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the tribune stouffvllie oat thursday march 12 1953 quality service reliable brand seeds our 1953 reliable price list for brand field and garden seeds seeds will be prices seed in on your hands in a few days alfalfa seed alsike and many other items are lower this year garden seeds in bulk and packages tomato seed early cabbage seed celery seed early lawn fertilizers vigoro gardenite sheep peat moss tokganic manure stiver bros stouffville phone 64501 or 45 www mm m m m mr arid mrs charles cad- ieux and family of mindemoya out were visitors at the ted cadieux home for last week few day during the hmos it was a common sight to see jobless men walking the road in search of a free meal and lodg ing but of later years this has not been the case however on thursday a middleaged and rather shabbily dressed stran ger was seen begging for food and cigarettes here in town he carried a bag over his shoulders into which he stuff ed any morsel of food which the restaurant owners were generous enough to give him during his conversation with various residents in the town we do not believe that the question of work was mention ed mr cec hendricks member on the stouffville public school hoard has arranged a bus trip for some g7 pupils of grades a and to the parlia ment buildings and museum on friday of this week at 0 in the afternoon the group will attend a musical concert in massey hall miss llosie and mr bockmaster will accompany the students in a letter received by mr garfield brown secretary of the stouffville public school board from the dent of high ways it was learned that the department would not be responsible for safety zones placed on the thoroughfare in front of the school mr cec hendricks suggested that the price of erecting an electric caution light on the highway adjacent to the school should be looked into before someone is killed or seriously injured wwwww www stanley theatre stouffville ont policy or this thkatkk two shows xitisy 700 000 pm milliner saturday afternoon 200 pm friday saturday march 13 14 plus jim bowes was barber by trade a native of pickering town ship and onetime barber in stouffville jame- bowes pass ed away in whitby hospital on sunday march sth he was ill his s3rd year and has bee in poor health for a number of years the late james bowes was a son of robt and isabella bowes and fanned on the 7th con of pickering in his early years he took up the barter ing trade with godfrey sfaan- kc of stouffville and then plied his trade at whitevale in a stand on the 7th of pick ering and in western canada where he spent some thirty years on his return to stouff ville lie served as night watch man for some years at the machine too works the late mr bowes will also be recalled by older pickering residents as an ardent horse man and an employee with the famous graham bros james bowes is the last member of a family of even the funeral on wednesday of litis week was conducted from ocil- funeral chapel by ttev d mckiuican presbyter- an minister interment was made in si johns cemetery li eon of pickering our local and persona happenings home of one of towns best known builders mrsjohn button is in wind- or visiting with her sister ii- lark miss sheila beresford was a weekend guest from rich mond hill with mr and mrs ia xolan mr george bennet and mr james bennett of markham have returned home after spending six weeks in miami florida mr and mrs crbzier of mimico were sunday visitors with miss violet hoover and mrs miller obrien ave mrs crozier is the former miss macdonald of the public school statf here this is the former residence of nathar forsyth one of stou- 6fviies best known builders the place is presently occupied by mr horace walsh a great many of the large homes erected on church st and in other parts of town were designed and erected by ilr for syth mr forsyth alio passed away iu il also built the local united church and left a handsome bequest to this de nomination on his death he had some sixty years experience as a builder and worked in a sash and door factory in his young er days this church st home which he occupied for so long was built more than sixty years ago goldens clothing stor features a large display in this issue of the tribune with new 1953 fashons these new spring fashions are to be seen throughout the store with a variety of shades and styles to suit everv member of the fam ily mr and mrs k kramer will leave stouffville this week for a new home in peterboro where mr kramer has been transferred to a branch of the bank of commerce mr and mrs kramer have occupied an apartment in the mcxabb apts church st since com ing to stouffville stouffville lions entertained their farmer friends to supper on monday night of this week the meeting was conducted by vice president lion bill ford in the absence of lion president neil smith and the gathering enjoyed several p- s our questions ready interesting motion films stouffville chamber of com merce meets thursday night at 8 am in the municipal building if the building is under alterations at that time the meeting will be transferred to the public school main topic at the meeting will be a pre discussion on stouffvilles possibility for industry some men of good authority are booked for our april meetin picture out thisworld muoicap bound 0 shouldeb bs itttib fanki law uur daniels chiom austin aithut franz word was received here during the weekend that dr j a huffman author and educa tor from the states who wa scheduled to begin a series of meetings here at the local united missionary church will be unable to be present for them owing tained to a by hi serious wife fall sus- were one they side two motor vehicles considerably damaged evening last week when collided on a westend street a car driven by mr d r chadwick of stouffville was severely damaged when in col lision with a car driven by jack blake of markham and carrying several passengers none of whom were injured constable rusnell investi gated the crash a few interesting facts have come to light in the travels of otoulfvilles assessor mr er good concerning the families located here topping the lis of names in town there are fourteen carrying the name brown and to even make this more unique all have differ ent surnames most popular name next iin line are the stouffers and stovers from whom stouffville originally got its name six of the brown families referred to reside west of the cnr and eight on the east side added to these are twelve families with the smith popular name of the stouffville institute will meet church parish hall day march 19 at 2 womens at christ on thurs- pm roll t tun u0 r ickus aim ft h xwtt taw tori uam guv monday tuesday march 16th 17th wednesday lsth warner brosk happily present call will he answered by the most neighborly thing that has happened to me mrs burgin will give the motto mrs brown is the program convener a skit of the his tory of the institute will be put on by the members com munity activities and public relations will be given by mrs brown current events will be given by mrs kellington and mrs lemon the guest speak er is mrs francey district president hostesses are mrs miller mrs dowswell mrs hopkins miss winn mrs w bennett and mrs farthing a number of friends from stouffville attended the fun eral in cannington on monday afternoon for the late david d brooks of port calling de ceased is survived by his wife the former doris ross and one time teacher on the stouffville school staff mr brooks con ducted a large general store business in port carling and the couple were active work ers in the united church there service was held for the deceased in the port carling church and interment in the cannington cemetery the wms of the united missionary church met at the home of mrs gordon brown for their regular monthly meeting and ejection of officers for the ensuing year mrs huson was in charge of the meeting and devotionals minutes were read and roll call taken the following were elected for the year pros mrs reg stouffer vice pres miss bertha stouffer secre tary mrs percy tarr treas urer miss vera tarr pianist mrs j lejiman executive mrs harry stover mrs allen meyers mrs huson work committee mrs john brubacher mrs wilmot stov er mrs carl wideman miss emma good mrs alsop and mrs roy brown visiting com mittee miss good mrs james miss myrtle sider lunch com mittee mrs lloyd wideman mrs gordon brown mrs de- los brown miss sider read a letter from miss ruby wilson missionary in africa miss bertha stouffer closed with prayer mrs peter steckley dies at 82 heise steckley mr- sarah born sept 18h away quietly march a i95s the home of her youri daughter rhoda mrs har vey sheffer of stayner out where she had been recently slaying her husband the late rishop peter steckley pre deceased her in 1921 she was converted in mav istii and united with the brethren in christ church which she loved and served many years and to which she remained a faithful and loyal member until her death on the first day of november 1ss1 she was united in mar riage with the late bishop peter steckley by samuel snider who was at that time bishop in vaughan townsiip to this union were born 1 1 children there remain to mourn har loss one brother levi heise of victoria square one sister leah widow of the late joseph steckley j of gormlev six sons lewis of abilene kansas asa of toronto henry landon jesse and peter all of gormley six daughters ella mrs jesse lehman and mary mrs abram lehman both of car lisle pa maggie mrs e j swalm of duntroon mrs ruth cober of gormley cora mrs walter cloke of wain- fleet and rhoda mrs harvey sheffer of stayner there are fortythree grandchildren and thirtynine great grandchild ren two daughters predeceased their mother alice mrs jesse sider of wainfleet died on feb 29 1920 and sarah died as a child on sept 10 1910 the steckley family were long residents of whitchurch township where the late bis hop steckley was born near bethesda and where all the family was born the parents were devout christians and faithfully attended the vari ous services of their church including the weekly prayer meetings beside many other special meetings and prayer meetings in the surrounding community they drove thou sands of miles in all kinds of weather through snow rain and mud in open horsedrawn vehicles and many are the memories of those occasions by every member of the fam ily the family altar also was a daily function of the home and was never neglected in haying nor harvest nor thresn ing time visitors or strangers in the home over night were always welcome and invited to share that period of wor ship with the family in the year 1919 the family moved to gormley to occupy the farm of the late joseph farmer it was there that the late bishop steckley passed passed i away sept 30 1921 and where at his widow lived until a few est i years ago in july 1912 mrs steckley suffered a stroke from which she never fully recovered for nearly eleven years she was deprived of the blessing and privilege of gett ing about alone but was a wheelchair patient for a while it seemed difficult for her to make the necessary adjustment to this circum stance however in recent years she was fullv resigned to her lot and never murmur ed nor complained of her con dition she had been a loyal and devoted wife a good and noble mother and a well known and a respected woman in this community and will be great ly missed by her sons and daughters the grandchildren and great grandchildren be side a host of relatives and friends the funeral on sunday was conducted from the home of henry steckley gormley public service was held in heise hill church and inter ment was made in the adjoin ing cemetery pallbearers were burns steckley lloyd steckley rav swalm walter sheffer elmer sider clyde steckley a variety program featuring local talent is being sponsored by the stouffville branch of the canadian mothercraft soc iety in memorial hall on fri day mar 27th at 815 pm keep this date open and watch this paper for further announcement this wednesday march 11 is the national holiday of den mark mr and mrs chas laidlaw liave returned to their home in aiwood after visiting the past six weeks with mr and mrs mowat mr and mrs wm mowat of clinton out were visitors at the home of mr and mrs magnus mowat for three days last week mr and mis douglas kil- patrick journeyed to listowel recently as guests of dr and mrs kilpatriek mrs j h katcliii who has been visiting her daughter at hagersville a couple of months has returned home mrs a ville was in the los late mrs m wood of stouff- bereaved this week of her mother the j s honey mrs honey passed away at the age of 81 at the home of her son in burford ontario surviving are two sons clayton of bur- ford and william j of milli- ken and two daughters mrs a m wood olive of stouff ville and mrs norman hutch ison helen of napanee the funeral on monday was con ducted from the dixon uneral chapel markham with inter ment in pine hills cemetery with the closing of the red forsyth barber shop local tonsorial artists bob snowball cameron meabry and ralph kirby are being called on to work nearly around the clock to keep up with the demands for hair cuts stouffville has boasted as many as seven barbers at one time in years gone by and most lately has the fewest at any time in history the re maining trio of trimmers are doing their best to keep up with the demand as the popu lation has nearly doubled since the days when a half dozen ibarbers were operating here aaaa ptytek will rogers mm pmxnmr janewmn vu eddie camt0rr micimclim mrm will roqora j t oavis stxnlit nomttcr the death occurred at his home in toronto on saturdav of stanley muston in his 57th year the late stan muston was a former resident here and along with his father the late walter muston and a brother james operated the local fioral business prior to the place being taken over by mr milt smith stan muston played ball here as a young mail and was later wellknown as operator of a flourishing fioral retail business at the corner of belsize dr and yonge st north toronto be sides his wife the former hilda simonds he is survived by one son stanton and two daughters lois and marianne the funeral on monday after noon of thus week was con ducted from the trull funira home with interment in mt of business change notice is hereby given that in future the agnew hardware will be known as stouffers hardware mr agnew will continue his connection with the business in for top performance in 19s3 insist on coop 18 chick starter a less active capacity j k agnew reginald stouffer nl pleasant cemetery first with vitamin b12 and antibiotic penicillin 3vi years ago first with trace minerals 6 years ago complete supply of highest quality vegetable and animal protein a surplus of all known essential vitamins and the proper level of calcium and phosphorus all so essential for rapid growth fast feathering and uniform development satisfaction 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