stouffville march lath 1928 mr leaney u taking care of a beautiful healthy butterfly which he caught in his house on sunday next saturday is st patricks day isnt it about time for the toronto star to photograph the price falling off his horse good friday april gth only three weeks left in which to decide on that new easter bonnet john urquhart jr of ayr spent sunday at home with his father mr john urquhart sr also mr charles urquhart of port credit was home for a few hours on saturday last week we said something about short skirts and the lino type operator made it read shirts so far as we know there is no change in the length of the latter garment we are in receipt of a postal note for 2 issued at mt dennis on feby 27th and signed mrs s stouffer will the remitter be good enough to send us her street address and also advise us if she is getting the tri bune now the letter from exreeve silves ter in our last issue giving account of his impressions in italy was much appreciated by our readers who will look forward to reading of mr and mrssilvcsters tour in sunny france at a later date in spite of the terrific weather last friday tuesday had all the le-ar- marks of spring and the warmth loosened up the ice bound sidewalks so that all citizens save a few who hviad to were busy with the shovels removing the slush that their friends and neighbors might pass by and call thiem blessed instead of some thing else i auditorium theatre stouffville friday and saturday march 16 and 17th sos your old man w c fields fijzmpekhandijed hair raiser paramount news reel ffhday and saturday march 33rd niul 24th paradise for two richard dix comedies news reel admission 15 and 25c s g schmidt prop messrs leadbetter at markham are installing an artificial ice plant in their butchering shop at mark- ham village meet me at the st patrick party this friday evening in the united church ralph rae is making good pro gress with the interior work on the house he is finishing for red for syth in the east end and the latter expects to move to his new home early in the sumuibr one of our local subscribers who takes a keen interest in the historic spots of europe stated that he had read exreeve silvesters letter in last weeks tribune four times he enjoyed it so much turnip shippers by the ufo co operative last fall were paid 3c per bushel this week deferred payment on their shipments at the time of shipment they received 12c thus the total is 15c per bushel copies of the new testament were presented to three boys in the unit ed church sunday school last sun day for having been present at one church service every sabbath during the year 1927 there were no girls attained this record although four of them had attended on 51 sundays if the sports of claremont do too much tripping about this summer they will have to be excused as the entire eight hockey players were pre sented with handsome leather club bags at the local arena on wednes day night last week having been de clared champions in the junior hockey tournament a wellprinted newspaper is a valued community asset subscrib ers particularly old ones find it easy reading advertisers are well aware that there is a greater re sponse from clearly printed adver tisements than from carelessly print ed and only partially legible ones better news ink so often improves a newspapers appearance the only real blizzard of this win ter passed over here last thursday night and continued all day friday blocking the roads in many places saturday morning broke like a beau tiful nearspring day with a nice warm sun and everybody seemed to be engaged in breaking roads and clearing off walks the cnr sent through a plow on friday and their regular service was well maintained the bus service to toronto was sus- rended over sunday the mennonite quarterly meeting announced for last week is postpon ed until this week end when more favorable weather conditions are hoped for all ladies of town and country are reminded of the showing of spring dresses at shaws store today thursday special arrangements to handle a big crowd florence morden daughter of mr and mrs preston morden markham was successful in passing her intro ductory piano examination at tor onto conservatory of music with honors obtaining 78 marks flor ence is only7 years old and is a pupil of mrs a j woods atcm send the news to the tribune if your society has held an interest- inc meeting or election of officers have your secretary send in a report to the tribune every item of news helps to keep up the interest in your society and the home news makes your paper reflect a live community ab browns big machinery sale this friday and saturday will give farmers every opportunity to get that missing part for their farm implements or a complete used machine in almost every line the sale is announced to start daily at 1 oclock on tuesday afternoon march 20 the pontiac organization will give a free picture show in bakers garage this will be of special interest to in tending car purchasers and is open for everybody to attend you will learn something about automobiles by attending this show at the garage weather conditions were fairly good wednesday last week for the auction sale of farm stock and im plements belonging to fred pauli- cat at glasgow under the persua sive chest notes of auctioneer sil- versfdes everything demanded a fair price with no fancy spots hit at all avery good oeoonlhand mower sr id for 85 and a drill that had sowed quite a few crops also brought 85 the total sale amounted to 53500 mrs l vanzant of stouffville is suffering a bereavement in the death of her brotherinlaw harry degeer- toronto and formerly of uxbridge the late mr degeer was a painter i a st- patrick party f where in the basement of the ln red church when friday evening march 16th at 745 oclock by whom the young ladies of the maty halg mission band for whom everyone who enjoys i social evening a good irish program will be glvtn refreshments to suit all tastes will be served wear your irish smile and jointhe girls in this social event irish jokes will be at a premium have you a good one bring it along admission joe erin go braugh 1 births i hoover on friday mac sth1928 to mr and mrs anthony hoover a daughter wideman at mongolia- on sunday march 11th 192s to jfr and mrs allan wideman a i daughter since march 1st was part uon and part lamb one may look for anything at the end of the mouth col t herbert lennox kcmp has recently been ordered by his doctor to go south for his health and has just left for florida where ho expects to remain for some two or three weeks at least those who are interested in the progress of the ontario legislature will find an interesting and informa tive weekly letter in the tribune which will keep you abreast of on tario matters drr w a summers 169 yonge st toronto formerly with robt simpson co eye specialist will be atykafe jewelry store every thurs day earphone demonstration free send the tribune to absent friends quality service the mill fekl market continues to advance we can offer you schumacher feed f at theofd price r i better- obey the impulse and secure supply j those who have not notified the canvassers or secretary of the pre mium they yjsh to obtain for mem bership in the horticultural society must do so at onto or they will be loo late clerk wanted we are open to take on a young man as juniorclerk apply in person or write slating qualification the bank et nova scotia stouffville the stouffville left hamlers al most defeated a team of right hand granite rock twirlergt the other day as a result of their loss reeve hw sanders w h shaw win waddell and jas muston had to provide an oyster feed tor t birkett s arm strong peter lehman and flbutton bring the whale family to the hot supper to be served in the base ment of the christian church next tuesday evening march 20th you have been there before and may ex pect just as enjoyable a time on this occasion orchestral music admis sion 35 and 25c let no one miss this supper f we can offer you quaker dairy ration a complete balanced ration for dairy cattle it is guaranteed to contain not less than is per cent protein s ti ver bros flour feed ami seed merchants phone 4501 superior groceries see full page dairy newspaper advertisement keiller dundee marmalade in the original white stone pots regular 35e but just bring the coupon to our store and get it for 25 cents neusons chocolates eskimo pies arctic sweethearts a w scott phone orders promptly delivered a new department we have arranged with one of the most reliable and best houses reginald boxer to handle their com plete lines of wall papers and are now showing the latest designs for this spring in papers for every room of the house we invite you to call any time and see our stock and wide range of samples f c rowbgtham and paperhanger by trade being born at prince albert and spending most of his life in uxbridge town or until nine years ago when he moved to toronto he was a valued mem ber of the famous uxbridge quartette the funeral last friday took place to uxbridge cemetery buckeye in renewing his subscription to the tribune councillor f w mer- tens of weston ontario who took such an active part in the organiza tion of the stouffville old home celebration last summer writes us thus h you have rejuvenated the tribune it is like a weekly letter from home and we certainly look for its arrival each week with anticipation and pleasure thank3 brother mertens kind words never die two rinks from unionville curling club visited stouffville last week and enjoyed a real friendly game rinks from stouffville composed as follows irwin gray c armstrong h bril- linger s armstrong skip score 720 john ratcliff ed daxey d h rusnell john dougherty skip score 1214 all in favor of stouffville incubators and brooders now in stock ask us why buckeye chicks are healthier where good goods are cheapest incubators highest quality best results f y w brathwaite successor to silvester bros hardware owing to the storm last friday david grays farm stock sale at bal- lantrae was postponed until monday when mr gray hit on a fine spring like afternoon for which to dispose of his goods tile sale was not a large one hut a big crowd gathered nevertheless and prices were good the feature sale of the afternoon was the selling of the fancy team of bay horses to messrs harry and walter brillinger local gardeners for 5375 this team is always ad mired as they pass along the road by those who love to see good horse flesh david gray who is giving up farming will bo succeeded on the place by his brother the first enquiry received by the board of health in response to their weekly notice in this paper that questions pertaining to health would be answered coined from a man who wants to know what to do for bald ness on his head this comes as a joke as the gentleman who didnt sign his name knows perfectly well thai nothing can be done that will cause hair to grow on wood al though we have heard of some ton- sorial artists who claim to sell a tonic that will grow hair on a door step to builders of canadian industry since 173 we have been conduct ing a banking business in a manner compatible with the best develop ment of canadian industry this is evidenced in the success of those whom we have served to you who will be the leaders of tomorrow we offer sound financial support and counsel our local manager is ready to discuss ways and means of assist ing the new venture or expanding the growing business the standard bank of canam established ratcliffs hall contained a nice sized audience on monday evening to hear the lecture and witness the moving pictures exhibited by mr walsh on behalf of stiver bros local distributors of fulopep toed3 mr walsh held his audience for more than an hour as he talked on the breeding housing feeding and diseases of poultry the views start ed with an interesting reel on the worlds poultry congress all pre sent declared the program was of assistance to them and a value to any poultry raiser the entertain ment will be repeated at unionville this thursday evening legislation isnt carried out on gratis scalo out in the townships as it is in stouffville where the council get no pay we notice by the audi tors report of markham township that the members of the council drew in salaries over 110n for their services in 1927 the bill is made up as follows reeve w gohn se lecting jurors 1315 reeve gohn mileage and fee 372 j r camp bell 275 j s honey 250 r l stiver 250 f coakwell 250 l middlcton road superintendent in nine months last year drew 1200 in salary and mileage one half of which is pthi by the provincial govern ment hugh clark was fortunate in strlk- ng a good day for his auction sale at his farm near ballantrao on thursday of last week there was a very good attendance in fact the crowd was large and prices ruled well up cows sold as high as 135 the top notcher going to mr robert miller the well known breeder of shorthorns a fouryearold horse sold for- 180 and a mire of more advanced years brought 140 de spite the slump in the hog market prices in swine also ruled upwards two sows bringing s2 suckers wor knocked down at 310 each the price of a good hotelrosst of beef the entire sale realized wcll up to mr clarks estimate placed before the auction dont miss seeing the screen ver sion of victor hugos most wonder ful story les miserables at the auditorium on the afternoon and evening of march 2sth although this story first appeared in 18g2 it lias since been translated into at least ten different languages and still preaches its gospel to hugo a clear understanding of any evil was essential to its cure and in this story he portrays in glowing panor ama the story of the sins and sor rows of humanity and works out the spirit of kindliness and brotherhood which makes man more to man than a mere being upon whom one might fully exercise his wit or with whom one might profitably do a deal the immense crowd which saw the hockey match between markham and the danforths of toronto in the local arena during the recent tourna ment are to be treated to a second performance by these teams the city guys claim they were disorgan ized because of the absence of their captain and had he been on the job they would have ovorcome the nar row margin by which markham won out markham on the other hand was short their best goal getter dr who will be on the job for the engagement between these two loams in the arena here this thurs day evening at 8 pm this may he your inst chance to see a fas hockey game this wlntor o take admntyw of it admission 25 and 15c a suit able prize is put up cfaipso sma 9c quick suds l 23c rinso smil 3 i9c jmt kktlien rime large 21c coffee richmello blend a k rj c 1 lb tin 59c v lb tin 33c special blend 43c cwd beef no 1 tin 25c clark 1 e chicken sou ffi soap chips 2 23c palmolivesoap 3- 23c domino fancy quad rice225c tea for a com cup of tea ou dsl bulk blend l ik r4 fcff lb paul boadway manager