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the tribune stouffville ont thursday december 14 1951 appreciation the committee of the stouftville business mens association in charge of the annual santa claus parade wishes to extend iis appreciation to the business concerns and all who participated in assisting with the parade on saturday bigger and better plans for the 1951 christmas cele bration are now in the making sincere seasons greetings are extended to the thous ands of town shoppers at this time stouffville business mens association kroehler chairs 8950 bedroom chairs 1500 occasional and various other models 1500 up we have a won derful selection of chairs all of them very rea sonably priced considering the quality of the fabrics and the fine workman ship fringed club chairs that will be at home any where foam rubber cushion wing chairs big luxur ious and a truly magni ficent gift in decorator fabrics with aprovincial feeling this chair be longs in the more formal room a won derful gift indeed luxurious lounge chair that will be appreciated throughout the year in finer fabrics ringwood mr and mrs orval drewery were monday evening supper guests with mrs sambrook the excelsior class field their december meeting last thursday afternoon at mrs ed browns- bergers anyone who failed to attend the sunday school rally in our church on monday night of this week missed a real treat when rev gordon wishart of toronto brought the message assisted by the henderson sisters in song l e oneill metville the annual meeting of melville wms was held at the home of mrs alfred smith on tuesday dec 5th election of officers for 151 resulted as follows honorary president mrs robt young presi dent mrs chapin 1st vice presi dent mrs wm mckay 2nd vice mrs alfred smith the executive supply mrs garnet erancey secretary miss j car ruthers following the business meeting a pleasant feature of the program was when mrs mckay addressed mrs chapin and in a few words of appreciation to her called on miss bruce who present ed their president with a life membership certificate and gold pin refreshments were served by the hostess assisted by members and friends president constitute secretary literature balsam and mount xion mr ralph jones is sporting a monarch congratulations to mrs geo wilson on being mad a life mem ber of the wms at the meeting on thursday at the parsonage at greenwood mr and mrs ralph jones mr and mrs cecil disney mr and mrs joe forsyth mr burnett jamieson and donald attended the holstein banquet in brooklin last friday night miss helen hoffman spent the weekend with friends at trenton misses jean linton and mae gould of to onto spent the week end with mr and mrs levi linton mr and mrs neil weir of gorm- ley visited sunday with mr and mrs t jordan atha news congratulations to little bobby tran who celebrated his 2nd birthday on wednesday miss gillespie of toronto visited her sister and brotherinlaw mr and mrs powell over the weekend keep in mind atha christmas concert on thursday evening dec 14th mr and mrs norman lehman and family visited in uxbridge on thursday of last week mr gfen draper and marie visited his parents on sunday afternoon mr and mrs murray dunkeld and family were supper guests with mr and mrs fred byer of stouffville on friday evening of last week mrs carruthers and family visited her sister and brother-in- law mr and mrs wellington wideman recently little marie draper will cele brate her birthday on friday dec 15th have you tried stovers christ mas cake its delicious filled with all the wholesome ingredi ents familiar to a rich fruit cake raisins currants cherries peel blended into a tempting delicacy for these busy days before christmas ease your home bak ing chores by visiting our cake shop regularly and taking home some of the many good things to eat cakes cookies tarts sweet breads sconnes pies and a host of others st0uffille bakery mmm greenwood mr and mrs ed annis of orillia visited last week for a few days with their daughter and family mrs george blake master bobby hicks had the misfortune one day last week lo break his wrists by falling from a tree while at school mrs k rankin and friend mrs jones of toronto were visitors in the vicinity last sunday evening mr cyril wannop of brougham has rented the e trimble house and is moving this week the evening wa is holding its meeting on wednesday night at mrs g eastwoods mr edward pegg is suffering from the chickenpox congratulations to mr and mrs russel hodgson on the arrival of a daughter also to mr and mrs allan short on the arrival of a daughter the yps will meet at the home of wm brown jr on thursday night of this week the mission band will meet at the parsonage on saturday after noon dec 10th a number from here attended the santa claus parade at stouff ville on saturday afternoon the afternoon auxiliary of the wms convened at the home of rev and mrs monkman on dec 7th owing to illness in the home the president was unable to attend mrs morden led in the christmas service rev monkman presided over the election of officers for the coming year this was done by nomination resulting in the official record standing as it was for another term mrs hoskins pre sented life membership certifi cates to mrs f w gibson mrs geo wilson and mrs andrew pegg the president sent a mes sage intimating that the certifi cates were not to be taken as a reward for service rendered but as an incentive to future effort by the recipients vandorf a special white gift service will be held at wesley sunday school on dec 17th at 10 am mr and mrs arnold gardhouse and family of thistletown were sunday supper guests of mr and mrs w kingdon and bill mr and mrs al gunn toronto were sunday visitors of mr and mrs jack robinson they also visited mr and mrs george craw ford cedar valley mrs h white bobby and ruth mr john white miss jennie her man motored to collingwood on sunday and visited rev and mrs henry hamilton mrs loveless returned home with them mr and mrs h sleeth and family visited mr and mrs mitchell toronto last sunday mr and mrs mike dalton kettleby were sunday visitors of mr and mrs syd aylett mr and mrs lawrence playter toronto were sunday supper guests with mr and mrs rollia scott miss elvy davidson mr fred mclaughlin spent the weekend with mr and mrs chas dibbs a surprise party was held last saturday evening for mr and mrs george hoshel at their home the occasion being their 20th wedding anniversary about 30 guests attended and they received many lovely gifts vandorf school concert will be held thursday evening dec 21st mr and mrs stewart burnett have bought a farm at victoria square wesley womans association held their meeting last week at the home of mrs james oliver devotional was taken by mrs baber and the scripture was read by mrs geo richardson prayer was given by mrs w kingdon a special offering was taken and is to be given to the toronto bible college the sale of work amount ed to 1400 the election of officers was held for 1951 and mr moddle conducted this part of the meet ing results are as follows honor ary president mrs moddle past president mrs r scott president mrs g morley vice pres mrs r b brown secretary mrs r carr assistant mrs h oliver treas urer mrs w lundy pianist mrs r morley assistant mrs moddle supt of flower committee mrs h white visiting committee 2nd con mrs s stevenson mrs w lundy 3rd con s mrs w gra ham mrs j fetch 3rd con n mrs j crawford mrs a richard son 1th con north mrs kingdon mrs white 4th con south mrs r brown mrs baber 5th con north mrs dike mrs h oliver 5th con south mrs c dibb mrs r morley thirteen pieces in a bakers dozen originated when king louis of france warned all bakers who gave under measure that they would be beheaded towels indian blankets wool blankets table cloths towel sets motor rugs pillow cases lace cloths it will pay you to come in and look around h goldens clothing store phone 273 stouffville