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the tribune stouffville ont thursday december 1 1949 giving up business clearance sale cakes store letnonville more ww everything at wholesale price sale starts on december 1st hardware at wholesale nails 2 2i 3 312 4 inch forks shovels pails galvanized and enamel electrical supplies tools axes hammers pliers wrenches etc bolts hinges roofing motor oil texaco vicery etc footwear at wholesale sisman thorobuilt boots all leather or panco sole sisman scampers rubber boots low rubbers boys boots gift items pyrex ware china trays kitchen wares electric irons toasters cashmere bouquet gift sets store open every evening drugs at wholesale cold remedies laxatives rayve toni home permanents shampoos first aid supplies babys bottle warmer school supplies stationery dry goods at wholesale winter work shirts plaid or plain overalls work gloves mitts cotton or leather prints flanelette nylons notions groceries full line of nationally adver tised goods meats fruits candy tobacco store fixtures including toledo computing scale refrigerated counter 6 ft show cases shelving etc come early and get best assortment j happiest man not in our aurora our attention was called to a newspaper item last week where a man from aurora had given away a vast estate then turned around and died investigation indicated that the despatch was from aurora illinois not aurora york county the despatch reads james powell recently disclosed as the man who had given away 350000 to make his friends happy while im still alive died early today powell a 74yearold retired real estate man had been in failing health for several years and lived in semiretirement at an aurora hotel powell had tried to keep secret the gifts to his friends charities schools and city government ranging from s100 to 50000 he specified only that the beneficiary should not disclose his identity i do not want it to appear that i am doing what i am to gain publicity or glory powell said in announcing the various gifts he urged that he be identified only as an unknown soldier marching away his identity was disclosed after his latest gift of 825000 to the city of aurora to start a fund for a municipal auditorium mrs s e earle dies tv 101st year dundalks oldest resident mrs sarah e earle passed away in her sloe saturday morning nov 19 mrs earle had reached the cent ury mark july 13 1919 when a family gathering was held at her home in dundalk where she had resided foruhe past 35 years i the former sarah e copeland mrs earle was a daughter of richard and jean copeland and was born in mariposa township near lindsay about 75 years ago she had come to badjeros district east of dundalk she was twice married her husband john earle predeceased her about 60 years ottawa letter by jack smith mp the government hopes to con elude the business of this session some time next week and working with that objective morning after noon and night sessions are held daily including saturday the second session is likely to be called about february 1st the minister of reconstruction has a bill before the house tc encourage and assist in the con struction of the transcanada high way this project is one for which there has long been a popular demand and the governments action now is receiving support from all sides of the house high ways of course are a provincial responsibility but there has been a growing feeling in canada that we should have one coasttocoast highway most provincial governments would have great difficulty in assuming alone the financial burden of completing a trans canada route to adequate stand ards in addition to the demand for annual outlays covering capital expenditures and maintenance costs on their overall highway systems chinese proverbs h a mackenzie mp for lamb- tonkent was a member of the house prior to 1945 but did not return in the 1945 election in 1946 and 1917 he was with the united nations relief and rehabilitation organization in china last week he gave a speech on conditions in china as he saw them at first hand he closed his address with a very interesting chinese proverb which goes as follows where there is righteousness in the heart there is beauty of character where there is beauty of character there is harmony in the home where there is harmony in the home there is order in the nation and where there is honor in the nation there is peace in the world newfoundland names seven members from the new province of newfoundland are very interesting additions of the house they are enthusiastic about the future of their province as a part of canada and like nothing better than to tell about that interesting land down east talk ing to one of the members the other evening he told me the odd names of places in the new pro vince newfoundland boasts such placenames as horse chops cape white handkerchief irelands eye and joe batts arm fisher men from britain france spain and portugal gave the coves and points around newfoundlands coast the names that now are the addresses for the hardy people living in the farflung outposts of the new province newfoundland has a washel- torow an isle aux morts point engagee cul de sac and cinq cerq also a breakheart point comebychance happy adven ture hearts desire hearts con tent and little hearts ease there are said to be at least 1000 terms of speech peculiar to newfoundland most have to do with the sea and ships and have been carried over into common usage a braggart for instance is an october galer a grave is a longhome grumbling is iriully- grubs flattery plawmush a good man is as fine a man as ever hove a gallus over his shoulder while a thief is an honest man stouffville ontario btt3bflijaft2fc2fcllfcft moffat a new 1000 series moffat range will bring into your kitchen the ultimate in completely automatic electric cooking the result of years of experience these new models offer you scientific cooking ad vancements that are truly years ahead of time packed with superior performance features that mean better cooking 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shore radio license fees the amount realized by the treasury from radio license fees reaches very substantial propor tions the amount collected in fees for the year 194849 was 4070342- 65 the cost of collecting was 611- 91876 which includes 341982 paid in commissions to local issuers veterans allowances hon milton gregg vc min ister of veterans affairs advised the house this week that there are in canada today 2591s veterans in receipt of veterans allowances how tlicy vole in australia on december 10 they are to hold a general election in australia it is disclosed that about 5000000 electors will vote most of them will do so because voting is com pulsory if there is no valid excuse for not voting the delinquent pays a 5 fine cripples and sick people and likewise australians abroad or at sea on election day may vote by mail a voter away from his place of residence may deposit an absent vote at any polling station in australia creek goes missing is found quartermile off blame quake hamilton nov 15 a slight earthquake or some other under ground disturbance is believed the cause of a 30foot wide creek changing its course during last night on the farm of k ego 7th concession beverly last night the creek usually about one foot deep was in its usual place on egos farm land this morning it was no longer there the creek was found to have flowed through the farm of charles robertson and finally to have made its new course on the land of henry van druten the creek was there all right yesterday and we didnt notice it was missing until a neighbor told us this morning said mrs ego the creek is now a quarter of a mile away from its original course i think there must have been a slight earthquake during the night though we did not feel any earth tremors said mrs ego the temperamental reek has not only changed its course but the direction of its flow mofffit gupi deluxe 1164 stouffville radio electric stouffville ontario telephone mm variety village a 325000 school for crippled boys near toronto has been formally opened twertyfour boys have already moved in instructor jim madison here starts gerald davis 18 in watch repairing i