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the tribune thursday december 22 1977 stouffville scene whats going candlelight service christ church anglican sunset boulevard is holding a christmas eve candle light service the service begins at 9 pm and will feature the singing of carols ac companied by organ and vibes holy communion at 1 930 pm louis hertle the legion president and his wife were also honoured guests at the event the seniors all had a great time and at least one lady said that the event was especially enjoyable because there was no drinking or smoking at the event christmas lunch the staff of the tribune enjoyed a christmas lunch last friday at sleepy hollow golf and country club fort erie reunion calling all former students of the fort erie secondary school home to mark the 50th an niversary of the school may 12 and 13 1978 tentative plans in clude a reunion dance golf a memories reception at the school and several other ac tivities mather public school is as well celebrating its 50th an niversary and it is planned that may 12 14 will be turned into a real old home weekend your help is needed though to make this event a success those interested in attending are asked to contact the reunion 78 secretary mrs m mcmillen at the school tait avenue fort erie ontario l2a 3p1 416 8714610 as soon as it will be- open on wednesday dec 28 acd friday dec 30 and close againon saturday dec 3 and monday january 2 regular hours will resume on tuesday jan 3 1978 friendship dinner the christmas dinner sponsored by the stouff ville friendship club at the deer park inn last week was a great suc cess a total of 123 seniors gathered to enjoy a festive spread and engage in an exchange of gifts lila campbell en tertained the group with several readings and grant turner made his appearance as santa claus christmas visiting the christmas season is a time for visiting with friends and relaties a time to relax and enjoy company our readers are always telling us they want to hear more of the social news in the area so we would like you to phone in and let us know what special actiwties jou are involved in during the holiday season call the tribune office between 9 am and 5 pm to let us know what joure up to there has been a problem in the past connecting at times with editorial staff so the girls in the front office in a spirit of noel cooperation have agreed to take down any social items phoned in let j our neighbours know what youre up to call 6402100 here from england mr and mrs an thony woodbridge and two children stefan and lisa from london england have arrived to spend the christmas holidays with her parents mr and mrs ch nolan duchess st the family will be joined this week by son john nolan also from london mother visiting peg dixons mother mrs ethel senior is visiting the art dixon family for the christmas holiday and arrived from manchester england on sunday holiday hours the stouffville library will be closed from saturday dec 24 through tuesday dec 27 winter at seneca seneca colleges winter at seneca calendar offering 350 credit and noncredit subjects is now available at the finch campus continuing education office among the new subjects offered are circus performing arts wind energy supergraphics sailing around the world sur vival in the kitchen and a preschool workshop in creative music and movement a new program under the heading native studies includes con versational ojibway native beadwork and leatherwork and the native people of canada gaby keck frdrft left and anne faust front right returned to their native germany monday after spending three months in stouffville on an exchange program their respective hosts cheryl stelling and sandy mcleod will be going to germany for three months in the new year the german- canadian exchange program has been running for some years at stouffville district secondary school m7 1 sfc1 teeat ft ii i mm k ky we ifahp jfanyly sunday dec 25th 500pm cftotv coble toronto iw former resident enjoys birthday s by betty boadway in spite of the blustery weather tues day evening december 6 family members from as far away as north bay hanover and toronto met in the delightful florida room of the bonfire restaurant lindsay for a very special surprise party to honor the 80th birthday of mrs effie boadway of 44 melbourne st w lindsay and formerly of stouff ville mrs boadway is not only the mother of 4 but also the grandmother of 16 and greatgrand mother to 4 with 2 more expected in the new year mrs boadway arrived at the bonfire in the company of her youngest son ted thinking she was going to surprise him by the presence of her older son harold who with his wife olive had arrived earlier in the day bringing their christmas presents to her they had left promising to crash her planned birthday supper with ted mrs boadway was chuckling at her surprise for ted and completely speechless when she was led into the florida room where the rest of her family was sitting at a long table waiting to greet her her comment later was i was astounded to see them all and realize they were all mine one teenage grandson expressed it aptly gee mom did you realize that if it hadnt been for grandma boadway none of us would have been here thats quite an astoun ding fact and proves that the institution of marriage and family life is really quite alive and well as god intended it to be mrs boadway was presented with a corsage of red silk poinsettias and after her favorite delicious dinner of bar becued chicken the lights were dimmed for the arrival of her birthday cake this was baked at the stouffville bakery in the shape of a bible and carried a quotation from proverbs 3128 they shall rise up and call her blessed yellow and pink roses entwined the cake joyeously her 27 family members sang happy birthday in her honor following dessert two of her grandsons carried in her gift from the family a new gold easy chair which mom promptly sat in to hold court joined by one of her greatgrandsons who crawled into her lap to enjoy the fun mrs boadway was a christmas baby born on december 23 1897 the middle child in the large family of joseph and jennie cunningham of collingwood ont on december 23 1919 she married paul boadway and moved to stouffville where she lived until her husbands death in 1963 during this time she was active in church life teaching in the sunday school and as a member of the womens missionary society of the united missionary church there she also worked for over 25 years as a practical sdss update nurse at brierbush hospital where she was well loved and respected by patients and staff alike four children were born to her 2 daughters pauline of stouffville mr and mrs don ratcliffe and dorthea of hanover mr and mrs harris hallman and two sons the rev harold olive of the united missionary church in north bay ont and the rev ted betty of cameron ont a teacher at fenelon fall secon dary school serving area churches on sundays as needed following her husbands death mrs boadway moved to hanover where she continued her nursing until her retirement about ten years ago mrs boadway moved to lindsay to take up a new vocation as companion to the late charles ferguson in lindsay she has attended cambridge st and fairview baptist churches as well as belonging to the canadian club and a i ladies literary club she has drawn about her a fine group of friends who mean much to her mrs boadways secret for a long life can be found in the fact that she has lived her life tuned in to gods wavelength and his in dwelling presence has given her the wisdom and strength and power to meet the challenges life has offered her so she can sayi as she did i cant believe im 80 i dont feel it christmas commotion byjulysimonds behind the redbrick walls of sdss the students and staff whether they also are actors salesmen or athletes create quite a commotion during this festive season members of the 7th annual variety show successfully rose to stardom with their original dances talented acting and musical ability on the weekend of dec 3 the prosperous student production raised 1000 that is to be donated to the par ticipation house in markham and to meals on wheels special thanks are given to all those who helped provide such an entertaining evening for the publics generous support and especially to tim brazier and rodger brndjar who made the entire show possible a convincing rumour is being whispered throughout the halls at sdss that serious plans are well un btess you at christmas delicious takeout chicken the homestead rr 4 stouffville 8875240 for a student musical production in the spring whether the grade 13s have been inspired by the variety show or just bubbling with christmas spirit is questionable as censored skits and humorous nonsense are being molded into their dec 22 assembly speaking of christmas the oranges and grapefruit have finally arrived from texas just in time to replenish the fruit bowl for holiday friends the student council would like to thank all those who supported our fund- raising drive and to in form everyone that fruit orders will be taken once again in february 1978 the sports activities are also stirring at sdss as the girls volleyball teams are conditioning in preparation for their first game of the season the girls are- hosting both aurora and williams high schools on jan 24 the boys have completed their volley ball term having made it to the allontario finals and are well into basket ball the senior boys basketball team has convincingly secured two game victories with wins over king city 90t5 and huron heights 6344 pawajj