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the tribune stouffville ont thursday december 29 1950 wmim were collecting all of our good luck tokens and making a wish for every one of you a wish for a happier new year with nothing but carefree joy for you our dear friends stiver bros stouffville ontario miss audrey jennings nurse in mis- bertha davenport of tor- training at orillia enjoyed the i onto was a christmas visitor with festive occasion at the home of i and mrs jos gayman her parents mr and mrs tom j her many friends will regret to mrs blake sanders visited her learn miss cora wideman is not daughter mrs cecil carpenter of j enjoying good enough health to sutton during the christmas enable her to come downtown but week she is confined to her home local and personal happenings i mr and mrs william birkett spent christmas with mr and mrs howard haynes mrs h lee was in toronto for the christmas holiday week at the home of her son walter christmas guests at the home of mr and mrs e k good were miss audrey good of kitchener anci miss emma good of toronto mr and mrs a l orchard enjoyed their christmas dinner in orillia with mr and mrs clavt baker miss leone woods nursing in toronto military hospital and mr earl woods school teacher 5n lindsay returned home for christmas dinner with their par ents mr and mrs art woods miss mary curtis is spending the holiday season in stouuville mr and mrs andrews and daughter shirley of newmarket spent christmas with mr and mrs bert tait and family miss greta smith was a christ mas visitor with dr and mrs neil smith miss betty jean freel and mr lloyd freel of toronto were home witii their parents for the holiday mr and mrs m f xendick of toronto were christmas visitors at the home of mr and mrs chris armstrong miss jessie lemon spent the holiday weekend at the home of mr and mrs walter brown also among the guests were mr and mrs keith hutchinson and family of lemonville and mr and mrs andrew hutchinson and family of unionville mr and mrs john croskery and billie also mr and mrs donald mckinnon all of toronto visited with mr and mrs harold spofford on sunday afternoon mrs cros kery and mrs mckinnon are sisters of mrs spofford mrs c turner church st left this week for florida where she will enjoy the sunny clime for a couple of months mrs turner is travelling with relatives from flint mich mimftvwfnfttffmi power shy toff kindly take notice that the hydro will be shut off in stouffville from 1 am until 3 am next wednesday january 3rd due to work in connection with the 60 cycle conversion program stouffville hydro electric mwtvvvmifmtfwmm youth for christ stouffville saturday 8 pm new years skating party at fellowship centre lemonville sun dec 31st 9 pm to 1215 am new years eve watchnight service in the christian church a service of song and testimony with the girls choir the octette trios duets solos and instrumentals the film in his name with a challenge fjpr all christians plan to attend this informal time of fellowship and join us in singing out the old and singing in the new year to all friends of youth for christ we rest at the close of the year to thank our lord who has so bountifully given of his grace and spirit to many youth today who have in turn given their love and service to his work during 1950 n rowan director mrs ralph forfar nee gladys keeping formerly of stouffville returned to her home in little rapids on christmas eve after successfully undergoing a major surgical operation in the general hospital at sault ste marie miss margaret neal who has been residing at the geo middle- ton home on baker ave was removed to the brierbush hospital last week following a stroke which she suffered miss neal makes her home in town during the winter months therell be free skating at the arena this saturday morning for the children from 930 until 1130 am mr and mrs lawrence dack and son of toronto were holiday visitors with mrs robt young stouffville shoppers kindly take notice ttat spofford co will be closed to business tues wed and thurs jan 2 3 and 1 reopening friday jan 5th mr and mrs chas atkinson and mr and mrs frank harvey and joyce of gormley left by motor on thursday for florida where they expect to escape the rigours of winter for a couple of months mr wm griffith was the lucky winner of the delicious goose given away as the lucky program prize at the arena on saturday night mr and mrs griffith are among stouffville clippers most regular supporters holiday visitors with mr and mrs john hammersley included mr and mrs empringham and mr penstone of toronto a student this year at the uni versity of western ontario in lon don miss erla holden is spending her holidays with her parents mr and mrs gordon holden miss flossie barkey of stouff ville and mrs d j williamson enjoyed the holiday with mr and mrs leslie williamson toronto mr and mrs clarence hoover and children of dicksons hill had dinner on tuesday at the merten home there will be a power shutoff in town next wednesday morning from 1 am until 3 am due to work in connection with the 60 cycle changeover mr and mrs harmon hoover spent christmas in milverton at the home of mr and mrs archie stover mrs stover is a daughter of the hoovers mrs caroline martin of port huron mich is visiting at the home of her soninlaw and daugh ter mr and mrs elmer kramer church street the womens missionary society of the united church will have their next meeting thursday jan uary hi- at 215 pm mrs fred brown and mrs s ball are in charge of the program there will lie the installation of officers one of our hometown girls miss betty sanderson reg n of the infirmary of cornell university ithaca ny returned from the states to spend the christmas holidays with her parents mr and mrs w g sanderson of orrien ave miss mary davis of sudbury mr and mrs jim miller of ottawa and mr and mrs jack davis of toronto were all christmas visitors witii mr and mrs k r davis church st the staff of girls at the local plant of ladies wear of canada enjoyed a fine fowl supper in toronto the other night given by the company and also enjoyed by the employees of their head branch in toronto miss ted hoover who spent the holiday weekend at her home here is on the staff in the main office mr noah baker who resides with his son clayt at orillia was in stouffville- for the christmas holiday with mr and mrs harry brillinger mr and mrs john williamson of markham were also yuletide visitors at the bril linger home funeral service was held at le oneills funeral chapel for the late albert e hoover who passed away recently at the york county hospital where lie was a patient for nearly three weeks the late mr hoover had been in failing health for about three years he was a lifelong resident of whit church township and leaves to mourn his loss a wife three sons ernest walter and eddie and four daughters mrs j white newmarket mrs h rosenbacher hamilton mrs stan gilbert 6th coii and mrs wm jordon mt allien also a brother fred of newmarket and a sister mrs minnie brillinger stouffville the funeral was conducted by rev l k sider united missionary church gormley and interment was made at lemonville cemetery stouf f vie hydro changeover completed stouffville another york county municipality was changed over from 25 to gocycle service during the week of december is initial cutovers were made on dec 12 this was announced by com mission chairman robert h saunders who stated that approx imately goo customers of all classes served by the stouffville light and water committee had their frequency sensitive electrical appliances and equipment changed over for operation on the new cycle there are an estimated 480 domestic 110 commercial and 10 industrial customers in stouffville and the load is about 600 kilowatts on die morning of cutover day the 25cycle power serving the customers in a section to be chang ed over was switched off while off hydro technicians called on the various customers and made sure that all frequency sensitive appliances were disconnected after this was done the power was reconnected at 60cycle in most cases the power was disconnected for a period of less than one hour the work of adjusting the appli ances for gocycle operation fol lowed and usually was done right in the home but occasionally it was necessary to remove certain appliances to one of the mobile workshops in the vicinity to make these alterations i mr and mrs h w moyer narrowly escaped serious trouble one day last week when gas escap ing from their refrigerator made them quite ill and might have had more serious results trouble from another source was encountered in the new geo walsh house on orchard blvd where the oil fur nace exploded and sent greasy fumes all through the new home fortunately the place was not yet occupied and will not be for some time now until a complete redecor ating job has been completed just exactly what caused the explosion has not been fully determined mr and mrs c c reid of tor onto mrs c gansler and mr and mrs wm gansler of montreal were holiday visitors with mrs a v nolan and mrs a griffith subscribers are reminded that the tribune will be published one day later than usual next week owing to the new years holiday falling on monday there will be no dance at the veterans memorial hall this sat urday dec 30th a midnight dance will be held new years eve in the hall with lunch and novel ties and music by wwb orchestra the stouffville womens insti tute held their christmas meeting in the municipal hall mrs kell- ington sang three christmas carols and gave a short talk on the origin of each which was very interest ing there was an exchange of gifts between members after which a lunch was served follow ed by a social hour mr and mrs l c murphy and family spent the christmas holi days at comber at the home of mrs murphys brother rh plato mrs alf hoover formerly of church st stouffville has been a patient in sunny acres rest home at gormley for several months mr and mrs don eraser and daughter joanne of cornwall were yuletide visitors with miss jane burkitt also mr and mrs jack pennock aurora mr and mrs percy brillinger left by motor for the sunny south this week the couple will enjoy the next couple of months at long beach california the name of fred wicks errone ously crept into the list of appoint ments made by markham town ship to the local high school area board the correct appointees are nelson smith and john robb who held the posts last year mr herb alexander of mark ham associated with the wood- bridge yaughan telephone co there for many years has taken a new position with an independent company at fort erie the family have been residents on church st markham for more than fifteen years and will leave for their new home in the border city in tin early spring over thirty guests sat down to christmas dinner at the home of mi and mrs walter pipher among the many guests and rela tives were mr and mrs george gower mr and mrs fred steck- ley and shirley mr and mrs ed brownsberger all of ringwood mr and mrs bill peacock mr and mrs herb yakeley and son mr and mrs gordon holden erla and billy mr and mrs elmer fockler mr and mrs murray daniels and son and miss ada grove of stouff ville and mr and mrs harold steckley and mr and mrs dean fockler and son of toronto capt frank w osterdahi has completed the seasons work with his ship and is at home for the winter months he and mrs osterdahi and their family spent christmas day in toronto with relatives as did mr and mrs archie campbell and helen congratulations and good wishes are extended to mr john wright of stouffville rr4 who resides on the 7th con of whitchurch with his daughter miss etta wright and who celebrated his 90th birth day on thursday dec 21st at one time many years ago the wrights made their home on the whit- churchmarkham townline near the corner of the 5th of whit church on the farm now occupied by john bruce the christmas holiday passed very quietly in stouffville with clear crisp winter weather and the mercury hovering near the zero mark both sunday and mon day evening the local arena closed down sunday evening and all day monday to give the employees an opportunity to enjoy the christmas holiday at home and only entertainment offered was the theatre where the stanley presented the delightful laugh film take me out to the ball game i in gratitude and appreciation of your patronage and your confidence in us we extend our best wishes for success in all your undertakings during the new year stouffville coop association