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The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), February 1, 1967, p. 2

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I Mi For Duncan RICHMOND An it- type Distribution SUtion completed in HOI the vest side Street his been Mined the fa honor of Mr longtime On tario Hydro official now re tired who was formerly of Rural Power District Mr Chimney in his capa city as superintendent of Richmond Hill aled the electric power sys tem for the town of Richmond Hill for a number of years He was an energetic dedi cated Hydro superintendent who made certain that service to customers always was at peak efficiency In when the Richmond Hill Power District of fice was opened it was located on the second floor of Dry Goods store on Yonge Street The staff consisted of one clerk a foreman and four regular staff with super intendent serving nearly customers During the years that Dun can Chamney and his wife May resided in Richmond Hill they were active in com munity affairs Duncan Cham served on the school board for years and was chairman for six years He was also active in the Rich mond Hill Lions Club and the local curling and bowling clubs TO HELP IMPROVE SERVICE The bungalow type Distri bution Station named for Air has a capacity of It was built to serve the residential area on the west side of town and to relieve the other three of former years M Hillary and was the theme of the Richardson depict the Centennial Dinner and grace and charm of life entertainment held Wed- Canada years ago night at Vandorf About of those sUUons on the east side of V tending the dinner wore iili era dress Shepherd Staff stations to serve the growing industrial load Chairman Sam Cook of Richmond Hill Hydro said this distribution station is step to wards the power service to the Holland Landing Man Pleads Manslaughter George Richardson Mrs number or customers in Richmond Hill The contract for the build ing to house the distribution station was let by the FARMING REPORT By AL WALL Agricultural Representative for York County Its a fairly common notion that agriculture goes Into sleepy semihibernation in the winter The truth is however that these two or three months see more action than any other season We have had or will have annual meetings for about fifteen farm organizations here in Yo around this time This includes elections new officers and planning sessions for major activities The York County Milk Committee is one of the organizations with lots to do Their annual meet ing comes up in February a mastitis workshop has been arranged for February at Victoria Square and Dairy Farm Open House will be held on March On top of all this the committee is wrestling with problems of milk marketing quotas pooling prices and recommendations to the Marketing Hoard Russell Rowntree and his committee are busy Farm assessment is getting lots of attention too County Council as well as the Federation of Agri culture have had and will have a lot of sessions to find a way to apply the new assessment system to farms satisfactorily Beef producers will have their annual meeting at Sharon on February George will he the guest speaker The hog producers had their meeting last week with York Countys representa tives to the Marketing Board being acclaimed for a three year term Two new presidents have been elected for fall fairs Bill Sellars will head up the Centennial Fair at Sutton and at Bill Sutherland takes over as president Carl of will be a candidate for election as national director at the Canadian annual on February 15 He was selected at our county meeting last week to take the place of Roy Barker Canadian president Guernsey breeders have their annual soiree this Friday night at Bradford There will be dinner entertainment and dancing for all Guernsey people from age right up to about were made last week for Clubs in York for 1967 Its a good time right now for hoys and girls to pick out a calf Clubs will organize in the Easter holidays mission in June and was completed in September The contractor for the building was Vyal Construction Lim ited of Concord The electric al installation was handled by Richmond Hilt Hydro crews The station went into service December just prior to the peak period for the year The architect for the attractive modern bungalow type distribuUon station con structed of Dutch colonial brick was Douglas Allen of Richmond Hill A brief ceremony was held at the Duncan Chamney Dis tribution Station on Thursday afternoon Jan to of ficially open the station On hand for the opening cere mony were Mr Chamney also Ontario Hydro Central Region Manager Adam S Smith and Charles E Crease the Re gions Consumer Service and Sales Engineer and other Ontario Hydro officials Chairman Sam Cook of Richmond Hill Hydro offici ated at the brief ceremony and he was accompanied by Commissioners A Wagner and Mayer T as well as Superintendent A Horwood and A B Ellis sec retary treasurer Duncan cut a ribbon offi cially opening the substation in the presence of the group TORONTO Wilfred Amos Vaughan of Land ing will be sentenced March for the manslaughter of his commonlaw wife Stickwood The couple had lived together for 20 years and there were six children Mr Justice J heard the plea and a jury the evidence of a non capital murder charge The manslaughter plea was ac cepted by the court Coun sel for the accused was J J Lawlor Herbert Thompson of Ave Newmarket a cousin of called police at the request of Vaughan when he visited the house on Nov 2S Mr Thompson said the pair had many brawls when they had been drinking The Crown charged that the couple had been drinking in a beverage room and this had continued after they had arrived home at Holland Landing Centennial Rim Stow A Library NEWMARKET The sec ond in the series of Centen nial films sponsored by the Newmarket Library Board will be shown Monday night at pm Featured in the film which tells some of the story of early Canada and are accounts of the ac tivities of Samuel Cham- plain Alexander Mackenzie and David Thompson Boy Struck By Fathers Car RIVERSIDE PARK A nineyearold toy was struck by a car driven by his father about pm Sunday and was removed by ambulance to York County Hospital with minor head injuries Luncheon To Aid Girl Guides KESWICK About peo ple are expected to attend the Valentine luncheon spon sored by the Club of Keswick on Feb in North Gwillimbury Memorial Centre Club president Mrs Rye states the proceeds will go towards their sponsorship of the local Girl Guides and Brownies plus various other charitable organizations The luncheon will start at noon Future plans of the group include the publishing of a small cook book and a spring dance in April Tickets are now on sate for the Valentine Luncheon for adults cents for children and can be obtained from any member of ths KING CITY Elementary school teachers in the public schools of King Township and Aurora Inspectorate No have begun a sixweek in- service training course on audiovisual methods Jan to Feb 23 The course is held alter nately at King Senior School King City and Wells Street School Aurora Areas to be covered include the use of tape recorders effective treatment of radio broadcasts the impact of edu cational television and the use and operation of various movie strips and overhead projectors The committee organizing She course feel with the valu able equipment now in use in the schools the course will enable teachers to make the best possible use of Ihe vari ous phases of audiovisual ma terials Well qualified lecturers from school systems in Southern Ontario will provide the course a is Douglas Loveman was walk ing along the when a car skidded into him The driver David ran back and discovered the boy his car hit was his own son The accident occurred about yards east of their home Mr Loveman said dense snow from high winds made visi bility bad Mi warn BUI RISING COSTS NOW VAfe ROUND PROTECTION 1966 prices held till March 31 centurion Equipment or lam High centra stores reu I faocASTiQUMor v RALPH MacEACHERN IS Boyle Drive BOB OAK RIDGES BICKS OF CANADA LIMITED SCARBOROUGH ONTARIO BICKS PICKLES ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT of JAMES BAKER RR 1 RAVENSHOE ONTARIO as operator of the CUCUMBER RECEIVING STATION FOR THIS DISTRICT For further information on growing contract ing etc PHONE OR WRITE JAMES BAKER m VGA mm Whether you buy bulk or by the bag when you buy feed you are really buying nutrients protein energy vitamins and minerals that are responsible for growth and production when in proper balance Cooperative research has developed hotter balanced HIGH COOP feeds actually contain more nutrients per pound ever before You can increase rate of growth and pro duction on the same amount of feed or maintain present rates on smaller amounts of feed When you buy feed remember youre really buying nutrients Get the feed that now has more nutrients per pound COOP Brand Feed United of Ontario NEWMARKET BRANCH STREET from 7 i J 8352349 High nuitknt for Ontario NEWMARKET Because zero tillage land Is still In the stage corn are not yet confront ed with the decision to plow or not iissess Whether or stimulates root growth and to what extent this extra oxy gen aids in decomposing or ganic material which supplies nitrogen to the new crop are still being evaluated In his Professor However in some cases zero tillage has produced standard corn yields and If a man can get practically the same yields this way there Is no reason why he should spend the time and effort plowing according to Profes sor George Jones crops spe cialist with the Ontario Agri cultural College University of Guelph But to get these yields he has to apply new techniques The land must have builtin fertility and that is usually amounted to This money the result of past manage- will be used to purchase new ment Good internal drainage camping equipment and re- and complete weed control are pair existing equipment The essential and research may next meeting of the group reveal that the heavier soils committee wilt be held on are unsuitable Feb One concept to consider Is Tne Ladies- Auxiliary of that plowing mixes the S will hold the gen into the soli But the value meeting previously scheduled of the oxygen is difficult to at 141 Maurice Court Final arrange ments will be made for the banquet coming up on Feb 23 at this meeting not It Jones has found that pounds more actual nitrogen might have to be added to a tilled acre get corn yields equal to those of plowed fields Therefore the deci sion to plow or not could be of economics which is cheaper plowing- Centennial Theme ftK Adopted For Banquet EAST HEIGHTS At a recent meeting of the group com mittee of the Cubs and Scouts It was decided to follow a theme for the an nual Father and Son banquet to be held on Feb Finance chairman Peter Rust reported that the Christ mas sale of chocolates had A future chem ical or discing attachment on planter might raise zero tillage yields or perhaps a new breed of corn plant will fight through hard soli sur faces Plowing every two to three years could ncce to distribute fertility through soil When these questions have been answered by research zero tillage could become the traditional technique of the future Teachers Start AudioVisual Course OAC Features Farmers Week TORONTO Growing your own protein urea for beef and tillage corn will be topics of interest featured at the Ontario Agricultural Col lege Farmers Week Farmers Week will be held in War Memorial Hall at the University of Feb to 24 Thirtyseven topics will be discussed during the event and Farmers Week will be a good opportunity for farmers to solve their prob lems with advice from some of Canadas top agricultural scientists Since so many ad vances have been made in nutrition and cropping prac tices during the past two years the schedule has been arranged as follows Monday Forages Tuesday Beef Wed nesday Silages Thursday Dairy and Friday Grains Plenty of time has been left for chores since the meetings start at am and end by pm A program has also been specially planned for women On Tuesday Feb 21 and Thursday Feb the fac ulty of Institute cooperates with the Home Economics Branch of the On tario Department of Agricul ture and Food to offer one- day sessions of lectures and discussions on Home Eco nomics topics Womens meet ings begin at am and pm on the two days These will be held in the auditorium of the Building on Macdonnell St NEW INTERNATIONAL CUB CADET ROTARY SNOW THROWER Cuts 36 inches wide even in deep snow discharges up to 20 feet right or left Heavy duty construction for years- long dependability Fully controlled from tractor seat INTERNATIONA I HI HARVESTOIt STORE Limited St Newmarket 8952338 ATTENTION FARMERS Reservations 5 NOW for the PU R1NA RESEARCH FARM Trip to Gray Summit MISSOURI USA By AIR on SUN FEB Return on FEB 21 DEADLINE FOR RESERVATIONS FEB i For further information Contact North York Farmer Feed Grain Ltd Old Don Mills Road YORK COUNTY WHEAT PRODUCERS ANNUAL MEETING TUES FEB 7 800 p AT Department of Agriculture Office St Newmarket ALL WHEAT PRODUCERS ARE REQUESTED TO ATTEND R 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