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markham sunday school convention coming to victoria square jan 17 iijixli mrs sandle sunday school convention the s8th annual markham township sunday school con vention will be held in the vic toria square united church on thursday january it commenc ing at 10 am there will be a special childrens session in the community hall in the after noon and surrounding commun ities are invited to attend this afternoon meeting all those in terested in the work of the sun day school are invited to attend the sessions held in the united church dinner and supper vill be served in the sunday school room by the local ladies euchre there were ten tables of play ers at the euchre held in the community hall on wednesday evening of last week prize winners were ladies 1 mrs a frisby 2 mrs w middle- ton consolation mrs l hess gents 1 mart styrmo 2 alvin caseley consolation bert nichols freeze out mrs hess and mrs r glover 2 j alvin caseley and jim valliere i the next euchre will be held j in the community hall on tues- j day evening january 15 at 815 pm this will be the beginning of a new series everyone wcl- come i wms the wms executive met at the home of mrs v westbrook on wednesday afternoon of last week to make out their annual i reports that had to be sent to the presbytery following the meeting a social half hour was enjoyed annual meeting of the sunday school the annual meeting of the sunday school was held in the sunday school room on friday evening of last week following is a list of the officers and tea chers for 1957 supt mr doug las gee asst mr r boynton secretary denton brumwell asst donald boynton treas roy glover asst sectytreas nelson boynton pianist mrs james barker assistants betty huston and ronald gee song leader percy bennett assist mrs n boynton and betty huston teachers adult percy ben nett assistants mrs h boyn ton and douglas parsons sen ior boys barry king assist ant r boynton senior girls mrs james barker assist ant audrey gee junior boys mr l mumberson assistant ronald gee and ray bennett intermediate girls mrs l mumberson assistant mrs r perkins primary age groups 8 and 9 years miss shirley gee assistant mrs nelson boynton age group 7 years miss faye nichols assistant miss betty snider kindergar ten mrs p bennett and mrs s boynton assistant mrs d gee neighbourhood notes a speedy recovery is wished for mr j mckendry who is in st michaels hospital toronto suffering from a heart attack also to mr harold hill who un- ccrwent an operation in new market hospital recently miss gibb of the faith mis sion showed pictures in sun- day- school one sunday recent ly which were very much enj joyed by all mr and mrs john empring- ham spent new years eve with j mr and mrs harold hill and family mr and mrs earl empring- j ham and girls spent new years day with mr and mrs l knapp and irene mr and mrs john empring- ham spent new years day with mr and mrs ray wilson and j family in toronto j mr and mrs douglas gee and family miss vera nichols 1 and mr w anderson mr and mrs lois nichols and miss gibb spent new years day with mr j and mrs cecil nichols and fam- ily- mrs ella ratcliffe mr angus of stouffville mrs margaret sanderson of toronto miss ma bel sanderson mr and mrs an drew forson and family of ring- wood and mr jacob williams spent new years day with mr and mrs roiph boynton mr and mrs alan chadwick and karen mr and mrs larry sanderson and family had new arrived home from the hospital with her new baby daughter mary ellen mr and mrs aubrey stephen son had sunday evening dinner with mr and mrs harvey col- lard and family mr and mrs harold mortson of richmond hill mr and mrs clarence stong of weston mrs winnifred mortson and miss connie mortson of toronto mr and mrs norman tyndall and family mr and mrs gordon mortson spent new years day with mr and mrs h mortson and joy mr and mrs allan orr enter tained a number of their friends at a new years eve party mr david boynton of the oac guelph spent his christ mas vacation at his home here messrs denton brumwell and bert moorby had sunday even ing dinner with mr and mrs stanley boynton and family years eve dinner with miss mabel sanderson mr and mrs percy bennett mr and mrs ray bennett spent new years day with mr and mrs walter cook and florence j at lansing j several of the children in the j community have had chicken- 1 pox a speedy recovery is wish- 1 cd for them mrs s defoe called on mr i and mrs jack devins and fam- ily at weston on thursday of last week mrs devins had just 200000 facts v2 tons of data in new book people in troisrivieres que apparently own more dogs and cats and have fewer headaches than the people of any other city of town in canada this is one of about 200000 pieces of information most of them serious but many of them odd or amusing which may be gleaned from the 1956 canadian consumer survey published by the canadian daily newspaper publishers association the survey is a 229page tabu lated compilation of what pro ducts canadians buy what par ticular brands they buy and where they buy them covers 250 items it covers about 250 items of groceries drug products toilet goods clothing household appli ances and other products and it boils down 114 tons of informa tion into l2 pounds the infor mation was gathered in line with recognized sampling me thods from 40000 question- aires distributed to householders in 67 towns and cities distribu tion and collection was made by 10000 newspaperdelivery boys processing of the material was done by statistical report ing and tabulating ltd under the direction of c g green the president the publication is one moving members of a canadian lesion branch hsve designed and built portabe outuoor stage and donated it to a veterans hos pital mounted on a trailer it can be assembled in a few min utes into a 20 x 27 stage and moed to any part of the hos pital grounds light easytohandle alumi num was the legion members obvious choice of material and in case of sudden thunderstorms it would be a simple matter to roll the performers stage and all under the nearest shelter a typical example of how alu minum often provides not just one but several advantages on a single job aluminum company of canada ltd alcan of a continuing series and the cdnpa describes it as unmatch ed in any country and one that only daily newspapers could provide the last issue was compiled in 1953 form reliable guide cdnpa comments that re plies are subject to the human element but that past exper ience indicates they are a re liable nuid- in regard to troisrivieres dogs cats and headaches 53 of the households replying own dogs with portge la prairie man in second place at 39 per cent cat ownership is 6 percent with corner brook nfld and sydney ns runnersup with 34 percent eacii headaches so far as revealed by purchase of headache rem edies were acknowledged in 78 percent of the troisrivieres re plies and this was the lowest the stouffyiue tribune thuruliy jinoary to 1957 suits slacks overcoats tip top tailors annual clearance of mens tailored to measure clothes plus our entire stock of mens ready to wear suits and topcoats and boys suits priced at discounts up to 30 off you must act quickly as this special sale ends monday january 14th weldons svlnus ovkit matiaua ills this unusual photo captures the flight of an itcaf silver star jet as it sweeps niajectically over horseshoe falls at niagara crew of another jet took this sceno at noon 135mm lens from some 3000 feet in the air trainer with a percentage in the country fig ures from owen sound and brandon man indicated head aches 100 percent rampant frenchlanguage residents ap pear to put more faith in indi gestion remedies than do their englishspeaking compatriots cut down on rouge in montreal for instance 79 percent of frenchlanguage peo ple canvassed used them against only 38 percent of those of eng lishlanguage and in quebec the percentage was s3 to 32 troisriviers however where people are nearly all of french language indicated an indiges tion ratio of only 59 percent chatiottetown at 24 percent and saskatoon at 28 percent seemed to be the most indiges tionfree perhaps surprising to male readers is that women apparent ly are cutting down on the use of rouge fiftythree percent of crosscanada replies admitted use but this was a three percent drop from 1953 lipstick use however was up five percent at 83 and this may mean that more women are ma king lipstick double as rouge according to the figures the most general use of lipstick 96 percent is in nelson and prince rupert in british colum bia while women of lindsay and guelph in ontario seem to use it most sparingly at 64 and 66 respectively perhaps the human factor which cdnpa speaks about rings into some of these replies percentage is high nearly everyone in canada apparently eats canned soups cheese and crackers ith per centages all in the 90s comparison between the 1956 and 1953 surveys show that among coffee users instant cof fee is up in use from 42 to 59 percent and that among tea users tea bags are up from 63 to 74 percent sixtynine percent of those polled in 1956 owned automobiles compared with 54 percent in 1953 electric food mixers advanced sharply from 29 percent in 1953 to 49 percent in 1956 other 1956 figures with those for 1953 in brackets included electric re frigerators 85 78 electric cook ing ranges 57 49 gas cooking ranges 34 27 hot water heat ers 67 51 vacuum cleaners 74 67 v ft for asieste youlhhrih to m one clear thing stands out in the middle east muddle can adas need for a distinctive flag otmmfcuss alkyd ha i want to add new color beauty to your living room dining room or bedroom youll enjoy doing it enjoy th result at never before with ciltone evr soeasy to apply dries the same day and is odorless too hard wearing washable so easy to keep clean aslt for ciltone odorless alkyd enamel in a wide variety of tempting tolors j- flat semigloss or gloss s hendricks hardware stouffville ontario shoes mens wear your tip top 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