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mmwm on hand 1 car of no 1 oixc 3arley we advise farmers to get their seed barley atonce we are taking orders for no 1 victory oats no 1 and no 2alfalfa seed one car of salt just arrived on account of labor shortage car shortage m western ontario and navigation opening in a few weeks in the spring when salt is needed there is going to be a small supply for eastern ontario farmers would be well advised to get tlieir supply while it is available stiver bros dwlght forsyth another old stouff- tflle boy has turned up in italy with the canadians according to a letter received by llr and mrs lloyd turner the forsyth family lived op tenth street and before that were residents south of musselmans lake on the 9th concession the stouffville machine and tool jvorks have secured the agency for theelectric janitor an automatic damper control for your furnace which will regulate your fire without yonr attendance every few hours you fill your furnace with coal and the automatic control regulates the burning by opening and closing the dampers by a thermostat control you are invited to enquire at the plant for more information and de tails and to read the special announ cement of the company in this issue ofithe tribune since the number of furnace automatics available are limited an order should be placed so that you can have the benefits after this i winter is over attend the dance in the commun ity hall claremont on friday night of this week sponsored by the local park board good music and lunch po reg button arrived in town from his rcaf post at macleod last weekend and will spend a two weeks furlough at his home here before proceeding to his new location at trenton a refreshment booth will be oper ated at the farm of mr e nigh for the big auction sale today thurs day the sale will open at 1130 sharp since there is a very large list of goods to be disposed of the illness of mr frank stiver and his absence from his accustomed place of business herehas been giving some concern mr stiver has not been in good health for some time and probably hs reached a climax so everybody is hoping that he may soon show a marked improvement rev s goudie arrived home from the general hospital on sunday in the brierbush ambulance in very fins condition despite the ordeal he en countered with a broken hip mr goudie is able to move himself on the bed somewhat so that he is mak ing rapid recovery even to the amaze ment of the surgeons in the hospital vandorf hockey squad playing in the aurora town league and sport ing such names as jake baker and herb simpson are now heading the league one full point ahead of zephyr photographer shoots the bull photographer bill sanders might be correctly charged with shooting the bull last week when he went to the lloyd turner farm to photo graph the big stock animal sire of many of mr turners choice cows and heifers mr turner was placing a couple of animals in a big combina tion sale at kitchener and wanted a picture of their daddy to show to prospective buyers it wasnt an easy job to get a good likeness cf the big fellow since after tedious efforts to induce him to stand just so a huge pile of snow would come tumbling to earth from off the metal roof of the barn and this disturbed the bull since it happened three times before i of the mennonite faith and while a successful picture could be secured they have been a long time married it looked as though the elements they are not by any means classed were against shooting the bull by among our old people may they the professional photographer both long enjoylife together if 1 v the war branch gratefully ac knowledges gifts of goods from mrs a farthing mrs rharper mrs h wilson excelsior class of rlngwood and the ballantrae group also cash donation from miss a robb mrs e j davey secretary- groceteria moves next week grand opening thursday march 9 the stouffville groceteria owned by mr henry heise and operated in the building next the library will open next thursday in new and en larged premises in the silvester block and adjoining the agnew hard ware the place has been modern ized and made attractive which with the extra floor space will be an added boost to the business mr heise announces that his store will be clos ed wednesday march 8th and the grand opening on the new premises will be on thursday march 9th honor nursing superintendent mr and mrs e r good entertain- the stouffville creamery co has donated a liberal space on behalf of the red cross appearing in this issue i lieut rita nicely from london military hospital is spending a few days at rhe old home west of towu and will go to xo 4 canadian gen eral hospital sherbrook quebec at the completion of her furlough misses sheila beresford and ruth reaman of richmond hill were weekend visitors with mr and mrs chas nolan william d malloy rcaf who has successfully completed a techni cal training course in toronto was transferred last week to a new post at st thomas old residents of this town and dis trict mr and mrs abe harland of treherne man are visiting at the home of mr and mrsclayton stout- fer and with other friends in- the locality it is 12 years since they last paid a visit to friends here years ago mr harland worked for ed last wednesday evening in honor mrs stouffers father on the for of miss elda mae hutchinson regj farm here whll8 mrs harland n on her retirement as nursing su- wao rt of the lata tnhn a number of subscribers whose sub scription to this paper has fallen in arrears several months will receive due notice next week and if not promptly acted on the subscription will be cancelled if your subscrip tion should have been paid three months ago attend to the matter at once and avoid any interruption over being removed from the mailing list the expiry date of your paper is printed on the label congratulations are being extend ed this week to mr and mrs jacob meyer church street on the occasion of their 48th wedding anniversary on february 28 they are still regu lar church attendants and members perintedent at the brierbush hospital in view of- her coming marriage among the guests were dr and mrs houghton dr and mrs s s ball dr and mrs tomlinson and dr and mis freel also the nursing staff and other friends the professional men expiessed their regrets over miss hutchinsons resignation they stated that her quiet dependable qualities had saved them many a headache and loss of sleep the fact was stressed that no doubt miss hutchinsons faithful service of the past five years together with the efforts of mrand mrs good had been responsible for the splendid expan sion and success of the hospital following refreshments dr freel on behalf of thevmedical men and their wives made a presentation of a lovely memento of her work at the hospital again on another evening some fifty friends assembled at the hospital when mr and mrs good opened their home for a miscellane ous shower in honor of miss hutch inson many lovely gifts were seen andher friends- all extended good wishes for the future if it hadn fc- ft 1 rast we wouldnt be alive now i fj was a daughter of the late john storry who lived in the residence now owned by mrgl c murphy in the west end successful manitoba farmers our guests intend to enjoy a long holidaybefore they commence active operations again hope hortlculturlsts soon reorganize the stouffville horticultural socie ty may have folded up and become inactive for a few years but it had representation nevertheless at the annual meeting of ontario horticul tural societies held in toronto last week miss margery mertens and mrs win timbers attended the ses sions and declared them highly inter esting it was a noteworthy fact that many societies increased their membership over the last year or two since so many became interested in victory gardens which were promoted by the local societies stouffville horticulturists were a valued organ ization and did much to increase the general beauty of the village we hope the time issvrnot far distant when they will organize and become an active society again t ty gft v r tas hh v raff a v r here is evidence that cannot be jl 1 denied unsolicited praise for r red cross straight 7fr6m the f hearts ofrepatriatedwarjprisonl ers men who have been through it and know from first hand ex- 0p perience just what if is all about- thousands of their comrades are still inenemy handshelpjeledjqt crdss bringveach one of them t back the same wonderful- t story to tell a story of red crosvi ssl v i iu 3 isw heirs- light m thejrery shgdjowjjf death it p tv vi over 39 of the money you givej j r is earmarked for prisoners of j p j war give generously that this amount will swell to meet jhjr growing needwliat weve done v i is small to whlat weve yet to dol campaign headquarters jgj ratcliffs block phone 151 f r i t3 sh i r k ssxhks mmm no one to handle banquets while stouffviliecontinues to forge ahead as a leading business centre the town has lost ground in the mat- terof offering accommodation in some lines theblgholstein quet that- would rightfully have been held in stouffville this spring had to be taken elsewhere because of lack of accommodation thenthis week the stouffvillelions clubactu ally had to go to aneighbonng town to hold a ladies night because they could not get a local caterer this is unfortunate and tends to do the place harm especially when big affairs like the holstein banquet are lost to us such an eventwould have brought big crowds here and given us oter ipubllcity besides one of the things that must be embodied in a new hall if one is ever built is a community planned kitchen that would encourage womens organiza tions to make use of itwhen such opportunities come alongof catering to one of the big affairs of the year in the rural communities the brown betty tearooin is theonly restaur ant in town and they are doing good work in meeting daily demand for meals two years ago we had two restaurants and the village inn catering tothis trade so that mr and mrs simpsonare t great service in filling a gap that if closed would be quite seriousm moodioficomeort fund appreciation no varcels lost although- some c1- garettes fished from ocean before reaching local boys- 4 stouffville veterans iy t v dear sirs many thanks for the cigarettes which i received from your organization they were in good shape apart from being in- theocean which didnt seem to hurt them due to thej fine way they were packed- thanks again chas hoover dear bert it is hard to realize that another year is gone the year passed has seen ourselves and v the allies begin the long march forward to berlin it has been a long pull but your gifts have helped us to remember you are with us i must thank you for the j parcel i received this week i have seen a lot of the country lately and i can see a real paradise for all kinds of agriculture i have seen hundreds of acres jof fruit trees and miles of green houses which all grow toma toes from march to november i have also travelled through garden- ing counties that make the holland marsh look like a village garden i have just received a months mail too will have to get busy and answer the letters so long alfredthomas dear sir r please accept my most sincere apology for neglecting to acknow ledge receiving the many smokes you have sent all the parcels have reached me even in india some that were sent from my family- were lost murray sinclair dear bert received your 300 smokes again and thanks a million to iboth you and those who donate to the f lind also received a few copies of the tribune the first since i loft sicily cheerio mike brown a dear bert 4 many thanks for the smokes they arrived yesterday 1 have just come- out of the hospital wherei have been for some time spent all the holiday season there weather has been very damp and a lot of the flu around thanks again george stuart dear bert just a few lines tothank you tor your welcome parcel jwhich arrived today c we had a very good- christi mas and hope all you folks in stouff-vvv- ville had the same 1 read in the tribune where bob ahejl uwent back 2j home he sure was lucky to be able fi to get back however i guess we will all be hack soon we are hav ing ifair weather but it gets pretty cold at nights cheerio wally nicholson 2i 7 if m former bank clerk assists witli wounded w italian front 1 ken may former teller for some years in the bank of nova scotia here is nowin and at theoutset of the most recent campaignlentjhis talents for a time as an aidin afront line hospital rather than as a clerk his accustomed post he writes in part the pasttwo days havvbeen rainy and windy and i expect any minuteto be sitting in the ot the field without a tent over my head the wind is strong and cold and the tents blow around hkea piece of paper i am on flreand storm detail that means no leaving the hospital areaafrom six tonight until six in the morning we really have a lovely camping site every thing under canvas this summer we will not have to put up with- the terrible heat of southern sicily it was almost unbearableat- times last july and august and with a job on 5iif hands andvothingjto work with osi all our equipment was delayed some lost wejhad the task of ad ministering tothesickjand that was thejbnlyftimei4was an orderly for three weeksi after landing tfrom theniltwent lntothe operating room for five months wherfe -i- witnessed mosteyerykindand place a wound could rbehadsome jwere ghastly some notsobadj as a rulei am clerking for lieut colonel walton head of the medical division of this unit wemojed upronfcattnift and- areonlyaanijttlng inedlc8rtjpmi dear bert i was very glad to receive another parcel today from the fund thanks a million i havent fieen lucky enoughto run into any of the local boys over ihere yet ibut ihave had aj 4j letter from geo williamsand we 3 pect to spend av weekend together 1 real soon v k i i had a lovely ichrlstmas withered sl crittle and wife it seems funny that theres no snow this time of the ff0 year im still not complaining as i f almost got tlred of snow when i lived on the 9th concession i suppose the arena is in full swing again this jsii year i miss- the skating a ibtbut sn theniagazlnestbat are provided us yj ti if w ner oltver larklriiafaskeil jack scheuy oeorgejwlliiamsordon lehi imanrcoope lome kester we do see some pretty good hockey games thanks again for the parcel chuck lintner dear bert z hello canada i got your letter a few days ago i have moved twice iricthe past week andhavent hadv- much time to answer i was home- ffl for christmas 4days my second v eldest brother is stationed in london the boys had turkey for the holiday but i missed lt1 have not received any cigarettes yet some of the boysij have gottenas many as 3000 e areallowed looorafmonth if they jijl getanymoretnthatthey are kept- tfl for them as some monthsnone come atall got a parceljfrom brillin- gers this week it isfthe first ive had since the one from- cross came the lawns here lire as green now as inthe spring in ajiada though i do feel the cold- hero very ed v k v ft i f i muchc long 1 rim rrt bernard musgrave i dear bert just received another parcel of smokes hero in italy l i suppose there are quite a ew of them coming here now although 1have only seen one chap from home still with the 8 th army and will not likely see rome dutugetting lots of interest ing points in just the same often wonder as wegothroughthe differ ent defence lineshow these battles would compareyvlthstheronesybu we in notlooking for much colder weatfie71hliwinter best to fillsiisi cw jsy r- lrhst j 2v- organized thew goodishape rl cardsbf acknowledgements 5 were 1 4 feisi i at wifrlv- thdfv vhg vw ftr wofcttt