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the tribune stouffvule out thursday august 25 1949 driving a car or riding a bike requires great care from both alike motorists and bicyclists have an equal responsibilty to prevent highway accidents bicyclists should keep well to the right and avoid weaving or swerving motorists should slow down and exercise special caution when meeting or passing bicycle geo h doucett miniitar ontario department of highways carelessness heads the list one of the interesting bits of information of the month comes from the american national safety council which reports that con trary to popular belief it is not the drunken driver who is the greatest menance on the highway jut the plain ordinary careless driver of the many thousands of automobile traffic fatalities in the united states less than two per cent were caused by drunken drivers the safety council reports the completely sober driver who failed to exercise proper care was by far more dangerous people have been pretty well educated to the fact that a man with a quantity of liquor in his stomach has no place behind the steering wheel they have not yet realized that no man has any busi ness driving a car unless he keeps his mind on his job every second abstains from too great speeds observes the rules of the road scrupulously and keeps always in the back of his mind the conscious ness that the slightest lapse on his part may cause tragedy there is no excuse for careless ness on the part of any person at the wheel of an automobile the highways are no place for the driver who has not a full realiza tion of his responsibilities and who is not prepared to exercise due precaution while on the road to assure his own safety that of those who may be with him and of his fellow motorists chas stewart port perry oldest resident dead resident of port perry for the past 25 years charles r steward passed away after a brief illness he was in his 97th year and the oldest resident of the village mr stewart was born in scotland and came to canada at an early age he spent some years employed as a mail clerk on the train in western canada and on his retire ment moved to port perry up until two weeks ago he was very active and retained all his faculties of mind and body to a remarkable degree for one of his age he was a conservative and his closest friends were col w a h maobrien and j d lucas kc the funeral took place from the late residence on thursday after noon with interment in pine grove cemetery cattle price trend eases hogs up 75c cattle prices were barely steady to 50 cents or more lower during the last week with more easiness showing up on slaughter steers and heifers of the lower grades the agriculture department reports in its weekly livestock review slackening of export buying and the seasonal hot weather reaction of the domestic demand for meats had a depressing effect on ihe market veal calf prices however advanced sharply on eastern markets while hogs gained 75 cents or more in ontario and quebec centres toronto had 7000 cattle on offer plus 500 carried from the previous week and the estimated holdover at the close was 500 head mostly common steers and heifers and stockers cattlefeed yearlings good butcher cows and bulls were gen erally steady but steer and heifers good to choice were barely steady to 50 cents lower and common to medium killers were fully 1 down best of the weighty steers made 2250 good light steers 2050- 2150 good heifers 20502100 good cows rated 141450 and good bulls closed strong at 1550- 1750 as the wearing of pendants jewelery is derived from the primi tive practice of wearing wild- animal teeth stones or shells around the neck with magical intent now less feed makes more eggs your layers now can make more eggs on less feed than ever before heres why purina laying chows have been stepped up in eggmaking energy indigestible fibre decreased digestible ingredients increased more actual usable feed in every cropful more vitamins a new protein balance to match the higher energy practical testing at the purina research farm proves that these new chows really do make more eggs from less feed try the one that fits your situation on your new pullet flock see us about a supply 4 things to do to get more eggs feed your birds a mash that has what it takes to produce more eggs we stock and recommend purina laying mash 2 see that your birds get the extra feed and extragood feed that makes the extra eggs give them a noon feed each day of 3 to 5 lbs per 100 birds purina checkers 3 knock the roundworms out of your birds give them a weeks treatment with purina chekrton mixed in their mash repeat in 5 or 6 weeks it works purina chekrton 4 make sure your birds are free of lice lousy layers wont lay long check up if you see any signs of lice get after them right away we stock and recom mend purina roost paint purina lice powder if your postures arc on the short and dry side feed a gallon per cow night and morning purina bulkylas if you have grain on hand make the most of it balance it for high production with purina cow chow if your crop is light and you need to stretch what little grain you have feed purina milk chow seed fall wheat cll fertilizer gromor fertilizer ceresan and leytosan dust for control of smut of wheat stiver bros in days of yore from the files of the tribune august 1923 hon w l mackenzie king is expected to be in stouffville on august 28th for a short visit before going to england a welcome visitor at the tri bune office these days is mr henry obrien who is on the reporting staff of the indianapolis daily news he is paying his annual visit to his mother who is in her 86th year the electric light service was suspended tuesday night while repairs were being made to the gas engine mr and mrs j e urquhart and daughter of ayr are visiting his father clerk john urquhart johnnie button son of mr and mrs ernie button is nursing a very sore hand as a result of being hit by a stone thrown by someone in the park medical attention was necessary to alleviate the pain the new road on the 8th of whitchurch around the marsh bridge will be completed this week while motoring along the town- line wednesday morning just opposite the robt ratcliff farm isaac barkay local foundryman had the misfortune to upset his model t ford miss marjorie barkey received a slight injury to her arm members of the local orange lodge surprised one of their brethren on wednesday evening when they visited the home of walter poote just north of town and presented him with a comfort able rocking chair he has been a member of the order for nearly half a century the final game in the tricounty league was witnessed in stouff ville 124 galbraiths arm played out after the sixth and stouffville began to slip back in the score red forsyth who had been playing a good game at third replaced galbraith r h rusnell and wife were in uxbridge on tuesday attending the funeral of his uncle the late john rusnell c s camps ledger keeper on the standard bank staff resigned his position on tuesday he will enter some other field of activity he was secretary of the baseball club for a few days mr and mrs j j agnew of winnipeg were visiting mr and mrs elijah pennock mrs agnew and mrs pennock are sisters having been girls together on the old home farm just north east of town mrs ann kester who lives with her daughter miss mary j kester in the house immediately west of the public school grounds reached her 88th birthday on sunday mr wilkes principal of the public school at claremont has purchased the overland blue bird car which had been on exhibition in w h todds show room lately blade roasts blade removed round bone shoulder roasts smoked picniq hams smoked cottage rolls haddock fillets smoked fillets prime rib roast brisket bone in stewing beef boneless rump roast leg of lamb fronts of lamb pure pork sausage side bacon sirloin porterhouse and rd home rendered lard lb 49 lb 45 lb 55 lb 72 lb 45 lb 45 lb 55 lb 25 lb 45 lb 58 lb 55 lb 35 lb 40 lb 60 steak 65 lb 15 oboyles meat market telephone 35 no more gearshifts by 1950 predicts a writer in the financial post most cars will be available with automatic gear shifts the first step to get away from gearchanging was taken in 1939 but cost kept it off all but the more expensive cars late this year it will be offered on at least one of the cheapest chevrolet this the post is told will be the main change in the 1950 chev the changeover is expected in novem ber however because it will cost extra us dollars to bring in the parts general motors of canada wont push it at least for the time being but it will be available as optional equipment for those who want it development of chevs drive means that the automatic trans mission is finally here already six manufacturers are offering the no- gearchanging device and almost every other firm is getting set to do so still in use in many rural homes is the oldfashioned kerosene lamp modern egyptian mothers be lieve that an evil eye accounts 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