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the trfixme stoa3v12 oni tatrrsday december 30 3m limmo cs nee again with the approach of the neio year toe rescfoe to stive you cheerfully courteously and to the belt of our ability unionville news stiver bros stoufiville ontario vandorf christmas day guests of mr and mrs william kingdon were mr and mrs arnold gar- dhouse and family unionville and mr and mrs charles scott and family leaside mrs bertha dewsbury and doris mr and mrs thomson toronto spent christmas with mr and mrs r b brown mr and mrs herbert oliver had christmas dinner with mrs allin aurora and supper with mrs xellie oliver and ruth mr and mrs jack irwin en tertained twentyfour of the thaxter family on christmas day miss bette richardson ham ilton spent the holiday with her parents mr and mrs geo richardson mrs arnold mary and jim of newmarket spent christ mas day with her son mr and mrs arthur starr and family mr and mrs dudley faster spent christmas day with mr and mrs loy carr mr and mrs gordon carr and peggy of keswick had christmas dinner with mr and mrs robert carr mr and mrs grant morley and billie had christinas din ner with mr and mrs herbert white and family and supper with mr and mrs ken giles and mrs powell aurora mr and mrs ray morley mr and mrs herbert grim- shavv spent christmas day with mr and mrs ken giles and mrs powell aurora mrs allin had tea here also mr and mrs herbert white and ruth spent sunday with mr and mrs john white ken neth and donald at parry sound mr william mackey cecil and alvin mr and mrs gor don mackey and bruce spent christmas day with mr and mrs william hobbs and dau ghter of hope mr and mrs gordon mackey and bruce mr and mrs james long and son spent sunday with mr and mrs george sproxton miss marion van xostrand sudbury is spending the chris tmas holidays with her par ents mr and mrs arthur van xostrand mr and mrs basil baber and son spent christmas day with mr and mrs bert baber mr max fines and john xewmarket spent saturday with mr and mrs harry lav ender and family mr and mrs wilmot patten- den and family mr and mrs fred pattenden and family mr and mrs jones and family mr ivan pattenden mr and mrs philip ioneson spent chr istmas day with mr and mrs pol mtfo open bowli ng every evening this week arena bowling stouffville ontario spofford co staff closed for stock taking jan 313 mr and mrs jonah ramer and family spent christinas with his mother mrs ramer at markham mr and mr david mackin- lay and children lynda and david visited with her mother mrs rainey over the weekend mr and mrs x pyke and family of brampton mr and mrs blake weir and family and mr and mrs jack weir and family of inionville mr and mn h lawrie and family of markham mr and mrs xeil weir and family of bradford mr and mr w mecowan and son of scarboro all spent christ mas with their parents mr and mrs j weir mr and mrs tom fisher of st catharines mrs g rainey and clare of markham mr and mrs lloyd barnes of toronto were visitors on the holiday with mr and mrs mervin rain ey mr john ash a former resi dent of unionville for many years passed away at the home of his daughter mrs heber mc- cague of richmond hill he was in his s9lh year he was the husband of the late emily scott and father of louise mrs heber mccague and pearl mrs ivan staler of port credit the grandfather of john mc cague jean and evelyn sisler one brother mr wm ash sui vives sympathy is extended to his family mr and mrs harvey coathup spent christmas with his par ents mr and mrs coathup of lindsay mrs hunter spent a few days last week with her sister and brotherinlaw mr and mrs james walker mrs f reesor port perry and mr and mrs james dove hamilton visited last week with mr and mrs h h powers miss ruby norton spent the christmas holidays with her i friend at the east coast mr saunders seaworth find- lay brother of milton findlay and mrs l rainey unionville mr herb findlay collingwood mr talbert findlay of thorn- hill passed away suddenly at his late home thornhili on friday december 24th he was 6s years of age and war born in clarke township in 1ss6 he had been a resident of thornhili for forty years a member of the presbyterian church the mason ic and lol a service was held at the funeral parlors of wright and taylor richmond hill by the masonic lodge on sunday night the funeral service was held on monday afternoon and was conducted by his pastor rev e e kent of the united church he is survived by his wife the former minnie wright and one son mr nelson findlay thornhili two daughters eva mrs warren harvey london and mary ellen mrs harry redman willowdale and four grandchildren allan findlay greig and ellen harvey and mary redman sympathy is ex tended to his family professor john coulson of quebec spent the christmas holidays with his niece and nephew mr and mr lloyd weatherill his sister mrs stella weatherill expects to return home with him mrs howard findlay miss velraa findlay messrs milton and dean findlay and mr and mrs bruce findlay spent christ mas with mr and mrs talbert findlay at thornhili holy communion will be ad ministered at central united church next sunday morning jan 2nd the regular hours of union ville library will be resumed on saturday jan sth on monday evening last the members of the junior auxiliary of st philips anglican church had a christmas party on the wednesday evening before choir practice a chicken supper was enjoyed friday night the sun day school held the annual party and prize giving on sun day night the choir presented the candle light carol service the church decorations and the lighting were very beautiful miss ilia weighill atcm at the organ and mtas mary vernon as director of the choir presen ted many christmas carols in terspersed with short scripture readings the choir will repeat the service at christ church stouffville on sunday evening january 2nd mrs c maybond spent christ mas with mr maybond and friends in toronto mr and mrs douglas booth were christinas dinner guests jat the home of their son mr and mrs delbert booth oi kettlebv mr lloyd mclean and chil dren sharon and barry spent christmas in toronto with rel atives mrs r w atkinson who has been living in richmond hill has moved into her new home recently constructed on lloyd ave vic fines aurora mr sam jenkins toronto spent christmas with mr and mrs rollia scott and family mr ken hashel was rushed to brierbush hospital on sun day and will remain there for a few days under observation mr and mrs harry laven der and family were guests of mr and mrs r b brown and family on monday evening de cember 20 mr brown present ed mr lavender with a beauti ful folding diningroom table in recognition of his efficient safe driving of more than 250000 miles harry has been employed by mr brown for nearly ten years stouffville youth for christ boys band made a fine contri bution to the local christmas preparations on wednesday evening when they played car ols at various points along the main st business section the sound of the band music on the crisp night air was most de lightful to all who heard it holiday visitors with mr and mrs foster wagg were mr and mrs stewart martin xew market mr and mrs gordon wagg mr and mrs ken wagg mr and mrs graham robin son and family toronto mrs ernie carruthers and ruth anne claremont the damage by hurricane hazel to the aurora arena has just been finally estimated at 15000 to everyone we send our best wishes for a new year filled with good health happiness and success ken laushway insurance sloufjfville ontario miss hilda garrard of the stouffville public school staff is holidaying in the us visit ing the mardi uras at new orleans mr and mrs c c reid of toronto were holiday visitors with mrs a v nolan and mr and mrs c h xolan mr and mrs frank mcdon ald of hamilton are spending the holiday season in winni peg with mr and mrs h g banner mr keith robinson of to ronto is spending the holidays with his grandparents mr and mrs foster wagg jack pennock barber in au rora and wellknown stouff ville son will split first prize with a k bennett insurance agent in a contest for the best decorated christmas window sponsored by the board of trade in referring to the ed mur- row show person to person in last weeks issue miss cros by formerly of markham was referred to in error as the wife of xorman vincent price rather than norman vincent peale glen major mr and mrs alec hingston and boys mr and mrs albert lee and family islington spent christmas with mr and mrs j a hingston mr and mrs wm fiss and edgar spent christmas with mr and mrs ed jones and mar vin at brougham mr and mrs jim jones and shirley had dinner on saturday with mrs f walls brooklin birthday greetings to mrs george pickett who celebrated on christmas day visitors spending christmas at the jones home were mr and mrs bert third milliken mr and mrs charles fiss june and fred mr and mrs edgar johnson joe george eleanor and linda mr and mrs ralph faulkner goodwood mr and mrs allan jones newmarket mr allan holman dagmar and mr wm wilson milliken miss eleanor johnson is spend ing this week at her home mr and mrs george pickett spent christmas in toronto with her father several from here attended the funeral of mrs blackburn uxbridge on friday the sym pathy of the community is ex tended to the family mr and mrs allan jones spent the weekend at the jones mr murray fraser spent christmas in claremont a happy new year to every one local and personal happenings mr and mrs lynn wilson of toronto visited with mr and mrs will birkett on thursday spofford co announce this week that they will be closed for stocktaking jan 315 mr and mrs w mccowan were christmas day visitors at the home of her brother mr and mrs p a jerman in tor onto mrs mary anne hall vic toria st was a christmas day visitor at the home of her daughter mr and mrs w e claughton lemonville mr and mrs geo storey were visitors at the loney home in hamilton during the weekend mr and mrs ken laushway visited at the home of her sis ler mr and mrs byers beeler of hamilton over christmas mr and mrs christie arm strong were christmas day vis itors at the home of their ne phew mr and mrs m f xen- dick in toronto christmas visitors with mr and mrs wes schell were mrs annie allen of toronto and arnold schell and family who are visiting over the christmas holidays mr and mrs don fraser and daughter joanne of cornwall were holiday visitors with mrs erasers aunt miss jane bur- kitt also mr and mrs jack pennock aurora mr and mrs l c parkinson of kentville nova scotia and mr and mrs trevor mcdowell of toronto were christmas visitors at the w t rennie home christmas visitors with mr and mrs lloyd moyer church st were mr and mrs roy moyer and willard mr and mrs warren moyer and norma all of dickson hill of all the open nights of christmas week thursday pro duced the largest crowd town with people milling up and down the business section and parking at a premium sim ilar to a saturday night mr and mrs harold spo- christmas visitors wift mr ford enjoyed christmas dinner and mrs w g sanderson were with mrs brownscombe- and miss margaret sanderson and doris of uxbridge mr arne larsen of ovtawa mr and mrs john william son markham were among the christmas guests of mr and mrs claude brillinger miss mary curtis is home for the christmas holidays from her teaching position in lind- sav mrs mabel sisson was visit ed at christmas by her daugh ter mrs donald harwood husband and family of peter- boro a community watch xight service will be held in the stouttville united church on friday evening dec 31st at s pm the speaker will be rev f wellington the service is being sponsored by the mark ham gormley and stouffville united missionary churches dr and mrs h b free en tertained at a complete christ mas family reunion which in cluded mr and mrs moore campbell and baby daughter dianne of arnprior dr and mrs donald davis of strat ford and llovd freel mr and mrs will birkett and mrs haynes enjoyed chri stmas day at the home of mrs haynes parents mr and mrs fred ward and family of clare mont christmas night they were entertained by mr and mrs roy ward also of clare mont sgt chas davis his wife and son rickey of woodbridge ac companied by his parents mr and mrs dawson davis of sto uffville enjoyed christmas in toronto with mr and mrs sel abell sgt davis has served with the 1th battalion cana dian guards for the past nine months in korea and received a joyous welcome at this christ mas reunion with his family christmas day visitors wish mr and mrs ira rusnell in cluded mrs haynes and family and lloyd raymer of mark ham christmas visitors with mrs alt mole and family were ma jor and mrs e j carey and son michael of montreal and mr and mrs wm anderson and ted of kirkland lake mr and mrs d cooper and daughter from xewmarket and mr and mrs lloyd jennings enjoyed christmas at the fam ily home mr and mrs del jennings mr and mrs llovd turner mr and mrs fobt madill of claremont and mr and mrs robert farthing of toronto spent christmas at the home of mrs turners brother mr and mrs fred mowder of plck- lt margaret ball rcx who is spending her furlough at the home of her parents dr and mrs s s ball accompanied them to toronto to spend chri stmas with dr and mrs fear- on henry davis of ballantrae was the lucky winner of the 5100 doll given away as a draw prize at the arena on thursday night by the local lions club proceeds from the draw will go towards the lions club minor hockey program new remington quietriter exclusive miracle tab and 34 other features make the new quietriter the most complete portable typewriter on the i market jhe stouffville tribune 6th line whitchurch christmas guests with mr and mrs wm chamberlain and judy were mr and mrs jack chamberlain mr and mrs clare matthewn and mrs chamberlain sr friday guests with mr and mrs almour clarke were mr and mrs david clarke and fam ily and mr and mrs keith clarke from ridgetown christmas guests with mr and mrs bruce clarke and family were mr and mrs morris eby mr and mrs lloyd wldeman and family mr and mrs henry dick and louise mioses pauline and marlon barkcy and louise clarke and elwin ety mr and mrs s h foote had christmas with dr and mrs joe foote agincourt christmas guests with mr and mrs ross harper were mr and mrs mervin harper karen and paul mr and mrr allen harper of toronto and miss grace tal bot toronto and mr and mrs itae holden and boys mr and mrs walter kukuk spent christmas with mr and mrs otto dorge and girls mr and mrs ekerm toronto had christmas with mr and mrs hans braastad mr and mr gorman dixon and boys spent christmas day with mr and mrs russel cou- perthwaite hilly white had sunday sup per with mr and mrs harry- white and family mr and mrs norman steckley and family spent christmas with mr and mrs perec pattenden of ballantrae miss norma steckley b spend ing her christmas holidays with her grandmother mrs wm pattenden of ballantrae miss joyce pattenden of ral- lantrie i spending her chrlsl- mju holiday with miss iotaine stcckly mr and mrs carl pilkey of wtrn canada and mr and mr kn bacon and wayne vis ited th mr and mr norma etecitky this week mr and mrs w d atkinson local auctioneer and operator of the stouffville livestock pavilion left on monday morn ing for an extended trip to the southern states via florida he reports the sale will still operate as usual with the regu lar staff in charge stouffville youth for christ band will be in attendance at the peewee hockey tourna ment night at the arena on friday january 7th business people were most appreciative of their playing on main st on wednesday night and harolds grill treated all the members of the band to a quick snack after their playing retail stores in stouffvillle will close this friday evening at 6 pm and your cooperation will be appreciated in this regard the retail merchants committee of the chamber of commerce also ask that all business people be sure to attend a special meeting to be held on tuesday afternoon jan 4th at 230 pm for the purpose of deciding store hours for 1955 mr and mrs john mccaus land and children beaverton mr and mrs jas painter and children ringwood mr and mrs lome hoover and marg aret ahona and mr and mrs jos gayman were christmas visitors at the home of mrs geo hoover mill st seven teen guests in all enjoyed the yuletide dinner at the hoover home christmas day passed very quietly in town the weather was good and there was a skiff of snow on the ground to add to the yuletide cheer police and firemen had a quiet time for which all can be thankful one inebriated motorist and his woman companion found changing a tire at the western of town had their car confis cated by local police officers on christmas eve otherwise peace prevailed mrs thos bacon was visited at christmas by her daughter mrs kidd of richmond hill mr and mrs murkhar and children mr and mrs peddie and family mr and mrs doug las bacon and family and mr and mrs earl booth of osh- awa miss marilyn murkar of whitby and mrs kidd are hol idaying at the bacon home the family of mr and mrs harry paisley was well repre sented at their parents home with one sitting of 2g at the christmas table those present were mr and mrs don sned don mr and mrs bert paisley and family mr and mrs eugene paisley and family mr and mrs bruce paisley and family mr and mrs ear paisley mr and mrs paul cummings and helen who resides at home a unique christmas greeting was received by mr and mrs h o klinck from mr klincks daughter mrs hugh herbison xelson bc the greeting was contained in a record on which had been recorded the voices of the entire herbison family parents and children portions of the childrens greeting were made up of songs recitations and instrumental numbers christmas day visitors with mr and mrs w c hall springhurst farm included mr and mrs murray hall and daughter janie mrs eleanor waite and son fred and mr ernest pearson mr and mrs j d winter- stein accompanied by mr and mrs reg winterstein of xewmarket spent the christ mas weekend in the st cath arines district visiting with mr and mrs eugene winterstein and family mr and mrs g m mccor- mack and bobby of sudbury and marion mccormack rx of st michaels hospital to ronto were christmas visitors at the home of her parents mr and mrs w a fockler of bioo- mington on sunday mr and mrs mccormack celebrated their 25th wedding annivers ary other guests included mr and mrs robt leask and fam ily of greenbank rev and mrs c e bockler and margaret of markham and mr t wright of gait mr and mrs h 0 klinck enjoyed christmas at the home of kenneth klinck and family of ottervllle mr and mrs klinck are entertaining mr j t cuyler of calgary alta mr cuyler is a former dicksons hill resident who served sev eral years as principal of un ionville public school for soma years was principal of the com posite high school at medicine hat and is presently on the staff of mount royal college in calgary mr cuylers father abel cuyler will be remem bered as a former bethesda storekeeper guests at the ross winter stein home for christmas din ner were mrs ormsby leh man misses jda and anne lehman mr and mrs erie lehman mrs florence miller miss violet hoover mr and mrs murray coppias and gai of claremont mr and mrs bruce winterstein jean kent and delight there will be public skatlnb skating in the icmonvillc fel lowship centre on monday wed nesday and friday evening every saturday night stouffville youth for christ invites all to i an evening of fun and fellowship for engagements and reserva tions phone g0313 stouffville admission adults 25c child ren 15c 332 wti fifiii tifcam z while it is always an im possible tak to please every one the merchants in stouff ville can be said to have had a good christmas in general christmas trade began this years upswing slowly perhaps due to the unseasonably mild weather however the ten days prior to the big festive holiday saw a real upsurge and stores were kept hopping almost every day of the final week particularly thursday and frii day some merchants believdl customers were just a liuie more cautious this chrir sales zoomed wcli ua vnh for- ac years i birth to market steulfvssle coop h is i i i 9 i 5 a ihone 269 or 122