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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), October 21, 1954, p. 5

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poultry feeds egg0 laying mash egg0 fattening feed master red head mash fir krums fulopep egg mash and krums oyster shell grit charcoal cod liver oil storm too much for local trees x dairy feeds milk0 dairy ration gainmaker 24 dairy ration hog feeds pork0 pig starter pork0 hog grower pork0 hog finisher pork0 sow ration master pig starter pellets master hog grower stiver bros 1 the tribune stouffribe ont thursday october 2 1954 local and personal happenings nearly sven hundred per sons received a free chest x- ray last week courtesy of the stouffville lions civs which brought in the tb xray van for two days last week herbert x reesor markham ontario has been graduated by the international business mahines corporation electric typewriter customer engineer ing school at its plant ir pou- gnkeepsie xy he is assigned to the companys toronto sales and service office mr reesor and his fellow graduates represent- fourteen ibm branch offices in ten states and canada mr and mrs star hastings and mr and mrs garnet fran- cey enjoyed a trip to ottawa montreal and quebec over the thanksgiving holiday return ing by way of l3ke cham- plain and the thousand 1st nds bridge miss vivian sadler spent weekend with her auir geo lee who returned her to bowmanviue for a numerous shade and dec orative trees found the blast of hurricane hazel a little more than thev could stand and the high winds coupled with the waterlogged ground found them toppling on al most every street this weep ing willow came dovn ag ainst the home of harold spofford on mill st whitchurch township coun cil will convene in regular ses sion this thursday evening stouffville united church is having a new board fence er ected on the west side of their line parking lot on duchess st the large lot provides real accommodation for downtown shoppers and it- is hoped by businessmen that council will see lit to add the muchneeded light to the lot wedding kkkswiiimackay standards of coloured gladi oli formed the setting in stouft ville united church where rev j maclachlan officiated at the wedding of faith mackay of stouftville daughter of mr g mackay and the late mrs mac kay of toronto to xorman le- wis kerswill son of mr geo kerswill and the late mrs ker swill of unionville given in marriage by mr george fockler the bride look ed lovely wearing a longsleev ed gown with a yoke of nylon net trimmed with seed pearls and bodice of pleated chantiliy lace the chantiliy lace and ny lon net over slipper satin skirt fell from the waist extending into a full circular train a ha lo of seeded pearls held her french illusion finger tip veil she carried a cascade of white roses with crysanthemums and stephanotis miss charity mac kay sister of the bride was maid of honour gowned in ro yal blue mrs charles leadbet- ter sister of the groom and mrs richard fines were gown ed alike in sapphire blue with gloves to match and contrast ing feathered hats they car ried cascades of pink roses with crysanthemums end corn flower sharon mehaftey flow er girl was in powder blue and carried a basket of pink roses with crysanthemums and corn flower mr george kerswill brother of the groom was groomsman mr bruce kers will and mr richard fines were ushers the wedding mu sic was played by mr clarion baker the lords prayer and i love you was sung by mr david mehaffey at the re ception held in the church mrs george fockler received wear ing french blue ticotine with a corsage of pink roses assisted by miss doris kerswill sister of the groom wearing irides cent blue taffeta with a pink rose corsage following the reception the happy couple left on a trip to new york the bride wearing a dark brown wool dress with powder blue accessories and corsage a gardenia and carna tion thej- will reside in scar- boro lloyd mover church street accompanied by stanley moyer of toronto attended the fun eral on friday of their cousin alvin moyer simcoe evangelical mission i a prayer meeting fellowship jj will be held monday october 25 at 800 pm at the mission home cor main albert for gods blessings upon the coming missionary convention november 912 i everyone is invited we are counting on your presence a colored sound film will be shown evangelical mission of converted monks and priests stouffville ontario tjeba3jas3cpsk 3whcs5s3ji save money use your home grown grains with coop concentrates local businessman al ag- assiz of mole motors limited returned this week from the final session of the october 5 to 15 national general motors dealer conventions in toron to he described the record- breaking event attended by 000 gm dealers and depart ment heads from every prov ince and the yukon territory as the greatest automotive convention in terms of attend ance and range of activities ever staged in canada commenting on the mam moth convention which he at tended in company with his department heads robt hol- man gerald hooker james periistari the stouftville pon- tiacbuick dealer said the high point of the program was the preview of the 1055 models which are still under a very close security screen i may say that the new cars which will be publicly announced later this fall have undergone the most complete redesigning in at least 15 years and will offer startling improvements to drivers in the popular field the threeday pontiacbuick session which concluded the history making convention was closely scheduled with a full table of events mr agas- siz said following the opening pre view of the new cars which were presented in a musical production starring ballet dan cers and musicians the pro gram included guided tours by special trains to oshawa and st catharines at oshawa the dealer party inspected the vast new 4m- acre gm passenger car assem bly plant canadas largest by a great margin special guides at st catharines took the group through the most mod ern foundry in the world one section of the new grantham township plants of mckinnon industries a general motors division among a number of lunch eons banquets and receptions was a ladies luncheon that in cluded a fashion show of the latest stylings from xew york ding was he able to make safe- and paris ty hazel was here one of the hardest hit homes in stouftville was that of f fenwick church st where the swollen creek north of town flooded over the entire area next the cxr right-of- way and passed completely through the house many local householders managed quite well in keeping the swollen waters from their basements until the power fail ure around ten oclock cut off all sump pumps many were kept busy throughout the night baling water in order to keep the surging muddy stream from around furnaces service was not restored until near noon saturday and then only partially more than seventyfive per cent of markham rural hydro lines were disrupted by the storm the local telephone ser vice was almost completely curtailed out of stouftville as poles were down and wires tornawav over a wide area trees were down in many sections of town fouling power and telephone lines find tear ing installations from the side of homes stouftville fire brigade was called out at the height of the storm up the 9th con of whit church where a tree had come down across the concession cut ting high tension lines how ever firemen could do nothing but summon the hydro men most of the metal roof was lifted completely off the large piggery on the harper farm at the foot of obrien ave how ever workmen were on the job saturday and had the build ing completely reroofed by nightfall the long power break melt ed much of the ice in the local arena and serious trouble in the brine pump motor curtail ed further icemaking when power service was resumed television antennae on o neills store and telf rennies house were buckled by the force of the gale walter smith of smith weld ing had a narrow escape while rescuing his books from the swirling waters which pounded through his establishment on market st as he made his way to dry land with the books under his arm he slipped into a deep hole and water engulfed him to his neck and only by clinging desperately to the bull- telegraph communication as well as telephone service was cut off in stouffville on satur day a number of regular toronto commuters were stranded at various points along the high way when returning home in the early evening and spent the night in the cars vehicles were backed up for half a mile on the sth of markham as deep water swirled across the high way at the foot of dicksons hill and opposite the wideman church numerous folks whose fur naces were inundated by the flood and who were left with out heat or means of cooking were taken in by neighbors on saturday morning until full power was restored in the af ternoon the pressure of the water was so great in the swollen creek passing through the busi ness section that many drain backed up water into cellars to a depth of several feet yards of gravel were deposit ed on the main st highway by muddy waters crossing the road greatest deposits were opposite the stouftville bak ery and near cy bellmans es tablishment v water inundated the boiler- room floor of the local public school friday and it was fear ed for a time that the fire would have to be pulled out as the water neared the boiler the stouftville lions club extended an initial cash con tribution of s100 for holland marsh relief purposes to the bradford lions on monday evening the bradford lions were founders of the local club some fourteen years ago addi tional money will be extended by the stouftville lions to their northern neighbors when the need has been fully esti mated births walker harry and winnie walker nee stewaro of 9 reddick avenue virginia- town ont are happy to an nounce the birth of their son douglas stewart at kirkland lake hospital oct 7 1951 mother and baby fine mackey mr and mrs jack mackey of markham are happy to announce the birth of their son on october 10 1951 at the brienbush hos pital a brother for roddy parratt mr and mrs ar thur parratt of goodwood wish to announce the birth of their daughter at brier- bush hospital on october 13 195 this could have been worse christian kndeavour union the fortysixth annual on tario christian endeavour un ion convention convened in centra avenue united church fort erie las week those bringing greetings at the oiwning banquet were james g laing president on tario c e union dr gene stone general secretary inter national society of christian endeavour rev roy m gei- ger of the host church and dep uty reeve george brodley of fort erie there were over three hundred intermediate and adult registrations and sixty junior endeavourers who held a junior convention on sunday afternoon rev mari ano digangi or st enochs presbyterian church hamil ton was the speaker at the op ening v meeting following the banquet and chorus sing ing the overall theme was forward with christ and mr digansis subject was fall in mr clyde sherk port col- borne wits chairman of the meeting mr digangi brought before the delegates that god has always called called such men as abraham moses gid eon and samuel and that god continues to speak to men je sus went to men like luke saul of tarsus andrew and john and asked them to follow him so jesus calls young peo ple to fall in and follow him dr gene stone was the speaker at the sunday evening service using as his sermon topic eyes front on satur day evening a fellowship hour followed the mass meeting and at that time a short movie taken by mr clyde sherk one of the delegates to the world qe convention last july was shown and on sunday evening a fireside was held at which the installation service for the 195155 executive of the ontario ce union was held with dr gene stone taking charge of this service also at this fireside a religious movie forward with christ was shown sunday morning a quiet hour communion service took place with rev roy gei- ger of the convention church bringing the message and pre senting the elements and on monday morning a quiet hour was held with rev byron how- lett winger leading our tho ughts in the way of jesus christ also on monday morn ing there were four discussion groups with rev earle gates derby xew york rev cecil fletcher ridgeway rev lee tiffin stevinsville and dr gene stone columbus ohk leading and with mr roy cur- rie toronto mr bob brennan sarnia miss joyce byer stouft ville and mr douglas wright- son tiverton acting as chair men of the respective groups one of the highlights of the convention was the sacred musicale held sunday after noon this was entitled by these conquer a musical interpretation of the christian endeavour cardinal princi ples open confession of christ active service for christ loyalty to christs church and fellowship with christs people the conven tion choir endeavourers of weiland county brought this inspiring service in music with mrs loissheldon accom panying on the organ those attending the con vention from the stouftville district were misses xelda du- nkeld helen lemon joyce byer dorothy wagg jean brown messrs howard doner and elmer reaman and mrs fred e byer i the autumn thankoffering meeting of st james presby terian wms auxiliary was jheld on thurs oct 14 at the i home of mrs r stevens the president mrs r se- jvens presided and opened the meeting with call to wor ship and prayer the devotions were in charge of mrs e ferguson and mrs a q thompson theme count yotir blessings stressing the power received in recollec tion reconstruction and re- consecration and relating them to the work of the wms the guest speaker was miss m sommerville markham sectional vice president of to- lonto east presbyterial giving a comprehensive report of the annual meeting of toronto and kingston synodical so ciety which was held in barrie teenage work was emphasiz ed conferences to be held in every presbytery this year at which the new sigma c pro gramme will be launched mr witi vis- mrs a v xolan was in buffalo for a few days last week accompanying mr and mrs c c reid of toronto friends will be pleased to earn that george morden has improved in health since be ing taken quite iil last week don davis manager of the golden clothing store is nurs ing a case of bloodpoisoning in his hand mr 3nd mrs g pointon and family also mr and mrs roy law of toronto spent thanks giving weekend with mr and mrs o madill in the east end mrs morley syntes is recu perating from a serious fall in her home which has kept her off her feet now for several weeks obituary mis mary megrogaii following a lingering illnes and confinement in the brier- bush hospital for some four mouths mary elizabeth mc- grogan passed away on satur day oct lgth born in pert credit on april 25th 1s97 mrs mcgrogan had been a resident of stouftville for about thirty- five years deceased was a member of the stouftville womens insti tute and was identified with the united church surviving are one daughter dorothy a son ronald and grandson robert owen also two brothers harry strong of chicago and charles strong of detroit and a sister evelyn of montreal the funeral on tuesday was conducted from oxeills fun eral chapel by rev douglas davis and interment was made at erindale cemetery near streetsville mr strong brother from chi cago and evelyn sister from montreal were present for the funeral charles strong was unable to attend due to illness the markham eagles inter mediate hockey team will hold their first practice session in the unionville arena on sun day afternoon from 1 to 3 all those interested in lining up with the team are requested to attend the practice everybodys friend sun shine a xcilson was in stouftville on friday having arrived back from white horse yukon sunshine was very thankful for friends- in town who contributed to a new pair of shoes which he was sporting and which were bad ly needed after hitchhiking down the alaska highway the thanksgiving meeting of the garrett evening aux iliary was held in the church parlours wed oct 13th which was decorated with fall flowers mrs mercer 2nd vice presi dent was in the chair meeting opened with a hymn mrs hel en dewitt gave a talk on tem perance thanksgiving was the theme of the worship ser vice given by miss eva hoo ver a very fine solo bless this house was sung by mrs m storry accompanied by mrs nigh at the piano the study book was given by miss k webster chris tian contributions to india the meeting closed with prayer followed by a social half hour coop custom mixing glvoiyoa the balanced feed you need stouffville coop stouffville brassieres brassieres new different accent on style 0 individual as your signature long length threequarter length perfect foundation for any wardrobe cotton satin nylon nylon lace positive comfort 90day warrantee all sizes 32 52 695 1050 fittings by appointment your figure stylist mrs elva mcconnochie spirclla retailer stouffville 48w4 mk a ai a idftt ai ia a a ty iri iifti rt jk a a dlh cream producers annual meeting wednesday october 27 1954 at s00 pm in the agricultural board rooms newmarket sponsored by the yoik county cream committee john sytema chairman yy l qypiyp- y y ypippf oaionbo oboab-xh8-oaao- u e3 a we direct your att to the fact that we have hecn successful in securing the services of walter bryan as tuneup and service manager equipped wilh the latest tools walt is ready to service your vehicle for the season ahead rondell motor sales goodwood phone stouffville 62002 phone 269 or 122 thl trees storm was one of the biir could have been much worse which nmbod in the if the giant limbs had crash- and the result here ed directly against the house the feir st home is that of hedley at the westend main j international trucks parts accessories texaco gasoline oils greases delos brown prop

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