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j sc- v-l- vxhe tribiinerstouffville ontttjiugsday dec141944 j- r- v v lions debate on showerproof coats made egyptian colter fine for the foggy days f e rae tailor sand piles have been set up at convenient locations in town and the sand will be used on slippery walks i in winter a sprinkling of calcium has been mixed in the sand to keep it from freezing schools have been ordered to re main open until dec 22 reopening date is immediately after new years thus the holiday is a little shorter this year yet very accept able at that a junk shop near a railroad crossing in denver carries assign with this hint to motorists go ahead take a chance well buy the car toronto will operate a junior b hockey circuit this year which means that fewer players of this calibre will be available to clubs such as markham and richmond hill but in turn will provide the toronto junior a clubs with lots of extra talent right at home womens institute sleeting the stouffville womens insti- tutewill meet at the home of mrs gr wthomas thursday dec 21st at 230 oclock the meeting motto is peace on earth goodwill toward men roll call my worst failure in cooking report of convention by delegates reading by mrs e j davey there will be a shower for christmas cheer boxes and music of christmas carols any visitor welcome president mrs h malloy secy sadie stewart good line of trousers worsteds and light and heavy tweeds and pure wool f e- rae tailor retail business may engage extra help for christmas without going through selective service accord ing to a very sensible order recent ly issued the open date is from dec 4th to january 5th the municipal council of aurora resolved at its last meeting to get up a reserve fund for a public school building which they foresee will be needed there in the future by setting up a fund in advance the finance committee pointed out that many dollars will be saved in interest rates a case of saving your dollars before spending them skating and curling may get underway before christmas yet if the weatherman provides the prop er break this week mr- cliff pipher icemaker for the local curling club had his ground work well completed before the recent mild spell clayt baker we under stand was all set to make ice the day the thaw set in resident of uxbiidgc since 1890 welland favorably known over the country a j gould of uxbridge died last week at his home in the northern town he was one of the oldest active marble cutters in the province and many monuments throughout the country stand to his credit mr gould was in his 85th year and was a native of belleville and located in uxbridge in 1890 he was prominent in the ioof for many years promoted to major miss mable gray and miss may hutchinson of uxbridge were guests of mr and mrs harold spofford one day last week mr a s farmer received a ship ment of yukon mink from a ranch er at rainy river on monday this is a strain he has been seeking for some time but could not get an order filled until this winter with the big storm that raged over tuesday all hope that the winter season at the first of the month was only a joke has been dispelled we are now resigned to the true situation that winter is really here roads are blocked and traffic is tied up james butterill former markham high school teacher has been ap pointed to the rank of major the major is with the forces in belgium and his old friends and scholars many of whom are here about will be pleased to note his advancement mrs stewart edna watson from toronto spent last thursday with her mother mrs geo watson obrien ave tuesday record snow storm has shattered hopes of holding the christmas market on thursdayand the merchants and horsemen are dealing with the problem christmas baking 98 lbs quaker flour 285 98 lbs five roses flour 300 24 lb five roses flour 85 98 lbs ivory flour 24 lb quaker flour 24 lb prize pastry 249 80 73 lions blake sanders and m e watts members of the stouffville lions club were present at the charter night of the newly formed agincourt club on friday evening and presented the baby organiza tion with their lions code of ethics assistance for shoppers with this issue the tribune is presenting its christmas shopping the gray coach lines bus was ditched at dickson hill tuesday morning in the deep snow and blinding storm anyway it seems that no weather is too bad for our bus to start out in because of the popularity for the picture going my way which will come to stouffville next week the stanley will run this picture all week which is something out of the ordinary the dates are dec 18 to dec 23 stouffville war branch donations of materials have been received again from ringwood and bloomington also quilt from miss tillie stouffer donations from mr brodie and from the wives of war veterans lambton county- council passed a resolution at the december ses sion deploring the dominion gov ernment to adopt standard time for the winter months hundreds of organizations have done the same thing but ottawas time in attend ing to this matter is any old time it would seem kings plate eyed by heinstcad charlie hemstead exbacker of for finishing your christmas fowl fullopep fatten n i ng mash purina fatena checkers stiver bros edition with the cooperation of markhams junior hockey team town and district merchants it i whose racing stables are now at lias been possible to present a good has two entries for the directory of gifts which should be nominations for the 1945 running of material assistance to shoppers of tno ki plate they are hem- in search of fitting gifts for thei a hemseven john stuart holiday season despite the res- forrr of aurora who operates stouffville lion club on monday evening debated the proposed mem orial hall issue when a great many divergent views were heard and the long discussion ended without any concrete proposals being adopted so that future discussions will probably follow during the win ter meetings the program for the evening was in charge of messrsjack smits and e a button but when they intro duced the hall issue the time was entirely absorbed in this discus sion the nature bfthc memorial hall as to what it should accommodate and its location were prime points for discussion the meeting was reminded that the council had se cured the lot oh main street near the cnr wliich is being held but that they were open for sug gestions or any sitqf that would be more suitable at a meeting some time ago the lions sent a deputa tion to the council asking the mun icipal body to secure the present hall sight which the town now owns and which is still favored by the majority during the winter it is suggested that the lions might be able to help the town devise the kind of building they will require and make recommendations on the matter mrs geo watson spent the week- endin uxbridge next week christmas week stores will open each evening from tuesday to saturday for the ac commodation of the late shopper and those who find it difficult to get to town in the daytime a blood donors clinic will be held in markham on thursday dec 28 from noon hour any who can offer their blood at this clinic are requeested to contact dr innis mcdonald markham or mewatts stouffville named hulls successor president rossevelt nominat ed acting secretary edward r stetinius to be secretary of state succeeding the ailing cordell hull whose resignation he accepted a few hours earlier the president nominated maj- gen patrick j hurley to be us ambassador to china is top night pilot uojsi triction necessitated by a world at war stouffville and claremont mer chants this year are offering a wide selection of quality merchandise christinas shoppers can also confer a favor on these merchants and help themselves by shopping early big crowd at high school open night an- overflow crowd attended the open house at stouffville high school last week and moved in and about the spacious classrooms to view the classworkand demonstra tions projects- depicting various topics of the courses of studvwere on display and the blackboards showed typical f work of various classes each desk showedthe stu dents name and notebook of class- work articles made by the stu dents were on display in thehome economics and shop rooms the various were directed as follows home economics miss johnston shop work and chemistry l c murphy phyics p w sherk choral reading and play miss borisuk french songs and plays miss collins and art miss fairley a light lunsh was served in the home economics room a racingstable near markham has holniriated horses to uphold his name they are sisi the sherift wingfield and second act of this quartette the sherift is the best known horse having ran several good races as a twoyearold with this lineup of thorobreds the kings purse may resf in north york this time next year thp mayfair restaurant opened last week and immediately receiv ed a deluge of patronage that is taxing the r accommodation it would appear from what is being served that the proprietress has met with good success in obtaining quotas and this is appreciated by the general public patrons speak highly of the quality ofjhe food and good service business people whopatronize the mayfair for noon dinner are finding that it is a good thing to avoid the 12 to one hour when the rush is so often on in mid week the opening of this restaurant in the former bank of nova scotia building certainly came at a time when it was sorely needed for there wasnt a resta urant open in town peterboro farmer is winning speaker over 700 attended a rally of the rural youth comittee ontario federation of agriculture in tor onto jo hear fivej junior speakers compete in the committees annual public speaking contest first place went to cameron clark peterboro a grandson of mrs thos klinck- of stouffville whose subiect was- postwar plan ning he saidthatcahadians must be prepared for broad political changes if the present national strength is to be carried over to the peace our strength is in unity not division he said to build a great nation in the post war we must work with not against our neighbors second place went- to elwood lemon annan- grey county who spoke on community recreation he said that planned recreational pro grams were an important factor in promoting cooperation among members of a community and the most powerful weapon against juvenile delinquency thelma papple kingsville won third place with a speech on soil conservation other contestants were chas diemer essex county and carlton mclnnis dundas county lieut a a harrington ott awa who has served in can adian british and us airfor- mations has been officially rat ed as the night fighter ace of the rcaf with seven enemy planes destroyed and one prob able odds and- ends retail purchas ing in canada measured by 12 trades dealing mainly in clothing food and household requirements was up 14 in september from the same month last year the total sugar beet crop of 1944 is now placed at 608000 tons 28 greater than 1943 there are in canada today about 35000 mem bers of junior farm clubs in a var iety of farm and farm home pro- jects shocking but true- national authorities say more- than 300qp0 canadians have venereal disease hence the accent on the current national vd campaign a ruddy old st nick has come to our store early this year arms loaded with wonderful gifts to cheer the whole gifts that will bring them comfort and pleasure whether its for dadmother brother sister sweetheart or husband youll find thegift they want here dont delay come in while the assortments are good spofford co stouffvilleoxt church hill congratulations to mr ivan mc laughlin on winning second and third prizes in the york county potato competition jos martin mrs orval martin and lois visited at erastus smal- leys at hartman mr and mrs david beach of brooklin were with his parents mr and mrs wm beach here mis marjbrie and roy clark visit- ed their aunt mrs m foster at ringwood the sunday school concert will be held on dec 20th mr j martin and mrs orval martin arid lois spent a day at stouffville with mr and mrs- f fairies mr albert and stanley lageer were in oakville for the weekend the red cross have cancelled quilting for the busy christmas season they will start again after the new year last week three large quilts were competed we do not own a bulova watch they seem too dear but we havea bulova sweetner it brings christmas cheer if you wanta dandy plum puddin use bakers sweetner it makes a goodiri to make a good puddin sauce get bakers sweetner it pleases the boss its good bakers sweetner chart tells how easy it is to use and still save 1 sugar its cheaper tthan sugar no coupons no bitter taste guaranteed as represented or money back 500 buys only 2500 tspoons sugar 500 buys 6400 tspoons bakers sweetner 25 ozs 25c 40 ozs 35c 80 ozs 65c 1 imp gallon 125 5 imp gallon 500 large containers extra if you use bakers sweetner in your liquor its quicker george e baker phmb manufacturing chemist wanted dead bones and 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