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s j inrt the tribune stouffville ont thursday jan 4 hear reamer loomis of detroit member of international executive christian business mens fellowship at the regular meeting of the stouffv1xlk christian mens fellowship stouffville christian church wednesday january 10th at 815 pm anyone desirous of attending the supper at 7 oclock notify the secretary reg stouffer kindly smokey flies home only 315 electors vote in markham markham village council was re turned by an election on monday reeve frank burkholder having been accorded an acclamation the vote was a record small one with only 315 electors going to the polls the election resulted as follows with the first four forming the council w payne 220 ed roffey 209 c v reesor 198 john tor- lance 184 e reeve 128 f h tun- ney 72 pte ernest a smokey smith of new westminster bc can- adas newest vc winner and the first enlisted man to win the decoration during this war ls shown with his victoria cross at dorval airport mon treal as he stepped off the plane from overseas day with billy mckay the ts class will meet on fri day evening at 8 oclock at the home of esther davis holiday visitors with mrs m tindall and family were mr and mrs roy tindall and norman mr and mrs j symes erla and shir ley mr and mrs j coates of clare- mont and pte harry tindall who is home for a few days leave from red deer alberta the january meeting of the wi will be held on wednesday jan10 at 2 pm at the home of mrs a wideman the program is in charge of the war work mrs wm reesor con paper activities of the in ternational red cross roll call an article manufactured from salvage and sold current events motto the smile of god is victory v t altona happy new year to all mr and mrswm mcnair spent new years day with mr and mrs h s mcintosh new year visitors with mr and mrs m reesor were mr and mrs wm- reesor and mr and mrs h pointon mr and mrs p nighswander and family had their new year dinner on saturday with mr and mrs d nighswander mr and mrs fred nighswander and children spent monday with mr and mrs henry reesor new year visitors wjthmrslr grovewer3ranamrs f sellers lamtiyof browns corners mr and mrs w davis and family and mr and mrs s fretz and family mr- and mrs f lackey and earl offrazerville mr and mrs 0 venning and mr and mrs k ree sor spent new years day with mrs b reesor paul whitehead spent the noli- gloria models now 6th line whitchurch a very pleasant evening was spent at the daniels home when members from 2nd markham church and neighboring friends gathered in the form of a housewarming the much surprised young couple were presented with a floor lamp and plaque after which the happy recipients replied fittingly bruce clarke is enjoying the holi day season at the home of his par ents mr and mrs j a clarke quite a number of homes along the line are being wired for hydro and are anxiously looking forward to the time when the lights go on mr and mrs cliff pugh and son glenn from toronto had dinner with mr and mrs harry pugh re cently cliffs pet hobby is photo graphy and so he entertained his hosts wjth- someunique workin rrivirig picture reels say it with flowers mrs nice ly is still enjoying the fragrance from the beautiful bouquet which was wired from england by her daughter reta at christmas the annual school meeting was poorly attended william paisley resigned as trustee and was re placed by chas ratcliff the other trustees are j a clarke secretary and almore barkey gloria vanderbilt di ciccoheir- ess to railroad millions and in private life the wife of pat dl cicco who is now in the us army is reported to be work ing as a powers model she is said to get 1000 plus endorse ment for each advertisement it is her first job oha schedule junior hockey friday january 5 newmarket at richmond hill port credit at markham monday january 8 richmond hill at port credit markham at newmarket friday january 12 port credit at richmond hill newmarket at markham monday january 15 richmond hill at newmarket friday january 19 markham- at richmond hill newmarket at port credit monday january 22 port credit at newmarket richmond hill at markham friday january 2fi markham at richmond hill monday january 20 richmond hill at newmarket tuesday january 30 markham at port credit friday february 2 v richmond hill at port credit newmarket at markham monday february 5 markham at newmarket friday february 9 t newmarket at port credit richmond hill at markham monday february 12 port credit at newmarket friday february 16 port credit at markham newmarket at richmond hill tuesday february 20 markham at port credit friday february 23 port credit at richmond hill lemon vi lle theroads are full of snow again and the school had an extra holi day miss marion hastings and mrs r w morningstar spent new years at home the spence family enjoyed new years with relatives at gormley- we are glad to report mrs may spence is recovering from a recent fall miss elizabeth foote spent new years with friends on the townline and reports the snow quite deep walking home miss marion and mr elgin hast ings were dinner guests in union- ville on wednesday evening mr and mrs cecil banks spent new years with her friends mr and mrs eldon bolender at beth- esda mrs fred harwood and mrs keith hutchinson were the onlyl brave members who turned out on tuesday for the red cross at miss etta wrights ringwood mr herbhisey manager of ringwood farms is attending the o ac this week for a special short course miss elaine rae spent christmas holidays with friends in toronto miss priscilla pipher attended the wedding of her niece miss eilzabeth pipher in toronto on tuesday of last week oscar gould residing near guelph spent saturday with his mother mrs james gould who makes her home with her daughter mrs stew art rae sgt ralph burkholder returned to medicine hat last week after enjoying a months leave at his home here mr and mrs j l abefl spent the holiday week with their son john in detroit blake yake was a new years visitor with his parents at new market the ringwood school meeting was held on wednesday evening and the trustees for the coming year are messrs win timbers arthur paisley and bruce stouf fer we are glad to learn that mrs orval drewery who has been in toronto western hospital for sev eral weeks is now making steady recovery mr and mrs norman steckley entertained about twenty guests on new years day including her par ents mr and mrs wm pattenden and other relatives from vandorf mr and mrs jos fockler and family spent the holiday with rel atives near lansing mr geo rodanz and his herds man ironsides are down in the warm climate of the central states perhaps mr rodanz will ship up some of those mexican steers or a buffalo new years day visitors with mr and mrs roy grove included mr and mrs d crosier of altona mr and mrs howard stjohn and child ren gary and dianne mr and mrs walter slack and betty ann of stouffville and mrs j m grove james abell stationed with the rcaf at the atlantic coast is enjoying a weeks leave with his parents here other holiday guests at the abell home included mrs robt abell and mrs and mrn seldon abelloftoronto sublieut malcolm causernow a prisoner of war has been a- warded the dso for sinking the enemy cruiser bolzano last june with another seaman he rode a human torpedo into spezia and blew up the big 10000ton battleship their 50th wedding day celebrated mr and mrs w a henderson of goodwood celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on tuesday last week at their home in good wood where they lived for the past eighteen years mr henderson is no stranger in stouffville where he is frequently seen and where in by- c gone days he frequently gave the were settled band boys a lift when a cornet player was sought mr henderson taught school at uxbridge for many years and was principal of whitby public school nine years he also served as secretary of the south ontario teachers institute mr and mrs henderson have a son elwood and a daughter mrs gulli ver in oshawa also six grandchild ren a weekly edjtr looks at a tt wmuy mwtpcp c by james greenbl canadian auxiliary have completed plans for ing skates and boots for troops in france belgiuind holland ymca branches fflso working on this project ane having a set of skates andfcs are asked to send them tfey ymca or write the nearestve of the organization for detailjje boys over there will be gray because it gives them hornet recreation and keeps them in tl with a great canadian sport v 1 all quiet on the labor- fn time- lost through strikes lockouts in the first 10 months this year showed a decrease more than 82 per cent from stanley theatre phone 100 showing each night at 815 saturdays holidays 700 and 900 thursday friday and saturday january old acquaintance bette davis color carton monday tuesday and wednesday january 8910 bells of capistrano gene autry flying with music thursday friday and saturday january 111213 keep fit george formby also a streamliner l- claremont mr and mrs robt hook and family of mongolia enjoyed new years dinner with mr and mrs howard mantle and son stanley the mayfair restaurant has been reserved for this saturday after noon from 330 to g 30 and will not be open to the public during these hours a fireside hour was held on sunday evening in the basement of the united church when the brougham young people were pre sent and the young people of the baptist church mr morris binstead of toronto visited over the holiday at his home here miss bessie graham of toronto visited over the holiday at her home here miss jean gregg of richmond hill also visited her home during the holiday mr and mrs s todd of good wood visited onsunday with mr and mrs walter hardy miss peggy overland of toronto visited over the holiday at the home of her aunt and uncle mr and mrs c a overland mr earl leggitt of pontypool also- miss ina leggitt of toronto visited on sunday with mrs james leggitt miss doris dolphin of toronto also miss margaret briscoe were holiday visitors at their respective homes letters of appreciation were read at the sunday morning service in uie baptist church for christmas parcels received overseas by gor don gostick everett hammond and same period of 1943 therewere iyears by the dominion department strikes carried over from septefaf agriculture it was found that ber there were 12 work interruvhile a large number of different tions during october but eigbarieties could be found in our ex- the rest resumewt wheat those which could be work pending final settlement classed as poor or mediocre are the dispute figures show thalily a very small percentage of the 485924 man working days werehole study was made of the 1943 lost to october 31 1944 in 172jip at ottawa for instance strikes involving 73391 workers this is contrasted with the same period last year when 885282 days were lost in 358 strikes involving 165866 workers misses gladys and jean morley mr and mrs alex morgan ofio months of 1944 are 10 per cent many mothers particularly those in the rural areas of canada have cause to be grateful to their chil drens school teacher not only does she attend to the scholastic needs of her young pupils but fre quently looks after their physical welfare by serving hot beveiages to the children who bring their lunch some teachers even provide soup and bread and butter on cold days to help these foster mothers cater to their young charges the wartime prices and trade board has made arrangements for them to obtain the necessary ration doc uments to buy rationed sugar butter and preserves to do so the teachers must register with the nearest branch of the ration admin istration as a quota user they are required to state clearly the num ber of children they wish to serve during the noon hour always re membering that rations cannot be provided for those who live close enough to go home for their mid day meal reflecting the general better prosperity of the primary producer this year is the recordof country general store sales for october which increased six per cent in dollar volume over the same month a year ago general store sales were 746 per cent higher than the average for the five years 1935- 1939 aggregate figures for the first bananas and cream sarnia also miss mary and billie wagg of detroit spent the holiday here at the nelson wagg home north claremont mrs comba also miss pearl boyer of toronto returned home on friday after visiting at the home of mrs esther palmer jeaifmcaffrey carries an arm- ful of bananas fruits of a vic- tory garden in st petersburg fla protect hog with all year cabin profits from hogs like profits from most other lines are largely affected by the size of the initial outlay the hog does not need an expensive house but must be clean with the possibility of being kept clean with the least amount of labour on a farm where a few hogs are reared or even where a herd of 100 sows may be kept the neces sary housing can be provided by hog cabin such a cabin is useful 365 days in the year no matter how small or large the herd may be by its construction the all year cabin gives efficient protection in winter and summer it is inexpen sive and is built on runners so that it may be removed to fresh ground at any time in summer lack of shelter from the intense heat is more injurious to young pigs than the cold winter by the use of hinged doors comfort both in summer and winter is assured specifications for making the cab ins are contained in the revised circular 131 publication 618 the all year hog cabin which may be obtained free from the dominion department of agriculture ottawa stouffville garage telephone service a new service export repair work on tractors cabs trucks imperial oil products wilson thomas les wilson alf thomas higher than for a year ago while the airforce is releasing a limited number of its service women over a threemonths period the canadian army is seeking 5000 new recruits for the canadian womens army corps and thus a close liaison is now being main tained between the two services to allow a discharge if willing to ba medically boarded interviewed and assessed by the army so that a de cision can be made on how best to employ her in the cwac there was some curtailment of industrial activity in panada at the beginning of last october reports now show being the first time since the autumn of 1931 that the trend has been downward a com bined working force of 1861599 persons was employed in 14921 establishments which furnished returns to the dominion bureau of statistics it is interesting to note that salaries and wages paid by these establishments at october 1 this year aggregated 60250107 compared with 59724662 the average weekly earnings per em ployee was up from 3169 to 3236 the general shrinkage in industrial employment at the start of october this year was mainly in manufact uring and construction a lot of the falling off was in iron and steel with a decrease of nearly 9500 persons in this group there was a drop of 3500 in lumber mills but vegetable food- factories on the other hand added almost 5700 1 to their working forces logging re ported important seasonal expan- sion while improvement wasnoted in transportation and trade a reminder to housewives even if they know all coupons in ration books no 3 and no 4 ex pire on december 31 to maintain canadas high re putation as a a wheat producing country built on the quality of the wheats exported to other countries special studies of samples have been going on for the past 13 nples being taken from 180 re- jsentative cargoes leaving both fctern and western terminals i the fort william cargoes a weed decline was found in the rentage of marquis wheat and abrresponding increase in that- cjand allied rust resistant wats in the pacific cargoes red bl was the predominating var- ietthe marquis garnet and re- wa varieties declined to new lown the no 3 andno 4 mani- totjfiorthern samples samples leag fort churchill followed the sansrend the general high qual ity toeing maintained that is de- finitf droved tife are good but net collec tions the income tax and cus toms hd excise divisions of the depaiunt of national revenue totallii 1417 millions for the month november were down by over taiillion in comparison with novenir 1943- in line with this the colkion of income tax alone took ira net of 995 millions in novemh against 1176 millions in novelper 1943 over 1 per cent of canadian men and women with overseas service vfo have been discharged for medti reasons and cases ruled on fi the canadian pensions commissici have been granted pensions vo the end of october this year 1305 had been granted pensions o of 15335 cases of these 1040feot their pensions on firsthearingtotal annual liability on pensionsh far awarded for this war was p millions at end of october odds and lids during the first nine monthsbpthis year canada produced 221690 fine ounces of gold if jgging or ploughing for the 1945 ictory garden wasnt done in the fa the work will have to be undertaken in the early spring as sock as the ground is dry enough tope properly worked soviet scientists have developed a paste of prased milk which is effective in cumg wounds per sons residing iv canada can now make persona remittances to france with tie approval of the foreign controluexchange board i v this ktwiwe oil v 1 saves yoim engine i 2 ways j fastflowing it puts aiprptective oil cushion be tween dry parts the sec ond you start thus it helps reduce starting wear which can cause up to 94 f all engine wear i tough bodied gold en shell resists forming sludge and carbon under the heat of steady high speeds golden shell is made in a new way that takes the bad things out of oil sold in sealed bottles sold at a price below the other premium quality oils boadways service station phone 265 i m h