Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), September 16, 1948, p. 8

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the tribune stoaffffville oat- thursday september 10 194 take safe 1500 at portiperry port i -r- barking of spank- at 2 to arouse re as uaring ro post oifii sept 10 frantic ky a cocker do iraing failed 3 of this village broka into the id escaped with containing 1000 blank money orders 314 in cash and 1239 in stamps the breaksn was discovered at 665 this morning when frank smith the caretaker arrived for work he found the sate gone and a iwek window jimmied open smith immediately notified police chiei george holmes and post- particular about coffee then try maxwell house it contains choice latinamerican coffees expert blending com bines them all in a superb maxwell house blend thai has extra flavor master william g hull reconstructing the crime chief holmes said he though two men ivere involved in the robber- the i k window was forced and the safe which stands about ih fee j indled from the real the r5ce a side door f there it was loade into aa tire marks oi which were dis covered in the lane the safe has not yet been recovered time of the robbery was set at 230 am when spooky belong ing to druggist stanley bruton who lives next door to the post qrfice i began to bark his noise awoke the brawn family and their neighbors i got up and tried to quiet sp kky but he kept on barking mr bruton said 1 even got a flashlight and looked through the wmdow but 1 siiv nothing finally sp oky quieted down and i went back to bed neither the neighbors nor i knew what was going on and we were annoyed at spooky vaking us up chief holmes aided by postal inspectors r storey and r dickey both of toronto are conducting the investigation the thieves must have carte 1 mount mmm nov o liable lime and fertilizer spreader tra cow opto sri get oil foe n statt lau s material or regulate ap ilow scale sh r proximate se j uniform distribution assured by specially designed aqiicors round bottom hoppers diamond shaped holes easier cleaning agitators are quicily removed toi convenient cleaning built to last all steel construc tion bull dog heavy cast hitch disengeging wheel clutches the safe to the side d or and loa i i it in the auto he said they didnt disturb anything else an left no tools they locked the side kl rcuci was the second break- into ti post otijce in three years it was in the fall three years ago when a couple of robbers brok into the iot office he said neighbours heard them and fied me the thieves took alarm and drove away in an auto as i approached 1 chafed them alonj the highway towards peterborough but lost them the investigation is hampered by the fact that there are n witnesses who saw either the thieves or their auto port perry strong box found in pickering township thousands of blank money orders blowing around a field led to the discovery on friday of the wo pound safe which was stolen during tiie night from port perry post office by thieves who broke into the i building and made oil with the safe containing 31- in cash and 1239 in postage stamps except for the money orders the safe was empty when it ivas found three wrecking bars two sledge hammers ami two pickaxes were found nearby but apparently these had failed to pry the safe open and a charge of dynamite was used a rural mail carrier morley rose of brooklyn reported to whitby pro vincial police that money orders were blowing around a farmers field on the seventh concession of pickering township it is believed that police have an accurate description of one man thought to have taken part in the robbery one resident said he saw a man loitering at the rear of the building after midnight a member of the post office stall said iie was questioned the day before jy a stranger about what time the post oilice opened in the morning since may no night occupant lias been at the post office the care taker frank smith who discovered the theft said he has been unabto to take over quarters thee because his predecessor is on superannua tion leave student from myrtle wins college prize v five firsts and tour her uppe f benjamin carlin australian mining engineer stranded in the atlantic ocean 250 miles off new york for 10 days when the ampm- bious jeep in which he and his wife were attempting a roundtheworil journey broke down toured mont real in search of a boatyard that would repair his vehicle were not through yet carlin aid as so n as we fit out again were go s c trip the journey if completed will take the pair to africa egypt persia india and a variety of jther count ries mr- carlin ti either she nor her husband had been worried or nervous about drifting helpless ly in the ocean for 10 days i gave mo a chance to do my wash ing she said laughingly mr and mrs carlin are pictured above chas cooper equipment clarcmont ontario ontario couxtv junior farmers win dorothy oliver rri uxbridge ruth risebrough rri uxbridge doris risebrough rri uxbridge and ona meek rri uxbridge representing ontario county placed first in the judging of foods in the farmerette contest in homemaking club judging and demonstration program at the cne last week ivil plowing retarded lauu wheat reduced york county appears to be one of the hardest hit for rain this late summer and stouftville farmers on clay land are unable to do any fail plowing the bit that is done is accomplished under the toughest conditions since the land turns up in big chunks and has to be disced according to m f cockburn district representative it would take a terrible lot of plow shares to plow that land although dry weather had been perfect for har vesting mr cockburn felt that it helped to bring about present con ditions with regard to wneat nor mally during harvest a bit of wet weather halts reaping but allows farmers to get some plowing done this year they didnt the dry weather encouraged continued liar- vesting winter wheat planting will be reduced unless there is an immed iate change mr cockburn does not advise sowing while the ground remains dry light insufficient showers he says cause uneven germination and it would be better to delay planting a week some district reps see a little good coming out of the dry hard soil take the man in durham county he sees some advantage the heaviest land is almost impos sible to plow and like powder when it is worked but if they can gat it turned over they can kill more weeds in a few clays particuarly ow thistles than they couiil by cultivating for two weeks any other time said mr sumers victoria county sends farm help westward i employment officer 11 brown i reported tuesday that the office of i national employment lias received i instructions to transfer a number of farmers from victoria county to the west he said that a number of west- iern farmers who came to help with i the harvest are now returning and have been issued with travelling warrants transportation costs have in creased to sla to go and 10 to return whereas last year it was 10 each way and during the war no charge was made at all the farmers will be distribute to manitoba saskatchewan and alberta from winnipeg by the national employment officer there mr brown said that last year 2o farmers went from this district and in 1912 a record of 102 were sent he claimed that the exchange of farmers for harvesting is a remark able success out at the coast there is a surplus of labor it should be kept in mind wins vocau competition 4 pierreandre boutot 21 of quebec city who won the can adian national exhibition tor onto 5c0 vocal competition scholarship recently gets a kiss from zilba georgieft tor onto one of tin- 21 finalists there were 500 in tiie prelimin ary contests name bvdy banting first in coubegb hands at work for o xt a hmo f- lfcf s priuci are desired and purchased by people all over the orli ami the capacity to produce such nood- iartrly determines the economic welfare f every man woman and child within her bonier because the sale of every article produced in ontario brings valuable dollars into thi- province we all are more assured of job security and we and our children can have more of the better things in life hut to produce such goods in sufficient quantities skilled labour vital that u whv every single one of hould ik glad that war veterans are constantly being trained to provide the skilled hand so needed by industry they receive on the job training under cxcrt instructors in our ontario factories this training provided through the cooperation of the department of veterans affair the federal department of labour and the ontario department of educa tion starts the veteran on the road to killed craftsmanship in assembling business machines for example veterans mut have a thorough knowledge of electricitv and must learn to perform intricate work on precision machines having thousands of separate parts these canadianmade business machines are sold in all parts of the world creatine new wcalfh for canada and ontario therefore every effort of thme newly skilled veterans helps to make ontario a finer place in which to live and contributed to the welfare and happine of all her citizens the brewing industry ontario learning machine assembly machine assembly john n vvest 25 of toronto a royal canadian navy veteran is shown here making an adjustment to one of the 10000 parts in a imdnc machine designee for a new zealand firm various types of business machines are produced in ontario fac tories ilecaue of their in- tricatc mechanisms it l es- pentiil that thee machine he checked by expert craftsmen at every stage of their production lady banting widow of the late sir frederick banting who discovered insulin has become the first canadian woman to be awarded a membership in the royal college of obstetricians and gynocolgists lady rant ing who has been working in a iomion hospital the past two years said the result of the examinations in july had sur prised her and had convinced her it was just a fluke i31 examinations has won a 250 ionor vi burarv for myrea ruth iones it daughter of mr ami mrs o c jones khi myrtle station during iter rive years in school at whitby she has had standings and taken part in many varied school activities im ing to toronto xonnal sena in the fall if my application is accepted mi jones said to a reporter she said that she has wanted to be a teacher r a long time were quite pleased her mother admitted the bursary is one of two allotted to ontario county miss jones standing was english comp plus c literature 2 algebra 2 geome try 1 trigonometry 1 botany 2 zoology l fr authors 2 fr com position 1 last year she was captain of the junior girls basketball team and found time for this shrt in spite of having to commute a long way to school running water and home plumb ing are increasing in canadian farms with the spread of electrifica tion providing economical power for water pumps hon kvihoxdh takes miss loxdov title honeyblonde beverley mac- dougall 18yearold stenograp her was crowned lis lon don of 19 is and will represent the city in the miss western ontario conest to lie held in windsor ont she received a trophy bouquet of roses and 1000 worth of merchandise ilvds s5800 at cxe j mrs florence sanders of toronto is 500 richer today visiting the canadian national exhibition toronto she found a shopping bag in a parking lot and not aware of its contents she carried it around with her on her travels when she at lasi discovered the contents of the bag he took it immediately to the police station 5800 in bonds the property of mr and mrs george mcfwan of hamil ton ont who were visitors at the canadian national exhibi tion was in mrs mcewans purse which was in the shopp ing bag mr mcewan had accidentally left the bag in a parking lot mrs sanders was claimant to the 00 in reward money above mrs sanders holds her reward money caoi for your requirements in baled hay and straw see maple lodge farms phone 4707 stouftville rr1 noi i i

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