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the tribune stouffville ontario thursday imay 22nd 1941 page thrbh deputy sheriff and three guests from usa visit here about the first united states guest to reach stoutiville on the eve of the holiday season are mr bert brodien and mr and mrs for est barnes mr brodien and mrs barnes are sister and brother of mrs lloyd hoover main street and it is at the hoover home they are visiting mr brodien says that folks are so friendly and entry into the country was so simple that he wouldnt mind making it more often bert brodien who lives in chicago u deputy sheriff of cook county jail and by the size of him we judge he would make a fino looking officer in a uniform his sister and brotherinlaw reside at polk city desmoines and they too are delight ed with ontario and the friendly attitude of the people it is interest ing to note that ttev h shantz of stouffville was a student at the chicago bible institute with mr brodien and several of his sisters local general news the united church wa will meet on tuesday evening may 27 at ihe home of mrs blake sanders at s oclock houstkix bbkedkiss donate heifers fob war effort one hundred holstein heifer calves donated by leading canadian breeders are being sold in an unus ual war effort calf auc tion at brampton out on tues day may 27 hon j g gardiner dominion minister of agriculture and national war services and hon p m dewan ontario minister of agriculture will take part in the opening ceremonies every cent realized from the sale at least 5000 and quite possibly 7000 will be sent by the holstein friesian association of canada to their sister organization in england the british friesian cattle society for use in the war effort to the best purpose as they see it from their position in the front line all services in connection with the sale are being donated and cash contri butions from breeders unable to send a calf are pouring in to take care of all sale expenses breeders from five provinces have donated heifers for the auction while most of the calves are from ontario herds quebec is sending fourteen and in spite of the great distance they have to ship mani toba saskatchewan and alberta breeders are also represented well over 150 breeders nominated entries from these the one hundred best heifers in individuality as well as breeding were selected for sale included in the large crowd ex pected at the sale will be a number of holstein breeders from united states and almost every province in the dominion thieves attempted to break into a home in markham village one night last week but were frightened away by the arrival of mr lunau local milkman possibly the same intru der who made the breakin at stouil ville last week do your weekend shopping friday mr sam armstrong left town for the north country last week where in past years he has done consider able cottage building around hawk lake a victoria dance will be held by the uniouville junior farmers in mammoth hall malvern on the evening of friday may 23rd there will be lots of refreshments and russ crcighton and boys will supply the music miss frances matheson is the guest oi rev and mrs goudie in town this week and will be in on tario for the coming mbc conven tion in markham early in june miss iyiatheson now of edmonton is a returned missionary from india the evangelistic meetings this week will continue until friday evening in the mbc church and will close on sunday with a special day of worship with the evangelist rev george turnbull in charge the public invited any evening the northern lakes proved a popu lar weekend fishing site for quite a number from stouffville who return ed with varying luck among those who went north were messrs boh snowball massie mowder shine davis bill armstrong bill green- bury elgin wagg harry holden and walter holden mr jack pennock of stouffville returned to his job of bartering at uniouville hotel this week after being forced to bed with a severe attack of the flu for over a week mr and mrs george stewart were here from imilverton over the week end visiting his sister mrs jess cook mr and mrs stewart were guests at the macleodcollard wed ding saturday afternoon there will bo no rural mail ser vice on saturday may 24 and the local post office will likewise be clos ed all day excepting from 9 oclock until 1030 in the morning when the wicket will be open for those not having boxes the girls of the local cgit last weekend enjoyed their annual spring outing at the lake through the court esy of mr and mrs a h williams shadow lake the girls were accom panied by heir leaders misses miller and goodyer and mrs j f weatherill the council is acting wisely in getting after repairs to the water works system in testing out tho mains and repairing leaks it is a noteworthy fact that not a single leak has occurred in the mains al though they have been down over 40 years the leakages all occur in the small pipes running from the main to the individual household don aicrae popular teller in the bank of commerce here left last week to join the rcaf where lie will serve in the capacity of an accountant don has spent somo four years in stouffville where he made many friends who keenly re gret his departure the markham village fire brig ade were called out last weekend to save the garage on the property of former constable scotty walker of markham no explanation could be given for the blaze which almost completely gutted the building mr walker is now employed as a guard at the langstaff mental hospital most feed value for least money for all general livestock feeding quaker schumaker feed is unexcelled it is the perfected carbohydrate ration a scientific balance of corn oats wheat and barley feed together with oil cake meal edible bone meal and calcium carbonate minerals so vital to the health of animals and which are usually deficient in ordinary feeds as a base for dairy ration or as the sole grain ration for young stock dry stock bulls hogs or horses quaker schumaker feet is most economical no waste because of the perfect balance low moisture content because kiln dried palatable easy digested and quickly assimilated quaker schumaker feed provides most feed value for least money write us for free advice on your feed ing problems the quaker oat company peterborough ontario quaker schumacher feed also quaker dairy ration the best feed ft dafcy and quaker pulopep feeds for poattqr sold mx iver urns bsr buy quaker feeds in striped sacks salvation is a mere fire escape for too many people so declared rev p g lehman of markham preach ing at the morning service in the stouffville mbc church the local fire brigade made a fast run last thursday morning to obrien avenue where the barn on the property of levi forsyth was ablaze both the chemical and water outfits were pressed into service and soon had the fire under control and finally extinguished with only slight damage to the roof the alarm had been turned in when a hedge which was being burned close by spread to the roof of the barn red cross notes our quotas are being greatly in creased and many more workers are needed in our sewingroom we meet every thursday afternoon up stairs at the council chamberscould you help lis another large carton of relief clothing was shippedjast week part of which was made in our stouffville sewing room but to which all our units made contributions and we gratefully send thanks for 2 quilts from the bethesda unit 1 quilt from lemonville 2 quilts from blooming- ton 1 afghan from dicksons hill junior red cross and 1 quilt 10 pairs boys pyjamas size g from the seventh seven mrs roy grove public auction sale of house furn iture held saturday afternoon of many of the effects belonging to mrs r drewery who is vacating the dr john storey residence attracted a big crowd prices ruled well the advancing the cost of furniture alvin farmer conducted trend in auctioneer the sale a full evenings entertainment for ten cents is what a big theatre advertisement said in a newspaper wrapped about a pair of shoes which came into the hands of mr morley barker local shoe repairer the paper was a copy of the saturday lodger a toronto daily of fifty years ago mrs bond of gormley was the owner snaps for farmers why buy new implements when you can get years of service from our used machinery we offer for quick sale stiff tooth cultivator 2 cream separators ihc and mellote used cedar boat just the thing for your summer resort waters set 3section harrows diamond 2 good buggies disc plow nearly now good general purpose horse frank baker telephone 15204 international harvester peter hamilton and fleury company beatty co melotte or lister co blssell co pedlar co lightning rods life magazine for last week con tained a full page picture of canadas parliament seated at the desks in the house of commons at ottawa in the second row one could readily dis tinguish rt hon w p mulock member for north york the mem bers were listening to an address being delivered them by the visitin premier from australia the stouffville lions club m e watts president is anxious to secure some good talent for july 1st when they would put on a- celebra tion but failing to secure such talent the annual event will be cancelled some members recommend a night show in the arena if nothing else but others would like an allday or allafternoon celebration who can suggest suitable talent or program we hope this will start the telephone line of president watts buzzing richardson masonic lodge enter tained members of st aidens lodge toronto and the centennial masters on friday evening when some 75 members of the craft gathered here our former townsman mr duncan heise was in the group from the city to be welcomed by his numerous friends also imr john mcguire son of mr george mcguire former well known citizen of oxbridge and known in stouffville as a bandmaster of unusual ability mr o m madill acting wm of the local lodge officially greeted the brethren who were accompanied by dr s s crouch ddgm mr and mrs ii w sanders have left for lakeview house jacksons point for the summer season also miss helen trowbotham mr and mrs lambert malloy and mr harry pennock motored to kingston last weekend where they attended the queens univer sity graduation exercises when the lemonville school teacher mr morley sanders received his ba degree the may meeting of the garrett evening auxiliary was held at the home of lmisses ida and anne leh man with the president mrs j m storey presiding miss brooks led the devotional the theme being mothers day dnd was assisted by mrs walter miller miss ida lehman and miss waters a most interesting talk on the study book was given by mrs dr weatherill and a solo was rendered by thelma atkinson a social half hour was enjoyed by all oliver harding sth concession farmer and a friend bill stratheny of toronto despite cuts and bruises consider themselves lucky to be alive following a runaway on mr hardings farm last saturday the men were busy hauling manure at the time when the team hitched to the empty wagon bolted from the barnyard both men grabbed tho lines but failed to halt the fleeing steeds as the wagon left the yard it struck a tree and swung around tossing mr harding a distance of over twenty feet his city companion continued to hold on although by this time he had slipped beneath the wagon and was dragged for a con siderable distance under the career ing vehicle as the team struck through a gateway the wagon crash ed the corner post throwing it clear of the mans prostrate body the racing pair were finally caught after they had freed themselves from tho wrecked wagon and most of their harness the stouffville ladies lawn bow ling club held its annual meotingand elected the officers for the coming season a donation of 10 was made to the local branch of the red cross officers elected were president mrs james ratclift 1st vicepresident mrs lud hoover 2nd vicepresident mrs a grubln secretary mrs george storey treasurer miss g todd games committee miss l holden mrs g storey membership committee mrs c armstrong fri day night games mrs l hoover mrs t jennings refreshment mrs george lee mrs c boadway miss g todd ijweitwfirm pamtitfuw- marti ntsenour 100 pure ntm l- mr john iratcliff who only recent ly retired from active business suffered intensely last week from an eye infection which necessitated liini consulting a specialist this week his early recovery is hoped for garden fresh fruits vegetables texas firm heads green cabbage lb 5c mrs wm watson was home for sunday visiting with her brother wellington she was accompanied by her sister mrsbaconboth having motored with mr donald bacon and misses hazel and myrtle bacon another visitor at the watson home was douglas bacon teacher in uxbridge township mrs wm wat son met many of her old friends who called at her home during the day to congratulate her on making such good recovery from a very serious illness paint isw tij 3 covers more l loivger costs less f y w brathwaite phone oool stouffvuile ont nearly everyone at some time or other has seen tho picture of the big man with his millionaire fishing tackle which fails utterly to bring him in a catch and along side some tom sawyer with a piece of a willow tree a hit of string and a bent pin and the loveliest catch of trout one would wish for well if you can imagine the feelings of the man in the picture you can tell just how bill greenbury and pete walsh felt when they landed at the famous black river grounds one day recent ly with everything imaginable in the way of tackle but no hooks after spending considerable time in pre paring for the trip trying to see thatoverythlng was just right they went and forgot the essential tho hooks fortunately several other fishermen on the spot wero kind enough to lend our local anglers a couple of ends for their line but alas in threading them one was brok en and so the party was forced to settle down to fishing with one hook no report baa been released on the catch bananas grapefruit oranges golden yellow seedless navel sweet 3 lbs 25c 5 for 25c per doz 19c local fresh cut asparagus ior 15c new potatoes california 5 lbs for 25c carrots california 2 large bunches 25c apples bc winsaps per doz 35c good quality strawberries qt 19c celery stalks white crisp 3 for 25c radishes firm local 3 bunches 10c large head head lettuce iceburg for 19c sweet prunes large size 2 lbs 25c simmerschoice seeds assorted 7 pkgs 25c ritz salad dressing large 32 oz jar 39c kleenex new mans size large box 25c miracle whip sandwich spread 4 oz bottle 10c christies ritz busicuits per pkg 15c cridlands hamtongue loaf sliced lb 39c tomatoes ripe per pound 19c weiners devon skinless lb 21c kraft cream cheese pimento spreads pineapple relish all fruit prices subject to slight change dominion stores limited