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hm m ik rwme tkrabr 21 m7 markham township records fifteenth fatal accident a richmond hill woman became markhams fifteenth fatal accident victim saturday mrs maude obrien 66 was killed in a singlecar crash on john street west of bayview avenue her auto skidded on an icy stretch of road and plunged into a branch of the don river staff photo lucy may topham town senior resident st0uffv1lle stouff- ville lost one of its most active senior citizens sat- urday in the death of mrs lucy may topham in her 91st year she passed away at her home on mill street following a brief illness mrs topham was born at lincolnville the daugh- ter of the late james and phoebe hamill her hus band predeceased her 36 years ago mrs topham moved to stouffville from melville in 1938 while able she was an enthusiastic work er and member in the womens association and later the ucw of the united church surviving is one son stanley of toronto and four daughters clarissa mrs harley overbaugh of simcoe emily mrs ken stots rr2 gormley blanche mrs earl cook and vera mrs stanley clarkson both of stouff ville rr4 there are 11 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren service was held in the l e oneill funeral home on monday at 2 pm conducted by rev douglas davis with interment in stouffville cemetery the pall bearers were all grandsons milford stots bill topham keith over baugh ray cook bob clarkson and murray clarkson 70th birthday by mrs cliff burkholder bethesda congrat ulations to william pais ley who celebrated his 70th birthday saturday dec 16 mr and mrs david paisley held a fam ily party at their home in honour of their father sympathy is extended to mr and mrs william paisley in the passing of her brother harry kirk mrs j olszenski had the misfortune to break her ankle watch night service sun dec 31st 830 pm heise hill brethren in christ church 4th line markham m mile south of town line musical program wainfleet gospel four bridlewood male quartet clarke caverly trio don jean weeks and many others refreshments all are welcome its a very merry chmst mas good cheer to our wonderful friends and customers were grateful to one and all the lang stouffville service l imwpu y have the spirit of christmas eace the gladness of christmas tmmmsmbimim kick ts c e i chick is cylope the heart of christmas nick is olc ove indian cranberries- the american indians made a paste from cranberries called pemmlcan this was used as a poultice for cuts and wounds they used the juice of the berry for red dye eventually the cranberry was to become a tradition as part of the christ- mas menu m i i i i tm ross giles staff giles chev olds ltd stouffville white gift service by jean leaf buttonville it was a beautiful white gift service at browns cor ners church lighted christmas trees and wreaths brightened the chancel and formed a set ting for the creche where children placed their gifts mr garnet stewart and mr bruce armstrong were in charge of the ser vice while carolyn copp told the childrens story and the cgit and jun ior choirs sang an anthem long long ago with music by mrs clayton jones mrs don reiser was at the organ and airs george hooper was solo ist when the senior choir sang birthday of a king brian stiver lit the advent candles and david bishop portrayed pedro when with fond hopes that all jour holiday dreams come true we send you our best wishes for a merry christmas ken ward kaiserjeep nuffield tractor sales service claremont m j t i y wooa deooaeaaoboeocbil kbkm9mtmsmmmimiimm the homestead closinr 7 pm christmas eve closed christmas day boxing day santa may be going modern but our christmas wishes for you are still oldfashioned good cheer full table and warm hearth with smiling faces to you and yours we sincerely send our warmest holiday greetings ross hetherington electric stouffville s rev christopher dugan told the story of the gift of love on christmas sunday there will be spec ial music and carol sing- ing at the 11 ajn service friends were sorry o learn saturday of the death of mrs kenneth stots mother mrs lucy topham o f stounville on friday evening dec 15 the messengers enter tained in the christian education room mrs russell boyington has been under the doc tors care with a case of double pneumonia ts christmas and time to greet good friends time too to count our blessings one of the greatest of these is the friendship of those whom we are privileged to serve to all our thanks and best wishes i stiver bros ltd 1 and staff l x rw v haeil bask in the warm afterglow of christmas the year round because of your friendship aida cleaners weoocoooooooeoeoo -ea- sk as the peace and joy of the first christmas shines across the years we wish bountiful blessings for you and yours and to you our sincere thanks for your patronage and good will our best wishes to you from all of us dick coffey pres sales 9 paul mathews 9 john velema roger snodden 9 brian lopatriello 0 don walker 0 george young office 0 jim nichols 0 judy nichols service 0 ian lewis bill barkley bill barker ed thornhill o john gilts ted todd jack mantle 0 don roman 0 rick lewis parts bill brown carl myers barry zellers harold lewis dick coffey motors ltd stouffville stouffville