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igy2 wwsjssfsifisiaffjr rf a if yss i vii february sale herrings in tomato sauce tall tin 15c fancy biscuits shreddies mytnice rolled oats roundgrain rice flprida oranges cello bag 1 lb 23c c c 2 pkgs 23c 5 lb bag 25c 2 lbs 25c med size 2 dozl 29c rifeo or chipsq- lge pkg23c super suds concentrate snowflake ammonia household washing soda 22c 2 pkgs lie pkg oc watch this adv for reopening sale stouf fville groceteria z s beaverton twins peter and duncan mcmelijax self serve phone 280 we deliver r1ngwood mr and mrs elgin thomas of oshawa were weekend guests with her father mr albert hoover mr albert hoover and his daugh ter myrtle davis spent a day last week with mr and mrs j lewis mr and mrs ed brownsberger mrs ross vague and miss doris vague and mr henry brownsberger were toronto visitors on thursday mrs j l abell who is visiting her sister in florida reports that the temperature last week was so de grees in the shade a potluck dinner and quilting was held by the excelsior class at the home of mrs walter pipher in stouffville on tuesday a report that a lion was abroad in ringwood last week proved to be at least partially true when it was learned that councillor ed logan had joined the lions club in town and had thus given cause for the story lemon vi lle mrs douglas and small son have been visiting her sisterinlaw mrs roy irwin mr and mrs frank timbers and family visited at fred timbers on sunday mrs esther gray visited in stou- tfvllle on tuesday r mrs s w hastings spent satur day in toronto jim rae was home from trenton for a few days we are glad to hear thai miss e rae is able to be back at school af ter more than three months absence sence dr and mrs morningstar miss marion hastings and fit lieut l harvey of toronto spent sunday at s w hastings 2nd line uxbridge mr and mrs leslie mitchell and carol visited his brother art mitch ell and wife on sunday mr and mrs albert taylor and darlene visited at the helmkay home on sunday congratulations to the newlyweds mr and mrs earl dowswell may they be spared together to enjoy many years of health and happiness mr and mrs jos cooper had tea on sunday night with mr and mrs willis taylor a number of people took advan tage of the snow over the weekend and enjoyed the tobogganing and skiing also some skating wo are glad to report mrs j e wagg is able to be up and around the house and hope she will still continue on the way to recovery mr and mrs howard hackney al so james hackney of toronto called at the home of mrs ed taylor on sunday peter and duncan mcmillan twins of beaverton are still so similar at 85 that their closest friends hava difficulty telling them apart they are well remembered by stouffville people as lacrosse players years ago friends who have known us for 60 years still have to look at us two or three times before saying hello pete or hello dune said peter occasionally cases of mistaken ident ity have taken a lot of explainingno patch things up except for x0 years when duncan lived in western canada the brothers always have been closely associated in the carriagebuilding business alexander muir writer of the maple leaf forever was one of our teachers peter recalled my bro ther went to school to him during his first week at beaverton while i stayed hoiiite to work we were 17 then for the second week i went to school and my brother stayed at home at the end of the second week mr muir became very angry at me for not answering the roll when my name was called i told him he had not been calling my name all week he thought i was trying to be funny and was going to expel me before i finally succeeded in explain ing that ho had been calling my bro thers name ardent curlers and lacrosse play ers during earlier yearrs their simi larity frequently precipitated argu ments at orillia once we were in an im portant curling contest with a team from bracebridge peter recalled some time alter the game started the bracebridge team refused to play any longer unless beaverton stopped allowing that mcmillan fellow to play two pairs of rocks another time i had gone to black- water to referee a lacrosse game and was waiting on the train platform before coming home i met an old friend shook hands with him and had a long chat then i walked around to the other side of the sta tion and my friend walked around the opposite side we met about 30 seconds after parting on the train platform he snook hands all over again and told me how pleased he had been at meeting my brother who was around on the other side of the station waiting tor a train 2nd markham baptist officers reelected 6th line whitchurch miss evelyn heisey spent the weekend with miss helen iratclit misses isabell stewart and peggy rowan had sunday dinner with miss alice barksy colonel fred vannostrand mrs vannostrand and sheila had supper friday night with mr and mrs j a clarke and fainily mr and mrsc ratcliff and carol anne also clifford lockyer and kay stewart had supper saturday night with mr and mrs e barkey and family miss beth rowan visited miss louise clarke on sunday mervin harper spent the weekend at the home of his parents mr and mrs ross harper mr and mrs downing mrs meyers and ruth meyers visited with mr and mrs w j stewart and family marmill 24 per cent milk maker there are several requirements of a ration for dairy cattle namely palatability variety digestibility bal ance and bulk a good feeder will take into account all these factors when providing a ration for his herd of these requirements he is able to supply only a few from his own farm most farms have pasture land for their animals the size of the dairy herd mainly de pends on the size of the pasture land hay and roots are fed and these are usally grown on the farm but there are many important food elements that are lack ing irithvrationjmadevuppf pisturejhay and roots this is where commercial feeds comeintoplay they balance up the homegrown rations central feed store phoned 277 stouffville at the annual business meeting of second markham baptist church the following officials were reappointed to act during 1914 deacons edgerton clubine don ald ratcliff arthur paisley arthur steckley treasurer mr ernest rat cliff financial secretary keith hut chinson clerk mr robt iratcliff mrs floyd ratcliff was appointed organist with mrs chas ratcliff assistant the reports given of the various departments were considered more than satisfactory th total sum raised was 231614 which included 18843 in sunday school collections 6888 given at yps meetings 12053 in the wms and 51750 in special collections taken to defray the expenses of improvements to the church building undertaken and completed during the past year iln addition 18330 was raised for mis sions through the church rev norman rowan in making his report as to spiritual progress ex pressed deep appreciation of the amount of work accomplished es pecially in such busy times taking verses 6 and 7 of chapter 9 ii corin thians he reminded his hearers that sowing bountifully represents giving to every good work by so doing we show our faith that god will grant the increase speaking of the fellowship enjoyed by pastor and people especially during the year mr rowan rejoiced at the spirit of unity evinced in the carrying on of the work of the church and express ed the earnest hope that we may continue to remember that all are baptised into one body through christ jesus and that there be no strife between brethren altona mr wm eckardt is out again after being confined to the house with the flu r pte stanley slack of brampton mrs slack and marilyn were with his parents wm slacks over the week end the teacher and pupils of the school entertained the mothers and friends at a valentine party on mon day 14th mr marshall crosier of oxdrift was a guest at the home of his cou sin dave crosier one day last week the w i are in receipt of a lottor from lome kester overseas he having received his christmas parcel in good condition mr and mrs ernie davis bloom- ington were guests of mr a davis and esther on sunday the look well club met again on saturday at the home of mrscrosier a practice of the different finishings to be used on the garments theyaro making was taken up wreathed in smiles and goodwill to everybody mrand mrs john palllster received the best wishes of a score ot friends on their 50th wed ding anniversary phono calls over 40 cards and beautiful rosos from altona sunday school coupled with lovely flowers from mr and mrs morgan hill the old home was a power ot welcome among the friends who called were mrs fred parkins mr and mrs will harbron mrs clarence richardson mrs sam farn- dale and mr and mrs jinicoates cards came from as far as vancou ver altona waves congratulations to this fine couple on this anniversary occasion gormley mr and mrs whitney johnsou spent sunday with mr and mrs art carrington of oshawa qac harold sider now posted at st catharines was home last week end on several days leave monday evening rev and mrs huson and ronald alsomr and mr3 c doner had supper with mr and mrs jos sider and agnes mr and mrs n carrington spent sunday with mr and mrs wm wil son of thornliill last friday miss marian hunt entered the general hospital toron to to train as a nurse her many friends wish her many pleasant hours and also every success in her new endeavour ac1 lloyd harvey now stationed at trenton was home over last week end also pte a doner of montreal miss ella hoover had supper sun day evening at the home of mr and mrs c doner miss myrtle sider who is now nursing- mr s hoover of dixon hill spent a few days over the weekend with mr and mrs e jones wk- reoisib scg almira mr and mrs richard jarvis tor onto had supper saturday with mr and mrs norman jarvis mr and mrs david stouffer of stouffville also mr and mrs ben gayman and family of unionville visited with mr and mrs willis leh man on sunday mr and mrs jim painter of peaches had dinner sunday with mr and mrs jim painter jr mrs ralph wideman of richmond hill spent monday visiting her dau ghter mrs chas connor mrs peter stickley spent tuesday with mrs edgar stickley of victoria square mr and mrs donald jarvis of queensville had dinner saturday with mr and mrs painter mr and mrs russell jarvis and family of markham spent sunday with mr and mrs john timbers mr allan wideman is doing some repairing to the inside of his house before moving this spring we are sorry to hear mrs percy payne has had another attack of sore throat we wish for her a speedy recovery bloomington mr and mrs canning and misses helene and donna of toronto spent sunday at mr a cowles miss snowball of markham was a visitor at mr h burnetts on sunday mr nnd mrs e baker and mrs c lemon were in toronto on fri day the men of the congregation are taking advantage of tho sleighing to draw wood to keep the fires going in tho christian church miss elaine baker has entered the course of nursing in the toronto general hospital i mrs e fairies and son elford spent a few days with her sister mrs gould at markham mr e a storry was a visitor at markham on sunday mrs v tranmerand son larry of toronto were at mr oj tran- mers for a week tpr tranmer of newmarket was also home on satur day miss margaret topper of toronto was with her parents mr and mrs a topper overttio weekend mr and mrs e lemon were tor onto visitors over the weekend h0lsteins fully accredited also horses hogs implements hay grain furutlure etc by public auction the undersigned has received in structions to sell by public auction at lot 20 cox 8 markham dicksons hill at wed mar 1st 1944 the following property belonging to v harvey m0yer registered cattle horses hogs etc f9103 glencora mercldes hartog bred nov 3 10 years 75049 glencora olive queen har tog full flow 9 years 96647 glencora mossle tensen har tog full flow 9 years 64414 glencora adeline bonheur full flow 5 years old 44536 glencora doris bonheur bred july 4 5 years old 44534 glencora echo ann bonheur bred oct 20 4 years old 44542 glencora ella agnes bonheur bred june is 4 years old 44541 glencora marie korndyke bred sept 1 4 years old 44543 glencora joyce korndyke fresh 3 years old 44546 glencora dolly korndyke bred oct 14 4 years old 44545 glencora mercides korndyke bred nov s 4 years old 64415 glencora minnie dixie korn dyke fresh 3 years old 64416 glencora alice korndyke bred june 29 2 years old 64417 glencora amy korndyke bred sept 16 2 years old 64419 glencora cecilc korndyke bred july 12 2 years old 64418 glencora queen korndyke bred july 16 2 years old 2461 glencora molly korndyke bred dec 1 2 years old 2465 glencora echo korndyke 1 years old 2463 glencora joan korndyke 1 years old 10794 glencora bonnie ann korn dyke 7 months old 10793 glencora mercides kiku korn dyke 8 months old 2462 glencora amelia korndyke 1 year old heifer calf 1 month old bull locust lodge segis direct 2 years in may black percheron gelding 5 yrs old sow bred january 31 8 pigs 9 weeks old 13 shoats 4 fat pigs 100 hybrid pullets implements wagon and box wheel barrow- binder frost wood 7 ft cut cutter cart set harrows set stales 1200 lb walking scuffler stone boat set sleighs hay rack extension ladder outthrow disc harrow gang plow ihc 2 furrow tractor bottoms new 2x single plow bag truck set wire stretchers grain cradle barbed wire stretchers scythe emery stone cross cut saw 2 neck yokes brooder house 2 rolls fence wire 2 sets doubletrees brooder stove 3 gasoline barrels clayroad drag gas pump 2 vinegar barrels ehsilage fork 2 poultry shelters sausage grinder 2 corn hoes 2 lard presses meat tub about 800 bus turnips 10 ton hay 150 bus seed oats early alaska furniture wardrobe dining room suite writing desk fumed oak kitchen cabinet music cabinet mahogany parlor table mahogany lounge fumed oak pull out couch lounge chair walnut antique coat tree oak 2 small tables kitchen table 4 chairs kitchen rocker dresser single bed rocker fumed oak brass kettle antique childs cot 2 iron cooking pots antique iron tea kettle antique spinning wheel barrel churn findlay stove hot water front cooking utensils jars crocks dishes wood cook stove with reservoir the cows nro all in full flow or freshening enrly in summer no reserve ns owner is giving up forming termscash sale at 1 sharp a s farmer auctioneer gormley ont ph 7312 fate- henry svance laid to rest after a long and severe illness from heart trouble henry alfred vance passed away at his home in clare mont wednesday morning feb 16 1944 in his 67th year the funeral service was held at his home on saturday being conducted by rev ivan kennedy of claremonl mrs w evans sang jesus lover of my soul favourite hymn of tho deceased henry vance son of the late mr ana mrsjohn vance was born in uxbridge township he married ella matthew8 1908 and the cou ple farmed in uxbridge township until their retirement to claremont village last autumn heds survived by his bereaved wife two ns rus sell of rcaf- toronto emerson of caa camp borden two daugh ters jean mrs joe ward elmio mrs jack flewell both ot claremont fc sister cora ot whitby brother bruce hn of schomborg and three grandchild- ren the pall bearers were mr a e james mr chris manley mr p beelby mr robert ashenhurst j fred johnston and mr ed evans flower bearers were gordon fle well john manley john burns don ald james and stewart geddes friends from toronto richmond hill whitby schomherg and ajax attonded the funeral at ihd in hirs pine orchard mrs wesley lundyis in toronto visiting relatives for a few days little doris brandon had the mis fortune to tall and dislocate her- shoulder mr carl gilroy visited at the ross home last week miss bertha fairborn spent sun day at her home mrs ted breen spent a few days with her parents last week our sympathy is extended to mr chas rose and family in the pass ing away of big sister mrs freeman gilroy of sutton our sincere sympathy is extended to mr newall and family in the death of mrs newall last week she was in newmarket hospital and had practically rocovered from pneu monia when she suffered a heart at tack and passed away the shropshire family are all con fined to their home with the mumps we would like to congratulate mrs albert lloyd on her work for the boys overseas she has helped piece many quilts for the bombed victims and has knit one hundred and ten pairs of socks for the armed services mrs lloyd is in her eightyseventh year and besides all this work keeps house for her soninlaw atha news miss grace lehman is spending a few days in toronto miss lakey our atha teacher spent saturday with her sister mrs john batty in brooklin sergt sam gayman of vineland was at the home of mr and mrs ell lehman here mr and mrs a carruthers and ernie were dinner guests with mr and mrsdraper mr arid mrs norman lehman had sunday dinner wlthmrandimrs isaac lehman altona aiso mr and mrsnormarf neal were guestsatthe isaac lehman home on sunday heaviest snow fall of the winter came on tuesday evening about six inches fell and presented a lovely sight since it was the clinging kind that hung to the trees great sleigh ing for the moment at least vandorf mr and mrs george rumble ot king city spent saturday evening at the mcmillan home here mr and mrs russel sproxton and betty had dinner with mr and mrs john brillinger one day last week owing to the unusual cold last sunday the service at wesley united was held in the basement less heat and more comfort tho ypu showed slides on ben hur last monday on wednesday evening we expected to skate lit aur ora with a luncheon afterwards at victor fines wo are certainly proud ot billy kingdom who won the oratorical contest thus bringing great honor to our wesley sunday school we now have three trophies won in succes sion also pleased to have harold moddle and donald green represent us so efficiently look for announcement- of gorm- leys muslcale night sunday fcby 27tli 780 pm in this issue stanley theatre phone100 showing each night at 815 saturday and holiday 700 and 900 thursday friday saturday feby 24 25 20 secret enemies cralk stevns faye emmcrson land gorilla man john loder thursday friday saturday march the constant nymph monday tuesday wednesday it feb 28 20 march 1 arabian nights maria montei sabu technicolor i variety views cartoon ml 6-ff- uj