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sightseeing an experience in barcelona palermo dear editor and friend i was seasick for wo days and couldnt eat 2nd iny wife three day were allright now and going round barcelona in a black and yellow cab some of the streetcars are very small and some quite large and new these older countries keep their street car3 till they fall apart i saw the santa maria columbus ship i suppose a copy as his old tub must have rotted away years ago we g- home from our taxi ride a bit late and then the fun began we were going to give the taxi driver an extra dollar but he wanted s3 we compro mised after all we were tour ists and expected to be soaked one of the best rackets if stamps postage on a postcard is 2e but we paid 5c for every one on an airmai letter it is 12c but i had to pay 25c barce lona has a subway and i under stand the fare is 1c i was in bed and asleep when we left the city the mediterranean cant be very deep as you can see the bottom in so many places we got to palermo this morn ing it is a lovely port nice and clean and tidy horse carriages are very common also good taxis the drivers are a bit greedy they ask you 10 for three hours but usually settle for 8 we walked up town and were pestered to death with people wanting to guide us when you ask a policeman he never knows but someone al ways pops up beside you who does know we found the biggest post- office airmall letters are 140 lira postcards are 35 lira six hundred lira equals si it is rather confusing handling mon ey where the unit is so much smaller than a cent shirts and sheets are cheap but we have nowhere to put them there are oranges and lemons on the trees but not so many as in florida the streets are very narrow and there are few private homes mostly apartments today is monday washday in sicily everybody hangs the washing on the outside wall of their apartment a few string a line from the hydro or tele phone poles they dont have any clothespegs they have to tie the washing on the line with string the kids look heal thy and happy in spite of the wretched housing the plaster is falling off the outside of the houses and there are only rough stones underneath after dinner we took a taxi the driver spoke no english he took us up the mountain also to the parliament build ings and churches the walls and ceiling of which are magni ficently done we drove up one avenue with lovely hedges on each side more like england we visited the museum hous ing many interesting relics a tableful of wooden models of the slaughter of the innocents two royal carriages we happened up a funeral the hearse drawn by two pairs of fine horses looking like a millionaires fourinhand a horse carriage alongside car ried the flowers sicily seems to be all mountains big high ones and they are mostly shaped as if they had poured from a fun nel in the sky they are so round and even we are due to go ashore for keeps tomorrow this after- roon a windstorm came up and we both got to bed as miserable as sin this old boat is rattling and shaking like a freight train we went on a conducted junior farmers to hold an v at home york county farmers wl hold their annua at home at the grays tones aurora on february 25th this is the 5th at home held by the junior fanners and each year the success of this event has in creased a special invitation is as usual extended to former junior farmers the programm this year will be under the direction of county president eldred king while music will be supplied by the manhattans men are ad vised to wear their longest sock3 for the novelty- dance tickets will be sold by junior farmers with advance sales only this year ml pisgah mr glen scott and a friend from dundalk called on mr and mrs wallace scott on thursday miss gloria mullings of tor onto spent last week with her brother john and mr and mrs loy carr miss iouise mullings who has just returned from a trip to their home in jamaica spent the weekend at the carr home mr and mrs arthur preece and roger and mrs a patten den had sunday supper with mr and mrs roy smith and girls mrs w botham and mr harold botham attended the funeral at burlington of the late mrs john moynihan on saturday mr and mrs leslie smith and children and mr richard dryland had supper on satur day evening with mr and mrs peter ferguson at ringwood the pupils of ss no 6 en joyed a valentine party at the school on friday afternoon xo 7 school had a party on monday afternoon the young people postponed their sleigh ride party on sat urday last due to the stormy- weather to friday night feb 18 the young people are asked to meet at reids corner for the sleigh ride and gather at the ohurch afterward for the social time and practise come and bring a friend to church next sunday to the andrew service the junior choir will lead the singing and there will be other special music the ladies of our church and community are invited to at tend womens world day of prayer at wesley united church on friday feb 25 at 2 pm high school closed for teacher conference the secondary schools in this area will be closed on thursday feb 17th to permit ail high school teachers to at tend the annual educational conference planned by district s ontario secondarv school teachers federation approximately 800 high school teachers will meet at weston and east york coileg- iates with the programme div ided into sections by curricu lum subjects this conference will be attended by high school teachers from thetoronto sub urban area and others as far out as georgetown to the west port perry to the east and sutton to the north one special feature of this years meeting will be a dis cussion of the topic the gift ed child specially qualified speakers and discussion lead ers have been invited to parti cipate in the programme of many sections the interchange of ideas and discussion of tea ching problems makes this type of conference of inestim able value on sunday mr and mrs w birkett entertained mr j bir- kett and eileen mr and mrs roy ward miss eileen cooper and mr and mrs howard haynes trip of the ruins of pompeii while out on this trip it rained like fury the buses in naples are big and the donkeys are small the buildings are huge but the people are poor to morrow we land at cannes in france we expect to have quite a time there in france they dont wait to be tipped they walk up and demand it we ex pect to stay ten days to two weeks in france im going to try and buy a wheelbarrow to carry my french money ar ound a hundred dollars in french currency is just like a roll of toilet paper with pic tures on it you never saw such junk in your life spanish paper is so dirty you can only guess at the denomination of the bills f j vacher peaches peaches wms held their monthly meeting at the home of mrschas ilisey stouftville mr george mccleverty has been appointed the new super intendent for peaches sunday- school congratulations are in order to jack warriner who won the chest of silver given for the largest crop of tomatoes by the cambells coup co mr and mrs stan watson are enjoying a motor trip to florida glad to report mr and mrs harry warriner enjoyed their six week trip to california we understand however that they needed woollen blankets for comfortable sleeping a number of our young people enjoyed skating last tuesday night at the east rurals skating party at ceda- rena we are sorry to report that mrs robert smith ls not improving as well as hoped she is staying with her daugh ter mrs alfred wright at richvale peaches sewing group met at the hoover home in stouff- ville on monday night several new television sets are reported in the neighbor hood watch the midnight oil burn we wish mrs moddle a speedy recovery from her oper ation our congratulations go to gwen kennedy who came third in the oratorical contest at markham high school we are pleased to report that mrs f g huson has returned home from hospital and is pro gressing favorably victoriasquare the regular monthly meeting of the wms was held at the home of mrs v westbrook on wednesday afternoon of last week because of illness in some of the homes the attendance was not as large as it generally is the meeting opened with prayer by mrs westbrook the worship service and study book were taken by mrs stanley boynton mrs p bennett and mrs f walker mrs mccague the president took charge of the business following the meeting dainty rcfreshmente were served by the hostess unionville jr farmers on february 7th the urlor- ville junior farmers had their monthly meeting after a short business session mr murray- lord introduced the guest speaker mr john nesbitt mr nesbitts speech was extremely interesting about the yukon and the life in the northwest territories his talk was from firsthand information as he had spent approximately ten years in this territory and con tinues to return to prospect for uranium after this inter esting lecture the guests cx- bridge junior farmers enter tained the winning mate quar tet for all of ontario junior farmers sang dry bones and many other entertaining selections following this sand wiches cake and coffee were served on february 11 the union ville junior farmers were hosts to a large group of dancers a their valentine dance the buttonviile hall was bedecked with large red hearts and ev eryone had a lot of fun both square and round dancing to the rhythmaires lemonville mrs wm beach of ballan- trae spent a few days last week visiting with her daughter and family mrs jean rae mls gloria hood nurse in training at the toronto west ern hospital was at home for the weekend mr and mrs fred timbers and mr and mrs almour clarke motored to ridgetown and spent the weekend of feb 6th with mr and mrs keith clarke mrs cake spent several days with her parents mr and mrs price near brantford mr and mrs johnson spent saturday at the home of their daughter and family mr and mrs fred greenfield of mark- ham mr and mrs whittington and family of toronto had sun day dinner with mr and mrs c preston mrs a yake is visiting with her son and family mr and mrs blake yake of maple all coffee bananas 2 lbs 25 10 lb cheaper grapefruir 96s 6 for 29 allens apple juice j cel tomatoes pkg 20 ox tin 2 for 25 25 aunt jemima pancake flour pkg 19 florida oranges for juice il dox 29 kam tin 35 old tyme table syrup 16 ox 25 pork chops lb 69 hamburg lb 35 rib boil lb 35 carload groceteria john mathewson prop phone 2s0 glen major mrs mary goodkey sterling ls spending a few days with mr and mrs wm fiss mr ronnie french of tor onto visited one evening last week with mr and mrs edgar johnson and family mr and mrs george pickett mr and mrs ed jones mr and mrs edgar johnson george and linda mrs wm fiss and edgar mrs mary goodkey miss hazel jones mr and mrs jim jones and shir ley and miss june fiss of tor onto surprised mrs charles fiss friday evening to a be lated birthday party mr and mrs charles fiss visited their new granddaugh ter on monday at the home of mr and mrs bert third milli- ken mr and mrs jim peddie and willard of claremont mr and mrs allan jones of new market and mr and mrs ralph faulkner of goodwood visited at the jone3 home on sunday markham planning board budget costisued from frets pas is simply whether we are go ing to be content with volun teer planning or do we want the services of a professional planner stated councillor desccrs deputyreeve w cl3k fa voured the hiring of a part- time consultant as it would mean a definite saving in sal ary for the municipality final decision on theboards budget was held over until the council and planning board can discuss the whole matter at a joint mfnting i trua our official plan is awful remarked councillor griffin in turning next to a discussion of planning boards actions and policies i feel some of our planning board members havent got an open mind concluded the speaker as a means of establishing what he feels is a stronger link between planning board and council mr griffin wants the appointment of another mem ber of council to the planning board at present the board has five members ie four private citizens and the reeve when it was reestablished in 1952 the planning board was composed of seven members 5 private citizens and 2 mem bers of council in 1933 as an economy measure council re duced the board membership to 5 by eliminating one coun cil representative and one pri vate citizen planning board members receive the same rate of pay as do members of coun cil reeve lemasurier said that any member of council is per fectly free to visit the plan ning board at any time the final decision on all planning board matters rests with this council stated reeve lemas urier the members have express ed strong displeasure with the planning boards approval of the site of the new thornhiil high school in thornhiil cou ncillor griffin who brought the matter to councils attention quoted from the january 27 minutes of the planning board which recorded that the board had approved the choice of site on several different occa sions council has registered its disapproval of the richmond hill dist high school boards choice of site for its new school the action of the planning is dictatorial and insulting to this council stated councillor gri ffin i dont know what the planning board was thinking of stated deputyreeve clark since the very first time it was mentioned we have dis approved of the choice of site markham council approves police budget for 55 markham township council has granted approval to the police committees council lors a little and d deacon 1955 budget subject to certain minor revisions after study ing the lengthy report which was first tabled a week ago clause by clause the members authorized the committee to immediately advertise for three additional constables and the purchase by public tender of two new police cruisers they also accepted the committees recommendation to purchase the ge tenwatt radio commu nication system the two crui sers plus the chiefs car will all be equipped with radio communication the communi cation system will be operated from a central switchboard at police headquarters at button viile by revising their original figures on depreciation and in terest the members managed to reduce this years police budget from 50000 to 36750 the 1954 police budget was 19300 word has men received from the minister of highways that the province will pay only its normal subsidy of s0o on all bridge damage suffered by the municipality during hurricane hazel in other words were not going to get a cent more than we ordinarily receive stated reeve lemasurier the reeve reported that he had applied to the minister by registered letter for 100 sub sidy on all bridge damage suf fered during hurricane hazel the clerk has been author ized by council to request the anticbmbines branch of the federal department of justice to investigate the eight tenders received for this years pur chase of culverts for alleged monopoly practices when call ing for bids council was sur prised to find that there was little variation in the eight prices received the tribune stouffville ont thursday february 17 1925 gormley congratulations to miss joan barrett who received first class honours in her grade ii theory exam at the toronto conservatory of music mrs jas doust visited mr james stevens on friday after noon mr and mrs walter baynon and mr and mis alfred robin son of aurora were visitors with mr and mrs peter bril- linger one day last week mrs b hollands spent sev eral days with her son mr ernest hollands of toronto we wish a speedy recovery for miss clara steckley who recently underwent an opera tion in toronto general hospi tal mrs ida leary had supper on saturday with mrs b jones mrs roy brillinger and mrs b jones accompanied mr and mrs edgar stickley and mina thursday pm to a surprise birthday supper for mrs geo shoffer of stayner mrs charlie connor visited mrs roy brillinger on satur day mr and mrs henry steckley misses myrtle and ruth steck ley and miss vera hilts attend ed the bible conference at cheapside on saturday mrs florence bruce and- genevieve and mrs john bruce and sharon had supper on saturday- with mrs maudie hood and miss rhoda hood of toronto mrs j bond had sunday supper with mrs levi hoover and ruth mr and mrs clarence steck ley were sunday supper guests of mr and mrs jack watts of toronto a miscellaneous shower was given on monday night to miss ruth kerr and mr lloyd steckley at the home of mr and mrs peter stickley mr and mrs ralph empring- ham and bovs had supper on sundav with mr and mrs i h erb of thornhiil the pupils and teacher mov ed into the new junior room at sjs no 7 markham on mon- osy moraine after i is years o births byer mr and mrs erie by- er of markham are happy to announce the birth of a dau ghter esther ruth on satur day feb 12n 1955 at the stou3vie brierbush hos pital a sister for david mur- rav dannie and john hoover mr and mrs char les hoover main st mark ham wish to announce the birth of a baby brotner foe- gregory on tues feb 15th 1955 in the stouffville brier- bush hospital steckley mr and mrs keith 15 steckley nee lor raine bisey are happy to announce the birth of their son kimberley keith on february sth 1955 at new market hospital shirk mr and mrs earl shirk locust hill announce the birth of a daughter at the stouffville brierbush hospi tal on wednesday feb 16 1955 a sister for cleave wavne and larry woodward mr and mrs harry woodward claremont rr2 announce the arrival of a daughter on saturday feb 12th 1955 at the stouff ville brierbush hospital claremont dog us winner the ontario christian en deavour union executive met in hamilton on feb 12th and 13th in the royal connaught hotel for the second meeting of the 195455 term those at tending from the stouffville district were miss dorothy wagg president of the ccc union mrs florence yakeley mr fred steckley and mrs lillian byers mrs laura shirkie balkaren kennels claremont is very- proud to report that a -two- yearold male cairn terrier balkaren perky fox bred from her stock has made some very- impressive wins at madison square gardens where the larg est dog show of thj year is now in progress from a total of 20 entries perky fox wis judged best in his class best of winners and moved on to best of opposite sex his present owner is mrs hvslop of brock- ville claremont mr and mrs cartwrigut and miss alice maclellan mr and mrs f wilkinson and mrs r teate and son garry of toron- to visit the bartons for the weekend audley mrs victoria puckrin passed away at her sisters home in carlyle sask on monday feb 7 at the age of 91 after a short illness the former charlotte victoria bell grew up in aud- iey where she married john puckrin after his death 25 years ago she went out to sas katchewan to make her home with her sister and brother she is survived by one sis ter mrs phoebe scott of car lyle sask and two brothers mr john bell of toronto and mrs wm bell of audley the funeral service was con ducted from the w c town funeral chapel whitby on saturday afternoon by the rev a e young with interment in groveside cemetery brooklin the sympathy of the com munity is extended to the rela tives a congregational meeting was held in the church on wed evening after much dis cussion it was decided to se cure estimates first on plac ing the present building on a basement and secondly on building a new church mr and mrs arch bell vis ited mr and mrs wm bell oshawa on sunday mrs lome saunder spent a few days last week with mr and mrs wm saunder osh awa the regular audley wa meeting has been changed to friday night of this week when it will take the form of a potluck supper in baggotsville school at 630 pm an interest ing pogram has been planned arthur lindsay spent several days last week in the sick chil drens hospital receiving treat ment for a sinus condition we hope arthur ls feeling much better several mothers and friends enjoyed the valentine party at the school on monday after noon the children presented a program of recitations and songs marilyn wonnacott play ed a number on her guitar and marilyn vaughan gave a num ber on her pianoaccordion joy astley played the piano after the valentines were all delivered the children served refreshments the club is planning a euchre party for february 26 in aud ley school w a meeting feb 21st a cordial invitation is given to all the members and friends of the stouffville united chu rch womens association to at tend our monthly meeting feb 21st at 8 oclock in the church parlors illuminated curling broom introduced among the inventions which seem slated to rock the curling world ls the illuminated curl ing broom which was first in troduced at the temiskaming and northern ontario curling association bonspiel at kirk- land lake in 1950 this broom was used exclusively by its co- inventor and manufacturer dr r p smith of timmins the illuminated broom has created considerable interest among curlers who are honest enough to admit that there are numerous occasions where they have missed their shots due to the fact that they were not able to see the broom color blindness according to statistics com piled from medical records it is surprising to find a great number of people are color blind and when this condition is present among curlers it tends to make the game hazar dous added to this particular con dition there are those who have difficulty seeing the far end of the rink this may be due to the lighting in the rink the foggy atmosphere of bonspiels in general failing eyesight and the improper use of bonspiel eye drops to allow this condition to continue the game would de teriorate therefore as a meas ure of safetv and as a boon to good curling dr r p smith and tomer smith of ottawa embodied the red and green lights used in traflic rules on this new revolutionary broom since the introduction of this broom two years ago when it was the intention of the co- inventors to produce a patent it was found due to some un foreseen objections on the part of the base metal industry that such a move was not fit and proper at the moment great fears were expressed that it would become so popu lar that the manufacture of countless thousands would ne cessitate the use of so much material as to endanger the success of the great st law rence seaway as well as the war in korea on the other hand since it has been so enthusiastically received in various curling cir cles it has been decided to con tinue experimental investiga tion at a high level under the wartime secrets act use walkictalkio last minute information just released by the production en gineering department indicates success in an experiment whe reby a walkietalkie is being used curlers everywhere should follow this invention with un dying interest and everyone is assured that this great cureall for blind curlers will soon be available to any curlers out side of the iron curtain the company has been form ed but no stock has been is sued successful completion of upholstered light model for lady curlers was just announ ced staggered hours the children are again back to regular hours mrs c steckley spent tues day with her daughter mrs macdonaid of caledon the sr wms entertained the jr sewing circle in the tnited missionary church on wedsesday sisht new 1955 llman models now available increased power at lower cost make the new hillman a car to see before buying special offer one years membership without charge in taa transcontinental automobile assoc with every car purchased this provides personal accident insurance emergency road service benefits and legal benefits this offer is good for short period only midtown garage stouffville