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the tribune stouffviue ont thursday december 15 1949 quality service ic h f i n t v x r j h i 11 1 c alberta hard coal looks like anthracite burns like anthracite but what a difference in price inyou save 300 ton stiver bros the christ church anglican will have a supper and gettogether for the congregation at 630 oclock on friday evening decloth in the stouffviue school there will be a christmas tree and entertain ment nearly a thousand kiddies receiv- ed a gift from santa claus when he arrived in stouffviue last satur day and greeted them au from his throne at the stanley theatre a mid a fanfare of music provided by stouffviue radio electric and sur rounded by clowns and helpers old stnick travelled the length of town he was followed in the pro cession by tom the turkey the property of maple leaf auto sales tom was later turned over to or- val dageer who won the fine bird on a lucky draw ticket local and personal happenings miss margaret xeal is staying with mrs robt brown during the winter months mr steve thomson has gone to his home district at chesley for the christmas season and may remain tners for much of the winter nowadays it is the electric switch that makes things go many can remember when it was the hickory stick that counted the property owners of rich mond hill voted last week on a plebiscite for 275000 for sewers by 334 for and 201 against miss cora sharrard of uxbridge is a patient in a toronto hospital miss sharrard taught school in stouffviue many years ago but numerous families will remember her roy cormack running for coun cillor in searboro ought to have inspired a few votes in favor when he advertised in his newspaper election card for baby sitters and other assistance phone mr robt meed 7th concession markham farmer met witli a motor accident last weekand while his car sustained about 80 dam age mr meed was unhurt we are pleased to report the 50 years ago column of the uxbridge timesjournal notes that spoffords hall in stouffviue was formally opened on friday night dec 2 with the uxbridge orchestra and uxbridge band supplying music while some 90 from the northern town were on hand to assist in the opening cere monies beautiful christmas cards again with scripture text priced at only 100 for 21 or 50c doz jeweller j l smith phone 83wl clendening funeral home markham ontario phone 90w ambulance service j w dixon director the same prompt courteous service as always aca quite a commotion was caused in another ontario town two weeks ago when radio license salesmen dropped into the place and besides issuing many licenses sent hack a number of summonses as well its easy to overlook buy ing a license just as it is easy to forget to renew the weekly news paper despite the fact notices go out from the government about the license if you have not obtain ed the right to have a radio in your home this tip may be of value if acted on in case they swoop down on stouffviue without warning unthinking lad pot shots at train a cnr fireman was hit in the arm and an engineer narrowly missed being hit with another bullet while the two were in the cab of their freight engine shunt ing south of the main street crossing oh friday afternoon constable john sheppard of markharri township investigated the incident and traced the shoot ing to a 13yearokl he said the lad alone in his home several hundred yards from the track was firing a 22 rifle from an upstairs window fireman alvin johnston of lindsay was treated for a bullet wound in his wrist by dr h b freel he was later taken to ross memorial hospital at lindsay dick ghent engineer of the freight which had been shunting back and forth on the siding told police he and johnston were sitt ing in the locomotive when they heard the report of a rifle and a bullet sailed into the cabas they heard the whiz of another bullet both ducked the boy at first denied he had been shooting the rifle but later admitted he had fired four or five shots out the window constable shepperd said he said he had borrowed the gun and had been shooting with it the day before mr and mrs harvey sawyer of toronto spent saturday with their relatives mr and mrs geo hughes on fair street the local stores are still fairly groaning with goods for the christmas shopper not since before war days have stouffviue merchants so much to offer as this year of 1919 do your shopping early and avoid the last minute rush the store windows are worth a trip down town to see folks from the country appreciate the lovely display too christmas sale a big reduction in coats dresses and hats from dec 1524 inclusive at mrs m watts one never realizes how many folks on the voters list are hi and unable to be out these days house after house had some member of the family unable to be out of doors a fact well learned by those who were interested in mondays municipal election mrs david russell of markham is a patient in the brierbush hospi tal being a frequent visitor in town at the home of her daughter mrs win dougherty mrs russell is quite well known and greatly admired because of her bright dis position and general interest in life last week she met with a tumble in her home and suffered a broken shoulder which is very serious because of her great age mrs russell is in her s9th year mass congregations for sunday eve a hearty invitation is extended to all to attend the united church sunday dec 18 at 830 pm this will be a special christmas musical service featuring male quartettes ladies double trio solos etc a fiftyfive voice choir will be present from the toronto bible college under the leadership of the well known choir conductor mr cyril redford beautiful christmas music and carols will be the main feature of the evening there will also be time for congregational singing hymn sheets will be provided this will be an opportunity for the public to hear again the christ mas message in music and song keep the date open and plan to attend many of the churches of the district will be making use of the students of the toronto bible col lege throughout the day and pastors are asked to cooperate in closing their evening services in good time to allow the students and people to be present at the mass meeting at 830 will the party who todk the wrong cap at the oddfellows room last monday kindly return it to the tribune and receive his own cap rev w s whitcombe of tor onto will be the guest speaker at the baptist church in town this sunday mr whitcombe is well known to many come and enjoy the services attention stouffviue foto- kite at the rio theatre ux bridge has big cash to offer foto nite has been presented for three weeks and three stouffviue names have been selected alas they werent at the rio to collect will you be next fotonite is thursday attendance night wednesday the town of uxbridge has enacted a bylaw to collect a sewer age rental in the same manner as domestic water rates are collected we understand that a normal sized house in uxbridge bears a domes tic water rate of 15 per year which when increased by sewer rental will be quite a sizeable tax however the town enjoys a sew erage system which is only a dream in many other municipal ities 83 looks younger residents of stouffviue for the last seven years mr and mrs geo p hart are highly esteemed couple living in the bruels apartments on church st north last week mr hart reached his 83rd birthday and there is no- mistake about his age as some of his friends suggest trouble is mr hart doesnt look within ten years of 83 hence folks take a second look when he re ports the figures mr hart was an active business man in halibur- ton for many years they have one daughter miss florence on the teaching staff in toronto and two sons william teacher at kin- mount and george who is at home at present in stouffviue owing to ill health get in on lehmans shoe store sale prices slashed in this pre- christmas saleshoes 98c to s19s only now has the news reached this paper that rev f h and mrs muir are back in china mr mun is a former pastor at stouffviue christian church and his move ments are naturally of great interest to stouffviue people the muirs reached china in october and we hope that a missionary letter will be forthcoming from them in due time telling of their experiences since returning to the mission field wms elect officers the womans association meet ing was held in the united church on monday evening dec gth in the absence of the president miss brodie mrs mccreight presided the devotional period was taken charge of by miss todd the topics sacraments and home life were fittingly handled clos ing with a poem no room in the inn and prayer solos by mrs spofford and duets by mrs storey and mrs nigh were enjoyed the minutes were read and approved the business of the closing year followed with reports from the treasurer the flower committee the kitchen committee and the parsonage committee letters of thanks and correspondence were read it was moved and seconded that mrs dowswell and mrs g r w thomas again be auditors for the treasurers books rev d davis took charge of the installa tion of officers for the year 1950 resulting as follows honorary presidents mrs d davis mrs b sanders mrs h sanders presi dent mrs mccreight vice presi dent mrs woods secretary miss brodie treasurer mrs a camp bell assistant treasurer mrs n oboyle social conveners mrs topham mrs taylor mrs mc creight parsonage committee mrs d stouffer mrs percy stover mrs f button mrs tarrj kitchen committee miss j lemon miss n rae flower committee mrs c turner pianist mrs j gayman friendship committee mrs oboyle mrs mowat mrsr young mrs h lee mrs atkinson mrs rowbotham mrs sanders mrs meyers the meeting closed with prayer offered by mr davis social half hour followed with all enjoying a cup of tea and christ mas cake mrs a dowswell secy feg or youth for christ stooffville presbyterian church saturday 800 pm 745 pm recording of christmas carols 800 pm films with a christmas appeal 820 pm song service with a time for all to join in and special christmas numbers by m alma oldham and vera cake winnifred rumney lemonville childrens choir the connor twins also come and join in question time quizz time and testimony time 930 the spirit of christmas a new film release listen to chum christmas sunday dec 25th at 300 pm to stouffviue youth for christ on the air n rowan director mission groups christmas party stouffviue united church was the scene of a christmas birthday party on dec 3 from 11 am to 3 pm for the rural mission bands- and explorers of toronto east presbyterial two hundred child ren and adults mingled in worship conference and play mrs ted croxall of uxbridge capably guided the children through a morning session con cluding with mrs musslman luff who for many years was secre tary of bands and explorers on presbyterial and conference branch teaching the children a grace and sung in rounds to be used at lunch one hundred and seventyfive dined at tables bright with christ mas colours thirty tiny tots enjoyed the comforts of the kinder garten tables and chairs mrs a e nourse president of toronto east presbyterial and mrs j d murdoch baby band presby terial secretary assisted through out the day the afternoon session opened with a very fine worship conduct ed by our band followed by a varied programme by the visiting groups outstanding leadership and talent conveyed ample evid ence that jesus the light of the world is shining in many corners mrs luff entertained with stories thinking of others and in turn the offering was dedicated to help underprivileged children an extra special word of gratitude was offered rev d davis and the church organizations for the happy cooperation extended in entertaining these young folk our leaders of tomorrow pyrex for her gift for the sportsman pyrox heat resistant ware many articles to choose from a gift shell treasure the gun of his choice shotgun or rifle we stock the finest names in firearms electric irons for an economical yet excep tionally useful present buy her an electric iron chrome plated lights slake your christmas tree a glowing success this year with tree lights toasters fortunate indeed is hie ono who receives ono of these now toasters for christmas shining chrome finish for his workshob no need to work with makesliift tools if you give him some of those finest quality articles for the childrex delight the little folks with one of our shiny stur- dllybullt slelglis we also have tricycles bicycles and a host of other gifts that go to give the child ren a truly merry christmas aghews hardware main street stouffviue