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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), September 5, 1957, p. 5

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sb this morning she starts another big year at school xew classes new friends and a million new things to do she should have a wonderful time it makes me happy to see my daughtei getting a good education and im sure glad i got her that new smithcorona itll help her et higher marks in all her classes yes the beautiful new smithcorona iortabe typewriter makes homework easier assignments cleaner and notes much neater its light peppy touch makes typing fast and accurate superspeed keys wont jam at any speed and the smithcorona portable keyboard is full sized just like an office typewriter- plus the exclusive page gage with this smart new smithcorona portable no wonder your daughter will be the happiest girl on the block scarboro pioneer great canadian geologist v joseph burr tyrrell a pioneer geologist and one of the first men zo recognize the tremen dous mineral potential of north ern and western canada died on monday at his agincourt home he was 9s swinging his geologists ham mer mr tyrrell tapped his way from the rockies to hudson bay and turned up some notable firsts in mineral discoveries ranked for many years as sen- 1 lor the government ior fellow of both the geological minerals might be i lllls5 alio makers affenou smithccrdfia sandarl ard euelrie typexriutt adilnj machines ccsh rtiuurit tatjortcnd ribur3 b models available super sterling clipper syriter and the worlds first end only electric portable available tm your area society of america and the geo logical society of london dr tyrrell was one of the last liv ing links with a pioneer canada that the present generation can only read about there are few men left to say as he could that he reached the rockies before the railway travelling most of the way on foot he mapped the canadian rockies watched herds of buf falo lived in a covered wagon discovered the first coal and oil in alberta took part in the klon dike rush and capped a fabulous career by breathing new life into one of ontarios big gold producing mines at his death he was the old est graduate of tiie university of toronto a mining engineer frequently honored with the j highest awards a variety of org- prompted optimistic predictions although only a halihearted at tempt was made to explor the find through drilling the big oil discoveries of recent years were made right where the young geologist said they would be 60 years before the oil report was sympto matic of dr tyrrells ofi-ex- pressed concept of his survey jobs my job was to find out where the was up to the stouffville tribune thursday september 5 1957 pijt 5 the prospectors to find them and spark development three years in manitoba filled in the missing pieces as far as the geology of the prairie was concerned and in 1893 dr tyr- tell made his epic trip across the unmapped barren lands of northern canada travelling by a canoe he went up along the athabaska river through the lake of the same name and across another river network to the northwest coiner of hudi son bay paddling down the west shore to churchill lie his brother and the three indians who accom panied them trekked 600 miles on snowshoes to winnipeg the entire trip covered 3200 miles more than half of it seen by a white man for the fust time and took eight months the next stonework creative designs for patios garden pools steps walks walls in natural and precast stone experienced masons unionville nurseries ltd phone unionville 95 or 374 anizations could bestow at 95 1 year they repeated the feat and he accepted the coveted engin- 1 obtained material still used as see them at the stouffville tribune new teachers buttonville thursday august 29th several local people have vis ited the stratford festival rec ently on wednesday of last week mrs joe robinson mrs a w miller mrs george kelly mrs charles hooper and mrs garnet francey attended the afternoon performance of ham let and in the evening mrs robinson mrs kelly and mrs hooper attended twelfth night and mrs francey and mrs mil ler heard betty jean hagen canadas rising young violinist with the cbc symphony in both cases tickets were very difficult to obtain following the evening per formances the party motored to kitchener where they stayed overnight returning home the following morning misses dor othy and isobel hood and grace rodick attended the jazz con cert at the festival but they made certain they had accommo dation for the night they car ried a tent and bedrolls with them and camped in the park by the avon river janet and john craig have been guests of mr and mrs lau der hamilton colgan janet re turned home last weekend but john will remain for the lime being mr and mrs fred leaf lyn da leaf and elizabeth jackson have returned from a vacation at belmont lake lyrila and elizabeth have resumed train ing at tiie wellesley school of nursing this week this community was saddened to learn of the sudden death of mr norman brodie on thurs day of last week following a heart attack we evcerd our sin cere sympathy to mrs brodie don cora and margaret fraser craig who has been with beamish constructs n neat- kingston this summer returned home a week ago and is now on a motor trip with friends they will visit detroit sault stc ma rie and north bay bob and marylou nee james returned from an eastern can ada honeymoon on saturday afternoon of last week and are staying with mr and mrs nor man james at present tuesday morning of next week will find don gohn taking up his new duties as tacher at victoria square school mr and mrs s r patterson betty margaret wayne and pa tricia returned on sunday from a camping trip along the north shore and through the algoma district they found much of interest in this fast developing uranium country in elliott lake at present dotted with trailer camps there are modern shop ping centres schools a hospital office buildings and stores and many new homes now being eers medal from the associa tion of professional engineers of ontario remarkably active even in his late years dr tyrrell at 95 spent several hours every work ing day supervising the affairs of kirkland lake gold mining co ltd the mine that justified his faith in it by producing more than 30000000 worth of gold after he arranged for new finan cing and became president in 1921 the pioneering sprit was born in dr tyrrell his irish father came to canada in 1836 and built the old mill on the humber river better known now as a night spot the man who was to make geological history was born in weston in 1858 he de veloped the long stride that stood him in such good stead in later years as a youth often hik ing to whitby to see his sister turning to geology the young man hit his natural lode his first expedition into the rockies produced the coal find that made pincher creek famous dr ty rrell as geologist in charge of a survey party prowled the prac tically unexplored area between the villages of edmonton and calgary he made an archeological find which later developed to be one of the great dinosaur burying grounds on the continent when he bumped his head against a dinosaur jaw bone as he climbed a steep rock face coal deposits were traced all through the area and a few years later north of edmonton he found an oil seepage which erected and the precarious road into the development was to be paved only this week the walter craigs and janet are back from an interesting trip also their journey took them to cochrane and to the syl- vanite mine where mr k c gray showed them through the milling processes taking the northern route through to win nipeg they fished at long lak and witnessed an indian pow- wow at kenora their destina tion was areola sask where basic reference for the area with news of the first klon dike strike tyrrell was on the move again slogging the 500 miles across the chilcoot trail in 1899 tyrrell quit govern ment service to try a lone hand in the klondike he stayed 7 years before bringing his family he had married in ottawa in 189 1 to toronto to establish his consulting practice north ontario and the strikes being made there held his atten tion at one time acting for uk interests he held options on every important property in the north but the british firm decided against taking up the options after sending its own engineers to investigate finally in 1954 he retired as president of the company to his 600acre farm near agin court his wife the former mary edith carey died in 1945 she was the author of several works chronicling the familys exper iences in the north dr tyrrell leaves two sons george c tyrrell and thomas ac tyrrell and one daughter mrs j a dalton of kingston who at the age of three was the first white child to ever visit the yukon she is saving so she can continue her music studies both have a bank account and a purpose for saving the difference between reaching a goal and missing it can be the savings you put by now in a bank account such savings dont just happen they involve some sacrifice definite planning but as your dollars mount up you feel a sense of accomplishment of getting somewhere that makes the effort more than worth while your bank account provides ready cash that can help take care of any emergency that may arise or open the way to bargains or other opportunities whatever objective you may have in mind and whatever use vour savings may ultimately serve youll always be clad ou saved save at a bank millions do mr craig worked as a young man and while there they visit ed the grave of his uncle mr walter craig before returning home mr and mrs craig visited mr craigs sister and her family the starks in lockport ny mr and mrs james rodick spent last weekend at minden elmo robert bob cunningham dies at cne friends were shocked last weekend to learn of the sudden passing of mr elmo cunning ham a brother of mr harold cunningham leitchcroft farms and a resident of this area for many years mr cunningham was taking part in the veterans parade at the canadian national exhibition when he complained of feeling ill a friend advised him to drop out of the parade and said that when it was over he would come back to help him he did return but found that mr cunningham had died he was in his 61st year besides his wife mr cunningham is sur vived by five children ross helen isobel june and median as well as his brother harold a memorial service was held in the chapel of the earle elliott funeral home 715 dovercourt rd witlt rev ross k cameron officiating interment was at prospect cemetery two new teachers at buttonville school several changes will be noted when school is called in button ville school on tuesday morn ing of next week mrs murray roberts who taught the junior grades last year has been grant ed a leave of absence to attend teachers college and in her place there will be mrs dirkson who taught at victoria square school last year added growth in the popula tion of this area together with the fact- that i here will be 17 pupils brought in from school section no13 and 17 dicksons hill and melville to attend grades 7 and 8 here has made it necessary to hire a third tea cher this year so mr murray roberts will have miss ruth hansford of thornhill as a sec ond assistant the board is con cerned for the safety of so many children on the highway at this point and has requested that the county paint cross walks and place additional signs on the road they have been assur ed this will be done theie is aio a possibility that ihe board will lve to appoint a traffic moni tor th echateredbanksser vi ng your community bethesda mr and mrs patterson of hamilton spent the weekend i with mr and mis george wil lums master gary williams we build homes large and small and buildings of all kinds repairs and remodelling good materials and workmanship guaranteed our house designing service is at your disposal k w betz construction co stouffville ont phone stouff 195 bloomingtom thursday august 29th mr and mrs noel storry and daughters and mr and mrs el mer burnett and family were re cent visitors at mr m burnetts at rothsay mr and mrs h tomlinson ac companied mr and mrs r leask of greenbank to sudbury on the weekend the young twin sons of mr and mrs little of kettleby are staying with their grandparents mr and mrs r johnston while their mother is on a trip to new brunswick mr and mrs e lemon were attending a convention and ban quet at clinton over the week end mrs d burnett has returned home after spending the holi days in the west master frank lin burnett of toronto is visiting with her mr m barkey and mrs west of london and mrs saunders of tilsonburg were weekend guests with mr and mrs a w storry an estimated 70000 children in the usa have low or par tial vision according to the na tional society for the prevention of blindness special education al facilities large type books and maps recorded lessons spe cially trained teachers arc presently available only to 8500 of them precast concrete approved septic tanks sidewalk slabs coloured patio slabs porches and steps curbing brooklin concrete products phone brooklin 155 collect calls accepted isssssssssasasssssss3s3sssssssssasssss8sss3sss opportunity this area canadian company operating on a national scale lias immcdlata openings for ambitious men or women to manage local business dealing with smite of canadas largest chain stores can bo handled in spare hours at start if desired honesty and depend ability more important than past experience our liberal financial assistance enables rapid expansion phis is a business on a high plane for high type men or women of character only i applicants must have approx 170000 i which is secured and good references these openings will pay you exceptionally high monthly income immediately and rapidly increase as business expands prefer applicants aspiring earnings from 1000000 to 2000000 yearly xo high pressure men wanted as so selilixu required if you can qualify and have necessary cash write today giving phone number and particulars for local interview write manager po box no j125 station ii montreal quebec stouffer hardware stouffville ontario returned home with them alter spending a vveek in hamilton

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