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page four the tribune stouffville out thursday december 5 1940 bethesda mr leslie reid of itingwood had tea last thursday evening with mr and mrs charles atkinson mis delma atkinson is spending a week at queensville with mr and mrs clifford cordon the wms business meeting is being held this wednesday at the home of mrs e steekley mr and mrs win empringtiam visited relatives at queensville last week the sunday school white gift ser vice will be held on sunday after noon december 22nd at 2 oclock mrs cale of vandorf will be the speaker and the children will pro vide the rest of the programme the teachers and pupils of both hillcrest and bethesda public school are preparing for their christmas concerts which will be held on dec 17th and dee 20th we understand the township council will meet for final business on monday dec 16 election talk is quiet with general satisfaction with the old council and our reeve the w i meeting to have been held next week has been postponed until december istu the meeting will be held at the home of mrs c ratelut mrs foote will give a christmas message ringwood pte kobert abell of camp borden ipeut the weekend with her parents i peaches vandorf mr w h sproxton is nursing a broken right wrist bone we hope lie will soon have the use of it again sorry to hear mr w g morley is in a toronto hospital owing to a lengthy illness our young people had a thrilling trip to downsview on the 29th but all reported a safe return owing to the heavy snow fall many others like our scribe stayed home on sunday the cars that were on the roads did well to keep clear the ditches as some did get in rather deep we regret separating from our well known residents and their family namely mr and mrs max fines who are leaving here to make their home in aurora their friends and neighbours gathered last thurs day to show their esteem mr and mrs j l abell the temperature dropped to 14 below zero on tuesday morning j 1 barrett our local harness- maker has been confined to bed for some days with an attack of pleurisy last friday evening the boys and girls from five to twelve years of age presented a beautiful program of sacred songs and stories in our kingwood church under the guidance of imr s if cockburn who organ- zed this group about a year ago at the close of the program the child ren presented a lovely reversible blanket and pair of pillow cases to mr and mrs cockburn whose leadership they will miss so greatly melville mrs jamieson edna jaques was a guest at the manse during her stay in tliis community the heavy snowstorm compelled cancellation of sunday services at peachs and melville on sunday last but we hope that both lanes and roads will be open by this coming sunday to permit having our com munion services a fairly large audience gathered in the melville church on thursday evening to hear edna jaques the canadian poet and entertainer mrs jamieson popularly known as edna jaques gave a story of her life many years of which were spent in the driedout area of saskatchewan her poems reflected the varied experien ces of her life and among them were several which revealed a close obser vation of current events a large number of her poems have been published in attractive book form and several copies were sold at the close imrs russell of unionville ad ded to the evenings enjoyment by rendering some wellchosen solos accompanied by mrs english of browns corners after the concert the guests were enter by mem bers of the womans association at the manse church hill miss amy lageer was home on sunday mr roy thompson was home miss winnie bradbury was a markham visitor on sunday mr harold peach attended the itinera of bis aunt at victoria square on tuesday miss dorothy hoover now work ing in toronto spent the weekend under the parental roof mr jim painter and miss marg lewis had diuuer at the painter home in almira on sunday mrs warren morris and family spent saturday in toronto visiting relatives owing to road conditions there was no service in peachs church last sunday lome harper and jim maynard attended the red cross euchre at onionville on friday night mr walter brignall has a white collar job thfse days as he has been called op jury mr and mrs walter brignal and family were sunday visitors with the latters parents mr and mrs graham of markham please keep in mind the ypu meeting friday evening at the home ct mr a cleverdon mrs harry warriner and laura took a trip to toronto last week 1 guess santa clause must be the big attraction on sunday morning dorothy ruth fern and lome hoover en joyed a cutter ride up to narman hoovers where they had dinner cashel a red cross rally and display from the cashel polling division will be held in the melville church dur ing the evening of wednesday dec 11 guest speaker from red cross headquarters mrs rae of union ville will sing other talent refresh ments admission 25 and 10c over the weekend misses mary hazel and velma pegg spent the weekend at mr and imrs h peggs home mr and mrs r filyer and fam ily visited at mr and mrs lazenbys on wednesday christian endeavour meeting will be held on thursday night at the home of mr and mrs carl rose good programme provided hamburg 2 lbs 25c sausage 2 lbs 25c round steak lb 23c rib boil lb 12c pot roast lb 14c phone 3501 chuck roast lb 17c bologna lb 15c shortening 2 lbs 25c shoulder roast lb 17c pork shoulder lb 19c pork legs lb 23c side pork lb 18c 8th line markham mr j l byer attended the bee keepers convention iu toronto re cently i i mrs quautz and mrs grove of i itingwood visited with friends here last thursday mr s j miller of pigeon mich who is in charge of the special ser- ices iu wideman church had suu- day dinner at the homo of mr and mrs allan wideman john burkholder has gone to mr harvey burkholders box grove where he is to be employed for the next year dont forget the bible conference n wideman mennonite church which are continuing for the balance of this week considering weather conditions the meetings are being well attended a number of friends gathered at the home of mrs tillman rcesor on the occasion of her slst birthday one day last week we extend congratu lations to mrs reesor who is en joying good health considering her advanced age the condition of the sth con cession the main highway to toron to from this district has the appear ance of a road 50 years or more ago before snow plows were used and the heavy traffic is just muddling through it is reported that the county snow plow had broken down but an auxiliary was at work tues day afternoon mr alviu culp mr and mrs john culp mrs alfred high and son isaac all of vineland were visitors this week with mr arid mrs a r wideman mr a r wideman is having hydro installed in house and barns which is now being wired prepara tory to turning on the current in a few days mrs eby of alberta who is spen ding the winter at the home of her ton imr morris eby of buttonville is at present visiting with mr and mrs william wideman pe lard lb 10 boyle meat market gormley both our schools are planning christmas concerts imrs murray avison and sons had lea with mr and mrs lome baker m on saturday mrs levi hoover has left our community for the winter and is staying with her son charles at unionville miss velma brilinger spent sun day with miss miriam heise at vic toria square quite a number are planning to attend the bible conference at the wideman church this week if roads conditions are favorable mr and mrs a t gooding eileen ruth and vernon motored to gait on saturday and returned on sunday evening there was quite a lot of snow but they were fortunate in that all went well and they didnt get stuck till they arrived in new gormley when the belt on the threshing machine at harry whites suddenly broke it struck ralph baker assist ing with the threshing with such force he was knocked unconscious bsfore the flopping belt was stopped fortunately the injury is not serious and ralph will soon be on the job again the special ovengelistic meetings at the imonnonite church have been well attended and we have been re volving some very stirring messages from miss macdonald and missfrie- son of the faith pilgrims some families came three and four miles last week never missing a night and although sunday found the roads very bad both afternoon and oven- ing services found the church well over half full while wo are encountering snow to a dopth of twelve inches and zero weather we are made to think of our friend in california where the temperature reads 95 degrees at noon and where a sweater is too much wraps to have one snow snow and more snow is the order of the season saturdays storm must be a gentle reminder thai winteh is on its way some of the lady drivers are not very well pleas ed as it will keep them at home more or will it those who had to attend the toronto markets had some unusual experiences some had to shovel and others to to bo shoved of course the longer the distance the more snow was encountered one driver was on the road about six hours belter luck next week the sunday school attendance at heiso hill was nboit 100 loss than t week ago snow blocked roads and lanes was probably the cause old dobbin was seen once more and it reminded us of about forty years ago when whole families resorted to that mode of travel but were not those the good old days we invite you to our store to look our stock over as it is now complete and we are all set for christmas a wide variety of gift goods at moderate prices await your inspection a few suggestions for the children sleighs 39c and 100 cut out books 10c 15c 20c drums 15c and 29c big little books 15c mechanical tovs 25c 39c metal pull trucks 15c to 139 for men for the ladies boxed handkerchiefs 15c 25e and 39c toilet sets felt slippers 25c and 50c 45c comb and mirror 95c and 129 brush sets boxed papeteries 15c 25 and 39c boxed papeteries cedar box 89c and 100 boxed ties 25c and 50c all wool scarves 75c leather slippers 98c capeskin dress gloves per pr 100 xmas cards seals tags and wrapping paper and cord red and green rope wreaths tinsel rope snow electric tree sets foillcicles and glass ornaments christmas candy chocolates by the pound and in boxes stouffville 5c to 1 store open all day wednesday 5th uxbridge mr gordon symes was the guest of mr harold norton on sunday mrs walter symes is spending a couple of weeks with her niece mrs evans benson of bdgely pte ralph norton spent sunday with friends on this line mrs h norton spent a day last week with her mother mrs george brown mr gordon taylor of newmarket spent sunday at his home here blaster gordon evans spent mon day with master allan redshaw mr and mrs clarence jones and daughter visited with his parents mr and mrs george jones fourth line pine orchard did someone say we nevei have eld fashioned winters anymore gordon bone is all smiles its a girl congratulations mr edgar rose called an the stevens family sunday mr and mrs charles brandon were toronto visitors saturday night mrs harry brammer and loraine spent friday night with her pavents our sympathy is extended to mrs wesley lundy in the loss of her sister recently miss hazel woodhouse is employ ed in newmarket for the christmas rush we extend our sympathy to imr and mrs george tompson in the death of mr tompsons sister who was burled saturday regain your lovoly willowy figure take slendor beauty tablets two weeks supply 100 storeys drug store stanley phone 100 showing each night at s15 st saturday and holidays 700 and 900 thursday friday saturday december 5 0 7 the bat whispers chester morris and rain joan crawford- imovietone news decejiber 10 1 1 swiss family robinson thos mitchell edna best- comedy and sports essel december 12 13 1 frontier marshal randolph scott bloomington mrs w h jones has closed her home and is spending at least part of the winter at the home of her sister mrs andrew pegg 7th con pickering miss raymer announces the christmas concert at the school will 1 held friday evening dec 20 we always have a good time at this eveut and it will bo no exception this year with our teacher in charge half moon defrosters 9 x is regular 395 special 275 smaller types 75c up recapped tires one year guarantee sizes 500 x 19 575 525 x 18 700 550x17 700 paris auto supply phone s6 richmond hill