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the tribune stouffville ont thursday oct oth 1939 page five rennies choice bulbs let the blooms of beautiful bulbs brighten and cheer dark dreary winter days plant now for early blooms i top size bulbs orange pekoe tea bulk per pound 60c this prewar price unchanged as yet macaroni per pound vriniyi ah choice pumpkin 3 no 2h tins 25c hemphills wheat berries per pkg 25c surf crest salmon jas per tin 15c club house chopped nut butter jar 20c cranberries per pound 20c london house cocoa per lb tin 25c fresh fruits and vegetables ratcliff co town delivery stouffville ontario phone 7112 melville master bobbie vanwie spent the week with mr and mrs h houck mr chester cook of detroit iis spending a few days with his aunt mis j brechen there will be a special thanks giving service held at the mel ville church at 1115 sunday morning pastor in charge the anniversary services will be held oct 27 full par ticulars of speakers etc will be given later mr herbert orr and mr harvey reid motored from orangeville and spent sunday with rev and mrs orr and family mr harry spang and family of markham spent sunday at the home of mr and mrs w lehman of almira our local bowler mr fred carruthers has been competing so successfully at the tourna ments this fall that it is report ed he will soon need more room for the many trophies he has won the young people of melville held a very interesting thanks giving meeting in the church on wednesday evening oct 4th mr and mrs clayton gayman and joan moved from our midst this week to settle down on the farm owned by his uncle mr jess cook dicksons hill miss evelyn gooding had tea with miss edith hoover on monday evening mrs green and daughter of toronto had tea with mr and mrs redshaw recently mr and mrs britnall and daughters of toronto were sun day evening guests of mr and mrs harvey moyer mr and mrs redshaw and family visited with his brother mr ed redshaw in uxbridge sunday afternoon misses margaret and kay moyer spent an enjoyable time in the barkey home near ring- wood sunday evening in the absence of our sunday school superintendent mr win timbers his assistant mr wes wideman took charge of the school he invited miss dor is lott to tell a story to the children and everyone enjoyed it taking stock of all the jars that have been filled with fruit and pickles the silos filled with corn and the root cellars that are receiving their bounty man and beast have a fair chance of surviving the approaching win ter a number from our commun ity were present at stouffville baptist church friday evening to hear rev 0 a blumit pas tor of a baptist church in latvia speak on european con ditions it was a very en lightening and interesting ad dress everyone should appreci ate anew the national liberties we enjoy as british subjects this would furnish the first item on our thanksgiving list mr clarence mcdowell our new president addressed the young people on monday night on how to make our meetings a success in this new year among the things mentioned was regular attendance and in our society there are over one hundred young people who could attend our pastor spoke for a short while on christian lead ership several musical selec tions were given by the quar tettes next tuesday night at mount joy we are to have a special thanksgiving program with the stouffville and scott young people present dont miss this service wtjffi lagmb wfiw ttt nm m jwffki rrtsisjlc- 1 jjkk0 5 5flg jfitjfo ssisbm its 35 rmhssr ti 1 i t v afl j sn tl wbsjt v with reports that hilter might attempt a dash through utral country to get at a ne france belgium switzerland the netherlands and holland prepared to defend their front iers if necessary these belgian troopers at a border post are shown manning a machinegun screened by trees peaches and mrs robert smith of goodwood run and what cases were brought up in these different courts which to a large num- mr her proved very instructive mount joy spent monday in our after the program the visitors i neighborhood esiskml mr and mrs hauet noe mr and mrs arthur latch- am of toronto visited his fath- er mr john latcham on sunday consisted of weinersbuns pie and coffee altogether the even ing was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone many thanks to the committee in charge victoria square a very dear friend here miss nellie victoria jennings died suddenly at her home on the lake shore road on sunday she passed away without warn ing and was found dead in bed the funeral was held to victoria square cemetery on wednesday this week and was largely at tended deceased was a daught er of the late mr and mrs albert e jennings and a sister of mrs r f klinck mrs c j roesch mrs w t white mrs a- r cooper and marshall jennings messrs del and tom jennings mrs edwin forsyth and mrs harry spang all of stouffville district were cousins stouffville junior farmers and institute clubs visited victoria square clubs the vis iting clubs putting on the pro gram the speaker of the even ing was mr reg button of stouffville his subject being law he explained all the different kinds of courts in on tario and canada how they were l here come their majesties moving pictures showing king george and queen elizabeth the royal visit all across canada will be shown in the whitchurch township hall vandorf wednesday october 18th 2 showings 730 pm and 9 pm auspices of whitchurch veterans proceeds in aid of the veterans relief fund admission adults 25c children 15c everybody come atha a number from here attend ed anniversary at claremont baptist church on sunday as well as the monday evening performance little roberta bone had held a birthday party on saturday friends from toronto were pre sent for the occasion including her grandparents we extend congratulations to mr and mrs w d parker who are celebrating their 45th wedding anniversary today october 3rd mr and mrs eli lehman at tended the wedding of her nephew mr oliver spears in sarnia st pauls church- sarnia was decorated with palms and fioial setting for a charming evening wedding on saturday sept 30 when miss edna mary mclntyer niece of mr and mrs obulman was married to mr olivei cecil spears son of mr and mrs m b spears mr mclntyre broth er of the bride was at the organ the bride was given in marri age by her uncle m o bulman wearing a gown of ivory satin and lace her veil was caught with a white cornet she carried a bouquet of roses and lily of- thevalley the bride was atten ded by three pretty bridesmaids attired in blue maize and pink and a little flower girl in mauve mr bruce spears brother of the groom acted as best man after the reception held at dells restaurant where about seven tyfive guests sat down to a bounteous repast the bride and groom left for a trip to eastern ontario on their return they will reside in sarnia i edith dawson spent the week vis- end with mrs hallets parents on on our line george cober of almira ited at the hoover home on mr and mrs t dawson good- tuesday night wood the wms of peaches church a weiner roast will be held on held a quilting at the home of october 6th at the church an mrs j kirk last wednesday j interesting program is being by the number present it was prepared and the admission will plain to see a quilting has inst none of its old attractions a pot luck dinner was served four car loads of neighbors including the warrinershoov ers kirks and widemans mot ored over to schomberg on sun day evening to visit the church of their former pastor rev mcewen they report the mc- ewen family are all well keep in mind peaches anni versary on sunday october 15th morning service will be taken by our pastor rev orr with the melville choir in attendance and in the evening rev mr wilson of mount albert will be in charge of the service mrs mcneil and her orchestra will supply special music between forty and fifty of the neighbours gathered at the kirk home on friday night to enjoy a social evening games were played out on the lawn then all went in the house to try their skill with contests and games there were some musi cal numbers both on the piano and guitar lunch was served we take this opprotunity of thanking mr and mrs kirk pine orchard mr and mrs willis widdifield of stouffville spent sunday with the misses widdifield mr and mrs herb stevens eileen and beverly spent the weekend with mr and mrs gordon stevens several in the community have started pulling their car rots they are being trucked to r e brown stouffvile mr and mrs charles bran don mr and mrs percy hutch inson harold and verne motor ed to warkworth saturday night to visit their sister mrs mcfarland a large crowd of friends and neighbours gathered at home of mr and mrs fred reid on wednesday night and present ed them with an occasional chair and a radio table mr james hope read the address while walt johnston and doug hope made the presentation the community wish mr and mrs reid every success for the future gormley myrtle steckley ms returned to toronto where she will be employed at housework for the winter mr and mrs jos cober and harold spent the weekend with relatives at stayner and cpllingwood rev mr irwin pastor of the lemonville united chuich ad dressed the young peoples group at the mennonite church on monday evening j r steckley a member of the faculty of ontario bible school and rhoda winger a student there spent the weekend at their homes a former gorm ley girl naomi heise accom panied them and visited a num ber of her acquaintances here her parents mr and mrs c e heise and brother are now re siding at fort erie north near the ontario bible school be 15c mrs fred johnston and mrs john forsyth of stouffville are visiting mr and mrs thomas dowswell the electricians are wiring mrs albert taylors house for the new tenants mr and mrs butler of toronto the first regular young peoples meeting was held on monday october 2 the meet ing was in charge of the chris tian fellowship convener miss erma dowswell and her splen did program was enjoyed by all 22 members were present a meeting of the young people was held on monday sept 25 and the following officers were elected president e foskett secretary w stew art treasurer d wagg pian ist e bryan the conveners for the various groups are christian fellowship e dows well missionary e m fraser citizenship and current events e taylor social l tindall and d cooper on friday evening sept 29th mr john rae opened his new garage in our town with a good concert with moving pic tures put on by the goodyear tire company which was pleas ing to all after which the floor was cleared and every one who could dance did so to their hearts content to the music 0 the well known baxter dance orchestra during the evening mr walter davey of toronto one of our good goodwood old boys and who is all for any thing that will improve the town presented mrs rae with a bouquet of carnations and mr john rae with a palm olive shaving set and for the spot in the dance mr elwood baston and his partner miss verna pilkin won the bouquet of flowers presented by the gen eral motors of oshawa and all told the evening was a huge success with the building pack ed all the time until the wee sma hures o th mornin the rae family reserve great credit for the erection of such a mag nificent building in our town on monday october 2 a very pleasant time was held at the home of mr and mrs charles lee on the 50th anniversary of their wedding when the entire family were present accom panied by their husbands and wives and children and seven grandchildren in the evening some friends arrived from tor onto and after all had partaken of the good things provided mr walter davey of toronto took charge of the evening and act ed as chairman when several were called on for speeches and with mrs lome wagg officiat ing at the piano a number of old time pieces were played and sang by the gathering when the groom was called on for a few words all joined in singing hes a jolly goodfellow the gathering closed with the sing ing of the national anthem the chairman emphasizing that our king should not be forgotten in such critical times those sign ing the register wei mr and mrs j w widdifield siloam mr and mrs clifford lee mr cecil graham mr and mrs edgar mcnelly and everett musselmans lake mr and mrs garnet lee and miss ailene lee ashworth mr and mrs george lee miss kathleen lee and betty lee and master lloyd of bobcaygeon mrs aulden geary mr and mrs walter davey mr and mrs a brown mr and mrs c natler miss maud lewis mr and mrs e tweddle mr and mrs a mitchell mr and mrs george e lee mrs a johnston mrs a kay mr and mrs j davis mrs s m philpott miss lyn philpott of toronto mrs a hatward of ardbeg mrs r hamilton stouffville mr and mrs glaspe uxbridge miss esther glaspel mr ed davis bobcaygeon mr and mrs l wagg miss robinson mrs j maye mrs g maye mrs geo stewart mr and mrs r e ashenhurst mr and mrs j f reid mr and mrs c w wat son mr c jones mrs a jones mrs a cook mr and mrs e sheehy master edward shee- hy mrs e wilson mrs f slack and miss audrey of red clover yield from two loads of red clover mr a carruthers of atha threshed ten bushels the mar ket at present for this seed is around 1100 marriages last saturday sept 30 miss lillian irene nesbitt daughter of mr and mrs robert nesbitt became the wife of mr william nathaniel over son of mr and mrs william over mr and mrs over will reside in the township of whitchurch the ceremony was performed at the home of e morton miss edna ileen storry daughter of mr and mrs edgar stanley storry was united in holy matrimony with mr harold don hall son of mr and mrs william daniel hall on wed nesday sept 27th the wed ding took place at the home of rev e morton stouffville the young couple will make their i home at lemonville public auction e have decided to close out our furniture store in tl lawson block stouffville and will sell the entire stock by auction thurs oct 5 1 begining at one oclock everything is and continuing disposed of until dressers kitchen cabinets mattresses tables dining room suit tables chesterfields beds chairs electric washer chiffoniers couches china cabinets stoves kitchenette sets many other pieces to numerous to mention braxlin owing to the extent of this sale it will be held at my premises on main street near presbyterian church rather than at the store where accommodation is limited terms of sale cash a s farmer auctioneer