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the tribune stouffville out thursday march 23 1950 farm vobk countv fabm forum xkivs did you send one copy of your forum findings of this week to your county press secretary how did you like the i forum folk school come on lets really make this a news column folks victoria square was the only forum to send in a copy of their findings for last week they had twentyfive present and had two lively discussion groups they found the topic timely and while most of surrounding farmers have their farms well equipped with their own machinery they thought in a new land area or where young farmers were start ing cooperative farming would be ideal there were eleven enrolled for full time at the f6lk school then local members came in to make the number up to 20 for saturday rumor has it that there will be another one before the summer is over m sanderson former cixbridge uikii bereaved of husband a life long resident of the village thomas alfred palmer died at his home port perry on saturday march 11 following a short illness he was in his g9th year a son of the late john palmer and sarah blanchard the deceased was married in 1907 and for 30 years had been an employee of the jeffery and taylor store in port perry and for the past two years had been an employee of the gos- sard co there surviving besides his wife the former rosetta adams of uxbridge whose father was a rope maker on quaker hill are four daughters and one son they are miss mil dred palmer mrs cecil king norma and george all of port perry and mrs s a thompson marjory of chiliwack bc and mrs v t graham patricia of oshawa mr palmer was a member of fi delity lodge af am and of blue ray chapter order of the eastern star pickering farmers in fight for produce market stability pickering township farmers have turned their sights on revision of international trade agreements as their first line of defence in the fight to achieve produce market stability at an organization meet ing in brougham a township fed eration of agriculture was formed for the purpose of bringing pro blems closer to the individual farmer and the following resolu tion was framed to be sent to the dominion minister of agriculture whereas it is evident that the prices of farm products in canada are strongly influenced by com paratively small surpluses and whereas it appears that by re- movel of these surpluses from the domestic market stability of farm prices can be aeheived and whereas immediate action is imperative to prevent catastrophic breaks in the markets of butter milk and hogs as has happened in the egg market therefore be it resolved that the farmers of pickering township do urge the minister of agricultural the right honorable james g gardiner to take up the offers made by sir stafford cripps in 1948 and by sir andrew jones head of the british food mission in ottawa in 1919 as reported by the farm press to buy the surplus of canadian farm products against payment in pound sterling or brit ish manufactured goods through barter agreements be it further resolved that until satisfactory agreements are con cluded the government be urged to keep the floor prices of 1919 un der all farm products it is against all reason for can ada to try to do business with bri tain and demand payment in dol lars said one of the farmers fv vonpilis it seems that it takes a catastrophic event like the loss of overseas markets to bring farm ers out to look after their own in terests what we need today is for local farmers to take a closer inl about threequarters of canadas terest in their affairs before morel school teachers are women breaks come in farm prices farm- ers should be so strong that no government would think of ap pointing a minister of agriculture without approval of the canadian federation of agriculture mr vonpilis noted that a week ago it was announced that the price of butter will be going clown at the end of march if the farm ers had got together in time they could have had the government maintain the price he said continuing he said our food surpluses in canada are small about 12 to 16 per cent yet it is these surpluses which govern the domestic prices if there were some way our federation could find mar kets for the surpluses it would give us stability in prices at home in my opinion the only place to dispose of these surpluses is by renewal of trade agreements with britain the term dollargap has come to have an hypnotic influence on our politicians continued mr von pilis it would seem to me that the normal process is for canada to accept their pound sterling or take some of their manufactured goods by barter agreement if only 15 per cent of our us imports could be swung to britain it would solve our difficulties to achieve any such trade deals we must have weight behind our organizations and deal directly with the govern ment provincial chairman of the meet ing was f m chapman alan lish- man was secretary il mclean called the meeting to order on be half of the county federation of agriculture mr chapman said the federa tion of agriculture is the only farm organization making itself heard in the farmers interest that is the reason all groups hog produc ers milk producers and the rest should 11 bo interested in the fed eration and do all they can to bol ster the central organization we must maintain our position and our prices another speaker was cecil belyea representing the ontario federation of agriculture who gave the back ground of the formation of com modity groups and he enumerated some of the achievements of his organization roy lick secretary of the on tario milk producers association told the gathering that the time has come when local groups of farmers must accept more respon sibility for doing their own market ing and look to the government only for the legislation required he said that agricultural subsidies should continue through this tran sition period the following provisional direc tors of the pickering tp federa tion were named to chart the fu ture course of the organization milton pegg fv bob vonpilis i m chapman alan lishman douglas coates sid dunning mrs i l mclean arthur oconnor c s bryant william collin- vin cent teefy w dowling ami mi marv boyes from stouf f ville to australia by cliff salmon continued from front page big ones some with interesting looking hills that could have been old volcanoes others flat as pan cakes with semicircular lagoons boasting a string of palm trees for shade the largest of all is called vitilevu and it is there that the capital city of suva is located in size vitilevu would compare with the main island of hawaii and be about 90 miles in diameter about 8 oclock at night and in a tropical rain storm we docked at suva everything in town was obviously closed up so none of us went ashore but the rain didnt keep the native dock workers from coming aboard and the ship was promptly invaded ostensibly look ing for trucks etc to carry off for passengers disembarking at suva they explored every inch of the ship most of them were big men some over i feet in their bare feet and of course the impression of tallness was helped along by their gollywog hairdoes generally speaking they had happy faces and it was really odd to hear them calling to one another with shrill highlypitched voices fijian is the queerest lingo ive ever heard and ive heard quite a few as we stood on the deck with the children watching them going and coming we could not help reflecting that their grandfathers were cannibals and quite a number of them looked as though they could happily stew you given different circumstances later on about midnight the rain had ceased and we spent quite awhile looking out of our porthole onto the wharf which was teem ing with shouting and singing natives as they worked at unload ing the ships cargo we finally went to bed and to sleep in spite of the noisy activity outside next morning after breakfast we went ashore armed with our inevitable camera and with a thirst for venturing into the unknown we hadnt gone very far when we were approached by a taxidriver so we piled in and asked for the postoffice after attending to our mail we took his recommendation and went for a trip to see a nearby native village this was really quite something incidentally it was our first drive on the wrong side of the road and on the curves in the jungle road we received several unexpected thrills however we survived although it was a bit painful as we neared the native village the sound of jungle drums got louder and louder another turn or two along the winding road and here we were in the middle of a group of grass homes 1 say homes rather than huts because most of them were very large at the side of the road a couple of native girls were beating a welcome on what looked like a couple of hollow logs my camera was in action immedi ately and after a donation of six pence apiece i took a second one graced with two goodnatured fijian smiles doris and the child ren prefered to stay in the taxi as it was very muddy after the recent rain i took pictures right and left and was invited to visit the chiefs home this wa a bit more elaborate than the others and illustrated the best fijian work manship 1 shook hands with the old boy and he took me around showing me his possessions on a rafter or rather beam across the middle of the house there was a picture of king george opposite which was another of roy rogers on his horse and in another place was a picture of himself in uniform with his first world war army unit the chief spoke excel lent english and asked me where i came from when i left the chiefs house i found peter doing a bit of explor ing on his own it runs in the family folks so i stood him up against a little native boy about his own size and i got a wow of a picture wait till you see it these people were apparently quite accustomed to seeing tourists and being paid just for being fijians even the tiniest kiddies were all running around with hands in the gimme position and had been taught to carry a bunch of flowers in the other hand as a come on a few coins here and there and they will pose for you standing on old time box social euchre old time dance for the price of one box lunch for two these events will take place in veterans memorial hall stouffville on friday mar 24th commencing at 800 pm girls without escorts one box lunch for two boys alone 100 save the dollar by finding a girl to prepare a box lunch for admission j fcweisiaisfaaisjabefaiaisfefsiaiaia toronto york roads commission notice to truckers half loading regulations 1950 on and after monday march 20th the load restriction will be enforced on all roads in the york county- highway system under the jurisdiction of this commission with the following exceptions road no south of eglinton avenue canadian- will pay the govern ment more than two hundred mil- 1 in dollars hi hs duties on good brought into the country in the federal rovornmentv current help the ontario society for crippled children by purchasing easter seals why you should help every crippled and handicapped child restored to health is an added asset to the community this is a doublebarrelled job to help the ontario society for crippled children and the work of the stouffville lions club its easy to help just slip your contribution in the envelope provided and mail at once the sum total of small contributions can provide a great fund for a worthwhile humanitarian effort if you have not received your letter you can help by leaving your contribution with dr s t bodendistel chairman of the lions club health welfare committee stouffville for the fourth time in ontario the sale of easter seals will be held commencing this week to raise funds for the work of the ontario society for crippled children the stouffville lions club has undertaken the sponsorship of this campaign 1 bathurst street 5 dundas street 6 vaughan road south of eglinton avenue 7 weston road from north limit of weston southerly 10a dixon road west of town of weston 17 lansing side road dawes road to kingston road 19 eglinton avenue 20 scarlett road h c rose chief engineer 67 adelaide st e toronto 1 ont f a lundy chairman mebiheffiibejaiaiabisjajaibisjbibiaisibiai white eggs wanted a 2c premium is being paid by p hutton for grade a large white eggs cases supplied free pickup and prompt returns 40 kenworthy ave toronto gr8970 oeexbogooaoeooeoaoooogaooooooooceaai share in this great humanitarian work their heads if necessary i took several group pictures which are interesting studies of the different native types peter and i then walked over to see one of these grass houses in the process of con struction soon we were hack in our taxi and whizzing along the jungle highway back to suva we had him drop us about a mile from the docks and then took ourselves for a most interesting walk the most conspicuous persons in suva are the policemen they are bigger men than usual in the first place and they are dressed so they can he seen they wear a bright red sash under their black police belts a black jacket with polished silver buttons and last but not least a white skirt with points all around the hemline once again wait till you see the pictures on the way back to suva i for got to mention that we passed a sikh temple about half the pop ulation of fiji is hindu and there would appear to be no love lost between the fijians and the hin dus as we strolled through the streets of suva there were as many if not more turbaned hindus than there were fussztopped fijians another conspicuous memory we have of suva is the odour of the market place it had a fish base to which was added ripe fruits of various kinds and other smells too numerous to mention on the whole we remarked that suva would be an interesting place to spend a vacation but not a place vye would like to remain in per manently in a music shop on the main street we bought several copies of isa lei the very popu lar native song some of these will find their way to canada when we get around to it the fijians are great singers and at the docks they assembled a male choir which gave in lusty send off as the greenclad hills of vitilevu faded in the distance we looked forward i to our next portofcall which was to be auckland new zealand to be continued the address of the salmon fam ily at top of this report will enable our scores of readers to drop a card or ietter to our former stouff ville friends to ie them know how much you appreciate hi dispatches so graphically describing this re markable trip to their new abode in australia editor steam railways in canada have 42335 miles in operation the new cr modern rio theatre uxbridgl matinee saturday at 230 pm wednesday thursday march 22 23 whirlpool gene tierney and richard conte foto nite every thursday this week 13000 cash offer wednesday night is attendance night lots of fun lots of cash friday saturdav march 21 25 lost boundaries with david ferrar and beatrice pearson monday tuesdav march 27 28 twelve oclock high gregory peck and hugh marlowe two shows nightly firs 7 pm