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stouffville ontario march 19 1936 town topics c mrs nelson mowder after spend ing the winter in toronto has re turned to her home here asain dominion or kcdpath granulated sugar 485 per cwt special kat- ciiff co mrs chas perry who is quite ill at her home here is one of our eldest residents her daughter mrs variables arrived here on saturday evening owing to the serious condi tion of her mother mr arthur greer baritone soloist and choir leader of the tor onto bible college choir and the assistant evangelistic leader will preach and sing at both services next sunday in the stouffville congre gationalchristian church miss nellie davis of toronto will also sing mr bert edwards of oshawa spent the weekend with his wife auc- babe on blake street mr j p cussidy vs of toronto visited at the home of his brother mr frank cassidy blake street on sunday mr gordon quantz was home from port erie over sunday gordon is employed with the cxr at that place mrs r a millroy and mrs murray millroy of cedar grove visited with mr and mrs k g tarr on monday miss marjorie stewart rn and mr george stewart spent sunday in town with their mother mill street the womans institute wis to be host to everybody next saturday evening for an irish dinner to be served in ratcliffs hall from 530 only 23c messrs fred and ernie button with frank rae took in the toron to maple leaf hockey match on saturday evening down in the big arena only to see a disastrous end ing for their pet team when the montreal maroons with a sloppy goal broke an otherwise strong tie mr bruce ileise pastor of the willowdale baptist church and son of mrs sam heise clark street who was taken to toronto general hospital some weeks ago suffering from a combination of scarlet fever and pneumonia is gradually regain ing his strength and is expected to be able to leave the hospital next week stanley theatre thursday friday saturday march 192021 last outpost starring cary grant claude rains also popeyo and shorts monday tuesday wednesday march 232425 our daily bread starring karen morley tom keene mickey mouse silly symphony miss elsie lownsborough who teaches school at oakwood spent the weekend with her parents mr and mrs lou lownsborough edward str it have supper on saturday evening from 530 in ratcliffs hall serv ed by the stouffville womens institute a real irish affair for only 25e mr and mrs hugh watson tor onto were in town on sunday attending the funeral of the late dr smith mr watson was formerly principal of our continuation school mrs albert law of bloomington who called at the tribune office on monday to renew her paper for an other year intimated that she had lived on the farm there for 50 years her husband died 13 years ago since which time mrs law and her son have carried on thats a long time to be in one place but its the type of steady pioneer farming which made this province what it is today remember the date april 3 for the pay all on account of polly this play is under the auspices of the yps of stouffville united church for salt westend main street fino residence of the late b e beebe ah conveniences warm and comfortable in coldest weather open grate fire place in living room nice garden must be seen to be appreci ated reduced in price phone 503 the irish dinner under the auspices of the garret evening auxiliary united church proved to bo most successful the receipts were much in excess of what was ex pected as the weather was very dis agreeable the program which was given by the rev hunnisett and his mission of the air orchestra was exceptionally good and very much appreciated mrs agnes burkholder widow of tile late aaron burkholder was 70 years of age on saturday last her two daughters and three of her four sons were all with her on that day to mark the occasion one other son rev o burkholder of bresleau was unable to be present mrs burk holder is living witli her daughter mrs edw lintner wife of one of our village smithies thursday friday saturday march 262728 a white parade starring loretta young major bowes amateurs dons miss them the town of uxbriuge has struck a 50 mill tax rate for 1036 a rate which we believe is about one mill higher than in 1935 however 50 mills is not the top rate for uxbridge because only a few years ago they touched 54 mills our northern neighbor is highminded when it comes to mill rates hut the town fortunately is assessed very moder ate otherwise half the property owners would be driven out mark- ham and stouffville with mill rafes around 35 and 30 get along very well and both of them enjoy the privileges of a domestic water system which the northern town is denied bonusing industry has been a policy in uxbridge for fifty years while in stouffville the ratepayers were always thumbs down on it and having lived under both ideas tho writer is enclined to believe that it is a had business uxbridge like stouffville is destined to be a live market centre for farmers with per haps the occasional small industry giving employment to a dozen men when anything further was sought through bonusing industry it always ended in disaster uxbridge has not a single factory in operation yet thousands of the ratepayers money lias been spent over the years in f vain effort to become a manufactur lag centre mr farmer we have several gasojine engines for sale 3 to 5 hp also a dandy new pulper who wants real satis faction the price is reduced so low that its just a question of a man needing the pulper frank baker real estate handled agent for international harvester machinery peter hamilton fleury lister and beatty bros phone 15204 stouffville the sap season is at hand and many farmers will make some ready cash by tapping the maples for a quick cash return return millions of dollars are spent annually in canada on maple syrup we have on display of good quality stock to mak e the tapping season easy to handle get our quantity price on these brathwaite hardware stouffville how many school children or their elders know how the dollar sign orginated h a griffin super intendent of schools for york county defines the meaning of the sign he states that the vertical line represents the pillars of hercul es and the s sign represents the spanish symbol for garland hence money stands for allendur ing power mrs henry grice who is confined to her home nursing a fractured hip is very grateful to the women of the united church who sent her flowers recently it is these little amities of life which make living worth while and helps to smooth the rough journey of another mrs grice lost her husband within tho past year and in the midst of carrying on- the farm management herself was un fortunate in falling and breaking her hip bone she is making satis factory recovery friends will be glad to know one of our east end main street citizens mr john harris will on friday next week reach the sis year of his age although not so spry as he once was mr harris gets around when the weather is fit and the footing sure neither of which have been good of late one thinghe is always able to play the piano in his home he has an ear for music and can and does enjoy himself for an hour or so every day on the stool of the piano mr and mrs harris moved to town a few years ago from their farm in pickering township and the wish of the community is that they may long he spared to en joy the eventide of their lives to gether betty beauty salon pkltmaxkxt waving xeslle nestoil wave 500 750 1000 xestle superoil wave 350 fridigiuo wave 350 500 750 eugene wave 750 1000 these waves can be had in spiral croquiguole or combinations all waves include shampoo xestle hair rinse finger wave your guarantee is that this salon uses genuine supplies only marecllng oil shampoos oil scalp treatments personality hair cutting for appointment phone 3206 the puppet show ancient kutertaiumeut organ for sale g octave piano caseapply at jh hoovers rupert ave stouffville get a bag of granulated sugar only 4s5 per cwt at ratcliffs store mr rae perry of trenton was here last week visiting his grand mother and other relatives mrs ii e watts millinery par lors are now open every business day showing the new designs in spring headgear master fraser morden of tor onto has been spending a week at the home of his grandfather w e morden the weather over the weekend was condusive- to making the sap run and we shall soon hear of trees tapped if it continues a few days arthur wagg altona has return ed to the general hospital for fur ther treatment since making re covery from his recent dual opera tion there all you can eat for 25c at the irish supper on saturday in rat cliffs hall dont overlook this irish dinner by the womens institute the power of advertising was clearly exemplified last week when ab stouffer jr inserted a few lines in this paper intimating that he wanted to rent a farm just one day after uhe paper was issued he was brought into contact with a farm owner who wanted to rent mr stouffer secured mr j f piphers farm on the 8th concession of markhani opposite the wideman church and will take possession next month mr pipher will hold a clearing auction sale on april 2 without reserve this is regarded as one of the choice farms in the town ship mr pipher has reserved a por tion of the large house and will thus remain in the district where he is so well and favorably known as a lad you were thrilled to see the circus rider and the trapese man flirt with death and on monday if you had been in tho vicinity of the cxir station one might have re ceived a similar thrill as they witnessed constable quibell grimly escaping what might have been a death blow to him when his car was struck by the local freight train pulling into tho depot moving at a low rate of speed toward the tracks the cop heard the train when within about 25 feet of the cross ing he attempted to apply the breaks but the car glided on into the path of the big engine it was in a frozen rut and everything was a glare of ice he could not turn out and crash was certain the chief with presence of mind somehow jumped from his car when within six feet of the train and then had to do some scrambling on his hands and knees to prevent himself being carried under the wheels of the freight it was a terrible ex perience not soon to he forgotten the car was almost a complete wreck as the big freight engine crashed it down had a littlo sand been applied to the roadway either side of the crossing there would havo been no danger in this in stance as tho car could easily have been stopped and thus tho question arises as to the liability of someone to sand these track approaches the toronto and york road commission have jurisdiction over this section of the road an attack of the mumps may be termed a childs disease but robt spofford mongolia farmer on the 10th line doesnt believe it bob is only slowly recovering from the disease and in two or three weeks lie lost 20 pounds in weight and is not yet in good health we regret to report mrs t w klinck and grand daughters miss helen rowbotham and miss agnes klinck were guests over the weekend of dr l s klinck at che royal york in toronto where dr klinck was staying a few days before leaving for chicago enroute home to british columbia mrs klinck who is considerably over so years of age was undoubtedly the eldest weekend guest the big hotel could boast last saturday and sun day newmarket now has 1500 toward a swimming pool and hopes to gather together double this amount by spring the canal town now has a suggestion that a satisfactory pool there can be obtained by water from widdifields pond in any event the neighboring municipality is making more progress toward plan ning a swimming place than we are doing here in stouffville a pool is admittedly needed here and can be had for an expenditure of around 1000 we are told provided it is built in tho park where freeground would he available we hope the park commission will be alive to the need this year and so make an effort to provide the young folk with a swimming tank of course the problem of finance is tho big one to solve xew hooks at the library this is the second list of new books in the stouffville public library keep these lists for future reference fiction mistress pat l m montgomery the ransom g l hill the crimson sign v h a cody a white bird flying b s aldrich argonaut honore morrow victorious troy or the hurrying angel john maselleld blood relations philip gibbs tho boomerang clue agatha christie spears against us cecil roberts white ladies francis b young hilltop jessie l bcattle class books with lawrence in arabia lowell thomas a fortune to share and lets start over again vash young a vagabond in sovietland harry a franck minute stories of the opera grabbo nordoft life with father clarence day famous trial earl of birkenhead another garden note book alfred putz the glorious adventure richard halliburton the house of exilo nora wain tho gate of life w irt inge the face of god g stan russell if we see numbers of people turning the cornerof a street ready to burst with secret satisfaction and with their faces bathed in laughter we know what is the matter they have just come from a puppet show such at least was the opinion of the great english essayiest william hazlitt writing a century and a half ago on sept 21 iocs samuel pepys entered into his famous diary to southwarke fair very dirty and thence saw the puppet show of whittington which was pretty to see and how that idle thing do work upon people that see it and even up on myself too on the other hand eenophen in describing a visit he paid in 422 bc to tho house of kallias in athens refers to a syracusian who came with his puppet theatre to entertain the guests but who could not capture socrates attention thus all three of these writers speak of the popularity of the doll like actors in their times socrates obviously being an exception and they clearly show too the great ago of the puppet theatre and the vast territory it had conquered for itself punch and judy is but one of many dramas played for ages by dolls upon minature stages the actors are called puppets but of these there are several kinds first puppets are dolllike heads into which the human hand fits being hidden by the long dresses of the puppet the hand lends motion to the head and arms which closely imitate human actions this illu sion is heightened by the skill of the performer hidden behind the small stage in making his voice appear to come from the lips of the puppet itself marionettes are puppets with complete human bodies controlled in their actions by strings connected from their limbs to the fingers of the performer above them often the control is not by strings but by rods from below the stage or even from the side moving dolls were well known to greece and rome aristotle writes that those who direct the marionettes need only pull their strings in or der to set in motion first the head and hands of the little beings then its eyes shoulders and limbs all de lightfully obedient china and japan java siam and india persia and turkey- even the american indian all amused themselves by them or used them for religious in struction for that matter they have been found among the catacombs under the city of irome did the christians hiding there from persecution while away the tedious hours watching them or were they only childrens toys during the middle ages puppet plays were common and popular in christian churches around the christmas sea son and were called the christ mas crib none other than joseph haydn composed two complete symphonies for the puppets to be played by toy usieal instruments besides he wrote at least six operas for them when prince esterhazy erected a stage on which exquisitely perfect dolls acted in magnificent dress ire even assembled an orchestra for them the leader of which was hadyn himself and lest any should suppose all is bulesque and strident comedy as jonothan swift say the life of man to represent and turn it all to ridicule wit did a puppet show invent where the chief actor was a fool we have the testimony of the illustrious anatole france m signorets marionettes have just acted shakespeares thempest it is hardly an hour since the curtain of the little theatre fell on the har monious group of ferdinand and miranda i am still under the charm what a delightful play to be continued by whf buying grain we are always in the market to buy milling and feed oats milling and feed wheat buckwheat malting and feed barley mixed grain and peas get our prices selling grain we have all kinds of grain to offer get our prices feeds bell cow bran shorts schumacher feed vim feed oilcake meal pea size hominy feed ground corn mixed chop barley chop oat chop fuloped starter egg mash purina startena layena lay chow dixie mash grit oyster shell coal coal coal our office is not our cap our source of supply is the stock in our bins our service is continuous we have no favorites stiver bros stouffville phone 4501 see and hear the clark family of blockheads in five acts of fun vantriloquist comedian magician ratcliffs hall stouffville friday march 27th at 8 pm auspices band of willing helpers presbyterian punch and judy talking dolls magic music markham male quartette admission 25 and 15c mrs braces recital next saturday is the official open- lg of spring a recital of original music by blanche obrieu brace of china will be given in trinity united church newmarket on thursday march 26th at 8 pm assisting artists the victorians a mixed quartette from torontos leading churches and members of the tor onto conservatory orchestra ad mission 35c children 15c bridge party seasonable specials listerine special offer 40c deluxe masso tooth brush 25c tube listerine tooth paste regular 65c all for 30c castile soap lb bars 19c paper handkerchief 400 for 25c noxzema vanishing cream regular 25c size specially priced 15c bo ad ways drug store stouffville w boadway finn b you are invited to the the guest of the stouffville tennis club at their bridge party to be held in the eastern star chapter rooms thurs day march 26th at 8 pm admission 25c battery trouble is most annoying and often expensive when neglected let us service your battery and if in doubt as to its condition bring it in and have it tested by modern equipment with the most accurate result carl boadway west end servce station opposite mansion house phone 265 a c kennedy chiropractor church street stouffville monday wednesday and fridays 9 to 12 am reroof repair befor prices rise now is tho time to repair your buildings which havo been un avoidably neglected during trying depression times order your roof ing before advances in tho price of steel push up tho price of roofing eastern steel products offers two kreat values in metal roofing i rib- oll and titolap each has exclus ive features guaranteeing weather- tightness and easy application thoy do not warp shrink crack curl or bulge ask also about esp barns 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