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isoeal and eiiiiigs one week from tomorrow is good friday and a public holiday anger is just plain losing your temper wrath is anger with the lid on malice is wrath cooled down into cold hatred gipsy smith the theme song for the army on the west may well be just one more river to cross mrs wm waddell is enroute home from california after a de lightful no doubt holiday the womens association of the united church will meet at the home of mrs blake sanders on tuesday evening march 27th at 8 pjn oscar shank and ostalter of markham both serving with- the rcla j- overseas arrived back in their home town last week mr stalter is a former principal of markham high school and oscar shank is a son of mr and mrs eli shank thelode at uxbridge held a travelling bridge in that town on friday of last week and a number of stouffville ladies travelled north to participate in the affair includ ing mrs kobt johnston mrs george storey mrs t b rae mrs m e watts mrs will birkett miss jane burkett mrs av nolan and her guest fromtoronto mrs c c reid mr a s collins has been spend ing a week in toronto and while there consulted a specialist about his eyes he was greatly relieved to be advised that an operation or his eyes would not be necessary an ordeal it was feared might be recommended during his absence from town mrs collins visited her daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs mcgowan at malvern theatre axxouxces new program- axd time schedule j the stanley theatre under new ownership will open every evening at 30 with two show- 1 ings each night every satur day afternoon doors will open at 2 pm for a childrens 5c matinee there will be three complete changes of program each week see display adv on page 2 of this issue- two farmers met on the country road and pulled up their teams si said josh ive got a mule with distemper what did you give that one of yours when he had it turpentine giddap a week later they met again say si i gave my mule turpen tine and it killed him killed mine too giddap ltcol e nighswander receives the obe ltcol eric d nighswander son of mr fred nighswander former resident of stouffville who is seri ously considering a return to the old town again has been honored by having conferred on him tht order of the british empire in the list of thirteen coming to ontario recipients stouffville friends and the town in general will receive this information with a great deal of pride and satisfaction mr and mrs arthur james with their son and daughterinlaw mr and mrs harold james all of tor onto p were guests of mrs a c burkholder on saturday the james family are old residents of this town while mrs- arthur is an uxbridge girl the former maud weir consequently when theycome to town there are plenty of old friends to look up and who are always glad to greet them r sought information on public ownership mr hdrothwell of the ontario hydro and mr c brackenridge resident of vancouver called on the tribune last week mr bracken ridge was seeking a report from the reeve of the town on the subject of public ownership of hydro electric he said that he was pro moting the scheme in a bc com munity where the people were fear ful that the overhead in a small place would spell disaster to the undertaking however when he was apprized of the success of pub lic ownership -in- stouffville and obtained a picture of how it is operated he went away happy and said he would be able to point to the success ofthe stouffville hydro system as justification of public ownership in s western- com munity back ix civies squadron leader harold a sanders after serving almost four years in rcaf has re turned to his former work as- assistant crown attorney county of york he is in the officers reserve corps rcaf its funny that more people dont keep a family album and funnier when they do good progress is being made cleaning the main street pavement this spring and the work is being completed earlier than any year since the pavement was laid this is due largely to the early spring and the ability of the authorities to get plenty of men to press the work through thirty public auction sales were advertised in last weeks tribune which is quite a record for any weekly f newspaper the de mand for space in this paper was sold out early wednesday morning despite the fact that we had a ten page paper the public is becoming more and more conscious of the tremendous circulation of the tri bune since results bring more and more advertising the way our subscription list is mounting each month wc will soon reach the 2500 paid in advance circulation a figure not equalled by any week ly in ontario published in similar sized towns to stouffville d o b o o d o b d o d o o d o o d o o n o o d e on easter or any other day in the year youll enjoy our delicious ovenfresh baked goods and right now our special easter dish hot cross buns then we have bread and rolls as tasty as grand- mother used to bake even more nutritious the whole family will be unanimous in praise of all our bakery products just try them and see for yourself treat the family to the tbest for easter week ivvv d o o n o o d o o 0 o o a o i o o a o t o e 0 o 5 o childrens 5c matinee at the stanley theatre every saturday afternoon doors open at 2 pm every 275 pays for one prison erofwar parcel remember this fact when asked unsubscribe to the red cross campaign reached calcutta mr and mrs elmer starr north whitchurch have received word that their son francis starr has arrived safely in calcutta india he had a grand voyage and was sick never for a day on the whole journey mr starr will be attached to a china ambulance service and the human service he can render will be made possible through the society of friends lome smith was outstanding player lome smith the defense star ot the port credit oha junior hoc key i team- gets the outstanding player nod for the past season he is a twoway player being as good on the offense as on the defense and was a big factor in bringing port the league championship in the final series smith collected eight goals getting four in one game you probably havent noticed but peanuts are practically off the mar ketsmuch of the time- and the supply at its best is limited this was the reason given lis last week why there was no peanut vendor at the public auction sales this spring percy dike peanut king of the district hasnt been seen with his bagjover the back for a long time but he hopes that when the nuts are available he will be able to supply those who like something to munch when watching the auctioneer chew his cud a lady living near the cnr station was walking along the street a few days ago while a car passed on theroadway from which bounced a bright aluminum hub capastho car bounced over the railway crossing the passengers and driver continued on their way all unmindful of what had happened if the owner reads this bit of news and calls at the office of this paper the missing cap may be recovered do not insert our adv for the re mainder of the order writes a toronto manwho hadpasture to rent in whitchurch township the response by long distance telephone was so great that he contracted to takein all the cattle he could ac commodate the first day the adv appeared this is good results and indicates that farmers are seeking good pasture for their grazing animals rev e r mclean general secre tary of the ontario religious edu cation council supported christian education being taught in the pub lic schools speaking- at a public meeting last week he said that the desire of those who set up non- sectarian schodls 100 years ago was to secure a school which would not be dominated by any one sect- the ontario religious education coun cil in its large membership has many members for and against teaching religion in the schools ill bo home soon grant turner son of mr and mrs lloyd turner telephoned from the west coast this week the glad news to his parents east of town stating that he would be home in a few days for a short furlough atleast since his last visit home grant has participated in many of the big navy engagements including thed day landing on the shores of nor mandy his ship prince david is going into dry dock for a cleanup it is presumed word has been received by his grandmother mrs acburkholder main street west of the death of her nephew grant james who had been overseas five years this may grant- was a son of mr fred james old stouffville boy now living in western canada no par ticulars are to hand excepting the brief information from ottawa that the boy was killed presumably in action and possibly in italy ah friends of this former townsman deeply regret- the sorrow brought to the james home in western canada as well as to mrs burk- holder here in town oys write comfort fund froifl idisffti ar frorfts garrett evening anxiliary miss lucy waters presided at a well attended meeting of the gar rett evening auxiliary of the united church held at the home of mrs m storey the program opened by miss eva hoover read ing a poem miss margaret hosie gave the study book- chapter the church in indochina and thai land assisted by several ofrthe members mrs e nigh and mrs j gayman gave an instrumental duet the devotional service was in charge of mrs t brae taking as the theme chance the scripture was read by mrs roy curtis and a poem by miss margaret hosie mrs chadwick rendered a vocal number accompanied- by mrs charles nolan a social half hour was enjoyed comfort fund hello everybody many thanks for another order of cigarettes just received you fellows have really been doing a mjghty fine job for us and have never let up i know we havent re ceived all you have sent jbut we know that has not been your fault you took on quite a contract its been a long time since i left the old home town- nearly four years now and what a time those four years have been but there was always a bright spot- at least once a month- and that was when we realized the boys who were through it before were still remem bering us i am hoping that the old bugle call cease fire will soon come that will be the day and i am hoping that on that day every one will bend their knees and offer a prayer to god i sometimes think that our people in canada dont realize how lucky they have been we are a lot farther north here in italy now closer to switzerland i am hoping to drive right up through the top before we leave this country up through the alps germany and france then home sweet home the russians are sure doing their part to finish it off thanks a million and cheerio price pugh z dear mr lickorish i wish to thank you and the vet erans for- the smokes i have re ceived this week they are appreci ated over- here starting this week wc can get 1200 a month from eng land for- 18 shillings i am with don now in holland we met here at christmas after being separated since last july in france until now i have not had a chance to visit paris but we go to brussels andantwerp in belgium when wc have a pass there is nothing much to see or to buy in paris thanking you again ken harper now and the weather is quite a lot i milder than it was today is a real spring day and should be good hunting for the airforce there was about two months i didnt receive any parcels and then got a lot at once it kindof looks asif the war may- be over soon and that wont make me mad at all i expect to be going to england oti leave the end of the month c sincerely sam anderson comfort fund dear bert just received your parcel of smokes and theyre really appreci- ated i have a platoon of men here arid one of the boys came from stouffville his name is white and lie used to work for bruce morton all the men have been woundeo and are on their way back to the front i was talking to white last night a sniper got him in the chest the bullets went right through and out his back but he seems alright now lome crowder is just across the road and i see him often george morden is only a couple of miles from here yours truly chuck cadieux comfort fund dear bert its been quite a while since i dropped a linewe havent any snow weldon dear comrades and friends your gift of smokes arrive quite regularly all is well with me here and i am looking forward to can ada leave which is well overdue if any of the sweats see morley pugh say hello for me i have heard he is back home george gib- ner is here with this company and incidently is playing hockey with a team i have got together to repre sent this outfit in the first cdn army league this country in hol land really resembles canada in respect to winter sports and we still find time between battles to have some fun thanks again and good luck p w pipher other acknowledgments were re- ceived from george stuart ralph forfar jim lawson and lloyd william sanderson has given up the mail contract for carrying the bags to and from the trains for the local post office and the work has beentaken over by fred chessman who is now on the job and finding it much to his liking lloyd weldon- son of mr and mrs a e weldon of stouffville is now serving in belgiumlwith the signal corps according to the lat est advice received here by hs parents lloyd completed a course in signal work with highest stand ing and before proceeding across the channel enjoyed a nineday trip through scotland and various cities inengland former resident killed in action word has been received by mr and mrs isaac dyck- out in sask that their son rfn john dyck has been killed in action in holland john made his home prior to en listing with his brother isaac who resided on market street in stouff ville besides his parents he is surviv ed liy two brothers isaac of klein- burg and jacob who is in training at peterborough also two sisters molly and marina found fountain pen water man apply tribune office and pay this adv bingo and euchre this friday night in oddfellows hall in aid of comfort fund plan to attend 7 weekend visitors with 1 dorothy and mildred moyer church street were- misses althea young coral young of stratford and aileenbur- numof toronto friends will be pleasedto learn that arthur lehman of north bay isprogressing favourably following a recent surgical operation mrs wm topham has returned to her home in the west end after nursing her cousin in toronto all winter il the north markham wm s of the mb c church will hold their thankoffering meeting on tues day at s oclock the dicksons hill wm s will hold their thank- offering meeting on wednesday at 8 oclock mr c rempel of kitch ener will be guest speaker at both services mr- rempel will also render solos v i v sxxsxn future mqneymqkers feed em right folopep chick starter bs the wonderful oatmeal base c j also contains concentrated r spring range many health bem efits of fresh pasture balanced in minerals vitamins proteins and carbohydrate save up to xdi on feed cost v by following the falopeprekri irig plan 5j 1 chick gzmzut and see gtouffvilie ont phone 4501 i j gjssigqsg-3- v v