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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), April 23, 1959, p. 12

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pge 12 the st0uffy1ue tribuhe tbvsdiy kfa 23 1959 39c per person is price of conservation this year the citizens of 33 municipalities including those that make up metropolitan to ronto are being charged about 39 cents on their tax bill for their respective communities share of the conservation budg et how much is 39 cents well it can buy four candy bars or a package of cigarettes or a gal lon of gasoline its a small price to pay for the enjoyment you and your family can derive from the off shoots of conservation program ming think of picnics to be en- mrs jones 1 km sofcy you never i aaau3xmi put out kjfieeri oor empties mbs jones may be forgetful fresh wholesome milk a complete line of dairy products at your door daily maple leaf dairy stouffville phone 165 joyed at aibion hills swimming at heart lake nature trails at the boyd area visits to the pioneer museum where the 19th century settlers way of life fs graphically depicted re laxation amid the flora and fau na in the greenwood conserva tion area and later this year fishing at glen haffy for spec kled trout and remember you can do all of these things with your family without driving any more than 25 miles from your home and there is more your 39 cents is buying you protection and peace of mind from the an nual springtime menace of river valley flooding its also help ing to bring closer the day when metro toronto residents will again be able to swim and fish in the don and humber rivers where clean sparkling waters will flow again these are some of the achieve ments and objectives of the metropolitan toronto and re gion conservation authority whose members and staff rep resent forwardthinking dedi cated men and women who are trying to hasten the day when floods are eliminated from the region for all time when pollu tion is only a word and not a state of our rivers when every citizen realizes the benefits of conservation and helps to pre- seive them and when conserva tion is complete fact rather than a general concept many things have already been accomplished by the mt- rca the conservation assess ment on your tax bill small though it is has helped pur chase and develop 2500 acres of conservation areas for the outdoors enjoyment of your family and you it has helped straighten streams and reduce the flood threat it has provid ed a flood warning system it has helped your children be come informed about the won ders of nature around them it has given assistance to district farmers and woodlot owners in the wise use of the land and the planting of trees when you total up the benefits that have already accrued to you as a result of the work of this authority you will prob ably feel that it has been the wisest 39 cents you ever spent box grove at last spring has sprung and although the fields are still mostly too wet for the farmers to get to work on the roads are drying up nicely and most of the puddles have disappeared we have sunshine earlier and later each day and everyone gets the urge to get outside and start on the garden birthday greetings belatedly to sylvia burkholder last mon day and susan armstrong last friday and this week to isobel crozier 13 years on wednesday to mrs ida leeman and mr neil hoyes on thursday to donna speers 12 years old on friday and to betty anne jar- vis 8 years old on sunday many years ago they tell us it was a common practice in en gland to treat skin cancer by tying a live toad to the tumor of course it was useless today 95 of skin cancers are cured when treated early with xray or surgery the canadian can cer society will spend 914000 on research and related projects during 1959 a canvasser will be around to call on you shortly dont forget the school board meeting at milliken school at 730 next wednesday evening this meeting will be of interest to all in this school area the paper collection held on monday by the wa was quite i successful nearly 1000 being raised many thanks to don j raymer for the use of his truck we all appreciate the opportun ity to get rid of those bundles of newspapers and magazines before we start spring cleaning 1 brenda sissons is recovering nicely after parting with iher tonsils finally last friday scarboro hospital congratulations to mr and mrs wm davidson on the birth last wednesday of daughter nancy may at scarboro hos pital mr and mrs watts new j house is well under way the i excavating has been done and the concrete is above ground al ready they hope to move in bv the middle of june the rev mr and mrs mc- lachlan are away for a week visiting mrs mclachlans bro ther in albion michigan rev mr roscoe chapin ba will take the service at box grove united church next sunday in mr mclachlans absence on april 21st in stouffville united church there will be a training school for members of the wms and wa of the united church though a sunflower has no muscles its blossoms move with the sun the process is called heliotropism cells grow much faster on the shaded side of the sunflowers stem causing its curvature ventilation sheetmelal triangles inverted mad at tached to side frames ot windows provide draftless venuution incoming air flows against windows and is deflected upward markham tp oks joint dog pound with rich hill v leaves function as the lungs of a tree the under side of each leaf is pitted with thou sands of porelike stomata and through these infinitesimal op enings the leaf inhales and ex hales oxygen and carbon diox ide mr mrs cordially invite you to be their guests at the whs opm held from 9 oclock am until 8 oclock pm friday april 24th saturday april 25th at the sign of the beautiful white rose number 7 highway vz mile west of kennedy rd telephones unionville 329 and axminster 33291 browse amid acres delightfully planted with thousands of shrubs trees flowers at the home of the nursery stock with the 100 guarantee a lovely gifts for all visitors plus an opportunity to win the wonderful door prizes a beautiful garden of luscious fragrant roses 30 bushes planted for you absolutely free by our skilled nursery men see a demonstration of the lfltest uno best garden equipment presented by duke lawn equipment co throughout white rose nurseries open house no 7 highway vz mile west of kennedy road unionville vv wonderful specsae sales for prices never before offered large bole of peat moss 44 5 everblooming floribunda roses a0vmmpr 100 lb complete manchester 777 lawn food jnr council has approved the new joint dos control plan to be handled by mr r herd of rich mond hill the plan includes the municipalities of markham vaughan and richmond hill deputyreeve w dean felt that council could have hired a full time dog catcher at a salary of 3000 a year mr herds serv ices will cost the township five thousand dollars annually in disagreeing with mr dean the other members of council said vaughan had paid out 6300 in a nine month period when they had their own dog catcher vaughan council has suggest ed that the engineers of the two townships make a survey of the yonge street area before the councils attempt to coordinate their yonge street planning metro planning director mr m jones suggested an engineer ing survey be made of the area as the first step in preparation for next falls pheasant season council will take 500 dayold chicks and 500 eightweek old poults from the department of lands and forests once raised the pheasants will be released in the township the roads com mittee will study the matter of paving the boulevard area in front of the stores on yonge st in highland park cnr line mr willard simpson former chairman of the thornhill trus tees and two other residents of the village asked council if there was any truth to reports that the contentious cnr line is to be shifted to south of the lang- staff public school council stat ed they hadnt heard any ru mors to this effect thornhill area representative councillor macneill reported he has re ceived 104 letters to date object ing to the route of the line contrary to previous reports reeve clark announced that the beamish construction co lo cated at thornlea is assessed as industry and not as residential in addition the beamish firm pays a business tax planning director r forrest reported he expects three new industries will shortly locate in the same area augnan altona altona wi last wednesday at the regu lar meeting of the altona wo mens institute at mrs chas hodgsons home the following slate of officers was elected past president mrs e carru- thers president mrs a wide- man 1st vice pres mrs j harris 2nd vice pres mrs h lewis sec treas mrs e mac aloney asst mrs m bunker directors mrs h feasby mrs g harvie mrs c bielby dis trict directors mrs e carru- thers mrs f byer flower committee mrs f wagg mrs r lewis mrs a carruthers resolutions mrs f byer sew ing comm mrs m dunkeld con home economics and health mrs m reesor con agriculture canadian indus tries mrs f fairies citizen ship education mrs c biol- mam w jj5t fl kq333 ij brad ktitttoa mtim wlje5c0jud- 6hr evea six recoups to gro to go blooe aucfthen muiou in trie pwk i o o 0oo 4 nrgi by con historical research current events mrs w car ter con social committee mrs e carruthers con mrs f lew is mrs c hodgson mrs r couperthwaite mrs j white mrs m bunker auditors mrs c hodgson mrs c kerswill pianists mrs h slack mrs h feasby our newlyweds mr and mrs glen byer were serenaded last thursday evening by two chiv- ari gangs one lot from vivian and one from our community a shower will be held in theic honour friday evening april 24 at the masonic hall stouffville anyone that has been missed please take this as your invita tion miss mclaren had her two brothers as visitors during the weekend on saturday night melvin mclaren his cousin dar- the successful look calls for clean suits for good grooming oil the job let us make your uits appear like new it pays to put your best looks forward if you want to get ahead and stay ahead start by letting- us get all your suits spotlessly clean and fresh we can save you costly replacements and our prices are thrifty aida cleaners dyers stouffville phone 343w lawns with that velvet look la bain and friend beatrice cou- rvoisier spent the night at the bunker home another brother wilfred mrs mclaren and daughter carol were supper guests at the hisey home at ringwood and then stayed with i mr and mrs francis and fam- ily for the night they returned i to their homes near south river on sunday j mr and mrs alex schneider i mrs woodland mr and mrs jack hall mr stan mcmullcn and misses mary and joyce schneider were supper guests of mr and mrs ross wideman and family on monday evening the occasion being ross and mr schneiders birthday on tuesday many happy returns a cellar was excavated on monday for a new home for tom marshman and family just north of the corner in the bun ker subdivision friends will be pleased to know that mrs al jakeman is progressing nicely after her operation last week in womens college hospital a number of ladies spent mon day afternoon at the home of mrs f goudie to say farewell to mr and mrs frank baks and family who are moving to their newly acquired farm near elmvale this week mrs baks was presented with a set of dishes for s and a pair of bath towels each of the children was given a pair of salt and pepper shakers they will be missed in our district ever sineeemfwy our community as they have lived in our district ever since coming to canada from holland eight years ago our best wish es for happiness and every suc cess in your new home frank and dien mrs hardy of midland is visiting her sisterinlaw mrs walter davis for a few days among the earliest known uses of wood and iron rails on which to run wagons was in england before 1740 where they were adapted to coal mines and slate quarries 1 in ceylon almost one half of the cancer deaths are from can cer of the mouth possibly due to the practice of chewing betel nut in canada cancer of the mouth accounts for very few deaths vg33s33js3xs33c333 want a new lawn see us were old hands at building beautiful lawns from the ground up let us bring your lawn to its peak of perfection and keep it there unionville nurseries ltd garden centre 1 h miles east of unionville on highway no 7 phone 95 for best results for a high level of performance and low production costs the sunkay range of cattle hog and poultry feeds continue to find increasing demand whatever systems of rearing you favour sunkay feeds can meet your needs for more information on these high quality products we invite you to call write or tele phone altona feed supplies rr3 claremonl ont tel stouffville 210 everything is 100 guaranteed at jdsm 4 grocery features serve with fresh fruit nabisco 12 bis pkg drink your apple a day allens vitaminized 3 for e juice 48 2i5s serve soup crackers aylmer condensed stock up at this price st williams 9 oz jar 10oi tin 5 for 59c issorfedjums 3 59c biscuit feature 20 oz tin montmagny fiesta 2 lb pkg cocktail juice 10 100 immlti biscuits 69c real value aylmer fancy tomato economical spread tulip regular candy feature dares jumbo 1 lb pkg iib 2 fo- 49c marshmallow peanuts 39c produce features guaranteed to bloom this year salad days are here california firm crisp rose bushes g 5 giant 169 the kiddies love em firm golden yellow florida no 1 marsh seedless lettuce 2 r 25c no 1 2edless bananas 2 lbs kdc grapemt 10 59c meat caldwells caldwells bologna 2ib chub 59c wieners 39c frozen food dominion concentrated 64 oz tin valley iii sliced 15 oz pkg orange juice 4 79c strawberries 3 100 satisfaction at your friendly ijominion stork values cftcctivo at your stouftvillc dominion store until o pm saturday april 25 19- dominion stokes lti 1

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