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AROUND SIMCOE COUNTY NEWS OF STROUD By MRS BLACK Your correspondent would like to extend sincorc wishes to the editor and staff of the Bar rie Examiner for joyful Christmas and Happy New Year Karl Constable who is attcnd lng school in Texas is spend ing his Christmas holidays with his parents here Mr and Mrs Constable Gordon Wind sor visited over the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Gordon Amelia Webb of Tor onto over Sunday at Loyd Webbs Friday night December is Mrs Fred Mulholiond entertain ed number of friends at her home in honor of recent bride Mrs Ronald Read the former Loraine Constable dur ing the evening Loraine was presented with mlscellnnc shower of beautiful gifts as an expression of congratulations and best wishes from her friends social time and lunch concluded the evening Mr and Mrs Read will be residing in Toronto Mr and Mrs Gordon from Pontiex Sask are spend ing the winter here having rented rs Eunice Smiths house in Stroud UNITED CHURCH SERVICE Last Sunday night the Senior and Junior Choirs of St James United Church combined to put on the mristmas cantata The Nativity of Christ The direct ors were Mr Venner Lambert for the Senior Choir and Mrs Elmer Pratt for the nior Soioists from Burton Ave were Mrs Winnifrcd Hornsby Mr Elwood Wynes and Mrs Ven ncr Lambert Local soloists were Miss Kathleen Fox is Linda Small and Mr Lloyd Cumming There was duet by Miss Karen Cooper and Miss Glenda Mason and there were two quartettcs At intervals there were passages of scripture read by Mr Wilfred Cooper At the close of the service Hymnary was presented to Mr Lambert and social time was enjoyed It basket of beans tiful flowers in the church was in loving memory of Mr and Mrs Harvey from their family By MRS DWIGHT NELSON Members of Stroud Recreation Committee were hosts at euchre and dance Nov 15 Winners were Mrs Thomp son and Dwight Nelson Winners of the draws were turkey Don Smurthwaite ducks Ludwik Sluze capon Mrs Craig Hunt er spot dance Mrs Smurlh waite The Willoughby orchestra provided the music Truman Flatt was the caller for the square dances Over $150 was cleared for use in sponsoring minor hockey The committee in charge is grateful to Don Wallace for supplying sweaters and to Rix Black and Goheen for sup plies Fina Station Jack Young and Reg Spendift have had the well drillers providing each whith new water supply Mr and Mrs Atlen Martin have moved into their new burn on Church Street West Mrs Sabin Sutherland Small Robinson and Jack Stevens have been in arrie this week on jury duty While Mr Nichol was erect ing Christmas lighting outs last week he slipped and fell down flight of steps receiv ing considerable injury Mrs Ritchie as returned from St Marys where she was visiting her daughter Mrs lho enix gt Congratulations to Billy hollond who was winner in the BarrieExaminer colorin contest Glenn Nelson is participant on the ltomper room program Barrie TV this week Many from this district jour neyed tn the nearby city to re ceive visual impressions of the Santa Claus parade Saturday lorenoon 0n Dchmber 15 Mr and Mrs Irving Nelson all the annual Christmas party of the Beaver Lumber Co Barrie held at the home of the man ager Mr and Mrs 135 Baird Letitia Strcot Our community takes this op portunity to wish for the exec utivc and staff oi the arr Examiner merry Christm and happy New Year Mr and Mrs Jack Urquhart left Friday for Toronto or they have taken an apartment for the winter months so that their daughter Barbara may convalesce with them alter hav ing undergone major opera tinn Jany from this community are greatly interested in the fate of Capt Cecil Clarkes boat load ed with grain which has sunk in Collingwood harbour Mrs Clark is the former inn Block of Stroud On December in the final gay and friendly evening of euehre was held in the hall Pat Mc Cracken Mrs Loy Mrs Hot chinson Nelson Watson Lennox Black and Cecil Sutton were the prizewinners Donated travel ling prizes were won by Mrs Boyd Mrs Sutton and Hutchinson The winners of the highest aggregate scores for the past to weeks were Mrs Thompson Dwight Nelson Mrs Hutchinson and Mr Cleary The next euchre will be held January 1962 The Christmas service in the Presbyterian Church will be held at 730 pm December 24 at which time the choir will present their Choral Cantata Visitors are cordially welcome Christmas is certainly coming closer Only five more shopping days Why not send your fri ends an ideal gift subscri ption to the Barrie Examiner This gilt would be gratefully ap preciated every day of the week and 52 weeks of the year The wild animal hunt held December 16 in Stroud vicinity was disappointing in that only no persons participated netting only catch of one fox and one rabbit This week the required dEpth of gravel is being applied to several new streets in the vil lage in order to bring them to the standard required by the Provincial Department of Roads SUNNIDALE cos By MRS ROBERT BATES Miss Joan Wood popular December bridetobo was th guest of honor at miscellan onus shower held recently in the hall The genial chairrn an for the event was Mr Ed Duie The program included musical numbers skit reading Joan was taken completely by sur prise whcn she saw the story of her life in pictures and car toons humorously displayed on the screen complete with her lifes story read by Mrs Moi Thompson From under gaily decked Christmas tree Joan re ceived lovely shower of use ful gifts The bridetobe expres sed her thanks to her friends for remembering her on this most memorable occasion Ed auto to the laughter of halt full of people read to Joan his version ot Twas the Night Altcr Christmas Tasty rc frrshments were served ftlr and Mrs John Boardman of Acton who have purchased Archie Cuthams home are wcl corned to the community Cathy and Cindy Sinclair of Collingwood are visiting their grandparents Mr and Mrs Ed gar Carruthcrs Peter Wool is visiting relativ es in Holland Mrs Tom Donovan of Siblt bald Alberta was rccent visitor with her sister Mrs Mel Bates and Mr Bates and family Mrs John Thompson span to week with her cousins Mr and Mrs John Dickinson of Allen wood BRENTWOOD By NICHOLS The December meeting of the Sunniwood Womens Instit was held at the home of Mrs William Schell with 10 members present Meeting was opened by the singing of the Ode repeating Mary Stewart Col lect Papers were read by Mrs McQuay titled Everh home needs Garden and Christmas Around the World Mrs Ayers also gave reading New Canadian talk on the work of the Salva tion Army by Major Gil lespie was greatly enjoyed Lunlt ch was served by the hostess es Mrs McQuay and Mrs Ay ers The lucky prize winners at the weekly ouchre session were Ladies high Mrs Ruth IIoIm es lone hands Mrs George Falconer low Mrs Kay ONeil mens high Bill Schell Jr lone hands Homer low Norman Maxwell TOTTENHIIM By ETHEL WICE Wishing the Editor Stali and Readers very Merry Christ mas and Happy New Year The Christmas tree and party held in the Legion Hall Friday evening December l5 sponsor cd by the Legion 329 delighted children of all ages and is looked forward to from year to year The Legion members have had series of events to raise funds for this purpose which were well patronized The Womans association of theUnitcd Church held the December meeting at the home of Mrs Laird The worship period Candle light service in keeping with Christmas was conducted by Mrs Henderson Mrs Laird Mrs Lancaster and Mrs Kant This being the last meeting of the Womens Association before going to the new order of the United Church Women in January when all Womens 0r ganizations will be united there was little business other than to allocate financial holdings on hand The roll call was answered by exchange of gifts The meeting closed by sing ing of Auld Lang Sync The hostess was assisted by Mrs Lancaster and Mrs Thompson Mr and Mrs Harvey Simp son spent Sunday in Nobleton with Mr and Mrs James Fry Mr and Mrs Creighton Vice Penctang and Jack Wico Sudlt bury visited Friday and Satur day with their mothcrMrs Wice SHANTY BAY By WORTLE The ladies of Zion United Church held very successful coffee break Wednesday Dec cmbcr 13 in the community hall Mrs Ernie Polk was at the homemade bake table Mrs Norman Young on the bazaar table Other helpers were Mrs Ed ltliller Mrs Lcigh Rccvie Mrs Jack Henson and Mrs Brooks Shanty Bay welcomes back Mr and Mrs Jim Woods and boys to the village The family were burnt out in the Coiling waod lire about month ago Mr and Mrs Bud Lee and children are staying with Mrs Lees parents Mr and Mrs Sam Torry after their home was gutted by fire in Holly last week Sorvices will be held in St Thomas Church as usual Sun day December 24 at 1115 am and on Christmas Day Holy Communion is at 10 am midnight service will be held CAMPBELL LTD Furniture Moving and Storage Commercial Warehousing Agents for North American Van Lines PA 66555 otla loving husband and father at Victoria Hospital Barrie De Deccmber 16 with about members of the Anglican Chur ty was held in the school Fri Films were shown to the child ren downstairs and each room sang Grades six and seven Bat Coffee and cookies were exchange IITHE MERLE EXAMINER THURSDAY DEC II 1361 in St Aideos Haukwooe It ttl5 prn Christmas Eve It is hoped members of St Thorn as Church will attend The community extends to Mrs Fall and David their de epcst sympathy in the passing Mr Polk who died in the Roy ccmber l7 Christmas supper was held in the community hall Saturday ch attending The and Christmas par day evening December 15 gave skit Casey at the served and Santa gave the children bag of candy as they left at the door Merry Christmas and flap py New Ycar to everyone and to the Staff of the Barrie Ex amtner Please phone your Christmas news to Oro 4011 ANTIIN MILLS By MR5 SCOTT Congratulations to Frank Coughlin on winning the clecx tion for Hceve of Flo Town ship The school children with their teacher are planning to sing carols on Christmas Eve from till 830 pm donation for the Red Cross will be appreciated at this time David Cook is patient in Collingwnod hospital Mr and Mrs Ron Bull of Toronto spent the weekend at the home of Colcs They were guests at the Peterson1 Veatherby wedding Saturday ov mag The WA held its monthly meeting in Sunday School room with good attendance favorable report was read by the treasurer Everyone contributed to pro gram pot luck lunch was enjoyed also the usual gift in January the association will be under the name of Un ited Church Women of Canada White Gift Sunday was obser ved in the church and gifts were sent to the Fred Victor Mission where they are much needed There will be no card party between Christmas and New Years OLDSTYLE ROOFS Thatched roofs of some homes in Englands Norfolk County made from recds of local rivcr beds last for about 60 years WIDE snrcn or rovs oou CARRIAGES puurors rncnou rovs rov GUNS METAL rovs 3mm rovs Plastic rovs it OPEN TONIGHT AND FRIDAY TILL 900 pm They Are Sure To Appreciate VIKING 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