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pe four the tribune stouffville ont thursday feb 3 1940 wsog a welcome spirit of good- natured friendliness is a delightful feature of coach travel youll enjoy this friendly way to travel dicksons hill wednesday feb 7 is the first day of lent how many know what this signifies miss katherine moyer spent a few days with mr and mrs edwin raymer of weston mr and mrs thomas keffer of maple visited with mr and mrs harvey moyer on wednes day we are glad to welcome mr and mis seldon abell nee glenna davis to our commun ity mr and mrs win timbers and family enjoyed a skating party and oyster supper at balsdons of todmorden last week soup often and plenty of it is in demand at some houses in our neighbourhood of course we know its cold weather but theres another reason the young peoples society of dicksons hill and mt joy will have charge of the service at bethel chapel on thursday evening the church service in the evening was conducted by the local preacher mr willson of gormley who spoke in his usual wholehearted manner a meeting of the wms will be held at the home of mrs herbert wideman next wed nesday bring your thimble and your lunch and have a good time sunday being our quarterly temperance lesson mrs leh man gave an appropriate talk to the boys and girls about the harm done to the body by the use of the modern cigarette a healthy body and a pure mind are priceless treasures every young person should guard jealously a merry group of young people piled on mr a c bark- eys sleigh on thursday evening and enjoyed a ride through the snowstorm by a roundabout way we reached our destination at mr barkeys home where the remainder of the evening was spent playing games and sing ing coffee candy and cookies were consumed with great gus- ground crewmen trundle heavy deadly projectiles into position and fit them into the racks beneath the wings of this big dive bomber so named be cause it releases its bombs as it divus then quickly pulls up and away before the explosion i occurs below to after which we hit the home ward trail and got to bed on friday morning how happy we would be if harve moyers lane were not so long if joseph hoover didnt have to get up so early if anthony hoovers didnt have so much snow jf roy moyers car would start without pushing if everyone got to church on time if our miller would begin a free- chopping plan if the correspondent would quit writing such nonsense green river a few of our young hopefuls witnessed the ski running at dagmar on sunday miss lois draper of tor- oto spent sunday in the neigh borhood the cottage prayer meeting was held last week at mr j b wilsons home the y p held their meeting this week at the home of mr and mrs roy seebeck sorry to report the sick are not improving very well and mrs henry shank had a nasty attack of laryngitis last week mr and mrs h b michell and mr and mrs william mich ell of whitevale spent saturday afternoon in oshawa with friends the weather on sunday even ing was fine and not too cold but what a pity more people cant find enough ambition to come to church and enjoy the fine talks by rev h wilson congratulations and many happy returns to george dun can who celebrated his eighth birthday on sunday however on saturday afternoon fourteen young friends of both sex called on him to see he had a real good time church hill miss mary pegg was home for a weeks holiday mrs arthur vaughan visited mrs e paisley last week miss luella stouffer visited at mrs eldon smiths on satur day mr and mrs carl rose visit ed at mr herb peggs on sun day mr and mrs warren beach called on mr and mrs w beach on sunday christian endeavour meeting will be held on thursday night at the home of mr and mrs herb pegg topic to be given by mrs hoyle brethour ioe30e ioc iox30i mid- winter specials wallpaper sale childrens dresses turnbull and watson with new stock coming in we must childrens warm winter dresses in woollen underwear wren new stock coming in we must mart stvles suitable these are standard lines well- clear out all our remaining 1939 stock size b to 14 m smart styles surcaoie vt1nwn fnr fhp henondahilitv and there are manv verv attractive nat- for school of better dresses all sharp- known tor their aepenaatiiity ana xnere are many very duuraiuve v 9 ff nr quality and all moderately priced terns that will add new beauty to your ley reduced 25 off reg ps vests no sleeves 75c to 125 rooms and m order to make it easier l 6 vests short sleeves 75c 100 05 to put the best kind of sunworthy womens skirts vests long sleeves 75c 100 125 w h nritorill nwnrrhv here is a very real money saving bloomers 49c 75c to 125 duced the price of all sunworthy j wom skirts we are pan 75c to 130 5ffift otyotwx fa aikst ffi tnetts d g hnz prics y se a a sdsisfs snuggles zlvvwiefeg selection now 25 m sjzeg u tq 2q feal pnr t m akpr opportunity for the shrewd shopper l for the home maker nrrmwxtci j ititt rrtvto heavy cottonade in blue and black womens and childrens w00l mitts an gloves priced at 29c 35c 39c a very large display of womens and shirtings in heavy flannelette and womens and childrens woolette childrens mitts and gloves in plain in good patterns 30c 40c and flannelette pajamas fine quality shades or in the bright varigated shirting in heavy cotton blue stripe and well made both v neck and high colors so popular now moderately khaki and pepper and salt and fancy neck some trimmed with piping and priced per pr 29c 39c 49c 59c 95c small check 25c 35c braid and contrasting colors all re- shadow cloth 47 and 48 wide in duced 20 another special offer an attractive variety of shades print aprons nooncks arenow safetfre- homespun cininglgsen and these are high class quality made duction of 25 smart uptodate j e d and b r by members of the blind institute dresses in wine blue rust black pneeu at per yici 4c ooc some are trimmed with plain colors of plum and old rose shades materials ski suits broadcloth and some with organdie workmanship are of the best and in a few only ski suits left and these trim you will like their quality and all sizes 14 to 46 make your select- are offered at a reduction of 25 appearance priced at 25c to 89c ion early at this low price below regular prices a great hat sale we are clearing our complete stock of womens and childrens hats at a very decided reduction a good variety of smart and desireable hats still in this lot do not miss this opp ortunity w hshaw store this store open saturday evening and wed nesday afternoon during winter months phone 9512 store open wednesday afternoons during the winter months iieoi aoaoi aonoe nocaoi 30e uaoi ringwood many of our citizens are suff ering from severe colds ralph burkholder spent a few clays last week in toronto the country roads through our village are nearly all clear ed of snow bruce johnson has been appointed enumerator for this section of whitchurch town ship to revise the voters list for the coming federal election we are glad to report that mrs j l abell who has been in toronto general hospital for some time is greatly improved in health we hope she may soon be home again markham tp council markham township council passed an unusually quiet ses sion on monday afternoon at the township hall unionville relief accounts for the month totalled 96211 which was a decrease of 150 over the same period last year a communication was receiv ed from harry price of bayview ave requesting council to share in the cost of 2300 feet of snow fence which he had taken upon himself to purchase and place on this section of township road mr price maintained that the fence was of estimable value to the township and an ease on the snowplow which he claimed had only passed his property once during the winter and then at his specific request council did not disclaim the value of the fence but decided that no steps would be taken in the matter un til next fall when the purchase of additional snowfence would be up for discussion a deputation comprised of messrs ward morris britain and sanders from the milliken district waited on the council with regard to the taking over of the road eighty rods in length running from the 6th concession to the railroad road supt maxwell estimated the cost of gravelling the stretch would be around 240 this cost it was agreed would be borne by the ratepayers involved and spread over a five year period after which time the road would become a chaige on the muni cipality road supt maxwell reported that the township roads were being opened to traffic by the plows at a satisfactory rate and sighted that the one outfit had covered forty miles in two days recently many of the sideroads presented an almost unsur- mountable obstacle but work was proceeding steadily road foremans accounts were as follows e a buchanan 140 t canning 875 w b heise 995 w allchurch 2995 general road accounts totalled 60869 bethesda mr wesley grove was home over sunday remember the ypu meet ing on tuesday night at 8 pm lantern slides will be shown on india mr chicken pox has made a few more calls in the neighbour hood we hope his visit will not be too lengthy remember to be out to sun day school on sunday at 2 pm the assistant officers will have charge of the school sunday visitors with mr and mrs gordon tidsbury were mr and mrs clayt gayman and mr and mrs harrison of don- lands mrs wideman and miss eliza beth wideman of dicksons hill have been visiting with mr and mrs c bolender and family messrs clarence and charles atkinson and misses selena and flossie atkinson attended the funeral of their cousin the late mrs williamson in newmarket last thursday leonard brillinger took in the trip to toronto with the junior farmers last thursday through the canada packers leonard enjoyed it all very much espec ially the mince pie and ice cream which we hear nearly got him down the hillcrest public school held their annual skating party last thursday on atkinsons pond during the afternoon the lemonville school hockey team arrived and a rousing game of hockey resulted in the hillcrest team losing to their visitors with a score of 32 the after noon was capped off with a lunch of hot dogs cookies and steaming hot cocoa altona mr and mrs millard reesor entertained a few young people after skating saturday evening mrs c hodgson spent last week with mrs r rawson at wilcox lake miss norma millman of ep som is visiting with her aunt mrs e howsam mrs leslie hodgson is spend ing a week with her sister in aurora mr and mrs cecil neal tor onto visited at john pallisters home over the weekend the willing workers class of the altona sunday school met at the john pallister home on monday afternoon mr and mrs j mcdonald of kinsale visited her parents mr and mrs a davis on sun day duncan spang has been appointed as the enumerator in division no 11 of pickering township under the chief officer j p morgan of oshawa misses doris watson and irene crosier were dinner guests with mr and mrs fred mcnair last thursday evening mr and mrs earl howsam were in toronto last thursday earl is able to get around with crutches now and we hope he will still keep improving the regular meeting of the w i will meet at the home of mrs m harris on wednesday afternoon february 14 at 200 pm roll call characteristics of a good home maker paper hospitality in grandmothers day mrs b reesor travel ogue mrs f wagg and mrs m dunkeld newsy news mrs f byer demonstration buns program in charge of group 6 under the leadership of mrs a wagg we welcome visitors lehmans shoe store phone 4301 stouffville footwear for all the family womens hosiery boots shoes rubbers mitts socks gloves arthur w lynde lhcm teacher of singing established 1913 stouffville fridays phone 802 pupils prepared for toronto conservatory of music examinations