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the tribune stouffville ont thursday august 29 1946 fall fertilizer supplies are short w are able to supply 212-6- and 42412 orders are being filled as received order at once 24 pc dairy supplement we have received a supply of purina 24 dairy supplement with molasses it will pay to start mixing this dairy supplement with your own chop at once- chopping mixing service our chopper and mixer is at your service 15 hours per day on mondays tuesday thursday friday saturday again we must ask our customers to leave wednesdays for ear trade grinding and mixing fuel fuel take advantage of the steel strike while the steel strike is on we are able to get a supply of coke in three sizes stove nut range make this coke part of your fuel supply for next winter stiver bros stouffville phone 4501 canadian standard bred 3yearold 1000 futurities trot and pace at mjffehn park toronto 2 pm labor day admission including tax 120 grandstand free excellent restaurant service abtnui stouftoiv improving mr abram stouffer who suffered a stroke on sunday last week is showing some signs of improve ments the scores of friends of the family will be glad to learn mr stouffer is still a bed patient and will have to be very careful as he is nursed back to health the old farm where he lives is regarded as the pioneering setting for the open- returns to boyhood scenes after absence of 42 years dr wa holden and mrs holder are visiting his brothers stopping with mr and mrs delbert holden the couple are residents of seattle wash and dr holden is a native of ringwood spent his boyhood and voung manhood days in and around stouffville forty years ago he left as a young man and never returned in all that time until he made the present visit the old town seems to have gone quite modern dr holden observed noting that business fronts and new homes had given the place a more swanky appearance than he had pictured in his mind formed from recollection conditions just after the turn of the century when he last saw the town son of the late air and mrs truman holden dr w a is what one may call a self- made man he learned the barter ing trade here with the late wilmot shankel heard the call go west local and personal happenings looking over the voung mans mr jack harding and mr john hair the barber asked do you lageer are holidaying at huntsville want it cut or do you just want a week the oil changed visitors here at the home of mr and mrs alfred pugh were mr and mrs robinson of colborne mr and mrs dixon and donna of bowman- ville also price pugh from cam- bray visitors with mrs d j william son over the weekend were mran3 mrslue heise and mrs- h locke and sister sophia from toronto mrs lyle and son murray from port perry and a sister mrs j e karhart from toronto mr and mrs arthur mackey mrs j blount and daughter bar bara of ottawa visited with mr and mrs e j davey this week miss lena sanders of los angeles also visited at the davey home paul and martin dvorchak brothers married frances and julia xypaver sisters on the same day ten years ago the families live at uniontown pa and on aug 1937 each of the mrs dvorchaks gave birth to a babv a baby was born to each of them again on au 19 1946 young man and struck out for the fox ranch winnipeg later he continued on to st paul then to seattle where he determined to enter college which gave him his graduation in dentis try in 1914 ever since he has prac tised in that city maintaining offi ces down town in a large block given over entirely to the profes sions fresh in the mind of dr holden was the old town hall destroyed by fire about 20 years ago i am meeting many old friends whom i recognize at once when i hear the names said dr holden high egg productiox we have received a copy of a pamphlet from cleveland with an item in it that is designed to crack the record of mr a d huckerbys pullet that was laying two eggs per day the word from cleveland is that two rhode island red hens flew to an amazing altitude of s000 feet not content with the feat over which to cackle each of the hens while flying at this dizzy height laid an egg pretty high egglaying record that oh incidentally you might be interested in knowing that these hens were flying from mow orleans to the poultry show in madison square gardens new york aboard a commercial liner well the markham pullet didnt need any expensive plane trip to aid in making her record she accomp lished her record alone not even having other hens about to cackle over since she is the only bird on these girls will fly misses ileen weldon and ruth gooding school mistresses and former students of stouffville high school will take a flying trip from malton to buffalo this weekend the girls are anxious to try travell ing through the stratosphere to be they jni- mi m isure they can remain in perfect s c v back ln the control when up in the air flays of the early settlers special holiday dance at sunny valley musselmans lake sunday midnite september 1st at 1205 old tyme and modern with feared cat stolen serving a passing motorist with gasoline at sanders east end ser vice station one day last week a stranger was seen to get out of the car and pick up a persian kitten valued very highly by the service station man the strange car drove off and when it was realized that the kitten had gone with the car an investigation was instituted fortunately the service man was observant enough to note the car license number and police found from this information that the visitors were from brant county they will be notified to return the persian kitten forthwith and stop impending trouble the old saying the cat came back would be a welcome truth to the rightful owner at this time storeys drug store and the rat- cliff block have just been painted shabby fronts on main street are few our merchants see to it that their premises have an inviting appearance at all times its all an aid to business mrs george storey is on a motor trip to indiana in company with her sisterand brotherinlaw rev and mrs loney of hamilton now absent for a week they expect to return by the end of this week from what will undoubtedly be a delightful holiday visitors at mr and mrs edgar lageers home last week were rev and mrs l r pipher mr and mrs arthur pike and son paul of toron to rev and mrs r j pike of sun ridge mrs j t pipher miss bertha 1 ipher mr wilfred pipher of mark- ham mr and mrs clarence pipher mongolia mrs murrav xesbitt and children of gravel hill mr a d bruce and miss bruce were pleased to entertain at their home west of town last friday visitors and friends in a family reunion there were relatives from ottawa carleton place and toronto also the immediate dis trict the bruce residence and grounds are among the early pion eer settings in markham township mr randolph birkett of regina is in town visiting his brothers thomas and william and nephew gordon mr birkett moved west before the first war and has been engaged as a railroad man all that time he is a widower and was born on the old homestead farm a claremont in response to the appeal made by the local bakery for customers of the cake shop to bring along a container of some sort in which to carry away cakes was well re sponded to last week and it is hoped that others will follow the example cake boxes are in very short supply and bakeries running low are anxious to spread out the supply as long as possible if you have a cake box on hand retain it for future use not enjoying very good health for a long time mr w e morden has been forced to bed since his condition became worse of recent weeks proprietor of mordens transport wilfred had to lay off the route a long time ago since which he has depended on his hired help to make the daily journeys to and from toronto while he manag ed the business end here at home mrs chbell wife of the imple ment agent in town is on a visit to relatives in western canada stop ping at winnipeg saskatoon and prince albert mr and mrs bell came from regina to locate in stouffville prior to the war hence it will be like a visit to folks back home for mrs bell in making this journey the columbians admission ladies 35c gents 50c literature paper hardest to pass the department of education re ports that more than 90000 exam ination papers were written this year by 15000 ontario upper school students of all the subjects written english literature was the one that caused the students most trouble offcials report mailed earlier the department of education stated that all upper school results and some middle school certificates were mailed on aug 16 this is an earlier date than last year by two valued family leaving days results might be issued even stouffville is shortly to lose a sooner if the marks were not highly esteemed family when mr checked so carefully mrs fred marshall move in committee members read over a large receipts without a draw receipts for the markham lions club carnival and dance last week exceeded 1000 this must have been a highly satisfactory return especially when the success of the undertaking was in doubt by some individuals because there was no draw in connection with the affair that is always calculated to attract many people who either hope to win something or see their neigh bors win from garagkman to grist miller garage proprietor in stouffville for several years and a good mechanic who was employed by the ford motor co before coming to town mr bruce valleau has pur chased a chopping mill at hep- worth in the region of owen sound owing to ill health mr valleau sold his business in stouffville last month and on the assumption that a change is as good as a rest he will take on an entirely new occupation when he enters the grist mill his son jack will assist him in the new business just as soon as suitable living quarters can be obtained in the northern village the family will move to hepworth where we trust they will meet with every success stouffville public library will reopen this thursday after being closed for interior repairs mr and mrs harry miles of tor onto visited their aunt mrs john madill on sunday mr and mrs harley overbaugh of simcoe visited with their mother and other relatives a few days last week a number of local people aiine in number took in the lindsay ex cursion to niagara falls on wed- nes of last week a good time was reported schools reopen tuesday septem ber 3rd we hear that two busses will be operated bringing students to stouffville high school mr archie stewart and donald mcgillivary left last week for manitoba where a bumper harvest awaits their help mr and mrs wilbert irwin and family island lake enjoyed a motor trip to bruce county staying with relatives at ripley near walkerton rev e and mrs lucas and five children are nearing the end of their holidays spent at her home on the rennie farm south of town rev mr lucas is the mbc pastor at hespeler mr and mrs harry stover and two sons bobbie and roger are spending their holidays up on the tip of bruce peninsula at lions head a famous summer place for tourists with specially good fishing grounds mrs tompkins of cambray was the weekend guest in town at the home of mr and mrs frank riches and other friends mrs eli willson returned home today after a twoweeks holiday visiting major and mrs watt of the sa hamilton mrs willson also enjoyed a trip to sarnia visiting relatives bruce harper stouffville was not the unsuccessful name called for the 200 foto nite award at the stanley theatre when miss feir received the second award of 4500 the name called was i k harper this thursday names will be drawn for 200 and 1500 tax collections ahead of last year tax collector kr davis informs the tribune that local tax collec tions in town are far ahead of last year over 4000 has been received up to date while only 2900 was taken in in the same period of 1945 the collector will be at the munici pal office for collection on saturday august 31st and tuesday sept 3rd up to 3 pm the womens missionary society of stouffville united church will meet on thursday sept 5th at 4 pm in the ss room mrs stanley hastings will introduce the study book entitled india at the thres hold this meeting will be follow ed by a pot luck supper at 7 oclock to which all the congregation is invited a short program will be enjoyed composed of readings by miss jean hosie and vocal num- bers by miss marguerite grubin mrs ted kirk and mrs scorgie of toronto and mr robert kirk former residents of isabella matt itoba were visitors of mrs archie stewart of stouffville rr3 on wednesday last mr kirk sold his farm in manitoba last spring and is scouting around for awhile before deciding where he will settle the public auction sale today thursday aug 29 a half mile east of baldwin in georgina town ship is on the farm of mr b litner father of mrs charlie alsop formerly of stouffville and good wood mrs alsop has been taking an active part in preparing for the sale where her father intends to retire from farming when the place is sold there is a full line of implements as well as a herd of good cattle barber has close shave being without house old stouffville couple mr and mrs jack pennock have literally been rooted out of house and home over in aurora where their com fortable apartment in the town hall block was taken over by the pro vincial police allowed only thirty days to find a new place and move out the barber had a close shave with finding himself on the street but the town clerk of aurora bid the couple to move into part of his spacious home and thus the awk ward situation was relieved myrtle man 89 robert britton of myrtle station celebrated his 89th birthday last week still quite active a birthday party was held in his honor and was attended by his eldest son who came from smith falls for hot air furnace for hot water furnaces oil burners and equipment 25 and 60 cycle now available and installations made by trained service men r c blewett sales and service agincourt 320w agincourt grover 6993 showing soon oil burning space heaters the stove that is really something great many papers marked by asso ciate examiners in order to insure uniformity of treatment marks of each candidate are then reviewed by a special revising board credit standing this board often grants credit standing to deserving students who have failed a subject by one or two marks and have gained exceeding ly high marks on all other subjects it requires a staff of 175 persoas working overtime to complete the results marking reviewing typ ing and mailing certificates states the department time could be shortened if it were possible to obtain larger rooms then more workers could be hired it was stated september to toronto where they have acquired a house and will therefore relenquish their tenancy on the residence they have occupied so long on main street and which has been purchased by mr a e weldon since closing out of the bank of nova scotia here mr mar shall has been engaged first in markham as manager and later in the city office mrs marshall will be greatly missed in her circle of friends while mr marshall took an active interest in bowling and curling and other sports sponsor ed here ontario has good crops f m campbell agricultural re presentative for ontario county reports that pastures have improv ed in ontario county greatly of recent days there are still fields to harvest and grain yields are higher than any time in the last five years the tribune is indebted to mr jess c byer for an interesting and informative article on the honey bee appearing in this issue it will be found accurate in its relation to the activities of the bee and instructive and interesting this year particularly at this time people are thinking about the little bee because he has been unable to make his usual contribution to our food supply and is short hundreds of tons of honey through no fault of the bee nature evidently failed us in providing the necessary plant life for the bee to recover his pro duct from george a prentice in very poor health mr george a prentice lifelong business man in the district south of here is very ill at his home in milliken father of the auctioneers ken and clarke prentice he is widely known in the farming areas having been an implement agent for many years mr prentice has been confined to his bed for some weeks and is 82 years of age buckwheat wanted contact us for best prices reesors marmill ltd markham phone 96 3oooqooooeaooqoooodeo straw stack fire damages tractor axd baler fire broke out in a large stack of straw on tuesday afternoon at the farm of j w bowser yonge street north of aurora while the men were at work baling the straw the fire started on the opposite side of the stack to which the tractor and baler were operating the flames swept over the top of the stack so rapidly that the work men on top were almost trapped by shem it is thought the fire vas started by a cigarette butt damage to the tractor and stack is estimated at 600 the stack was a complete loss councillors invited to enter north york civic and township officials will have their chance to show their prowess at horseshoe at the canadian legion field day in aurora on monday sept 2 invita tions have been sent to stouffville aurora richmond hill newmarket king whitchurch vaughan and east gwillimbury townships to provide twoman teams for a special contest starting at 11 am it is expected that all will accept the challenge the reeve of stouff ville so far has been unable to interest any two of his councillors to enter the contest although he has invited hugh boyd and jack smits to pick up the shoes and show the way to those other muni cipal heads from the places menl tioned councillor smits is welt used to handling iron and steel and should be able to twist the shoes for a few wringers oil burners for any type heating plants the guaranteed installation of a wca oil burner will banish your heating worries for this winter and for many more installations made in about three weeks from date of order seventeen years experience with oil heating systems sold and installed by arthur r gray lloydtown ontario phone schomberg 5022