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pick 2 v lb lemons from cedar grove greenhouse tree lemons by the dozens this greenhousegrown lemon tree on the property of mr albert booth cedar grove will produce an estimated 200 fruits again this season one hundred have already been picked and many more stdl hang xrom its branches staff photo large size sample indmdual lemons from the booth tree have been known to measure 17 inches around and weigh up to ivi pounds staff photo twelve stitches ringvvood six year old norman sproxton son of mr and mrs herb sproxton suffer ed a badly lacerated tongue on saturday when he tripped and fell striking his head on a block of cement twelve stitches were required to close the wound allelectric apartment this modern vjsulte allelectric apartment building the villago squire is the largel apartment accommodation in markham it is indicative of the growth trend in the rapidly developing community ontario hydro photo christmas service set for sunday dec 19 th brougham next sunday december 19th the regular christmas service will be held in st johns united church at 10 am followed by sunday school at 11 new members will be received into the fellow ship of the church at this ser vice due to the icy road conditions last sunday both the church and sunday school services were cancelled the sunday school white gift service a gift of money will be held on december 19th the sunday school concert will be held in the hall on december 2nd at 8 pm the management of brown- wall transit rural bus lines treated their drivers and wives or girl friends to a turkey din ner followed by a dance on sat urday night more than seventy persons attended mr and mrs mel brown and mr and mrs roger wall were presented with sunburst clocks the afternoon group of st johns united church women met at the home of mrs john white on thursday december 9th thirteen members and four guests were present christmas stories were read by mrs a ellicotl mrs w ellicott mrs wm knox and mrs r ellicott the meeting closed with the benediction after which lunch was served by mrs white and mrs jim connell much interest was shown by the number of people who attended open house at the brougham public school on thursday evening mr russel pilkey is recover ing from an eye operation in soldiers memorial hospital at orillia sunday morning young and old alike enjoyed skating around the village on the ice coatsd streets and sidewalks kor too many the increased leisure of the affluent society will just provide more oppor tunities for getting into trouble markham ties stouffville in bantam game stouffville learding 31 at the end of the first per iod the markham ahstars sponsored by markham chrys ler dodge had to settle for a 55 deadlock in a contest against stouffville bantams played last thursday the locals narrowed the lead to one goal in the second period then scored two early third frame markers murray nugent salvaged the tie for markham at the seven minute mark rick miller with a pair bill thornhill peter mumford and brian norton were the stouff ville marksmen for markham paul raymer hit the target twice while singles came off the sticks of brydon baker john harris and bobbie robinson markhams first goal of the night was scored at the 20 sec ond mark of the first period of nine penalties called stouffville received five of them six lemon pies from one lemon 200 lemons frsrn one lemon tree thats the story again this year from the albert booth greenhouse at cedar grove mr booth acquired the lemon plant about 11 years ago it was four feet high at the time and bore only three lemons today it is more than ten feet in height and has produced more than 100 fruit with more on the way one measured 17 inches around and tipped the scsies at 12 pound the only problem with the 1 tree is that it keeps outgrowing its glassedin house it is trim- med down early in the new i year or it would break through the roof mr booth finds ready sale for the fruit and the taste is much i the same as those sold in stores another tree has been planted nearby and is doing equally i well it will still have to go isomc to match the productivity of its big brother rare birds of winter edgerton pegs it is true that most birds go south for the winter however to species such as the tree sparrow junco and threetoed woodpeckers our area is south the numbers that come from the north are in proportion to the available foe supy there as winter approaches rarities turn up and this year is no exception for the first time in thirty- five years a gray jay has come to our feeders they came reg ularly during the winter of 1930 formerly known as can ada jay this likeable bird flut ters down to feed on suet then softly disappears into a grove of spruce trees like many other people i visited mr frank barkeys home on the townline hoping to see a male redbellied woodpecker which arrived there on november 5th it was singing loudly in a hardwood bush nearby and i soon spotted it later it obliged by coming twice to the suet provided by mr barkey the redbellied woodpecker is a southern bird i saw my fitt a female at point pelce where it is rare more than two years ago how one happens to be so far north at this time of year is a good question other species from the north that i have been fortunate enough to observe recently in clude roughlegged hawk goshawk barred owl redpoll pine grosbeak evening gros beak whitewinged crossbill and northern three toed woodpeckers actually have toes and are busy working on dying elm trees by eating the insects that carry fungus which causes dutch elm diseases they are helping nature combat this problem around markham local and personal phone 2940517 mr and mrs garfield hamil ton and family ronald and linda will be leaving via tca for florida on dec 25th for ten days joseph bendetto of josephs beauty salon is opening a childrens wear shop in the sherwood plaza this conning week markham chrysler dodge held a christmas party for members of their staff at the home of mr and mrs lloyd james church st everyone enjoyed a wonderful evening mr max reesor has arrived home after many weeks spent in hospital following a car accident he is able to move around through the use of two canes markham never looked so good he says mr and mrs cecil pike were involved in an accident on sat urday night on hwy 48 south of hwy 401 mrs pike was thrown to the road by the impact but escaped serious injury she was treated at the scarboro general hospital and allowed to return home mrs gordon lehman north markham hai arrived home from jamaica after enjoying fine weather and a pleasant holiday mr and mrs bert newell and mr and mrs carman lewis are looking forward to a holiday in jamaica later next month mr and mrs wally kiernan celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on tuesday dec 14th at 17 grenfell cresc many relatives and friends were present and enjoyed a very pleasant evening miss lucy bice george st has sold her home after resid ing there for many years with her late parents an auction sale was held on saturday with a large attendance considering the weather miss bice plans to take up residence in a markham apartment johnny sherwood north markham had his car com pletely wrecked last week when it wai pushed into a hydro pole he was not in the auto when the accident occurred mrs peggy clark will sing for the neighbourhood workers at the metropolitan church toronto this week it is their annual christmas party for the senior folks mr bob prestagc formerly of peter street and now of camrose alberta was involved in a serious auto accident recently two cars met headon at the top of a hill mr prestagc suffered a broken vertebrae a broken leg cuts and bruises he will be in traction for another month his family was not with him his car was a total wreck the united church choir will be singing christmas carols outside many homes in the village this sunday evening this is an annual program en joyed by many shutins congratulation to mr and mrs murray brown 17th ave on the arrival of a bouncing baby boy weighing 9 ibs at the scarboro general hospital on monday dec 13th the charlie billings house as recalled by many oldtimers located across from the village squire apartments has been purchased by mr and mrs lionel clarke of toronto the house has been completely renovated to the english tudor design inside and out mr clarkc will use the south end for a store which will be called the print room and will sell fine art reproductions picture framings etching and engrav ings he is also an interior de signer and takes great delight in sketching old buildings the clarkes also have a similar store on markham street in toronto boys volleyball the stouffville high school boys volleyball team competed in the all ontario volleyball championships on saturday december 4th the team consist ed of jim hill ian montgomery herbert otto wayne crowder ron castle laurie buckland dave ferguson and coach mr rehill the team won the four out of five first games in the round robin they beat centre hastings 152 st bernadette 15- 2 ernestown 157 lost to west elgin 158 and beat south peel 150 they proceeded onto the semi final and beat the ontario school for the deaf in two straight games but the scores were very close west elgin now proceeds to the canadian cham pionships mr rehill was very proud of the volleyball team and said they played exceptionally well the sltwrtylue tobune tktnr deari 16 1965 page 5 additional locals the christmas general meet ing of the ucw units was held monday evening dec 6 the devotional was given by miss m hosie assisted by miss j brodie guest speaker was mrs hirsch of lemonville who presented an excellent and most interesting picture of christmas customs and celebrations in her native land germany two mus ical numbers both carols were beautifully rendered by the lemonville ladies quartette hostesses for the social hour were members of mrs roy dowswells group after a fall at work mr j ii- lingworth of hawthorne ave is fine xrays were taken at york county hospital but sho wed only bruised ribs worshipful master alfred shcnftcld of markham union lodge staff photo alfred shenfield is installed as master markham union lodge markham alfred shen- lield of buttonville was install ed as worshipful master of markham union lodge no 87 af am on wednesday evening dec 8th the installa tion ceremony was conducted in the markham masonic temple by mr lawrence pilk- inglon a past master of mark ham union many district lodges were represented mr shenfield the deputy- clerk of markham township also holds memberships in tho victoria chapter royal arch masons geoffrey preceptory knights templar rameses temple ancient arabic order of the nobles of the mystic shrine and el shamalay shrino club he succeeeds mr norman tapscott the worshipfull mas ter in 1965 the local banks have an nounced new holiday hours covering the christmas and new year period to take ad vantage of these holiday times check tiie display ad in this newspaper dec 23 and 30 the banks will open from 10 am until 3 pm and again from 430 pm until 6 run on dec 24th and 31st they will be open from 10 am to 3 pm both banks will ba closed for holidays on dec 27th and jan 3rd mr george truman of cedar grove celebrated his 95th birth day monday at his home his daughter mrs archie little was hostess to visitors including her sister mrs rowbotham and bruce of cornwall save now with these excellent 1963 classic 4tjoor station wagon 6 cylinder automatic radio roof racks 39000 miles like new only 1695 1961 mercury sedan with automatic radio v8 power steering power brakes tan with matching interior only 1395 1962 chevrolet with powerful v8 engine automatic transmission power brakes radio etc lovely finish of aqua a good buy at only 1395 1958 vauxhall sedan blue finish a real sweetie a bargain 195 1964 volkswagen deluxe 2door blue in colour top condition gas heater for extra warmth only 1050 1 only demonstrator 1965 rambler ambassador this car is equipped with 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