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the tribune stouffville ont thursday dec 28th 1939 page three hiulllliiiilu i town topics i mr and mrs e j davey spent christmas with relatives in toronto mr and mrs bert miller and mr and mrs ken miller were with the formers mother mrs henry brillinger dr c rafflevitch and wife of toronto were guests of mr and mrs walter brillinger mrs rafflevitch being a sister of mrs brillinger rev gordon duncan and sister miss anne warkworth were among the visitors to call on mr and mrs robert stewart on christmas day miss jean collard returned home from the hospital last week and is making good re covery from her recent opera tion friends will be delighted to know mr and mrs wm waddell in tend to remain in town this winter having decided to forgo then usual trip to the south mr and mrs wm kirk and family toronto were christmas day guests with mr and mrs k g tarr mr and mrs russel nendick were down from uxbridge visit ing his grandmother mrs f w silversides on the holiday fe m one of our citizens received a christmas card through the mail the other morning ad dress to his mother who had been dead this seven years strange to say the sender is a local lady too just a wee lapse of memory no doubt we hear that our townspeople mr and mrs allen clossin who are located at little river sta tion florida for the winter are enjoying a daily dip in the ocean anyway the temperature at miami is running around 77 which would make an ocean dip quite refreshing mr and mrs a w j st john of uxbridge celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary last week natives of brock township and sunderland they are widely known one son is the station master at uxbridge while another son is also with the cnr mr hugh bannerman and sister miss mable motored to bradford for mondays festivi ties although there was no snow around stouffville their car got stuck over in the hol land settlement where a foot of the beautiful had fallen and softened making going pretty hard despite the unusually mild weather right up to christmas day- ice maker cliff pipher managed somehow to lay down a keen sheet of ice at the curling rink and how the boys did en joy slipping the granite rocks over the smooth surface for the opening session on the holiday the club anticipate increased membership this season although he says that he would rather see an election contest any day than an acclamation reeve rennie has been handed his fourth term as reeve of markham township with out a contest his partner deputy reeve charles hooper was likewise accorded an acclamation for a third term the reeve lives on the extreme east side of the township while his deputy farms south of victoria square thus is both sides of the muni- cipiality represented by the two chief officers christmas visitors with mr and mrs jack mcmullen were misses marjorie and georgena and mr crooks also mr harry steele all of huntsville and mrs ginn of toronto miss mila hoover of toronto spent christmas day with her sister mrs joseph mowder after christmas sale of toys dolls and handkerchiefs at a decided reduction the shaw rev and mrs h shantz and store evelyn wish at this time to ex- miss jennie mccallum is spending the christmas and new year holidays at the home of her sister and niece in toron to at 54 high park blvd the mccallum home in stouffville is one of the longest established and dates back to the time the village was incorporated peter ferguson road foreman on the 9th just above stouffville is looking for the offender who placed a pile of brush along the ditch at the south end of the beat if they are found out they will be made to remove the brush which creates drifting snow and is otherwise unsight- home for the christmas festivities with mr and mrs james ratcliff were misses grace and marion ratcliff tor onto miss frances ratcliff from brantford mr and mrs harold nichol of hagersville and mr and mrs bart lynburner and babe from fergus mrs wm watson served christmas dinner to eighteen relatives and friends on mon day mr and mrs james pretty of ottawa and mrs edgar kidd of richmond hill were among the guests also the bacon fam ily of claremont and mr and mrs ross watson and children from uxbridge in all the group represented three generations beginning last sunday four local garagages on main street decided to divide the sunday work for the winter months two will open and two will close each sabbath last sunday boad- ways schell station and swifts were open and next sunday widdifields and silverthorns will open this will provide ample accommodation for motorists it is just 27 years ago this christmas since mr william ball moved to town from ux bridge township the jones hardware in uxbridge town built the home for him where he now lives adjoining the pres byterian church his half sister miss catharine harper is his efficient housekeeper mr ball has another unmarried sister miss elizabeth ball at ailsa craig who is quite active al though over 80 years of age the town of whitby has gone modern and last week cleared the last vestage of telephone wires from its main street port perry did a similar job a year ago some of us would be lone some for the sight of the old telephone poles and the overhead wires if they were ever removed fromview in this town but after all we suppose the day will come when there will be a demand for a change here too the local chapter of the eastern star sent out a liberal supply of christmas cheer boxes which coupled with the good things dispensed by the womens institute must have reached every home in town where there was a shutin a needy person or someone else who was worthy of such rem embrance its a great thing to have such organizations in a community and their activities in this line are hailed with ad miration by one and all mr and mrs a s collins had christmas dinner at the home of her daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs jim mccowan at mal vern there were sixteen sitting around the festive board only one absentee in the family and that was miss margaret mccow an who was in oshawa acting as bridesmaid at the wedding of a friend there margaret is well known in stouffville where she was recently employed at the brown betty press their great delight and sincere thanks to all the kind friends the mongolia ss sr womens institute and others for gifts good wishes and sym pathy during the illness of evelyn who is improving nicely this issue of the tribune is a day late in delivery to most of our readers owing to the holiday on monday and the same thing will happen next week we hope our country correspondents will take full advantage of the ex tension to get in their news just now there is a strong de mand for more news from gormley which gives us a chance to say that farmers would take advantage to call up the correspondent or the office direct and request any items they have added to the weekly budget of the correspondents mr fred meyer of detroit spent the holiday with his sister and brotherinlaw mr and mrs henry mcmullen and other friends in and around stouffville the years never seem to make any impression on some of our veteran farmers for in stance for the holiday mr har mon yake with his wife and son rae motored to brougham to spend the day with their daugh ter mrs gordon riddle mr yake we notice was also in town on tuesday which is getting about quite a little for a man nearing 89 years of age no doubt the secret of mr yakes success is his interest in life and his determination to keep going we have a request from mr e a obrien at cape cod to pass along merry christmas greetings to his old friends in his native village you will possibly recall a story written in this paper a couple of years ago when this old boy came here on a visit the story was on pops pie plant showing how this native son made a business for himself of quite considerable proportions which today is famous in this massachusets summer resort over 40000 pies have been made at pops pie plant during the past eight years customers are from coast to coast and as his post card advcrtisment reads you have not really seen america until you have seen cape cod and we suppose pops chicken pie plant should you travel that way a warm welcome awaits old stouffville people at dennisport cape cod mass there may have been larger family groups but not many exceeding reesor rusnell group which assembled on christmas day at the home of mr and mrs ira rusnell thirtyone had dinner all sisters and brothers grandparents and grandchildren those from a distance were miss evelyn rusnell who is at tending toronto bible college stanley lewis and family mr and mrs elmer sherk and mr and mrs sherk sr claremont mr and mrs j reesor and of course there was grandpa as the family all call mr martin reesor it must have taken a big turkey or a flock of smaller fowl to feed all that happy group boys who ride their bicycles on the side walks should keep in mind that there is a bylaw somewhere in the archives of this town forbidding the use of walks for such purposes we are willing to admit that the walks are much safer for riding on that the roads in these days of motor traffic nevertheless when the practice is tactly per mitted those enjoying the priv ilege ought to be careful when meeting people by riding slowly and dismounting if necessary we notice that in some muni cipalities the practice is not allowed at all and only last week in one municipality several fines were handed out for breach of law the literary society of the stouffville continuation school held its third annual athome in the auditorium of the school harold boadway president and miss olive johnston secretary presided parents and friends were present and were enter tained at lunch by the students and staff dr h b freel chair man of the trustee board gave a short address the program consisted of choruses by the school children a reading christmas and war by leona forsythe and a short play while mortals sleep the cast of the play was wilbur smalley beth kellington fred clubine ewart orr bill kelling ton kenneth orr noreen steck- ley arnold schell and jack dav is robert fong read the school paper chapter 266 of the ontario statutes make it unlawful for any person to enter a barn mill house or stable with a lighted cigar cigarette or pipe or with a lighted candle or lantern un less it is well enclosed how often is this law broken by smokers yuletide greetings as we enter upon the thresh- hold of a new year our wish is that it will bring you peace and prosperity strength to endure ability to perform a variety of exacting tasks those characteristics of the early pioneer are features we strive to introduce in our bus iness stiver bros d f holden sons have er ected an electric ford sign in front of the mansion house which is shortly to be re modelled into a garage by the new owners of the property the uptodate electric sign adds considerable to the appearance of this section of main street especially in the evening when the lights are shining skating on the ballantrae out door rink opened on saturday evening as manager roy an drew and his assistants man aged to get a very fair sheet of ice despite the mildness of the weather which has proven a heart breaker for arena man agers all over the election of officers of the womens association of the united church held last week at the home of mrs k g tan- is as follows president mrs j b sanders 1st vice miss s daley 2nd vice mrs e still secretary mrs d cook treas mrs levi hoover financial treas mrs john r hodgins pianist mrs atkinson flower committee mrs shaw mrs f l button parsonage com mrs j r hodgins mrs k g tarr mrs barkey kitchen mrs a hoover mr eli raymer our westend citizen showed us an apple sauce dipper a few days ago that was brought to this country by the grandparents of mr ab stouffer on the homestead north of town in the year 1809 it is a copper utensil with a long hand le and the dipper is hammered brass no doubt it was used every fall when the annual apple sauce make was on and perhaps it came in handy for dipping sap when the sugar run season rolled around mr ray mer turned the dipper over to reg stouffer at brathwaites hardware so that it has been restored to a descendant of the man who brought it to this country to ouit fitlkxns and customers we wish to thank you for your patronage during tho past year and hopo that tho new year will bring tho best of everything for you maries beauty shop phono 176 main st e stoufttille telephone 18401 if you wish a car on election day to be taken to the polls d holden rev robert and mrs young spent the yuletide at the home of his brother frank in toronto miss sadie stewart and mr and mrs stanley slack enjoyed their christmas dinner with the family of mr and mrs e w evans claremont the war veterans will hold a new years dance in ratcliffs hall on monday evening next dancing will commence at 900 oclock to the merriment of a good orchestra all who en joy this form of entertainment are invited in big numbers the boys are in need of funds at this season and will appreciate a big turnout then you who dance what a happy evening you will have with a crowd of merri- makers that will gather for this event the admission has been set at only 25c per person mr chester hamilton of stowlea sask attended the family gathering at the home of his sister mrs john turner on sunday mr hamilton has not been home for twentysix years his sister mrs william cook of uxbridge also his mother mrs james hamilton formerly of stouffville were among those present mrs hamilton is near ing the hundred mark pros and cons of cooperation cut out this announcement hang it above your radio invite your friends to your home for the broadcast which will be presented in the form of interviews over cbc once a week at nine oclock beginning on january 3rd and ending on february 20th millions in all lands are looking for greater economic freedom a peaceable and ordered civilization through the development of the middle way of local and worldwide cooperation heres the program series january 3rd cooperative philosophy and outlook h h hannam toronto secretary united farmers cooperative company editor of the rural cooperator vice pres canadian chamber of agriculture january 10th cooperation in rural quebec h c bois montreal assistant mgr cooperatif federee and other french cooperative leaders a spcial half hour broadcast january 17 consumers cooperation w c good brantford president of the cooperative union of canada and director of the united fanners co operative co january 24th producers cooperation voluntary and under marketing legislation frank perkin toronto secretary ontario farm products control board secretary ontario fruit growers and ontario vegetable growers association january 31st cooperation in other countries george mooney montreal joint commissioner of the industrial and publicity bureau of the city of montreal author of cooperation today and tomorrow february 6th credit unions and cooperative education in action a b macdonald antigonish ns assistant direc tor of extension st francis xavier university and direc tor of the nova scotia credit union league february 13 cooperation in western canada clive davidson winnipeg secretary of the manitoba federation of agriculture february 20th cooperation as a north american experiment george coote nanton alberta director of the bank of canada director of the alberta wheat pool and secre tary of the canadian chamber of agriculture this announcement is sponsored by the local execu tive of the united farmers of ontario