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the tribune stouffville ont thursday may 16th 1940 page three ammmjwwjwvrtmnn town topics mr and mrs- e a button and john left for their cottage on halls ake on monday while messrs sam and bill armstrong went north tuesday to open their cottage growers last week planted acres of early cabbage we have taken notice of thousands of plants now is the ground the wctu monthly meeting will be held this thursday afternoon at the home of mrs leslie row- botham at 3 pm all interested are expected to attend call oo f e rae tailor today and look over the fine line of spring overcoats sport trousers simmer windbreakers raincoats aad readytowearsuits the court of revision on the stouffville assessment roll will be held on monday june 3rd at 7 pm last year there were but three appeals against tho judgment of the local assessor you will watch for the visit of fred goforth who will show moving pictures depicting china on the evening of monday may 20 note the change of date and set the even ing aside for this treat 25c and 15c the local jeweler mr j l smith successor to mr hector pollard has purchased the newly completed bungalo built on the street running south from mr edward pennocks and on the site of the old livery barns the builder was george baker sons of gorm- ley who intend to erect another ouse on a lot alongside the house ju3t sold e a grubin ro optometrist and optician will be at his office in stouffville on monday mav 20th betty jean freel youngest daughter of dr h and mrs freel is marking steady progress toward recovery since she underwent an operation for mastoids at the tor onto general hospital from which place she was able to return home early last week its the little pleasamrys in life that make things worthwhile such a3 was expressed last week by about thirty friends of rev samuel and mrs goudie who were in town a day or so from vineland stopping at the home of their son fletcher they were fairly swept off their feet by surprise when folks began to arrive in undue numbers and it was revealed to them that an evening in their honor was in progress de spite the intervening years mr and mrs goudie former residents and mr goudie a former pastor in stouffville retain the chain of friends once made despite the poets very true words on friendship as narrower grows the earthly chain the circle widens in the sky these are our treasures that re main but those are stars that beam on high markham junior hockey club have presented each of their players with a new suit of cloths it is understood markhams share in the finals was about 400 something rather unique in mechanized cultivation could have been seen last week in the eastend of the town where mr pennamau who works a field adjoining the cemetery ian pressed a motorcycle into service to haul the harrows mrs john windsor of mussel- mans lake was taken to the gen eral hospital toronto on saturday and is undergoing an examination mrs windsor has been in failing health for some time miss vida gowland of markham and well known in stouffville has taken a position on the toronto police force miss gowland it will be remembered led a stouffville ladies softball team some years ago the former iringwood garage pro prietor mr james mckenzie now of atirora put in rather an eventful week recently mr mckenzies car was parked on the side of the high- trays in front of dr mitchells residence on the sth of markham when a second car pulled up sudden ly to pass resulting in a third car being involved and a young girl taring her neck cut so severely that lier life was in the balance for some time on tuesday mr mckenzies car was parked four miles north of aurora on yonge street near the water works system when a pass ing trnck crashed into it and did jso00 damage the driver of the tract was charged with being drunk and was placed under arrest fort unately mr mckenzie was not in his car when the crash occurred but he is left with a couple of incidents that are going to remain in his mind for a few days at least grade ix and x of the stouffville continuation school presented a very favourable program at the meeting of the literary society on friday afternoon the secretarys report was read and a new consti tution for the school club was out lined by the president gordon bak er read the school paper and the meeting was then handed over to the form chairman kenneth tranmer music numbers were presented by mary baker who sang beautiful dreamer jeanne westlake and muriel longhurst sang the cheery song and arnold schell ted boadway and grant turner gavo several selections on cornets and tromibone jack davis and francis clarkson gave readings and audrey anderson- gave an impressive talk on the present war situation a play slightly exaggerated included lucille howsam grace latcham lorraine hisey margaret glover and helen campbell the program concluded with a duet by the two form teachers mr l c murphy and mr r haist the opportunity is still open for you to receive 3 for your old lamp to app on tne purchase of a modern floor lamp of exquisite style at l e oneills furniture store dont throw away your old or out- ofdate lamp but bring it in and get this liberal allowance road oil will cost the village of stouffville slightly more per gallon this year three firms tendered for 2500 gallons to be put on the local streets but there was only a small fraction between the tenders the highest being 127 per gallon and the lowest the jupp construction co 125 per gallon jupps will get the contract the visitation of the stork have not done much for the village of markham over the past year for the population remains almost at a standstill assessment figures just released gives the number of people in the village as 1175 as compared with 1170 the year before however an increase by five last year is better than slipping off from year to year as these smaller towns did ov er a period of years in comparison with stouffville markham popu lation is only 23 less drug store items best quality at best prices chases ointment 49c paradol tablets 35c kidney liver pills 29c nerve food 49c catarrh pwd 35c castoria 29c 59c ironized yeast 89c 60 tablets kruschen salts 69c giant size pablum 45c iron yeast tabs 49c 100s lysol 35c 65c 125 olympene liniment 50c si health salts 1 lb tin 39c english style gin pills 39c moth killer crystals 1 lb tin 39c moth cakes 10c and 25c hinds honey almond cream reg 1 if oz 49c noxzema skin cream special the home is the scene of a large proportion of bath accidents but accidents from this cause are small in proportion to those from falls on stairs and tripping on steps there are 5 times the number of the latter accidents as compared with those from the ibathtub the bathtub is no more dangerous than a persian rug or your bed out of 40506 claims made on a wellknown insurance company involving home accidents only 1212 had ay connection with bathtubs or showers a percentage of 33 were attributable to the bath tub baseball fans may be interested to know that tip anderson form er member of the pitching staff of the local team was in town one day recently to see what the prospects were for getting a berth on stouff- villes 1940 squad and was rathr disappointed to learn of the local indecision regarding organizing any baseball this year ineidently tip has ibeen married since his last season in stouffville with stouff ville practically out of the baseball picture he ma see some service with oshawa seniors oshawa al3o boasts another player with local connection in the person of short stop dolly dalton son of mr dave dalton who operated an undertaking establishment in stouff ville many years ago 1 oz 25c size 4 oz size 1 cake of soap last call for garden seeds mangel seed 1 lb 25c turnip seed 1 lb 30c films and cameras kodak verichrome agfa plenachrome and the british selochrome films ah popular sizes stocked buy them here leave them here for unique developing and printing see our magazine stand roadways drug store i phone 2301 stouffvylle the annual reorganization meet ing of the stouffville ladies lawn bowling club was held last friday night and resulted in the following officers being elected for the coming season pres mrs geo lee 1st vice mrs james ratcliff 2nd vice mrs grubin sec mrs george storey treas miss gertrude todd as is the case of the mens club a drive will be put on for new mem bers mrs james ratcliff being con vener of this work with the club as a whole being asked to try and bring in as many new players as possible the club had a member ship of twentythree last year dur ing the course of the meeting a donation of 10 was granted the local war work branch an impressive and interesting servico on sunday morning in the united church marked mothers day when the church and sunday school combined thus filling the auditorium and requiring a number to find seats in the gallery a feature of the service was the baptism of four wee babes by tho pastor of the church rev l e atkinson boys are usually the most shy but little george clifford neal son of mr and mrs norman neal didnt mind the ordeal at all in tho arms of the minister he was baptist cd in order with three little girls margaret rose daughter of mr and mrs roy curtis marlon doreen daughter of mr and mrs clayton gayman and roberta scynthla daughter of mr and mrs robert rawson now living at wilcox lake roland winn s s superintendent was in tho pulpit with tho pastor while members of the sunday school participated in the program the spring meeting of the stouff ville tennis club is called for fri day night of this week at 730 pm in the park in case of rain meet ing will be held in the municipal hall all members and others inter ested in the game are urged to at tend quality service a new company known as the betz lumber co limited has been organized with head office in osh awa we understand the purpose of the company is to carry on a lum bering business having acquired a tract of land in the district of sundridge sundays rain followed by a decidedly warmer air on monday seemed to presage the real ushering in of spring weather anyway the moisture and warm sua did an amazing thing to the lawns a pasture fields which shot up sharp ly cattle are going out to pasture thus relieving the feed situation mr george walsh of mount albert has commenced the plaster ing contract at the new ballantrae united church which is fast hear ing completion and is likely to be reopened in june for regular ser vices no doubt the officials in charge will delay the opening until at least a portion of the summer campers are back so that they may attend the first services the church has a much more inviting appeareance with its red brickite covering than the old white church for every animal on the farm sugared schumacher feed is a great utility feed every ration used on the farm can be built on it whether for the milking herd dry stock breeding stock beef cattle horses sheep swine and for growing young stock since all these require gener ous quantities of carbohydrates quaker sugared schumacher feed is a blind of corn oats wheat and j quaker h barley products plus mil crals and molasses it sup- plies the nutrients every farm animal requires for good growth and condi tion to grow paying pullets on range feed fulopep developer this lowpjotein highfibre mash is built especially for producing strong healthy wellgrown pullets with ample capacity to lay eggs eggs mean cash to you feed it this year and grow a better lot of pullets for your flock jd evbfop br contains what growing birds need feed it the fulopcp way it develops the kind of pullets that pay you good profits and at less cost buy ful-o- pep developer rev rohert and mrs young received the shocking news on sunday announcing the death of her sisterinlaw mrs wm dack whose home is at cobden she was the widow of mrs youngs brother and her only son lawrence was a stu dent of stouffville high school about 15 years aso he is now a teaciier in kingston the late mrs dack was preparing to go to church on sunday morning when suddenly stricken with a stroke death follow ed in a few hours mrs young left on monday for cobden to attend the funeral which was held on tuesday stiver bros phone 4501 stouffville an event of unusual interest on the 9th line took place at the home of mr and mrs iriussel johnson last week about 50 friends gathered to do honor to the newly weds mr and mrs jack johnson when tihey were tendered a miscellaneous shower at the same time the neighbors took advantage of the occasion to pre sent mr and mrs ross barkey with an occasional chair the barkeys recently moved from the neighbor hood to live in north markham the whole affair proved a happy and pleasing undertaking and was greatly appreciated by the re cipients for that light readytowear suits or those sport trousers see f e rae tailor his prices will please you let taberyoung laundry do your family wash and be assured of perfect satisfaction cleaning and pressing the scientific way that 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