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tnT Era and Thursday of the Weed Week ROADSIDE WEEDS A SAFETY HAZARD and brush on roadsides is not an easy one but with the defines a weed as a plant out of lace and many roadsides in provide un fortunate examples of nature gone wild Roadside weeds are unsight ly create a safety hazard spread weeds to nearby cultivated fields and in some cases are injurious to health reports the field crops branch of the Ontario department of agriculture When weeds are allowed to grow along the sides of roads the tourist or visitor gets a poor im pression of the whole area and eels that local residents take lit tle Interest or pride in appear ance Then too weeds and brush can obstruct the view of motor ists and be the cause of accidents at crossroads or along narrow roads where they hide the sides of the ditch from sight When weeds spread from road sides to fields they cause crop damage and loss of money to the farmer For hay fever sufferers presence of Ragweed on roadsid es can be sheer misery as each passing car causes the pollen to swirl in all directions ready to torture the unfortunate at they drive by The job of controlling weeds of modern chemicals and suitable equipment is both prac tical and economical The most effective means of control is to spray every mile of road every year with power spraying equip ment owned by the municipality For the first or so every foot of roadside should be sprayed Then as susceptible weeds and brush are killed off good control can be had with spot spraying Three types of weed killing chemicals are used on roadsides 24D is the cheapest and should be applied at not less than of amine or low volatile ester 24D acid in gallons of water per acre 2 4 and are more effective on hardtokill weeds and brush or a mixture of and in some cases has been found to be very effect ive Weed control on roadsides and all public property is a matter of public interest Road authorities are for the most part fully aware of the latest and most economical methods of control but they need public support to ensure necess ary materials and equipment Pioneers Of The Fourth Estate History Of Newmarket And County Newspapers I Sewers Lost By Sale Wants Town To Pay For New BuWmg Service Continued from last week Army worms Are On March D Of A Warns Farmers Reports from Brant county and the Niagara peninsula indicate that the armyworm population is building up to dangerous propor tions in some areas So far this member of the cutworm family has multiplied in hay and wheat fields Damage to date has not been serious but according to of ficials of the field crops branch of the Ontario department of agri culture and local agricultural re presentatives as the hay is cut and the wheat begins to mature the will start to move to more succulent pastures such as the oat and corn fields Farm- WEDDING arc advised to watch their fields closely for any migration from one field to another If these greyishbrown worms from a halfinch to two inches in length arc found in hay and wheat fields in large numbers it is likely that they will soon start to migrate to some greener crop The easiest and cheapest method of retarding their progress and thinning out their numbers is to plow a furrow around the infested wheat or hay fields and scatter poison bait in the furrow Poison bait can be prepared by mixing lbs of bran gallon of mol asses gallons of water and one the following lbs Paris Aurora The newspaper history of Au rora begins on Feb just one year after its incorporation as a village The first weekly and once again it is the earliest to appear that has survived to the present was the Aurora Banner and County of York Literary Po litical and Adver tising Journal It was a four- page newspaper published by Matthews supporting the Re form or Liberal party The Conservatives were out representation In the press for quite a few years until in Albert Stevenson began the Liberal Conservative He had serviced his apprenticeship under Mr Jackson of the Newmarket Era Apparently he had picked up some of the Eras aforemen tioned Liberal tendencies al though remaining on the right side of the political fence Mr Stevenson must have had a strong feeling for the dramtic for he soon dropped prosaic title of Liberal Conservative and rechristened his paper the Au rora It continues to ap pear as such in newspaper di rectories until after which it disappears from view There was some activity in the publishing field around Schom- but the many variations in titles and places of publication make the picture somewhat con fused On July Ed wards printed the first issue of he Examiner North York and South Journal Its byline indicates that it or iginated in Schomberg Lloyd town and Brownsville It had the standard four pages common to the early newspapers The latest issue we have seen was that of September 25 On September James Hawkins established the Schom berg Standard and North York and South Simcoe General Ad vertiser It was also known one time as the Schomber Standard and Counties of York and Genera Advertiser Its life was shorter than its name for ceased publication in The village of Sutton had weekly newspapers before regretfully labelled it the only local temperance journal in the county of York It has six pages The latest issue avail able seems to be that of Decem ber but no mention is made there of its demise The Progress was not the only local temperance journal for long On July 4 the same James issued the first newspaper to be published in Stouffville Known as the Stouffville Alert it also sought to promote the cause of temperance but lasted only one In 1882 A printed a weekly known as the Stouffville Advance This con tinues to be listed in the direc tories until but is not men tioned in 1892 tory for lists the Stouff ville Free Press The Weston Times and County of York Herald was established in by Keefler It began as a fourpage issue and has survived to the present day as the Times and Guide This brings to an end the story of the early weekly newspapers of York County Many gaps re main to be filled but here is at least a skeleton on which to build Of the papers which have been mentioned here only six have survived to the present day It seems improbable that there are in existence anywhere com plete files of the other 26 but the odd copies which have escap ed destruction are highly The paper which and full of information survived to the present day was about the social customs and the Tribune begun in by thinking of the leaders of the Harry Hodge A year later he land as well as the folk who was succeeded by Ma Hoy went quietly about their own The Stouffville Sentinel com- business without any claim to menced publication in and fame This is the debt we owe continued for some time after to the Pioneers of the Fourth Finally A letter threatening legal act ion against the Town of Aurora was referred to the solicitor at the last meeting of councilW Gar field Case complained that the sale and destruction of the old fire hall had cut off his sewer ser vice which he was forced to re place He asked council to con sider paying the expenses Mr Case said in his letter that until the old fire hall had been torn down his building had satis factory service through the fire hall He was a victim of circum stance he stated and had been forced to the expense of a new service In his letter he said that it would have been impossible for his service to have been connected through the fire hall without at least verbal permission on the part of the town Mr Case had spent and wanted some re imbursement In addition to checking towns legal position councillors challenged several items on the bill which appeared to have no WEDDING W ra K V Hi 1 Miss Mae daughter of Mr and Mrs David Sutton West was married on June at with the cost of the church to Mr Kenneth Sacco son of Mr and Mrs Joseph service itself Toronto White lilacs decorated United church for a spring wed- ing on June I when Joan Rob erta only daughter of Mr and Mrs Ivan was united in marriage to Frederick George son of Mr and Mrs Weston Rev Kennedy officiated in a double ring ceremony bride given in marriage by her father wore a charming full length gown of French bro cade trimmed with irridescent pearls and a fingertip veil trim med with pearls She carried a cascade of red roses white and lily of the valley MUs of the bride formerly of Smooth Rock Falls was maid of honor and Mrs Ronald sis terinlaw of the bride was bridesmaid Roth were gowned in ballerina length shrimp nylon chiffon with picture hats to match and carried white baskets with shrimp and blue poms The best whs Wilfred rence brother of the groom and ushers were brother of the bride and Allan cousin of the groom The wedding music was played by Mrs organist of United church and Mrs Colby sang the Lords Prayer and Handels Hymn The reception was held for about guests in Trinity United church parlors where the brides mother received guests wearing blue taffeta gown with pink accessories and a gardenia corsage The grooms Green lbs actual Aldrin Die- but little is known of them or or 2 lbs act- 1 Sutton Times was established ir or lbs actual and was still listed Toxaphene Provincial Directory in The worms usually become act- 1882 with John Amos as propiir tor McKims Newspaper ive about four oclock in the after noon Therefore the bait should be put down from to four pm so that it is fresh and moist If the worms are already in the oat and corn fields the same poi son bait can be scattered by hand over the field at the rate of 25 lbs per acre or Aldrin for mentions Sutton Herald as beginning with proprietor In the directory iafi9 the Sutton Observer is Woodbridge had two or early weeklies The Wood bride or I Enterprise and West York Gcr can used as a or dust Advertiser began on cording to manufacturers direct- her 14 1873 James Mann of ions The spray rig travelling thro ugh the field will some da mage This can be avoided in lar ger fields by the use of aircraft Where infestations are found farmers are requested to notify the local agricultural re presentative and ask for Ontario Circular 280 which lists methods of control INSTALL LIGHTS Three more lights will be In stalled in Auroras town park Council authorized the installat ion on the recommendation the recreation commission The lights said the commissions letter wou ld cut down vandalism in the park and encourage its use by older citizens Councillors agreed that in of the complaints from the area that there was merit in the idea One light will We installed in the mother assisted wearing a blue southeast corner one at the ball lace with gown navy accessories and gardenia corsage For a honeymoon to Wat- kins Glen and Finger Lakes re gion New York state the bride chose a figured blue dress and blue duster coat with matching accessories and white gardenia corsage Richmond Hill Liberal is said have been formerly of the Woof bridge Free Press The Wood bridge News is listed in Polk Ontario Provincial Directory and It is no mentioned in so ably it ceased publication that time made a brief pears nee in the newspaper fie when James Wideman launchc the Progress on He proudly or mayb ANSNORVELDT Held From Last Week Mr and Mrs Vander and infant daughter has left take up residence in Mr and Mrs Duma fanil of visited Mr an Mrs J diamond shell and one near hand A record motor vehi cles were registered to residents of Canada at the end of last year an increase of per cent from a year earlier Mr of itin Mr and Mrs Dyke on Sunday Toronto Rev p is a at SI Michaels hospital anil will have to undergo surge in the near future Mrs Kuizcmaof Grand Rapid is visiting at the parsonage for short stay Mr Of Hamilton visiting al the home of Mr an Mrs Mrs P Mulder has home from a visit to Grand I and Mrs Matthews has r turned home from London Ml Bin New mm Step hold ip bMM of or and a M A sou utt a soy ST0RI 52921 MILL TW MEMORIAL BOOK USED AT HOSPITAL Last year showed a growing in in the use of 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