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the tribune stouffville ont thursday july 10th 1941 pae thrbb commands west atlantic a towering british admiral proud to be- flying his flag in a canadan warship salutes canada as a land famed for shipbuilding and calls on her for a mighty effort to help drive the enemy from the seas vice- admiral sir charles kennedy-pur- tis kcb says build more anti submarine craft turn them out fast and operate them hasten repair of damaged ships and increase atr patrol of the ocean lanes red cross notes the stouffville workroom is open every thursday afternoon more workers are needed during the holi day season as we are being con stantly reminded that it will be i disastrous thing if holidays cause a drop in the quantity of red cross applies more volunteer knitters are need ed also particularly for turtleneck 5treaters gloves and mitts mrs roy grove local general news notice public library will close for holidays on saturday july 19 opening on tuesday august 5th ilean gostick claremont has been spending a week with her grand mother in town wellington lehman took a trip over to schomberg last week he re ports some good hay crops in that region next saturday being the 12th of july orangemen will journey to mount albert where north york and north ontario lodges will hold their annual celebration margaret and betty jean freel are holidaying at camp oconto in the kingstonottawa district while master lloyd freel is staying at kilcoo in haliburton for a week or two a shower a week will spoil the small potatoes and that is just what stouffville has received the past fifteen days it rained on the last two mondays bringing nice showers that have wonderfully helped the gardens that are hard pressed him way urease i jobs rev l e atkinson started his career in uxbridge by preaching four times last sunday due to union ser vices there he took the presbyterian charge which has a circuit church at quaker hill then he preached in the old quaker church on the hill in the early morning a sign ou a mail box near ballan- trae read bull dog for sale eats anything fond of children e a grubinro optometrist and optician will be at his office in stooffville on monday july 14th miss doreen sherman of toronto is tiolidaying here with miss mae mowder miss ethel goudie has purchased mrs hamiltons house and lot on church street south near the park entrance and intends to make her home there this fall mr and mrs a s collins were at filey beach jacksons point for several days last week participating in the 25th wedding anniversary of mr and mrs lome clark which was celebrated at their cottage there postmaster eugene leavens and his father imrl m t leavens were in bolton on monday for the funer al of the latters cousin the late n f leavens who died there suddenly en saturday for long years the de ceased had been publisher of the bolton enterprise a position he re cently relenquished to one of his two sous he had been afflicted with a serious heart condition for some years we regret the passing of mr leavens whom the editor of this paper knew as a very fine man and one whom the people- of bolton are going to miss reeve arthur weldon continues to make satisfactory progress toward recovery since his serious illness of a month ago he hopes to be out of bed in a few days pow and so may soon be active again friends will be glad to learn the english dinthus or more commonly known in this country as pinks a new race is being developed here this year by mr james mc- givern from seed he procured from the old country mr mcgivern has thousands of gladiolus this year which he has gone into in a rather big way and this new flower of the prim class will be watched with interest morley brown and harold mor- den local boys who left three weeks ago on a hitchhiking trip to the pacific coast reached edmonton on july 3rd intended to push on to calgary to see the rodeo show then will pass over the rockies on to the coast judging hy the time made the boys have found the thumb method of transport fairly speedy shhixubrication is the way to keep your car in perfect lubrication coder we use chekchart for every point apply the correct lubricant to every part without extra charge we also dean windows brush upholstery dine metal check battery tires and lights shellubrication service as done br our trained men gives you more than your moneys s worth well welcome feuri n me chance to prove it v mw boadways service station the entire household effects be longing to the estate of the late mrs john harris will be sold by auction at the late home on main street east next saturday july 12 beginning at 130 oclock in addition the brick house and large lot with a fine gar den will be offered subject to re serve bid offering well cared for household goods this sale is likely to attract a good crowd of people people in old ontario are going to liave the french language cram med down their necks whether they want it or not one half of each page of the unemployment insur ance books are printed in french the lower half in english its the boldest effort yet to push in another language we have seen the entire book should have been printed in english imrs e greenshields who lives at 115 main street toronto was privil eged to reach her 77th birthday just recently and since that time she has been able to leave her bed where she was confined since last january due to a broken hip however on her birthday this former resident of the 7th concession of markham was the recipient of many birthday cards and her appreciation is here sent back to all those old friends who so kindly remembered her it is now three years or more since mrs greenshields went to live with her son j greenshields in the city good summer congregations both morning and evening greeted rev douglas davis for his introductory services as the new pastor of stouff ville united last sunday he aptly reminded the parents that he could fairly accurately appraise their estimation of him as pastor when he became acquainted with the boys and girls because it would reflect through this channel but he confid ently looked forward to a ministry here of great profit as well as pleasure rwa9 scktsas sra5 s- counter check books there are no check books sold below our prices let us quote you on your next order merchants find it convenient to deal with the local print ing office a holstein heifer belonging to york county house of refuge has recently completed a canadian re cord of performance on twiceaday milking ai pryne formerly of stouffville and one of the aged men now in the home will be proud of the fact that he gets his milk from one of the countys herds with such a fine record bossie in its stables when the body of the toronto young lady was recovered from musselmans lake on thursday of last week a few moments after she went down there came a call to the stouffville fire brigade for the use of a pulmotor an apparatus for forcing air into the lungs useful in cases of drowning or persons overcome with smoke however the brigade poss essed no such equipment and there fore could offer no assistance on friday evening mr robert ratcliff and son howard gave the tribune a glimpse of the nicest string of bass to be hauled into stouffville since the season opened two weeks ago the ratcliffs did their angling back at clear bay which is 26 miles north of bobcay- geon and caught fortyeight finny beauties in two days twentysix were accounted for on thursday when according to mr ratcliff one could scarcely get his line back in the water fast enough mr and mrs jas ratcliff were also present for the sport having been holidaying at the bay for uvo weeks britannia binder twine help support british trade buy this good english twine use q o c laying mash 235 per cwt cut your feed bills and increase your egg production and profits this inexpensive feed gives the balance needed to make your flock lay plenty of those large- eggs while still keeping them in the best of condition sugared schumacher feed is a great utility feed it serves for all types of stock young stock dry stock fitting ration milking herd summer feeding blending swine beef cattle stiver bros ted williams who is a music pupil of mrs h barnes was success ful in passing his grade s piano with honors imrs n williams and two sons of toronto are guests at the home of mr and mrs bert wilkinson church street if something could be done to eliminate throwing sticky paper and small candy cartons on the roadway of the village the main section could be greatly improved as it is the walks are fairly littered trouble is even if the authorities or some other body provided re- cepticles at the corners for deposit ing rubbish of this kind in could the children and grownups be train ed to use them some could be some never would use them nowadays with every kind of candy and choco late bar wrapped in paper the litter is on the increase ask us for samples the tribune stouffville tyas rww dcoaa seer in town a few days last week to wile away a few happy hours among the scenes of his childhood was iir ross fleury of dearborn michigan who is one of the great army of us citizens to be in canada at this time ross fleury is a member of a well remembered family of earlier days and the mere mention of his name brings to mind the thoughts of his very fine mother who sang in the methodist church choir and even when a great age she sang here at an old boys meeting coming from toronto with the group ross out standing achievement in a public way was his lacrosse career he be- inig goal keeper for the stouffville team the year they won the ontario championship mr fleury missed many of the scenes which hang on momorys wall but he did contact several old friends including a team mate ed pennock he found both frank rae and john monkhouse sitting tailor fashion but missed a c burkholder who played lacrosse too but who is up at port carllng enjoying the lake breezes ross said he recalled one year here as a boy when the berries were so plentiful folks were giving them away to neighbors and friends after picking them mr fleury was accompanied by a cousin mr harvey fleury retired banker formerly of aurora and now of toronto among the renewals for the tribune subscriptions received this week to date is one from r c mea- bry of dunrea man mr and mrs meabry lived in stouffville and con ducted a nursing home in obrien avenue just before leaving her liv ing in her native district of manitoba we presume crops are fine and all is well with mrs meabry and her husband as they gave us no news and the old saying is no news is good new the walkerton district takes the cake for having a cow that has play ed ball or tossed one around moro hour per day and night than a ty cob back in 1936 a cow owned by joseph spielmacher of bentinck township put an end to a childrens ball game when it swallowed a sponge rubber ball along with a mouthful of grass except for a subsequent bloating the animal suffered no apparent ill effects from the unusual addition to its diet and the episode was forgotten sunday the cow died and on opening the stomach mr spielmacher found the longlost ball little the worse for spending five years in the bovine di gestive system miss dorothy wells of the beth- esda hospital staff london is in town staying on obrien avenue while visiting her uncles k g and nathan tarr mrs james mowat and mrs imcneely are holidaying with mrs mannah at woodland park the latters daughter kathleen mcneely aged 15 of charlottetown pei won the bronze medal for general proficiency offered by his exellency the governor general of canada al so 1st for ethics and 1st for arith metic english and history also the 1st for geography markham council plans fax sale mr and mrs frank williamson church street were in toronto last week for the wedding of their grand daughter dorothy mildred william- 1 cross to dispose of a relic of the last son daughter of mr and mrs nor- war a field gun which has been rest- warrant was signed at ihe regu lar meeting of markham township council on monday afternoon em powering council to set a date for a tax sale in the municipality it was revealed that some twentyfour pro- peries are subject to sale at this time having outstanding approxim ately 1500 in tax arrears date of the sale will be announced later the provincial secretary of the lords day alliance federation ad dressed council with regard to the sunday operating of several fruit and refreshment stands just west ot markham village on no 7 highway these particular business places are within the village corporation and therefore the township hody took no action in the matter only one com plaint was registered against the township for sabbath breaking and that was the case of a farmer operat ing his tractor on sunday 1 permission was granted the red man s williamson to lieut lloyd alvin hales member of the gghg the affair was a lovely evening wedding at danforth avenue united church which was suitably bedeck ed with flowers for the occasion rev douglas davis told his congregation in the united church on sunday at the introductory ser vice that on monday he would go to camp ahshunyoog sibbalds point lake simcoe where he was camp director for ten days with the rev stanley osborne as his assist ant ten days of healthy whole some fun for boys under 14 years is provided by this private camp the grounds of which have lovely woods with plenty of shade safe swim ming and where good wholesome meals are provided mr and mrs james ridout of this town aro in charge ot the culinary arrangements which serving nearly three hundred meals a day is no small contract swimming and lite saving are taught by instructors of the orec mr davis heads the group of religious i of money such instructions a piece of new pavement is being laid on church street which reminds us that the council seems to be coming in for a lot ot criticism be cause of poor places on the side walks most of these socalled poor places are nothing more than poor workmanship on that issue the ratepayers have real justification to complain too many walks are poor ly built and steps should be taken that will ensure nothing but first class walks being laid any other kind is a waste of time effort and the tax payers money we aro not pointing a finger at anyone but we do want a better sidewalk built fifty per cent of those put down in the last few years are rotten on top they should have been good for 25 years the officials know this yet there is no change it is possible to build sidewalks by contract with a guarantee for five years what a lot a guarantee would assisting in haying operations on his farm on the 10th concession north of stouffville last friday wm michell suffered possible fractured ribs and head injuries when he fell fifteen feet from a beam in the hay mow mr- michell was standing on the beam attempting to place a sling load of hay as it came along the track however the bundle swung around with such force that ho was carried off is fee and landed on his head in the mow beltfw ing at cedar grove for a number of years the proceeds from the scrap metal will be taken by the red cros3 relief accounts passed totalled 11419 and road accounts were 496349 a large portion of this acount going to brunner monde for calcium takes whitchurch school contrary to a report appearing in claremont news last week miss isabelle fleming daughter of mr and mrs archie fleming has accep ted ss no 8 whitchurch located on the 6th concession a couple mile3 north of markham townline it was reported that miss fleming had tak en the school just south of ashburn have saved in the past ten years dependent on each other you arc helping to make goods or provide services for the other fellow the other fellow is helping make other goods or provide other services for you no one citizen is independent of the efforts of his fellow citizens the way of life in the community and in the nation is dependent on the united efforts of all 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