Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), June 28, 1945, p. 3

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m dr hess a livestock fly spray that really repeals protect stock from flies out in the pasture- 5 gal steel pail and gals hess fly spray s600 kbem arid fsrsorial kafjiiiiis i seed buckwheat sudan grass millet turnip seed laurentain- derby canadian gem king bug killer for use on all gardens in 5 lbs 10 lbs 20 lbs 50 lbs sacks hay salt in 500 lb lots 400 1000 lb- lots 800 cement on hand at all time stiver bros mr- and mrs wm e morden of toronto were guests at the home of mr w e morden over the weekend cedar valley boy was kiwjkd ix action pte henry charles jones 18 previously reported missing june 8 1944 was killed in action on that day his parents mr and mrs ah jones cedar yalleyhave been officially notified he enlisted in september 1943 went overseas april 1944 and participated in d- day operations having been posted as a special reinforcement to the royal winnipeg rifles prior to going overseas pte sjones had attained a high standard in basic training at brantford and successfully passed through an antitank gun course at camp bor- den educated at shrubmount public school and pine orchard high school he is survived by his-par- ents and his brother pte a 6 jones argyll and sutherland high landers overseashe was employed with an electrical firm in toronto lorne birkett rcn vr son of mr r c birkett of regina is visit ing his uncle mr thos birkett fou a week a b birkett is on leave from the navy prior to leaving for the pacific war theatre miss joan hicks daughter of mr and mrs fred hicks of hamilton is holidaying with her uncle and aunt mr and mrs harvey moyer stouffville among the many friends who were here for the funeral of the late mrs john cleaver were a bro therinlaw wellington cleaver and his son kenneth also mrs walter cleaver and son arthurall of tara bruce county pte grant preston and pte bruce w preston sonsof mr and mrs- geo w preston of prestons lake vandorf have arrived in holland according to word received this week by their parents both boys have volunteered for the pacific blake sanders and bob snowball carried off first prize in the miens double bowling tournaments at markham and of course are feeling pretty good over it they were presented with war savings stamps for- their achievement lorne burkholaer has been en- faged as school teacher at ss no 2 markham mongolia duties to commence with the september term mr burkholder has had ten years experience- the position had been advertised for several weeks in the tribune miss norma- stover nurse in training at the hamilton general hospital is at home on holidays visiting her parents mr and mrs ambrose stover installation of a hot water system in the office of the tribune has made available one of those hard- tobuy station heater stoves equipped with a new fire pot last spring first reasonable offer accepted as we would like the stove moved out at once civilians get no milk eggs ob pats but the germans have everything pter price pugh writes from amsterdam holland under date of july 6 telling of empty stores and food r shortages in the dutch country but the flowers are some thing more beautiful than he ever saw before heisays in part we are- busy moving here and there when we entered amsterdam the city was swamped with flowers our truck was covered with the most beautiful roses i ever- saw how ever these people certainly havent much to eat the stores are empty arid the food allowance is one pound of bread and two pounds of potatoes per person weekly no flying officer bruce stover and his wife the former jean talbot arrived home from brandon on fri day evening mrs stover will re main at home i here and her hus band will shortly locate in town again since lit is expected that his milk eggs or fat of any kind thedj from the rcaf will be damned germans have everything issued very soon before enlisting walter hall with his majestys forces in new brunswick is home visiting his parents mr and mrs dan hall another son frank is expected home in a day or two from nova scotia where he is sta tioned with the rcaf s barbara dixon daughter of mr and mrs harold dixon main street at baker avenue was successful in passing her grade iii piano examin ation with jhonors barbara is a pupil ofmrs howard ratcliff institute to enjoy some levity friends are reminded about the meeting of thewbmensinstitute this thursday afternoon at the home of mrs james ridout it will take the form of a picnic lunch so please bring your own dishes the program will include some sports the secretary announces another nice residence sold miss a b clark has sold her lovely home on albert st south which was purchased from the geo collard estate to a toronto party who will take possession the later part of august miss clark is hav ing a sale of part of her furniture and will store the remainder and board until conditions permit her to procure a suitable apartment big crowd on hand for opening hardball despite the fact that the home team lost their opening home hard ball game to richmond hill 159 the enthusiasm of the first crowd to watch a game in stouffville since before the war was undampened the continuing wet weather has apparently made its mark on all the teams in the circuit as all appear badly in need of practice the hiil opened the scoring with two runs in the first innings and a fourrun splurge in the second while the best the homebrews could tally was two the third innings prcved the big one for local fans who watched their hopefuls rattle hits into every field to chalk i up six runs before the side was retired at this point both starting pitch ers began to falter and the hill re placed little with upton while sparky vail who used to be one of the big guns in the oba inter mediate baseball field when stouff ville formed part of the opposition is again back in the- baseball picture tossing them up for mclntyrecombines up north and having considerable success shepperton fred schelkes big gormley horse is due to start this season in the hamilton racing meet he has been brough back to form after his accident rather slowly but his owner wants him to go to the post in peifect condition corporal george crapper and mrs crapper have been enjoying a holiday in town visiting his mother mrs wm crapper main st cpl crapper is stationed in newfound land and his wife is staying in tor onto many canadians are wondering just how their american cousins are going to get along when the peaceful summer invasion from the united states starts will they be able to get ration cards to clear up such doubts the war time prices and trade board points out that any person visiting can ada for five days or ionger may obtain a canadian ration card application forms for these may be completed in customs offices at bordercrossing points such as fort erie niagara falls sarnia and windsor only one form is needed for a family haying the same last name american tourists eating in restaurants or hotels will not need a ration card if it is inconvenient to fill in the application form at the bordercrossing point any local schell took raxlins place onthe ration board can handle requests mrs john paxton who has many persons who send in items for friends through the district has taken up residence at her summer place at musselmans lake for the summer last thursday was not only the longest day of the year but it was also the first day of summer accord ing to the orthodox setting of the calendar indeed it was even more than that for it marked the begin ning of a week of dry weather so badly needed after the incessant rains that threatened to reduce the crops to a serious situation publication must forward i their name so that the publishers know from what source the information is sent- news or other items not signed cannot be published we must know the source of oursews items monday of next week is domin ion day and a public holiday thus providing a nice long weekend for those engaged in store factory and business places not many farmers will fjnd time to take the day off perhaps whitchurch farm sold the copeland farm south of musselmans lake consisting of 155 acres has been sold to the brother of the present owner the place is tenanted by j e spence who is looking for another farm to rent councillor e a button called at the farm of former premier m f hepburn last week when he was visiting his son dr john button at st thomas no doubt mr button intended to offer his condolences but he learned that mitch was ill and unable to see visitors first of the local strawberry crop is to be seen in the stores this week with ceiling prices prevailing for choice- fresh berries itis said that due to the incessant rains the fruit is not so good this year for pre serving this fact coupled with the sugar shortage and the fairly abundant crop may tend to lessen the demand for berries which would react on prices as the sea son progresses stouffville mound both new hur- lers tightened up the work at the plate but numerous bad throws and poor fielding accounted for the balance of the runs scored ken schell was the best for stouffville bringing in two runs on nishdmer in the third innings and turning in a fine effort behind the plate plenty of them there are still around here we are all speculating on when we are going home but it may be quite some time several months or perhaps in the fall bruce was engaged in his fathers bakery nere a position that he will return to ifyouaraellgimo youll be miles abad when yoo chooso bobtit mieogo synthetic rubber goodyears for car thats by we say tx the tire you know boy jmiiot wd atkinson international motors p smuffviiiljk v phoke 290 the finest raral gatherings rural sectional gathering of toronto east presbyterial womens missionary society mrs a m woods milliken vice president f or rural south presided at the 19th rural sectional gather ing of toronto east presbyterial womens missionarysociety in the zephyr united church warm sun shine spring flowers everywhere andmhe welcome accorded delegates and guests by mrs lloyd profit president of auxiliary set the atmos phere for a tvery- inspirational meet ing mrs a e coleman president of- toronto east presbyterial official ly opened the meeting township service was conducted by mrs hugh elliott agincourt soloist was mrs j russell uiionville reports from toronto confer ence branch were given by- rev e r hall wexford and mrs robertyoung stouffville due to the ladies of toronto east pres byterial being unavoidably late meeting adjourned ladies were invited to the dining hall where a delightful hot dinner was served by our hostesses at which rev a f bawford brought greetings from the church the theme advance together wasevident- throughout- the day j mrs c croxall past vicepresi dent for- rural south on the absence of mrs- rev f a bunt through illness presided throughout the afternoon session guest speaker miss jean summerville spoke on her work in free china the response to the roll call showed that each auxiliary was well represented answering to whos who members of toronto east presbyterial and conference branch were introduced miss french- working amongthe western canadianindian children was introduced bymrs rchapln her dynamic personality one realize howvj much she had accomplished by living christ among these indianchildren 3 mrs a1e colemanin her address buildingvromorroty todayssaid all perhapsiuncorisciouslyjswere building ina health ideals and spiritually todayfor tomorrow music by zephyr mission band and closing prayer by rev a p bawfordbrought to a close one of new books in the public library fiction the song- of bernadette franz werfel dragonwyck amy seton land i have chosen ellin berlin checkmate in the north william gcarr this book describes how the axis planned to invade canada wild river anna louise strong peter domanig morning in vienna victor white a tree grows in brooklynbetty smith philadelphia murder story leslie ford now that aprils there daisy neumann young bess margaret irwin classed books artist thinker and saint roy m pounder long long ago alexand er woollcott juvenile fifteen rabbits felix salton the clue in the crumbling- wall carolyn keene secret of the barred window i margaret sutton the bobbsey twins in v valley laura l hope honey bunch her first costume party helen l thorndyke from american visitors for the ration cards a e is the representative in stouffville and a p graham in marknani lions have shared in cause of bombed victims the ladyinwaiting is com manded by the queen to write and say that her majesty has heard with pleasure that the lions british children avar victims fund have sent another gift of 2000 pounds for the waifs and strays society the queen feels sure that they will be glad to hear ithat the money gives direct relief to child ren who have suffered from the german- air assault stouffville club has contributed an amount equal ito keep one of these homeless children a year at the annual memorial day held at the sharon temple a set of horseshoes will be donated to the county museum a gift from the late james ley of markham the presentation will be made byhis daughter miss emily ley on behalf of her late father who was nearing the one hundred mark when he died there are thirtyone horseshoes in the set they are aluminium plated and cased in a handsome cherrywood box mr ley was a blacksmith and an artisan known far and wide and the shoes represent every type of horse foot wear walter symes is more than a busy man these days he has five more barn raisings ahead of him pfter the completion of the jim barry- farm just west of town mr symes intends to put up three for customers south of here in scarboro district and two in reach township near epsom mr walter atkinson proprietor of international motors in the for mer todd building on main street is on an enforced holiday suffering from an infection of the nose which has cause hi ma great deal- of pain and trouble however mr atkin son will be about again in a few days it is expected t babcock feir a quiet wedding was solemnized on saturday june 23rd in stouff ville united church when ruth mary elizabeth daughter of mr and mrs a e feir of stouffville was united in marriage to bruce george babcock son of mr and mrs gr babcock of mount dennis rev d- davis of stouffville officiat ed and the wedding music played by mrs h b feir of unionville aunt of the bride the bride given in marriage by her father wore a gown of heavy white satin bodice with bouffant net skirt her heir loom veil floor length was held by a coronet of orange blossoms and she carried a bouquet of red roses mrs whitney scott sister of the bride was matronofhonor and miss harriet newman rn was bridesmaid both were gown ed in pink net over taffeta with matching headdress and shoulder length veils and they carried nose- gavs of pink roses and sweet peas mr cragg babcock brother of the groom acted as best man and the ushers- were mr whitney scott and mr bert- smith following the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the brides parents the happy couple later left for wasaga beach and points north the bride wore a turquoise suit with matching accessories and cor sage of pink roses lupon their re- turn they will reside at their home in mount dennis v east york electors i sincerely thank m faithful workers- and the electors of east york whorblledv up such a splendid vote for me in- the recent federal electon although notelected i appreciatethe effort and the fact that the liberal re- gime was sustained across canada- don morrison n crops must- be bigger irr 194s and your crops will be bigger if you protect them with our bug killer- we are well stocked with shell stock spray and climax bug killer marmill feeds vcv every saturday night at cedar beach gardens mussbiiman iiakb to bill thompson and his rxiodt r midnight frolic sunday july 1st i 4 1 1 v i t a i ail 1 awj seeds lime cement central feed store stonffville ont phone 277 vifv cite n forbest results ship tyour cream to stoufp- t vilte creamery we pay two cents more per pound butterfat fxr cream deliveredit otheicreamery open tuesday and saturday evenings cold torent from 6 to 8 dollars per year vj stbuffville greamei go f 1 stouffvflleon-m- phone 18601 1 f tb tf i i w 1 1 awj6jkri cp

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