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to i wish zm 9 you a very merry christmas stouffville antique house s 5 here are holiday wishes aplenty ai thanks for our friends taylors restaurant gorris marine claremont ul thi joyous christmas season we greet you with our hopes for your holiday happiness erie manufacturing co canada ltd and staff bauantrae trios n shea ltd realtor and staff stouffville joy to the world on this christmas we wisn you the blessings of the day toromark furniture house main st markham phone 2942581 audley mrs fred puckrln dec 16 1963 the lcw met in the church on wednesday afternoon for the christmas meeting the presi dent mrs g astley conducted a short business period the roll call was answered to angel the ladies sang a num ber of carols about eighteen children were present and pre sented the nativity scene as sisted by mrs bill guthrie with mrs fred puckrln reading the narrative the children sang away in a manger and we are the wisemen mrs arch bell and mrs g astley sang gentle mary the hostess mrs astley served refresh ments white gift sunday was ob served during the regular ses sion on sunday afternoon the rev m buttars gave a short talk on gifts mentioning other gifts which children and adults too can give such as kindness willingness silence time and talents the sunday school potluck supper will be held this friday- evening at 630 pm it will be followed by a short program the children of audley school under the supervision of their teachers mrs g k pratt and miss ann hardy presented a christmas program in the school on friday evening the music teacher mrs sandison assisted with the musical play let around which the program was centred the annual school meeting will be held in audley school on thursday afternoon dec 26 at 1 pm sympathy of the community is extended to mr and mrs l walsh in the sudden passing of mr walshs brother elwin thirtyone who was killed in a lumbering accident in crapaud prince edward island mr walsh attended the funeral last week his mother mrs louise walsh returned with him on sunday to spend the winter with the walsh family wishing you all many bless ings at this christmas season the author o the favorite childrens christmas poem twas the night before christ mas an eminent xew york divinity professor felt his cre ation was below his dignity and would not admit he wrote it for 20 years 64 m ontario plowing match in thorah grant morrison beaverton rr2 was elected president of the north ontario plowmens association at the annual meet ing held in the beaverton town hall it was reported that an ex cellent match had been held on october 3rd on the farm of wm mcdermid with twentytwo plowmen competing thirtythree lands were plowed the pro gram for the past year was un der the direction of wm mc donald president and archie gilchrist secretarytreasurer in 1964 plans call for the plowing match to be held in thorah township on oct 1st officers for 1964 are past pres wm mcdonald washago pres grant morrison beaver ton 1st vice les smith black- water 2nd vice morgan degeer mount albert sectreas alan ross beaverton auditors rus sell morrison beaverton don smith beaverton delegates to the ontario plow mens association annual meet ing in toronto on february 17th and 18 grant morrison and alan ross ontario county debaters in third round ontario county junior farm ers debating team advanced to the third round of the provin cial debating series by defeating the victoria county team at brock high school in the debating series each county is represented by an af firmative and negative team two debates are held on the same evening with a panel of three judges scoring the debates the affirmative side of the topic resolved that the present system of school taxation in ontario is satisfactory was up held by bob robertson port perry and marilyn downey brooklin fraank barkey and david hawthorne members of the brooklin club upheld the negative side of the debate ontario county will now meet halton or peel county early in january donna johnson on tario county president acted as chairman for the evening seasons firsts are traced shepherds watched angels sang and wise men traveled far to behold the miracle of the first christmas since that holy night a mul titude of legends and customs both religious and secular have developed as part of the holiday each legend was once told each custom once observed for the first time and though origins of many traditions are now lost in time other christ mas firsts have been recorded for posterity there are historical christ mas firsts attested by church records and by scientific re search into the early years of christianity as well as firsts of later history and firsts that blend fact with myth setting the date december 25 was first assign ed as the date for the celebration of the nativity in about the year 320 ad since the new testa ment was written as religious instruction rather than historv the exact date of christs birth is not known the present day was selected as a means of unifying the ob servances of christmas the mass of christ rejoice may it be a y joyous christmas 1 for everybody g w hudson floral designs wishing you and yours a happy holiday herb and pat 3 md staff stouffville we wish you a day ft bright with hope jsu rich in the blessings f of the season f i- tmsem- illingworth construction stouffville e thank you for your friendship and wish you a meary chrutma fleet floor cleaning service stouffville two tons of feed for birds in winter tuesday december 24 1963 the stouffviue tribune pig 7 birds frequenting the conser vation areas administered by the metropolitan toronto and re gion conservation authority wont have to fear going hungry this winter the authority has laid in about two tons of mixed feed which will go to supply its 40 bird feeding stations located in the nine conservation areas throughout metro toronto and region the feed was grown and har vested on authority lands and consists of millet wheat and oats to which was added sor ghum sunflower seeds peanuts and cracked corn authority field officer murray johnston also points out that the mtrca has established natural food plots in some of its areas and plans eventually to have such plots in all its areas these plots are planted with corn sorghum millet buckwheat sunflowers and soybeans and thus provide natural eating places for birds in setting up a feeding station in ones backyard johnston sug gests that it be placed in a shel tered location screened by trees or shrubs and should be high enough to be out of the range of cats a collar or ferrule can be affixed to the stem of the feeder to discourage squirrels and he adds that some feed thrown on the ground for the squirrels will keep them from trying to raid the birds feeding station suet obtained from the local butcher also provides a tasty treat for our feathered friends who remain during the winter months johnston says a simple suet feeder can be made by bor ing out a number of holes in a piece of a log filling the holes with suet and then hanging the log in a tree the most popular bird species which winter in the metro tor onto region are the evening gros beak chickadee nut hatch blue jay tree sparrow and junco new years party can be happy time planning a new years party be sure that it is in keeping with the happy spirit of the holiday make a list of things to do dont try to make up a schedule just have a list of games and ac tivities and be ready to suggest something when and if the party begins to appear dull remembering that the new year celebration in old china was both lengthy and happy you might inject a chinese theme into your celebration you can begin with new year resolutions in writing the resolutions try to pick out humorous weaknesses these might read i most pro foundly resolve to do setting up exercises each morning thereby stretching my weak frame no more despicable smoking for this insignificant creature or this no 1 boy resolves to study his mathematics one hour every eve ning men and boys will like chinese getup two persons sit on the floor back to back and lock arms the first to get to his feet without unlinking arms is the winner for children if the children are restless have them go to a rather large room to play catching the dragons tail this game is like crack the whip and requires space the children place their hands on each others shoulders forming a line the first person is the dragons head the last one its tail with the line intact the dragons head attempts to catch its tail when the first person succeeds he goes to the end of the line as the tail and so on since all parties need refresh ments humble nourishment for your superior guests should be in keeping with the chinese theme you might serve chinese tea and chinese almond cakes or nut cookies candied fruits and nuts are also chinese delicacies to greet the illustrious new year you will want to have ready plenty of noiscmakers confetti and streamers according to an old chinese superstition the noise will frighten away evil spirits greek god cronus became time symbol chronometry is the science of measuring time a project that has interested man since his earliest days on earth the word comes down to us as sociated with cronus the greek god once hailed as lord of the uni verse as a corruption of the word cronos which means time cronus supposedly wss warned that one of his children would dispose of him and so vowed to devour them at birth when a child zeus was born cronus wife rhea hid the child away and pre sented a stone to cronus instead everything ended happily ac cording to the legend cronus dis gorged the stone along with previ ous children he had swallowed zeus later dethroned his father and became the chief god of the greek pantheon cronus as we said earlier be cause of the similarity of names he became confused with the word for time someone placed an hour glass in his hand someone else added a scythe and the world came o know him as father time festive wreaths and garlands made of evergreens cones and herbs are nowadays closely linked to the celebration of christmas the custom of mak ing such garlands for gala oc casions actually dates back to the ancient eevntlans president s ontario plowmens assoc the annual meeting of the south ontario plowmens asso ciation v2s held in the town ship hall brooklin with a good turnout of members mr bert guthrie president for 1963 was in charge of the meeting mr guthrie ade reference to the splendid plowing match that was held last fall he expressed his appreciation to the directors for their very fine cooperation and to all those who assisted with the match mr lyin fair agricultural representative conducted the election of officers which result ed as follows hon pres bert guthrie whitby rr2 pres howard farndaie oshawa rr 1 1st vice murray dunkeld claremont rr2 2nd vice jim lee greenbank sectreas elmer powell oshawa rri asst sectreas lome mccoy brooklin auditors john batty and hugh ormiston brooklin rr1 the delegates to the annual meeting in toronto on feb 17th ard isth will be howard farn daie elmer powell and murray dunkeld the junior plowing match committee is howard farndaie elmer powell lome mccoy murray dunkeld and jim lee the 1964 plowing match will bec held hi east whitby twp on wednesday sept 30 at the national stud farm the junior plowing match will be held at the same place about two weeks prior to the senior match woodland electric rr 1 goodwood ontario electric wiring heating free estimates phone 6401s77 g ceo striebich licensed electrician keslocntial lighting consultant msr ontario heating amociauoa mcdougau pressure systems and water conditioners jmgoaacaeisiagecgtsxaaacaaasssjmaaccbaati ggyll big day lots of excitement for you and your family probably some driv ing too as you take to the road re member the commonsense rules of safetv have a good time wherever you drive thats my wish to you from the careful driver company state farm mutual lloyd f harvey rr gormley phone s842291 sss1700 state farm mutual automobile insurance company home office bloomlngton illinois canadian head office toronto ont stat farm v- greetings at christmastime toe raise our voice to welsh gou all everg happiness and express our sincere gratitude tot gour hind patronage and good will the thurston stores management and staff stouffville ittfm rr we wish you the greatest joys of the season a festive holiday in a happy home where family and friends gather to exchange gifts and greetings to light the fire trim the tree bask in the warmth of real affection from cec hendricks and staff hendricks iha hardware stouffville ggpw 1hj j i u