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the tribune stouffville ont thursday december 15 1949 st laurent proposes conference prime minister st laurent has proposed that a general dominion- provincial conference be held next september or october to discuss general questions of common con cern the conference would be in line with the undertaking given to several provinces by the federal government that taxationagree ments between the federal and provincial governments will be reviewed at least a year before they expire march 31- 1952 mr st laurent disclosed the proposal in a letter to premiers of the 10 provinces respecting the dominionprovincial conference opening jan 10 which will confine itself to considering ways of amending the constitution cows dont cooperate moves by dairies and employees to reduce milk pickups from farms to six a week were criticized by members of the toronto milk pro ducers association at a meeting for one thing the farmers said the cows wouldnt cooperate peanuts are known also as groundnuts and monkeynuts many attend county vegetable growers annual the annual meeting of the ontario county vegetable growers association took the form of a banquet this year it was held in the whitby township hall brooklin with around 100 veget able growers and their wives in attendance the banquet dinner was served by the brooklin womens institute mr charles broughton presi dent of the ontario county veget able growers association was chairman warden w h west- ney extended a welcome to those present marquis corry toronto gave a number of splendid accord- ian solos mr a t sirrctt cobourg dis trict director gave a short report on the work of the marketing board he introduced mr wm walkerchairman of the provincial vegetable growers marketing board mr walker gave a very clear and concise report on the work carried out by the vegetable growers marketing board during the past year he also pointed out that there was a heavy surplus in most lines of vegetable canned goods at the present time he suggested that it might be advis able for the vegetable growers association to institute a program to control acreage in order to have more control over the acreage that is contracted for each year h l fair agricultural repre sentative was chairman of the nominating committee the follow ing list of officers and directors were presented to the meeting and accepted for 1950 president chas broughton whitby vice president bill stonehouse whitby secretary treasurer h l fair uxbridge auditor e w webber columbus directors pickering will collins whitby whitby heber down brooklin e whitby norman down r4 oshawa reach fred christie port perry scugog ray fralick r3 port perry brock vince beaton blackwater fred christie port perry was appointed director on the south ontario federation of agriculture the following delegates were appointed to attend the annual meeting of the ontario vegetable the new modern rio theatre uxbridge matinee saturday at 230 pm wednesday thursday december 14 15 tyrone power and anne baxter crash dive fotonite every thursday this week 80 cash offer wednesday night is attendance night all new registrations lots of fun lots of cash friday saturday december 16 17 chevrolet- and chevrolet alone offers you all these extra values at lowestcost cerrisafe hydraulic brakes chevrolets exclusive brake de sign is more outstanding than ever for swifter safer stops and new dublelife rivetless brake linings last up to twice as long that means both extra safety and extra economy 5inch widebase wheels you get the widest rims in the lowprice field plus extra low- pressure tires as standard equip ment on all models thats another important reason for the extra smooth soft and stable chevrolet ride a product of gtneral motor centrepoint steering steering control is centred be tween the wheels to give you amazing new ease and sureness of control witn minimum driver fatigue you get centrepoint steering only on chevrolet and on higherpriced cars worlds champion valveinhead engine the trends all to valveinhead design for more efficient and economical highcompression en gines but chevrolets proved and extraefficient engine is the only valvcinhcad engine in chevrolets field help to complete the new hospital for sick children universmy avenue toronto buiiding fund objective 4000000 give generously through your local bank c2u9bx longer heavier with wider tread it looks like it it rides like it it is the big car in the low- price field with its extra size chevrolet gives you more com fort roadsteadiness safety curved windshield with panoramic visibility that large smartly curved wind shield sweeps back to narrower corner posts to provide a safer view ahead and at the sides alone among lowpriced cars chevrolet has the functional beauty of a curved windshield extra economical to own and operate its the lowest priced line in its field its the outstandingly econ omical performer its canadas mostwanted motor car new or used traditionally worth more when you trade extra economy in eicry way fisher body styling and luxury long low lines smooth graceful curves conveniences tike pushbutton door handles supersize interiors with lux urious fabrics and fittings and fivefoot scats superbly styled body by fisher fisher unisteel body construction slam the door and hear the dif ference that solid muffled thud speaks of steel welded to steel all around you fisher uni steel construction brings you un surpassed solidity quietness and safety chas cooper claremont ontario adventures of gallant bess color plus smugglers cove with leo gorcey the bowery boys monday tuesday december 19 20 glenn ford and terry moore the return of october in technicolor two shows nightly first 7 pjn growers association in hamilton on dec 6th and 7th mr and mrs charles broughton whitby bill stonehouse rr2 whitby stan webber columbus august geis- burger whitby roy bonrietta whitby fred lee brooklin school writes a book anybody can read mount pleasant school on the 7th concession of pickering town ship has a novel idea for raising funds for the crippled children organization of ontario between scholars and teacher they have issued a book in hand written form just the one copy and you may have the pleasure of reading it and handing it back to the proper custodian it is filled with stories jokes and compositions all by the scholars with an illustrated cover by one of the girls the idea is going over big being something like a lending library you read and return it miss nellie gostick is the teacher markham warmer l r avambold born tx waterloo county leslie r wambold 50 died at his home on concession 8 mark- ham township on dec 6 born aug 10 1899 in breslau waterloo county he moved to markham township while a youth he attended markham mennonite church and was a valued worker in the cause surviving besides his wife the former henrietta lehman are his father isaac wambold three daughters catherine edith and isobel one sister mrs samuel ruth brownsberger interment was made at 2 pm at widemans church cemetery blackout op windows in shops eased the ontario hydroelectric power commission last week eased restrictions on lighting of store windows for the christmas season commission chairman robert h saunders announced store win dows may be lighted from 7 pm until midnight dec 1525 and all day saturday dee 17 and dec 24 skinny men women gain 5 10 15 lbs get new pep vim vigor y fill out wtr booow nwnji body loaoa batt le look tbottund of wfc ft thrffli boar umb t fin op neck bo longer acrmwny aumo jkly bapole look firie women tneo who urir eoold rain belong an sow prood ot abftpely beaitnytookinj bodies tner tfcix taa pecbj rtroritulldin fieanbujdlfcc toam oatrex its tonic etlmuunta lotteorawee iroo ttttmin b oaktom exudeb blood improve appetite and dumtioa ao food citm too mora atraaanb and bourlebatmnt pot oces on ban boom doot fair tattlnc to cat stop when youre faloed the 10 15 of 1u too oed lor nonnal watbt ooete tittle new ft acquainted ha j 40 try texnooa ottnx toole taol cor oaw rttor aid addad doobde tble tery day at u drunteta hills in frisco would raise your hair continued from front page sec 2 where the big ocean liners come in there were none in port drove through the famous international settlement and crossed golden gate bridge san francisco is a city of hills and there are a lot more than seven when you are not going up you are going down one and the grades on a lot of them would raise your hair im not overly squeemish at driving under hazardous conditions but here i saw a hill that i balked at believe it or not we had pnrked the trailer and were ju cruising around having a look when we came to the top of a grade which ill swear was close to a 60 degree angle and with a stop sign right at the bottom of it i backed up and turned around we descended another grade that wasnt so suicidal in spite of the hills realestate seems to be at a premium the homes are mostly built in solid rows no driveways and no alleys the garage and front door are on street level or angler as the case may be the rest of the house is apparently at the back of and over the garage it is odd to see a row of living room windows on the second storey come to think of it maybe it isnt so much the price of realestate as it is the necessity of holding one another up that makes the builders design rows of homes like this if they didnt the next earthquake would tumble the houses down the hill like skittles i should mention that there are cablecars used on some of the up- anddown streets on others there are just cement stairs where the sidewalks should be and terraced gardens instead of a road the fog was really heavy the day we were in frisco so we didnt get many pictures to prove our point that night we parked our trailer at novato in a sea of mud perhaps we were prejudiced but we didnt like the place anyway from novato to where we are now we parked at leytonville fortuna gold beach yachats portland seattle mount vernon and now bellingham in that order there were many places we pased through we would like to have stayed a day or gone on a side trip but the weatherman was very uncooperative and we felt we had to make time in any case we over stayed our original schedule in la north of frisco we drove through the giant redwoods these are really something to see these trees are supposed to be the oldest living things on earth we saw one through which was cut a hole big enough for a passenger car the road went right through it at another spot we went into a store which was built inside a tree the most impressive of all was the trees of mystery park privately owned and widely advertised most of the redwoods are now on special forest reserves and cant be com mercialized or cut down in this trees of mystery park there were 9 giant redwoods growing in a semicircle and with their roots all welded together in- an enorm ous base inside the semicircle was constructed a small alter and pulpit a sign said that several marriage ceremonies were per form here every year looking up at these redwood trees most of them more than 2000 years old we felt very insignificant indeed i am enclosing a pamphlet put out by the state of california which is really worth reading and will explain better than i can the facts on redwoods up through the forests of northern california and oregon the biggest hazard to us was logg ing trucks these were a tremend ous size and some only carried one log you can judge for yourself the size of the trees the scenery would really have been beautiful in clearer weather we drove be side the sea most of the way up but didnt see much of it while at portland we managed a side trip up the columbia river as far as bonneville dam what impressed us mostly here were the fish ladders every year the sal mon and other fish migrate the length of the columbia river to their spawning grounds the dam would have been an insuperable barrier to them so they had to arrange for them to get back up this was done by making a series of baffles on a gradual incline each baffle being one foot higher than the next this forms pools or rooms for the fish and they are thereby able to navigate from the lower to the higher level we saw fish jumping from one pool to the other against the current at about the middle of the fishway there is placed a counting station and all fish migrating are classified and counted as they pass over a white illuminated board the counting station is manned 24 hours a day at portland we ran into a santa claus parade so stopped to give the kiddies a break doris and i agreed that the floats etc werent one two three with the same event in toronto near seattle we picked up a couple of soldiers these lads had just returned from manoevers at hawaii so we got their impres sions of the sea and of honolulu well folks i guess this will be about all for this mailing will write again from vancouver prior to sailing