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service unionville altono twins year old this month feeds we keep a fresh mock on hand of each of the following kinds milko 24 dqiry pork0 pig starrer pork0 hog grower pork0 hog finisher eggo chick starter eggo chick grower eggo lay mash we are glad o blend your own grain with our concentrate and mineral stiver bros i stouffvlllr ontario tea at 50tf a pot cokes for 25 ijjar friends weh here we are in france cant help thinking that when the lord made the world ou ot whole cloth he tan a b short and made france out of all the odd pieces france is such a queer mixture of every thing we aro in cannes just now they asked how old my typewriter was and 1 said 20 years no more questions asked our hotel is clean and fairly comfortable 3200 francs a day the first couple of days we thought we were soing to starve but we are getting onto their diet now though we dont care for two buns a bit of but ter jam and tea for breakfast tea at the london restaurant is 50c a pot and cocacola 25c the houses here are good large and every one different canadians are more popular here than yanks but they are amazed that we dont speak french we are learning the geogra phy and climate of france we enjoy talking to the people and they seem to like talking to us i like to tell jokes to the eng lishspeaking ones and then watch them translate it to their friends in french last friday we went for a long walk and got lost not an english speaker could we find cannes is built on a lot of valleys and ridges however the sea is the base so when youre lost follow any of the ridges and it will take you back to the base you see the same old signs painted on the walls and side walks as in england yanks co home and dont rearm germany the french and british are not too happy with us soldiers families coming over and taking the limited and precious housing accom modation away from the native born citizens the french say they had all the occupation they wanted from the germans eggs are sold here at 22 francs each the french cant afford to buy a dozen my 14 boots represent a days pay in canada nearly a weeks in france the french soldier pets si cents a day a sergeant 37 cents a day considering the wages and then the prices in the stores i wonder how the italian and french contrive to jnnke a living some of the prices in the stores of course are for the tourists purses rloarika york horo attd svhoo asaouuoi ait as mos- ijy night sibm it sa fb- r3r 1st tht tie heme ad i fchoov asociios wis foi5 it fittitsj that ta program part of our tneetis besaa with foudr da accroitic thij i was aren x mr pailiip led i mla bjly and expressed the alma oi the association poe of iaom achiereaieni and aajges- ted ideas for the future bill i warne adaed very much to our i enjoyment of the program by jsingins count your blesics mr howard stirer the program i convener introduced the xuest sreaker mrs afon of mark- ham a graduate of the ontario college of art in toronto a i we watched mrs aifson painted ion eanras portrait of a child holding a kitten as the port- rait took form ehe told us torn interesting thing to observe n a painting for example the skill with which an artist loses a line in shadow rembrandt was a master of that art it is mrs alisons opinion that all children should be taught sculp- bu 6c for an egg is 6c caulii t r than rawta for bovver is a separate dish bread throush man th f is unwrapped and can be found i v v king any old dlace ume at her disposal mrs afson could not of course complete the portrait but we adjourned phone 45 tariff of i old place iaxis een to have uumiwi t 25c a mile we see lemons and p but e adjourned wits just a few oranges on the tree th peasant anticipation of pos- the oranges are much sweete than in florida the straw berrtes are beginning to flower i plan to pick up a car in eng land and visit the cemeteries of world war i id like to get something interesting to those friends who lost brothers or husbands forty years ago a fellow sees funny things travelling around ip at ro ches i saw a man cutting fire wood with a bucksaw but he had no sawhorse he held the bucksaw between his legs with the teeth in front of him and pushed the wood up and down yesterday we hired a taxi and went to grassi where they make perfume using a ton of roses at a time we say that gasoline and alcohol wont mix but they use both of them in making perfume we went up into the alps mountains the road turns and winds like a snake sometimes i was a bit scared with the pre cipices alongside us ahead a mountain covered with snow and less than five miles ahead an orange grove some places they have tunnelled through the rocks and other places the rocks hang over the roads the mountains are very steep and ihe gorges very deep although it was sunday workmen were cutting statues of human heads out of the solid rock the edges of the road are mostly protect ed by stone walls the roadway isnt wide enough for 2 lanes once we had to back up a long way to make way for a bus in these lonely guilies there are houses and rows of orange trees and olives we saw the grubby part of cannes today dirty and miser able with the washing hanging outside the front windows spanish style we are packing up to go on to paris a pretty country this but i want to get away i want to hear the eng lish language i have an awful cold oh for a thermometer as pretty as daytona ill write from paree next fred vacher the proportion of women among ail persons at work in the united states increased from it percent in 1s80 to 24 percent in 1940 and was close to 30 per cent in 1952 working is always good exer cise if it doesnt develop a grouch sibly seeing the finished picture at the home school evening party on feb 2 5th the world day of prayer will be held in central united church on friday feb 23th at 230 pm all women of the village and district are asked to attend the regular meeting of the womans association will be in the basement of central united church on thursday feb 24th at 230 pm mr j mclaren mr herb smith mrs d brown misfi v findlay were among those win ning prizes at the buttonville euchre on friday night mr and mrs r duffield have been ill this last week mr and mrs r gough mr j moment of markham and miss m rainey unionville visited their sister and husband mr and mrs david mackinlay who have recently moved to ajax mrs earl sellai6 and children maureen and paul and mrs council and son keih of bow- raanville have returned home following several weeks of enjoy able holidays in florida miss velma findlay entertain ed the ladies euchre club on tuesday evening and a very en joyable time was had mrs smith mrs mclaren and mrs kelly won prizes sorry to hear that mr wide- man pomanda road mr j weir and mise elisabeth weir have been on the sick list this week mrs john richardson of xew- tonbrook visited miss m rainey on saturday evening mrs c walker and children gail and arlene of hyland park and mr and mrs t findlay of thornhill called on several friends in the village on sunday evening mr and mrs leslie couperth- tvaite spent the weekend with friends in orillia mr and mrs willoughby per kins left this week for a holiday in florida mrs andrew grant motored to owen sound on sunday to visit for a few days with her son and daughterinlaw mr and mrs david grant a very pleasant evening was enjoyed following the church service when the members of the ypu held a fireside ser vice for their friends lunch was served at the close of the service on friday night feb 25th at cherry hill farm a social eve- the trbu stoufrvtne ont thursday february k 1955 local and personal happenings richmond hi council has been asked to approve a si 70- 000 debenture for a third public school the interior of kerdrieks hardware store has recently been renovated and remodelled to utilize floor space and help make your shopping more plea sant and convenient mrs a e heaton returned friday from an extended trip to the old country to visit her mother who is quite elderly mr lloyd free will be the speaker at the special young peoples service in the united church this sunday evening mr and mrs c h nolan have been in ottawa this week where the local publisher was attending the semiannual meet ing of the directors of the can adian weekly newspapers as sociation darlene marion right and doreen carol left twin daughters of mr and mrs ray hill altona are pictured above following their first birthday which was celebrat ed on feb 11th they were the second set of twins lxrn at the brierbush hospital stouffville within a month last year the portrait was taken bv ted cadteux stouff- ville wedding stkcklky kkkr standards of pink and white snapdragons formed the set ting on saturday february 19 at 2nd markham baptist chu rch when marilyn ruth kerr daughter of mr and mrs claude kerr ringwood became the bride of lloyd ray steck- ley son of mr and mrs lan- don steckley gormley rev e s kerr of gait uncle of the bride officiated assisted by bi shop winger gormley mrs gladys ratcliff was the organ ist and mrs alma oldham sang nuptial benediction and o perfect love during the sign ing of the register given in marriage by her fa ther the bride chose an origin ally styled rubicon gown trim med with alancon lace which formed the portrait neckline and long sleeves the bouffant skirt fell into a cathedral train her illusion fingertip veil was held by a crown of rubicon and alancon lace edged with seed pearls she carried a cascade of pink roses and sweet peas and wore pearls a gift of the groom miss barbara reeve toronto maid of honour miss barbara hisey ringwood and miss donna kerr gait brides maids wore similar originally styled gowns of red and pea cock blue iridescent taffeta which formed a small train they wore matching leaf de signed headdresses of the same material and carried nosegays joan wideman niece of the groom acted as flowergirl in a tiered matching ensemble with matching bonnet arnold steckley brother of the groom was best man and john kerr mr lack smits is recuperat ing from a surgical oeration performed last week in hospi tal in toronto with the coming of better weather those in the market for a good used car would do well to look over the selection in mole motors display adv in this issue ning is being held by the york unionville home and school as sociation the program will consist of square dancing bridge and euchre closing with an auc tion sale of box lunches come and bring your friends iwi a m u mm m march prosam stanley theatre tateaeiettaeaajatfftrrrtafc monday tuesday 28h a 1st wednesday a thursday 2nd 3rd trouble in the glen colour margaket lock wood oltskn weius the black knight colour llax ladd patricia mediva friday saturday ii li sill yellow tomahawk colour kokv calhoun a peggie castle monday tucvdny wednesday 7th 8th 9th s thursday only 10th stonffvlllo home and school the living desert walt pmipj true life advrnturc ben and me a whimsical stor of a poor utile cliurchmonse night- the ska a rous us and the olympic elk a walt disney featnrette friday saturday 11th a 12th bengal brigade rock hudson a arlene daho comedy short a cartoon mokikv a tutvlay llth i mm dragn et jack we1i11 ken alexander wednesday ft thursday 10th ft 17th father brown detective alec guixnes short subject mondav a tuesday 3nt a swnd wednesday a thursday 23rd 2lth fire over africa johnny guitar colour maureen ohar a macdonaid carey colour joan crawford a sterling hayden friday a saturday i8tl a llth far frontier roy rooers meet the monsters the rowery roys friday a saturday 2mh a 2flth rails into laramie colour 1 john tavnk mari ricnri comedy short s cartoon i i a v s monday 2hih tuesday 20th vcdnd 30th tlundaj 3i white christmas ring crosby danny kaye and rosemary cloovet advanced price adults 75c student vc children 25e fridaj a saturday ll a 2nd taza son of cochise rock httjson a barbara rush cartoon a short subject by cooperation of the public school board and teaching staff pupils will now partici pate in a varied sports program including basketball and volley ball in a newly provided gym room tile girls will have two periods a week and the boys three periods the staff mem bers having made this program possible by providing their su pervision and planning these periods to fit into the regular class schedule brother of the bride and glen wideman acted as ushers to receive the guests at the palm room summit view restaurant richmond hill the brides mother wore a beige lure dress styled in prin cess lines with pink and brown accessories and a corsage of pink roses for travelling to miami beach florida the bride chose a raspberry cashmere suit trimmed with grey persian lamb with black and white ac cessories she wore a corsage of white carnations the future home of the bride and groom will be at gormley the bride and groom received presentations from stouffville youth for christ 2nd markham baptist church and the brides young ladies class showers were given them by mrs skin ner toronto aunt of the bride miss barbara reeves toronto miss barbara hisey ringwood office staff of general electric mrs l hancock toronto ba ker hill church and heise hill church hendricks hardware ues yotcld see guide lite control muar ona mrs betty mcruer a grad uate of the arden training school has been appointed beauty consultant at hous tons riexall drug store mrs mcruer will be pleased to ad vise in selecting your personal requirements dont blame the publisher frequently he is taken to task by some longstanding friend because his or her paper has stopped when it was not re newed promptly this is unfair to him since it must be re alized that it is impossible for one person to keep track of more than three thousand names consequently this is delegated to others best thing to do when your expiry date approaches is to drop the s250 in the mail and have the mat ter attended to promptly mr and mrs nathan tarr of stouffville will mark their 65th wedding anniversary on feb 26tn this week they will no doubt have fond recollections of that memorable cutter ride they took together on this date in 1890 on that occasion they drove by cutter from clare- mont to oxbridge to begin their honeymoon the nuptial knot had been tied by rev c j dob- son methodist minister they have resided in stouffville now for the past sixteen years fol lowing retirement from farm ing on the 9th con of mark ham mr tarr was a onetime ba ker in stouffville for nearly a dozen years later taking up farming both were born in pickering township of par ents who came over from eng land in the early das mr tarr will be ninety thus coming may and mrs tarr was 89 on st valentines day the family consists of three daughters and two sons they are mrs andy green mrs doolittle mrs c a wright roy and clifford fully automatic washer dryer plus sudsmiser siauvi cantrol agifiaw action and svtn rinitf fer bright- afir waihing dttical fabric control thrmo- flow action forcflo venting for lafe gcntl drying see an inglis guide lite demonstration today at hendricks hardware in a recent issue of the fi nancial post an historical sketch was written on mr rob ert l dales a former resident of stouffville and now a vice- president and director of the bank of nova scotia the ac count reads as follows one of the most widely trav elled executives in a business that has few stayathomes ro bert l dales was recently nam ed a vicejpresident and director of the bank of nova scotia dales began his long and largely mobile banking career in 1909 when he was 15 at the branch of metropolitan bank in stouffville ont an outbreak of smallpox had forced the clos ing of the high school dales was attending in nearby mark ham besides banking offered an opportunity to earn good money 125 of it per annum between 1915 and 1919 dales traveling was dictated by the army rather than by the bank discharged after two and a half years overseas he studied medicine briefly at the univer sity of toronto before return ing to the bank both before and after the war dales was active in ama leur sport circles in southern ontario he pitched and played first base for his banks team in the toronto financial lea gue and for a pitcher ran up a notable batting average in the days of sevenman hock ey teams he played the now- defunct position of rover away from the rink dales became even more of a rover he has served the bank of no va scotia successor to the met ropolitan bank throughout canada and last summer spent some 10 weeks in england on the banks behalf much of his career was spent in bank branches in the towns and cities of alberta as all easterners especially toroh- tonians have been told at one time or another every bodys your brother out west dales attributes this famed western hospitality to the fact that in an expanding area like the west just as in a growing town people soon get to know each other and friendships rip en quickly mrs dales is the former hel en corsor of markham dales beloitzs to several clubs includ ing the toronto golf club handicap 16 artificial ice has beer install ed i the richmond hih arena na the new plant will official ly open on march isth mr fred campbell has re ceived the appointment as sec retary of the high school re placing mr e a bray who is leaving the community five applications were received for the position when it was ad vertised recently in this news paper the salarv attached to the position is s3c0 on sunday feb 27th mr and mrs waiter percy north markham will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary mr percy is a native of cirboro while mrs percy was bovn at sandy hook in lxbridge twp miss loanne and mr jim bo- dendiste were in stouffville on siturday and attended the sen ior hockey game in the eve ning joanne is a nurse in train ing at st michaels hospital toronto while jim is attend ing the ontario veterinary col lege in gueiph mrs frank riches suflered a broken bone in her leg last week in a tumble on a neigh bors steps it has been placed in a cast and she will be con fined to her home for several weeks miss hilda garrard staff tea cher at the stouffville public school is planning to fly to england in the summer to visit her parents mr and mrs h garrard it is nearly two years since miss garrard has seen her family she expects to re turn to start the new term in september stouffville public school board is advertising in this weeks issue for a secretary following the resignation ox mr garfield brown at last weeks board meeting mr brown who has held the posi tion for the past two years is also clerk of the municipality and secretary of the planning board and feels that he has full- time duties in these latter two offices which will not permit him to continue with additional work different views local councils were recently asked to endorse a resolution of the township council of crow- land which petitioned the do minion government to double the unemployment insurance benefits to workers whitchurch township council heartily en dorsed the resolution as the clerk reported a steady stream of applications for relief prac tically all of which have been refused as no gtwnt will be paid for relief given employ able persons stouffville coun cil took the opposite view and the comment of the local coun cil was to the effect that to in crease the insurance benefits would only breed indolence among those out of work and they would be more inclined than ever to sit home and do nothing both councils have their points despite a wide var iance york county will convene for their final winter session oa fridav of this week feb 25th mr sad mrs lou raxtin ex pect to take up residence in wexford early in march mr ernie bray his disposed of his home on victoria st to mrs henry dyck of stouffville and mr and mrs bray will move to toronto where he is presently employed stouffville council was called on to do their first snow-pow- ing of the winter on thursday the regular monthlv meeting of the wms of stouffville united church will be held next thursday march 3 a very interesting program has been arranged st johns ambulance corps will conduct a course for on tario provincial police orticera at vandorf on monday eve nings commencing feb 21st and running to april 1st miss beulah rutledge stew ardess with american air lines is presently enjoying a twoweeks holiday at the home of her parents mr and mrs guy rutledge of stouffville mr ben raxlin local mer chant is confined to hospital in toronto following an illness which struck him suddenly fri day evening while he was at tending a euchre party at the oddfellows hall on thursday evening some fifty students of the toronto teachers college held an an nual literary night those at tending from stouffville am district were doreen ogden charmaine agassiz marjf white lsobel keffer marion gostick eleanor woodcock doris woodland and jean schneider a foursome of curling enthu siasts walter brillinger john brown jack harmon and geo lake skip enjoyed a real out ing last week to shumackef where they participated in the temiskaming and northern on tario bonspeil a total of sixty- four rinks entered and while the local quartette did not bring iliome any of the big mo ney they did win four out of seven games for a creditable showing mr lake who is a former weekly newspaper pub lisher in the northland headed the local delegation all are members of the unionville curling club an opportunity is being giv en the local high school to re ceive health unit services simi lar to those being performed for the public school hitherto the unit has not been in a po sition to give the service to sec ondary schools a meetinif ia to be held shortly in newmar ket for discussion on the sub ject and principal o e rob- bins as well as a representative of the board are expected to attend s t 0 u f 0 0 p phone 269 or 122 poultry equipment low cost a fw f h4t l hi rawing r popular vry 4my cylindrical few hpr it 24 cua- 17 pan f 4 cfaap hal hwrf wtra tatvanllta hanpar held m ike faatf s haavy haak whi nu pan 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