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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), March 23, 1944, p. 3

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this week you will receive our spring price list on seeds seed grain garden seedsjfertilizer a few items worth considering is our price on alsike seed red clover seed these seeds are all locally grown and for purity there is none better we alsowant toaraw your attention to no 1 erban oats these oats grown from registered seed and grown in the peace river district thus making this year a grand chance to have a change of seed shortage of help and trucking difficulties will delay deliv eries of seeds and seed grain this year however we will try to give our usual service this spring use ceresan for smut on grain put up in 1 lb tins and 4 lb tins stiver bros theatre phone 100 showing each nipbt at 815 3tnrday and holiday 70u and 900 thursday friday saturday march 23 24 25 nightmare diana- barrymore brian donlevy south sea rhythm screwbaiii miss isabelle robinson of toron to was a visitor this week with her cousin mrs chas nolan spring may be just around the corner but on saturday the wea ther was bitter cold indicating that old man winter still has a kick monday tuesday wednesday march- 27 28 29 henry aldrich 6ets glamour also wildcat richard arlen arline judge thursday prtday saturday march 30 31 april 1 hit the ice abbott and costello two weeks from tomorrow will be good friday first official public holiday approaching spring and summer easter sunday april- 9th comes very early wallace gregg has closed his bar ber shop- in the town of paisley to enable him to join the armed forces he intends to trim up hitler before he picks up the clippers again in hie home town an exhibition hockey game be tween stouffville and sutton high schools scheduled for the local arena on friday night had to be cancelled owing to the mild wea ther this is expected to wind up the sport between these two schools for the winter arc you paid in advance the tribune mailing- list is con stantlybeingcorrected and you are asked- to check your address label and- see that your subscription is paid inadvance if yourlabel bears the date 1943 your paper is in arrears and must be discontinued newsprint rationing is making a paidinadvance policy imperative so please keep this in mind and re new promptly thejpribune stouffville ont thursday march 23 1944 local and personal happenings mr and mrs chas wismer of toronto were recent visitors at the t e rae home church st mrs a s collins has been spend ing a few days at the home of her daughter mrs mccowan in mal vern harry pennock rcae left this week for anew post at montreal he was homeduringthe weekend visiting with his parents mr and mrs- ed pennock v mrs harvey moyer hasbeerivisit- ing at the home of her son donald in toronto mr and mrs moyer have now moved into town to oc cupy a portion of miss- daleys home while their new house is be ing built this summer mrs edith j percy patient at the brierbush and resident of stouffville for some years is seri ously ill and little hope is held for her recovery mrs percys 60th birthday was last friday mr and mrs ed nigh expect to occupy their new home in stouff ville by the end of next week the nighs purchased the former boyn- ton home on main street west from mrs m e- watts and will come hereassured of a warm welcome from the people of the town local fishermen for trout may go after the speckled beauties on sat urday april 29 instead of monday may 1st according to regulation announced by minister of game and fisheries dunbar the change is because the season usually opens on a saturday april brideelect miss phyllis bethena davis daughter of mrs davis and the late mr john a davis whose marriage to tpr ross m rolls sonofmr andmrs a- rolls is to take place in stouffville on aprilfirst 91 ncvt saturday congratulations will- be pouring in next saturday to mr calvin stafford of goodwood who will at tain his 91st birthday on- mar 25 despite his great age mr stafford goes about the village there where he has spent his long life and is looked on as one of the land marks of the district mr staff ord now lives with his daughter mrs geo may a meeting is called for this fri day- evening at 8 pm at the coun cil chambers of all those who will be able to assist with- the issuing- of ration book no4 in stouffville all the women and girls who assisted last time are- especially requested to attend and offer their services again this timeandany otherswho feel they can give a few hours to the task the books will be issued on monday tuesday and wednes day next week- from the room over the fire hall the stouffville euchre club will hold a progressive euchre in the oddfellows hall on friday evening this week march 24 proceeds in aid of the comfort fund admis sion 25c e a grubinro optometrist will be at his office in stouffville on monday march 27th now in italy mrs robt gowe daughter of mr and mrs horace walsh has gone to washington to visit her sister mrs bruce sutherland arthur rusnell rcafson of mr and mrs ira d rusnell is home on furlough from st thomas he expects toj5e posted to winni peg when his leave expires on march 30 the drew government has in- creased the cost of race track gam bling the tax on- this kind- of sport is jumped from 5 per cent to 10 per cent the move is a good one the old saying that nobody wins on the horses but the govern ment will be more true than ever this year cream bonus remains at 10c the present cream bonus of 10 cents is to be continued it has been officially announced consideration has been given to reducing the bonus on butter fat to 8c hence the recent announcement will be wel comed by the cream shippers when is a dollar not a dollar ken it wont buya dbllarswortfr of goods rr instance compared to presentday hndoriqourdollar oftne lost warwas worth nota dollar- but sometimes lessthan housewives who went marketing in 1917 had top atfwith tor o tourpoundjar of jam which you buy today for tf dads winterundwwear set kim back mmparedtothe 5 he could bug itfortodayj you get a lot more for your money n0w because price ceilings and hit tm otherantiinflationary measures have kept the value of your dollar high thofswhy it will pay you to see that selfish spendin qte never undermines price control in canada remember you protect your dollars worth when you wseyour money wisely p when you pay offdebts refuse to buy needless luxuries give black markets a wide berth and dont hoard goods clara myers is buried died on 47th birthday servicewasheldin st philips anglican church thursday for mrs clara myers who died sudden ly on monday rev f herman rector of the church and rev j j robbins bol- tonformerly of unionville conduct ed the service mrs myers wife of thomas myers died- on her 47th birthday she was a member of st philips church and of the gleanersthe womens organization stouffville war branch annual report shipment has been made- of 65 boxes containing 1122 pairs of socks 298 sweaters and 20 pairs mitts cap and 2 scarfs 13 leather jerkins 50 ditty bags 193 quilts 3 afghans 2 rugs 36 cakes soap 319 articles of clothing and 1170 other articles of clothing totallingjn all 1498 pieces we sent the russian relief 35480 cash and boxes of clothing valued at 32420 included was a box from the cgxt valued at 60 we have given 78 pairs socks 41 sweat ers to boys in army arid sweaters to 12 girls the officers sincerely thankallwho helped mrs geo lee president mrs e j davey secretary mrs gunn treasurer i promise to give my support to keeping the cost of living down i will buy only what i need i will observe the ceiling whether buying- or sell- log goods or services i will pay off old debts save for the future invest in victory bonds and war savings- certificates and i will support- taxes which help lower the cost of living dak jtmbftwjpna brtwtno inrkjstry ontario wrwl ato timlfl that loakifoa m jm tm mi of st nuba ml bride and groom also all attendants deaf and dumb v an- interesting marriage took place in the king united church on sat urday afternoon march 11 1944 when isabella gerrard daughter of mr and mrs alexander gerrard of bradwardina man became the bride of christopher hawkins tor onto son of mr and mrs samuel hawkins regina amid a setting of narcissus and ferns the cere mony was performed by rev alex ander macgowan pastor of the evangelical church for the deaf toronto assisted by rev j harold anderson of king- mrs j h an derson played the wedding music it is the first wedding of its kind to be held at king or any church in the neighborhood since the brideand groom both attendants and one- of the ushers were all deaf and dumb revmr mcgowan read the ceremony aloud and at the same time translating by sign lan guage the charming and friendly personalities of the wedding party gracious manners and happy dis positions was- a matter of admira tion among the guests notice the ministers of stouffville and surrounding district who cooper ated in the open air- services and evangelistic campaign last summ er wishy to notify the public that they endorse the principles for which the national association of evangelicals stands and inasmuch as the membershipisindividualwe commend this- organization to those who desire tojjohv iti further in formation concerningvsame can be obtained from your minister it will be remembered that a meetingwasheldvlast month in the stouffville presbyterian church in order to make known the reason for which above organization was formedthe speakers on tliis occas ion were rev mr hunter minister of- westmoreland united church toronto and rev charles temple- ton minister of avenue rd church of the nazarene toronto uirkctt curls in milwaukee for toronto milwaukee may be famous for its beer but we now learn it is a fam ous curling centre in midwinter last week when attending a bon- speil in toronto our insurance broker thos birkett was one of the granite throwers and when a toronto rink was slated to move off for milwaukee for a series of games and found themselves one man short the sturdy insurance prince was invited to go along ac cepting the invitation he- set- about to get his picture taken procure a birth certificate three letters from friends vouching for his good citizenship a promise to return forthwith after the ice powwow attended a few other details that would be necessary to get him smoothly over the border enroute to milwaukee we hear that the canadians made a good showing down in the wisconsin state and stouffville is- proud to liave been represented ontlie curling lineup celebrated 84th birthday a very enjoyable time was spent at the home of mr bruce valleau stouffville on sunday march 12th in the form of a surprise party for mr w j evans on his 84th birth day a lovely dinner was served to seventeen guests the table was laid with a beauti ful lace cloth with the lovely birth day cake in the centre of the table flanked on either end by three sil ver candles in beautiful cut glass holders after dinner happy birthday and for hes a jolly good fel low were sung mr evans was then seated on the chesterfield and the gifts brought in for him to op en he received gifts- from all present and also from his only granddaughter mrs d s thomp sonwarkworth mr evans is the stepfather- of mr valleau stouif- ville garageman those present were mr and mrs w j evans mr bruce val leau and family stouffville miss norma valleau of toronto and mrs f v evansoshawa mr and mrs d h evanswarkworth mr lome valleau and daughter- of dunbarton mr g b drewry whitby mr harold kyle bethany mrs ethel pugh toronto mr evans was also the recipient of a great many beautiful birthday cards sent from friends and rela tives from far and near word has been received by his mother mrs flora campbell that norman mantle who left stouffville to enlist over a year ago and trained at camp bor den is now stationed at san- sorigine in italy mrs tilman hoover who was severely burned a week ago when fire broke out in the home on al bert street is making very good recovery and was able to leave the hospital on monday walter dicksons farmstocksale in townnext saturday will provide the only entertainment of- its kind here in a long time we have so few village farmers the dickson barns and home are landmarks of stouffville 1 fred williams of- stouffville and who received some of his hockey experience with markham return ed to the ice last week after a long layoff in a tech uniform one of the teams in the intermediate oh a army camp group williams re placed bob finch a casualty dur ing theplayoffs married at halifax a wedding of local interest took place in halifax early in february when george joe austin ricn vr son of mr and mrs george austin of stouffville took as his bride wren eleanor jean stewart of saskatchewan before you blame your telephone tf m izzva suics engineers designed tlic montn piece of your telephone to give best results nfoncquarter of an inch from the lipsjwhcn your lips are y farther away than this yoiir voicct is transmitted less strongly less clearly failure to remember these simple facts accounts for the great majority of trouble reports help avoid needless service checkups and at the same time let those you talk to hear you without strain just remember talk clearly normally directly into the telephone tcith your lips just onequarter of an inch am tho mouthpiece e givucwuifsrirmj i smoking while you talk may cause distorted reception kalm krercnts your olding the mouthpiece di rectly in front of the lips if yon need to reach- across your desk as you talk tontimit to hold j the telephone fa correct it position- close to the lips a twallf set cant come to you stand or sit so thac your lips are dlrecriy in front of and dose to the mouth piece dont talk across it v w fordeer noise- free transmission always keep your desk tclapbone upright doc at or near thehotr feontal position a

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