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page four the tribune stouffville out thursday june 6th 1940 green river mr and mrs gordon leh man entertained relatives on sunday the whitevale mission circle met at the john michell home on tuesday this week mrs jerry smith of detroit is at her parents home here htr mother mrs w a hager- man is seriously ill in the tor onto general hospital the cemetery committee met this week at mr j b wilsons the cottage prayer meeting was held on wednesday even ing at j e wilsons mrs win milne entertained quite a number of ladies on thursday afternoon at a quilt ing and tea for war work mrs wm booth spent a few days with relatives in toronto last week her grandson bud murray is in the hospital a young man in love dont care so much about having a yacht at sea as a little smack ashore congratulations to the church choir in their fine results in their musical numbers and their ability to bring more people to church to hear some first rate sermons mr and mrs h b michell j and family with a couple of neighbors visited mr and mrs john forster and mr and mrs robert thompson near seagrave recently mrs thompson a former secretary for the ladies aid here sends her kind est regards to her friends at green river plans are being made by the green river sunday school to hold an old boys and girls reunion on june 29th at wili sons park all old boys and girls who have ever attended here please accept this as a hearty invitation bring your family and baskets for a real tmhit z this pathway machine left is one of the wrinkles de veloped to combat the menace of gas in modern warfare troops training at ottawa cov ered from head to foot with canadian troops learn to combat gas protective clothing were recent- 1 gas which eats into boots and paper which when used on a ly schooled in its use unrolling clothing this soldier right battlefield would change color a bolt of heavily treated cloth dressed as for a rainstorm is on lh approach of gas trans- i i iii i ui i parent eyesh elds serve as a pro- the machine is pushed across an studying a metal checkerboard tect wnen the gas mask is area theoretically saturated with i containing chemically treated j no worn picnic wed june 29th very hearty congratulations are extended to mr and mrs g wilson whose marriage took place over a week ago mrs wil son is gertrude m only daught er of mr and mrs arthur coak- well the happy couple are liv ing on the farm south of brougham choice evergreens lilacs paeonies for sale estate of albert wideman quarter mile north of markham horticultural special special rates to members of stouffville horticultural society big stage show two nights only thursday and friday june 1314 the swingcopators in person on the stage stars of the stage screen and radio 3000 worth of musical instruments featuring the magic harp that really talks finest act of its kind and on the screen as an added attraction laurel and hardy in the flying dueces stanley theatre stouffville ontario the stanley operates on standard time rinffwood rev e morton of stouff ville occupied the pulpit on sun day evening in the absence of our regular pastor we are glad to see mrs aimer fockler out again after several months of sickness abner summerfeldt is help ing ken prentice in his office at markham the pupils and teacher of ringwood school have respond ed to the urgent appeal of the red cross by contributing five dollars and in addition a new ly purchased blanket the pup ils are also buying thrift stamps mrs h quantz mrs j m grove miss prascilla pipher and mrs bruce morton had dinner on saturday with miss ada barkey mrs morton is leaving shortly for ottawa where she will join her husband who is connected with the civil service lemonville mrs chailes dennie visited with her mother who is ill miss orlene harper visited with miss evelyn yake on sun day mr and mrs wilmot brown and family visited with mr and mrs walter gray on sunday mr stewart rae has a fine baby colt just seven days old many old friends returned to lemonville for the anniversary services on sunday several of the young fellows are playing ball for vandorf who are entered in the lake simcoe softball league 2nd line uxbridge mr leslie mitchell spent sunday at the home of mi- and mrs jos cooper a party was held at the home of mr and mrs albert brown recently in honour of mr browns birthday sorry to hear mr frank beach suffered a slight stroke on monday come on folks if you have any news or happenings the correspondent would be very glad of it dicksons hill mrs tilman reesor visited with her daughter mrs jos b hoover on sunday miss june grove is having a few holidays in greenwood mrs mulholland of stouffville spent sunday with her niece mrs harvey moyer mr and mrs ed silversides and daughter bertha also mr wes silversides of alberta visited with their cousin mr simeon and miss martha hoov er on tuesday now that the weather has turned warm swimming is the order of the day the may meeting of the w ms was held at the home of mrs grose on thursday and the ladies continued their sew ing for relief work the mission study was conducted by mrs lehman mrs alvin byer and the twins left this community for their home at goodwood on monday the twins caused quite a sensation this past three weeks having been on display to around 150 callers mr and mrs wilson of gorm- ley were with us at church on sunday the former bringing a message on faith mr wilson took charge in the absence of our pastor who made a week end trip to sarnia district the school teacher miss mc- bethesda mrs maginn and doris of toronto spent last week with mr and mrs ernest steckley master bobbie clubine had din ner on saturday with master allan empringham remember the sunday school will meet at 145 on sunday do not forget the change of the hour there will be no united church service on sunday the congrega tion will worship with the jmennonite brethren at pikes j peak remember the tent meetings cabe took the pupils of grades 7 and 8 to stouffville last week f peak meetings every and visited the gold fish plant and the creamery there occ asional treats like this are what makes school interesting a very common question around this neighborhood is have you been down to hear gipsy smith quite a number from this locality have heard him in toronto and his appeal ing messages and beautiful songs were greatly enjoyed our young people were very fortunate in having rev a h salter of the european christ ian mission with them at mount joy monday night mr salter showed slides of the work there and conditions of many of the places which have recently been in the public eye at a time of crisis like the present his slides and his lecture made a greater impression than ever on our minds how greatly favored we in canada are to be this far from scenes of indescribable horror vandorf mr and mrs anderson were visitors at the ewart home over the weekend mrs covey spent a week with her parents mr and mrs w morley wesley ladies aid will be held at the home of mrs louis brilinger on wednesday mr and mrs charles william sons little boy on the 3rd line who has been very ill for some time is improving and is still in york county hospital miss blanche atkinson and mr clifford gordon were visit ors with russel sproxton one evening recently our roadi construction gang are now at wesley church and that one and a quarter miles north is almost impossible for cars the 3rd line and the 5th line are getting their share of the traffic and the township graders are keeping these roads in good shape the township of whitchurch sunday school annual conven tion held at wesley church van dorf last week was well attend ed and each session was truly a real benefit to all it is a pity that more do not know the real facts about alcoholici drinks there is know doubt that much less would be consumed iekmaxext waves of quality lriced from 250 to 730 including hair cut sluimjkm anil wave maries beauty shop phone 170 main st e stouffville peaches mr and mrs robert smith were callers on our line on sun day please keep in mind our decor ation service to be held on the church grounds on june 16th mrs c gayman visited friends and relatives at picker ing over the weekend mr and mrs harry kirk and family of toronto were sunday visitors with mrs j kirk visitors from buffalo were at the hosking home over the weekend mr and mrs t hastings and barbara were markham visitors on sunday miss dorothy hoover is spend ing a couple of weeks with her aunt mrs levi grove mr and mrs a upton and joan were sunday visitors at the lewis home mr wm watt is busy these days planting out his tomatoes and by the look of the plants we expect to see tomatoes on before many weeks shingling seems to be the order of the day on our line mr george hoover shingled his pig pens mr warriner his house and smiths their kitchen and woodshed last thursday mr leslie hobbs left to take over his new duties in the treasury office of the military camp at petawawa we wish him success in his new work owing to our pastor attending the convention at owen sound there will be no church service next sunday sunday school will be held at 10 a m night except saturday the wms will meet this thursday afternoon at the home of mrs john empringham the jr institute will meet next wednesday at the home of mrs earl hisey the roll call will be a two line jingle on june several from here attended the sessions of the ss conven tion in wesley united church last tuesday and wednesday rev w s irwin had tea on sunday with mr and mrs wm empringham about 125 friends of mr and mrs burnice preston gathered at the home of mr and mrs valentine bolender last thurs day evening after a short pro gram of musical numbers and readings the newly married couple were receipients of a miscellaneous shower including confetti which was almost a cloud burst there was a very prominent visitor in a long tailed coat at the united church service on sunday evening our friend was no other than a lovely barn swallow who probably attract ed by the bright lights sailed in very quietly and reverently perched himself on a brace near the ceiling although he gave no audible conunents on the very inspiring sermon by rev w s irwin of lemonville who exchanged pulpits with our pastor whenever the spirit moved him he glided grace fully over the heads of the worshippers after the service mr swallow very calmly left the building through the win dow he entered and no doubt carried a very fine story back to swallow town i some 2850000 now is going each month into the homes of men on active service with the canadian forces according to the department of national defence build pullets that pay you profits when your pullet chicks reach six to eight weeks of age put them on fulopcp growing mash thats the feed that helps them grow into bigger and better pullets the kind that produce plenty of egg profits for you jlgrowingvt mash jl fed with fulopep coarse chick feed develops pullets normally and smoothly into big rugged well- 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