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p5 2 the stouffylue tjtlnjni thndiy midi 7 1957 the stouffville tribune establishes 183s a v nolan son publishers member of the canadian weekly newspapers association and the ontarioquebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations authorized a teccndclai mall poatofsct dept ottawa printed and issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 5350 elsewhere 450 c h noiin pubfisba hi thomjj associate editor gratifying action the action of stouffville municipal council in implementing a system of measured assessment in town was viewed by this newspaper as most gratify ing for years the town has been plagued with a hitandmiss system of eyeball assessment which has made for a steady stream of discontent and un satisfied court of revision claims very little of this fault can be pointed at the assessor since with no guide to go on except his own judgment it is an impossible task given a view of any one property in town we venture to say that with no figures to go on six separate assessors would all come up with different answers while the new system will not lower taxes it will lower the rate which is good from a publicity stand point taxes on some properties will no doubt be lower and others higher but there will be equalization and a proper share of taxes will be forthcoming from those who should be paying them stouffville is one of the last remaining municipalities in the county of york to establish the measured system highways act amendments highways minister allan has introduced in the ontario legislature a bill calling for some farreaching amendments to the highway traffic act these are of interest to every citizen of ontario whether a motorist or not one of the most important changes is that which requires uninsured owners of motor vehicles to pay an extra 5 on the insurance or transfer of a permit this extra fee goes into the unsatisfied judgment fund this is perfectly proper since that fund is used to pay damage judgments against those who are not insured and not in a position to pay of further benefit to those who have to rely on the unsatisfied judgments fund to collect damages are the provisions doubling the amounts which can be paid out of the funds to settle claims by present day standards the former figures were quite unrealistic and the new levels recognize the fact and aim to remedy it another interesting provision should have the effect of safeguarding the public interest it requires a used car dealer to give a separate certificate of mechanical fitness for vehicles sold off a used car lot substantial fines are provided for cases of noncompli ance this is definitely a greater measure of protection for the public than previously existed no longer can it be said that the buyer of a used car is buying a pig in a poke because the certificate will let the buyer know exactly what he is buying these amendments all cover points which needed to be covered and should meet with general approval from the motoring public few boarding biddies canadian hens last year laid over 400000000 dozens of eggs up more than 50000000 in three years the increase is not accounted for entirely by the larger number of laying hens the number of eggs produced by each hen has increased in 20 years the increase has been roughly from 100 to 165 eggs by each hen this success in mass production is attri buted to improvements in methods of breeding and nutrition the use of medicines that control diseases affecting production and better farm management fortunate is the hen that can manage to survive the winter these days without laying nary an egg its a case of produce or else i c march 5 1925 with this issue the tribune enterson its 36th year of publi cation during its life there have been six publishers lou mordcn of the eastend will soon have the toronto sales stables beaten for turning over horse flesh although it is only a sideline for lou he had no less than 68 animals in his barn ince the first of january the 400th anniversary of the founding of the mennonite faith was celebrated in many of the mennonite churches of canada on sunday feb 1st four hun dred years ago the mennonite faith was founded in switzer land through persecution the followers fled across seas to pennsylvania and then hoping for even greater freedom to worship god under the british flag a large number of them came to canada on monday morning the school board held a brief session for the purpose of opening and awarding tender for a carload of pocohontas virginia coal as i per the specifications in the ad- vertising the tender of the mil- ne coal co of toronto was ac cepted at s6o per ton fob stouffville j morrison held an auction mle of stock and implements at his farm just north of glasgow last week for which the terms were spot cash notwith standing this the prixxvds mounted to s1s4i the absence any ternv not appearing to affect the vale whatever with ihc case with which to much cash can be raised among the farmers it would indicate that they are coming into their own again the earthquake which was registered over parts of ontario and quebec about 920 on satur day evening last was felt quite distinctly by many people in stouffville and the surround ing country from different homes come reports of mem bers of the family seeing the lamp sway pictures move on the walls or a slight quiver of the dishes in the cupboard one of the freaks of such an occur rence is that while one house or block may tremble another alongside will probably not move at all laff of the week take admmwe of this wicic thrifty way to frof it jiy puce a want a0 ik this hewswcr mow to reach thoh that are looking f ox vwr offer de you wear the belt ever or under the pot spiritual pilgrimages thebe has been a steady stream of books corning from the press in which thoughtful men tell of the path along which they have travelled we are thinking just now of those who have recorded some decided change in their religious views causing them to leave the particular religious troup in which they were brought up for another camp where they found themselves to be more at home unfortunately such comersions have been capitalized by over zealous sectarians some have even carried in their church publications a column entitled converts to our church thebe is no reason why people should not change from one church to another and when one thinks of all that a complete severance from early associations means we can but admire the courage of those who follow their convictions even at great cost we have all known people who were not happy in their religious environment and who looked wistfully to another group where they would have been happier but there were considerations that made them pause and so reluctantly they stayed on all the while knowing they were not in their spiritual home some pilcrimaces are well known martin luther for in stance left his church to which he had been intensely even passionately devoted because he felt that the old forms were quite inadequate for his growing spiritual experience wesley was another churchman to the core whose soul rebelled against the ecclesiastical environment in which he found himself but all pilgrimages have not been from ritualism to simplicity john henry newman was only one of many who journeyed from protestantism to the church of rome and in more recent times the reverend w e orchard is the bestknown instance of a keen mind and devout soul who found peace where others had lost it we are here not seeking to pass judgment or trying to appraise the motives of any of these pilgrims we know that they made the journey because otherwise they could not have been true to themselves there are thought forms which cramp and imprison the soul creedal statements which instead of helping actually hinder spiritual development if the soul is to grow it must shake itself free from whatever fetters it can we cannot however refrain from quoting a very penetrating passage by professor caldwell moore regarding cardinal new man he writes newman supposed he believed in religion on the basis of authority but the truth is he believed in religion because he had religion as he says in a magnificent passage in one of his own sermons because religion had him i have known scobes or people who decided that the church in which they had been brought up did not minister to their needs and i have seldom if ever shown intolerance i have prayed with them and wished them well as we get older i think we become more tolerant and charitable i like these lines by douglas malloch as i grow old it seems that t grow old as grows the westward sky when day is coming to its close for life takes on a tint of rose i had not known in lifes hot noon now in the night that comes so soon i see new stars i had not seen a surer faith a peace serene as i grow old as i grow old the winds of life die down the hate the hurt the strife the waters calm the waves are still i want no triumph wish no ill to any man now from my heart the ancient angers all depart new friends i know new songs are sung new joys are mine yes i grow young as i grow old ouh quotation today by goethe i love toleration jor 1 see no faults i have not committed myselj book talk by betty banqay for parents only budgie birds a budgie may make a fine family pet but before we buy one we would like to know more about these little birds mrs clark vld her neighbour that shouldnt be difficult just set your youngsters to work to discover all they can about budgiesl the neighbour answered here are some of the facts about budgies the clarks collected budgie or budgerigar is de rived from betcherrygar which in the native australian dialect means pretty bird buggies belong to the parrot family they are also called shell parra- keets or grass parrakeets in their wild state they like to live in companies wild budgies warble notes in a sort of song quite different from the coarse loud screech of the parrot tribe they are much smaller than the grey parrots of south america or the green parrots of africa budgies are found in south america africa india ceylon and china and australia aus tralia is the chief source of budgies they live in the salt- bush flats of australia and sub sist on grass seeds often flying long distances in search of food exporters of budgies in aus tralia obtain their supply of birds by trapping full grown birds the adult budgies are caught in whole companies when migrating to new feeding grounds of grass seeds the wild australian budgie is light green with a yellowish tinge with black shelllike mark ings on the wings blue budgies are the product of cross breed ing they come from green budgies with the yellow pig ment missing the blue budgies created quite a sensation in the bird fanciers world in 1910 when they first appeared in france the sex of a grown budgie is easily told by the color of the small fleshy part called the wat tle over the beak in which the nostrils are situated in the cock birds this is a bluish green in the hens it ranges from light brown to a dark brown the wild budgie hen lays three or four eggs in a tree hollow hen birds during the breeding season may be quarrel some otherwise budgies are fey nancy clcatr usually friendly and sociable these birds need fresh water each day they bathe occasion- ally budgies like a shower bath but they are not as fond of rub baths as canaries some budgies are just natur ally more fluent than others but there are several letters of the alphabet which most budg- j ies find it easy to say p t and n seem to be easy sounds for the budgie to learn m n and l are hard sounds to mas- i ter young cock birds are the best speech students it is eas- j ier to teach a single budgie to i talk than a pair the right kind of home for a budgie is important a chro- mium plated cage is much bet ter than an enamel one be- j cause this bird will quickly chip the enamel paint with his peck ing cage and perches should be kept clean the budgie should have a night cover of dark material for his cage with an opening in it so that he will get enough air he should not be placed in the direct sunshine or in a draft budgies need a balanced diet to be healthy regular budgie seed mixture should not be con fused with canary food the empty seed hulls should be cleaned out each day budgies like fresh greens especially let tuce celery greens dandelions and spinach pieces of raw ap ple are a treat and so are or ange or fig tidbits even a fairly large cage does not provide th hi real chance to stretch his wings it tne ioi is left open in one room such as the kitchen and the room doors shut the budgie in time will come out immediately he will try to fly up and so he should have two or three perch ing spots provided high in the room if left alone he will likely find his way back to his cage if he must be caught do this gently a pet which is loved and faith fully cared for enriches family life saint francis thanked god for our little brothers the birds a budgie with his affec tionate nature and charming ways becomes almost a member of a family copyright in our mail box the story of l m montgomery by hilda m ridley breathes there a girl in can ada who hasnt read the anne books and shes missed a part of her canadian heritage hav ing read all her books not once or twice but many times this short autobiography of a be loved author was devoured word for word one of l m montgomerys favorite remarks was that pine trees are as real as pigsties and a darned sight pleasanter in these days when so many books are of the pigsty variety hers remain like a breath of fresh spring air certainly the read ing you do in childhood and for that matter throughout life mold your own trend of thinking and for young girls nothing could contribute towards a wholesome outlook on life than the writings of l m montgomery this autobiography by hilda m ridley relates how as a lonely and imaginative child brought up by grandparents she first began to write stories and poems she was just sixteen years old when her first poem was published and in the years that followed during which she worked as a schoolteacher and on a newspaper she continued j to write and publish many more 1 skiing an1 carr driving do when hor grandmother was j about an equal job of giving peo- loft wtdowed and alone she gac i pie the jumps up working and supported her self solely by writing remain ing with her grandmother until her death at the age of eighty- seven shortly afterwards she married the rev ewan macdon- ald and moved to leaskdale ontario and from there to ner val and toronto she had two sons chester and stuart and a third hugh who died at birth she wrote twentyone books as well as a volume of collected poetry and in all the evidence points to a strong autobiograph ic vein with many of the in stances related in her works paralleling her real life exper iences it is estimated that she earn ed at least seventy thousand dollars with her writing and this despite the fact that her perennial best seller anne of green gables was bought out right for five hundred dollars and although two movie ver sions of the books were pro duced she never received an other cent after her death in 1912 she was buried in prince edward island where thousands of tourists visit the monument erected in her memory annu ally but her best monument will always be her work this book is available at the stouffville public library friday march 1 1957 mr editor the recent ratepayers meet ing was standing room only its too bad it takes controversy to bring the community together or more correctly to a gather ing what happened at the meet ing must have set a precedent for ballantrae musselmans lake relations believe it or not the people of ballantrae and the lake were pulling to gether in opposite directions explain will do the peo ple of ballantrae seem to feel that they should no longer be responsible for providing edu cation for the lake children and turned the building pro gram down but they were riot alone the people from the lake felt they have supported bal lantrae long enough so they too turned it down the account given in the trib une last thursday was correct in one detail mr jack wylie acted as chairman of the meet ing the rest of the report was more than a little confusing mr horace crowhurst acted as secretary and there were six speakers in all the trustees were first and mr v davies and mr kim rogers were in favour of the new building mr davies explained the reasons and the need and mr rogers supported his arguments with facts and figures mr tom phil lips the third trustee stated that he could not honestly sup port the programme and advo cated use of basement rooms mr cliff wallwork was spea ker no 4 he managed to con fuse the issue beautifully and were not sure just what to con clude from his statements and figures he seemed to be com paring musselmans lake with lake wilcox which might seem fine on thesurface but actually the word lake in their names is the only thing they seem to have in common wilcox has 450 pupils attending a twelveroom school their assessment is quite low for the population the school population of mussel mans lake being very gener ouswould be no more than 100 probably not that mrs horton wai the next speaker she spoke of the need of the school here at the lake because of absenteeism among lake pupils she felt that more children would attend more reg ularly if a school were closer mrs horton explained that there might be the possibility of part of bloomington school sec tion being included in a new lake section she said bloom- ington had been approached and that they were going to have a ratepayers meeting to discuss the issue mrs horton the only woman speaker on the pro gram said what she wanted to say and took the least time of all to do it the men might say thats one for the books but the women know better the last speaker of the eve ning was mr mcleod school inspector he just stated facts and one was that the depart ment favours larger schools he ave a very clear picture of how grants are computed the general feeling of the meeting however was such that if the ballot had been taken at the first of the evening the results would have been the same no new building for ballantrae the chairman asked the meet ing how they felt about port ables and it was felt that port ables would be considered ra ther than basement rooms the possibility of a school at the lakes seems pretty strong at this point the inspector ex plained that it could be done in two ways 1 split the section and 2 have two schools in one section the two in one would be the simpler solution if there is one and would proh ably take much less time to execute the decision of course is still with the ratepayers and we havent heard of any new meetings being arranged mrs j wylie 20 boards a rat the total cost of tolerating one rat for a year is around 20 and the progeny of one pair of rats may exceed 500 individuals per annum a recent laboratory experiment which began with one pair of rats resulted in more than 1500 rodents by the year end says professor r h 6z- burn dept of entomology and zoology ont agricultural col lege according to the provin cial department of health the ontario rat population might be 4500000 millions of dollars worth of annual loss is caused by rodents in ontario and their hairy bo dies their feet and their drag ging tails are admirably suited to disseminate disease germs that affect both humans and animals according to professor oz- burn the number of rats on a farm can he roughly estimated on the following basis if no rats are seen there are prob ably up to 20 present if one is seen occasionally you are prob ably harbouring between 20 and 200 if you frequently see one or more the chances arc that over 200 are on the premises there are several methods for controlling rats including trapping poison baits tracking poisons poison gases clean up and rat proofing each method is discussed in detail in bulletin 598 rats and mice obtainable at the office of the agricultural representative the saying about the pun be ing the lowest form of wit is generally accepted as a truism has anybody ever determined what is the highest form of wit health news does johnny need cod oyer oh vitamin d the important substance in oldfashioned cod liver oil is a chemical substance needed by the body to make use i of the calcium and phosphorus in food it is also available in many other newer preparations in liquid form in drops in cap sules and in many fortified food products it is needed in order to form strong straight bones good teeth and well developed bodies and to prevent the disease known as rickets the d vitamin is extracted from fish livers or may be made chemi cally v small quantities of vitamin d may be derived from ex posure to ultraviolet rays in sunlight and from certain foods such as salmon sardines and irradiated evaporated milk however an average diet does not guarantee enough d to meet average needs sunlight is not a dependable source of vitamin d as smoke and dust prevent sufficient ultra violet rays from reaching the skin particularly in winter months children need 1tamin d every day it is sometimes bet ter to give it all year since stop ping during the summer breaks the habit making another start necessary in the fall how much vitamin d dally amount needed depends on age and weight size of dose varies with different brands ask your doctor to help ye choose a suitable preparation york county health unit youll enjoy going anywhere by bus no driving worries no parking troubles fares are low deare stouffrlue to toronto a 700 am a 350 pm b 9s5 am b 820 pm a except sun hol b sun hot standard time round trip fares between toronto and buffalo 631 new york 2425 chicago 2415 montreal 1640 ottawa 1290 tickets atd information at mr r snowball barber shop phone 270j2 i r b rae 4 tax consultant estate planning income tax returns completed 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