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r stouffville february i4th 1929 easter sunday falls ths year on march 31st yesterday wednesday feby 14 ash wednesday was the first day of lent womans day of prayer this fri day public service iu the presby terian church some fellows drive their cars through stouffville as it they feared they would not get there in time for the smashup f there will be more than 100 bills of divorce presented this session to parliament at ottawa just from to mr len vanzanfc the veteran barber who gave up his occupation only last year has not improved in health and is in danger of loosing his eyesight for sale large comfortable robe mrs j mckinnon phone 6613 st valentines carnival in siouff- vilje arena thursday feby 14th see bills for details and list of valu able prizes stouffville band in at tendance the womens annual interdenom inational day of prayer will be held iu the presbyterian church on fri day feby 15th at 3 oclock all women will be made welcome the members of the garrett mis- lilt uiciuuei oi me udiicu ronto and district glad to say none siou circle and the choir of the vn of them are from stouffville rov s s shantz of the mennon- ite church has left for st thomas where he will conduct a special evangelistic campaign for the next two weeks in the mission church rhat city and ited church presented miss charlotte ponton with a bible and french ivory toiletware on the eve of her departure last month for loudon ontario the citizens of stouffville and dis trict are asked to keep in mind the annual oratorical contest in connec tion with stouffville continuation school to be held in ratclffs hall on friday feby 22nd at 8 pm mr win leathers a former stouff ville farmer of the 6th concession of whitchurch was in town last fri day mr leathers is farming near norwich and returned for the miller sale at ringwbod and to visit his brotherinlaw mr george cook of lemonville josephine perkins widow of the late david raynier died on february sth at her late home in toronto and was buried at mount pleasant cemetery the deceased was a sis terinlaw to mr eli raynier of this town the oratorical contest conducted by stouffville continuation school to be held on friday feby 22nd will be held in the assembly rooms at the school and not in ratcliffs hall as previously announced all parents and the general public are asked to patronize this very worthy event the united farmers of ontario stouffville branch will hold their annual- oyster supper and enter tainment in rittcliffs hall on the evening of wednesday feby 20th 1929 the charge for admission will be 150 for each head of family one dollar of which shall go to pay the 1929 membership fee- all other adults males will pay an admission fee of fifty cents ladies will please provide baskets of eats auditorium theatre stoufrville writing from the home of her daughter in indiana mrs j b wurts says they have had a great deal of flu down there and she con cludes her short letter with these words 1 love to get the tribune each week trucks from toronto are invading the ballantrae section and hauling out potatoes for which the farmers are receiving only 45c per bag un til a week ago the price paid was 50c who had the nerve to take off the five cents friends in stouffville will be sorry to learn of the death at queensboro of mr walter j osborne who was principal of our continuation school for some time the deceased left here nearly 15 years ago to take a similar position in beaverton his death took place on february 4th in his soth year the store one door east of the public library is being newly decor ated in readiness for the new tenant miss bertie raynier who w short ly open with a new line of ladies readytowear hats hngiria gloves hosiery rolions and a spaciil an ly feature each week end o choice fresh s vtpis miss rmfzv is inire tl known in this inr homo section and will undoubtedly rocv liberal patronage as she is providing ftr a modern store in every particular friday and saturday feb 15th and 16th man crazy jack mulhall drothy mackaill charlie chaplin in sunnyside friday and saturday feby 22nd and 23rd white paxts willie johnny hines comedies s g schmidt prop falling on the slippery ice at the united church one day last week mr nathan forsyth fractured several ribs mr forsyth says he has had many a fall and for years worked on ice but he never expert enced anything like this accident when his feet insisted on getting above his head this is the second serious casualty on church street this winter but we are glad to report mr forsyth is able to be about al though he is all tied up like a christ mas parcel a nice snow fall last friday re newed the sleighing which was be coming very thin in spots wednesday feby 20 in u annual supper miss fanny clossou of highland creek is spending a couple of weeks with margery mertens mr samuel hisey clark street was taken to the welles tv hospital last week but has since returned home mr hisev has been in poor health of late ratcliff co are installing a large- frigidaire iu their grocery stbre this week which will prove a great boon to the perservation of foodstuff in the hot weather and enable this firm to renew the last word in service the stouffville junior womens institute will hold their monthly meeting at the home of miss mar garet simpson on thursday feby 2 1st the program will include ad dresses by mr whileombe mrs simpson and mrs graves as well as other musical selections all young ladies cordially invited cows sold up to 140 at ja haw- tins cattle sale in stouffville last friday in fact none of them drop ped below the hundred mark herb jarvis of markham took the top notch cow at the 140 figure tor a nice ayrshire heifer the 25 head were all disposed of in one hour and 20 minutes by auctioneer sllversides for a total of 2800 mr herb porter rural courier on route no 2 and 4 stouffville has put a very comfortable cab into ser vice that will be highly appreciated in stormy or old weather closed cabs for rural route drivers are be coming quite the custom throughout ontario in addition to affording comfort they give added protection to the mail from wet and snow the regular monthly meeting of the senior womens institute will be held at the home of mrs hj malloy on wednesday feby 20th at 230 paper break the monotony or break the homemaker mrs simp son reading l hare notes on the league of nations miss s stewart- music roll call answered by use for old stockings social hour all ladies are made welcome at our meetings the stouffville creamery co have recently added a fine new twckon truck to their service for cream ga thering lost yellow colored horse blan ket on townllne west of stouffville finder kindly leave at tribune robt spofford the horticultural society are pleased to say they have to date about 110 members but still want more to meet their objective of 200 earl a grubin ro eyesight specialist at stouffville from wed nesday to saturday of each week and every evening phone 2405 this is the final reminder for the choral class concert to be rendered this friday evening the choral will consist of over so members and will be assisted by mr antony itemouch violinist the local ice harvest is commenc ing to arrive from the surrounding ponds and lake and good clear cakes of 16 inches are being stored with no less than four frigidalres in town less ice will be required than usual the annual ice race will be held at bond lake on saturday feby 16 racing commencing at 2 pm sharp there will be a farmers race and a freeforall be sure and come and enjoy the sport western horses were sold in uxhridge last week at an average price of 154 for the carload they were shipped from western canada by frank orchard a former resident of reach township miss m mertens mrs t rae mrs peter lehman and mr h o klinck will attend the annual meet ing of the ontario horticultural so cieties to be held in toronto on thursday and friday this week the first three are local delegates writing from didsbury alberta- to renew his subscription to the home town paper rev i burkholder states we surely enjoy getting the home paper we have had very cold weather this past month the ther mometer reaching as low as 56 de grees some people refer to our country as sunny alberta but it didnt feel very sunny last month the tribune is delighted to hear from old residents now living in wes tern canada because we know the folks at home enjoy reading of them through the newspaper a pleasant evening was spent tues day night of last week at the home of the misses neal west end iu the form of a potluck supper by the garrett mission circle after every one had done justice to the tempting viands the young ladies presented mrs j m storey nee fanny morga- son one of their charter members with a rose colored cut glass sher- bert set in honor of her recent marri age mrs storey replied in a pleas ing manner after which all sang shes a jolly good fellow and auld lang syne on monday next mr w h shaw will enter on his 20th year as a mer chant in stouffville his first busi ness was established in the silvester block but after ten years there he bought out the huntley store the largest in town and ever since has carried on a successful general store on a large scale to commemorate the anniversary mrshaw is conduct ing a oneweek sale feby 18th to 23rd and declares he will offer such snaps as will be fitting the event a previous reference in these col umns to bank charges being in creased has been construed by some one to mean an advance in interest rates this of course is not the case the charges referred to were those imposed for cashing cheques etc in this regard there is really no advance either but merely a stiff ening up on cashing cheques without making a charge time was when banks very often cashed small che ques on outoftown branches free but try to ret one cashed at that rate today laco mazda rri ps give the very best service and lower prices are now in effect they give more light and burn less current than other makes try them keep our radio dept in mind our machines give entire satis faction and sell at low prices watch our window for weekly suggestions on articles for winter use two real estate deals were closed in town last week of considerable proportion mr hugh clark sold the booth farm adjoining the stouff ville public school to mr david moyer who in turn sohj his frame house next to mrs jas hands residence to mr david smales mr clark acquired the booth property last spring and thus took off only one crop mr clark has not yet decided what lie will do since lie is to be off the farm we understand mr moyer will take possession early in the spring when he will move across the street- buy stoves and heaters now we have a big rangs in axes for the woodmen mitts for cold weather and a nice line of sport skates fyw brathwaite store closes each evening except saturday at six oclock a former citizen and native born girl of stouffville josephine edna lloyd sutherland died on february ttli at chicago and the remains were brought to newmarket for burial the deceased will be well remembered by many of our readers she was a daughter of the late dr lloyd and was born in the house now occupied and owned by mr a s collins in the east end she was the wife of the late a sutherland former post office inspector and was known here as a girl of bright jovial dis position it is of course quite a number of years since the deceased left stouffville goodwood the steam shovel crew have shut down in the gravel pit the fresh snow has made some of the roads impassable for motoring the rev mr harden occupied the pulpit in the baptist church on sun day h leadbetter our new grocer will give a new hat to any one pur chasing 10 worth of goods in one day mr and mrs adolf grinky of ros- seau muskoka are spending a few- holidays with relatives and other friends here they were former re sidents lmrs grinky being miss frances kellington word was received last week from lansing mich of the death of mrs john saunders a former resident of this place her husband predeceased her while living here some twenty- five years the family occupied the house now owned by rierk ii roaoh s ottowell and mrs geo brown also mrs win haynes are on the sick list while mrs robt ashen- hurst is seriously ill mr jos mid- dleton is improving a very happy event took place at the home of mr and mrs eleazer forsyth goodwood on feby 12th it being the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary the bride of 50 years looked charming in a gown of black satin she was formerly jemima todd mr and mrs for syth are enjoying splendid health and all of their married life has been spent on the same farm the house was pleasingly decorated with their gifts of beautiful flowers of a fam- ilv of eight six were present namely mr and mrs j e wagg mr and mrs thos forsyth mr and mrs w r- kendrie lmrs j r foote and mrs c w watson each accompan ied by their families during the afternoon the bridal couple were presented with 50 daffodils by doris foote a granddaughter and two chesterfield chairs by the family a beautiful expressed address was read to the honored couple friday feby 15th- ciety concert the choral so- there passed away at daytona beach florida on february 6th dr william lehman in his 7cth year the funeral on tuesday this week took place to woodstock and was attended from here by mrs cliff plpher a niece to the deceased the late dr lehman was born at rlngwood and it was his usual cus tom each summer to spend a short holiday among old friends in this section he was here last spring as usual and enjoyed the customary holiday the late abram lehman of obrien avenue touffville was a brother to the deceased and lie is survived by one sister mrs rrown of toronto groceries fancy biscuits per lb 20c fancy pkg biscuits reg 35 for 30c scotch cakes 3 pkgs 25c brooms regular 90c 75c oranges nice juicy doz 28c peas no 4 standard 2 tins 23c cocoa special per jar 22c a w scott the grocer quality service announcement we beg to announce that we are taking orders and selling gilt edge 650 ft gold leaf 600 ft this is- a product made in the largest factory of the kind in the british empire we have a binder twlne calendar for you did you get one stiver bros spring now that the spring season is approach ing you will be thinking of redecorating your homes see our new spring samples of canadian manufactured sunworthy wallpapers that will retain their freshness and richness of color under the most exact ing conditions in patterns to meet all pur poses at prices that will not exclude their use even when it is necessary to restrict the cost of repapering at a very low figure prices range from 8c up its beauty lasts large complete batts best quality 98c ea fine quality striped flannelette 36in wide suitable for quilt linings etc at 25c yd boys fancy knit v neck pullover sweat ers special at 199 ea ers special at 199 each ladies heavy knit toques in white red and sand at at 75c ea f g rqwbotham new and used cars we can make immediate delivery of any model of new car or truck if you have decided you want a new car in the spring order now to guarantee delivery when you want it 4 it looks almost certain that we are going to be short of cars to fill orders when spring opens up we have the following good used cars for sale 1927 model chevrolet fordo h27 ford tudor 192g ford tudor ifi25 ford udor 11125 ford tudor ii21 ford tudor l2i forl touring 1024 ford louring i92ii ford touring 2 m23 fold toutings 25 ford truck s 123 fod trucks t r gray dovt ijii ford coup these cars will be all sold arid guaranteed as represented or money refunded delbert holden ford dealer phone 184 northern rubber footwear the northern range of overshoes for men women and children offers a wider selection than ever jersey or cashmer- ette in various heights with buckle strap or whizzer fasteners mado with 1 3 4 or 6 buckles a complete range of northern rubbers ond stylshus is on hand to meet your needs toe rthe 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