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page four the tribune stouffville ont thursday nov 7th 1940 stanley phone 100 showing each night at 815 st saturday and holidays 700 and 900 thursday friday saturday november 7 89 four wives the lane sisters claude rains may robson news reel short subjects monday tuesday wednesday novkuer 1 1 13 13 doctor takes a wife melvin hales who has been work ing tor mr miller and jim mcpol- land who was with mr clererdon this summer have left the neighbor hood nelson smith is spending this week with the hunting gang up at hawk lake we wish them success mrs warren morris has her moth er mrs moulds of queensville visiting with her sorry to report mrs moulds has been confined to her bed most of the time since she came to visit her daughter melville the preaching mission opened at melville church on monday evening and will continue every evening at vandorf mr orval ewart spent sunday the guest of mr grant morley miss emily sproxtou from gorm- 745 except saturday the special j ley was home over sunday pine orchard loretta young comedy ray milland sport reel thursday friday saturday november 11 15 10 south of the border peaches mr and mrs walter briguall and family were visitors earl tates in lemonville dorothy hoover is spending some time with her aunt mrs willis reesor pickering please keep in uniud the ypu to he held on friday night at the briguall home mrs connell and mr and imrs taylor of keswick were sunday visitors at the warriner home douglas barefoot who has been employed with mr warriner for the summer months has returned to sprucedale miss ruth hoover was a sunda visitor at the painter home in al- mira sunday visitors at the smith home were mr and mrs p pitt and fam ily of markham and florence pitt of whitiby 1 a number of the ladies from our line attended the halloween party at school no 11 last thursday after noon mrs wieke was in toronto satur day imrs chapman entertained mrs chapman of aurora mr dean brandon has accepted a position in guelph miss hazel reid and friend were visiting her mother sunday imr and mrs ralph hoover called on mr and mrs chapman mr and mrs harry thompson al so mr and lmrs chas brandon mo tored to warkworth on sunday to visit mr and mrs mcfarlan and family mr and mrs roffey and fred or markham visited mr and mrs fred reid mr a nd mrs ed johnston also mrs wilson were recent toronto visitors mr and mrs walt hall were sun day guests at the widdifield home a few of our young men have beenj called for home service training at the military camp at newmarket starting another group of trainees in a few days this months training should prove an interesting and pro fitable change for the farm boys we extend our sincere sympathy to mr chesley lee and family in the deajh of mr iees mother at new market mr and mrs howard mcclure and rae spent sunday in toronto visit ing mr an mrs galley little carol ine galley returning home with them after spending a week at thelmcclure home mr and mrs earle lehman visit ed their son melvin in the toronto hospital we are glad to report mel is improving after his serious acci dent speakers are revs newnham atkin son owen and westcott on the two sunday evenings nov 10 and 17 the services will be at 730 and the preacher will be the rev j a cranston dd of toronto on friday evening last a number of neighbours and friends gathered at the home of mr and mrs stan ley powell to extend to them the best wishes of the community on the occasion of their recent marriage after a very pleasant social evening the young couple were presented with two beautiful occasional chairs accompanied with the following address your friends of the com munity have gathered here tonight for the purpose of expressing to you both their very best wishes for your future happiness we cannot wel come you as strangers to our com munity as you are both at home among us you stan have lived here now some ten years and you kay all your life it is so nice to think that the old home in which you were born and have lived practi cally all your single life is to be new home in your married life may yon both be spared to see many years of happiness and may your lives be blessed by health and pros perity is the fervent wish of all who have gathered here tonight we would ask you to accept this gift from us and with it our wishes for the very best of everything to you both r gormley orville heise spent the weekend at wainfleet mr and mrs ralph reaman of maple and mr and mrs norman reaman of stouffville were guests of miss elva heise on sunday miss clara steckley of tillsonburg is spending a few weeks with her mother mrs j steckley mr and mrs e jones and mrs g hilts motored to stayner to attend the funeral of a great aunt mrs j sheaffer sunday guests at the home of mr and mrs levi steckley were mr and mrs percy cassel and family mr and mrs w b heise and marjorie also the cecil cullen faim- ily were guests at the ontario bible school at stevensville quite a number motored to collingwood over the weekend some to attend the annual bible confer ence and other to attend a funeral the annual bible conference is being held at heise hill on nov 10 and 11 everyone welcome l hr breakfast i- w bacons lb 29c lb pot roast rib boil briscuit sirloin steak sausage round steak peameal bacon stewing beef shoulder steak n 18c blade roast u 17c peameal cottage rolls n q lb lb lb lbs lb lb 2 lbs oboyle meat market sttouhvslle phone 3501 mr and mrs john turney of gormley were visitors at the carr home mr and mrs elmer preston and little daughter spent sunday with d o preston keep in mind the toll brothers are coming on november 22 get your ticket early mr and mrs norman steckley and daughters of ringwood were sunday visitors at w pattendens mr douglas richardsonrcaf spent part of sunday at home and attended the evening service misses harriet and hulda starr and miss marion vanostrand of toronto were home over sunday miss jean switzer spent the week- end at her home also mrs babcock and family of aurora mr and mrs donald norton of oakwood were visitors under her parental roof attending the special services mr and mrs win powell of aurora and mr edgar rose were sunday guests with mr and mrs w g morley mr and mrs snider and daughter of nobleton were visitors on sun day with the latters brother mr john petch and family mr and imrs harry powell and mr george powell of toronto were sunday visitors for the special ser vices mr and mrs morley andrews and hilda of queensville had sun day dinner with mr and imrs russel sproxton the regular monthly meeting of the w a or ladies aid will be held nov 13 at the home of mrs geo froston plan to attend irev lynd called on the sick namely mrs macdonald and bi b brown having tea sunday with mr and imrs robert carr mr and mrs wm powell of aurora spent the weekend with mr and mrs roy morley also atten ding the anniversary services at wesley church mr and mrs bert dike enter tained mr and mrs louis brillmger arid leonard imrs rev lynd mr and mrs norman still mrs mcneil mr howard and miss annie dike on sunday sunday morning our large audi torium was well packed with friends from far and near imany stayed the day to hear our former pastor rev g w lynd of downsview and his choir and to greet his wife and family the church was packed to capacity and people came from riugwood holt temperanceville queensville mt pisgah gormley aurora toronto nobleton and many others it was truly a day of great blessing green river remarkable value of prayer do not forget the anniversary mr t williams spent the weekend services on sunday november 101 at killarney bay the guest of mr dr mitchell of riugwood is speakeif ringwood mrs smith of toronto is visiting with her sister mrs j l abell pte john skinner stationed at listowel spent the weekend at his home edgar brownsberger one of our local men is enjoying deer hunting up near hawk lake we congratulate fred timbers on his splendid success at the plowing match in iowa state usa fred ste ckley who has been working at niagara falls this sum mer spent a day at his home last week there was a good crowd at the plowing match on tuesday held on ed logans farm despite the disagreeable weather miss dorothy noble ot bradford entertained at a birthday dinner on sunday in honour of mr thomas vague of our village who was 84 years old on saturday those present were air and mrs thomas vague mr and mrs ross vague doris and stewart mr and mrs george john son mr wilmot vague and jean and mr and mrs walter vague dont forget the armistice pro gramme to be presented by the riugwood public school scholars under the leadership of their very capable teacher miss janet button next sunday morning at ten oclock in the christian church during the sunday school session mr herb hlsey manager of the rodanz ringwood farm is in the toronto general hospital for an operation on one ot his hands in september while working a cutting box he received a severe cut on one finger that has since proved trouble some it is hoped that he will regain use of it after the operation william dean mrs jackson of brookliu spent sunday with her sister mrs carter mr and mrs ross carter arrived home on sunday after honeymoon ing in quebec and eastern ontario mr and mrs h l smith of tor onto is spending a few days with friends here mr frank williams has been at home quits ill we hope he will soon be restored to health we sympathize at this time with mrs robert jarvis of markham and the daughters of the late mr jarvis who passed away last week mrs john cowan was rushed to the east general hospital on sun day with appendicitis we all hope she will have a speedy recovery this community was shocked and grieved to hear of the sudden death of mr wm petty of cherry wood we extend our sincere sympathy to mrs petty and family the young people are holding their next meeting on nov 12th at the home of mrs t williams word for roll call is three miss mildred carter is suffering with asthma we hope with the com ing of the clear cold weather this condition will clear up and that miss mildred will over come or outgrow this depressing ailment group no 1 of the ladies aid held a halloween party at the hall last wednesday evening a great variety of witches ghosts clowns and hard times costumes with ter rible faces made the evening a very merry affair the ninetyseventh anniversary of the founding of the baptist church green river took place last sunday mr richardson who is studying for the ministry at mcmaster university was guest speaker at both services and greatly enjoyed both for his sermons and his solos we extend a hearty vote of thanks to the peachs quartette for the very fine musical numbers rendered on sunday evening mr gordon lehman as leader of the home choir is to be congratulated for the fine musical numbers at the afternoon service on tuesday evening a con cert was given in the church by the livenemup concert party a section of the first avenue baptist church choir the program was divided the first half was more or less light and funny with a dash of patriotic airs and piano accordian selections by miss vera zubrisky of green river the second half was more of a serious nature also with piano accordian selections by mrs blake lehman in the morning am the kiusmeil quartette of toronto have chargt roy of the evening service mr and mrs a topper attended the sale of mr mead near llxbrdg on saturday ontario boasts of her grandoid man sir william mulock bijt w in whitchurch are justly proud ol our worthy citizen mr seneca bak er who is ninety years df age mr baker was at sunday school and church here on sunday morning and in his usual style gave a fe well chosen words of admonition to the young people mr and mrs abbey mrs clutch of toronto and mr clatchy wio in training at camp borden were at mr r englishs on sunday mr and imrs shanpo and mr and mrs campbell of brampton were guests at mr albert smiths on sun- day we are glad to report that miss winnie calder ot toronto who has been in the hospital for a tonsil operation is recovering splendidly miss calder is a frequent visitor here and also spends the summer at their cottage at musselmans lake the junior endeavour held halloween social at the home oil air and mrs roy davis on friday night despite the rainy weather there was a good turnout and the games and contests were enjoyed byl oil not forgetting the ghost storyl mre m connor of ballantrael spent a week with her niece mrsl d burnett our teacher miss ramer and pupils through very quaintly made invitations issued to all in the community invited them to attend their halloween festivities on thursday afternoon the response was large and all enjoyed the splendid entertainment a number came in costume for which the judges audrey smith and gwen trimmer awarded first prize to mrs r foote who impersonated an indian and mrs m ramer a ghost in the juvenile prizes ivan rae was the winner afternoon tea was served by the pupils mrs e fairies having the honour of pouring miss doris brown of box grovel was home on sunday the institute will meet at the home of imrs tranmer on thursday nov 14th there is a request for clean used garments to be brought to the meeting to be used for war i work 5th uxbridge bloomington births johnson at the brierbush hos pital stouffvilie on saturday november 2nd 1940 to imr and mrs jack johnson 3th ot mark ham township a son boyd at st michaels hospital toronto on thursday october 31 1940 to mr and mrs gordon boyd of newmarket a son birthday congratulations to imrs ferguson mr wm fockler and mre o tranmer a quilting and pot luck dinner were held in the basement of the church on wednesday thirtyfive ladies masters in the art of the needle and in culinary perfection were on hand from early morning one of the quilts had been pieced by miss hannah fairies who is in her ssth year but enjoying fairly good health and was an honored guest at the dinner dr and mrs matheson mr duke and wm tranmer of toronto were guests at e a storrys on sunday mr s h cockburn delivered a very able and encouraging message on sunday morning stressing the old norton mrs geo jones 4th line spent day last week at the clarence jones home sunday visitors at mr j taylors were mr and mrs fred taylor ofl ashburn and mr jos taylor earlf and rowena of atha mr arthur derusha visited withl mr and imrs harvey derusha of lindsay pte ralph norton of niagaral and mr and mrs wm robb of tori onto spent the weekend at the w symes home mr and mrs j todd and joanl of goodwood spent sunday withl mr and mrs a redshaw mr and mrs gordon taylorl spent the weekend with her parents imr and mrs stanley slack ot glasf gow mrs geo coppins and family spent saturday with relatives in claremont mr and mrs ed norton had sunj day dinner with mr and mrs harj attetitumi the municipal council of the township of markham desire to draw the attention of their electors to the following provision of the local government extension act 1940 the council may on the polling day for the election of members of the council for 1941 submit to a vote of the municipal electors the following question are you in favour as a wartime measure under the local government extension act 1940 of the municipal council elected for 1941 holding office for the term of two years or if a petition signed by at least five per centum of the total number of persons whose names appear on the last voters list for use at municipal elections requesting the council to sumit such question if filed with the clerk not later than five weeks before polling january 6th 1941 the council shall submit such question to a vote chas hoover clerk