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the tribune stouffville ont thursday may 1st 1941 page fivb pledge your savings to beat hitler buy war savings certificates regularly pineapples leave us your order for the best canning pines dutch sets excellent quality 2 lbs 23c jergens floating- carbolic soap special 1 cent sale 4 cakes 15c lelys hardwater castile soap special 6 cakes 25c neilsons cocoa 1 lb tin 29c ratcliff co phone 7112 stouffville town delivery a snap in paint right now everybody is thinking about brightening up their premises with a bit of new paint our brand not only does this but it has enduring qualities that make it worth the price as a preservative alone just now we are able to offer a real snap in a high- grade line of paint that is seldom available under regular prices john h prentice auctioneer dies john henry prentice 72 veteran farm stock auctioneer died sudden ly sunday night at his home 415 balliol street toronto bom at car- ville ont mr prentice had been a resident of toronto since 1912 for some years lie was general agent for the massey harris company at unionville and after coming to tor- onto continued as a salesman for the company for many years he held full sway as a farm stock auctioneer and was known to have conducted as many as 125 sales in one season in scarboro york markham area his nephew ken prentice was a partner until last year when he joined the army surviving are his widow georgina a baker prentice four sons gar field flying officer j henry vic tor f and murray l premice and three daughters mrs s e robin son mrs p a stump and mrs jas lea paint 8 oz tin for 15c pint tin for 40c quart tin 75c half gallon 145 gallon 275 enamel quarter pint 15c half pint 25c one pint 40c quart size 75c 3000 miles up the nile river showing its peoples and problems the great irrigation schemes dams cotton growing etc the raw pagan ism and the gospel transformations many pictures on egypt and the angloegyption sudan eightythree slides used by no other lecturer this travelogue will be given in 2nd markham baptist church monday may 5th at s pm by tv f road- house of toronto a bargain right when you need the goods brathwaite hardware victoria square may madness by nancy byrd turner the month was may and such an air had burnished boughs and hedges that birds were balanced everywhere on twigs and roofs and ledges and if they couldnt find a place to settle for their singing theyd hurry into shining space and shout their wonder winging and those who couldnt sing at all the swallows and the starlings searched out a golden slant of wall and danced danced danced the darlings oh such a light was on the world that birds of every feather in song and dance and glory whirled had ail gone wild together several from here attended the funeral of the late david hoover at cormley on sunday last miss margaret avison who has been working in toronto the past few months has recently accepted the position as clerk in mr gordon mortsons store for the summer mr and mrs rosa middleton of toronto have been visiting with mr and wis a buchanan this past week mr and mrs middleton are planning on moving out to the country for the summer a few from the square attended the dance and euchre at markham on friday evening last congratula tions to mrs marcus jarvls who won 200 value of groceries and jim lewis who won 500 value in feed at iheesors marmill the w a are holding their regular monthly meeting in the church on wednesday evening of this week hedford and melville wa are invited to be present when the president of toronto presbytery is to be the guest speaker the secretary of the league of nations is also going to be there misses gwen smith ruth well- man and ellen boyntcr of hedford attended ypu here on sunday evening when miss gwen smith favoured the meeting with two love ly solos the topic on canada through the eyes of her poets was ably handled by mr e j hitchcock irene beatty gave a reading next sunday evening will be in charge of viola avison the jr farmers and jwi are holding their regular monthly meet ing in the community hall on tuesday evening may 6th the girls meeting is to be on canadianiza- tion d knapp is to give the talk on the motto while the roll call is to be answered by one reason why i am thankful i live in canada the main talk of the eveing on making the stranger within our gates a good canadian to be taken by mrs m stymo there will also be reports from various committees bldomington mr and mrs d stony mr and mrs w tranmer toronto and mr h shantz of kitchener were week end visitors at o h tranmers our pastor rev g w brown and imrs brown were at little britain attending a funeral on friday mr and mrs abbey and mr and mrs purdy of toronto were at mr r englishs on sunday messrs c tindall and h boake rcamc toronto were calling on friends on monday mr and mrs h clark of imimico were calling on friends here on sun day 4th line uxbridge mr and mrs russel feasby and howard also mr and mrs norman feasby spent sunday at beaverton mr and mrs everett hockley and family spent sunday with her parents mr and mrs george jones miss bertha smalley and mr dean alcock visited with mr and mrs gordon wilson on sunday congratulations to our newlyweds private and mrs eldon staley mr and mrs andrew ashenhurst visited at mr clayton hills on sun day mr and mrs bert staley and geo spent sunday with mr and mrs talbot lemonville mr and mrs gordon wilson and j bernice imrs russell feasby and howard also miss bertha smalley spent a day last week in toronto sale register friday may 2 unreserved sale of entire jersey herd purebred and grade cows also delaval imilker belonging to w l bert sllverthorn lot 21 con 10 markham owner giving up milk shipping sale at 130 st terms cash a s farmer auctioneer specials for this week kellogs 3 pkgs and cereal bow corn flakes ggc mccormicks butter cream sodas 1 lb pkgs 2 for 25c blue ribbon coffee drip grind 1 lb 49c veribest picnics shank off lb 29c cured sliced bacon macaroni cheese loaf wellington pure lard lb lb 1 lb cartons 29c 23c 9c mllcrest sweet mixed pickles 20 oz each 23c seedless raisins recleand daisey brooms 5 strings 2 lbs 23c each 29c prices effective untill wednesday may 7 town delivery mondays and thursdays stouffville groceteria next door to library phone 280 self service goodwood mr and mrs t j feren are leav ing the legate house to occupy the jos crawford place on the hill the legate place is sold roy wagg is moving from the crawford place to one of h roachs houses while justin todd and wife who occupied half the same house are moving to dan waggs house visitors at howard harpers on sunday were mr and mrs mccrlm- mon and helen mr and mrs e scott and billy g bryant toronto mr and mrs h bryant of whitby mrs mcmurty of toronto was guest at dr darlings home our old friend e w davis of bobcaygeon is in the village on business while paying a visit with mr and mrs jno ashenhurst we understand that tindall bros have purchased the ed whittle ton farm of 100 acres mrs spenceley of richmond hill visited her son here atha mrs david trail has returned home from london after spending two weeks with her sister thoro imr and mrs fred draper and daughter also miss verna zellers visited camp borden on siuurday evening our teacher miss foskett is being j assisted this week by a student teacher from toronto normal school miss mary graham sister of mrs g byer pte grenville draper from camp borden called on his parents on saturday mr and mrs featherston visited friends in markham on sunday miss grace lehman has returned homo from visiting friends in the queen c potato crop to benefit by dept research with plans now being made for the potato crop of 1941 it is timely that we have just received from agricultural representative v m cockburn newmarket a report of the potato growing tests and demon strations conducted in york county last year by the ontario agricultural college and the dominion experi mental farm following up the work carried on by the agricultural com of york county council during the two previous years on each farm certified seed was planted on manured land with the demonstration acre receiving 750 lbs of 4s10 fertilizer that was not applied to the half acre check plot the check plot was sprayed for beetles while the demonstration acre received five sprays of bordeaux mixture bluestone and lime ad ding poison when necessary the check plots like most potatoes went down with late blight by the middle of september while the bordeaux sprayed plots were still green when visited by the group shown in the picture on october 1st to check up on the results at each farm two rows of each plot wore dug by the farmer one of each being bagged and weighed on the farm of l l peterson of ballan- trae where the group was photo graphed there were fivebags and 50 lbs on the 40 rod row to the left of the white stake with 11 bags and 55 lbs on the row of the demonstration plot to the right of the stake keeve win pugsley of sutton chairman of the 1940 agricultural com is hold ing down a bag of potatoes while talking things over with his secre tary jas rennie reeve of markham and in front of them is agricultural representative w m cockburn sit ting beside the pile of graded pota toes kneeling at the extreme right is austin brown of the dept of agriculture wiio supervised the en tire project in york and ontario counties the proprietor l l peterson is holding his dogs by the collar noted physician dead schooled in dr h c wales who received his early education in stouffville died at his home in toronto last week born in markham village this well known practitioner lost his mother when a small boy and was taken with his three other brothers to live in stouff ville by his aunt mrs phillips who lived at the corner of main street and baker avenue later the home of the late isaac reaman one of our present day business men frank rae also mr sam armstrong were school boys when the four wales brothers were scholars the late dr wales graduated in medicine in 1899 from the univer sity of toronto following gradua tion he went to england for post graduate work then came back to practise at bracebridge for six years when he moved to toronto to join the staff of the sick childrens hos pital he was chosen president of the academy of medioine in 1936 surviving are his widow and one son and one daughter miss elizabeth morrison left on tuesday to spend a holiday with relatives at tallyho inn near huntsville herbert lageer of toronto visit ed his mother on church st last weekend mrs herbert lageer of toronto visited mrs herbert stephenson of unionville last wednesday mrs jos mowder miss mae mow- der and frank spent sunday with mr and mrs jos mowder out the kingsway toronto church announcements stouffville baptist rev duncan macgregor pastor friday 8 pm the young peoples bible class sunday may 4th 1941 1000 am- bible school classes for all ages 1100 am morning worship subject our abiding in christ 700 pm evening worship subject christ in us tuesday 8 pm prayer meeting come receive a blessing township of whitchurch your vote and influence are res pectfully solicited for the election of herbert simpson as councillor for 1941 voting monday may 5 from 9 am to 8 pm towxship of whitchurch i offer myself as a candidate for the office of councillor for the pre sent term and if elected shall faithfully strive to merit your confidence edward logan candidate for councillor stouffville christian church r k vickers pastor sunday may 4th 1941 1000 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship 700 pm gospel service church hhiij 200 pm- sunday school 300 pm worship service bloomington ringwood christian churches rev g w brown pastor sunday may 4 th 1941 1100 am bloomington 700 pm ringwood come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and i will give you rest matt 1128 come and worship with us everyone welcome st james presbyterian church stouffvuiua rev t de courcy rayner miniated sunday may 4th 1941 1130 am divine worship the minister brings an inspiring message a secrets of the sun you are invited to hear this mossas the world situation calls men to prayer come to the house of god township of whitchurch your vote and influence will be greatly appreciated for the election of george leary as deputyreeve for the remainder of the year 1941 thirteen years experience three of which i served as deputy- reeve should fit me for the office further i am the senior member of the present council by two years which alone is usually re cognized as entitling one to advancement if elected i shall continue without fear or favor to do my duty in the best interests of all the ratepayers polling monday may 5 note change of hours 9 am to s pm christ church anglican rev f herman rector there will be no service in christ church anglican on sunday may 4 as the church is being decorated the congregation hopes for liberal finan cial support from the members and friends your contribution may be paid either to the rector or to the church wardens mr henry johnson and mr richard j foote dickson hill and mt joy mennonlte churches rev p g lehman pastor dicksons hdul sunday may 4th 1941 10 am miss j e peard will speak annual offering for city mission society will be received 11 am bible school mount jox daylight saving time sunday may 4th 1941 1030 am miss j e peard annual offering for city mission society will be received 800 pm evening worship mr lehman will preach we cordially invite you township of whitchurch i humbly solicit the support of the ratepayers for my election as councillor for the remainder of the year 1941 at this busy time it is impossible to make a personal canvas of tho township which the ratepayers will understand g w williams township of whitchurch to the ratepayers in these critical times anyone will agree that experience is vital to our municipal welfare i have served tho ratepayers for 17 years six of which i was your reovo and therefore should be qualified to fill the vacan cy in tho office of deputy reeve owing to tho busy season and short ness of time a personal canvas in impossible hence i take this means to solicit your support and vote if elected 1 will cheorfully give my time and best effort to all matters vital to the ratepayers herman kidd candidate for deputy recveshlp stouffville united church l e atkinson minister sunday may 4th 1941 1100 am worship subject lost horizons the congregational vote announced for this service has been postponed 230 pm s s and bible class 700 pm worship rev w a earlston doe of barrio will conduct the service monday 8 pm ypu fireside hour wednesday s pm prayor and fellowship hour a joint service of tho congrega tion and sunday school will be held on may 11 mothers day strangers and visitors aro always welcomo at these services second markham baptist church sunday may 4th 1941 945 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship rev w f iroadhouse secretary treasurer of the fellowship of inde pendent baptist churches will be the special speaker imrs roadhouse will sing communion service monday may 5 8 pm mr road- house will give a travelogue with pictures of his recent trip up the nile subject 3000 miles up the nile stouffville mennonttb church rev h shantz pastor sunday may 4th 1941 1000 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship miss m dedels from kitchener will present the needs of city m1sslon the offering and subscriptions for this work will be taken at this ser vice 700 pm altona miss dedels 700 evangelistic wednesday altona prayer meet ing thursday stouffville prayer meet ing friday s pm atha prayer meet ing monday 8 pm young peoples meeting at stouffville tuesday 8 pm mongolia meeting wednesday 8 pm altona prayer meeting young peoples prayor meeting and grieve not the holy spirit of god wheroby ye are scaled unto the day of redemption eph 430 come and worship with us lemonville ballantrae rev w s irwin pastor thursday may 1 1941 8 pm st prayer meeting at tho homo of mr and mrs savarottis ballantrae sunday may 4th 1941 sabbath schools and worship 10 11 am ballantrae 2 3 pm lemonville welcome to all t i will declare thy name unto my brethren in the midst of the congre gation will i praise thee psalm 2222