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the tribune stouffville ont thursday may 23 1953 stb village of stouffville proclamation coronation day tuesday june 2 1953 in obervance of the coronation of her majesty queen elizabeth ii i herebv proclaim tuesday june 1953 a public holiday i would request that all citizens join in this obser vance and decorate their premises in honor of the occasion henry ogden reeve villaste of stouffville 150 entries in flower show greenwood the ypv met last sunday ghi at the home of sheila and david pegg the evening auxiliary of the wms will meet on wed nesday night at mrs maxwells home a special phamplet will be used ia connection with the coronation at sundays church service at 1115 mr saywell will be with us sundav school is at 1015 a spraying bee was held last tuesday evening at salem church tirtry and kill some of the weeds mr and mrs p middleton of buffalo are visiting with his father and other relatives per cy was unfortunate to lose three of his fingers on his left hand recently mr and mrs lyle mark of tororitocalled at the les wil son home last saturdav also robert mcvey of toronto mr edward pegg returned home from the hospital last sunday miss minaker of toronto was a visitor a the m minaker home last sundav fred and mrs brers mrs wilson les and mrs wilson iisited last sundav evening at whitby with wm and mrs carroll and mrs fairsrieve the wms meeting for the circuit will be held on thurs day june 1th the place of meeting to be announced on sunday mr and mrs e iageer of stouffville were visitors at stanley byers last sunday price sale ladies coats we still have a good selection of ladies coats suits this is the opportunity you have been waiting for these coats and suits are made of worsteds and fine woollen mater ials smartly styled and a good choice of sizes childrens coats shorties are also being reduced to clear special for this week everyday good quality towels reg 9sc pr sale price 79c pr come in and look around h guldens clothing store phone 27j stouffville the remodelled and newly decorated sunday school roost of the united church was a bower of beauty or monday eight when the horticultural society held its may meeting and tulip show despite the showery weather there were over 150 entries of flowers mrs ruth banks of richmond hill was a very capable judge for the show she also spoke and showed slides on flower arrangements and tld of jun ior activities in their own so ciety misses anne lehman and eva hoover entertained with piano duet- about 40 chrys anthemum plains were given is lucky prizes the following were the prize winners of the different classes darwin tulips m mertens mr- a campbell mrs j m storrey parrot tulips mrs m stor rey mrs m dunkeld mrs w timbers double tulips mrs m stor- ey mrs timbers m mertens lily floweret tulips mrs kllnck mrs timbers mrs h stoutfer striped tulips mrs a e miller lean iipher mrs m storrev tulips mixed mrs a rat cliff mrs m dunkeld mrs a campbell m mertens tulip- mixed 12 mrs tim bers m mertens mrs oster- aahi mrs a hatcliff narcissi mrs c burkhold er mrs a campbell ann le hman bouquet aov mrs timb ers mrs storrey m mertens arrangement with tulip predominating jean pipher m mertens mrs a ratcliff basket of flowers tulips pre dominating jean pipher mrs eugene baker mrs c burk holder lily of the valley eva hoover mrs timbers mrs a ratcliff pansy arrangement mrs e baker mrs a farthing mrs hooper basket of mixed flowers m mertens j pipher basket flowering shrubs mrs a ratcliff mrs a camp bell crescent arrang ann leh man mrs c burkholder miniature bouquet mrs a ratcliff mrs timbers mrs h stouffer bouquet of lilacs mrs m storrey mrs timbers mrs h stouffer african violet mrs hooper mrs c burkholder mrs har old elson plant in bloom mrs kerr mrs c burkholder mrs f wagg plant for foliage mrs kerr mrs hooper mrs thom as goodwood the vva will meet at the home of mrs claude- watson oa june 4th at 230 pm devotion will be taken by mrs d mc donald program by mrs x feas by the boy scouts and cubs will hold a paper collection in good wood on saturday june 6h in stead of may 30th as previously mntioned the drive is being norrd by the group eomiuit- te weekend visitors a the home of mr and mrs john may were mr and mrs van horn and mrs mccutchia of manitoulin island mrs a murray and mrs j winlow of torono visited mr and mrs baldwin on tuesday iast mrs baldwin returned to toronto with them for a short viit a goodly number attended the anniversary services both afternoon and evening at the baptist church on sunday the church was beautifully decora ted with spring flowers mr benson jones a member of our church and student of memaster university preached two very interesting and inspiring ser mons the music was provided by the friendly four quartette from hillsburg where benny is student minister they sang sev eral times at each service and their music was much enjoyed by all present the bvpu will play a ball game at the the park on friday evening uxbridge bypu will be the opposition thp mission band is still meeting faithfully this weeks meeting will be on friday after noon after school mr and mrs pierre evans and boys motored to minden on sun day where david played with stouffville youth for christ band mr arthur brown has sold his new house and is moving to stouffville the wa of the united church is holding a coronation dinner in the basement of the church on saturday afternoon may 30th the new electric organ will be used in the church service for the sunday evening service the loba put on their play in claremont on monday evening making their fourth presentation so far over thousand cubs and scouts in parade on sunday afternoon more than one thousand boy scouts and cubs from troups and packs in the york central dis trict held their annual church parade and open air service at unionville the trumpet band from the second signal regi ment led the parade following the service the scouts and cubs paraded before the reviewing stand where they were inspect ed by mr frank worth dist commissioner of york cent ral mrs terry jackson assis tant dist commissioner for cubs york central mr dick edmunds dist commissioner for scouts for south simcoe mr art davis assistant dis trict commissioner for south central and mr win timbers reeve of markham township scout groups represented were from lansing richmond hill unionville agincourt thorn- hill newtonbrook and many other centres additional locals mr and mrs alfred frit- chard of saskatoon sask- are visiting mr and mrs cari ins- ley this week this is the first time these friend- have been together in eight years federation equesriene in ternational is 3 new class be ing added to the canadian leg ion horse show being held ia stouffville july 1st and in this class tiie horses will be competing in an elimination basis to represent canada in trie olympics friends will be pleased to know that xels byer is able to be around again after xwlng confined to his bed for the past eleven weeks on may 1 1953 the annua mother and daughter banquet of the stouffville cglt was held in the united church special guests of the evening were the graduates of 195152 miss marion warne of union ville gave a very interesting talk on cglt camp this banquet marked the close of the co it for the year 1952- black velvet the horse that won the legion trophy in at years local horse show also ended up as the champ ion jumper of canada black velvet is owned by mr char les armstrong of the abc farm in brampton mr arm strong is connected with the armstrong construction co in brampton mt pisgah there will be special coron ation services at mr pisgah united church on sunday may 31st lets see the church fiied for this great day mr and mrs don heiritzman and family of peterborough spent the holiday weekend with mr and mrs ross keffer mr and mrs russ ellas and linda visited relatives at st catherines on tuesday of this vek mr and mrs alec sharpe david and keith were sunday visitors of mr and mrs jack gamble and family mr and mrs william milne and family toronto were week end visitors of the harold bothams mr and mrs ian reid are holidaying in california dedication service of a coronation tea and bake sale will be held by the w a of stouffville united church on saturday may 30th from 3 to 5 pm in the sunday school there will also be a white elephant table mqo see the coronation drop in to our store and see the coronation on tv commencing at 4 pm june 2nd farrs radio electric stouffville ontario aooooooooooooooc new gallery on sunday may 31 1953 1100 am at second markham baptist church soloists miss mary carol knight of toronto miss coral perkins of victoria square prominent local people are taking part all are welcome ooooooooooooooooooooooo see eta today on be goodrich extra c tires big tradein allowance on your olo tires rhmurphyltd sales service phone 159 stonffville death hamilton philmore evert- on suddenly at his residence 36 park ave newmarket on monday may 25 1953 phil- more everton hamilton in his 07th year beloved husband of m merle richmond dear fath er of belfrey of stouffville and howard of barrio brother of fred markham and jacob toronto resting at the chap el of roadhouse and rose xewmarket service on thurs day at 2 pm interment in otteensville cemetery stouffville youth for christ saturday at 743 pm 2nd markham baptist 745 band concert s pm song service and fellowship hour bringing special numbers are the harwood sisters the second markham choir the bethesda trio and the band come and enter the spirit of the contest and bring your questions for the question box s30 broadcast time 915 film torn between these two tunk in sunday cklb oshawa 905 am rally echoes 920 featuring mary hutchinson cfor orillia 145 pm cktb st catharines 215 pm n rowan director nitt gormley mr and mrs e hunt and mr and mrs willis hunking bryan and patsy had sunday night supper with mr and mrs geo barrett mr ross brillinger and miss geraldine sibley of toronto and mrs peter brillinger visited with friends in aurora on sundav mr and mb allan doner spent the weekend with mr and mrs eldon gooding and family of ltterson congratulations to mr and mrs henry koop who were maried saturday in the united missionary church gormley mr- victor noble spent sun day visiting his uncle hal at romany wood lake simcoe mr and mrs jesse cober visited with mr and mrs g hills on sunday afternoon mrs roy brillinger attended the mother and daughter tea at the toronto general hos pital on wednesday afternoon last saturday afternoon birthday parties were held in honour of victor noble and eddie tatton we are glad to see rev jos cober has returned after six months with his son in col- eta illinois with the local churches thieves were very active in the markhamunionville area during the weekend the safe in the newly opened jack cook motors in markham was chop ped open by robbers and close to 150 was stolen another brave housebreaker entered the home of mr ken prentice local auctioneer took off his shoes and crept quietly up stairs and made off with mr prentices trousers the thief was disappointed however be cause he took the wrong pair which contained no money at unionville unwanted callers entered the home of mr myrl smith on friday night and stole a radio flashlight and a considerable amount of food from the refrigerator the regular meeting of the garrett evening auxiliary of the stouffville united church was held in the church parl ours on wednesday evening may 20th mrs jm storey the president presided the easter worship service the risen christ was repeated by popular request a chapter of the study book was reviewed by mrs wedseltoft this chap ter tells about the work being done in angola where there are 300000 adults and over 30000 children receiving re ligious instruction miss june smith played two beautiful pi ano selections the missionary bale valued at s6ss00 was on display in the church base ment and it was very fitting that mrs ivors supply secre tary for east presbyterial was the guest speaker she gave a very full and interesting ac count of what happens to these bales of quilts clothing etc which are sent from churches all over canada a social half hour followed the close of the meeting cherrywood mr and mrs george todd at tended the mayors and reeves coi rention at the guild of all arts this past week the wa will hold its regular monthly meeting at the home of mrs george todd on june 3rd at s pm mrs eric brown will be guest speaker word for roll call will be purity of heart please note time and change of date the men are invited to attend this meeting mr and mrs a w hodgson mr and mrs h w hodgson and son visited with mr and mrs wesley petty over the weekend mrs xeil petty and mrs don ald milne were guest soloists at pickering united church on sunday mr and mrs george todd had a cousin from vancouver visit then recently miss mary teefy and mrs joe garland are attending a conven tion in toronto this week mr and mrs lamb visited with mr and mrs george todd for a few days recently mr and mrs l gates had dinner on sunday with mr and mrs marsh chapman of high land creek miss nancy hazelbrlng of xorth bay spent a few days with mrs wumot gates a number of ladles attended the spring frolic at the rouge united church and the corona tion tea at the home of mrs newton robinson of whltevale on saturday mrs wilmot gates and allan pent a few day with her par tus mr and mrs jones of trenton recently reformed church of canada dutch meeting rev a a tinklenberg sunday may 31 1953 00 pm worship service 00 pm sunday school stouffville united church rev douglas davis minister sunday may 31 1033 1000 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship evening service is withdrawn thurs s15 choir practice saturday may 30 from 3 to oclock coronation tea bake sale white elephant table to be held in the newly decorated sunday school room united missionary church rev h shantz minister telephone markham 268j sunday may 31 1053 mount joy 945 am sunday school 1100 am communion service at dickson hill 730 pm evangelistic thurs 8 pm prayer meeting dickson hieii 1100 am sunday school 1100 am communion tues 8 pm prayer meeting bloomington and ringwood christian churches rev g w brown pastor sunday may 31 1953 beoomixgton 1000 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship special coronation service with music by the choir friday 8 pm christian endeavour bible study kingwooi 1000 am sunday school 730 pm worship monday 8 pm christian endeavour prayer meeting wednesday 8 pm june 3rd annual business meeting alrona 1030 am sunday school 730 pm evangelistic service rev f huson wed 8 pm prayer meeting all cordially invited brethren in christ church heise hill gormley pastor bishop a l winger sunday may 31 1953 1000 am sunday school 1100 am worship 7 pm evening service 7m5 pm wed midweek prayer meeting melville bethesda and peaches united churches rev geo e robins ba sunday may 31 1953 1000 am peachs 1130 am melville 300 pm bethesda 800 pm peaches ypu thurs may 2s 230 pm mel ville wms at the home of mrs a smith bale of clothing will be packed thurs may 28 s15 pm choir practice in melville church friday may 29 bethesda ypu at the home of mr hunt wed june 3 230 pm beth esda wms at the home of mrs hunt christ church anglican rev f j bournes rector sunday may 31 1953 trinity sunday 145 pm sunday school 230 pm evensong tues 730 pm jgg ph 730 pm choir practice the spirit gave the utterance acts 24 stouffville baptist church rev h f branton pastor wed 8 pm prayer and bible study service fri 7 pm jr young people fri 8 pm sr young people sunday may 31 1953 1000 am bible school 1100 am morning worship 730 pm preaching right eousness christian- congregational church minister rev f muir ba sunday may 31 1953 1000 am sunday school 11 am worship 730 pm fellowship wed 330 pm junior choir practice fri 630 pm the helpers club friday 8 pm annual meeting it is better to light a candle than t curse the darkness god who commanded the iight to shine out of darkness hath sinned in our hearts paul united missionary church gormley bethesda rev c e hunking minister sunday may 31 1953 bethesda 1030 am morning worship 200 pm sundav school wed evening prayer meeting gormiiey 145 pm sundav school 245 pm worship 7 30 young peoples mon june 1st business meeting st james presbyterian church stouffville rev i k mckillcan b a sunday may 31 1953 2000 am morning worship 1030 am sunday school second markham and baker hill baptist churches rev norman rowan pastor sunday may 31 1953 second jiakkham 1000 amsunday school 1100 am morning worship dedication of new gallery see display advertisement 730 pm young peoples mon june 1 815 pm prayer meeting baker mile 130 pm sunday school 230 pm church service soloist miss mary knights of toronto prayer meeting cancelled in favour of whitchurch town ship sunday school convention on thursday may 2sth friday 430 pm mission band in church basement stouffville united missionary church rev f g huson minister thurs 8 pm business meet ing sundav may 31 1953 1000 am sunday school 1100 am communion and ordinance service 730 evangelistic friday evening june 5th special wms service rev r tyler will show picture en titled the flower of tibet aitona see vices 1030 am sundav school 730 pm evangelistic wednesday evening prayer scrvice 800 oclock thought for today if we cannot live without sin then god has made a law that we cannot obev blessed are the pure ix heart for they sh3ll see god