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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), August 28, 1941, p. 3

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the tribune stouffville ont thursday august 28 1941 page three misses mary and jessie lemon are telidaying this week at the e a battoa cottage halls iake mr and mrs willis widdifield tad mrs albert lehman enjoyed a eelcs motor trip through northern ontario last week cauing at such points as north hay and parry aad visitors with mr and mrs herb mitchell last week were imisse- tern crawford agnes fielding audrey barthan and peggy jones all f toronto misses lillian turn- swii and verna spera of hamilton and lac jas crummey also of toronto dance with the unionville junior farmers in the markham fair arena on friday sept 5th russ creighton admission 35c dancing at 930 dst local general news mrs allen imcconuochie and wee son are holidaying with her parents mr and mrs m mowat at lindsay rev d davis was in toronto on monday conducting the funeral ser vice of a former parishouer mr jos lear who once lived in king sergt george saunders has re cently been transferred from niag ara camp to northern ontario on guard duty at a german prison camp miss greta smith was in town several days last week visiting friends miss smith reports that her brother capt neil smith is now safely in england air and mrs e m still of orangevipe were at the cne on friday to meet the duke of kent and at the same time celebrate their 22nd wedding day stouffville friends of the couple will join with us in extending to the stills many good wishes for their future happi ness 01 r still was the former manager of the bank of commerce in this town mr and mrs frank hoover from california are in the neighborhood visiting old friends and his step mother mrs martin hoover over forty years ago mr hooeer attended school at altona and was able to find at least one of his former class mates when he called to see mrs lud hoover h miss mirjery mertens enjoyed a short holiday at the summer cottage of mr kenneth coulson on lake kushog one of the haliburton chain owng to labor day being a pub lic holiday next monday in accord ance with general custom the regular meeting of the village council will will be held this friday mr and mrs ross irwin of st catherines mrs auburn of aurora and daughter mrs craig of detroit were recent visitors with mr and mrs leslie hodgson rev we smalley supplied in the pulpits of kettlehy and king city the past two sundays while their pastor rev mr galloway was away on holidays farmers who have been unable to plow owing to the long dry spell leaving the ground like flint will have their troubles mostly solved since the general downpour on mon day which kept up for a sufficient length of time to do some good mr mat bell bank of commerce manager in king city and formerly of stouffville is at present on reliev ing duties at markham mr and mrs james ratcliff and mr robert ratcliff have been en joying a cruise on the saguenay river in quebec a parcel containing a pair of womens hose was lost on the street in stouffville will the finder please leave it at catswells store misses pearl florence and beat rice davey of palmerston were in town last week visiting their aunt and uncle mr and mrs e j davey parents will find suggestions and real savings by referring to the ad vertising displays in this issue for outfitting your boy or girl for school thirty years ago a cow of the ayr shire breed was exported to austra lia from scotland she had a calf named victoria and this animal has just died at the age of twenty- nine years the greatest age ever re corded for a milking cow dr f b luke optician of con siderahle prominence in toronto who is well known in town where he frequently visited in recent years died in the city thursday his op was accompanied tical business has been carried on by his wife and two sisters when in conjunction with his son of recent he was in town mrs troyer and years mrs reesor imrs mary emerton of moose jaw and mrs edward hinds and her daughterinlaw mrs hinds also mr jos maye all of toronto cous ins of mr k g tarr spent last saturday at the tarr home on obrien avenue a resident of uxbridge town 30 years ago until he located in toronto to associate himself with the john hallam company in buying hides and wool joseph breen died in the city last week in his s4th year he will be quite well remembered to many farmers who attended th ux bridge market from the southern end of the township in the days when the small towns really held a market that was of some importance jos breen was very popular with the young people and was promin ent in all lines of sort he was a member of sacred heart rc church in uxbridge dancing nightly recent visitors with miss sadie stewart were mr e j imcdonald of cobalt mr and mrs ralph bab- bington pontiac mich mrs hunter mrs clark mrs grant evans and children of toronto mrs j john son and children of uxbridge and imr and mrs e w evans of clare- mont mr bruce rowbotham of corn wall son of mr and mrs frank rowbotham of stouffville will go to the state of virginia next month to study a new chemical process for the canadian industries limited a new plant for the production of this new chemical is being erected now at cornwall and on his return from the states mr rowbotham will take the post of general manager there mr and imrs herb pegg are mot oring this week to manitoulin island for a holiday misses marjorie and ruby clark are accompanying them and will visit their aunt and uncle mr and mrs john wagg minde- moya is mrs peggs birthplace and it is here that they will visit quality service v v the way to better fall wheat yields bv using ceresan we recommend the following analyses of cil brand fertilizer 0126 01210 2126 granular 21210 2166 granular superphosphate 20 pc or g 20 pc granular v v there will be no shortage of fertilizer this fall but freight cars and trucks will not always be immediately available it is to your advantage as well as ours to order your fertilizer a little time ahead of using v v v v mr russel stony who was ser iously injured when he became caught in a belt at the gravel pit a week ago is doing very well at the general hospital in toronto hopes are rising daily that his arm may be spared and his general condition is steadiily improving friends will be glad to learn miss mary zimmerman of tor onto was engaged last week as the public school teacher at ballantrae school to succeed miss imcdonald who resigned owing to the ill health of her mother miss zimmerman is one of the last springs graduates from normal school and is said to be an accomplished musician -at- musselmans lake cedar beach ozzie williams and his orchestra if you want a low cost tire heres your best buy well put these great goodyear pathfinders on your car today protect them with new lowcost goodyear tubes all at a price that means money saved to you then youll be equipped for long safe happy mileage drive in for service today this is holiday time the tribune would be pleased to know when you are going on a visit also wo will be glad to receive the names of your guests do not let the visitors at your home pick up the tribune only to find that you did not care enough to report them to the editor phono us or drop in at the office or mail a setter which if unsealed will come to us for only one cent when a motor car backing out from angle parking on main street struck a passing truck last thursday morning the street was more or less crowded for an hour as everything had to remain pat until a police man could be located to check up on the situation in the ahsence of the local cop constable gayman came up from unionville and investigated no one was injured and the parties concerned agreed to settle the mat ter privately less fall wheat may be sown in this district this season several farmers have reported difficulty in ploughing the land in preparation for seeding continued dry weather has made the soil very hard and it a job to keep the plow in the ground wheat is usually sown in this section early in september and a few rains like that of monday could change this picture the break in the hydro system over on yonge street monday at noon hour caused great inconvenience in all places east of where the sys- tom is being served from this source power was not resumed until it was hearing the tea hour constituting the longest shutdown we can recall owing to the lack of power in the office of this paper where we were already behind schedule the plant ran practically all night on monday and tuesday in order to publish this issue on time we are in the market for fall wheat feed barley malting barley milling oats and mixed grain also alsike clover and red clover stiver bros school opens next tuesday trout seqsoti has been extended to the 15th of september giving an additional two weeks for catching the speckled beauties messrs l e oneill and t bur kett motored to victoria harbor to spend a day or two with mr harold quibel there in the mens doubles at the local bowling greens on monday evening messrs will burkett and ernie bak er of claremont won first iprize milt storey and fred marshall second and dawson davis and a h williams third first payment on stouffville taxes must be paid this week or by sept 2 to escapt any penalty dont be late and do not wait until the last day mrs av nolan and mrs griffiths accompanied mr and mrs c reid of leaside on a motor trip to lon don on tuesday happy delight probably the smallest colt born in this country will go to the cne this week for the big show there in the horse pajace happy only weighed 2g lbs at birth and resides on the farm of wm morris on the townline just east of town this unique member of horsedoni along with a prize win ning brood mare real delight of lynwood stallion midnight of pittsburg also a former cne prize winner and a whitefaced mare will all be at the fair this week mr john ratcliff who recently suffered the loss of his left eye underwent a further operation last week at the private patients pavil ion toronto general on the remain ing eye and we are happy to be able to announce that it appears to be a success and mr ratcliff will be home right away where he can re cuperate after this trying ordeal stouffville floral roses wedding bouquets funeral deslgni cut flowers telephone 7001 7002 mht smith proprietor lehmans shoe store footwear for all tho family womens hosiery rubbers gloves shoes socks boots mitts stouffville phono 4301 opposite the town clock we mount your new tires while you wait save you tim muss r am money goodyear pathfinder d f holden sons stouffville ontario recent visitors at j r barkeys spruce villa were mr and mrs b lormier master howard donald and roland lormier mrs eckels mr russel williams mr ralph wil liams mr barry lormier and mr neil lormier miss carrol lormier ail of toronto mrs ii mckeown of marshfield oregon mr and mrs w stouffor mount dennis mr and mrs c woodward and miss june of baby point also mrs h gilroy of newmarket mr and mrs e sniith of aurora the women of the war branch of the stouffville senior womens in stitute have not allowed holidays to interfere with their work of knitting for the soldiers and sewing for the bombed victims of britain regular- meetings have been held throughout the summer and much work has also been done in the homes at a large ly attended meeting on wednesday last held in the municipal hall the goods wore packed for shipment sewing valued at 2s1 included 3g quilts 2 afghans 1 spread and s pil lows clothing for men women and children included 15 womens dress es boys and mens suits pyjamas 17 womens coats babies layettes childrens clothes and a box of shoes the shipment for soldiers and sailors included 12 leather seamens jackets iso pairs socks 30 sweaters 5 pairs mitts 3 scarves mrs e j davey secretary expressed the thanks of the branch to the women of ballan trae and of the ninth line of mark- ham for valuable donations we had in our office the other morning mr h l jones who with his wife came from their home in st petersburg flordia to spend a holi day at the home of mr and mrs sam chambers just north of town mrs jones and mrs chambers are sis ters this is their first experience coming from the south by bus and they thoroughly enjoyed it the en tire trip covered 1s00 miles requir ing 4s hours to cover the ground one does not have to leave the bus for meals if you prefer they are served aboard at the proper stopp ing places an admirer of the us president mr jones would like to see still closer bonds between his country and canada how many thunderstorms do you think we have had around hero this summer before you start guessing well tell you there have been nine teen we had five in may five in june and seven in july and two in august so far according to local weather prophets this compares on about an equal with last year of the nineteen thunderstorms that have broken over the district less than half a dozen have occurred after dark afternoon seems to he the popular time for the heavens to put on their display the reason for these after noon storms is because the maximum temperature is usually reached dur ing the afternoon and according to the weatherman most storms are caused by the rapid vortical rise of moist warm air school supplies for september 2nd best quality and reasonable prices qilna 7 qdnti 7 2dml 7 buy them here leave them here for unique developing and printing note we have an economy service at 25c per roll please state if you want this developing otherwise we give you our quality service lxal jblmxja orderlies 25c 50c kidney pills 50c nerve tonic tablets 45c cold tablets 25c milk magnesia tabs 35c rex bisma stomack powder 75c 175 bronchial cough syrup corn solvent blood purifier 16 oz rheumatic compound 50c otr 100 100 pioneer of markham buried at orkkmork mrs mary royal resident of collingwood for the past 32 years was burled in creemore cemetery on saturday afternoon she was born in markham 7g years ago the daughter of john don er a pioneer of the district in 1ss3 she married john royal who pre deceased her some years atfuftii 2e7cioctd chocolated try a box this week end 1 lb box 60c 2 lb box 100 for school eclipse fountain pens 69c 100 145 each boadways drug store stouffville ontario

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