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r rr p s- the tribune stouffville ont thursday- nov 2 1944 western grain local and personal happenings feed wheat feed barley feed oats clipped western oats for poultry shumacher feed oat chop barley chop mixed grain chop small quantities of bran shorts oilcake meal gluten feed middlings fulopep mash fulqpep supergreen pellets egg maker 35 hen concentrate 40 shurgain hog concentrate a shipment of spraying lime on hand mason lime and cement dr hess stock tonic dr hess hog special dr hess poultry panimin fiv rose and quaker bread flour- stiver itos mr and mrs norman neal and george were sunday visitors with mrs fred johnson mill street the rexal lc sale is now on at boadways drug store dont miss it the stouffville creamery co have donated an attractive display appeal to the 7th victory loan and which appears in this issue entitled you cant build a load from the rack speaks at gormley the servicemens wives and mo thers club meeting will be held in the municipal hall monday nov 6that 8 pm mr walter dickson was in tor onto last week to ee his brother roy who was unfortunate enough to receive a broken heel when he fell off a step ladder such a fract ure takes a long time to knit and may mean a long layoff from work its a good many years now since roy dickson lived in the old home at the east end of the town but he still has enough old friends here to wish him a sure recovery stouffville ontario mail courier resfgns post mr lud hoover rural mail cour ser on route no 1 outof stouffville bias resigned the position ana will ibe succeeded by mr jos hausser if is expected the change will be made this week mr hoover has passed his 73rd birthday and the work is too strenuous for a man of that age so he wisel decided to let a younger man take over the route covers the 0th and 10th con cessions of markham from town to no 7 highway bert smith former stouffville resident now member of canadas home guard was in town during the weekend bert tells us that hes doing guard duty over a number of german prisoners working near port colbourne two sons william and james are both in france while albert is training in this country with the rcaf the family make their home at beams- ville b mr hlnewson of lindsay spent this is the week of boad- a short time in town last week as ways big rexall lc sale come in the guest of mr and mrs a ei today while the selection is still weldon mr newson was enroutej good from a visit in michigan councillor albert reesors auct ion salelast friday reached the sum of 2500 mr retesor was just cleaning up the odds and ends ac cumulated after he gave up active farming and the family will now move to their new home on the sth concession alcoiding to announcement elsewhere in this issue rev j abeery who is an outstanding evangelist is to be the speaker at special services in the mbc church gormley from sunday nov 5 to 19th- mr beery is well known to the people of this community where he has preached on var ious occasions newmarket lions club is sponsoring the the war branch wishes to acknowledge gifts of clothing and quilts made by excel sior class at ringwood 9th line workers miss eva hoover miss l waters mrs porter and a friend also cash donations are still coming in for which we thank the givers mrs m davey secretary bernard musgrave who was formerly employed in stouffville by jos betz sons had a narrow escape during the fighting in france recently when he was practically buried alive by a heavy shell burst howeverhe was res cued and in a letter to bert lich- orish secretary of the local com fort fund states that five days later he was back in the line earl c clendenning constable with the rcm police has recent ly changed his headquarters from goodsoil sask to wilkie sask about 96 miles west of saskatoon in the district of battleford few gardens in town have been ploughed or dug this fall owing chiefly to the unusually dry weath er leaving much of the soil as hard as cement a scarcity of help to get the work done also contri butes to t he unusual situation william bryan and his wife were in town sunday the guests of miss effie harding and brother william harding bill bryan former town boy is how in the rcaf civilian group friends will be sorry to learn that mrs donald moyer of toron to the former gertrude clark whitchurch twp has been in the western hospital for several weeks where she underwent an operation for appendicitis jack talbot is home visiting his parents mr and mrs walter tal bot for a couple of weeks from toronto jack has been at christie st hospital for some time where he is undergoing treatment to his shoulders prior to being discharg ed from the rcaf the two mill subsidy for the vil lage of stouffville coming from the ontario government will be 134947 without it our local taxes this year would be two mills higher than that which we were called on to pay in 1943 memorial service planned a community memorial service is being planned for sunday nov 12th to pay tribute to the boys who have given their lives in the pre sent conflict the service will be held in the united church in the afternoon it is expected that the great war vetdrans and cadets will attend in a bodyas well as munici pal officials ah the ministers in the community are bejng invited to take part of 1944 in conjunction with the seventh victory loan in the newmarket military camp drill camp on tues nov 7th 830 cast composed ft v of the lesters dance team tom hamilton comedian pat bailey soloist ted rust novelty act lois spence dancer marjorie danes pianist and a full orchestra the above are all headline acts from a number of professional shows and are all outstanding artists stan francis of radio fame is master of ceremonies a meeting of considerable in terest was held by the citizens of uxbridge town last week to consid er the formation of a riding and driving club for that town no more wholesome pastime could be imagined and besides solving the gas problem for a lot of people it would provide a healthful recreat ion that the motor car cannot give we hope our neighboring town is successful in its new venture mrs gillion west end resident and mother of lome gillion met with an unfortunate accident last week whichresulted in a fractured wrist when she slipped and fell on the grass as she was leaving the home of mrs robert brown where she had been attending a meeting of the womens institute since it was the right wrist that was injur ed mrs gillion finds the handicap doubly hard to bear loses sister the death occurred in toronto last week of lillian eleanore nicholls wife of james todd and sister of living splendid prices were realized at the sale of standing timber on the brodie bush at gormley last sat urday when quarter acre lots sold as high as 80 arid 90 per lot well treed with good wood asfarmer did the selling meiville womans association of the united church raised about 200 in cash at a rummage sale held last week prices soared when dr mackay of unionville paid 9 for a duck and another buyer for feited 325 for a chicken such prices as this will explain how the handsome total was reached guernsey in good demand the guernsey cattle sale forming the herd belonging to norman lotton on the 6th of markham at cashel was termed a big success last saturday thirtyeight head of cattle were paraded in to the auc tion ring arid good prices were re ceived to use the owners own words it was a good sale a re gistered cow went at 185 and her calf for 17 while a grade cow sold for 155 spring calves realized 50 buyers came from barrier port perry claremont arid a few sales were made in therieighboring district of markham- sellers atkinson were the auctioneers it is up to each householder to take care of the leaves in front of his property lying on the boule vard as well as those on other parts of his or her premises some people undertake to shove the leaves off the boulevard onto the road which is hardly a fair thing to do just now there is a great abundance of leaves but ifjiandled gradually the big piles can be disposed of caut ion is needed when burning leaves seek a favourable wind or burn when there is no wind blowing is the safest way this week snowballs barber shop is closed while the proprietor takes a week off to tramp the northern woods in search of deer and inci dentally to inhale that bracing ozone that will stand him in good stead for another year- removing the harvest of hair and whiskers from his patrons next week be ginning nov 5th red forsyth will join the party of hunters from uxbridge town and will spend a week with them in the north with two barbers from town chasing them the deer may come through with a close shave at any rate mrs k r davis of stouffville the late mrs todd was a native of wingham ont and had been ill for some time the couple have made their home in toronto for twelve years besides the husband there survives one brother jack toronto arid two sisters mrs k r davis stouffville and mrs t a mann detroit funeral service was held on monday of this week with inter ment in mt pleasant cemetery big auction receipts 6500 the auction sale on the lome wagg farm north of uxbridge last week drew a record crowd from as far as oshawa and north above sunderland the total receipts ran to 6500 the best cow a jersey- hereford topped the sale at 130 and her calf 15 extra the cow go ing to a sunderland buyer the fergusonford tractor went toj930 it was three years old on rubber the manure spreader went at 125 and cost the owner 100 several years ago a cultivator which mr wagg bought for 30 sold at the sale for 47 in fact mr wagg said that most of his implements bought over the past five years went for more than he paid for them furn iture too went well a chesterfield bringing 95 there was 500 realiz ed from the sale of poultry owing to the death of his wife this success ful young farmer decided to give up his chosen occupation and now with his three young children is with his parents mr and admission on the purchase of a victory bond from a salesman or abank a certificate is issued showing purchase each such certificate entitles the holderto one ticket to this show or they are available at 6 for 100 at the tribune office riches hardware le oneils lucky draw tickets for 50 bonds can be purchased from any member of stouffville lions club or at the stores mentioned the seating capacity is limited and when the available tickets are disposed of no f tickets will be available in other words buy your bonds early and make sure you get your ticket enterprising buttonville parmer laid to rest when jonathan calvert died on tuesday the 24th of october at his home on the 4th concession just north of buttonvllle markham township- lost a highly respected lifelong citizen he was amanof integrity with a genial arid friend ly nature and merited the respect of a large circle of friends and ac- quainuyices he was the son of mr and mrs wm calvert early sett lers coming originally from scot land in the last century born at buttonville he spent his life in the immediate vicinity and was an enterprising farmer and stockman until stricken with heart trouble which was the cause of his death after a long illness he is survived by his wife who was formerly miss reriia ash daughter of mr and airs richard ash unionville one son ashton who lives on the home farm one brother james buttonville and one sister mrs sadie hamilton sutton funeral service was held at his home on friday afternoon after which interment took mrs frank wagg in town the baby is still in charge of mrs dun- keld the auction sale was con ducted by asfarmer who made a good impression in scott town ship where the sale was held everybody reads them the power of tribune classified advertising always appearing on the backpage would make a good story every week for there is a continuous flow of reports coming in about the results obtained a small advertisement inserted by howard harper of goodwood ap pealing for labor to pick potatoes brought eight replies despite the labor situation just now mr har per has 24 acres in potatoes which are yielding around 200 bushels to the acre another advertiser says he could have sold 20 stoves instead of just the one advertised while a farmer offering pigs soldthem before his own copy of the paper arrived orf thursday sudden death of chatham man mr john anderson of chatham died at his home in that city last thursday while his sister and brotherinlaw mr and mrs e a button were guests in his home mr anderson has just been a pati- ent in a toronto hospital and was taken home by mr and mrs button i in their car on tuesday two days before his death he was seized with a heart attack which proved fatal in a few hours when he pass ed away on thursday morning a froquent visitor to stouffville mr anderson was quite well known here for many years he was em ployed in the civic tax department at chatham surviving besides his wife are two sisters- mrs button stouffville and miss jane anderson of wallaceburg also one brother william anderson lumberman of portland oregon an only son jack was killed overseas two years ago things we cant tell about this paper is one that maintains the kind of news that the general public likes to read best is the- un usual happenings but so iriany of the unusual things are barred from us that at times it becomes exas- perating take for instance this week we would like to tell you of a grand old lady of our town who finds satisfaction and a certain de light- at the age of 82 of going out to top carrots in the field with a number of much younger women she doesnt haw to do it but she is not adverse to hard work and it is hard work in a root field many a chilly day just now this remark- able woman should not be adverse to having her name published but we bow to her wishes still another citizen who received no less than four court actions laid at his t door in- pnejveeks time or thereabout provides still another of the unusual happenings that fairly itches the lead in our hand its not much wonder that one would wish their name withheld in this instance and we are pleased to acceed to the desires we know the offender would wish us to fol low and so again we bow to the wishes of still another type of citizen soldier markham wounded mr and mrs orval roach who moved this month from markham village to dundalk to open a store business received a message stat ing that their- son sgt stanley roach had been seriously wound ed sgt roach who has been over seas nearly four years with the rcoc was wounded in belgium oct 14 a brother pte arnold roach is training at- brantford markham cemetery the wounded lad is a grandson of the late hezekiah roach form- place jater clerk and treasurer of uxbridge above the average in styfeandcon sale registered saturdays horse a valuable lot of clydesdale- horses- also some percherons all registered and well matched teams will be thrown on to the market by public auction next saturday afternoon on the farm one mile north of unionville on the 6th concession of markham the owner of these animals is mr wilfred guay who shipped the lot from western canada for special auction at montreal but the car was so late in transport tnat it missed the sale a nuiriber of- these animals have been in the show ring no matter the price these horses are to be sold says atkinson sellers who will do the selling every animal is registered and i township issrrpifirvit formation a2vvi