the tribune stouffville ont thursday october 6 1949 cocacola brings you edgar bergen with charlie mccarthy every sunday evening dominion network and cfrb in wake of noronic disaster while preparations for major investigations into the noronic disaster are being made in toronto and cleve land ohio the grim task of identifying the dead continues here some of the coffns con taining remains of the victims are ready for shipment to the us discovery by divers of more bodies has raised the total known dead is 130 ask for it either way bath trademarks mean the same thins tune in cfrb 8 pm est authorized bottler of cocacola under contract with cocacola ltd uxbridge uxbridge ontario beverages phone 205 now its the sawdust house coming on the market a few weeks ago this reporter had a brief conversation with a former townsman public school inspector archie stouffer who informed us that his spacious house in minden is heated with sawdust fuel only mr stouffer finds it ideal fuel for his equip ment but explained that one needs ample storage since it is bulky however up at minden sawdust is an unwanted item had for drawing away and as a result persons who have facilities to use it as fuel may be considered most fortunate it was tried for heating in the ratcliff store at one time but owing to bulk and the need for constant fueling was discontinued now comes another use for the biproduct of the saw and planing mills its the sawdust house this country long was known for its waste in lumber produc tion but in recent years that con dition rias existed side by side with a tremendous housing shortage it is reported that last year saw around the big mills and may be an increased use of waste products by large mills and that increasing utilization of sawmill waste was a notable development in the man ufacture of fibreboards floor covering plastic and specially treated products now there comes upon the scene a brooklyn inventor who asserts that he has developed a process for building houses out of sawdust donald f othmer of brooklyn polytechnic institutes chemical engineering department told an international conference of wall- board makers at harvard univers ity that he can convert sawdust and shavings into first quality new wood declaring that fabrication of wallboards by his process began last week in london england he said the secret of his woodmaking was a cheap readily- available chemical without naming the substance he said a small amount of it is mixed with dry wood waste and the mixture then placed in a hydraulic press which can make 10 to 20 boards at a time in a matter of from 10 to 20 minutes the boards are formed and dis charged to cool he said asserting that 2000 square feet of wallboard can be made from a ton of sawdust and shavings he interpreted this as meaning that some 40000000000 square feet of building materials could be pro duced each year from americas lumber production waste alone he cited one big process the shaped and desired form advantage for sawdust can molded into and almost the be any any desired size and thickness thus prefabricated walls ceilings floor and roofs for factorybuilt houses are possible boost ends town battle the yearlong battle over the assessment of newmarkets six major industries which resulted in charges against the sixman assessment commission ended last week with the return of the 1950 assessment roll raising the valua tion of the industries by 250000 the battle led by former major dr l w dales and crown attor ney arleigh armstrong began when citizens charged the indus tries were grossly underassessed resignation of the towns assess ment commission followed the assessors were later charged with neglect of duty in not re assessing property of the indus tries while the entire town was being reassessed the charges were dismissed b w hunter head of the com mission who was later reappoint ed reported the assessment of the industries at about 681000 and the assessment of the entire town at 3700000 the wet 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view yon can really watch the miles unfold thanks to pontiacs new wide windshield which is optically curved for letter vition pillars are slimmer the hood is lower all windows are larger everywhere you look pontiac gives yon a whole new driving horizon stouffvnxmb east end tenth line bill ball motors ontario pickering tp girl relates experiences of european tour looking smart as paint in the model hat she bought in paris miss bernice chapman of picker ing has just returned from eng land and a tour of europe cover ing six countries she glows with enthusiasm when she recalls her travels and has nothing but praise for the teachers exchange system which enabled her to go miss chapman is a daughter of mr and mrs e l chapman of pickering twp she formerly taught in one of the townships rural schools but of more recent years in toronto she feels strongly that her per sonal experiences applied to litera ture and english history will assist her pupils in their studies away for over a year miss chap man taught at greenford middle sex and lived at the league of empire hostel in central london the hostel is a residence for teachers from all parts of the empire and there she met and exchanged ideas with australians new zealanders and south africans she found that it took her a full hour on the underground to get to school every morning but she enoyed the proximity to the west end where most of the theatres and concert halls are located one of miss chapmans most cherished memories is of a garden party at lambeth palace for american and empire teachers at which she was presented to the queen we learned afterwards that the garden party had been the queens own suggestion she said it was a perfect summer day and we were all announced and presented individually and then later when we were sitting having tea the queen came and chatted inform ally with us she was wearing the soft blue dress she had worn the day before for the royal garden party at buckingham palace and she looked beautiful somebody asked if we might take snapshots and she replied why certainly its a beautiful day for photo graphy she posed naturally for a picture and then asked for the archbishop of canterbury we must have one with him in it and once again came a rapidfire of clicking shutters another close contact with the royal family was at ascot where miss chapman saw the king and queen and the princesses with their entourage in the royal enclosure congratulating the joc key who had ridden the kings horse to victory the men in faultless suits with their grey top hats and the elegant ly dressed women made a brave and colorful show i shall never forget miss chapman continued a picture of quality and dignity tour of continent her trip to the continent took the traveller to paris nice monte carlo and other places of breath taking beauty in the french and italian rivierasshe visited genoa where she found the accent was on the gen and not as frequently heard on the o on to pisa where she climbed the leaning tower you can feel the lean on the low side particularly as you go up to rome on easter sunday to mill with the throng in st peters square and on to naples and pompeii it was from here that she set out to trek to the top of mount vesu- vius ill never attempt that again as long as i live she sighed the last part of the railway track that winds up the side of the volcano was destroyed by the eruption of 19m so we had to make our way on foot a scorching sun beat down on us and it took us 75 minutes to pick our way steeply uphill over a bed of cinders stones and rocks arriving at the top we could look down into the crater where the hardening lava looked like a frozen lake our guide told us that minor landslides occurred frequently around the rim of the crater two english soldiers had recently lost their lives in this manner and his had been the unpleasant task of bringing their bodies up from the crater wearing a gas mask against the fumes he had been lowered by ropes about 20 feet according to miss chapman capri is an enchanted isle of flowers and foliage bathed in sun shine and lapped by the mediter ranean she visited the famous blue grotto an underwater cave accessible only by boat at low tide through a hole in the rock the reflected light of the white ocean bed turns the grotto into a fairy palace she said wonders of italy she stayed for a short time in florence to marvel at its art gall eries and museums then travelled on to venice she was enthralled by st marks cathedral with its gorgeous ceiling and figure of st mark in mosaic and gold which creates the illusion of following the beholder in any direction miss chapman expected to see brightly- hued gondolas plying the canals and was surprised to find that they were all painted black on enquiry she learned that the black finish was a constant mem- ororial to victims of a plague that struck venice mafrkham new wixtkk pouc1 doors open 643 pm show starts 700 pm monday to saturday matinee saturday ac 200 pm frl sat oct 7 8 double bill tarzans magic fountain and my dog rusty cala midnight show sun midnight oct 9 donald oconnor gloria dehaven yes sir thats my baby in technicolor mon tues oct 10 11 farley granger charles bickford in roseanna mccoy wed thur oct 12 13 gail russell john wayne in wake of the red witch ago nowadays it is only at fiesta time that the gondolas are decor ated and the gondoliers wear their picturesque costumes while in venice she visited the doges palace and crossed the bridge of sighs named for the unfortunates who crossed to their death or life imprisonment in milan she was disappointed to learn that da vincis immortal picture the last supper was no longer on view to the public as it was in a bad state of decay the cathedral came through the war practically unscathed but time is eating away at one of its priceless possessions two things impressed miss chap man about switzerland the first and foremost was the honesty of the people and the second was the view from the train of the floodlit churches and twinkling lights of the villages in the valleys obtaining a military permit miss chapman travelled for 20 hours through germany to get to amster dam what she saw of germany was a depressing sight little attempt has been made to clear away war wreckage and debris girders from the bombblasted bridge at cologne stick out at all angles like a fistful of matches and she noticed a bed still hang ing from a shell hole in the wall of a blitzed tenement building pisa cologne and plymouth were the most bombed cities of the war with coventry and hambourg close runnersup miss chapman said plymouth has healed the best pisa is patched up but cologne still has open wounds in the netherlands canadians are made most welcome and hailed as our liberators miss chap man observed she made a special trip to volendam and marken two small towns where the men women and children still continue to wear the old native dress and wooden shoes it is like stepping into a picture book she com mented brussels maintains its reputation of being one of the gayest cities on the continent it is bright with neon lights and splendid displays it is also very very expensive miss chapman fulfilled a mission by making a special journey to hotten where an allbritish ceme tery nestles against the side of a hill in a beautiful sweep of coun try it was here that she found the grave of john stainton rcaf son of mr and mrs a t stainton formerly of zion who was killed in action over belgium locked gates guard the cemetery from intruders and within the graves are tended and planted with care beside her grand tour of europe miss chapman visited most of the counties of england flew to guern sey and to ireland and was in bel fast july 12 when 50000 orange men paraded in memory of king william and the battle of the boyne home in pickering miss chap man was asked if she was content to stay at home with her memories oh im very happy to be home again im a bit tired of travel ling she replied adding but dyou know id love to see mexico keats said if poetry didn t corte like leaves to a tree it shouldnt hundreds of years come at all