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the tribune stouffville ont thursday august 19 194s momft biggi l olff protein egg mash if yoa are look ing for a quality high producing mash we recom mend thac you try quaker ful- opep egg mash order today from we are buyers of ontario fall wheat our ontario fall wheat crop ha prospects of being one of the largest in years our equipment will be at your setvice and we will do our best to keep the grain away from the barn and the field as the wheat will be sold on the open market this year hie price will change from day to day leing in constant touch with the market we will be able to give you daily quota tions we are headquarters for ilant protection service atox ierris oust 3 odt oust calcium arsenate lead arsenate ocenate 50w paris green monoeop 21 trox tri- cop oeetrov oot fixed copper oust troxide fixed copper oust with arsenic king bug killer stiver bros markham mans 50th anniversary mr and mrs william vanzant toronto recently celebrated their 50th weding anniversary when they held open house for friends and relatives mr vanzant was born near stouffville 72 years ago on the vanzant farm 10th conces sion of markham mrs vanzant the former mabel rapp was born in toronto they were married in toronto they were married in cookes presbyterian church the couple have three daughters mrs leslie jackson mrs harold fenn and mrs frank miller and five grandchildren official records sought menvonite progeny prof g reaman of guelph agricultural college was the guest of mr thos reesor markham- scarboro townline for a period last week dr reaman is interested in preparing an official history of the early progeny of the mennonite settlers in ontario many histories or sketches have been written but the work to be attempted by dr reaman will form an official record for established use during his brief visit here dr reaman consulted with the local editor and with a number of resi dents in the locality here joy beauty salon next to post office permanent waving individual styling razor shaping mr and mrs edward wiiliamsj are enjoying a h liday this week in the haliburuiri district the next public holiday is labor day monday sep 6 two weeks from monday former resident of stouffville district recently living at kitch ener fred fretz is moving from that place to st jacobs ontario in the fruit belt- mrs ken campbell gave a trouseau tea in honor of her daughter helen one of next satur days brides- dickson hill and stouffville friends were among the guests recent guests with mr and mrs dishley and daughter evelyn at their summer home rallantraa were mr and mrs j b wilson of toronto pilkey descendants gather in local park an interesting family gathering met in stouffville memorial park last sundav when descendants of the late george pilkey of scarboro together with a few friends totall ing all 65 enjoyed themselves in meeting each other two daughters of the late george pilkey are still living of a large family they are mrs jane pedlar aged 97 and mrs john montgom ery s5 both of toronto who proved interesting members of the sunday afternoon gathering everybody enjoyed a delightful supper served in the cool and pleasant park surroundings editor frank mclntyre of the dundalk herald was in town witu mrs mclntyre on sunday enroute from oshawa to their home in grey eountv mrs david watson has returned to her home on main street and is now showing improvement after leaving toronto east general hos pital where she had gone for treat ment mrs ross winterstein mrs ciayt baker and mrs s w hast ings spent a day last week visiting with mrs h w sanders at lake view house jacksons point mr bert bell accompanied by his daughter audrey and helen law motored to sinclairville new york state over the weekend to visit mr bells eldest daughter there hydro breaks all records the demand for hydro from the stouffville system broke all previ ous records for the village last month our peak demand was gs58 hpi which cost the local system 177165 the largest single bill paid since the system was installed stouffville pays the hepc 31 per hp and the monthly bill is one- twelfth of this amount when the hepc books are closed on the years work and actual costs of delivering power to the stouffville system are known there may be a rebate if the 31 rate proves too high frequently the town has received such rebate in the amount of a few hundred dollars unbreakable bottles when a big beer wagon turned upside down near keswick spilling its contents of bottled suds over the roadside there wasnt a single bottle of booze broken it was a remarkable accident in so far as the fall of old kmo booze wasnt accompanied by disastrous results public library gets mennonite book phone 0sw2 stouffville believed to be the first hymn book printed by the mennonites ia canada a book issued in 1s36 has been acquired by the toronto referencelibrary after the american revolution mennonites of pennsylvania wish ing to live under british rule where they had assurance they would not be required to bear arms came to canada and settled in waterloo county after 1880 many conestoga wagons- arrived here with goods belonging to the settlers in 1832 heinrich wilhelm peter son a lutheran came to berlin now kitchener from virginia and in 1835 he set up a printing press it was on this press that the hymn book was printed the book was edited by bishop benjamin ely who served as schoolmaster to the mennonites century us coin found on ratcliff farm an american halfcent minted nearly a hundred years ago in 1s57 was found by leslie grove while engaged in digging a post hole on the farm of mr robert ratcliff sons west of town last week at the time this coin was minted president buchanan was at the white house he was succeeded by abraham lincoln hence it will be realized that a lot of us history has been made since the day that piece of money passed out of the mint mr grove and mrs ratcliff both say that the coin is in excellen state of preservation despite its age and probable long neglect how it came to be dropped there of course will always be a mystery the money piece indicated there were thirteen states in the union at that time strong church appeal of great merit seed fall wheat and fertilizer we offer for sale cornell 595 order now for delivery any time you need the wheat cornell wheat has outyielded all varieties for the past 2 years be sure to treat vour wheat against smut with ceresan we find that in 9 out of 10 cases of ball smut this seed was not treated last fall so that it definitely pays to use ceresan note watch for our custom spraying announcement this issue stouffville coop phone stouff ille 2fi9 the board of management and the ladies organization of stouff ville christian church are putting on a drive xo raise funds for the very necessary work of repairing the church building and the par sonage in order to more forcefully bring the matter to the attention o members and adherentsletters htve been sent out and if one fails to reach any of the supporters of this congregation we give the list of the appeal with the assurance from pastor frank muir that large or small your help will be thankfully received the appeal signed by tho board and the pilgrim ladies workers reads dear friends warm greetings to our large family of those who have a common interest in this church at a recent meeting of the board of management it was felt that several major needs demanded immediate attention two have to do with repairs and others with redecoration the repairs include the rebuilding of the south east corner of the church the basement door and the reroofing of the par sonage the redecoration include the church interior and exterior and parsonage with the coopera tion of the men we think we can accomplish the church corner for one hundred and the exterior of the church and parsonage for the cost of the paint the redecoration of the church interior will be three hundred and fifty dollars and parsonage roof one hundred and fifty a total of at least six hundred dollars that these need our immediate attention is so very obvious that we hasten to announce an important event to take place friday evening august 20 which you are invited to attend representatives from the board of management will receive your special offering the ladies wil serve lunch and we shall all have a social time together there will bo added interests we send this letter to you simply because we know you might be interested in this church some of you may not feel you have any financial responsibilities to this church because you give regularly to others perhaps however you live in the community in which this church serves the communitv where your children will be grow ing up or where you or your child ren have gone to sunday school or you may have gone from the com munity and would like to send a love gift to a cause which meant something to you when you did live here whatever your connection may be we extend a hearty invita tion to come on friday evening or if you cant come in pe vv invite you to send your gift along with someone or mall it to the mrs ray doolittle and son of orillia and mr and mrs abbott wright and daughter of mount royal montreal spent a few days with parents mr and mrs nathan tarr of rupert st mr and mrs william wright lakeview west of toronto were in town on saturday visiting his sistei mrs t c gostick who returned with them to lakeview to spend a few days mrs gostick is still not enjoying very good health silverdale products limited located at agincourt are calling for cucumbers through a display adv in this issue of the tribune farm ers and townspeople with surplus stock in this line will find good prices being offered mr fred pugh shipped thre prize birds one hen and two roosters rhode island reds to l chicken fancier in quebec on mon day the birds will be shown this fall in at least one of the big exhibi tions down east our east end resident while an insurance agent meets with great success raising prize poultry of the ri red breed mr peter bramwell has purchas ed one of those niftylooking austin cars that go 40 miles per gallon of gasoline they say of course the bramwell transport will continue to haul stuff to the town dumping grounds while the new car will be used for special occasions on after- work time four generations all active this interesting picture represents four generations living in the township of pick ering shown is mrs wm gray left of green river and her son alex gray right of claremont together with his son lawrence and baby brenda daughter of mr and mrs lawrence gray mrs e w evans of uxbridge spent a few days this week with her sister miss sadie stewart mrs wiancho sister of mrs john lehman and her son who is employed in toronto will take up residence in town this week occupying the upper duplex of the remodeled residence on main street almost opposite the mansion house owned by mr magnus mowat the newcomers will make a welcome addition to our growing population mr and mrs chas nolan motor ed to lucknow for the weekend where they visited with mr and mrs cam thompson mr thomp son is editor of the lucknow sentinel the local folks also enjoyed a visit with mr and mrs chas webster former dairyman here who is back in his home town operating a ladies and gents fur nishings store an interesting visitor in town the past few days was mr m w cox- worth of davidson sask who is visiting at the home of mrs k g tarr obrien avenue along with his wife and son mr coxworth is a lawyer in the western town located in one of the best wheat belts of saskatchewan he was born near claremont and was making his first visit to the old home district in fifty years the poulation of the britisn commonwealth is 5to million and onlv one in eight is white over so years of age wellington lehman a familiar figure on main street suffered a stroke on monday night he was removed from hu boarding house with mr and mrs badgero to the brierbush hospital in a serious condition work is going aliead on the new fifty foot long feed mill being erected by the stouffville coopera tive assoc on the site of the former cnr stock yards the new build ing of timberrib sheet metal con struction will be used for the manu facture of special feeds ken betz is the contractor mr and mrs bolton slack of kingston visited friends in town for a while last week both mr and mrs slack were former members of the stouffville high school staff and have been holidaying at orillia this summer mr slack has taken a new teaching position in london ont rev sam goudie is causing his family and friends some anxiety these days since he recently suffered one or two hemorrhages and has been ordered to bed for a few days or perhaps weeks to recuperate this veteran of 80 years will find it hard to remain idle mr clarence stafford stouffyiile budget tea 1 lb pkg real value aylmer boston brown beans 20 oz tin 2 for grape jam 24 oz jar sliced pineapple 20 oz tin crushed pineapple 20 oz choice plums lombard 20 oz tin 2 for hillcrest sweet x pickles 16 oz jar royal york salt 2 lb ctn 2 for quaker muffets pkg carnation milk tall tins 2 for shredded wheat 2 pkgs mixed pickling spice lb salt 5 lb bag 75 29 31 35 35 25 23 15 11 29 25 39 14 spirit or cider vinegar pure plus deposit on jar 49 honey 4 lb tin 110 honey 2 lb tin 59 marvel flour 24 lb bag 139 heinz ketchup 13 oz btle 25 metcalfes pork beans 20 oz tin 2 for 27 hillcrest shortening 1 lb 39 wilsons ginger ale contents only 14 broken olives very good for sandwiches and salads 29 new potatoes 10 lb bag 29 new cabbage large firm heads 2 for 19 california valencia oranges 344s 2 doz 45 blueberries 11 qt bskt 425 tomatoes 1 1 qt basket 99 carload groceteria