6312 Main St. Mlle. ONT. L4A 1GB lcan I Wynn! Louder! Okay, men. One more time. What does she want for Christmas? Page 14-15 It’s Elementary in. m m. cm rower Page 2 Out of Africa THIS ISSUE â€640-4646 Page 5 From Where I’m Sitting arthau Jewellers Louder! A hundred and ten years later, many of those advanta 5 still ‘ a ly, and despite rapid growth and our pranmit to oronto, â€Kitchurch-Stouffville has managed to retain its sma l town atmns~ “'0'. rhete. As another excerpt from the Nov. 1895 Free Press points out, a ---- on] neWIpaper can play an important role in promoting a sense of “‘5 'The M3] paper given I]. I chat with our ne' hours at our own fire mu, and fat distant friends is a weekly letter m home.’ W‘Ihc lï¬ufldpll rm lofwl:nd there “amendid weekly . youmt ' ' o c angi gym eof residence. ,wr- we momma Stouffvillc as a good place in Which to hunld a homg. Loqk i_t up._' “I place of residence, Stouffville has man advantages. It is near Toronto and has four trains daily. We have churches of al the denominations, good schools and a blic library. There are fine stores, some of them qufl metropog't'gn in charaqter. The name Was. chosen to reflect the fact that this is anï¬ndcpendenï¬amhkithShEE'and operated ublication, but it also has a precedent in local history. In the late 19th Century, the Covington brothers established a Stouffv' e newsâ€" paper c_a_llcd The Free Press._ _ , fl. ' In a Nov. 1895 issue, the following article appeared in The Free Press under the headline, ‘A Good Place to Live’: Welcome to the first issue of the Stouffville Free Press, a monthly newspaper dedicated to coverage of local news and human ingest stories, sports featuresLinfogma‘tion end upcoming events â€_‘ Whitchurch-Stouffville. A tropical Christmas: it may have been cold and snowy outside, but Scotiabank brought some welcome island sunshine into the Kinsmen's Santa Claus Parade, with palm trees, grass skirts and some lively island music. The Stouffville Free Press By Kate Cildcrdalc then and now