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wed fifty years mr and mrs frank derusha formerly of claremont and now residing at manvcrs onl eighteen miles uest of peter- boro celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary on sat urday the special occasion was maiked at the home of their daughtei- mrs robert holman in claremont when more than sixty friends called to extend best wishes as the lights of christ gifts from 9ots 5f3 hond vto wovy lotion rats soon thw gran houstons the rexall drug store main street stoufiville ihone 229 one childs life worth many cruiser trips councillor councillor william parsons chairman of the stouffviile po lice committee told a regular meeting of town council on thursday night that he would hesitate to recommend that the cruiser should be retained with in the limits of the village when the local firemen were summon ed into surrounding municipali ties if one childs life was saved in one thousand out-of- town trips it would be well worth it he said the discussion was introduced by reeve gar lehman he ask ed for the opinions of the other members on the matter councillor henry slack stated that a number of persons had suggested to him that the crui ser should not leave the village i sometimes wonder if its necessary said deputyreeve kenneth wagg councillor parsons argued that a child could possibly be rushed to the hospital or assist ance could be rendered to an in jured fireman a million things could happen he said depreeve wagg contended that it would be impossible to draw a hard and fast rule he suggested however that the cruiser should be returned to the town as soon as the police observed that the firemen had everything under control he agreed that an officer could oft en help to alleviate traffic con gestion at a fire scene reeve lehman pointed out that the cruiser was often an aid to the fire engines passage through one or two more busy intersections west of the village im agreeable to letting the cruiser go said councillor ken neth laushway he suggested however that the officers should use their own judgment on the length of time they should re main at the scene dist superintendent speaks at um church rev ward shantz district superintendent of united mis sionary church in ontario was speaker for the lords day ser vices mr shantz is also the as sistant general superintendent for the um church in north america the 11 am service was dedicated to the cause of home missions an outline of the church extension program was given in detail the enjre offering was given for this work miss viola raymer of peter st will be leaving in the near fut ure to take up residence in prest on ontario the pastor on be half of the church expressed ap preciation for her faithfulness to the local church and wished her gods blessing mr shantz presented the gifts given to her by the church the evening service was in charge of the ladies of the w- ms mrs harold knights was in charge mrs clarence mc dowell led the congregation in prayer special singers for the occasion were the bowler sist ers mr shantz spoke on the work of foreign missions special christmas services have been arranged for the month of december sunday night dec 11 the pastor will preach on the subject christ mas in the land of india altona mens quartet will sing on the evening of the 18th there will be a candlelight service the stouffviile mixed trio will sing tuesday dec 20 is the an nual sunday school christmas program beginning at s pm oil wednesday the 21st young people from dicksons hill and markharn will present a play entitled the cobblers shop on sunday evening dec 25th the markharn church will present a cantata entitled immanuel for ever the navigators scripture verse for this week is 1 john 5 112 please have this ready for the prayer and bible study hour a reminder to the young people that tuesday night is re served for preparation tor the drama for the month of december mrs keith brodie will be in charge of the infants room mrs c mcdowell and marion the toddlers room mrs a roes and mrs g wideman of the junior church parents are in vited to attend church and to use the facilities provided the dicksons hill annual a s concert will be held on sun day the isth in the 1050 sunday i school hour a candlelight i service has been arranged for the everjnz of the 18th i the evening service last sun day at dicksons hill was in charge of the wms miss v brillinger spoke concerning her work in rhodesia her coloured slides were greatly appreciated the heise hill quartet provided special music a good offering was received for the work of foreign missions on tuesday the 13th the w ms will meet at 10 oclock am in the church for a day of work for the missions in the evening the ywms will meet at 8 the closer a man walks with christ the more clearly are seen the marks of true humility and lowliness of heart this is the spirit of self denial true self denial is a turning from all selfassurance all selfconfi dence all selfpride all selfwill all selfculture and care it is the deliberate acceptance of cal vary as a life pattern it is a commitment to the principle of living which our lord outlines when he says except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die it ahideth alone but if it die it bringeth forth much fruit the stouffviue tribune thuniir dec 8th t960 p the annual pop concert sponsored by the stouffviile skating club will be held at the arena on friday evening of this week the regular com munity hockey league sched ule has been cancelled in favour of this program it will resume on friday dec 16th local and personal happenings mr and mrs r- lee and son fraser from port perry were sunday visitors at the will bir- kett home mrs j r hodgins has re turned home after spending sev eral weeks with her daughters in toronto mr a mrs les wideman were at moorefield for several davs visiting their daughter jean mrs floyd schnieder the stouffviile council has ap proved a grant of 25 to the muscular dystrophy campaign promoted by mr gus ryder the paving project in the watson subdivision has been completed any adjustments necessary will be completed in the spring visitors with mr archie stew art and murray over the week end were corporal sheldon and mrs kelly and daughter doris from scarborough mr and mrs- garth stewart and daugh ters jill and pat of islington and mr harry pennock of tor onto the tribune is appreciative of the tipoff calls received on sun day evening from pc harry heatherington and mr jim har per with regard to the twocar fatal accident near altona as a result this newspaper was the only one present at the crash scene the junior choir of nearly 40 voices will provide special music for the sunday morning service at the united church this will also be white gift sunday and the primary depart ment of the sunday school will sing for the congregation after- presenting their gifts this is a service for the entire family councillor kenneth laushway has suggested that two new street lights should be installed by the puc one would be lo cated on victoria street adjac ent to the medical centre the other would be placed on war- riner st the matter was dis cussed briefly at a regular meet ing of council on thursday night cglt candlelight service a special christmas candle light service will be presented in the united church on sunday evening december 11 by the canadian girls in training ov er sixty girls will take part the climax of the service will be the lighting of the candles plan to attend this service at 730 miss muriel byer entertained at a shower on tuesday evening for miss marion gayman who will be married to mr carl tim bers this saturday at melville church notice e a grubin ro optome trist will be in stouffviile at the james mecreight residence 5s main st e- on monday and tuesday dec 12th and 13th sundav visitors with mr and mrs charles tindall harold ave were mr and mrs gordon thompson and mrs eliza swit- zer of lindsay and mr and mrs orvan downer of toronto mr and mrs don duncan of brooklin mr and mrs john hamilton oi agincourt mr and mrs bill mitchell of claremont and mr jim white and betty of pickering spent saturday eve ning with mr nd mrs gord wagg mr lome birkett of winni peg visited with his aunt and uncle mr and mrs will bir kett over the weekend he was a delegate to the quaker oats convention held at peterbor ough last week mrs clayton stouffer who resides with her brother mr levi foisyth on obrien ave celebrated her soth birthday re cently mr and mrs lloyd mover and daughters of church st were visitors in toronto on saturday with rev and mrs m bricker and edna the annual christmas party for the veterans children will be held sunday dec 11 at 330 in the legion hall pot luck supper all veterans families in the district are welcome local residents are once again reminded of the newlyorganized squirt hockey house league which operates in the arena every tuesday evening commen cing at 615 the games are cur rently drawing fine crowds of interested parents but there is still plenty of room for more fans mrs r o evans mr and mrs roger evans and ronald of stayner were visitors on sunday with mr and mrs fred pugh 10th st n mrs evans and mrs pugh are sisters there is still time to drop a gift in the christmas gift con tainer to bring surprise and joy to a patient in one of our men tal hospitals and homes the christmas gift container is lo cated in houstons drug store until dec 15 please do your part w a meeting dec 12 the w a meeting of the united church will be held in the church parlours on monday dec 12 at 8 oclock note change in date mrs blake sanders will be in charge of the devotional and music will be provided by mrs hammond mrs r j fleury will entertain with readings mrs harold spof- ford will be the guest speaker and will speak on the passion play which they attended at oberammergau while on their trip abroad last summer this is your invitation to attend mr and mrs fletcher goudie of altona accompanied by miss margery mertens visited with miss ethel goudie at preston on sunday while there they called at the fanview home to see rev c n good who recent ly celebrated his 9lst birthday also miss emma good a former resident of stouffviile a number of stouffviile homes have already been dress ed up with coloured christmas lights one of the first to don a decorative exterior was the resi dence of mr geo williams ru pert ave the local horticul tural society has organized a competition this year with nine individual prizes being offered entries may be filed by placing a telephone call to 675w or 781w the stouffviile santa claus parade was featured on tele vision last week over channel 11 hamilton the preparade promotion was organized in co operation with messrs cee hen dricks ted topping the trib une and the toronto telegram a surprise was given mr and mrs les wideman on friday evening when a number of their former neighbours met at their home on main st east they spent an enjoyable evening to gether and presented them with a sewing chest hassock new book for parents a new book the treasury of family fun by nancy cleaver was published recently this attractive book for parents with ideas for home activities in doors and out for every month of the year has ms pages and is ideal for a christmas gift mrs matthews who writes un der the name of her grand mother nancy cleaver is the wife of a minister at st steph ens broadway united church winnipeg she is also the au thor of for parents only column in the tribune weekly stouffviile main st christmas decorations were never liner with both the highway coloured lights and those provided on the trees in front of each store however it is regrettable as always that we are plagued with smalltime thieves who each night remove some of the coloured lights from the mer chants trees we are told that the same petty thefts go on in markharn where similar trees are installed the police are en deavoring to keep a closer eye on the decorations with the hope of making an example of the culprits if they are caught choral group to aid orphans the hic group of the stouff viile united church will be car oling throughout the town on saturday evening dec 17 the group numbering between 30 and 40 young people will be ac cepting donations to aid orphan children in korea your atten tion and generosity will be ap preciated subdivision roads okd roads in the shields sub division a half mile east of the 4th con have been approved by the dept of highways it was announced by whitchurch twp council last week the taking over of the roads by the town ship has been a point of contro versy for two years the town ship will now look after the snowplowing turkey shoot the annual christmas turkey shoot conducted by the optimist club of keswick will be held in the keswick arena saturday dec 17th commencing at 1030 am ammunition will be sup plied for both shotgun and rifle hunters will have a chance to take home a nice plump turkey the optimist ladies will serve refreshments by popular de mand the shoot will again be held indoors weather condi tions will not spoil your days fun candlelighting ceremony the canadian girls in train ing extend an invitation to you to worship with them this com ing sunday evening december 11th when they present their annual candelighting ceremo ny the service will be held at stouffviile united church at 730 pm the candlelighting ce remony is a very impressive christmas service and is one which is held at this season of the year in a good many towns and larger cities all across can ada easterbrook mrs jane easterbrook pro prietor of aunt janes coffee shop wellington st aurora and a resident there for the past 20 years passed away at newmarket hospital on nov 17 after a brief illness her funeral was held from aurora united church on saturday no vember 19 with rev john mor ris officiating pd interment was in stouffviile cemetery mrs easterbrook was born in stouffviile and is survived by her mother mrs harvey baker who has made her home with her daughter in aurora for many years also surviving to mourn her loss are a son lynn of brockville who graduated as a chemical engineer from toronto university and by two daughters mrs r freure sal ly who is a graduate nurse and diana who worked with her mother in the shop also mourning her loss are her sisters lillian mrs gordon bunt of aurora olive mrs garnet vanzant of stouftville and five brothers arthur baker lindsay lome baker montreal harry baker vancouver gor don baker of samia and bruce baker of maple i i mil kjl s ifim mmmmmmm parade queen stouffviile dist high school queen elaine forsyth rides in state atop a flaming red and white 19g1 buick to pre sent one of the most colour ful entries in saturdays san ta claus parade spectacle miss foisyth was accompanied by her two attendants jean- elte montgomery and susan ogilvy staff photo v 3 a poriion ci the huge crowd noon during the santa claus that lined the stouffviile parade is pictured here the main street on saturday after- orocession one of the finest in it ten year history at tracted thousands of children and adults along the entire route unseasonably mild tem peratures added to the com fort of the viewers staff phom