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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), March 9, 1950, p. 3

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the tribune stouffville ont thursday march 9 1950 hjitality service 7 cars of feed grain and millfeeds on track this monday morning cars western feed oats corn cracked corn bran shorts middlings quaker feed purina chows car oilcake meal 2 1 1 1 1 1 car car car car car of beet pulp to arrive this week stiver bros we hear that mrs nicholson is girting up housekeeping and will bold an auction sale on march 25th iop to the present mr and mrs bert lickorish have occupied part of the house with mrs nicholson ffa second street and will take lover the whole place when the change is made mr and mrs e a button mr aad mrs norman baker and daughter bonnie left last weekend on a three weeks motor trip to the southern states the broadcast of the stouffville- orillia senior hockey playoff was heard from the stouffville arena on monday night over station cfor orillia all games in orillia are broadcast but this was the first one from the local arena the job was accomplished with the assistance of the b s tele phone technicians local and personal happenings mrs james sutherland of new market celebrated her 102nd birth day last week the era and express reports the centenarian is enjoy ing her usual good health mrs mabel reilly daughter of mr and mrs alex brown visited with her parents on sunday mrs reilly had just returned from a six week vacation in st petersburg florida the road budget for the town ship of whitchurch this year has been set by council at 50000 dept of highways pays half this amount so that actual outlay by the municipality is not more than 25000 which of course is quite a sum too however the township maintains a good standard of roads attempts to keep them free of snow in winter all of which costs a great deal of money mr and mrs bob heslop their anglican church service next son bruce and his friend all of oshawa mrs geo lotton mr and mrs roy zeller and family were sunday visitors with mrs zeller on mill street last wednesday evening pupils of miss a lehman atcm held a recital the second of a series diplomas were presented to pupils who had finished the kelly kirby kindergarten course miss june smith passed grade ii theory examination with first class honors held recently at the royal conserv atory of music toronto sunday march 12 will be held in the morning at 11 oclock wor shippers will please note the change from the usual afternoon hour fe- how it works elsewhere twentyeight car owners in the town of walkerton were each assessed a one dollar fine last week for leaving their cars on the main street all night two years ago the bruce county capital passed a by law forbidding allnight parking because in winter season it hind ered work of the snow plow since the winter has been so unusual with no snow car owners became careless last week the unexpected two feet of snow fell and so did the law as it descended on the parked cars stouffville car owners have not been unmindful of the local bylaw and little trouble has been encountered here with the result that so far no fines have been collected car owners know the plow must operate and it does so for their special benefit so most thinking persons readily cooperate the bell telephone co has had to dip into surplus account to meet divised payments now the com pany wants to dip into the pockets of the farmers and other workers across canada to maintain those fat dividends no doubt the domin ion government will allow the application now before them but it wouldnt get to first base if the taxpayers across canada had a say in the matter the new wp tractor with power adjusted sobev grav marriage a quiet wedding was solemnized on feb 23rd in stone church tor onto by rev h j mcalister when molly isabel daughter of mrs john gray formerly of stouffville and the late john gray was united in marriage to preston robert second eldest son of mr and mrs harry s sobey of albany prince edward island xo hydro increase here stouffville has been notified that there will not need to be any increase in local rates for hydro current consumed here by custom ers for the present at least all over the southern ontario system such as in toronto and leaside increase rates are being imposed where 30c per month will be added to the average household bill it was feared the extra rate would be imposed in stouffville but the council is happy to announce that there will not be any advance here for the present when the change over to 00 cycle takes place the situation will be reviewed again that will notbe until near the end of 1950 however stouffville made a grand showing last year with more than a 1000 profit clue to no bad debts and a system kept in first class order met great evangelist miss margaret bennett spent last weekend in the home of her uncle mr a e scott of st clair ave toronto where dr v raymond edman president of wheaton college wheaton illinois and his assistant dr hill were also being entertained while on a speaking tour of toronto and other ontario cities in the interest of youth for christ miss bennet who is on the stouffville post office staff enjoyed first hand information about the wonderful spiritual revival which so recently stirred wheaton col lege and the surrounding district wheel treads con be adjusted in stantly to desired row spacing with engine power wheel treads 17 new features include new lightpressure foot brakes hydraulic shock absorber seat easier steering new lowpitch muffler asae swinging drawbar 5way hydraulic control a single touch control lever at steering wheel answers every command of the operator in controlling implements- two clutch power control system tractor may be stopped and started without interrupting powertakeoff or hydraulic system lnf br tractor mociotch po tm pto independent of tractor motion ontario hunters limited to six cottontails a day six cottontail rabbits a day is the new limit for ontario hunters under an amendment to the game and fisheries act introduced in the legislature this session by hon harold scott minister of lands this limit is already effective in several ontario counties further protection to this type of game stipulates the sale purchase or barter of cottontails is prohibited and the use of ferrets in hunting them is banned anyone hunting in townships which license hunters of pheas ants rabbits and foxes must now have a license from local authori ties as well as the sum license issued by the province the march meeting of the after noon auxiliary of the wms was held in the church auditorium and was in charge of the group led by mrs gunn and mrs h w sanders mrs h lee presided over the devotional program she chose as her subject in as much as ye have done it unto the least of thess ye have done it unto me mrs riches reviewed the chap ter of the study book growing with the years at the outset we were reminded that our tendency to forget the difficult tasks has led to a mounting up of social evils this has presented the church with a great challenge which it is making great efforts to meet reports from the toronto east presbyterial gathering held in glebemont united church on feb 7th were given by mrs f campbell and mrs wood the next monthly meeting of the wms will be the easter thankoffering on wednesday april 5 mrs conmano of locust hill will be guest speaker social group visits town prof chas e hendry head of social work in the toronto university in company with about 12 of his students visited stouff ville on saturday afternoon endea vouring to gain the viewpoint of rural life and to see just how we carry on in the rural districts the group visited markham township during the day and were guests of markham council for dinner most of the students said prof hendry come from various provinces and are oriented to city life and the visit to stouffville while very brief was a pleasure and enlighten ment the group visited the new arena and were guests of reeve a v nolan at the mayfair before leaving for the city e a grubin ro optometrist will be at his office in stouffville on monday march 13th i enjoy reading the tribune very much states mrs zella lemon writing from 1122 second avenue moose jaw those per sonal items about the coming and going of our people must be of first interest to friends away from home veteran member of the masonic order v m hare of uxbridge suffered the loss of his wife last week who died in her 85th year following a long period of ill health her husband is well known in stouffville and goodwood district through his masonic affiliations training in colorado nursesintraining at lajanta mennonite hospital and nursing school lajanta colorado include girls from this part of ontario they are miss edith nighswander of altona and misses may and annie barkey of searlxro the girls left several weeks ago and are now well entered on the first years course i latest nutritional findings 1 transmission clutch starts and stops the tractor but permits uninterrupted operation of pto belt pulley and hydraulic system 2 engine clutch controls entire power line transmission clutch makes it possible to stop or reduce forward travel without affecting pto speed every experienced farmer will under stand the advantages of this system twoclutch power control is a real ad- vantage in the harvest seasons stop in and see us for full information ffwh woplow power avoilom with widt front ox 17 nw features include duited wheel treads hydraulic system htring ffjms chalmers odssway i iaus and sfrvicf j and anr f bruce tractor equipment co from our laboratory to your farm leaving shortly for australia mrs salmon mother of mr cliff salmon who with his wife and two children recently left stouffville to live in australia is leaving shortly to join her son and daughter-in- law mrs salmon who is staying with mrs crapper in town intends to fly across the pacific in fact she will fly the entire trip from malton to victoria australia mrs salmon sr informs us thit cliff is now writing another letter for the tribune and we know that hundreds of readers are waiting for it his recent letters were top feature of the paper for some time and we hope that several more may be forthcoming giving this versatile writers impression of australia and telling about what the salmons are doing and will be doing in the land of their adoption at present mr and mrs salmon are located in the beautiful city of victoria and are looking forward no doubt to the arrival of his mother who will be leaving stouff ville the first week in april on the long hop crossing the pacific she will stop at the hawaiian island one or two days and will not be doing any night flying on the whole journey music examinations t w eagleson atcm rmt has received the following report from the royal conservatory of music toronto of his pupils at the midwinter examinations theory first year louise clarke hon second year joan frost first class hon marion cox hon nancy davenport hon piano grade iii joan obrien hon grade vi barbara hastings first class hon grade viii murray browne hon markham police recovered a stolen truck left on the 8th con cession of markham opposite the fretz farm that had been taken from its city owner on march 1st it is surmised that the truck was taken to give somebody a lift to stouffville or in the neighborhood and was abandoned when the thief reached within walking distance this guess of course could be very wide of the real facts mrs elva mcconnochie has just renewed her contract with the spirella foundation company and has taken a refresher course in corsetry she now feels well equipped to cope with the many problems which arise in this field of work and hopes to serve her clients promptly and efficiently the regular meeting of the stouffville womens institute will be held on thursday march 16th at 230 pm in the municipal hall motto mrs miller roll call an irish story talk on st patrick by mrs fred brown current events mrs shuttleworth visit from mrs hicks our district president visitors are welcome 434 birchmount rd ox 5833 toronto when feed costs are high you must get more production from your feed dollar our research and chemical depart ment at cuelph ont uses the latest nutritional finding of leading canadian and us feed authorities in the preparation of coor feeds for economical production use coop feeds available through stouffville coop association two phones for your contenlenco 260 aad 122 te savings smoked cottage rolls peameal back bacon smoked back bacon side bacon fresh hams pork sausage loin pork chop loin roast pork spare ribs rump roast brisket bone in oysters carton whitefish lb 63c lb 75c lb 75c lb 55c lb 45c lb 40c tb 60c lb 55c lb 40c lb 62c lb 29c lb 55c lb 35c oboyles meat market telephone 35 youth for christ stouffville sat 800 pm skating at fellowship centre lemonville 1000 pm song time in the hall dont miss this last saturday night of recreation with a blessing before our opening spring rally on saturday march 18th in the presbyterian church stouffville a helpful and interesting program has once again been planned with song fests inspirational singing and soulstirring films for the young people of today

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