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the tribune stouffvffle ont thursday feb 8 1940 page five kellogs corn flakes special glass utility bowl free with 3 pkgs corn flakes 25c tip top marmalade large jar 25c tapioca 3 lbs 25c christies salted sodas u lb pkg 15c devon cheese plain or pimento h lb 17c prunes large meaty 2 lbs 25c old fashioned dried apples 2 lbs 15c nujell special 5 pkgs 25c grape nuts new low price per pkg 15c cashmere bouquet soap 2 cakes lie tea bisk per pkg 19c fresh fruits and vegetables fresh smoked fillett of haddock fresh oysters herring town delivery stouffville ontario pine orchard a number of hockey fans en joyed the game between new market and markham last week we hear the play is being practised so watch for future news of the path across the hills bruce reid spent the weekend with his mother and miss ann willis was a dinner guest on sunday c mrs wicke called at her parents home on saturday little barbara returning with her mother to live in our midst we were sorry there were not more to see the pictures at club thursday night on home im provements a number of young people enjoyed a sleighing party on saturday followed by a supper at the home of miss v shrop shire ballantrae whitchurch councils febru ary meeting falls on saturday this week miss myrtle rose glasgow school teacher is hoping that she is nursing her last accident for a long time for this ballan trae miss is going about on crutches for the third time in two years it all because of one knee injured first while tobog ganing which later was render ed usless after a fall at school only recently miss rose injured the same knee when skiing but is bravely carrying on by the aid of crutches peaches miss martha pike of summer- wile british columbia called on mrs guy one day recently mr and mrs albert allen and jean visited at mrs allens home in gormley on sunday mrs robert smith of mark- ham spent several days last week at the smith home mr david knox of toronto who is in training in the raf visited at the ferguson home on thursday night sorry to report mr joe kirk is under the doctors care suffer ing from a heart attack we wish him a speedy recovery mr and mrs george hoover and dorothy also mrs chris gayman had dinner at the mead home on sunday we were glad to welcome mr sinclair back to church on sun day after spending several months under his doctors care in toronto sorry to disappoint the friends and neighbours in the news last week but owing to the scribe being on the sick list the news did not get sent in we welcome miss winnie brad bury of markham to our neigh borhood she is taking dorothy hoovers place at the ferguson home we extend our sympathy to mrs warren morris in the death of her nephew in toron to last friday mr and mrs morris attended the funeral on monday burial took place at queensville used implements at special prices pulley and line shaft power cutting box with 5 ft rakers three single cutters bissell disc harrows frank baker international harvester peter hamilton and floury co boatty co melotte or lister co bissoll co pedler co lightning rod co real estate handled at our offce repairs for cream separators telephone 15204 hitlers choice here is the man named by adolf hitler to head the nazi government of england if germany wins the war he is wilhelm bohle 36 a native of yorkshire and now head of the auslans deutscher an organ ization controlling germans who live outside the fatherland engagement mi and mrs fred coakwell markham announce the engage ment of their daughter velma irene to william john son of the late mr and mrs hugh jackson the wedding to take place in february britain buys bacon helps canadian trade for best results and a steady cash income you cannot do bet ter for your farm than to sell your cream and deliver t or have us call for it rf stouffvhxe creamery closed every evening at 530 excepting saturdays grain coal feeds order your famous reading coal from us and watch the results we carry the national poultry feeds dairy feeds min erals and concentrates oyster shell and grit we are buyers of seeds and grain let us clean your seed grain before the rush s w hastings stouffville phone 169 l w pearsall secretaryman ager of the dominion bacon board last week brought to the agriculture committee of the ontario legislature details of the anglocanadiani agreement for shipment of canadian pork pro ducts to great britain mr pearsall explained that on dec 15 the british ministry asked for weekly shipments of 40000 hundredweight of wilt shire bacons and hams the british government now is taking 50000 hundredweight weekly said mr pearsall the shipments run 65 per cent wilt shire sides and 35 per cent other cuts he said the first duty of the bacon board he stated is to ensure a full supply of bacon we should also ensure that the pro ducer gets a full share of the benefits there is going to be a sub stantial increase in hog raising mr pearsall predicted adding that we hope to take some of the mystery out of this hog business and place it somewhat in the same position as wheat the western wheat grower knows pretty well what hes goingto get for his wheat the british food ministry in sisted on a flat price because that was the only basis upon which it could operate canada has a grand opportun ity to capture the british bacon market and retain it according to kenneth morrison of the first ontario cooperative pack ers barrie he scid it is neces sary for hog producers and packers to overcome british pre judice against canadian bacon a hangover from the last war when quality didnt mean any thing to shippers it was not only canadian bacon that ruined our reputa tion in the last war he said there was an american bacon too to the englishman it was all american he didnt dis tinguish between it find soil on 664 farms lackin in che of the 664 farms in york county many of which are in markham and whitchurch townships that submitted their soil samples last fall for examination showed that 80 per cent of them are lacking in phosphate and 50 per cent are short of potash this informa tion was placed before the york county council last week by the agricultural committee and it was realized that a service had been done the farmer with just the right elements in the soil maximum crops may be produced farmers may be firt- ilizing with expensive fertilizer which his soil does not require while not putting in that parti cular element which the farm needs this survey of soil told them exactly what is lacking council adopted a resolution uxbridge roads to be plowed a number of the ratepayers in uxbridgetownship have been agitating for the opening up of the roads in the township so that trucks may get to their farms for handling their live stock etc the reeve on the request of members of council called a special meeting to discuss the matter in the township hall at goodwood on monday feby 5 and with the members all pre sent the matter of opening up the snow roads was given leng thy consideration and discus sion the feeling being that if a certain road was opened up all parts of the township should be given the same consideration it was decided to engage the county snow plow at 275 per hour and to get it as soon as possible a plan of the roads to be opened was given the road superintendent to supervise the council then adjourned to meet on regular date of feb 10th for general business gormley lloyd baker had a number of his little friends in on saturday for a birthday party misses dorothy doust and dorothy gooding from toronto spent sunday under their paren tal roofs misses olive and betty farm er visited in stouffville on sat urday miss mary baker visited with mrs clarence doner last thurs day mrs murray baker and two daughters spent a couple of days at victoria square last week mr ed brown from parry sound who has been visiting with mr and mrs t johnson preached sunday night at bethesda mr and mrs george baker mr and mrs lome baker and lloyd visited with mr and mrs harvey houck at cashel on sun day evening mr and mrs gerald lyons visited in aurora last week they are moving from the house which mrs levi hoover pur chased last summer and mrs hoover and ruth are moving in shortly mr and mrs will dennie and daughter are moving into new gormley where mrs levi hoov er is living and mr and mrs james dennie are taking over their farm around seventyfive people gathered at the home of mr clarence doner on saturday night to give the new bride and groom mr and mrs fred wil son a shower and our best wish es a very enjoyable time was had by all saturday afternoon a car travelling east went into the ditch across from mr george learys and after considerable trouble in getting it out it was discovered that the front wheels and steering outfit were damaged and a derrick truck was called to pull it into a gar age for repairs many cars and trucks seem to be slipping into the ditches and about one oclock sunday morn ing murray baker was called to pull a car out which had gone in after going into the guard rail and breaking off a post near a s farmers but fortunately no one was hurt when is our road and a new bridge to be built here to continue the survey in 1940 and commended ontario agri cultural college surveyors for the excellent work accomplished from the 664 farms some 2700 samples were taken and examin ed at the college interim reports showed that most of the samples contained sufficient lime declared reeve w h pugsley of sutton while 80 per cent showed a deficiency of phosphates this is to be ex pected in a milk producing area plans were discussed to re plenish the lands with phos phates and potash the work to commence within the very near future council also gave approval to a continuance of the potato program begun in 1939 the plan is to provide better potato crops for york county to com pete with the maritime potato crop british market demands choice bacon to get it feed your own grain with a good concentrate we carry concentrates for all stages of hog raising brood sow concentrate fed to a sow will develop stronger and better litters with less trouble giving the young a more thrifty start in life 32 pig concentrate should be used with own fine ground grain as a pig starter 41 hog concentrate fed with your own grain for growing and finishing your hogs on record time developing meat equal to danish pork demanded by the british people special prices this week on corn and oat chop wheat screanings and oat feed be sure and leave your name for a free bag of floui- central feed store stouffville phone 277 i 8th line markham mr and mrs a blizzard were sunday visitors with mr and mrs thomas blizzard mr oswald leadley of tor onto was a recent visitor with his brother here mrs alvin wideman and her daughter joyce spent a few days with her parents mr and mrs jennings at temperanceville mrs a e reesor joan and herbert had tea sunday evening with mr and mrs a d wide- man mrs forsyth of stouffville is spending a few days this week at the home of her brother mr harry spang the progressive literary society held a meeting at the home of mr and mrs allan wideman last thursday evening the singing school at wide- man church under the director of mr wambold on wednesday evening commencing at 730 is being well attended congratulations are in order to mr and mrs ivan leadley on the birth of a son at markham nursing home on sunday february 4th we are sorry to learn that mr harold mcdowell of the 7th line received severe facial burns when the blow torch with which he was working exploded we are pleased to know that he is improving choral society concert the uxbridge choral society of 60 voices under the direction of mr herbert m fletcher conductor will render a concert in the united church stouffville under auspices of the stouffville seniour institute to aid this organization in their work for thes oldiers friday february 9th 1940 programme o canada eriskay love lilt by robonsson violin solo anthony remouche obertass wemski chorus dear land of home sibelius solo mrs vesey chorus jesu word ofgod gownod piano duet poet and peasant mrs e fair and mrs h cave ladies chorus will you remember reading albert and the lion miss i fallowdown choral ballad millers wooing by fanning violin solo anthony remouche mottette to thee we call mens choruses southern lullaby rolling down to rio reading selected miss i fallowdown chorus 8 parts scott wha hae leslie violin solo hejke kati hubay choruses a dickory dickory dock b laughing chorus c lost chord sullivan rule brittania accompanists mrs ec fair atcm and mrs h cave concert at 815 god save the king admission 25c reserve this program iob s30c30e aotao manufacturers clearance of winter coats o 0 o we still have a number of our winter coats to clear below cost these coats are all nicely trimmed with fox persian sable etc from 1250 up ladies dresses in new shades and prints in latest style d also a few fall dresses left to clear at 195 jj allwool blanket cloth ski suits well interlined greatly g reduced now all our winter goods reduced to clear now to fl make room for spring merchandise quilt patches 7 pounds 110 harry golden phone 273 jcao i0e30i x0e30 stouffville o d ioex