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ao llluttnuuultt it xjv su hay crop of 1889 decreased by rainfall here are some items of interest called up fronv issues of the tribune of years gone by 100 years ago july 12 1889 with regard to the crop situation in ontario there are favorable as well as un favorable features hay from all accounts is not going to equal the crop of last year it was nipped in many parts of the country by late frosts and the heavy rains were not beneficial the wheat crop is said to be looking well in many parts but reports are somewhat conflic ting in the niagara district the crop is assured the yield large and an early harvest predicted in the west and northwest counties the r rts are satisfac- bygone days walter waterston tory except on the low and heavy lands where water is still lying it is the general opinion of those capable of judging that the harvest has undoubtedly been delayed a couple of weeks by the unfavorable weather lately but there is still a possibility of a large wheat crop present indications are that the yield will be above an average one and much in excess of the past two years late accounts of peas are not very favorable while the crop of barley is likely to be smaller than last season 50 years ago july 13 1939 descendents of the timbers family who came from england half a century ago held their 12th annual reunion in elmwood park markham last week the first members of the family john and mary timbers came from norfolk england and settled in scarboro township most of them have continued to farm and developed such keen in terest in plowing that they have consistently won awards at plow ing matches mrs eli wilson 76 stouf fville the oldest relative at the gather ing recalled her passage across the atlantic as a young woman when the ship was delayed a day and a half by icebergs her family drove from toronto to scarboro junction in a democrat through mud up to its hubs miss lillian timbers a missionary on furlough from mexico came the greatest distance to the reunion 25 years ago july 16 1964 three youths two brothers and a cousin were kill ed on sunday afternoon when their 1964 model ford convertible veered off a sideroad south of altona in pickering twp and rolled over in a small creek pro nounced dead when freed from the wreckage was the driver robt taylor 17 his brother terry 15 and paul griffith 16 all of whitby it is believed that all three drowned in about six in ches of water the lone survivor of the acci dent was john james barrd 20 of toronto a cousin of the vic tims he was able to smash a side window in the auio and escape he tried desperately to free his companions but a portion of the vehicle was resting on their bodies he then ran up the road to summon assistance from a near by resident leslie edmunds 10 years ago july 12 1979 stouffville for the second week running a young girl has been assaulted while bicycling on a country road near stouf fville on june27 a victim was riding on connor drive at musselmans lake when she was approached by two men in a car pulled from her bike and attacked last week on july 4 at about 7 15 pm another girl on a bicy cle was stopped by three men on seventeenth avenue between the ninth and tenth concessions two of the men held her while the third made suggestions when she would not comply she was struck in the face when the three men were scared off by an approaching vehicle she was able to escape police are investigating regular priced merchandise excludes salo priced iioms your moneys worth and more sartshopofl8llt40488t6cwe7eopenlw nwieslamunlwriwwmeindrcaiedpricesdoncif