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the tribune stouffville ont thursday july 22nd 1943 local and personal happenings mrs george brownsberger has gone to burnt river halibuton to spend a vacation at the summer cot tage of mr and mrs lome kester dr john button rcaf arrived in town on monday from his station at winnipeg john expects to go north to halls lake almost immed- lateley where he will spend his fur lough with his wife and daughter and his parents mr and mrs button 37 proxy voters mrs robt leslie was in hagers- ville last week where her daughter betty underwent an operation at the military hospital but is now recu perating at brantford and expects to shortly be back in the ranks of the wrens again according to a list of names tabled with the village clerk george storey there are 57 soldiers entitled to vote on the proxy forms in th village of stouffville of this number 17 are overseas 12 are in the navy and 2s are in canada up to the present time the e a proxies have not arrived from over seas but are likely to be on hand in time to be distributed to the next of kin or whoever is delegated to do the voting for the soldiers mrs g browusberger left week to spend her vacation in uorthland with her nephew lome kester this the mr friends in town will be sorry to learn that mrs harry w sanders has not been enjoying very good health since going to lakeview for the summer and has had to have medical attention always one of the first to offer new potatoes to the buyers in stouff ville robert stewart is being missed this season also the late robt mc- kinnon housewives rather looked forward to the two roberts provid ing them with those early tubers around the 12th of july store keep ers have been offeringnew potatoes brought in from other parts of the province have been asked to stand walter brillinger hugh banner- man e r good thomas birkett and david stouffer are among the men who have been asked to stand for councillor when the nomin ation meeting is held this friday evening mr brillinger has had pre vious experience but any of these men would make good material for this important position there may be others perhaps a dark horse but so far as we can learn none of those mentioned have given their word that they would accept office it is to be hoped that at least one worthy citizen will offer his services for the unexpired term of the late j h silverthorn mr and mrs russel barker and young son have left for a holiday in madoc and will then immediately more to brampton where mr barker will be on the high school staff next i ago carryin sow ix england scottie hogg former resident of stouffville and ringwood has just arrived in england according to cable received this week by friends here scottie was no doubt in the troopship that arrived on the other side of the atlantic a few days reserves for several term units that had gone to africa there is a noticeable absence of family reunions this year lack of gasoline and time are no doubt re sponsible for this growing idea which was a very nice one having been granted the next four weeks for his vacation rev douglas davis and family have gone to camp on the shores of lake simcoe mr and mrs jack todds of mon treal are holidaying here with mrs todds parents mr and mrs d f holden and with mr and mrs c f todds markham sergt jack drewery rcaf who was home recently on furlough visiting his mother mrs robt rat- cliff has arrived at his new post a bombing and gunnery base at moss bank sask lightning killed two cows on the farm of a r burkholder 9th con cession markham just below no 7 highway jim miller rcaf has been transferred from dafoe sask to gimili manitoba gimili is sixty miles from winnipeg near lake winnipeg quality service dr hess fly spray kills flies in the stable protects cows in the pasture a proper application in the morning will give protection to your cows all day long for horses apply with a rag moistened with dr hess fly spray gal 125 5 gals drum 600 rev l e atkinson of uxbridge gave this paper a friendly call on monday this former pastor still enjoys a visit with his stouffville friends mr and mrs w a iross of vine land station were weekend guests of mr and mrs t b rae they report that a very small fruit crop is about to be gathered but with bet ter prices the growers will be as far ahead while on the other hand an abundant crop would have meant great waste since the sugar situation is in its present position stanley theatre phone 100 showing each night at 815 saturday and holidays 700 and 900 thursday friday saturday july 22 23 34 who done it abbott and costello news reel and sports monday tuesday wednesday july 20 27 28 turned out nice again george formby comedy and cartoon thursday friday saturday july 2 30 31 a night to remember home from girls camp a happy and tired group of youn girls arrived home on sunday from sibbalds point lake simcoe where they had been in camp for the past week the locals under the super vision of mrs reg button weie audrey bell florence paisleycarol weldon norma fairies patsy leh man shirley bone faye oneill anne good port perry when the groups assembled from other places there were 90 youngsters and 12 lead ers mustered mrs harry klinck was in charge of the culinary depart ment and somehow not only won the stomachs but the hearts of all the little misses who must have been a very hungry crowd living the re freshing outdoor life they enjoyed tlie girls too told us they loved the leadership given them by mrs button if you wisli your typewriter oiled cleaned and repaired advise the tribune office immediately as a thoroughly competent mechanic will be in town next saturday look well after your typewriter for it may be hard to get another for two or three dollars you can add years of life to an old machine merchants should trade ideas newmarket merchants held an en thusiastic meeting one evening to discuss ways and means to promote good will among the store keepers and to devise ways of making their business section more attractive for their customers this is a splendid idea and one that might be copied in stouffville where several things could be done to improve the appear ance of the street fortunately good will amongst the merchants is some thing that exists here better than in the average community however with the big crowds that come to this town there should at least be some things that might be discussed to improve the accommodation one thing that is very bad is the lighting merchants are permitted to leave enough lights at the front of their premises to enable people to avoid stumbling on steps or slight rises entering their premises and might be involved in trouble should an ac cident happen some stores are as dark as a bank on business nights and this is not necessary however meeting of merchants such as has been started in newmarket for the exchange of ideas would be a good thing in any town markham jownship branch red cross society salvage department we have been requested by the department of national salvage division of he department of national war services to concentrate on the collection of salvage mat erials we therefore urge all residents of our township to gather together all the salvage named and dispose of it in the following manner the items are listed in their order of importance and urgency fats very urgently needed take to your local butcher metals ail kinds particularly cast sell to collect ors or veterans who call on you if no collectors call please bring to the municipal shed at unionville tin cans are not acceptable rubber tires and tubes etc dispose of these in the same way as metals paper again in demand dispose of these in sam way as rubber and metals rags for wipers for armed forces tie in bundles or sacks and dispose of in the same manner as other items except fats getting thts salvage into the hands of the people who need it in war work is a firstplace home front job and therefore our duty to preform let us all give it our im mediate attention g g maynard pres chas hoover secy red ciob- notes the swing shift of our stouff ville branch a group of some fifteen young ladies who devote one even ing each week to red cross sewing deserve much credit for their fine work already this summer they have completed 72 ladies blouses and now are working on a quota of 50 girls blouses mrs roy grove well pick em you come and take em away says mr sabaretti of bal- lantrae speaking about his raspberry crop he has no means of transpor tation or time to transportso persons wanting berries will know what to do call at wrights store ballan- trae near the farm for direction a wedding of interest to many markham township young people was that of miss zufelt of belleville former markham high school tea cher to mr meech of toronto a brother of miss marion meech who resigned her position on the mark ham school staff this year mrs a j woods of markham played the wedding music and her daughter peggy was the soloist liig load of scrap v one of the largest loads of scrap yet sent out by the stouffville lions club depot on main street was delivered in toronto last week the total being nearly three tons this makes a total of nearly twenty tons of salvage collected by the lions proceeds of which have gone to the local air cadet unit approximate ly half of last weeks shipment was made up of waste paper ministers gang up for holidays three of our local ministers have gone to the canadian keswick con vention being held at ferndale muskoka again this year they are rev g w brown pastor of ring- wood bloomington circuit rev norman rowan pastor at baker hill and second line markham churches and mr montgomery pastor of the stouffville and church hill christian churches wives of the pastors have gone along to enjoy the holiday which will no doubt prove a change that will be beneficial and helpful for these young men and their wives richmond hill council has instit u ted a garbage collection in that town for the summer months cost will be born by the householders who make use of the service since the cost will be 1650 per week it is hoped to obtain enough patrons to get the cost to individual househol ders to 25c weekly the idea will be watched with interest stouffville has an annual collection of tin cans and seems to get along very satis factory without having someone to lift the garbage most of us possess sufficient space to bury it others burn it perhaps they are more wasteful over at the hill and throw- too much away the annual picnic of the stouffville united church wms was held thursday last on the beautiful lawn at the farm home of mrs lloyd turner more than 40 members and friends were present among the activities was a contest to name the largest number of different varieties of flowers found in the many beds surrounding the lawns the winnin group numbered 109 varieties a program which included reports of the recent spring rally held at ux bridge and a worship period led by mrs m harris was enjoyed mrs d davis presided and expressed the thanks of the wms to mrs turner for her hospitality binder twine britannia brand is your assurance of a good product since it has long been popular for its durability quality brantford gilt edge and gold leaf a canadian made twine made by the largest exclusive cordage company in the british empire at thelpresent time our stocks are complete of these two brands of twine but we advise our customers to buy early king bug killer an ideal dust insecticide easy to apply plant conditioner cheapest by test apply by dusting on potato plants cabbage rose bushes celery onions melons cucumber stiver bros no tennis club thls year after a good many years of suc cessful organization the stouffville tennis club- find themselves not sufficiently strong to organize again this year since the beginning of the war the steady migration of our young people tot the armed forces and the war plants has left the tennis courts more and more unused the full expense of keeping the grounds in shape which has been carried for so long by the teenage members of the club will now fall to the parks commission which body it is hoped will at least pre serve the groumis so that when these young people return the task of renovating them will not be too great choir honors bruce lehman fiom the delhi newsrecord last sunday evening at the conclu sion of divine service members of the delhi united church choir met in the church parlors to pay tribute to mr bruce lehman who has re signed as organist mrs j r fergu son pres of the choir explained the purpose of the gathering and called on mr g g kent who told briefly but feelingly of the fine service ren dered by mr lehman during his three years of service and regrett ed that pressure of business made it necessary for him to terminate his sei vices mr kent then presented on behalf ot the choir a schaffer fountain pen and two pictures mr lehman expressed deep gratitude for the gifts and for the excellent co operation he had received during his period in charge of the choir and asked for the continued cooperation of the members with mrs hugh brearley the newly appointed organ ist and choir leader he stated that owing to the fact that he would be out of town for the last three sun days in july mrs f a quance would officiate at the organ until farmer left 332000 when mr elmer shaw a farmer of abernethy sask died oil april 6th 1941 he left a will disposing of his 332000 estate he bequeathed his widow 1000 in cash furniture a home a car and an annuity ot 3600 per year for life mrs shaw has sued successfully to break tho will and she is now to receive one- third of the estate clear of succes sion duties while the legal aspect of the suit is interesting the point that will intrigue people of ontario is the fact that a saskatchewan far- mer left an estate ot 332000 stor ies of the poverty and hardship of speakers have regaled audiences with reports that the west was ruined people were starving and no one had anything mr shaw a farmer left 332000 which is not peanuts even in a wealthy city like toronto windsor star mrs brearley took over on septem ber 1st before coming to delhi where he is miller at the hoover and quance mill mr lehman was organist and choir leader of melville united church markham twp old and new in station fashions stouffville war ijranch shipments ten boxes of goods were shipped by the stouffville war branch last week containing the following 124 pairs socks 2s sweaters 1 cap 4 prs mitts 24 large quilts 6 small 1 afghan s7 articles baby clothing 14 cakes toilet soap 29 dresses one womans suit 15 blouses 4 womens coats 115 items boys clothlns s5 pieces mens clothing 6 play suits 52 other articles on behalf of the war branchmrs davey secretary says thanks to all ipacn is a choice example of an uptc- l theminute structure of its period at the top is seen the new canadian national railways central station in montreal now in service after being inaugurated by theministcr of trans port below is a view of old bonaven- turc station taken in 1s88 when it was opened for business the photograph was taken by william notman whose pictures of montreal old and new form part of the historical record of the metropolis the upper photograph was taken from the dorchester street bridge which is 30 feet alwve the level of the passenger concourse the building being at the edge of a plaza approximately 225 feet in width the motor cars are parked on the bridge the lower photo graph taken 55 years ago is dated by the horsedrawn vehicles and when closely examined the old negative shows that some of those standing at the sta tion edge were what the old time re porters termed smart equippages the original structure was up to date when opened for service to the travel ling public it was illuminated at night by open arc lamps which spluttered and cast unusual shadows but were highly regarded as evidence of progress in 1916 a serious fire gutted the interior and when the structure was rebuilt the three towers were not replaced in its present form the station served count less thousands of travellers who found it a convenient friendly place old bonavcnture welcomed numer ous distinguished travellers including royalty it will remain in service for suburban trains and part of he struc ture will be remodelled to serve men and women of the active forces travel ling in and out of montreal by special trains the central station now in use is the last word in railway passenger struc tures being equipped with every con venience to assist the traveller the public concourse through which travel lers pass to and from the train track levels is of such size that it would contain the entire floor space of bona vcnture with 10000 square feet to spare the central passenger station is the focal point of an important terminal development which will greatty im prove canadian national facilities in and around montreal these improve ments ire of service in canada s war effort because they allow of quick and direct movement of passenger and freight trains moving troops and sup plies essential to that war effort