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the tribune stouffville ont thursday june 19 1947 big township road budget not big enough reeve i p evans asked whit church township council at their june meeting friday to given con sideration to requesting the de partment of highways to approve of an additional expenditure on township roads of 5000 when the appropriation bylaw was passed early in the year the huge expen diture for snow removal were un known and since it amounted to 20000 it more than melted away half the appropriation of 35000 for 1947 tenders were opened at this meet- inging for positions as constables at the two township lakes herbert beach was named in the bylaw for muselmans lake and ivan pat- tenden for wilcox both applicants had asked for ear mileage but council refused this and will pay each cop an allowance of 5 month ly for car use tenders were opened for collect ing garbage at wilcox and mussel- mans three ofrers for each lake which was said to be the best re sponse to the invitation for tenders received in years rout forfar was the successful tenderer being given the work for both lakes mussel- mans at 300 and wilcox at 350 other tenders ran as high as 400 for either lake an application from the free methodist church for exemption from taxation on ten acres of land at lot 31 con 6 brought forth a letter from the township solicitor setting forth the act unless the land was built on and building used continuously for religious purposes no exemption would be allowed in any case this land does not qualify for exemption it is only a summer place the farmers wife and family put in long long hours before school and after school working in the garden milking cows feeding calves and raising chickens said dj mccuaig mp for maple creek they were the busiest people on the farm but they were not allowed one dollar for their work dutch farmers sail for canada within a week cars arriving daily we can pill you requirements in hemlock spruce pine cement supplied with lumber orders roofing in stock increase in lumber prices has been authorized as of may 23 1947 we are not increasing our lumber prices our lumber prices will be the same as last year irrespective veterans discount 5 for veterans personal building t a wilson lumber co ltd cannington ont telephone no 15 xoe30i the date of cedar grove garden party changks annually this year on saturday evening july 5th but the high quality op entertainment remains constant first quality guaranteed chekr barred rocks new hamps white leghorns light sussex ls x nh crossbreeds nh x br crossbreeds our hatcheries are known far and wide for the quality chicks we produce health size vigor and egg production count first with us when you order from us you are guaranteed of best grade chicks replenish your stock now price lists on request newmarket chekrchix hatchery phone 479 alex hill manager newmarket 0oosooooooooooooo9ooo0o0oooooo0qoo4 a thousand farmers from the fertile fields of holland will sail for canada june 17 to lend their skills and find new life in agricultural canada mostly on the sugar beet cultivations of southern ontario at time of going to press it could not be learned if any of the group will come to york or ontario counties but such a possibility is evident it is also thought possible that a few may find their way to sugar beet plantations in southern al berta disclosure that 1000 xetherland farmers soon will be on their way brings to about 2100 the number of europeans now definitely slated to come arrangements are under way to bring moo men from dis placed persons camps in germany to work in the pulp logging indus try of ontario in addition the government is known to be considering the entry of 2000 girls from the displaced persons camps to work as domestics in canada and approximately 2000 men and women also from the camps for the skillshort needle trades of the dominion mostly in toronto and montreal the brief statement on the xeth erland immigrants which mr howe made in answer to a question ask ed previously by m j coldwell ccf leader followed his disclos ure of an orderincouncil for the immediate entry into canada of 5000 persons from the displaced persons camps of europe altona rev and mrs freeman boothby of everet washington and rev dr dennison of dayton ohio were recent guests with mr and mrs wm reesor misses lois fretz and marjorie petty and messrs levi orval and norman fretz motored to vineland and niagara falls on sundav mr and airs d alexander spent the weekend at their summer home here congratulations to merle slack and norm dickens on their mar riage on saturday last sorrv to hear mrs stanley lewis is not in the best of health we wish her a speedy recovery mr and mrs wm reesor were in newmarket on sunday mr and mrs t kirbyson visited recently with mr and mrs wm clarkson mr and mrs ernest bloomington visited his sunday davis of father on w j pellatt buried at unionville the mortal remains of william john pellatt of unionville were laid to rest beside his beloved life part ner in ebenezer cemetery milliken on tuesday afternoon after service at the residence conducted by rev w s butt the late mr pellatt died in east general hospital just twelve days after his wifes passing in his 65th year they were residents of unionville and the vicinity for many years and were highly esteemed in th com munity mr pellatt was employed throughout the last war as a super intendent at malton air port but was obliged to discontinue about six months ago on account of ill health the pall bearers were messrs thos harding roy risebrough wen nichol wen muirhead and robt lehman surviving are four sons alfred norman bruce and harry and one daughter nora the sympathy of the whole community goes out to the bereaved family in memory of dunbarton pioneer settlers tomb stones salvaged from an abandoned gravevard have been set in a cairn in the heart of erskine cemetery where over a thou sand people gathered recently to attend the annual decoration service vandorf there is considerable talk along parliament hill about the virtual flood of goods into canada from the united states since the start of 1947 particularly since it is feared that stores may be overstocked with american and other merchan dise when canadian factories are in a position to produce at full capac ity on wednesday afternoon june 11th the womens institute held a meeting at die home of mrs cluis williamson with an attendance of thirtythree it was a very special occasion as two members were honoured mrs karl foster who has given twentyone years of efficient service to the institute was presented with a lovely bedroom lamp and mrs ewart finder was iven a plastic hand bag as a token of their esteem on their leaving bur community plans were made for members to attend the fiftieth an niversary of the founding of the womens institute to be held at guelph on wednesday june 18th mrs henry stephenson rendered a solo accompanied by mrs smith of white rose a dainty lunch was served and a social time was enjoy ed by everyone miss ethel carrigan who has been visiting for the past month with mr and mrs las wright re turned to her home in toronto on thursday mr george campbell and daugh ter miss lois campbell of liemidji minnesota and mr campbells sister miss pearl james of green bay wisconsin had dinner on wednes day evening with his niece mrs herbert oliver and mr oliver later in the evening they visited at the home of mr and mrs fred allen- mr and mrs bert graham enter tained mr and mrs dalton richard son of aurora on sunday in honour of their twentyfifth wedding anni versary guests and members of the family who attended were mr and mrs russel graham miss nora graham mrs richard plowright and mr and mrs elmer pratt of minnesing mr and mrs mac mc- nicol miss irene mcnicol mr and mrs bill richardson of paris miss dorothy richardson mr and mrs russel hunt and son harry mr and mrs fred allen ad children shirley and murray mr and mrs gordon carr and daughter peggy of keswick master donny graham mr harry lavender mr stanley baker mr thomas sheridan and mr douglas richardson mr and mrs arnold and gard- house and family of thistletown were sunday guests of mr and mrs wm kingdon miss jean switzer attended the ferguson mcnair wedding at elgin mills on saturday evening kbitch buchanan a quiet but pretty wedding was solemnized in toronto on monday evening june 9th when audrey buchanan became the bride of george aubrey james keitch rev f c mcmulkin officiated the bride was beautifully gown ed in a white silk jersey street- length frock with finger tip veil caught with flowers her corsage was of red roses the brides only attendant was mrs fred stevens sister of the groom who was gown ed in a pale blue streetlength dress with matching veil caught with blue flowers and wearing a corsage of roses the bride brotherinlaw was best man during th signing of th register 1 love you truly was softly played a dainty lunch was served for travelling the bride wore a pale blue top coat amid a shower of best wishes and confetti the happy couple left for points north the muchdiscused question of the st lawrence waterway development was revived recently by us gen marshall in a talk with expresident herbert hoover the general urged that the development be undertaken a an aid to military preoaredness bloomington congratulations to our editor and stall on having won the joseph t clark memorial trophy as the best allround newspaper published in a town or village of 1500 mr and mrs c bilkey spent mem- day in toronto our community extends all good wishes for a future happv and pros porous married life to the newly weds mr and mrs gordon brown mr vaughan is improving hi- home by the erection of a new verandah miss black has taken a position in toronto for the summer mrs ii shantz of port credit spent a week with her narehts mr and mrs o 11 tranmer also guest on sunday were mr and mrs howard kee betty anne and john of orangeville and mr and mrs e a stony mr and mrs j dennis of toron to were recent guests of mr and mrs a w stony and mrs j siorrv mrs h mccorniack daughter marion and son of sudbury are visiting with her mother mrs w fockler his friends will be glad to know that mr w fockler in st michaels hospital toronto came through his monday operation successfully dance celebrate national farm holiday and the junior farmers oldtimers reunion friday june 20 by dancing with unionville junior farmers at rainbow gardens markham arena wwb and his collegianaires modern and old tyme music everybody welcome tell you frinends admission 50c jr farmers dances are friendly dances popcorn i hot fresh toasted the stanley theatre has installed a manley popcorn machine and here is our recipe for making the best fresh toasted popcorn you ever tasted we take only those giant sunripened kernels that have been processed and cleaned in the exclusive manley processing plant we season the kernels with the finest of south american vegetable oils not forgetting to add a dash of tangy salt we place them together in the heavy duty aluminum kettle of the manley popcorn machine with its controlled temperature and motor agitator action and in less than a minute we have the most delicious popcorn you ever tasted when you attend the stanley theatre we invite you to taste a free sample of this delicious popcorn and see our manley popcorn machine in action 10c ten cents 10c enjoy a box at the theatre take a box home oc ioc aonoc motor repair service cars trucks tractors car and truck motors exchanged tractors reslceved value jobs valves re faced and reseated lirake jobs spline and plain shafts built up and machined falhe work bushings bearings for motors and farm machinery generators magnetoes voltage regulators starter all types of electrical and ignition troubles repaired all work fully guaranteed international motors w d atkinson mcierr atent stouffviiih loaoi