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wea the tribune stouffville ont thursday april 25th 1940 page seved vosmhv house dresses 125 house dresses featured to the first 125 women in the store on opening day attractively styled tub fast colors sizes 14 to 52 regular value to 145 dresses 50 ladies silk crepe dresses sizes 14 to 20 prices slashed away below wholesale value out they go reg 350 to 500 149 188 dresses ladies silk crepes prints and plain crepe dresses regardless of how new and smart we are going to sell you regular 395 values 269 gowns 4 doz ladies dimity dainty shade gowns sizes small medium large oversize on sale sow 79c 54c reg 100 mull gowns dresses 150 ladies house and street dresses every dress a smart style sizes 14 to 52 on sale at only 77cii dresses ladies newest style spring dresses in lovely quality silk crepes actu ally 795 dresses sacri ficed right down to 359 lingerie 10 doz ladies extra outsize bloomers vests parities tea rose and white on sale reg 75c each 59c now 77c pajamas ladies crepe batiste the good quality pajam as assorted colors sizes small medium and reg125 94c each slips 5 doz ladies celanese white slips sizes 34 to 42 j17 reg 69c 4p each v reg 100 7ft e vc blouses 25 only womens celan ese tailored blouses in assorted styles and colors sizes 14 to 20 reg 100 now 79c tea pots 5 doz 6 cup tea pots brown earthenware on sale y 39c cups and saucers 100 doz plain white or fancy cups and saucers this is an extra special bargain lingerie 20 doz real good quality ladies rayon vests bloomers and panties in tea rose and white sizes medium and large reg 35c r a each zqcc lingerie 25 doz ladies rayon vests bloomers and pantees very special quality in large and medium sizes tea rose and white a a reg 59c 44c each 6 for 49c r wall paper 100 bundles room lots with border on sale 29c to 149 entire stock of wall paper at 20 per cent off ox ioe aoi school hose 90 doz childrens cotton and wool school hosiery in sand shade sizes 5 to 10 sale price 14c 24c rayon panties 50 only childrens rayon panties sizes 4 to 12 years on sale if reg 19c ioc skirts ladies smartly tailored pure wool mercer skirt and silk crepe skirts sizes 14 to 20 reg 250 n1 17 now reg 295 aq now iaj7 glassware and chinaware 3 tables loaded with sensational bargains on china and glassware al so many novelty pieces 8c lie 15c locaoc ipieaoi look here 1 0 3 gross drinking glasses 500 pieces china and glassware extraordinary big g bargains by all means come early u each 4c 4e30e aox aonoc carswells w glaremont by staff correspondent pte bob holman of oshawa tank corps is reported in the hos pital hiss clara neal of toronto has been in town visiting friends for a few days mr and mrs cecil mantle and family of toronto also mr and mrs dave coates of pickering were sun day visitors at the fred redshaw home mrs william walker and sister of unionville visited with miss hattie walker on sunday miss katie beaton who is in training in the east general hos pital has been quite ill and we understand threatened with pneu monia mr and mrs jack rush of tor onto visited with mr and mrs thos hammond on sunday mrs thos sanderson is in very poor health mrs jess warden has been very poorly this past week mrs beare and daughter visit ed with friends in the city recently miss mary morgan of claremont visited with mary phillips last week mr and mrs b t craxton spent a couple of days with mr and mrs lionel douglas last week we are pleased to report that mr prank cooper returned to his home here from the hospital on saturday and is making steady recovery miss enid cook was home over the weekend from toronto mr harry found was missing from his usual place in the baptist sunday school last week being forced to remain indoors with a bad cold mr and mrs oscar barber were in the city on sunday visiting his mother who we understand has suffered several minor strokes re cently miss fern hill of port credit called on her grandmother mrs w hill on sunday mr and mrs thos coates of ux- bridge visited with mrs john coates on sunday mr and mrs morgan hill also mr and mrs clayton hill spent sunday with brother george hill and family mrs coppins who has been in the hospital has been taken to her home much improved the pearce family living east of town halve all been under the weather lately congratulations to mr and mrs harold loyst on the birth of a daughter born monday april 15th in the oshawa general hospital mr george mothersill of oshawa has taken a position in toronto while his father who has been ill is sufficiently improved to carry on his business alone the w a o the united church wilt meet in jhe ss room this thursday afternoon two quilts will be in the frames and supper will be served to everyone mr charles slack of chatham calledon his sister mrs john coates recently we understand mr and mrs len pilkey will take over the residence in the north end owned by mr william wallace mr and mrs richard graham of calgary have been visiting at the graham home on the corner of the north townline mr graham is a veteran of the last war and of late years has been employed as sur veyor in the west this is his first trip east the board of stewards and mem bers of the session of the united church accompanied iby their wives were entertained at the parsonage one evening recently by irev i and mrs kennedy the county grader was busy this week smoothing out the rough spots in the 9th concession and the townline the high winds and sun of the past few days have done much to putting the roads in fairly good condition messrs alf pretty principal macdonald of the continuation school and l douglas were in attendance on friday evening at st aldans lodge toronto last woek messrs pretty and macdon aid attended the faithful brethren lodge in lindsay it being the occasion of a special military night the sympathy of this community is extended to mrs george scott of claremont mrs w j miller of pickering and mrs g w p every of whitby on tho death of their sister mrs dr bagshaw of sagin aw mich mrs bagshaw had been in very poor health for some time and had gone to the southern stat es for tho winter they were re turning by ship to new york and suffered a stroke while on the way home tho funeral was held on thursday with interment at sagin aw deceased is survived by her husband and one daughter sarah cgit amilvcrsnry the cgit held their regular meeting in the united church this tuesday cvcnlng marking tho 25th anniversary of the cgit work in canada recovering from injury jack morgan who recently injur ed his knee while working in the bush on his fathers farm just east of the village is reported to be making steady recovery an exray of the injured limb was taken on sunday delayed half day the early morning westbound cpr train was held up nearly half a day here on saturday with a broken axle it is reported that several of the passengers en deavoured to hire cars to finish their trip to toronto action on claremont front several truck loads of troops from toronto cruised this neighbor hood on friday going through vari ous scouting activities on a number of the local farms including that of morgan evans just east of the vill age incidentally we understand that a considerable number of the public school pupils were so inter ested in the manoeuvres that they failed to turn up at the house of learning and ran into serious trouble through their absence another euchro another group in the claremont institute under the convonorship of mrs lyman pilkey held a very successful euchre on friday there being around twenty tables over 20 was cleared sfrom the project for aid to the work chest collapses in store mr davis who is employed by m f hutchings south of the village was seized with an attack of stomach trouble and collapsed in the douglas drug store on satur day night he was rushed by ambul ance to st michaels hospital tor onto where he is understood to be in a serious condition mr davis is a native of the old country com ing to this country about seven years ago suffers loss of leg mr alf rogers former claremont farmer now living in brooklin and who has been in serious condition of late with gangrene in one leg was removed to the oshawa hospit al last week where it was found necessary to amputate the limb to prevent spread of the infection mr rogers is well known in clare mont from the time when he work ed the property at lot 6 concession 6 pickering 80th birthday tuesday mrs ayres south of the village celebrated her 80th birthday on tuesday a beautiful ibirthday cake graced the table when numerous friends gathered for the party at the home of miss margaret graham congratulations are extended by the community and besf wishes for many more happy years wood bee saturday a woodcutting bee was held by the men of the united church on saturday to lay in next winters supply from a woodlot purchased from fred betz of stouffville the lot was situated near the norton sideroad on the 6th concession of uxbridge four generations present an unusual assembly gathered in the home of mrs ira powell one of this villages eldest citizens on sunday when four generations mrs florence midgley mrs midgleys daughterinlaiw and two great grandchildren were all present at the same time brougham mrs f gostick has been quite ill for some time but we hope for a speedy recovery glad to hear mrs l storry is improving after her illness mr and mrs d a beer and mrs m hamilton had a business trip to toronto one day last week mis marjorie hamilton eldest daughter of mr walter hamilton was taken suddenly sick on friday last she was rushed to oshawa hospital where she underwent an operation for appendicitis mr and mrs f dingman of whitby spent sunday with f ham and family mr and mrs e l crocker and mrs witter of toronto mr and mrs gerald harbron and bernice of pickering mr and mrs a b matthews and dora were all with l and mrs matthews on sunday it being their wedding anniversary mrs e anthony and children donald and joyce of whltevale spent the weekend with her mother mrs d soebeck mr and mrs woolhead of scar- boro have moved onto tho schlarr farm lately vacated by mr thomas robinson mr- and mrs h j philip of tor onto who recently purchased the hamilton estate on the 5th con which in future will ho known as long acres are busy these davs remodelling the house they intend moving in about may 1st mr philip was born and raised on a farm east of port perry but at present is man ager of the sun oil co toronto wo welcomo mr and mrs philip and daughter heather toronto goodwood flashes walter davev 8 stanton ave toronto mr and mrs r feasby and mr and mrs gordon wilson visited the w smalley home during the past week irev mr lunau has been confined to his home with a cold but is recovering he is a great friend to goodwood the scholars of the public school on rr 2 claremont sent their names and birthday dates to the correspondent now our first young lady is miss jean milton and our best wishes go to her birthday greetings to our friends mrs fred johnson and mrs david pugh of stouffville ida stafford cecil phillips charles lee miss mary morganson janet hope goodwood mrs art storry mussel- mans lake margaret miller rose- ville and mrs richard wamop of brougham are you one of the 5000 regular readers of the tribune its worth while to be one of this big family so get your subscription in now well well congratulations to will hackney and bert stewart our progressive farmers old experienc ed men they still keep uptodate congratulations to v smith who keeps the village supplied with fresh green things nothing like it for the health at this time of year when greens are not to be found in every garden we hasten to correct an error which the revising editor must have made last week when he referred to our friend wm whittleton and the misses everybody knew that was wrong of course so it was over looked bill is the right sort to en joy the joke unintentionally made that program put on by robert rawson at the recent meeting of the bypu still lingers the sub ject of which was false propaganda the house formerly known as the bowden property has been sold to murray stewart frank wagg was the recent owner mrs jos middleton is spending a few days in toronto prizes have gone forward to the prize winners in the birthday con test they were parcelled at browns store on broadview and we did not see them although we know they will be all right aside from conducting the contest we have had others do everything from making the draw to shipping the prizes mr and mrs orvan downer of nashville and mr floyd nixon of lions head visited at bert tindalls last week lions head is the most northerly tip of tho bruce peninsula and a great place for fishing city folks must have been smack ing their lips when they read of that church bee for the quilting and wood cutting and when the hungry men coining to supper to enjoy a wonderful meal oh yes we miss a lot in the big centres we note that single copies of this paper are on sale in brougham and stores in claremont and the num ber sold each one- is amazing that was quite a novelty staged at the shower for mr and mrs harvey bunker at the home of mr and mrs walter bryan by their baptist friends when it came time for tho eats the hostess assisted by- miss jean slack brought in an immense pie just like the one told of in the story of jack the giant killer which the little boy hid him self in this one at the bryan party when opened was filled with the most lovely things for the young married couple sin daylight saving starts the end of the week you may see the scribe and george lee wending their way to work when the clocks in goodwood point to 530 in tho morning the editor says their is no rest for the wicked and so what can we do miss lena mcdonald was home for the weekend she has recently changed her city address but this paper finds her every week work was started on grding the second concession last week by charles lee white the department al heavy grader got at the tenth from north of stouffville on satur day morning it was the high spot of bad road conditions but boys it was smoothed up in great style walter hope makes more noise than a colony of bees as the hum of his buzz saw is heard here and there another buzzer is mose mor ton on the 4th who has a very snappy outfit mrs s ottewell is just about the home again and was able to con verse with us on the telephone she hopes to return to goodwood in the good old summer time the other day we were given a start when a car drov up to our door and we thought sure the bank er was calling on us hower it was our friend howard harper in his new bus exactly fifty years ago in com pany with a number of boys of the village at that time the writer went by raft to the grist mill which stood where charlie lee now grows onions boy oh boy those were the days for action wet feet were in order but if you didnt get more than your feet wet on one of the pesgey trips around town you were lucky the other day we accompanied airs davey over to nairn avenue to visit her sister mrs blizzard rosevtlle mr ira stiner we are sorry to say is very ill mrs a james also miss amelda tompkins visiting mrs crapper on tuesday pleased to learn our good friend mr kendall visited the stiner fam ily on monday last mrs ed norwood and miss millie stiner spent sunday with mrs ira stiner mrs george stewart was buzzing- wood on thursday mrs john murphy and teddy visited her home for a few days remove the cause with slen- dor beauty tablets two week supply 100 storeys drug store stouffville n was just thinking of him as a wee bairn i long distance all the way from camp and he said it didnt cost so much trust every braw laddie to find his way home the most economical way and to leave a cherished memory into the bargain especially after 7 pan and all day sunday you can travel hundreds of miles by long distance for so little