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the tribune stouffville out thursdav decemoer 24 19a3 ratcliff stouffville 5gssgrsss8sg3as ontario vandorf seasons greetings are extend ed to the editor staff and rea ders of the stouffville trib une at the december meeting of the wesley wa the following officers were elected honorar- y pres mrs james oliver past president mrs g mor- ley pres mrs k brown vicepres mrs hjc powell sec mrs r catt asst sec mrs g richardson treas mrs j crawford sunshine convener mrs h white pi anist mrs r morley prog ram committee mrs g mor ley mrs james oliver mrs w kingdon mrs r brown mrs r carr mr and mrs scott olive coulson arrived on sunday at malton airport and will spend the long holiday with her daughter miss laura mae coulson her mother mrs wicks and sister mr and mrs haroil sleeth and family mr and mrs rb brown visited his brother mr and mrs frank brown at paris on sunday mr paul barry of stouff ville has heen engaged as the new teacher at vandonf school congratulations tn mr and mrs floyd preston upon the arrival of a son a brother for douglas and wayne mr and mrs grant morley were sunday dinner guests of mr harold duncan and miss erma duncan todmorden joyful m in the warm and cheer ful atmosphere or this wonderful christmas sea son when families are gathered together when spirits are refreshed hearts uplifted and all the world is suddenly full of smiling people we want to offer to one and all our very best wishes for tlie happiest holiday youve ever enjoyed stouffville nursing home mr mo- krnir in and sttib unionville there were 114 in attend ance at central united sunday school on sunday miss scott of toronto spent the weekend with her parents mr and mrs hugh scott mrs ross davis of scarboro visited at her home here on sunday miss ruby norton of toron to spent the weekend with her parents mr and mrs r nor ton mr and mrs duquette and baby of montreal are holiday ing with her mother mrs thurston and sister miss joan thurston mr and mrs whitmore of toronto spent the weekend with her parents mr and mrs norman heimler we are glad to see mrs w dixon out again after a fall site suffered this week while at her neighbours well mr dowey of goodwood re cently of unionville suffered a broken arm on his way to work last week when his ear hit a bridge welcome to mr and mrs sourenbrook of toronto who have come to live in the brown apartments on no 7 highway everyone was in a holiday mood for fathers night at the december meeting of the unionville york home and school association miss grays grade 2 rhythm band under miss nan allen music super visor gave three selections principal mr a hill present ed the graduating class with their pins and he remarked that in all probability it will be some years before there will be such a small class a- gain the school is growing so rapidly nine graduated in june 1953 approximately 25 children are in grade s this year mr john morrow toron to business executive took us on an illustrated tour of mexi co carol singing was led by mrs i russel and her accom panist mrs a toogood mr and mrs harold fergu son and three children elea nor frances and paul of lon don ontario have recently moved into mr al browns apartments on no 7 highway the annual christmas pro gram of the bethesda luther an church unionville was held last saturday night and was well attended by their own congregation and neigh bouring churches the unionville fire brigade was called to a home on pom- anda road on monday about 130 pm when an oil burner in their home got on fire the blaze was distinguished be fore too much damage was done sympathy of this district is extended to mr and mrs kb watson and family in the death of her mother mrs li- la elizabeth darby who pas sed away on friday dec 18 mrs darby who was in her ssth year had beer ill for sev eral months interment was in mount pleasant cemetery on monday afternoon she was the wife of the late frederick william darby unionville veterans wish to express their appreciation to the teachers and students of the following schools for their generous donations to their poppy day fund ss no 5 buttonville 150 ss no 7 victoria square gio ss no g victoria square 1000 ss no 8 hagerman 1712 about sixty sat down to a turkey supper in the club room of the new curling rink on wednesday night the lad ies who were in charge of the supper received special praise for their splendid meal prepa red the supper followed a bonspeil in the afternoon mrs tatters left on thurs day for california where she will spend a few weeks holid ays at the home of her daugh ters ester and june and her granddaughter linda jones of beverley jlills mr and mrs charles rees- or and family of port perry were visitors with mr and mrs hartwell powers fast drive on sunday evening mr grover burgis who has been attending college near chicago is home with his par ents mr and mrs s burgis and his brother paul for the christmas holidays mrs m anderson of toron to visited on the weekend with her daughter and husband- mr and mrs stewart vague rjlease remember the christ mas communion seryice next sunday at central united church also the reception of members investment opportunities we bave a number of excellent opportunities for investment of first mortgage monies at 6 in amounts from 1000 to 5000 call collect for further informa tion 27tf wignall fir shepherd rkai estate brokers mnrkham ihon 230 compliments of aida cleaners dyers formerly stouffville dry cleaners reexins ie christmas wishes we send you ore meant to last a long as the green of the evergreen anci may it extend to all those you love too storeys ida drug store stouffville ontario jfyjlay yours be a holiday overflowing with happiness and good cheer raxlin furniture stouffville ontario to evcryciie at christmas time comes the joy of giving and receiving it is our pleasure now to offer our sincerest wishes for a very cheerful holiday to all our friends c h bell son stouffville ontario