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stouffviue ontario thursday december 29 1938 page three town topics 1 phone ix your persoxa1s 15301 i mrs d w walls and miss ruth were spending the yule- tide season with relatives at little britain reeve a e weldon wife and family had christmas dinner with her parents in cambray on monday mr and mrs jos borinsky are spending a week in new york city where mrs borinsky has several sisters mr and mrs bruce rowboth- am cornwall spent sunday with his parents mr and mrs frank rowbotham mr len tait and family from sunderland were holiday visitors with his parents mr and mrs mart tait rev herbert and mrs lee were in toronto for christmas at the home of their son walter mr and mrs barton lyn- burner enjoyed christmas with his mother mrs james ratcliff mr and mrs ewart forsyth toronto were in town visiting his sister miss laura mr sam armstrong went north to swastika to spend christmas with his son william mr and mrs ii w sanders were in weston for the christ mas holiday mr and mrs frank william son and mr and mrs isaac barkey were in toronto for the yuletide visiting their children and grandchildren it was stated at the markham township nomination meet ing on monday that markhams new road grader travelled over 5000 miles in maintaining the township roads this past year the old stalwart lyman dougherty accompanied by his daughter were in town for a short time last week our form er business man certainly does not allow the years to sap his youth or to take the merry twinkle from his eye baby joy oneill infant daughter of mr and mrs l e oneill and little thomas infant son of mr and mrs j mccreight of the 9th con cession were baptized at the christmas service in the united church on sunday morning by rev l e atkinson mrs tained j b sanders enter- the members of the womans association at her home at the december meeting miss daly conducted the worship period and miss joyce ball sang a christmas carol rev l e atkinson presided for the elec tion of officers which was as follows president mrs j blake sanders vicepres miss s daly secy mrs dan cook financial secy mrs e a button treas mrs levi hoo ver parsonage com mrs j r hodgins mrs i barkey flow ers mrs w s shaw kitchen mrs a hoover mr hugh bannerman sister spent christmas relatives in bradford and with mr and mrs norman neal and allan spent christmas with their uncle and aunt mr and mrs charles neal agincourt miss sadie stewart and mr and mrs stanley slack joined the family reunion with mr and mrs e w evans claremont on christmas day charles williamson gormley was arrested recently charged with failing to return to the scene of an accident when 8- yearold ronald pratt of toron to was knocked down by an automobile it is believed that williamson failed to notice that he had hit the boy owing to christmas falling on sunday with some people celebrating it on monday quite a few came in for two christ mas dinners usually one at home and another at the home of relatives that one can have too much of even a good thing was acknowledged by one or two at least who got in on this double serving reeve james rennie right and deputy reeve charles hooper left must feel that their worries are mostly over in municipal circles with the lowest tax rate in 18 years for markham township both are returned for the second successive year mr rennie is entering his seventh term at the council board 1939 being his third as reeve mr hooper started six years ago and this will be his third term in the deputy reeveship they live on opposite sides of the township to each other mrs lett of toronto is visit ing her parents mr and mrs george watson rev l e and mrs atkin son and family spent monday at leaside at the home of her sister mr and mrs pike mr and mrs james todd toronto were guests at the home of his brotherinlaw mr k r davis mrs henry vanzant spent the christmas weekend with her daughter mrs george menzie in toronto mrs h badgero and miss ruth were in burlington at the home of her daughter and son- inlaw mr and mrs h r mccay miss jane maccallum has gone to toronto to spend at least a few weeks among her rela tives there as has been her custom in past winters miss maccallum is representative of one of the oldest families who were in business here when the town was incorporated as the new year officially comes into being and the old year makes its exit let us be the first to say to you happy new year betty beauty salon a mysterious fire broke out in a garage belonging to mrs mcdonald immediately east of the grubin block on main street right at the height of the christmas eve shopping on saturday night the garage is rented by price pugh of the central feed store and his car was found to be on fire having started from around the front seat it had not been in use for at least two weeks and this fact coupled with the discovery that the cap was off the gaso line tank leads to the belief that someone was attempting to steal gasoline when probably a cigarette or a lighted match ig nited the car is an old model with the tank at the front fire men quickly responded and ex tinguished the blaze it was first discovered by n w byers who was passing along maini street and saw a flame issuing from the garage mr ed walls intends to go to mount forest this week owing to the serious illness of his brother a great war veteran now farming near mount forest mr and mrs c g mckenzie of new toronto daughter of j s dougherty and mrs morrison sister were at the dougherty home for the christ mas season mr and mrs robertson of kingston and mr findlay tor onto were christmas visitors with mr and mrs wilson baker avenue the wilsons moved to stouffviue last fall from the lime stone city a are feeling right at home in their new surroundings mr wilson is a retired cpr man mr theo madill received a christmas card from his sister in california the other day she is a widow and 88 years of age during mr john madills visit to the south last winter he saw his sister who is very active for her great age mr madill tells us that she has not been in the old home district since their parents died mr and mrs a c burk- holder were in toronto for christmas festivities miss m lickorish spent weekend with her parents and mrs bert lickorish the mi- mrs fred johnson spent christmas at the home of her brother william hope at milli- ken mr l c murphy principal of our continuation school also mrs murphy and the family were in cobourg for christmas mrs e stewart and daughter miss marjorie stewart rn were in toronto for the yule- tide miss gertrude boyd of osh awa and mr arnold henessey windsor were at the home of the formers father mr hugh boyd for christmas mr and mrs a s collins were in malvern for the christmas festivities visiting at the home of her daughter mrs mccowan visitors at mr d l stouff- ers for the holiday season were mr and mrs andrew stouffer mrand mrs gordon boyd new market and mr and mrs fred nicely toronto also the stouffer brothers from ring- wood mr and mrs ambrose stover and family also mrs warder and daughter h of kitchen er enjoyed christmas dinner with mr and mrs harry stover mill street a happy and prosperous new year to one and all hodgins grocery seventeen sat down to christ mas dinner at the home of mrs william watson main street on monday including her sister miss charlotte lehman and a brother wellington the guests included mrs thos bacon and family of claremont mr and mrs ross watson and family 4th con uxbridge mi and mrs edgar kidd of rich mond hill and mr james mor- in a neighbor and old friend when the watsons and morins farmed in uxbridge before re tiring in stouffviue mr and mrs t c gostick spent the christmas season with members of their family and grandchildren iri the southern part of pickering mr and mrs harman hoover motored over to perth county to spend christmas with their daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs archie stover at milver- ton mr and mrs reive of toron to were guests with mr and mrs jas mccreight 9th con on sunday they are parents of mrs mccreights and were pre sent for the christening of their little grandson in the united church on sunday morning in this space the 51 issues of this weekly paper we offer you our merchandise this week we take this time out to convey to you our sincere wish for a happy and prosperous new year stiver bros mr and mrs e j davey spent christmas in toronto with mr daveys brother miss jessie walls rn tor onto east general hospital staff was home on monday mr and mrs george watson were in uxbridge visiting her sister on christmas mr and mrs george green were in toronto over the week end mrs d oboyle from isling ton spent christmas with her sons jack and norman oboyle at the old home east of town mr and mrs william kirk and daughter doris of toronto spent the christmas holiday with mr and mrs k g tarr mr and mrs k d wood- burn spent the holiday with her parents mr and mrs albert mantle claremont christmas visitors with mr and mrs floyd fairless east of town were mrs hassard and son bob of toronto miss hannah fairies bloomington mr and mrs orville martin and son from churchill mr and mrs eldon fairies and family mr jos mertens and miss margery also his visit is expected to be the greatest tourist attraction canada has ever had offsetting the loss of canada because of tourists going to the worlds fair we common people can come and go without our travels being noticed but when royal ty travels it means something the spirit of new years would be missed entirely if we did not express a thank you to you for your patronage j m storey druggist may the new year bring blessings prosperity alv1n farmer the rawleigh dealer there are many features to the proposed visit of the king and queen to canada next may first of all a monarch is visit ing one of his choicest domin ions and we m expect the welding of closer ties and a stirring up of british patriot ism then it is suggested that he really see canada a all its works because there will be hundreds of reporters accom panying the party and onada will get worldwide publicity reduced rai fa new years fare and a quarter for the round trip good going friday dec 30th until 2 pm monday jan 2nd inclusive returning to leave destination not later than midnight tuesday jan 3rd 19391 tjtxtft i fare and a third ioumc for the round trip good going tuesday dec 20th until monday jan 2nd inclusive return limit to leave destination not later t midnight saturday jan 7th 1939 full information from any agent canadian national tiaoi d o q o xoezoez xoexoe ioexoe soehy o q o the sudden storm which blew up on monday following a de lightful two days of christmas season became quite fierce dur ing the evening and many a holiday visitor wisely struck for home earlier in the evening than might have been the case be tween stoufrvihe and goodwood the road became blocked and at nine oclock tuesday morning the capital of uxbridge town ship was still snowbound but strenuous efforts were being made to open the highway the slush blocked up in front of the snowplow like solid dirt and this took terrific power to move even when only a foot deep on the level adolph hitler never succeed ed in any of the occupations he tried in private life new york nation oh well he isnt the first chap with that sort of record who felt perfectly com petent to tell everyone else just i what they should do the literary society of the continuation school entertained the parents and graduates of the school at their second annual christmas at home held in the auditorium of the school on thursday gordon bolander presiding a program of chorus es and readings was given and dickens christmas carol was presented the cast included gordon baker kathleen kelling- ton harold good jean sander son jack davis mary davis correine king joan baxter warren stewart and bill kcllington dr h b freel chairman of the board of trus tees spoke o d o o n o we dont know what the year holds in store for you but if wish es come true our wishes will insure you the grandest year youve ever had heres to your health happi ness and prosperity r e curtis o n o o 0 o o q o ic ioe ioc ioe ioe o