ballantrae recreation activities planned the first general meeting of the season lor the ballantrae and district recreation centre was held at ballantrae school last thursday night though the turnout was not as good as it might have been those at tending were very enthusiastic ard eager to start a new season of activities reports from those in charge of the baseball and swimming were given there were three ball teams in the field and al though none ended up winners they put up a good show for a first effort some thirty chil dren took swimming lessons and they too did well several activities are plan ned for the near future one will be a turkey shoot held on october lh at the site of the skating rink on 48 highway remind students to brush up on spelling teachers of the markham township rural schools are re minded of the spelling contest for seventh and eighth grade students sponsored by the markham township federation of agriculture oct 1 at 230 pm in the new markham fair building this is a getbusy signal to students for anv information contact mrs rg britnell 8865171 usually 2530 students com pete for prizes of 25 15 and s10 dr lillian iangstatt and miss edna izzard will be the judges qrms yhitrest say folks whove given it the test high school news jamie ogilvy as we the students of sdhs are nearing the end of our i fourth week at school it seems i as though all of the organiza tions beset us simultaneously first one of the main move ments is the operetta produc tion involving over half the students in the school tryouts for the eleven principal roles have begun and the school orchestra is already preparing to attack the orchestral score the production scheduled for late pebruarv calls for over 200 students working in 22 dif ferent departments the staff members in charge mrs gres- ham mr smith mr mercer mr waite miss crawford mr mclean and mr harding are confident that we can and will succeed again in the entertainment field because of the unfinished condition of the gymnasium floor the initiation party has been postponed one week until october 4 in the last initiation committee meeting costumes were decided on and plans for the big welcoming were con tinued the interschool christian fellowship of iscf has begun the year with the installation of their new executive they are as follows pres elenor shirk vicepres rosalyn kreick secy loreen wide- man treas paul grose soci al gail grose publicity flor cncc yake song leader john honsberger turning to sports our junior football team was defeated by markham 209 in an exhibition game there last friday des pite this mr rehill is quite imp essed by our teams abili ties and remains hopeful about the outcome of this season so much for the future on friday last two busloads of students went to stratford to watch shakespeares troi lus and cressida the majority thought the trip worthwhile and enjoyed every minute of the time off school the united nations club started off with a bang by hav ing a fundraising party in the school cafeteria last week re freshments were sold after be ing made up by the members and a tidy profit was cleared the second event will take place on friday november 1st this is to be a halloween dance held in the vandorf hall watch for further details the next general meeting will be held on thursday oct 17th at ballantrae school bethesda a serious accident occurred near manilla when the heavy produce truck owned by reesor steckley and driven by lawr ence frankum crashed into a train separating two locomo lives and wrecking the truck driving in the rain mr fran kum came over a hill which obstructed nis view and skid ded into the train mr fran kum is according to our last report still unconcious in lindsay hospital with mrs frankum and son richard staying close by the deep con cern of the neighbourhood and hopes for the best are with them mr and mrs herbert nelson and shirley were sunday dinner guests with mr and mrs wm empringham rev and mrs willis hunk- ing and son were dressed in the colourful printed native cos tumes of the nigerian when they addressed our sunday school mrs flunking told of the building of a new church in a pagan village through the efforts of their house boy mr hunking gave an enlighten ing address on the situation in nigeria and the increase in christian work rev wm crump musica director of toronto bible col lege will be the anniversary speaker on sept 29 a trio from the college will supply the music this is our one hundred and eighth anniversary half past teen tjwrujiy september 26 1963 the stouffviue tribune pio 9 love that laundry report from parliament september 16th dear friend the recent announcement by prime minister pearson of the 1000 increase in the payment of old age security is justified and long overdue this in crease however must be supple- 1963 ringwood mr and mrs frank atkin son accompanied her sister and husband mr and mrs h s britton of newcastle to mt forrest the girlhood home of mrs atkinson and mrs brit ton on tuesday of last week mr and mrs s guscott and mrs hogg of toronto visited their sister mrs anderson on wednesday last week at the home of her daughter mrs stewart vague mr and mrs jacob grove spent a couple of days with old neighbours and friends mr and mrs frank wagner near greenbank mr and mrs fred steckley attended lindsay fair on sat urday mr and mrs aimer focklers were visitors there on friday the pastor rev barry jones leader of young peoples of the conference will be with the group at elim lodge on the coming weekend mr norman lehman will be guest speaker at the morning service the evening service will be lifted in favour of young peoples meeting in stouffville christian church the excelsior class ladies will meet at the home of mrs fred jemmett on thursday evening ail ladies of the com munity are welcome mr and mrs gordon atkin son dr and mrs herbert mc donald of toronto and mr and mrs bill cockwell and sandra of richmond hill were week end visitors with mr and mrs frank atkinson building a home then you should consider a sun life mortgage protection policy in this way the mortgage will be paid off if you should die pre maturely and the house will really belong to your family you protect your home from fire and theft why not from death let me show you how csily this can be done jim abell phone 6403712 sun life assurance company of canada lmivftnmt see our large selection o sunwortha washable wallpapers e22 hendricks iha hardware 29 main si w stouffville phone 6403622 uvmiitvfmvvvmvmmhlmnm j mented by a federal pension plan to cover every canadian worker benefits must be pro vided in excess of the s7500 which will be required in the future to support a person in the dignity that is deserving in retirement one of my first responsibilities when parlia ment reconvenes september 30th will be to urge all possible- speed in passing this necessary legislation commuter service all levels of government have enthusiastically endorsed the establishment of a commuter train service to our riding i am sure this can be a reality when the cnr vaughan tvvp houstons for prescriptions drugs and sundries phone 6402222 twentytwo i main st k stoufkvuxe mtttaammatssaaabassoexksksx ladies bring new life fro your old chesterfield o chairs reupholster modernize it for vz the price of a new suite guaranteed workmanship 90 day payment plan no extra charge for free estimate call at once markham 2942581 toromark furniture house marshalling yards are com pleted 1963 economic iropeik the canadian economy is in a much better position than it has been for the last several years our exports lose 66c in the first six month while imports were fractionally lower industrial production rose 33- in this same period and total employment has increased by 3 in the first seven months of 1963 these facis combined with bumper crops should re sult in at least a 6tr rise in our gross national products as your member of parlia ment when 1 was elected in june 1962 and again in april 1963 1 have tried to express with intelligence ana integrity the will of my constituents consistent with this policy i would appreciate your com ments and criticism if i may be of any further service please write to me at the house of commons otta wa sincerely john h addison mp york north keep fit with milk fingers something pe and dont need it phone direct markham 2942212 drink to your good health with fniik vitamin- enriched lo help the whole family keep fit and full of energy call i ivery markham dairy ltd for office supplies come to the tribune sssxscsessbcxsjwssacwsxwkssxxa stouffville figure skating club skating commences thursday oct 17 1963 4 pm registration home of mrs robert sellers tuesday oct 15 26 main st w stouffville annual meeting municipal hall wed oct 9 s15 pm interested parents and friends welcome fees children 6 and under 1000 7 years lo 10 years 1500 1 1 years up 1800 special family rate 3 or more children skating hours mon 4 630 pm tliur 4 fi30 pm fri 4 745 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