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f j yi the tribune stouflfville ont- thursday april 2nd 1942 page three quefobeai mail feb 8 1942 sloufivllle comfort fund dear sir received cigarettes and parcel okay i am very thankful to you for remembering me jack schell february 1942 staohvllla comfort fund dear bert smokes were godsend i dont kao how i can ever thank the fund bonshfbr thegifts i haverecelved tfce only thing wb can do iskeep the tandard you fellows set before us i think we will all try and do that sincerely yours gordon lehman flier goes to coast vw3 february 17 1942 dear comfort fund cigarettes received today okand welcome thanks a million- also for gift sent me for christmas very oiet over here fairly steady cold weather since the new year very ttle snow though will close saying thanks again and best wishes to all the folks over there yours fred madtll dear sy a few lines to thank you tor the cigarettes you sent me how are things now in the old town since the doing3 out in china and japan have keen going on not many fellows left i dont suppose we are doing sore training over here now for the law irar well that is alffor now will close wishing ou the best oliver larkin locai persoriiafcnews leading aircraftsman donald l harper son of mr and mrs ross harper 6 th concession of whit church has been transferred from rockclitf to vancouver and left wednesday for his new location so far no news has been received concerning his brother alien with the royal rifles when taken captive at hong kong after leaving home in october last year dine out for your good friday breakfast at the home of mr and mrs m e watts help the war effort if miss audrey roherts stouftville 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 40 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 to whom it may concern a card was also received by the comfort fund addressed to mar garet may and eleanorno last name fromdaddy this card has been sent by some local chap having two daughters with names mentioifod above if the girls see this notice they may have their mail by apply ing to mr bert licknrish stouftville councillor ross brown was knock- edout of action for a few days last week the big vegetable shipper can scarcely get time for a holiday and only takes one when he gets sent to bod war kraiich report last week the stouftville branch packed 59 quilts 217 articles of clothing also 204 pairs of socks 35 sweaters 6 scarves and 5 pairs of mitts during the week there was received and is hereby acknowledged a cash gift of 2 from the happy helpers band at altona quilts from bloomington unit 5 from ballan- trae nrift baby blanket from mrs jtorayth and clothing from mrs wm crapper mrs davey secy neighbors may have thought that ap 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 the sky in- showed that the boiler ttouse was afire and before aid could arrire it completely burned down destroying part of the utensils for boiling sap despite hnrlcm and glamour local visitor to xew york ilows a straight furrow if we told you that one of our stouftville citizens hoarded a big plane at the malton airport one night last week and in two hours just reached 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 blight 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 whoie 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 tho 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 take the train back mr brillinger found that spring had actually arriv ed ahoad of himand folks were pre paring their gardens at least those who had space enough to claim a garden at peekskill thero 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 farm 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 in a few minutesof course he visited the sights down town before returning to stouftville redeyed and tired from a journey that would havo normally taken two or three weeks only a few short years ago removed to hospital last week orr veteran citizen mr george dowsvcll 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 auroias veteran barney robinson started work last week too in stouft 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 overy store was clouded with dust mr and mrs koibert 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 numher according to birth is seven last wednerday march 25 totals seven and believe it or- not the number ho was handed when he reached the toronto studio was seven places of business will he closed drink to the health of stouftville 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 quality service v mr and mrs william payne mildred and harold of markham village and mr william petere of pickering spent sunday with mrs george brownsberger 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 i 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 reliable brand forage seeds canadian blue grass kentucky blue grass red top parkland brome grass stiver bros william litchfield is returning officer mrs harding wife of the fenelon falls barber visited with mr and mrs archie harding on monday the falls lady attended the funeral of an uncle at unionvillc 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 r j williams toronto also mrs r e williams whose husband is in british guiana groceteria gets moro floor space the groceteria owned and operat ed by llri henry hisey 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 gives 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 baiter thank offering miss ada imckenzie travelling secretary for the dominion board of the womens missionary society will be the guest speaker at the easter thank offering meeting of the unit ed church w m s on thursday afternoon at 245 in the church a number of outside auxiliaries are ex pected to be present 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 has been digging ore from the bowels of the earth and says that now be is not adverse to taking employment where he can get a little more sun tan mr john quibcl 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 quibells will be taken by mrs eli ramei the property belongs to her father mr frank baker rev c e and mrs macleod were among the guests in attendance at the wedding on saturday evening in toronto for donna vanzant daught- er of mrs vanzant and the late len vanzant to mr f gardiner has victory egg mr charles preston of the 7th concession of witchurchhas an egg with a perfect v displayed on one end this exlfciorainary sample of hen fruit wajtte 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 ofthe westend breakfast served from 8 to 11 proceeds for local war branch and red cross betty beauty get in the beauty line at the easter parade with a nestle permanent wave designed to your individual personality please mnko your appointment early stouftville phone 3206 the regular meetingof the village council next monday evoning should be full of interest with the police issue and reservoir improvements probably on the agenda members should be prepared with ideas and a will for action sergtpilot rbtfey son of markham buried in england your cil paint dealer is more than 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 i cil quality paints he can help you preserve and protect your home see him if you plan to fixup now 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 tho 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 distance and found it convenient to stay for dinner and supper too this wasnt any great inconvenience to the farm ers wife because she could put tho dinner on before going to church and while she was washing the dishes in the i afternoon tho city visitors em ployed themselves by filling their car with r whatever was in season apples sweet corn erven wood from the pilethat had been cut back in the bush and hauled up to the farm house then usually because it was some considerabledistance back to the city the visitors left before the supper dishes wore done but now with gas andtires being conserved tho sunday afternoons on the farm wihnot be so full less often will there be that lineup of cars in the orchard tho women on the farm will not have so many meals to prepare or dishes to wash and tho 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- ng establishment of l e oneill tho room 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 the name burkholder like stouff- er and a few more always carry ones thoughts hack to the early history of stouffvillefor the two areinseper- abic thero 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 tho tribune received one of his interesting letters which we are taking the liberty to pasvonto 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 valu- ahle paper as a stouftville old boy of eighty winters i should bo very lonesome wlthont 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 fhestudent 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 bolleves in the lawof evolution as i believe in the law of gravity and the law of the survival of the fittest frionds of mr and mrs fred flath former residents of the 9th concession of whitchurch and for some years now of pontiac mien will be interested 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 cahtornia since going to the statesfrom the musselmans lake district mr flath has 1jeen employ ed in the ford plant at pontiac one can scarcely l anything that would ease the mr and mrs e a roffey north markham whose son sgt pilot fred roffey paid the supreme sacrifice in england in february are in re ceipt of a most interesting- letter from george and harold jones which they pass on to the tribune for publication england feb1942 we were dreadfulljshocked when your cable came say pain arid sorrow at this time we alw 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 for the minister and myself from the raf they gave fred a beautiful burial 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 new zealand- ers and polish and one englander hewas 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 stiff prices feature jfurnitmc sale 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 now goods and an electric re frigerator retailing at255 sold for 220 but it was comparatively new the home is now vacant and the house is still offered for sale to 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 the raf padre and revoakley and freds squadron leader thet flag at the airport was at half mast aridwe moved along at f funeral pace on both sides of the road officers airmen saluted tho casket as we passed by i cannot recall the wordsspoken- at the graveside service the guards fell in on both sides of tho grave and i m taits for the present intends to return to tho nursing profession former markliamito 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 ofhis- scugog buslnesslplace gordon was- assisting in feedingthv presented arms with fixed bayonets machine at the time when the pile slipped and threw him upon the whirling iblade he was slashed up the arm and across the chest the in jured man was rushed to the hos pital but latest- reports tell of no bone3 broken mr reesor was em ployed in markhams marmill plant for some years arid was the popular young superintendent of the united church sunday school lnthattbwri he moved to port perry some time ago where his father oporates a coal and wood business they fired three volleys over tho grave then one airman soundedthe teacher saves three pupils fourth drowns before you paint see how the job will look in a thousand different colour combinations with the cil 1942 colour styling bocc 99 actually painted colour sheet 0x 12 can be visualixed through 10 separate transparent four colour overlays of homes w f riches culpa1iv ts vfpfcpvst i ng protecfiprt feverishly breaking ice to wade through frigid chindeep water miss mary graham daughter of mr and mrs delos graham ringwood teacher at bloomington is recovering from shock and will resume her teaching duties after easter holidays shown above from leftis miss graham next to whom is donald jordan whowasllrowned and in the centro is rota rac 9 to the right is last post everyone came up to the foot of the grave saluted singly and passed by i saluted him last- and nothing ever hurtme more in all my life i guess i wasnt very soldierly at that moment k four alrforce girls ones whom fred knew were thoreand brought a beaiititul- wreath of jdailofiilsjust i as soon as they placed freds cross i shall engage freds chums totako some pictures for you and later wo hope to have a few rose hushes put on the grave i had the pleasure after the tuner- al of being with freds squadron- leader ho was awfully nico and spoke so highly of fred apparently he was killed- instantly when ho was diving out of a low cloud he camo in contact with a tree which caused the crash i had tea at the sergeants mess and everyone spoke so highly of him and how tho fellows wont 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 ho was very popular and because of this he has left a groat bruce jordan and norma cowlo two ot m s t j 1 wish wo could be with you in this other pupils who rushed in before- wj are 4 the arrival of tho teacher iu an offort a to save their chums and who themj love to all selves had to be saved by tho teacher f george and harold