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r jhv wry r xzy r yv jhe tribune stouffville ont thursday march 8 1945 cij jbbcal and personal happenings aiafe leading wren aurella jennings is enjoying a furlough in new york city from which place she called her parents by telephone the other evening leading wren kathleen turner daughter of mr- and mrs lloyd turner is enjoying two weeks leave at home with her parents from her navy post at quebec special at widenian church dr j bruce beare of toronto will be guest speaker at digkson hill young peoples meeting on tuesday march 13th at 8 pm a cordial welcome is extended to all there was no skating at the stouffville arena last saturday night which is the first break in the weather necessitating a calloff of this popular saturday night amusement mrs will birkeu is in port perry this week visiting with a friend who is ill mrs- herbert mitchell was out from toronto on friday former resident of musselmans lake mrs mitchell is pleased to meet many old friends on her occasional visit to stouffville mr and mrs don mccrae were sunday visitors with mr and mrs has porter victoria st don was a former member of the bank of commerce staff here and is now stationed in toronto with the 3rcaf his wife is a western can ada girl keith steckley who makes his lame with mr and mrs h j malloy while attending high school jhere was- threatened with pneu monia iast iweek but is steadily improving this week his- friends will be pleased to- learn marjcham village council has ordered seven and a half tons of calcium for use in keeping down the diist on their streets this com ing summer locally the municipal council must make a decision be tween calcium and oil and would welcome the views of any interest ed citizens in the meantime mr clayton stouffer has been serving on jury in toronto the past few weeks and found it quite an interesting vacation stanley theatre to have firstrun film the stanley theatre stouffville and loews toronto will this week feature the firstrun mgm film the thin man goes home starr ing myrna loy and william powell not omitting that popular terrier asta patrons of the local play house must appreciate the fact the latest in pictures are n being con tracted for right in their own town has the time again arrived for merchants to be on guard against burglars last week in one night three places in port perry were broken into jacksons implement shop beares motors and gerrows bakery at beares they stole a car and drove it to toronto where it was found on st clair avenue west while at the other two places they obtained cash and threw things around in general disorder all night parking of motor cars on the streets in port perry is re ceiving the attention of the council of that place indicating that the problem of one town is much the same as that of other municipali ties cars should not be left over night on the streets unless parked well out of the line of traffic and at that owners assume consider able risk spring planting one of the first spring gardeners of whom we have heard in town is rjr harry stouffer mr stouffer re moved some of the snow from his garden one day last week and planted some sweet peas he re ports the soil easy to work in addition the berry bushes in the stouffer garden are showing green shoots hear the base so it looks as if it wont be long now cub news we had our usual cub meeting on friday night march 2nd with 19 present we welcome rornie wilsonas a new cub we are plan ning a parents night soon and also nope to have our first star test finished by the first of april cecil andrus cm walter pipheracm stouffville high school has re verted to fast time after trying out a different system that would tend to accommmodate the hours of many students but it is found advisable to make a change again the whole thing is a headache to teachers and parents and will be so long as fast time is the standard over the country probably another term the doniinion government will do something about adopting standard time again and thui make it more satisfactory for the winter season at least fast time seems to be all right for many dur ing the summer season but no one approves of it in the winter school choir to sing at united church the senior choir of the stouff- trille high school will occupy the choir loft at the united church iext sunday morning under the leadership of mr lcmurphy the senior students gave several im- pressive renditions at the current commencement exercises and in case you failed to hear them this will be an opportunity for you next sunday morning 0 as a result of the rebate obtain ed from the hydro system the usual domestic billing ordinarily going out at the end of march will not be issued since everybodys bill will be more- than paid by the rebate due them the next billing will therefore be the june account and this too will be cover ed by the rebate for most custo mers according to their consump tion in 1944 some customers wiii not have used up all their rebate even at the junebillingit is esti mated lions to hold ladies night stouffville lions club will enter tain the ladies at their regular supper meeting next monday even ing at the school building when the mayfair restaurant will again cater to the supper an interesting pro gram includes a quizz and other entertainment as well as several solo numbers mrs neil smith wife of dr n c smith who is now in toronto will be present as guest of the club and probably give a short talk at the meeting being close to the 17th of march the affaii may take the turn of an irish night buys town house mr stewart stouffer who is re tiring from the farm owing to ill health has purchased the residence on albert street owned by mr james ratcliff and occupied by mr arid mrs f innes it is expected that mr and mrs innes will ultim ately locate in manchester or brook lin since mr innes is in business at the former place when that time comes mr and mrs stouffer will move- to town to reside in their newly acquired house want to get married recently this paper turned down an advertisement with the heading want to get married and coming from a matrimonial bureau now we learn that the individual order ing the advertising a dr west of juliaette idaho has not sufficient good standing that would entitle him to a line of credit in the press the nature of his advertising didnt appeal to the publishers any way in fact the one and only couple of our acquaintance who mated as a result of newspaper advertising didnt make much of a success of the job consequently we wouldnt like to be the means of bringing couples together for this purpose since we have enough unavoidable troubles to answer for now sncvvs your future moneymakers feed em right m fulopep chick starter hu the j wonderful oatmeal base also contains concentrated u r spring rangesmany health ben efits of fresh pasture balanced in minerals vitamins proteins and carbohydrates saveup to voonfeedcpst r by following the fulopep rear ing plan stouffville ont phone 4501 v blood donor clinic today the red cross mobile blood donor clinic will pc held today thursday at markham from 845 until 1200 noon if you can give your donation is needed come with the traveling public a lady passenger on the cnr train from toronto to stouffville one evening last week was report ed as a bit tipsy and accordingly loudly proclaimed her destination as stouffville she provided consid erable amusement if one is perinitt- ed to laugh at the fair sex in this condition yet not a single one of several stouffville people on the train recognized the wouldbe resi dent as of local origin whether observers were mistaken or not about the ladys condition she made no mistake in declaring she was bound for stouffville because this proved her destination but we shall leave her incharge of station- master bob johnston install diesel engine on maintainer markham township council recently installed a 42 horse power diesel engine in their big grader replacing one that had seen its best days and could not longer chop the work required the council con sider themselves extremely lucky in being able to secure this new engine at the present time a new maintainer is impossible to obtain and somehow councilors learned of the existence of this ne wengine when with a lot of persuasive power they were able to obtain a priority order and secure the covet ed machinery v without great- delay it is now reported doing a grand job on the township roads 7- i- wjm red cross asks your help to heal a wartorn world wherever the great destroyer war hasjpassed pain suffering and sorrow follow in its wake young men on the battlefield or in hospitals are tormented by sickness or wounds little children mothers aged people are homeless hungry cold in every theatre of war whole cities lie a ruins millions are suffering the pangs of disease starvation and dire want he red cross will continue to reach out a helping hand it must heal and comfort our own sick and wounded it must send food clothing medical t supplies to wartorn lands and the canadian red cross will answer this urgent call for the canadian red cross is you and your friends and your neighbors and all the good folks up and down this fair dominion of ours you will sendhelp yes life itself to the stricken people of other lands you will stand staunchly behind your red cross and give phone stouffville 151 red cross vfczteyea yj j5 va-v- many auctions coining in march j a s farmer auctioneer will conduct three sales this week- in cluding the auction sale on the farm of edward evans north of claremont- for which splendid weather prevailed on tuesday then on wednesday he handled the aestaley sale north of goodwood while on friday he will be in brock township near blackwater for leslie nugent who is giving up farming next tuesday march 13 he will sell for tmevans three miles west of brooklin today thursday clarke pren tice will swing the hammer over the dishes furniture and other articles belonging to waboying- ton a mile east of markham village on the highway the 150 acre farm will also be offered mr prentice announces sellers atkinson come into the ring on wednesday march 14 with a big sale on the 8th concession of markham for fred banks who is retiring after many years a success ful farmer everything must be sold and if a reasonable bid can be obtained the farm of 100 acres will also change owners since mr banks is anxious to make a sale the place is well located on the highway between stouffville and markham with bus service at the door also hydro on the premises however watch for the entire list of each and every sale which will be published in this paper also refer to the sale register for brief announcements word has just reached her par ents mr and mrs j l abel at ringwood to the effect that their daughter helen has re ceived an important promotion and is now a captain in the cwac and commanding offi cer of trade schools at cwa c basic training centre at kitchener mr mrs duncan heise of toronto were weekend visitors with mr and mrs mewatts good as a letter from home writes mr and mrs e honsberger of waterloo in renewing their tribune subscription while report ing that their ccfoy arrives regular ly each week friends will be glad to know the honsbergers are well mr and mrs sam adams who have been living at bethesda where mr adams was herdsman for the brown farm where the world famouscow made her great record moved this week to chelten ham in the brampton district to take on a similar job for a farmer in that district maj a c snively wilcox lake has been elected a director of the ontario humane society mr and mrs harry norley and mr and mrs budchuck all of os- hawa also miss isabel collard tor onto were weekend guests in town with mr and mrs harry brillinger and miss eulah mrs mowat who is staying with a sister in toronto is reported to be greatly improved in health a fact that will be noted by her many friends here with real satisfaction mrs mowat- celebrated her 83rd birthday last saturday rev chas mcgrath of kapuskas- ing former stouffville pastor will be here next sunday and willoc- cupy his old pulpit in the baptist church for the evening service his many friends will be glad to greet this former resident who left here in 1937 to take up pastoral work in northern ontario rev mr mc- grath was succeeded here by the present incumbent of- the office rev d macgregor avoinciis institute meeting the stouffville womens instit ute will meet at the home of mrs bert lickorish on thursday mar 15th at 230 oclock mottoa cheerful grin will let you in roll call hint on gardening agricul ture mrs kellington reading mrs young music mrs buckley and mrs shuttleworth a sale of any thing useful in ahomewill be held- come and enjoy the afternoon so cial half hour pres mrs- h j malloy secy sadie stewart stouffville war branch wish to knowledge with thanks donations from the following mrs j mccullough 5 mr weldon 20 mens felt hats quilt and clothing- excelsior class clothing mr kel lington mrs e smith mrs frank sangster quilt top mrs brodie material for quilt mrs j madill t- i t r a t lintnp inaujiiai ioi quiii mrarj mama serg ni f f where hi name omitted in diuv ba dona oil mt pleasant pe 1 wheiene mrg h wg also t0 isstationed on coastal pat olvk tnank mr j c porter for auditi the recentarnval of another son e listen to premier george drew on wedny march 14 over obl at 830 pm ed t li -i- staffsergt george abel from over seas after five years the abel home at ringwood is the scene of many joyful meetings these days i po wm r thompson recently graduated as navigator from st johns quebec is spending a- fur lough with his parents mr and mrs a g thompson in town also another son jack b thompson rcnvr left toronto on saturday last enroute to the east coast for advanced training avon certificate for bravery a certificate for outstanding good service bravery and great devotion to duty during the campaign in england and on the continent- has been awarded to bdre g jeffery formerly living with mr h w moorby of gormley the certificate isypersonally signed by field- mar shal sir bernard l montgomery cqms ernie as he was known among his friends enlisted in 1939 and has been overseas ever since he is a veteran of the lastswar the new date for the annual convention of the markham town ship sunday school association postponed from january is thurs day- march 29 and will beheld in the victoria square united church dr george little of the united church publishing house toronto an outstanding temperance speak er will give an address in the after noon and the rev j e mallis in ternationally known bible confer ence speaker will speak at both the afternoon and evening sessions special singing has been arranged for the day v our books mrs turner treas mrs davey sec theatre phone 100 showing each night at 815 saturdays holidays 700 and 900 thursday friday and saturday march 810 the thin man goes home wm powell community sing myrna loy color cartoon monday tuesday and wednesday march 12 14 our hearts lere gall russell charllo rugglcs colored musical l- cartoon yl thursday friday and- saturday s march 15fwtiij v foob jills inavfeep- moamxijs