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PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 19th, 1962 YOU CAN BE AN OFFICER lation or- equivalent educational standard, may become officers in the Canadian Army Active Force. If accepted you begin training at Camp Borden as an Officer Cadet to qualify as a Second Lieutenant in the Active Force. You will receive Second Lieutenant's pay while in training. When you are granted a commission you will then serve for periods of 3, 4 or 5 years as you Young men recently graduated from High School with Junior Matricu- choose under the Short Service Com- mission Plan. At the end of this --~ ment commission, service' you may apply for a perma- To qualify you must be: -- Single -- Physically fit -- Between 18 and 25 years of age and have a Junior Matriculation or Equivalent: Educa- tional Standard. Apply today to the Recruiting Office nearest your home. No. 13 Personnel Depot, Wallis House, Rideau & Charlotte Sts., Ottawa, Ont. No. 5 Personnel Depot, Artillery Park, Bagot Street, Kingston, Ont. Canadian Army Recruiting Station, 90 Richmond Street West, Toronto, Ont. No. 7 Personnel Depot, Wolseley Barracks, Elizabeth Street, London, Ont. Army Recruiting Centre, 230 Main Street West, North Bay, Ont. Army Recruiting Centre, James St. Armoury, 200James St. N., Hamilton, Ont. AROPW-O Join the Canadian Army Active Force Now News From Ajax and Pickering Hospital WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AJAX AND PICKERING TOWNSHIP GENERAL HOSPITAL Sale of tickets for the garden party and tea at "The Hermitage", Picker- ing summer home of Mr. and Mrs. E L. Ruddy, is going well as the June 28 date of the party approaches, stated Mrs, George Lawrence, of Ajax, ticket convener. The function, which is un- der the auspices of the women's auxi- liary of the Ajax and Pickering Town- ship General Hospital, will raise funds to help furnish staff quarters at the néw hospital, explained Mrs. Lawrence, who is secretary of the W. A. Mrs. Henry Westney, of Pickering Township, who is the auxiliary's pre- sident, reported that plans for the lucky draw, information booth, wish- ing well, fortune-telling, sale of jewel- lery, the tea and other features are almost completed. An attractive musical program, in which both popular and classical num- bers will be heard, is being arranged by Mrs, B, C. Falby, of Ajax, Mrs, K, H. J. Clarke, of Pickering, .and Mrs, Falby are joint general co- conveners and every member of the « auxiliary, formed only last fall, and which already has 80 members, has . an assignment at t ction, Grounds and gardens of "The Her- mitage", famous throughout Central " OntaMo for théir beauty; have been loaned to the auxiliary for the after- noon by' Mr, and Mrs. Ruddy. The program will begin at 8 o'clock Sat- urday afternoon, June 28, Mrs, Falby is convener of the tea 9 » table hostesses' committee, which in- cludes Mrs, C. Turner, of Ajax; Mrs. A. E Young, of Pickering; Mrs. G. Finley, of Oshawa; Mrs. H. C. Hut- chison, of Ajax; Mrs. Lewis Briggs, of Pickering; Mrs. L. B. Morrison, of Pickering. They will be under the supervision of Mrs, J. O. Ruddy, of 'Whitby. Tea assistants, convened by Mrs. W. Laycoék, of Ajax and Mrs. John Lay, of Pickering, will be Mrs. W. G. Mes- ser, of Pickering; Mrs. Miles Chap- man, Pickering; Mrs. N. R. Short- reed, of Pickering; Mrs. Don Kemp, of Ajax; Mrs. George Todd, of Cherry- wood; Mrs. S. Haslam, of Ajax; Mrs. T. Bullock, of Ajax; Mrs. J. W. Ash- ton, of Pickering; Mrs. G. F. Astley, of. Pickering; Mrs. O. G. Ashley, of Ajax; Mrs, G. Cappell, of Pickering; Mrs. N. G. Cochrane, of Ajax; Mrs, J. Haller, of Ajax; Mrs. R. Humphrey, of Ajax; Mra. J. Huska, of Ajax; Mrs. T. H. Houghton, of Ajax; Mrs. W. M. Hunt, of Pickering; Mrs. G. G. Jones, of Ajax; Mrs. L, T. Johnson, of Broug- 'ham; Mrs. E, A. Lancaster, of Ajax; Mrs. N. Macdonald, of Ajax, and Mrs. G. M, Brown, of Pickering. Mrs. G. Simpson, of Ajax and Mrs. Robert Ruddy, who is social convener of the W. A, of Pickering, head the sand- wich committee, while Mrs. G. Winter of Ajax and Mrs, W. W, Tomlinson of Pickering are in charge-of cookies. Manchester Dr, Fletcher brought a very fine message on Sunday, using for his text "Feed my Lambs". Wa are glad to see the girls choir continue to help in the service of song, The Women's Association will hold a home baking sale in front of the old Supertest Station on Friday after. June 20th. food for the sale will be very welcome. noon, Contributions of Mrs. Josie Bain returned to Toronto on Sunday after two weeks holidays here. - Many from here attended Decora- tion Service at Pine Grove Cemetery, Prince Albert, on Sunday. W. F. Crosier exhibited Swine at Millbrook Fair on Wednesday. He won 1st. and 2nd on Jr. Sows in a class of thirteen, 1st and 8rd on Jr, hoars in a class of eleven, 1st on Jr. herd, champion Jr. sow, champion Jr, hoar and grand champion for best sow any breéd, There was an attendance of 20 members and 8 visitors at the W. A meeting at the home of Mrs, A. Roach Lon Thursday last. It was the Annual W. M. S. meeting of the year. The Seripture lesson, Matt, 26: 14-30 was read by Mrs. W. Howsam. The les- gon thoughts on the parable of the tal- ents was given by Mrs A. Roach. The Association was fortunate indeed to have Miss Ruby Wilson give a very interesting talk on her work as a missionary in Africa. We are very grateful to her and our prayers and best wishes will go with her on her return to Nigeria, Mrs. Harold Honey sang very sweetly "May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You." The president Mrs. Holtby conduct- ed a short business session, raising funds was the chief discussion. The V Nickle (1944) fund is growing, The meeting closed with Theme and Ode, Mrs, Roach and her group ser- ved a delicious salad plate lunch. The collection, amounting to $9.00 will go to the W. M. 8, Miss Doreen Johnson, Kingston was with her mother Mrs, F. Johnson over the week-end, - UTICA There is to he a special service at Utica church next Sunday. © The On- tario Temperance Federation ave send- ing Mr. J, KE. Williams to take the ser- vice at" Utica on June 22nd, at 2:30 pm. He is a young business man in Toronto with New York Underwriters Association. Mr, Hill would like to see as many as possible at church, Sunday School will be at the usual time of 1:30 p.m. The June meeting of the Utica W.A. was held at the home of Mrs. Herman Walker last Thursday afternoon. Mrs. George Mitchell conductéd the devo- tional period. Mrs. Walker carried on with the usual business of the WA, We decided to meet in the Church basement Tuesday afternoon to clean the ceiling. The special speaker for the afternoon was Mrs. Harold Kerry of Port Perry who told of her trip to Florida two years ago. The many interesting. specimens. she brought with her to show us added to the in: terest of her story, especinlly beauti- ful were the samples of shell work. Group six served a tasty lunch to con- clude an enjoyable afternoon. A spécial guest, Mrs. Art Reynolds, a former president, was present. The Epsom Junior Baseball team came to Utica last Friday evening to play Utica Juniors. Epsom won by a score of 24-21, # Mr. and Mrs. Morley Gilroy, of Col- umbus, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Walker. David Wilson of Raglan, as at his home here on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. H. Walker were at Sharon on Saturday to attend the York Pioneer's gathering there. - A good many from around here at- tended decoration service at Prince Albert on Sunday. Henry Barnes is having a new garage built, Vacation school for Epsom pastor- ate begins at Epsom on June 30th. The High School students have fin- ished their school year on June 16th. Those who passed on their year's work finished on June 6th. Don't the Suffday forget joint .| School and Public School picnic on Sat- urday, June 21st. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Sutherland were in Toronto on Sunday visiting Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sonley. Mrs.- Sonley is not very well. Visitors at George Harper's on Sun- day were Mr, and Mrs. Elmer Gibson, of Saintfield, Mr. and Mrs. D. Thomp- son, of Courtice, Mr. and -Mrs. George Gibson, of Taunton, Mr. and Mrs. H, Tink of Ebenezer. Mur. and Mrs. Cecil Harper were in Uxbridge on Sunday visiting Mr. and|- Mrs. Gaul. Visitors with Mr. aitd Muvs. J. Philip on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Day and boys of Ajax. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mitchell and family were at Port Bolster on Sun- day. Vigitors at Jim Mitchell's on Sun- day were Mrs, Milt Parkin, Misses as and Edith Davidson of Odhawa, and Mrs. N. Rusnell. Jim Gray is staying for a week. Mr. Glenn MacDonald is home from work due to illness. Mr. and Mrs, Fred Ballard are busy moving to Sunderland. Sorry to report that Christie is not too well. Mr. and Mrs, Frank Kendall were calling on Mr. and Mrs. Russell Son- ley one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wilbui family were at Jackson's Point Sunday. Utica is invited to attend an Ice Cream Social at Epsom following the hall game beween Epsom and Utica on June 27th. Proceeds in aid of the Boy Scouts and Cubs, Sylvia and Lorraine Toogood, Bar- bara Graham, and Bruce Geer spent Sunday at Musselman's Lake. Miss Annie and on Loans to Caries Increased by $22 Millions over 1950 FILA LOANS $585 MILLION IN 1931 $255 MILLION IN LOANS TO 246,000 FARMERS SINCE 1945 Canadian farmers borrowed $85 mil- lion in 1961 under the Farm Improve- ment Loan Act according to the An- nual Report tabled in Parliament by the Honourable D.C. Abbott. This 'was an' increase of nearly $22 million 1950. _ More than 75,000 farmers availed themselves of the of the Aet in 1951. Since the 1954, 246,000 loans have under' the Act for a total wmount of $255,000,000. - Of this amount 60 per cent had been repaid by December 31, 1951. The loans are made by the bank: directly to the farmers with the Fed eral Government guaranteeing the banks against loss up to a maximum of 10 per cent. of the total amount loaned by each bank. - paid to the banks in 1951 amounted to $6,444 and-total losses during the first seven vears of operation have been $26,210 or .01 per cent of the total loaned. The Farm Improvement Loans Act enables farmers to borrow money fo a wide variety of purposes including the purchase of farm machinery and livestock, and construction and repair of farm buildings and clearing and breaking of land. The loans are obtained through the chartered banks at 5 per cent simple interest and terms of «wrepayment arranged to suit the operating condi- tions of the individual farmer. The maximum period of repayment is 7 years. g over lacilities Act made the been inception of in Losce are rl ul per yo' of the loans were made in the Praivie Province Loans obtained fav nt prchane of farm machinery and farm trucks $78,000,000 and covered the purchase of $137,000,000 worth of equipment. Loans for the construction, and alteration farm buildings increased nearly a dollars over the corresponding period of 1950. There were 587 loans for the construction of new, 11506 fo Borrowing ~anearly three wis repair homes and million of homes repairs and alterations fer both purpos. three and a half millions -- During 1951 there were nearly 3000 new loans made for the purchase of livestock, mostly in Ontario, for the purchase of milch cows and breeding atnouited to stock. The wnount borrowed was $2,750,000, 11,323 farmers fn Ontario, borrowed $12,178 1951. 65,30 during stands ready to serve you for a fraction of a cent an hour. What else in your daily living means so much yet costs so little? THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA ~ id UNBRIDGE FARMERS C0 [firm buys grain from the farmers pay- OPERATIVE OFFERS tr the top market prices. This has EXCELLENT SERVICE - ade it possible fon the farmers of >» this section to do their business pro- One of the better examples of the | fitably and economically, Co-operative plan bi the Usbidye Meo Stunt Ball, president, Mr. Faviiers Co-operative in Ushnidpe | Gordon Hewell, Vice-president, and Not only has at been a boon to its | he pest of the board of directors, ac members, but also to the enti com fA\fes v0 poN Howry, Clifford Elford, tamty Today this a business of 10 4 Noble, George Moore, have done to litte consequence, contributing fnaeh to raise the dandard of living Sich to the stimulation of business | oondition: of the re went: gn this part our part®ot the province and offer | of the provinee. The Uxhridge Far- wy the highest quality merchandise [uo Cooperative has been operating at the best prices, since 1917 - Fhrough careful buying and by yy "We fend that thi Prosvansive busi- : ing consideration to the needs of their | ees deserves our congratulations and N members and patrons, this fiem hand: | we wish them continued success. Mr. les a most complete line of Shue-Gain, TL Latehmn is the popular manager Master and Maple Leaf' feeds, also |r this fom, which is located in Ux- a most complete line of farm appli | bride, Phone 27. ances and building supphes. This | ' A fellow was tryigg to start a con- versation with a young lady who sat ph "1 don't know, Kipple? replied, How do you HERS Y'R; STARTING ' 2 1/" ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS | GEO. .H. DOUCETT, Minister next to him at the table. "Do yh like Kipling?" he asked. SEP ERTEST The young lady giggled and then ie lady gis SUOEN