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fhe tribune stouffville ont thursday jauarv 1st k53 york county soil crop improvement assoc annual meeting tovn hall newmarket wednesday jan 7th 1030 am guest speakers stanley taiiman research department mh farms milliken new developments in farm machinery dr d n huntley field husbandry department ontario agricultural college guelph handling farm crops local and personal happenings discussion period free lunch frank barnes schomberg president w m cockburn newmarket secretary mr and mm jack pennock of mrs f e baker of grand aurora and mr harry pennock j rapidsmich has been holidaying spent christmas day with mrs here with her sister miss a 15 perikxrks aunt miss jane burkitt i clark mrs m mcgrogan and ronnie enjoyed christmas in uxbridge with mr and mrs jess rice notice of kate change commencing jan 1st 1953 min imum rate charge for all classified advs in the tribune will be 50c with the two week insertion rate being 90c the tribune is one of the last papers in the district to increase minimum advertising rates from the customary 0c mr and mrs mccowan east- end were in toronto with mr ami mrs a jerman for the christmas holiday mr and mrs geo storey were in hamilton last week where they spent christmas day at the family gathering of rev and mr c lonev on tuesday evening dec 23 some of the members of the jun ior girls auxiliary went out carol singing they visited the stouff ville nursing home and the brier- bush hospital hot chocolate and sandwiches were enjoyed by the girls at the hospital markham rural hydro workers were in town last week erecting a new transformer bank opposite the new arena bowling alley establishment on main st while here they also reduced the cur rent at several points where there had been complaints of high volt age our town hydro system con tinues to grow and secretary geo storey reports that six additional transformers are scheduled to go up at various locations just as soon as workmen with the heavy erecting equipment are available thirtykight for family gathering on saturday dec 27th the home of mr and mrs clifford winger of gormley was the scene of a happy holiday gathering when bishop and mrs alvin win ger and their entire family of 38 including 25 grandchildren sat down to a bounteous holiday meal the large farm house was beauti fully decorated for the holiday the young folks enjoyed them selves skating and playing games mr and mrs ken klinck gail and susan of otterville were with mr and mrs h o klinck for the holiday as well as mr and mrs franklin ravmer of markham on christmas eve some twenty friends from the gormley district i came to stouffville and sang carols outside the home of miss jessie sage and mrs john beach nasty weather fails to stop carol singers ronnie smith now stationed atj greenwood xjs with the j rcaf spent christinas with his parents mr and mrs geo smith church st christmas day in stouffville was strictly an indoor holiday with damp drizzly atmosphere most of the day the local arena reported one of the largest crowds of the year skating christmas night stouffville waterworks mainten ance man harry vtneenoo rej paired a minor water line break at the corner of duchess and mill sts last week which had made quite a wg hole in the roadway the local system has been com paratively free of breakdowns in the line for ome time mr and mrs frank tate and douglas of burks falls miss carol weldon of clinton lieut don carrington of st johns new foundland and miss marion wel don of toronto spent christmas at the frank riches home miss margaret bennett member of the local post office staff is recuperating following the christ mas mail rush which became too much for the young lady and she was taken ill while at work christmas visitors at the home of mr and mrs k n wagg last week were mr and mrs c g mc- kenzie of stouffville mrs doug herty and two nieces marie and beth carpenter of lindsay mr and mrs bob wetheral of toronto and miss mary curtis of lindsay were holiday visitors with mrs j g wetheral church st miss curtis is here spending the christmas vacation from her teaching duties in lindsay christmas day guests with mr and mrs george iee were mr and mrs allan manderson and son glen of balsam during the day the lees received a telephone call from muriel and gary richardson of roanoke virginia and their son boyer who is in the air force rover is stationed in texas but is now home on leave switchboard operators of the bethesda stouffville telephone co wish to acknowledge gifts of chocolates flowers handkerchiefs money writing paper fruit and other items received at christmas time the girls put in a good many rather cheerless hours at this yule- tide season and it is nice to know that so many have thought to remember them in tliis way heres a group of young carol singers who made the rounds on christmas eve despite the unchristmaslike weather they were guided bv mrs i mustard mrs e kramer mrs a smalley and mrs x baker the children from left to right are nancy murphy lynda nolan lean winterstein lynne murphy eleanor wagg gay rennie claudia brillin- ger sharon mclean lynda mathewson bonnie baker markham village fire brigade was called out on saturday night near the supper hour when an accumulation of oil in the united church furnace failed to ignite at the proper time and suddenly exploded and caught fire fortu nately the caretaker vas present at the time and taking no chances he turned in the alarm the local firemer were quickly on the scene and squelched the burning oil beneath the furnace with little damage resulting mr and mrs bert paisley mr and mrs sneddon toronto miss erline paisley of western hospi tal and mr and mrs bruce pais ley joined in the family gathering at the t h paisley home on christmas day congratulations are due miss beulah rutledge who has recently graduated as a stewardess in the american airlines after being presented with a beautful bulova wrist watch beulah began her fly ing career by supervising passen gers on a nonstop flight from chicago to los angeles in a beauti ful american airlines luxury liner although her flying duties will carry her to many parts of the us we have no doubt that none will surpass that first flight in thrills and excitement beulah is very grateful for the interest and kindness shown by her many friends in stouffville and they in turn wish her every success in her new career miss ethel byam enjoyed christmas dinner with friends in uxbridge mr and mrs c c reid of tor onto enjoyed christmas with mr and mrs chas nolan and mrs a v nolan friends will regret to learn that one of the main st businessmen ben raxlin was forced to spend christmas in hospital in toronto where he will undergo an opera tion shortly mr and- mrs c andrews and shirley of newmarket enjoyed the yuletide holiday with mr and mrs bert tait sixteen members of the family and friends enjoyed the evening christmas meal at the home of miss violet hoover on the holiday only folks from a distance attend ing the family gathering were mr and mrs fred keith and betty of toronto dr and mrs raflalovich of tor onto were visitors with mr and mrs walter brillinger over the holiday mr and mrs gar lehman and family mr and mrs t mcdowell of toronto and murray mcmullen enjoyed the holiday feast with mr and mrs w t rennie and family dr and mrs john button and family were christmas day guests with mrs buttons uncle g m forsyth claremont mr and mrs a g thompson glenn and mrs battisby were christmas visitors at the home of mr jack thompson toronto business was booming at the new bowling alley on christmas day as residents used this form of exercise to settle their christmas turkey and pudding mrs l grant and family of scarboro mr w penstone and mr geo penstone of toronto were christmas visitors with mr and mrs john hammersley and fam ily mr and mrs w hooper of tor onto mr and mrs m fisher of port perry and mrs dixon of markham spent christmas day with dr and mrs bodendistel and family miss m and mr j anderson of toronto spent christmas with mr and mrs e a button mr and mrs n baker and bonnie dra55rib55 mr and mrs chas ward dougj las and roy also mr and mrs ken ham were in georgetown for christmas visiting with mrs wards mother mrs edward hill mrs win kirk and doris of toronto also mr and mrs ralph harrison and elaine of scarboro were visitors here on saturday at the chas war home obrien ave stiver bros mr and mrs m e raso of chicago enjoyed the christmas week in stouffviiie at the home of their daughter mrs art latcham mrs latchams son larry who is attending school in the us city was also with the family for the holiday mrs robert young was in tor onto to spend christmas with mr and mrs lawrence dnck and fam ily mrs geo stewart and daughter miss winnie mrs andrew taylor mary and pearla enjoyed christ mas with mr and mrs wilbert gower mr and mrs l e oneill faye and jo were all christinas visitors with mrs mary minton and family of unionville mr and mrs robt snowball enjoyed christmas with mr and mrs percy wilson locust hill mr and mrs elmer daniels jimmy and billy spent the yule- tide holiday with mrs daniels sister mr- and mrs arthur ellis toronto friends will be sorry to learn that red forsyths barber shop has been forced to close down for several weeks due to ill health of the proprietor mrs robt winterstein miss xorah macklem and mr and mrs bruce winterstein spent the holi day with mr and mrs ross winterstein mr and mrs elmer kramer travelled to port huron for the christmas holiday to be with her mother vsssssssssssssrssssrrr the home of rev douglas davis was the scene of a family gather ing on christmas day wlien all the members were present num bering nearly fifteen those present were mr and mrs r prouse and son of brampton mr and mrs win young and mr and mrs ken davis and families of toronto bruce don john and douglas and miss 0 hallman sw mrs e kidd and family of richmond hill mr and mrs james peddie and family of clare mont mr and mrs earl booth of oshawa mr and mrs c murkar and family of whitby mr and mrs douglas bacon church st formed the family gathering at the home of mrs hazel bacon park rd south the 1052 christmas service in the congregational christian church will long be remembered in the morning the white robed junior choir and a trio from the senior choir rendered special christmas music in the evening the senior choir gave the cantata wonderful solo parus were taken by mrs lloyd byer and mr black and a duet by mrs b silverthorn and mrs cliff wagg mrs alonzo w allen was the nar rator at the close of the evening service members of the choir and some friends of the congregation went to sing carols for miss jessie grice and mrs williamson rev e morton offered prayer and the benediction all enjoyed hot coffee and cookies thanks to mlss grice and mrs williamson are you interested in saving money then sit down now with a pencil and paper and figure out your 1953 fertilizer requirements points to remember are 1 you can save s2n0 per ton by ordering now rather than later on in the season 2 the most popular coop fertilizer analyses are 42412 21210 0168 41210 3 no matter how long you store it coop fertslizer will not go hard 1 in the retail market coop prices are competitive 5 last but not least if you are a coop member your purchase of fertilizer will help increase your patronage dividends stouffville coop association phone 269 or 122 prompt delivery yyyvv