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the tribune stouffville on thursday december 11 1947 3tox christmas pujmmxc montreal dec 5 fred conway chef instructor of the canadian national railways here has pre pared a yule dinner for an expect ed 29000 guests in the dining cars of the national system on christ mas day using a recipe said to have originated in england hundreds of years ago conway and his assis tants have prepared g000 pounds of christmas pudding the principal ingredients included 1200 pounds of raisins 075 pounds of sugar 000 pounds each of suet currants mixed peel bread crumbs and dates 300 pounds each of flour prunes and carrots 1000 lemons 3c00 eggs and 125 pounds of assorted spices for 25 days they busied themselves in a dining car kitchen 1c feet long by 7 feet wide and they are very proud of the finished product now safely packed awav to mature until december 25th send the tribune to aosent friends throughout the year every days a holiday when your table gleams with the festive elegance of fine community warmly and hospitably community says youre welcome to every guest truly community captures the holiday spirit for years to come service for six starts at 37 k n wagg stouffville ontario increase milk production feed marmill 21 per cent milk maker or 16 per cent dairy ration grow better calves with marmill calf meal or pellets get top market price for your poultry finish your turkeys and capons with marmill fattening mash or pellets grains sundries whole grain oats wheat and barley ground barley and oats cod oil minerals shell and grit central feed store phone 277 for prompt- delivery prominent hoksemav jas torrance of makkham buried last week mr james torrance who has been a resident of markham dur ing the greater part of his lifetime died at his home on wednesday last week after about two weeks illness he came to canada from scotland with his parents when quite young and resided in scarboro for a time he was a director of the markham fair board at the time of his death while a young man mr tor rance located in markham and later married elizabeth jerman three children were born to this union john at home annie mrs scott of xew york and james who died several years ago mr torrance was the owner of the franklin hotel for a great many years and after disposing of it he retired in the village being a native of scotland and a lover of clydesdale horses he had during his lifetime been the owner of many fine clydos in order to obtain these fine horses he found it necessary to make numerous trips across the ocean to personally purchase them and import them to canada mr torrance was a pastpresi dent and director of the markham agricultural society and until recent years was a consistent exhibitor at the fair he was also a keen exhibitor of clydesdales at the cxe a few years back besides his family mr torrance is survived by his second wife a brother alex torrance of locust hill and a sister mrs wm snow ball of toronto pickering in forefront of protest committee does milady kxow about diamonds when the prospective bride receives her engagement ring set with the popular precious stone diamond what does she know about this gem except that it sparkles strangely enough the diamond with the most brilliant lustre of all substances and the black graphite in our lead pencils consist of the same element carbon diamond is the hardest substance known while graphite on the other hand is among our softest minerals arti ficial graphite is made from anth racite in an electric furnace but all attempts to manufacture artificial diamonds have resulted in the pro duction of but few small stones lacking the brilliant lustre of the natural diamond diamonds may be divided in a general way into two classes these are the ordinary or white diamond and the black diamond also known as carbonado the ordinary diamond has blue yellow and other shades of colour it is brittle and does not stand shocks as well as the black variety- black diamonds were for a long time the only ones used in diamond drills but they come almost entirely from brazil and their scarcity and high price have caused most drillers to turn to nongem or industrial diamonds of the ordinary variety industrial diamonds are in great demand for diamond saws drills special cutting tools dies and grinding powders only diamond will cut diamond very few diamonds have been found in north america and some of these in the glacial drift of the northern united states may have come from canada their source has long been a mystery in south africa diamonds originate in pipe- like bodies of kimberlite a dark coloured basic rock which is con centrated in a mill to almost an unbelievable degree in one mine 50000 tons of rock has been con centrated to about one cubic foot and this contains practically all the diamonds from this great quantity of rock milady would enjoy a visit to the mineralogical galleries of the royal ontario museum where she will see both white and black diamonds exhibited with other precious stones arrangements are being made for a meeting in the near future be- i tween a special committee from the ontario county council and officials of the provincial govern- ment with a view to ironing out difficulties existing ieiuse the vtlunty and pickering township have to pay 3 lions share of the cost for all social services admin istration of justice and secondary school education for tlu people living in the crownovv nel village of ajax- a meeting was arrange for last monday but this was postponed at the request of county officials and although no date for the meeting has been set it is expected that it will be held in the near future the problem created because the residents of the village do not have to pay taxes to the township or to the county has been aired repeat edly during the last is months dur ing the sessions of he council numerous attempts have been made by county officials to force dominion and provincial govern ments into taking a band in the matter but to date all thes3 efforts have been of no avail a letter received by the county recently from the deputy minister of education for the province indicated that the government was not responsible for the payment for secondary school education for ajax pupils and suggested that the county either petition the federal government for payment of the blls or ivy directly against the parents of the pupils the letter also pointed out that the province had paid the second ary school education fees for ajax pupils during the war but that they were under no obligation whatso ever to do so any longer it is pointed out that education wwwwv seed seed sun ray feeds we are agents for sun ray buttermilk feeds for horses cattle poultry and hogs special 35 per cent laying mash to mis with home grown grains sure gain concentrate and minerals oyster shell grit etc semisolid buttermilk in barreli bran and shorts american cement markham elevator 291 r h brflllngcr ph 3w mayfair restaurant monday thru friday 8 am 11 pm saturday 8 am 12 pm costs form only a part of the costs which the county and pickering township have to pay during a year in addition all social service fees hospitalization administration of justice tb after care etc have to be paid for jointly by the county and the township the committee which will inter view the government official- will consist of warden thos h hani- ins county clerk william g man ning deputyreeve w h westney pickering township fred reesor chairman of the county educational committee and lloyd johnston pickering township s0e30x ioe30i for your requirements in baled hay and straw see maple lodge farms phone 4707 stouffville rr1 ie30c aonoi thone strawberry profits with vigoro j experience is proving that it pays the grower well to feed strawberries with tr a vigoro commercial t grower increased yield ff u cariy maturity full flavor and excellent shipping it quality are a few of the n 4t advantages many growers u are attributing to vigoro commercial grower 11 these are advantages hat jf u spell extra profit investigate ooocoooocoooocoooooooooooaoai gormley cement block co rock face blocks a specialty we now have for immediate delivery both 8 and 10 plain and rock face cement blocks these blocks are steam cured in kilns to give you good sound blocks without chips and cracks order now to avoid disappointments in the spring and summer any information or estimates glady given phone stouffville 7320 toronto ma 7709 gormley ont paris auto supply ltd branch store auto wreckers at stop 9vi yonge street willowdale all kinds of new and used parts frigidaire refrigerators electric ranges connor washing machines affil coopew3ves in ontario used their provincial wholesale in 194647 to a greater degree than ever before as a result the wholesale was able to increase its volume earnings and patronage returns the local cooperatives in turn distributed these wholesale earnings to their farmer members working together in an increasing number of common undertakings the central and the local cooperative record with pride a year of progress thi united farmirf cooperativi co ltd 1 a product of swift t danforth bus lines east pm sun hoi 945 1010 1020 1035 1038 1040 1050 1100 1105 1110 1120 toronto bound read down brougham claremont west bound pm daily ex sup hoi 545 610 620 635 638 640 650 700 705 710 720 pm sat only 200 225 235 250 253 255 305 315 320 325 335 am sun hoi 1000 1025 1035 1050 1053 1055 1105 1115 1120 1155 1155 am daily ex sun hoi 915 940 950 1005 1008 1010 1050 1030 1055 1040 1050 am am pm daily daily ex sun ex sun sun toronto hoi hoi hoi bay and dundas 840 955 150 danforth and luttrell 810 910 125 scarboro jet 800 900 115 malvern 745 845 100 browns cor 742 842 1257 town line 740 840 1255 cedar grove 750 830 1245 locust hiu 720 820 1235 green river 715 815 1250 brougham 710 810 1225 claremont 700 800 1215 read pm sat only 520 455 445 430 427 425 415 405 400 355 345 up pm sun hoi 955 910 900 846 842 840 830 820 815 810 800 parcel express ox1383 eastern standard time daily redaction in fares effective sept- 20th from toronto single fare return fare to locust hill 60 110 to brougham 70 150 t claremont 75 140