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the tribune stouffville ont thursday june 19 1947 purina calf startena no dairvman should do without the benefits of purina calf startena it raises calves that are actually better it costs less than milk your grown up fence rows grubbed out with purina weed killer and one power sprayer costs are small a cheap way to add extra acres to your farm stiver bros schools close june 27 for summer mrjohn banks has sold his house holidays entrance examinations and lot at vivian and will be lea ins the neighborhood dates are june 2g and 2 the sumj mer is rushing on or have we had any e a grubin ro optometrist will be at his office in stouffville on monday june 23rd miss a b duncan is staying with rev and mrs black at brockville cottage mr and mrs ronald klinck of montreal were recent visitors at the- ho klinck home obrien ave mr klinck is a son of dr l s klinck and the couple were on their way west where mr klinck is tak ing a government position stouffville horticultural society spring flower show june 17th picnic memorial park july 10th 1947 watch adv for further deeails townline under construction like rocky road to dublin persons who find it necessary to travel along the townline from ringwood to the 6th concession are finding the going very rough this past week or two the two and a half miles are under construction first the old surface has to be torn up and logs removed from the road the two and a half miles will then be gravelled but a new tarvia top will not be laid this year one farmer called at the news paper office saturday night to say the road was like the rocky road to dublin but admitted that the effort to put a new road was worth the inconvenience since this piece of highway has not been in good condition for some years and is taking a heavy share of traffic on thursday evening next week mr harvey mover will be installed as worshipful master of richardson masonic lodge to succeed worbro edward logan officers from geor- gina lodge toronto officiate dur ing thf installing ceremonies which will be followed by a banquet in the banquet hall adjoining the lodge quarters mrs willis monkhouse will hold an auction sale of her househould goods on saturday this week june 21 at the residence in the east end of stouffville the house is almost north of the east end store one street north of main street owing to the death of her husband mrs monkhouse has decided to give up housekeeping the brick residence has been leased to jack sanders who recently sold his house on main street graduates ho highland beginning on saturday afternoon june 28 the summer train for hali- burton will commence operations again it will pass through stouff ville on the northern journey at 208 dst returning on sunday evening travelling south and due at stouffville at 926 dst the high lander was very popular in previous years and undoubtedly will be just as much appreciated this summer as ever economy bread 2 for 15 first grade butter lb 52 evaporated milk 6 16 oz tins for 64 plain or iodized salt 2 21b pkgs for 15 old dutch cleanser 2 14 oz tins for 19 kell corn flakes 3 8 oz pkgs for 25 kell corn flakes 2 14 oz pkgs for 25 shredded wheat 2 pkgs for 23 van camps beans with pork 20 oz tin 15 fruit specials firm ripe bananas lb 14 grapefruit 96s 4 for 25 oranges 288s dozen 25 lemons 300 6 for 19 new carrots 2 bunches for 17 the east york district annual of the womens institute was held at unionville last week stouffville branch was represented by mrs g kellington mrs j ridout mrs f crossin mrs h walsh mrs g lemon mrs f fairies mrs w g sanderson mrs w griffiths mrs t baxter and miss sadie stewart carload groceteria under new management we deliver ph 280 john matthewson prop tree planter places 8000 saplings per day unable to obtain sufficient labor for hand planting about one hun dred thousand saplings were planted out on lands bought by the county of york in whitchurch and georgina townships this spring with a mechanical planter this machine drawn by a cater pillar tractor digs a wider furrow than the plow and is capable of handling eight thousand trees a day of eight hours it requires only the help of three men one to drive the tractor on to lift the saplings from a pail of water to another workman that places them in the furrow as the machine proceeds at a pace similar to that for tractor plowing the planter used in whitchurch on county reforestation lands is owned by the department and is used mostly on much larger pro jects however help was not avail able and the outfit enabled many acres to be reforested that other wise would have gone unplanted frances laikson of stouffville was one of the 39 graduating at western hospital toronto last week and distin guished herself by winning a scholarship the dr h a beatty award for postgraduate study in teaching and super vising sixteen graduating nurses won special prizes and scholarships mrs clarkson and daughter phyliss and son bert also miss liilie smith attended the graduation ceremonies held in convocation hall norma stover graduates miss norma stover daughter of mr and mrs ambrose stover was among the 96 graduates in the nursing class at hamilton general hospital last week the graduat ing ceremonies held in mcmaster university were attended from here by mr and mrs stover and mem bers of the family also mr and mrs archie stover from milverton rcelccted director of newspaper association chas h nolan associate editor of the stouffville tribune was reelect ed to the directorate of the ontario- quebec branch of the canadian weekly newspaper association when the editors met in ottawa last week while in the capital the newsmen were presented at rideau hall to viscount alexander and later addressed by grattan oleary associate editor of the ottawa jour nal and ottawa correspondent for the london times youml enjoy having your picnic at jacksons point park lake simcoe swimming boating lockers athletic fields inside pavilion in case of rain to insure full facilities book in advance for further information write wire or phone frank prior jacksons point po lake simcoe ont enjoy yourself at youth for christ in stouffville presbyterian church sat eve 830 pm last week mr and mrs magnus mowat had their two daughters and son at home to mark the occasion of their 35th wedding day in addi tion mr allen mcconnochie stouff ville the other two members of the family were down from camp- bellford townspeople generally join with this newspaper in extend ing the best of good wishes to the popular and congeniel cnr agent and his wife keep lake shore open for public the small piece of shore line on the east side of musselmans lake belonging to the municipality will not be rented to private parties and must remain open for the use of the general public just as any highway the area in question is the extreme east shore of the lake to the road allowance and was once claimed by private interests until the municipality asserted their rights and assumed ownership an application to rent the ground was turned down recently by whit church township council reeve lome evans said the section would be used by the general public mrs fife innis with june and mr and mrs mark watkinsburl- jack were in town from brooklin ington beach florida were visitors last week visiting her former neigh bor mrs christie armstrong mrs thomas williamson is gett ing about her home again after a very severe illness that will take some time to completely recover drenching rains on saturday and sunday must have been dishearten ing to farmers especially those who have little or no crop in however monday was a fine day with good drying conditions and despite the super rainfall growing conditions are good town authorities and the jupp construction co certainly seized upon the only few possible days available this season in which it was dry enough to lay the tarvia top on several streets in town the com pany had their equipment in town ready for the first opportunity and by going to work promptly they completed the job just before con tinuous rain days set in again large crowds attended the church service in the congregationchris tian church sunday morning and evening it being conference sun day there a report of the four days session is elsewhere in this issue visitors were not only im pressed with the spirit of the ga therings but with the very fine meals served by the ladies of town and country churches the june meeting of the stouff ville womens institute will be held in the municipal hall on thursday june 26 at 230 oclock the motto will be given by mrs lloyd turner a report of the district annual by delegates mrs geo middleton will give a reading and a discussion will be held on next years program there will be a picnic lunch in the park weather permitting bring your dishes pres mrs g kelling ton secy sadie stewart of mr thos birkett here last week the annual street carnival by stouffville lions club will be held on wednesday night next week june 25th this popular street affair will be full of fun for young and old bingo and other games dr and mrs h b freel miss bettyjean and lloyd left sunday for new york dr freel is attend ing a postgraduate course for two weeks new fire chassis here the chassis for the new lire truck reached stouffville last week and later was run down to a place near ottawa where it will be titled up with the equipment that will con vert it into a modern tire lighting machine the council decided at a special meeting on saturday after noon to add ten ply tires instead of eight ply which will make for greater safety- the added cost is 174 it is expected that the new machine will be in operation within another thirty days one month later than previously promised the fire department will service the east side of whitchurch township under contract with that municipality similar to the arrangement made with the town of aurora to service the west side of the township takes honors in dentistry w r thompson son of mr and mrs a g thompson of stouffville has been successful in passing his examinations in third year den tistry at the university of toronto mr- thompson took honors and was one of the top nine students in the third year class legion news there will be a general meeting on tuesday june 24 at 830 in the oddfellows hall please note this is important all veterans are ask ed to be at the hall site on friday this week june 20 at 7 pm bring a shovel with you if it is not rain ing mischievous youngsters dropped stones in the water shut off at the corner of dunns garage and when it became necessary to shut off the water there on monday morning to make a connection for the new house being erected nearby for geo patton the trouble was discovered several hours of digging was nec essary to get the stones out so that the shutoff key would work more new houses mr ira rusnell has purchased a lot on baker avenue also mr and mrs john lehman have just ac quired property on the avenue the recent sales are on the west side of the street opposite the ab ray- mer house mr rusnell is offering his house and five acres for sale on 5 main street while the lehman was mens pants at house in the northwest part of the 125 a pair town is under sale negotiations hello deer a bewildered acting deer raced about n the farm of mr david empringham 4th concession of markham just south of gormley one day last week evidently worried about the lack of congenial company the animal came very close to mr empringham as it travelled up the lane it stopped and pawed the ground then raced away stopping the deer perked its head on one side listening to the children clown at the school when the noise evidently frightened the animal which returned to a point near mr empringham again and finally made off in another direction where there were no undue noises i have lived on this farm for 29 years but never saw a deer set foot on here before saidmr empring ham markham veterans buy hall markham district veterans association decided to purchase a brick building owned by ed wurm as a hall funds will be raised by various activities includ ing a street dance butter 13 cents pound 50 years ago merchandise will never be cheaper than it is now is the way an advertisement reads in the june 11 1897 issue of the canadian post printed in lindsay the truth of that statement can be borne out today just 50 years later when some of the following prices are compared with present day costs mr m j carter a kent street clothier was holding a special sale and among the many items listed were 300 special mens suits the advertisement said they were worth 9 to 14 each and were selling at 8 and 750 another special from 75c to lawn mowers repaired sharpened electric acetylene welding w j smith located at international motors phone res 3002 shop 290 beyond our horizon an inspiring film showing the prayerful life of a god fearing norwegian of interest marg and audrey sing a contest for anyone questions dont fonc he new choruses a welcome awaits you at syfc dicetor n rowan youth for christ chris for youth free service for farmers for the purpose of assisting the farmers of canada to meet the economic prohlems with which they are constantly confronted and to carry on the industry of canadian agriculture to the advantage of the nation as a whole the dominion government has several millions of dollars invested in free services and facilities no other industry has at its disposal such a wide and varied range of services and facilities provided by the government they include the dominionwide system of experimental farms and stations the divisions of dairy research botany and plant pathology chemistry entomology and plant protection of the science service the divisions of health of animals plant production and livestock with their field services of the production service the marketing service in which is centralized the administration of all grading services of livestock and livestock products dairy products poultry eggs fruit vegetables canned goods maple products and honey and the division of agricultural economics which serves as a factfinding body concerning production and marketing results of the research work and experiments of all these services of the dominion department of agriculture are made known to farmers and the people of canada generally through free publications the press and radio exhibits and other ways directed by the publicity and extension division those engaged in the industry of agriculture whether directly or indirectly are invited to make full use of the services and facilities as outlined they are free for further information write to dominion department of agriculture ottawa canada rt hon james j gardiner minister dr g s h barton deputy minister n