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the tribune stouffviueontthursday march 15 1945 local and personal eriings mrs mary quibel of mount al bert was 93- years of age this month a remarkable age that few are spared to celebrate butter in berlin is 50 a pound but we bet no such fancy price will be paid for it by the russians when they reach the capital we witnessed a girl not a day over 20 years but as drunk as an old buzzer on the street in toronto last week she was being helped mrs ejhill of newmarket has been visiting at the home of her brother mr ejdavey in town e a grubin ro optometrist will be at his office in stouffville on monday march 19th mr and mrs murray nesbitt and family of claremont pte jack harding of toronto mr orlando forsyth of parry sound visited last week with gnr john lageer of newfoundland who was home on along by a youthful sailor and furlough visiting his parents on f o bertram taylor f o bertram taylor son of mrs roy grasby cando sask and the late robert taylor of goodwood has recently return ed from overseas f o taylor a navigator completed 31 tours over enemy territory and was awarded the dfche graduat ed from saskatoon university he specialized in geology bert is a nephew of mrs geo stewart and mrs russel dows- well goodwood his mother was the former ethel jones of glasgow another young man something we often read about but it is more impressive to see such an exhibit ion really enacted church street it mr and mrs wes schell were in toronto for several days this week for the annual convention of who is verv ontario retail lumbermen at u xy t royal york the local lumber dealer predicts that there will be quite a spurt on building in evid ence here this spring and summer mrs j c paxton well known in stouffville fell into an open trap door in the presby terian jchurch at uxbridge last week receiving severe bruises which confined her to the house tnore ls a sreat demand have your red cross subscript ion ready when the canvassers call mr delbert holden is gradually getting around after being confined to home for some weeks through illness friends will be glad to know for several- days mrs paxton is particularly well known at mussel- mans lake where the family had farmers may well be expected to become aroused about the prospects of closing out egg grading stations in the rural districts because of the stringent restrictions of the domin ion dept of agriculture station owners complain of the great cost they are being put to to comply with the regulations regarding re frigeration while others say the de mands are unnecessary and do not make sense however if- the farm ers prove to be right it- should be no trouble for them to put a stop to what is being attempted no gov ernment would attempt to enforce such regulations on the farmer if it can be shown that it is unnecessary perhaps the dept would have done well to carry on an educational campaign in order to educate egg producers to what they think should be done in this matter the for houses two weeks from friday is good friday and a public holiday sort of a spring opener many local people reported last week of seeing their first robin of the spring these tuneful red breasts are the unfailing harbin gers of spring an early breakup following the severe winter flying instructor bruce stover is expected home from western canada in a few days accompanied by his wife since bruce has re ceived his discharge from the rc- af mr and mrs stover will take up residence in town and he will resume his old position in the em ployment of his father mr ambrose stover at the stouffville bakery everybody will be glad to welcome the young couple as resi dents of the- town once again a claremont farmer who had never tried the tribunes classifi ed columns before reports having seven replies to a small advfor pigs in last weeks issue these advs are read by over 7000 people each week and can be of real value to you try them and see mr and mrs fred reynolds are arranging to move from victoria street since the house they occupy is wanted by the owner mr jos grose who is holding an auction sale at his ringwood farm and will retire in town again mr and mrs reynolds have occupied the place for nine years nephew of local seed mcichnnt killed in action po bill aldred nephew of mr tra aldred and who was re ported missing some time ago while serving with thercaf overseas has now been reported killed in action and buried at quarnstedt in germany william aldred was the son of mr and mrsnorman aldred of port perry he enlisted in march 1942 and he received his idea that the small grading station commission in june of last year is- being squeezed in favor- of the surviving him are his parents two big city station is a factor the brothers ftlieut joel aldred farmers are putting forward right- overseasnorman at home arid one iy or wrongly sister kay at home pefzate aaia ai the death of arthur roy mus tard at barrie last week removes an old markham boy from this sphere of activity mr mustard was 53 years of age and was born in markham his father being the late james mustard farmer on the 9th concession temporary entomb ment at barrie until a date later when the remains will be brought to markham for burial banquet room crowded to hear chicago speaker the basement of the christian church was filled to capacity on wednesday at the regular meeting of the stouffville mensfellowship to hear mr- reamer loomis of chicagomr loomis is manager of a real estate business in that city and is a memberof the executive of the christian mens international he brought a forceful- evangelistic message and illustrated in a most compelling manner of his faith in god by incidents encountered in his own business life i ladies coats and suits are now on display smartly styled and in the latest shades there isguite a demand- for tail- ored and dressmaker suits and we have a lotof them fur neck pieces in silver fox brown or grey squir- rel and mink to top off your suit or coat st gec girls coats we have a fullshipment of in sizes 2 to 14x made of tweed and other materials gay easter bonnets to go with your outfit good assortment in shades and sizes suits for boys and students get them now supply is limited hoiisedresses boys overalls curtains babys wear bedspreads cotton sheets handbags aprons harry golden v clothing store the passing of henry talbot 87- year6id resident- of the- 6th conces sion of whitchurch makes the third longtime resident of that conces sion line to have been removed by death in less than two years the late john nicely the late pat murphy and the late mr talbot had all resided there the greater part of their lives and their re moval in a comparatively short space of time further emphasizes the n changing personnel of the district by the sure and certain hand of death township borroavs at new low rate interest rate for township bor rowing has been reduced to 4 per cent from 4 per cent mr- a g thompsontmanager of the j cana dian bank of commerce at stouff ville told whitchurch township council in session at vandorf on saturday the rate was 5 per cent a few years ago andwas recently cut to 4 reeve leary expressed the councils appreciation for the new low rate interest charges at the bank arenow the lowest in years answering an enquiry hy the reeve road superintendent widdi- fieldsaid there are still a few roads to open three in number remaining eastwest and these are being worked on road accounts for shovelling snow and maintenance of machin ery were passed totalling 2463 police wiir be asked to investi gate the dumping of rotten turnips on the roadside between concess ions 4 and 5 near the clark bush the annual bylaw providing for road expenditures for the current year was passed it provides for an estimated expenditure of 20000 in 1944 18000 was spent under this account it was pointed out that it was not necessary to spend the total appropriation reeve leary said that if- 20000 was provided council was likely to spend that amount present expen diture has run 7000but mr widdi- field thought expenses would lighten up considerable councillor harper declared that ratepayers complained of past neg lect of roads and last year a good start was made in improving them and tfiey should be maintained and not allowed- to be torn to pieces again viata leave centre in holland visiting delegates to the world trade union conference which was held in london met a number of canadian soldiers who were coming out of the fighting lines for a brief rest here cs jackson of toronto v president of the united elec- tncal radio and machine workers of america chats with sgt ralph forfar of stouffville a former local school boy campaign returns in ontario killaloe- branch was the first in ontario to go over the top in the canadian red cross societys nationaf- campaign for funds it was j announced by the ontario commissioner mr stafford ro berts returns of oewere re ported to date in ontarios quota of 5000000but it ispointed out that in many branches such as the large and active border branch at windsor the campaign does not begin until march 12th vaughan township of- which mr w b hannaris president had achieved over fiftyipeiccent its objective bythesecond dayofthe campaign at divisional headquarters a cheque for 24000 was received from the- county of yorcthis is a sum which for many years past the county annually allocates to red cross x mr and mrs george middleton i found branded starling baker avenue and formerly of i r it tjv r r i i claremont were delighted last mr c il hlcks of week to receive a lovely bunch of roses wired by their son donald who went overseas last october don sure must have been thinking of home when- he carried out this nice act which is so much appre ciated by the family a foursome of local curlers m e watts s chris armstrong walter brillinger and jake hoover copped second prize in the district bon- spielatoshawa- last week the home brews won three games for a plus total of 19 they disposed of w c livingstones canmngton entry in the first draw and ousted ed thomas peterboro rink in the second game and improving stead ily came on to defeat stan lowes peterboro entry in- the third game picked up a dead starling a few days ago on the steckley farm in his neighborhood tnathad a band on one leg and bearing the informa tion dept biological survey wash dc evidently a tab is being made on this kind of birdfor some reason or other arid mrhicks intends to communicate with the department on the matter auction sale j mr ja leslie who was recent- ly promoted to the position of assistant manager for super- test petroleum products for the toronto district was in town on tuesday well known throughout east york mr les lie carried the conservative banner in the last provincial election for this riding household furniture jhe property of geo ropanz lot 3 con 8 whitchurch at ringwood on saturday march 17 three piece chesterfield suite nine piece oak dining room suite redleather seats 3 maple double beds 3 springfilled mattresses 3 waysagless springs piano stool writing desk red leather chair upholstered blue chair gold occasional chair 2 floor lamps and lamp shades 4 kitchen chairs foot stool 2 small tables hall rack 2 maple wall lights 2 maple dressers 4 linoleums new veranda rug green gardenchairs gatelegtable set kitchen scales y electric water heater set laundry tubs number of pictures dishes pans j tubs pails copper boiler lawn mower set- harness buzz saw frame all steel f sale at 130 terms cash a s farmer auctioneer v a jv your future moneyrmqkers feed em right fulopep chick starter ha tho wonderful oatmeal base alsoscontalns concentrated r spring range many health bent j of fresh pasture m balanced in minerals vitamins proteins and carbohydrates sxnvn or isttver bros stouffville ont fsj jm