s- zi v r it f rvi 5 7y zigggggjjjj3sy i a- the tribune stouffville ont thursday january 21 1943 local and personal happenings stouffville fire brigade received a tall about 830 monday morning when an overheated chimney at the iome ot mr george gunu church st caused an alarm no damage resulted allen boadway the obliging young clerk at the shell oil station oper ated by his father has secured a position with the dominion bridge co and is now working at their toronto plant the first local da nets of the new yearjfras held at the continuation srfjiol on friday evening under 0fp sponsorship of the literary society a score or more couples attending by invitation along with many of the students danced to the music of bruce goulds record ings and were treated to refresh ments later in the evening the high snow banks piled along jhe sidewalks all over town present scenes that havent been witnessed in many years there are places where one can scarcely see who is passing on the opposite side of the street and the customary thaw should it arrive will prob ably be welcome for its ability to settle the snow that ve scarcely an bnd more room for if much more comes down stanley theatre phone 100 showing each night at s15 batorflay and holidays 700 and 900 thursday friday saturday january 212223 whats cookin the andrews sisters also gangs of the city philip terry wendy barrie cpl allen mcconnochie ot stouffville has been hi the hospital for a few days at st thomas where he is stationed with the postal corps lndcruciu operation mrs thos jennings- fair street was able to return home on sunday since undergoing an operation in a toronto hospital from which she is making satisfactory recovery friends will be pleased to learn an old teammate of markham juniors who has had three years junior experience turned out with the toronto blrchcliff team last week to play an exhibition game against his former team teamed up with him on the same thl club was gart junkin a lindsay boy who also saw service with markham in the oha george watson 111 one of the best known horsemen in these parts george watson has been very ill the past week or two and his daughter mrs lett bessie is here fiom toionto assisting her mother geordie as everybody calls mr watson seems to have suffeied a breakdown that has left him in a very weakened condition an early improvement in his con dition is confidently hoped for b his physician agincomt retains district curling cup two links of stouffville curlers failed- to wrest the district cup from agincourt on monday night and were snowed under by a consider able margin agincourt defeated unionville in the first round stouff lie having the bye since locust hill failed to enter the competiton agincourt also won the cup last year when stouffville fail ed to muster enough players to compete the two local rinks were composed of win- timbers wesley boadway walter brillinger cliff pipher s charles nolan l c murphy william armstrong will burkett s mr j k aguew has been re appointed to the stouffville library board as a representative for the school board which body annually appoints a member to library for a period of three years mr agnew was hist appointed three years ago and now commences a second term subscriber in the west goes us one better our recent story regarding the servere cold snap here a couple of weeks ago has drawn comment from a subscriber mr archie t stewart ot isabella man mr stewart in renewing his subscription says that when the wave passed over his locality it was so cold that a man fioze his hands while milking a cow with fur mitts on mr stewart goes on to say that crops in that dis trict were generally good this year up aiound the united church sheds last saturday it looked as though tlhere had been a teturn to the gay nineties when hoises were in drivers seats so to speak when it came to the mode of travel twenty rigs weie parked 01 tied in the sheds at one time when the count was made no doubt the closed sheds at the mennonite ohurch were being similarly pationized while main roads were opened to traffic many side roads were blocked and dozens of farmers lanes were filled with snow wrote cuklstmas letter to relative dead 4 months when miss elsie johnson of this town wrote a christmas letter to a relative at fleet alta she little knew that her aunt mrs m troyer had passed away four months ago the letter was returned with the postmasters stamp on and then it was that miss johnson received her first intimation of what had happened mrs troyer died on the flvst day of september 1942 from a stroke she had been in a crippled con dition for some time before she was fatally striken sirs troyer was a daughter ot the late jacob and betsy heise who resided in the house now occupied by mr and mrs john r barkey westend mrs troyer and her son artis visited in town a few years ago she was a member ot the mennon ite faith and belonged to the first congregation under the pastorate of the rev h shantz of stouffville ivhen he commenced his ministry in western canada surviving besides her husband are three sons and one daughter the family all reside in alberta monday tuesday wednesday jan uar y 25 20 27 lady has plans 3tay milland paulette goddard select short subjects thursday friday saturday january 28 20 30 jungle book technicolor stall 23 days coming from uvbridge a local party last week received a post card carried thiough the mail that had been posted in the town of uxbridge on december 13 as it conveyed only christmas greetings the delay did not cause any harm in view of the fact that the card reached its destination on january 13 the date wasnt so unlucky after all the envelope was postmarked december 22 at the time it was put in the mail at uxbi idge owing to extreme reticence mixed with scotch blood the party was most decided in having the name with held from publication in any event its an unusual record wherein it re sured 23 days for mail to travel 15 miles between the two post offices mentioned heres one way to beat a meat shortage knjoj ing florida holiday i dr thomas mitchell and sister miss belle mitchell are among the guests staying at bates hotel st peteisburg florida they are finding the sunshine delightful and the evenings and late afternoons on the cool side says dr slitchell one needs as many blankets as would be required at home to keep warm probably before he returns in the spring tlhe cleric of ringwood will treat our readers to a birdseye view on the gay life of florida where folks have nothing to do but basque in the sunshine and bath in the refreshing waters of the florida coast mark wedding anniversaries ail inteiesting gathering assem bled at the home of sir and mrs george lee on main street one day last week where they ere all royal ly entertained the event was in recognition of the wedding anniver- saiy day of mr and mrs lee whp were celebiating their 44th and mr and mrs john h madill mill street who are 43 years married the two anniversaries actually were just one day apart guests entertained by mr and mrs lee to commemor ate the anniversary occasion were mr and mrs a mandeison balsam mrs ej palmer miss v saddler and mr ira boyer of olaremont also mr and mis john madill former son was on illfated train a communication from mrs d a galloway of toronto and formerly of stouffville discloses that son dave pictuied below was riding in the continental that collided with war hi inch wishes to acknowledge with thanks the following donations mis f johnson 100 eastern star 1000 miss b mitchell florida 500 mrs g leggett 500 sirs ridout quilt lining mrs john barkey clothing 9th line workeis 2 large quilts 2 small quilts 1 afghan 26 pairs of child- lens panties 3 suits of pyjamas babies clothing otilier clothing mr oapper quilt top siis slurison quilt top lining and bat if you wish to contribute to the russian fund you may do so by purchasing a ticket on a quilt on display in sir goldens window or by giving a donation we will also accept cloth ing for the russians this must be handed on at once as a shipment is being sent this week si davey secy eat more bread plan fighting lunches for your man on the job jf youre mess sergeant to a soldier in overalls its your patriotic duty to send him to his factory post fortified with foods that will satisfy both his appetite and the requirements of nutrition give him a lunch he can work on and that means a generous supply of energy foods foods that supply a lot of calories one of the best sources of energy minerals and vitamins is stovers bread since sandwiches are the mainstay of every carried lunch its easy to pack plenty of this allimportant food into every lunchbox and stovers bread is better for sandwiches it tastes better and stays fresh longer ask for it today the stouffville bakery siarkhasi still- league leaders markham juniors scored a 52 win over royce a c on thursday night at ravina rink in an oha junior b tussle the slarkhams took over a 21 second peiiod lead after a scoreless opening frame and increased their lead in the final chapter watson and szoldra with two goals each paced the winners armstrong netted the other marker chomyshn and anthony scored the two goals for the city team every handful means cash now is the time to have your nests full of hens laying for you that means profit for theres always aready sale for big premium eggs be sure to feed your birds fulopep egg mash it makes their production job easier for this feed contains lots of oatmeal and the right ingredients to help hens make eggs and show you high production ui0pe egg mash is a balanced ration which not only sup plies the nutrients hens require to make eggs but also to keep hens in good health and body weight order some fulopep egg mash today stiver bros a westbound troop tiain near the slamtoba border on december 29 dave a popular local youth here some years ago is sergeant in structor in full charge of the photo section in the rcaf flying school in saskatoon when the ciash came he was thrown fiom his seat with such force that tlhe seat in front of him was torn loose and he landed in the wieckage in the middle of the aisle he was slightly biuised and suffered some from shock what bothered our native son v was the fact that he didnt have ms camera equipment along as there he was in the middle of one of the biggest news stories un able to do a thing he arrived in toionto exactly 31 v hours late and because of this he received an extra 48 hours leave the winnipeg fiee press quoting seigt galloway stated that every passenger on the continental ltd was thrown from his seat by the foice of the impact when the two trains collided but there was no panic hysterical outbursts were missing sergt galloway grinned as he recalled the inroads that army of s00 passengers made on the little town near the scene of the crash with its four stores and one restaurant and a total population of only 300 within 15 minutes we had bought everything in the place but it wasnt all that way as we had to sit in a coach for five hours with the temperature just 10 above zero and 30 below outside sirs galloway went on to say tihat brother ed is stationed at vimy barracks in kingston visitor frosi sew zealand an interesting visitor from new zealand was in town on slonday- in company with sir jess byer 8tih concession markham sergt pilot e v sage is a native of hamilton new zealand and is now stationed at dauphin slan undergoing train ing at this camp enjoying a two- weeks holiday he journeyed to ontario to make the acquaintance of sir byer because his father in new zealand lequested him to do so we have been greatly interest ed in sir byers articles appearing in an american bee journal and fathei thought it would be nice for me to meet tlhe author the sage mily aie in the bee keeping in- dustry there in new zealand in a very big way and new zealand hon ey is among the finest the world produces that is of course their best brands only two weeks ago sergt pilot page suffered a bereavement when his brother also a sergt pilot was killed over england our visitor ad mitted that things were in readiness in his country to receive the japs had they attempted to raid his home landed in england walter tremaine landed in england on december 26 he is a neymarket boy attached to the army sledical corps he is known in whitchurch for walter is a nephew ot sirs jonathan hutchin son and walter topper sirs tre- recording send your voice across the ocean to your sox or friends in the arm- ed forces recording gives that j personal touch that cannot be obtained by writing all types of recording done electrical supplies aiukrepnirs prices on application bruce gould phono 78w uxbridge ontario maine was a member of the topper family of slusselmans lake and with her husband jas a the fam ily reside in newmarket another son who went overseas earlier in the war attached to the rcaf met death in a plane accident 1 sale of hats for friday and satur day of this week mrs si e watts westend cited for bravery riione 180 bakers for two generations to the switch board girls heres to you and your thankless job placing calls for an impatient mob constant by connecting sellers and buyers your hands flying over a maze of wires you repeat number please time after time striving to give everyone an outside line when some people are rude and start to yell you must feel like suggesting that they go to hell but instead you come back with a sweet reply sorry sir ill give them another try they give medals for conduct on land and at sea t think one should be awarded to the girls at the b sc finally got a churn the fact that commenting on many farmers are buying up churns to be sure they have a- plentiful supply of butter for their own use now that it is rationed the paisley advocate has this story one farm er from elderslle unable to secure a churn here made up his mind that he was going to get one somehow somewhere he was driving to a point neai toronto last avednesday and after calling oil hardware shops in almost every community between here and his destination finally was rewarded by picking up one of those familiar oldstyle crockanddashcr churns in a roadside store near brampton it looks as though the average rural resident is going to have the last laugh on his butter- rationed urban neighbors even the rats stopped queakk during one depth churgo attack on the submarine thrasher but a crow member heard one rats teeth chattering lieut s w roberts and petty ofllcor gould received the victoria cross for throwing a ropo over two uiicplodcd bombs which had landed on the deck during an nttnek by planes c r e a we want mors of it you want the best market for it have our truck call or make your own deliveries to the creamery and get two cents extra per pound of butterfat cold storage meat lockers for rent stouffville creamery co bvenings t phone 18601 open satukdat siouffville ont