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w the tribunestouffville ontthursday april 2nd 1942 page seven glmremomt and district by staff- correspondent local v agent connors bakery mrs jess warden has been confin ed to her bed for the past lew days mr and mrs len lye enjoyed a day in toronto last week mr lye is a guard at the dil plant mr and mrs lamorie and family of whitby are expected to move into the rooms formerly occupied by mr boothe mr ira boyer one of our elderly gentlemen who has been confined to his bed throughout the winter months made his first appearance outside last week mr fred morley and daugther jean of toronto were at their home here over the weekend mr harold coates of oshawa was home over the weekend mr and mrs charles deltusha have rented the apartment over the corner store operated by mr fred mowder the apartment was recent ly redecorated and will be ready for the new occupants this week mr and mrs gordon graham of oshawa spet sunday here with mr grahams parents- miss- bessie graham of toronto jwas home with her parents over the weekend several folks are on the sick list atout the village thos condy is quite ill and jasmcdullough is not so well mr and mrs george middleton have moved into the house owned by march 24th the couple will make their home at ashburn dont forget the red cross euchre bingo sale of aprons draw on a bed spread also a chinese auction on a box of merchandise valued at 5200 put on by the south neighbors at the borne of mr and mrs roy brignall on april sth at 8 pm lunch will be served help to beat hitler the annual mens meeting of the womens mission circle was held on tuesday evening at the home ofmrs james coates mr ed lewis was the guest speaker several special musi cal items were rendered and the gathering enjoyed a social hour arrived in england a cable has been received by mr and mrs fred morley telling of the safe arrival of their son gordon in england gordon is with the rcaf beef catuc up to 140 the sale of cattle at the thomas philips farm last friday totalled 1700 aside from anything else sold beet cattle ran as high as 140 and this price was paid for more than one of them four animals in all topped the same price they were nice beasts and showed the best of care smithy shop to reopen mr frank cooper ias rented the blacksmith shop recently vacated 3y jwm palmer mr and mrs frank jjir len lye and will do repair work hamm who recently retired from theijir cooper is not new to tie business farm south of here are now occupy ing the middleton house an important auction sale of general interest around here is to be lield on thursday of next week april 9 of farm stock implements and much household furniture be longing to mrs mary a white to be sold at the farm at lot 5 con 8 at balsam see entire list in this paper and watch for large hills mrs cowie of zephyr was in the village last week and made the pur chase of the miss florence bielby bungalo mrs cowie intends to re turn here shortly to make her home where a warm welcome awaits her among old friends the wedding is announced of miss eflio graham daughter of mr and of blacksmithing having conducted a shop inbrooldin jxt one time the coopers recently gave up nheir farm on the 9th concession and will move to the village this week the new proprietor does not ex pect to do much in the way of horse i shoeing implement repairing to the main line as if to say we are not licked yet one minister told mr stephens that his church was destroyed the build- lug goriei but the congregation still stood he voiced admiration for the demolition squads in london who dug up the time bombs during the period of the big blitz many never finished their jobs we understand rev stephens has accepted a call to a church in windsor acted as pall bearer for late john richards mr and mrs nathan cox and mr and mrs orval cox of this district motored to toronto to attend the funeral ofbe late john richards at 1s5 lauder ave the deceased at one time conducted a hakery in uxbridge in fact he learned his trade with the late joe cherpaw of that town he was 77 years old being an old friend of the family mr nathan cox acted as one of tie pall ibearers the burial neing made at weston ceme tery brougham mr and mrs kenneth madill of roaches point were guests of fred and mrs madill on sunday several of our- y p members at tended the y p convention at hampton on saturday and sunday congratulations to mr and mrs harold barclay on the arrival of a young daughter mr sisson and family who have been living in the gannon apart ment have returned to their home near minden a number of our w i ladies called be on and had afternoon tea with mrs j floyd johnston on saturday after- noon saps huiuiiir in pickeriiijj mr albert harvey has been although it was expected up until spending the past week with his a couple of weeks ago that there parents bert and mrs harvey mrs harmon yake 85 years of age dies at farm home the district east of stouffville lost one of its very oldest ladies on mon day when mrs harmon yake passed away had she lived until june of this year she would have reached her s5th birthday the funeral on wednesday was to stouffville cem etery service beiug conducted by rev w e morton born at altona a daughter of william feaster and his wife elsie mairs mrs yake never moved far from her birthplaceshe was married 65 years ago to harmon yake when the couple located in the eastend of stouffville and aftei 15 years moved to the farm in pickering just a few- miles from town where they have lived ever since she possessed a bright cheery disposition and was a member of altona institute since its inception over 30 years ago besides her husband there survives three sons wilmotin brock town ship oscar of- mather man and ray athome also four daughters mrs jonas lewis stouffville mrs harry tobias toronto mrs loss hill claremont and mrs gordon iriddle of pickering mrs yake is also survived by 28 grand children and nine great grand children most of whom were old enough to realize that they had a kindly loving grandmother would be little in the way of maple syrup making in these parts this spring a change in the weather pro duced quite a run and we understand that mr sam fretz now has a couple of hundred trees tapped there was stifl no syrup on the local market well have you singing mrs stuart graham of myrtle to mr i tne flrst 0 lhe wee price in stouff- lorno parnitt of asttburn the til was pel gallon ceremony took place on tuesday jropcrty changes hands the house just off the 9th conces sion and occupied by jess warden and family has been sold to mr chas hardy the house is owned iby mr irwin purdy of toronto mr hardy who has farmed in uxbridge town ship for many years is retiring in the tillage and his son will continue on the one farm while a second farm also owned by mr hardy lhas we understand been rented mr hardy begaii his farming career on the 6th concession the present elwood carruthers farm and has tilled the soil now for over fifty years pioneer pickering lady dies at mount zion a resident of pickering township her entire lifetime mrs wes harvey passed away at the home of iher danghter mrs walter stevenson mt zion on saturday march 2sth deceased was in her s5th year she had lived at one time in brougham bnt of late has made her noirie willi the stevensons on the- 7th concession the late mrs harvey- was the form er amanda melvina tunky besides the daughters where she makes her home there survives one sonfrank of cioverleaf british columbia the funeral was held on tuesday after noon from the late residence inter ment was made in groveside ceme tery vv e h y leave our station with a smile on your lips a song in your heart and we think weve got what it takes we work awful fast yet we fuss over your radiator oil tires windshield as if they were our own weve got those satis faction giving shell products too and that with us on the job means happier driving for you try us and see shell boadways skbv1ce station mr and mrs l beech and family of merrivale visited friends and at tended church here on sunday glad to report mrs a b matthews stifl improving in health while rest ing at the home of her daughter mrs harhron of pickering i mr and mrs wilson of toronto were guests of mr and mrs thos ibeer oh sunday q z idont forget the euchre and dance sponsored by the w i on thursday april 9th proceeds ifor red cross work miss gladys gannon rn visited her mother onsunday a very pleasant time was spent in the hall here on wednesday even ing when a large numberof friends and neighbors gathered to congratu late the newly weds mr and mrs h elaxton and to tender them a miscellaneous shower the number of beautiful and useful presents showed the high esteem in which the bride and groom were held the remainder of the evening was spent in a social idance rev walter daniels of claremont occupied the pulpit hero on sunday afternoon in the absence of rev ie kennedy who was attending yp convention at hampton mr daniel took as his text nearsightedness his talk was interesting and in spiring and enjoyed by all present stouffville red cross notes this is the begt paint your money can uy no amount of money can buy better paints than these theyll give you everythingbrilliant lustre colors and fast drying a hard resistant line of paints for inside the house and out for furniture and touchups stock up while prices are right canada varnish brathwai te apdwaif stouffville ontario the following gifts were grate fully received 3 quilts lemonville w a assisted ly many nonmem ber friends and neighbours 325 proceeds of a tea given by mrs erie miller and miss v hoover since january 1 37 quilts have been ship ped from our stouffville branch more workers are needed at our sew ingroom every thursday afternoon mrs roy grove it takes twentysix sheep to keep each american soldier clothed with a proposed army of some 8000000 thats going to take a lot of sheep but no active doughboy will need an additional allotment to jump over the fence while he goes to sleep pickering townships new village livestock numbers in ontario county former pastor spoke n 0liawn rev ii r stephens former bap list pastor here and late of england where beside his pastoral duties he served as an airraid warden ad dressed an audience in the first baptist church oshawa last week mr stephens subject was how london stood the blitz one of the common phrases around london when the speaker left was if your house is bombed come to me if my house is bombed ill come to you when a house isbombed in london the owner goes and buys a union jack and places it on the wreckage farm implement announcement having again taken over my old stand at the standard garage of the implement business my customers will again be assured of our prompt atten tion and best service whether you require repairs new implements or used machinery farmers must be careful to check their require ments extra early because parts are hard to obtain and and veryuncertain we sincerely appreciate he patronage given us for 18 years and trust that our record will merit your con tinued favor frank baker telephone 15204 intcrntlonal harvester peter hamilton and fleiiry company beatty- co melotte or lister co bisseli co pedlar co lightning rods the statistics brancn of the de partment of agriculture publishes in this report the estimates of live stock number on farms in ontario at december 1st 1941 as compiled from the semiannual survey carried on through the cooperation of farm ers and rural schools the total number of cattle on tarms at decenvbcr 1st 1941 is estimated at 2591800 head as com pared with 2533900 head on the same date a year earlier cows for milk purposes showed an increase of 35400 head rising from 1196100 to 1231500 cows for toeef purposes declined slightly being estimated at 76000 head as against 76450 and steers one year old and over de clined from 297000 to 271100 cajves showed a similar upward trend to milk cows increasing from 556200 head at december 1st 1940 to 5ss200 at december 1st 1941 yearling heifers being raised for both milk and beef purposes rose from 349200 to 365400 the hog population in ontario de clined slightly from the alltime high established in december 1940 amounting to 2063700 as compared with 2144500 i there was in york county on december 1 1941 6403- turkeys 1713s geese 16021 ducks and 192297 chickens ontario county had poultry on hand to the extent of 9165 turkeys 13374 geese 7s26 ducks and 364557 chickens and hens the above figures in york and on tario indicate a staggering produc tion of fowl the total of all kinds for tho whole province of which there were 14436592 birds if tempted to criticize the govern ments war effort relieve your feelings by- buying a war savings certificate continued from page six and executives live in the separate premises and the apartment houses located on the grounds opposite tho staff house lovely new homes with all modern conveniences make this section of the village a subdivision that would grace any village in the province to the south down churchill ave are the dormitories where the girl workers live there is accommoda tion for 1100 girls while similar dormitories on the other side accom modate 800 men each of the dormitories will ac commodate 100 girls and each is in charge of a matron and two assist ants the girls live tho life of reilly and have only to do their personal laundry and make their own beds no housework there is no housework to be done and full laundry facilities with tubs electric irons and lines are pro vived in each tmilding the girls live two in a room and ineach room there are two beds a vanity writing table and clothes closet most of the girls have added their own extras and the dens have a homey atmosphere if the girls wtsh to entertain their friends they may do so in the lounge which is in tho front of each dormi tory under supervision of the mat ron they may have friends in until 1030 1n the evening and have full use of the lounge which will accom modate about 60 persons and which is furnished with the latest design living room furniture to live at the dormitories the girls pay 700 a week with 21 meals included in this rato if a girl reports out for three consecutive meals she receives a rebate for the same service and privileges the men pap 805 a week and they have to make their own beds finest food served meals are not served at the dormi tories but there is one main cafe teria each in the girls and mens sections the main cafeteria will seat close to 700 persons while six other cafe terias throughout the plant provide similar meals for workers oh the job so they do not have to leave the lines- on which they are working for their midshift meal tons of foodstuffs dally are served from the spotless kitchens where the latest culinary equipment is used by experts under tho eye of the head chef meals are served five times dally from 630 am to 130 am the following morning just across the rjad from the caf eteria is the beauty salon all tho latest style hair dos are available and what village would be com plete without- the general store in both hc mens and womens sections of the village there is a commissary where everything but groceries can be bought if anyone wants a suit of under wear a bottle of pop a package of cigarettes a sweater or a shirt it can be purchased at the commissary the general store is faithfully repro duced with only the exception of the potbellied stove in ajax there is no need of a stove as all buildings are steam heated from a central plant there is run ning water in every building and all conveniences with a sewage disposal plant serving the village and factory the greatest problem with the building and opening of ajax was the selection of the name many were suggested but the search was for one which had not been used before in ontario with the selection of ajax the village fathers feel they have a name that is original and topical the selection was made in honor of the british cruiser which with the illfated exeter chased the german battelship graf spee to the harbor at montevideo where it was later scuttled by the german crew names of the streets too have a patriotic touch with churchill ave roosevelt ave king street and many others admit weight up that ajax is a good place to live is testified by the villagers them selves many of the girls cautiously admit putting on a few pounds since taking up residence in the dormitor ies while plenty of fresh air comes to the village from across lake ontario protection of the village is assur ed by a vigilant police force consist ing of the plant guards while streets are well lighted and well drained board walks along every street pro tect pedestrians from mud fire protection is provided by the ajax fire department a specially trained body or firefighters with the finest equipment ajax is ontarios newest village and it is the bestythe villagers assert stouffville floral roses wedding bouquets funeral designs cutflowers milt smith prop telephone 7001 7002 s buses leave from stouffville to toronto a 715am b 925 am c 3 50 pm b 940pm fkom tokonto to stouffville 1 1100 am c 130 pm d 530 pm c 545 pm j b 1115 pm a 915 am a daily ex sun hoi b sundays holidays v crsaturday only d daily ex sat sun hoi eastern daylight savingtime tickets and information at leola food shopphono 107 gray coach lines theatre aurora friday and saturday april 3rd and 4th carmen miranda alice faye john payne weekend in havana and william boyd andy clyde 3 riders of the timberland monday tuesday april 6th wednesday thursday 7th 8lh 9th jamescagney dennis morgan brenda marshall a ains of the clouds beyond compare thrill upon thrill filmed in gorgeous technicolor the hellriders of the heavens nothing like it ever the rcaf winging its way to glory in the biggest air epic ever seen