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the tribune stouffville ont thusrday april 22 195 quality service garden supplies vigoro plant food complete plant food vigoro commercial grower fertilizer with trace elements gardenite cil plant food with trace elements fertilizer bone meal torganic lawn garden dressing peat moss sheep manure water soluble instant vigoro reliable brand lawn grass seed open mixture made up to a quality not down to a price reliable brand garden seeds in bulk stiver bros stouffville ontario mr and mrs harold cun ningham and family were eas ter visitors with hsr parents mr and mrs j k agneiv last friday the cavey gui nea pig club of ontario hed their annual spring show at the stouffville sales pavilion with a good turnout of exhibi tors elmer shirk of stouffville was the high prize winner own ing the cavey that won him the grand championship of the show the animals are used largely in medical research engagement mr and mrs gilbert wil liams oshawa wish to an nounce the engagement of their only daughter marilyn june to mr george lambert peck son of mrs george peck of stouffville and the late mr peck the marriage is to take place in the free methodist church on saturday may 8 at 230 elizabeth coulter of gorm- ley will be among the ten pub lie school pupils who will com pete for honours in the finals of the provincewide public speaking competition which will be one of the highlights of the 94th annual convention of the ontario educational asso ciation to be held in toronto this week stouffville district high school open night and tsxhibition of oil paintings by stouffville art group display of shop work and sewing by high school and night classes unusual experiments in the field of demonstrated in the laboratory science tuesday april 27th 700 pm to 1100 pm an opportunity for parents to meet the staff admission free everyone welcome light refreshments will be served nearly two hundred attended the second annual sunrise ser vice in the local united mis sionary church on sunday morning and 221 were present at the sunday school classes the speaker was dr huffman noted us minister all town churches reported exceptionally good congregations- on easier sunday morning and evening more than four hundred per sons were in the united church congregation on sunday morn ing- wedding hc hstkxlkk isvkr a very pretty wedding was witnessed on saturday april 3 at the wideman imennonite church by a host of friends w hen helen eileen byer daughter of mr and mrs ed win byer of markham became the bride of mose hochstetler son of mr john hochstetler and vhe late mrs hochstetler nappanee indiana bishop roy koch of st jacobs performed the marriage ceremony the bride looked lovely in white taffeta carrying a bouquet of red roses and white carnations her attendant was pearl grove in ice blue taffeta arthur byer brother of the bride was groomsman the ushers were allan jones and levi hochstetler appropriate music was rendered by a male quartette from kansas city missouri friends of the groom with whom he served on a voluntary service unit the past year a wedding supper was served at the brides home following the ceremony after which the happy couple left on their wed ding trip to indiana and kan sas they will reside at bare- ville pa for travelling the bride wore a grey suit with black acces sories guests were ipresent from indiana pa kansas st george st jacobs waterloo conestoga kitchener our local and personal happenings miss donna alexander of fort erie is spending easter week with miss lynda nolan mr and mrs gerald acton moved on saturday to their new home on burkholder st mr and mrs r fleury spent easter weekend with mr and mrs m dixon pictou miss isabelle robinson mrs c robinson and iliss e wil liamson were weekend visitors with mr anil mrs chas nolan mr and mrs c c reid of toronto were easter visitors at the home of mrs a v nolan miss greta smith toronto visited with her brother dr and mrs neil smith and fam ily over the weekend mr and mrs russell prouse and family of brampton spent the weekend at the home of her father rev douglas da vis mr and mrs ken klinck and family of otterville were eas ter weekend visitors with his father mr harry klinck and mrs klinck miss hilda gerrard of the stouffville public school staff enjoyed a conducted tour to new york city for the easter weekend mr and mrs l c murphy spent the weekend in stouff ville with mr and mrs l boadway mr and mrs j al exander and friends mr levi mustard has re turned from the hospital this week after undergoing a fur ther operation friends will be pleased to learn friends will be pleased to learn that erie lehman young businessman on our main st has returned home from hos- ipital following some weeks in hospital with rheumatic fever stouffville fire brigade was called out on sunday afternoon to quell a grass fire which got out of control and threatened mcclellans bush near church hill village of stouffville proclamation daylight saving daylight saving time will become effective in this municipality at 200 am on sunday april 25th by order of a resolution passed at the last meeting of the council all citizens are requested to cooperate by order of the council henry ogden reeve coming to the melville l church wednesday april 28th at s pm the melody men plus glenn ratcliff with colored slides of jamaica everyone welcome locali man receives obc kcaf wings mr clare keevil of ola mont regional supervisor of the ground observer corps rcaif for the district received his wings recently at an im messive ceremonv held at the jgobc filler centre in barre ont mr keevil in his capacity of rtgiona suipervh has under nis direct administration per sonnel of the gobc who man observation posts at stouff ville goodwood seagrave ux- bridge port perry and myrtle iese volunteers along with clare keevil are part of the defence team who together with trained volunteers throughout the country are playing an active part in the defence of canada by keep ing their eyes on the skies in presenting the gobc wings to mr keevil iwc ja wise man afc staff officer gobc from air defence command hq st hubert que person ally thanked him for his time and efforts also present at the ceremony were wc t g anderson afc sector commander and sldr c e harris idfc com manding officer of the ground observer corps for ontario both these officers paid tribute to the work done by the volun- teers of the gobc and stressed the part they play not only in the defence of our country but also in aiding aircraft in dis tress a visual sighting by gobc volunteers sldr har ris said could save thousands of dollars and many hours of time by not having to alert cer tain areas when it is known from reports received that the missing aircraft could not pos sibly iw in that area personnel of the stouffville district who are interested in assisting clare keevil in the work of the ground observer corps are requested to contact the gobc filter centre 129 dunlop st barrie ont for further particulars despite the most unpleasant weather which prevailed for good friday evening a pleas ing crowd turned out to the stouffville united church for the rendition by the local choir of the easter cantata christ victorious the choir under the leadership of mr lome boadway with imrs chas no lan at the organ iwas commend ed for the fine presentation and entertained by the ladies of the church following the concert mr and mrs e a button visited on sunday with mr and mrs n baker and bonnie of west hill mr and mrs l dack and family of toronto visited with mrs robu young on easter sunday miss owen wesley of wil lowdale spent the easter week end with miss margery mer- tens and mr jos mertens mr and mrs harold spof- ford left on tuesday morning travelling south for a few weeks holiday mr and mrs arnold schell and family were easter visitors with his parents mr and mrs wes schell of stouffville easter holiday visitors with mr and mrs o m madill were mr and mrs gerald poin- ton and family and mr and mrs roy law all of toronto mrs lloyd oliver and son are enjoying a few days visit here with mr and mrs bud nichols mr oliver is a former high school teacher in stqiiff ville mr art lehman norths bay spent easter with misses ida and anne lehman miss anne lehman returned on sunday with her brother to spend a week in north bay jimmie mcconnochte son of air and mrs alaij mcconno chie main st stoyftviue suf fered a broken left arm on monday while enjoying his first day of the easter holidays imajor and mrs w r thomp son and their two children spent easter with mr and mrs a g thompson mr glenn r thompson returned to mont- i eal with them for a short holi day the bad break in the main st ipavement opposite snow balls barber shop boiled up anew during the big rain storm on good friday and dept of highway men placed a barri cade there again reports of flooded cellars were heard from all parts of town on saturday several stouffville motorists have reported the same brown ish ash chipping the glass in the windshields of their cars as has been reported in toron to this strange occurrence is believed in some circles to be the result of the hydrogen bombs being exploded by the usja the tribune was pleased this week to receive a subscrip tion renewal from lena and mabel sanders hollywood cal and to hear from these former residents their letter reads in part it would be dis appointing to us not to have the tribune coming every week as we do look forward to it even though there are many names of people we do not tecognize however it ls won derful to read and see how our home town does keep up with modern times the horticultu ral displays christmas parade ice follies the sports page church and school activities to say nothing of the political events in the town with a po lice department do show how uptodate stouffville is for all these items plus the pro vincial and dominion news you publish we do thoroughly en joy the tribune coming every week rev r t ohapin former minister of the peachs mel ville and bethesda churches and now pastor of the green- bank united church assisted the young peoples society and choir in presenting the easter story to the patients and staff of the ontario hospital on good friday morning miss dorothy culp of jordan station spent the long holiday weekend with mr and mrs ivan goudie and family mr garfield kelungton who was taken suddenly ill here in stouffville a couple of weeks ago entered hospital lxst week mr keliington had recovered from his initial illness before enterin tion mrs earle thorn and bar bara of ottawa are spending easter week with her mother mrs a grubin church st during the week just past mrs fred smith spent a couple of days with her sister mrs lloyd brown of birchcliff one of the highlights of this visit was a trip on torontos hospital for ohsehvah nenr subway which was much njoyed by both the sale was completed this week by mr robt snowball local barber of his attractive bungalow on rose ave the new owner ls fred yeamans of agincourt mr snowball has purchased a new home site from the w g sanderson property nearby and will be gin erection of a new bungalow immediately opening dance sat april 24th van walker and his orchestra featuring walter scott cedar beach musselmans lake dancing every saturday horticuiituraji meeting things to do in the garden is the subject of mr ernie kohlers talk at the next meet ing of the horticultural so ciety bring any questions you would like to have answered on gardening a film of the flower festival depicting the flora show in holland last spring will be shown by mr c a cruickshank of toronto will be music by mrs jetty comfort of markham another feature of this meet ing will be a flower show with the following prize list class 1 pot of african violets single flowers 2 pot of afri- cn violets double flowers 3 any other variety house plant in bloom an arrangement suitable for a small table cen ter 5 an arrangement suitable for a mantle bring your entries between 7 and 730 you are cordially invited to attend this open meeting in the united church basement mon evening april 2th at 8 o clock there will be a number of packets of seeds to be given away at this meeting silver collection is your name on the list for a premium if not phone sec retary m mortens 22w2 dr r b mitchell of stouff ville who has been associated here with dr john button for about a year is establishing his own medical practice in town and will occupy a new office above the houston drug store blk the new offices be ing prepared are quite commo dious and will be ready in about two weeks time the easter thank offering meeting of st james auxiliary of the wms was held at the home of mrs r stevens the president mrs r stevens pre sided the devotions were in charge of group i theme the pow er of the resurrection scrip ture readings by mrs a battis- by psalm ms and by mrs e iferguson st john 20 with commentary reaffirming the power of christs resurrection in the world today this was followed by prayer by miss e goudie the guest speaker was mrs b simpson black the manse uxbridge who gave a challeng ing message on the power of prayer as revealed in the eas ter story she stressed ihe fact that a defective prayer life is responsible to a large extent for todays indifference in our christian witness and church attendance miss a duncan thanked the speaker for her inspiring mes sage imrs w mccowan was honoured by the auxiliary in being presented with a life membership certificate of the wms of the presbyterian church in canada a social half hour was enjoyed indian hoiiy man tf the sadhu or holy man pictured above is by indian standards remarkable you will note that he has three human skulls on his person out of which he eats and drinks he has a necklace of skulls of small animals such as cats rats monkeys etc his staff is a human thigh bone and he also carries the typical holy mans iron rod shaped like a pitch fork entwined on the prongs of the fork are his prayer beads his body is matted with a white paste made of coal ash and cow manure it ls said that the estimated 5000000 cadhus of india represent the greatest single influence among constitutionally secular indias 360000000 populattonr these men wander throughout the length and breadth of india begging for alma sadhu immovable bliss said after completing a 2000mile walking tour of india every village i passed through has at least one sadhu living in it and the village people do every thing the sadhu tells them to do they think the holy man is god reincarnated the united missionary society has been working in india for over thirty years eev richard reilly will describe india and tell of their work there at stouffvllle united missionary church sunday evening april 25th time 730 pm y es thats right birds fed on coop grow mash always grow faster because its fortified with all the required proteins minerals and vitamins for fast economical growth you can pay more but you cant buy better stouffville coop phones 269 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