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growing pains continue for b 5 telephone continued from page 2 his service very soon this ser vice became unreliable jjacause of the overload on our rural jiue more and more frequently some personafter losing con siderable time in vain efforts to ring a doctor had to hitch a horse and drive to stouffville this was annoying to the sub scriber and ought upon us criticism that was understand able but which we felt we scarcely deserved with the installation of the 50line switchboard and the multidivision of our rural lines the number of circuits that were in service became so great thatjt was impossible to give night service by leaving all rural lines and all doctors lines connected with the switch board throughout the night and for some time even the pretence of giving service be tween the hours of 10 oclock pm and g ajn was abandoned by this time our subscribers were becoming so telephone conscious that there was a sense of being isolated during the closed hours such as they had never experienced in the days when there was no tele phone service either day or night the demand for night service became so insistent that we began to consider what we could do to meet the demand it was a serious problem as keeping a night operator was beyond our ability having re gard to our income finally on the suggestion of mr james h ratcliffe we resurrected the discarded 10line switchboard and installed it in his bedroom a cable was improvised from several strands of dropwire and carried to the switchboard in the store lines were doub led up during night hours and we were able to give night ser vice of a sort although lines within the village other than doctors lines had no night service unique initiation ceremony at richardson lodge the tribune stouffville ont thursday january 27 1955 local and personal happenings sirs llovd mover of church st stouffville visited friday afternoon with her sister mrs henry steckley of gormley mr george abe of montreal mr and mrs se abe and mr and mrs v hardy of toronto were weekend guests of mr and mrs j l abel first sitting of loca division court was held in stouffville on thursday morning with judge shea presiding only case heard was one judgment sum mons mrs warren mover and nor ma jennie of dicksons hill mildred haver and ruth walls stoutfvilie called on friday at the home of mrs john hawk ins and carolyn joyce mrs a f toogood presi dent of yorksimcoe home and school council will be the j speaker at the founders day meeting of the stouffville home and school association feb 2 xo less than seven mem- emony of kenneth wagg of bers of the wagg family were stouffville into richardson involved in the initiation cer- lodge last week they are from left to right rear herb wagg elgin wagg worship ful master ken wagg and norm wagg and laurie wag wagg front ken wa dean candidate there were no pushbuttons in those days consequently ev ery time the crank was turned on any phone the buzzer in james ratcliffes bedroom would sound and would con tinue to sound the alarm until silenced bv the operator under these conditions it was impera- 6 frequent disregard tive that subscribers should re- frain from touching their tele phones excepting when it was absolutely necessary coopera tion of our subscribers was necessary to make the service successful we made specific re quest for this cooperation and obtained it from the vast ma jority however there were some who paid no attention for exchange of work that stouffville is shortly to gain james ratcliti had no further another new family mr and mrs geo stark and baby mr stark has been a member of rest service from 6 am until the irene ii jml xpaosioo bracdrt j5350 regardles of age make or condition goddess of time 17 limit 4 diamonds tipantion tratilet j7500 and one or two unresponsive j store opened for business had to be abandoned and when the flood of calls began the buzzer was silenced by pulling a switch and cutting off the switchboard for convenience james ratcliff stretched a cord from the switch to the side of his bed he could then silence the buzzer without rising from his bed to his consternation one morning he discovered that during the night the buzzer had sounded without thorough ly wakening him and he had automatically reached for the convenient cord and pulled the switch instead of servicing the call the convenient cord had to be abandoned in the year 1911 we decided that better night service should be given thomas b rae was engaged as night operator the switchboard in james ratcliffs bedroom was discarded and night service was given to all lines subject to a nightservice subscribers could give a lot of trouble on one line there was that we issued a circular letter to every subscriber on that line that night service would be de nied to that line unless the un necessary use of the line dur ing night hours was discontin ued this warning was ignored and we discontinued the serv ice for several weeks this im proved matters but occasion ally at social gatherings some smart youths would deliber ately ring central as a joke when harvest work began we were compelled to make a change in the service night service was instituted primar ily for emergency service sickness of man or beast when harvest time arrived and thrashing and silofilling com menced at six oclock each mor ning there was such a flood of calls from farmers arranging quality service e reliable hard coal stove nut coal pocahontas stove coal stoker coal dom fuel stove oil kerosene diesel fuel the clipper hockey club for some years and has just dis posed of his home in willow- dale he is employed at ibm charge it was not until 1m1 that all village lines were given nightservice waggs jewelery china stouffville ontario stive 0os stouffville ontario a a a a a a a a aa t stanley theatre program for february mnmljiy tuemlny hist im hell below zero ahxs idi joav tetzki short si cnrtoon wednesday thursday 2nd a lid raiders of the seven seas john imvnk a donww iteed comedy travelogue v- cartoon friday 5th saturday apache technicolor hurt lancaster t jean peters comedy v cmtoon f j vacher writes interesting letters from europe continued from page 1 portugal eight hundred years ago i asked him if they had old age pensiops and he said no eight hundred years of lib- erty and no old age pensions or mothers allowances our guide was a wit he showed us the city jail on lib erty street we went to sintra where the royal palace is lo cated however the king was disposed of twenty to thirty years ago the palace was marble with many fine tapes tries and much fancy tile work the country is very hilly similar to the north of scot land the houses are stuck here and there wherever a little land can be found there was one spot where the river and the sea had combined to wash a passage under the rocks its called hells hill and is sup posed to be a favorite spot for suicides a sort of bloor via duct rendezvous along the streets was a fishermens mar ket where they bring in loads of sardines and sell them di rect to the housewife its a corker the loads the women here carry on their heads and dont even use their hands to balance it the guide told us that they have an af fair on their heads called a motherinlaw which helps to balance the load the whole district around lisboa is stony fences houses bridges and roads the streets and roads are very narrow and there are only certain places weekend visitors with mr and mrs w c hall spring- hurst farm ninth line were mrs eleanor waite and a ski ing party which included carol lord murray burke june ste wart and fred waite all of to ronto as the final culmination to the meeting which the public school board had recently with parents who were protesting ag ainst the fact that pupils were kept out of the school building in the morning and noons a letter was sent home with each pupil last week setting out the new hours which had been agreed to by the deputation chief change is the fact that the school is open each morn ing at s30 pupils are admitted to classrooms at 815 at noon hour the children may go to the basement and washrooms at any time and there is admis sion to the classrooms at 1 pm street crossing supervision is provided in the morning noon and afternoon the womens association of the stouffville united church met in the church parlors for the first meeting of the new year with mrs donald middle- ton vice president presiding after the singing of the hymn standing at the portal of the opening year and prayer the officers for 1955 were installed by the rev d davis as follows pres mrs arthur wood vice pres mrs r button and mrs d middleton recording secretary mrs a logan trea surer mrs g thomas pianist mrs claud brillinger asst mrs c nolan parsonage com mittee mrs wes schell mrs fred campbell card flower committee mrs a campbell and mrs j mccreight social comm mrs topham mrs el- son and mrs fairies kitchen committee mrs hammersley mrs w ford and mrs g foord victor home mrs n oboyle mrs wood our new presi dent conducted the business and the annual reports were given our guest speaker for the evening was miss brooks who chose as her theme at the portals of the new year sorrows and joys of 1954 are behind us let us go into the new year with jesus christ as our guide and he will give us strength to face the trials of each day two beautiful selectioas were played on the piano by miss hisey and mrs ross winter- stein entertained us- with two delightful recitations mr davis closed the meetin wtere one can pass however with prayer and a social half monday tuesday 7th 81i1 dial m for murder color adult eniertainniont bay mmxwd a gltack kklly sport ileol jfc cartoon monday a tuesday iih 15th the long wait adult entertainment anthony quinn chas coiitlrv short- cartoon wednesday a thursday nth lotli turned out nice again george kormrv throw a saddle on a star wednesday v thursday ldh i7ih man with a million gregory peck jane griffiths sport short cartoon friday saturday lltli 121h black horse canyon jokl mccrka v marie riwchahi prowlers of the everglades cartoon friday v- saturday lstli 10th great dan patch dennis okkkfe a gail russet laurel hardy in the foreign legion monday tuesday 2lr j2nd doctor in the house liluk bogard muriel pavioh comedy a cartoon wednesday thursday 21nl 2lih so big jane wyman sterling iiavdex 8liort t cartoon friday saturday stli tilth arrow in the dust color sterling iiavdex a coieen gray jungle gents the bowery roys cartoon t lobody seems in a hurry the first vehicle i saw was a don key cart the people are very poor the older women are dressed in black and the youn ger ones in colors the houses are wretched money is called esquadas 2s to the dollar if you buy some thing for 20 scudos you dont get your change if you dont watch they are not easy to dicker with we passed quite a contingent of the portuguese army dress ed in gray and carrying rifles however by the standards of the big powers the portuguese army wouldnt last a day i wonder why they bother the police look very good xice blue uniforms with white hats their street cars are quaint about thesize of the old horse cars in toronto however they do have nice buses the trains each have just three coaches there are shell gas stations everywhere and mobilgas is very prominent the people are quite friendly and accept our dollars for their goods quite readily however when i offer ed a fiftycent piece and a nic- kle a storekeeper said in fine english that he was unable to accept anything smaller than a quarter their flowers have a beauti ful scent they have geraniums and marigolds most apartments have the washing hanging out of the window or along the wall the garbage wagons are drawn by oxen i could spend a lot more time here hut there arc two tugs turning our ship around so its goodbye portugal k j hour followed skating clubs spring carnival to be april 1st an open meeting of stoutfvilie skating club held on thursday jan at the municipal hall the was 20th the president mr foord outlined a sketch of the plans for the forthcoming carnival the date set at the local arena is friday night april 1 the following committees were arranged programme tickets property costume music and publicity last thursday afternoon the first visitors day was held at the club the tots was the first group to entertain a num ber of their little friends the following events will take place in the near future i preliminary tests at stouffj ville arena saturday jan 29 at 5j0 am intorclub at peter- boro sunday feb 6th the audience at last years local carnival will readily re call the very clever perform ance of young donald jackson of oshawa especially his com edy number with the rag doll this past weekend donald at the age of 11 won the canadin junior figure skating cham pionship xore of donalds scores were below s3 out of a perfect 10 those are excep tional scores one veteran ska ter observed especially for a youngster in his first real com petition hes going tc be a vacher great skater mr and mrs ray zeller mongolia accompanied by mrs em madiii and wayne of to ronto spent the weekend in gait visiting mr and mrs les perrin on tuesday january isth mr and mrs arthur j little wilcott hill farm aglneourt celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary the couple who are hfelong residents of sear- voro township ere at home to many callers and were show ered with ghts and cards mr and mrs littles farcify con sists of james of f illey alta audrey mrs alex b meikle- john of toronto and three grandchildren another son flight lieutenant stewart w little dfc lost his life over seas in 19 14 the stouffville womens in stitute met in christ church parish hall on thursday after noon jan 20th mrs sander son the president conducted the business the programme in charge of mrs baxter con vener of historical research and current events and hr committee consisted of read ings a history of the sang- ster family as compiled by mr allan sangster and a con test the draw for the quilt and doll was made the quilt going to mrs a v nolan and the doll to mrs milt burk a social halfhour followed the regular monthly meet ing of the afternoon auxiliary of the womens missionary so ciety of the united church will be held in the church par lours on thursday feb 3 at 230 pm mrs albert king will conduct the worship perigtl mrs kellington soloist and mrs s s ball will review the work of the church in india a special offering will be taken for our supply work a very cordial invitation is extended to all the women of the congre gation 0 i winterstein a water break on church s- monday caused a shutdown ia the service there for a short time plan no to miss that musical treat being brought to the stouffville high school audi torium on feb 17 and is the ross caldwell singers direct from eaton auditorium tick ets will be on sale this week at various business places proceeds are in aid of the lions club welfare work stouffville fire brigade was called to the eugene lemon farm on the 9th con of whit church on monday just at the supper hour when a spark from the chimney threatened to ignite the roof of the house however the threat was soon squelched with no damage re sulting mr don mover former stou ffville boy and teacher now for some years at malvern colleg iate was a visitor in town on saturday night mr movers daughter is- presently in the sick childrens hospital under going an operation and he him self did not enjoy she best of health during the recent christ mas vacation period friends will regret to learn however both are now on the mend lois perkins 11 of rich mond hill was first place in the york county public school students public speaking con test held before county coun cil members at xewmarket an thursday lois was compli mented by the judges for her well prepared address and will represent the county in the provincial finals this spring second place was awarded to barbara rhodes of nowmar- ket and donna graham of woodbridge was given third prize judges for the competi tion were mrs elton arm strong of armitage rev geo h thomas of markham and j ii knowies of aurora we arrived refreshed by bus theres plenty of fun and plenty to do when you go on a trip enjoy sightseeing all the way and arrive in the mood for enjoyment by bus low round trip fares subject to change montreal 5 1750 philadelphia 2170 colonial virginia package tour 8 days 6977 from toronto return fare sightseeing and hotel room double 5 night ask your agent for details rsijn jwr mgcm for aerails 795 k or otner package tours tickets and information at snowballs barber shop phone 270j2 birth to market stouffvifse coop slouffville phone 269 or 122