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the tribune stouffville ont thursday september 19 1946 miller clan gathers in toronto the third annua picnic of the miller family was held at high park toronto and was attended by 09 members and friends of tb family the youngest being 7 weeks old and the eldest 77 about twen tyfive attended from stouffvilte and immediate district the new officers appointed are all from toronto president d miller sec mrs f gregory treas mrs p drake those who gathered this year are the fourth generation from samuel miller who settled in vaughan township near maple abraham miller his son was born about 1s0o and some years later settled in markham on the 9th concession lot 23 in is 10 abraham miller great grandfather of this generation will ed to samuel miller farm at lot 32 on the cth concession of markham abrabam miller father of this gen eration was born on this farm in 1845 and spent his entire lifetime there he died in 1890 leaving a family of twelve of whom nine are still living it is interesting to note that there are four grand fathers in the miller familv three grandmothers twenty- seven grand children twentyseven great grand children and eight great great grand children altona c gratulations to mr aedavis who will attain his eightyfourth birthday this thursday he aitend- ded lindsay fair on saturday last again we extend congratulations to v baker at winning prizes on his team at oshawa and lindsay fairs including several firsts miss alma fretz has accepted a schxl in the sudbury district suc cess is extended to her in the first of her teaching career their will be a special childrens service in the church on sunday evening at 730 the children will have charge of it and your pre sence is requested mr and mrs fletcher goudie accompanied by their son ivan and his wife and son motored to sud bury on tuesday last and returned on wednesday evening the voung people enjoyed a corn roast on monday evening at the home of mr and mrs murray dun- keld atha mrs william slack had a family gathering recently it is no doubht it will be the last time for all to be together for a social time on the farm which has been sold mrs slack and family are moving to goodwood after the sale this thurs day mr and mrs ernie davis bloom- ington and mr and mrs k kdavis of stouffville were guests of mr a e davis and esther for supper on sunday we extend our sympathy to the relatives of the late mrs john scott also to the relatives of the late mr floyd mckay poland far from janother local alfalfa hay wanted best price for good quality sample reesors marmill limited markham phone 96 youth for christ returns to stouffville to be held in mennonite church on saturday sept 21st at 8 pm sharp a pulsating message for youth dramatized in the sound movie the crown of righteousness hear and see the last trip of paul of tarsus portrayed to you by a captivating motion picture sing your favourite choruses glady at the keyboard director n rowan an entirely different program arranged and tempoed for youth dont miss a single event sponsored by young people open seasons fa game birds fall 1946 the following open seasons for the hunting of game birds in the province of ontario have been declared due in and gese ohw than brant gmm other than brant raffed and other groin woodcock pheasant north of southern bruce county lake simcoe city of peterborough sept 16th no 7 highway and southern nov 29trt prejcott county south of the abovs sept 25th dec 9th counties of essex kent and elgin nov 1st jan 10th except in some south and south- oct 5th western counties oct 1 4h ihroughout the province regulations to be announced later oct 1st oct 31st dally season dudes 18 150 bag limits ruffed and other gnxu gees 5 j5 5 so woodcock 8 100 remember automatic shot guns must be plugged to three shells rifles may notbe used for shooting birds only one woodduck per day no open season for prairie hen or hungarian partridge be careful when camping help prevent forest fires i oni hei for further details os to bog limits open seasons and hunting regulations write to ontario department of lands and forests w o tkompton f a macdovsu i sts i j being restored continued from front page worst slaughters of the war occurr ed a ferry terminal which the ger mans had bombed while it was crowded with thousands of people horses and luggage much of the debris including the dead horses still remain one of the churches visited had leen built in hit and another a mennonite church had a badly battered roof when we reached the cobblers home he in vited us in and we rinally went inside with some misgivings wed hardly got inside when the strang ers wife hurried around and locked the door the people are afraid of the russians and there were quite a few russian soldiers to be seen on the streets the man showed us pictures of his family and then let us out said mr nighswander the people are very suspicious of everyone else and although we inquired what the shooting was that was heard nightly from our ship no one would ever admit that they knew as in all wartorn countries the children appeared the most desti tute and would beg for food or anything else you had a mind to give them if you gave one child anything you soon had a crowd following you most of them were german orphans whose parents had been either killed or driven out when the russians came many wore cast oil army clothes and dis played sores and signs of mal nutrition busses were operating to and from the centre of the city but the rolling stock was not up to much having bulletriddled tops and sides women could be seen here and there clearing rubble from shattered buildings by bucket line the only apparent means and with out bulldozers and powerful machinery the clearing of the city looked like an endless job mr xighswander thought we went ashore at keil for a short time on the return trip and this german centre appeared in much better state of reoair than the polish centre the people too seem ed better fed the return crossing of the atlan tic was made without incident the ship came back empty which seem ed strange owing to the reports of a shipping shortage on every hand the three local men were exactly seven weeks from the time they left their home farms until they returned holstein for england mr lloyd turner welknown breeder of highgrade holstein stock just east of town reports the sale of a bull calf born last october to the british holstein friesian as sociation who in turn are importing the animal for edwin de guy sea man kings lynn norfold eng land i this calf is from high record stock his junior 2vearold dam made 1220a lbs milk and 511 lbs fat and the sire was a son of loch- i invar iii twice reserve all-cana- idian bull the exported calf had a i grand dam which as a 2yearold made 10040 lbs milk and 5i lbs fat and double grand dam was twice canadian honor list leader as a 2vearold making 18350 lbs milk and t45 lbs fat mr turner also reports the sale of three heifers and three cows grading very good to mr sherman hartford conn vandorf mr and mrs roy morley enter tained dr and mrs covey of tor- lonto over the weekend j mr and mrs herb hisey and i barbara of ringwood and mrs brillinger of stoutvville had sunday tea with mr and mrs grant mor ley mr r b brown has purchased the harrison milk truck route re cently and will be operated by mr harry lavender sowing of fall wheat is now com pleted in this district church service was well attended with our pastor rev e c moddle in charge mr moddle recently assisted at the induction service at victoria square any news items would be greatly appreciated by your scribe peaches elberta peaches for preserving will be at their best this week we will have shipments direct from vineland the latter part of the week rene claude plums let us have your telephone number and we will call you on arrival of our shipments from bronte orchards of this choice preserving plum ratcliff co town delivery phone 19s victoria square mr and mrs ralph wellman mr and mrs paul wellman and baby son of claremont spent sunday at the home of mr and mrs louis nichols and vera miss peggy marlow and miss phyllis westbrook of toronto spent the weekend with mr and mrs v westbrook mr and mrs frank brumwell at tended the annisfenton wedding in ottawa on saturday congratulations are extended to mr and mrs harry forster who on sunday celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary mr and mrs jim blair of toronto spent the weekend with mr and mrs harry forster and family mr andmrs a valliere of north markham mr and mrs a muir of scarboro masters wilbur and den ton brumwell had tea on sunday evening with mrs w brumwell miss beatrice gingle spent the weekend with mr and mrs clarke johnson the church service sunday school and young peoples will be withdrawn sept 22 due to the anniversarv services at browns corners the young peoples service on sunday evening was in charge of miss helen boynton the lesson was taken by miss viola avison a reading by miss marion smith a piano solo by miss margaret mort- son the topic was in the form of slides shown by rev e a currey the slides were of holland taken by rev currey while he was padre overseas- mr and mrs r perkins and coral are spending a few days at hunt- sville on thursday evening sent 19th there will be a community social gettogether in the sunday school room there will be a varied pro gram ladies please bring light re freshments the young people of victoria sq and browns corners held a corn roast at the elbow on saturday evening rev currey led the group in a singsong and accompanied them on the accordian everyone reports plenty of corn and pie the regular monthly meeting of the mission band will be held on saturday sept 21st at 230 pm at the home of miss shirley gee mr and mrs r boynton mr and mrs b sanderson mr and mrs l nichols attended the fun eral of mrs greenlees at sehom- berg on thursday mr and mrs steese and mrs p clarke of orchard park new york and mrs mabel bradley of fort wayne ind made a short visit this week with miss stella hisey messrs orville carl and lewis hisey are thoroughly enjoying the western atmophere they are lo cated near kindersley sask and are engaged in harvesting vast acreages of the seasons crops that part of the country they report would be a hunters paradise as there is plenty of wild game 6th line whitchurch mrs don ratcliff and son buddy spent a week in london returning by air miss peggy rowan was tendered a personal shower recently prior to her entering the three hills col lege in alberta mrs macklem and miss norah soent a day in toronto last week the bethesda womens institute met at the home of miss marjorie nicelv last wednesday mr and mrs mallis have return ed to winnipeg after spending the summer months at their cottage here mr and mrs mccackney and friends are now oecupving the mallis cottage for a holiday the ladies aid of lemonville met at the home of mrs talbot and mrs harper last thursday after noon an interesting talk on the four gosoels was given by mrs s h foote mrs fred mortson the new tea cher at hillcrest school was once a scholar under the same roof and it was from this little white school she received her high school en trance weddings wi deman cook saturday sept 7th at st step hens church college st toronto cannon j e ward officiated at the marriage of verna may cook se cond daughter of mr and mrs mil ton cook toronto to arthur g wideman son of mr seth wideman and the late mrs wideman gorm- ley the bride given in marriage by her father wore a floor length white satin gown with threequar ter length veil caught to an orange blossom headdress she carried a bouquet of red roses and white gladioli mrs eileen fish attend ed the bride as matron of honor wearing lavender floor length dress and carried yellow roses and gladioli with matching ostrich plume headdress mrs dorothy mc- carry and miss frieda chambers were bridesmaids attired alike in baby blue floor length dresses with matching ostrich plume headdresses and carried pink and white roses norma cook attended her sister as junior bridesmaid dressed in blue printed sheer and carried a yellow nosegay darlene wideman niece of the groom was flower girl dress ed in yellow printed sheer and car ried a blue nosegay the groom was attended by his brother lloyd wideman allan wideman and jack tripp brotherinlaw of the bride were ushers the reception was at the brides home with her mother receiving in street length dress of blue crepe and navy accessories with a corsage of pink roses assisting was the grooms sister mrs clara munro wearing street length dress of blue printed sheer with black and white accessories and a corsage of yellow roses after a buffet supper the bride changed to a dusty rose dress and brown acces sories the couple left for stratford and london and on return will re side in toronto stouffville high school won an exhibition softball game from mark ham on tuesday evening the girls lost their game against the mark ham coeds earn extra money rim 21 cars tawrt ass0rtmm uiri on ihftlcusillkl cf recall r hip ftoi t fnm ooaursaw utr4ft reclls ijrfl c4 s i- 16 o u ij fa ftnl i ttf vs r fvrl ofl i pctm f atlmm j i mn rr ri cknxw ci f vq i- 1 1 lrn tw fe ti-r- i 4u i p yrf wr ft trur 0 1 wewwi rvit hecll stationery co ltd flamed qift pictitfuea bethesda on frida evening a large group of neighbours and friends gathered at the leslie rowe home the occa sion being a shower for mr and mrs johnny monchow mrs mon- chow was formerly miss elizabeth rowe an interesting ogram many fine gifts and an appetizing lunch were the main features of the evening a number of entertaining selections given bv a ouickb- com posed tin pan orchestra mr and mrs monchow will be living kettleby and we extend to them best wishes for many ha years of wedded bliss stouffville fire brigade was call ed on tuesday to squelch a blaze in a tar boiler at the stouffville motors special service to be held at stouffville christian church sunday sept 22nd 730 pm the sunshine evangelistic group of the peoples church toronto will conduct this service spe cial musical ensemble with electric guitars violin solo vocal solo duets and quartet you are cordially invited to attend this service rev charles montgomery the church services mennonite churches dickson hill and mt joy rev s s shantz minister sunday september 22 mount joy 1000 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship 730 pm evangelistic service monday s pm young peoples thursday spm prayer meeting dicksons hill sunday september 22 1000 am morning worship 1100 am sunday school 730 pm evangelictic service wednesday 8 pm prayer meeting second markham baptist church rev norman rowan pastor sunday september 22 955 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship tuesday 815 pm prayer fellow ship bible study question what was the besetting sin of judas iscariot see john 126 stouffville united church rev douglas davis minister sunday september 22 1000 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship 730 pm evening worship the wa of the united church will meet at the home of miss rae on tuesday evening sept 24th at 8 pm all welcome thursday night choir practice bloomington ringwood christian churches rev g w brown pastor sunday september 22 1100 am bloomington 230 pm ringwood 730 pm special childrens ser vice in altona church music and singing by the children bloomington ce friday 830 pm ringwood monthly missionary meeting monda 8 pm the par ish family from south america will have charge of the meeting lantern slides altona prayer meeting wednesday 830 pm all are cordiallv invited to attend plan to come dont forget the annual harvest home service in ringwood church sunday sept 29th com plete announcement next week gospel church mt albert rev sidney kerr pastor sunday september 22 pastor sidnev kerr preaching mrs b adams soloist everyone welcome everyone welcome stouffville baptist church rev d macgregor pastor sunday september 22 1000 am bible school classes for all ages 1100 am morning worship 730 pm evening worship wed s pm prayer meeting friday sent 27th the markham township branch of the canad ian protestant league will hold a public meeting miss martinau a converted roman catholic will speak further announcement next week come and receive a bemng- christ church anglican rev f herman rector sunday september 22 11th sunday after trinity sunday school 200 pm even song 230 pm the friendship of the world is emnity with god stouffville mennonit1 church rev e- moyer pastor sunday september 22 1000 am sunday school 1100 am divine worship 730 pm evangelistic friday evening prayer meeting next week monday eve young peoples wednesday evening altona prayer meeting melville bethesda and peachs churches rev r t chapin minister sunday september 22 come to church join hands with neighbors heart with god peaches 1000 am melville 1130 am bethesda 730 pm bethesda ss 1000 am rev george kennedymissionary from colum bia south america will speak melville wa meets sept 25 at the home of mrs stanley powell sunday sept 29 bethesda anni versary rev i g bowles will be guest speaker gormley and bethesda mennonite brethren in christ church rev f huson pastor sunday september 22 bethesda sunday school 1000 am preaching 1100 am gormley sunday september 22 sunday school 200 pjn preaching 300 pjn evangelistic 730 pm special coming st james presbyterian church stouffville rev eric larsen minister sunday september 22 130 pm sunday school 230 pm worship service the god of the average man stouffville christian church charles montgomery pastor miss nora staplcton organist sunday september 22 1000 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship 730 pm gospel service the sunshine evangelistic group of the peoples church toronto will conduct the evening service there will be special music with electric guitars vocal solo duet and guartel do not miss thl3 musical treat friday 7 pm children meeting rev w rea will show moving pictures at this meeting all boya and girls are invited friday s pm christian endeavour harvest home service oct cth watch for it