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the tribune stouffville ont thursday august 1 1940 page three town topics the tribune would appreciate mrs s w hastings and mrs receiving for publication letters george barkey spent thursday frm anihiors abroad as guests of mrs h w sanders from soldiers abroad mr and mrs morley barker and family also eulah brill- inger took in the hundred mile cruise on the muskoka lakes last week and as the heat wave was on it was even more de lightful than usual to be on the lakes mr walter tyler brother of william tyler onetime pastor here in the christian church was married last saturday at bloor street united church toronto walter was an oc casional visitor to town during his brothers pastorate here gordon lehman was called home from military camp at petawawa last week owing to the illness of his wife who was seized with a sudden attack mrs lehman has improved and her soldier husband has gone back to his militai duties mr bert gould of toronto has built a private garage on stouffei- st on the lot purchas ed by him from richard burton mr gould intends to complete a house on the site next year when he will take up residence in town as guests lakeview house jacksons pt charlie nendick has been re cruited with the queens york rangers and is back in uniform this former son of stouffville was a capable nco uack in 191418 miss jessie walls rn daughter of mr and mrs edw walls and accompanied by rev t h somersme have been holidaying at miss walls home here on 10th street furniture sale today raspberries are a heavy crop locally with picking in full swing this week the household effects of the late mrs f w silversides will be sold by auction this thurs day afternoon august 1 sale at one master earl lehman son of mr and mrs ormsby lehman is at caledon lake spending a week with mr and mrs still his former neighbors mrs w j mather and betty who have been visiting with miss margery mertens for a week left on saturday to spend a holiday with relatives around peterborough mr h a mclnnes is acting manager at the local branch of the bank of nova scotia during the absence of mr marshall who is holidaying with his family at their summer cottage near beaverton and incidentally making a few fish stories come true saturday nights crowd in town was as laige as anything seen here on these busy nights as luck would have it the color ed lights failed to come on just when we wanted to show our best however the big crowd seems to be enjoying them selves while the store windows added a good deal to brighten ing up the street our saturday shoppers are coming from greater and greater distances as they realize that they can make their purchases here as economically as anywhere mi leland johnston living on the old homestead where she- was born on the 10th concession just north of town the brown farm is making very fair re covery since undergoing an operation at the western hos pital in toronto her condition was precarious dr isabel booth daughter of mr and mrs a e booth of this town accompanied a patient from algonquin park to toron to on thursday by airplane passing over stouffville enroute dr booth was rushing a girl patient to toronto tor an appendix operation mrs turner miss nettie rae and frank were guests of mr and mrs e m still at the caledon lake cottage on sun day mr and mrs kenneth conley cf wellington were visiting mr and mrs tom jennings over sunday pt classes for lads 13 to 17 years on thursday night at 730 in the park all interested please attend g h saunders a former prominent citizen spent a few hours in the old town last week when mr wal ter renfrew accompanied by his daughter motored from toronto to look up old friendshe was called from his home in british columbia owing to the serious illness of his brother in toronto at one time mr ren frew owned the storey farm at dickson hill and lived in town where dr ball resides fcswca3 betty beauty salon westend stouffville nestle permanent waves in croquingnole spiral and combination all waves include shampoo and finger wave for appointment phone 3206 miss ruth badgero reeve weldon has declared next monday as civic holiday quality service mr and mrs del jennings and mr and mrs fred cockerill were in singhampton on sun day miss verna cockerill re turned with them after a weeks holiday ti miss wilma flewelling and sister joy were in town several days visiting with mr a e carswell at the corner store the young ladies who live at cumnock near fergus liked stouffville very much and naturally were pleased to find their host at the head of our largest mercantile business driving down the ninth concession about 8 oclock on sunday evening with his horse and buggy john graham stouffville was struck by a gray coach lines bus and hurl ed to the ditch the horse separated from the buggy ran away mr graham came off with only a few bruises like wise the horse was uninjured but the buggy was smashed up john explained that he had stopped on his own side of the road to give some direction to a seventythree cases in the newmarket court tuesday of last week ought to be a warning sign to motorists as most of the cases were for infractions of the motor vehicles act yet with all those picked up there will be others for the next court to take the places of those who have gone before during the absence of mr n l matthews mr harold sanders acted as prose cuting crown attorney the dickson hill section of the 8th concession takes its weekly toll of motor accidents and there are plenty of people who believe the construction of this road is not as it should be however this weeks accident could not be blamed onto the road surface when opposite anthony hoovers an acme dairy truck going south side- swiped a passenger car travel ling north arid driven by a chap named anderson of withrow avenue toronto anderson was accompanied by his two sisters and bert reid of the same address only the hub cap was torn from the truck but ander sons car was smashed consider ably while one of the girls suffered severe injuries and was taken to a doctor in stouffville the whole family look for ward to thursday of each week writes mr j burk- holder of vineland who explains that thursday is the day the tribune usually arrives at their home an old resident of the townline southeast of stouff ville we are delighted to know that friendship of other days are not forgotten and are maintain ed through the help of the home town paper the stouffville band tendered an open air concert on the grounds of the brierbush hos pital last thursday evening it must have been enjoyed by the sick folk on that very hot night when everybody was feeling effects of the heat these con certs have been held alter nately in the east and west ends and residents are indebted to the leader and boys of the band for good music passing stranger who made j where ten stitches were requir- enquiry just as he started his horse again the impact occur red it was stated that the bus driver who came up behind the horse and buggy could not see the vehicle the buggy carried no light ed to close a wound in her face police said the truck was travel ling over the yellow strip about a foot but no charge was laid on the spot constable b gay man and constable al green wood investigated two or three east end boys are having their conduct in vestigated by constable green wood one evening last week they broke off two or three young trees planted a few years ago by the horticultural society and in front of the mbc church broke a large limb from a more mature tree if the lads were ordered to appear before the council and apologize for their silly act it would be- a lesson for them a refusal to make an apology should be followed by a court prosecution lieut p r stover brooklin baker has recently been appointed to the 20th inf res coy veterans home guard this company is a nonperman ent active militia unit which is attached to the queens yoi rangers 1st american regi ment mg and is made up of veterans of the great war 191418 who parade for training several evenings each week at the fort york armoury toron to lieut stover became an officer in the york rangers shortly after the last war but has been on the reserve for several year on the amalgama tion of the york rangers and the queens rangers to form the queens york rangers 1st amer regt mg he was one of the officers to be retained on the corps reserve of officers of that formation lieut stover is a stouffville boy son of mrs elias stover church street curb service poultry and live stock cafe drive up to the curb in front of our two stores west of the canadian railways and you will have loaded in your car poultry and live stock feed this service includes binder twine salt flyspray feed for potatoe bugs buy war saving certificates stiver bros phone 4501 stouffville mr harvey ferrier of winnipeg called on friends here in the home town this week miss evelyn dougherty was in ottawa last week on a short holiday mrs fred johnson mill st is visiting at the home of her niece in islington miss marion hastings with a party of friends enjoyed the 100 mile cruise on muskoka lake over the weekend rev h and mrs shantz and evelyn are leaving today thursday for the mbc camp meetings at stayner mr and mrs william simpson and miss isabel visited mrs simpsons uncle at bothwell near london over sunday engagements mr and mrs john bond announce the engagement of their second daughter jean isabell to harold ford eldest son of mr and mrs clarence doner the marriage to take place in gormley mennonite church on august 14th at 2 pm standard time widemans church summer bible school opening monday august 5 classes for children 4 to 16 years the high school course for those who have completed the regular course will be con tinued this year transportation will be pro- vided as in former years for further information phone the director a d grove phone 4802 mrs henry vanzant spent sunday in blackwater at the home of her grandson charlie hutchinson the vanzant home in stouffville is one of the land marks held by the same family for so many years births hoover at malvern on satur day july 20th 1940 to mr and mrs auan hoover a son cleverdon at the brierbush hospital stouffville wednes day july 24th 1940 to mr and mrs albert h cleverdon 7th concession markham township twin sons vacation time every article up to the minute- we are never undersold smart variety of bathing trunks 95c 150 polo shirts running shoes sport trousers tropicals flannels cottons mcgregors happy foot s sport socks 50c wear these for health and comfort soft all wool inner sole acts as cushion and helps prevent floor burns and blisters a e weldon boots shoes gents furnishings the hour of service in st james presbyterian church has been changed from 3 pm to 1130 sunday morning it is felt that the early time of worship will meet with the approval of a greater number of members the change of time will go in to effect this coming sunday when the minister the rev t decourcy raynjer will preach his topic being the song of the thunder storm are you frightened by thunder storms perhaps you have not learned the song of the thunder storm did you know there is such a song come and discover its beauty says mr rayner coming attractions stanley theatre stouftville ont phone 100 showing saturdays and holidays at 7 and 9 pm other evenings at815 st thursday friday saturday august 1st 2nd 3rd drums along the mohawk claudette colbert henry fonda all technicolor movietone news walt disney cartoon monday tuesday wednesday august 567 double bill music in my hearf tony martin rita hayworth varied minor damage was re ported following the heavy wind and electrical storms of last week on thursday night the street lights in town were put out of operation for several hours when a transformer was struck in the markham area the same evening a sudden violent gust of wind swept in through the open house win dows of our theatre proprietor mr syd schmidt and dislodg ed a slab of plaster from the ceiling of one of the bedrooms the large cake of mortar weigh ed nearly thirteen pounds and mr schmidts son stanley had a narrow escape from injury when this part of the ceiling crashed near the head of his bed trapped in the sky jack holt katherine demille thursday friday saturday august 8 9 10 meet dr christian jean hersholt dorothy lovett movietone news walt disney cartoon monday tuesday wednesday august 12 13 14 double bill pride of the blue grass edith fellows john mccallion monday tuesday wednesday august 192021 rulers of the sea douglas fairbanks jr will fyffe margaret lockwood popeye stealin aint honest jimmy dorcy and orchestra thursday friday saturday august 222324 swiss family robinson thomas mitchell edna best freddie bartholomew i movietone news j walt disney cartoon monday tuesday wednesday august 262728 the great victor herbert a jones m martin w connoly thursday friday saturday august 15 16 17 grapes of wrath henry fonda doris bowdon movietone news and comedies white angel an aviation epic comedy and short subjects thursday friday saturday august 293031 his girl friday cary grant rosalind russell movieton news and short subjects