Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), August 2, 1945, p. 3

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ontario fall wheat we are iiithe market for unlimited quantities of good mil at ceuing price coarse grainsituatinu vv c- v feed oats decided tight difficult to buy we have a fair stock on bind especially heavyinf well cleaned poutteyda 2 feed barley practically unobtainable- we have a nice stock bought ahead and will fill orders as received as long a our stock lasts binder twine v we have fresh stock of 500 ft canadianinade twine not only length being made this year and advise farmers to buy just what they need for this years crop we hope next year tohavea full assortment of twine to offer you a lsi ice we will be buyers of alsike seed when it is threshed note regarding government participation certificates for last vears seed crop the government has guaranteed a minimum value on the 1944 certificates but in addition if profits obtained in the exporting of any of these seeds exceeds the mini mum value this will be added to the payment made on participation certificates cheques will be mailed as soon as possible but not likely be ready for mailing much before sept 1st stiver bros m8s1 anti vpetfbilsl i ar fj w- i nmgs j it will pay you to visit goldens summer clearing sale this week clearing prices all through the store to make room for fall goods see our display announcement in this paper h golden misses eulah brillinger and isa- belle collard the latter from tor ontoare holidaying in muskoka stouffville phone 4501 i miss corinne smith of toronto is staying with her grandmother mrs david mcconnochie change in bos drivers mr and mrs harry bridges and son are shortly leaving stouffville since the popular bus driver for the gray coach is being detailed on a run between toronto and hamilton the vacancy here has been assigned to george green also a married man with one child and who will require living accommodation in town mr green made the run here this week and during his spare time investi gated the possibility of obtaining a house or apartment so far he nas met with no success if any resi dent can provide accommodation for this young couple it would be a boost in the right direction r mr and mrs bert lickorish and daughter beatrice have taken a cottage at stroud on lake simcoe and are spending a week there there has been a wrong impres sion spread across this country that the price of lumber was outside control of the wartime prices and trade boards however it has been stated in ottawa in a specific manner that the price of lumber has been controlled here since the price ceiling policy in 1941 and it is under such control at the present time i fmse restored to owner toronto lady visiting down in markham left her large purse in the wash room- in the town building early saturdayevening ffrom mongolia turned it oven to the newspaper officevat 7 pm at 1030 the owner claimed her propertyshe explained that she was at the theatre and had driven south again v almost to markham village when she suddenly shouted to the other occupants of the car oh my purse sack to the theatre they hurried through the terrific rain storm but the manager knew nothing of the lost article and advised appealing to ithe newspaper mr3 own- merwas loud inher praise for the honesty of stouffvilleites and said she would send the finder a little remembrance besides articles too numerous to mention as the auc t tiorfsaier bills say mrs irwins jpurse contained- somecash and three ration books out of which a few coupons had been -re- srioved i 13 childrenfrom family get bonuses one of the largest families in on tario to benefit by the dominion government family allowance is that of mr and mrs adelbert smith who live about three miles from zurich ontario the smiths have 16 children of which 13 will benefit by the gov ernment gratuity they will re ceive approximately 72 dollars the council meeting the august meeting of the local municipal council will be held this thursday evening there is con siderable business to transact in cluding the introduction of a bylaw that will be given two readings and then sent on to the ontario munici pal jsoard berorelt comes up for the final reading toprbvide forthe act quickly for rspberry pie this is raspberry time and since reading the government crop report on monday morning we are glad that we had no less than six rasp berry pies to bite into last week there is a blight overtaking the bushes now that threatens to shorten an otherwise promising bumper yield the price is 26 cents a pint which is a grand return for the growers even if a little hard on the pqpket book but the answer to that is to grow your own a lot of people will smile at the idea but it is amazing how many people in the county could produce their own raspberries if they utilized part of a small garden for the job acnte shortage of buildings there is still a very acute short age of residential places for the peo ple who wish to live in stouffville and of business premises for those who would open in a new venture here several lines of business which offer good inducement here are unable to get a chance because of a shortage of business premises not only is there a demand for buildings but of suitable building lots on which to build when the pressure becomes strong enough and the inducement good enough residential premises now occupying business locations will be induced to go elsewhere and this will give business a chance to expand mr walter mertens of toronto mrs- woodland accompanied by spent saturday with his brother her mother mrs tindall also by mr joe mertens also miss hannah i her son freddie has been visiting baxter toronto was a visitor atin the goodwood district where the mertens home west of town- fredis spending a week on the farm of his uncle- earl tindall dr and mrs john button and daughter have moved- from f st thomas to ottawa where john who is a son of mr and mrs eabutton of stouffville is stationed with the roaj t mr everton smith has been taken on the staff at the harry golden storeas a permanent- em ployee mr smith was engaged in this store before the war and built up a good connection in the dis trict as well as proving himself a good store keeper mr and mrs r thompson are spending a few days in town as guests at the bannerman home on church street mr thompson con ducts the door of good hope mis sion in toronto mr william ball patient in the brierbush hospital will dispose of his household effects by public auc tion on tuesday evening august 7 beginning at 7 oclock mr ball has no hope of ever keeping house again and everything will be sold without reserve a s farmer auctioneer will handle the sale mr bert paisley who has been working at ajax is going to van couver with a construction com pany mrs paisley and the tyo children will spend the remainder of the summer in northern ontario with her sister there bert dropped in at the tribune and paid for the paper three years in advance i want to make sure of the home news when i am at the coast he said a heavy downpour of rain has marked the last three saturday nights m town but while it damp ened the crowd it never lessened it a little bit for the streets were crowded and the traffic was very heavy wild raspberries are ripe and it looks like a banner crop for the fruit the lindsay post reports from its haliburton correspondent there has been plenty of moisture and the bushes are laden with fruit if you cant afford to buy local berries then how about a trip to haliburton where you can pick your own i old timer speaks of drought mr w yake of cappon alta says in a letter this week to the tribune i would not want to miss a copy of the tribune so i hope my subscription reaches you before ex piry day the west is hard hit this year our area being in the drought section it is much extended this year over a portion of alberta and saskatchewan it is possible to irrigate the area affected and i hope that some day not too distnat we may have the proposed project of irrigation completed new theatre manager mr robt bone who has been employed at ajax for a year or two has taken the position of manager at the stanley theatre replacing mrs ken cockerill mr bone is employed by mr peter barnes of fotonite pictures inc who recent ly leased the theatre v next monday is civic holiday when business places will take the day off 5- the trouble n shorts worn by girls is that they are too well named- j gr tt j r if there is a navy soldiers wife whose maiden name was miss hodg- son and who was a nurse living either around 7or in stouffville please phone stouffville 282 z miss edna hoover and miss emma winn are holidaying this weekatbabcaygeon miss violet hoover and miss robb recently re turned from a holiday at the same resort the tribune mailing list was cor rected last thursday- please refer to the date on the label of your paper and see that it coincides with the expiry month of your subscrip tion one thing or another v in quebec city slacks are for bidden as wearing apparel on the streets but picture theatres are open on sunday nights in ontario slacks are quite common on the streets but the theatres are not permitted to operate on sundays take your- choice ontario wins in the winter season at any rate the collins sale thea s collins auction sale of borrowingfwaskedjor byfe for sms of u eertas pwd tvfinekome on mafn slth c th el street east auctioneer alvin plant andhousing for the same re- obtained good prices and gular council meetings fall on the 1st thursday- of each month which happens to be tne secondday of the month this time i tho march of time a copyv of the tribune dated may 31 1917 over 28 years ago was handed in to the office a few days ago- it was published in the days when the front page of the average weekly was crowded with advertising instead of news matter asis demanded of a good newspaper todayfcmadill was the publisher 28 years ago andit is interesting to note how few of the advertisers on just one page of the paper are living today those who had dis play spaces and have passed on are drd smith dentist wxmather undertaker whclark insurance geo collard druggist whtodd carriage works isaac reaman issuer of marriage licenses jacob boadway druggist incidentally the merchants were combined to run a dollar day sale and the item said that the year previous this event was a great success the papericarried a picture of pte fred jennings who wasrjkilled atvimy ridge on- april 9 1917 two quarter page advertisements in the issue were -for- whshaw dry goods and eabutton- hardware- everything was snapped up in quick order the veteran squire and pro prietor was busy all day managing his sale and despite his 84 years watched over the details with alert ness mrs collins who is with her daughter at malvern was unable to attend the residence has been sold to mrdelbert booth of mon golia great dust distributor it wasnt hay fever it was dust says a heading on an advertisement put out by the calcium chloride people in recommending their pro duct as a dust layer and road pre server if the folks on the 9th of whitchurch survive another sum mer without any hay fever cases it will be a wonder one of the last remaining heavy traffic roads to be let go the old fashioned way with no oil or dust layer the nuisance isa menace to the health of the peo- pie the animals and the crops in the territory wiixow beach pavilion wilcox lake dancing thurs and safur nights midnight dance civic holiday sunday 1205 kex rose and his band admission 35 cents roller skating monday wednesday and friday nights matinee monday tuesday wedaes- day thursday friday ance and skate at wilcox lake died at the brierbnsh john calvert of markham who died at the brierbush in stouffville last week so suddenly was born in pickering township 79 years ago and is survived by his sister mary who lived with him in the southern village mr calvert was an en thusiastic lawn bowler it may be safe to announce that the i new manager at the stanley theatre should prove to be a bone of contention to the occasional obstreperous youth who is inclined to make himself a nuisance in the show house manager bob bone will no doubt be m agreement with this statement enjoy the coolness and the plea sure of the town park this next four or five weeks or before the fall season comes around the park is being trimmed this season and is a delightful place to spend an hour blood clinic august 16 a red cross blood doribi clinic is scheduled to be held in markham east united church at 830 am until noon these mobile clinics will continue until the war in the east is ended authorities state we have a request at tliis office for the holder of the record books of the former stouffville board of trade by a party who wishes to compile a history of the local mem orial park if such books are in existence could they kindlybe left at this office isif demand fair play persons who take waste material to the town dumping grounds dumping their load just when they get in sight of- the place instead of going back into the property are due for a shock if they are detect ed everything possible has been done to induce people to act fair and decent in this matter but too many have no sense of fairness and with any kind of excuse deposit their rubbish along the sideroad this property belongs ho the township of uxbridge who in cooperation with the villageof stouffville intend to prosecute the next offendersteps have been taken to secure a nearby resident to check on evary visitor to thedumping grounds the old excuse that i couldnt get near the grounds for rubbish- deposited on the road will not be goodenough to fend off a summons in future if you cant get to the dumping grounds do not throw your waste along the road on township proper ty for if you do well youre in for trouble keep hands oft willie in the back of an old school register left by a teacher 40 years ago was a report of an incident the teacher thought too good to let pass unrecorded little willies mother brought her son to school the first day and gave the teacher instruc tions about how to handle the lad he was very sensitive and mother didnt want him punished just slap the boy next him that will frighten willie she said a dutchmans answer on sunday night a passing motorist stopped to inquire is it far to uxbridge said the local resident in reply wal its pretty far but if youve never been over the road it seems farther than it is but it aint stouffville is looked upon as a sort of home village of dutch des cent and such an answer would certainly bear out the idea that the dutch are still with us t s ummer earance iyert bemhi akaod whan y doo tfllffaya dfefubber ooodyian fori jeer eor7bof ty toy tn my tbetire too know myfb0i go0djfyear wiatkim0mf internationalmotbrs v stouffville phone 290 dresses 1 v sun rayon seer sucker 1 cotton all pounced to clear all sizes town or resort successes two piece casual suits beachwear reduced rt houifecoats of lovely floral designs cool drill siiorte blouses sweat shirts pullovers house dresses ail sizes is to 52 xwoipiece play suits peppy props for ccool alpineslacks junior wbrdrobes i summer time in skirt -sleeve- time durable well made vaensworkshirts windbreakers v t smart with slacks for wetfr after hours on saturday night three hours of steady rain was the most terrific downpour stouffville has experien ced for some years the creek through town was flooded and car ried pieces of fencing wagon wheels timber and wood pieces to a point above the park where it piled uip and was said to haye caused the water to back up many cellars were flooded where drains were unable to carry away the water fast enough tow trucks had a busy timestarting cars forsatur- day night shoppers since the wiring and other parts of many cars be came water soaked reeve frank burkholder of mark- ham village reports that the honey crop will be short this yearhe is in the honey business and should know yet the information can not be regarded as sweet news by any means especially just now when sugar is so scarce sj nine foot delphinium i this has been a remarkable year for growth which is well exempli- fied in the length of a- stalk of delphenium measuring ten feet and grown by mr chas atkinson obrien avenue and now on dis play at the tribune thestalk dis- plays a lovely blue flower a foot in length but so high from the ground that one cannot get their nose very close up up up i- tnext saturdays auction sale atv the i residence of miss a b clark albert street the former collard home- will undoubtedly be a big event there is a great- deal of valuable furniture and fittings linens and dishes clarke prentice auctioneer will have a regular field day v mr e r good is making exten sive improvements- to his recently acquired home at the corner of main street and baker avenue the place has been treated tdbrickite siding while the western kitchen doqr and veranda haveibeen remov- edmaking not only the house but thes entrance to the avenue much smarter in appearance that port perry cow that couldnt tell the difference between the feel- ing of a snakes mouth and the ten- der working of a maidens hand down on its handles where the milk flows but must surely have been a stupid mooa- wonder if theold cowj ever turneditsheadtosee i where the milk was flowing to- would it have shuddered or per- haps it did look and v the snake charmed it did you read about the port- perry snake in our last issue dancing every saturday night cebl beach gapns sllzv m0sselb1an midnight frolic sunday august 5th to i-ifi- v bill thompson and his orchestra a jcl w one and two piece to bask or jtii jswlm in childrens dresses- play suits polo shirts wash suits summer pants ai vf shorts and longs of cool materials light t j ti knj harry golden y clothing store ik cream iv for best rjesoltrsshdryouri cream to stouff- ville creamery j we pay two cents more per pound butterfat for cream dex2vered to the creamery storage lockers to rentfrom6 opeojtuesday and saturday evenings v- viv nr v stouft yllle creamery co stouffville on phone 18601 1 at- 1 v 4 h r kmisfislisti i j 5iij m i jsv9sisiiwviv j

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