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the tribune stouffville ont thursday august 20th- 1942 page thbjsji quawrry- service monday october 12 has been selected as thanksgiving day mr and mrs frank williamson church street spent a- few days in toronto the fore part of this week mr jos cadieux has returned from cainsvllle where he has been staying with his son pat mr and mrs frank stiver of tjnlonville mr and mrs irvtn tor onto also leslie stiver were all guests on sunday at the home of mr and mrs percy tarr who occupy the late or smiths residence mrs nathan forsyth who has been a bed patient for several weeks fa still unable to get about the many friends will regret to learn everything possible is being dene and ft is hoped that mrs forsyth will react to good care so as to be about again shortly at least one relic of the present war has reached stouffville and is in the form of an aluminum ring now worn by mr bert lichorish the ring which was sent to mr zdckorish by harold lewis now in kngland is part of a german plane hot down over britain the engagement is announced ot jessie dolores walls oleg n only daughter of mr and mrs edward v walls of stouffville to flight lieutenant tho rev t h basse i somers ma stm jrcaf only son of mr t h somers and the late mrs somers of toronto and minister of the kirk of st- james charlottetown pjei the marriage will take place on august 22 in hart house chapel ot the jttniverstty of toronto weather conditions continue favorable for the harvesting which is helping out the farmers who are so desperately short ot help in harvesting one of the best grain crops in years harold good was home for a day or two visiting his parents mr and mrs e r good at the brierbush harold left for camp at st hyacinth where he will complete his course in radio with thercnvr thanksgiving day will be ob served throughout canada monday october 12th it was announced in a proclamation published saturday in a special edition of the canada gazette mr and mrs frank mcdonald of kitchener and mrs h g banner ot winnipeg were visiting with friends in stouffville and district a couple of days last week 4000 ears of corn were eaten by 3000 people attending a corn roast at pine beach recently mrs e palmer and mr ira boyer also miss vivian sadler all of claremont are visiting this week with mr and mrs george lee mr and mrs stan robinson doris pugh have been id town from london ontario visiting her parents mr and mrs alf pugh stan robinson when a resident here worked at the butchering business for martin tait councillor hugh boyd attended the wedding in toronto last week ot his nephew howard darratt son ot mr and mrs s darratt howard has joined the army mr and mrs isaac barkey accom panied by their daughter and son- in-law- mr and mrs leslie william son enjoyed a week at the portage lake couchlching rev douglas djivis conducted the funeral service for the late mrs albert kerr of vaughan township who passed away suddenly in her 52nd year from a heart attack mrs sam dougherty and miss josie daley who are spending the summer with their sister miss mary daley in town have gone to coboiirg for a holiday at the home ot their sisterinlaw mrs rev james daley mrs jas lee of ottawa and two stepsons james and charlie are in town visiting with her parents mr and mrs bert lickorish burk ritchie grandson of mr and mrs a c burkholder was in town monday enroute to toronto from muskoka he carried a fractured arm in a sling and was on his way home to toronto to have the cast removed we understand the break was the result of an accident while holidaying in muskoka mrs lemon baker returned on saturday to her home in town after spending a week en the farm with mr and mr3 floyd g ratcliff and baby mary lou for a person in her 86th year mrs baker made a remarkable recovery from a stroke suffered last year and appears in perfect health excepting for her falling eyesight mr and mrs harvey moyer dicksons hill were guests of mr and mrs fred marshall at their summer cottage maplo beach on sunday mr archie stouffer native of stouffville and now a school in spector in the haliburton district iras in town on saturday for a brief tisit at his home on the 10th con cession mr stouffer makes his ftopne just outside minclen where a disastrous fire swept away halt the business places a short time ago one of the buildings destroyed was the bakery establishment of percy britnal former stouftvilleite how ever mr stouffer tells us that tho britnal bakery is now going again in new premises erected in record time the new shop is much larger liaving bakeshop store living quar ters and garage all under one roof and stretching hack from the min- den main st for over ninety feet send the tribune to absent friends a new kind of scent roses are to bloom around the tannery at newmarket next spring according to the newmarkot era and express folks who ever lived near a tannery will be sorry for the roses but its a new and better kind of odorizor last week one of our well known citizens john lehman left for the western sanitarium where he hopes over a period of time to re ceive improved health mr leh man was forced to give up his posi tion on the cnvr section several years ago and spent much time as a patient in the brierbush and while he has improved a great deal other developments now make it necessary for him to enter the san for a man with a chapter of ad verse luck john was always cheer ful and was well respected in the town may his future path be strewn with more flowers mr w e carswell returned last week from a long holiday spent in camp enjoying boating and fishing and later he sojourned on a farm near guelph where he pitched sheaves and assisted with the har vest the outdoor work appears to have been invigorating for the pro prietor of the big corner store who last year had such a long siege in the hospital he now feels in perfect health merchants better than anyone else know how slow orders are be ing filled these days now is the time to look over your stock of counter check books and if it is getting lpw let us have word from you you cannot buy books cheap er anywhere than at the tribune office and we are prepared to dupli cate just what you have on hand if the style of book suits you orders may be placed for delivery in 90 days if desired it didnt happen here the irate parent stormed up and down the room before the nervous- looking young man what he shouted you have- the nerve to come to my office to ask for my daughters hand i might as well tell you that you could have saved yourself the journey the suitor sighed wearily well thats all right he said you see i had another message to deliver in the same building joe cooney bought the small pigs i advertised but there was a dozen buyers came along after him so related wes wideman to the tribune last weekend porkers no more than six weeks old are bring ing six dollars which anpears a fancy price hut even higher offers have- been reported watch the small adv column for good buys and sells in most cases it pays to act prompt ly if you are after what is being offered for sale change in mail carriers mr w g sandy sanderson obrien avenue has been awarded the contract for carrying his majestys mail to and from the post office to the station a distance of some 350 yards mr cyriel cadieux who has been a faithful employee on this job for 16 years will retire at the end ot this month the old gray gelding will relin quish the job to smokey the small sanderson pony that is quite familiar on the village streets the grey will still deliver the canadian national express we understand while not onerous work the job is quite exacting the carrier must be on time night and morning and no excuses just what would happen to him if he failed to connect with the train we are not sure but he might have to appear before postmaster general mulock to receive a repri mand however so far as we are aware the mail has always connect ed with the train arid as long as cyriel cadieux and the old gray were on the job there was never a slip up we expect that smokey will uphold the high record tom swindle leading production club congratulates men of good judgment th fl ywa ht men of the field and home in the field the skilful ploughman keeps his furrows straight at home he keeps his af- fairs straight and his family finacially pro tected the dominion life is pleased to number suc- sessful ploughmen among its policyholders and congratulates them upon their skill in the field as well as their foresight in the home how about your life insurance do you know that you an start on our life insurance oh a builget 1 plan for as low as 500 a month write me your age and how much you can save and ill build you a straight furrow life insurance plan prizewinning ploughmen policyholders i these winning ploughmen are also policyholders of i tho dominion life assurance company a egg mash jl planto feed your hens fulopep egg mash this coming season for two good reasons it is an extra good mash dozens of our customers can testify to this having fed it for yeais we are right on the railway and get carlaods right down from peterborough so you will be sure to get it regularly all season the price is only 280 per cwt qoc laying mash the better quality low cost feed 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 see for yourself how qoc laying mash can lower your feed bills and raise your profits to a new high order a supply now the price is only 250 per cwt stiver bros phone 4501 stouffville ont mrs s harper spent a few days with mr and mrs herb hisey the late william redshaw was a son of the late john redshaw and not a son of edward redshaw as stated last week in error miss jean talbot of toronto was in town on sunday visiting with her parents mr and mrs walter talbot mr bert tait has purchased the cottage opposite the school building and one door west of the christian church from his father mr martin tait and will move in shortly the place is tenanted at present by mr lou mordon harry bridges bus driver for the gray coach lines took a cob of corn from his garden on mill street monday morning that resembled a human hand in shape it is just one of those freaks mr and mrs george judd tor onto were in town on monday visiting mrs henry hodgson they took mrs hodgson over to clare mont where she will visit for a few days she will reach her 91st birth day on sept 23rd some twenty young people from the united church were guests of rev and mrs douglas davis at their summer cottage lake simcoe on sunday the girls are all mem bers of a young peoples sunday school class taught by this local pastor patrons of the stanley theatre will note that this thursday and friday the evening showings will revert back to the usual time of 815 any changes for future show ings will be announced on their playing dates war branch notes we acknowledge these gifts mrs herbert freel 2 mrs rl johnson 2 mrsg kellington 2 mrs e h talbot 6th line 2 and a quilt mrs ross harper oth line shoes and toilet soap mrs nicholson clothing these gifts of money are appreciated and go toward filling the ditty bags for the sailors and if you care to help it will be greatly appreciated not only by us but by the boys m davey secy leads native volunteers heie is a picture of- rev -d- c percy home from nigeria where he was commanding officer over a gioup of nigeria native volunteers mr percy last month spoke in stouffville in connection with the centennial sei vices at the christian church which followed the annual church conference mr percy said that- most ot the natives who had never seen a rifle before 1940 be came crack shots miss isabelle robinson of tor onto was a weekend visitor with her cousin mr chas h nolan miss ella power spent two weeks with her brother mr j t power at keswick beach mrs jacob heises public auction sale on thursday afternoonof next week will undoubtedly draw a large crowd the goods to beioffered in- elude numerous items that could not be procured today at any price daniel davis william j kell a m constable alex scott logan roy kenneth smith john herbert smith gilford ontario gilford ontario lefroy rri ont stouffville ontario aurora ontario gormley rr1 ont edwin fletcher timbers milllken ontario whin mellis campbell william bruce clark ewart bovair jennings allen howard wells p w d1ceman kphn murray macmillan john ray jennings george fred k timbers harold l willson arnold george harper john leigh fennell leslie howard smith charles leonard white g l mcquarrie l w wellman leonard wm wellman allison m fleming robert a arnold aubrey l marwood churchhlll ontario gormley rr2 onf king rr 3 ontario stouffville rr2 ont woodbridge rr2 ont queensvllle rjrtlont king rr 3 ontario stouffville rr4 ont churchill irr1 ont stouffville rr4 ont bradford rr2 ont gormley rr1 ont king rr 3 ontario maple rr 1 ontario stayner rr 4 ontario newmarket irir3 ont unfonville rr1 ont cookstown rr2 ont woodbridge rr2ont tho dominion life assurance company donates sub- stnntlal cash prizes for ploughing matches on tho rccom- swindle watch foruicse annonnce- mendation of mr ments for life insurance mortgage redemption retirement income see tom swindle special representative for simcoe and york counties box 665 aurora the dominion life assurance company new type of potatoes ranks high in test a patch of the new chippawa potatoes grown from northern on tario seed on the farm of howard harper goodwood was found last week by the officials from tho de partment of agriculture to be just the type and free from disease and altogether an ideal crop for certified seed this is said to be first of this seed grown in the district and is believed to posses some qualities not found in other kinds the chippawa potatoes are similar 40 the katahdin but are earlier miss jean pipher daughter of mr and mrs cliff pipher of stonff- vlllo wholeft this week to train at the oshawa general hospital jean is a graduate of the whitby college and pest graduate of the womcns college hospital toronto mrs doris johnston and little daughter heather of toronto who have been spending the summer with mr and mrs thomas jennings and audrey returned on monday to their city home school reopening public schools will all teopen en september sth it is announced announcement will be made next week concerning the continuation school in stouffville which will not open at the regular date but prob- ahly open at a later period in september mr and mrs jock mcdonald of toronto were visitors on sunday at the home of mr mcdonalds sister mrs hugh anderson stouffville red cross notes we acknowledge with thanks the following work and donations seventh seven unit 1 quilt 12 girls blouses 2 girls skirts excelsior class of ringwood sun day school u quilt 4 girls dress es 3 ladies dresses obrien avenue group 5 satin- bound baby blankets since january 1st we have ship- ped 71 quilts from our local sewing room thanks to the efforts of the various- units in town and district mrs roy grovo electric stoves frozen electric stoves were not numerous in stouffville when the freezing or der came into effect last week in- fact there wasnt a heavy duty stove for salo in the town but one- hardy ware has a few rahgettos the freez- lng order stopped everything dead persons who had stoves on order and evenhad them paid for cannot get them at least until a new order com- escut they can get their money back it they wish or they may wait and see what action the controller takes on this situation at least one householder in town had made the purchase of a high priced stove and pat the money down for it bat has t since been advised that the order cannot be filled jfi