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v the tribune stouffville onl thursday dec 14 1944 oranges florida juice oranges 252s 35c doz 220s 40c doz 200 45c the sixth wartime christmas finds us with a good assortment of foods many articles are still on the scarce list but there are many items which will ensure a well laden christmas table grapefruit florida and texas seedless 112s 5 for 25c 96s 4 for 25c candies we have had we still have we hope to have a good assortment raisins austrailian seedless we may limit 14c per lb canadian colored cheese canadian colored cheese full flavored per lb bananas bananas well ripened nuts nuts there will be some walnuts and almonds grapes tangerines spy apples bc delicious apples 3uc 14c per lb ratclif f co bethesda miss ruth atkinson spent the weekend with miss dorothy foster mr and mrs roy smith visited mrs dorothy haig in port hope on sunday mr and mrs- gordon shepard of toronto visited with mr and mrs russel preston on sunday wesley steckley spent last week with relatives at new dundee the annual school concert will be held on dec 22 at s oclock our school was cancelled for tuesday owing to the big storm your correspondent got this news across by wire since the mail was cancelled too town delivery phone 198 lemon vi lle h we are glad to welcome mr burkholder home again after a few weeks j spent in toronto visit ing his sister mrs harwood miss grace and edna wideman were sunday guests at the walter gray home mr and mrs james hall of tor onto and miss elaine rae were sunday visitors at the home of mrand mrs wilbert- claughton and phyllis mr and mrs isaac meyers of toronto visited mrs a foster and mr w bruels of aurora visited mr and mrs stewart rae on sun day orval drewery and harold were guests of mrand mrs fred camp bell in stouffville birthday celebrations for fred timbers and earl cook who cele brated such events on sunday let us see arent they both profes sionals so lets all salute them the seventh seven red cross group held their monthly party at the home of mr- and mrs cecil banks games and contests engag ed the group cpl donald harwood spent the weekend with his brother here jack rowland who stays with his grandmother mrs stouffer spent the weekend with his par ents at qucensdale east york mrs hastings and elgin were in toronto on sunday and were plea sed to find maryon and mrs orval drewery both improving splendid- this is a closeup of the field marshals baton which will be presented to sir bernard mont gomery by the king the baton is now being held at the war office in london altona mr and mrs earl howsam and family from greenbank were visi tors at wm mcnairs recently mr and mrs ozellers spent the weekend at 0 m madills will andrews family from tor onto and georgetown were at nor man bunkers n the weekend the altona institute meeting is j postponed until wednesday dec 20th owing to the storm auroras new kire truck has latest equipment auroras new fire truck arrived last saturday afternoon the new truck is uptodate in every detail and is equipped with- the lafrance newest and latest equipment it will carry the 50 foot aluminum ladder a 20 foot extension ladder and a 12 foot roof ladder it has 200 pounds pump pressure dis charging 450 gallons of water per minute the standard hose and the booster hose are equipped with fog nozzles it is expected the water supply in the booster tank on this truck will handle about eighty per cent of the fires this will result in a great saving in the water supply and will also cut down considerably on dam age usually caused by water the new truck will attend out of town calls in the township of whitchurch as far east as the 6th concession ly- sunday guests atthe home of mn and mrs chas preston were miss doreen rae merlyn prestoiv and lady friend of toronto herbert beach also mr and mrsharold preston and son paul lemonville school was forced to close on tuesday due to the storm so teacher and scholars had a day off but what a day tools glassware mitts af wptb questions typical questions consumers have asked the wartime prices and trade board this week are answer ed by the central ontario consum er branch committee q is it lawful to raise the price of admission at a sports arena a there is no ceiling on the price of admission to places of amuse ment except moving picture houses therefore an increase in price does not come under board regulations however all prices must be reasonable and just and if they were raised too high the board could inter vene q i consider it economical to purchase 2 pairs of stockings at the same time in order to match them up the stores will only sell 1 pair when we are asked to be economical in wartime why should the stores be allowed to do this a many of our peacetime customs have had to be changed during wartime while it is desirable under normal circumstances to buy two or three pairs of stockings at one time when there are periods of short sup ply merchants are asked to dis tribute- their merchandise as fairly as possible among their regular customers your deal ers supplies may be very short and one pair to a cus tomer may be the best way to distribute them q i am having a fur coat remo- delled and the price is to be 3500 this seems very high for the amount of work to be done on the coat is there any ceiling price on such charges a yes such prices are controlled by the board the furrier must not charge more than the price charged by him for the same amount of work during the basic period sept 15 to oct 11 1941 q we have had carpenters and f jirick layers working for- us for some time they arecharging at the rate of 150 an hour we think this is an exorbitant price are they to charge such a high rate for their work a such rates do not come under the jurisdiction of the prices board we have forwarded your letter to the regional war labour board who will report to you direct q i have a farm 20 miles from toronto and want to cut a num ber of christmas trees and bring them to the city to sell am i allowed to do this a yes farmers cutting christmas trees on their own property and using their own trucks to trans port the trees may bring them in commercial truckers how ever may not haul christmas trees to any point in excess of the 35 mile limit hockey sticks skiis dish sets wagons games foygtrzlsimeqys utensils plain ware agnews hard ware war veteran pensioners may do work a great many veterans of the pre sent war have not paid much atten tion to their possible- claims for pensions because of a widespread misapprehension that pensions are deductible from earnings says rich ard hale chief pension officer this is very definitely not the case as one subsection in the pension act specifically provides no deduc tion shall be made from the pension of any- member of the forces owing to his having undertaken work or perfected himself in some form of industry it is not difficult to understand how this mistaken belief has sprung up in the minds of prospective pen sioners at one time between the two wars it was suggested that any person holding a government posi tion would have to give up either his pension or job this move was fought- from the start by the cana dian legion and other veteran or ganizations and never did become law however a great deal of pub licity was given the suggestion and unfortunately many people have never had the law in this regard explained to them heres jolly st nichols conferring with one of his small friends as christmas draws nearer ballantrae mr and mrs ross hood wish to express their thanks to the friends for the many gifts received after their return home also to the com munity for the chesterfield chair and hassock not forgetting the elaborate address given by mr h kidd and by mrs r windsor thanking one and all showerproof f oats made of egyptian coltey fine for the foggy days f e rae tailor sand piles have been set up at convenient locations in town and the sand will be used on slippery walks in winter a sprinkling of calcium has been mixed in the sand to keep it from freezing the church services stouffville baptist church rev d macgregor pastor sunday dec 17th 1000 am bible school classes for all ages 1100 am morning worship- 730 pjn evening worship wed 8 pm prayer meeting and bible study you are invited to worship with us st james presbyterian church stouffville rev t deconrcy rayner minister sunday dec 17th 130 pmsabbath school and bible class 230 pm divine worship the supreme question op christmas have you ever noticed that the bible is a book of questions in- terided toset men thinking i what- is tliesupreme question of christmas com and discover you need the saviour come and worship christ church anglican rev f herman rector sunday dec 17th 200 pm sunday school 230 pm evening prayer everybody welcome uxbridge physician dies well known uxbridge medical man dr walter c shier died at his home there on sunday dec 10 at quite an advanced age- dr shier was a throat and ear specialist and was quite well known about stouffville where he did a great many tonsil operations at one time he was a native of scott township and prior to gradu ating in medicine some 50 years ago he taught public school he was prominent in masonic circles and only a few weeks ago partici pated in the ceremony at zcredatha lodge there when a number of stouffville brethren were present stouffville christian church charles montgomery pastor miss nora stnplcton organist sunday dec 17th 1000 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship 730 pm gospel service monday 730 pm teen age girls meeting friday 7 pm childrens meeting friday8 pm christian endeavour the childrens christmas concert willbe held friday dec 22 at 8 oclock mrs huson will give a special christmas message using the sceneofelt pictures beauti fully portraying the birth of christ special music and sing ing a hearty welcome extend ed to all church wititi sunday dec 17th 200 pm bible school 300 pm divine worship friday 400 pm childrens meeting at mrs forfars house the childrens christmas ccncert will be held wednesday dec- 20 mrs huson will give a special christmas mesage using the beau tiful sceneofelt pictures spe- cial music and singing a hearty welcome extended to all second markham baptist church rev norpian rowan pastor sunday dec i7tti 955 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship tuesday- 8 pm prayer praise study- worship with us i melville bethesda and peachs churches rev r t chapin minister sunday dec 17th regular services at all three appointments 1000 am peachs 1130 am melville 300 pjn bethesda come and join us bloomington rdmgwood christian churches revgw brown pastor g dec- 17th 1100 am bloomingtoii 230 pm ringwood 730 pm altona candle light service special christmas music bloomingtoh ce friday 8 pm ringwood ce prayer meeting on monday 800 pm all are cordially invited to attend these services therefore being justified by faith we have peace with god through our lord jesus christ romans 5 1 ski gormley and bethesda mennonite brethren in christ church rev p huson pastor bethesda sunday dec 17th evangelistic 730 pm gormley sunday dec 17th sunday school 200 pm preaching 300 pm young people 730 pm mennonitechurches dickson hill and mt joy revs s shantz minister mount joxs sunday dec 17th 1000 am sabbath school 1100 am divine worship 730 pm evangelistic service tuesday 730 sunshine gospel band will render a christmas pro- gram dicksons hilii sunday dec 17th 1000 am divine worship 1100 am sabbath school sunday dec 24th our young peo- pic will render a christmas pro- gram at 230 pm and will be re peated at mt joy at 730 oclock stouffville united church rev douglas davis minister sunday dec 17th v 1000 am sunday school remember the white gifts 1100 am divine worship 730 pm christmas vesper ser vice conducted by the canadian girls in training thursday dec 14-sunday- school christmas party supper served at 630pm i the womans association of the united church will meet at the home of mrs k gtarr on monday evening dec 18th at 8 pm christmas is- the birthday of the only conqueror who never met defeat he triumphed over sin he triumphed over temptation and at last he defeated death stouffville mennonite church- reve mover pastor sunday dec 17th 1000 am sunday school 11q0 am divine worship 730 pmavhite gifts service gifts of cash only for relief overseas thursday evening stouffville pray er meeting next week monday evening young peoples wednesday- evening altona prayer meeting- come thou with us and we will do the good numbers 1029 -av- his61sik5u a v itrfjisti