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v the tribune stouffville ont thursday dec 30th 1943 local and personal happenings harold mason of hamilton was a holiday visitor in town ix scottish hospital mr and mrs don fraser of belle ville spent the christmas weekend at mrs frasers home here mr and mrs duncan heisey tor onto spent christmas with mr and mrs m e watts stouffville stiver bros stocffville phone 4501 mr and mrs roy wilson and four phlldren of brougham weie christ ian visitors with mrs wilsons par- snts mr and mrs wm rennie baker avenue mrs paul boadway spent part of the christmas season at the home of sar daughter mrs hallman in han- wrer prior to christmas day rev harold boadway and his wife were here from stratford visiting their re spective parents odd trousers overcoats and ready- towear suits in weights and shades to please see them at f e raes mr and mrs a s collins were at malvern for christmas visiting the home of her daughter mismccowan seventeen were present for dinner mr and mrs bert johnston hani- btton and mr and mis w r john ston of peterboro weie in town for the holiday visiting with mr and mrs johnston at the cnr and with lr and mrs foote 9 th concession jwnitchurch guests for christmas with misses 3da and ann lehman were mr and mrs arthur lehman and three chil dren from north bay mr and mrs dnmsby lehman earl and helen mr nd mrs bruce winterstein and mrs thos ratcliff fiiends will be interested to learn that jack oneill brother of l e oneill of stouffville with whom he worked for some time has been hon orably discharged from the irmy and has leturned to his morticians prac tise at stilling ont ken klinck oac enjoyed the yuletide holidays at his home here on obrien ave chas kerswill who has been em ployd for several years on a farm at mongolia has taken a position with the swift co toronto mrs allen mcconnochie david and jlmmie spent the holiday with her parents mr and mrs magnus mowat lindsay william d malloy rcaf tor onto and his wife enjoyed the christmas leave here with their par ents mr and mrs a v nolan motored to leaside on sunday to have christmas dinner with mr and mrs chas reid mr and mrs cecil carpenter and family of sutton weie holiday visi tors with mrs carpenters parents mr and mrs blake sandeis w c sanders rcaf was also home dining the christmas weekend mr and mrs bert noble sent out a neatly printed christmas card to their friends from their home in to ronto mr noble will be remember ed by many old stouffville boys since he went to school here and later re turned and organized a waste paper collection with only one arm he could accomplish things that many of us would balk at with two hands store staffs were considerably en larged for the chrlstmasseason in addition to the regular staff at the shaw store miss vera tarr miss jwinnifred davis and mrs norman baker janet button assisted while at the five to a dollar store addi tional clerks were donna tait mar jonweldon mrs jack barkey mrs pherk mildred dougherty and phylfc vanzant part time help in tended alice forsyth and phylis bnrkliolder look here we have a fine assort ment of readytowear sujts over coats and odd trousers look them over f e rae tailor stouffville lieut ed good is home from petawawa camp to enjoy christmas with his parents and wife and baby he left camp to travel on the soldiers special over the cpr and was the only passenger to get off at clare- mont his nearest point to stouffville mr john ratcliff and mr and mrs george storey spent the christmas holidays in hamilton at the home of mr ratcliffs daughter mrs robert young and her njece miss young who is a guest in town were in aurora on christmas day visiting at the home of mrs youngs brotherinlaw mr and mrs arthur harding fenelon falls spent the holidays at his old home in the east end with sister effle and brother bill mrs harding had to return home for sun day since she is organist of the chur ch at the falls mr hugh bannerman and sister motored to bradford for christmas day they took along with them mrs cross and mr nathan forsyth to enjoy the christmastlde dinner with them at the home of their bro ther mr and mrs h w sanders mo tored to weston on christmas day to have dinner with their son and dau ghterinlaw and the family a de lightful afternoon for motoring add ed to the pleasure of the journey harold who resigned hjs position as assistant crown attorney for york county early in the war to join the armed forces was recently promoted to squadion leader the unexpected sleet on sunday evening following a beautiful day of sunshine caught many motorists gordon lehman of stouffville one of the first local boys ito cross the ocean has been spend ing some time in a civilian hos pital in scotland according to word just received at this office writing to the tribune gordon says in part i came to glasgow on a saturday at 4 pm and at 5 pm the matron sent me in a package of british consols 5 lazor blades and some chiclets chocolate bars and writing pap er the stuff came from the real canadian red cross the next day the officer of the bri tish red cross came to see if there was anything i needed as they had an order from the can adian branch to look after me im the only canadian in the hospital must close now just remember there are thousands just the same as i and what ever you give helps them all mr cecil davis brother of rev douglas davis local minister and who was last week reported in hos pital has undergone a surgical oper ation at the toronto general and at latest report is progressing favor ably a trip home for christmas was halted in an unfortunate manner when bryan little son of mr and mrs bruce irowbotham of cornwall suffered a bioken leg bone when he took a tumble from the chesterfield the family had planned to visit with their lespective families in stouffville and cedar grove over the holiday mr and mrs leslie hodgson east of town spent christmas sunday with miss sadie stewart mr and mrs john spence had christmas dinner with mr and mrs elmer spence at ballantrae mrs dan cook spent christmas in toronto the guest of her sister-in- law mrs s clarkson madetomeasure clothes and a selection of readytowear suits and coats can be seen at our tailor shop f b rae stouffville mr and mrs baker and son scar- boro bluffs spent christmas with her parents mr and mrs j hitching church st miss kitching was also home for the christmas holidays our bank manager mr a g thompson and mrs thompson and ross spent the christmastide in her home town of campbellford with her parents theie was about six tons of poul- tiy on the pefferlaw christmas mar ket usually one of the best ontario rural markets prizes were given and mrs ogle shaw of wilfrid in brock township won all the prizes on turkeys single pair and basket the competition was so light do they read adlets the just recently a girl advertised for a position on the farm and in a day and a half received no less than 17 telephone calls since that time the father ad vertised himself as an experien ced farm hand wanting steady employment and has secured a permanent place on a good farm as a result when half a dozen collie pups were adver tised one man took the batch and left a lot moie applicants disappointed motto try a small adv in this paper if you have an animal or article to sell or if you are wanting to buy mr and mrs lambert h malloy and infant son larry lambert of leaside spent the holidays with away from their home garage who their parents mrand mrscarl boad- would never have been on the roads had they known what was coming the skimmer of ice was so slippery that many cars were ditched but no one hurt busses for toronto due to leave at 8 pm were delayed a half hour the sand trucks were on the job and helped in a great many pla ces although through stouffville it was still highly dangerous after the visit of the sanders and two cars slid into trees during the late evening begin the year by christmas christening ceremony an interesting ceremony was con ducted at the regular morning ser vice on sunday dec 26th when larry lambert infant son of mr and mrs lambert h malloy of leaside and grandson of mr and mrs h j malloy and mr and mrs carl boad way stouffville was presented for baptism rev douglas davis per formed the ceremony way and air and mrs h j malloy mr and mrs pearson and miss audrey of queensville were christ mas visitors at mr and mrs f l buttons po reg button rca f trenton was also home during the holiday week margaiet wideman of gormley suffeied a nasty leg laceration at the local arena on christmas eve when a skate accidentally crossed her leg although very painful at the time medical attention is expected to place the young lady on her feet again shortly the air cadets no 94 stouffville squadron boys 14 to 18 years this is your opportunity old man flustruck an unfor tunate blow at the family of mr and mrs harry brillinger west end who were preparing for a christmas ga thering of their family mr and mrs claude brillinger and bahy daugh ter home from toronto were all three taken down ill followed by mrs brillinger and sisterinlaw mrs clayt baker while on christ mas morning mr noah bakergrand- father was also stricken port perry fair down the christmas market fair at port perry sponsored by the business mens association and the lion club of that town was a great disappoint ment this year although liberal prizes were offered for poultry there was very little on exhibition this goes to prove that the stouffville merchants acted wisely in not provid ing a prize list for poultry at the fair last week since it would seem there is none in the country for the rural markets we do not think the ceil ing prices had a great deal to do with the apparent shortage other than it induced the farmer to sell direct to the consumer the other contribut ing factor was that buyers went through the country purchasing fowl for the army needs and where large producers were found they bought up the output and no one can com plain about that high cost of feed may have contributed to induce some farmers not to raise geese but there was an abundance of chickens walter dickson to retire mr walter dickson intends to re tire from the farm this spring owing to ill health actively engaged on the home acres just east of the stouffville school mr dickson has been able to enjoy the thrills of farm ing as well as life in the village but he is now forced to take it easy and the place will be worked next year by mr gar lehman the vege table grower who has shared at least one field on the dickson place since he has been growing vegetahles on his own account he will now work the 50 acres and have the use of the barn and stabling which is located so convenient on main street mr dickson and sisters misses bessie and nellie will continue to occupy their present brick home and will retain the large garden murray clendening was down from timmins visiting the old home at ringwood murray is a garage mechanic in the busy northern cen tre christmas and weekend visitors at the rusnell home were mr and mrs chas haynes and family mr john montgomery of toronto arthur rus- nell- rcaf st thomas mr and mrs elmer shirk mr and mrs stan ley lewis harold and bob and mr and mrs earl crowder mrs peter lehman had her fam ily home for christmas with excep tion of her granddaughter who is spending her christmas in okla homa also her sister mrs campbell of sarnia and mr walter hargrave of toronto mrs george congo of edmonton alberta spent the christmas season with mr and mrs frank baker in town her husband george congo is in the air force stationed at mon treal and he also spent the holiday here mild weather helped the coal s situation imjld weather over the past holi day week has been- the means of saving thousands of tons of coal in ontario locally the situation is row said to be well in hand with dealers having a very good supply and assortment of coal in stock pos sibility of any serious hardship from lack of deliveries is now believ ed to be passed iresidents in town didnt permit their neighbors and friends to eat christmas dinner alone if they knew it mrs kirhy montreal street was entertained at the home of mr wal ter dickson- and mrs effle kester who resides alone this winter in the old home on main street looking down the tenth concession joined with mr and mrs edward walls who were alone on the holiday no doubt many other instances could be repor ted where families who would have been alone for the christmas dinner made the affair more enjoyable by inviting in a neighbor or friend who would have been in similar circum stances train today to fly tomorrow drills uniforms provided lectures applications forms available from adjutant jas porter bank of commerce m e watts commanding officer rev d davis chairman civilian committee first in twentyone years i have been delivering the ex press in stouffville continuously now for 21 years and this is the first year jn all that time that wej were unable to make the christmas de livery with sleighs said cyrille cadieux the obliging cnr express man to the tribune the other day another thing we learned from the expressman was that the number of parcels this christmas coming via express for delivery here was prob ably the largest in number since he has been on the joh this is inter esting information that our readers will appreciate learning stanley theatre phone 100 showing eacn night at 815 saturday and holidays 700 and 900 fri sat deo 81 jan 1 the major and the minor ginger rogers ray milland news reel musical monday tuesday wednesday january 3 1 5 the crystal ball paulette goddard ray mlllsd select short subjects two familiar figures in this picture arc mr george windsor and mr william simpson bal lantrae hunters holding up the wolf which george shot on a hunting trip about a mile and a half north of holt in gwllhms- bury township the hunt was an organized affair to rid the township of wolves that have been attacking the sheep folds three shots hit the wolf before it dropped but it still was able to growl when the hunters caught up with it lady in the picture is one of three entering- the hunt from toronto thursday friday saturday january 0 7 s five graves to cairo