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the tribune stouffville on thursday februarv 12 1953 gggesgtssxsggggeaaggrrgaaaggccccgaaa quality service complete fuel service mseliume itrainl anthracite local and personal happenings trade marked reliance our coal it is is carefully kept inside screened the in because dry ba furnace fuel oil stiver bros tribune scratch pads are handy hree or a quarter whitchurch township council will hold their first february meeting this saturday afternoon feb hth have you made your contribu tion yet to the british flood victims fund do it today wellknown homes in stouffville the bank of canada plans to start issuing a new series of paper money late in 1954 and bearing the figure of the queen mr and mrs john scott of rsaekstoek were visitors here on saturday mrs harvey mover left by tca for florida on saturday due to word received of illness in her family stouffville u phone 64501 or 45 mr and mrs sherman arnold accompanied by mr and mrs walter dunning of aurora are enjoying a six week journey through the southern states they will visit xew orleans for the march gras then go to san diego calif mr and mrs bert johnston carol and douglas are moving to their new home at carlisle this week mrs johnston is a daughter of mr and mrs j r foote 9th con of whitchurch and the couple have been living at dundas bert is an employee of the studebaker corp and the couple have recently purchased a small holding under the vla trusty thumb brings sunshine 3000 miles in 10 days the following is taken from the rosslahd miner weekly news paper in british columbia and describes the latest trip of the wellknown local knight of the road theodore neilson popular ly known in stoullville as sun shine this hefty fellow with the hearty laugh walked into town on sunday and presented us with the exerpt of his exploit as taken from the bc paper he walked into the office wed nesday afternoon wearing a pair of faded blue overalls and carry ing his lunch bucket like any other working man but theodore wasnt an ordinary workingman in fact he wasnt a working man at all and thats why he came to be in our ollice he was on his way to vancouver where he hoped to find work nothing to lose there he was big jovial talk ative theodore xeilson three thousand miles from home and ready to start on the last leg of his journey ten days before he had left richmond hill ontario with as he said nothing to lose he stood on a corner and wagged his thumb and from there the log of his trip reads like a railroad time table that night he stayed in ottawa and was away again by 8 am he pulled out of north bay at slt am january 5 and from hearst ont the next afternoon at 230 he wanted to make like a bunny out of hearst but couldnt because his boots whvq frozen still and the mercury stood at 21 below the remarkable part of the whole journey theodore said was the amazing way in which he was able to get lifts particularly at this time of the year he hadnt walked a livemile stretch in the more than 3000 mile journey to rosslahd and had ridden in every thing from lackards to huge transport truck- for the most part though he had travelled in private cars rliard on prairie travelling across the prairies proved to the uwn hazardous for the hitchhiker but fortunate ly he had to spend only a very little time on fool leaving win nipeg 15 on the morning of jan uary 9 he spent the night at david son sik the first attempt to i leave davidson on the following i morning was unsuccessful as the car ran into a howling blizzard children grandchildren and great and had to turn back edmonton grandchildren they received a was 13 below on january 11 and it letter of congratulations from was 20 below when he left calgary mayor a lamport we wish mr the next morning but the weather and mrs briard many more years turned mild as he travelled west- of good health and happiness ward into bc and the trip from jalfray to trail on january 13 was made in a balmy 45 above theodore neilson is no youn teenager out for a lark sir and mrs walter e briard wed so 1ears mr and mrs walter e briard were honoured at a party on sat urday evening feb 7 on the occasion of their 60th wedding anniversary mrs briard wore black velvet with a corsage of carnations mr briard was born in jersey channel islands and mrs briard was born in oxford england both enjoy good health and will celebrate their s3rd birthdays this year they came to canada in september 1s93 and settled in gaspe quebec where five sons and five daughters were born to them they later went to mon treal where mr briard owned a tailoring establishment and mrs briard plied her trade of dress making upon mr briards retire mem they moved to toronto and in 1911 came to stoullville moving back to toronto in december 1952 with them on this happy occa sion were their daughters mr and mrs i gee hilda of montreal mr and mrs e woodcock doris of detroit mich mrs c mobride cora of toronto and their sons mr w h briard montreal and mr x h briard st bruno que also grandchildren and great grandchildren their eldest daugh ter mrs a j chedore of gaspe quebec and their eldest son mr w briard of collingwood were unable to attend because of illness two sons arthur and gladstone and a daughter mrs j corcoran sylvia are deceased mr and mrs briard have 15 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren the table was centered with a lovely threetiered wedding cake and their home was tastefully decorated throughout with bou quets of roses tulips daffodils snapdragons and fern they were the recipients of numerous cards and gifts includ ing a purse of money from their mr and mrs frank i mcdonald of hamilton have just returned from winnipeg where thev spent a month with mrs mcdonalds sister mrs harry g banner and mr banner ken jennings member of the iribune staff is visiting mt tremblant in the laurentians this week where he is enjoying some skiing at this famous winter resort this is baby week at houstons drug store read the large dis play in this weeks issue about how easy it is to have a free pic ture of your child taken right in tiie store stouffville chamber of com merce will meet this thursday evening in the municipal hall and all members are urged to make a special effort to attend business pertaining to the 1953 program of town improvements is on the agenda harold zellers of toronto and former stouffville boy was a visi tor in town last weekend he learned the tailoring trade here many years ago with f e rae mrs zellers has not been in the best of health and is presently nursing a broken arm stouffville oddfellows lodge will convene on feb 16th at which time 25 year jewels will be conferred on several local mem bers the presentations will be conducted by the deputy district grand master lunch and enter tainment will follow the business portion of the meeting another familiar residence in town erected more than a half century ago is the present chas ward home on obrien ave this brick dwelling with its sev eral verandahs and upper fancy work was the dick underhill home for many years in the early issos mr underhill was located in the present spofford block with his shoe business and he was very famous in the locality for his homemade work the name underhill is a most familiar one with our elder resi dents of longstanding the late xjlist frank gangster followed by the late james turner occupied the house following mr underhill and it was most recently pur chased by chas ward the place is pleasantly situated with- a large lawn and garden to the sou t h local shoe merchant erie leh man has been in hospital this week undergoing a tonsil opera tion stouffville lions club voted to contribute s100 immediately to the flood victims fund at their regular meeting on monday night the united church auditorium was filled on thursday evening for the visit of the star weekly free concert entertainers the commo dores quartette and the enchant ed strings the iooal choir under the leadership of lome boadway rendered several numbers preced ing the visiting entertainers ready for adventure and looking for new horizons that is why it was 32 1 1050 found him at whitehorse years ago that he fust came to i yukon where he was emploved bv canada from liverpool and since poole company on a construction that time has done a bit of moving job for the airforce and that is around he comes from hardy why kitimat lured him away stock his father was born in from his leloved ontario and oslo xorway in is50 and served sparked this trek to the west coast as a sea captain for 21 years like and he hopes a job in bcs new his father theodore is always frontier town mr and mrs bill bovill and mr jim bovill of smithers bc called on mr and mrs t w aida here on sunday they leave on tuesday on the empress of scot land for ireland where they will spend a few weeks with relatives and friends it has been 25 years since they have seen one another in its fifth year of service to the community stouffville kinder garten nursery school is holding open house on friday feb 13 from 3 to 5 pm and 730 to 9 pm a warm welcome is extended to the public there will be staff members on hand to answer questions the creative work of the children will be on display and the parents executive is serving tea came and see why life begins at nursery school if and when stouffville munici pal council signs a contract as they have agreed upon with the provincial police to commence duties here on april 1st a new lockup may be installed here and police court sittings held in town every two weeks the opp are anxious that the jail be establish ed to facilitate their handling of prisoners rather than transport ing them to north york station richmond hills share of fines collected bv the opp in that mun icipality in 1952 was 2000 a collection of more than 200 was contributed towards the british flood victims fund at the stouffville united church on sunday garnet gray optometrist of stouffville and uxbridge spent last sunday at the king edward hotel attending a study seminar and fitting course on the mueller welt fluidless contact lenses more than three hundred children representing a half dozen public schools took over the stouffville arena on friday afternoon for a skating party ballantrae school brought along almost a hundred skaters from the one school the stouffville lions club will make their draw for the new pontiac car on which they have sold four hundred tickets early in march mr and mrs archie stover barry and barbara of milverton were weekend visitors at the home of mr and mrs harmon hoover mrs sisson and miss turner will leave for florida by bus this sunday on a three weeks vacation tour while they are away mrs sissons sister mrs d a harwood of peter- horo will visit at the home here jas ogilvie of ringwood who is an engineer on the new toronto subway gave the stouffville lions club an interesting insight into the construction during their regular meeting on monday night lion jim who is a member of the local club showed a sound color film and described certain aspects of the work the stouffville child health clin ic will be open on friday february 13th in christ church parish hall from 130 until 4 pm mothers with babies and preschool children are invited to attend this starts the free immunization program for 1953 a truck belonging to bruce har per local clipper hockey assistant playing coach received considerable damage one evening last week when it overturned near altona on collid ing with a car driven by bill watson 4th con of uxhridge the harper truck was driven by bruce johnson on wednesday night feb 4th a record crowd attended the horticul tural meeting in the united church basement to hear and see mr cliff day salmons travelogue and pictures of next open meeting wntixt nijamki browx hllili schooi burns fire swept through brown hills oneroom school early satur day leaving 36 pupils without accommodation for monday classes the building and contents were a total loss the blaze discovered by mrs vivian xichol at 130 am had already eaten through the roof of the frame and cementblock veneer building it is believed defective wiring may have started the blaze mount albert firemen were on the scene within 23 minutes a record since the firemen had to he roused from their beds and assembled before starting on the eightmile trip damage is esti mated at 20000 with only 5000 insurance his recent trip to australia new zealand and the fiji islands aurora unionville and markham societies were represented at the meeting the ladies quintette comprising mrs g allison mrs b silverthorn mrs c wagg mrs n raymer mrs c heise and led by mrs ed nigh with mrs v forsyth as pianist pro vided music for the occasion mon- march nth is the date of the iitaii m h m hjt m m i iithv revival campaign i to be held in heise hill church gormley feb 17th to march 5th evangelist samuel lady ax invitation is kxtexded to one and all come- here this man of god with a message of the hour time week-nitc- 730 pm sundays 700 pm it- 5s32sssxxxsz szsxzsxsssssssz the regular monthly meeting of the wms of the united mission ary church met at the home of mrs harry stover on tuesday night feb 3rd the president was in charge of the meeting the gray sisters sang two special numbers mrs willis hunking returned missionary from africa showed slides and gave a very interesting talk on their work in africa special prayer was said for missionaries on the field and those on furlough a social time was spent at the close of the meet ing sixty were present sam miller explanation we the undersigned feel our friends neighbours and the countryside should have an explanation on a radio report broadcast a few days ago by three toronto stations and in a toronto morning paper seeing thev have not corrected it mr miller is not a retired farmer his wife is not dead did not have pleurisy just a cold was not without food and heat for six days was not rushed to hospital in a semicoma i went to see my father monday morning and made arrangements to come back tuesdav at 9 am with a car when i arrived he was dressed and ready to go to stouftville hos pital not much of a semicoma we hope the next time that tor- jonto reporter whoever he is will j be more careful and get things cor rect before he writes them signed son walter bro bert purse pilferers were at work at he church at browns corners recently and here in stouffville at the united church on sunday last some 30 was lost by two young choir ladies in the latest thieving outbreak this is a favourite type of purse lifting which usually breaks out in a rash once a year and possibly the safest way to combat it is to be sure no loose cash is left around handy in outside antirooms marion mur phy and margaret myers were the victims at stouffville and the buttonville girls ellen hooper margaret hood and mary gough at browns corners mr harvey moyer has disposed of his homo on lloyd ave and will hold an auction sale on mon day feb 23rd mr and mrs moyer will leave stouffville to make their home in the united states mr moyer farmed for many years at dicksons hill later retiring to stouffville where more recently he has engaged in real estate business the moyer bungalow was the first to be built on lloyd ave in 1911 and the new owner will be w l bert silverthorn mr silverthorn is holding an auction sale at his farm on feb 19th a cordial invitation is extended to all mothers sisters daughters wives and widows 18 years and over of men who served with the forces during any of the wars of the empire to attend an organiza tion meeting of the ladies auxili ary of the canadian legion besl in the veterans hall at s pm monday feb icth officials will be in attendance from the provincial command of the ladies auxiliary to elect install and instruct the new executive officers some 35 ladies have already sign ed applications for membership and it looks as if the auxiliary is off to a good start the aim of the 275 branches of the auxiliaries in ontario is to assist the canadian legion and helo with worthwhile community projects any interest ed ladies who have not vet filled out an application form for membership mav obtain informa tion by calling 133j3 here is space heating at its finest a gentle circu lation of warm tempered air for better health and greater comfort at the turn of a dial zeuetter youre on top with coop with tho wide oval burner for complete combustion touffville coop f 5l phone 269 or 122 prompt delivery