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the tribune stouffville ont thursday july 24 1947 junior farmers camp shear pkffbh1aw it ss announced by t r hilliard junior extension fleldman of the ontario dept of agriculture that norman c lindsay supervisor of community programs ontario dept of education will ac as field direc tor for the junior farmers leaders training camp to be held on the shores of lake simcoe near peffer- law from sept 1 to 0 the camp is a new feature in canada and one boy and one girl leader is allowed from each county with the dept paying transportation costs large auction sale one of the largest private auction sales in lindsay is the way auc tioneer cnas- lamb describes the sale of mr connie xewton welling ton st mr lamb said the household furniture alone brought s3300 and the car 1000 people from ail over the district including some from near huntsville were in attendance and all prices were high mr xewton is leaving for cali fornia where he is to manage a fruit farm h ratcliff w pipher r- fj stoulhllk motors international truck sales and service we carry a good line of international parts have you had those brakes checked if not come in and let us check them for you we carry a full line of brake lining mufflers tail and exhaust pipes tires and tubes of all sizes accessories of all kinds watch the daily and weekly paper listen to the radio for the new texaco sign red star green t firestone mccollfrontenac tires and tubes dealers ontario motor league call for help brought us tugs to aid the russians in the effort to save a listing gorman vessel in kristiansand harbor norway the stricken ship and other shown were taken over by the soviet reparations com mission to be sailed home loaoc i0e30i ionoi 10e30 d holder sons phone 18401 stouffville ioexoi 30doc 30e30e ioez0 rempel telle of mennonite move south the nearend of the long trek of the russian mennonite immigrants to their new settlements in para guay was witnessed recently by c x rempel manager of the canacl ian mennonite central committee headquarters kitchener appointed as a special commis sioner to south america for six months mr rempel has been tour ing that country since may and has sent the greater portion of this time in paraguay helipng to settle refugees and finding other settle ments in addition to those already established there describes 1 in migrants a description of the arrival of 25 immigrants who since their admis sion in february have been forced to stay in makeshift quarters in argentina because of the para guayan revolution is given by mr rempel in letters to his wife he writes after dinner we went clown to the port to see 25 refugees clock we watched the refugees on board not without the human element one woman on the pier saw a rela tive for the first time in is years and buried her face in her shawl and wept mr rempel wrote that he spoke to some of this number and con versed with many immigrants al ready brought to paraguay only 1300 still remain in argentine he told his wife that all were very grateful to be brought to this new land and to be given an opportun ity to start life anew most of the people he said spoke with the low german dialect since the road to chaco the main men nonite settlement is still inaccess ible clue to the revolution it has not been possible to convey the refugees there as planned difficult quarters for the present they have been quartered in empty school and factory buildings and other shelters in a settlement which has suddenly mushroomed up 15 miles out of asuncion meanwhile officials including mr rempel are searching for new areas for settlements in paraguay and in brazil persons wishing to travel to chaco can only reach there through one backdoor way which involves ten days of dangerous journeying through thick jungles mr rempel is planning to take this trip soon other excerpts from letters writ ten by the kitchener man also give a vivid picture of present day life in paraguay he writes asuncion paraguay june 2 arrived here to day and just noticed the first sign of war the lights went out and we are in a blackout apparently there is a plane overhead and people are scared a few clays ago a few bombs were dropped on the port but they were so puny as to make the people laugh one bomb just fell and people are hurrying home we were ready to sit down to supper now we must wait it is exciting june 3 so far tonight i have heard no rifle shots nor have we had an air raid blackout while 1 was writing a paraguayan lady came in to sell some of the famous handmade paraguayan lace i bought some for you asuncion is a drab looking city of 100000 people they say there is one or possibly two elevators in what does a bank mean to you a place off savings i from rime to rime you may see a lot of unnecessary spending you are likely to hear people exclaim i just cant save it takes determination to make a deposit every week or month in a savings account youll be surprised how fast your savings deposits mount up the canadian bank of commerce welcomes the opening of savings accounts at any of its more than 500 branches across canada consult obi manager far yonx financial need the canadian bank of commerce stouffville branch a g thompson manager claremont branch w i- irwin manager the whole city everyone practi cally goes barefoot although it is almost prohibitive for a gentleman to walk on the streets without a coat on the life certainly is interesting so many vendors sitt ing on the streets trying to sell their goods mostly fruits the women walk erect and steady and carry tilings on their heads women smoke cigars the streets are so different than those in rio de janeiro where people hustle and bustle always in a hurry women ride sideways on little donkeys and smoke cigars while doing it june 11 it has been raining al night and everything is wet among the dirt of the street women are selling bananas manyoka roots lettuce etc their little donkeys are tied to a post then we went inside and how i wished the people could see our kitchener market for a change first of all the sanitary conditions here are terrible then the pulling and pushing june 10 today the main part of the day was spent in getting the documents that are needed to get out of paraguay it took zvi hours before i had the proper papers in may hands however it would re quire much readjustment to live here and be happy one cant help but feel that something is wrong when the national minister of health for all of paraquay must sign a paper before a mother is able to obtain certain medicines for her child the roses in asuncion are beautiful and for 10 cents a person could purchase four of five dozen of them mayfair restaurant monday thru friday 8 aui 11 pm saturday s am 12 pm sunday 10 am s pm stouffville sand gravel limited are prepared to supply your requirements of crushed gra vel sand concrete gravel pit run delivered or at the bin plant phone 5830 office phone 370 spray painting expert workmanship free estimates given jack leary gormley ont ph stouff 6321 50sepl 31 one cow produced 54 quarts ix one day sixtyfour quarts of milk in a day seems like an incredible production for a cow but that is the amount given by a one cow dairy owned by the ontario reformatory at mim- ico she is the purebred holstein ormico reta roberts and her official production for 21 hours on record of performance test super vised by the dominion department of agriculture is 160 lbs this is a canadian record for one day pro duction of milk regardless of times milked daily and is a world record on three milkings a day in fact only one other record exceeding it has ever been reported anywhere in the world regardless of times milked daily this was in 1920 when the usa holstein cascade johanna lllustrites produced 1014 lbs milk in 2 hours she was milk ed four times during this record breaking period see lumber at peak there is growing belief in ott awa says a correspondent that lumber prices have reached their peak and that further changes for most types will be on the downside already it is reported that west coast prices in united states have cracked below the recentlylipped canadian ceiling a few months ago us prices were far above those prevailing in canada stouffville floral roses wedding bouquets funeral designs cut flowers milt smith prop pension costs rising rapjldy says minister ottawa july 17 canadas pension liability from the two world wars is increasing at the rate of ss00000 a month although other expenses in this field are de clining veterans minister macken zie told the house of commons wednesday living the chamber a review of veterans estimates as study of departmental activities as study of veterans estimates was opened mr mackenzie pointed to a 80000000 increase in this years pension appropriation of 80750000 and said it was based on belief that the monthly rate of increase would continue throughout the 104748 fis cal year as the discussion unfolded the minister announced he would sug gest the appointment of three doc tormembers of the house as an interim committee to investigate complaints of veterans that their pension rights were being ignored particularly where serious charges were leveled at departmental officials oooooccooooooococ j m dealers canadian buyers oe scrap claremont will pay 100 for old scrap ba tcries delivered highest market prices paid for these goods brass copper aluminum lead iron old radiators horse hair duck feather ticks new duck feathers old bagging all buys 1000 or more called for j hufton cloremonf phone claremont 23 this is the best place to sell your farm produce at this season of the year we are especially good buyers of hens spring chickens eggs spring lambs veal calves if we are not getting your produce now we would appreci ate you giving us a trial you will find our prices equal to or belter than those you can get elsewhere pickering farms ltd whitby 330 night or day whitby ontario men women old at 40 50 60 get pep feel years younger full of vim uf wltfc tnim iu 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