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the tribune stouffville ont thursday august 3 1950 vpamtv service haying harvesting for haying salt brantford baling twine for harvesting brantford binder twine insecticides root crop protection atox derris dust cil 3 ddt dust cil 5 ddt dust cil borax turnip dust for tomatoes trox fixed copper dust troxide dust tricop spray barn spraying livestock spraying we are at your service stiver bros stouffville ont office ph 45 toung people or today are not all fair weather christians last sunday night they had to jump over puddles through the drench ing rain to reach the steps of the church to attend the young peoples service this service had fceen planned as an open air ser vice but the weather man couldnt make up his mind what to do about things so the program committee couldnt take any chance and made arrangements to have the musical service in the united church very fortunate indeed the young people were pleased to see about 150 people out to their service sunday night the musical selec tions were well received by the congregation and the program com mittee wishes to thank all those who so willingly took part the epeaker bill hiltz gave a very challenging address on the victorious christ he stressed that being a christian does not simply mean going to church read ing your bible or believing in god but that we must accept christ as our own personal saviour his theme was brought to a very fitt ing close with the youth for christ choir singing those who were at the service were reminded of the camp at ahshunyoong sept 8 9 and 10th the speaker will be rev harding vowles another date to remember is oct 28th agincourt idea exchange an interesting service was solemnized in the stouffville mis sionary church last sunday when thirteen young people were received into church fellowship and eleven were baptized by immersion rev h s hallman con cluded the service which was largely attended mr and mrs crawford forman and son of penticton bc have been attending elks convention at the royal york in toronto the formans are cousins of miss flossie barkey and made a hurried call in stouffville before returning home from their initial trip east the southbound cnr train last thursday morning did not arrive in stouffville until noon being held up to give a clear track for the funeral special of the late mackenzie king moving from ott awa to toronto for burial the stouffville womans insti tute will hold a pot luck lunch at the home of mrs floyd fairies on aug 10th at 1 pm come and bring your work for the fall bazaar will you please find your own transportation friends will be pleased to learn mrs truman holden is at home again with her daughter mrs rid- out of clark st and making satis factory progress after collapsing at her son gordons a week ago local and personal happenings mr and mrs wes schell are holidaying this week at their sum mer cottage in haliburton mr and mrs edwards and family of owen sound nave been holidaying on blake street at the cockerill home o m madia past master of richardson masonic lodge stouff ville was recently honoured with the appointment of grand steward during the annual session of grand lodge held in toronto miss l ryan of toronto was a weekend visitor with mrs a v nolan stouffville rev and mrs h s hallman are vacationing this week at a cottage in the owen sound district mr lloyd jennings who has been employed for several years with ratcliif co grocery has taken a new position with the linesmen of the b s telephone co work is proceeding rapidly on the new addition to the stouirville united church the brick work is going up the second storey with the new entrance in place on duchess st the impressive struc ture has added a new and pleasing appearance to the entire street i with few exceptions one of our longest standing residents henry memullen 10th street marked his tsth birthday last week henry was born on a farm near the east- end and has spent his entire life time here martha his sister and housekeeper passed away several years ago the name mcmullen has been associated with stouffville since before incorporation miss milo hoover of toronto ha been holidaying for a week at the home of miss mae mowder church street the regular august meeting of stouifville municipal council will be held this thursday evening mrs chas tindall was visiting mr and mrs lockie at their cott age at terra cotta recently the first local wheat is expected in to the local market here this week with the price at 157 a bushel as has been the custom in past years the first monday in august will be observed as civic holiday throughout the province reeve henry ogden following the usual procedure has therefore issued an edict proclaming monday august 7th as stouffvilles annual civic holiday as a consequence all stores and business places in the town will be closed for the day no doubt most citizens will take advantage of the long midsummer weekend to pay a visit to their favorite holiday resort at the lake shore grain down combines the secret we have new used clipper combines on hand ready for use also 1 new george white 24 x 42 threshing machine 1 used sawyer massey threshing machine henry ogden son massey harris dealer phone 254 stouffville many years ago the stouffville municipal authorities saw fit to pass an edict which prohibited the riding of a bicycle on that portion of the streets allocated for the sole use of pedestrians such action was taken as the result of accidents or nearmishaps occurring on the sidewalks and involving riders of bicycles using the latter instead of their proper place the roadway and which caused injury to pedes trians and sometimes to bicyclists themselves this bylaw however has frequently gone unheeded recently at walkerton several bicycles the property of offenders were impounded for a few days at the town hall but without the desired effect in bringing about a remedy parents are asked to inform their offspring of the ruling to be observed when riding a bicycle mr and mrs ken phillips and family are holidaying at wilcocks lake the local dominion store manager is being relieved by mr jack barber of orangeville mr and mrs l bockner and family from st louis miss are visiting at the home of mrs bock- ners father h o klinck for several weeks mr and mrs clare bell moved from ring wood last week to occupy the residence recently vacated by mrs thos williamson near the cnr little bobby wagg son of mr and mrs dawson wagg church street s and billy ratcliff son of mr and mrs harry ratcliff main st were in the sick childrens hospital last week undergoing tonsil operations rev d macgregor former min ister is in stouffville from the soo assisting in the ratcliff grocery during the vacation absence of mr glenn ratcliff mrs macgregor accompanied her hus band and the family is occupying mrs james ratcliffs house mrs jos ouellette and family have vacated their home next the marie jack block on main street and have taken up residence in cobourg mrs ouellettes home town mr ouellette local butcher passed away very suddenly a couple of months ago four generations residing on same farm b iflllll nnr i four generations george tran david tran jos tran and bobby tran all residing at lot si con 8 pickering township mr george tran celebrated his 95th birthday on sunday july 30th at his home on the sth con of pickering east of stouffville all his sons and daughters were home for the occasion and the group included mr gardham tran markham mrs walter thomson markham mrs wm maxwell markham and mrs george cowie markham mr david tran clare- mont and mrs e d sharpe sheridan wyoming guests were present from ingersoll new lis- keard midland kingston mon treal toronto mt albert high land creek stouftville and mark ham the ace davis family from leroy sask has taken up resid- ence on church street in the well- known murison house mr davis contemplates erecting a new home in stouffville he is an old stouff ville boy who has lived in the west for some years acquiring considerable land there s4s3ssss3s binder twine coop insect proof specially treated 2500 cwt baler twine 1050 bale spray lime v plentiful supply of spray lime on hand fertilizer order your fertilizer for fall wheat now in order that we may have a full supply oil contracts call in and see us about an oil contract top grade oil supplied at city prices fill up now and avoid a fall increase coal there are now appearances of a scarcity of coal this coming winter and also an increase in price so order now for next months delivery stouffville coop association phones 289 and 123 mtwhww rso theatre uxbridge our biggest attraction frigidaire refrigeration comfortably cool wednesday thursday august 2nd 3rd deborah kerr and n robert walker in please believe me foto nite every thursday this week 15000 cash offer 5500 cash offer lots of fun lots of cash friday saturday august 4th 5th lon chaney and arthur lake in 16 fathoms deep color many local people are reporting an excellent raspberry crop this season mrs d n reesor of mt toy displayed a sample to the tribune this week which was a record size each one of the four berries shown us would dwarf an ordinary thimble and only a few dozen would be required to fill a quart box a new local product has been placed on the market in district grocery stores frozen chickens wrapped in smart boxes with cell ophane window are being process ed by the skyline farms ltd the chickens are reared at the booth ranch eastend stouffville store keepers tell us the product is be ing wellreceived by the public horticultural notes the board of directors of the stouffville society met at the home of mrs norman oboyle on wed nesday evening july 19 the main business consisted of arrange ments for the annual august show it was decided to compile a broad comprehensive ptize list designed to encourage competition amongs all the members accordingly a committee consisting of the secre tary m mertens mrs bert tait mrs n oboyle and mrs h o klinck has since prepared a list of 110 items at least some of which should attract entries from every section of our membership in addition there will be special classes for new exhibitors a parade of decorated doll carriages for which prizes will be given is expected to draw numerous entries also the class for childrens wild flower exhibits the exhibition is to be held in the veterans memorial hall ample time will be given for visitors to inspect the display prior to the staging of a short entertainment commencing at or about 815 the prize lists are in the printers hands and will be sent out to all our members within the next few days mr and mrs john scott return ed home monday evening from a trip to port hope where they spent several days with friends mrs louise nattress delavan illinois has been visiting for two weeks at her sisters mrs david watson another sister mrs edwin redman and mr redman north bay visited there a few days last week mr and mrs g p hart church st returned this week after visit ing for a few days with relatives at haliburton mr hart tells us the northern village is really boom ing new buildings going up every where our local resident operated a store there at one time plan your entries now and help to make this years flower and vegetable show a real success it is hoped the number of entries will not fall short of the 800 the approximate number in some former years mr douglas boyd of richmond hill has kindly consented to act as judge of exhibits note that the iris premiums are expected to arrive by the end of this week m after sunday midnight august 6th alice faye and tony martin in sally irene and mary monday tuesday august 7th 8th rosalind russell and robert cummings m tell it to the judge steps are being taken to proceed with the erection of new memorial park gates so that the work may be completed before the end of the year we understand that the gates will be moved to main st where new brick pillars will be erected with the present lights atop they will be placed in such a manner as to allow a wider drive and will make a more impressive entrance to the beautiful town park it is expected that work will commence shortly to hardtop some five hundred feet of roadway at the eastend reaching from the pro vincial highway to the eastern limits of the corporation county engineer harvey rose agreed last year to include this strip in the county road budget for 1950 and the local council has been pressing the t y commission for some action on the job traffic is heavy on this stretch of roadway and has provided anything but a smooth entrance to town for years the maintenance work is done by the county drive in at the sign of the big ba for 88 and 98 gasoline lubrication oil changes car washing tire repairs battery charging under the capable supervision of bill sanders eastside motors phone 64wl saturday matinee 2 pjm the general executive respon sible for the planning of the com ing evangelistic campaign will meet on august 7th at 8 pm in the stouffville baptist church all members are asked to make a special effort to attend as this will probably be the final business meeting the executive appreciates the gifts sent in from a number of the local churches to meet expenses if other churches wish to contri bute would you kindly send your contribution to the treasurer mr charles ratcliff stouffville rr rev g w brown secretary youth for christ stouffville 745 educational films for all ages 815 song service with inspirational choruses we all enjoy r as special features solos by vera cake joan cook of lemonville youth for christ girls choir questions answered contests for young old 930 closing feature cain and abel a new film dramatically portraying the bible story of the first brothers of the human race where youth can give expression for christ their great possession n rowan director