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the tribune stouffviile ont tuesday april 21 1949 stouffville floral roses wedding bouquets funeral designs cut flowers milt smith prop joy beauty salon near cnr permanent waving individual styling razor shaping tooooogobttoooooeee stouffville sand gravel limited are prepared to supply your requirements of crushed gravel sand concrete gravel pit run delivered or at the bin plant phone 125j office phone 370 atomized pig receives navy discharge pig no 311 the worlds only atomized porker is shown in her new and less colorful surroundings at the national zoolo gical park washington dc after she was mustered out of the navy no 311 is a survivor of the bikini abomb tests of 1946 when she went through the atomicgoingson locked in the washroom of a captured japanese cruiser since that time the pig has been under observation at the naval medical research institute but now the bombproof sow has received an honorable discharge and is ready to setle down and lead a peaceful life mayfair restaurant monday 8 am thru friday ii pm saturday 8 am 12 pm geese gobble grain parmer tears hair gobden ont april 1g huge hungry flocks of some 5000 cana dian wild geese today are busy gobbling up some fio bags of grain provided them by the ontario government they are the persistent annual visitors to the nearby farm of the despairing harry berry just a short distance from the shores of muskrat lake some 50 miles northwest of ottawa the big honkers famished after their long trip from the south have been landing by the hundreds on berrys farm lands during the last week waiting for the north ern waters to unfreeze searching for food they tear up his meadows each year on their annual trip northward in addition he provides them with 00 pounds of grain out of his granary to feed them every clay berrys plight began 25 years ago vivian forest started twentyfive years ago first tree plantings in vivian forest were made twentyfive years ago now at that time the forest comprised only 160 acres and to day the township of whitchurch has some 2s00 acres with an assessment tax free of 27000 the area that comprises the hollidge farm was the first hold ing purchased and planted mr martin of midhurst came down to superintend the work of plaining the twoyearold trees jack pine and scotch pine the jack pine was considered most suitable for blow sand twentyfive men were engaged to do the planting but to day with mechanical tree planter three men could do the work in when he befriended a flock of a dozen geese since then the bock has grown and they keep stopping at the berry farm berrys representative in the house of commons r m- warren a renfrew north liberal appealed to health minister martin to do something about the birds mr martin said he would refer the matter to the agriculture and re sources departments meanwhile yesterday ontario wildlife officers armed with 60 bags of grain rushed to the berry farm to provide free food for the hungry birds and so save the fields from devastation members of tile renfrew fish and game club and ottawa fish and game association helped to spread the grain each year they arrive with the regularity of clockwork and re main for two or three weeks before moving northward luckily they dont stop on their way south this was the first year the on tario wildlife department has fed them to save the young grass and clover in the meadows there was some discussion on the berry farm yesterday on the possibility of building a sanctuary at muskrat lake for the protection of the birds against poachers one of the spring hats for women is shaped like a coal scuttle now a man wont be so embarrassed in a stove pipe w c mcdonald ro optometrist al markham every thursday 1230 o s00 pm in former telephone office prescriptions filled glasses repaired fitted eyes examined lenses prescribed phone markham 4w headford dump will be open lo residents of markham township april 16th to april 30th no inflammable vegetable or animal matter to be dumped by order markham township council three or four days there will be many trees at a mature age in another five years but in the meantime thinning oper ations are going on and pulp and paper mills provide a market for the discarded trees that must be removed to make room for expan sion of other timber for three successive years now 200000 trees have been planted annually mostly in whitchurch and a few in east gwillimbury where additional holdings have been purchased oid indian axe jbusiness director head dug up on church street site i lehmans shoe store c e heise formerly of gormey while excavating at his property in welland recently found an odd- shaped smoothly polished store which attracted bs interest so much that he decided to have it identified if possible it turned out to be what mr heise expected an indian artifact th stone polished and worn smooth is shaped much like the head of a small hatchet the blade chipped and the butt broken by hard use tt was brought to the welland office of the welland tribune and referred to george h- smith port colborhe historian and authority on indian relics mr smith identified the stone as an indian artifact an axehead or wedge probably axe head it had been used a great deal saitl mr smith so much that it was prac tically worn out and had been dis carded by its owner it had been sharpened many times and its butt split from hammering it was rub bed to an amazing smoothness dates far hack it was made said the authority by a xetral a tribe between the iroquois and algonquins wiped out along with the algonquins by the warlike iroquois it was a pre- european era he said for few were made of stone after the europeans brought iron utensils and weapons to the country such wedges and other artifacts were quite common in the niagara district said mr smith particu larly in the point abino section mr smith displayed to the wel land tribune several other pieces from his own collection of wedges axeheads and ornaments gloves shoes socks boots and mitts footwear for all the family stouffville phone 4sw2 opposite the town clock shok repairing womens hosiery brierbush hospital day and night service maternity medical and surgical member of the allied private hospital association government licensed main street hast stoultville auctioneers sellers atkinson ph ag 201w2 ph stouff 290 licensed auctioneers 25 years experience sales conducted anywhere special izing in farm stock furniture and property sales all sales personally listed and advertised bills prepared and posted sweet caporal cigarettes births painter ruth and jim painter of ringwood are happy to an nounce the arrival of their son on april 5 1919 a baby brother for murray yvieson mr and mrs deward wilson nee lois westland an nounce the birth of their daugh ter patsy diane on april 9 1949 wright mr and mrs richard wright nee hazel pegg are happy to announce the birth of a son david herbert on april 1919 at st catharines general hospital a brother for joan laface mr and mrs brian laface enniskillen wish to announce the birth of a son at the home of her mother mrs ethel brown on sunday april 10th 1919 a brother for lynda milne mr and airs robert milne unionville rri wish to announce the birth of their son on sunday april 10 1919 at the brierbush hospital stouffville kblland mr and mrs fred kelland uxbridge wish to an nounce the birth of their son on tuesday april 12th 1949 at the brierbush hospital stouffville hall to mr and mrs robert hall on wednesday april 13 1919 at the brierbush hospital stouffville a son stillborn ken clarke prentice auctioneers licensed and authorized for the counties of york and ontario farm stock implements household furniture real estate sales our specialty at fair and reasonable rates dual services for the price of one milliken po ph agincourt 52w3 markham po ph markham 20g no sale too big or too small prentices have been established auctioneers since 1890 dental neil c smith lds d graduate of university of tokont ottice over canadian bank commerce telephone 107 stouffville e s barker lds d honor graduate or royal c of dental surgeons and of t university of toronto office over marie jacks beauty parlor phone 27402 majkham every tuesday medical a s farmer licensed auctioneer york county uxbridge pickering townships farm stock and furni ture sales a specialty address gormley po telephone stouffville 67312 optometrical e a grubin ro optometrist plcton ontario dates of visits to stouffville office announced in local columns real estate going to the u s a to avoid possible delay and embarrassment at bor der crossing points be sure you have met the foreign exchange require ments before you set out the travel ration of 150 per person for the period november 16th 1948 to november 15th 1949 is to ensure the fairest distribu tion of the us funds avail- able for children under 1 1 years of age the amount is 100 us if you are taking a trip to the united states you need to secure a form h permit to take out of canada for any amount exceeding 10 us or more than a total of 25 in us and cana dian funds form h can be secured quickly and easily from branches of any canadian bank ronrcn ixcnanci coartoi maid ottawa melville wmjs melville wms held their easter thankoltering meeting at the home of mrs edgar nigh on tuesday april 5th mrs chapin president presiding there was a record attendance of members and friends the thankoltering pro gram outlined in missionary moifthly was carried out by mem bers mrs muir of stoultville was guest speakergiving an interesting talk on experiences in china where she and her husband served as missionaries special music by miss bruce piano solo eternal father strong to save melita by dr j b dykes was rendered following the meeting refresh ments were served by the hostess a pleasant profitable time was enjoyed miss janet bruce secre tary consult j a willoughby sons for complete real estate service head office toronto 156 yonge st ad 0605 city and country homes farms and small acreages industrial business properties harvey moycr is your local representative phone s3j2 stouffvllie when buying or selling real estate farms residences business properties see george w allison regd real estate broker stoultville phone 3s012 dr s s ball physician and surgeon xray office corner obrien w phone 196 coroner for york couuty dr f j button stouffville ontario telephone 371 xray hours dally 9 to 12 am tuesday thursday saturd evenings 79 pm and by appointment office over button blk dr herbert b free physician telephone 164 xri hours daily except suudi 9 to 12 am tuesday thursday saturda 700 to 900 a c kennedy chiropractor church street stouff monday and friday 9 to 12 am insurance birkett son general insurance agency stoultville ontario insurance in reliable companlc reasonable rates prompt service phone 25902 stouff h 0 klinck phone 39 wl stouftvill fire auto burglary sickness accident fidelity bonds the standard life assurance the pioneer of canadian ll insurance a mutual company with 117 y experience strength and service unexcell according to quick canadian facts there are 2635000 homes in canada and 57 per cent of them are owned by he people who live in them on the farm 81 per cent of all the homes are owned by users stouffville machine tool works telephone 213 rear of cnr station electric and acetylene welding farm machinery machinery repairs funeral directors funeral director ambulance service r g clendening markham ontario phone 9000 l e oneill stouffville funerall director and embalmer cootlnaoni telephone service day and night pfcoa stouffrllle smi sooescsrc z d a beer insurance of all kinds 16th year in business ph pickering 5 r2 2 address brougham f m pugh phone 38w2 stouftvl life fire auto before you die sec f pugh your mtl life representative a company witfl outstanding record for low cost ltfr surance since 1869 prompt and c cous service f g also life auto fire sickness and accident insuran phone 5002 stouffville taxi service g w a bell ringwood ontario ioncrnl insurance fire automobile etc telephone 3hj george coltham ontario land surveyor municipal and farm survey and general engineering box 443 aurora phone 8 stouffville monument works i orders promptly execute p tarr proprietor telephone s103