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page four stouffville ontario thursday december 22 1938 church hill your correspondent wishes to extend christmas greetings to all the readers of this column mr and mrs leslie odgen and shirley had tea on sunday a the lazenby home mr and mrs lazenby and miss leone were guests at the home of mr and mrs hoyle brethour last week some of our music lovers motored to stouffville sunday night to hear the toronto bible college male quartette there will be no christian endearour this week owing to the christmas entertainment to be held in the church on thursday night of this week there was a good attendance at church on sunday everyone enjoyed hearing the toronto bible college quartette as well as the message by the pastor send in the names of your christmas visitors to your correspondent for publication we would like to have a full column of news for next issue we trust that a large congre gation will assemble themselves at the church on sunda after noon at 3 pm to celebrate the birthday of our lord there will be a special christmas message by our pastor congratulations to mrs o martin on winning a christmas cake in a lucky ticket draw at hodgins grocery store and to mrs william beach on winning first prize for light layer cake at stouffville christmas mark et on tuesday births wagg at the brierbush hos pital stouffville on dec 18- 1938 to mr and mrs lome wagg rr 3 stouffville a son vandorf miss e kingdon of thistle- town was home over the week- mrs bert dike spent a day in toronto last week glad to see mrs cale is feel ing better and able to be out among her friends again our s s concert will be held in wesley church on friday evening j mr and mrs russel sproxton and family were guests at howard olivers home in aurora altona all a very merry ss6 markham presented a christmas concert on dec 21st in the schoolhouse miss erma hodenteacher and her pupils excelled in the fine program miss hazel bacon and the pu pils of ss4 markham also held a fine concert then on dec20 miss poole and pupils of no7 wishing christmas mr earl howsim is under the doctors care we hope he will soon be out again we are pleased to hear that ma7khamgave their entvtatn- mrs frank wagg is feeling nne in good sty all of the now after being confined to her admiring mothers and fathers bed for a week aunties and uncles turned out the kiddies were all out to to encourage the teachers and see santa claus on saturday i their scholars who were so de- afternoon at stouffville when serving he had a treat for all j the sympathy of all goes out rm v n discussion a this time to mr and mrs jack frisby as they mourn the trucking local and long distance trucking gravel hauled live stock h r storry telephone 5803 gifts to pleas on sunday for dinner mr and mrs edgar rose the 1 oung people s spent part of sunday with mr s met last thursday even- and mrs morley andrews near at the church with a good queensville j there will not be any prayer meeting this week for the home the week evening service to be distribut- me aid was sought and for our white gift service was ed among the needy this christ- a time the ou looked ouite attendance white gifts were brought to death of their eldest son leon ard a few weeks ago leonard was a healthy happy little four- yearold the pride of his par k but watch the sunday school by all attend- ents and loved by a1 when hc the following ing on sunday and also at the in with kidney trouble dicksons hill mrs m wideman and elizabeth spent last week in bethesda with clare bolenders mr james kirk spent sun day evening with his lady friend we wish the trustees would erect a gallery in the local school so everyone could get a seat at the concert however we hope you enjoyed the pro gram a certain gentleman in this neighbourhood did the christ mas shopping for the family for the first time in twentyfive years report awful pine orchard toasfersir ons from 10 isp well attended on sunday and many gifts were presented to be forwarded to toronto needy the choir sang christmas carols the inquest into the death of the little boy who was injured near here recently was held on monday night in new market some of the jurymen was chosen from here mas tide the public school pupils ai looking forward to their christ mas tree and entertainment this thursday evening the 22nu there will also be a play by the young people in con nection with it the ready- made family come and hear it bethesda ice skates chrome steel hockey and racing models an ideal gift 450 for the hunter how about a new rifle or shot gun our stock includes those of the countrys finest makes brathwaite hardware merry christmas everybody mr john wright of toronto spent a few days with relatives here mr m j curtis of toronto had tea on monday night with mr and mrs ernest steckley and family the ypu will hold a re ception service for new mem bers at their meeting on tues day night everybody is wel come at our ypu meetings dont forget to have your christmas visitors recorded in our column tell your scribe and lets have a record column next week no doubt most of our men will be at the township nomina tion at vandorf this friday afternoon public speaking be gins at 230 with nominations closing at that hour the church was sunday afternoon victoria square hopeful but about two weeks ag he suffered a relapse and passed away at his home friday dec 9th the funeral service on sunday afternoon was conducted by the rev john mcdonald and the little lad was laid to rest beside his grand father the late robt agar in victoria square cemetery mr and mrs david fleming of gait called on rev and mrs haig on friday mrs jas lenniham who was taken to grace hospital two weeks ago is also improving mrs h kaiser and son alfred of woodbridge visited on thursday of last week with mrs harry forster mr and mrs wm dennie imiss eva dennie and mr charles hill spent sunday with mr and mrs jas dennie of unionville the annual christmas tree and concert will be given by the united church sunday school in the community hall on fri day evening dec 23rd all will be glad to hear that crowded on mrs frank nichols who suffer- when the ec a stroke last week is rapidly gormley the auction sale of farm stock etc belonging to w h wilson on the farm just north of the townline on the 4th was a splen did success horses of course were not sought after at this time of year and one old warrior was dropped off to a new owner at 14 while another sold for 46 however cattle and hogs went skyward one sow realizing 39 the best priced heifer 46 and still another at 45 the wilsons who have re sided here for around 30 years will continue to remain with us but they will shortly move to a new residence around the village the sunday school held its white recovering and hopes to be up gift service the sunday school a for the christmas dinner pupils provided the programme and mrs mcewen gave a fine address the gifts which were many will be found very useful we are sure in helping bring christmas cheer to the less fortunate the regular monthly meeting of the wms was held at the home of mrs mcdonald on wednesday the main feature of the meeting was the election of officers for 1939 the teacher and scholars of 30e30e xocaoe x0e30e soesoe 30e300ex0e 30e30e christmas tree decorations wreaths all sizes silver bells tin sel garlands tinsel ornaments ribbon crepe streamers tinsel stars artificial snow etc 5c to 25c christmas cards seals and tags get your cards seals and tags early when you have greater choice and leisure to choose our stock is well chosen and artistic 3 for 5c 2 for 5c 5c and 10c papetries a box of good note paper and en velopes in an attractive box is a very appropriate gift and we are showing some very attractive styles at very moderate prices we have them at 15c to 125 in our china department a new line of fine english pottery vases jardinieres etc in new and attractive shapes and colours all prices motor rugs a motor rug is always a most acceptable gift excellent quality with fringed ends in gray or brown brown tones priced 300 to 850 luncheon sets daintily boxed luncheon sets con sisting of one cloth 52x68 and six napkins 225 36x36 and 4 napkins 149 36x36 and 4 napkins 45c to 100 dolls that will bring joy to the little girls who are looking forward to santas coming dolls of every kind baby dolls so realistic that the grownups would like to hold little black pick- anninies dainty adies sturdy little dolls made to stand lots of hard us age rag dolls etc etc there are dolls to suit every purse from 5c to 500 boudoir lamps dainty and attractive little lamps with decorated porcelain bowls and silk shades in rose blue or green complete with cord and bulb 215 all wool blankets all wool white blankets with very attractive borders would make a lovely and useful gift to her they are full double bed size and the fin est quality per pair 10951150 all wool reversible blankets from 625 795 kid gloves and chamo- suede gloves these fine imported kid gloves would make an ideal gift made of the fin est quality kid in attractive styles and shades 195 to 295 chamosuede gloves in all sizes and in all the popular shades and styles pullons zipper fasteners etc pair 25c to 95c w h shaw store this store now open wednesday afternoons phone 9512 4i ringwood bert baker is having the hydro installed in his farm buildings miss helen abell is home from toronto university for the christmas holidays mrs ralph baker spent a few days last week with her sister mrs o anderson of unionville the christmas tree and entertainment in the church on monday night was well attend ed and a good collection was realized the sympathy of the com munity is extended to mr jess cook in his recent bereavement boys and girls dont forget your special object talk sunday afternoon at the christian church melvin lehman spent weekend with his parents mrs wesley lundy spent a few days in toronto recently mr and mrs mcknight and mr and mrs o briuinger spent friday in toronto the sixth line people are en joying the bright lights now the hydro is turned on our little community wish the tribune readers all a merry christmas mrs wesley lundy spent a few days in toronto recently several from here attended the hunt club dance in aurora miss minnie widdifield and mr r allen motored to tilson- burg on saturday to attend the wedding of aimer allen the christmas meeting of the institute was held at mrs greenwoods on wednesday with a large crowd present interest ing papers on christmas in other lands were given a handkerchief shower for the children of the shelter seived as a roll call christmas carols and a dainty lunch closed the meet ing mrs g mcclure had friday dinner with mrs r chapman mr and mrs hope were tor- onto visitors recently the willing workers meeting held at mrs harpers home was well attended mrs colville gave an inter esting talk on christmas and its tree meaning the people on the 6th line had the hydro turned on just a few days ago and enjoying the bright lights despite the heavy rain fri day night a large crowd attend ed the club meeting held at the school following the business the program was in charge of douglas hope and his commit tee zoe30e 30e30i bloomington mr and mrs robert winter- stein have moved to the farm of their son ross on the sixth line the s s class of which miss m baxter was a regular atten dant and member presented her with a beautiful silver flower basket we regret losing the baxter family they having tak en up residence on church st stouffville mr baxter has bought a lot in stouffville and intends building this spring mr r burnetts house is vacant since the removal mr and mrs c tindall have moved into wallace vaughans house several carloads of our young people attended a rally held in the newmarket christian chur ch they report a very profitable and enjoyable time rev greer formerly of stouffville was one of the main speakers a number from this dis trict were in stouffville on sunday night to hear mr r k vicker the newly appointed minister at the stouffville christian church the young peoples meeting to be held in the christian church on friday at 8 pm promises to be one of great in terest mr cockburn is respon sible for the arrangements and is keeping the plan as some thing of a surprise everyone is invited from ringwood bloom ington stouffville and every where so plan to be there with us of course youll buy candy for christmas so buy the best our stock is fresh other suggestions fountain pen pencil sets military brush sets brush comb mirror sets yardleys toiletries book ends cutex sets vanity sets shaving mirrors and brushes stationery and bibles cameras toys games picture books fiction books hunts neilsons boxed candy ah at low popular prices at boadways drugs christmas entertainment atha christmas concert dec 23rd at 8 pm christmas can tata drills etc by school children play kidnapping betty e n foskett teacher christmas concert at ss no 7 whitchurch will be held on thursday evening dec 22 at 8 pm silver collection l h malloy teacher the pupils of altona school will held their christmas con cert on the evening of dec 22 at the school the young people will also present a play a readymade family at the concert