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stouffville ontario thursday december 22 1938 page five c stores open every night this week to accommodate the christmas shoppers tribune advertising pays give foods this christmas gift baskets of fancy foods increasingly popular from year to year christmas eve town delivery christmas treats for the kiddies pre pared in individual cellophane bags splendid assort ment this year christmas candy our candy department is replete with good things for the holiday season come in and look over our assortment sponge taffy a delicious meltinyour mouth confection per pound 20c alaska mixed this splendid christmas hard mixed 2 lbs 25c family mixed per pound 25c salted peanuts per pound 10c vanilla chocolates per pound 15c fruit flavoured gums per pound 15c crispy fluffs per pound 20c maple buds per pound 23c christmas kisses 2 pounds 25c jumbo maple creams per pound 15c fresh oysters fresh and smoked haddock fillets dried herrings ratcliff co phone 7112 best wishes may the message the christmas bells are carry ing across the snowcover ed landscape be one of holi day friendship a merry christmas to all of you who have done so much this past year to make every day a pleasant one for us oboyles meats bi reduction in coats dont wait until after christ mas to buy your coat we have reduced our coats now and you will be wise to buy before christmas while you still have a variety to choose from ski outfits we have just purchased a quantity of ski suits ski pants j and ski jackets selling very reasonable gifts in you are invited to come and look at our display of gifts for christmas h golden stouffville phone 273 green river mrs wm milne is still under her doctors care after a bad fall a few weeks ago the carol service held last week was very interesting and fairly well attended mrs gordon lehman has not been in the best of health late ly we are sorry to report mr and mrs m draper entertained a few to tea on sunday mrs j a white we are sorry to say is critically ill and was removed to the nursing home at markham last week there will not be a divine service here on sunday evening the sunday school meet at the usual time the sunday school will hold their anniversary on january 1 morning and evening sessions try to attend these worth while meetings mrs arthur williams has re turned after attending the funeral of one of her sisters at fergus her daughter mrs c woodcock of toronto also at tended glasgow congratulations to the newly- weds mr and mrs gordon burkholder glad to see misses thelma and nelda slack daughters of mr and mrs stanley slack out again they recently underwent an operation for tonsils mrs ethel brown has moved into her house recently purchas ed from mr ed davis mr and mrs louis slack en joyed a fowl dinner at the home of mr and mrs murray slack at maple recently mr and mrs joe mcmullen spent a day in toronto recent ly- goodwood mr and mrs william rise- brough visited at the home of mr and mrs t j feren on wendesday miss ella fraser our junior school teacher has been ill this last week glad to say she is getting better mr and mrs charles watson with claude and dean spent sunday with mrs oliver in woodville miss jean thaxter was at her home in uxbridge over sunday mr w r kindrie and todd called on relatives here on sat urday last a pleasant evening was spent on monday at the home of mr and mrs russel feasby in hon or of their only daughter florence who last week became the bride of gordon wilson the neighbors tendered a shower after which a lovely lunch was served the chances of a township election are still very much on the side of a run deputy reeve ashenhurst we are reliably in formed intends to stand for the reeveship and looks for an acclamation as it was understood between him and reeve james that when the deputy wishes to step up he would not be oppos ed on the other hand reeve james claims a chance of the wardenship and this may in fluence him to stay in the field the other members of the coun cil messrs fred middleton and edgar johnston may both be in the field for the higher place sneak thief exchanges cars when ewart stiver was atten ding a chwch service last thursday evening in unionville thieves stole his good automo bile leaving a wreck of ancient vintage in its stead as a token of some consideration however the stolen stiver car was re- covered on sammon avenue in toronto sunday where it had been abandoned after a bit of hard usage mongolia merry christmas everybody everyone will be exchanging visits during the christmas season so please let your correspondent know thanks mr and mrs donnelly and mr and mrs pearson of toron to were sunday guests of mr and mrs melvin chapman miss verna zeller spent a few days last week at the home of her sister mrs f ward of claremont mr verden and miss ruth gooding of gormley were sun day guests with mr and mrs e gooding mr and mrs b burnell and ronnie of claremont spent sun day with mr and mrs 0 zeller visitors with mr and mrs fred pugh last week were mr and mrs j d reesor and mr and mrs lambert stouffer and allan and donna there were fifty at sunday school last sunday our christ mas program is next sunday everyone is invited to come on christmas day and see if we can make our attendance reach the hundred mark mr and mrs a t3rown spent sunday with mr and mrs clarence brown of ellesmere miss margaret spencely of claremont was a sunday guest at the home of mr and mrs d booth a number from here went up to stouffville to see santa claus on saturday miss verna zeller and miss eva scott have been elected as the representatives of the british and foreign bible so ciety in this district so be pre pared for a call in the near fut ure a number from here are at tending the christmas concerts in the various districts mon golia concert is on wednesday afternoon 5 q o o d o ioe30i i0e30e xoe30z x0e30i holiday entertainment 99 thurs fri sat dec 22 23 24 hollywood hotel dick powell glenda farrell frances langford saturday december 24 at 230 pm o d o 3 forlorn river free show for children mon tues wed dec 26 27 28 shirley temple in rebecca of simnybrook farm randolph scott jack haley bill robinson thur fri sat december 29 30 31 cocoamit grove d o o d 6 0 o a stanley theatre stouffville ontario tit ibpi tof aroi o m o o d o o n o a nomination dec 26 pickering twp there is likely to be a con test in pickering township for municipal honors although it is predicted that deputy reeve wm reesor of altona will re ceive an acclamation the reeve ship is said to be almost sure to provide a contest when one may be staged for council as well nominations will be held mon day december 26 cedar grove mr arthur burrows and lady friend annie were in markham on friday night thieves broke into a g offens gas pump again on sun day night but fortunately did not get any as the tank had been drained remember zion s s christ mas tree to be held on friday december 23 it consists of dia logues songs recitations drills etc many from here attended the sale of the late james clodd at box brove on saturday mr milton dean had dinner at levi reesors on sunday the community was greatly shocked wednesday of last week when word was received that cameron mcintosh had broken his leg as he was leaving slate island where he has spent the last six months as radio beacon operator cam is a son of mr and mrs george mcintosh of this burg he was taken to port arthur hospital where he ex pects he will be able to leave in time to be home for christmas on saturday night good old santa comes down the chimney with his pack full of wants to please the youngsters and grownups too as christmas falls on sunday this year the holiday is celebrated on monday so may i take this opportunity to wish all the readers of the tribune a very merry christ mas and a happy and prosper ous new year goodwood lol lol officers elected in good wood on monday evening were wm bro geo stewart dm bro walter hope chaplain bro mil baker treas bro n wagg rec secy willis taylor fin secy- geo taylor direct or of cer ralph cooper 1st lect bro jno johnson 2nd lect bro r tindall 1st com edgar johnson weekend specials assorted chocolates 4 pound box 85c marschino cherries chocolate coated 1 lb 25c peppermint patties pound package 25c christmas mixture candies pound 15c table raisins package 25c christmas crackers dozen 37c and 47c grapes california 2 lbs for 25c mincemeat 2 pounds for 25c peas and corn good quality 2 tins 15c dominion stores stouffville scott crone dies had long illness on tuesday of last week scott crone passed away at his home on the centre road after a lingering illness mr crone had been a very successful farmer and took a great inter est in dairying but for some years has labored under great difficulties owing to his health he is survived by his widow formerly emma theaker and four sons allan donald mui ray and david and one daugh ter bertha all at home mr roe crone is a brother and two sisters mrs playter of beams- ville and mrs toole of pine orchard also survive the fun eral took place from his late residence to mount albert cem etery newmarket era comes the message once again of peace on earth goodwill to men may its blessing real and true evermore abide with you evelyn dougherty helen stouffer ella slack ruth lehman arthur rusnell marion rusnell betty sanderson dorothy boadway h bannerman stouffville 5c to 1 store