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the tribune stouffville- ont thursday jan 18th 1940 page three juvuwvwwwvwvwuvvmwwwwv town topics ivwwwvvwwwwwrtvwwwsmw mr and mrs bailey of klin- burg were in town on sunday visiting at the home of his brother mr gordon bailey mr and mrs ambrose stov er mr and mrs thomas vague and mrs william grove and two children called on mr and mrs p h raymer north markham one day last week mr and mrs peter lehman and mr and mrs harry stouff- er were in toronto on monday celebrating mrs peter leh mans birthday at the home of another daughter mr and mrs morris hornsby of toronto were in town over the weekend visiting friends and relatives miss gladys feir french teacher on the uxbridge high school staff was in town on sunday visiting the home of her uncle and aunt mr and mrs a e weldon the union stock yards of chicago occupying its present site since 1865 is the largest live stock market in the world its yard rrea of 500 acres contains approximately 13000 pens which have a daily capacity for 75000 cattle 150000 sheep 300000 hogs and 6000 horses the annual meeting of the united church congregation is announced to take place on wednesday evening of next week january 24 beginning at 630 we heard of a minister the other day who when informed that his salary had been increas ed 200 refused to accept it he said he had enough trouble now trying to collect the present salary the largest crowd of the season to jam the local arena ice was on hand last wednesday night for the leap year skate sponsored by the stouffville high school over 400 enjoyed the evening one of scarboro the village of canington gets its municipal officers at a record low the moh receives only 10 a year salary and the vill age clerk and treasurer 300the assessor 70 these men must landmarks known all be retired gentry with plen ty of income without the slight recognition allowed them by the ratepayers gordon thompson former stouftville lad was given a fare well party at his home in new market last week prior to his leaving for overseas with the lome scots regiment dr a j brace an uncle of gordons who is also known in stouffville spoke a few words of encour agement and led in prayer rev and mrs robt barbour toronto were bereaved last week when their daughter miss jean evelyn passed away at 14 blythwood road toronto the funeral took place to lucknow ontario for interment thirty years ago rev mr barbour was located in stouffville as pastor of st james presbyterian church he was succeeded by rev john mutch besides the parents miss barbour is surviv ed by a sister mrs m l albery the family is quite well remem bered in stouffville especially among the former parishoners all of whom will sympathize with mr and mrs barbour in their sorrow townships as christie church has been sold and will be moved into markham township to be used as a community hall for buttonville the church which is over fifty years old and for some time housed one of scarboros pioneer methodist congregations stands on the sideroad just south of milliken when in use it was one of the six churches comprising the unionville circuit rev herbert lee of stouffville was a pastor on this charge at one time stanley theatre phona stouffville 100 thursday friday saturday january 181920 jane withers takes herself a boy friend but in the wild withers manner short subjects monday tuesday wednesday january 22 23 24 story of vernom and irene castle ginger rogers fred astaire pathe parade and short a real deluge of injuries requiring medical attention and due to fisticuffs and accident was featured during the open ing whitchurch hockey double- header at the local arena last thursday night harry davis of ringwood clashed with fergu son a ballantrae player result ing in the loss to the latter of a couple of teeth while davis re ceived a cut which required sev eral stitches one of the king city squad sustained serious injury to his left eye when he was struck accidentally by the stick of one of his teammates thursday friday saturday january 25 26 27 big double bill winner takes all down on the farm n fortythree years married on saturday jan 13 was fitting ly marked by mr and mrs kg tarr when they entertained a number of friends at their obrien avenue home after securing such a good lifepart ner on the 13th that date never held any terror for k g who brands it as his lucky number mr and mrs tarr were married at the home of her uncle james laughlin cherry- wood she being miss mary e coxworth rev mr oke resi dent methodist minister tied the nuptial knot they farmed successfully for many years but moved to town thirteen years ago buying a fine brick home where they now reside they have one son clayton at home at the anniversary occa sion saturday mr and mrs collins were guests he being a cousin of mrs tarr others pre sent were mr and mrs n tarr mr and mrs clifford lemon and daughter helen miss anne lindsay of the pub lic school staff and miss doris kirk toronto june ward and aunt maria hoover said mr tarr were the two absentees mrs hoover is 83 and was un able to attend through feeling indisposed she lives with mr land mrs sam hoover people at sharon saw a deer last week in their village which for some was their first look at the fleet footed animal what a nerveracking experience the poor animal would have down in these settled parts with man and beast a common enemy czech organizer col oldrich spaniel it is an nounced in ottawa has just been appointed organizer of czecho- slovak volunteers in canada for- the czechoslovak army lawrence hardy husband of mildred pugh is stationed at vancouver attached to the air force morley pugh is overseas with the highlanders so that mr and mrs alf pugh father and mother have an especial anxiety yet serene satisfaction in the familys war activity mrs william greenbury is expected to return home early next week after undergoing an operation at toronto general hospital mrs greenbury who was the only daughter of the late mr and mrs george cox north church street has been vey ill but since entering the hospital it is hoped that she will be greatly improved in health she suffered from appendicitis a defective radiator in the local school building had to be taken down last week and a new section put in as the radi ator weighed 700 pounds it pro vided a problem in the moving principal murphy marshalled a number of his most husky stu dents and it was soon proven once again that many hands make light work the lads were no time at all in moving the weighty piece to the satisfac tion of the plumber the first story of interest to be received from any lads of the district with the canadian for ces overseas is a report from cedar grove regarding bob petch who is wellknown in markham circles bob we un derstand had only been in england a few days when he was privileged to enjoy the hospitality of an english home and which is widely extended to the canadians in england on being questioned by his english host as to his home our markham soldier was delighted to find that he was in the com pany of one who only during the recent summer had been in canada and had camped for several weeks at woodland park which as bob expressed it is right in my backyard the wctu will hold then- january meeting at the home oi mrs robert young church street on thursday january 18th at 3 pm mrsba camer on of ciaremont will be the guest speaker come and bring vour friends special january sale suits and dresses handsomely cleaned and pressed two for 125 whites sons cleaners dyers articles picked up and delivered anywhere in town by calling either of our agents- donald hodgins phone 18203 or le oneill 9801 sundays rain and snow storm from the east seemed to centre right on the main street of stouffville for slush was a foot deep and cars could navigate only under great difficulty with a little change in the weather monday morning one found all the ruts frozen and a situation was left that provoked motor ists and pedestrians alike the reeve and a helper were out with shovels sunday night open ing catch baisins but some of these were frozen and little could be accomplished the weatherman was certainly in bad taste over this period late monday afternoon how ever the county snowplow was located and at once answered a call to stouffville in about two hours the big clark outfit rolled the snow back and cut down the ruts until main street was turned into a good speed way the council got out a truck and with half a dozen men re moved the furrows of snow left by the plow in the main section as a consequence everybody pedestrian and motorists alike were smiling at the transforma tion outside the business area the plow rolled the snow right onto the boulevards and left a wide smooth road from one end of the village to the other michael buga toronto truck driver who narrowly escaped in jury when his truck crashed in to the ditch in avoiding a colli sion with harold jarvis at the latters gateway on the 8th of markham was fined 10 and costs in county court monday for passing on the wrong side 5 and costs for being unable to produce his ownership card and 5 and costs for having no flares on his truck the war loan appears to be going over well in stouffville i find that people have been res ponding splendidly said mr f marshall of the bank of nova scotia aside from subscriptions taken by the banks mr thos birkett whose announcement appears in this issue have re ceived a nice block of applica tions all these amounts will be filled for those of large insur ance companies who are prepar ed to accept lots of several million dollars the rate of interest at 3 v4 cents is meeting with general approval today as never before the democratic countries are calling for greater leadership the pro fessional world the church and other avenues are all seeking greater leadership mr gordon bailey told the audience in stouffville united church on sunday evening speaking as president of the young peoples union which organization had charge of the evening service mr bailey who is a highly esteemed member of the high school staff of this town threw out a fine challenge to the youth to equip themselves for leader ship and a life worth while this leadership he emphasized or the source of it must come from the ranks and could there fore not rise higher than the people who must supply it mr bailey admonished the young people to strive to improve their lives from day to day the whole purpose of the young peoples society was to help quality service attractive prices we can pay attractive prices for ontario wheat oats barley rye and mixed grain we can pay a special price for buckwheat millfeeds are we have a few tons of shorts at the old price oilcake meal and soy advancing todays price is scarce bell cow bran and bean oil meal are s4200 soy bean oil meal 4000 schumacher feed at the per ton old price of 83200 98 lbs ivory flour at 274 let us show you how you can have eggs produced 08c per dozen stiver bros phone 4501 stouffville in this useful them their effort might take differ ent forms as programs would indicate throughout the season while not holding any brief for the smoker he said at one point in his address he was not sure that god would count the num ber of cigarettes a man might smoke but he was sure thatthis good deeds would be recorded strive daily to improve your lives mr bailey made a pro found impression on his listen ers and it was unfortunate that the weather was so treacherous that few were in attendance this was the occa sion of the installation cere monies of the young peoples union and this part of the service was carried out by the pastor rev l e atkinson at the close of the regular service a fireside hour was held in the basement when a program of music was hear the officers for 1940 are hon pres rev l e atkinson mr e m still pres gordon bailey vice pres don rowbotham sectreas jean pipher christian fellowship anne lindsay christian cult ure grant orchard citizenship vernon atkinson missions gladys brooks recreation clair bell don cadieux winni- pursuit fred macdonald social helen rowbotham myrtle watson mrs still betty leslie pian ists luella gayman thelma atkinson whitchurch hockey league j schedule january 18 lemonville vs vandorf church hill vs king january 25 ringwood vs white rose lemonville vs church hill february 1 j white rose vs lemonville vandorf vs king february 8 church hill vs white rose ringwood vs vandorf february 15 vandorf vs white rose king vs ringwood february 22 church hill vs vandorf lemonville vs king february 26 lemonville vs ringwood the first game on each even ing is scheduled to commence at 8 pm and the second game at 915 thursdays scores ringwood 2 church hill 1 king city 4 white rose 4 y have when you travel- by motor coach tickets and information at brown betty tea room phone gray coach lines your way to invbt in canadas first war loan midland secdihties limited london stouffville local representative thos birkett toronto phone 259023