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the tribune stouffville ont thursday aug 5th- 1943 page three local and personal happenings quality- service only canadian woman rev and mrs h shantz are holi daying at the canadian keswick conference for a couple of weeks miss isabelle robinson of toronto was a weekend visitor with her cou sin here mrs chas nolan margaret littlewood scarboro bluffs ont is the link trainer in structor at no2 air observer school edmonton alta it is believed there is only one other woman in the world presiding over the intricate and accurate ministrations of this amazing electric device which so acfr nrately simulates conditions of act ual flight strong men emerge pers piring and jittery from this machine which is to aviation what the lie- detector is to advanced criminology but margaret littlewood with one thousand hours to her credit meth odically handles her intricate work with a thoroughness and impartiality that wins the admiration of veteran fliers like her boss w r wop maywho are her daily companions mrs j h silverthorn and joyce have gone to orchard beach for a holiday mr and mrs leslie williamson were weekend visitors here with his mother mrs frank williamson church st mrs stevens obrien ave is holi daying near fenelon falls for a few- days mrs walter lee and family were visitors on sunday with mrs h lee church st mr alfred abrey of meafrrd is visiting his friend mr j s holmes of betheden iu 1931 mr abrey and mr holmes took a trip to eng land together both having relatives there miss ruth curtis who is now- located in toronto is in town on holidays visiting relatives and friends women we hear are wonderin how much darning it- would save if they could paint socks on their hus bands mr and mrs h j malloy were in weston for several days holidays last week with their son lambert who is a school teacher at leaside and who is occupied during the summer months at woolworths ltd the merchants were all glad to ob serve civic holiday on monday after the tremendous push of last satur day when everybody was called on to do two days store work in one a number of citizens made a hasty trip down the 9th the other evenin expecting to assist at a farm fire but they discovered it was only an alsike stack of straw the farmer was dis posing of a field of thistles just west of town near ringwood invite the attention of the weed inspector in fairness to others in the neighborhood such a situation should not he ignored even in these busy days and shortage of farm labor mrs wh shaw miss lucy waters mrs robt leslie and betty and miss helen nicely motored to owen sound on civic holiday mrs leslie and betty remained there to spend a weeks holiday while the other nembers of the party returned home tue same evening miss nora stapleton has returned from a delightful holiday at orchard beach she was accompanied by mr and mrs roy hobbs toronto and rev f e and mrs hyde from west milton ohio mr hyde was a former christian church pastor here several car loads of the united church young people motored to lake simcoe on sunday to enjoy the day with rev and mrs douglas davis who are holidaying there evelyn shantz daughter of revand mrs shantz blanche hoover daugh ter of the township clerk in mark- ham township and betty farmer daughter of the auctioneer are in camp at keswick a jolly party no doubt the girls assist as table help last saturday afternoon baby danny bone was introduced to his new home on north church street since he arrived there that day from the brierbush hes going to like it we know with mother and dad three little sisters and the grand parents mr and mrs parker mrs dr dales of newmarket accompanied by her sister mrs tom- linson also mr and mrs john mar- riot of woodstock called on friends in stouffville last week norman harriot is serving in the army friends will be interested to learn now a major dr neil slnith popular young stouffville dentist who went over seas with the dental corps over two years ago has been promoted to the rank of major according to word reaching friends in stouffville neil has been married since going to eng land and folks are looking forward to the time when the couple will re turn to stouffville to make their home miss marjorie rayner toronto and mrs cameron adams and little son johnnie are here from hamilton visiting mrs adams parents mr and mrs h j love capt adams who has been holidaying here re turned to hamilton to resume his duties with the canadian dental corps miss mary baker daughter of mr morgan baker and a group of girls from west of town are enjoying a holiday this week at the lakeside cottage of mr hugh bannerman on big cedar point lake simcoe south of barrie mr and mrs henry schreiber and family of ayr ont were in town for a day or two visiting her sister mrs h shantz the visitors were accom panied by mr and mrs fred barker and daughter of kitchener speeding through stouffville has been noticeably less this summer still a few get caught and several were hailed into court by constable rusnell last week who laid charges against a number travelling over the 30 mile limit why not take it easy and avoid court fines now in jamaica harold cook big popular firstbase man with stouffvilles hardball nine of a few seasons ago who was call ed to the armed forces after holding a position in john englis for some time has been stationed in jamaica cookies unit was posted to the southern isle to replace the argylls who returned last month christening ceremony baby carol anne johnston daugh ter of mr and mrs j a johnston of hamilton was christened at the afternoon service in christ church anglican by rev f herman grandparents are mr and mrs robt johnston cnr and mr and mrs richard foote the godfather of the little miss is w ir johnston and the godmoth er in miss grace foote mrs jos hoover obrien avenue was removed to the brierbush hos pital last week in a very weakened condition since the old home on the avenue was closed and the mem orable auction sale held a few weeks ago airs hoover has been living with mrs amos lehman neighbor and lifelong friend i feel even younger said mr e r good of the brierbush when asked about how it felt to be a granddad twice in about two days a son was born to his daughter mrs gor hall toronto on july 2s and a son to his daughterinlaw mrs ed ward good as recorded in the birth column in this issue it is interest ing to note that both mothers were born on the same day which all re minds us that events take some odd turns a picnic group that were unable to get water at the park on thursday certainly were entitled to register a protest the council or the park commission had neglected to have the water turned on at the grounds tap for the convenience of the public and now it is learned that the pipe was burst last winter hence the water cannot be turned on until re pairs are made it is really the re sponsibility of the park commission to see that such service is rendered if they are to maintain the park in anything like a picnic centre stanley theatre phone 100 showing each night at 815 saturday and holidays 700 and s00 thursday friday snturday august o fl 7 pride of the yankees gary cooper lite story of lou gehrieg news reel disney cartoon a sale bill was printed in the office of the tribune last week for the disposal of the household effects and residence of the late annie s curtis at milford bay mrs curtis was quite well known around stouff ville she died last spring while her husband the late peter curtis passed away just a year ago members of the curtis family around stouffville are very familiar with the fine old home at milford bay mrs graham vandorf motherinlaw of the town ship clerk jack crawford is a sister and executrix of the estate employees hold picnic employees of the stouffville mach ine tool works held a picnic at appletons park musselmans lake on saturday afternoon which was attended by between 40 and 50 men women and children employees and their families games and sports were indulged in all afternoon and every youngest on the grounds was treated royally all winning prizes e s barkey and eileen lewis won the two 5 war saving certificates offered by the firm as prizes on the draw it was a more tired- group that wended its way home in the early evening than was ever seen trailing from the machine tool works after a heavy days work tired but contented and happy miss eva hoover received the thanks of all present- as well as the firm itself for the splendid work she accomplished in organizing the whole affair and we have been asked to pass on a vote of thanks in this public way to miss hoover mred pennock who has been con fined to his home for several years has not been able to enjoy his ac customed place on the veranda the past week since he has not been able to hold onto his already precarious health war branch notice we knowledge the gift of 9500 from mrs mccullough quilts and clothing from the 9 th line ladies and a box of clothing from mrs rowe on the 5th con dr hess fly spray kills flies in the stable protects cows in the pasture a proper application in the morning will give protection to your cows all day long for horses apply with a rag moistened with dr hess fly spray gal 125 5 gals drum 600 binder twine britannia brand is your assurance of a good product since it has long been popular for its durability quality brantford gilt edge and gold leaf a canadian made twine made by the largest exclusive cordage company in the british empire at the present time our stocks are complete of these two brands of twine but we advise our customers to buy early king bug killer an ideal dust insecticide easy to apply plant conditioner cheapest by test apply by dusting on potato plants cabbage rose bushes celery onions melons cucumber stiver bros red cross notes several groups of willing workers have been quilting in the local sew ing room during the past few weeks we also thank the ringwood excel sior class for a quilt donated this week mrs roy grove they manned the rolls the polling booths in stouffville for the provincial election held yes terday were located in the former jewelry store in the grubin block and in the former bank of nova scotia building both places are splendidly located there were two booths in each place the bank block polls were manned by w r sanders photographer dro and john s dougherty poll clerk wm griffiths dro and lud hoover poll clerk on the south side in the grubin block n m maclean and morley barker were the two deputy returning offt cers while their poll clerks were willis widdifield and c cadieux induct new pastor at agincourt church padres went too at a special service conducted by rev levi atkinson uxbridge rev james terry formerly of courtright was inducted as pastor of knox unit ed church agincourt last week rev c b dawson dd of simpson avenue church toronto preached and rev geo h dix of washington united church gave the charge to the minister and congregation at the reception which followed rev roland hill rector of st timothys anglican church and ernest root of woodbridge spoke briefly and a program of music was enjoyed a large congregation attended prominent sunderland baseball figure now in the sicily campaign enough twine but no more pictures and- letters wanted the tribune is still anxious to ob tain photos and letters of local men in the armed forces there are a number of men who have joined the forces recently from stouffville from whom wo are most anxious to obtain pictures our gallery of soldiers sailors and airmen is nearing the hundred mark and we do not wish to miss anyone interesting items of news from boys now overseas are most acceptable monday tuesday avednesday august d 10 11 wrecking crew richard arlen chester morris also leather burners hopalong cassidy thttrsday friday saturday august 12 13 11 casablanca last saturday evenings crowd in town was believed to have been the peak crowd of the season certainly it reached the saturation point al most every side street in the place and vacant lots were used for park ing at the bottle neck between obrien avenue and the cnr tracks one unthinking truck owner parked his truck and caused endless trouble all evening or until the owner left for home the town constable couldnt leave the centre business section for a minute otherwise some one would cause a blockade and hence could not readily do anything about the truck that had been left in the bottleneck it has been sug gested that the town should have a bylaw forbidding or limiting truck parking on main street to one hour this would mean that truck owners would find parking space on side streets so that the main avenue of traffic could be kept free major g a welsh prominent fig ure with the sunderland hardball nine a few seasons ago is in sicily with an antitank brigade major welsh was a former postmaster in the northern village before going overseas and will be well remember ed as a familiar figure on the bench when stouffville vs sunderland were in their baseball heydays the major was mentioned last week in connection with the part played by the royal canadian engineers in the capture of leonforte at dawn maj g a welsh arrived on the scene welsh is short but as plucky as they come they say he is one of the best antitank battery command ers in the army they now call him tiger welsh a name given by a brigadier welsh surveyed the tick lish bridge situation and hustled up some antitank guns his gunners banged 20 rounds into the german pill boxes and positions at sticky corner and finished off the opposi tion there lt ed galway of toronto was supposed to go into leonforte with a bulldoer and he was standing by the bridge so he and welsh went up the road to sticky corner with a couple of men they heard germans talking over the stone fence and shouted to them to come out twen tyone germans appeared with their hands up the nazi prisoners start ed to move down the road in line when three german mortar bombs exploded at the corner among them only three survived welsh and gal way were unhurt padres jumped from planes on to sicily along with the paratroopers capt matthew j connelly catholic chaplain is ready to go lieut geo wood protestant chaplain also jumped rationing time table coffee or tea green coupons 1 to 12 inclusive now valid coupon 13 valid august 19 valid until declared void each good for soz coffee or 2 oz tea sugar pink coupons 1 to 12 inclusive now valid coupon 13 valid august 19 valid until declared void each good for one pound of sugar all canning sugar coupons now valid butter purple coupons 20 and 21 now valid expire august 31 coupons 22 and 23 valid august 5 expire august 31 coupons 24 and 25 valid august 19 expire september 30 each good for v lb butter meat buff coupons pairs s 9 and 10 now valid expire august 30 coupon pair 11 valid august 5 expire august 31 coupon pair 12 valid august 12 expire august 31 coupon pair 13 valid august 19 expire september 30 each pair goodfor 1 to 2 lbs meat coupon ration book no 3 to be issued august 232s better tie a string around your finger to remind yourself to go easy on twine and rope theres enough binder twine to tie up this years crop that is if the crop is normal but it must be used sparingly on the farms if theres to be enough to provide for emergency demands trouble is the shortage of hard fibre according to the department of munitions and supply in peace time binder twine was made from java and african hard fibres today the limited supply of these be3t qual ity fibres is being reserved for the navy and ocean going merchant marine best available substitute for the hard fibres comes from mexico this will be used to manufacture 60000- 000 pounds for use on canadian farms despite the poorer quality the new binder twine is expensive to make to maintain the present price level the government will subsidize imports farmers can help by using twine sparingly and by making sure equip ment is in good condition so tint it will cut threads cleanly and with out wastage they can also help by taking care of their cope to make it last as long as possible moon haven musselmans lake dancing wednesday and saturdays nights billy hole his live wires modem and old tyme music pavilion open every evening coolest spot on the lake ten minutes to stouffville