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tiie tribune stouffville ont thursday april 29 1954 reunion of local folks in england our local and personal happenings mrs walter kent ross ryn and paul were- in town last wednesday dr r b mitchell has moved tnto the brick bungalow main st east formerly occupied by the wilson family another bright spot has been lidded to our main st with the installation las week of a new electric sign in front of hamil- loxis automotive supply western trio at amateur show mr and mrs les wilson spent sunday in osbawa at the home of mr and mrs carl insley pat barry accompanied them home after spending a few days there here is a pleasant reunion of a number of local young married folks taken re cently in england mr and mrs lake baker who just returned from over seas are seen here on the right with mrs jim mil ler betty davis and on the left mr and mrs peter rothschild helen burk- holder mrs rothschild is holding little sammy miller grandson of mr and mrs k r davis and mr and mrs walter miller the picture was taken by jim miller markham township official opening township buildings buttonville saturday may 1st 1954 230 pm everybody welcome signed markham township council alf lemasurier reeve po stouffville district high school may prom friday may 7th veterans memorial hall dress semi formal 250 per couple dancing from 900 to 100 ro varied talent at amateur show threeyearold nancy mur phy daughter of mr and mrs it h murphy of stouffville was awarded first prize for her solo rendition of ricochet ro mance and peter cottontail at the stouffville legion ama teur talent showheld in the veterans hall on friday night mr jhal pegg 6yearold son of mr and mrs c e pegg of claremont placed second and mrs walter grove of stouff ville a soloist was third sixyearold hal pegg iwas roundly applauded for his fine effort on his one piece orches tra he played two drums the cymbals and a ukelele he was accompanied by- his mother on the piano honorable mention was giv en the junior farmers quar tet comprising joyce campbell mary gough eldred king and ted gough and the stouffville trio of joan chadwick and mar ilyn bone accompanied by roy heaton on the guitar other participants were bill warne of unionville hugh furneaux of markham margar et canning of gormley and mrs allan mcconnadhie of stouffville al harvey acted as master of ceremonies during the show and filled in with a number of piano and vocal selections carl holden and his five piece rythmaires from markham were also an added musical at traction the amateur show was the first sponsored by the local legion and its success has prompted the stouffville branch to organize another in the near future get your farm fuels and lubricants john oxendale wellknown local western resident who keeps a spotless oneman house- hold has not been enjoying the best of health for a week clerk garfield b r o w n of stouffville was travelling the first few days of this week with a slight limp due to a severe burn which he sus tained when he accidentally upset boiling water on his foot dog ownersin stouffville are asked to kindly keep their pets tied up these animals running at large can do considerable damage to flower beds gardens and lawns local provincial police intend to take more drastic steps if owners contin ue to let their dogs run loose friends will regret to hear that imiss marjorie trotter formerly of baker ave stouff ville has been nursing a broken arm for some weeks miss trot ter who is teacher in a girls school at thessalonica in greece sustained the injury when she fell on the ice in the school yard mrs jos aida of stouffville was the winner of a new tele vision set given away as a lucky prize in connection with the opening of a big grocery store in aurora mrs aida was both surprised and pleased at the win since a neighbour had placed her name in the draw without her knowledge notice e a grubin ro optome trist will be at his office in stouffville on monday and tuesday may 3rd and 4th two days afternoons and eve nings only new train times since the commencement of daylight saving time for an other season the following are the times of the passenger train arrivals in stouffville the times stated here are all standard time in the morning the southbound train is at 918 and the northbound at 1010 in the evening the southbound train is at 743 and the northbound at otl on sun day night the southbound train is at 926 there are also new office hours for the station agent as follows office open in the morning from 7 am un til 11 am and in the afternoon from 12 noon until 1 pm all times standard farm fuels and lubricants build for the blind 3150000 urgently needed i please give generously 1 canadian national institute tor the blind blrf f a 6 ri st stiver bros stouffville phone 45 former correspondent 75 walter davey goodwood na tive and former toronto cor respondent for this newspaper will mark his seventyfifth birthday on sunday may 2nd walter davey is the youngest of a family of eight boys and two girls born to the late mr and mrs james davey of good wood only two members of the family remain walter and peter the parents of this large family came from england and landed at cannington coming to goodwood shortly after where mr davey was for thir tyfour years section foreman for the gtr son walter re calls that the oldest man work ing with his father on the line was isaac shaver there was also will pearson dan baker and george lee now of au rora several of mr daveys brothers were also railroad men tom was engineer with the northern pacific and james who helped open the toronto general trust co dick who served fiftyone years with the gtjt and cnr john fore man at vivian edw at stouff ville with cnr william a printer for fifty years peter h 16 years with toronto railway walter fortyeight and a half years with ault wiborg ink co people who know about the reliability of cy bellman left to right joan chad wick roy heaton and mar ilyn bone local trio who received honorable men tion at the recent amateur show sponsored by the lo cal iegion the group de lighted the audience with their renditions of western favourites onethird of all accidents oc cur in the kitchen according to statistics that may account for a lot of upset stomachs mr and mrs barton lym- buiner and family of fergus spent sundav at the home of mrs j h ratcliff guests of mr and mrs wal ter kent of willowdale one day last week were imrs f c irowbotham mrs g h leary imrs h dewitt and joyce mr and mrs f c rowboth- am mrs idewitt and joyce spent friday and saturday with mr and mrs m clark near peterboro cellars are being excavated in rapid succession on park rd north as well as in other parts of town and nearly fifty new homes are anticipated here this summer another new home is underway at the corner of har old and edward sts being erected for belfry hamilton local automotive parts mer chant chief constable hilliard of the local provincial police de- tachment will be at the local public sohool several days this week giving lectures to the various grades on safety films are also being shown in prep aration for the arrival of el mer the safety elephant this friday the special flagraising ceremony is being held at 3 pm on the school grounds the death occurred in to ronto on sunday of mrs geo bremner the former eliza ashburn of stouffville daugh ter of the late john ashburn a shoemaker here in town fifty years ago besides her husband one daughter mrs n burrows and four sons george john arthur and walter survive the funeral was conducted on wednesday of this week with interment in prospect ceme tery wedding ou llkxmvsh i xtkr the united mi s s i o n a r y church at gormley was the scene of the pretty wedding of isabelle pearl mashinter daughter of mr samuel ma shinter and the late mrs ma shinter of maple to gordon bruce cullen son of mr and mrs gordon cullen of rich mond hill the ceremony was conducted by the rev c flunking at 330 pm on april 15 1954 the organist was mais howard baker and the soloist was mr howard baker the bride chose a floorlength gown of white satin and her fingertip veil was caught to a halo trimmed with pearls she carried red and white carna tions maid of honour was miss irene mashinter sister of the bride who wore a floorlength gown of blue faille taffeta with a white hat trimmed with blue bows her bouquet was of pink roses and pink sweet peas miss marie baker cousin of the bride and groom as brides maid wore a yellow gown in similar style with white hat and matching yellow bows she carried a bouquet of yellow roses and mauve sweet peas gerald cullen was grooms man for his cousin and ushers iwere edward mashinter and ronald baker the reception was held in the church reception room where the brides sister mrs melvin baker received in a pale blue dress accented by navy blue accessories she was assisted by the grooms mother who chose a grey suit compli mented by navy accessories for travelling the bride chose a navy blue suit with light blue hat and accessories on their return from a north ern ontario trip mr and mrs oullen will reside in richmond hill stouffville public school board at a special meeting last week engaged miss mary stouffer who has been teach ing for several years for the tjxbridge township area iboard miss stouffer is a daughter of mr archie stouf- fer present inspector a native of stouffville and former prin cipal of the high school here k n ocg3rap womommaamoeabhi its time to re- roof consider they have something to be thankpul about i jas ogilvie of ringwood en gineer on the toronto subway construction spoke to the stouffville lions club on mon day night on the completion of the subway and showed the final films made of its opera tion mr ogilvie is a member of the local lions club and his talks on the subway have been mast interesting and informa tive lion andy williams chairman of the nominating committee presented his re port and the complete slate of now officers was approved for induction at the last meeting in may the easter thank offering meeting of the garrett evening auxiliary was held in the unit ed church parlours last wed nesday evening april 21st the parlours were beautifully decorated with easter flowers for the evening the president mrs m storey presided and mrs thos wedseltoft conduct ed the worship service after which the easter thank offer ing was taken a very gratify ing amount was received mrs claude brillinger favoured the ladies with two vocal numbers accompanied by mrs cayman at the piano mrs purvis from unionvihe gave a lovely eas ter address mrs williamson gave a very interesting report of a meeting and luncheon which she and mrs jennings attended in toronto the meeting closed with pray er and was followed by a social hour ortct dont forget that your local coop sells aluminum roofing all sizes steel roofing all sizes asphalt shingles rolls varied choice of colours stouffville coop pbonm 209 and 122