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the tribune stouffville ont thursday may 20th 1943 local and personal happenings charmed like sublieut clifford gordon wat son 21 naval tighter pilot from toronto returned to air with a front line squadron six months after his lite was despaired of in a flying accident while train- ing he fractured his skiillan arm and a leg and injured his spine in 10 places surgeons shook their heads gravely when clunks broken body was hauled from the wreckage but miracles of modern surgery and lis own indomitable spirit to become- a fighter pilot for the fleet air arm surmounted the heavy odds of 17 fractures now hes flying again eldest citizen through with gardening on sunday we called on the home of the towns eldest citizen jos mc- mullen who while in bed is hoping to make recovery but has no ambi tion to go back to his big garden i think i have done enough said mr mdmuiien who worked a big gar den last spring when he was 90 years old his grandson george mcmullen as out to see him on sunday from toronto stanley theatre phone 100 showing eacn night at 815 saturday and holidays 700 and 900 cemetery decoration day at stouff ville is set for sunday june 20 the weather turned warm anl balmy on sunday evening last the first real warm breeze this spring mrs lou lott of creemore mrs alex hunter mr and mrs lome snider and daughter of toronto were sunday guests with their cousin miss sadie stewart mr bert maskell daughter ruth and her soldier husband were in town from toronto on sunday mr maskell is a member of the veterans association here since he was a re sident here until after the war broke out ruth attended school here until a few years ago the dominion stores in walker- ton has engaged a woman manager mrs anderson of bowmanville so far as we can learn this is the first branch of the big chain stores to re sort to female management we wish to correct an item which appeared in this paper last week to the effect that lieut margaret ball was serving in the navy margaret is with the canadian army medical corps w div and has been serv ing in this capacity now for some months george wilkinson son of the local grocer has secured a position in tor onto with the aikenhead hardware co and has given up his school career this is georges first ex perience from home and we wish him success thnrsdny friday saturday may 20 2 1 22 ships with wings s naval drama jfews reel and cartoon 31qndav tuksday wednesday may 24 25 20 2 shows monday nite 7 and 0 palm beach story claudcttc colbert joel mccrae paramount short subjects thursday friday saturday may 27 28 2 my sister eileen white elephant sale to help air cadets the xocai committee of the stouffville air cadet unit which has enrolled cadets from the 4 townships surrounding the town has arranged to hold a white elephant sale in the town hall square stouffville on the evening of june 1st proceeds to support the air cadet work which has proved so successful among the boys of this community and sur rounding area donations may be left in the vacant premises next the lehman shoe store at any time mr lehman will obfige by placing the articles in the store for you if you are planning to donate some article to the sale and do not wish to bring it in just now kindly let chairman rev douglas davis or secretary chas h nolan know as soon as possible so that their list may be prepared miss sheila beresford of rich mond hill was a guest of mrs chas h nolan during the weekend miss ruth nendick toronto and mr and mrs russel nendick and two sons leaskdale were guests of mr and mrs christie armstrong on sunday air cadets parade to church speaking on the subject thou art not yet 50 years old rev dou glas davis addressed a large congre gation in the united church on sun day evening on the occasion of the local air cadet church parade held in conjunction with the observance of empire youth sunday girls of the cgit group also attended the service in a body as did the stouff ville municipal council two honor rolls on which are displayed the names of those who have gone to the active fighting forces from the stouff ville church were presented by sergt stanley ball and cpl arnold schell were dedicated by irev davis and will hang in the vestibule of the church an old friend of many readers of this paper george mckeown was out from toronto on sunday accompani ed by his wife they visited his sis ter and brother sam in town geo was one of the best farmers in whit church back in 1937 when he called an auction sale and realized 5000 for his stock and implements the move was brought about at that time due to the death of his first wife george moved to toronto and since then took unto himself a second wife the people of stouffville and vicinity will have an opportunity of hearing the moderator of the gener al assembly of the presbyterian church in canada the right rev norman a macleod bd phddd on may 30th when he is to be the guest preacher at the morning ser vice in st andrews presbyterian church markham on the occasion of its 103rd anniversary dr macleod had refused all invitations for may 30 th as the general assembly opens in hamilton on june 2nd but con sented to come to markham be cause of personal friendship with the minister the kinsmen male quar tette of toronto will sing at the evening service on may 30th taking pills by stations the story is told by a neighbor who says it is true though its almost too good to be true at that a cpr passenger train was com ing down from the north a fussy old lady kept asking the conductor to tell her when they came to dray ton he kept assuring her that he wouldnt forget and as the train came close to drayton he kept his word now it seems the drayton station is on a bit of track that slants down and it isnt the easiest place to stop and start after the train got going the conductor was dismayed to notice that the old lady hadnt got off the train after all he pnlled the communication cord had the engine back up while he hurried to the lady passenger you didnt get off at drayton after all he said that was it we just passed by this time the train was back at dray ton once more oh i didnt want to get off the lady explained when i left home the doctor gave me 2 pills and told me to take them when the train goa to drayton fergus newsrecord paris auto supply auto wreckers complete stock of new and used parts accessories and tires for all makes of cars and trucks cars wanted for wrecking jos parisi richmond hill ont phone 86 hard of hearing free private demonstration y new york laboratory- trained kvcrt saturday may 22 11 am to 8 pm ask for mr jon t crisp at earl grubins optician main st stouffville whether you we mild medium or severe cue jv wfaecher you use a hearing aid or not important dis- cgit closing banquet the canadian girls in training closed their year on friday evening by holding a mother and daughter banquet and graduation seventy- five sat down to tables beautifully decorated with spring floweis and c git colours the mothers were welcomed with a song by norma fairies carol weldon and beatrice lickorish the toasts were very well deliver ed mary williams proposed a toast to the mothers with a reply by mrs miller beth kellington proposed a toast to cgit jean sanderson told of the work they had done during the past year helen campbell sang g latchams toast to the church was replied to by rev mr davis guest speaker of the evening was miss m roberts secretary of girls work for the district she thanked the girls for the money given for friendship house in winnipeg and compliment ed them on their fine banquet her talk won the girls hearts for it was filled with humour and high thoughts intermingled a toast to the graduating class was proposed by mrs g bailey with a reply by h campbell there fol lowed a beautiful graduation when nine girls received diplomas j mil ler e weldon j sanderson j bax ter g latcham m glover h camp bell m jennings and j westlake mrs riches spoke to the graduating class and j miller replied four girls representing cgit spoke a jennings b brillinger bj freel and p young the girls passed the torch on to the undergraduates as they passed out between white gates ranks high at normal corinne king daughter of mr and mrs albert king of iringwood has completed her toronto normal school course and attained a suffici ently high percentage in the easter examinations to permit her to com plete her course at that time others who do not obtain this standing must continue until midsummer when they have a second opportunity to write corinne received her se condary schooling at stouffville con tinuation school get ready for inspection after next week persons who do not clean up their premises and make them in a sanitary condition will be ordered to do so after the sanitary inspector completes his rounds still other persons who have dumped huge ash piles on the public street will be notified to get them away immediately before action is taken against them since ashes are forbid den on the streets at all we pass on ths tip to our readers so that they may be prepared when the health department of the village swings into action shortly on this matter we sell topcrop corn we think topcrop hybrid seed corn is the best pro duced in ontario and are selling it exclusively this year we will have all the strains that do well in this territory see our catalogue for prices shurgain fertilizer we expect to have 2 cars of shurgain fertilizer arrive in unionville and stouffville on may 10th order your fer tilizer right now there is a threatened shortage this spring so here is your chance to have yours in the barn when seeding comes we have to sell for cash and will de liver it right to your barn at the prices mentioned below government subvention has been deducted from these pri ces they are net to you 0126 2450 2126 2740 20 fine 2270 012 10 2690 21210 2980 20 pebble 2370 0147 2635 4126 3060 4810 3420 no subvention stablephos your cheapest fertilizer on hand 2850 per ton stiver bros stouffvule ontario discontinue phone orders telephone orders have swamped the stouffville bakery and come so fast that cakes and pastry cannot be made fast enough to keep pace and as a consequence the management has found it necessary to discontinue accepting orders over the phone we are sure that customers of the local bread and cake shop will understand the situation and discontinue tele phoning after this week those who require baking will be required to make their purchases in the regular way at the counter when everything possible will be done to meet the de mands it adds a lot of additional work on the store to ask them to keep track of hundreds of phone or ders when help is scarce the avar branch wishes to knowledge with thanks the donations from miss l waters mrs c baker mrs av talbot mrs couperthwaite and the blooming- ton ladies m davey secy unlicensed radios unlicened radios during the past week a representa tive has been in town going from door to door hunting down persons who failed to make purchase of a radio license the license fee is so small yet so unpopular that the government has to send out a fleet of collectors and after their expenses are paid we are wondering what is left to put against the fat salaries of the broadcasting commission daily the collectors motor back and forth from toronto yet the canadian national government owned could transport them to stouffville thus saving valuable gasoline for the war effort so far as we can learn most people had ob tained their license before the col lector came around and he was will ing this year to issue them a 1943 license on the spot instead of causing a summons to be issued for noncom pliance with the law red cross notes ave acknowledge with thanks lemonville av a 2 quilts the top and liningof one pieced and donat ed by mrs robert avinterstein mrs george myland quantity of clothing ringwood excelsior class quilt mrs roy grove miss ilene cooper and mrs s lane and daughter all of toronto were guests of mr and mrs wm birkett at the thos birkett home during the weekend red cross notes aae acknowledge with- thanks lemonville wa 2 quilts the top of one piece and lining donated by mrs robert avinterstein mrs george myland quantity of clothing mrs k g tarr quilt top mrs roy grove the public schools in newmarket were closed tight all last week and this week due to mumps and measles on the surface one of the livest town in the district for health propaganda the canal centre certainly isnt mak ing a good showing in practical re sults seeding starts sloavly a few farmers in the ballantrae and churchill district have finished seeding while the odd farmer in markham township has also com pleted the job others are just starting depending on soil condi tions there is excellent promise for a big hay crop with meadows going ahead in leaps and bounds the past week the lateness of he season will not prevent a bumper harvest if seeding can be done this week end or before the end of may further delay after that experts say might be very serious to harvest results 1 the stores in sutton have decid ed to close every avednesday after noon during the next four months this does not extend to jacksons point and as in stouffville there is no bylaw but merely a gentlemens agreement to close the evening auxiliary of the un ited church entertained the wms members at their mothers day meet ing held at the home of miss g todd the programme consisted of a paper on home life by mrs leslie a duet mother omine by mrs barker and mrs mcconnochie the popular book thorn apple tree was reviewed by mrs riches in a most interesting talk eleven of the auxiliary members presented a page ant women of the bible there were over fifty present suggest joint blood clinic for stouffville and ma village at a joint meeting of local medi cal men many church and school groups were addressed by miss mary foy of the mobile blood donor ser vice in markham last week the suggestion was made that stouffville and markham pool their donors so that a sizeable clinic could be set up up until now over eighty people have offered their blood in this area sixtyfive men are required for the first clinic and ninety for the following clinics it is hoped that several hundred may register for this service as it is found that many who are most willing have not the stamina to make the donation dr- s s ball represented stouff ville at the recent meeting- while others present were dr innis mac- donald dr mackay dr houghon and ewart stiver covedes make possible the greatest help askrbf acoosdcoo of hearing convenient noobligado srhousticon hearing aid based on us government findings seed potatoes baning of sale of seed potatoes for any other use than food is expected to make available plenty of potatoes for planting wartime price board officials pointed out here some dealers have been selling seed jwtatoes for food in view of the scarcity of the table variety it was said and this had lead to greatly in creased prices on seed potatoes which arc not included under the potato ceiling it is expected the order will bring the price down just how a merchant is going to know what is being done with the potatoes eaten or planted is some thing to speculate on of twentyseven persons charged with breaches of price regulations during the past week 25 were con victed and fines ranged from 500 down two cases were dismissed twentyone cases were in quebec province four in ontario and one each in manitoba and alberta ma coot sign itf lmtetrifaig protection of property today is conservation for tomorrow so when you paint go to your martinsenour dealer he is the man who can tell you best about winning colour combinations he is the man who really knows paint and the most economical and practical ways of applying it his advice is sincere and helpful the paints he sells are made with the enduring qualities that stand the test of time when you paint go to your martinsenour dealer martinsenour 100 pure paint- varnishes 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