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the tribune stouffville ont thursday june 5 1947 top crop hybrid seed corn has dozens of satisfied growers top crop 643 strongly recommended for silage because of its ieafiness and height top crop 606 a very popular strain will produce ma ture grain but can always be relied on for a good silajte crop- top crop 355 this grain corn had made top crop famous has heavy yellow long cobs top crop hybrid seed corn it is put up in sealed 1 bushel bags treated with semesan jr against plant diseases reliable brand open pollinated seed corn this corn is selected by us for its reliability is is grown from registered seed and every precaution is taken to insure a good crop clow glow old learning wisconsin no7 sweepstakes swede turnips registered canadian laurentain tur nip the market turnip feeding varieties canadian gem perfection irish king lord derby jumbo mangels stivers golden gate post mammoth long red red leviathan giant white sugar mangel garden seeds and box plants stiver bros pi candles on birthday cake as granny bell cklebkates court district where she became popularly known by her nickname i three sons two daughters and several of her 1g grandchildren and long known to mv friends and in greatgrandchildren took a keen acquaintances as grannie bell interest in the celebration and the mrs william bell celebrated her lighting of the 91 candles on her 81st birthday at the home of her j birthday cake mrs bell recalled on george bell st clair gardens riding on a lumberwagon and see- toronto i bear ancl d in vaughan and born in vaughan township near king townships temperanceville king twp she is going to market lo miles away the sole surviving member of a in toronto she recalled leaving family of six girls and two boys many times at 2 am and not getting born to mr and mrs george dibbjback until 11 pm she also told of pioneer settlers from yorkshire the laying of the tracks for the old england she became a bride at 19 metropolitan street railway and re- and settled on a farm on yonge called when temperanceville was n i ti i tu lnmvn n lovp fnrners york county houtein club plan to hold their annua picnic at fun- dale park woodbridge on saturday this wk june tth new chairman mr and mrs lloyd brown lola burkholder were in town on sat i urday for a few hours old friends were delighted to greet them mr and mrs llovd brown and mr and mrs b wallace of toronto were visitors at the home of mr j and mrs fred smith during the weekend miss helen abell we understand will be home in a week or two onl completion of the term at cornell i university where she is one of this years students in the diatetics course the weather has not been very kind to the meetings going on at pikes peak since it has been un duly cool at night time and wet too every day however a warm weii come is assured all how brave the elements to be present at this gospel tent street near bond lake until the land was sold to the old metropoli tan railway for an amusement park after operating a store and post office at sherwood for a short time she went to toronto 17 years ago and took up residence in the earls- stouffville horticultural society known as loves corners miss reta nicely rn london was in town this week visiting her mother mrs john nicely west of town mr and mrs stanley robinson of colborne were visiting her par ents mr and mrs alfred pugh over sunday last miss marie anderson and miss mary campbell of toronto were weekend guests of miss aurelia jennings the stouffvihe branch of the canadian mothercraft society is pleased to announce a total of s33l from the tag day held last saturday they wish to thank their many friends for the generous contribu tions and the loyal young taggers for their cheerful and untiring work a special salute to shirley and ro berta bone who came first and se cond respectively in their totals five new houses under con struction most of them being hampered by wet weather but not all of them as some were toofar advanced for that dr thomas is building on the 9th north walter brillinger has two going up near his present home then there are two in the east one on main street near the school and one on mon treal street spring flower show june 17th p i c n i c memorial park july 10th 1017 watch adv for further deeails rev c s mcgrath of kapuskas- ing lias been spending a few days with f glen ratcliff isnt it remarkable the influence the weather holds over people and after all there is little of more im portance than the weather when considering our physical existance monday it rained and seemed as though the sun might never shine again people were more or less gloomy then tuesday broke with a beautiful sunshine and spirits rose the weathed warmed and prospects for a better crop improv ed immediately mrs a e mitchell of vancouver is visiting miss belle mitchell at her home at ringwood mrs mitchell is a prominent worker in bc in the womens missionary society of the united church and will be a guest of the wms of the stouffvihe united church at their meeting this thursday gordon birkett and walter pip- her were installed as members of the stouffvihe lions club at then- last regular meeting past president lion m e watts and past presi dent lion ah williams officiated vice president jack smits was in the chair mr l c murphy principal of stouffvihe high school was made chairman of joint high school entrance board for north york inspectorate at the meeting of the board held in aurora on saturday mr cedric watson principal of stouffvihe public school is also a member having been appointed by the local board of education at their last regular meeting this is the first time stouflville has been so honored mr and mrs hugh thomas tor onto were in town over the week end mrs t c gostick has been in toronto visiting with a sister who is ill mr bruce clark manager of the local farmers coop was in toron to this week addressing the meeting of the affiliates of the ontario rural cooperative association ray perry meets shocking death born in stouffvihe 12 years ago ray perry met a shocking death in trenton over the weekend when the car he was driving went over a sharp embankment rolled over several times he was alone in the vehicle at time of the accident son of the late harry perry painter and decorator ray went to school in stouffvihe learned the telegraph operating under the late john hod- gins and at the time of his death was a despatcher at belleville it is presumed that he had either died at the wheel or was seized with a faint ing spell which caused his car to go out of control married the unfor tunate young man is survived by his wife and a 17yearold daughter mrs w g sanderson mr and mrs walter brillinger and mrs robt sanderson were in attend ance at the graduation exercises at toronto normal school when bud was one of the students in the graduation class in fact he was one of only eight students who obtained his standing without writing the examinations indicat ing a higher than average standing for the term dancing every saturday nicht the june session of the municipal council will be held this thursday evening a bylaw will be introduced regulating the size of lots for build ing purposes in a more detailed manner than is related in the build ing bylaw contents of the proposed bylaw will be published for the information of the ratepayers be fore it becomes law so that any and all may have an opportunity to oppose any part or clause they do not approve of stouflville mans mother reaches 1001 is birthday mrs ellen gunn mother of mr george gunn of stouffvihe reached her 100th birthday this week and the event was fittingly observed at her home in toronto where she re sides with two of her daughters there were 22 guests on hand for the occasion which the centenarian entered into with keen appreciation a bit shocked at present day styles mrs gunn when looking at her own picture of a bride so years ago said imagine ladies trotting about showing so much leg mrs gunn remarkable lady was born at iro quois youngest in a family of 13 and all but two lived to be over 90 her father built the iroquois high school and gave it to the town mrs gunn is the mother of eight child ren five of whom are living she has been a widow 30 years mr and geo gunn of course were among the guests at the birthday party weddings harris davis stouffvihe united church was the scene of a lovely wedding saturday 1 may 31st when winnifred davis daughter of mr and mrs a c davis and james harris son of mrs harris and the late milton j harris were united in marriage j rev douglas davis uncle of the bride officiated assisted by rev f herman mrs chas nolan pre- j sidedat the organ the bride given in marriage by her father wore a beautiful gowii j of white slipper satin with a heart i shaped coronet and finger tip veil j she carried a lovely bouquet of briar hill roses and fern the bridesmaid miss charlotte doug herty of regina sask wore a j beautiful gown of blue taffeta and j carried johanna roses the maid of honour miss lillian davis cousin of the bride wore a lovely gown of pink chiffon over crepe ancl carried johanna roses and fern the groom was ably attended by mr gordon ball of kingston the ushers were mr bruce davis and mr hugh thomas the reception was held at the home of rev and mrs d g davis the brides mother received in a turquoise blue silk jersey dress with navy accessories the groom mother wore a blue dress with black accessories the happy couple left on their honeymoon for eastern ontario the bride travelling in a brown suit with accessories to match speaks here bob mcconnochie was home from westminister hospital london much improved in health visiting his mother mrs d mcconnochie for a few days mr and mrs jack barkey are moving this week from church street to one of the new apartments in the odgen block over the new masseyharris building on market street many householders complained of wet cellars early this week when the torrential rains flooded the land scape the situation was much like a spring flood but with brighter skies on tuesday the water quickly receded stouffvihe is in need of a sewer pipes to correct such a sit uation but costs at present are pro hibitive former resident dead the death of herbert j love in toronto on sunday is learned with regrets by old friends in town who recall that bert love retired to this town but owing to ill health re turned to the city four years ago while resident here he took an ac tive part in the lions club and served as secretary his affable manner won for him scores of friends native of toronto he be came manager of spaldings sporting goods business was a canoeist lacrosse player and member of yorkminster baptist church to mrs love who became acquainted with many people here the sym pathy of all goes out at this time rev d c melelland secre tary of the canadian protestant league will addressa public gathering in the baptist church this thursday evening june 5 at s oclock the subject of his address will be will canada remain british or will she be come a republic citizens of town and country will be cord ially welcome to hear this address the annual memorial day service at stouffvihe cemetery will be held on sunday june 22 mrs david watson and myrtle were visiting misses lillian and jean dowswell and mrs robt hynes toronto over the weekend from a small for sale adv in this paper last week miss annie duncan sold a lot she offered on albert street south to mr allen giles of claremont carpenter and builder we understand that he will build a house here this summer correction in reporting the passing of george peck at ringwood in our last issue the name of his only son george was omitted from the obituary no tice and friends called the matter to the attention of the newspaper we regret the oversight besides his wife mr peck is survived by an only daughter mrs len wilkes and by the son george whom we omitted to mention last week geo is carrying on the farm work in which his father took such a keen interest before his illness get your fuel in early householders are urged by the government at ottawa to put in their coal for next winter without delay the situation forseen next fall is critical it is stated so far as fuel is concerned and this not only applies to coal but even more so in the field of fuel oil efforts are being made to stop the installations of oil since it is claimed there is not enough to go around even with socalled firm contracts if the oil is not available the contract is not of much help cedar beach park musselmans lake geo smith and his orchestra kcoooaooooooooo3oooao a lawn mowers repaired sharpened electric acetylene welding w j smith located at international motors phone res 3002 shop 290 here are bins and shelves brimful of the choicest foods for your table products that will bring you big returns in appetizing healthful meals shop here today and everyday we deliver choice golden wax beans 2 20 ox tins 27 maxwell house coffee 12 lb pkg 24 1 lb pkg 47 kelloggs corn flakes 2 12 oz pkgs 25 3 8 oz pkgs 25 evaporated milk 6 fall tins 64 quaker muffets 2 pkgs 17 dr ballards health food 19 oz tin 16 fruits and vegetables golden ripe bananas lb 14 texas grapefruit 80s 4 for 29 california lemons 300s 6 for 19 new carrots bunch 10 carload groceteria under new management we deliver ph 280 john matthewson prop moooosooosoooooooooooocosoooooooc arent you glad you waited for new marconi radios marconi model 220 a six tube transformer oper ated long ami short console large 12 speaker provides full rounded tone and the care fully engineered chassis plus the beautiful walnut cabinet make this a fine radio for any home yon may also enjoy re corded music with the addition of any of marconis fine record players 1003 playboy record play er and 3 tube amplifier com plete and ready to play record- independent of your radio lightweight and easy to carry at the very low price of 379 we also sell cros leyspartan models stouffvihe radio electric phone 3gg 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