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fitzsjy v the tribune stouflfville ontario thursday september 24th 1942 page thhbh local arid personal happenings tangles with nazi during a recent night raid otot england sorgt pilot alfred thomas was successful in dam aging a german dornier plane and driving it oft during the fight the german fired three shots at his plane but failed to make a hit machine plucks birds in grandmothers day it was a domestic chore to help pluck feath- tora from the turkey or chicken de stined tor the festive board now itnat is attended to by the time the thirds reach the retailer and an ex- jpert of the provincial agricultural department has devised a machine that plucks all the feathers from fifty iirds every hour describing the machine it consists of a hardwood revolving drum 12 inches in diame ter surmounted by 200 sixinch fingers of rubber hose mrs mary brathwaite elderly resident of unionville is quite 111 and is in the hospital at stouffvuje whitchurch couple wed in vancouver mr and airs frank riches mot ored hack to lindsay for the fair there last week and enjoyed a vis it among their old friends mr and mrs howard alloy mr and mrs william malloy and mr and mrs david crosier motored to lindsay on friday to attend the fair miss joyce ball youngest daughter of dr and mrs s s ball left last week to enter the sick childrens hospital in training for a nurse isaac boadway has sold a house and lot on harold street which he built a few years ago as an invest ment the new owner is mr allen clossen and the property is in the extreme northwest section of the town the deal was negotiated by mr george baker brock townships grand old man william r griffith is dead in his 92nd year he was born in wales and had paid frequent visits to the home of william griffiths of stouff vllie who hales from the same fine old part of the world in addition to having something in common as to their names and the country of their origin both men followed the trade of a blacksmith anothkb lad kkom here missing percy williams farm boy who worked in whitchurch both for john nicely and the late martin hutchinson is reported missing since the dieppe raid percy join ed the royals and is tho fifth lad from the local district reported missing from the dieppe encounter we used to hear much about service but lately it is the lack of it from which most of us have suffered however we are endeavoring to render all the service to our customers we can while still complying with government regulations we have trucks north east south and west of stouffville every few days with full loads of feeds coal etc and can take your order along if it is over 100 when we are going your way we cant make special runs for a few hundred pounds just order a day or so in advance and you will find our service pretty good even in war time stiver bros phone 4501 stouffville ont upon your table morning noon night lac donald l harper and mrs harper who were married recently at ryerscn united church vancouver bc by the rev b d braden dd the bride was the former ruby b fockler only daughter of mr and mrs milton fock- ler stouffville and the groom is the eldest son of mr and mrs ross harper stouffville ontario shoulder roast beef lb 25c cpl allen mcconnochie cpc who is stationed at st thomas is home with his wife and family on two weeks furlough mr bert smith former resident in stouffville and for the past several years living in grimsby is now a member of the veterans guard and was in town in uniform last weekend bort who for years was on the staff of the floral co here has two sons bill and jim with the canadian army overseas the fred betz brick bungalo on main street one of the best loca tions in town for easy drainage will be sold under mortgage sale next monday at 2 oclock a great deal of interest is being shown in the auction rump roast beef lb 28c prime rolled rib roast large shall sirloin roast round steak sirloin steak stewing beef chuck roast pot roast hamburger lb 31c lb 15c lb 23c lb 32c lb 30c lb 33c lb 20c lb 25 lb 19c lb 18c 2 lbs 35c lean lb 25c rolled brisket economic soap flakse large navy tag day saturday next saturday is tag day for the navy league the objective for stouffville is 100 girls will act as taggers and it is sincerely hoped that everybody will do something toward this fund for the brave men at sea who are suffering hardships while we enjoy the security of our homes the navy league maintains hostels over tho country and supply comforts to the lads of the deep no one should need any urging to help this movement markham farm hand missing overseas george painter former hand in markham township ported missing after the raid george enlisted on farm is re- dieppe labor in a letter from price pugh to mr and mrs morgan price says he was the first canadian soldier to ever go up the tower r which over looks buckingham palace he de scribes the view as beinga wonder ful sight he said he was escorted to the top of the towor by two of tho kings guards mrs j v totten is visiting her mother mrs s m warriner while rev mr totten is attending the london conference of the united church jack pennock went to toronto last monday to enlist in his majestys forces and unionville business men will have to let their whiskers grow long unless another barber takes up the razor in jacks stead mrs h w sanders has gone to chicago to visit her sister mrs burkholder who has been ill two aged people were admitted to the brierbush hospital last week man and wife in the persons of mr and mrs william rickey of appleton park lake musselman mrs rickey is 75 and her husband is s4 years of age they are parents of mrs thomas hood austy baker former member of the markham economist staff now in the armed forces was presented with a handsome mens set by the girls of the markham softball club whom he coached before leaving the sports writer of the newmarket bra and express takes the incident up as an example to the larger centres where according to his claim such touches of friendly apprecia tion are all too rare these days day last year and went- overseas with the royal regiment he was employed on the farm of harvey moyer at the time he enlisted and several letters from him hare been received since he went back to his natijje england with his company improved bus service from stouffville the gray coach lines aro add ing an afternoon bus to the daily service from stouffville to toronto which will leave here each after noon dally excepting on sundays and holidays at 350 oclock there is also a similar service leaving tor onto for stouffville at 915 each morning all in addition to the pre sent regular services maintained by the gray coach liries coming into this town no doubtthe afternoon bus to the city will be found of great convenience to patrons the revised timetable appears in this issue of the tribune and if you cut it out and paste it to your calendar in the kitchen it will be found of great convenience at a future date returns true bill a true bill has been brought in by the grand jury against a man named dudley accused of false pretense in connection with the alleged sale of bonds or securities sold to patrons in stouffville one or two witnesses wore called 1 stouffville to produce evidence against the man i who will be tried this fall off go the lights street window lights and elec tric signs are now forbidden to be used under penalty and at gas stations only such lights as aro really necessary to carry on business should be used too many mer chants followed many of these regu lations in tho past when they should have turned on the hydro to better advantage to class of business man the neworder will only be more to his liking next saturday the entire con tents of the jfranklin house in markham village will te disposed of by auction and tho village will witness the closing of a business centre that has long been the hub of markham with its excellent lo cation it may soon reopen the pre sent owner of the goods has been called for army service iieft tools in tiro a commercial traveller- who call ed at the office of the heraldtimes in walkerton ontario the other day told of an odd experience he had that day tn a nearby town he had his auto tire repaired and then proceeded on his route he noticed something limisual about the repaired tire so he stopped at the next service station to have it looked over investigation showed that the first garagoman had- left two small tools- in the casing of his tire and didnt they make a mess of both casing and tube we hare heard that plumbers are prone to forget their tools and that doetfcrs occasionally lieare their carving utensils inside s their patients after an operation and this event may ex plain why garagemen so often complain about hhoir equipmentbe ing stolen one foot in heaven by popular request the outstand ing production one foot in heaven is playing a return engage ment at the stanley treatre hero next monday tuesday and wed nesday sept 282930 beswe and see this academy award film if you missed- it beforerrmany will want to see it a second time the tribune at sea somewhere in the atlantic ocean a copy of the stouffville tribune is floating in the sea securely sealed in a bottle and its contents were put into the ocean off the coast of halifax sent out hy petty officer jack barkey rcnvr who is on coastal duty down by tho sea i the best luck we can think of for a successful sailing of this par ticular fcop of the paper is that it rams a german submarine other wise if it is ever picked up and petty officer barkey notified he will advise us about the voyage t jack barkey whose home is on main street nearly opposite the pres byterian church where his wife and three kiddies reside enlisted early this year and no doubt is seeing some of the activities or german sub marines on the east coast that have taken toll of two of our boats the past week douglas ferguson son of mr and mrs peter ferguson has rented the dan hall farm at lemonville squire hall will find a welcome if he can find a place to locate in town to enjoy a wellearned rest potatoes yield and price light potatoes are yielding about 70 to 80 bags to the acre in tho good wood district and the farmers are realizing one dollar a bag pei stock is dampening the price of the ontario tubers truckers tell us david jack subdetector vjsits home david jack was home visiting his mother mrs sarah jack for a few days he is stationed at halifax but will be leaving this base for a time to take special course to fit him as an instructor dave is a submarine detector and has crossed the atlantic to britain on more than one occasion in search of hitlers rattlesnakes agnes macphail coming to whitchurch agnes macphail who has many admirers political in tho im mediate district is coming to north york next week and will address a public gathering in the whit church township hall vandonf on the evening of wednesday sept 30th at 830 oclock the ccf has been active re cently in promotional work among the farming communities with an ever growing popular program farm men and women should set aside an evening to hear miss mac phail one of the outstanding plat form women in canada married for sixty years mr baker born here in 1854 red cross i notes twegxatef trlly ackno wledge two quilts from uhe bloomington red cross- unitifrhe faithful work of our many knitters made it possible for ius tocomplete onr heavy sum mer quota of -gloves- socks sleeve less sweateriturtleneck pullovers and ladles pullovers in advance of schedule- in addition to this quota 6 childrens sweaters hare also been made mrs roy grove rev and mrs j j baker 77 alberta a venue itoron to are shown above on their bicycles brated their diamond anniversary last week at they- ele- wedding their t summer home cedar beach beaver- ton mr tbaker is a brotherfjbfmr seneca baker of whitchurch who just celebrated ms 92nd year rev j is8s and his wife is 84 they are active spending their time studying and writing various manu scripts which are to be published tils fall all summer they rode their quadracycle into bsoverton t ge tithe mail mr baker has had a wide influ ence in the province of alborta where t devised land outlined the- course in english in the secondary schools while living in- calgary mmrs baker who i was ida b fitchbefore her marriage was born in harwick township essex county tne writes uader the jjpen name of idab baker her father was a baptist minister aswere all theimale members of herfajnlijr- s mr baker f was iborn on farm near stouffville jf and- his wife are graduates ofwood8tock college and both taught for seven years on the stab-of- calgary collegiate i- v t thvl