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8 the tribune thursday december 21 1ji8 s respected cedar gro ve resident cedar grove murison wellknown and away at his borne dec three daughters a cedar grove service was held from zion united church cedar grove tuesday at 2 pm for gordon ernest murison wellknown and away at his home dec three daughters and highly respected resident 17 he was 8s 17 grandchildren and of the community many besides his wife the two greatgrandchildren years former bertha lotton be interment was made in mr murison passed is survived by four sons zion cemetery viola malcolm she remembers christmas was different children are a lot to mend give to the hospital for sick children foundation 555 university avenue toronto m5g 1x8 here is my contribution yl ofs j j to help the children name street v citytown proy to the hospital for sick children foundation po box 3939 terminal a toronto m5w1g8 postal code i vw by jim holt stouffville today when everyone is caught up in the frantic rush to buy presents and deck out the house and tree with decorations its nice to reminisce with someone whose memories preclude such things as shopping packaging and worrying if uncle dave will like his gift that someone is viola malcolm of stouffville she recently granted the tribune an interview on christmas as it was prior to world war i coming from a family of three brothers and two sisters she reflects there was not a lot of money available in those days she fondly remembers christmas eve when all the children would hang their stockings in anticipation of finding an orange some hankies nuts and if lucky a pair of thick socks knitted by mum ex travagant presents were unheard of in their family as the children were not allowed downstairs undressed father was very strict on this a favorite trick was to jump into bed fully clothed so as to be able to sneak down later and take a peek the most popular poultry back then was goose stuffed with sage onions and celery accompanied by roast potatoes com peas and rich brown gravy mrs malcolm recalls when the oven door was opened the smell was just heavenly dessert was christmas pudding of course covered in rich white sauce followed by mince pie at the malcolm farm there were no alcoholic drinks at christmas due simply to the fact no one drank hard liquor after dinner everyone would sit around eating fruit and cracking nuts father would play christmas carols on the har monica while everyone joined in the singing even on christmas day everyone had to be up at 6 am there were many chores to be done prior to the start of festivities milking feeding the horses and water had to be carried in sometimes when tem peratures were low the well would freeze up and then ice had to be lifted from the rainbarrel into a large tub there were no visitors in those days as the distances to be covered were too great and the weather was usually bad being in the choir at locust hill methodist church would mean attending practise every saturday three or four weeks before christmas everyone well almost everyone attended christmas service boxing day was treated like any normal working day on the farm and there was no such thing as sleeping off the festivities mrs malcolms views on todays society were pungent and to the point children are very spoiled but i dont think i would like them to experience my childhood which although holding many pleasant memories was very hard in deed death removes devoted mother by evelyn milsted gormley sympathy of the com munity is expressed to mr aylmer gray and family in the passing of miriam a devotedwife and mother mrs gray died dec 14 in york central hospital rich mond hill although miriam had not been well for some time it was less than a month ago that her condition was diagnosed as cancer miriam was born april 14 1914 and raised on the 4th con- cession of whitchurch twp second daughter of gal anew yeabs eye party in the dining room 7 course dinner party favours splashdown- featuring the hal ashby trio with vocalist terry bishop comedian tommy williamson 9 i o w 3 par coupl inchi daa lax gratu ky 8 pm till 1 jn eoc card not valid special new years day menu in the dining room 9 i o i o par pansn indudo tax gratuity 600 pm edc car not valid for youfmitiitqinf iaili special room rates for those attending new years eve 2911171 s kannadyrd401hwy hotel scarborough 9- the late mr and mrs joseph cherry she at tended ss no 7 public school in whitchurch and later married aylmer gray in 1932 for many years they farmed on the 3rd concession of whit church property now owned by mr and mrs lloyd taplin from there they retired to king city besides her husband she is survived by three daughters dorothy mrs william bishop shirley mrs arthur bourassa and cherry mrs ken mcquarrie also ten grandchildren service was held saturday from king city united church with j interment aurora cemetery david milne a mer gprmley resident underwent surgery friday in york central hsopital richmond hill the sunday school children of heise hill church are presenting a candlelight service sunday- dec 24 at 630 p- j xthe missionary church and heise hill church are holding a joint watchnight service sunday dec 31 at heise hill- beginning at 9 pm participants will include the wright singers the ed naylor family and the living hope singers congratulations to mr arid mrs robert g britnell to celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary sat dec 30 their family is holding open house in their honor from 1 to 5 pm at the victoria square hall all are cordially invited but best wishes only congratulations to mr and mrs roy brillinger married sixty- two years on dec 27 they will be pleased to have friends drop in on that day joe cherry of fort myers florida spent a week with relatives here alvin farmer is now out of intensive care at scarborough centenary hospital ed baker enjoyed a short holiday in florida mrs delbert baker spent a couple of days with her soninlaw and daughter mr and mrs john honsberger and family barrie the young people of the missionary church are singing at the country place residence at 7 pm dec 20 and at 6 pm dec 22 at the country place nursing home the myf will meet in the church at 730 pm dec 22 to go bowling a candlelight service will be held at 730 pm dec 24 in the missionary church mr and mrs robert britnell to honor couple by marion sandle vld square on saturday dec 30 mr and mrs robert britnell rr2 gormley will mark their golden wedding anniversary to celebrate the occasion an at home is planned that afternoon from 1 to 5 pm in the victoria square community hall gordon draper is once again a patient in sunnybrook hsopital toronto mabel frisby is asking readers to save their used postage stamps they are sent to a leprosy mission overseas christmas meeting of the womens institute and united church women took the form of a potluck dessert luncheon wednesday afternoon at the home of mrs john mccague guest speaker was mrs of norm garriock woodbridge birthday greetings to mrsnorrri tyndall decl 22 mrs harvey collard dec 25 laurie canning dec 25 and jeannette ottaway dec 27 welcomed dianne darling of welcome wagon recently called on the following newcomers to the stouffville area mr and mrs joseph williamson rr 2 stouffville peter babick rr 3 stouffville mr and mrs russell goad 92 stuart street stouffville mr and mrs robert henderson 402 glad park avenue stouffville mr and mrs douglas hall castle gate rr 2 stouffville mr and mrs john mcniven 191 second street stouff ville mr and mrs michael jarvis- rr 2 stouffville mr and mrs robert hartnell rr 2 stouffville mr and mrs barry morris rr 2 stouffville and mr and mrs eric peters 324 main east stouffville nxx4 from htfte wrihunt staff q charles nolan jim thomas barre beacock joan marshman lois wideman doreen deacon eileen glover mary jane heyworth ed schroeter art dixon jim holt