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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), June 13, 1940, p. 5

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the tribune stouffvule ont thursday june 13th 1940 page five crosse blackwelts soups chicken broth vegetable beef cream celery cream tomato cream mushroom scotch broth 2 med tins 25c crosse s blackwell date nut bread delicious and different per tin 15c kellogs all bran 2 small pkgs 25c maple leaf baking powder 1 lb tin 15c wax paper 40 ft rolls 10c vanilla 16 oz jug 23c patersons fruit flavoured gums lb 15c sweet mixed pickles large jar 25c zest plu mjam 32 oz jar 25c guest jelly powders assorted 6 pkgs 25c fresh fish every tuesday morning fresh fruits and vegetables cedar grove united cedar grove united church invites you to attend the golden jubilee services of the present church building on sunday june 16 and sunday june 23rd the guest preachers are june 16th 230 pm rev robert martin dd 730 pm rev charles malcolm ma june 23rd 230 and 730 pm rev e leslie pidgeon ma dd of montreal on thursday june 20 a service of memories and com munion service at 8 oclock preacher rev w r auld ba bd loud speaker ar rangements for church grounds ratcliff co town delivery stouffville ontario phone 7112 church hill christian endeavour meeting is cancelled for this week mr john graham visited with mr c degeer on sunday mr and mrs a vaughan visited at bond head recently stanley martin of detroit spent the weekend at the martin home mr j martin re turning with him to detroit for a holiday mrs g thompson and roy were spending a few days with friends near newmarket mr and mrs w mckeown and family visited with mr and mrs vaughan in bloomington on sunday mr and mrs herb pegg at tended the wedding saturday of andrew peggs daughter near green river mr and mrs j beach visited at will beachs on sunday the sympathy of the com munity is extended to the conner family in the death of mr malcom conner who was laid to rest in church hill cemetery on wednesday miss hazel pegg employed at dr s s balls home was taken to toronto general hospital last friday morning we are glad to say she is some what improved bloomingrton mrs w h jones attended the wedding of her niece miss pegg at kinsale on saturday the misses pat and gloria over of toronto were callers at o h tranmers on sunday mr and mrs m lemon of belleville were weekend vistors at his brothers home mr and mrs e morganson of goodwood were at miss hills on sunday miss c m hill of merlin 3nt visited at mr o h tran- ners this week dr and mrs matheson of toronto spent sunday at e a storrys the bloomington tin band nustered all their tin instru- nents and serenaded mr and tfrs w tranmer on friday right a large number of the com- nunity and friends gathered at he tranmer home on monday vening and presented mr and irs w tramer with a miscell- neous shower the chirivari boys gave the gift of a mantle clock a band of willing workers met at the church on thursday and proved the old adage true many hands make light work as a result the interior of the building is spotless and the lawns are in fine condition the pot luck dinner was superexcel lent the class of which mrs b morton has been a faithful teacher met at the home of mr and mrs s h cockburn ring wood on friday nfght and pre sented mrs morton with an electric lamp lunch was served and the social time was enjoy ed by all we regret very much losing such valuable helpers in our church and community mr morton is at ottawa and mrs morton is soon going to join him rinwood mrs don wilson spent the weekend with her parents mr and mrs fraser of creemore mr and mrs roy grove at tended the decoraton day ser vice at utica last sunday miss jean baker of toronto is spending some time with her grandparents mr and mrs sylvannus baker work has commenced re moving eartn from under the north end of the church to make ready for the installation of a furnace mr and mrs ira grove and carl had the thrill of see ing a young deer cross the road in front of their car one night last week while driving a few miles north of holt sunday school will be at 930 next sunday morning instead of usual time because of the chris tian church conference in ses sion from wednesday evening to sunday night at altona there will be no church service here on that day unionville announce first festival strawberry festival the first to be announced this sea son is being planned for fri day june 28 by central united church unionville de tails as to just where the festi val will take place will be an nounced in our next issue eavetroughing and sheet metal work orders quickly executed at- our store get in touch with us if you have any work in this line our prices on fence wire will interest you see our gasolne oil and electric stoves for summer w f riches stouffville ont phone 283 successor to button harware victoria square in the absence of rev mr macdonald on sunday rev mr moore was the guest speaker at the united church charles stansbury has accep ted a position with mr egbert avison on sunday next the sunday school will hold special anniver sary services at 230 and 7 pm the guest preacher will be rev mr rumbley of agincourt and there will be special musical numbers the baseball game scheduled for last friday night between victoria square and mount pisgah had to be postponed on account of wet weather several of the young farmers of this community attended the york county livestock judging competition held at richmond hill on wednesday of last week none however were listed among the prize winners for judging the ypu on sunday even ing was quite well attended the program was in charge of the missionary convener bonnie robertson boyd mount gave the topic on the subject honour thy father there were also special musical numbers the junior farmers club has accepted the kind invitation of the stouffville club to meet with them on tuesday june 18 in ratcliff s hall as these interclub gatherings are always very interesting it is hoped the local club will turn out in full force on friday evening june 14 the wms will hold their reg ular monthly meeting in the church the meeting is of spec ial interest to all members both present and past as it marks their 43rd anniversary of the society the special speaker will be rev mr irwin a former pastor at the square but now stationed at lemonville every one is cordially invited to attend on friday evening last the pupils of the square school held their annual athome and ex hibition of work which was very fine indeed owing to conflicting entertainments the crowd was not as large as it otherwise would have been although a good number was present the debate between victoria square and buttonville pupils on the sub ject resolved that travelling is more interesting and of great er educational value than read ing was won by the square who had the negative side on friday night of last week the local junior farmers and institute were hosts to one of the toronto kiwanis clubs at a garden party and dance at the home of mr dalton rumney owing to wet weather some of the games that had been arrang ed for had to be withdrawn but nevertheless things kept hum ming throughout the late after noon and on into the night the unionville j f club presented the play brothers in arms the kiwanis boys band was in attendance and played several selections dancing in the barn concluded the program the junor farmers and kiwanis club are both very grateful to mr rumney for permitting the use of his property for the occasion melville the rev robert young of stouffville preached to a large congregation at melville last sunday we are always glad to welcome mr young back again to our church the newtonbrook y p u presented a comedv entitled look whos here before a good audience on friday last and the play was enjoyed bv all the w a served a dainty lunch to the players at the close tent meeting now in progress despite the wet weather tent meetings at pikes peak con tinue to attract crowds nightly rev r p ditmer of ohio is bringing messages each evening that are creating a profound impressionwhile mrsditmer is a lovely soloist whom all should hear meetings each evening at 745 and three services on sun day pastor rev i brubacher is anxious for everybody with an open evening to visit his camp marriages beare heisey st andrews united church markham was the scene wed nesday of- the marriage of norma lorraine heisey daugh ter of mr and mrs norman l heisey markham and russell john thomas beare son of mr and mrs john beare armadale rev b e newnham officiated assisted by rev j t hicks the church was decorated with spring flowers mrs aj woods played the wedding music and miss margaret woods sang the bride given in marriage by her father wore a gown of net and lace with fingertip veil caught to the head with orange blos soms she carried roses the bride was attended by miss thelma bowser of mount den nis and mrs roy soper tor onto the former in turquoise blue flowered organdie with rose velvet trimming and the latter in rose flowered organdie with blue trimming myrna heisey toronto and ruth bowser mount dennis were flower girls in rose and blue organdie gordon clayton was best man and the ushers were ernest c j bowser austin baker lloyd coxworth and ray coxworth the reception followed at the home of the brides parents the brides mother wearing dusky rose sheer with corsage of blue flowers and the grooms mother in powder blue sheer with cor sage of rose flowers the couple left for quebec city and eastern points the bride travelling in royal blue coat with white accessories they will reside in armadale mrs mahon 83last of family of ten mrs mahon of bloomington aged 82 whose sister just died in south buxton township near chatham is the last sur viving member of a family of ten children whose parents came to bloomington from the old land sixtyseven years ago and first took up a home right in the hamlet in the spot now occupied by richard english mrs mahon was the youngest child and her sister- who just died was mrs isabella hill the merlin standard reports her death as follows the death occurred at her home south buxton on mon day night may 27th of mrs isabella hill widow of the late john hill at the advanced age of 86 years 2 months and 23 days mrs hill leaves to mourn her loss one daughter miss cassie m hill at home two grandchildren mr lewis king treasurer of raleigh township and mrs john roe of merlin and one great grandchild a cedar beach lake musselman junior farmers picnic and dance friday june 14th a grand orchestra man oh nian how my pigs are coming along on master pig starter it sure saves a lot of time money and feed master pig starter firtlfre per pig is all 9v105t you need central feed store phone 277 for service daughter mrs horace w king passed away five years ago mrs hill was born in wick county carthnesshire scot land in 1854 daughter of the late mr and mrs peter simpson and came to canada in 1873 with her parents settling north of toronto where she lived for a few years in 1874 she and the late john hill of ballantrae township of whitchurch were married and in 1880 they mov ed to south buxton where she has since resided mr hill car ried on a blacksmithing busi ness for several years and in 1888 he purchased the farm on which his shop was located where he farmed until his death in april 1913 the funeral services were conducted from the family re sidence at 2 pm on wednesday interment merlin cemetery brothers meet after 38 years dicksons hill correspondent over one hundred descen- dents of the late christian barkey and catherine strickler enjoyed a reunion at the home of russell johnson on the 9th line last thursday the guests of honor were cousins mr wesley silversides mr and mrs ed silversides and daughters marion and bertha of three hills alberta this is the first return trip the brothers have made since they left orillia thirtyeight years ago to take out homesteads in the west ed silversides has been engaged in home mission work for the past twelve years leav ing his son in charge of the farm and at present is superin tendent of the canadian sunday school mission for the province of alberta in his short address he mentioned the great oppor tunities for that class of work in rural districts his daughter bertha has spent a term of eight years in china under the china inland mission and she told a little of chinese life she is eagerly looking forward to september when she expects to return to her field of labour only one mrs john blair of the original family was present at the reunion the other sur viving member mr abram barkey has been in poor health all winter and was unable to attend mr arthur barkey acted as chairman and along with mr charles hoover and mr alex boyd formed the committee markham red cross meeting friday a meeting friday evening this week of the executive branch of the markham town ship red cross the key men and women from the different township units is called to dis cuss ways and means to raise money to meet the demand of recent developments meeting will be held at 730 st n the clerks office unionville king birth today thursday is being ob served as the kings birthday and on this occasion the banks are closed also the post office and schools throughout the country all other lines of busi- iness will be carried on as usual in stouffville the wicket at the post office will be open from 9 to 1030 in the morning as a special accommodation barn dance on the farm of frank brown of unionville tues june 18 830 standard auspices of lol 228 unionville prings orchestra admisison 25c picnics a specialty at riverside park 256 miles east of markham and 54 miles north of no 7 highway j l pike stouffville rri markham 1513 stanley theatre phone 100 showing each night at s15 st saturday and holidays 700 and 900 thursday frd3ay 1314 tw0 nights only hying dueces laurel and hardy on the stage the swingcopators stars of stage screen radio saturday june 15 one night hie old maid bette davis george brent comedy and short subjects june 17 18 19 uboat 29 conrad veidt valerie hobson sebastian shaw mm buses leave for toronto a 615 am b 825 am c 245 pm b 840 pm a daily except sun hoi b sun hoi c sat only bus travq information at brown betty tea rooms phone 198 gray coach lines

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