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the tribune stouffville ont thursday january 23 1947 shes the champion of the world here is ormico beta roberts with tier one days worldre cord production of milk 11 quarts count em the cham pion holsiein cow owned by the ontario reformatory at mimico not only set a new world record for yearly milk production 35207 pounds butterfat 1075 pounds but also a new canadian record for any breed of cow the former world record based on a three- timesaday milking was 31003 pounds while the canadian re cord was 3103g pounds native of greenbank 89 died at cameron kekimxt apples ox the trees longer development of a new spray on december 15 1016 there j endrbp to prevent apples from passed beyond the vale to his dropping prematurely from the eternal reward john suggit of cameron ontario near lindsay mr suggit was born of english parentage at greenbank ontario nearly eightynine years ago his parents moved to valentia when he was a child and he spent the days of his youth among pioneer families of that community in 18s3 he married ann swain of valentia who was a devoted wife and mother until her death in 1030 for the first three years of his married life he lived on a farm adjoining valentia village then moved to cameron where the remainder of his active life was spent in farming he was a pioneer in many new methods of farming operations and was interested in all progressive move ments in the community most of tree is announced in the financial post the spray in which oil serves as a carrier for alpha naphethalene acetic acid is said to delay fruit drop 10 days sometimes three weeks after it would otherwise occur all his contribution in the form of service to the cameron methodist church was felt even beyond the immediate community he served as a class leader a local preacher and bible class teacher and his sterling christian character was a living example to all who knew him because the principles of his religion were incorporated in all entries his dealings where with people every- womens institute poster competition winners in the provincial com petition for posters announcing the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of womens insti tutes which came into being at stoney creek ontario on february 19 1897 were announced by miss anna p lewis director of the womens institute branch and home economics service of the ontario department of agriculture the competition was on a province wide basis with the winners in dis trict and zone contests competing for the highest provincial award which was won by mrs conley amos rr2 west montrose a member of the winterbourne womens institute the contest was divided into senior and junior groups and some very striking were received of posters victoria square january 16th several of the ladies from here attended the wa convention held in trinity united church the annual congregational meet ing will be held wednesday jan 22nd a pot luck supper will pre cede the meeting mr and mrs frank collins of alameda saskatchewan are spend ing a few weeks with the latters parents mr and mrs e avison congratulations are extended to mr and mrs jim valliere on the birth of a daughter we wish a speedy recovery to mr alvin frisby who is ill in bed mr and mrs frank collins had tea sunday evening with their aunt mrs w brumwell rev and mrs e a currey had tea monday evening with mr and mrs d rumney and family mrs w heron of pickering mrs a greenwood of west hill mr and mrs r heron of highland creek and miss dorothy oliver called or mrs w brumwell on sunday even ing the wa group leaders and their helpers for the years 1917 are as follows january mrs p bennett mrs d rumney mrs f watson mrs r perkins mrs c sanderson february mrs e empringham mrs f brumwell mrs e avison mrs a frisby march mrs r nichols mrs r brumwell mrs ii forster mrs l beany april mrs g mortson marion boynton mrs parsons mrs j valliere may mrs x boynton mrs d gee miss d oliver mrs b wallace june mrs s boynton mrs e caseley mrs f walker mrs n gayman july mrs mcroberts mrs m styrmo mrs r sanderson mrs westbrook august mrs a buchanan mrs m jarvis mrs r klinck mrs c johnson september mrs h col- lard mrs j snider mrs mel 11- murray mrs a mortson october mrs h mortson mrs h mccague mrs l hart mrs h barber november mrs a mortson mrs c nichols mrs robb mrs a casely december mrs p willows mrs e currey mrs r beatty mrs w smith it was carried at the i executive meeting of the wa that j mrs m styrmo be the member ofj the united nations i good chix good feed good sanitation these three call for purina we can fill your fuel orders for best quality coal for faster gains and quick results car of cement just arrived built around the anniversary theme we treasure the past we face the future the complete list of winners in the competition is as follows provincial highest award special mrs conley amos rr 2 west montrose senior group first prize john a murray ailsa craig second prize james carse new dundee honour able mention mrs reading mano- tick john ablein freeport sani tarium kitchener harold marten port dalhousie pearl parker gait and mrs evah l miller eden mills junior group first prize betty ann rogers stoney creek second prize sheila webb utterson hon ourable mention irene stal rr5 hamilton billie vance spring- mount florence makins rr10 south oxford and merle gamble waldemar purina chekrtabs dont take needless chances with the health and lives of vour baby chicks this vear drop a purina chekrtab in each quart of drinking vater vandorf we are sorry to report mr w d richardson was taken to york county hospital last week suffer ing from pneumonia we are pleased to hear he will be able to come home this week mr and mrs carr had sunday supper with mi- and mrs harry west mr and mrs harry west were sunday dinner guestsvith mr and mrs kingdom a junior church has been organ ized to be held during the regular service at wesley church there will be slides and stories of interest o all children the regular services uill be sunday school at ten and worship at eleven thinks bear on minden highway insomnia victim peterboro jan 15 driving from haliburton tuesday with a truck load of wood james eastabrook 406vi hunter st came upon a black bear the weisrht of which he estimated at 350 to 400 pounds bears are supposed to be sleep ing in hollow trees or some other winter dens said mr eastabrook today but there was nothing sleepy about this one he was sitt ing on his haunches in the middle of the road the highway between minden and coboconk you never know what wild life may cross your path in the country an hour or so north of peterbor ough mr eastabrook said but this big bear was an unusual sur prise mr eastabrook stopped the truck a short distance up the road and the bear padded ofnnto the woods send the tribune to absent friends alfalfa hay wanted best price for good quality sample reesors marmill limited markham phone 96 avon corn contest i kenneth spearman living south of the town of alviston won the dekalb corn growing contest for lambton county with a yield averaging 106g bushels per acre of shelled corn from a forty acre field bus truck and tractor seats rebuilt and recovered dunijopililo for truck bus and tractor seats now available with so many accidents occuring the seat of the trouble may be the seat of your truck comfortable seats are more essential than ever for almost 20 years we have been rebuilding and recovering bustruck and tractor seats and backseats keeping thousands of city and rural drivers comfortable pickup and delivery service in suburban area service truck cushion company phone lo 6924 227 oakwood ave toronto ont smb electricity acute shortage continues in southern ontario stiver bros purina products are made not to sell at a price but to produce best results at lowest cost bloomington the monthly meeting of the ladies aid was held at the home of rev and mrs g brown thursday afternoon with the president mrs morton in the chair the program was in charge of mrs davis and mrs e fairies included a letter from the percys on the african mission field a reading by mrs d burnett solo mrs j winterstein and a talk by miss xorah stapleton a pot luck dinner was enjoved by all mrs h spoftord of cashel is visiting mrs r mills on friday evening a number of friends were entertained by mr and mrs j e spence in honor of mr spences birthday we wish him many happy returns miss a fockler is visiting with her sister mrs leask at greenbank mr and mrs murray barnes are enjoying the bright lights now that hydro power was finally turned on last week backache rheumatic and sciatie pain qvlcltly rtliivtd by umacaps slorry drug store smafftillr ontario with the critical shortage of power continuing in southern ontario it is most necessary that everyone cooperate in saving electricity the need is urgent it affects the welfare of everyone do your part by saving electricity by every means at your command the daily period during which savings should be effected is between 8 am and 8 pm and conditions are particularly acute between 4 pm and 7 pjml here are some of the mm vou can help m the home turn off lights when not required use the minimum number of lights in the livingroom consistent with good vision use electrically heated water sparingly and check leaking hot water taps do not use range elements on high when a lower heat will serve and turn off all elements as soon as possible cook oven meals as often as possible and avoid the unnecessary use of surface elements turn off verandah and other outside lights turn off all small appliances as soon as possible do not use electric air heaters and grates ih stores mo offices eliminate the use of electricity for signs and store windows from 8 am to 8 pom turn off all lights when not required use electrically heated water sparingly and check leaking hot water taps do not use electric air heaters iv mosnies switch from day to night operations wherever practicable turn off factory and office lights when not needed turn off motordriven machines when not required and effect other savings wherever possible avoid the use of all nonessential outdoor lighting do not use electric space heaters the hydroelectric power commission of ontario