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the tribune stouffville ont thursday december it 1953 o christmas grocery basket nuts mixed nuts 1 lb 39c diamond budded walnuts 1 lb 49c brazils 1 lb 49c filberts 1 lb 35c pecans 1 lb 45c popping corn 1 lb 23c why not try a shirriffs fruit pudding or a crosse blackwell plum pudding today candy g creams 1 lb cello pkg 39c g hard mixture 1 lb 39c gums 1 lb 35c i caramels 1 lb 50c snoballs 1 lb 50c choc wafers 8 oz 45c marshmallows plain or colored 8 oz pkg 25c t a i4 olives plain stuffed or combination pack g a few suggestions for i your christmas dinner dole pineapple spears 20 oz tin 39c ritz biscuits pkg 22c graham wafers ige pkg 32c stokelys tomato juice 2 for 29c smarts asparagus tips s 12 oz tins 42c si liptons frostie 2 pkgs 29c fc swifts brookfield cheese g 2 lb loaf 105 w i check this list for your favorite cheese i beaumert 8 philadelphia g relish pimento casino blue 8 plain pineapple swiss portions olive vera sharp cheez whiz s cheddar cheez pleez 8 oz jar 29c delicious old yellow cheese in bulk dont forget to order your favorite fruit juices or beverages canada dry wilsons america dry coke orange grape and canned fruit juices a5s5s3a3a5ass5s5kt3w35rsss5s35ksss555 2 serviettes pink or green pkg 19c s parkay margarine 1 lb 38c 8 ratcliff coffee fresh ground 92c york tomatoes choice quality 8 28 oz tins 2 for 35c 2 cranberry sauce 12 oz jar 29c 3 skyline chicken halves or whole large assortment of box choco lates tinned biscuits in a variety of sizes and colors attractively wrapped for christmas gifts candv canes short bread 8 fresh fruits vegetables of 2 all kinds arriving regularly 3 to get that christmas dinner g off to a good start 8 radishes celery lettuce cabbage g turnips carrots parsnips spinach g oranges grapes apples grapefruit m cranberries tangerines mandarins 3 lemons fancy figs 17c pkgi i fancy dates 20c pkg christies fancy biscuits w 2 lfriv nqnrf mfnt 9an nkff k lge assortment 24c pkg sb53stws3aa5w55ss5sgt5aslss55gswt 2sm u ja il 2 ratcliff dickson hill there was no lack of christ mas cheer at our little red school house last friday even ing when the community ga thered for the annual concert miss crone the teacher and her pupils are to be congratu lated on the excellent manner in which the interesting num bers on the program were car ried out teacher of music miss armstrong conducted the musical portion consisting of the christmas message in song the choristers in choral at tire delighted the audience with variety solos duets and chorus singing mr wm bark ey a member of the school board acted as chairman for the evening in the course of his speech he stressed the de sirability of a good attendance at the school meeting as the large attendance is creating a situation that called for con sideration finally santa glaus arrived and with the singing of god save our queen the evening of entertainment was brought to a close news of the sudden passing of mrs wh johnson at her home in mt joy has been re ceived with regret by her ma ny friends in this locality sympathy is extended to mr and mrs ken walker and ro bert in this time of sorrow we deliver phone stouffville 198 g0rmley in the spirit of christmas let me wish to yours and you all the joy and happiness this season ever knew and in the name of the holv child who came on christmas day let me wish that gods dear love will bless you day by day rev j ferguson of indian apolis indiana has been vis iting at the home of his son mr and mrs m farquharson and family mr and mrs wes hoover of toronto had dinner on satur day nighr with mr and mrs bert leek mr and mis frank harvey entertained mr and mrs lloyd harvey and family and mr and mrs harry smith to a birthday dinner on saturday in honor of heir granddaugh ters bonnie brenda and bar bara mr and mrs harvey hons- berger of vineland visited in the community over the week end we wish a speedy recovery for mrs willis hunking who is a patient in york county hospital newmarket mr and mrs sjn doner vi sited mrs earl doner who has been ill for a couple of weeks mrs whitney johnson spent saturday in toronto sunday guests of mr and mrs albert heise were mr e sherk of stouffville and mr and mrs diamond of listowel we extend sympathy to the mashinter family in the death of their brother stanley who was buried on sunday after noon mr and mrs e fade visit ed mr and mrs albert flint- off of newmarket sunday even ing mr and mrs murray ben nett entertained a group of you ing torm oots christmas special nylon overboot special black brown 695 similar style in rubber black brown 795 rubber overshoe youths boys mens brown black youth s 495 boys 595 mens 695 wool fleece lined heavy brushed wool lined 795 lehmans shoes stoukfvi1jk ontario course not the style we wear but quite loose they had a choir of africans today two full seats of them four fellows beat drums in the background to accompany their singing real african style they really have the jig in their homes and good rhy thm the drums added a little kick to the service one of the african pastors gave a good message and then they took offering in sections first they had all mothers come up to the front and give their offer ing then they prayed for them and they sat down then they called all the chil dren and mothers who were members of the sim church and prayed over them then the business men the same the fourth group was all the white ladies and men and there were 1g of us and they prayed for us of course all this was in oruba then came the men who were slm members the choir and lastly all the strangers in the serv ice it was just like paying your way out of church the africans conducted the whole service two ladies of the choir sang 1 gav my life for thee as a duet in english then at 430 pm they had a baptism service they walk ed a long way down a long path through the deep grass to the river two were baptiz ed then we came back to the church for communion they always serve the white people ng people at a social even- 1 frst pieccs of anf on fikjay j grape juice they passed the mr and mrs lomlinson and ai in tumblers two family of bowmanville and tumblers did for everybody bethesda mrs steckley spent the week end visiting friends at sun derland the bethosda white gift service will be on sunday ev ening dec 20th at 730 pm mrs clarence atkinson un derwent an operation on mon day in the east general hos pital we wish her a speedy re covery mr and mrs alex logan and boys were sunday night visitors with mr and mrs leonard brillinger and family one of the things thatll be as popular as ever this year and yet will be on the down grade will be winter coasting the trouble is that nations never beat all their swords in to plowshares they always beat a lot of them into axes to grind ssssssssysssssrwssmr mr and mrs andy hutchins on and family had supper on sunday with mr and mrs a farmer mrs hoover miss ruth hoo ver and miss liuelah heise had supper on sunday with mr and mrs sn doner they say they dont do it that way many places any more in most places they use indi vidual cups as we do at home for all these specials today the sim have had a lot of visiting missionaries from o- ther stations we met so manv mr and mrs isaac baker of of tneir missionai som0 of them are from real bush sta tioris tell and have real stories to maple visited mrs beula jon es on wednesday did you hear the children of h illcrest school ss no 8 whitchurch under the direc tion of their teacher mrs cliff gordon on rally echoes oshawa station on sunday morning the heavy wet snowfall on monday made driving slippery but made a beautiful white co vering for mother earth plan to attend church some where on christmas sunday as we celebrate christs birth at this season of the year al so remember the aged and the shutins at this vuletide ss no 7 markham will be presenting their annual con cert on monday night dec 21 in the victoria square hall you are given a cordial in vitation to attend the sunday school program in the united missionary church on tues- day night dec 22nd at 8 pm in a recent letter mrs al lan doner now of ilorin nig eria brwest africa describes a special service at the sudan interior mission there this has been a big day at the sim church it was the harvest service the place was really packed we saw everyxdy dressed in theu sunday best today some of the african gowns are of a material like velvet bright co lours with a pattern printed on a lot of the ladies wore i nice whtye eyeto blouses of i stocffvnik fish chips fresh hot we specialize admires grill old brown betty restaurant stouffville phone 86 jl director erpjmlcn band 15 jewtli uant eikih4ioki waggs jewellery ihonk sj1