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vie srouffylile trisune tkmitr deceasber 7 1961 ps santa claus mavade throusgh the camera iens the stouftville santa claus parade the largest and possibly the most colourful in the towns history had its share of pretty girls seated in queenly fashion on bowerdecked floats or in open convertibles eighteen year old elaine forsyth left flashes a smile at her admirers pretty 12 year old janice smith centre typifies a dancing ballerina in a float entitled santas dolls an entry from the summitview public school in stouftville majorette queen 15 year old bernadine terwocrdfc right waves to the hundreds of adults and children from atop her lofty throw on a float entered by the ross giles firm stouftville unusually mild weather addej to the comfort of the participants and viewers the procession extended for almost one mile along the main street staff photo seated in a sparkling 1962 acadian convertible sponsored by patrick motors of stouftville was miss daphne chewins stouftville district high school may queen she is accompanied by two attendants mardell willis loft and lynda nolan staff photo clown for a day warren hendricks receives a little artistic makeup treat ment applied by mrs joan pugh the legion hall was the scene of many typical activities prior to saturdays parade dozens of clowns punctuated the procession end added to the merriment of the occasion staff photo the stouftville santa claus parade the largest and possibly the most colorful in the towns history was welcomed by hundreds of adults and children that lined the procession route on saturday after noon twentyfour floats in addition to dozens of single entries were assembled in the west end of the village and marched more than a mile to the towns easterly limits headed by a group of highstepping local major ettes and the royal canadian army service corps band the extravaganza eclipsed all previous pre- christmas presentations a complete list of the prizewinners will appear elsewhere in this issue although it is impossible to describe the ap pearance of each and every float entry two schools summit view and altona excelled in their respective classes both were worthy firstprize winners in the club competition the ballantrae teens headed the list with mickey hunts humptydumpty taking the red ribbon in the commercial class herman the clown sponsored by hendricks hard ware topped the miscellaneous class santa claus distributed close to 2000 bags of candy to a long line of children in addition he took time out from a busy afternoon schedule to visit patients in the brierbush hospital and folk in the two stouftville rest homes herman the clown and his weird but workable motordriven machine thrilled hundreds of children that lined the parade route on saturday sponsored by lcri- ricks hardware mr hendricks left checks a portion of the mechanism during temporary curbside stopover staff photo tf any float deserved prizewinning recognition it was the santas doll entry from stouffvillcs summitview public school winnie skinner left typifies a barbara ann doll while bonnie oveill is miss canada the colourful creation topped its class in school entries of 3 rooms and over staff photo