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cw the tribune stoufifville ont- thursday april 2nd 1942 page three gfutieaa mail feb 8 1942 siookville comfort fund debt sir received cigarettes and parcel okay i am very thankful to you for remembering me jack schell february 1912 stoulltllle comfort fund dear bert smokes were a godsend i dont fcaow how i can ever thank the fund saonghfor the gifts i haverecelved te only thing- we can do iskeep the trfaadard you fellows set before us i think we will all try and do that sincerely yours gordon lehman february 17 1942 dear comfort fund cigarettes received today okand valcome thanks a million- also for gift sent me for christmas very triet over here fairly steady cold weather since the new year very tte snow though will closel saying thanks again and best wishes to all the folks over there yours fred madill dear sfiv a few lines to thank you for the cigarettes you sent me how are things now in the old town since the doings out in china and japan have een going on not many fellows left i dout suppose we are doln more training over here sow for the asw war well that is alpfor now will close bishiug v the best oliver larkin loading aircraftsman donald l harper son of mr and mrs ross harper 6th concession of whit church has been transferred from rockclift to vancouver and left wednesday for his new location so far no news has been received concerning his brother allen with the royal rifles when taken captive at hong kong after leaving home in october last year if miss audrey roberts stouffville i to morrow friday being good rr2 will call at the office of this friday is a public holiday and all paper or at the post office in stouff- ville she will be able to claim a quantity of mail waiting for her councillor ira rusnell was called to weston last weekend to his son arthur who is employed by the moffat stove co there and who developed a case of appendicitis he was taken to the general hospital in toronto and underwent an immedi ate operation latest reports indicate he is recovering nicely youth and a healthy body are a great asset to a quick recovery in these cases dine out for your good friday breakfast at the home of mr and mrs m e watts help the war effort whom it slay concern a card was also received by the comfort fund addressed to mar garet may and eleauorno last name from daddy this card has been sent some local chap having two daughters with names mentioned above if the girls see this notice they may have their mail by apply ing to mr bert lickorish stouffville councillor ross brown was knock- edout of action for a few days last week the big vegetable shjppor can scarcely get time for a holiday and only takes one when he gets sent to bed war branch report last week the stouffville branch packed 59 quilts 217 articles of clothing also 204 pairs of socks 35 aweaters 6 scarves and 5 pairs of mitts during the week there was received and is hereby acknowledged a cashgift of 2 from the happy helpers band at altonay quilts from bloomington unit 5 from ballan- trae unit baby blanket from mrs jarsyth and clothing from mrs tm crapper mrs davey secy neighbors may have thought that cap was boiling at furious rate over in the bush on the farm of mr chas atkinson last wednesday night when a real flare lighted up tho sky in- tcatigation showed that the boiler house was afire and before aid could jtrrite it completely burned down destroying part of the utensils for boiling sap despite harlem and glamour local visitor to ncw york plows a straight furrow if we told you that one of our stouffville citizens boarded a bi plane at the malton airport one night last week and in two hours just i cached his destination in new york 400 miles yet despite the size of the place it couldnt bo seen from above and the big boat had to speed on through space to philadelphia be fore making a landing and that after once being in new york our local visitor despite glamour girls and bright lights actually plowed a gar den you would say incredible well it actually happened mr walter brillinger boarded the big ship at malton and made almost 200 miles an hour oh the trip south where he visited his brother dr fred brillinger for a few days the trip was made under poor visibility and when the new york pan american airport was reached the big ship just zoomed right on its course to phila delphia folks on the ground could hear her going over but they could not see a thing at philadelphia con ditions were favorable for landing and new york passengers had to uike the train back mr brillinger found that spring had actually arriv ed ahead of him and folks were pre paring their gardens at least those who had space enough to claim a garden at peekskill there is more room than down in the city and here at the home of the doctor walter actually discovered a man on the street with an idle tractor borrow ing a plow from a nearby agency for faim implements he demonstrated to his city friends how to get farm work done in a hurry and managed to manoeuvre the tractor and plow in the limited space to turn over the garden jn a few minutes oc course ho visited the sights down town before returning to stouffville redeyed and tired from a journey that would have normally taken two or three weeks only a few short years ago removed to hospital last week our veteran citizen mr george dowswell entered the toronto general hospital intending to undergo an operation for a chron ic obstruction since that time he developed a light case of pneumonia although he is 83 years of age mr dowswell always seemed like a man of not more than 70 as evidence of his smartness for such an age he went to toronto by bus and walked into the hospital unaided one of the sure signs of spring says the newmarket era is the an nual cleaning of the main street auroras voteran barney robinson started work last week too in stouff ville a few men were engaged to clean up the winter accumulation from the pavement so that the oneman clean er may keep it in good condition the remainder of the year until this was done every store was clouded with dust places of business will he closed quality service drink to the health of stouffville town water supply is reported by the department of health to be al pure and sparkling x sure spring is here walking down street on saturday morning we observed several large fish worms on the sidewalk this is clear evidence that the frost is well out and spring is at hand mr and mrs william payne mildred and harold of markham village and mr william peters of pickering spent sunday with mrs george brownsherger mr and mrs l p steckley tor onto who were in town over sunday enjoyed a trip to montreal last week where they visited their son howard a royal bank clerk in the royal city a weight for a new set of scal es was picked up on the road by mr earl keith last week the owner may reclaim property by applying to him on the former sandy jones place brand seeds reliable brand clover seed canadian grimm alfalfa red clover alsike seed timothy sweet clover these seeds are our selection for quality reliable seed oats alaska cartier erban vanguard victory banner reliable seed barley oac no 21 velvemjarley reliable brand seed wheat goose wheat thatcher wheat renown wheat y reliable brand forage seeds canadian blue grass kentucky blue grass red top parkland brome grass stiver bros william litchfield is returning officer mr and mrs robert bone attend ed one of those big quizz radio pro grams last week and came back one dollar richer boh tells us that he isnt superstitious but his lucky number according to birth is seven last wednesday march 25 totals seven and believe it or not the number he was handed when he reached the toronto studio was seven groceteria gets more floor space the groceteria owned and operat ed by mr henry illisey has been en larged and improved by the removal of the hallway from the west side of the building which stands one door east of the public librarythe change ives several feet addition to the width of the store and makes a decid ed improvement to the appearance and to the accommodation offered guest speaker for easter thank offering miss ada mckenzie travelling secretary for the dominion board of the womens missionary society will be the guest speaker at the easter thank offering meeting of tho unit ed church w m s on thursday afternoon at 245 in the church a number of outside auxiliaries are ex pected to ho present mrs harding wife of the fenelon falls barlier visited with mr and mrs archie harding on monday the falls lady attended the funeral of an uncle at unionville while here william litchfield of utterson has been named returning officer for muskokaontario in the forthcoming plebiscite campaign it is understood that the government has ordered the simplest form of procedure for the vote which will be taken in april at that it will cost a couple of million dollars guests in town last week at the home of rev c e and mrs macleod were mrs j w beatty and mrs j williams toronto also mrs r williams whose husband is british guiana mr pete clendening motored down from the mining district of sudbury for a few days visiting his father mr harve clendening and other friends for five years pete h been digging ore from the bowels of the earth and says that now he is not adverse to taking employment where he can get a little more sun tan mr john quibel has rented the wm vanzant house in the westend and will move in right away the place has been vacant since the van zant family moved to toronto it was being held for sale and many offers for rental were turned down the house on baker avenue occupied by the quinells will be taken by mrs eli ramer the property belongs to her father mr frank baker rev c e and mrs macleod were among the guests 111 attendance at the wedding on saturday evening in toronto for donna vanzant daught er of mrs vanzant and the late ilen vanzant to mr f gardiner has victory egg mr charles prpston ofttte 7th concession of wliitchurclthas an egg with a perfect v displayed on one end this extraorifinary sample of hen fruit wahe product of a rock pullet on mr prestons farm good morning a good friday morning breakfast april 3 will be served at the home of mr and mrs m e watts spon sored by a group of ladies of the westend breakfast served from 8 to 11 proceeds for local war branch and red cross betty beauty salon get in the beauty line at the easter parade with a nestle permanent wave designed to your individual personality please inako your appointment early stouffville phone 3206 the regular meeting of the village council next monday evening should be full of interest with the police issue and reservoir improvements probably on the agenda membors should be prepared with ideas and a will for action sergfcpiiot rbtfey son of markham buried in england visiting cut down sunday visiting up at the farm is likely to be cut down this year sun day was always a bright and interest ing day to the farmers wife after she had a grownup family the morning was taken up with church and chores and there were always anything from two to 22 visitors from the city for sunday afternoon most of them came from a distanco and found it convenient to stay for dinner and supper too this wasnt any great inconvenience to the farm ers wife becausesho could put the dinner on before going to church and while she was washing the dishes in the afternoon tho city visitors em ployed themselves by filling their car with whatever was in season apples sweet corn even wood from the pfletbat had been cut back in the bush and hauled up to the farm house then usually because it was some considerable distance back to the city the visitors left before the supper dishes were done but now with gas andtires being conserved the sunday afternoons on the farm will not he so full less often will there bo that lineup of cars in the orchard the women on the farm will not have so many meals to prepare or dishes to wash and the funny part of it is they will probably long for the old days back again when the folks can come and see them of a sunday afternoon when the mortuary was recently being redecorated at tho undertak ing establishment of l e oneill thoroom was equipped with the new fluorescent lighting which with half the number of killowatts in stalled gives a light that is equal to natural daylight and absolutely free of shadows fluorescent lighting is very expensive to install but is much cheaper than any other kind of bulb in the consumption of current and will pay the difference over a period of time plus the improved lighting tho name burkholder like stouff- er and a few more always carry ones 1 friends of mr and mrs fred flath former residents of the 9th concession of whitchurch and for some years now of pontiac mich will bejnterested to learn that this couple are to enjoy a wellearned rest and will spend an entire year travelling in the southern states while away they intend spending some timewith their daughter vesta in california since going to the states from the musselmans lake district mr flath has heen employ- 1 ed in the ford plant at pontiac stiff prices feature jfurnituro salo tho big auction sale of household furniture belonging to mrsjess cook drew a tremendous crowd to town on saturday despite the unfavorable weather of drizzling rain many articles of furniture sold for more than new goods and an electric re frigerator retailing at 255 sold for 220 but it was comparatively new the home is now vacant and the thoughts backto the early hlstorof zzrljt t stouffville for the- two are inseper- house is stiu for 3ae to ahlc there are still memoers of these early families living today who were here go years ago when the village was incorporated and one we have in mind is dr j f burkholder last week the tribune received one of his interesting letters which we are taking the liberty to pass on to our readers because it will be read with interest by residents inclosed you will find a money order for another two years subscription of your valui able paper as a stouffville old boy of eighty winters i should bo very lonesome without the tribune it is newsy and well edited and trust it has a long life of usefulness ahead i particularly enjoyed the little ripple in the tribune a few weeks ago on the subject of evolution and wish to compliment fheatudent of your continuation school who wrote the first students letter from a nonresidents point of view it was well done i am one of those terrible people who believes in the law of evolution as i believe in the law of gravity and the law of the survival of the fittest gether with five acres of garden land the premises are in excellent con dition and should attract a wide awake buyer we understand that mrs cook who has taken rooms at casket wasmyself thvraf padre and revoakley and freds squadron mr and mrs e a roffey north markham whose son sgt pilot fred roffey paid the supreme sacrifice in ehgland in february are in re- ceipt of a most interesting letter from george and harold i jones which they pass on to the tribune for publication england feb 19 42 wewere dreadfully shocked when yoiir cable came one can scarcely say anything that would ease the pain arid sorrow at this time we always looked on fred as a brother and we were expecting to go over to see him at the end of our training it is a little too far to go on week- ends i phoned as soon as i received your cable and went to london as quickly as possible they sent a car forthe minister and myself from the raf they gave fred a beautiful burial j his casket was of oak with bronze plate bearing inscription it was covered with a large union jack banked with daffodils and wreaths pall bearers were sergeant pilots including canadians now zealand- ers and polish and one englander he- was conveyed on a longwagon behind which came the guard of twelve also forty or so aircraftmen there was a brass band of consider able size immediately behind the m taits for the present intends to return to the nursing profession former markluunito mangled by circular saw mr gordon reesor of port perry was badly mangled by a circular saw while engaged in cutting wood in the yard of his scugog business place gordon was assisting in feedingthe presented arms with fixed bayonets leaderthe flag at the airportwas at half mast andwe moved along at v funeral pate on both sides oft the road officers airmen saluted the casket as we passed by i cannot recall the words spoken- at the graveside service the guards foil in on both sides of the grave and machine at the time when the pile slipped and threw him upon the whirling blade he was slashed up the arm and across the chest tho in juredman was rushed to the hos pital biit latest- reports tell of no bones broken mr reesor was em ployed- in markhams marmtll plant for some years and was the popular young superintendent of the united church sundayschool ln thafjtown he moved to port perry some time ago where his father operates a coal and wood business teacher saves three pupils fourth drowns your cil paint dealer is more than a salesman of paints and brushes ask his advice whenever you have a paint or repair job to do youll find he has a score of useful suggestions to help you do the job better at less expense like cil quality paints ht can help you preserve and protect your home see him if you plan to fixup now before you paint see ho the job will look in 11 thousand different colour combinations with tie cil 1942 colour styling bccfc 99 actually painted colour sheets 9x 12 can be visualized through 10 separate transparent four colour overlays of homes w f riches crl p a usi ts porl ast i n g protection feverishly breaking ice to wade through frigid chindeep wator miss mary graham daughter of mr and mrs delos graham rlngwood teacher at bloomington is recovering from shock and will resume her teaching duties after easter holidays shown above from lcfis miss graham next to wltofn is donald jordan whowatfrowned and in the ccntro is rctarao 9 to the right is they fired throe volleys over the grave then one airman sounded the last post everyone came up to the foot of the grave saluted singly and passed by isalutedhlm last- and nothing ever hurt me more in all my life i guess i wasnt very soldierly at that moment four airforce girls ones whom fred knew were there and brought a beautiful- wreath of daffodils just atrsoon as they placed freds cross- i shall engage freds chums to take some pictures for you andlater we hope to have a few rose hushes put on the grave i had tho pleasure after tho tuner- al of being with freds squadron- leader he was awfully nico and s spoke so highly of fred apparently he was killed- instantly when he was diving out of a low cloud he camo in contact with a tree which caused the crash i had tea at tho sergeants mess and everyone spoke so highly of him and how the fellows went to him if they needed monoy or their pants pressed in a hurry fred never drank and very seldom smokod and was always so amiable with the other- hoys that he was very popular and because of this he has left a groat number of friends w i wish we could be with you in this other pupils who rushed in before- md wft are so j bruce jordan and norma cowie twoj the arrival of the teacher in an effort apart to save their chums and who themj selves bad to be saved by tho teacher love to all george and harold v5