Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), August 26, 1948, p. 5

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the tribune stouffville orst thursday august 26 lis bi60 il m off protein egg mash if you are look ing for a quality high producing mash we recom mend that you try quaker ful- opep egg mash we are buyers of ontario fall wheat our ontario kail wheat crop has prospects of being one of the largett in years our equipment will be at your service and we will do our best to keep the grain away from the barn and the lielu as the wheat will be sold on the open market this year the price will change from day to day being in constant touch with the market we will be able to give you daily quota tions we are headquarters for plant protection service atox lerris dust 3 ddt dust calcium arsenate lead arsenate decnate 30w paris green monocop 2 trox tri- cop deetrox ddt fixed copper dust troxide fixed copper dust with arsenic king bug killer mr and mrs fred isoai of sarma were visitors with mrs john irvin recently mrs- j h rateliil has returned from an enjoyable hotieby with relative- and friends at camp kee- wayun haliburton toronto mr and mrs- ambrose stover are spending a week at mr don rat- eufts cottage at keswick other guets are misses norma and margaret and master bob stover mr and mrs ed record of tor onto and gordon barkey were visitors at spruce villa the home of mr and mrs j r barkey mr and mrs bassingwaite and daughter marjorie are in town from maple visiting with mrs bassingwaites sister mrs robt brown edward street miss betty mcdonald who has been at 5s college street toronto left this week for vancouver where she will make her home mrs s l abbott toronto and mrs beverlv stokes montreal j were recenr guests of i stevens obrien ave mrs r order today from stiver bros weddings w estcott kerswilij a pretty wedding was solemnized on saturday august 14th in high park united church toronto when mary elizabeth betty kers will rn daughter of mr and mrs w l kerswill of maple became the bride of jstanley westcott son of rev and mrs- w a westcott of kleinberg the ceremony was performed by the grooms father rev w a westcott in a setting of pink and white gialiola given in marriage by her father the bride was gowned in blush satin with scalloped neck and shoulder sleeves lines bouffant skirt with peplum and train and wore a fingertip veil of embroid ered tulle caught in a headdress of matching satin and pearls she wore a gold broch of her grea- grandmothers and carried a cas cade bouquet of ivory gladioli and joanna hill roses the bride was attended by her sister mrs r montgomerie as matron of honour mrs 0- i ewart sister of the groom was brides maid mr henry g westcott brother of the- groom was best man the wedding music was played by mr joy beauty salon next to post office permanent waving individual styling razor shaping phone 9sv2 bussey of toronto and the ushers were james l kerswill brother oi the bride and irwin mcarthur cousin of the groom for the reception at the old mill mrs w l- kerswill mother of the bride received she was assisted by the grooms mother telii canadian mennonites to leave in small groups winnipeg aug 23 canadian mennonites planning to settle in paraguay have been advised to emigrate in small groups not in thousands r b dubienski of winnipeg only nonmennonite to jail in june with the advance guard of 1600 of the sect said on his return here that he was passing on the advice of paraguayan immigration officials they welcomed the party but have not found it so easy to house all the people until the advance party is able to build communal dwellings for them on the land where they will settle mr dubienski said he handled legal aspects of the transfer dubienski said 1200 mennonites are housed in a vacant flour mill in the town of villaricca 140 miles from the fertile valley of the caag- uazti district where the colony will be established one fiyearold girl died when an outbreak of measles occurred tha child took ill during the voyage mr dubienski said that para guayans were surprised at the amount of equipment brought with the mennonites and extended a great welcome old time hobo seen on way out the oldfashioned knight of the road the vagabond with a pack on his back who used police stations as hotels is on his way stouffville out i inspector william cool of a toronto police station says that 20 miss e dowswell who has returned from her trip to the coast and california reports an interest ing and educational holiday miss dowswell is a member of stouff- ville public school staff among the new advertisers in this issue is unionville wood products the firm is advising those with leaky roofs to have them replaced before cold weather they have the experience and equipment and are right in the local district among the renewals for the tribune received the past few days is a remittance from mr a e gray vahcouver bc this 83yearold former resident says the tribune is a valuable and greatly prized paper to him mr gray was born at ballantrae mr and mrs harry paisley and daughters erline and helen arrived home on monday from their motor holiday trip which took them through the canadian west and as far south as the mexican border the journey covered 10000 miles and was thoroughly enjoyed by every member of the party mrs frank bramham accompanied by her mother mrs wm garrett and brother ross have just return ed from a trip to the pacific coast where they visited in vancouver with mrs garretts sister mrs roy middlebrook the local folks travelled by motor coach stopping at all wellknown mountain sum mer resorts seed fall wheat and fertilizer we offer for sale cornell 595 ordei now for delivery any time you need the wheat cornell wheat has outyielded all varieties for the past 2 years t be sure to treat your 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 ptone stotrltvllle 263 this week new roofing was laid on the christian church parsonage just east of the brierbush hospital as the first project in making repairs to the church and parson age for which a strong appeal for financial aid was issued last week with a fair measure of response however pressing repairs are expensive and remittances are still hoped for from those who intended to help but have just not done so richard george still in the limelight the first person to operate an electric light plant in stouffville over a half a century ago was richard george who is still an active individual in fact mr george who lives in new jersey is on an extended tour through the western states he started fo arizona then new mexico to see his cousin mrs chas hockaday who was the bridesmaid at mr georges wedding over half 3 century back this veteran traveller will continue on to california where he will enjoy the company of his oul friend chas carruthers of markham who has a lovely country home in the south mr george intends to continue on to bolder where his brother russel george lives he will spend some time in colorado and milwaukee where he will see his sister mrs ed lemon mr georges daughter mrs dowdell who spends her summer vacation at musselmans lake says that her father possesses all his faculties and is thoroughly enjoying the trip which thus far finds him in california with charlie carruthers mrs herbert lee has returned from holidaying at the summer cottage of her son on sparrow lake and daughter mrs locke near orillia miss greta smith of toronto is visiting for a few davs at the home of dr and mrs neil smith obrien i ave mr and mrs dawson wags and family motored to st catharines lust friday where they visited for a few davs with mr and mrs ivan wagg mr and mrs eugene doherty of cleveland were guests of mr eugene leavens for a few days mr doherty is a nephew of mr leavens years ago he used to have as many as 20 regular overnight guests gradually they came less often and now theyre gone majoijohn philip of the salva tion army says their places have been taken by younger men most of them wandering in search of seasonal work such as fruit and tobacco harvests a typical vagabond familiar in stouffville and district from new castle through oshawa and up to claremont with stouffville as the easterly end of his route has been missing for a couple of years scores of enquiries have failed to enlighten the press on his where abouts and whether he is dead or alive we do not know his name but he always called at the tribune for a tip and some old newspapers to make a pillow at night he said most of the oldtimers have retired to- institutions such as lauchlin ixxige a home for the aged that old type that tramped the roads doesnt do it now unless he wants to he doesnt have to do it any more married in danforth united church recently were martha alberta stewart daughter of mrs stewart and the late george stewart of goodwood and arthur edwin leamen son of mr and mrs arthur leamen of milliken l mr and mrs ben w smith and son billy of rockford illinois also mr g e tufford of oceanside california were in town visiting mr and mrs percy b we hear that mr warren graves well known farmer in the north east part of whitchurch township is very ill miss miriam l heise of victoria square returned home after spend ing two weeks holidaying in frank lin fla also with relatives in other parts of the states lands big pish vernon grubin 10yearold son of mr and mrs earl grubin picton formerly of stouffville landed a muskellunge one day last week nearly as large as himself the big catch was made at bay of quinte near adolphustown the fish weighed 15 pounds and meas ured 39 inches in length the lado father assisted in the landing operation the tax rate for the town of grand valley according to the vidette the local newspaper published there is advanced this year by 11 mills the paper says the big swing upward is not popular miss peach winnipeg is the guest of miss jessie lemon churcn street the couple were employed for long years with prominent firms in winnipeg if you renewed your subscription to the tribune recently refer to the expiry date on the label and see that proper credit was given if your subscription money reached our office by wednesday last week your date should have been advanced thousands of dollars are expected to be saved annually by canadian fruit growers through use of a newlydeveloped hormone aerial spray which prevents premature dropping of apples during harvest it can be applied to orchards by plane mr and mrs a dowswell have returned from accompanying misses l and j dowswell on their two weeks holidays which they spent in a motor tour of northern ontario and the nearby states they report that everywhere tha department of highways have done much to make it comfortable and convenient for the tourist the marriage of marein v stiver daughter of mr and mrs ewart s stiver union ville to william t newnham son of rev b e newnham and mrs newnham harriston will take place in bethesda luth eran church unionville sept 11 church member half century mrs jos s cressman who died at her home in waterloo county last week was so years of age rev o burkholder pastor of bresleau mennonite church where she had been a member for half a century conducted the funeral service mr steve thomson who is employed by the stouffville gold fish supply co at their ponds near here has been visiting for a couple of weeks with friends in hte home town of chesley while there steve was a part of the old boys and girls reunion also took in the thomson reunion and spent some time with his brother near desboro mr and mrs harmon hoover are enjoying a holiday at fenelon falls guests of mr and mrs magnus mowat at their summer home there cnr agent mowat is enjoy ing his annual rest from despatch ing trains and answering questions that has taken the smile from the face of so many agents in the past over ontario but it never gets our popular official down mr h f mcnamara is acting agent at stouff ville carnation milk tall tins 2 for 29 peas standard quality 12c a tin or 3 for 35 bee hive syrup 5 lb pail 67 aylmer peas and carrots 20 oz tin 2 for 35 royal york orange pekoe tea vi lb 43 royal york peanut butter 16 oz jar 35 clarks pork beans 20 oz tin 2 for 27 raspberry ja m 24 oz jar 35 many flowers toilet soap 3 bars 25 five roses flour for every baking purpose 7 lb bag 37c 24 lb bag 129 apple and raspberry jam or apple and strawberry jam 4 lb pail 59 monarch baby roll cheese 1 lb 45 shredded wheat 2 pkgs 25 zinc rings 1 doz 33 rubber rings 1 pkg 07 hillcrest shortening 1 lb 39 sweet mixed pickles 16 oz jar 23 orange lemon grapefruit marmalade 24 oz jar 33 new potatoes 10 lbs 29 new cabbage 2 large heads 19 carload groceteria john mathewson proprietor stouffville ontario

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