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the tribune stouffville ont thursday october 20 1949 markham millionaires fall dance rainbow gardens markham friday october 28 modern old time dancing lucky draw on admission tickets spot prizes wwb and his orchestra admission 50c 8th line markham october 13 1919 mr silverthorn of toronto has been visiting at the home of his daughter mrs n gambell for a few days many families in this community entertained friends from toronto and other points over thanks giving mr elmer brownsberger of tor onto attended the funeral of his uncle the late l burkholder mr russell grove and mr and mrs lome wideman had an enjoyable visit at the home of their son elmer at harrisonburg west virginia mrs grove who bad been visiting there for a few weeks returned with them mrs fanny goodyear and mrs ida over of toronto were at ringwood and ballantrae recently to visit with relatives and friends they also called on mr and mrs albert reesor mrs goodyear and mrs over are daughters of the late mr and mrs john wilson well known to residents of rin- wood before moving to toronto over thirty years ago mr wilson hunsberger of kitchener who is attending the university of toronto is staying at the home of his uncle mr a r wideman during the term during 1948 an estimated 50- 000000 was spent on oil explora tion and development in alberta and the figure is expected to be doubled in 1949 alberta is canadas main oil pro ducing area in 1948 it produced 11000000 barrels or 885 per cent of the total domestic production seldom seen the days of the horse dealer or trader are gone but his memory still lingers i was just a small boy when i made my acquaintance with one of them in our district for father often had a deal and sometimes got the worst of it but he never admitted it he used to like recalling the plight of a townsman who had a deal over a pony the business man had a large stable with four stalls but so far as my time went he never had more than one horse that was a small pony and the owner frequently came to the farm to do business with father and i enoyed stroking the pony it was old grey whiskers were show ing and gray on the fetlocks was prominent for the hair was not cut short the ponys mane was long with graying hair too finally the owner sold the pony to the dealer who promised to get another one to take its place something younger i understood time passed and the town man was getting anxious for another pony and one day he saw the dealer driving a rather smart looking thing he stopped him and wanted to know why be hadnt brought this one around for him to see it was so like the pony he sold the dealer three months ago like it said the dealer and the business man said he certainly did within a few days a sale was made the new pony drove much like the old one said the town man when the dealer took him out for a spin only difference was the new animal looked younger had a smarter mane and nicely shaped legs with fetlocks trimmed nicely the animal was purchased at the yard of the dealer and the town man drove home delighted he unhitched in the yard and the pony walked off to the stable quietly just like as though he was no stranger when the barn door was opened pony walked in andj believe it or not he took up the same stall as ms predecessor occupied well said the owner that pony must have a good smeller to know the very stall our old joe occupied whether he ever learned later qr not i never knew but the business man had his old joe back again mane trimmed that it stood right up fetlock trimmed and the gray hairs plucked or blackened all is well that ends well but i would like to know whether he central feed store e r daniels ph 277 stouffville marmill fattening pellets put the extra finish on your birds that places them in the premium class excello hog grower assures rapid economical growth and development marmill 24 milk maker a quality feed for your dairy herd phone for price on this high quality feed try marmill clo laying meal the mash that is fortified with cod liver oil when you change your pullets to a laying mash this feed is also available in pellets blue coal we expect to have an ample supply shortly discovered what he had purchased or whether someone woud tell him in any event he continued to own the pony for several more years when the man retired and had no further need for a driver eh joy mx to 60 seconds jffi tender moist dark qlc0pbll mi cake mix ops baby suffocates in carriage a tiny four months old ops township baby smothered to death while having its afternoon sleep outside of its home the baby malcolm peter mccoll son of mr and mrs m mccoll had been placed in his carriage wheeled outside and left with his bottle to go to sleep some while later incident provided the coroner the child was found face down in its carriage coroner dr w r crowe invest- igated the fatality and attributed death to accidental suffocation he was summoned to the scene by the family physician dr t w l broadfoot only explanation available from medical authorities is that the baby just turned over on its face and was unable to right himself so as to get air an older child it is explained would have the strength to remedy the situation greenwood october 13 1949 mr and mrs percy middleton of buffalo visited with his father and brother mr m middleton returned home with them on sun day afternoon mr e trimble has returned home from a toronto hospital we are pleased to report that he was not suffering from polio which was at first the thought mr and mrs k elson of brant- ford have taken up residence in the house vacated by the warden family which moved last week to claremont mrs hill sr we are sorry to report is ill in the oshawa hos pital mrs a blakely of toronto and mrs j white of brooklin were spending a few days with their niece mrs fred byers miss helen minaker of the osh awa hospital spent a day at the home of her parents here mr louis sanderson of toronto visited at the norma wilson home he also attended the wedding of his great niece marjorie byers a shower was tendered to miss marjorie byers prior to her mar riage to douglas morden our sympathy goes out to mrs stanley stell of kinsale in the sudden passing of her husband also to liis parents mr and mrs joe stell and family mrs stell was a bride of last april the funeral was held on friday afternoon to salem cemetery farmers warned of responsibility ontario farmers were warned of their responsibility in preventing livestock from wandering loose on highways the deputy minister of high ways j d millar said that farm ers are liable in civil actions for damages if accidents involving their livestock cause personal injury or death he said they are not liable if there is property dam age only a peterboro man frank reid was killed on tuesday when he swerved his huge tractor trailer truck to avoid a stray cow and it overturned millar said that when animals on the highway are tended then the responsibility falls upon the motor ist and the owner is not liable in civil actions salam outstanding quality delicious flavour markham spring again active going dry for the first time in at least eighty years the never- failing spring on the reesor farm 8th concession markham is now running again this paper report ed the spring going dry during the summer drought and that the longest anyone could remember which is about so vears the spring had never failed before about thanksgiving day water was noticed starting to run again so that now truck drivers and weary travellers may again quench their thirst under the cluster of trees close to the roadside on the crowded concession road notice canada is one of the worlds leaders in the export of plastic buttons 3 barns guttfid in 25000 fire three large barns filled wth the years crops were burned in a spectacular fire at v g mc- guigans orchards at cedar springs near blenheim in kent county loss is more than 825000 covered largely by insurance three fire departments includ ing a truck from chatham 14 miles away and 100 neighboring farm ers helped save adjoining build ings school children across the road were kept in their classes for safety although heat was intense even at that distance pickering man collides with cow in early morn how now brown cow was the startled cry of henry j ouellette of pickering when his car collided with a bovine that was on the road in front of his car ouellette was returning home at 430 after a midnight show in oshawa about onehalf mile west of whitby a cow suddenly bound ed in front of bis car and there was a collision before he could complete the exclamation neither the driver nor other boys in the car with him were injured but the front of the car was badly dam aged investigating provincial con stable ray williams could not at first find any cow and was a trifle sceptical about the cause of the accident came the dawn and halfi markham township township bylaw no 1254 requires a permit for the in stallation of plumbing and septic tanks before the work is undertaken permits are obtainable at the township office unionville tuesday and thursday 9 am to 12 noon building department phone unionville 115j f goudie 262 plumbing inspector between 1939 and 1947 the num ber of workers employed in manu facturing in canada increased by 70 per cent and the amount paid out in wages and salaries increas ed 181 per cent a cow hide was found to be imbedded in the radiator the cow is said to be doing well judith had a little calf have you had a ride in the new austin have you driven the new austin you will be surprised its smooth its economical its comfortable the new austin now only 1499 immediate delivery a good allowance for your tradein see them today try one chas wards garage i stouffville phone 168 judith merry 15 member of the halton county golf club is seen with merrybrook topper her 11monthold shorthorn calf that won top honors at the halton county pair winner in the junior farmers calf class judiths calf went on to win the grand champion title in the open class of 10 entries she is now qualified to compete for the kings guineas at the royal winter fair this class is open to members of junior calf clubs from all parts of canada last year judith won the reserve champion ship of canada with her entry n this class at the royal winter fair held in toronto ernest ridout real estate ltd we have clients wanting farms resi dences and business properties in this area if you are considering selling your property give us a call for prompt efficient service if you are contemplating buying pro perty in this district get in touch with our office we may have just what you are looking for call thos j wignall main st markham phone 90j head office 1172 bay st phone princess 3324