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toetobtuie stouffville ont thursday feb 17 1944 nj quaker corn 3 pkgs 23c quaker corn flakes kavanaghs jnicer cereal perpkg 10c old yorkcereal per pkg 24c rarens hiho pudding powders assorted flavors 2 for 1 5c a good way to start the day per pkg 23c shrove pancake tuesday feb 22 remember to mix up a stack of aunt jemimas rbawmx for 1 7 for buck- pancakes wheats 20 buy a war saying stamp when shopping ratclif f co town delivery phone 198 almira mrs chas conner entertained a few neighbors to a quilting bee one day last week n the big snow storm last friday made a good covering for the wheat ven if some people did have troublo getting thelrcars but of the garage next morning mr and mrs jim painter jr of peaches had supper sunday night with mr and mrsypeter stickley mr herb and jim jarvis and miss bene timbers of agincourt called on mr and mrs norman jarvis on sunday mr and mrs chas conner spent sunday with mr and mrs j logan of milliken mrs willis lehman spent friday with mrs ward hallman little miss patsy smith of cashel entertained miss marjorie and marion conner to a birthday party one day last week mriand mrs jim valltere spent sunday with mr and mrs willis lehman v report of years work impressive at the recent annual meeting of stbuffville red cross reported in our last issue it was shown that 68 christmas boxes had been forwarded to members in the various services at a cost of 11015 the society made 40 from a tea held at the bowling green and received donations of 72 g7 so a small cash balance was reported 471 knitted articles 546 garments and 49 quilts and afghans sent out by the society mrs james ratcliff is convener of knitting com mittee and mrs t b rae for the sewing committee 2nd line uxbridge mr and mrs joe cooper visited at the albert taylor home on sun day miss elsie hockley spent a few days at the chas forsyth home sorry to hear that mrs je wagg has been in with a bad cold we hopeshe is soon out around again w glasgow glad to report mrs walter davis is improving although somewhat slowly before these last snow storms came the mill pond was a favorite resort with a number of our young people displaying their ability on skates one young fellow tired of his girl friend found it a good place to let her slide our hunters messrs ed and hill davis harry noble and geo alsop who lives just outside the town limits are out nearly every v favor able day and as each of them is an expert with the gun they literally make the fur fly their game is mostly foxes and a few of those nice little black animals with the white stripe for the foxes they ret a very good price this winter and for the others they will get at least four quarters and several scents extra on sunday feb 13th a number of mr and mrs geo browns children and grandchildren gathered at their home here to wish him many happy returns as it was his seventyseventh birthday those present were mr and mrs ivan brown mr and mrs percy brown and child from near sutton mr and mrs e ramer and two children from markham and el mer from toronto he also received a number of birthday gifts george as everyone calls him is still quite active and gets a big kick out of a game of euchre or pitching horse shoes our wish is that he may live to eujoy many more of these happy family gatherings victoria square snow snow beautiful snow who said old man winter was so slow mr elmer huggins spent sunday with friends in oshawa irev and mrs h j mackay had tea friday evening with mr and mrs sanderson and mahcl 1 congratulations- were extended to miss peggy mackay who sang beau tifully over cbl sunday afternoon mr and mrs fred mcroberts and miss joan paul had tea sunday even ing with mr and mrs stanley boyn- ton and family the regular meeting of the wm s was held wednesday at the home of mrs louis nichols reports were given by mrs r klinck mrs mc roberts and mis mccague of the wms convention held in the bloor street united church a few weeks ago mrs mccague and mrs stan ley boy n ton sang a lovely duet 0 lift up jesus following the meeting dainty refreshments were served by the hostess we are looking forward to the pot luck supper in the united church on the evening of tuesday next week this will be followed iby a mock trail for which- two brillant lawyers are working hard the ladies of the community are asked to bring the second course cake and pastrybread and butter the group sponsoring the evening will take care of the first course supper 6 to 8 and of course the whole township is invited marmill chick starter 18 percent protein marmill chick starter is a starting ration that has given satisfactory results year after year rapid pwvth strong bone good feather devel opment these result from the feeding of mar- mill chick starter it contains every ingredient y essential for good growth health and vitality all scientifically balanced coal and peat moss let us book your order for starter and brooder coalnow order your peat moss now as our- sup ply is limited all orders taken subject to our ability to supply central feed store phone 277 stouffyille goodwood a call to arms goes out to the tin pan brigade a b mather student minister- spent the weekend a chas watsons one of our esteemed women mrs freeman slack has gone to toronto to undergo an operation we all hope for her speedy recovery mrs georg stewart has gone to toronto to spend a few days miss jessie reidj toronto visited hor parents here mrs ernest morgason was called to toronto owing to the illness of her another there mrs reid and mrs beard were up to cannington on wednesday the lol lads are busy planning for the orange walkto be in good wood this summer jim watsonof cornwall- and dave watson of dodsland sask twin sons of the latemr and mrs jas watson old time residents here are visiting relatives and friends around good wood the goodwood war workers grate fully acknowledge a number of quilts and knitting sent in from the fifth line community knitting from glen major and roseville two quilt tops from second line friends the next packing will be tuesday evening feb 22nd in the townshiphall donations of any kind will be appre ciated and may be left at mrs j raes watch for further notice of the war works coming event dickson hill mr and mrs a c barkey had sunday dinner with mr and mrs c barkey of dawes road mrjand mrsh moyer spent an evening with mr and mrs a hoover last week rev m bricker presiding elder was in charge of the quarterly com munion service here on sunday morning the mt joy congregation united with dicksons hill for the occasion miss myrtle sider received the news of the safe arrival of her niece mrs elgin brubacker at the mission field in nigeria west africa the journey was made by plane mr and mrs roy moyer called on mrs simeon raymer at the borne of her daughter mrs vernon pike of mt joy on monday evening mrs wm grove spent saturday in toronto mr and mrs wm barkey invited the young peoples society to their home on monday evening the topic personal evangelism was ably taken by mr paul storms the mt joy male quartette sang ive been redeemed mr and mrs j b hoover and mrs tilman reesor attended the funeral of mrs j b tully aged 73 years at the markham funeral far lour last week interment was made in the unionvllle anglican cemetery many will remember mrs tully as miss mabel pingle highly respected school teacher at dicksons hill ahout forty years ago we extend our sympathy to mr tully and hb two daughters school was closed for a few- days this week on account of miss stouf- fers illness dr and mrs rolph hargrave and donald of toronto spent the week end at their country home here because of snowdrifts mr and mrs harvey moyer were unable to reach their home last friday even ing and so were overnight guests at the ken walker home 8th line markham miss elva wideman of lincolnville spent a few days with mr and mrs j greenwood albert and james irobinson of tor onto were recent visitors with their parents mr and mrs t robinson mr and mrs russell grove atten ded the silver wedding anniversary of mr and mrs norman castor of new hamburg last saturday old man winter has arrived in earliest and we are reminded of the prediction of a local weather prophet made to us a few weeks ago when we were enjoying such balmy wea ther apparently he knows his wea ther mr ed bauman is working- at al- mira making some improvements to the house which mr and mrs allen wideman intend to move to in the spring the sympathy of the community is extended to mr and mrs albert s wideman and other relatives in the passing of the formers sister mary- ida wideman wife of abram shunsborger of waterloo at the kitchener jhospital on saturday feb 12th aged 60 years the deceased was wellknown to a host of friends in this community where she lived until the time of her marriage a number of relatives and friends were inattendance at the funeral service which was held in the waterloo men- nonfte church on tuesday afternoon with interment in waterloo cometery york studies licensing of city delivery trucks melville the melville united ohurch wms held its regular meeting on wednes day afternoon last at the home of mrs t hobbs the meeting was in charge of- mrs a 3 orr and after the devotional and business period interesting addresses were given by mrs nolan and mrsiwilhams stbuff ville who gave very enlightening re ports of the wms- presbyterial the world day of prayer held every year under the auspices of the wms will 6e observed this year in the melville united church at 230 pm the area covered by this meet ing includes thechurches of bloom- ington ballantrae lemonvillebeth- esda town line baptist peachs and melville the services in the united churj ches of this district on sunday next will be of a special nature when the rev dr thomson toronto arid for 30 years a missionary in china will preach in all three churches word has been received that lac arthur n orr oldest son of rev and mrs a j orr received his wirigson friday last as air bomber at london and at the same time he gained ahis commission of pilot offlcerj ballanjrae a very enjoyable evening was spent on friday at mr and mrssam irwins when some twenty neighbor gathered to celebrate stanleys birth day there was games and music then lunch was served york county is considering the es tablishment of a licensing system for vehicles of large city firms which do not have their head offices in the county but which use county wads for the distribution of goods in dir ect- competition with york county merchants reeve if g gardiner revealed saturday following a- meet ing of the special committee investi gating the reallocation of county roads in answer to a demand from local merchants we iiave commenced an investigation into the use of york county roads made by large toron to department stores dairies baker ies and l other firms which use the roads for the distribution of their merchandise ordered toy mall phone or through local order offices mr gardiner declared hundreds of thousands of dollars in goods are distributed by toronto firms oyer county roads much to the detriment of the county merchants who bear the burden of taxation those firms pay little- if any business tax in the county he continued the county called in representa tives of the city inan effort to come to some reasonable allocation of the costs of these roads we were prer pared to take away from the- subur ban road system allroads but those direct arterial highways which serve firms and residents of- toronto who use them either- to deliver goods within the- county or as a means of getting to their summer residences he said xrf jeto tuesday feb 22nd 1944 at 8 pm in the st james presbyterian church stouffville ontario to consider forming a branch of the association of evangelicals millions are joining in the united states outstanding speakers from toronto s rev chas b f empl2ton of avenue road church of the nazarene secretary of canadian regional association of evangelicals rev l i hunter ba bd of westmoreland united church toronto mrs rev constance templetoh will sing this rally is planned by group of ministers of stouffville markham and gormley all biblebelieving christians invited come cut out this advt to remind you of date atha news mr and mrs eli lehman were in toronto recently mr and mrs pipher of mongolia visited the arnold home here william dunkeld visited with arthur carruthers the church services melville bethesda and peachs churches minister rev a j orr sunday feby 20th peachs 10 am melvillell15 aim bethesda 3 pm rev dr andrew thomson will preach at all services friday- feb 25 womens day of prayer will be observed in the mel ville church at 230 pm i services of evangelism are now being held in the bethesda church see special announcement second markham baptist church rev norman rowan pastor sunday feby 20th 9 55 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship and many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt daniel 122 this week friday at 8 pm young peoples meeting church stouffville mennonlte y people will have charge a hearty welcome to all we welcome you bloomington ringwood christian churches rev g w brown pastor sunday feby 20th llioo a m bloomington morning worship 700 pm ringwood sunday school at 10 am classes for all ages bloomington ce meeting friday 8 pm at the home of rev- gw brown mrs f mcnair will speak you are cordially invited to attend these services for ye know the grace of our lord jesus christ that though he was rich- yet for yoursakes ho became poor that ye through his poverty might be rich 2 cor 89 stouffville baptist church rev d macgregor pastor sunday feby 20th 1000 am bible school classes for all ages 1100 am morning worship 7130 pm- evening worship christ church anglican rev f herman rector miss elizabeth foote organist sunday feby 20th 200 pmsunday- school 230 pm holy communion everybody welcome mennonite churches dickson hill and mt joyj rev s s shantz minister sunday feby 20th mount- joy j 1000amsunday school 1100 am morning worship 730 pm evangelistic service j dickson hell sunday feby 20th 1000 am morning worship 1100 am- sunday school 730 pm evangelistic service stouffville christian church charles montgomery pastor miss nora staploton organist sunday foby 20th 1000 am bible school 1100 am morning worship 730 pm gospelservice monday 730 pm teen age girls meeting friday 700 pm childrens meeting friday 8 pm christian endeavour church hell sunday feby 20th 200 pm bible school 300 pmdivine worship friday 430 pm childrens meet ing- at mrs forfars house jesus christ the same yesterday and today- and for ever everyone cordially invited mennonite brethren in christ church gormley and bethesda rev f huson pastor gormley sunday feby 20th sunday school 2 pm preaching 3 pm evangelistic 730 pm j communion service 1030am speotaii saturday afternoon a service will be held in the- gormley chur- oh at 3 pm for boys and girls wo invite you to attend and bring someone with you- i r- a real welcome awaits stranger como and hear this outstanding speaker i bethesda 1 sunday feby20th 730 pm evangelistic a real welcomo awaits strangers bethesda united church 5th line whithohuboh r special services i- special services of- evangelism naw being held each week night at 745 3 and 730 pm february 27tli until sunday t srbaicer- roy dr andrew thomson toronto missionary evangelist in china- t for 30 years 4 all welcome special music you need god god needs you rev a j orr minister stouffville united church rev douglas davis minister mrs chas nolan organist sunday feby 20th 1000 amsunday school 1100 am7divliie worship i 730 pm-evensong- god let me be aware let me not stumble blindly down the ways just getting somehow through the days not even groping for another hand not even wondering why it all was planned 7 eyes to the ground unseeking for the light souls never asking for a wild wing- ied flight i please me eagerjustto do my share v- god left me be aware stouffville mennonite church rev e moyer pastor 1 sunday foby 20th loooamunday school i 1030 am altona s s j 1100- amrrmornlng worship 230 pm mongolia ss 730 pm evangelistic thursday 8 pm stouffville prayer meeting friday spm mongolia meeting next week wednesday evening altona prayer meeting come thou with us and we will do thee good num 1029 st james presbyterian church stouffville rev t dcconrcy rayner minister sunday foby 20th 130 pm sabbath school and bible class 230 pm divine worship vthe christians confidence the perplexing v question as to what real advantage a christian has over anonchrlstian la this present life finds its answer in this message the mennonlte quartette will furn- ishaho music at this service si note como to the great rally of evangelicale in st james church feby 22nd ivvv wflffllsj