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the tribune stouffvilla oat thursday july 31 1852 grand opening claremont floodlights wed aug 6th 630 pm prizes prizes lucky draw tickets 25c 5 for 100 1st prize17 admiral television set with radio 2nd prize parker pen pencil set girls or boys bicycle to seller of lucky tv ticket oldest lady on grounds bouquet of flowers largest family present 500 in cash bing wonderful prizes baseball double header evans motors vs high view claremont vs brougham come see the floodlights in operation make the community a better place to live admission 50c children 25c free parking south shore ratepayere active group at musselmans lake south shore ratepayers assoc- iation is one of the most active vodies about musselmans lake and have done much in then- two years of operation to organize and improve that part of the summer resort where they reside the executive is most anxious that every cottager on the south side of the lake join the organiza tion and give support to the pro jects undertaken the next meet ing of the association will be held on sunday aug 17th at 230 pm at the community church 9th line at the south lake road mr roht gray is the president for 1952 with the following slate of officers vice pres harry peace sectreas mrs minnie gill execu tive directors w burns t smart longtime lake residents almira stiver bros are buyers of ontario fall wheat mrs sarah sneider and mr and mrs lloyd wright and boys of michigan returned home after visiting relatives here and at gormley mrs harold carr of toronto and mrs jack carr christopher and douglas of forestville que called on the conner family on saturday mrs maurice eby spent a few days at bala recently miss marion conner spent sun day with miss lorraine steckley mr and mrs john timbers visit ed at malton on sunday mr and mrs sidney chenier and family of toronto had supper saturday with mr and mrs chas conner mt p1sgah mr and mrs jack gamble were ktiests at the deciantisrice wed ding at the church of st marys immaculate in richmond hill on monday july 21st mrs wilmot stiles of toronto is visiting mr and mrs john ash for a few days mr and mrs garnet evans entertained mrs r wreggitt miss i rose and mr and mrs harry moss all of sharon on thursday july 24th the occasion was mrs wreggitts s7th birthday mr and mrs norman brown and family and mr and mrs lloyd decks and family spent the week end at their cottage near minden miss virginia wallace of toronto visited the roy howlett family for a few days last week miss bessie robinson and mother of toronto were weekend guests of mr and mrs loy carr mr lawrence ash is having a weeks holiday with mr and mrs james ash at holt mrs william botham and mrs jean morgan of lansing are visit ing with mr and mrs f h leeder and family in buffalo for a week miss bertha hopkins is on a weeks holiday with mr and mrs harry smith mr and mrs garnet evans and donald and mr and mrs xorman rolling motored to belfountain on sunday miss trudy flegg of toronto is holidaying with mr and mrs roy smith and shirley mr and mrs norman heintzman and family of peterborough are on a two weeks vacation with mr and mrs ross keffer miss connie bradshaw of tor onto is visiting with mr and mrs harvey biddlecombe this week master ronnie botham visited with mr and mrs william milne and family and mr and mrs frank allen in toronto for a weeks holiday mr and mrs leigh beairsto visited mr and mrs percy ed wards in peterborough for a few days last week the sunday school held their picnic at ratcliff park on monday july 21st after a postponement be cause of rain fiftyfive set down to the picnic supper there was a good sports program and lots of ice cream the victoria square womens institute is having a short course on canning ontario foods on tuesday evening august 5th at 8 pm and have invited the gormley ladies to attend the gormley wi held their 22nd annual grandmothers picnic on wednesday july 23rd at the home of mrs ern smith there were about ten grandmothers and a number of visitors present the usual correspondence and business was attended to and mrs jack gamble gave the motto woman is a force in history mentioning the well known edith cavell florence pine orchard mr and mrs doug hope and family were recent guests with her sister in peterborough mr and mrs r chapman were sunday visitors with mrs r spofford of stouffville miss june brillinger rn is spending her holidays with her family here mr and mrs edson johnston beth and don mr and mrs walt johnston were sunday visitors with their brother harold and family at claremont mr and mrs russ allen attend ed the funeral of mr booth at siloam on saturday mr and mrs harry brammar and lorraine are spending this week in the haliburton district mr and mrs ed johnston and beth spent friday in toronto mr and mrs e birdsall and mar- lene were also toronto visitors miss joan preston of barrie spent the weekend with her parents nightingale and laura secord as a few of historys women the sports committee then took over to round out a very enjoyable after noon a wi bake sale was held over uoissaouoo pjiqi oirj uo siaqtuoiu at joj aq iflav sstfl pub aps ojprq laqioub aq tw aiain puaitaaw suituoo siqx paztieaj aiau sjop uaajjy p uoissaauoa uwrioj aqi uo sjaqtuatu am cq puanaaw am t- cgaaggcssas t- isg g t 55s t sjii mfc mma vacation needs for those wonderful carefree days at musselmans lake come in to the rexall drug store for all your summer supplies films cameras bathing caps sun glasses first aid needs sun tan lotions creams your health is our first concern we are prepared to fill any prescription your doctor may write accurately and quickly see our tiffany window display the latest thing in cosmetic s beauty care houstons the rexall dru store u 1 1 1 1 1 69cycle conversion is completed for 219698 customers the 25cycle area now cut by 4800 square miles frequency sensitive appliances totalling 997s62 and owned by 219696 southern ontario hydro customers have been altered for 60cycle operation to the end of the second quarter of 1952 the ontario hydro commission announced to day the switch from 25cycle power has heen completed in five of the 21 standardization areas and change over work is under way in wind sor the large scale project in this city affecting some 31000 custo mers standardization commenced at the end of june in north york and operations in this heavily populated suburb of toronto affecting over 28000 customers will take an estimated period of ten months completion of standardization in five areas and work now in pro gress in other districts has reduc ed the size of the 25cycle island by more than 4800 square miles the estimated 783000 domestic customers affected by the com missions standardization program make this project the largest of its kind ever undertaken and 737551 of the total number of items changed over to june 30 1952 be longed to 19s531 domestic custom ers statistics reveal that hydros southern ontario domestic custom ers own on the average four frequencysensitive items reflect ing the high standard of living enjoyed by the people of this pro vince a survey made in 1947 showed a saturation of 27 frequency- sensitive items per domestic cus tomer this increase of more than 14 per cent coupled with the add ed costs of labour and materials will undoubtedly increase the over all cost of the frequency standard ization program as compared with original estimates the com mission stated tremendous totals of domestic appliances including some 159233 washing machines 105387 refrig erators 27800 oil burners 76301 record players 128000 electric clocks and 53823 fans have been changed over by standardization crews since the program was launched in 4919 and are now operating at the higher frequency in former 25cycle areas the fine cooperation accorded by public utility commissions civic bodies manufacturers customers rd the press and radio in carrying out this vast project is greatly appreciated the commission stated summer residents at musselmans lake for the past twentythree years mr and mrs geo dowdell were snapped here by the tribune cameraman standing in front of their cottage mr dowdell is an employee of the t eaton co and first began his annual treks to musselmans when there were only about a hundred cottagers around the lake today there are seven hundred mrs dowdell has very firm connections with stouffville her brother richard dick george operated the first electric light plant this community had over half a century ago mr george is eightynine years old and will travel from his home in new york for the 75th anniversary celebra tion in stouffville this coming weekend he also operated a lum ber business on the site of the present harry stover residence the dowdells can relate great changes which they have seen transpire in the lake in a quarter century the now famous cedar beach was only high sand banks at twentyfive years ago they re call and there were only three or four boats owned on the lake the road about the lake was rough and dusty the dowdells were prominent in the musselmans lake ratepayers association which more or less dis banded about ten years ago mrs dowdell it is interesting to note is a niece of mrs jos hoover and a fust cousin of constable ira rusnell she told the tribune reporter she had no less than fiftysix first cousins she recalls interesting school days at mongolia with such well known characters as lloyd turner lela forsyth winnifred forsyth gertie vanzant and percy wideman i i unionville veterans giant carnival an street dance wed aug 6th say animals driven out by flies according to biologists no animal is provided with any de fence against another animal of which it is its lawful prey per haps the biologists can say how it is that flies can drive all kinds of animals away from their natural habitat at any rate it is report ed from haliburton district that a live bear has been captured and penned up at the downers camp in the redstone area that four woives and a number of deer have also been seen in haliburton county and local residents say they have been driven out of the forests to the clearing by files bingo 1952 big prizes square dance competition for trophies gordy jarvis his band dance admission 50c each boadways service station kennedy rd no 7 highway