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the tribune stouffville ont thursday may 11 1944 3 special in canned goods choice tomatoes 2 tins for 25c special for friday saturday 28 oz tins blood donors now total 945 m ayli 15c imer reas 20 ozs choice quality for saturday only limit one can to a customer daltons pudding powders sugar pkg 5c harry hornes soup mix 2for 1 now 5c junket tabletsa per pkg 2 fcr 25c bananas tomatoes oranges grapefruit fresh vegetables ratclif f co town delivery phone 198 mr norman urquhart wellknown businessman who has been elected chairman of the national execu tive of the canadian red cross so ciety at the annual meeting just concluded in toronto mr urquharc is a former president of the toronto stock exchange and is a director of the royal bank of canada and noranda mines limited since 1940 he has been chairman of the red cross prisoners of war food par cels committee which has been re sponsible for providing food for canadian and empire prisoners of europe and the far east peaches miss dorothy hoover of toronto spent the weekend at her home douglas cleverdon spent the weekend at his home here some of the neighbors have fin ished seeding jwhile others have just got started mrs willoughby has returned to her home at island grove after spending some time at the warr- iner home we extend our sympathy to the warriner family in the loss of a loving mother wife and grand mother congratulations to mr and mrs belgian farmers come under knife of nazis in belgian as in other occupied countries the farmer has come under the knife of the nazis says the commissioner for belgian in formation on this continent a survey of agricultural produc tion resulted in a set minimum of farm produce for every belgian farmer to enforce these orders an army of otherwise unemployables was appointed by the germans to keep tab on all agricultural pro duction despite these precautions it began to be apparent that bel gian pigs seemed to have an unfort unate tendency to die suddenly or disappear to stop this the nazis ordered that pigs should be slaug htered only under surveillance and to keep an even closer check every pig was given an identification card cattle too came in for attention a census was taken so that the dis tribution of cattle could be equa lized as the germans put it farmers with a large herd of cattle would be forced to hand over greater numbers of cows than those who had only a few when 9000 farmers of one of the belgian pro vinces refused to comply with the regulations their animals were con fiscated the population of the average agricultural town in belgium today has its food rationers its rural guards its collectors of farm pro duce its cattle controllers its pig inspectors its veterinarians not to mention the political spies and in formers instead of being the rural community the farmer is bullied and insulted and stolen from till its a miracle that he can produce anything at all one hundred and six persons gave blood donations at the mark- ham clinic last thursday of which 63 were men and 43 women it had been hoped that this clinic would have rounded out 1000 donations since it was organized but it fell some short making a total of 945 the men were responsible for 664 of these donations and the women 281 there will not be another clinic until early in june and in the meantime if you would help a good cause submit your name to m e watts stouffville or to dr innis mcdonald markham we have previously published the names of all persons who had made their third donation the last clinic accounted for 24 more for their third time these being allen mrs mary batt mrs mary burkholder miss hannah burton mrs edith cadieux joseph craig mrs beatrice fligg carman fockler gordon i fry joseph gough mrs jack grove louis meyer reuben perry miss ruth pilkey w howard ramer mrs olive raymer mrs isobel risebrough roy smith milton stiver mrs winnifred stouffer miss luella taylor mrs vera torrance jack wilson murray young mrs wm victoria square ifcfi mr and mrs sam robband billy and master nelson buchanan spent the weekend with friends at honeywood mr and mrs ralph boynton mr and mrs louis nichols had tea on monday evening with mr and mrs e gooderham of lansing mrs ella ratcliff and mr john holmes of stouffville spent sunday visiting friends at victoria square they attended the special wjjls services sunday may 7th is mothers day the sunday school and the church service will be combined into one service which will be held at 2 pm the wms services on sunday were very inspiring in the after noon the guest speaker was rev d davis of stouffville united church who chose as his subject stewardship special music was rendered by mrs lewis and mrs bone members of the stouffville choir in the evening the guest speaker was rev h d maccor- mack of unionville and special music was rendered by mrs mac- cormack jck x letion of paved road spearheads drive jas painter nee ruth hoover on the birth of a son on mar 3rd murray james about 40 neighbors and friends gathered at the cleverdon home re cently and presented douglas with a service wrist watch he has en listed with the navy almira mr and mrs brandon henry of toronto visited with mr and mrs herb spofford on sunday mr and mrs ralph wideman and murray and miss dorothy steckley of richmond hill also mrs ken stewart and miss doris con ner of toronto visited with mr and mrs chas conner on sunday mr and mrs john nigh also mr harold nigh of springvale spent sunday evening with mr and mrs roy nigh mr and mrs norman jarvis and baby carol also mr and mrs peter stickley had sunday dinner with mr and mrs willis jarvis of blackwater mr jacob wideman spent sun day with mr and mrs ed nigh of stouffville miss clara and alma smith call ed on mr and mrs geo french on thursday evening mr and mrs willis lehman spent sunday with mr and mrs ben gayman of unionville mr and mrs norman jarvis at tended the tenth wedding anniver- cary of mr and mrs donald jarvis of queensville tuesday evening mr and mrs alvm winger of gormley also mr and mrs jacob cober of toronto spent sunday with mr and mrs geo french 8th line markham miss viola good of new dundee was the weekend guest of mr and mrs l r wambold and family mr ed bauman spent the week end with his mother and sister in kitchener mrs chris smith of port rowan is spending some time with her mother mrs fretz mrs mateer of toronto was a re cent visitor with mr and mrs hol- linger v mr and mrs lome byer took a trip to barrie for a visit with mr and mrs monger mr and mrs ellis klinck and family of victoria square were with mr and mrs alvin wideman on sunday 0 miss lois gunden of goshen ind who has spent the last two and half years as a relief worker in france gave a most interesting account of her experience in that country and in germany on monday night of last week the church was filled with an appreciative audience a large number of friends attend ed the funeral of the late mrs j w warriner to pay their last respects to one whom they esteemed very highly the sympathy of the entire community at this time goes out to the bereaved husband and fam ily in the passing of a devoted mo ther and friend the uxbridge township council held the regular monthly meeting on the evening of may 8th at 750 oclock the chiefsubject of discussion was the plans of the survey made on gravel hill east townline by f j donovan ols of oshawa the plans show that by removing ap proximately 10000 yards of gravel the grade would be reduced to about six per cent as soon as the department of highways gives its approval to the proposition the two councils uxbridge whitchurch will call for tenders for doing the proposed work the council passed a resolution requesting the minister of high ways to give his consideration to wards improving the corners at lincolnville and to completing the paving of highway no 47 from goodwood to stouffville this re solution will be presented the minister and to the local represen- the big shell at the left is thrownj by the us armys eight inch 200 mm long range mobile gun which outranges the german 170 mm gun using the smaller shell at right tatives of muskokaontario and york lira road accountsfor the month of april 30530 and general accounts amounting to 24008 were passed for payment reeve johnson presided mattyxz b8rffft l 2nd line uxbridge great missionary convention mow on in the gormley men nonite church wednesday may10th 8 pm mrs blanche frith will be the speaker mrs frith is the cana dian secretary of the oriental missionary society thursday may 11th 8 pm miss annie yeo recently return ed from nigeria west africa will address the convention friday may 12th 8 pm rev r p ditmer of spring field ohio who is the general secretary of the foreign mis sionary of the mennonite bre thren in christ church sunday morning may 14 1030 pm 1030 am a special sceneofelt of africa will be given by mrs f g huson followed by a message by rev r p ditmer sunday school 2 pm a special mothers day scenefelt will be given by mrs f huson 3 pm rev r p ditmer will bring the message and inform us of the missionary enterprise in connec tion withthembc church 730 pm great service of appeal and consecration a yeo will speak subject ship wrecked on the atlantic those wishing to remain between the servicos of the lords day are invited to bring their lunch and hot drinks will be supplied bethesda monday evening may 15th 800 pm rev j a trewln a missionary from the angloegyptian sudan will speak and showmissionary pictures of the work that isbeing carried on in that country rev trewln was in ethiopia just before the invasion of that country and will tell some thrilling experiences to the glory of god sunday visitors at the albert taylor home were mr and mrs b maskel of toronto and mr and mrs ross mcguckin mr and mrs les mitchell visit ed friends in mt albert on sunday mr and mrs wilf hubbard and family of oshawa visited at bris tol mcguckins on sunday miss jean graham of blooming- ton called on mr and mrs willis taylor on saturday says farmer to the merchant so the stores refuse to open on tuesday night each week to some this makes no difference the farmer it makes him weep he tills the soil morn till night come to his supper dark he hears the wifes cheery voice now mostly in a bark go easy on the bread john the cupboards about bear we havent any bread john the merchant doesnt care town folk look to the farmer for butter eggs and cream vegetables for the winter and syrup in the spring merchants could help we farmers take us under their wing by opening tuesday week night to t serve us cotton and string r the lost is quickly found loser and finder were brought tbgether this week by the tribune when lome johnston of 4th con cession r whitchurch lost seven head of cattle he searched the neighborhood to the yonge street district without success appeal ing to the tribune to advertise his lost stock it was not long ere ano ther farmer at bethesda mr oren fretz came along to advertise sev eral animals that strayed onto his premises investigation showed that they were the lost johnston heifers yes the tribune often gets results even before the adver tisement is well circulated melville bethesda and peachs churches minister rev a j orr sunday may 14th peachs 10 am melville 1115 am bethesda 3 pm mothers day services a family day in the church friday may 12 melville ypu at the home of mr and mrs amiller christ church anglican rev f herman rector miss elizabeth foote organist sunday may 14th 200 pm sunday school 230 pm evening prayer rodation sunday holy communion everybody welcome ccf members to report miss agnes macphail will address a public meeting in ratcliffs hall on the evening of tuesday may 16th other speakers will be geo mit chell mpp for north york and arthur williams mpp for on tario riding they will give an ac count of their stewardship through out the recent session of the legis lature the meeting will be under aus pices of the local ccf organiza tion and everybody is invited stouffville united church rev douglas davis minister sunday may 14th 10 00 am sunday school 1100 am mothers day baptism service 730 pm evening worship a good way to honour mother is to bring her to church next sunday and dont forget grandmother our aim the whole family wor shipping together the bravest battle that ever was fought shall i tell you where and when on the maps of the world youll find it not twas fought by the mothers of men deep in a walledup womans heart- of woman that would not yield but bravely silently bore her part- lo there is the battlefield thursday night cglt and choir friday nightswolf dubs shipwrecked posted to hamilton conference united church conference changes announced last week included a statement that mr roy irwin stu dent pastor on the lemonville charge is being posted to the ham ilton conference after july next it will not be known for some time however as to where the new field will be in that conference which stretches from gait to fort william and kenora t it is expected that mr irwin will be ordained the latter part of july since he is now on a student charge and his new undertaking will be on an ordained minister charge send the tribune to absent friends second markham baptist church rev norman rowan pastor sunday may 14th 955 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship the judgment day prepare to meet thy god amos 412 tuesday 8 pm prayer and bible study for if we would judge ourselves we should not be judged i corin thians 1131 friday may 12 young peoples meeting at 8 pm welcome stouffville christian v church j charles montgomery pajstorl miss nora stnplcton organist sunday may 14th 1000 am bible school 1100 am morning worship 730 pm gospel service special music by the teen age girls monday 730 pmteenage girls friday 700 pm childrens meetg friday 8 pm christian endeavour church hhil sunday may 14th 200 pm bible school 300 pm divine worship friday 430 pm children meeting at mrs forfars house everyone cordially invited st james presbyterian church stouffville rev t deconrcy rayner minister sunday may i4th 945 am divine worship followed by sabbath school bible class greater than mother love what can be greater than mother love the ministers message for mothers day which you are invited to hear god calls you to house of prayer come to church on mothers day note morning hour of service 945 a mennonite churches dickson hill and mt joy rev s sshantz minister sunday may 14th bloomington ringwood christian churches rev g w brown pastor sunday may 14th mothers day services 1100 am bloomington 700 pm ringwood mothers day music by a mothers choir sunday school at 1000 am j childrens meeting in ringwood church monday 7 pm in altona church wednesday at 430 pm i bloomington ce meeting in the church friday 8 pm a hearty christian fellowship awaits you plan to come mount joy 1000 amsunday school j 1100 am divine worship 730 pm evangelistic service dicksons hill 3000 am divine worship 1100 am sunday school 730 pm evangelistic service dedication of children at each morning service special services will be held at dicksons hill from may 14 to 28 each evening except saturday at 8 oclock friday 19th family night miss annie yeo is one of the speakers at the missionarycon- vention which isoiowon at the gormley mennonite church miss yeo will speak thursday evening at 8 oclock and on sunday- evening at 730 miss yeo r tell of her experience shipwrecked on the at- lantic and- her escape fromi death by the hand of god come early and get a seat the best results are obtained from trlb me iiasslnert advs stouffvdlle baptist church rev d macgregor pastor sunday may 14th 1000 am bible school classes for all ages 1100 am morning worship rev w w fleischer cannington will preach the ordinance of baptism will be administered at this service 730 pm evening worship v pastor will preach wed 8 pm prayer service come and receive a bleeatn stouffville mennonite- church rev b moyer pastor sunday may 14th mothers day god bless our mothers 1000 am sunday school 1100 am message to mothers 730 pm evangelistic 730 pm altona next week wednesday eve altona prayer meeting special notice the turnbull evangelistic party will be at altona church may 22 to june 4 watch for announce ment in next weeks issue monday evening stouffville yp wednesday eve- altona prayer meeting come thou with us and we will do thee good num ifc29 1 j it gormley and bethesda mennonite brethren in christ church ur rev f huson pastor v sunday may 14th bethesda sunday may 14th preaching 730 pm gormley iujj sunday school i 2 pjn preaching 3 pm winner tvmli 17 i n m young people 730 pm convenr hpbctaii great missionary tion now on look for an nouncement inthls issue jl s the supreme task of the church is the evnnjcolization of the world i i