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the tribune stouffville ont thursday december 15 1949 atha congratulations to little marie draper who celebrated her third birthdav on dec 15 congratulations to mr and mrs powell who are happy to announce the arrival of a little brother for yvonne and donna miss beverley collins visited miss xelda dunkeld on sunday several from here were in stouff- ville on saturday afternoon to see santa clau mr and mrs fred draper and family were sunday visitors with his mother mrs a draper mr and mrs hurley and family of toronto spent saturday after noon at the draper home jackie robertson and billie sheridan had birthdays last week congratulations boys mr and mrs david tran and laurie spent the weekend in kingston with their daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs gordon overland mrs overland and david and craig returned home with her parents she will spend some time with mrs overland in claremont mr hoy miller of brougham spent monday evening with ernie carruthers green river mr and mrs guest of sask visited with his cousin j nighs- wander last week on sunday evening dec isth union ss will hold their annivers ary service rev j mclachlan will bring the christmas message and whitevale united church choir will supply the music on thursday dee 22 at 630 a supper will be held in the ss room followed by a short program and christmas tree choir practice will be held at the home of mr edwin bruce on thursday evening to make niagara worlds largest power plant vandorf sympathy is extended to the family of the late howard dike who passed away at his home in newmarket on wednesday dec 7 a long and faithful member of wesley united church treasurer of the board for the past fifteen years mr dike will be greatly missed his twin brother bertram predeceased him just five months ago funeral service was held at wesley church on saturday after noon interment newmarket ceme tery mr and mrs rolio scott visited mr and mrs hatton in toronto on sunday mrs walter graham spent a few days in toronto last week visiting relatives mr and mrs syd aylett and family spent sunday in george town next sunday will be white gift sunday at wesley sunday school mr and mrs gordon mackay had sunday dinner with mr and mrs george sproxton wesley wa held their monthly meeting at the church last wed nesday election of officers for 1950 took place and are as follows- hon orary presidents mrs a g snider mrs e moddle president mrs r scott 1st vice mrs g morley 2nd vice mrs j irwin secretary mrs r carr assistant mrs h oliver treasurer mrs w lundy sun shine convener mrs h white visiting committee 2nd line mrs stevenson mrs c williamson 3rd line north mrs a richardson mrs j crawford 3rd line south airs m loucks mrs b graham 4th line north mrs w kingdon mrs h white 4th line south mrs h dewsbury mrs a pattenden 5th line north mrs b dike mrs g sproxton 5th line south mrs c dibbs mrs w pattenden balsam and mount zion mr ernest kahn had the mis fortune to- have his car smashed last week when he collided with a truck in napanee mrs geo wilson visited a couple of days last week with relatives in brooklin miss eileen carson of toronto spent sunday at her home next sunday there will be a white gift service in connection with the church service at 230 all donations will be sent to the fred victor mission in toronto the mt zion school christmas tree will be held tuesday night dec 20 and the balsam school on wednesday night dec 21 mount albert man is top butter judge milton gibney mount albert creamery mount albert ontario is the provinces champion butter judge announcements of winners follows the annual meeting of the ontario creamery association held last week at the royal york hotel toronto one hundred contestants from all parts of the province par ticipated and j l baker assistant director dairy branch ontario department of agriculture was chairman results of judging follows high individual in butter judg ing and winner of canadian veget able parchment trophy ural mayberry guelph creamery guelph high individual in cream judg ing and winner of canadian veget able parchment trophy milton gibney mount albert creamery mount albert high individual aggregate stand ing in both butter and cream judg ing and winner of john h scott trophy milton gibney mount al bert creamery proposed storage reservoir 850acres ajid new power plant canadaus talks opening in washington are expected to lead additional harnessing of niagara river power ontario asks diyersion of additional water from the horseshoe falls ontarionew york plans propose a concentration of power plants which ultimately will dwarf any existing or pro posing power projects in the world ontarios current out put of 800000 horsepower would be at least doubled by two new queenston plants each possibly as big as the present queenston plant plans call for ultimate capacity on- both sides of river of 4160000 horsepower compared with 1365000 horsepower produced by the worlds largest project grand coulee cost of new construction on new york side of river is officially esti mated at 350000000 while ontario development it is be lieved would boost aggregate figure to well over 500000000 map shows major construction involved on both sides of river new windshield- glass cuts headlight glare a glassmaker has come up witb- a new automobile windshield glass that will take some of the sting oat of the glaring headlights of on coming cars since sealed beam headlight were developed some years back the average cars main lights have been so dazzling they are nearly always a great ann6yance to motorists and often a serious danger on the roads to meet this problem at leasi part way the libbey owensford glass co has produced a new glarereducing safety plate glass- for windshields it has a slight bluishgreen tint iron added to the raw material mixture- largely does the trick the new glass has been road- tested and has been found to cut glare materially whether from headlights or the sun no claim is made however that the product will do too much toward protecting a drivers eyes from the direct rays of a rising or setting sun drivers who have used the glass say they dont particularly care any more whether oncoming cars at night dim their headlights or not they say the tinted wind shield softens the glare consider- ably regular windshield glass allows 88 per cent of available light to pass through libbeys new product lowers this figure to 82 per cent that is just four per cent above the minimum demanded by state- laws for safetys sake when bells were still uncommon- in new england the early settlers- used arums to summon wor shippers to service for christmas morning and for days to come qwe sheer flattering nylon hosiery serviceable yet dressey crepe hosiery lacetrimmed gowns slips panties hand bags black brown green navy red gloves kidlined angora chamoisette wool parasols plastic rayon plain or fancy weave sweaters pullovers and cardigans handkerchiefs lawn linen and lace trim bath towel sets pairs or single towels table cloths in linen lace rayon cotton plastic blankets pure wool corded silk binding wine rose blue green gold lamps table and boudoir types english china dinner sets figurines cups saucers cut glass pieces in grapevine and corhflower designs scatter rugs sarukhan axminster smyrna stair carpel or hall runner wilton and axminster dining and living room rugs kandehar barashan lake shore visit our toy department youll find dollies cradles sets of dishes teddies games books trains etc spofford co main street stouffville j