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the tribune stouffville ont thursday feb 8 1940 page three wwwwwwvwvvwwvwvv town topics mrs benj burkitt has just been advised of the death of her brotherinlaw the late alex morrison of vancouver who retired at the coast mr morri son for many years was the postmaster at coleman alta where the town flag was flown at halfmast in solemn recog nition of the passing of a form er leading citizen mr morrison was 62 years of age thirtyone below zero is re ported for new liskeard by mrs dora smith a former res ident of obrien avenue now living in the northern town that was an exceptional dip mrs smith explains but all along the weather this winter has been nice and being very dry it does not penetrate one so readily as the damper old ontario weather glad to learn mrs smith is retaining her health mrs jos kirk was a caller at the tribune on saturday and we were sorry to learn from her that mrs kirk is suffering quite severely from heart ailment mr and mrs kirk have been on the 8th of markham for 33 years and the friends every where will be sorry to learn that illness is becoming such a handi cap to a faithful tiller of the soil fresh from the barbering college in toronto mr jack pennock is home again having completed his course which qualifies him to practise the tonsorial art in all its nicety deftness of touch and deli cacy jack will not shrink from a blue beard or a dusty thresh er with beards in his alfalfa and whiskers much less the sweet damsel whose every curl must be exactingly placed he has taken a position at snow balls barbering shop in the collard block the stouffville junior insti tute february meeting will be held at the home of mrs h 0 klinck on thursday of next week february 8 at 230 oclock rev c i cullen returned missionary will speak on the customs of the bantee tribe in africa the roll call will be an swered by an old valentine there will be a meat cooking demontration by miss marjorie mertens miss laura hill will conduct a valentine contest lost blue belt for girls sport jacket finder please return to tribune office the worlds day of prayer will be recognized in stouffville by a public meeting this fri day afternoon at 3 oclock in the presbyterian church where all local women are asked to assem ble and offer their support in this great world movement prayer is the souls sincere desire there is a growing mixup about the wednesday half holi day for the winter season all grocery stores barber shops hardware- gents furnishings and the dollar store close every wednesday at noon for the most part all other lines or stores are open druggist butch er feed stores shaws post office banks and restaurants do not forget the concert of the uxbridge choral society mr fletcher conductor on fri day evening under the auspices of the sr womens institute the proceeds are for war work an excellent program has been prepared which will include orchestra selections electric brass quartette choral num bers motettes and operetic numbers male choruses violin solos by the celebrated violinist anthony remouch and reading by miss ida fallowdown the orchestra will play from 745 to 810 whitchurch hockey league standing to date w l t pts king city 2 0 1 5 white rose 1 0 2 4 lemonville 1 1 l 3 church hill 1 2 0 2 vandorf 0 2 0 thursday scores white rose 2 lemonville king city 6 vandorf thursdays games church hill vs white rose ringwood vs vandorf last wednesday one of the toronto evening papers report ed that the stouffville board of trade provided the program at aurora for an organization there this of course was an error as stouffville has no board of trade and the names of those supposed to have part icipated in the meeting from this village were not local people at all try as they may news papers will make errors but this one caused no harm to anyone some years ago this town did have a board of trade in which the late dr ira freel was one of the prime personages and its president for some years it is the kind of organization that can do a lot of good in any town and its revival here would be an advantage to the business men especially the lenten season began yesterday with ash wednesday you can talk to one man our classified advs talk to thous ands we still have a number of ladies winter hats to clear at only 100 each which is below cost h golden phone 273 mrs s j clarkson toronto was in town last week visiting her sister mrs d h cook mr edward r good kitchen er embalmer for schrieter- saudrock funeral home spent the weekend at home with mr and mrs e r good at the brierbush bruce clark of peterboro who is attending pickering college newmarket was here over the weekend visiting at the home of his aunt mrs f c rowbotham hockey here friday bridge vs stouffville ux- 1 mrs leslie hodgson is visit ing her sister in aurora mrs auburn we would advise merchants to place orders for counter check books and guard against advanced prices the tribune is in a position to quote the low est prices possible obtaining for any style of books required snip out the program for fri day nights concert in the unit ed church and bring it along you will find it convenient the uxbridge choral society prom ise a worthwhile entertainment i mr and mrs jack oneill have moved to belleville where he will be engaged with the oldest undertaking establish ment in that city mr oneill served his apprenticeship with his brother l e oneill here and passed his examinations as an embalmer with honor stand ing mrs oneill is the former nelda lehman who with her husband have the best wishes of their friends here for a happy time in theiir new surroundings in the beautiful hastings county centre their household effects were shipped on monday mrs louisa taylor aged 71 passed away at the home isc i v years passed away at the home here under auspices of the sen- er g mrg elizabeth a ipur women s institute the ad- victoria street on mon ance ticket sale has been good i i dav so come on time and secure your eat mr delbert holden quite ill for the past three weeks is getting around again and was out on monday for the first when he took his seat at the village council meeting that evening mr holden is in the midst of a building program at his newly acquired mansion house property which be being renovated to suit the needs of the ford agent and his service station stanley theatre phono stouffville 100 mrs alf hoover entertain ed the womens association of the united church at her home for their january meeting miss s daly presided mrs r young conducted the worship period and miss h rowbotham gave a short talk on why i go to church mrs h w sanders and mrs c pipher sang a duet rev le atkinson installed the following officers president mrs j blake sanders 1st vice- pres miss s daly 2nd vice 0 pres mrs elmer still rec isecy mrs d cook financial secy mrs j r hodgins treas mrs levi hoover parsonage 0 committee mrs i barkey mrs k g tarr mrs j r hodgins kitchen committee mrs a hoover flower committee mrs w h shaw mrs f l button pianists mrs g rw thom as mrs l e atkinson there was a good crowd at the skating carnival on wed nesday night last week under auspices of the war veterans music was supplied by the stouffville band and prizes were won as follows mens race randolph forsyth norman steckley boys race grant turner fred cunneyworth ladies race betty williams mary davis mixed race doubles claude and eulah brillinger alfred thomas and betty williams and was taken back to tor onto for burial deceased was not widely known in town hav ing come here six years ago fol lowing the death of her husband in markham village at that time she had been in declining health for a long time and this probably kept her from being active in the community for years mrs taylor had lived in toronto before she came to markham with her husband they had no children death was due to a stroke friends of mrs wilson who for a long time was housekeeper for mr m t leavens extends their sym pathy in her irreparable loss february 8910 rudyard kiplings story gunga din with cary grant victor mclaglen douglas fairbanks jr february 12 13- double bill 14 forged passport paul kelly june lang southward ho roy rogers western melodrama february is golden 16 17 boy two grandchildren of mr and mrs george austin of stouff ville had rather a thrilling day recently little june and peter ellis children of mr and mrs gordon ellis of rri orange- ville were among the small children hurriedly paraded from the school building in their township when the furnace shot flames through the floor regis ter it was some excitement the youngsters had to tell about on reaching home however at six oclock the pipes in their own home caught on fire and the danger was fought for two hours the children ran out in the cold without their shoes on but suffered no serious harm some folks would remember a fire they experienced all their lives but here is an instance where two youngsters on the threshold of life went through the experience at school and at home within a few short hours and according to their mother fhe former lillian austin they were more than excited the weather man has been acting rather peculiar this wint er all over the world france and england have experienced the coldest spells in years while away up on the artie circle where the finns are bat tling for their very existence against the russian invader it has been colder than at any time in 60 years even the more favored people who enjoy the winter down in california and florida were touched with frost when it should have been warm nights and as a result the beautiful foliage was frozen imagine a frost in ontario dur ing august and you have the situation facing them down south the buttons from stouffville in cards sent to friends tell of the havoc frost caused around their magnificent sans souci apartments where they are now staying in st petersburg some day the clamps will be put on hitler and stalin for the havoc they bring to the world but the weather man never following within a week the death of her brotherinlaw frank flint mrs paul flint passed away at her home beaver lodge alberta on janu ary 30 in her 82nd year her maiden name was jane eliza beth kell and while not a nat ive of stouffville her husband who survives her was a member of a well known family here mr and mrs paul flint went to western canada years ago where he finally was appointed to the government experiment al farm in the peace river dis trict mr flint is still active although he is a man of prob ably 86 years besides the hus band there survives two daugh ters and two sons mrs sydney g green ida george and vic tor flint mrs frank baker who is a niece of mr flint with mr baker attended the funeral in toronto last week of frank flint when pauls two brothers matthew of toronto and sim- eo of rochester were both pre sent high school notes the stouffville high school hockey team defeated the mark ham puck chasers last wednes day by a score of 4-2- in the first twenty minutes of play bob abell scored for the local team and watson for the opposing squad making the score 11 at the end of the first period bob abell scored two more goals in the second session from assists by cadieux and schellmarkham however took advantage of a major penalty to cadieux in the last period to get their second counter with only a few min utes to go cadieux scored the last goal from abell to make the final score 42 the next game is scheduled to be played on home ice this friday against scarboro colle giate last friday afternoon the high school literary society held their first meeting of the new year the school sang o canada and after business proceedings jim abell took the chair the program which was judged by the critic to be the best of the term was directed by mr bailey and put on by the students of grade xl gordon baker read the school paper which included the prize poem by muriel jones and the prize essay by mary and helen burk- holder tres mures a song in latin was sang by the entire form after which vern davies gave a talk on harmony joyce ball and elaine baker sang santa lucia and eight of the students recited the ballad of the captains stringed instru ments were discussed by hazel brander and facts about the euphonium were given by murray vague following these talks ted cadieux gordon bak er and george smith played two selections on violins and guitar and wilbur smalley played a number concerning the late william hasting who died in bradford as reported in our last issue the bradford witness has this to say the death of william hast ings last wednesday jan 24th about the noon hour occurred most unexpectedly the previ ous week mr hastings had re turned home after spending eight weeks in newmarket hospital ill with pneumonia and appeared to be convalescing most satisfactorily he was able to sit up for short periods and move about his room and on wednesday following his lunch to make profits from hogs feed quaker pig starter and get them ready for market at 200 to 220 pounds weight at the age of about 5 to 6 mouths quaker pig starter is built around oatmeal and research farms have definitely proved that oatmeal makes pigs grow faster develops big strong frames and increases resistance to disease because oatmeal is 94 digestible there is less waste and the pigs convert it into meat far more quickly and economically scientifically correct quaker pig starter contains all the 17 ingredients required to give best results in developing strong fastgrowing hogs from the third to tenth week including iodine to prevent goitre iron to prevent anemia for finishing after the tenth feed quaker pignhoc maker week quaker pig starte1 stiver bros phone 4501 stouffville he took a little walk about his room and after sitting down was seized with a heart attack from which he passed away a few minutes later the late mr hastings was born in markham township 82 years ago and was the last sur viving member of a family of nine he grew up and was edu cated in the markham district and as a young man went as a pioneer farmer to western can ada in 1882 residing at virden man in 1917 he retired from farming and cameto make his home in bradford residing with his sister the late miss hast ings who predeceased him two years ago last september for a number of years his niece miss dorothy noble has resid ed here first with her aunt and uncle and latterly with her uncle mr hastings who was of a quiet and retiring disposition made many friends among his fellow townsmen who learned with much regret of his sudden passing he was a member of the presbyterian church and until the last few months of failing health was regularly in attendance the funeral which took place from his late residence on fri day afternoon at 2 pm was private a friend of the family rev dr t h mitchell of ring- wood conducted the services assisted by rev graham of bradford interment was in mel ville cemetery the pallbearers were messrs thomas hastings of markham garnett francey of gormley james noble of toronto isaac cairns harry wilson and geo morton of bradford mta rug store items at continuous minimum prices competing with mail order handbill and daily paper advertising a few are listed below palmolive shaving cream aq with schick razor noxzema skin cream aqc reg 75c size 100 plain jj milk filter discs 45c drknight tooth paste 20c pkg2 for 3c dr chases nerve food 49c hemroids pile treatment 100 mosbys tonic 117 alka seltzer 29c 57c nose and throat drops 25c ovaltine 58c 98c exlax choc 15c 33c olympene liniment 50c 1 colgates dental cream 19c 33c hygeol antiseptic 35c 60c danderine hair tonic 31c 59c 98c heavy mineral oil 40 oz for 69c vicks cough candies 15c wampoles cod liver extract 100 nujol 8 16 and 32 oz 29c 49c 83c checkers cough stops 25c meads iod cod liver oil 3 oz 55c 16 oz 170 ipana tooth paste 23c 43c camphorate oil usp 2 oz for 15c 4 oz for 25c velva powder puffs 5c rosarie each 10c natural face powder reg 25c pkg for 15c pablum 45c pierces pleasant pellets 28c cod liver oil fine grade 40 oz for 1 thermogene 49c 98c royal purple conditioners 60c pkg poultry and stock 175 tins 4 25lb bags valentine cards popular magazines sold here this store open all day wednesday boadways drug store stouffville phone 2301 iii 1 1 iii mm