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a v tlwtieorgetowa harah weftew feb i at 1950 t navufci unspohjd uxofo laa medemkatfnaa aleaenv wdov sfmirr6wnev tawm by ms ftnhino wle outer id fcaftv- mv0raitl hl by 4 stom of tfcowy held hes a keery vfattor and should b protected yooks f o pb carlwgs ac chun mbkhes unto wmumpnniw aessasa rosedale floral cut flowers potted plants ip its a spray wreath weddlne flower we can please you our prices are right phone 18sj j we deher this 1 the first 61 series ot weekly- swles with alex ttchtaj ney jrf brampton onc as dir ector otth ontario ftaitnetf aasoclauoo who js flwr cfcevws mcasur wu wrifovabout the visit or canfidai champion- plowmen to ihe briush tides west germatty denmark and use nethlferiaiida on boahd the quefen jar somewtjkre jit he atlantic this is the the first day out of new york and it is friday january the 13th all superstitious nouqasto the contrary th5 woauteris clear the bcacalm and seasickness hasnt vet taken hold of any of us by us i mean jim ecclcs bt brampton and rony marquis okgundcrland the 1049 canadian champion plow men and myself we ore on our way overseas to take part in plow- lng matches in great britain and to see how- things are done on the other side of the atlantic this is the fourth year that the gold medal winners in transat lantic hore and tractor classes at the international plowing match- have been awarded alloxpchsc paid trips to the united kingdom but in many way this years trip is different fromthe othersr for one thing imperial oil is theonly company sponsoring he lrjp in the i-asl- imperial divided the honours and the costs with another firm then this year be- cause of exchange difficulties and restricted budgets only the winners in the two classes arc going over seas whereas in the past the run- nersup were included and instead of spending all of the time in the united kingdom the champion plowmen this year will shorten their stay ln the uk so that they can visit west germany holland and denmark this change in itin erary was made at our request and we are paying the extra costs in volved in visiting the continent another change is thot we will fly back to canada instead of return ing by bpat as in tthe past the coachmana ger will- be a sort of historlanre- porter and this letter and those that follow will be my account of the trip i will try to describe- what we see where we jo and some times what we hear if mark twain hadnt already jiaed the title iv suggest that- thfcse liew- lelusrs be- called ffthi lhnocent abroad for this uute first tune that any pf tut luwe ebied ieen atthough we lire all of brltr isbejaaeentrroe beavlfrnd- bdmy reatjeranctt jr crossed over froia the jbjrtfc ish ls and setoexi in canada pjlr fiveday voyage on thjsqueen mary is about equal to the number of weeks that our ancestors took to sail to canada a century ago but to start at the beginning as ovary news reporter is taught to do til introduce the two champion plowmen and myself ronald marquis the gold medal horse plowman la the youngest member of the group ho is 28 years of age single and lives with- ills father lloyd marquis on a 150acrc farm near sunderland about eight miles north of ux- brldgc ont ron has been a con testant at plowing matches for the past 15 years and he has won half a- doicn gold watches plus a large quantity of silver cups and trays at international- and county matches jim ecclcs winner irr ue tractor class halls from brampton and is my next door nelbhbourheis3 years of age married and works a 425ncrc mixed farm like ron marquis jim has been taking part in plowing matches for the post 15 years for the lost four years- he has been trying for top place in the eisb crrarnplons at the interna tional in 1046 he placed fourth the- next year he was seventh the following year he place sixth and last year he succeeded in winning and now in describing my activi ties i would first like to mention that all of us have much in com mon besides being members of pioneer canadian families all of us raise purebred cattle nod we look mens aseoctaudnl that association operates the international plow ing watchaa as director if was my luefcacvbe selected list yea it was juuott moaes and before that it waipoeorge wajiduv end clark yojipleted aveirtejf in amklt wa jpre tlpibert voo pre reaptthelt oewaletlera- and it 4s my rincer hope that i will be able to follow in thetr footsteps and eror vide letters that will be as interest- ins bijt to get bacik o ny life story in addition to raising purebred oat- tlc i grow registered seed on my farm called pioneer lodge because it is the family homestead i have always been interested in munici pal and government affairs and during my overseas trip i hopetp- ttudy some of the governmeins over there in london i had hop ed to see parliament in action but as there is an election on i will see only the buildings however in thes days when so much is being said and written about representa tive government it will be an ex perience jqjtto see the mother of4a parliaments a j since october 1 4th at burford of the close of the 1949 interna tional plowing- match when we were informed that we would be going overseas it has been a busy period preparations for the trip hove involved us in passports visas foreign exchange and numerous other governmental and transpor tation regulations but we managed to cope with them there were also meetings toattend and farewells to be said andvof course there was no end to the asks that had to be done before heaving bur farms for so long a timer 1 iii- probably be ix weeks before we get home but when we gathered in toronto on january 10th to attend a fare well luncheon at the royal york forcedair furnace or haming unit mpfcfite with to forward to visiting some of thei these thirifis were all bebind famous herds in the old countries l s rcfor the luncheon we were such as the aberdeen annus guernsey i lore fords and others whose progeny ore so popular in cihiada perhaps you wonder why i am with ihe lcunw4en i did not plow at the international last year well that is easy to explain in addi tion to paying the costs of sending over the chndpionv imperial also provides for a coach manager to bo appoint 6f by the ontario plow- r notice to ontario motorists ftp unsatisfied judgment fund fee under an amendment o the highway traffic act enacted in 1947 pro- vision was made for the creation of an unsatisfied judgment fund out of which will be paid in the manner prelscribcd judgments for personal injuries and property damage sustained by reason of the operation of motor vehicles- which cannot be collected in the ordinary- manner from the judgment debtors the method prescribed for creating the fund is the collection of a special fee when required frotp each person u whom is issued either an operators or a chauffcus licence while this legislation has been tin effect since the 1st of l 1 the unsatisfied judgment fund fee has been collected only since january 1st 1949 total fees collected for the fund and repayments to the fund from january 1st to december jilt 1949 amounted to j 63843037 judgments paid out of tbcfund from july 1st 1947 to december 31st 1 949 amounted to 63064403 as there is not now sufficient in the fundto pay judgments for a period of a vearan unsatisfied judgment fund fee of soc will be collected from each person to whotn is iasuecf a 1950 operators or chauffeurs licence yiic ontario ofaaoouonr interviewed arcl photographed by tin- press then whisked off to radio stations for interviews and finally to the bank to draw expense mon ey at thi luncheon we were addies- m i by oil turn kennedy ontario minister of agriculture c d gra- hani ntarifi deputy minister of njjriiiilture loul g n m itav- cnsloot the netherlands vicecon sul in- toronto g w mills of im perial oil and j a carroll secre tary manager of the ontario plow- inens association and others they all wished us goci speed the day certainly went fast and before we knew it is was evening we said our final goodbyes and boarded the train for new york city our oversea trip had begun because of the excitement of ketuiyi underway we didnt sleep too well on the train but neverthe less we fell fire when we reached new york the next morning the weather was clear and bright which was very fortunate or us wc wtfrefliet at the station by eyre branchsof standard oil new jersey who was our host for the day my first impiesslnn of new york was that it had changed a tot since i saw it last many years ago all the street cars have gone and only one elevated railway remains the new yorkers get around by taxis buses and underground railroads something the people in toronto will soon be doing ruring a tour of the city we spent more than an hour in the observation tower of the empire state building the tallest building in theworld and because of the oerfect visibility wc could sec for more than l miles in any direc tion we really saw new york spread out beneath us we had lunch and saw the ice show at the centre theatre followed by a tel evision and studio lour at nbc at night while the boys decided to make their own tour of the big city i went out to see my brother who lives about t5 miles from new york 1 returned in the morning during rush holirs and that proved to be art experience new york has n populations of about 8000u0u and iiholhcr 2000 000 people from within a radius of bo miles find dally employment there as a result i saw commut er trains pourinjr 4060 people into grand central station- every min ute i stood for about 10 minute and watched the crowds fan out from the autloo and ive never seen such orderly confusion and so after more hurrytnx round rooms and attendliqto the inevi table last rnituite detail we roade for new yortt harbour to go aboard the quftmkylfarjr tbe queen ifarjr to aald to benfiafi uriart ship afloat and x oaa wan bauav ft imaglna 4 awmda ion erabotr i jtt feetl si tht ihai ataia mam i v t ii l a newly developed principle for fast economical hea1tng3of homes see them at n b f murfin sheet metal works plumbing eavestroughing furnaces wm street telephone 138w canaotam cmatkr ypur assurance of satirction protect what you have fire teaches us a tragic lesson walter t evans company insurance agents the log cabin phone f83 we stand between you and loss a lald rarlcty f nuteruls frieaa baviria bmhalr valvar upaatry dlk braeatcue auk aad eattaa raa upholstering at its lowest price and highest quality dick th upholsterer operated by jack sudermann kaajr paymenu arrancad 7 day aarviaa wa wiu ba plaaaad ta tlalt yaor ham with atyla aaapla kaaka no obligation be quickc- phone dick phone 310 barbers high and you- bet aome idea of its alxe it has accommodation for 2000 passengers carries a crew of 1100 and la equipped to supply av- erythinj anattnakea for comfort nd pleasure it is truly a city checking out of our hotajjjfloat and an here w era paawnflers on the queen itarjr far out in tba atlantic and headln for bni and t is time brine my ant letter to a cloee yotf will be nbmhtke sf but i voulsl maa phaslze that the boys feel that they will be cohlpetlns not a lndlvi- duals but as reprawntativas of the 1478 boys who plowed at burted win lose or draw yokll be proud of them as good sport and toed canadians i hundrada of infanta saved recently by the ration at patent wfsara thare to jtr