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the tribune stouffville ont thursday january 16 j947 l1cidk animal insect powder effective treatpient to era dicate lice on horses cattle and swine keds ticks a va sheep poultry foxes dogs and cats penetrates i through the hair or wool to do its work does not irri tate the skin or injure the animals coat 2 lb tins 70c iligmi local and personal happenings fes north york girls camp commit- j tee annual meeting january is at two oclock richmond hill united i church senior girls leaders sun day school teachers welcome warbicide warbicide fight the warble fly with warbicide kills grubs beneath the hide prevents reproduction join with your neighbours to eradicate these troublesome pests car of cement for immediate delivery stiver bros shocking news brothers death mrs s- m chambers just north of town received the shocking news on sunday announcing the sudden death of her brother mr harry cornish who was spending the win ter at victoria he had not been njoving the best of heathalthough bis condition was not regarded as serious the late mr cornish was manager of the lake of the woods milling co for thirtyfive years and was one of kenoras prominent business men he is survived by ws wife an only daughter having predeceased him stouffville sand gravel limited are prepared to suppiy your requirements of crushed gra vel sand concrete gravel pit run delivered or at the bin plant phono 5880 office phone 370 beaverton racer sold miss dusty grattan 3yearold filly owned by fred c macdonald of beaverton was sold last week to cbkelly of new port vermont miss dusty grattan had only start ed in three races but holds great promise the sale price is reported to be si 500 miss dusty is a sister of maude graran owned by geo f cock- burn of picton this mare has a record of 210 in her second year of racing she is also a sister of silk grattan which was raced success fully by her owner cwhodgson mp of haliburton curlers organize for active season stouffville curling club has re organized for another season with the following officers president everton smith vice pres orval the womens institute will meet in the municipal hall this thurs day jan 1g at s pm moving pic tures will be given by mr and mrs don ratcliff the titles king cot ton coffee for canadians in tecnicolor and the new film for this month listen to the praires a setting in manitoba guests at the home of mr and mrs f c rowbotham from out of town on the occasion of the 92nd birthday of mrs t w klinck were mr and mrs r f klinck victoria square mrs george dewitt and baby joyce gormley mrs walter kent toronto and mrs milton clark of peterborough trust funds in the hands of the village of stouffville are available for investment in first mortgages to an amount of 87000 the funds have accumulated by a sum of old mortgages being paid oil and the municipality must reinvest when they can in some approved invest ment such as first mortgages which in this case would be preferable to government bonds which draw such low rate of interest oilier needs for the milkman local dairyman charlie webster denies that his deliverymen for the maple leaf have received any thing like the requests made in some places as reported in the weekly press here are a couple of samples when you leave the milk please put a shovel of coal on the fire and let my dog out another customer in a town up north asked of the milkman when you place the milk bottle at the door be good enough to rap on my window on sunday morn ings i would like you to help me turn over the mattress we trust that in divulging these oddities in the news we will not be putting any notions in the heads of local milk patrons on thursday evening last mr earl toole a former reeve of whitchurch township and warden of the county or york in 1945 was elevated to the position of worshipful master of tuscan lodge af am no 99 at newmarket dawson hare has been re- miss a b clark has taken an appointed a member of stouffville apartment in the city for the winter high school board by markham season township council the other mark- ham representative on the board is s f r u business at ldora north of hx- mr a e booth mr and mrs e r good mrs levi forsyth miss alice forsyth and miss marjorie mertens were guests at the banquet and annual meeting of the pickering horticul tural society held at the pickering united church last wednesday evening jan sth bridge on the 7th concession of scott township the business has been in the family name since 1sg9 a town hydrant located on col lege street south of the school building sprung a leak during sat urday night and was reported early sunday morning running a stream of water sufficient to fight a full- scale fire fortunately this street had a shutoff and the wastage of water was promptly stopped on monday workmen dug the hydrant out arid took it away for repairs all lost keys recently left at the office of this paper have been claim ed by their owners last two keys to be claimed went to a man at gormley jiggs would have admired this an lspound cabbage was taken from the pit on the farm of ross winterstein last week this is a whopper for size others in the pit running 12 pounds the tribune displayed a 20pound cabbage right from the field last fall grown by a local farmer jiggs of corn beef and cabbage fame would have blinked at this one the first directors meeting of the drewery sectreas walter briilin- j stouffville horticultural society welding kusctric general acetylene welding repairs skates sharpened w j smith located at international motors phone pes 3002 shop 290 ger an innovation in this years club will be the introduction of a challenge trophy a local foursome composed of d hodgins w brillin- ger chris armstrong and m e watts s who shared in the pro curing of the trophy will holdthe silverware and are ready to meet any other rink in the club any such challenge if accepted must be played within twentyfour hours of acceptance a second challenge rink is comprised of a number of younger members r timbers h schell h drewery and g briilin- ger a new scale of fees has been set this season as follows former town players 6 new town players 5 new or former outoftown play ers s5 card players 4 the rinks as drawn for local club competition are bert miller w birkett rmills and a king s g turner lloyd turner d hodgins c h bell s h walsh w timbers w brillin- ger wm armstrong s f riches w slack r curtis l c murphy s e wagg a feir h stouffer wes boadway s ken wagg d jennings chris armstrong o drewery s b clark g lehman j k agnew e smith s j cadieux g birkett m e fatts h sanders s was held on tuesday evening jan 7th at the home of the president ergood after the regular routine of business and plans for the com ing summer were discussed five delegates were elected to attend the ontario horticultural society con vention to be held at niagara falls ont on mar 6 and 7th 1947 the delegates elected are messrs e r good and a e millar miss m mertens mrs h dixon and mrs l turner it was also decided to have an open meeting of the society on tuesday evening feb 4th in the united church basement please reserve this date for our meeting a special speaker with other enter tainment will be the features of the evening the drive for 1947 mem bers will be made after the niagara falls convention one weekly editor in ontario must have had a red face last week here is what his paper printed in error the song fest was hell at the united church concert wednes day evening brother you have our sympathy for we know how easy the linotype machine can pro duce just one wrong letter as it did in this instance aurora town council did a thing last week which rather shocked many people and no wonder council passed a resolution permitt ing free skating on sunday after noons in aurora councillors point ed out that older people went skiing and in the summer played golf and so just what power a local coun cil has in the matter is not known but one would imagine the right a sunday is covered in the statutes of ontario if the town owned the rink and the statutes permit then the council are within their juris diction isaac burkholder of didsbury alta encloses a brief yet welcome note to the tribune in remitting his subscription for 1947 this old resident of this district forty years ago reports a fine winter around didsbury with some snow lots of coal and there is plenty to eat we are quite happy and contented mr burkholder cheerily observes car accessories new store hamiltons automotive supply store just west of the mansion house is surprising new customers guests over recent holidays with mr and mrs a b bartholomew were mr and mrs bert boyd of queensville mr and mrs gordon batholomew and baby bruce of oakville mr and mrs frank bartholomew of uxbridge and mr and mrs george bartholomew and baby janet talks to nephew in florida record long distance telphone call received through stouffville in many a day was received by mrs malcolm superintendent of the brierbush hospital when she heard a cheery hello as new year3 every day with the splendid variety greetings from her young nephew of accessories that are available at aw down in tampa florida attractive prices from spark plugs to rubber mats batteries to car wrenches spot lights fittings of all kinds at prices as low as the lowest drop in and meet the new store proprietor and his helper you will be pleased with just looking around and your call will be appreciated mrs malcolm said his voice sound ed as clear and distinct as though he was calling from somewhere in town mrs malcolm now has the distinction of claiming that her voice has been in florida this win ter even though she has not been absent from her duties here for a day danforth automotive supply tom dobson 705 danforth ave toronto phone ha 0931 parts accessories machine shop service stouffville motors international trucks parts and service mccollfrontenac products now is the time to overhaul that car or truck bring it in and let us look it over work done by reliable mechanics we have a large stock of parts for both car and truck we now carry a full line of parts for all international trucks we also do towing of all kinds and have a good assortment of accessories of all timely advice by better business bureau mr h l haskel representing the better business bureau told the lions club on monday evening that his organization was ready at all times to report on the worthiness of canvassers and doortodoor agents making doubtful claims and offering doubtful goods further the better business bureau was at the disposal of anyone seeking ad vice before they enter into business especially persons who attempt to enter a line of business of which they know little about beware magazine canvassers picture frame artists salesmen for fertilizers etc who spring up every season to prey on gullible householders mr haskel warned against signing con tracts before they are carefully read and understood which is good ad vice lion bruce winterstein ably thanked the speaker of the evening following the address a hasty con sideration was given a sports pro ject the club have under considera tion the executive recommended the payment of 100 to assist a pee wee hockey team for benefit of the younger fry lion vice president lou murphy presided in the ab sence of the president water shortage seems general richmond hill is seeking more water to augment the town supply for the yonge street centre the international water co has been invited to drill test holes in search of another well it is a noticeable fact that so many domestic water systems report shortages this win ter and it causes us to consider how fortunate we are in stouffville where when the old wells failed to maintain the supply we were able to pump all the additional water that has been required it costs more money to keep the reservoirs filled when pumping but nothing like what it would cost if we had been in the position of richmond hill and other places where experts had to be brought in to find a new source of water after enjoying a pot luck supper in the united church parlors the garrett evening auxiliary mem bers and friends held the january meeting the president mrs j m storey presided the third chapter of the study book on india was in charge of mrs reg button assist ed by three cgit members misses carol weldon audrey boll and kathleen williamson the theme meet the youth of india was interesting stressing the pro gress and loyality of those who had become christians miss myrtle watson lead the worship service with thoughts for the new year to forgive the wrong to leave behind the past and help your brother lift his load assisting in the worship service were misses edna hoover bertha winn and ida lehman prayer by mrs robt young annual reports were given by the officers with a pledge to stand be hind the work the meeting closed with prayer by rev d davis facie e put y imcv sales agent t h paisley stouffville phone 267 youtffofp ontario motor league phone stouffville 170 h ratcliff w pipher house show donations 500 donations earl brillinger vincent baker don storry geo rodanz 300 donations w f riches n w byer son stouftville laundry cleaners chas ward n oboyle thos burkitt bert tait f l button former minister bereaved the new year quickly brought sorrow to the revtdecourcy ray ner former minister of st james presbyterian church when his mother mrs walter rayner passed away on sunday morning jan 5th at mitchell ontario rev mr ray ner had only just returned to new carlisle quebec down on the gaspe coast on saturday evening after spending the christmas holidays with his daughter at markham and gray icoach 1ines 200 donations wm wallace d j tran hugh was impossible for him to return for the funeral leave stouffville standard time to toronto to uxbridge gregg h batt geo bennett wil r cloughwn geo hataway and jas peary cattle division of dunn lavack gordon luna h schell ben raxlin harry golden h bannerman roy curtis krdavis o lehman harry molson domin ion stores wes boadway chas webster w d atkinson d dunn s schmidt stouffville radio e b leavens bell son e daniels dr neil smith dr jno button fred chessman ambrose stover p g tarr ken laushway e s barker h a kirtonj quillett d hodgins w j garrett wes schell mill smith alf mole pete walsh frank rae ooc donation art baker the late mrs walter rayner who was quite well known to the members of st james church stouffville was in her 90th year and had been in poor health for some time her only two children survive here rev w j rayner minister of lyons memorial united church gore bay manitoulin island ontario and rev t de- courcy rayner minister of knox presbyterian churcti new carlisle quebec she also leaves ave grand children and nine greatgrand children the funeral was on wed nesday jan 8th at llstowel ont where she was laid beside her hus band who passed away in 1940 a 715 am a 350 pm b 925 am b 820 pm a dally excent sun hoi b sun hoi only b 1225 pm c 240 pm c sat only 705 pm 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