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the tribune stouffville ont thursday may 9 1940 page three town topics rev j f goforth will give his traveloque colorful china in the presbyterian church on thursday may 16 keep this date in mind mothers day next sunday turns one thoughts to spring howers the stouffville floral informs us that they were pre pared to handle any amount of orders its quite a privilege to be able to get ones needs sup plied in this line right at home mrs harry golden wife of one of our business men on main street is mourning the death of her mother the late mrs harry dryall who died in toronto at her home at 245 gilmore ave on friday afternoon burial took place on sunday the deceased mother is survived by two daughters and one son her husband died three years ago mrs- dryall was only 50 years of age a former well remembered lady of this town mrs richard underhill is quite ill at her home in toronto we are inform ed from a reliable source al though slightly past the three- quarter century mark mrs underhill has enjoyed very good health up to this present illness her husband was reeve of stouffville from 190204 saturdays crowd in stouffville daring the evening jammed the parking facilities from dr sangsters in the westend to the foot of the hill at the school in the eastend in fact the crowd exceeded or compared favorably with anything that we have seen here in the last year on a satur- ay night parking is becoming more and more of a problem but it is one the merchants should welcome the more people com ing to stouffville the more busi- to transact fred browning prominent building contractor in i aurora died last week in his 65th year he was quite well known around stouffville where he did consid erable work one of our farmers with such lamblike modesty that he re fuses to allow his name in print reported to us on monday that a ewe on his farm last week gave birth to five lambs two of them since died so that this in cident will not rank with the callander episode by any means we learned the other day that mr jas mcgivern is plant ing around four or five thous and gladiolus bulbs this spring to supply the market with cut flowers resident of north albert street he states that the amount of land available is the only thing that limits the num ber of bulbs he plants to the pre sent quantity which to most people would seem to be an im mense number mrs s b hoover returned last week from spending the winter in east orange new jersey where her two daught ers reside despite the thrill and enjoyment of being with her children and grandchildren while escaping the rigors of the canadian winter mrs hoover looks forward to coming home every spring with the same interest she has in seeing her family when she closes her home on church street south to proceed on the usa journey gardens are being put in this week which with housecleaning operations there are few idlers about the village all places of business are now open in town every tuesday thursday and saturday even ing likewise all close at noon on wednesday of each week victoria day may 24 falls on friday this year which will provide a long weekend for those who do not work on saturday clarence h st john a form er sunderland man was ap pointed town clerk and treasur er of the town of gravenhurst which has a population of 2000 people work started in earnest on jack silverthorns new house to be built on mill street immedi ately north of the shaw block the foundation is now in and the contractor is preparing to erect the frame work mr sam armstrong went north for a day or two last week to his cottage at hawk lake he found the ice had just gone out which would presage warmer weather resident people at the hawk report a mother moose with her calf being seen this spring close to the lake there mrs f w silversides is still in a very precarious condi tion and for long spells does not even recognize members of her own family mrs silver- sides has been a wonderful mother and it seems a pity if she is not longer spared to good health to enjoy a long and well earned rest in the eventide of her life tvir arthur weldon reeve of stouffville who was removed from his home to the brierbush hospital last week is making very good progress toward re covery and is feeling con- iderably improved this week thus over the weekend he re ceived many visitors in his pri vate room at the local institu tion are you still pioneering like log houses iron pumps and outside sanitary accommodation are relics of pioneering days they are outol date inconvenient unhealthy and jour family should not have to put up with them running water under ipressure enables you to- replace such antiquated arrangements with a modern emco bath room and uptodate fcitchen and laundry fa cilities an uptodate dur0 water supply system will furnish all the water necessary for these home improvements and it will also supply running water lo barns and other buildings where required the duro special system capacity 250 gals per hour complete with 25 gal galvah- izedtank and 25 or 60 cycle motor costs only 8600 for a lovely bathroom as illustrated the emco builtin bath shower toilet and lavatory with trimmings costs only 13600 soil and iron pipe and fittings extra other complete bathroom equipment as aa dow as j oivu can be purchased under our easy payment plan or the- home improvement loan act brathwaite hardware stouffville ontario ouro special can also be supplied for gasoline engine operation empire brass mfg co ltd sudbury london hamilton winnipeg toronto vancouver 240 new bargains for the home stretch at carswells smashing sale will bring the event to a close on saturday night last weeks crowd especially satur day night recalled the days of the market fair in stouffville when crowds jammed the place in real country style the new proprietor at the shaw store is bringing back the popular bar gain sales that people really like mr and mrs bert miller and miss celia king of toronto visited with mrs millers mother mrs henry brillinger on sunday the senior womens institute will meet at the home of mrs b lickorish on wednesday may 15th at 230 oclock motto be not weary in well doing pay your fee program includes re port by the secretarytreasurer annual reports from all com mittees and the election of officers there will be a demon stration on home made summer drinks piano solo by beatrice lickorish we want you at our institute please discontinue my straw berry adv i am sold out and cannot supply orders after this week thanking you for your papers selling power so writes rev oscar burkholder of eresleau ont mr burkholder has been selling plants here for years through the medium of a tribune adv and must supply pretty good stock to be able to get repeat orders and new ones from the district year after year mrs harry kennedy the former doris sinclair of ring- wood is reported to be improv ing at the toronto east gener al hospital where she recently underwent an operation for appendicitis just when it ap peared she was ready to leave the hospital she suffered an attack of pleurisy and her con dition last week was reported as quite serious the last few days however a decided im provement is reported and this will be greeted with cheer by the many old friends west of stouffville since their marriage mr and mrs kennedy have made their home in windsor but shortly after easter when she was home she suffered the present ailment while driving from windsor last saturday mr kennedy was crashed by anoth er car and suffered 250 dam age to his own car army manoeuvres were be ing carried out last friday in the district around stouffville by a section of the scottish regiment some local people saw gask masks being worn for the first time quality y service typewriter ribbons and sup plies on hand at the tribune office ribbons for underwood and remington machines in stock and in assorted colors ribbons 75c each or 2 for 125 the village of bradford and the village of stouffville are sticking to standard time de spite the fact that the majority of places are adopting fast time this season when it was made an issue here last year the change proved unpopular with the business men who maintain that standard time is best suit ed to the needs ofthe farming community rev ce fockler for 20 years pastor at keswick has been called to maple where he will take up the new charge this summer this old whit church boy ministered for years with the christian church but went over to the united church a few years ago widely known over the local district he was born at bloomington and min istered to the christian church congregations at brougham and markham when those sections were represented in the chris tian church conference garden seeds garden fertilizers seed grain improved banner oats victory oats seed alsike grimm alfalfa red clover timothy root seeds stivers golden gate post mangels stivers purple top turnips stiver bros phone 4501 stouffville mr james brodie is planting about 225 acres of land which forest property over near the summit golf club on yonge street the property situated in markham township contains about 225 acres of land which mr brodie reforests whenever maturetrees are taken off dr walter sangster has no objection to his many friends knowing that he has the old sign business as usual still hang ing out for some reason or other he has received 4 many calls enquiring about him tak ing a holiday from his medical practice but the rumor is not correct thus this veteran practitioner of stouffville is to be found at his old post minis tering to the sick and needy in his spare time the golf course has a big attraction and is a nice diversion from his regular calling mr and mrs fred nighs- wander motored out from tor onto on sunday to spend an hour in the old home town mr nighswander was retired on pension by the postal depart ment this past winter and we strongly advised him to lose no time in returning to the home town probably this will actu ally happen one of these days if you have a plot where you can do so resolve to plant a tree this spring it has been said that the man who plants a tree confers a lasting benefit to himself and posterity man liv es today tomorrow he is gone and perhaps forgotten trees live on they are the friends of man and the friends of birds each tree has a distinctive per sonality each has its individu ality as a dog or a horse trees outlive all such pets they ask nothing they live to give sunday may 12 is set apart as mothers day len tait son of our martin tait is moving into new mod- ernly equipped quarters up in sunderland where he conducts a butchering business according to the correspondent to the ux- bridge times journal present prices on counter sales books used by most mer chants and in other lines of business are likely to be affect ed by new taxation shortly to be brought down at ottawa we ask our customers to check ov er their stock and if it is get ting low place an order before the increase comes in there is no guarantee of the prices from day to day but a rise is certain to be made shortly the township of georgina will hold a tax sale on may 15 at pefferlaw when a number of properties in that municipality will be offered for sale unless the defaulters make settlement before sale date the township is doing the proper thing to hold their tax sale in the early part of the year instead of the late fall season when municipal clerks have plenty of other work to engage their attention foreign exchange acquisition order important notice as announced by the minister of finance the foreign exchange acquisi tion order 1940 has been enacted by orderincouncil under the authority of the war measures act unless exempted by the order every resident of canada who on may 1st 1940 has any foreign currency in his possession ownership or control whether in canada or outside canada is required forthwith to sell such foreign currency to an authorized dealer ie a branch of a chartered bank for payment in canadian dollars at the official buying rate of the foreign exchange control board foreign currency for the purposes of the order means any cur rency excluding coin other than canadian currency and includes bank notes postal notes money orders cheques travellers cheques prepaid let ters of credit bank drafts and other similar instruments payable in any currency other than canadian currency and also includes any amount in foreign currency of which a resident has a right to obtain payment by rea son of a deposit credit or balance of any kind at or with a bank savings bank trust company loan company stockbroker investment dealer or other similar depository the order does not require the sale of any foreign securities the order does not affect any foreign currency deposit or securities of any nonresident of canada and for greater certainty the order ex pressly declares that a nonresident visiting canada for business or pleas ure for a period or periods not exceeding six months in the year continues to be a nonresident for the purposes of the order unless such person enters or has entered canada with the intention of becoming a permanent resident no resident is required to sell any foreign currency if he satisfies the foreign exchange control board that he held such foreign currency on may 1st 1910 solely as trustee or agent for a nonresident and that the nonresidents interest therein had not been acquired from a resident since september 15th 1939 except in a manner approved by the board under certain conditions stipulated in section 1 b of the order a resident who is nota canadian citizen may be granted exemption but only after application for exemption is approved by the board no life insurance company incorporated in canada is required by the order to sell any foreign currency which it needs for the purpose of carry ing on its business outside canada further particulars may be obtained from branches of chartered banks any resident who has any foreign currency in his possession ownership or control on may 1st 1910 regardless of amount should con sult his bank at once in order to ascertain the extent to which he is affected by the order foreign exchange control board j