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the tribune stouffville ont thursday januarv 2s 1954 bethesda home for aged tjsupt gets 3600 fire wrecks aurora store blocks the bethesda be on wednesdaj 230 pm at the home of mr- wm empringham the roll call to be answered on faith several people from this community attended the billy graham meetings n toronto over the weekend goodwood owing to several being sick mission band was cancelled last week but will be held on friday afternoon after school at mrs jones mrs walker or better known as winnie stewart will show her pictures of the coronation in the hall on saturday even ing gordon jones devotional group will be in charge of the bypu on friday evening several ladies enjoyed a quilting this week at the home of mrs jack todd on monday and at mrs stan slacks on friday pleased to hear mr fa forsythe is at home again af ter spending a few weeks in stouffville mr and mis bert may and mr and mrs harry woodland were guests at the wedding of winnie rummenie on satur day miss greta smith was maid of honour congratulations to mr and mrs norman may of gormley formerly of goodwood on the birth of a son several friends and relatives enjoyed a game of progressive erokinole at reuben mays on friday evening the board of management for the county home for the aged at newmarket reported to york county council last veek that mr peter wild had been appointed as superinten dent for the home a a salary of 3xk and 500 mileage al lowance and room and board for himself and wife to be in cluded mr wild has had ex perience in ontario hospitals 29 applications were received budget for 1954 of 10000 was referred to finance com mittee auditor mr jack bon- di answering questions from county councillors stated that old age pensioners and paying boarders contribute 2300- loss on farm operations last year were s1200 oftset said reeve armstrong of king by the increase in cattle over la- year sale of produce s5900 includes that used to feed residents the provincial grant necessitates keeping home and farm operations se parate balsam has bank quebec produces co per cent of the worlds aluminum stouffville christian community choir urges every member f jmict ice tuesday feb 2 at 8 pm in stouffville united church small investment earns excellent spare time ixcome new type of automatic coin- operated machine this is an op portunity for those willing to spend a few hours a week with the expectations of starting a profitable business please reply to box d state address and telephone number bank reference required and mt zion miss dorothy graham taken a position in the of commerce at whitby miss kathleen mcavoy spent a few days last week with her aunt mrs j cress of toronto who was very sick hut at time of writing is feeling much im proved congratulations to mr lome carson on winning the fraser memorial trophy for the out standing pilot of the ontario county flying club at oshawa for 1953 and also to iorne along with two other pilots the hart memorial trophy for the three best pilots in formation flying the annual meeting of the active service class was held last wednesday night at the home of mrs will harhron and the following officers were elec ted teacher mrs elmer wil son president mrs reg hos- kins vice fres mrs lome jones sec mrs lloyd wilson ass sec mrs walter carson treas mrs karl disney pian ist mrs cecil jones asst mrs wm harhron lunch com mittee mrs ralph jones and miss k mcavoy business com mrs cecil disney and mrs t jordan sick com mrs frank mcavoy and mrs b jamiesou mr and mrs elmer wilson visited miss elizabeth evans at the st johns convalescent hos pital on sunday there will be a euchre party at the school this friday night mr grant parrott and miss glenna bradley of ashburn vis ited sunday at the jamieson home friends will be pleased to know that george empringham is improving nicely after having pneumonia sorry to hear walter carson met with an accident on sunday the tractor he was driving turn ed over fracturing his arm and pelvis he is in oshawa hospi tal imttwwtmifmtmttttmt i len haylow farm equipment and supply stouffville ont your masseyharris ferguson dealer we have a sood used ford ferguson tractor for sale phone 254wl cttimttmmmmtttttttmtt i hockey fans save cotorcil photos of your favorite hockey stars every saturday the weekend tely is publishing a full color photograph and a biography of one of the worlds greatest hockey players heres an opportunity for boys and girls to clip these exclusive color pictures for their scrapbooks start your collection this saturday every saturday in v he telegram daily plus weekend fo iomc delivery of the telegram please contact the tcv cjrrirsjlesmjn on rour street write thr telegram bay and mclinda sts toronto i or telephone empirc 86011 mm fire of undetermined or igin broke out about nine oclock on monday morn ing and before it could be brought under control two large stores a furniture and hardware also a res taurant had been com pletely destroyed and five other business piaces bad- ly damaged one man walter ho was killed as several explosions ripped through the burning build- ing near the beginning of the fire loss is estimated at more than a million dol- lars largest amount being ill the bowser hardware of 8200000 firemen labored all through monday night over the charred ruins and were called again tuesday morning as another explo sion in the basement of one of the wrecked build ings started the fire going afresh debenture flag at the top says markham reeve the report of the education committee last week to york county council that the brief presented to the hon w j dunlop minister of educa tion last october dealing with educational grants based on equalized assessments be pre sented to the premier of the province of ontario and the municipal board that the sum of 10000 be given to the public speaking contest held throughout the county in no vember and the york county music festival held at wood- bridge annually that the dinner meeting to which coun ty representatives on high continuation and vocational school boards are invited be discontinued the committee feels that these meetings are no longer necessary reeve marshall mcmurchy of vaugh- an township stated that his township stands to lose 20- 000 in public school grants and 500000 in secondary school grants under the new county setup reeve alfred lemasurier of markham twp asked has the committee any intention of asking the prov ince for help for our fringe areas the flag is at the top as far as debentures go the county stands to lose siooooo for educational purposes un less the grant system is re vised on a vote of the members present the dominion bank at newmarket was selected to do the banking for the county after the move to newmarket a bylaw was approved au thorizing the borrowing of 70000 to meet current expen ditures until the 1934 taxes are paid warden john rye said mem bers had suggested that per haps york county should have a planning board reeve mar shall mcmurchy said as a fringe area we come under the metro planning board we have our own planning boards and municipal board has its planning department we have enough planning boards the theory is good but 1 am not convinced the practise is good reeve a cook of aurora sug gests that all planning boards be corelated or amalgamated reeve dales of newmarket victoria square there were sixteen tables of euchre at the community hall on tuesday evening of last week prize winners were ladies mrs garnet francy mrs pw willows consolat ion mrs roy glover gents bert nichols freddie walker consolation lawrence brad ley door prize wfs won by mrs herman mortson these prizes were donated by rices and paris hardware rich mond hill mr siberry and mr jack fraser respectively the committee in charge as well as the hall committee would like to thank all those who donated the prizes the next euchre will be held in the community haii on tues day evening feb 2nd at s pm everyone welcome several from here attended the markham township sun day school convention on thursday of last week at stoufrville mr norman reid was elected president miss coral perkins was reelected as the recording secretary a speedy recovery is wished for mrs traynor canning who is ill in bed the regular monthly meet ing of the wa was held on saturday afternoon at the home of mrs fraser gee the scripture lesson was read by mrs douglas gee the lesson thoughts and prayer were ta ken by mrs r beatty a very interesting topic was given by mrs fraser gee rev a hus ton installed the officers of the wa for 1951 following the meeting refreshments were served by the hostess and her group miss mabel sanderson and mrs l mumberson represent ed the victoria square wa at the wa convention held friday of last week in the leaside united church mr reid brumwell has sold his 200 acre farm and mr walter smith has also sold his 200 acre farm walter has bought a small farm on the two hurt in headon collision on monday morning two ears crashed headon ms mile north of steeles ave on the don mills road injured and taken to the toronto east ge neral hospital was the driver of one vehicle jochyn hueb- mer 56 calvington dr north york and susan mccleverty 2 year old daughter of mr geo mccleverty 7th conces sion of markham who was the driver of the other car chief constable clarence wideman stated that traffic was moving very slowly over the slippery road when the mccleverty car suddenly appeared to skid out of control into the other lane the heubmer auto veer ed into the ditch through a fence and ended up in a field both vehicles were badly da maged the occupants in the cars were not seriously injur ed suggests an overaii planning board made up of members who have had experience on planning boards deputy reeve di murray of aurora ad visory board yes york coun ty planning board no we are over governed now an ad visory board might help us solve our interlocking prob lems tenth concession of markham mrs b plewes of toronto is spending a few days here with her sister mrs ida mc- illmurray mr and mrs e avison of lansing called on friends in the community on monday af ternoon mr and mrs percy bennett and ray and miss rosemary march had saturday evening dinner with mr and mrs ray wilson and family of toronto miss rosemary march and mr ray bennett hacl sunday evening dinner with mr and mrs jack mclntyre and fam ily of gormley mr and mrs earl empring ham and barbara had sunday evening dinner with mr and mrs ray wilson and family of toronto mr gordon mortson has or ganized a hockey team com posed of members of his pri mary class in the sunday- school they played on satur day morning with the jeffer son public school team how ever jefferson was victorious 91 better luck next time vic toria square the annual meeting of the community hall was held wednesday evening of last week trustees for 1951 are messrs leslie hart jim val- liere arnold mortson john snider and marcus jarvis herman mortson is the secre tary treasurer of interest to television fans the number viewer i- intres in this area bv power at rochester the new ttochester station with its in creased power is expected to be picked up here is good as toronto peterboros new tv station j teieviiottj w on tne air nis vear day j nd wi a 0 c eaps andl and l r v tr net 12 and not tilt as pre bound ami we pubhsh nere a viou rumourevl u u fa pi 5ffff vvhlchshouw i hinted that chatmed 12 may r vil i the first color tv station o pre- ilso be on me air the longawaited change m power for rochester- wham is finally in sight according j to kj gardner director of engineering for v1u1 the hy do you work asks a change from channel 0 to j psychologist for the reason channel 5 will take place in thal preservation is the march or vrl j first law of nature wben buffalo has come in average weekly earn- very weak lately due to low ings of canadian labor in power at the station onlv run- j mine leading industries dur- ning about 27kw which is ing 1902 was 5113 against four times less than the 1952 was 5413 new 19 jh in 1951 with the local churches st james presbyterian church stouffville rev 1 it mckillcan b a sunday january 31 1951 10 am morning worship stouffville united church rev douglas davis minister sunday january 31 1951 10 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship 730 pm evening worship s30 pm young peoples wed jan 27 annual meet ing of the congregation thurs 1 pm explorers thurs 1 pm mission band thur 7 pm cgit 1st and third week thurs s15 pm choir church going gives us a lift are you feeling run down give god a chance this sunday christ church anglican rev fj bournes rector sunday january 31 1954 1th after epiphany 130 pm sunday school 230 pm evensong tues 730 pm jgg fri s00 pm choir practice the annual meeting will be held in the parish hall after the service on sunday christ livetli in me gal 20 christian memorial church lewis eakin ba pastor sunday januarv 31 1954 1000 am sunday school 11 am the pastor brings fourth in a series on the life of christ 730 pm special music by the stouffville vfc girls choir at our evangelistic ser vice message the peril of resisting god wed 8 pm midweek ser vice at the home of mrs war- riner coming sunday feb 7 one service only we will be priv ileged to have as our guest speaker the director of tor onto yfc mr gus ambrose musically youll hear the melody quartet also johnny ambrose outstanding gospel tenor sermon in a second a great preacher once said that either the bible will keep you from sin or sin will keep you from the bible reformed church of canada dutch meeting held in the fellowship centre iemonville pastor c si eelmax sunday january 31 1954 10 am worship service 11 am sunday school stouffville baptist church rev h f branton pastor wed s pm prayer and bi ble study fri s pm young peoples skating party sunday january 31 1954 1000 am bible school 1100 am morning worship 730 pm the spiritual death and the new life in christ the epistle to the ephesians continued united missionary church rev h shantz minister sunday january 31 1951 mount joy 10 am sunday school 11 am worship thurs 8 pm prayer meeting dickson hill 10 am worship ll am sunday school 730 pm evangelistic tues 8 pm prayer meeting brethren in christ church heise hill gormley pastor bishop a l winger sunday january 31 1954 1000 am sunday school 1100 am worship and minis try of gods divine word 700 pm evangelistic wed 730 pm prayer service an invitation is extended to all thought for this week the word of god read and obeyed will lead all in the right path goodwood baptist church rev arthur england minister sunday january 31 1954 2 pm sunday school 300 pm worship service wed s pm uxbridge mu sic hall oil town fri 115 pm mission band at the home of mrs jones fri silo pm bypu gor don jones devotional group melville bethesda and peaches united churches rev geo e robins ba sunday january 31 1954 10 am peaches 1130 am melville 300 pm bethesda 8 pm poaches ypu fri jan 29 at 7 pm mel ville annual supper meeting at the church mori feb 1 at 230 pm melville wms at the home of mrs d hunter mon feb 1 at s pm peach es sewing meeting at the home of mrs norman jarvis tues feb 2 wms pies- byterial in toronto wed feb 3 at 230 pm bethesda wms at the home of mrs w empringham united missionary church gormley bethesda rev c e hunking minister sunday january 31 1954 bethesda 1030 morning worship 200 pm sunday school wed evening prayer meet ing gormley 145 pm sunday school 245 preaching 730 evangelistic service bloomengton and ringwood christian churches rev g w brown pastor sunday january 31 1951 bloornlngton 10 am sunday school 1100 am worship fri 8 pm christian en deavour rinjrwood 10 am sunday school 230 pm worship 730 pm young peoples meeting monday 8 pm monthly missionary meeting at the home of mr rov grove altona 1030 am sunday school 730 pjn evangelistic wed 8 pjn prayer meeting all are cordiallv invited to attend these services the fellowship of evangelical baptist churches rev norman rowan pastor sunday january 31 1954 second markham 10 am sunday school 11 am morning worship mr donald james will speak 730 pm young peoples norm fan- will speak tuesdays at 8 pm prayer meeting at the church baker hill 130 pjn sunday school 230 pm worship service mr donald james will speak thurs 8 pm prayer meet ing at the home of mr and mrs claud kerr a christian can see farther on his knees than the world can see on tiptoe you will be made welcome at any or all of these services stouffville united missionary church rev if g huson minister thurs evening s pm pray er service sunday january 31 1951 10 am sunday school bring your bible to sun day school 1100 am worship subject the beauty of holiness is the beauty of hu mility 730 pm evangelistic subject the big three a special invitation is ex tended to the students of the high school feb 1st mr lester relst will give an illustrated lecture of the tour he made with the youth for christ in japan altona lft30 am sunday school 730 pm evangelistic rev gibson brown sneaker thought for today the attitude we hold to wards those who wronc us is our spiritual thermometer