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the tribune stouffvule ont thursday november 9 1950 locust hill farmer silas toole builds pheasant stock good hunting was largely taken servation officer harry meighan for granted last weekend by the 600 wellbundled sportsmen who inged pickering townships snowflecked game haunts during the districts annual twoday pheasant shoot few hunters realized as they trudged contentedly through riverthreaded woods and over rolling fields that one man nas been largely responsible for the good hunting enjoyed each year by hundreds in this area silas toole is the mans name now hale and hearty at 71 mr toole has devoted his life his own money and a large portion of his rolling hilltop farm at locust hill pickering to the task of bringing pheasant- to pickering and keep ing them hero as a lasting lure to southern ontario hunters since 1930 most of silas tooles energies have been devoted to the creation of an 11acre pheasant sanctuary within the limits of his farm almost 20 years have been spent by the weathertanned farm er in hauling swamp grass bracken and swale to furnish his sanctuary and in keeping exhaustive records of the comings and goings of his colorful guests the information gleaned from his statistics combined with the work done by an organization he heads the pickering game con servation association have com bined to make this township a leading pheasant haunt and lor mr toole it iias all been fun theyre the prettiest and the most intelligent game birds youll find anywhere he claims adding that he begrudges not one of the thousands of hours and dollars he has spent on his hobby swathed in two or three heavy coats his legs encased in high rubber boots mr toole still patrols the heart of the pickering pheasant grounds during the annual shoot in spite of the fact that the provincial government long ago installed a fulltime department of lands and forests office to take care of licensing and patroling you cant keep him home says pickering and markham con- every year during the shoot hes up at the crack of dawn with a copy of the migratory birds act in one hand and a pair of binoculars that must have come with columbus in the other then olf he goes covers more ground than most of us too pheasant hunting in pickering didnt reach its present status until 1938 when licensing became the order and officials began stocking the woods with govern mentraised birds to supplement the hundreds provided by silas toole now under the direction of meighan who like his friend mr toole has spent a lifetime in working with game more than s00 birds are acquired each year from provincial hatcheries these are fed in pens and turned loose in late summer to reach full size by hunting time with this data says mr meighan were gradually reduc ing the matter of restocking to a science we can now be relatively certain that each year in turn will see pickering woods and fields stocked with enough pheasants to satisfy all the hunters who wish to come bethesda bethesda womens institute will hold a sale of work and cook ing on wednesday afternoon nov 15th at the home of mrs c burkholder come and help us along with this work everyone is very welcome bethesda young peoples unicm will meet friday evening of this week in the church plan to attend this meeting the 48th annual convention of central ontario womens insti tutes was held last wednesday thursday and friday in the royal york hotel bethesda members attending thursday afternoon were mrs c burkholder mrs h pugh mrs a paisley mrs f harwood and miss m nicely mrs c ratcliff and mrs ii ratcliff attended fridays session mrs c hicks spent the three days there more than six hundred enjoy turkey banquet more than six hundred persons made their way to the stouffviile united church on tuesday even ing to enjoy one of the greatest turkey banquets spread here in many years astronomical quanti ties of food were prepared for the feast which was held in con junction with special services on sunday marking the opening of the new church wing seven hundred pounds of turkey was cooked to a turn and these three dozen fine birds were garnished with dressing which required seventy loaves of bread three hundred and seventyfive pounds of potatoes were cooked for the affair salads pies cakes and the remainder of the trimm ings which went to make up the supper were supplied by the wagonload following the supper a concert was enjoyed in the church audi torium by the bordens golden crest male choir displays unique checker board 2 25c iip top choice lombard a 20 oi a a culverhouse choice ung peas iff- 18c aylher choice tomato juice w- lie ungraded eggs wantedi california sweet red b emperor grapes 2 lbs 25c 1 sweet thin skinned full of juice size 250 florida oranges doz 31c capo cod red crisp eatmor tello baj cranberries lb 19c ontario fresh green quart box brussels sprouts 25c ontario xo 1 marsh washed carrots 3 lbs 10c bc kxtra fancy hod sweet ealing iargo size 1 13 delicious apples 5 for 29c sweet tender crisp ontario fireen ijaiko bunch celery hearts 13c are you interested in dramatics within recent years there has been a revival of interest in dramatics the cultural advant ages offered by the study and pre paration of a play are many the study of voice stage grouping poise and expanding knowledge of literature are of a distinctly educational character and a definite means of enriching ones life and contacts dramatics can enlist the interest and taient of quite a large group some of course are the actors but in addi tions there must be a group responsible for production which is most important to the success of a play stage managing scenery designing and building stage lighting costume designing and makeup are some of the neces sary parts which can be taken by those of the group not interested in acting the stouffviile hobby club is sponsoring a dramatic group which meets at the high school each tuesday night at s oclock this group is directed toy mrs wm lampton who ha spent some years on the staff at community programs and has had much exper ience in all types of adult educa tion persons young and old interest ed in acting or stage production are urged to join this group as soon as possible and plan for a season of study work and fun australian seedless sultana lb 19c 2 lb 37c aisins w py hignest prices for ungraded eggt s manager for details reg grading station 029 domino 8 lack tea bags o 30c theit ydlutl effective rhuri fri sat nov th lolh i llth aunt sallys with pectin raspberry jam 24 40c neilsons creamy 1 lb tin cocoa 49c tfmc aylmer pure sitter orange marmalade 39c 24 fl oi jar sultana bleached raisins australian rcelconcd currants 8c shelled pieces walnuts 8 shortening domestic lb 33c maple leaf mincemeat 4 1c almonds 4 margarine margene 37c albert edwin dobson passes in brierbush hospital in 79th year albert edwin dobson who had been a resident of uxbridge for the past sixteen years passed away on thursday nov 2nd at the brierbush hospital in stouff viile in his 79th year the de ceased suffered a stroke over a year ago and had been in failing health since that time funeral services were conducted on satur day nov 4th from the chapel of mcguire and low in uxtoridge by rev l e atkinson with inter ment in wxbridfe cemetery born in the county of ontario mr dobson was a wellknown farmer throughout the uxbridge district he was united in mar riage with jean leask who pre deceased him he is survived by two sons fred and john who farm in reach township the late mr dobson was interested in the progress of the community and was identified witli the united church stouffv1 t le oxt clock and fan depot opened in markham coinciding with hydros fre quency standardization program in markham and district the com mission opened a clock and fan depot in the tremont hotel on november g in making this announcement hydro chairman robert h saun dors said that the many rural customers could use the depot as well as markhams domestic cus tomers the first ehangeovers for the customers served by mark ham hydroklectrie system are scheduled for january 5 and the work is expected to be completed about january 9 in addition to the depot in markham a mobile unit will be operating in agincourt to serve the customers being changed over there such a depot is set up like a modern store with new gocycle clocks and fans attractively arranged in welllighted display cases and on shelves it functions in this manner householders residing in an area which is being cutover to 60cycle power supply are advised by letter to bring their portable fans 10 inches in diameter and under and 2ocycie clocks to the depot there they caii either leave them to be altered for g0cycle operation or exchange them for new 60cycle models on display exchangeprices checker board made with out nails of birds eye maple and walnut by his grand father the late bill fleming a champion player is displayed by dr william fleming who keeps the old board in his modern dentist office dr fleming is a son of mr and mrs robert fleming of mark ham well known couple in stouffviile fie recently opened his new dentist office in his fathers familiar block on main street are reasonable and there are many attractive models of g0c3 clocks and fans from which to choose on this basis mr saunders also announced that a frequency standardization division area sub office had been opened in the orange hall church street markham this office will continue in operation until feb 1 and customers desiring service or information regarding the change over program are asked to phone number 10 markham canadians own more than two million motor vehicles of all kinds according to this years vehicle registrations 50000 fire at oak ridges motel an amateur boxer his hair afire rescued a fourmonthold baby on monday as flames destroyed the 50000 garage restaurant at bill stundens motel at oak ridges west of stouirville mat kirk staying with mr and mrs george oswald in a second floor apartment ran into the room occupied by mr and mrs kenneth nichols next door grabbed the baby judy from her crib and made a dash over a flaming floor to the stairs shielding her with his body the swirling flames set his hair on fire as he descended fire brigades from aurora rich mond hill willowdale and north york fought the blaze which started under the oswald apart ment when the oswalds jumped out of bed on smelling smoke their slippers caught fire but they managed to get out a two-months- old puppy they were forced to leave behind was burned to death as mr and mrs oswald left their rooms m explosion rocked the buildings thev were met in the hall by kirk with the baby in his arms he thrust it into mrs oswalds arms and she carried it out as he ran back into the fire to rouse mr and mrs bob hughes in another apartment they ran out in night clothing mrs hughes was able to carry out her yearold baby robert her other son russell was at school mrs nichols mother of judy was outside hanging out clothes when the fire broke out she tried to get in to get her baby when mrs os wald came out with it in the lower apartment henry lee chuck wong and wong gee proprietors of the restaurant tried to carry out all the chairs and furniture they could even though some items were burning expen sive ranges and other equipment in the ranchstyle restaurant were lost f never even stopped to think said kirk i knew the baby was in the apartment alone and i just went for it the flames were only inches away from its crib when i reached it i tried to grab a blan ket to throw around it but i couldnt seem to make my hands do what i wanted them to nh i mm 3 i 74 v i jvl 5 wv great sale for one week only our entire slock of ladies coats d n jjl i and resses also i v children s at coats reduction in price it will pay you to come in and look around h goldensj clothing store m phone 273 stouffviile