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the tribune stoufeville out thursday december 21 1950 mew years eve party veterans memorial hall stouffville dancing begins 1201 am doors open 11 pm cabaret dance lunch novelties gaiety wwb orchestra 300 per couple bring your party to stouffville christmas dance december 23rd a proclamation has been issued in this weeks edition of the tribune setting forth boxing day tuesday 3ec 26th as a public holiday your issue of the tribune next week and the week following will toe received one day later than usual owing to the two monday holidays christmas and new years only three more days of christ mas shopping make the most of them by patronizing your home stores they are well stocked and ager to serve you during this harrassing rush period we were pleased to receive a letter this week from our friend walter davey former scribe for the tribune under the heading toronto goodwood flashes walter his many friends here and in goodwood will regret to learn has not enjoyed the best of health this last few months but is now on the mend markham village chamber of commerce are adding a little colour to the local business section there with colored lights and christmas tree this festive season stouffvilles main st was adorned an this manner some seasons ago and a tree was erected in front of she municipal building the job has since been dropped and it would appear that the business- jnens association might take it up in the future shoppers are reminded that all business places in stouffville will remain open evenings thurs-fri- saturday until 10 pm this week local and personal happenings stouffville municipal council held their regular statutory meet ing on thursday evening of last week and dealt chiefly with routine business matters closing the year there was further discussion regarding a definite policy where new subdivisions are concerned in so far as providing services it is the intention of council to send a committee shortly to the provinc dept of planning development in order to lay out definite plans for town extensions it is likeiy however that water mains to be laid in future into new subdivisions will be done at the expense of the subdivider in the same manner as roads at the present time accord ing to tlie latest information it is now unlawful for a municipality to pay for new water mains going into a new subdivision th reason for this is quite obvious since a town such as stouffville could let themselves in for con siderable unnecessary expense should thej foot these bills and then have the subdivision fall through or only a very few dwellings be erected the matter of setting up a local plannin board will also be dealt with at the interview with the ontario department pupils of miss a lehman held their christmas party at her home each girl and boy gave a musical number and all joined in singing of christmas music a decorated tree added to the happy occasion you can win a tine christmas fowl this saturday night by attend ing the stouffvillemidland hockey game and buying one of the new clipper official programs miss flossie barkey gave a delightful miscellaneous shower at her home on second st on friday evening dec 8th for the staff of spofford co and other friends in honour of miss phyllis fleury whose marriage to mr maurice wyatt dixon of winnipeg takes place in stouffville united church on wednesday dec 27th at 3 oclock some thirty guests were present on this happy occasion a trio of summonses were handed out last saturday night following the erection on tne north side of main st east of church st no parking signs by the dept of highways due to the many activities in this area it was found necessary to prohibit park ing on one side for public safety and the ban is to be strictly enforced stanley theatre stocffvilijb ontario new famj policy tivo continuous shows nightly starting 7 pm doors open 045 pm matinee saturdays 2 pm friday saturday december 22nd 23rd sunset in the west in technicolor with roy rogers plus the bowery buckaroos leo gorcey the bowery boys monday tuesday december 25th 26th i for the finishing touches to a perfect christmas bring the whole family to see ft take me out to the ball game in technicolor starring frank sinatra esther williams betty garrett 1 wednesday thursday december 27th 28th a kiss for corliss starring shirley temple david niven aatsjssakxsaakjexxsxmaacecs not only in appreciation of our pleasant business relationship throughout the past years but in all sincerity we wish you a merry christmas and happiness in the year to come stouffville motors jli33j jfrb p j aocssssssssxssxsssssssaew mr keith middlemiss of town suffered bereavement on thursday last through the passing of his sister lean middlemiss crowley formerly of- butte mont widow of francis crowley ard mother o patrick she is survived by fou sisters muriel middlemiss of kapuskasing eva middlemiss of brantford mrs r b green mar jorie of newmarket mrs j sheridan boie maxine of smith ville and one brother keith of stouffville interment was made in aurora cemetery on saturday community shocked by sudden passing of mrs milton fockler her many friends were shocked by the sudden passing of mrs margaret jane fockler at her farm home at lot ig con 8 whitchurch township four miles north of kingwood on thursday afternoon dec 11th although mrs fockler had been in poor health all fall she was only critically ill a few hours having suffered a stroke in the morning of the day of her death mrs fockler was born in glas gow scotland 63 years ago her maiden name being margaret jane stark she was twice married her first husband being james wis- iiart surviving them is one son james wishart of brantford thirtythree years ago she was united in marriage with milton fockler who survives as do a son samuel fockler of stouffville and a daughter ruby mrs donald harper of agincourt seven grandchildren also survive the late mrs fockler has two sisters residing in england christina and helen for a time the deceased resided in toronto before moving to this community in 1919 she was identi fied with the united church and was a worker in the womans association at ballantrae rev norman rowan conducted the funeral service on saturday dec 16th from oneills funeral parlours with interment in stouff ville cemetery pallbearers were messrs stewart mcquay george talbot george fockler rernie degeer stanley brown and mar vin gilroy ham stewart on saturday afternoon dec 9th at the home of rev w w fleis cher a quiet wedding took place when joyce daughter of mr and mrs edgar steward of uxbridge was united in marriage with george milford ham of claremont the ceremony was performed by rev fleischer the bride given in marriage by her father was attired in coral rose taffeta while her attendant mrs fred steward wore heavenly blue sheer mr fred steward was best man after a wedding supper was served at the brides nome mr and mrs ham left for a short motor trn after which they will reside near stouffville friends in this district were shocked to learn of the death of mrs nathan gilbert myrtle wide man at the toronto general hos pital on thursday dec 14th inter ment was made in elmwood cemetery markham on saturday the late mrs gilbert is survived by her husband harold and mrs thomas davis marion of ajax mrs glen lavett florence of green river mrs norman smith violet delbert doris and ross of markham stouffville gained a new family last week in the persons of mr and mrs john w ward of winni peg air ward has purchased the lome mcmulien house on 10th st south just opposite the cemetery mr ward comes originally from the old country and has been employed for many years on the staff of the winnipeg free press retiring just a year ago he also held the position of registrar of cooperative associations in the manitoba government the couple have a son located in toronto and chose stouffville in which to retire they have only been here a couple of weeks but are very pleased with their new home and the friendly people who have extended them a welcome since coming to town mr and mrs james rushton were installed as worthy patron and worthy matron of the mark ham chapter no 155 order of the eastern star installed with them were associate patron and matron mr and mrs garfield hamilton secretary mrs birdie rose treas urer mrs rose brown conduc tress mrs josephine wagg assoc iate conductress mrs myrtle brillinger chaplain mrs rilla reesor marshal mrs betty mc- clean organist mrs ella brown adah mrs shirley champion ruth mrs marie blight esther mrs dorothy bensley martha miss betty thomas electra mrs velma baston warder mrs mary campbell sentinel norman wagg the comstock company hand ling the local hydro changeover program from 25 to go cycle is winding up their activities in town this week while there have been a number of complaints principally from folks using oil- burners the number is small in comparision with that where everything went off smoothly one point which was apparently over looked was the proper information concerning the exchange depot for electric clocks and fans the greater percentage of people understood from the bulletins they received that these had to be taken to markham this was not the case however as a depot was in oper ation all last week and again this week right on main st for chang ing these items possibly the largest single headache which the hydro people encountered was the changeover of the heavy equip ment at the local arena while the comstock co made their new installation without too much trouble it was found that the temporary gocycle line into town was not supplying enough current to turn over the heavy refriger ation unit and the place was closed down from wednesday morning until thursday evening finally on friday a stepup was affected in the power going to the ice plant so that everything war rolling again that evening almost everyone has spoken of the oblig ing manner of the men employed ori the gigantic task and tve tribune office where two entir days were required to change over the equipment can add their viicc in this regard maple leaf dairy patrons ara reminded that there will be no milk delivery on christmas or new years day and ask that all be certain of taking a sufficient supply for these two holidays last week dr s s ball moved into his new office quarters and living apartmenty located in the red brick building south of the house he has occupied the office is both pleasing and modern and the building has an attached glass carport january 1 became generally accepted as the first day in the year in 1752 a 8s i- stlss to all our friends we extend seasons greetings thanking you for your kind patronage bennett motors gormley mayfair restaurant monday thru friday 8 am 11 pm saturday 8 am 12 pm i gormley the christmas meeting of the gormley womens institute will be held on dec 2sth at the home of mrs garnet evans this will be a fairly long meeting so members are asked to be there by 2 pm mrs w ash will give a paper on saskatchewan and the roll call is to be answered by a christmas verse this month instead of a description of one of canadas wild flowers the beautiful poin- setta a favourite christmas plant is given top honours description and care of same will be narrated on by mrs r ellas reports of the convention held in toronto on nov 1st 2nd and 3rd will be given by mrs r baycroft and mrs harry smith the annual ex change of gifts will take place and also a draw hostesses are mrs w scott and mrs r smith please note change of date a note of cheer give your rooms that bright fresh look by hav ing us repaper the walls so inexpensive so quick choose from our huge library of designs call today wm knapp aurora ph 472w holiday proclamation village of stouffville in compliance with instructions from the members of council acting on the wishes of the merchants and others i hereby proclaim tuesday dec 26 as a holiday for the village of stouffville ah mercantile places have signified their intentions to conform with the proclamation by order dec 19 1950 henry ogden reeve youth for christ stouffville this 645 745 815 900 sat sun saturday is the final night of this series of saturday night yfc rallies meet at the church to go carol singing film gods wonders in the woodland christmas carol time bible presentation of the parable of the ten virgins written and directed by mrs e keffer melville dec 30th yfc skating and new years party at lemonville dec 31st 9 pm to1215 am new years eve watch night service in the christian church the first in the winter series of sun day evening eventide hour services n rowan director