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J- The 1 LADIES MEET a y The Mission Circle of Christian Baptist church will hold its regu lar meeting on Feb 15 at 230 pm in the Sunday school rooms Note change of date owing to the Worlds Day of Prayer the fol lowing week Social News Mr and Mrs Wesley Robert son and son Brian and Barry Ro land Jones Toronto spent Sun day with Mrs Jones Miss Bobbie and Miss Toron to spent the weekend at the home of Mr and Mrs Bert McCarnan ft Sun Life Pays 26 Million In Policyholder Dividends Cost of insurance reduced Nearly million of new business sold last year largest of any Canadian company For the sixth consecutive year the Sun Life Assurance Company Canada is adopt ing new dividend scales which will substantially re duce the cost of insurance to the holders of its participat ing policies according to an announcement by George Bourke President in his Annual Review of the Com panys business for With this latest increase of policyholder dividends the Company will pay out in the year ahead a total of approx imately 20 million an in crease of more than 2 mil lion over the previous year New life insurance sold last year amounted to nearly million an increase of 120 million over and again the largest figure re ported by any Canadian life company Included in this new business figure is 239 million of group insurance representing an increase of million over the previous year Benefits paid by Sun Life during the year amount ed to million and total benefits paid by the Com pany since its organization in now at mil lion BILLION IN FORCE Other highlights of the Report include a total of life insurance in force amounting to more than During the Company passed the 4 billion mark and during topped 5 billion The Company has now passed another milestone and the twoyear period tak en to accumulate the last billion dollars contrasts sharply with the years re quired for the first billion Group insurance included in the figure amounts to million an increase during the year of The proportion of insurance and annuities in force In the various countries where the Company operates is now as follows Canada United States Great Britain and other Commonwealth countries elsewhere throughout the world MORTGAGE LOANS UP Assets of the Company now stand at million an in crease of million over 1953 Mortgage loans increas ed by more than any other type of investment in keep ing with Sun Lifes policy of striving to further the econ omic and social interests of the community consistent with sound investment prin ciples During the year new mortgage loons made by the Company totalled total million mostly in investments now individual homes In commenting on the gen eral economic situation Mr remarked that a year ago there was uncertainty in some quarters regarding the outlook for Despite the keen competition that existed among the various companies however was a year of expansion for life insurance and particularly for Sun Life Mr declared that the main reason the life insur ance industry continued to forgo ahead was because a life insurance policy func tions like a good investment It increases in value it pro vides a return on the invest ment and it has a market value which can be used to provide cash for emergencies and a retirement fund for old age Moreover it does what no other investment can do it creates an im mediate estate for the pro tection of home and family Mr stressed the recent improvements in me dical science with the ensu ing rapid and continuous de cline in death rates He pointed out that accidents now account for a substantial proportion of death from all causes especially in the younger age groups and that Sun Life experience shows that approximately onehalf of all death claims under age thirty are the results of ac cidents while accidents are now the third most frequent cause of death at all ages following heart disease and cancer In particular he mentioned automobile acci dents which account for about onehalf of all acci dental deaths The hazard from this source will become greater unless accompanied by a steady improvement in the safety habits of the mo toring public Death claim records arc full of tragic accidents which elementary safety precautions could have avoided OUTLOOK FOR In his concluding remarks Mr said that Cana das national resources should continue to support thriving industries which may well set new standards of prosperity in There should be no abatement of the national confidence for a steady pro gress beneficial to everyone is to be expected Canadas future depends not only on its economic heritage but on the use to which that heri tage is put he concluded The tasks ahead may be dif ferent We may have to ad just to new patterns and now demands but I am confident we will meet the challenge A copy of Sun Lifes com plete 1954 Annual Report to Policyholders including the Presidents review of the year is being sent to each policyholder or may bo ob tained from A J Median Unit Supervisor or J Jones Local Representative ml Mr and Mrs- Donald McCar Toronto spent Sunday at the home of Mr par ents Mr and Mrs Bert Mrs Miss Miss Mrs Jean Mr and Mrs Bert attended a birthday party in honor of Mrs sister Mrs Hilda Porritt Gilford at the home of her daughter and soninlaw Mr and Mrs Greig Davis Churchill on Saturday evening Mrs Por- family presented her with an electric floor polisher and other gifts A few friends and the family of Mr and Mrs William Ash sur prised them at their home on Saturday evening with social evening being the occasion of their wedding anniversary Mr and Mrs Jack were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Robert Aurora Miss Helen Carson and Ross Morrison of New Toronto were supper guests of Mr and Mrs Gould on Sunday Mr W and Mr and Mrs Lome attended a special young peoples service at the Eglinton Ave Free Method ist church on Monday night Mrs Walker Toronto is visiting her soninlaw and daughter Mr and Mrs Fred Mrs A Mitchell attend the annual convention of the Ontario association of Agricul tural Societies at the King Ed ward hotel Toronto on Feb 2 and David son of Mr and Mrs Dave Toronto spent a few days with his grand parents Mr and Mrs Roy Gib son Mr and Mrs Gilles pie and family spent the weekend with the formers parents Mr and Mrs James Gillespie A group from ihc Newmar ket Home ami School associa tion attended the council meeting in Aurora on Thursday Mrs Ross Thompson Cedar Valley visited her sister Mrs Mino on Monday Mrs A Young Toronto spent the weekend with her son- inlaw and daughter Mr and Mrs Nelson Ion and sons Mr M Pollock spent I he weekend In town the guest of Mr and Mrs Edward Pollock Members of the Womans association under the convener- ship of Mrs Harry Hooker serv ed refreshments to the Leslie Bell Singers and the church choir following the concert at the Trinity United church on Thursday evening Misses Evelyn Alice Elsie Gibbons Mr Grant Mr Mrs Cyril Gibbons ami Miss Doreea were among those from Newmarket who attended the special young peoples service at the Free Methodist church Toronto on Monday night group of young people from Grace church held tobog ganing party on Saturday night They returned to the home of Mr Mrs Norman Park for refreshments SHOWER BRIDE A miscellaneous shower was held in honor of Mrs William Winger prior to her wedding on Saturday The party held the home of Mrs Roy Gibson on 3 was attended friends and neighbors Era and Express classifieds results i w a- COLOUR 16 OIL SHAMPOO TINT RINSE OIL BLEACH BLEACH SUPEROXIDE DYE SOI mm s J t i BROW TOfT ANTISKPTIG STAIN I MB SHAMPOO Hi in TONERS WAV COLOURINGS through lino In Iwiuty In their own hornet of wmanmsny your own nothing Atk for pronounced ilttVs lb Ji COSMETICS THE HAIR t i J l IN ALL SALON 9 AND DIPARTMINT ITS A L Womans World By Caroline Ion last week while attending the sessions of York County council as a reporter we met several in teresting people One of these a visitor at the council meetings was George general sales manager for a large road equipment firm Mr Turnbull would have been outstanding in even a larger ga thering A man of statuesque size he had fine white hair a smiling face and sightless eyes As he listened to the discussions of council his manner was easy and relaxed and he appeared totally unconcerned about his lack of vision It was not dif ficult to perceive there was a man who had put the accent on ability and not on his disability In a spirit which exemplifies the thought behind White Cane week On being introduced to Mr he repeated our name Mrs Ion He said Why I used to know a Nelson Ion and a Gordon Ion in Hamilton years ago Would you be related to them And of course we are for they are our fatherinlaw and his brother All of us have had that experi ence of meeting people we have known before while visiting in a strange place Or wo meet someone for the first time only to discover that we have mutual acquaintances It happens all the time And so it was with Mr Turn- bull Prior to losing his sight he had represented his firm in Eastern Canada and he knew the Maritime provinces almost as well as we did a native Blue Noser We reminisced about Halifax and the Brae DOr Lakes about the fishing villages along the south shore and the Annapolis Valley It was won derful almost as good as a visit there We chatted together and Mr told of the times al most 30 years ago when he and the Ion boys had chummed and worked together in Hamilton Later he left to go with present firm and Uncle Gordon after marrying Mr cousin moved to Vancouver Mr told us that he had lost his sight in 1043 It was a sudden tragic lose for which ho had been completely unpre pared And In the months that followed when operation after operation proved unsuccessful in restoring vision it was the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and its workers who helped him find his way back to independence Despite his blindness Mr has re tained his important position with his firm and continues to lend full satisfying life Some people think that when one sense is lost another de velops greater sensitivity as a compensation said Mr Turn- mull But it isnt an automa tic procedure It comes through patient training and conscious effort on the part of the disabled person It is In many of these Panel Of Specialists To Discuss Problems Of Retarded Readers Retarded reading will bo the theme of the Newmarket Home and School associations meeting in the Newmarket town hall on Tuesday Feb pm when a panel of four specialists will bo heard on the topic The meeting is open to the public Members of the panel will In clude Dr Lou Myer Dr K J Fisher dean of col- lego of Optometry Miss Helen educationist nil of To ronto Dr Robert King me director of tho York Health unit panel will discuss problem of retarded reading and recommend reme dial procedure and will answer questions from the audience ALBERT WREN TO ADDRESS LIBERALS Alhort Wren Liberal member of the provincial legislature from will address an open meeting in the Veterans club rooms town hall on Feb 815 pm under sponsorship of Nowmnrket Womens Liberal association Mr Wren has had much experi ence In municipal and legislative matters During his term in the house he has been one of critics of the Conserva tive government Ho Is recog nized as a man of high courage and debating ability SHOW COLOR FILM WELCOME THE QUEEN AT SCOUT HALL The color film Welcome Queen will bo shown at Scout hail on Monday Fob aponBorshlp of the ScoutOutdo Mothers auxiliary first showing pm wilt he for the children A second performance will bo held for at 9 pm Everyone wel come ways that the assists when anyone loses his vision For instance he continued I couldnt expect my firm to publish all its new literature in Braille just for me So my wife helps me by reading each new release and I commit it to mem ory Memory is a wonderful thing Too many dont train theirs suf ficiently Even with their eyes they lack the powers of observa tion which many sightless peo ple have We observe with all our other senses We learn to distinguish voices and to fit them to names We memorize import ant telephone numbers and other Information necessary for the independent performance of our jobs It doesnt come easily and during those first grim months it is from the from the sightless people who work there that so much help comes Mr said Another interesting person whom we met at County council last week was Edward Brown He appeared before council from the CNIB to request the annual grant to assist with the work among the blind of the county Mr Brown who is sightless was accompanied by three members of the Newmarket and District advisory committee for the Mrs Campbell Mrs A McCaffrey and Mrs C S Gilbert Mr Brown said that there were blind people in York county At present of them are making use of the talking books recorded books which are distributed free of cost by the An additional are re ceiving home teaching services These home teachers instruct in the arts needed to help the blind return to active life They teach the sightless woman how to do her housework and cooking for her family Other services of the which were outlined by Mr Browri included the distribution of financial assistance to blind people in need or for special ser vices the provision of glosses and remedial treatment for those who wouldnt be able to obtain it otherwise the sponsoring of a prevention of blindness program and the developing of new tech niques to combat eye disease As we listened to Mr Browns informative talk we marvelled at his ability to address an audience which he could not see His per formance was further evidence of the services rendered by the CNIBs sightless workers During this White Cane week we pay our humble tribute to him to Mr and to the many blind people in this country who have succeeded in putting the emphasis on ability and not on disability ROGERS BROS ROBERT Jewellers Main St Phono Nothinf putt yon out or world mort mort than poor Old Mother you well Shi will help 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