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the tribune stouffville onl thursday january 1st 1953 local boy at variety village bethesda december 24 miss ellen steckley is spending the holidays with her sister and brotherinlaw mr and mrs elgin last of mt vernon missouri mr and mrs e clubine were wednesday evening visitors with mr and mrs albert scott mr and mrs art spofford and craig of fort credit were sunday visitors with mi and mrs ed longfellow mr fred preston is spending a few days with mr and mrs bur- nice preston sunday visitors with mr and mrs fred gibson were mr and mrs harold wood of toronto mr and mrs mervin harper and mr lloyd wideman and girl friend of toronto miss leona atkinson has taken a position as clerk at the 5c to s100 store for the christmas rush mr and mrs clarence atkinson were sunday evening visitors with mr and mrs ralph atkinson of richmond hill bob kerr son of mr and mrs t c kerr ringwood is seen here using a special tray fitted to his wheel chair for processing roll film from his camera wheeling himself into an improvised dark room he will complete the work there bob is a patient at variety vil- 1 lage on the outskirts of toronto a school for the incapacitated pro vided by the crippled childrens society to which the stouffville j lions club makes one of its prime contributions chiefly responsible for having this photography class set up at the school is evelyn andrus first woman president of the toronto j camera club the class receives weekly instruction and is produc- ing work of amazing quality as balanced against their disabilities it was more than three years ago that miss andrus noting the work being done at variety vil lage in training handicapped boys and casually hearing of the need for interesting hobbies to fill in spare time offered to conduct a photographic class each week ninety per cent of the students wanted to join but because of space limitations it was possible to take only a fraction of the wouldbe entrants and each week since then with very rare exceptions miss andrus has conducted the boys through initial stages of training with their advice and assistance has contrived many gadgets to over come some specific disability has displayed rare patience while insisting the proper photographic cleanliness be observed in all pro cessing work many amateurs do not know that tongs used for mmmjrlm developing a print should never touch tiie fixing solution but the variety village boys do and ob serve that and many other rules of good technique one former graduate of the village who took up photography as a hobby under miss andrus now has a parttime job in a studio augmenting his earnings from his regular trade supply houses photographic associations and individuals have been very generous to the class in the matter of equipment and sup plies miss andrus donates her time a washroom is taken over for a darkroom and the great out doors around the village is the studio there is even talk that some day in the future the class might have its own fully equipped darkroom in the meantime the boys dont worry they have a fas cinating hobby and something to bloomington december 21 a very happy christmas and blessed new year to the editor and staff of our fine local paper the stoulfville tribune also greet ings from bloomington to the readers of the tribune mr and mrs vincent wagg were visiting in toronto on sun day rev and mrs h shantss and janet of petrolia are visiting with her parents mr and mrs o trari- mer in the setting of a beautiful decorated church a choir under the leadership of mr mills with mrs d burnett organist render ed a number of selections sunday morning and a junior choir train ed by miss a fockler gave a num her all this fine music was appreciated and climaxed by the christmas message of the pastor rev g w brown we are glad to report that the wilfred ferguso family is con valescing splendidly from their recent illness saint nicholas as usual was present at the public school con cert held on thursday evening rev g w brown was chairman tosses coin to end tie for deputy reeve the toss of a coin last week made philip pensa deputy reeve of port stanley for 1953 a recount of votes cast dec 1 was conducted by judge j f mcmillan it was found that both mr pensa and his opponent garnet spears had each received 277 votes joseph burke municipal clerk tossed the coin show for it in the way of good pictures that record their stay at variety village sseiaiaiaeraiasjaisjarajajajahemajafara 50 cents wont buy a house oi a refrigerator or a used gar but 50 cents will sell a house or a refrigerator or a used car mvhen spent on classified advertisement in the stouffville tribune its good sense to use the classified advertising page that the most people read the stouffville tribune with its more than 3000 paid circulation brings your classified advertisement before the most people and at the lowest cgst per reader for classified advertising service phone stouffville 153j2 business directory rennies transport ptioue 121 stouffville sand gravel loam screened stone any size daily service to toronto phone wa s003 toronto auctioneers sellers atkinson ph agin 201w2 ph stouff 363 licensed auctioneers 25 years experience sales conducted anywhere specializ ing in farm stock furniture and property sales all sales personally listed and advertised bills prepared and posted no sale too big or too small ken clarke prentice auctioneers licensed and authorized for the counties of york and ontario farm stock implements household furniture real estate sales our specialty at fair and reasonable rates dual service for the price of one mllliken po ph agincourt 52w3 markham po ph markham 206 prentices have been established auctioneers since 1s90 a s parmer license auctioneer york county uxbrldge pickering townships farm stock and furniture sales a specialty address gormley po telephone stouffville 67312 dental neil c smith lds dda graduate of university of toronto office over canadian bank ot commerce telephone 107 stouffville e s barker lds dds honor graduate of uui orally of toronto office over harold grill phone 274w stouffville medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon xray office corner of obrien main phone 196 coroner for york county dr f j button stouffville ontario telephone 371 xray hours daily 9 to 12 am tuesday thursday saturday evenings 79 pm and by appointment office over button blk real estate consult j a wiljoughby sons for complete real estate service head office toronto 156 yonge st ad 0605 city and country homes farm and small acreages industrial business properties is your local representative phone 83j1 stouffville harvey moyer when buying or selling real estate farms residences business properties contact george w allison rcgd real estate broker phone 87j1 ernest ridout real estate ltd head office 1172 bay st for farms homes or any kind of property consult stan hastings 03715 stoulfville or rich hill 613 funeral directors l e oneill stouffville funeral director and embalmer continuous telephone service day or night phone stouffville 98wl dr herbert b freel physician telephone 164 xray hours daily except sunday 9 to 12 am tuesday thursday saturday 7 to 9 pm a c kennedy chiropractor church street stouffville monday and friday 9 to 12 am optometrist e a grubin ro optometrist picton stouffville office closed until april repairs sent to picton will be taken care of garnet v gray ro optometrist office hours 030 ui to 500 pm evening by appointment every tuesday 6121 residence of lloyd graham opposite dr freels residence phone 84vv for appointment insurance n 333s2333kesssssssssseaisss j w dixon funeral director private ambulance markham kindness courtesy service telephone 90 markham ontario t marie jack harrdressing lioyd avenue stooffville permanent waving machine machineless cold wv halrstyllng and shaping phone 170wl birkett son general insurance agency stouffville ontario insurance in reliable companies at reasonable rates prompt service phones 2r9wl and 259w2 h o klinck phone 44w3 stouffville fire auto burglary sickness and accident fidelity bonds experience strength and service unexcelled monument works stouffville orders promptly executed p tnrr proprietor telephone 89j2 srouffville machine tool works telephone km rear of cnh stauor electric and acetylene welding farm vmchimckl machinery repairs f g alsop insurance for every purpose phono 50w2 taxi service f m pugh phone 88v2 stouffville general insurance the protection of ones dependent should be the first business of life hence life insurance k representing the mutual life of canada prompt courteous service its just common sense to buy coop insurance for information call john sytema xeivnmrket 21 lj1 tor your local coop stouffville sand gravel limited are prepared to supply yoir requirements of crushed gjravej sand concrete gravel pit run delivered or at the bin plant phone i2i office phone t70 and l x i 1