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stouffville ontario thursday december 29 1938 page five dicksons hill misses viola and elma ramer were at j groses on sunday sorry to learn that mrs jos reesor is ill with pneumonia mr and mrs ed mcdowell were at j b hoovers on mon day mr and mrs wes johnson also james and kathleen walk er were at ken walkers for christmas the school meeting on wed nesday saw the largest atten dance in years jos reesor was reelected as trustee the hoover family were entertained for christmas at roy moyers don moyer of mcmaster university is home for a fewj days rev and mrs percy lehman were at herb widemans on sunday evening mr and mrs herb wideman entertained the families of les lie and will grove on christmas mr and mrs wes wideman and mr and mrs alex jones and family were at j siders in goimley melville mr and mrs charles conner and family spent christmas with her parents who are mr and mrs ralph wideman of richmond hill mrs wide- man returned to spend a few days with her daughter on the farm 8th line markham a wish sincere a happy new year voices our sincere wish at this glad season may it bring you much happiness and prosperity and that the year ahead shall be one of good fortune and success for you ratcbiff co phone 7112 we thank our customers for their patronage during the past year an hope to merit a con tinuance of it in the future h bannerman prop stouffville 5c to 100 store new year greetings wishing all the people of stouffville and surrounding district a happy and prosperous new year harry golden phone 273 stouffville mr and mrs wheeler and daughter of toronto visited at john harris last week mrs gid brownsberger of markham and mrs fairburn of keswick visited with the lat- ters sister mrs kirk last week a large number from this vicinity attended the christmas fair at stouffville and report the numerous exhibits as being of very fine quality and the 9 teams of horses shown being second only to those at the royal alvin wideman lome wide- man j l byer edwin byer and a company of others took a trip to arthur and other points last week where they staged a successful rabbit hunt bagging over six dozen some weighing ten pounds the teacher and pupils of mt joy school were at home to parents and friends in the schoolroom on wednesday after noon dec20 the occasion being the visit of santa claus to the school there was a large att- dance and a good program was given by the pupils consisting of recitations songs and dia logues the efficient manner in which they were given is in no small measure due to the efforts of the teacher miss mabel bar- ty at the conclusion of the pro gram santa was on hand to distribute presents from the large tree and this proved to be one of the preat delights of the afternoon mr and mrs albert robin son and daughter of toronto spent the christmas holiday at the home of his father a christmas service of song was held in wideman church last sunday night a choir of about thirty voices under the direction of les wambold assis ted singing christmas carols and anthems and added much to the interest of the service a business meeting of wide- man church was held on tues day afternoon as 1939 will have arrived be fore our next contribution we wish all a bright and prosper ous new year we learn that mr and mrs d a clendenihg over on the 9th line received a beautiful radio for christmas the gift of their son reuben oh joy no more lonely hours what a fine gift we expect a number from here will be taking in the special candlelight service to be held in the stouffville christian church saturday evening at 1115 a special program is being arranged by the pastor public meeting extends conbolances at the nomination meeting in vandorf hall for the township of whitchurch last friday afternoon a unanimous resolu tion was passed extending the sympathy of the ratepayers to deputy reeve jess cook in the death of mrs cook so recently mr isaac morton a former councillor fittingly introduced the question and every hand in the hall went up in sincere ac cord with the words of sym pathy extended to the absent deputy reeve mr cook wishes the tribune to extend to all the ratepayers of the township his heartfelt appreciation for the kindly gesture of goodwill accorded him in the manner in which it has been done and to wish one and all his sincere hope that the forthcoming year will be one of prosperity and happiness to them d o o d o the universal week of prayer will be observed in the vandorf santa claus seems to have singled out ross hood as des erving of extra recognition this and mrs grant mayor and year the concert at the united church was extra fine this year and the children were overjoy ed with the appearance of santa claus thos hood and family spent mr and mrs frank bram- mer and family of newmarket were guests at john petch3 on sunday mr neil and byron were sunday visitors with w d richardson mr and mrs edgar rose had christmas with their family at carmon roses home holt mr and mrs james oliver and ruth mr and mrs wh sproxton and mr and mrs george sproxton and family joined mr and mrs howard oliver and family at dave ellis home on monday for dinner mr and mrs harold dews- bury and family were guests with bob browns and mrs snider on monday mr ketch of zephyr was hol iday visitor with his daughter mrs wilbert graham and hus band mrs roy morley entertained mr and mrs wm morley mr and mrs will powell mr and mrs winters and miss lottie atkinson and miss jean powell prayer meeting will be held at herb olivers on thursday evening mr douglas mcclure will speak sunday school election of offi cers will be held on jan3 we want to see a good crowd out to this meeting guests at the home of alfred pattenden were mr and mrs norman steckley and family of ringwood mr and mrs will pattenden mrs pattendens sister and husband from the west bethesda happy new year thursday visitors with mr and mrs charles atkinson were mi- and mrs smith and doug las and mrs blackwell and mary all of barrie christmas visitors were mr and mrs gordon tidsbury with mr and mrs hunt mr and mrs otto barkey lemonville with mr and mrs w empringham mr and mrs herbert heise and barbara and mr and mrs russell sproxton and family with louis brillinger mr nd mrs floyd spence and mr and mrs albert scott and family with mr and mrs john spence mr and mrs charles hicks with mr and mrs harry hicks of toronto mr and mrs will paisley with mr and mrs kirk of markham misses selena and flossie at kinson with mr and mrs a galbraith of newtonbrook mr and mrs fred allin and family with mr and mrs percy allin of aurora mr and mrs a b shaffer with mr and mrs alfred robinson of aurora mr and mrs ross chapman and bruce with mrs hall at owen sound mr and mrs john brillinger and family with mr and mrs mervil hare of maple mr and mrs wesley brillin ger and family with mr john lehman of stouffville mr brian crosthwaite spent the weekend at his home in st catharines miss gladys brillinger of grovedale is home fop over the holidays o 0 o o n o 0 o s stouffville churches during the week of jan 2 to jan 6 the following is the list of churches speakers and topics monday january 2 baptist church rev l e atkinson topic thanksgiving and confession tuesday january 3 christian church rev w h fuller topic the church universal avednesday jan 4 mennonite church pastor d macgregor topic nations and their rulers thursday jan 5 presbyterian church rev h shantz topic missions friday january 6 united church pastor r k vickers topic home life and christian education to i o 0 o o 0 b 0 o 0 o 0 o o m o 0 o gome and receive a blessing jj o 9 xoexoe ioexoi ballantrae christmas in toronto at the home of mrs hoods mother who has not been enjoying good health of late miss varty our school teach er and her numerous scholars are being congratulated on every hand for the manner in which they staged the school concert last week the dance and card party held at the home of mr and mrs m rose went off with a bang on friday evening there was a good attendance and a happy time norman hisey has rented his house for a year the weatherman does not seem to have been working well with the boys who are strenu ously trying to get a sheet of ice on our new open air rink but they are making some headway now mr and mrs stanley rose who are now in london were home for the holiday season wellington cockerill and wife enjoyed a visit from their child ren and grandchildren during the festive season christmas in midland mr bill tomlinson is leaving for florida shortly in company with mr and mrs ross of oshawa mr and mrs glover and family spent christmas in norwood at time of writing all roads from claremont are practically impassable claremont good christmas trade was en joyed by the merchants of this town miss dorothy miller is holi daying in goodwood regular school meeting was held on wednesday of this week with usual routine business mr and mrs j mundell and son of aurora spent the holi day with friends and relatives mr and mrs h porter spent bereavement glen lome suddenly at his late residence 7 riverdale avenue toronto on wed nesday morning dec 21 1938 lome glen beloved husband of mary f lehman in his 48th year weekend specials tender leaf tea 7 oz 28c 12 oz 48c choice pumpkin large tins 2 for 19c niagara dry ginger ale 2 bottles for matches perfection 3 for dominion wishes all cus tomers and friends a happy and prosperous new year 25c 18c dominion stores stouffville markham township fellow ratepayers we the members of markham township council sincerely appreciate the wholehearted sup port of the ratepayers throughout the past year fully expressed by your action on monday in according us another acclamation which is greatly appreciated at this time james rennie reeve charles hooper deputy reeve harry barber councillor w l clark councillor albert reesor councillor