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the tribune stouffville ont thursday february 15 1940 page three flvwuwvvwvuvwwvwwmmrt town topics mr ralph bruels will known bingwood citizen has been undergoing a serious attack of pneumonia but is believed to be holding his own vuwvvwwvwwwvwvuwvvrb e a grubin ro optome trist and optician will be- at his office in stouffville on monday february 19th our townsman mr john e rowbotham will reach his 88th not from stouffville a youth in toronto court the other day asked to be relieved because he rev c e smalley took the pulpit work for rev h shantz at the mennonite church on sun day while the latter is recover ing from a recent shapeup of his health year on february 19 monday sang in a choir and didnt want of next week he still loves to handle the carpentering tools and do odd jobs about the work shop of his son leslie miss ruth storry who has been recovering at her fathers home at bloomington since her recent sojourn in the general hospital has returned to the hospital for further observation we all hope for her early re covery george rodanz owner of burnbrae farms ringwood was elected director of the hereford breeders association and w h johnson was given a directors position in the percheron horse breeders association during livestock convention held in toronto last week mr oe klein kc was duly sworn in as a member of the york county judiciary last week the new judge practised law for 40 years in the same stand in his home town of walkerton he has a son also in the public employ in the attor ney generals department to miss the morning service the post office flag was flying at half mast first thing monday morning on instructions sent cut from ottawa following the death cf lord tweedsmuir on sunday evening jake bnker suffered a slight injury to his hip in the hockey game at fenelon falls on wed nesday night and did not see any action on friday however the bump was not serious and he should be as good as ever for the next encounter mrs martin wideman living with her daughter mrs clare bolender at bethesda fell in the home last week and suffer- d a broken hip such a mishap is serious to face by anyone but in this case the victim being 85 years of age will not recover the use of her hip very readily james h clark agincourt snow contractor who plows the main street through stouffville has 76 miles of road to keep clean he receives a standing rate of 400 per day and 225 per hour for actual plowing over the county there are four such contractors all having about equal mileage and the same rate of pay we publish this information because it is sometimes stated that mr clark is covering 150 miles of roadway but the county of york council minutes reveal the real facts as we give them snow removal and sanding and put up 50 miles of snow fence cost the county last winter 19389 the sum of 4545400 whitchurch hockey league standing to date white rose king city lemonville church hill ringwood vandorf 1 w 2 2 1 1 1 l 0 0 1 3 2 2 t 2 1 1 0 0 0 pts 6 5 3 2 2 2 mrs esther blakley of bethune sask writes for a sample copy of the tribune which we have forwarded mrs blakley must be among the oldest living persons born in stouffville for she informs us that she attended school when a wee girl when one of her class mates was the late dr ira freel her maiden name was esther scollay and it is quite possible that many of the readers will remember the family mrs jane burch a patient in the brierbush hospital stouff ville is today marking up the completion of her 5th year since being admitted to that institut ion she is a native of whit church township and is 85 years of age five years is a long time to be permanently ill and confined to a hospital but mrs burch takes it all cheerfully and looks upon the place as her home she has quite a few old friends as callers from time to time fifty hydro meters were re moved from their resting place in local homes last week and taken to the testing board in the municipal hall where a govern ment inspector reconditioned them and pronounced them fit for use under a dominion stat ute all hydro meters must be tested once every three years by a government inspector and they are accordingly done in re lays of so many each years on her 71st birthday last fri day mrs f w silversides was the recipient of a card shower bringing congratulations from friends seemingly everywhere north bay toronto uxbridge and from innumerable friends in town mrs silversides is still very ill at her home on albert street but the thought that so many friends iemembered her on this occasion brought cheer and appreciation to her sick bed she is one of the towns highly esteemed mothers who has played her part in life faith fully may she long be spared to enjoy the fruits of her labour mr don fraser of belleville visited in town over the weekend mrs j a heise our westend resident who has been in western canada visiting her daughter miss enna heise at regina returned last week to toronto mrs margaret beynon of temperanceville who has been spending a months visit with mr and mrs nathan forsyth returned to her home on mon day i would like to take this means to thank all those that helped to make the choral con cert the success that it was to all those that helped by the purchase of tickets and those that gave of their time especial ly to those that canvassed the town from house to house mrs farthing mrs barrie mrs g lee and miss taun for their untiring help i wish to say thanks mrs g saunders presi dent of senior w i the sr womens institute will meet at the home of mrs howard malloy on wednesday february 21st at 230 pm motto to be seventy years young is sometimes more cheer ful and hopeful than to be forty years old roll is to be answer ed with a smile dr thomas mitchell will give the address evelyn mcdonald of the junior band will favour us with a cor net solo and there will be a dem onstration on something made from a yard of cotton you are invited pres mrs george saun ders sadie stewart secretary at the liberal nomination held to choose a candidate for east york there was not a single representative present to represent stouffville this was an unusual record and certain ly is not like stouffville to be found missing on such an occas ion however those close to the top report that everything is ok and the party will not be found lagging when it comes to getting out a record vote mr and mrs george harri son from the sault ste marie district were in town sunday and called on mrs honsberger who is confined in the brier- bush hospital the couple are friends of t w bakers and enjoyed supper at the baker home mr baker became acquainted with the harrisons some forty years ago on st josephs island when he was l operating a sawmill there thursdays scores white rose 4 church hill vandorf 4 ringwood thursdays games vandorf vs white rose king city vs ringwood stanley theatre phono stouffville 100 february 151617 golden boy barbara stanwyck and adolphe menjou february 192021 double bill night work mary boland charlie ruggles renegade trail hopalong cassidy and windy some of the local lads are go ing in for raising pigs just to help the farmers out you know in reaching the british quota fred cheeseman with piggery in the neighborhood of baker avenue had a sow give birth to sixteen but she laid on them one cold night and the entire bunch was wiped out mervyn lehman eastend profited by the catastrophe which overtook his townsman and is raising two young families after giving them a real start beside a coal heater set up in the pig pen under direction of dr h m fletcher the uxbridge choral society 50 in number render ed an excellent concert in the stouffville united church on friday evening under auspices of the local seniour womens institute who intend to devote the proceeds to war work under their branch each number by the whole chorus was well re ceived and appreciated while the vocal solo by mrs vesey wife of the uxbridge constable was also appreciated anthony remouche noted violinist who from small boyhood has played on local platforms always with great effect was the guest art ist and rendered two items of particular merit miss i fallow- down of sunderland gave sever al readings which varied the program in an appreciable man ner the ccompanists were mrs e c fair and mrs harold cave the evenings entertainment re called the choral work done here for several seasons by dr fletcher who can count many friends in this town proceeds for the evening totalled over 70 which was highly satisfac tory when one considers the ad mission fee was only 25c women of all denominations in town were invited to the meeting in the presbyterian church last friday afternoon to observe the annual womens day of prayer which was ob served on that day throughout canada and other countries mrs carman morris presided over the gathering which num bered around 75 people the address of the afternoon was ably given by mrs smalley un der the title of be still and know that i am god at their home on albert street mr and mrs j w taun quietly observed their 55th wedding anniversary last sunday this highly esteemed couple had around them their four surviv ing sons and daughters two sons and two daughters the latter being mrs david crosier and mrs roy grove mr and mrs taun commenced married life at utica in reach township near port perry where they continu ed to reside for nearly 20 years when they moved to whit church and spent another 18 years on the farm there in 1923 they retired to stouffville to en joy the eventime of life where they enjoy the friendship and respect of everyone who knows them the stouffville high school hockey team came through with another victory last friday when they defeated scarboro collegiate by a score of 32 bob abell scored for the local squad and rhydwen for the scarboro team in the first twenty minutes of play no goals were scored in the second period in the last session cadieux got the second counter unassisted but the score was soon tied by bob barrell of the opposing team jim abell got the winning goal on an assist by murray vague while rhydwen was serving a penalty scarboro and stouffville are now tied for first place in this interschool league each having lost only one game the stouffville boys play at agin court this wednesday february 222334 pacific liner the last meeting of the cgit group which is mak ing such marked progress un der the leadership of mrs gordon bailey was favored with an address by miss isabel brown cgit secretary of toronto east presyterial on what it means to be affiliated with the w ms from the study book miss mcdonald of the public school staff had writ ten a drama which was present ed by a group of girls betty sanderson aurela jennings kathleen turner mary davis thelma atkinson b brillinger all members of the seniour group the gathering was held in the school room of the united church and proved one of the outstanding meetings for some time arrives back from england after a most uneventfu voyage slim pas list reports english life proceeding as usual advance in prices barely noticeable since war began reaching stouffville on sun day after an absence of nearly six months donald clossen son of mr and mis allen clossen arrived safely back from eng land where he has been study ing aircraft technique in the british factories which will fit him for similar work in canada incidentally donald will be located at malton almost im mediately where he will be en gaged as a government em ployee on types of the new air craft being assembled there at this time mr clossen stated that his return from england on the duchess of bedford was an un eventful voyage only seventy passengers were aboard the big liner which naturally left many vacant chairs on the big float ing hotel which is capable of carrying a normal passenger list of one thousand and more he embarked at liverpool and never considered he had occasion to sleep with life belt although they were always handy at no time did they sight an enemy craft of any description and if they had would have depended on their superior speed for safe ty donald admitted that he read ily fell into the ways of doing things in the old land soon for got about asking for pie and accepted the same thing with the name pudding or tart attached he found plenty of entertainment and discovered everybody enjoying the cine ma as they call the moving picture show in england ice skating is becoming a popular sport but rinks are far apart and located in larger cities only people in england said mr clossen have a strong feeling that the big push will be made in the spring and everything seems to be ready for it speak ing about an attack on london from the skies he couldnt im agine how any enemy could succeeded over that city unless it was by sheer weight of num bers and then the loss of so many machines in such an at tempt would be too great he estimates sweeps the laying trials england every big award scooped by fulopep raised birds 77 firsts including the four most coveted poultry awards in england recent investigations show that there are more pedigreed breeders more winners of official laying trails more leading hatcheries throu ghout england using fulopep feeds than any other mash never since laying trails began has any other mash whether propriety locally mixed or home mix ed been able to claim a fraction of the huge successes which fulopep raised birds have this year achieved usa sensational laying recorded by fulopep raised birds fulopep raised birds leading at the end of the third month fulopep birds in the 17 main con tests seem to be out to beat the astounding records which fulopep pens set last year of the 17 main contests 20 of all of the pens this year are ful-o- pep raised birds 32 of the ten high pens at each of the contests are fulopep pens the 3000 and more fulopep contests hens have averaged 7 greater production than the other pens local outstanding satisfaction january 23rd 1940 the quaker oats company peterborough ontario dear sirs just a line to let you know that my 1000 white leghorns which are on your fulopep are doing ex tremely well my experience during the past six years with fulopep prompts me to recommend it highly its uniform quality has always resulted in healthy birds with good production especially am i pleased with the fact that all the eggs have lightcoloured yolks and firm whites which bring a premium on the market sincerely yours don villa hennery langstaff ont you too start your chicks off on fulopep chick starter it costs no more than ordinary feeds then follow the famous fulopep plan of feeding and save one third to one quarter your costs ask us or write the quaker oats company peter borough for particulars am burlton stiver bros phone 4501 stouffville the stouffville fire brigade elected its officers on monday evening for another year but there was no change in the per sonnel from that of last year following this annual event the fire fighters were called from the fire hall to the rooms up stairs in the municipal building where the stouffville veterans had prepared an oyster supper and treated their comrades in real old style there was a sort of friendship between the two groups for the war veterans feel that they have faced fire of the worst kind and fought to save property and lives while the fire brigade members also have fac ed fire and stand ready to do their bit in saving property and life whenever the occasion aris es both are groups we must feel proud of in stouffville and it was a nice gesture on the part o the army men to treat their brethren in so nice a way the officers of the fire brigade re elected are chief del jen nings deputy chief leslie rowbotham 2nd deputy o lehman capt john lehman secy ever ton smith treas roy curtis hes satisfied single major hugh n fraser of oka- naga falls is prepared to re nounce his share of his fathers 3000000 estate the will stat es he is not to inherit his share unless he marries major fraser has no intention of marrying in lieu of the bequest he will get the income from 1500000