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the tribune stouffville ont thursday december 24 1953 no milk delivery patrons of maple leaf dairy please be advised that there will be no milk delivery on christmas day or new years day there will be regular delivery on deceaiber 26th maple leaf dairy stouffville ontario see 1953 in review from the headlines and neivs photos of j the tribune in next weeks issue miss hilda garrard stouff ville public schooi stair flew i to montreal tuesday evening to spend christmas with friends miss susan sellers daugb i er of mrs mary sellers of i stouffviue and a registered i nurse has just returned from a six month tour of the brit ish isles and the continent father of local lady renowned minister rev dr gordon a sisco i3 secretary of the general council of the united church of canada and one of this na tions mast renowned clergy men died early tuesday de cember 15th in toronto gen eral hospital he was the fa ther of mrs gordon birkett church st stouffville his death following a heart attack came after several years of ill health harsh critic of what lie con sidered evil in the structure of society yet charitable in his attitudes in the realm of hum an weaknesses dr sisco was an intellectual liberal and a practical churchman whose out spoken views projected him often into controversy his was a mind that know ing what rebukes such a state ment would provoke did not hesitate to write the stale mate to settle differences div iding western democracies and the communist nations is not solely the fault of russia or her satellites his was a vigor that threw itself without stint into the monumental task of working toward an organic union of his united church with rhe church of england in canada though fully aware of the en ormous difficulties in the way of its realization rev gordon a sisco ma dd lld was born in coati- eook in quebecs eastern town ships in 1891 his father was i vermonter and his mother was of irish descent after graduation from queens university and wes- leyari theological college in montreal he was received in to the ministry in lil and his first church was in east ang us que later pulpits he held were at renfrew ron hope sarnia and toronto from danforth united in toronto he was elected secre tary of the united church gen eral council but even while holding the chinchs highest administrative post he con ducted several preaching mis sions throughout canada and was a visiting preacher in scotland and the united stat es in 1937 lie was honored by queens university with a doc tor of divinity degree and in 1951 was awarded an honorary degree of doctor of laws by mount allison university he was a former member of the board of managers of queens theological college and president of its alumni association on mcny occasions he was his churchs representative at interdenominational and inter- rational church gatherings at the time of his death he was a member of the executive committee of the world coun- miss ab clark church st last week attended a christ mas party of former employ ees of the bell telephone co city traffic division in toronto miss clark was honored with a bouquet of roses in recogni tion of her many years with the company the nursing staff of the bi i- erbush hospital was entertain ed at a christmas party last thursday evening at the home of mrs irwin who is also a member of the staff an ex change of gifts was enjoyed bv the gathering our local and persona happenings the death occurred last weekend in st thomas of ha rold nixon son of the late dr nixon z former presbyterian minister in stouffville decea sed was pipe organist and choir leader in st thomas church he was a nephew ofj the late dr thos mitchell house church landmark tickets are still available for the xew years eve party at the veterans memorial ha stouffville the admis sion is 5 per couple and only couples will be admitted no ticket- will be sold at the door tickets may be purchased from robert holman or mur- iav sinclair mr er good left on wed nesday of this week for south bend indiana where he will spend christmas with his dau ghter audrey who is with rev qj everest and the gos pel centre church vou are being urged to use ill christmas seals it is in teresting to note that during the last tb survey made by the national sanitarium asso ciation in stouffville in 1952 814 persons were given free chest xrays and not a single case of active tuberculosis was discovered olden wedding mr and mrs cannon mor ris church st south stouff ville will be at home to their friends and relatives on wed nesday dec 30th from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 upon the occasion of their golden wedding anni versary cii of churches the executive of the federal cbuncil of the churches of christ in ameri ca the canadian council of churches the alliance of re formed churches the execu tive of the methodist ecumen ical conference and of the in ternational congregational un ion his wife edith bothwell sisco a son norman in hali- burton and a daughter mrs gordon birkett of stouffville survive there will be a watch night service in the stoutrville un ited church on new years eve which is being anticipat ed by a great many people the ministerial will be in charge of this service from 1130 pm to 1215 am and then the christian mens fel lowship will be continuing with a new years eve prog ram which will be broadcast over radio station cktjb st catharines until 215 arn a most interesting and varied program has been arranged which you will enjoy new books in the library fiction- cotillion heyer come my beloved buck the whiteoak brothers delaroche blind journey lancaster the vel vet hand reilly the scarlet litters queen lord vanity shellabarger to love and to cherish bird toast of death mcgrew the fields of home moody hue and cry yates the tudor rose barnes nonfiction the wind and the caribou munslerhjelm bahdoola wil liams so little for the mind neatby pardon my parka walker this familiar residence on church st is more than seventyfive years old and a landmark on the street the house was originally a methodist church was later moved to ts present site and made into a doub le house presently occup ied by mr and mrs fred reynolds and mr and mrs stan martin the byrne family was one of the ori ginal occupants and mrs williamson and the late frank williamson local miller spent many years there i-fjstf-ss- ymm wedding baskets of white yellow and mauve mums decorated the gospel chapel on tuesday morning oct 27th when miss frances evelyn wideman youngest daughter of mr wil mot wideman and the late mrs wideman was united in marriage to mr william paul- y only son of mr rd mrs john pauly of castbr rev wm annett of winfield bc brotherinlaw of the bride of ficiated the bride given in marriage by iter father wore a floor length gown of white net and lace over satin styled with li ly point sleeves and fitted bod ice her fingertip veil was held in place by a floral circuit and she carried a bouquet of am erican beauty roses and white baby mums she also wore a beautiful gold brooch set with rhinestones and turquoise a gift from the groom the bridesmaid miss natalie paul- y sister of the groom wore a gown of mauve net embroider ed with silver metallic over matching rayon crepe she al so wore jong net mittens and carried a bouquet of yellow and mauve baby mums she had a matching floral head dress dennis gabert acted as best man ushers were keith cox of castor and willard mover- of stouffville ont a cousin of the bride preceding the ceremony mr stanley cox of james river alta sang the lord is my shep herd before the marriage vows were exchanged rev ml baker brought a short message on the home has ing his remarks on psa 1271 during the signing of the register mrs hoy shantz of didsbury sang a wedding prayer mrs ha traufo of didsbury played the wedding music following the wedding fifty guests were entertained at a reception in the banquet room of the stettler hotel the brides table was decorat ed with a threetiered wedding cake and baskets of yellow and white mums rev r shantz was master of ceremo nies the bride and groom will make their home on the grooms farm northeast of castor births kennedy mr and mrs gordon kennedy stouffville are happy to announce the birth of their daughter on thursday dec 17 1953 at the brierbush hospital stouffville hill mr and mrs wilmot hill claremont are happy to announce the birth of their son on monday dec ember 21 1953 at the brier- bush hoimibal stouffville a little brother for sandra ann and barbara local hardware business changes ownership the sale has been recorded of the wf riches hardware business in stouffville to mr cec hendricks proprietor of the maple leaf auto sales the new owner will take posses sion early in the new year the riches hardware estab lished twelve years ago is lo cated in one of the towns longstanding business blocks the ea button building in the heart of the main business section this particular block was the former sanders building and is more than sixty years old the place originally hou sed three stores the elijah davis furniture store later the standard bank the und erbill boot and shoe store and wb sanders coal and wood establishment mir ea but ton remodelled two of the stores into one and carried on a flourishing hardware busin ess there for some years mr iuches came to stouff ville from the lindsay district and has operated the business for the last twelve years stores will be open this wed nesday and thursday even ings for late christmas shop pers all business places will be closed from thursday night un til monday morning esr vv yulelide season brim over with all good things with surprises as merry and pleasing as the findings under your christmas tree to all our friends hoth old and new go our warmest and sinceresl wishes for a joyous holiday season stiver bros stouffville ontario your cooperative is an organization of neighbours building a better world while it serves you on your everyday requirements stouffville coop a