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fage six the tribune stouffville out thursday sept 12th 1940 your correspondent has here reproduced a picture taken at about 1890 fifty years ago this summer it was said to have been the first strawberry festi val held at goodwood methodist church and was taken at the rear of the building many of these men have passed to the great beyond but the young er set are not by any means dead of course you all recog nize that it is goodwoods brass band in the foreground yes sir there sits drummer isaac shaver the stouffer boys and the lee brothers the man with the beard is john whittleton next john brown can you pick out jos henderson the whit tleton bros and the wagg boys john todd david watson will morganson mrs bert crosby the stafford brothers sam whittleton will hender son mrs george lee and a score of others we recognize the morganson family the todd family davies hackneys collins and watsons also the fields the scribe is one of the small boys in the right of the front row the centre of three wearing white blouses he has the black tie on in front of them see joe henderson and isaac wagg probably you can pick out still others back in those days goodwood was supplied with hotels and travellers found it a good stopping place despite the curse of the bar the church thrived as it does not seem to do today those strawberry festivals were outstanding occasions of the year but in them in the good old way toronto goodwood flashes walter davey 8 stanton ave toronto dominion of canada second war loan 9300000000 the bank of canada is authorized by the minister of finance to announce the offering of a loan to be issued for cash in the following terms 3 per cen bonds flue ctofoer 1 1952 callable on or after october 1 1919 issue price 9875 and accrued interest yielding 3125 to maturity denominations of bearer bonds 100 500 1000 the proceeds will be used by the government to finance expenditures for war purposes payment is to be made in full against delivery of interim certificates on or after october 1 1940 principal and interest will be payable in lawful money of canada interest will be payable without charge semiannually at any branch in canada of any chartered bank the bonds will be dated october 1 1940 in accordance with the announcement made by the minister of finance on august 18 1040 the bank of canada has been further authorized to announce that applications will be received to convert dominion of canada 4 bonds due september 1 1940 which have not yet been presented for payment into an equal par value of additional bonds of the above issue the bonds accepted for conversion with final coupon detached will be valued at 10025 and the residtatit cash adjustment in favour of the applicant will be made at the time of delivery of the new bonds on or after october 1 1940 cash subscriptions and conversion applications may be made through any approved in vestment dealer or stock broker or through any branch in canada of any chartered bank from whom copies of the official prospectus containing complete details of the issue may be obtained the minister of finance reserves the right to allot cash subscriptions in full or in part the lists for cash subscriptions and conversion applications will open at the bank of canada ottawa at 9 am edt on monday september 9 1940 and may be closed at any time at the discretion of the minister of finance with or without notice ottawa september 6 1940 the thrill of wedding bells echoes from goodwood mr earl mcdonald of sand- ford spent sunday at his home miss lena mcdonald has re turned from lake simcoe to her abode in the city again mr and mrs 0 blizzard visit ed the correspondents home on sunday last mr lang blueman and fam ily spent the holiday weekend at his farm and at peterborough the bert tindall and arthur dowswell families took in the exhibition during the first week of the big fair miss bertha smalley and mr dean alcock visited mrs r feasby on sunday mr and mrs cantwell of toronto visited friends at sandford on saturday miss lillian and blanche bacon were spending a few days in toronto mrs d seebeck and sister cora visited niagara falls on friday mable tindall is spending a few days with her aunt mrs r feasby mr and mrs b tindall and family spent sunday at wm thaxters sandford sorry to learn that george dowswell jr is not feeling very well mr and mrs e tindall also lome motored to hamilton on sunday pte ralph cooper spent the weekend at his home ralph is situated at niagara on the lake mr h rose and family of markham visited mr and mrs arthur dowswells home threshing is m full swing on the 2nd line and all through the township willing war workers packed five boxes for the overseas boys and they thank those who don ated articles mrs d seebeck of brougham visited the correspondents home on thursday mr and mrs geo wootten of orillia visited mrs n feasby on sunday september october novem ber december the tribune for 40 cents to new subscribers miss e a davey misses anne and jane davey and the correspondent visited their island grove home on sunday miss ruth haigh toronto spent a weeks holiday with her parents at port perry mr and mrs bert maye and family spent sunday with mr and mrs alger maye also mr and mrs happy ake and family spent sunday with his sister mrs alger maye pleased to see our goodwood folk at the the exhibition our friend ed davis yes siree nothing like seeing all you can then the correspondent notic ed our good friends mr and mrs f woodland looking over the chinaware exhibit no the crowd was so large we did not get a chance to say hello coming soon new sidewalk for goodwood yes siree this is one more improvement much needed and we hope before many years goodwood caa boast of a few street lights goodwood ladies aid meet ing at mrs arthur dowswells home wednesday sept 4th birthday greetings to viola todd george armstrong margaret jane davey ross mills alger maye murray paisley ed albert isles mrs walter cooper laura ashen- hurst jackie hill grace wagg ed taylor irene wagg ruth taylor and from stouffville rr 3 we salute on their natal day billie mcguchin eloa yakely george dowswell jr mrs j badgero mrs dud ley white also mrs everson norton of brougham goodwood united church workers will hold an evening of entertainment and pictures mr walter davey has been offered the services of our good friend mr william harris with his film pictures the war in europe which at this time should be very interesting also colored pictures of the worlds beautiful flowers a good program is being planned by the goodwod folks tea coffee sandwiches and cake will be served the program pictures and lunch for the sum of 25 for adults proceeds will be fo war activities mr harris gives his time services etc free t this good work brougham glad to report mr ber harvey improving although he is still confined to his bed visitors at the william elli cott home were mr and mrs wallace ellicott and mrs gor don of toronto also mrs ford of highland creek a j gray was sunday visit or with mr and mrs ralp carter of markham visitors at the j farley horn on sunday were mr and mrs rodd of raglan and the rod brothers of udora nephews o mr j farley mr and mrs stenner an family of peterborough were re cent guests of mr and mrs b easton mrs d stephenson spent a day with friends in toronto mrs w w gamble of toron to has been visiting her friend mrs d mairs school opened last week with a full attendance mrs john knox who is relieving mr mcwhirter is in charge miss c hogle of columbus- was the guest of her cousin marjoria hamilton mr mcwhirter who is en gaged in munition work calledj on old friends here recently miss m burton of detroi spent a few days with her siste mrs m hamilton next sunday being rally dajj there will be a combined churcrj and s s service at 2 pm mr william ellicott and mr jas farley are at newmarket where they have secured worl as carpenters mrs lemon has been visiting friends in toronto an event of more than usua interest to this community was the marriage in the churchl which was beautifully decoraj ted with autumn blooms oi miss jean eldest daughter of mr and mrs howard malcolm of locust hill and mr johrj knox eldest son of mr ah mrs william knox of st george rev i e kennedy pastor of the church officiated the groom was supported by his brother walter miss mary mal colm was bridesmaid the bride and bridesmaid were dressed in their fall ensembles with hats and accessories tc match miss helen sister oi the bride played the wedding music and accompanied heiu aunt mrs w j brown of torj onto who sang the voice from eden mr robert jack son and mr allen ellicot were very efficient ushers the church was filled to capacity with guests and interested friends about 100 guests re paired to the home of mr and mrs malcolm where the bride and groom received their guests and a pleasant time of reuniorj continued on next page general garage repairs and service holden valleau phone 195 stouffville