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the tribune stouffville ont thursday dec 23rd 1943 we greet you at this season with a spirit of thankfulness and extend to you all the seasons best greetings may the home folks and the lads over there enjoy the merry christ mas we all so love to look forward to stiver bros mt nancy hamilton who former ly resided on south church street mas brought home in an ambulance the brlerbush hospital suffering iram a heart attack mrs hamilton sod teen visiting for a few months igt the home of her grandson in the tcity- flm 1eri atkinson goes down with via dr thos mitchell received ahasty call from uxbridge on saturday to take the preaching services there at the united church on sunday for our dormer minister rev l e atkinson trho was overtaken by general flu and was forced to retire for a few ilays from the active front dr mit chell filled the breach and was the guest of mr tg gould while in the northern town or mitchell tells us jttiat while the big church at uxbridge with its capacity to take in some 1600 o 1800 people is easier to speak in than many churches half the size a merry christmas and a sincere hope that blessed peace may reign again in the new year betty beauty salon mrs win cook and daughter mrs miriam coon of toronto were visi tors one day last week with mrs s shankel church st harness milker tor famous stables tailor to the hepburn stables near st thomas the markham har ness maker mr chas todds is re ported to havo received an order re cently from frariceschini who no doubt has admired some of the todds handicraft at the farm of the former premier however it is difficult these days to manufacture those fancy sets since there is a ban on the brass buttons buckles and other mountings that we all admire at the fall fairs harness makers are almost a thing of the past in on tario towns and the demand for them is growing less as well but it you have special talent to produce something out of the ordinary then theres a place for you and that about explains the continuance of the todds shop italy iiaxd of mules and donkeys writing to mr and mrs morgan degeer price pugh recently arrived in italy with the canadians says this is a land of mules and don keys canadian goods are scarce but fruits and oranges are to be had for the picking his brother morley pugh is also in italy but the bro thers had not met at time of writing gnr charlie davis writes home to his dad dawson davis to announce his arrival in italy after a quiet trip across the mediterranean greetings have also been received from ken may popular bank teller here several years ago ken who is stationed in sicily writes in part everything is continuing the best working fairly hard on twelve hour shifts hope we are fulfilling our mission to this desolato isle our hospital is of modern design the oranges are ripening fast and nuts are plentiful so we wont starve tis not just a seasons greeting i am sending you today as again i am compet ing with what others have to say what i really want to tell you and to whisper in your ear is im thankful and i value your goodwill ive had this year now your hand id like to firmly squeeze if i could only do it to assure you of good wishes from your friend r c blewett your furniture man agincourt local and personal happenings reg perkins of unionville who re cently received his wings with the rcaf has been commissioned in the field in canada along with a number of other airmen norman baker rcnvr station ed at cornwallis ns has been in the hospital suffering from the flu which has also been sweeping this section of the country he is now on the road to recovery accordiss to latest word received at his home here mr john phillips has made suffici ent recovery as to be able to leave the hospital in toronto and he is now at the home of his daughter on du- pont street although very weak it is expected that he will rapidly gain strength and return to stouffville little carol cadieux daughter of mr and mrs c cadieux met with a nasty accident at the school here one day last week when someone accl- dently closed one of the heavy school room doors while her finger was in the door jam the fingetwas crush ed so badly that it may be perman ently disfigured one of our elder citizens mrs thos klinck was unfortunate in falling on the sidewalk a few days ago sustaining a nasty bump on the head fortunately she was not cut although bhewound indicates a nasty injury still in the hospital well known and popular farmer of whitchurch township mr pat mur phy is still confined to st michaels hospital in toronto suffering from an accident that overtook him on october 1st when one arm was bro ken and one leg broken in two pla ces when he fell from a tree in the orchard mr murphy who is 73 years of age is not progressing as favorably as he might according to information we received from his sister mrs canning who also lives at the murphy homestead on the 6th concession old friends will hope for a more speedy improvement in the condition of this old friend moro about lighting no christmas tree lights are per mitted in stores while at private homes lights must not be displayed outside on christmas trees this does not mean that merchants are not permitted to properly light their premises so that people are able to move in and out with safety some stores have gone too far in cutting down on front lights which might lead to accidents that could involve the merchant public doorways should be sufficiently lighted that people can see steps and move with safety uxbridge market reported through ceiling prices although a number of inspectors from the wartime prices and trade board converged on uxbridge last thursday the occasion of their christmas market it was reported that prices went through the ceiling just the same turkeys had a ceil ing of 30c and sold up to 50 cents geese with a ceiling of 2sc sold for 35 cents the inspectors popped about and questioned sellers and buyers but they could not provept sales being made on the side as higher than ceiling prices of course you couldnt nail down the specific sales yet everybody could tell you that they couldnt get the poultry unless they broke the ceiling the fair was well attended and the prize list offered proved a popular drawing card bank note in tub almost doubled mike did you protest against the movie that represented we irish as disorderly pat did we we wrecked the place mr cecil davis brother of rev d davis and a recent newcomer to stouffville was removed to a toron to hospital on monday suffering from some internal trouble mrs marjorie cook who recently took a business college course in to ronto has accepted a position with the toronto east general hospital as stenographer in the operating room already a professional nurse mrs cook will be especially valu able in her hew position stores open this thursday and friday evenings come out and take advantage of this added service when they close friday night they stay closed until tuesday morning so you need to stock up commissioned ted cadieux son of mr and mrs c cadieux of stouffville and who received his pilots wings at the ha- gersville rcaf station last week has been granted a commission miss isobel collard toronto was in town over the weekend the guest of mr and mrs harry brillinger and etflah isobel makes her home with a former resident of the town mrs laidlaw wife of the late rev thos laidlaw among the visitors in town on fri day evening for special masonic function was dr jos oliver of sun derland veteran medical practitioner of some 74 years of age and still partially active in the work no man stands in higher esteem in the town ship of brock and village of sunder land than their native son and life long resident one cant stop work for a little thing like a birthday said rev c w watch who has just celebrated his 93rd one time minister at ux bridge united church he is quite well known in stouffville and ux bridge township he still preaches and is assistant pastor of dantorth united church put in enough provisions to carry over from friday night until tues day since the stores in town will be closed for a long weekend there is still an urgent demand in stouffville for a dozen medium built homes which could be readily sold or rented if only they were avail able sweep will soon be the cry echoing from the local curling rink where caretaker cliff fipher has the ice sheet almost ready to go the membership committee are anxious to get all the names of the members and wouldbe members so that they may be forwarded to headquarters immediately for the curlers annual call m ef watts or chas nolan if i like it fine over here and next week comfort fund receives greetings from overseas a host of letters and cards have been received during the past couple of weeks by bert lickorlsh secy of the soldiers comfort fund bringing christmas and new year greetings from our boys overseas dear sir just a line to thank you for the smokes which i received yesterday i hope to spend christmas with my people in tonbridge england i have kept well and my wife and i send you best wishes at this season it is getting quite cold over here now and a bit of snow has been flying around however the country looks very beautiful with green holly oliver larkin dear friends just a note to acknowledge your gift which i received today was sure glad to get them wo certainly appreciate the trouble you go to for us things are looking considerably brighter and lets hope it continues that way r e cooper hello bert a few lines to let you know i still think about you even though i dont get much time to write any more they keep us pretty busy day and night but its my night off tonight sure glad to get your parcel again suppose there have been quite a lot of changes in town since i left and a lot of new people have moved in one more christmas will soon be here but by the time the next one rolls around i hope were all be toge ther again harold lewis dear sir thanks veterans and friends at stouffville your gift of smokes have been arriving regularly and are more than appreciated armistice day was hardly noticed over here but a few of we old soldiers are still left and we got together for a little party and a talk about the day 25 years ago seasons greetings to all at home percy pipher tuesday this week was the short est day of the year since it was christmas market day in stouffville and a heavy day for the shopowners the clerks behind the counter didnt note any difference the wartime prices and trade board have asked reeve chas hoo per of markham township to submit a specific case of black market in the hog business a charge recently mads in public by the markham teeve v james mowat has made a splendid recovery from her recent severe illness and is able to be about her- home again mrs mowat is not the type of person who gives up easily charles lauder 75 yearold confec tioner manufacturer died in toronto last week he was well known at musselmans lake where he spent his holidays each summer and was active in promoting the united chur ch services for the summer campers friends were grieved this week to learn that mrs james mccullough suffered a severe weak spell on sun day however she is resting nicely at her home on obrien avenue and all her friends will join- the christ mas wish for her that she may speed ily be returned to better health again the tribune received as many as six new subscriptions in one day last week of copies to be sent as christ mas gifts for 1944 in such cases the paper sends a christmas card an nouncing the gift and the name of the donor the suggestion may help- many a puzzled person dear bert thanks a million for the smokes you are interested skating commenc ed at the rink here on thursday we miss the tribune a caller at the office of this paper last- week was an old friend mrfred f feasby who lives at lot 3g con 3 uxbridge and a member of a wide ly known family in uxbridge fred was the youngest of nine children and is the sole survivor the late thos feasby township treasurer was a brother mr feasby will reach his 7th birthday next febru ary but his health is anything but good we regret to say we miss the tribune said mr feasbywhose paper stopped some time ago al though he resides only a couple of miles from roseville in the northern part of the township he said that one of his main things to get done was to place a renewal for the paper if you have never attended church during the past and plenty of fami lies in stouffville are in this class change the sunday program next sabbath and let everyone attend worship on christmas sunday there will be a pew in one of the churches to which you will bo welcome the spirit of thankfulness should every where prevail on this occasion and no people on earth have more or as much to be thankful for as the folks on the american continent if you appreciate your good fortune it is not too much to suggest that you show your appreciation before god on this momentous occasion of christmas sunday i expect to see scotland on a nine day leave i had a letter from williams and am hoping to see him and some of the other stouffville boys a merry christmas and happy new year chuck lintner dear bert had the never declining pleasure of receiving another parcel from you today mailed in may and reaching me in italy have seen a lot more of the world and like europe as old as it is it is quite an improvement over the desert am still with the sth army and slowly moving toward the main goal thanks again jack sanders dear bert received another parcel today this was a lucky day for me and i had ten letters from stouffville i never had that many letters before at one time i was up to see my brother last week and saw peek lewis he is at the same town as harold and they are about 20 miles from me it is good to see someone from home thanks again hope to see you soon louie morden cards were also received from jim smith george stewart george abell j cawthorn hike brown bruce lintner fred castle grace bell gordon lehman i with only the brown betty tea rooms to serve the travelling pub- lie this christmas seasonfmrs simp son and her staff have rendered a splendid service to the town stouff ville would be hard hit without a lunch counter for the travelling pub lic and many local people too who require meal service sleeping ac commodation of course is available at the village inn theatre phone 100 showing each night at 815 saturday and holidays 700 and 900 thursday friday saturday kc 23 2425 hehery aldrich for president and high explosive december 27 28 20 30 four nights monday to thursday this is the army with a great cast fri sat dec 31 jan 1 major and the minor visions of nojsossin money- doubling washing machine were shortlived for mrs j farquhar- son victoria square looking for a 2 bill dropped in the tub oho found what appeared to be a pair of the bank notes a mo ment later she found that lay ers of the one bill had become separated anxious for second tour flight lieu john gellner dfc of toronto who completed a tour of operations over enemy territory as navigator of a wellington bomber is anxiously awaiting a chance to make his second tour this time as pilot fit lieut gellner addressed air cadets and general public at an at home held at the school here in the spring he was stationed at oshawa at the time the big czech oslovakiaborn airman received his pilots wings at brantford some months ago and has since ferried three bombers across the atlantic for tho raf transport command after his third trip ho remained in england for operational training he escap ed his native land shortly before the outbreak of war and came to canada to join the rcaf he graduated as a navigator at maljon with one of the highest marks ever recorded in the schools history it was the first class of navigators to graduate under the british commonwealth air training plan he was also one of tho first graduates to be decorated his wife also a czech narrowly es caped the gestapo after her country was taken over by the nazis she is now living in toronto seasons greetings its a bright and a merry christmas were wishing you and your friends and may the best gift of all be brought to you soon victory compliments of tho season harry golden 2 l2