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wyvy tpa yffi the tribune stouffville onfc thursday dec 21 1944 rr dariv v local arid personal happenings we note where four men were arrested for stealing vinegarl won der if they had pickling in mind remember the stores in stouff- ville are open evenings this christ mas week for your convenience also all day wednesday mr and mrs gordon crowder of stouffville have received news from their son lome announcing his recent arrival in england among the large number of canadian troops who arrived here last week was cpl w h shearn of unionville the soldiers will get 30 days christmas leave from the battle fronts the next blood donors clinic will be at markham on thursday morning dec 28 in the united church usual location hours 845 am until noon if you dont get a card be on hand anyway oh yes eat no fats for breakfast writing from didsbury alta mrs isaac burkholder states that they have had no snow in that part of the west at time of writing dec 12 we do not want to miss any issues of the tribune so we enclose our renewal she concludes in a brief note mrs morton who arrived from midnapore alta intends to spend the winter here with her father mr john ratcliff and her sister and brotherinlaw mr and mrs geo storey a resident here 30 years ago mrs morton has been the post mistress at midnapore until recent ly the december meeting of the garrett evening auxiliary was held at the united church parsonage the president mrs j m storey pre sided and several of the members took part in a candle lighting wor ship service under the leadership of miss gladys brooks rev d davis delivered a christmas mes sage misses ann lehman and eva hoover played an instrumental duet an address on temperance was given by mrs fred mcnair followed by a vocal number by mrs edgar nigh and mrs j m storey at the close of the meeting a social half hour was enjoyed births bter at the markham nursing home december 13 1944 to mr and mrs erie byer the gift of a son david wayne there were plenty of places to miss lois kester is home for go on tuesday with christmas poultry since stouffville peffer- law and uxbridge all held their christmas market on that day our town was forced into this collision over dates when we had to post pone the date from the previous week due to the storm taking matriculation course in army craftsman fred holden son of mr and mrs arthur holden of markham and formerly of stouff ville is with an electrical engineer ing unit in italy and is taking his matriculation bf correspondence and has been very successful in the examinations tried so far a brother cant do without the paper writing from rokebv sask an old resident of this district a good many years ago james h white writes another year is almost gone and it is time for my renewal to your valuable paper i have been taking it almost 40 years and i cant really do without it it is a higher class paper now than ever the tribune appreciates the fore going from mr white and wish for him many more years in which to enjoy the home paper the barrie loval true blue lodge sold a lot of tickets in and about stouffville for their draw for ten 50 certificates but no one was fortunate enough to be winners here burlington pembroke king ston beamsville tottenham st thomas and st catharines had winners and indicate the wide pat ronage the sale of tickets enjoyed the proceeds of the sale were for the tb home and benevolent fund there wasnt even a winner in the home town of barrie where the sale originated christmas from her studies at mcmaster university hamilton there will be no issue of the globe and mail on dec 26 accord ing to an announcement made by the management there will how ever be a paper issued on christ mas day ten below zefo on monday morn ing was followed by a bright sun shine with moderating temperat ure real christmas weather every body is hoping that there will be no more snow to spoil the roads just opened- sublieut norman a baker a recent graduate of kings naval college halifax has been appoint ed a training officer on board one of his majestys canadian training ships operating out of cornwallis ns victor is a staff sergeant with the army stationed at svdney ns big question that may call for a i solution is can the council continue to remove the snow from the busi ness section of main street at the expense of the general taxpayer in the event of a series of such snow storms as we had early last week one solution might be for the town to supply the trucks and the mer chants the manpower in the form of a bee its something to think about since a quick decision might be sought if the situation suddenly arose whereby we found ourselves under two or three feet of snow again business men not equal to the task of shovelling could supply another workman in their stead there is a limit to what the aver age tax payer would consent to have spent on snow removal and yet to adequately carry on business the main street must be kept open in order to accommodate traffic and parked cars a grand job was done in removing the recent depth of snow and the 1944 council de serve credit for their prompt action nevertheless we ask is there a limit to what can be spent in this work papers travel par among the christmas gift copies of the tribune to be sent forward for 1915 is one from as far as vir ginia in the south and port coquit- ian british columbia to the west- the bc reader will be john minns who was a son of the late george minns harness maker in stouffville many years ago mr minns daugh ter mrs ilarkness informs us that her fathecjohn minns frequent ly got a copy of the tribune from old friends and enjoys it so much that he is going to enjo- a whole vears reading as a christmas box townspeople will shortly wel come mrs jos hoover and daugh ters as new residents of town since mrs hoover has purchased the barry cottage at the north end of mill street- mrs hoover also sold her 71 acre farm near mongolia to chas kerswell who is employed with roland winn and whose father farms on the 5th of mark ham friends will regret to learn that mr martin tait one time butcher in town but for a couple of years an employee at ajax is quite ill at his home here on mill street al though some improvement has been reported the past week tunncy aris harmon on saturday dec lgth 1944 muriel gertrude harmon daughter of mr and mrs george henry harmon became the wife of ber nard george tunney son of mr and mrs frank hugh tunney bernard george as a soldier had been stationed at a19 casc camp borden the wedding took place at 530 pm at the home of rev and mrs e morton stouff ville n j1 vj a oheworldarec omforta offering a v ken m our to do rightly nc c t day w ij will reign stsc- rre commw i capt guilfoyle gets opc f0 h b guilfoyle aged 25 a toronto boy and son of mrs flor ence guilfoyle a frequent visitor in town at the home of mrs susan shankel has just been awarded the dfc he was cantain of a lancas ter bomber and had made 32 opera tional flights up to august the citation giving him the cross said he had attacked defence targets in germany and had always displayed fine leadership he manoeuvred his aircraft when attacked by a messerchmitt 109 with such skill that his gunners were able to de stroy the hostile fighter capt guilfoyle is a nephew of audrey bartholomew and a cousin of mrs shankel his grandmother was born in stouffville a daughter of the late george flint busy hen iiays three eggs in one day a leghorn hen at the farm of fred shadlock on the 5th concess ion of whitchurch struck a record last week when she laid three eggs in one day in fact this biddy performed the whole feat in only a few minutes and we have the word of mrs shadlock she was gathering the hen fruit when the leghorn laid the first egg jumped off the nest but immediately returned to it to de posit the second egg when she jumped up in a rush and presented the farmers wife with a third egg the lady was astonished to say the least the hen seemed to think she was pushed for time and neglected to encase the last egg in a hard shell otherwise the quarter dozen made in record time was perfect if anyone can beat these eggs let them call around after christ mas news prom an om boy at cextkatj mediterranean front dear sir i have before me a copy of the tribune of sept 21st and i notice the names of those who are mak- ing their sixth and seventh blood donation may i congratulate and thank them for their generous ef forts having served some time in the lines with a field dressing station i have seen the great need for blood and still more blood i dont think i can stress the point too much as the need is greatand the harder the battle the greater the need so friends give all you can you may feel sure that you have been a great help to some boy who maybe would never have seen home again i am sure you will say that is reward enough so on behalf of the ones in need i say thanks a million i see- the boys of the fire dept have been doing some fine work congratulations fellows wish i were with you hope to be real soon as you see i am now with a dental coy and i had a visit with major neil smith a few days ago of course we talked stouffville over from one end to the other we notice in the tribune many changes since we left the home town its grand to see the noble faces of mr noah baker and- mr nathan forsyth on the front pages its been a long time since we saw a tribune and we do miss it believe mo when we do get one we read every word in it there are a lot of boys read it who never heard of stouffville before to us all its a canadian paper and thats the place we are all looking for ward to seeing real soon may i add a few words of thanks to the ones who have been work ing so hard to keep us all supplied with smokes once again may i say thanks a million for everything you have all been doing for all of us may i wish you all a merry christmas and a happy now year one of the stouffville boys price pugh donald hodgins officer in the navy stores for a couple of years and stationed mostly in western canada has now gone to sea for a period we are informed now who couid have it it is certainly to be hoped that the finder of mr jess cobers purse is an honest individual since there was 27 cash and a registration card involved mr cober i was en- route to toronto on saturday morn ing and last recalls having his purse when he bought a railway ticket at the station on arrival in toronto lie missed the purse arid its contents and telephoned the cnr here but no trace of it was about the station of course the owner may have been mistaken about where he lost the purse but wishes us to say that a good reward will be made forits recovery trouble i never seems to come single handed it would seem as mr cober only at week ago lost his wife by death very suddenly christmas -store- hours stores in stouffville are re maining open this- wednesday afternoon and each evening for the remainder of the wetif for the benefit of the late chjjstmas shoppers ail stores will then be closed on tuesday the day after christmas which is known as boxing day the canadian girls in training held their annual candlelight ser vice in the stouffville united church on sunday evening the group under the leadership- of mrs riches- miss borisuk and mrs murphy took charge of the entire service the musical portion of the program was under the direction of l c murphy and in cluded vocal selections by the en tire group and a trio of misses goudie weldon and fairies the christmas story was given by beatrice lickorish and betty jean freel a merry christmas and a h appy n ew year notice to chopping customers our chopping mill will be closed dec 26 which is boxng day coal customers- we ask you to have your coal orders in early this week as there will be no coal deliveries from saturday evening until wednesday dec 27th stiver bros seadofiib qieetuifd we wish pur many friends and cus tomers a merry christmas and a happy nlew year- there are numerous articles that we cannot buy but there is no shortage of goodwill let us use this to build on for a better future- riches hardware vfrii best wishes to the people of stouffville and district 7 mewty glfutmad and a cmofifuf vent lecui harry golden s clothing store best wishes for a v ery merr ch ristmas and a happy new year betty beauty salon v sjsik am