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the tribune stouffville ont thursday august 8th 1940 page three town topics yyyyyyvwvwvwwvvvvwvwvvww dr and mrs bodendistel and mr and mrs harry brillinger left last thursday on a motor trip to montreal and other points in quebec mr mervin glover now em ployed with the northern elec tric co in toronto was home here for the holiday with mr and mrs john oboyle mr don moyer son of mr and mrs harvey moyer dick son hill has secured a position on the continuation school staff at lansdowne near brockville mr and mrs james ward of oshawa were in town on civic holiday visiting their old neigh bors mr and mrs albert or chard they lived almost next farm to each other in the sea- grave district some years ago mr ward is a cousin to our r 0 ward garageman mr and mrs robert snow ball and helen and mr and mrs percy tarr spent the holi day weekend at hawk lake haliburton they report that between 40 and 50 cars were at this lake which a few years ago was barely known some of the finest trout in canada come from the hawk and chain of lakes of which it forms a part mr and mrs a c burk- holder with their daughter mrs ritchie and son burk have gone to their cottage at bala muskoka for a few weeks mrs burkholders moltier mrs james is in toronto again feel ing much improved in health mrs mary emerton of moose jaw sask mr william mabbott and daughter jessie and mrs hich of toronto visited one day last week at k g tarrs mrs emerton who is a cousin of mrs tarr and mr a s collins once lived in the claremont district her father being the late george maye everyone over 16 years of age in the district including visitors to town and campers at the lake are required to register on the dates of august 19 20 and 21 in most places the school houses are being us ed but in stouffville registra tion headquarters will be in ratcliffs hall dep registrars who have kindly consented to assist will visit the hospital and others who are bedfast it mat ters not how foolish we think it is to bother registering sick folk and those who will never walk again the law says it must be done so do not over look it the questions are all being printed in the papers so that you may get your answers ready in advance and if you think you cant remember them just jot them down and read them master burk ritchie spent a week at dr freels cottage at island grove with master lloyd freel mr a e carswell our gener al merchant spent civic holi day in guelph the feature picture the great victor herbert previous ly advertised will be showing at the stanley at a later date than was announced last week mrs alex scott is in town visiting with mr and mrs j p hodgins her many friends will be glad to see our former resi dent of the westend truman baxter has com menced the construction of a new house for robert ratcliff on one of his properties occupied by floyd steckley a mile and a quarter north of the markham townline on the sixth concession mr and mrs leslie william son toronto have moved from the city to their new house just built on the astor boulevard leaside both mr and mrs williamson are stouffville people who are frequently in town visiting with then- parents mr and mrs frank williamson and mr and mrs isaac barkey s17800 odd dollars has been mailed out from the office of the county treasurer at whitby to all ontario county municipali ties as the countys donation to patriotic work for this year it will be up to the local councils to say what organizations in their respective municipalities are entitled to share in the money it may be quite a difficult problem to say how it should be shared in some instances the cannington gleaner re ports an accident to a former stouffville boy and son of the proprietor of the mansion house until he moved to cannington a few years ago the gleaner says harold blackburn son of mr and mrs blackburn of queens hotel had the mis fortune to sustain a serious spinal injury recently while employed at timmins an oper ation was performed on july 22 and there will be another in two months it is feared that he will be compelled to remain in bed for six months mrs ira rusnell miss marian betty and bruce and miss vera tarr from town also miss evelyn rusnell toronto are at the stayner mbc camp for a week 55 ecjezri fcsft7j tfcs0s 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 elwood elson who has occu pied one of jonathan morga- sons houses in the east end on stouffer streets moved to bethesda this week where he has engaged to work for capt roy brownanother house made vacant in town while the town loses a family of six children besides the parents donald lehman son of mr and mrs ab lehman of stouff ville has enlisted in canadas armed forces and s the first local boy to join the second field ambulance unit for sev eral years don has been engag ed in the butchering business at sunderland this is the second son of mr and mrs lehman to join the forces gordon being with the royal engineers can you beat it on the farm of mr clark johnson in mai-k- ham we are told that his little 8yearold grandson is the man operating the light tractor on the farm and thereby solving the help problem this difficult harvest season the little fellow wanted a chance and de clared he could run the machine if his granddad would only give him a chance it was with no little missgivings that he got that chance but the lad proved his ability and now hes a real man about the farm mr and mrs p l barry mill street were delighted to entertain some of their old scottish friends last week when they had a visit from mr and mrs w winton who motored from their home in iowa usa they are located in the south corn belt where says mr win- ton the stalk reached a height of 18 to 20 feet with miles and miles of it like a young forest before they left scotland mr and mrs winton and mr and mrs barry were all engaged in a large estate in perthshire and naturally enough were delight ed to enjoy a visit again to gether destroy these noxious weeds sow thistles bind weed bladder campion canada thistle wild carrot dodder chicory tumbling mustard hemp st oxeyedaisy blue weed hawkweeds comon milkweed wild lettuces common burdock docks cinqufoils johns wort wild mustards pepper grasses stlnkweed white cockle common ragweed poison ivy russian thistle spurges arkansas bodstraw the weed control act states clause 1 every occupant ot land or if the land is unoccupied the owner shall destroy all weeds designated noxious by the regulations as often in every year as is sufficient to pre vent the ripening of their seeds clause 2 any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this act or refuses or neglects to obey any lawful order of an inspector given under authority of this act shall incur a penalty of not less than 10 nor more than 50 for every such offence weeds have no place in a progressive municipality do your share to prevent their spread municipality of jxbridgo townhip wm g cassie weed insprc4or mr george yake of regina is in town visiting his parents mr and mrs ira yake who are living in the old home at the corner of main and tenth streets georges wife is also in ontario visiting her home dis trict too mr yake reports crop conditions fair in sask atchewan but he marvelled at the wonderful downpour of rain in stouffville on monday night and said it would be a great thing for the regiria district which is subject to dryness and grasshoppers in an otherwise fertile prairie area dr grace richardson birch- cliff is holidaying at hollywood lodge island grove mr john phillips who has been in delicate health for some time was removed to the western hospital toronto on monday bloomington on the 9th of whitchurch was the scene of a motor collision on monday even ing when a car proceeding west cut the sideroad crashed into the side of a southbound machine as it came down the grade just at bloomingtons four corners the car proceed ing down the 9th was driven by john h hamm of cosburn ave toronto while the other was owned by the davis leath er co newmarket and operat ed by lloyd smith of that town although both cars were quite badly damaged no one was in jured constable ben gayman was called to the scene but no charge was laid in addition to the two new houses now under construction at the rear of riches hardware and storeys drug store and belonging to robert burnett the east end also will gain a modern bungalo on monday work started on preparing the ground for a brick structure 30x30 for mr w t wilson of brougham the site was form erly the vacant lot belonging to mr wilsons soninlaw mr v pennaman on the south side of main street next to harold forsyths house this lot of 100 feet frontage runs directly from main street to the cemetery pro perty and was regarded as the best possible entrance to the grounds in fact an unsuc cessful attempt was made a few years ago to buy the lot for a cemetery entrance now it is gone for keeps and the council and cemetery commission must seek to improve the present en trance to the cemetery off main street mr wilsons new bun galo will fill another of the few remaining gaps on main street and will further improve the appearance of the eastend of the town the building contrac tor is mr anderson 9th con cession jast south of town enroute from a holiday at bigwin inn to their home in brantford mrs matthews and miss frances ratcliff spent a day with mr and mrs james ratcliff fleece lined homes are be coming very popular in stouff ville since the visit of the big fruck of the pneumatic insulat ing co of toronto the greatest value of this form of insulation will be felt in the winter season for it is guaranteed to repel cold and is thereby a real saver of coal mr and mrs jake smith have returned from their honeymoon and have taken up residence in their new bungalo on fair street near the cnr we expect that the local jewel ler will now settle down to the regular routine of a married mans life farmers are gradually get ting into the grain harvest in the immediate district despite the shortage of man power work on the farm is being well kept up machinery of course is a potent part of almost every local farm operation and there seems to be a lot of machines of one kind and another in opera tions quality service 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 and mrs ross winter- stein and bruce of whitchurch spent sunday at lake couchi- ching on a delightful holiday rev and mrs r k vickers aie going to chesley lake near southampton for a vaca tion mrs s s ball miss joyce ball and stanley left last week for a holiday at their camp in northern haliburton dr ball joined them for the weekend civic holiday was marked by its quietness in town but the flow of traffic was very heavy both to musselmans and through main street to points north of town the day was warm and rather sultry but ideal holiday atmosphere which made for a record sale of ice drinks and ice cream the even ing was cut short for many vis itors due to rain about 8 oclock despite the crowds and wet pavement there was no accident of a serious nature reported serious accidents had occurred in this district the previous two weekends chugging down its main street and folks are going to look at it and smile and so would you dear reader if you saw it this modest little car carried leland emmerson jim rae and doug hamm three whitchurch lads from their home acres to the busy northern industrial centre a few days ago just when they will return we do not know the boys took along a tent and so will do things up in grand style we hope they did not forget the eggs and bacon and to save time and fuel they will fry over the engine if they dont sell the machine to some travelling cir cus the lads intend to bring lizzie home with them the canadian national exhi bition opens two weeks from tomorrow august 23 and then may we expect fall probably before this appears in print the city of north bay is going to see a model t ford raspberry festival a raspberry festival will be held on friday august 9th at the home of mr and mrs c morris under the auspices of the band of willing helpers of st james presbyterian church supper served at 6 pm an interesting program will follow admission 35c and 20c those wishing transportation meet at the church province of ontario an appeal for arms the provincial police of the province of ontario acting under the direction of the attorneygeneral are cooperating with and advising municipalities now organizing or having organized volunteer civil guards there is now an urgent need for arms with which to equip such guards under proper supervision and direction therefore this appeal is being made to the citizens of ontario asking that they loan for the use of the volunteer civil guards any available rifles and 12 gauge shotguns together with ammunition for the purpose of protecting the lives property and homes of our people such donations will be gratefully received officially acknowledged and a proper record kept arms may be deposited at the headquarters of the volunteer civil guard parliament buildings toronto or with any ontario provincial police officer throughout the province any further information may be obtained by addressing communications to the parliament buildings toronto or consulting with the nearest provincial police officer m f hepburn prime minister g d conant attorney general toronto august 6th 1940 nm3