a church worker who was depos iting funds in the bank for the ladies aid society she stated that she had some aid funds and the teller understood her to say egg funds thereupon he commented remarkable isnt it how well the old hens are do- as we were opening our ing these days it was some- mail which included a short note bearing the remittance from mrs wagg there stepped into the tribune office on fri day mr davis so we learned from him that mrs wagg is still incapitated from a stroke suffered a year or more ago although she is bright in spirit it is now about 15 years since mr and mrs wagg left the old home district where they still count many of their friends prices going up on permanent waves prices of pcnnanents will bo eoing up in the near future nncl now is your opportunity to nave a high quality wave at the lowest possible price 250 to 750 maries beauty shop time ere the teller knew why the customer hastily grabbed up her bag and rushed out in a hauty manner mayor days home in toron to for which he paid 27000 was found by the court of appeal to be assessed for 6- 000 more than he paid for it last week the ada hunter solid brick residence on toronto street uxbridge sold for 1000 but is assessed for around 1- 500 with taxes totalling 75 as these things come to light they bring home the fact more and more that the purchase price of any property is only one angle on which the assessor bases his valuation figure on wednesday nov 7 the garrett evening auxiliary held their november meeting at the home of their president mrs j m storey miss lillian dows- well vicepresident was in the chair the theme of the devo tional period was remem brance and those taking part were miss anne lehman miss lillian dowswell miss gertrude todd mrs herbert lee miss anne lindsay mrs dorian woodburn and miss luella gay- man who sang jesus remem bers when the world forgets mrs robert young presented the last chapter of the study book miss elsie johnson read a paper on temperance and miss waters on christian stewardship at the close of the meetinb a social half hour was enjoyed by all friends were expecting that mrs james ratcliff would have returned home ere this appears in print after being confined for some days in the toronto general hospital suffering from leg injuries in a rather strange yet simple manner mrs rat- cliff was injured while in one of the big stores in toronto and had to be removed to the hos pital forthwith we have schumacher feed at the old price 300 below the market pi6stmffin 3 emieu a real buy j flour always dependable the death of arthur blainey husband of millie hunter whose father was a merchant in this town years ago occurred in toronto on friday interment was made at prospect cemetery on monday afternoon besides the bereaved wife there sur vives one daughter in detroit while the family is not known in stouffville mrs blaineys father the late joseph hunter at one time conducted a dry goods and grocery store in the west end of the village on tuesday this week mr and mrs john r barkey spruce villa westend left for passadena cal where they in tend to spend the winter the journey south is being made by rail mr barkey an old railway employee finding much to com mend itself in the good old steel horse which after all is very safe and very comfortable to travel by phono 17c llain st e stouffville stouffville marble granite works p tarr proprietor phone 8002 another racket being pull ed on unsuspecting household ers came to light in markham when it is understood rev mr hei pastor of the local anglican church had a lady caller who posed as a repre sentative for a city furrier and was going to walk off with a fur coat from the manse for re pairs had not the pastor proved a trifle wary at the last minute and withheld the coat it is understood that this fake fur repairing agent has made sever al calls in the markham vicin ity and it behoves all house wives and others to look out for this caller i shell clean rest rooms before its too late check your antifreeze we sell everready prestone boadways service station phone 265 stouffville thirty veterans of the old guard turned out on sunday morning and paraded to the cemetery where the graves of some fifteen comrades who have gone to their long home were decorated as an act of remem brance reve morton and rev c e smalley both participated in the brief service which started at the memorial gates at entrance to the park here mrs john pearson placed the provincial wreath and gave a few fitting and well chosen words to the small group assembled mrs pearson gave two sons for overseas service one passing away later and providing the first military ser vice witnessed in this town after the warreeveweldon also spoke briefly and called upon the citizens to cherish the mem ory of the brave lads who had fought and died the village council in can nington is offering a reward of 1000 for information leading to the conviction of persons guilty of destroying ceitain property there on halloween night in view of what happen ed in stouffville it would have been quite in order to post a similar reward here for the apprehension of the boys who destroyed certain property be longing to elderly people of the village reports from germany claim former crown prince wilhelm has been under house arrest at his cecilienhof estate near potsdam for the past two weeks the onetime heir to the german throne was said to have given his word of honor he would not at tempt to leave his estate the officers and committees of the war work branch of the womens institute wish to thank all those who are assist ing in the work those who are knitting are as follows mrs andrews mrs p barrie mrs a burkholder miss brown mrs b burkitt mrs i boad- way mrs e button mrs j boadway miss n dickson mrs davey mrs deeger mrs o flewell mrs farthing mrs gray mrs grubin miss holl- ildge mrs gunn mrs hollidge mrs r hamilton mrs t holden mrs a hoover mrs j hoover miss eva hoover miss l king mrs george lee mrs lownsborough mrs lintnei mrs p lehman mrs g leh man miss j lemon miss c lehman mrs a leaney mrs d licorish mrs h lee mrs f marshall and daughters mrs madill mrs mcconnochie mrs e miller mrs h moyer mrs mcleod mish mcmullen miss neal mrs quibell miss f wright mrs rose mrs h sanders miss sage mrs geo saunders mrs steckley mrs spence mrs shankel miss stewart mrs slack mrs tin- da miss taun miss m urqu- hart miss m valentine mrs wetherill mrs wallwork thousands of farmers have descovered that it pays to feed little pigs quaker pig starter from 2 to 3 weeks of age until thev are 10 davs old gluten feed oilcake meal soybean oil meal and bran are down to reasonable prices again 9s lbs ivory flour 249 see us before ordering stouffville ontario sneak thieves who evidently had marked the location of some special peonies in the horticultural society beds at the west entrance to the village completely ruined some of the plants this was no doubt the work of some irresponsible per son and committed after dark for parts of roots were scatter ed about and others were com pletely missed even where parts of roots was removed they did not have the decency to replace the soil but left the root exposed said mr j r hodgins who more than any other citizen built up this beauty spot from what was more or less an ugly bank as some of these flowers were considered of a rare species it would appear that some admir er went in and helped them selves but then one who loves flowers should be above that kind of conduct one would think members of the craft in york county council will be enter tained by richardson masonic lodge this friday evening on the occasion of the elevation of one of their members to the lehmans shoe store phone 4301 stouffville footwear for all the family womens hosiery boots shoes rubbers mitts socks gloves degree of a master mason county treasurer gardhouse and the county engineers will accompany the contingent and altogether an interesting and instructive evening is anticipat ed mr and mrs allin closson have started on their trek south to spend the winter in florida they were equipped with a splendid trailer which provides excellent accommoda tion for sleeping cooking and eating no doubt mr and mrs closson will fully enjoy the weather as well as the lovely scenery and the pleasure of living at home while rolling along at their leisure they ex pect to make their headquarters at melbourne tribune advs pay for drugs our minimum prices save you money lydia pinkhams vegetable compound 89c salhepatica 26c 59c 115 chases kidney liver pills 29c fruitatives 22c 39c ironized yeast 89c fellows syrup hypopnosphite large 115 100 100 185 350 vitamin products wampoles cod liver oil alphametts 25s 50s 100s keplers cod liver oil malt 75c 125 nova kelp 79c 139 279 cod liver oil gal 175 ext malt cod liver oil 1 lb 49c 2 lbs 89c bromo selzer 25c 49c 98c mineral oil 16 oz 39c 40 oz 69c dr knights tooth paste 2 tubes 35c palmolive shav cream 23c sunset dyes 2 pkgs 25c chases paradol 35c passmores bronchul mixture 49c woodburys shav cream talcum both for 35c also royal purple and pralts stock and poultry tonics magazines and star weekly save with safety at boadwats drug store phone 2301 stouffville ont 1