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the tribune stouffville ont thursday august 24th 1939 page seven weekly editors convene at niagara falls prices given for vari ous grades at stouffville top niagara falls as seen from a window of the general brock hotel centreleft to right 1 glenn bannermann president of the association of canadian advertisers and frank b hutchinson secretary and manager of the new york press association two of the guest speakers at the convention 2 3 groups delegates at the north american cyanamid plant 4 frank j burns kemptville ns retiring president congratu lates h t halliwell on his election to presidency lower picture group of delegates taken at the falls including editors of york county our obligation to british bacon consumers this fall for the quarter year october november and december we canadians are asking the government of great britain to make a place within the range in the british bacon market for 52000000 lb of our bacon this compares with 37500000 lb shipped in may june and july to do this britain must shut out of that market a share of the bacon now being supplied by denmark holland sweden and other countries denmark particularlysupplys the london area markets which pay the best prices with bacon of which 80 percent or more is no 1 sizeable this means that the wiltshire side is of leanest selection and weighs 55 to 65 lbs it is made from hogs which are highly bred properly fed and which yield carcasses weighing from 143 to 168 lb warm weight selection designates the fatness of the bacon no 1 selection is known as leanest no 2 lean fairly fat and no 3 prime quite fat i fshelll clean rest rooms headlight reflectors resilvered on the premises boadways service phone 265 station stouffville possibly 35 to 40 percent of ontario hogs come within the desired weights of no 1 or leanest selection out of the average of the hogs of canada we are shipping about 30 to 35 percent of our total shipments of nol selection sizeable bacon even if we concentrate much of our no 1 selection sizeable bacon on the london area mar kets what position are we in to give to the consumers of eng land who have been getting from the european countries a very high percentage of no 1 selection sizeable bacon what they want we could at best only supply them with perhaps 50 percent no 1 sizeable when we go to prospective customers and say we want them to take canadian bacon instead of danish dutch or swedish how can we expect them to be en thusiastic when we have to sup ply them in a large part with no 2 selection or with out- weight bacon or perhaps with no 3 selection we must do our part by producing and market ing hogs of proper quality and weight as we are to have a favorable position in the brit ish market glaremont by staff correspondent 3 ontario seed men and farm ers share a new problem this year with the application of the federal governments wheat marketing plan to eastern farmers the government guarantees the farmers a certain price varying with the location which brings in the freight charges prices vary too according to grade and here is where the trouble comes in for few ontario farmers can boast of more than a scanty know ledge of grading there are three grades speci fied by the government and these apply to mixed winter wheat red wheat and white wheat grade no 1 the govern ment bulletin states should weigh over 60 pounds to the bushel must be sweet and clean with very little chaff no sprouts or smut and must be under 14 per cent in moisture content grade no 2 must weigh over 58 pounds to the bushel and allows for a little chaff some sprouts and very little smut giade no 3 must weigh over 56 pounds and may havea little smell and some smut seed men will be interested only in the first two grades it is expected prices for the three grades are no 1 54 cents no 2 52 cents no 3 49 12 cents all prices quoted are at aurora seed sold to the government under this plan becomes the property of the government and and the seed man miller or elevator operator cannot sell it or buy it himself as farmers will want to sell at the higher government price rather than dispose of it on the market feed men are wondering just a little where they will buy wheat for feed purposes some expect to pick up some of last years wheat on which the government plan does not apply for feed purposes coal cement place your orders now for coal at the summer prices salt on hand for hay and feed poultry feeds of all kinds cement delivered if requested land tile various sizes s w hastings stouffville phone 169 cream for best results ship your cream to us you can make your own delivery one cent per pound call butter fat or at a premium of have our truck stouffville creamery open tuesday thursday and saturday evenings household furniture by public auction to be held at the residence of a b sheffer bethesda tues aug 29 1939 the following goodffs box stove dresser bed and springs washstand toilet set coal oil lamps gasoline lamp gas lantern couch lounge 2 rocking chairs arm chair five kitchen chairs five dining room chairs churn small grinder two stove mats sideboard large copper kettle small brass kettle two small stands iron pots clothes horse tapestry rugs quantity of dishes number pie plates 2 large cake tins large iron pot 2 small tubs number of pictures clock antique sale at 2 oclock terms of sale cash a s farmer auctioneer mrs g beverly and mrs j taylor spent thursday in tor onto mr thos paterson has just completed a nice bright coat of paint on his house friends of ralph evans are pleased to see him out again af ter his recent illness mr scotty beaton is now working at the mclntyre plant in oshawa dr and mrs n f tomlinson are holidaying at geraldton at the home of their son ted mrs wilkinson of whitby called on her brother mr howard mothersill sunday mrs harry porter has been visiting with friends in midland for a few days lucky numbers in harry boosessaturday draw aie1824 6590 1832 1816 6652 1774 mr cecil neal has been holi daying recently with his grand parents mr and mrs john pallister a fine turnout was present at the frank carson home last wednesday for the regular meeting of the wi mrs h clarke and cousin of toronto spent tuesday last at the home of her sister here mrs mothersill mrs ralph wellman and miss emma brown were visit ors at the barkis reesor home one day recently the local softball squad carried off second money at the big field day at laskay last saturday mr and mrs drake and friend were visitors with mr and mrs fred ward and family on sunday the soden house on main street recently acquired by mr dave gregg has been wired for electricity this week dave scott doing the work ray hill son of mr and mrs mrs soden lookng much im proved in health a mixed doubles bowling tournament to compete for the sinclair trophy will be held on the claremont greens on sat urday august 26th we under stand that this cup is at pre sent held by mr and mrs m watts of stouffville wailter symes and frank loyst owners and operators o the two local canning factories have been getting their plants in readiness this week to handle this years tomato crop these two establishments have employed nearly twenty hands in previous years bishop hinchey and mrs hinchey of detroit and mr and mrs william hinchey of windsor were visitors at the thos gregg home last week bishop hinchey and wm hin chey are nephews of mrs gregg a fair crowd was in atten dance at the street dance held here on friday night and it is expected that the park board will have a few extra dollars to add to their fund we under stand that on friday sept 15 russ creighton and company will return to town to stage an other dance in the community hall during one of the softball games at the laskay field day on saturday ken ward centre fielder for the claremont nine was nearly struck down by a motor car while attempting to field a ball the crowd was so great that both cars and people milled on the field ken suffered later oh in the day from shock but is reported to be quite him self again it required twentyfive stitch es to close the head wounds of mr lawrence toronto biscuit the conservative candidate for north simcoe has ten child ren he ought to know the prob lems of the rising generation mount albert womens insti tute are completing a fine quilt which the organizaton plan to exhibit for competition at the canadian national exhibition which opens tomorrow loss hill received a nasty gash traveller when his car left the on the index finger of his right hand last week when he was lawnmower caught in the blades of the mrs sherman rumohr is re decorating the exterior of her house in the north end of the town james briscoe is doing the work mrs f soden has been spending a few days during the past week calling on friends in town everyone is pleased to see brock road last friday after noon and crashed into the cul vert opposite the norman bur ton farm the big car was badly damaged and it is suppos ed that flying glass from the shattered windshield accounted for the drivers injuries one hundred and sixtvfive thousand miles travelling in twentyfour years is not bad for anyone and it happens to be the record of mr oscar barber rural mail courier on the no 2 route out of claremont mr barber has served in his majestys service for 24 years a period only equalled by one other carrier in ontario during his long years of service mr barber estimates that he has never missed more than three weeks work i have driven four horses in 22 years and only had one runaway he told the tribune graham bray autumn flowers decorated the home of mr and l mrs walter bray pickering for the marriage saturday afternoon of their daughter miss ethel anne bray to norman graham son of the late mr and mrs david graham clare mont rev e g robinson officiated and miss verna wice of barrie played the wedding music the bride who was a former school teacher in claremont was given in marriage by her father and wore a gown of turquoise blue chiffon over taffeta made on grecian lines with a shirred jacket of match ing material a wreath of corn- floweis and roses in her hair and carried a bouquet of pink roses and lilies of the valley miss patricia edmonds of norwood the flower girl was the brides only attendant and was gowned in a floor length frock of pink organdy and carried a nosegay of corn flowers and rose buds at the reception the brides mother received wearing a gown of blue lace with a corsage of roses miss mary graham sis ter of the groom also received wearing navy blue crepe dress with white accessories later the couple left on a trip to mon- treal and quebec the bride travelling in a threepiece knit suit of queen elizabeth pink with brown coat and accessor ies or their return they will re side in cavan ontario