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the tribune stouffville ont thursday beby 11 1943 california navel oranges extra special while they last tioz 39c join the makch to berlin buy war savings stamps take part of your change at the store or from the delivery man in war savings stamps fresh fruits and vegetables ratclif f co phone 198 town delivery seldom seen it stormed in our township last two reeks to beat the very old dick ens all the grandfathers sitting be side the stoves nutted on their pipes and after squinting out through the frosted windows said that this is the worst winter they have seen after a period they invariably say how ever there was one winter worse tlian this one that was in the year soandso the strange part of it alt is that they never agree on the same winter grandfather jenkins told me on monday that 1902 had the worst storm he could ever remember one farmer lost part of his stock because it was storming so bad that he cotxldnt get out to the barn to teed them even the trees were smosjiered in the cold and he re members that for four days the snow was up to the eaves of the house they had to shovel their way down to the barn in the morning to do the chores they used to take their luocii with them and stay all day in the stable and then shovel their way back to the house at suppertime grandfather higgins told me that the winter of 1906 was the worst one we ever remembered it seems that he was on his way from town when the storm blew in over the township he was driving the horse and cutter from stouffville and he drove on and on for hours finally at four oclock the next day the tiorse dropped dead from ex haustion and he found himself in the mainstreet of sutton thirty miles away of course he adds a few miles every time he tells the story grandfather smyth is one of the most interesting story tellers that you don id possibly find i was in to their place on tuesday to give them their mail the mailman couldnt get through monday or tuesday and i waited into ballantrae and got the mail for neighbors and dropped in to the smyth place with theirs he let his stock out during january in 11910 to go to the water trough oae of the cows didnt come back in and the storm was so bad that they couldnt find her they looked and looked and gave it up for a bad job when the storm was over they round her frozen stiff they put her on the stone boat and drew her into the driving shed it got warm and two days later she thawed out and walked back into the stable and started eating he tells the story so weh that you cant help but wonder if 1t isnt true grandfather perdue is still cer tain that the winter of 1920 was the worst in the history of the country it snowed so bad that the river was womenvolunteers wanted a call for volunteer women work- eis is here made to assist the local members of the ration board on friday and saturday and on monday and tuesday february 19 20 22 23 with the issuing of the new no2 ration books at stouffville all work is voluntary in this undei tak ing those who would be willing to assist should send their names to mr george stoiey village clerk by telephone if you wish right away only persons who write a good legible hand should offer their help as the work is chiefly that of writing and only plain writing is desirable next week at a time to be arrang ed reeve weldon will call a meet ing of the volunteers when instruc tions will be issued and arrange ments made for dividing up the hours the books will be issued at the municipal hall on the four days mentioned from 10 in the morning until 9 at night it is hoped there will be plenty of volunteers so that the hours of each helper may not be unduly extended junior farmers skating parti instead of the usual skating carnival held by the york county junior farmers annually the even ing will take the form of a skating party to be held as formerly in the richmond hill arena on thursday february 18 th the programme will open with a thrilling game of broom ball which promises to create a great deal of club interest during the inter mission there will be an interclub relay race and speed events for both the lads and lassies mr ami mr ernest steckley of ltethomln received a cable on monday front their son lac rcesor steckley announc ing a promotion he is now stationed at the rcap edu cational dent headquarters in old london bloomington mr k steckley of gormley spent the weekend with j k tranmer mr b boake spent a few days last week with his daughters at umonville and islington eveiett mcnelly whose picture appears on the front page of this issue is now stationed at prince george british columbia despite the extraordinary severe winter the attendance at sunday school and church has been very good our pastor rev g w brown walks from stouffville if the ninth is not passable for a car one lady on our line does her bit for war work whether at the meet ing or not by quilting one quilt and knitting one pair of sox per week mrs ronald gibbons and friend of toronto were guests with her brother and sisterinlaw mr and mrs kenneth betz over sunday andy clarke in his weekly re view quoting some one having seen a blue jay has nothing over one of our up and coming youngsters who saw a bluelay here in bloomington last week covered over entirely and the bridge was lost to sight people drove over a path thinking that they were driving over the bridge after a month or so the sun came out strong and melted all the snow away people found out that they had been driving over the snow 100 feet away from the bridge and so it goes memory plays tricks on us ask anybody what they think of the winter and they will tell you that back in eighteen something or other or nineteen hundred and something or other they remember a winter that was far worse than the present one it has become almost an indoor pas time for the grandfathers in our township to remember the bad win ter of so and so and you know they are so good at it that its fun to listen to them ok30e u o oexoz 30e30e 30e30e ioe3c lemonville kenneth hamm has been recent ly transferred to british columbia miss ann daynard was weekend guests at the home of her brother and sisterinlaw mr and mrs b daynard on friday evening the young people were entertained at the home of mr and mrs bert daynard after the election of officers the host and hostess supplied games and other entertainment the following is the executive for 1943 hon prest mr daynard president leland emmerson vice prest ruby emmerson secy- margaret emmerson treasurer allen wells conveners harold drewery arlene harper florence barkey jean preston doreen rae pianist florence barkey recreation committee margaret emmerson ruby clarke arnold harper grant wells historical facts about baker hill by seneca baker one of the pioneer industries was the making of clothing at home i the first step in this work was when the sheep were driven to the lake there someone would wash the sheep until they became as white as snow then they vere turn ed into the pasture to dry later the wool was sheared off perhaps half a dozen women would have a bee for picking the wool after it was all pulled apart and any stray dirt bad fallen out there would be left a huge pile of the fleece often these ladies made it their business to talk about everyone and everything in the com munity after the wool was oiled to make it work better it was taken to the carding mill there the wool was made into rolls about onehalt inch in diameter and three feet long when these rolls were brought home a bunch of them were placed by the base of the spinningwheel to be made into yarn the women wove most of the cloth for the fam ily from this yarn on a loom up until 1s70 there was a good deal of homemade cloth the loom had two sets of bam boo reeds which were operated by pedals as one set of reeds was mov ed up by these pedals the shuttle was thrown through the other set of reeds then the other pedal was moved so that the first set of reeds came down and a second set went up when the shuttle was thrown back again through the strips of bamboo a packer pressed the weave togther every time the shuttle went through while there was some all wool material most of it had a cotton warp and a wollen filling shirts were made from this cloth every woman had her own original design of weave and color after her de sign was decided upon the woman would thread the loom for this plan when the cloth came from the loom it was sent to a woollen mill to be pressed big iron plates the same width as the material were used to do the pressing full cloth was taken to a fulling mill where the weave was jammed together until it was as stiff as a board if a pair of trousers were made of this cloth they might possibly have been stiff enough to stand up alone besides feeding and clothing their large families many of the pioneer women often found time to help their men rake the hay by hand bind and pitch sheaves and hoe the vegetables note instead of stating last week that manuel baker was scalped by indians it should have said that it was his father who suffered this fate markham sets stage to issue ration books markham township will open six stations for handing out xo 2 ration books and at a meeting this week the following places were named with the hours for issuing books set to suit the local situation findlay garage thornhill feb 19 and 20 from 10 am to 9 pm gormley post office feb 20 and 22 from 10 am to 6 pm victoria square community hall feb 23 10 am to 6 pm buttonville school feb 19 from 3 pm to 9 pm and feb 20 from 10 am to 9 pm township hall unionville feb 19 22 23 from 10 am to 5 pm and saturday the 20th from 10 am to 9 pm locust hill united church feb 19 and 20 from 10 am to 9 pm in markham village books will be issued on february 19 20 22 and 23 the same four dates that prevail in stouffville bethesda n o o n o township of whitchurch information about where to procure your new ration book no 2 ringwood at groves store ballantrae at f g cummings house vandorf at the township hall bogarttown at place to be arrangedfor third concession at chancy connors residence a complete staff will be on hand at the above places from 9 am to 9 pm two days saturdays february 20 27 1943 refer to government advertisement on page five of this issue for full details about bringing along your present ration book one member of a family may procure all the books for the family and those off his neighbors provided he shows all the present books this notice- is inserted by the council of the township of whitchurch in the interest of all the ratepayers o 0 o o0oi ioc lozaoz xoe like many other schools in the rural district bethesda closed for two days this week due to the big storm leaving miss foskett strand ed somewhere the children too were snowbound and altogether it was the worst tieup of the winter we understand the places in whitchurch where the new ration books also the dates to get them will be printed in this issue of the tribune being one of the import ant centres of the township a sta tion should have been made at beth esda we hear there will be none for this hub of the universe how ever it will be a simple matter to pick up our rations elsewhere the w i will hold a croquignole party on monday february 15 at the home of mr and mrs elmore barkey proceeds for war work imiss velma gibson is spending a few days with mr and mr chester graham and family at ringwood after a bad tieup again the main street of bethesda was opened for traffic on tuesday when shovellers and plow forced a road open diplomat hoitskwiiiimki dlno alficri italian am bassador to germany has been horsewhipped by a german oflircr who returning wounded from tlio african front found lii wife with the fascist envoy goodwood the w i will hold their monthly meeting on wednesday february 17 at mrs jack todds topic to be on legislation taken by mrs mc donald mrs todd in charge of social dont forget the concert in the hall on february 12 sponsored by the w i proceeds in aid of riussian relief fund any one unable to attend but feels that they would like to help in this worthy cause their donations will be received with thanks our community was surprised and shocked to learn of marvin mayes illness he is in the toronto general hospital a victim of appendicitis we hope for a speedy recovery congratulations to mr and mrs david symes of the 4th concession who celebrated their golden wedd ing on monday feb 8 1943 mr and mrs symes have lived all their life in this community they have two sons norton at home and john also living on the fourth one daughter mrs adam stewart may passed away four years ago at the early age of fortythree three grandsons namely kenneth david stewart who has gone this week to be one of our royal canadian navy volunteer reserves and master earl and john symes the very best wish es of this community are extended to mr and mrs symes may they each be spared to enjoy many happy years owing to the terrible con dition of the roads it was impossible for them to celebrate as they had intended the goodwood willing war workers wish to take this opportun ity of thanking everyone who have helped in any way to make this list possible including those in the areas outside of goodwood also we extend thanks for all donations and willing helpers in all our undertak ings the following list of articles made during this year of 1942 70 quilts 15 cotton sheets 13 blankets 15 pairs new pillow cases 13 com plete layettes of 4g pieces each new clothing consisting of mens and boys ppjamas and night shirts womens and girls night gowns and pyjamas girls new dresses shirts and sweat ers also boys pants blouses sweat ers socks and mitts 65 articles alto gether also a quantity of used cloth- ins knitting socks 292 sweaters 22 scarfs 31 gloves and mitts 13 hel mets 3 other articles 5 the officers for 1943 are as follows prest mrs florence mcdonald secretary mrs ruby todd treasurer mrs isabella stewart rawleigh notice i still have my rawleigh busi ness and have a full line of pro ducts on hand at the same old price they may be had at the house or by phoning s004 for a mail order due to gasoline ration ing we cannot travel the roads as formerly ira d rusncll marriages stkckukv phhilps on monday february sth at wesley united church montreal quebec the wedding was solemnized of miss shirley margaret phillips daughter of mr and mrs george phillips montreal and pte howard steckley son of mr and mrs percy steckley toronto ontario and grandson of mr and mrs joseph hoover stouffville- the ceremony was performed by the rev b b brown of montreal the bride given in marriage by her father wore turquoise blue dress and a corsage of orchids miss ruth glass attended the bride wearing a rose crepe dress and a corsage ot white carnations the groom was attended by harry white and the ushers were arnold phillips brother of the bride and douglas brown cousin of the bride after a reception held at the home of the brides parents the happy couple left on a short honey moon in the laurcntian mountains those attending the wedding from out of town were mr and mrs percy steckley and miss marion steckley toronto and mrs brown from new brunswick the best results are obtained from tribine classified advs the church services bloomington ringwood christian churches rev- g w brown pastor sunday february 14th 1943 1100 am boomington subject nothing matters now but victory 230 pm ringwood subject how to answer a question of supreme importance 730 pm altona gospel service sunday school in bloomington and ringwood churches at 10 am in altona church at 1030 am you are cordially invited to attend these serivces pian to come taste and see that the lord is good psalm 348 melville bethesda and peachs churches minister rev a j orr sunday february 14th 1943 peachs 1000 am melville 1115 am bethesda 300 pm friday next feb 12 peachs ypu social night at the home of mr w risebrough friday feb 19 melville yp at the manse st james presbyterian church stouffville minister rev t decourcy rayner sunday february 14th 1943 130 pm sabbath school and bible class 230 pm divine worship when trouble troubles you into every life some trouble and sorrow will come many things that hurt and frighten us what can you do when trouble troubles you forsake not gods house of prayer the canadian aid to russia fund is still open stouffville baptist rev d macgregor pastor glenn ratcliff organist sunday february 14th 1943 1000 am bible school classes for all ages 1100 am morning worship 730 pm gospel service wed 8 pm prayer meeting come and receive a blessing christ church anglican rev f herman rector miss elizabeth foote organist february 14 1943 sixth sunday after the epiphany 200 pm sunday school 230 pm evening prayer and sermon by the rector the public are cordially invited to worship with us dickson hill and mt joy mennonite churches rev j harold sherk pastor sunday february 14th 1943 mount joy 1000 am sunday school 1100 am public worship 730 pm evangelistic service the pastor will preach dicksons boll sunday february 14th 1943 1000 am public worship 1100 am sunday school 730 pm evening service charge of the young peopless society the public is cordially invited to these services in second markham baptist church rev noriium rowan pastor friday february 12 y p at baker hill at 8 pm sunday february 14th 1943 bible school 9i55 am morning worship 1100 am behold the lords hand is not shortened that it cannot save neither is his ear heavy that it can not hear isa 591 prayer meeting tuesday s pm at the home of mrs martin hutch inson but your iniquities have separ ated between you and your god your sins have hid his face from you that he will not hear isa 5912 stouffville christian church charles montgomery pastor miss nora stnplcton organist sunday february 14 th 1943 1000 am bible school 1100 am worship 700 pm gospel service the christian endeavour group will conduct this meeting friday 700 pm childrens meeting church hill sunday february 14th 1943 200 pm bible school 300 pm divine worship a hearty welcome awaits you at these services stouffville united church rev douglas g davis minister sunday february 14th 1943 1100 am divine worship 1215 pm sunday school 730 pm evening worship this is cgit week and next sunday evening the cgit will be our choir and the message will be especially to young people wednesday 8 pm prayer ser vice at the church wednesday s pm garrett even- iny auxiliary at the homo of mrs shaw thursday choir practice stouffville mennonite church rev h shantz pastor sunday february 14th 1943 1000 am sunday school 1100 am divine worship 230 pm mongolia s s 730 pm evangelistic fireside at the home of mr and mrs paul boadway on wednesday evening at 330 thursday evening 830 altona prayer meeting thursday evening 830 stouff ville prayer meeting conic anil worship with us mennonite brethren in christ church gormley and bethesda rev ward m shantz pastor sunday february 14th 1943 gormley 200 pm sunday school 300 pm worship a churchs obligation 730 pm young peoples thursday 745 pm prayer meeting in the church saturday 230 pm junior meeting bbthesba sunday february 14th 1943 200 pm sunday school 730 pm evangelistic service u could happen here wednesday prayer meeting a blessing awaits you at these services