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c j r vandorf glad to feportsmr james oliver is able to be out again u mrs billbourghnee eldacarr js in york county hospital for an appendix operation we wish her speedy recovery- mr and mrs john ferney and little dorothy are down from areola sask for the winter the church and sunday school will hold their entertainment dec 21 atha news mr and mrs a featherstone celebrated their wedding annivers ary by spending the day at the home of his mother iii pickering where a chicken dinner was served mr and mrs norman lehman and son were dinner guests with mr and mrs arthur wideman on sunday mr ed ham and george hutch inson of stouffville were guests of thos and john madill last satur day that was a delightful shower tendered mr and mrs stan reesor and which was attended by a num ber from here mr and mrs bill dyck from the north of markham were sunday guests at murray dunkelds mr and mrs wallace spent fri day in toronto our school concert on dec 20 is the next big event it if j 8th line markham mt joy school concert ss no 16 on tuesday night december 18 an interesting program by the pupils is to be presented and you are invited mrs gid brownsberger was a recent visitor with mrs kirk congratulations to mr albert reesor who was successful in the recent municipal election after 11 years faithful service as councillor with the election of win timbers as the new councillor the east side of the township will be well repre sented mr and mrs gordon fowkes and gloria of toronto visited the home of mr and mrs harry spang on sunday mr and mrs george hoover and family of peaches were sunday visitors at mr clarence hoovers miss lillian morgan and friend of toronto was home for the week end greek river mrlsand mrsa franks booth imi tea with j nighswander on sunday also mr wj nighswander of lockport and his georgia bride who has just returned from overseas made a flying visit with his uncle many happy returns to mrs r carter and little howard malm who had birthdays pn sunday last yp class will hold their next meeting in the form of a christmas party at the carter tiome on tues day next roll call andrew exchange of gifts and santa is expected to greet us our deepest sympathy is express ed to the milne family in the sudden passing of the late will milne on thursday last the largely attended funeral at his hone op sunday showed the high esteam in which he was held annual union ss meeting took place in the church on wednesday evening teachers and officers as follows supt w duncan h gray secretary r- nighswander treasur er j nighswander temperance supt w sadler secretary h michell missionary supt r carter secretary g duncan press secre tary i gray organist mrs r car ter mrs w duncan sr b class mrs e wilson mrs w duncan jr b class r carter mrs g gray class no 1 mrs e beelby w sad ler class no 2 r milne j shank class no 3 i gray m carter primary mrs j nighswander mrs e jackson stewards h malcolm d tran date of christmas party dec 21st another motor accident occurred sunday evening on green river west hill while an east bound car following a town truck pulling a car collided with a west bound car one man was cut about the fore head while the others were un injured both cars were badly dam aged donald duncan arrived hoine on sunday evening donald spent most of his time in india and the boat which took him there was torpedo ed we welcome his home coming the annual meeting ot the wa met at the home of mrs c jones the following officers were elected president mrs c davies vice- president mrs f disney secre tary mrs c jones assistant secre tary mrs b jamieson treasurer mrs v harbron visiting commit tee mrs disney mrs earl carson and mrs allen manderson business committee mrs s wilson and mrs b jamieson parsonage committee mrs- harbron mrsj wilson and mrs b wilkin pianst mrs r wit kin assistant pianist mrs orr gra ham thewals foimhe greenwood circuit met at kinsale on thursday afternoon dec 6th- mr earl disney who has been in the west for the past three months arrived home last thursday mr and mrs b jamieson and family visited with mr and- mrs jas leamen at leaside on sunday mr and mrs gerald harbron and bernice of myrtle spent sunday with mr and mrs will harbron mr percy jones was on the jury panel at whitby last week a chiistmas tree and program will be held in the mt zion church on tuesday night dec 18th everybody welcome bloomington the ladies aid association met at the home of mrs tranmer on thursday afternoon with the president mrs emorton in charge the program by mrs c tindall and mrs g brown included a reading by mrs m- barnes duet by mrs brown and mrs stafford a talk on the light of the world by mrs e fairies and a christmas contest by mrs brown lunch was served by the hostess mr a topper had the misfortune to cut his foot with an axe necessi tating his keeping off it for a time mr and mrs r mills were visi tors in toronto on sunday mr e winterstein was a toron to visitor over the weekend as a community we extend a hearty welcome home to mr mel thomas who has just returned from years of active service with the can army overseas mr and mrs malcolm ramer spent a week with their son gordon and family at colborne mr and mrs tranmer accom panied mr and mrs e story of lemonville to orangeville on sun day the men of our church are industriously getting the winters supply of wood cut and ready mr and mrs w topper and mrs a topper were in toronto on sat urday church hill congratulations to 1ahmclaugh- lin on winning 1st prize in the 500 bushel potato club a nuinter from here attended the meeting in the afternoon and the banquet at night at newmarket on friday the red cross quilting will be held this week on thursday after noon at the home 5rmrsroy fock- ler although roads were slippery last week mere was an attendance of 11 and they were able to com plete 2 large quilts 2nd line ux bridge miss lily bacon has taken a position in the city mrs bruce taylor and glenda visited her parents mr and mrs wid miller in oshawa for a few days miss alice tindall is home as her school is closed by chicken pox ken bacon has hired to gordon ratcliff for the winter months mrs bert tindall and miss alice were in oshawa one day recently ringwood pte john schell who has been overseas nearly five years arrived in toronto last week and called on gordon fockler on sunday harry ratcliff has all the snow plow equipment ready on his large international truck so is ready for the winters storms harry has the contract for the snow removal on the county roads in this district mr and mrs leslie reid of lind say were recent visitors with mr and mrs roy grove mrs franklin hoover of scarboro jet was a monday visitor with her niece mrs myrtle davis i ourcamtal m correspondekt written 5xpressly for the stouffville tribune by dean wilson v- v stores open all day wednesday next week also on wednesday thursday friday and saturday evenings and on monday dee 24 christmas eve altona winter weather is being experi enced now miss audrey slack accompanied by a number of stouffville girls spent last saturday in newmarket taking part with sports in connec tion with high school mr and mrs isaac lehman had supper with mr and mrs fred nighswander one evening last week a miscellaneous shower was ten dered the newly weds mr and mrs stanley reesor on monday evening quite a number of relatives and friends of the community were pre sent and they were th erecipients of many useful gifts a very enjoy able evening was spent though some time lias passed since nine provincial premiers and prime minister king together with some of their seniorministers both provincial and federal had con ferred in ottawa in relative secrecy yet the- efforts of these leaders to bring about a coordination of post war economic and financial under takings of government are hinted backstage in this capital to be so important that plans now in the making may be a surprisingly beneficial new deal for this coun try however it is also turned that these efforts started in the confer ence room number 497 of parlia ment in ottawa by these ten premiers continued by the econo mic committee representing each government on december 4 and other activities pertaining to the next meeting of the ten heads of fovernment planned forjanuary s 1946 may prove to move at a slower pace than it is generally anticipated as complete details are examined and decided to give this nation a new deal it is reported in ottawa that each wartime budget had brought sharp increases and this bas implied now in the post war period the need of urgent pro visions of adjustment in the tax system to meet the new require ments as well as provide perhaps for aftermaths of a serious nature with many people in high places not ruling out completely the pos sibilities of unemployment prob lems making their appearance in various spots throughout canada there is no doubt that the heavy drain on the resources of the aver age canadian taxpayer during the war had been accepted as unavoid able and provincial as well as muni cipal needs had been curtailled con siderably wherever possible in order to help the federal govern ment to finance the war effort but things are likely to be quite differ ent in the future and everyone seems anxious now to meet just such changes since there is a stead ily growing feeling in officialdom that the dangers of a disturbed peace may not be so much less hazardous than those perils of war the work of reconstruction is by its very nature a major under taking which will require the con certed action of the federal gov ernment the government of the provinces the municipal author ities industry labour agriculture and the other economic groups in our society said in part a spokes man of the federal government in ottawa such concerted action will be possible only if eaclfof the gov ernment authorities and each of the various economic groups assumes its appropriate responsibilities and only if there is a complete coordin ation of the programs which may be initiated j by the dominion- gov ernment the governments ofthe provinces and the municipalities meanwhile the smiles of the experts and others working in pre paration for the next meeting of the nine provincial premiers and prime minister king scheduled for ottawa on january 28 1946 indicate a hopeful omen for the new deal for canada though this is usually not accompanied with more details for unofficial inquiries loans made under the farm improvement loans act of canada have amounted to 291122382 up to the latest report on october 31 1945 this has been revealed in the capi tal where it has been reported that 3669 loans have been made in the following numbers and amounts in the various provinces alberta 1335 and 105687942 saskatch ewan 836 and 698527 52 manitoba 064 and 47455059 ontario 507 and 45436561 quebec 136 and 96209- 75 british columbia 110 and 77- 317 83 new brunswick 29 and 26- 43720 nova scotia 35 and 20698- 40 and prince edward island 17 and 622850 j canadas civil service has been very much in the news and this has been a cause of much gossip along parliament hill especially since it is no secret that many re turning veterans are interested in getting such jobs one report in ottawa showed in a clear way that it was a fairly general rule if not a general rule that appointment of employees to crown corporations or companies were not made by the civil service commission another report indicated that there were strong protests against the low salaries being paid to many civil servants in ottawa though these protests were of course not official and merely in whispers particularly since a breakdown had been made of average salaries in lower classi fications based- on a recent dis closure in parliament still another story was that out of about 130000 odd employees in the civil service both permanent and temperary some 6000 received war duty supplements thus creating much dissatisfaction amongst other civil servants who have felt that they too had rendered such extra ser vice without getting such additional bonus bethesda the young peopleunion are put- j ting on a christmas candlelight seivice in the church friday even- ingdec 14th at 8 oclock weare quite excited about the ederthat raced through north of here last saturday when the fox hunt was on r smiths store is looking quite nice for- the- christmas season- this country store is a great convenience in our midst victoria square mr gordon clubine entertained a number of the young people to a house party on friday evening mr and mrs louisnichols spent last week mrs ida mccague mr and mrs- warren collins at petrolia mrs southcombe of highland creek is spending a few weeks with mrs w brumwell mr and mrs floyd perkins and family of richmond hill had tea on sunday evening with mr and mrs r perkins and carol sympathy of the community is extended to mrs w brumwell in the death of her sister mrs h burke sympathy is also- extended to the family of the late jerrold freeland who died very suddenly on friday jerrold at one time lived where mr freddie feigal now re sides we wish a speedy recovery to mr joe dennie who is seriously ill in st michaels hospital toronto an early recovery is hoped for in the case of egbert avison who had the misfortune to fall oif the roof of mr gordon mortsons bus gar age which he is helping to build mr avison received a fractured left wrist and a wrenched back mr and mrs harvey collard and george mr and mrs stanley boyn- ton and donald had sunday evening dinner with mr and mrs heber mc cague the annual white gift services will be held sunday december 16 sunday school and church will be a combined service at 230 the annual sunday school christ mas entertainment will be held in the community hall on saturday evening december 22 at 8 pm following are the dates for the christmas entertainments ss no 6 dec 19 ss no 7 dec 20 ss no 12 dec 19- mr and mrs charlie annis of dunbarton mrs mervin annis of lindsay and mr and mrs muir of scarboro called on mrs w brum well and mrs southcombe sunday afternoon almira we welcome mr and mrs ed nigh back to our community the moved here from stouffville one da last week mr and mrs brandon henr visited with mr and mrs herb spofford on sunday visitors with mr andmrschas conner on sunday weremr ant mrs ivan deadley and familyalst mrs mckenzie of bethesdaand mr and mrs fred summers and mi and mrs rhind of toronto mr and mrs harry wideman o toronto spent sunday with mi jacob wideman mr and mrs jim painter sr lefl this week to spend the winter witll their son mr jim painter jr o ringwood mr and mrs don hunter barbara had supper sunday witl mr and mrs walter goforth scarboro mr and mrs roy nigh and mrj geo french motored to springvall one day last week to attend a birtlf day dinner for miss d nigh mrs peter stickley entertained few neighbors and some friend from the 8th line on wednesday a quilt bee a total of 2263 national resources mobilization act per sonnel have been sentenced as defaulters and these include 829 deserters or personel absent with out leave sentenced by the army as well as 51 for air force with the figures for the navy not being in ottawa in this report routing of the queen elizabeth tonew york instead of halifax during the winter months will not in any way reduce the number of canadian service men being repatriated in the months said defence dont miss the great christm pageant being portrayed in tli stouffville united church next suq day evening principal chaplain to the canadid armed forces at the outbreak of til second world war and latter head of the royal canadian nav protestant chaplaincy service left the naval service he was rt rev gawellsgmgvdmi dd and he was extremely popull it has aroused much curiosif in this capital this is the inforr hon that the permanent roy canadam air force will be pro ed with canadian jetpropelled craft for certain units the aircrd and the engines will be design and built in canada the deal of william foran in ottawa recal that he was one of the pioneers the organization of the presef civil service of canada where worked for a great many years i secretary canadian ambassadq to soviet russia argentina gium greece peru and china ceive an annual salary of 100 this has been made known in awa where it has also been shoil that the salaries of other top ran ing representatives of this counl get such salaries as the minister cuba evaillancourt 10000 adian high commissioner to lin ireland jwkearney 75j canadian consulgenerak in york hgscully 9000 thel pansion of the important work i the department of- veterans affar in ottawa has proceeded at suclj pace that the minister of this partment hon ian mackenzie s in this capital that for the year i have been pressing toli a new veterans building in awa adding that it is about first necessity and stressing there should be an administrat building in ottawa forthls purp similar tothatin washington i likewise it lias become known 1 the public workv minister e alphonse fournierx has disck that plans are already in the mat for the erection in ottawa ofiai i minister douglas abbott inmaking building for the national an emphatic explanation in this board thus emphasizing ahegrov capital about the change the operations of this body rarfc tirt gstijtija jsi tmmfmkm