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fit w the stourryllle tju30ne thursday aw- 11 1555 j propose wig wag signal for rr iballantrae road county paving program advances in pickering reports from the road fore man of ontario county bruce taylor rev i that good prog ress is being made n the mer k- the western section of pi kerlng township over which the cou nty has jurisdiction the jravg in this area will ot coi x about the middle of august rdins to later estimates from claremont paving has been completed for a distance of three miles west from the town and two miles to the north it is expected that -in- other two mife o paving will he added to this last stretch to the north costs have i rked out to about 1000 pet mile for the paving operations in addition to the cost of 61 ng potholes and gravelling to level the surface in prepara tion for paving it is planned to pave the main street in claremont this summer as well as a short stretch at the eastern approach total cost for the entire work in the claremont area is ex pected to be about 19000 in the brougham district about 0000 will be expended this season on a stretch of about li miles south of the ex re- o to ro i to tne mpete road coma the aur a ier eveen the don mills road and ballan- trae the new surfacing on this road has made greater speeds p issible and h also increased u the i lea ling to the decision to press for the new safety measure aj the cro births boadwayrev harold ard olive roadway i3s dewiuuc b toronto are delighted to announce the birth of their tittle daughter or twesdav- august at tre grace camera contest troves popular uxbridge twp itax rate up three mills hosoiial gardiner f this p it e town- line york county maintains the road north to the rfchain and whitchurch townline and west i ng ds ie to the east ern of sto iffville village this stretch road has arous- ei much comment due to its poor shape in all seasons md s expected that nrl ul wnen onu the maihle of york coitnty repairs to the season but to i foreman lorni cevag no a otn he- tv i paved he wav p rt of at plans farther ed this county rson has re- n from york nine- repairs iad i tte are slated for the extreme east road n the county butfonvilie news mrs s j english returned last friday after spending sev eral days at owen sound with relatives nancy wagg of mount aicrt is visiting mr and mrs dick jones at present dr george kelly jr enjoyed a few days holiday at halibur- ton last week mrs dick jones and mr and mrs gordon vaughaii were guests at the wedding when louise moorhead and kenneth wagg were married in mount albert united church on satur day of last week the reception was held in the church parlors mrs a m shenfield and al fred took a short motor trip east recently mrs art brigger mrs jim hood and mrs art kirby with their children are holidaying at a cottage in muskoka mrs gordon scott of ouawa is caring for her sister mrs jame mcquay during her con- ivalescence mrs mi quay is- re- i covering from a recent opera tion mr and mrs walter craig and john have been enjoying a motor trip for the past two i weeks j wi meeting august ii everyone is welcome at but- i tonvihe hall thursday evening august 11 at r17 when the buttonville wi will hold its august meeting mrs garnet francey will show pictures taken on recent trips through tne southern united states and there will be musical numbers by several talented younger members of the community the roll call will he one step i can take toward world peace hostesses are mrs geo kelly and mrs garnet fran cey engagements mr and mr- eiwodd free sunderland wish to announce the engagement of their eldest daughter rosalind margaret to clarence rgas baker on of mr and mrs vincent baker v i iv lie the marriage to take place in sunderland united church bit saturday sept 10 mr and mrs walter dales atkinson announce the engage ment of their elder daughter marion rubertha to grant elmer wells son of mr and mrs elmer weil- the mar riage will take place saturday september 3rd in stbuffville united church r0xy the markha evenings sal mat 130 thur fri sat aug 11 12 13 i wde screen fefess parker- buddy ebsen 1sharo show times 700 and 900 pm lemonville bobby and ann greenfield of markfiam have returned home after spending a weeks holi days with their grandparents mr and mrs ii jcnson mrs canning and the misses canning of toronto are vaca tioning at their summer home in lemonville mrs gertrude and marjorie neighorn of toronto were weekend guests with mrs spenee mr and mrs stafford yake of winnipeg and mrs a yake had sunday night dinner with mr and mrs blake yake maple mr and mrs earl morton of toronto spent sunday with mr and mrs c preston mrs a yake spent monday in niagara with her son mr stafford yake mr and mrs anthony gardiner of green wood wish to announce the birth of their son on august 1955 at the brierbush hos pital ssouffviifc gray born at the brierbash hospil3l on august 3 1955 to mr and mrs root gray of stouffvilie hr2 a daugh- ertecklev mr and mrs h i steckley are happy to announce the birth of a son gary david s lbs s oz at ml hamilton hospital oti august s 1955 a brother for m rilvii waggalr ant mrs ronald v gg of stouffvilie rr3 are pleased t announce the birth of their sou douglas lee on aug i 1055 at the brierbush hospital weldox lucille and lloyd weldon of stautfvilie are very happy to announce the birth of their son john held on thursday aug 4 1935 at the brierbush hospital parchermr and mrs sid ney 1areher of miihkeri happily announce the arrival of their daughter janet lee on aug 7 1955 at the brier- bush hospital colwell mr and mrs richard colweil of uxbridge wish to announce the birth of their daughter on aug s 1955 at the brierbush hospi tal a sister for malcolm and murrav audley mrs f noon of gravenhurst has been staying with her sis ter mrs r day for a week or so mr and mrs frank mcavoy and family mr glen mander- son and miss erla jones spent the weekend at shadow lake miss mary mcavoy spent the weekend with miss myrna jones at bala about so friends- surprised mr and mrs allan carson with a charivari party on friday night mr and mrs lome jones at tended the evansmadill wed ding at claremont united chu rch on saturday mr and mrs edgar evans of claremont visited sunday with mr and mrs lome jones mr and mrs harper beaver and family of sherburne spent the weekend with mr and mrs cecil jones messrs lome and ray car son left monday for a weeks holiday in algonquin park monday tuesday aug when she goes to lown her private life becomes a public scandal loretta young joseph cohen etkabarrymore ffarm daughter isrti uin ftxuctii s3k vista vision visits mexico show times 700 and 900 pm 4 glorious days wed thur fri sat aug 17 is 10 20 strategic air command vista vision technicolor james stewart cr june allyson show times 700 and 000 pm if wheat field burned over at ashburn farm about 10 acres of a wheat field was burned in a hash fire at an ashburn district farm last week consumed in the fire at the farm of walter lynde were 10 tons of straw and nearly two acres of wheat in a fire which started from a combine as the owner was cut ting the grain stanley lynde son of the owner of the farm north and west of the hamlet of ashburn said that the fire was started shortly before nine oclock in the evening when the motor on a combine backfired this caus ed a fire about the motor which resulted in 100 damage to the machine but it also ignited the straw behind the combine due to dry weather the straw and stubbie caught ire immed iately and in a matter of sec onds the tire had raced over the 27acre field first to respond to a call for help was the claremont fire brigade followed by the brook- n fire brigade and the port perry volunteer brigade before the fire was brought under control some 10 acres of raw and nearly two acres of uncut wheat had burned the fire occurred in a field a half- mile from the firt concession of reach township george prvunier 11 of wa- terford grandson of the owner of the property hod been fol lowing the combine n the field and noticed the fire the fire mi the combine was extinauihed by tossing loose earth on the motor th ber j cxoridge twp tax rate took fc e been i a jump of i mills over the if54 i i fficej figare for township purposes j lvs council believed an increase ofj w announce- 1 one mill was necessary to coj bring av6 expenses for 1955 the secures taken county rate moved up from 111 j tograjtd 1122 and the hsa school area rate showed an increase 6m 6 mills to 754 the pul school costs showed a total crease of more than 57000 township council has receiv- oeied an approval from the mtn- ek ister of planning and deyejojp- nrjment on the formation of a 6- ofjinah planning board the ap pointments to the board will be made at the next regular meeting of council lightning bolt shatters markham home wed os the month of re still plenty of in an entry or ies in earn case a xribui office besides some 90 roils of rail fence which w destroyed in the tire owner laim 10 tons of v i k i worth of wheat were des troyed sluggers edge aurora 21 buttonville sluggers com pleted the regular league sched ule on thursday night of last week by edging aurora 21 the win left them deadlocked with agincourt for first place and markham and thornhill hold ing down the other two playoff positions in that order aurora and unionville failed to qual ify lefthander norm stunden of the tigers and righthander jer ry junkin of the sluggers waged a sizzling pitchers duel in the nine inning contest both hurlers allowed only s hits stunden walked four and struck out four junkin issued only one free pass and fanned three batters aurora jumped into a one run lead in the fifth inning on hits by cowie and simmons and a wild pitch to earl mc donald the visitors held their slim edge until the sixth when buttonville moved out front geo rumriey and jack watson worked the aurora slow ball artist for walks bud barber singled to load the bases and murray wagg tapped out a texas league popper that drop ped in for a hit and pushed geo rumney across the plate with the first buttonville run with the sacks still loaded and only one out bud watson sing led and jack watson scored what proved to be the winning run polly minton hit into a fielders choice and clare fock- ler was a strikeout victim to end the rally aurora had a good chance to break into the scoring in the second inning but some fine de fensive play by the buttonville infield held the visitors off the score sheet norm stunden leadoff batter for the tigers in the second grounded out minton to bell errors on jim greenslade and don holman put runners on first and second and hal stephenson walked to load the bases bob harmon lapped the iball hard to short but iminton trapped the drive and fired to the plate forcing greenslade bill stedman lined to jack watson at third to pull junkin out of the hole buttonville staged a similar threat in the third inning but they loft three runners strand ed bud watson and polly min ton singled and clare fockler walked to fill the sacks ronnie bell hit into a fielders choice geo rumney hied out to centre field and jerry junkin ground ed out pitcher to first to retire the side bud watson was the most po tent batman for the homesters clouting three hits in five trips to the plate other safeties went to polly minton jack watson bud barber murray wagg and jerry junkin earl mcdonald and charles cowie were best for aurora cowie had two singles while mcdonald clouted a single and a triple other hits went to bill stedman ron simmons and hal stephenson len buck- land officiated behind the piate with geo stark handling the bases drought province wont ask for aid ontario and been hit by drought but the two provinces said thursday they are not planning to ask for federal aid to cover farm losses prime minister st laurent said in the commons july 27 that th federal government would consider any requests for aid made by the provinces provincial agriculture dept spokesmen said thursday they are attempting to assess the extent of the damage but are not contemplating making ap- peals for federal financial sistance one federal official estimated the drought damage may run as high os 5100000000 the lack of rain has dried pastures and many fanners have had to use hay set aside for winter for cur rent cattle feed the centra feed shortage has boosted the ontario quebec market for prairie feed additional locals on wednesday rrlorning aj bolt of lightning entered the home of m- and mrs joe ring- wood washington ave mark ham and did considerable dam age tu the interior of the house mrs rtngwood and her two children gary 4 and jimmy 2 were in the living room when the ii struck the bolt struck their television aerial markham field crop winners gordon dimma markham rr 1 was the winner of the field crop competition in oats conducted by the markham ag ricultural society resuks of which were announced last entered through the window i wee by jj i griffin of acton who aeied as judge mr dimma scored 94 points other prize winners weret r p armstrong locust hill 93 pis 4th hugh elliott agin court 91 pis 5th j stirling agincourt 90 pts 6th m h raced upstairs and smashed a hole in the bedroom ceiling ail the wall piugs if the house were blown and the floor was littered with piaster the mark ham fire brigade were sum moned but there was no fire from the flash ringwood her the children were injured mr and mrs ringwood purchased the home only recently fire reels called mis c montgomery and son jack martin of winnipeg also mrs wm taylor called on friends in town on tuesday mrs montgomery and mrs taylor are daughters of the late i twiff this week quebec have j r j daie 0 stouffvilie this lnj l e visitors first trip back to home town in twentyfive tne vear mrs frank riches entertain ed on thursday afternoon in honor of her daughter miss carol weldon a bride of this week receiving with the hostess and guest of honour was the mother of the groom mrsl j e middleton of welland during the afternoon the tea hostesses were mrs a h williams and i to the slduffyihe fire dept started out this week with one fire call per day on monday and tues day keith hutchinson was drawing in a load of hay and had almost reached the barn when sparks set the wagonload on fire he was able to draw the flaming load away from the barn and just had time to un hitch the tractor as the heat became more intense responding to another call he brigade rushed on tuesday trm of fred cummings bloomington a very enjoyable ladies aid picnic was held at the home of mrs cliff lemon on thursday afternoon congratulations and best of good wishes to mr and mrs h tomlinson nee elda fockler who were married on wednes day and are presently enjoy ing an extended trip through the united states mr and mrs carl davis and ann of toronto visited with his father mr e davis over the weekend we welcome mr and mrs harper to the community they are living inthehomd recently occupied by mr shep herd mr and mrs w barnes and robert mrs l paisley and curs b barnes of whiuby mr and mrs a johnson and fam ily of guelpli mr and mrs j johnson and family of bramp ton and mr and mrs hisey of toronto attended a family pic nic at lake couchiching recent- whatever oeeame of tre oai- invited people in and told them to rrake yourselves at homo the riangs tribesmen of rotitheast pakistan have a strange wvy of expressing apol ogy sticking out their tongues when they accidentally bump into a stranger they show their tongues as irieans of saying i have no word- in my mouth xct can y how orry i am m the regular monthly meet ing of the altona womens in stitute will be held at the home of mrs m dunkeld on i wed august 17th at 2 pm this is the young mothers meeting with imrs bob lewis in charge of the programme motto train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it roll call nursery rhyme the guest speaker will be mrs robt stapely there will be a display of young mothers hob- hies visitors are welcome mr and imrs norman bun ker attended the wedding of their grandson- kenneth wagg to louise moorhead in mount albert united church cm satur day the intermediate boys and girls sunday school classes and teachers bob lewis and grace lehman enjoyed a picnic at sunnybrook beach on lake siihcoe on friday afternoon miss ruth johnson and mr willard mayer were supper guests of miss alma pilkey and her parents one evening last week mrs h a logan mrs 11 b kreel and mrs s hastings assisting were misses hillary weldon and sharon brillinger mrs norma brillinger mrs kay dowswell mrs helen has- sard mrs eileen tate and miss loma wilson others who have entertained for miss weldon are mrs h b freel a kitchen shower mrs roy dowswell a miscel laneous shower mrs h a iogau breakfast party and jam and jelly shower faculty and students of fort william collegiate mrs y murray of welland miss yvonne parkin son of fort william dr and mnse p henderson of well and the brides sorority beta sigma phi and mrs j e mid dleton also of welland following the rehearsal on tuesday evening the bridal party were guests of mr and mrs middleton at dinner at the summit ris see v it that inc dove o peac coesn becceae dead duclc cedar grove the eight classes which com prised the mennonite bible school this summer demon strated their work songs and bible verses to parents at the close of the school the regis tration this year was 152 and the average attendance 118 carol white and ronald ree- sor received diplomas for full attendance this feeing their last year the programme was conducted by mr lome burk- holder and mr oscar burkhol- cier was the speaker if a little white dog highland terrier should pay vou a visit hold him and call ruby reesor 03j12 prince decided to wander this week and if he does not turn up hes going to leave a trail of broken hearts the august meeting of the wms was held at the home of mrs arthur lapp the presi dent mrs c whittaker pre sided the meeting opened with a hymn and the lords prayer and the roll call was answered mrs a lapp gave a reading on christian steward ship two piano solos were played by trudie verweil that were enjoyed by all an inter esting program was given tak en from the missionary month ly mrs b tapseolt was in charge of worship assisted by mrs fred beare and jessie beare the meeting closed with a hymn and benediction activity was scarce in the village this week possibly the main reason was that there were very few people around the townlbs had a mass exo dus with the littles away for a holiday of fishing and sleep ing in haliburton the elliott harringtons are spending a week near burks falls the bob dare jr family is winding its way through new york state en route to vldt old friends in new jersey maureen hamill is visiting in agincourt myrtle hamil marion mccowan and jean miller have just returned from stratford after visiting aunt lucy on the way deei per into the village found olive reesor and the children away lloyd ciendenen quietly dis appeared up to manitoulin isl and recently if albert booth had not held a reunion last sunday there would have been j very few left summing it all up and not knowing the eu chre result there is no news except of course the news of a railway bridge over the rouge and the announcement of a bigje gcr and better cedar brae golf and country club in the globe and mail which we have all read anyway no dates to remember roth- llng to do but wait until pat he stouffvilie tribune metford aid straight r this coiubml on the where a sth of whitchurch grass fire was quelled two month hunt set on grouse partridge the ontario government yiel ded last week to the arguments of partridge hunters and its own wildlife experts that hunt ing doesnt aftect the bird xp- tilation it set a new twocrnonth season ifor grouse and partridge in the northern part of the pro vince in the last two years the sea son in the north ran for three weeks but it was split with one week at thanksgiving and two in november the split season now is aholished there is no change in southern on tario where the season remains at one week thrive on hunting wildlife officials of the de partment of lands and forests sought ifor two years to have the season amended they con tended on behalf of the prov- inces 20s000 game bird hunt ers that hunting does not re duce bird population but the opposite is probably the case research had shown that where the birds are heavily protected reduction in density have ibeen greatest where hun ting was permitted the birds seemed to have thrived sur veys in ontario michigan and wisconsin have shown that the density of hunting has no re lation to population fluctuations of game birds list open seasons the 1055 open seasons sept 17 to nov 19 algoma cochrane kenora manitoulin rainy river sudbury thunder bay and temiskaming territor ial districts oct 8 to nov 19 the terri torial districts of muskoka and parry sound oct 29 to nov 5 counties of brant elgin essex haldi- mand halton kent lambton lincoln middlesex norfolk oxford peel welland went- worth and york the daily legal bag remains at five except in the southern counties where it is three the possession limit at any one time is 15 come to think of it the most elaborate facesaving measure is the cosmetics industry the us is the worlds larg est consumer of coffee and co coa absorbing go percent of the coffee exported and 40 per cent of the cocoa mmjm0jvey why worry about if when r so easyto let an ad in this newspafek turn things you no longer need into cash ocoiocyjti the stouffvilie tribunei gbrmley u ohtatllo concrete i clndeftblocks is sackup tilt igormley slful neither mxf fariits milliken s9 pts 7th ieitchcroft farms lingstaft s9 pts sth chas hooper but tonville s7 pts well known scarb0r0 farms sold two wellknown farms near cellar grove in scarboro twp were sold last week the prop erties of- messrs ed mccowan and joe reesor have changed hands it is reported that the owners received a substantial sum for their acreages road costs in whitchurch for july road superintendent e da vis submitted to whitchurch council his list of expenditures for july which totalled 10- 74914 council expressed surprise at the mounting costs but ap- proved their payment by by law after checking each item and agreeing that all costs ap- peared tot be necessary biggest item was for road primer which cost 873103 while cost of gravel for the month was 17ss42 rental for the tractor and scraper in nse on the roads came to 367150 and the payroll amounted to 107068 a xi til ci i seek to preserve two famed nijlmixgs formation has been announ ced in orillia and new york of committees dedicated to pre serve for the public two struc tures which are to be sold un less sufficient money can be raised by interested people who are working to avert disposal of the historic landmarks jii orillia the home of the late stephen leacock has been offered for sale the property consists of a house and 28 acres on the south shore of lake cou chiching where the noted hu morist and economist did most of his writing each summer a national appeal is planned to raise 75000 to buy the proper ty and restore and maintain the house as a museum similar troubles face the pat rons of carnegie hall in new york city where lawrence ti- bbett chairman of the com mittee to save the building has announced bluntly carnegie hall is being torn down the appeal in this case is for 3 million dollars to prevent the site being levelled to make way for a hotel or business block music lovers throughout canada and the usa have strong ties of affection for the old music hall which is regard ed as having perfect acoustics it was built by andrew carne gie in 1891 and has come to be the heart of musical america and ihe centre of the hopes and aspirations of its young musi cians it is hoped to save the structure from the wreckers crowbars and to operate in future as a nonprofit charitable organization which will pro vide musical scholarships and retain the spirit of the old music hall the head of many a home sweet home is less than three years old freckles would make a fine coat of tan if theyd only cooperate amd get together gormleyjjoq