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the tribune stouffville ont thursday august 29 1940 page three town topics the betty beauty salon will be closed on saturday august 31 uitil thursday sept 5 vwwvwvwwvwwwwwwwvi miss eulah brillinger also miss audrey hoover rn were weekend visitors at port dover ontario next monday is labor day and a public holiday not many will forget that even had the fact not been recorded here misses irene timbers kay turner and betty leslie of stouffville registered this week at various toronto business colleges in secretarial courses miss ethel wagg of midland and mrs f palmer of uxbridge were in town a few hours on monday calling on friends miss wagg is a member of the mid land public school staff of 25 years standing she is a cousin to mr k ross davis the open season for trout fishing has been extended to sept 15 as a result of so much restocking of the lakes in ontario it didnt happen here but one of the dazzling 18yearolds when asked at the registration booth what she would like to do test answered be a good danc er four local boys are now re ceiving military training weekly at aurora having joined the york rangers nonpermanent militia they are alfred thom as claire bell bill sanders and don cadieux a large crowd attended the shower held at stanley slacks on wednesday evening for the newlyweds mr and mrs gor don taylor they received a host of lovely and useful gifts from their many friends the tin pan band was also present and rendered several of their choice selections and later treat ed the crowd to ice cream mrs w h shaw and miss lucy waters are holidaying this week at elgin house mus- icoka the couple motored to the north country last thursday accompanied by mr and mrs lambert malloy mr and mrs sam mckeown and family are moving from the yake place at corner of main and tenth streets farther west on main street to occupy the east half of richard burtons double house opposite walter dicksons farm the tribunes report on the recent trip to western canada of the canadian weekly press party was reprinted in the printer and publisher a high class trade journal with one or two pictures accompanying the article which were taken by the writer of the article chn prof john coulson of mcdon ald college quebec was in town last friday in company with his sister mrs rweather- ill and her mother who live in unionville prof coulson is interested in the purchase of a 100 acre farm in this district and looked over several that are known to be for sale as forecast in our last issue early on wednesday there were more than 1000 people 16 years and over registered at stouff ville at closing time that night as oidered by the government to be exact there were 1067 names listed and each of them were supplied with a registra tion slip showing they had carried out the requirements of the regulations children belonging to the residents of the lake wilcox area turned their hand to help ing the red cross last week when they organized a child- iens circus during an after noon and raised 50 the ven ture was under the direction of a young lady who is employed by the lake residents as a special summer guardian on sunday night the same group gave a concert in the park when an added 56 went into the red cross fund mr e calder a subscriber jto this paper and a cottager at musselmans for twelve years has bought a farm in scarboro jto which the family are moving this week mr lome kester son of mr and mrs ross kester residents of the markhampickering tonline and clerk in the bank of nova scotia here was mov ed this week to the branch at st catharines miss ruth marshall will replace mr kes ter in the bank here mr walter talbot local truck driver came home on thursday from the newmar ket hospital where he under went an operation but is now believed to be fast regaining his health again walter talbot was always the perfect picture of health but as we all know sometimes looks do not tell the whole story light frosts were reported fbout town last week as the weather dipped to an unusual coolness on several nights some of the coldest august nights in many years are re corded all of which put a crimp in the number of visitors at the lakes a number of cucumber vines were nipped but for the most part little damage was noticed mrs j driscol superintend ent of the childrens aid society spent several hours in town last friday checking hom es and making arrangements in case a number of children from the british isles arrive unex- peefpdly for placement in homes in our district quite a number of local people have agreed to care for one of these children for the duration of the war however if too many of school age are placed in town accom modation at the big knowledge works will be clogged and this will present a new problem the biggest bargain in town 40c s to 41 keep in touch with stouffville and surrounding district by reading the tribune the tribune is the largest circulating weekly in whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge townships mail us this coupon today find enclose 40c subscription to the stouffville tribune september 1940 january 1941 name address mrs a v nolan also mrs perron blanch todd and son bain who are spending the sum mer with miss gertrude todd were guests of mr and mrs t g gold and other friends in uxbridge on sunday mrs alex mcpherson of chatham ontario her son hesley wife and son alex spent a couple of days last week with mr and mrs w e risebrough mrs alex mcpherson is mr risebroughs eldest sister aged 84 year save your old newspapers and magazines for the war branch we are asked to announce cer eal cadieux is undertaking to make a collection within the next few days your contribu tion to the paper tonnage will be appreciated newmarket is the latest town to realize that unless the citi zens petition council demanding an election plebiscite they will automatically elect their 1941 council for a two year term un der the legislation passed by the legislature this year mrs i mclaughlin toronto was in town on saturday visit ing with mr and mrs morgan degeer and other old friends the mclaughlins and degeers were farm neighbors up the second of uxbridge until the former familv moved to toron to miss betty urquhart of ayre who is attached to the nursing staff of a waterloo hospital was in town for a couple of days vis iting her grandmother mrs latchford on main street miss urquhart is just now assigned to special duty at the isolation hospital in toronto where there has been an influx of soldiers the electric lights on the post office steps have been out all summer and its a wonder- someone has not met with an accident for the lighting is any thing but good for elderly people coming to the office en quiry brings forth the fact that the bulbs broken last winter cannot readily be replaced and this is the reason for the front of the public building remain ing in darkness it ought not to be a serious matter to procure some sort of bulbs for the tops of these light standards so that a normal service may be rend- dered the public and perhaps an accident may be avoided this offer is only good for new subscriptions this months circulation figures show 1331 paid subscribers only four cents a week will make you a subscriber for a whole year visitors to the exhibition this week and next are cordially invited to visit the booth in the process building of the pneu matic insulating co who are fleece lining so many homes in and around stouffville here one can see the rock wool in its different stages of manufacture see it in action in a home and have explained how it will keep in the heat and keep out the cold before investing in a fleece lined job on your home it would be well to visit the firms exhibit there is no substitute for rock wool which is ground out of actual stone and is everlasting just now the mails are flood ed with advertising matter of toronto and other firms offer ing this and that to the pros pective exhibition visitor we obtained one of these letters last week purported to have been sent to us because the company wanted to do us a favor they never met us in their life of course but just singled us out for a friend so they said in fact we couldnt obtain the big furniture bar gain they offered without bringing along the letter this little touch was calculated to impress us deeply in addition to allowing us 2450 off regu lar price of a set offered a fine valuable floor lamp was being thrown in it all sounded good and we are sorry that we are not in the market and that the bargain is confined to just a preferred list of people how ever we may be able to dupli cate the same bargain at the same low price right at the furniture dealers in stouffville if we find our ourself requiring this line of furniture quality service schumacher feed quaker sugared schumacher feed is better than corn better than oats better than barley better than wheat because it is a blend of all four of them it is better than a blend of all four of them because it con tains minerals and molasses schumacher feed is a great utility feed it serves all types of livestock for growing young stock raising ton litters keeping the work horses in splendid condition schumacher feed is tops in quality usefulness price and value schumacher feed has no superior as a service feed many poultrymen have found quaker sugar ed schumacher feed excellent for cockerels quaker pig starter quaker pig starter is a complete ration for small pigs to be fed from two and a half weeks of age to seventy pounds in weight stiver brs stouffville ontario the next issue of the tri bune will be on september 12 a new water pipe is being laid from main street to barkey bros foundry it was found that a leak was sprung in the pipe near the foundry and it was decided to instal a com plete new pipe which is an inch and a quarter in size k ross davis the new tax gatherer was making his rounds last week distributing those annual statements to the ratepayers from which there is no escape the first instalment of taxes in town is due on sept 3rd this instalment is one half the tax bill and if you choose to pay the second half with the first on or before the date mentioned a discount of one and a half per cent will be made on the second instalment the second instalment must however be paid on or before dec 3rd a penalty will be add ed to any instalment not paid by the due date it will be not ed that the total tax runs the same as last year unless your assessment has been changed the council has done well in holding the rate to that of a year ago in view of the fact that the ontario government subsidy is one mill this year as against a mill and a half in 1939 from now until the 3rd of sept the collector may be found at the office of the village treasurer dont wait until the last daylt is better to call right away and avoid the last day rush sfedmo permanent waves or quality priced from 250 to 750 including hair cut shampoo and wave commencing august 1 prices at the demilo shop will be slightly in creased maiues beauty shop phone 170 elsewhere in this issue the farmers mutual fire insui ance co have inserted an inter esting and informative adver- tisment which will be read by farmers because they are all interested in fire insurance and this is one of the large com panies probably holding the bulk of insurance in the local territory it is interesting to discover from the adv that our local insurance broker mr thos bhkett has been mak ing out policies for the farmers mutual for 32 years a record not surpassed by any other agent in fact mr birkett was on the staff before any one of the present directors was ident ified with the company township of whitchurch proclamation take notice that the township of whitchurch has been declared a game preserve under the terms and conditions as set out by the department of games fisheries for the province of ontario persons are forbidden to carry firearms or hunting with out a license pheasants have been deposited in the area and enjoy the full protection of the games fisheries act by order of the council john crawford clerk stouffville continuation school reopening monday sept 9th registration tues sept 3 this school is equipped and the staff fully qualified to teach music home economics and shop work to grades ix and x students prepared for entrance to normal and the universities all middle and upper school students are urgently requested to register on tuesday september 3rd or to interview the principal prior to that date in order that the sub jects taught may not conflict on the time table the staff miss pearl wilson ba assistant french music english and physical culture miss ruth miller ba assistant mathematics science and home economics mr ralph haist ba assistant science shop work and physical culture mr gordon bailey ba assistant english latin and history mr l c murphy ba principal mathematics geography and shop work dr h b freel chairman j s dougherty secretary