chas richards sons twentyseven years with international its been a very happy family affair between chas richards sons and international har vester twenty seven years ago the late char les richards became an international harvester- dealer in agincourt with the encroachment of a growing toronto the richards family moved their business into stouffville and closer to their farm market growth has been steady and wellplanned over the years since the passing of charles rich ards in 1963 the business was continued by mrs richards and her sons mrs richards remains active in the business taking care of all neces sary book work jim ric hards the older son acts as general manager ably assisted by brother mur ray bruce and walter both born and raised in an atmosphere of farm equipment are managers of the service depart ment the youngest son don butch still in the school field spends his spare hours as an active member of the staff why such a long suc cessful business when asked this jim richards the spokesman for the richards family stated the following we feel very fortunate to be con nected with international harvester company our confidence in internat ionals high standards set by mr farmer is beyond question for ex ample take the inter national harvester model 624 diesel tractor here is a unit that has every thing in a 60 hp tractor that any farmer would want especially the new agriomatics the synchro 124 reverse transmission it is a unit we feel will well suit far mers in this area with such confidence in the equipment manu factured by international harvester company we feel it is only right that we on our part carry through by providing all our customers with the service and satisfaction they are entitled too to do this we maintain a staff of five in our ser vice department and re main open 5vi days a week for service and six days for parts and sales we also keep as full a stock of parts as poss ible providing quick ser vice on all items not in stock the product we sell and the service we provide we feel are the two important points that have helped make our business grow steadily over the years holstein club banquet uxbridge mr e c hopkins director trade development toronto harbour commission gave a very informative talk at the annual ban quet of the ontario coun ty holstein club march 6 in the united church columbus his topic was take another tranquil lizer the speaker was in troduced by frank bar- key and thanked by grant carson mr jim gordon presi dent outlined the educa tional projects that the club will undertake dur ing 1968 miss beverley bell claremont provid ed the entertainment mr harold mccaul president of the holstein- friesian association of canada assisted by mr gerry nelson presented past president pins on behalf of the ontario holstein club to all for mer presidents of the ontario county holstein club carload of top grade cedar for fencing just arrived to gel the best material in the lengths you want buy now and have it delivered at our low winter prices round cedar posts are always a specialty at ratcliffs we are able to give special prices on rough lumber in lift lots remember if you have a building or home improvement problem the answer is as close as your telephone just call ratcliff lumber 2971661 ratclii lumber ltd unionvilli 2971661 hut 7 t kmmjt u oormlfy 01991 fcufcutf6wt friday till pm get your spring fertilizer bagged in bulk available now at locust hill warehouse no 7 highway at railway tracks bradford fertilizer co aurora 7279421 bulk blend fertilizer locust hill 2942909 last away wmsmm twnrs sy ladders m bam- g faarn floors nvkvjl- with m hrd ot all drive on the n wj kits in be careful prevent farm accidents a safe farm is a profitable farm this message presented in the interest of farm safety by the tribune page isa the tribune thursday march 14 1968