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the tribune stouffville ont thursday dec 23rd 1943 bells sound clearer at christmas our wishes for a merry christmas should reach you and all of our friends and customers stouffville groceteria self serve phone 280 we deliver bloom ngton mr c davis of toronto spent the weekend with his parents mr and e davis a good attendance worshipped in the service here on sunday morning rev g w brown delivered a special christmas message and miss a fock- ler a solo miss snowball of markham was a visitor at the h burnett home on sunday mr storry mr and mrs tranmer and mr k j tranmer spent sunday in toronto with tpr and mrs w tranmer miss m leask of greenbank is holidaying with her grandparents mr and mrs w a ifockler mr and mrs mcnolly and mrs a cowie were in toronto on friday church hill a very merry christmas to all our readers mr and mrs floyd martin spent a few days last week with his father mr j martin miss dela neal is visiting with mr and mrs e lageer misses hazel and velma pegg of toronto spent the weekend at their homo here mr and mrs lazenby and leone had dinner or thursday with mr and mrs roy watts at queensville peaches the friends and neighbors o peachs corner wish the editor and all the readers of the stouffville tri bune a very merry christmas reasons to bo glad dear friends this blessed christmas time with all its joy and cheer we should be happy as can be that we are living here god could have put us somewhere else that is certain as can be and so we all should realize how good he has been to me so that is why with all our heart in gratitude we should say thank god we live in canada this blessed christmas day injured in plane crash word was received by his mother f the injured airforce man was slightly mrs harvey baker that her son gordon who has been flying on the west coast for a considerable time met with a serious accident presum ably in a crash landing a second telegram this week indicated that improved it is only a few weeks since he visited the old home and his friends here and returned in fine spirit to resume his duties on the pacific coast shoots third wolf a few days ago william simpson and george windsor of ballantrae came across a wolf about a mile and a half north of holt while on a hunt ing expedition windsor shot the animal three times before it dropped and even then it snarled at him when he caught up with it and just before it died only one leg was left on the animal and half its face was shot away before it gave up had i not had a pump gun and was thus able to do some rapid firing the wolf would not have been stopped said windsor unique picture recalled by the death of mrs hagerman vhe hugh was ix his pkijik the itorty years ago column in the uxbridge timesjournal says hugh anderson of zephyr now of stouffville has been secured to play hockey for uxbridge this winter canadian christian council formed stouffville red cross annual report during the calendar year of 1943 the stouffville red cross shipped to headquarters 471 knitted articles for the armed forces 564 articles oi clothing for civilians 49 articles for hospitals 79 quilts and blankets as well as distributing 155 gifts to members of the forces ahdpatients in military hospitals in addition to this christmas boxes were sent to g6 local boys and 2 local girls on active service each box valued at 250i iiv eluding postage mrs roy grove the death of mrs benjamin hagerman the elderly lady shown on the extreme left of this picture recalls this group photograph taken by w r sanders early last springand depicting five generations be sides mrs hagerman there is her daughter sitting next mrs martin hoover then her daughter mrs a d troycr and finally her daughter mrs anthony and baby daughter seldom can five genera tions be gathered together in this manner the death of mrs hag erman who would reach her 94th birthday in january breaks the chain the aged lady was a daughter of the late col wm button and was born at locust hill where she died she has- a sister living mrs elizabeth llunro toronto in her 97th year attending the fun eral from stouffville were mr and mrs fl button mr ba button and mr and mrs cliff pipher today we approach a fifth christmas under the shadow of warbut brighten ing skies in the east warrant hope that the dawn of peace is on the horizon to end the iong night of strife that youand all the good peo ple everywhere may soon bask in the sunshine of happier days is our sincere wish at this season the w h shaw store your rationing information typical questions consumers have asked the wartime prices and trade board this week are answered below by the central ontario consumer branch committee q is iheie a ceiling price on turkeys a definitely yes for the very best grade of dressed turkey the maximum retail price in this area is 4gc per pound v q is cranberry sauce rationed if so how many coupons must i give for one jar a cranberry sauce is rationed you must surrender one d coupon for 12 ounces q can i secure extra ration cou pons for my husband when he comes home for a fortyeight hour leave a yes effective dec 15th special ration cards will be issued to members of the armed services on 48 72 and 96 hour leaves the new card will be issued with leave passes and must have the stamp of the issuing unit this card must be signed by the mem ber of the armed forces toge ther with his regimental num ber and number of meals re ceived while on leave it must be then signed bythe person serving these meals mailed or taken to the local ration board for every nine meals shown on the card a twoweeks supply of any one rationed food may be obtained in ration cou pons persons mailing or pre senting such a card may state which food coupons are desired q may we sell jams and jellies at a christmas sale at our church without collecting ration cou pons a yes you may do this a recent ruling of the board permits such sales organizations re ceiving such donations must first obtain permission from their local ration board to sell these rationed commodities without collecting coupons q is there a celling price on christ mas trees a there is no celling price on christmas trees sixty leading protestant clergy in montreal representing anglican bap tist united churches and other de nominations met this week in mon treal and formed the canadian christian council on palestine with rev dr w a ferguson head of the diocesan college as acting chairman planned as the beginning of a canadawide organization of clergy the purpose of the canadian chris tian council on palestine is to advo cate removal of barriers keeping the refugee jewish people of europe from entering palestine and to counter discrimination against the jewish people the canadian organization is the counterpart of an influential com mittee in the united states made up of more than looo clergymen and known as the christian council on palestine melville the christmas services at all chur ches on melville circuit were well at tended and the christmas music and message of good cheer to everyone present pte kenneth orr rcamc of camp borden spent the weekend at his home here the irev and mrs a j orr ex tend to all members and adherents of the united churches of melville bethesda and peachs as well as to the editor and readers of the tri bune their heartiest good wishes for christmas and the coming new year the peachs ypu met on sunday evening at the manse and a very en joyable christmas programme was given under the leadership of gloria cloverdon there was a very fine attendance and light refreshments were served by tho hostess mrs a j orr the melville united church w a held its annual meeting at the home of mrs e nigh on tuesday last with a good attendance of members after a pot luck supper the business ses sion was conducted by mrs e nigh and the following officers were elec ted for 1944 pres mrs a miller vlcefres mrs a s smith secy mrs g reid treas mrsk agrant asst treas miss j carruthers only woman iv wreck the best results are obtained from tribune classified advs mrs mao drjscoll who was the lone woman with 18 great lakes seamen whose 4000ton freighter sarnlan loaded with barley is scraping on a reef in lake superior between sault ste marie and fort william ont she was a cook aboard the grain carrier all are now ashore men and women of the armed services may travel anywhere by bus between december 21st and january 5th during this period the 50mile bus travel restric tion will not apply to members of the armed ser vices nor to the royal canadian mounted police men and women of these services may travel between- any points served by bus going on or after december 21st and returning not later than january 5th gray coach lines tickets and information at leola food shoppe phone 167 proclamation in compliance with the wishes of the business men and at the request of the municipal council i hereby proclaim monday dec 27 1943 as boxing day and a public holiday patrons of the town will please govern themselves accordingly by order a e weldon reeve merry christmas and a happy new year may victory in health happiness and prosperity be yours for the years to come v r e curtis mi no tree is big enough to hold all the happiness we wish all of our friends for this christmas and the years to come agnews hardware our wish for you may the spirit of christmas bring you special happiness today and every day of the new year stouffville 5c to 1 store