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the tribune stouffville ont thursday november 24 1949 local and personal happenings mrs storv and miss ford of tor onto have been visiting at the rae home on church st n the fall of snow for this season came on saturday evening and it made householders cast around in thought thinking about the snow shovel and where they had stored it last winter mr and mrs robt sandham niagaraonthelake also miss helen monkhouse of niagara falls were visiting the latters father in town mr john monkhouse picture show- the former betty bleariore barber second daughter of mr and mrs harrv barber arriving at victoria square united church with her father for her recent marriage to walter jeffries son of mr and mrs walter jeffries london ont stouffville will revert to stand ard time next saturday at mid night dont forget to turn the clock back an hour otherwise you may be early for church on sun- dav morning mrs christie armstrong spent the weekend in toronto mr and mrs russell giles of toronto were sunday visitors with mr and mrs l lownsborough the toronto daily star has an nouncccl an increase in advertising rates etfective january 2 1950 on that date its open rate will be increased from 42c to isc per agate line the new rate is equivalent to 072 per inch cliiinuc in mail couriers mr bill dyck who has just retired as mail courier on rural route no 1 out of stouffville was succeeded this week by his brother henry dyck east end resident in stouffville roy curtis mens wear store has just had a new fluorescent lighting system installed adding much to this business place i sold the whole flock of sussex- new hamp pullets by ten oclock the morning after the paper was issued said rev r j kirkland of goodwood about a classilied he inserted in this paper last week classified columns are read by more people than any other part of the paper according to many thinkers everybody wants to know what is for sale and so this section of the paper is most popu lar the tribune is read by more than 3000 persons weekly the full sale of articles appears mr and mrs levi forsyth and in this issue for the auction belong ing to lome gillion rupert st stoulfville the date of the sale is this saturday nov 26 please note the date time of sale is 130 pm local friends heard the radio announcement this week that mr and mrs harvey wideman of markham were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on mon day their only daughter ger trude is mrs arthur lehman of north bay and mr lehman of course is an old stouffville boy quality service fuel winters just around the corner we can make immediate delivery of jet black anthracite nut or stove coal american briquettes pea coal stoker coal pocahontas nut coal mrs v h shaw and miss lucy as left last thursday for florida where they intend to spend the winter season the sisters made the trip south by motor- bus and will now be happily settled in some delightful winter resort where we all trust they will enjoy the holiday miss ruth badgero announces to her friends that the betty beauty salon will reopen on dec 1st after three months during which time the proprietress has been recuper ating from an accident friends will be glad to know that miss badgero is quite recovered and tble to resume business clayton stouffer are on a trip to chicago where their brother grenville forsyth is reported to be critically ill mrs wes high of jordan station mr archie wismer of st catharines and mr herb haynes of niagara falls were guests on sunday of rev and mrs s goudie len wilkes clothing store is opening its doors to the public this friday and offering a chance to win a fine new shirt or hand made tie with every purchase made looking at costs the village of beaverton has just held opening ceremonies for their new domestic water system costing 153000 up to the present time the lakeside town has man aged without a domestic system largely because of present day enormous costs the lines of pipes laid in beaverton are about in mileage of the stouftville pipe line and water at beaverton is taken from the lake since the cost of the modest sized beaverton plant is 1530000 stouffville may be able to gather some idea of the present day value of the local system which the reeve declares would run close to half a million dollars with our more than seven miles of pipe lines stiver bros in conversation with mrs earl poor pockets uo years ago oi more ro n s n tiiesdav we- hisey says that they have a hisey of auiora on luesday we that wag found by her learn that she has been following davicl gillham on the day those items in the tribune about old coins and says they have one dated 1812 found in the garden too her mother was born over in king township that was 75 years ago but the gold dollar bears no date seems strange so many pennies that can be deciphered mrs hisey have been picked up from the soil is a daughter of mrs henry and leads one to believe folks had johnson of stouffville district special missionary services stouffvi rik christian church thursday nov 24 1949 mr william rae former missionary to china who lias just recently returned from japan will lecture colored slides presenting the work in japan will be shown this is iho first time mr rae has shown his pictures in stouffville dont miss this service friday nov 25 1949 the fall rally of the 1vms of the christian church will be hold guest speakers will bo mr and mrs paget former missionaries to india 230 pm mrs paget will speak 800 pm mr paget will speak a potmjck supper viji be served all churches of the conference are invited to cooperato all visitors welcome oooooeoooooo3oooo6ocoooooooooo youth for christ stouffville presbyterian church saturday 800 pm 800 pm sharp films of educational interest to all 820 song time the time for all to join in including special numbers by youth for christ choir vocal solo by audrey baker and instru mental by lois mckewen come with your questions to be answered your mind keen to answer the quizzes and your heart tuned to hear his voice 930 fifth and last in the series the life of stpaul faith triumphant dont miss this dramatic scene from the life of a man of god who dared to own his lord even before kings and rulers im not ashamed to own my lord or to defend his cause n rowan director retired missionary dead the death of rev a w ban- field in toronto was announced on monday and word was received tuesday by an old friend rev samuel goudie missionary to nigeria africa mr banfield had spoken on many occasions in the former mennonite brethren in christ church in stouffville and other churches in the district and is well remembered by many of our readers surviving are his wife in toronto two daughters in british columbia and one son in ottawa if the men of stouffville who are accustomed to having their whiskers shaved or their locks shorn at the barbering shops of red forsyth or bob snowball appeared a bit shaggy the past week there is a good excuse the two hair croppers have been on deer hunting holidays and their places of business have been closed the clippers in the shop of bill harding got pretty bot before the weekend rolled around since this was the only tonsorial artist open for business markham telephone exchange has 700 subscribers with a wait ing list of 100 it is learned by the markham piess in announcing a new switch board being installed the markham exchange is a sub sidiary of the bell telephone co when the work of installing the new switch board is completed early next year markham phone users will give up the ancient custom of cranking for central as we all once did here in stouffville before the newer system was installed a motorist was apprehended by constable rusnell on friday night for going through the fence in memorial park and driving across the well kept lawn to the arena the driver of the car was assessed 250 damages this is the second such offence of this kind com mitted this fall and it is expected that the police will not continue to be so lenient if more motorists found going through barracades hundreds of dollars have been spent in bringing the park ground up to its fine state and there is absolutely no excuse for anyone going through fences to drive over the lawns and ball diamond an unfortunate accident occurr ed in markham last wednesday when kenny rae 5yearold son of mr and mrs bruce rae was accidentally stepped on by a neighbors horse and sustained a broken leg the animal was hitched to a stoneboat at the time and stepped back on the platform badly crushing the young lads leg the weight of the horse was enough even to break the flooring of the stoneboat the little rae boy is running into extremely hard luck as only this summer he lost a finger while playing with the lawn mower an important large auction sale next wednesday nov 30 of farm stock and implements belonging to bert daniels at lot 3 con 5 whit church promises to attract a large crowd mr daniels is giving up farming and intends to give all his time to the central feed store owned by his brother elmer in stoulfville there is no reserve as farm is sold to an aurora buyer if unfavorable weather prevails the sale will be held under cover sellers atkinson auctioneers ace davis brother of the late jack davis is visiting for a time with mr and mrs anthony hoover 8th con markham mr davis former wellknown sport here is from leroy sask and was an interested visitor to our new arena on monday niglit miss helen lehman was rushed to a toronto hospital some days ago for an appendix operation her father mr ormsby lehman also became a hospital patient in stoulf ville brierbush over the weekend as previously reported mr leh man our shoe merchant is very ill and has been nursed at home for some weeks but his condition fails to give much encouragement the womens institute the november meeting of the womens institute was held at the home of the president mrs james ridout on thursday nov 17th fortysix members s and visitor fortysix members and visitors the motto was given by mrs smales and the roll call respond ed to by naming an outstanding canadian and reason for choice there was a very interesting demonstration of christmas table centres mrs farthing and miss edwards winning first and second prizes respectively mrs shuttle- worth favoured us with a solo current events were taken by mrs powell and mrs thomas gave a remarkable and challenging dis course on citizenship the report of the wi conven tion at the royal york toronto was given by the delegate mrs bergen who very ably gave the highlights of the convention reporting that there are over 48- 000 members in canada and are aiming for the 50000 mark during the 195051 season and the wi convention is the largest one of the year held at the royal york with over 1000 delegates attend ing mrs fred brown was pre sented with flowers by the mem bers of the cast in the recent play as a slight token of their apprecia tion of her efforts as the director the meeting closed with a social half hour donald alexander mckenie funeral services were held on monday in toronto for daniel alexander mckenzie who died there on thursday following a sudden illness the funeral pro ceeded to stouffville on monday afternoon for burial here in the family plot in the prime of life mr mc kenzie is survived by his wife a former stouffville girl florence evelyn mcnair and by one son donald alexander although mr mckenzie was not generally known in town since he had never been a resident here his wife is a member of one of the early families and was an aunt of the late jane mccallum who resided until her death a few years ago in the old home on main street opposite the freel property the funeral service on monday was conducted by rev f g vesey assisted by rev j c mccombe the annual christmas staff din ner of spofford co was served on monday evening at valleyfield inn on yonge street operated by mr and mrs gamble formerly of stoulfville place cards and favors were laid for twelve and all enjoyed a chicken dinner served in its most appetizing way with all the accessories mr l crabbe of a bradshaw son toronto was guest speaker and lead a round- table discussion on salesmanship stock control and customer relations looking forward to the santa claus parade in stouffville on saturday dec 10 ralph burkholder parade manager is investigating the possibility of providing an inside meeting place where santa can hand out his wares to the kiddies of the district mr burkholder says he will find some convenient spot inside so that even santa claus will not have to stand out in the cold while greeting the children yes and mr burkholder says that he has had word that every boy and girl is to receive a bag of candy direct from santa booo family and friends do honors mr and mrs dan giebner are more than grateful for the interest shown by their friends on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary when so many called at their home on main street on november 14 they especially remember a gift of a beautiful basket of flowers from the christ ian church also the beautiful mums received for the annivers ary there came mr and mrs charles giebner from port arthur henry giebner port perry mr and mrs george jones goodwood mrs george giebner and gary toronto mr and mrs alvin s farmer and mrs andrew hutchin son mrs jones pourned tea in the afternoon assisted by mrs hutch inson in the evening mrs george giebner and mrs farmer presided over 40 guests called mv qfazstd 0pe4ufuf len wilkes jt friday november 25th we take pleasure in announcing the opening of stouffvi lies newest store for men and boys you are cordially invited to visit our store at your earliest con venience and acquaint yourself with our fine quality merchandise we carry a complete line of mens and boys furnishings ties shirts socks underwear sweaters etc friday saturday free draw each purchase entitles you to a chance to win a smart 500 arrow shirt or a 200 handmade tie wvvwvvya