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the tribune stouffville ont thursday february 2t 1953 by j k smith mjp increased revenues from can adas buoyant and booming eeon- omv made poible the splendid and encouraging statement of our national finances in the annual budget presented to an attentive houe and an expectant country thursday night tax reductions and adjustments were welcomed but major satis faction of canadians should be in the very fine state of our general financial position it is a matter of real satisfaction to all canadians that out economic conditions con tinue in such a healthy state in this rather unsettled world the reduction in our national debt is the kind of good sound fin ancing which makes for success stability and progress in any private business just as it is good business to pay off something of the mortgage in our private affairs during days of prosperity so it is good business to do the same thing in our national business as a result of steady debt reductions over the past few years taxpayers of canada are saving many millions of dollars in interest charges expenditures still are high ami taxation i- heavy but we must keep in mind that one half of our national revenue goe- for defence preparation an insurance prem ium wnich we hope will maintain peace and avoid the horrors and destruction of another world war a real effort has beer made to keep nondefence spending at a minimum with the result that many desirable projects have had to be laid over to a future date when we hope our defence require ments will be lessened saskatchewan river dam the proposal to construct a dam on the south saskatchewan river to provide irrigation for a large area of faun land in sas katchewan was first made before confederation and has been a pro ject under consideration at vari ous times ever since in 1951 your federal government appointed a commission to inquire whether the economic and social benefits would be commen surate with the cost and whether the project represents the most profitable and desirable use which can be made of the physical resources involved the purpose of the south sas katchewan river project is to irrigate an estimated lvacoo acres of land in central saskatchewan by constructing a dam 205 feet in height acros the river associ ated with the plans for irrigation u proposed to develop 131000 horse power estimated t of the pro ject is the neighborhood of 230 million and after exhaustive and expe t turfy the commission issued a lengthy report which is i 123 page printed volume the lengthy commission report did not give a green light to the project rather it questioned several phases of the undertaking and tie prime minister announced this week the government is not prep red to start this vast power and irrigation project without further investigation ail opposition parties united in a demand for 11 immediate start despite the commissions recom mendation however while the government favor- constructive works such as the proposed pro ject it was felt the wise course is to make haste slowly and be very sure of our ground before embark ing on an undertaking involving the expenditure of s230 million tradr mission hon c i howe canada- min ister of trade and commerce returned to the house this week after a 20000 mile tour of latin- america countries in the interests f improved trade relations he was given a rousing welcome to the house as it is recognized in all parties that canada i- most fortu nate to have as a trade ambassa dor a man of his outstanding and ability that the trade mis received in all nint qualifications reports are sibii was well countries visited and the minister is optimitic of results 5 latin american trade is impor- tant business to canada as it is our third largest trading area our trade with latinamerica has i risen from si million in 193s to well over 300 million in 1052 almost equally divided between imports and export- although our trade with these countries aver- lages only about 0 per cent of our i commerce with she world in gen eral it accounts for about one quarter of our trade with all countries other than the united kingdom and the united states the howe trade mission wasj evidence of the governments policy of doing all possible to foster that business and strength en our relations with this increas ingly important part of the world farm loans tile canadian farm loan hoard j issued 5s739 loans during 1052 fori a total of ssls5l5s3 of this amount more than ten million was loaned to 0193 farmers in the pro vince of ontario isoidcu memorial the prime minister this week announced that provision will be made for the erection on parlia ment hill of a suitable memorial to rt hon sir robert borden prime minister of canada from oct 10th 1911 to july 10 1920 the prime minister paid tribute to the late sir robert as a great can adian who rendered distinguished service to our country xext year will mark the 100th anniversary of sir roberts birth mt pisgah rev pagaaaaaaatzaappmaaoaapa in even yet in many a ea- automobile is started by a who steps on the starter e an crank thursday feb lj e c moddle was back his uual place on sunday after two week absence because of ill ness miss margaret hollv who has a school at scarborough now was a sunday dinner guet of prof and mrs k a smith mr and mrs hob monkman and family of lansing were sunday visitors of the r c baycroft family sympathy is extended to mrs sproule and the moorby family on the death of mrs sproules brother mr wellington v shetf pard at peterborough he wus buried at peterborough on satur day of last week mrs norman drown and jim ami mrs margaret aeey motored to pembroke for the weekend mrs acey remained at her home there weekend visitors with mr and mrs harve v hiddlecombe were mr and mrs jack oyler of rich mond hill and mr and mrs william walker of toronto the home and school associa tion of whitchurch ss no and 7 had a very good attendance at their monthly meeting in ss no 7 on friday feb 13th a repre sentative of the united nations showed three films mrs pollock accompanied by mrs harlv at the piano sang my hero the usual business including discussion of the forthcoming rummage sale took place also plans for the euchre and croquinole party at vandorf communiiv hall on sat- i inday feb 2sth w ere discussed lkjujuju in the fiftytwo years since the first canadian aluminum plant opened at shawinigan falls canadas aluminum in dustry has grown to be the second largest in the world and canada now exports more aluminum than any other country still the need grows both at home and abroad for this light strong modern metal of many uses and aluminum company of canada is putting manpower and money and engineering brains and imagination into the job of keeping up with that demand aluminum is packaged power the electricity needed one ton of aluminum would light home for nearly a generation by making use of canadas abundant low- cost power this canadian enterprise has created employment and income for tens of thousands for the men who build and operate the dams and powerhouses the docks and smelters and power lines it needs and for the more than one thousand independent canadian companies who turn aluminum into countless forms important to industry and our own daily living aluminum 5 n h company of canada ltd stouffville floral roses wedding bouquets funeral designs cut flowers milt smith prop sbe bloomington thursday feb 10 1 we extend congratulations and wishes for continued happiness to mr and mrs clifford lemon who celebrated their wedding anni versary on sunday mr and mrs e raker mrs burnett and miss fockler attend ed the hobby show at the coliseum in toronto on thursday mr and mrs ci fisher of wind sor were with her parents mr and mrs f baker over the week end mr and mrs c gayman and family of unionville were visitors with mr and mrs w ferguson on saturday mr and mrs roy davis bar bara and dorothy of scarborough were with mr e davis on sun day mr and mrs e lemon and jonathan mr and mrs c lemon and helen visited with mr and mrs m lemon at thornhill on sunday mr and mrs macpherson and mr d macpherson of toronto visited at the c lemon home on sunday the christian endeavour society gave the program at ringwood christian church on sunday even ing glen major thursday feb 10 mr willis hopkins of orillia speitt a day last week visiting friends here miss livingston of toronto spent last week with mrs r hux- table while mr r unstable was in boston a number of ladies from here enjoyed the valentine party at the pino grove school guests of the pine drove wa mr and mrs george picket t spent friday evening with mr and mrs h iangille and david the occasion being davids birth day mr and mrs charles fiss visit ed with mr and mrs ed johnson one day last week several from here attended the minstrel show in iareniont on thursday evening mr and mrs joe jones called on mr and mrs geo pickett one day last week a group from toronto enjoyed saturday evening at skyloft the community was sorrv to hear mr a c simmonds of tor onto is in the hospital undergoing an operation we are all wishing him a speedy recovery producers and processors of aluminum for canadian and world markets plants of shawinigan foils arvida isle moligne shipshaw peribonka port alfred beauhornois woltefield kingston etobicoke balsam and jit ziov thursday feb 10 misses kingston and linton of the toronto normal school were teaching at ml zion school last week and spent the week at the jordan home mrs wm harbron and mrs cecil jones went on the bus trip from brooklin last thursday in connection with the ttms they visited some interesting places in toronto such as the united church book room and the fred victor mission and in the evening attend ed the pageant in the high school at leaside mr and mrs jack empringham and family had supper friday night with mr and mrs walter carson mrs stan thompson of altona spent last friday with mrs cecil jones mrs geo wilson spent the weekend with mr and mrs paul wilson at lakefield mrs wm harbron spent a few days this week with her daughter mrs stan neal in toronto who injured her leg a few weeks ago there will be another euchre partv held this friday night at the mt zion school gormley thursday feb 10 we extend the sympathy of this community to mrs sproule and the moorby family mrs sproules twin brother mr wellington sheppard passed away last week at his home in peterboro mr and mrs dall moses carol and glenda had sunday dinner with mr and mrs ken jones of dixon hill mr and mrs a farmer and mrs helen henry were guests saturday evening of mr and mrs f harvey and on sunday evening were guests of mr and mrs s doner mr- hunking of shelbourne and daughter klva spent last week in the home of rev and mrs c hunking we welcome to our community again mr and mrs melvin hend erson and their familv who have moved to their new home just south of gormlev