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j3s382 g santa gomes article five t by helicopter history of the old order mennonites arriving at memorial park at 1030 a m osssx m bring the whole family to see santa arrive by helicopter santa will be escorted from the memorial park to the east end and then to the west end of stouffville and then back to his chalet on main street santa alet jvext to msiimth of novti scotia santa 9 schedule bring your family anytime as shown on schedule tues dec 4 1 30 pm to 330 pm wed dec 5 130 pm to 330 pm thurs dec 6 130 pm to 330 pm fri dec 7 130 to 330 pm 730 to 900 pm sat dec 810 am to 12 nocn 130 to 330 pm tues dec 11 130 pm to 330 pm wed dec 12 130 pm to 330 pm thurs dec 13 130 pm 330 pm fri dec 14 130 to 330 pm 730 to 9 pm sat dec 1510 am to 12 noon 130 to 330 pm fri dec 21 130 to 330 pm 730 to 9 pm sat dec 2210 am to 12 noon 130 to 9 pm 20 500 vouchers cash to be mtrawn on saturday spvcaitbvr 15th 8 clip this coupon 20 500 lucky draws tavovits for the cmhtmtlteiv fill out your coupon and drop name i j- it into barrel located on stouffville main street near santas chalet address town i if i voucners redeemable till dec 21th from santa in person comic books candy canes balloons the children will enjoy their visit with santa i i iftsswsa p s baunian a wedding weddings among these peo ple are generally all day events recently however some are held only in the afternoon practically all of them are held during the winter season from november until march before the wedding marriage bans are announced at the church for three sundays in succession the wedding day is usually set for the first tuesday following the last announcement there are no church weddings thev are always held at the home of the bride like a regular church service ll is usually a three hour cere- mony from nine to twelve oclock the guests also have a certain seating arrangement for the occasion about six young single couples are invited as special guests and gather in an upstairs room between eight and nine oclock they may be cousins of either the bride or groom neighbours or only ac quaintances but most of them are close relatives one or two of these couples may be en gaged one couple usually the closest relatives of both the bride and groom is singled out to act as the best man and the best girl about 75 guests including six or so school age children aie invited to an aver age wedding real fermented wine and cookies aie passed around to all the guests be tween 830 and 9 oclock then promptly at nine the best man and his partner followed by the prospective bride and groom and the other young couples lead the procession from the upstairs to the living room be low as soon as all the guests have assembled in this room and in the adjoining ones the long solemn ceremony com mences one or two ministers besides the bishop and usually a deacon are also invited the ceremony somewhat resembles one of their regular church services long sermons are preached and the young couple about to be married are told about the du ties of married life by elaborat ing on certain suitable passages from both the old and new testaments several special hymns which are used only for these occasions are also sung during the morning between 1030 and 11 oclock the actual marriage is solemnized by the bishop and the necessary papers are signed by the proper parties no ring is used in the ceremo ny then another sermon is given by one of the other minis ters in which the young couple are reminded of the seriousness of marriage of being faithful to each other loyal to the tradi tions of the church and are ad monished to shun the world- liness around them the bishop also leads in several long pray ers during the service and around 12 oclock it is brought to a close with the regular benediction one wedding tradition of this group is to invite about four teen age boys to act as hostl ers they stable the horses and park the buggies or cutters in straight rows in a field beside the barn they are also respons ible for doing all the necessary farm chores on that day each guest has to pay the hostlers usually around 75c for the woik he does similarly about six waitresses or cooks are in vited to set the tables clear them off wash the dishes and do any other necessary work they also receive a certain amount of money for their work from the young single men who are special guests after the ceremony usually three large tables are set by the waitresses and the guests partake of the great vaiiety of pennsylvania german foods a second setting is necessary to serve all the guests during the afternoon people visit and some english hymn singing with harmony is in order some time during the afternoon or eve ning one of the brides shoes will be hidden by any small girls of school age who are present thev will not reveal the hiding place to anyone un til the best man has paid about fifty cents to each of the girls young boys of the same age usually pass around candy nuts or popcorn to thd guests during the afternoon and get paid by the older married men i between six and eight oclock at night another meal is served to all the guests after which the married people and children leave for home after the older guests have left the younger sets will play games do stunts tell jokes etc until the early hours of the next morning the newly married couple do not go on a honeymoon but within a week or so will likely move on to a farm of their own a funeral funerals among these people are generally held in the fore noon and last all day occasio nally for some special reason one is held on a sunday after noon no flowers are allowed and the deceased is always dres sed in a white shroud with the plainest casket obtainable being used a halfhour service is conducted at the house and then the long funeral cortege of horses buggies and carriages all arranged in order of rela tionship to the deceased and led by the minister usually in a flattopped buggy dach- weggli will slowly wend its way to the church and ccmctc ry here the casket i buried before the service at the church at the grave no artificial grass mats flowers or any mechanical devices for lowering the coffin are used the undertaker or funeral director remains in the background but sometimes stays for the rest of the service in the church a plain wooden box is placed in the grave which was dug free of charge by neighbours and the coffin is lowered into it by four men using two ropes one at each end it is covered immediately as these men shovel the earth on top of it during this time the minister reads a few ap- propriate passages of scripture a short hymn is sung and the relatives and neighbours return to the church for the rest of the service as a rule the church is filled to capacity as every member of that particular church feels obliged to attend every f uncial that is held there now begins the real funeral service this consists of a reg ular sermon with a long eulogy about the departed one two special funeral hymns are sung during the service as well as the customaiy prayers being said and then the family rela tives and neighbours leave the church around twelve oclock to drive back to the farm house lor the noonday meal every body is invited to leturn to the house and usually one hundred or mote people accept the in- vitation young men known as hostlers who are not paid for j their work at funerals are wait ing at the farm to look afterj the horses and to paik the bug- gies after the noonday meal the lest of the afternoon isj spent in visiting and in renew- ng old acquaintances to out- siders these customs may api pear strange but to these peoj pie it is the only way they know as they have always followed this pattern and likely will for generations to come bloomington i a farewell party was held tuesday evening at mr j vil- liams and mr and mrs m tho- 1 mas for the dorien family who have moved to quebec they were presented with a floor lamp and a painting birthday greetings to mrs arthur smith whose natal day is november 22nd imr and mrs hulshof and fam ily of altona were visitors with mr and mrs a w storry mr and mrs shepherd wers in toronto attending the fune ral of mr moxam monday mrs e lemon miss betty nesbitt and miss- dorothy wagg attended the sunday school teacher training class being conducted by rev bur- ton at the vivian church visitors at mr and mrs robt johnstons last week were mrs h boadway breslau mrs little and cathy of kettleby and mr and mrs j reesor of the tenth line miss bety nesbitt is the col lector for bible society in our church mrs i hill was a toronto visitor last week markham official plan goes through on recorded vote the new official plan for the township of markham which has been in the making for many months was passed on monday afternoon of last week on a iccordcd vote of the muni cipal council those opposed will now proceed to organize for the ontario municipal board hearing on the new plan councillor hooper said that due to the opposition from sev eral ratepaycis to the plan it should be icferrcd back to the joint committee of council and planning board planning di rector forrest said lie was op posed to this move as such ac tion would cause another delay of three months i reeve dean said he sympa thized with the several rate paycis opposed but the town ship urgently needed the plan and had waited now for many months when the plan came up for the third reading councillors hooper and hoover voted in op position with reeve dean dep utyreeve mumbcrson and coun cillor sumner voting in favour radiator repair repairs- recores- exchanges cabst8uckst jktkhltlbhl ph108 stouffville dial 6403311