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page four the tribune stouffville ont thursday january 23rf loil bloomington mr e burnett is in training at newmarket military camp miss mary paisley of toronto was j home over sunday miss d foote is a toronto visitor i thif week j mr glyn gibbons rcaf ofj picton was a visitor at o h tran- rners on saturday mr carson tindall rcamc toronto spent the weekend with noel storry the newlyweds mr and mrs c eoake were the recipients of a num ber of beautiful and useful gifts when the community and our tin band boys presented them vith a maulet clock and other gifts then on thursday evening the members of the mbc church tendered a miscellaneous shower the ladies aid heir their monthly meeting at the home of mr and mrs r burnett main street stouffville on thursday afternoon the president mrs wm fockler took charge of the meeting and led the devotional exercises mrs o baker read the missionary chapter miss a fockler sang a solo mrs d burnett gave a piano selection and mrs e dans conducted a flow er contest a new year resolution was written by each one present the leading of which proved both in structive and humorous lunch was served by the hostess kombed 7 hours 123000tox illustrious survives attack like this stanley phone 100 showing each night at s15 st saturday and holidays 700 and 900 thursday friday saturday j a x u a r v 23 24 25 big double bill the chump at oxford laurel and hardy meet the wildcat margaret lindsay movietone news britains newest aircraft carrier the illustrious limped into a medi terranean port on her own steam after shaking off one of the worst qivebombingattacks over delivered by war planes on a ship she was hidly damaged by bombs which found their mark during the seven- hour pounding but a curtain of antiaircraft fire from her belching vandorf a number of our milk attended the meeting in newmarket mr and mrs steve eade and fam ily had sunday dinner with russel sproxtons and family art vanostrand has enlisted as a aeroplane mechanic he leaves this v eek mr and mrs kingdon an d miss ivuus and fighterplanes which took oil from her decks had brought down 1 german divebombers this dramatic picture of the aircraft carried ark royal damaged fore and aft but fighting her way through a recent air attack as bombs send up ciouds of spray close astern illu strates the terrific pounding the illustrious absorbed a 1000pound bomb struck the illustrious directly below the bridge and near misses made many perforations above and below her water line the last of the fighter planes had just left her deck wlier the bomb struck a tre mendous explosion rocked the ship thick smoke almost choked the crew as the attackers dived low one after another to drop their bombs on j and around the warship steel pipes were riddled by bomb splinters wading through debris and foam from fire extinguishers which cover ed her decks the admiral in com mand commented that was the longest five minutes i ever had- in my life mrs marshall brillinger dug richardson and harry lavender of camp borden are shippers spending two weeks leave at home here we aie glad to hear mr wm morley who has been ill for some j time is much better and is back i jomii and able to be around part of the day j mr and mrs eugene coulter and j miss grace osmond of cannington euilene attended church at thistle- paid a surprise visit on thursday to town on sunday i mr and mrs russel sproxton tea miss elda carr and mr lavender was served had monday supper with her aunt five of our young men floyd defaulted bonds can be made to pay you income for particulars w1fute e a knight 40 yonge blvd toronto fresh fish and smoked fish take some home today roasts chops or steak heres where quality reigns pitman meat market phone 270 stooffvmo counter check books merchants we are agents for counter check books sale pads etc and can supply you with these at the same prices quoted by outoftown agents prices are as follows no 3 carbon leaf quality price per 100 total cost 125 books 11 00 1375 250 books 9 00 22 50 500 books 6 60 33 00 1000 books 5 35 53 50 2500 books 4 35 108 75 no 3 automatic 125 books 13 00 16 25 250 books 11 00 27 50 500 books 8 10 40 50 1000 books 7 20 72 00 2500 books 6 60 165 00 the stouffville tribune preston alex moore clarence mackey garnet pattenden jack leary are training at newmarket our pastor is conducting a series of sermons on the lords prayer next sunday his text will be hallowed name s c fleury 84 died at welwyn saskatchewan the death of s c fleury at wel- wyn sask will be learned with great surprise and regret among the old timers of stouffville as well as by the publisher of this paper of which the deceased was a staunch supporter for so many years seth fleury was in his st4th year and whle horn in aurora he spent much of his young manhood in stouffville then went to hamilton and other ontario centres before going west the worldspectator of mooso- min sask carried the obituary item which we publish in part s w fleury was born at aurora ont the son of alexander fleury 84 years ago his family was en gaged in the manufacture of agri cultural implements at aurora until 1900 when they sold out s c ihen moved to stouffville later to grimsby hamilton toronto and finally west settling at welwyn in is78 his marriage to miss catherine taylor took place at markham ont mr fleury was an ardent church man and until the consummation of church union in 1925 he was a staunch methodist since then he had thrown his untiring activity in to the work of the united church where he served as an elder and for 26 years was the superintendent of a large and flourishing sunday school mr fleury was also promin ent in the independent order of foresters and the oddfellows lodge he had been past noble grand mas ter in both of them surviving are his aged widow one son raymond j who is a son-in- law of mrs s m warriner of stouffville four grandchildren kenneth glenna margaret and phyllis of welwyn and his eldest brother milton of aurora ontario a private funeral was held from the residence and burial was made in the welwyn cemetery irev w l henley officiated lovely flowers covered the casket honorary pall bearers were his fellow members of ession ii a little wm little w f mcguire r nlcolls arch ward g r tucker active pall bearers ware w f collyer jas hall j e case a i johnston james morton l w parker stouffville phone 15301 critcism of interest rate an interest rate of five per cent charged by the bank for township borrowing came in for strong criti cism from councillor harry barber at the inauguual meeting of mark- ham township council there aro municipalities getting a lower rate of interest which are not in as good financial shape as markham ho said the usual borrowing bylaw was passed authorizing the borrow ing of r0000 to meet current ex penditures and tho rate will bo five pei cent the township borrows from tho bank of commerce at unionville hill dicksons lr and mrs ward hallman spent last weekend with relatives in kitchener mr simeon hoover miss martha ana edith had sunday supper with mr and mrs roy moyer misses doris lott and edith hoover were home from toronto on sunday the dicksons hill wms met at mrs wesley widemans on wednes day of last week and spent the day quilting a new assignment of wool was received from the red cross at unionville so knitting is still the oider of the day irev c i cullen of gormley re turned missionary from africa and tho henderson trio will assist with the program at young peoples on monday night january 27th at jit joy kindly keep this service in mind and make a special effort to be present we were pleased to have rev and mrs robert a simpson with us at sunday school last week mr simp son spoke to the children for a few minutes then gave a stirring misison- ary address on his work in french equatorial africa climaxing with an appeal for young lives for service in th- mission field mrs simpson sang will that someone be you very effectively mr and mrs simpson are looking forward to another term across the seas young peoples was held at dick sons hill monday evening the topic was taken by miss edith ramer and she used as a scripture base the text taken from luke and all wondered at the gracious words that proceeded out of his mouth jesus words were spoken with power and were convincing and nutliorativc- and full of grace and ruth our words can be the same if we pray with the psalmist let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be accept able in thy sight o lord my strength and my redeemer voval dnets were the stranger of galli- lee by miss raymer and miss koph and what wilt thou have me to do by mr and mrs lehman musical numbers were given by miss raymer and ray hawkins on guitar and autoharp and mr george hoov er read a selection green river mr and mrs h b michell called or friends on friday evening the y p held their skating party at markham rink last friday even ing the ladies aid held their meet ing this week at the home of mrs sherman arnold word has been received that mr benson draper arrived at brandon ok and likes it just fine he is with the rcaf the soldier boys from camp bor den were home on leave last week among theb being ptes george and jas rickard and dvr don williams bruce from newmarket t c was also home the entire district wash shocked last saturday night when a set of barn buildings belonging to mr roy seebeck caught fire and burned to the ground mr seebecks friends and neighbors sincerely sympathize with them in their great loss melville the annual meeting of the melville united church was held last week with a good atten dance of congregational repre sentatives the financial report was given by the auditor mr a w king and showed a good bal ance on hand for the new year the contribution to the mission ary and- maintenance fund amounted to 3600 and the wms sent over 70 to the presbyterial treasurer the womans association raised 107 and has assisted the church in many ways during the year- the sunday school has bad a successful year with an increase in membership and at tendance and in missionary giv- ings the officials and members of the church are to be con gratulated on their efforts dur ing the past year and look for ward to an even better year in 1941 the week of prayer just conclud ed among the four markham village churches lifted offerings for the telegram war victims fund totall ing 60 gormley well known at gormley mr ralph perkins was the victim of an un usual accident when attending the fire at walter craigs at buttonville recently mr perkins had the mis fortune to he struck in the face with the full force of the stream of water from the unionville fire hose under ninety pounds pressure and at close range the stream hit mr perkins in tho eye causing serious injury he has been confined to his lome ever since and is under the care of a specialist several of our people were in at tendance at the funeral of daniel john reaman at lot 10 con 2 vaughan twp on monday january 6th the service conducted by bishop e j swalm assisted by joseph cober was held at his late residence and at the church follow ed by interment in cober cemetery mrs a winger m mrs r brillinger and mr and mrs o l heise ren dered several hymns biblic far too many people are too prone to smile indulgently at the queer beliefs of odd sects many of these religions go to the bible for direc tions as to carrying on affairs of the modern world and according to be lief that is much too general this is simply foolish consider for instance the amish folk of pennsylvania a number of thorn went into mary land settled on poor sandy loam and there tried to raise corn and tobacco following as is their wont a system of crop rotation given in holy writ their neighbors who witnessed their experiment with tolerant amusement now have to admit that tho crops raised are a revelation to them really there is nothing strange in this the bible contains splendid directions for the conduct of miiny modern day affairs if tho world would but drop its blase modernity long enough to try them out windsor star congratulations rev and mrs t decourcy ray- ner of st james presbyterian church are receiving congratula tions on tho birth of a grandson kenneth thomas rayner in mon- ireal on tuesday morning the parents arc mr and mrs kenneth water ilayner who visited st james church stouffville with their parents early in july of last year both mother and babe are doing veil january 27 zs if man with nine lives librfe karloff roger pry or how high is up the three stooges january so 31 february 1 thats- right youre wrong may robson everet horton church hill mrs ivan mclaughlin is holiday ing in toronto at the home of mrs j mclaughlin mrs w beach is spending a few days with mr and mrs john beach cfueensville the annual business meeting for the sunday school was held on thursday night when the following officers were elected supt mr a clark s ecytreas roy clark organist leone lazenby teachers mrs o martin leone lazenby mrs hoyle brethour mr vickers at the business meeting for the christian endeavour held last thursday night mrs hoyle brethour was reelected as president and miss leone lazenby as secytreas pro gram com marjorie clark mis sionary com mr hoyle brethour endeavour meeting will be held on thursday night at the home of mr a clark bethesda mrs charles atkinson is visiting this week with mr and mrs clifford gordon queensville mr and mrs ezra clubine were thursday visitors with mr and mrs gordon tidsbury and allan mr and mrs fred allin had sun day dinner with mr and mrs gor don carr of aurora mrs ernest steckley who is in a toronto hospital is getting along nicely at the time of writing mr an3 mrs hoshel had tea on saturday evening with mr and mrs fred allin and family several young people from our district attended the toronto east presbytery ypu skating party in stouffville last thursday evening say folks are you going to let your scribe down how about some terns for our column next week ringwood rev s h cockburn miss pris- cilla pipher and mr and mrs cliff piphcr of stouffville were dinner guests with miss ada barkey last wednesday eight below zero monday morn ing made the school kidies hold tneir ears mr and mrs hinemen of toronto have taken over the mackenzie garage wo understand tho morgans are leaving here this week a clergyman met one of his parishioners in a country lane late one night its pretty damp for a man with rheumatism to be prowling about at night eh william well sir im following the doctors advice why did he tell yon to be out at night not exactly sir but ho said i needed chicken next monday january 27 at s pm the ten talent club of slouffville christian church will have charge of the c e meeting at rlngwood everybody welcome members of the excelsior class of itingwood sunday school have beon sewing for tho refugees and inst week forwarded a box containing 5 girls dress 3 slips 1 boys suit nd 10 pairs of stockings to the womens international league in toronto from which depot goods aro shipped overseas