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the tribune stouffville ont thursday september 1 1919 quality service on z baianciv h chopping and mixing sendee our milling plant is equipped to give quick service six days a week for chopping and mixing ontario grain is good quality for dairy herd mix 24 supplement with your grain to have an excellent dairy ration for hogs mix porko hog concentrate with your grain for a good hog grower fertilizer seed fall wheat on hand i cil free flowing fertilizer swifts gromor fertilizer cornell and dobble seed wheat stiver bros persons living in the centre of fhe town were alarmed one even ing last week when several dyna mite blasts went off in the near yicinity and showered stones over several houses whoever was using dynamite was taking a big risk of becoming involved in trouble had any of the flying debris caused damage as it may well have done the new delightfully cool rio theatre oxbridge the only theatre in the district with refrigerated air conditioning its really cool at the rio thursday friday saturday september 123 shirley temple and clifton webb in mr belvedere goes to college after sunday midnight show september 4 humphrey bogart and claire trevor in dead end monday tuesday wednesday september 567 kirk douglas and marilyn maxwell in champion two shows nightly first 7 pjn mr and mrs les parkinson have been visiting at the home of her brother and sisterinlaw mr and mrs telf rennie mr park inson is assistant manager at the royal york a hamilton firm was fined last week the sum of 25 and costs for transporting produce without a dealers licence number the action was taken under the farm pro ducts acts of the ontario dept of agriculture postmaster e j dodds of innis- fail alta has been superannuated after serving in this capacity for 42 years this bit of information is published as a matter of general interest and not merely to indicate to postmaster eugene leavens how far he has to go before he will be given a similar rest period speaking about long service we note that at bowmanville william i beacock clerk of the township for 44 years has resigned we have no municipal clerks around stouff ville with anything like this record although the late jotin urquhart served in the office of village clerk nearly half a century but he passed on nearly 20 years ago f death takes no holiday recipe for dangerfilled labor day weekend is given by highways minister george doucett who states flatly that unless all of us behave sensibly while driving or walking a terrible accident total will be recorded for this period take the thousands of can adian and american motorists bringing their children home for school opening he explains add the thousands of others headed for the canadian national exhibition and other points mix with those taking advantage of the last public holiday of summer and the hoards of children having their last care free fling before school opens and you have an explosive condition that can strew death and destruc tion the length of our highways the minister urges that all heed the grim lessons of other holiday weekends of last labor day when 11 were killed of dominion day 191 when the accident death toll was 13 of the recent august civic holiday that chalked up 12 traffic fatalities when is it hardest to look your prettiest we nominate the season were coming into right the end of summer when summer hairdos are straggly sundried and bleached you neednt look like this with our special recon ditioning service your hair can be changed into a lustrous shining whole a hair shaping and permanent wave will turn those stragglers into a smart coiffure marie jack hairdressing phone 176w main st- stouffville local and personal happenings mr and mrs robt hall and family visited with relatives in burlington a few days last week mr and mrs bill mertens and son john miss margaret mertens and mr holt from toronto were sunday visitors at the home of jos mertens ross lee of new york is spend ing two weeks with his mother mrs j lee mr and mrs d k sowles glen- dale cat were visitors with mr and mrs e kramer church street mrs kramer motored back as far as sarnia with the folks from cali fornia to visit with her mother mr b e tufford from ocean- side california spent a few days last week with mr and mrs percy brillinger sunday visitors with mr and mrs jas austin were mr and mrs jas austin sr and mr and mrs j moore of linden ont mrs austin sr is staying at the home of her son for a couple of weeks the september meeting of the womans missionary society of the united church will be held on thursday afternoon sept 1st at 215 in the church mrs earl drewery will have charge of the devotions and mrs s w hastings will introduce the new study book growing with the years all the ladies are cordially invited to this meeting at campbellton nb mrs harvie gillis s7 vears of age has hollyhocks 131 inches tall they are double and single variety and would probably be in the prize class if president bert miller and secretary margery mertens could persuade mrs gillis to become an exhibitor at the popular stouff ville show in southwestern ontario a wheel fell off a private aeroplane carrying a man and his wife on a pleasure trip sunday afternoon the wheel dropped in a field but struck a valuable horse and killed the animal as more and more planes take to the air will more and more of this sort of accident have to be endured by the public or will the time come when planes will be compelled to follow a given course if a safe one can be found do not allow your subscription to the tribune to expire and your name to be removed from the mail ing list refer to the label on this issue and printed there is the month your paper is due the 2 rate in canada and 250 in the us are the same as applied 20 years ago it is a novelty today to be able to buy something at the price prevailing that far back persons in arrears will be removed from the mailing list after this issue mrs v m hare of uxbridge who fell and fractured a hip in her home ten days ago is doing nicely as a patient in the brierbush hos pital her husband for half a century was prominent in masonic circles and few masons in stouff ville and district do not know vm secretary for so many years of zeredath lodge uxbridge during mrs hares illness he will be chief cook and general servant about the home mr and mrs bruce rowbotham brian and laurel from shawinigan falls quebec are holidaying with mr and mrs f c rowbotham here and with mrs rowbothams relatives at cedar grove this week they were accompanied to buffalo by mrs h dewitt friends will regret to learn that mrs den oldham the former barbara pegg north of stouff ville is still a patient in the west ern hospital where her recovery is all to slow to give much encour agement mrs oldham has been in the hospital on this occasion since july 29 mr and mrs stanley hooper son tom and daughter dana of minnesota state college st paul minnesota us have been visiting his brother t j hooper east end stouffville the past week mr and mrslythe mcdonald guelph mrs ralph willis of toronto mrs clara thompson of langstaff and niece bernice barker of marathon lake superior were also visitors with the frequent rains since last friday the drought season may said to have ended in the local territory surrounding stouffville starting with a shower that cross ed from east to west over a wide territory last friday copious rains have since fallen and on sunday night it poured practically all night long farmers who were stalled with plowing because of the parch ed earth are now able to proceed with this work again of course as one often hears we need days of rain to quench the thirst of a dry earth and replenish creek beds to their former flow the virden manitoba newspaper calls loudly for canadians to turn in old guns and revolvers lying around the homes unused as a means of putting an end or slow ing down the crime wave that is sweeping across canada these days trouble we see about the advice of the virden editor is that it isnt the old unused guns lying around the homes stuffed away in drawers and sundry places that are murder ing people if they were respon sible well they just wouldnt be lying around newmarket town council is applying to the ontario municipal board for permission to issue debentures for 20000 as part of the cost of an artificial ice plant advocated for that town by the time this money is paid back by the ratepayers it would amount to 30000 it makes us very glad here in stouffville to think that we are to have a great ice palace with new uptodate building at ho direct cost whatever to the ratepayers in the way of debenture help the people of this district may feel very proud that they are putting over the big undertaking here successfully while places four times the size of stouffville find it necessary to lean on the municipal purse since 20000 today is not regard ed as a fabulous sum it is expected the municipal board may grant the issue but again they may insist that a vote of the ratepayers be called for aurora a neighboring town had to pass the matter of spending for sporting purposes over to the vote of the taxpayers engagements mr and mrs frank allen of toronto wish to announce the engagement of their eldest daugh ter fanny ada to stanley oswell irwin son of mrs bertha irwin and the late samuel e irwin of stouffville the wedding to take place on sept 10 at the home of the brides parents in toronto the engagement is announced of helen florence only daughter of mr and mrs ross barkey of oshawa to mr albert james parsons son of mrs parsons of cobourg and the late herbert parsons the marriage will take place on saturday sept 24 1949 at 3 oclock in the pentecostal church oshawa mr and mrs wm h johnson ravenna wish to announce the engagement of their only daughter margaret elizabeth to earl louis brillinger youngest son of mr and mrs john brillinger stouffville the marriage to take place in rock union church on september 17th at 230 pm mr and mrs albert king mark- ham rr2 announce the engage ment of their daughter lorna corinne to theodore carl croxall son of mr and mrs clarence croxall of uxbridge the marriage will take place on saturday sept 24 at 3 oclock in stouffville united church mr and mrs walter gray of lemonville wish to announce the engagement of their eldest daugh ter earla arlene to carl wideman son of mr and mrs leslie wide- man of stouffville the marriage will take place on saturday sept 17 at 3 pm in the united mission ary church stouffville mr and mrs ambrose stover of stouffville announce the engage ment of their daughter norma grace to donald victor brown hamilton son of mr and mrs alonzo victor brown of aldershot the marriage will take place on saturday oct 1st at 5 oclock in the united missionary church stouffville mr and mrs raymond jones and family of kirkland lake called on mr and mrs geo lee on monday q f0r farm and industrial buildings because its uoht one- third the weight of galvanized steel easy to work and handle permanent does not rust rot shrink or warp enduring weatherresistant economical outlasts galvanized steel by many years requires no painting autumn offers the opportunity to carry out needed con jtruction or repairs on the farm atuminum ribbed roofing and siding offers the answer to the material problem available in sheets six seven eight nine and ten feet long saves money warm in winter cool in summer easy to install onethird the weight of steel does not rust rot or shrink requires no painting v hugh missel sons ltd sttel ind mital product w h mtotrul mi toronto mm fc mottrwt 4 omrni p bit tt mr morley symes i stouffville ontario mrs hoovers birthday we trust that we are not giving away any secret when we disclose the information that mrs joe hoover rupert avenue celebrated her 83rd birthday last sunday because nobody who was not possessed with the information would never realize from her looks and personality that mrs hoover has been trodding this earth for so many years to mark the event mrs hoover entertained her three sisters on monday mrs delbert dawson mrs jess shank and mrs franklin hoover when the four were together old times were rehearsed and memories went back to old days on the farm down in markham when the women were mere children and frequently referred to no doubt as the ramer girls present for mondays enter tainment was mrs hoovers daugh ter mrs percy steckley and her daughter marion despite her age mrs hoover still does her own housework and just wouldnt permit others to do it for her she enjoys going away on visits and spending part of the winters in toronto but when spring comes there is no place like home with housecleaning and gardening call ing for attention when mr and mrs hoover left the farm in markham to retire in stouffville they found that to be happy they had to be busy so mr hoover found employment at the marble works and was occupied there for years or until he became fatally ill a few years ago and died the sur viving four sisters of the ramer family mrs hoover mrs dawson mrs shank and mrs frank hoover have a combined age of 310 years or an average of about 77 years weddings anna marie meelrol becomes bride of jack d talbot a pretty wedding was solem nized in st johns catholic church kirkfield saturday morning aug 6th when anna marie mcelroy daughter of the late mr and mrs hugh mcelroy of kirkfield was united in marriage to jack douglas talbot son of mis herman kidd and the late mr talbot of stouff ville the rev father cleary officiated the bride was given in marriage by her uncle and was gowned in white slipper satin with full skirt fitted bodice and sheer yoke the skirt was caught up with rosettes of lace her fingertip veil jvas caught by a sweetheart halo and she carried a bouquet of deep red roses her bridesmaid mrs wm cover only sister of the bride was gowned in pink sheer over taffeta with shoulder length veil caught with sprays of sweet peas and roses she carried a bouquet of yellow roses the groom was attended by mr wm cover brotherinlaw of the bride the ushers were cousins of the latter after the ceremony a dinner and reception was held in the hotel benson the guests being received by the grooms mother dressed in powder blue crepe with navy accessories and a corsage of pink roses she was assisted by the aunt of the bride mrs bell in grey with black accessories and a corsage of pink roses following the reception the couple left for a trip to ottawa and points east for travelling the bride chose a blue crepe dress with navy accessories and a corsage of sweetheart roses on their return they will reside in lindsay what might have developed into a most disastrous fire was nipped in the bud on friday evening dur ing the height of the electrical storm lightning struck the temporary hydro line running into the new arena in memorial park and followed along a length of extension cord which is feeding power to the carpenters saws fire shot from the end of the cord and ignited shavings on the gallery floor fortunately mr roy curtis local businessman happened to be taking shelter in the building and quickly extinguished the flash flames one of the arena workmen arrived a short time after and dis connected the power outside the building so that there could be no recurrence of a possible fire appeal to subscribers overdue over fifty readers of the tribune whose subscriptions expired in june this year have failed to send in their renewals and these must be dropped from the mailing list next week un less remittance is made in the meantime station agent mowat flocked with overnight visitors it takes more than 200 over night guests to cast the smile from the face of station agent magnus mowat at the cnr depot last friday there landed in on him from off the evening express from toronto 200 guests with instruc tions to remain over night and return to their home apartments next morning not on foot nor on train but on the wing for the little strangers were homing pigeons the property of forest city pigeon club of london ontario the matter of feeding his over- niglit guests didnt provide any problem either for the club sent along sufficient grain for the even ing meal and instructions to omit feeding saturday morning before freeing the birds for their home ward flight mr mowat saw to it that the birds had ample water and he carefully carried out instructions about sending the birds on their home journey there were seven crates of the cooing billowing pigeons totalling probably 200 or more at the appointed hour they were freed with a man standing at each crate so all might step out into space together like a great cloud they raised skyward made a short very short circle getting their bear ings and then like an army every bird headed westward they were making straight for their home roosts in london the rail trip said mr mowat is about 130 miles from here but these birds cut corners in their flight and according to a telegram received from their owners by mr mowat reached home in less than three hours coooxoocnooqoooooxoooocxa youth for christ stouffville presbyterian church saturday 800 pm 800 pm film of local interest land of the pharoahs india vale of cashmere 820 song time led by keith special local talent howard ken baker in song soloist isabel stewart donna stouffer at piano report on camp by several young people 930 film abide with me where youth meets youth and christ is honored n rowan director p