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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), July 25, 1940, p. 3

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the tribune stouffville ont thursday july 25th 1940 page threa rfyyyvvvwwwftaftrtwwwvvvwrtaw i furniture sale today town topics civic holiday august 5th monday e a grubin ro optome trist and optician will be at his office in stouffville on monday july 29th the alliston herald knows tow to enjoy a holiday and so gives notice to its subscribers that the paper will skip the first twe weeks in august if you wish to get a message over to the campers at lake musselman let us have your advertisment for next issue of the tribune every cottage and tent will receive a paper of the lake issue many farmers report they are finished haying while others have their barns stacked high still others are not through and would like a few more days of haymaking weather the chances are their wish will be gratified we notice among the champion swimmers at the credit river competitions last weekend that marvin james re presenting the ymca in tor onto stood third in an important swim class marvin is a nephew of mrs a c burkholder rev robert and mrs young are leaving today on a holiday trip to collingwood and other points in that locality they ex pect to visit on an old appoint ment at homings mills and will be accompanied by his brother and his wife from aurora during a motor drive on sun day afternoon to lake simcoe mr f l button and party encountered an unusually heavy rain storm in the lake district which was accompanied by hail reports of some damage to crops north of uxbridge and in georgina township are report ed stouffville people generally noted the humidity which pre vailed over the weekend and found it the most depressing so far this summer candidates in the last domin ion election are required to publish the amount of money received from supporters etc toward their expenses and the amount of money spent the legal notice was issued in the richmond hill liberal last week in connection with the riding of north york it showed that george m dix conservative had received donations amount ing to 665 while his expenses were 731 in the case of colw p mulock receipts were 3591 expenditures 3614 in view of the fact that the colonel was an easy winner he will have no mrs herbert freel and three children are staying at the willows island grove lake simcoe for a summer holiday the christian church s s picnic was announced for wed nesday of this week to glen wood park just south of mark- ham village the monthly sale at the 5c to 1 store will carry some inter esting offerings in this paper next week you will be impress ed by them as summer saving values the junioi band has been engaged for civic holiday to play at the annual sports day events in goodwood for the afternoon affair in the park there bill sperry who up until this week has been teller in the bank of commerce here has received a move touchi lake to reach this northern ontario outpost bill had to travel by plane from siouxlookout 800 was the cash receipts of a garden party near zephyr last week the affair is an annual event providing an outstanding program which cost the promot ers around 150 with quite a stretch of dry weather last week many farm ers completed haying while others lost no time in loading their barns the crop is heavy above normal ross winterstein we hear has drawn in 100 loads at his farm in whitchurch and had 40 acres to cut at the begin ning of this week on the geo rodanz farms at ringwood be tween two and three hundred loads were taken in up to satur day two hundred more loads will be required to harvest the remaining crop a lovely lily with eighteen blooms was being admired in the office window of this paper last week the product of mrs n e byers flower beds where rare lilies have been grown this season a return softball game be tween stouffville and pine orchard was played on the northern diamond on wednes day night with the local nine running away with the fixture by a score of 265 last week we reported that someone had left a tin of cyanogas in one of the banks while transacting business but so far the owner has not called to recover his goods presum ably it belongs to a farmer who is about the only person who would have any use for this amount or rodent killer there will be an important auction sale of household furni ture this thursday afternoon on albert street at the lafe home of mrs f w silversides the list of household goods is quite extensive and will un doubtedly attract a large crowd of people sale will open at one oclock rev l e and mrs atkinson vernon and thelma left mon day for the annual holiday at regrets that his expense sheet cotta in oxbow park far exceeded that of his oppon- i stayner they expect to be en away for the greater part of august visiting ministers will supply the pulpit of the united church during the pastors absence mrs w j mather and betty of toronto have been spending a week with miss margery mertens on the farm heads first division mrs lemon baker spent a few days at lemonville visiting her sisterinlaw mrs c mackleni and daughter nora mr and mrs bert edwards and daughter anne spent tne weekend with her parents mr and mrs fred cockerill blake street the edwards family live in milton misses pearl florence and beatrice davey of palmerston have been enjoying a holiday in town at the home of mr and mrs e j davey who came back from island grove to en tertain the young ladies a section of the school roof will have new asphalt shingles laid this week the old ones coming off having served for 23 years are lifeless and of little use the school trustees are endeavouring to reroof the building by doing a certain section each year until the whole roof of the original school built in 1917 is renewed by this plan it is hoped to do the job with out providing extra money for which a higher school would have to be levied if the whole thing was undertaken in one year a number of masonic past masters were in toronto on wednesday of last week to participate in the proceedings of grand lodge being held at the central technical school dr stewart crouch highly esteemed and wellknown in local fraternal circles was elect ed district deputy for the dis trict to succeed mr murphy of unionville among the local brethren who attended in toronto were messrs john rat- cliff k r davis jos borinsky wm griffiths a v nolan also o m madill henry slack mprley symes d mcdonald all members at stouffville appointment of major-gener- al g r pearkes vc known as fighting george to com mand the first overseas division was announced by hon j l ralston minister of defence general pearkes appointment to succeed lieutgeneral agl mcnaughton received hearty approval of military men ihroughout the dominion and overseas his is the first promo tion of a holder of the victoria cross to generals rank in the canadian active service force a whitchurch farm hand re ports that he lost his driving permit and 25 in cash at musselmans lake on a recent saturday night that represents heavy loss to the average man a water test made last week reveals the fact that the local domestic system is producing a brand that is described by the ontario department of health in toronto as being class al the highest rating of pure water that is obtainable this is with out chlorination or any other dope being added to nullify germs such as they have to do in toronto or other large places where lake water is the source of supply we plan trips for customers mrs charles reid and mrs charles gansler toronto were in town on saturday to meet a former school girl acquaintance mrs perin all three were ux bridge girls known to their chums of other days as lena nolan mabel nolan and blanche todd the latter is down from winnipeg on an ex tended visit new travel service free at our station worry free auto trips for our customers thats our motto we can fix you up with the latest road maps reliable accommodation di rectories accurate local in formation besides we can getanyspe- dal routings you want from shell touring headquarters yes weve got a travel bureau thats really com plete ask us about this free service today boadway service station shell touring service a number of leaks in the domestic water system are be ing rapidly repaired at present since the check up all leaks have been recorded and where they are on private property or in residences steps are being tak en to have repairs made house holders with faulty plumbing are being given reasonable time to make repairs before any compulsion is used it is the duty of everybody to guard our water system and see that there is no undue waste leaky taps or toilets constitute a serious drain on the system and cannot be permitted often a few cents for a new washer will remedy the trouble people who just turn from one radio broadcaster to another seem to us to be both lacking in their choice of entertainment and are unconsciously debilitat ing the effect of hearing the same discouraging news half a dozen times or more a day one learns what there is to learn about the war by listening to one broadcast and waits for the next days news next day or may buy an evening paper but between papers he dismiss es the thing from his mind he is therefore likely to be in a more cheerful mood than the radio addict who permits a vari ation of the same evil tidings to be poured into his ears from morning till he goes to bed at night ideal weather conditions drew a large crowd for the an nual tournament of the stouff ville lawn bowling club last wednesday twenty rinks from toronto richmond hill clare- mont uxbridge newmarket jacksons point and markham competed for the stouffville old boys trophy presented by f l buttonkc and dr g richardson it was won by w trench of richmond hill with a score of 57 plus 3 prizes of war savings stamps were given other winners who were second a j stringer balmy beach with a score of 48 high for two wins h marshalls rink newmarket with a score of 51 high for one win dunsires rink ux bridge score 47 the members of the ladies bowling club serv ed a luncheon heads 2nd brigade lieutcol a e potts has been named brigadier of the second infantry brigade of the 1st canadian overseas division he succeeds majorgeneral g e pearkes vc named to command the division owing to the death of his brother ab we had occasion to call on mr ed stover the other day and found him keeping house on victoria street in the place where the late mrs ham ilton lived to be nearly 100 years old ed declared it was not to get inspiration for such a great age that he lives there how ever he did admit that he lik ed the neighborhood and found the people very kind to him he is almost blind an affliction which overtook him after the terrible fire which destroyed his lome in iroquois falls about 13 years ago and which catastrophe cost the life of his wife mr stover gets about with the aid of his cane and a wee bit of sight in one eye he enjoys a visit from old friends a native of uxbridge township he was of a family of 12 children and early in life became used to fending for himself during the great war he served in the army as an officer in charge of food purchases for a considerable company and after that he did similar work for a big paper mill and construction companies who engaged large gangs of men for work in the north when he left iroquois falls he was presented with a plaque inscribed with the names of a dozen organizations testifying to his fine citizenship and love held for him and mrs stover these organizations ranged from the ladies aid ociety to the town band and lodge affiliations if old friends of ed stover want to spend an interesting social hour just call around and see this man whose sight is seriously handicapped but whose mind is keen and al ert beyond the average quality service b i n d e r binder twine brantford gilt edge 650 ft brantford gold leaf 600 ft use brantford binder twine always full weight full length extra strong free running britannia binder twine blue circle 650 ft red circle 600 ft consider these advantages 1 extra strength no breaking no lost time 2 even size no breaking no lost time 3 clean twine no clogging no lost time king bug killer kills bugs insects and makes healthy vig orous plants buy war saving certificates stiver bros t w i n e phone 4501 stouffville mrs lett bessie watson was visiting her parents mr and mrs george watson last week mr and mrs bert gower toronto spent a few days with relatives and friends here last weok donations to war branch are hereby acknowledged as follows 100 each f h sangster mrs d smith mrs stevens mrs c stouffer mrs robb and annie e v hoover mrs r brown smaller amounts mrs amos lehman mrs sanderson mrs keith randolph spofford we hear that our former heavy weight smiling chinaman alex fong is employed in a city fruit store well alex can display the pleasant counten ance that is indispensable to a successful salesman mrs thos birkett is taking a course in war nutrition child care and training at the ontario agricultural college guelph many hundreds of women have enrolled for these summer courses which has been given an added impetus in war time send the tribune to absent friends drugs special values and reminders low minimum prices maintained national english style health salts for stomack liver and blood 1 lb tins 39c glass tumbler free honey and almond hinds cream soothes tender rough red skin windburn sunburn chafing large 11 oz reg 100 size 49c safety razor blades gillette blue valet auto strap ward0nia schic injector berkley blades british consols marlin gun metal pal blue steel 6 for 25c 5 for 25c 4 for 25c 12 for 49c 20 for 75c 3 for 10c 10 for 29c 5 for 10c 12 for 25c 20 for 25c absorbine jr 15c 98c and 195 chase nerve food 49c chases ointment 49c respirin caps 50c for hay fever asthma razmah caps 50c100 zambuk ointment 47c mothers friend 50c 100 viceroy nipples 3 for 10c ironized yeast 89c listerine jooth paste three 25c tubes for 49c waterglass lb 15c 2 lbs 25c hygeol 6 oz 35c 16 oz 60c tums antacid 3 rolls 25c sunset dyes 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