the tribune stouffville onr thursday december 17 1953 heap of sparkling gift at pinmoney prices that prove its not wliat you spend but where you shop that counts exciting gifts for family and friends all showing how a little cash goes a long way riches hardware heres the gift the whole family will enjoy most a tv set means front row seats for all on sparkling entertainment thrilling sports exciting news events stimulating educational programs choose from our wide selection of famous makes admiral mcdi iox25ix vi w guarantee uh9 reception new dx range under set it once to customize your admiral or finest reception new tv tone control emphasizes treble or bass tone to suit your own taste omniscope builtin aerial preoricntcd or optimum signal strength in all good signal areas fairs radio electric stouffville ontario mennonite bonnets i handmade few continue the art black bonnets a symbol of their faith at one time set a- part the women of the men ronite sects in the stouffville- markham area their head co verings exemplified their plain way of living however in late years the practice has almost died out in the united ill sionary churches in stouff ville alt joy dicksons hill and gormley but is still car ried on extensively in the wideman mennonite cnurch tiie hele hill church and oth ers in markham township be low xo 7 highway greatest concentration of mennonhe folks is in the kit chener waterloo district where practices have not chan ged greatly particularly am ong the adult generation while no ladies in this area make a business of manufact uring the bonnets the work is done in the homes and the art is handed down from one gen eration to another we have learned that there are some ten styles in the black ixmnets worn by the old order menno- nites and none can be bought in the stores two of the ladies in the wat erloo area who make a busin ess of manufacturing the bon nets are miss judih horst of st jacobs and mrs menno horst of floradale miss horst has been making bonnets for 30 years on a shelf behind the stove in miss horsts home are three hat forms with bonnets on them the three forms repre sent the head sizes which miss horst needs in her work in dividual variations are taken care of in fittings the making of the forms is a skill in itself the basis of the form is a mock of wood which has been rounded at the top and carefully covered with a mixture of paper rags and paste this is smoothed exper tly by hand the hat form is made of cardboard which is shaped on the wooden blocks the card board is painted on iboth sides to resist the weather wire is inserted in the front back and at the side while it is still on the form when the hat is shaped she begins the work of covering it with fine black taffeta she us es saun for the lining and ed ging some of the bonnets are made of crepe and satin she buys her material from a sales man from toronto frequently pressing has to be done with a stoveheated ir on as her home doesnt have hydro the work often tires her eyes she said it takes patience she said summing up in a few words the fine needlework required when she is busiest she com pletes two in a week her rec ord year was recently when she made so she works at them winter and summer the bonnets may seem plain to the observer who has never carefully examined one fine needlework smooth tucks and even ruffles combine to make the bonnets works of art imennonite girls begin to wear black bonnets when they are about 14 their hats are distinguished by a knot at the top and a bow at the back young girls may also have two ruffles the hair must not show under the bonnet mennonite bonnets are not exchanged for new ones as the seasons change miss horst has worn her own bonnet for 30 years and many of the wom en in the community have done the same it is rarely slcgkstions for im proving tkoct streams next may 1 may seem a long way off for devotees of the speckled trout but in the win ter interim dr cutis manag er of the ontario department of lauds and forests fish hat chery here has evolved some suggestions for improving on tarios trout streams it is impassible and not de sirable he says that the country revert to conditions of 100 years ago but many things can be done to improve conditions now succinctly he contrasts con ditions past and present trout streams many years ago few rishermen big catch es baskets of trout poor con veyances wagons buggies or long distances on foot conditions many years ago heavy bash and swamps few floods low water temperature no mud no pollution clean waters good gravel spawning imkis plenty of natural food little cannibalism and disease todays conditions cars full of fishermen distance means nothing small or scan ty forests and swamps heavy floods high water temperatur es polluted waters springs drying up little natural foot from the forest floor results poor fishing de pleted streams cannibalism birds animals and disease many streams are totally un fit for speckled trout and fish ermen are dissatisfied remedies suggested are these 1 practise conservation far ming such as leaving hillsides in grass and having grassed waterways where there is likely to be erosion 2 cultivate on the contour rather than up and down the slope a fence stock out of wood land so rainfall and melting snow will soak into the soil rather than run off by surface routes 1 reforest all land not suit able for crops 5 fill in open ditches in low land which has not proved sat isfactory for agricultural crops thus increasing the springs that tend to keep a steady flow of water in the streams 0 fence the streams from livestock and plant trees along the banks to stabilize them produce shade and help to maintain a lower summer tem perature 7 do stream improvement such as building low stone dams deflectors and placing obstructions such as old logs and stumps in the stream toed the rewards obviously would extend far beyond the particular interests of the ang ler that a mennonite girl gets a new bonnet for her marriage the bonnets worn by the a- mish women are much plain er another st jacobs woman who made these hats for 10 years said that she was able to make 100 a year screening is used for the form and the material is sewn over this she said that many of the younger women now prefer soft bonnets which can be carried in their 4 purses now you can treat vaginitis in cattle after extensive experimenta tion nixon laboratories have developed an effective treat ment for vaginitis in cattle this new nixon product is easy to use and quite inex pensive if you are having breeding troubles due to va ginitis drop in and let us ex plain this new proven treat ment that is so simple to use available now at houstons drug store central feed store phone 277 stouffville we carry a complete line of marmill balanced feeds in mashes pellets crumbles blue coal blue coal order your winter supply now the best time fr a fellows ship to come in is before hes too old to navigate come christmas time and folks will be long on spending and then short on money in a certain town four con tiguous neighbors have been crapping among themselves tor going on two years they have respectively a large dog two cats chickens and a flow er garden vy days a os c o co ie o i i o a jc r- when you buy a 1953 international harvester raphgerator about the nevv refrigerate international harvester climate seven essential food climates en able you to feed your family better and more economically nruuntaw hukih a a o 3 g i o 2 sr 5 o 5 to vi seeing is believing at cy bellman sons stouffville ontario iooooooooooooooo miimjmlbimm bq john deere day nmmbtj tke pate january 4 1954 2 pm 8 pm izmmhwj tketfyjcfr veterans hall stouffville fred e byer son stouffville phone 271jl