S ST t I 4 EAGLE ST A V fs V ft- Tj weekly letter from York North It was an impressive scene in theHouse of Com- of Canada when the members stood in two minutes of silent tribute to the late Queen Mary following the adoption of an address of loyalty and sympathy to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth Ml I fT if- i v ri J Fuel Weather TON NOW OF coal Dont be fooled Theres plenty of winter ahead Replenish your bin NOW with blue coal Finish op the winter with the finest heating the greatest comfort the utmost economy that money can buy Remember with blue you KNOW what youre getting No gamble No risk The BLUE color identifies it guarantees the quality For Ctf Heating Cut down basement trips save fuel money time trouble with the blue coal Electric Eye ther mostat regulates dampers from living room gives you simple inexpensive automatic heating day and night A Phone for no Phone 5 The news was announced to a hushed House Tuesday evening following the dinner adjourn ment and on suggestion of the prime minister the evening ses sion was adjourned- Wednesday the prime minister wearing a black tie of mourning moved a resolution of sympathy and paid eloquent tribute to the late Queen Alary He said her passing was a great loss to all nations of the British Common wealth and the world Opposi tion Leader Drew said she had been so much a part of the life of everyone it was difficult to realize she had passed from the mortal scene CCF Leader Coldwell spoke of Queen Mary as the last regal link with the Victorian era a great lady as wife mother and Queen Social Credit Leader Low recalled her remarkable self dis cipline and her fine example The visit to Canada of our Queen as Princess Elizabeth the passing of King George the great national sorrow now ex perienced on the passing of Queen Mary and the enthusiasm everywhere evident concerning the coming coronation all dem onstrate the important place of the Crown in our national life The late Queen did much to strengthen the ties of the Com monwealth and enhance the dig nity and service of the monarchy In Canada there will be a per iod of mourning for one month and during that time there will be a minimum of social functions in official circles Livestock Prices Canadian farmers today are getting the highest meat prices in the world A little while ago prices were higher in the United States but that is not so today So when Opposition speakers say we have lost markets or should seek wider markets it should be remembered that there is no bet ter market in the world for live stock than in Canada The fanner is the wisest man I meet as I go about the country in a campaign Hon Jimmy Gardiner said in the House this week He said the farmer has lime to think and doesnt accept I wild statements Outlining government policy the agricultural minister quoted Sir Wilfred who used to say All they need to do is put their hands in their pockets to see the difference Backing his statement that agriculture had prospered and the farmers posi tion improved since the present government took office the min ister said that any farmer could prove it for himself by putting his hand in his pocket and tak ing stock of his improved posi tion- If he really wanted to make sure he said all he had to do was look back to the early thirties when the opposition party was in office Distinguished Visitors Ottawa is honored by visits from many world famous people A if ISP iters- i 4 rev- s art c I CISNION CIRCULATION Among Dutch flood victimsrwho arrived at Halifax aboard the Beer to begin new lives in Canada were Mr and Mrs Seeker and their seven children A month they fled their Netherlands home in terror before the Lowland countrys worst flood in almost ycara and the Speakers and Diplomatic with- just the clothes they wear as their only possessions they are looking forward to gallery from day to day present an interesting world Whos Who This week Canadas capital had a visit from one of the worlds most outstanding women Mrs Pandit chairman of the India delegation at United Nations She is a sister of Prime Minister Nehru of India and a former am bassador of her troubled country to Moscow and Washington She spent two days here and visited the Governor General Prime Minister St Laurent and addressed a meeting of the Uni ted Nations Society Few wom en in the world rank more prom inently in public life than Mrs and she is listened to with interest whenever she speaks on international affairs a new life in Edmonton where Mr Seeker will work as cabinet builder Seen above with Kikkert ships purser at right the Seeker family are forerunners of thousands of flood refugees expected to arrive in Canada this year OBITUARIES The Prime Minister of France Rene Mayer accompanied by his foreign minister and minister of finance also visited here this week They came as invited guests of the government and were entertained at luncheon by the prime minister The French PM laid a wreath on our Na tional Memorial and held impor tant conferences with members of our government No Change Hon Lester Pearson was this week authority for the state ment that as far as Canada is concerned there has been no evidence of a change in Russian policy since the death of Stalin Some speeches by representatives of the new administration seem more conciliatory than in the past which may give some hope however too much optimism is not justified by official acts William J Bell William J Bell retired CPR stationary engineer and resident of Fort William for the past years died in hospital recently after a lengthy illness He had resided at Prince Ar thur Boulevard He was born and educated at Newmarket He moved to Fort William in and shortly his arrival here took em ployment with the CPR He remained with the railway un til retiring on pension in He was married to Miss Anna Ross Fox in Toronto in He had made many friends during his long residence in Fort Wil liam He was a member of the Algoma lodge No of IOOF a member of the Thunder Bay camp No of the Woodmen of the World and a member of the Electrical Workers Union He was an adherent of St Andrews Presbyterian church He is survived by his wife Anna a nephew Wilfred Thompson Port Arthur and a sisterinlaw Miss Emma Fox Toronto Services were held at the George Blake chapel Rev Agnew Johnston St An drews Presbyterian church of ficiating Following this the Al Lodge of Odd Fellows con ducted services The body was shipped to Newmarket for burial in the family plot n J 1 IJ li r 1 I m m v n 1 1 I I 1 Seventy dollars allowance for you purchase one of Joseph B Kay On Wednesday Mar at the Anaconda American Brass one of New Torontos earlier citizens quietly passed away Joseph Byron Kay or Bert Kay as he was known to most people on the succumbed to a heart attack while at work Born in at Holt Mr Kay farmed in that area until the first world war when he came to work at Browns Brass New To ronto He remained with that firm when it became the Ana conda American Brass in and was a regular employee un til the time of his death Bert Kay enjoyed watching all com petitive sports and was a fa miliar figure particularly at the lacrosse teams games He was very fond of gardening and spent many happy hours raising his favorite dahlias He is survived by his wife Birdie daughters Vera Ruth Grace Audrey and sons Charles and Garnet A fine family man his cheery good will long be missed by his family and friends Rev C Dyer minister of Century United church con ducted the funeral service at the Funeral Home on Saturday morning Interment Park Lawn cemetery The pall bearers were Messrs Victor Lillew Herbert Worth- John Evans Harold Gib son Cecil Downer Gerald Downer Victoria Scott Cole Mrs Victoria Scott Cole pass ed away suddenly at her home Ave Toronto on Friday Feb 20 in her year The youngest daughter of the late Isaac Scott and Ann Booth she was born on the fifth concession of Whitchurch near Vandorf She moved to Newmarket with her parents about CO years ago living on St for about 20 years in home now own ed by Mr and Mrs Bert Adams On the death of her mother she wont to Toronto later marrying Edward Cole son of Mr and Mrs Cole They bought their home on Ave where she lived until her death Surviving are nieces and nephews to mourn her loss Those in Newmarket are Arthur Scott Everett Miller Bertha Love and Jennie Andrews and the family of the Bert Scott Her husband two brothers and five sisters predeceased her Minnie Sellers Mrs Minnie passed suddenly at home Sut ton West on Wednesday March Sho was born in Scott town ship daughter of Mr and Mrs William Sellers married Fergus A in Mrs a devoted wife and ho me maker attended the United church Sho belonged to Womens Institute and Sho took keen Interest in her home family flowers and community activities Surviving her four sons Atllstor and Byron at home Gordon at London find Donald Keswick three daugh ters Mrs Lloyd Sutton West Norma Geo Thompson New Westminster BC Jean Mm Albert Waller Sutton West three brothers Mr Stephen Sellers Jacksons Mr P Sellers and Mr Sellers Zephyr also grand children and one groat grand daughter Rev Stephen Mathers con ducted funeral service Sutton United church on Friday March were Frank Huntley Harry Homer Lome and Winch Interment in Mount Albert cemetery to Mil THE HOUSE OF LTD Church St St Catharines Style PINE ORCHARD CEMENT BLOCK CO Albert WW i r fc I 1 Dear Sirs We led FulOPep Chick this Tear and en- exceptional results In ftct some visitor hesi tated to believe us when we told the age of the birds as they looked over our growing flock Growth was exceptionally f good and wee moved very low mortality figures on a flock of 1600 birds signed las Mt One iarJ Phone wouldnt think Involved In the birth hockey too controversial for our But one first and an Important on port lift tor in the history of in Domic we must hand to Marie It the first Canadian city to boast a professional hockey For long before the old National Hockey Association was preceding the present National League the was a member of Professional International League in two Soos Portage Lake and Calumet in con along with Pittsburgh constituted the first lineup of League later joined by Houghton Michigan club Those were the days of real sport in hockey The dlan club formed by four pwtoea of whom John P Mooney and George are Uvl These four sportsmen pot up ISM each ran the years Players salaries were then from to with the added Inducement that sweaters and skat were free And some are hockey today doited the rosters of those warn as Cyclone Taylor Newsy Jack Hod Stuart a hockey Immortal who Was managerial player for Jimmy Cob tad more Canadian Soo team on one occasion was break through salary limit of The club had a great many injuries and as a daring replacement It decided to secure Newsy Lalonde Newsy came high asked for per week for four weeks and th club agreed to pay train bearing the great arrived at oclock night of the big game three ho late stepped off dressed to play ana even his skates Ho played incognito scored three goals and until next day did the Identity of this of the become known ate Marie was last a small had not yet amalgamated with and population did not exceed But Interest la hockey it high as It still does In this sporting centre which rs sends National later It vcloped the that have wow i share of the spirit that i a professional team whose roster of hockey in a league of smhlUons far carries on around the hockey line players and are more orderly no doubt than those nostgame mob battle of the turn seen Off of the I El no