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the tribune stouffviile ont thursday december 16 lis youth for christ extends greetings at this season of the year when our thoughts turn to the love of god made manifest to us in the greatest gift ever to be given to mortal men a saviour and redeemer his son jesus christ youth for christ challenges the youth of stouff viile to give of their best to the master watch vour tribune weeklv for the winter activities of yfc regular rallies reopening march 19 1949 local and personal happenings the tribune would appreciate- ratcliff co have made a xever gaze at something nifty receiving the names of your further improvement to their when your car is doing fifty christmas visitors as well as the grocery entering on the right andj names of those who leave town heaving from the left door not only stores open in stouffviile thurs- and district for the holiday season makes for convenience but the day and friday evenings shop write out your own report or tele- change adds to the improvement i early phone 153j2 and the appearance of the old established riv mr and mrs- frank macdonald of hamilton were in town on satur day calling on mrs john urquhart west end years ago mr macdonald was on the local banking statf and his wife was a town girl here blue coal here again central feed store elmer daniel- announces the arrival this week of a car load of blue on monday that coal stove size and is advising i stewart manager at markhaiu changing bank manager it was reliably reported in town mr george markham of immediate placing of orders which bank of xova scotia is being will ensure prompt by phone 27 delivery call transferred to sarnia a stouffviile old boy mr stewart will have the i best wishes of his manv friends the light fall of snow last week here in his business career rt the tendered to give a christmas air southern end of tile province we to things that it somewhat lacked understand the markham manager- until the slight change in the ship will be assumed bv weather from almost springlike days looking at matters here on mouaytime of writing the main street is dirtv with melting snow a man from quebec- visitors in town for the christ mas season will be mr and mrs r v un mix andjeeo carter from xova scotia who of their son scarcely estimates whether the end of the week will be continuing mild or winter atmosphere down at the rink clayt baker has been doing his best to get some ice but again from this date the chances of skating for christmas look mighty slim only a sharp change to colder weather could save the situation for the skaters melville wms melville wms held their annual meeting at the manse on tuesday dec 14th election of officers resulted in a unanimous returnof officers for 1949 there was a record attendance in mem- bers and friends the christmas program the christian world at the feet of jesus was observed the hostess served refreshments following the meeting when a social hour was enjoyed by all present officers are president mrs chapin 1st vice president mrs wm mckay 2nd vice president mrs alfred smith secretary miss janet bruce treasurer mrs ben son myers walter carter and wife in the sangster apartments main street mr and mrs lionel carter of tor onto will also be here on christmas day the carters are a compara tively new family in town moving here from chatham two years ago mr carter is employed in the city and his wife thinks stouffviile is ideal for their children mrs john tarr is now in tor onto where she will spend the winter months at the home of her daughter mrs cecil burgar on strathmore blvd mrs herbert lee who has an apartment with miss lemon on church street is spending the christinas holidays ii toronto at the homes of her son and daughter school holidays the schools will close for days wednesday december and reopen monday j- holi- 22nd the tribune hears that mrs charlie harper west end resident fell walking down the grade in front of dr s s balls residence and suffered a fractured shoulder friends will be grieved to know that mrs harper has suffered this misfortune especially one the eve of christmas time ballantrae albert mapes s7yearold resi dent of the seldom seen district northwest of ballantrae and one of the oldest men in the township of whitchurch is able to leave xewmarket hospital after several weeks in that institution he is be ing cared for at a convalescent borne before he takes up house keeping again on his own behalf a privilege he is looking forward to according to bob radford and other neighbors who miss the aged recluse about his humble cabin s maintenance situation the miller paving company have the contract for sanding through the main part of stouff viile or from the tenth to the railway tracks with their sander travelling from uxbridge hereto fore the county of york did this work in town but toward the end of last winter the dept of high ways took over since the highway to the railway tracks is a dept of highways road running from stouffviile tracks to greenbank from the west side of the tracks the road belongs to york county the situation is more or less unsatisfactory with part of stouff viile under county maintenance and part under dept of highways and it is hoped that some solution to the problem will be reached before long on sunday the home of mr and mrs richard williams at lincoln- ville just north of stouffviile was aglow with enthusiasm it was the occasion of their 4sth wedding day and all the family were borne to mark the event mr and mrs williams settled at lincolnville as bride and groom going directly to their farm following their marriage in toronto the late rev alfred beford tied the nuptial knot for them and later this minister was stationed at uxbridge and stouff viile in the old methodist church present on sunday for the interest ing gathering were mr and mrs i smith mr and mrs mel thomas mr and mrs harry hope also john and betty one of the finest christmas cards to come out of the north country this season was received this week from mr and mrs jack rae of kspanola a lovely piece of work from old friends that is certainly appreciated former reeve of ux bridge township the district lost good citizens when the family invested in the delightful summer camp and left the home district mrs grubin church st and daughter marguerite have gone to ottawa to spend the christmas holiday with mrs grubins daugh ter and her husband mr and mrs karl thorn the body of the late mrs fran cis frank who died in charlotte- town pei will arrive in town on wednesday for buriel here on thursday morning this week dec 22 a public service in the angli can church will be held at 10 am the late mrs frank was known to many in stouffviile as mrs joe todd who built the fine residence at the corner of main and albert streets now owned by mrs delbert holden mrs frank is survived by a daughter mrs w r adams of charlottetown and by one son lou todd of timmins ontario we notice by the announcement in this issue for maple leaf dairy stouffviile that the staff at the dairy is to have christmas day off also new years day will be a holt day for the dairy people as well there will be a milk delivery again on sunday following the christmas and new year holidays that is sunday dec 2g and sunday jan 2 patrons of the dairy should make a mental note and provide enough milk on the next two fri days to carry over the holiday at the end of each week give hardware or a sports gift this christmas radios aluminum ware pyrex ware bicycles tricycles toys quality tools agnews hardware stouffviile ontario i ringwood miss ada barkey and mrs gordon fockler are in the stouff viile brierbush hospital for treat ment keen disappointment is felt by the ratepayers at the absence of a christmas concert in our ringwood school this year delos graham has had a bull dozer working on his farm for several days erecting a dam to make an artificial pond ed obrien says seasons greetings member of one of stouffvilles early families closely aligned with the days of incorporation edmund obrien ssyearold resident of cape cod mass sends along in his own good handwriting christmas greetings to old friends says mr obrien please pass along the miss marguerite grubin third year arts student at the univers ity of toronto and daughter of mrs grubin church st gave a most pleasing performance recent ly in the victoria college music club concert in han house tor onto music critics had this to say lovely lolanthe played by mar guerite grubin spoke and moved beautifully and her singing voice already noted indicated good training the green house explosion in ftobieoke township last week which did some 135000 damage had a local side to the terrible dis aster since the owner of the green houses was john klford whose wife is a sister to mr norman oboyle stouffviile business man and owner of oboyles meat market new heating equipment has been hurried into place by mr elford and his three sons in time to save about s1s000 worth of stock ready to cut for christmas and january cause of the explosion in the large green house is being investigated in an effort that repetition of such a catastrophe may never happen again dont forget to lay in supplies for a long holiday weekend when the stores close in stouffviile and throughout markham township on friday night they will remain closed until tuesday morning both municipalities gave issued proclamations declaring monday a public holiday to be observed as boxing day first business day after christmas boxing day has no reference to things pugilistic in england the day after christ mas is so called because on that day the christmas boxes placed in the churches for casual contribu tions are opened and the contents distributed to those who render small services without pay the night of the same day is known as boxing night the holiday is a survival of an old custom and in canada it is intended to compen sate merchants and employees for the long hours of work usually experienced through the christ mas season way back the monks on that day offered prayers for the safety of vessels and at the same the christmas tree railled at by jay and jeered by raucous crow though hailed with joy by wren and chickadee hemmed in where wild plums briers and hawthorne grow a sturdy little lonesome balsam tree a passing trucker chanced to glance that way a cheery smile replaced his frown he saw in vision children christmas day and to the tree he said you go to town so carefully twas taken from its place and scarcely missed amid the tangle there but in his home was trimmed and shaped to grace a cosy nook hard by the open stair and there it stands aglow the radiant light of tinselled splendor on its branches borne the homely gifts bring raptures of delight to childish voices in the eariy morn oh little tree torn from your native soil you too were born to make a christmas bright you too must die in sacrifice and toil to keep the christmas spirit ever right yet sacrifice with love is never vain for when love enters sacrifice doth flee and age and youth are once more rendered kin in the festive air around a christmas tree wfr seasons greetings to all my old friends of yesteryear i am in my time put a small box on each ship ssth year and still going strong to receive contributions from the for years mr obrien conducted sailors carrying a box from door a quick lunch at this popular to door for receiving gifts and world resort starting from a yeryl presents was an early custom on small beginning in a business this day where he could not cope with the demand for his famous chicken pies he is now in retirement and we return to this still well remem bered member of the obrien family hearty congratulations on his ability to be still going strong despite the weight of years mrs percy bkiijlinger mourns loss op brother the death occurred suddenly at the residence of his daughter mrs cyril collyer in london ontario on tuesday of ilartwell r foster brother of mrs percy brillinger of stouffviile he was a former photo grapher and business man in inger- soll for many years mr foster had been in failing health for five years giving up notice to business people business men and firms whoj were unable to obtain space in this business in ingersoll three years issue to wish their friends and i ago when he went to london he customers the compliments of the was a member of st johns lodge season or some other announce- jaf a m no 08 and was a ment are still able to do that in presbyterian in religion the next issue dec 30 which is besides his wife two daughters just as appropriate just one thing survive mrs collyer of london is necessary reserve your space and mrs don juntunen of detroit and get copy in now there are four grandsons order your christmas poultry early our fowl will be choice steaks round porterhouse wing sirloin all one price ib 65c smoked breakfast bacon sliced 65c stouffviile meat market westend phone 279