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the tribune stoaffville chit thursday january 30 1947 stouffville sand gravel limited are prepared to 3uppy your requirements of crushed gra vel sand concrete gravel pit ran delivered or at the bin riant phone 38 office ihone 370 woooooioooooooqoc welding lectric acettojenb general welding repairs skates sharpened w j smith located at international motors phone res 3002 shop 290 wanted dead horses and cattle telephone for free pick up telephones stouffville 255 markham 43 r3 oarwnont 9rl4 uxbrldge 27 we pay phone charges gordon young ivtd toronto ad3638 toe local oddfellows lodge will hold a euchre in the lodge rooms here on friday evening jan 31sc public cordially invited ken laushway who recently pur chased and modernized the store building one door west of stiver bros office for a modern pool room now plans to overhaul the rooms upstairs for a modern dwelling work will be started when materials are available front of the premises will be improved in the spring mr laushway states local and personal happenings get your motor car license now i mrs fred hicks of hamilton has car barns stouffville fire brigade made a hurried run to the farm of g o t gamble dicksons hill on tuesday morning when a motor ear was ablaze the machine the property of mr gamble was badly gutted one of markham townships old est residents edward kirk died last thursday at his home in union- ville in his 91st year the funeral on saturday was from the r g clendening funeral home in mark ham to phillips cemetery under masonic auspices ready at mrs unionville g a m davisons jootfby janus tomorrow friday will see the end of january so named after janua the roman god who presided over all beginnings on the first day of the year he was invoked as the god of good beginnings and his head was the first we believe on roman coinage samples of which are still to be seen at the royal ontario museum we have come to know january in this part of the world as the hard winter month but it wasnt so hard this year for which we are all thankful a new shoe repair shop has opened in the spotford block in the premises recently vacated by k 1 wagg jeweller the new proprietor is mr h banks mr and mrs stanley robinson of colbourne were weekend visitors with her parents mr and mrs alf pugh east end dr ssball and dr john button were in attendance at the new sunny brook hospital last week for a special lecture by an outstand ing old country physician the acquiring of howard forgie by the markham juniors has apparently given this club the shot in the arm they required as they upset bradford on friday night 42 l toronto housewives declare ac cording to the daily press that fam ily allowances cannot be dipped into for milk well it would seem that is one place where it can come in very handy the larger the fam ily the more milk consumed and the more family allowance where could it be put to better use been visiting for a few days with her sister mrs harvey mover skating at the local arena will be friday evening this week rather than saturday owing to the junior oha hockey game here with aurora the market for secondhand houses has reached the peak and passed according to the financial post from local observations we are inclined to believe the posts observation is right substantial new building program should be seen in the near future as supplies are gradually improving a quaker hill farmer was telling us on monday that he had a good opening for a married man whose wife could step inind keep house where the elderly farmer and his wife wish to practically retire such opportunities for young married a generation of freels this ties these two last place teams i coudie7seekinto rem an event of local interest took place at inglewood arms toron to on saturday evening last when mr and mrs cecil latcham were surprised by friends and relatives on the occasion of their 25th wedd ing anniversary mr and mrs wal ter latcham acted as host and hos tess assisted by miss grace latch- jam of port perry and the occasion dog licenses will be collected al most immediately constable rus- neu is waiting arrival of the dog was a very happy one many cards stags when he will commence his and gifts were received and after rounds to tag the males and an evening of entertainment lunch females throughout the village was served a handsomely decorat- owners or harborers of dogs are ed anniversary cake gracing the liable for the tax centre of the table christian mens fellowship the toronto christian veterans group will have full charge of the meeting on monday february 3rd 1947 at s pm stouffville baptist church injr one win markham intermediates took an 111 tumble out of sutton sutton is the only team to have beaten the leagueleading markhamites this season the same night newmarket upset todmorden 11j todmorden is the a club playing in this inter mediate b group but so far havent shown anything to warrant this group placing siouffville will have plenty of re presentation at the holiday resorts in the south during the next few weeks mr and mrs jos borinsky have gone to miami in company with air and mrs elsie of toronto on monday mr glen ratcliff mrs jas ratcliff mrs morton daughter of mr john ratcliff also mr and mrs bruce stover all left by motor mrs ratcliff and mrs morton expect to stay at st peters burg while glen and the stovers intend to go on to miami the north york temperance con vention will be held in stouffville united church on friday february 7th sessions in the afternoon and evening with outstanding speakers from toronto one feature of the evening will be a public speaking contest in which many young peo ple are competing supper is being served at the church stouffville fire brigade answered a call that took them to the farm of w j buckland bethesda last week the barn was on fire and the roof caved in before the brigade arrived but they saved the sur rounding buildings aurora fire brigade arrived later and used their new reels the property is known as the former lyons place cood singing oome special music you are welcome public meeting horticultural society mr john s hall the scottish gardener of toronto who broad casts over cfrb every saturday at 1245 will be the guest speaker at a meeting of the stouffville horticultural society on tuesday february 4 at 8 pm in the united church basement tuberous be gonias delphinum and chrvsanthe- mums will be the subject for slides and discussions questions will be answered other local talent up after all to procure a honie in conjunction with ones work where man and wife can work together has big advantages cnh adds buffet car to local service regular passenger trains to and from toronto on this line of the cnr passing through stouffville are now carrying a bullet car tardy morning risers can now enjoy the luxury of breakfasting on the train that pulls out tor the city at 930 likewise you can spend a full day shopping in the city and lunch enroute home in the even ing so that there need be no time lost when you step off the train around 740 go straight to that meeting or other appointment of course the buffet dinner will be more appreciated by passengers travelling farther north to perhaps lindsay or peterboro to them it will be almost a necessity and if a patronage is built up the buffet car is back to stay the new service was inaugurated on friday evening last week tor onto to peterboro run stouffville is indeed fortunate to be located on a line of railway with such modern convenience while some towns and villages find them selves on spur lines of communica tion that have discontinued service of course there is no better section of country than the local district for a railway to solicit service ask the man who buys from us the city market place local people are not accustomed to going to market on saturday morning like many of their city cousins delight in doing or do from necessity they have the idea that supplies direct from the farm or the country butcher are fresh and a little better or something although prices at the market are usually substantial many from stouffville district attend market in toronto but they are sellers not buyers they take in the produce from their own farm and from the neighbors in many cases those who deal in homemade baking or homemade sausage usually have the knack of making them a bit better than others and so they thrive on their ability to produce the goods the customer likes here are a few of the city market prices at the st lawrence chalked up last satur day roasting chickens 40 to 44 cents a pound boiling fowl 36 cents the daily press has been com menting on the fact that a dr freel has carried on a medical practice in stouffville which is of course an interesting obser vation for any newspaper to call attention to dr herbert b freel is present member of the chain he is shown in his dis pensary founder of the prac tice was dr james g freel who located in stouffville oveiv a hundred years ago his son dr sylvester freel succeeded to the practice to be followed by another and younger brother dr ira freeljather of the present incumbent in teresting sidelight is that dr hbfreels son lloyd now only 15 if he determines to follow in the footsteps of his dad may continue this chain for another half century or more carrying on the proud medical traditions of a family which has ministered to the health of stouff ville citizens for more than a century dr herbert barnes freel works with the same intensity vigor and tirelessness of his for bears who raced to aid the ill by saddle horse buggy cutter and snow flyer three members of the family have served stouffville since dr james freel an outspoken irish man came to canada from the us in 1837 to fight with william lyon mackenzie in the rebellion when dr james died in 1872 his son dr sylvester l freel took over the responsibility followed by his youngest brother dr ira a freel and lastly dr h b freel unlike his predecessors the present dr freel has a surgery equipped with xray shortwave therapeutic apparatus ultraviolet and infrared lamps when the medical family first started practic- ji in es g freel a pound eggs were 38 to 44 cents a dozenljng j the district the doc pack- rabbits fur and all sold at 12o ed his pharmacopoeia and instru ments in a pair of saddle bags and galloped off to fight for the lives of his patients lloyd 15yearold son of dr h freel may follow in his fathers footsteps he hasnt decided mar garet his sister is entering the nursing profession the old family shingle is carved from a block of stone as sturdy as the pioneers who first settled in the district each some nice apples were available spys greenings delicious were 50 to 75 cents a basket potatoes were 25 cents a six- quart basket turnips five cents carrots and parsnips in a mixed basket at 20 cents cabbage five cents squash five and 10 cents each of the imported produce pine apples were 30 cents each lemons 25 cents a dozen oranges 25 cents a dozen upwards beans 25 cents a pound strawberries 65 cents a pint lettuce 15 cents a head 20 cars 20 cars 20 cars of prewar anthracite hard coal to roll into our yards in a few days this coal is clean best quality safe dependable jet black hard coal day by day orders are being filled as received orders for next winter will be filled at your convenience place your order with us at once to get away from your fuel troubles for next winter stiver bros homegrown celery was 15 cents watercress five cents and pepper grass five cents a bunch mush rooms were 55 cents a pound and cottage cheese 23 cents a pound there was some spiced beef at 48 cents a pound and other prices were as follows short ribs of beef 30 cents stewing beef 24 cents a pound sirloin 48 cents porterhouse 55 cents hamburg 25 cents rump roast 44 cents a pound lamb fronts 25 cents legs 45 cents a pound loins 40 cents a pound stewing lamb 17 cents veal chops 42 cents loin of veal 40 cents a pound pork was very scarce a little bacon was to be found at 65 cents a pound pigs feet at eight cents some smoked shoulders at 10 cents dickson hill the young peoples service at dicksons hill was well attended the subject friendship was taken in five parts the quality of friendship by mrs roy moyer the value of friendship by mrs albert hawkins the choice of friends by mrs s s shantz our duty to our friends by miss annie pero the highest friendship by herbert stover the mount joy mixed quartette rendered a number of songs also a violin selection by lawrence barkey the service next sunday night will be at mount joy when mr john heska of port ar thur will give an illustrated address relating to the work of the sunday school children mission special music will be supplied by the young people ah ages cordially invited dr sylvester ij free if speeding from home to home on horseback dr james freel eased suffering and cured disease without the aid of anaesthetics he accumu lated a wealth of psychological lore long before the days of psychoso matic medicine and passed it on to his sons and grandsons in the days of dr sylvester freel he was forced to administer treatment to women sight unseen they were too bashful and insist ed on being covered with a sheet this modesty ended with the in troduction of anaesthetics on his return from overseas in the 191418 war dr herbert freel invented the snow flyer a con traption with skies on front and a caterpillar tread on the back it climbed any snow drift in the area and was only discarded when the province and townships began plowing the snow from roads readers and editors work hand in hand through the cooperation of thou sands of family herald and weekly star readers who during the last 56 years have sent in the words of old favorite songs the family herald has built up one of the largest and most complete libraries of old favorites in the north american continent but this is only one example of family herald readers and editors working hand in hand readers also supply the photographs which appear on the front cover of the ira freel family herald every week then again readers are invited to express their viewpoints on sub jects of general interest which they do in the popular voice of the farm feature readers are also invited to submit their individual problems to the free consultation services featured throughout the paper because the family herald read er is never lost sight of because he has a standing invitation from the editors to contribute his opinions questions and ideas the family herald is a magazine sparkling with living interest and always close to its readers hearts the death occurred in york county hospital on friday jan 24 of janet wood wife of the late hugh wood in her 75th year de ceased was the mother of mrseiton armstrong whose husband is a wellknown farmer and horseman at armitage funeral services were held on monday with inter ment in newmarket cemetery