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way 2k2j 0 may you enjoy s truly merry chrbtma best wishes midtown garage riy sargent eirit harolds grill roy ing sons stouffville harold and don thurston and staff stouffville warmer mian ever and cheerier loo are ihe holiday wishes were sending to you k w betz construction co ltd staff and employees accident total could set new record traffic accidents over the holiday weekends could push canadas fatality and injury totals to the highest point in history according to figures released by all canada insur ance insurance federation figures compiled by the fed eration which represents 200 canadian insurance compan ies show that 19g0 injury population of amherst ns totals will approach the 100- gianby que niagara falls 000 mark for the first time ont brandon manitoba and equivalent to the combined nanaimo bc an impressive candlelight service was held in the mark- ham um church on sunday evening the background scrip ture for the service was the words of jesus i am the light of the world margaret dan iels led a group of five girls in a candlelighting exercise then the group proceeded through the audience to light all candles while the congregation sang the light of the world is jesus special singing for the evening included three selec tions by the stouffville um church trio a solo by mr sam stadelbauer entitled how great thou art a duet by carol kee- ler and dianno barkey once in royal davids city and a duet by lynda rees and lynda barkey to a little town one day mr tom dow a student of emmanuel bible college and waterloo college conducted the service and preached on the sub ject christmas and the per sonal cost to jesus mrs f doner directed the candlelight service next sunday evening will bring another outstanding chri stmas event to the community as the church choir presents a cantata entitled immanuel forever mrs harold knights of paradise street will direct the cantata last night was the annual sunday school program many children took part in the service and happily returned to their homes with candies and gifts the theme of the service was the characters of christmas meet christ the theme was divided up to include the var ious aspects of the christmas story the wise men expected him the king rejected him the innkeeper negected him and what will you do everyone was made to feel welcome as the tiny tots gave their recitations and songs the pastor closed with a brief mes sage to the parents this sunday is building fund day please remember to bring your dime folders and christ mas offering envelopes the navigators memory verse for the next week is the assur ance of victory 1 cor 1013 dicksons hill church the opening exercise for the candlelight service was similar to the one conducted in mark- ham however the well planned program under the direction of mrs lloyd wideman presented the complete christmas story in pageant form during the change of cast and scenery spe cial singing was provided by various members of the local church international harvester truck dealers 4s00 yonge street at sheppard willowdale ontario wish our good friends and customers g a merry christmas and a happy and prosperous new year i last tuesday night the yw- ms convened at the home of mrs roger hallman for their annual christmas service after a time of carol singing scrip ture reading and prayer mrs a recs spoke on christmas in the land of india activities surrounding the home church and business life in calcutta were explained in detail this was also the time for annual reorganization mrs c mallet was reelected president mrs warren moyer vice pres mrs h hoover secretary and to the social committee mrs roger hallman mrs l wide- man and mrs moses on christmas sunday morn ing the children will present their annual programme during the 1050 sunday school hour all parents and friends are in vited to attend the pastor preached at both services on sunday in the mor ning worship hour he spoke from the songs of solomon the scripture text was he took me into his banqueting house the worshipers were reminded that before great spir itual blessing can be received there must be an acceptance of the work of christ on calvary and an identification with him in his life death and resurrec tion thought for the day entire surrender to the lord jesus christ means that just as literally as christ was given up entirely to god i am given up entirely to christ perhaps you think that can never be that just as entirely and abso lutely as christ gave up his life to do nothing but seek the fathers pleasure and depend on the father absolutely and en tirely i am to do nothing but seek the pleasure of christ but that is actually true christ je sus came to breathe his own spirit into us to make us find our very highest happiness in living entirely for god just as a father in a western town says his little girl has been naughty lately but because she is so tied up with piano lessons ballet lessons batontwirling and other similar activities he cant get an appointment to spank her broken organ led to hymn silent night the rev josef mohr was a priest of implicit faith and childlike trust in the goodness of man he had a close friend franz gruber who was versed in music and dabbled now and then in composition between them they composed the worlds most simple and beautiful christmas song sil ent night holy night the song is sung in practically all civilized tongues yet little or no thoughts are given to the poet and composer and the little town and country in which they worked and lived world at peace europe was at peace on christ mas eve 1818 the napoleonic wars were over and there was much nappiness in the little town of oberndorf austria there was one minor note of sadness the organ in the little church had finally given out and there would be no music for the traditional midnight mass but the people of oberndorf did not know mohr had written a poem and and given it to his organist gruber in a few hours during the afternoon and even ing of december 23 1818 gru ber set the words to music accompanied and strange as it may seem gruber used a guitar to provide the musical accompaniment thus was born the song that is universally loved and which has made mohr and gruber im mortal mohr died as viear on decem ber 4 1848 in wagrein salz burg he was greatly loved and respectea but so poor that the town had to pay the funeral ex penses franz gruber fared a little better but according to our standards both author and com poser were as poor as the shep herds on the fields near bethle hem the church of st nicola at oberndorf no longer stands a simple memorial chapel has teen built there and is a shrine receiving pilgrims from nil parts of the world thujdy december 22 1960 the stouffville tribune pije it village of stouffville proclamation pursuant to a resolution passed by the stoultvillc council on december 1st i960 i hereby proclaim boxing day monday december 26th 1960 as a holiday ati persons are hereby requested to take notice and govern themselves accordingly gar lehman reeve god save the queen fleet floor cleaning service stouffville l5lsi n6s qeorqes shoe repair b8ct jfuiisyes chilstds marguerite simons staff marguerite shoppe xo birthday party without christmas were it not for the observance of christmas the greatest of all birthdays there would prob ably be no birthday parties throughout the rest of the year in ancient times only pagans took part in birthday festivities early christians associated birth with the assumption of original sin and therefore did tomyp k if hals snack bar stouffville not look upon the birth date as a time for celebration the pharaohs of egypt cele brated their own birthdays and we are told that king herod did too but it was not until the 300s that the birth date of christ was even noted in the year 351 the bishop of rome declared december 25 to be the anniversary of the birth of christ and from that date until now christians have observed this most wonderful of all birth days s wishing all oar customers a merry christmas 1 g and a happy 1 and prosperous i new year i thorn mobile feed service i unionville i peace on earth good will to all men is our heartfelt prayer at this holy christmas season greetings from all of us at mow mmwm joan and ted cadieux main street stouffville