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business directory a c kennedy chiropractor church straat stouffrille monday wednesday and fridays t to 11 l e oneill stoupfviuub funeral director and embalmer continuous telephone service day and night business phone residence phone jamaica the island beautiful briarbush hospital main street stouffrille license no 208 graduated nurses in attendance private semlprlvate and public wards ambulance service phone m mr b r dood superintendent r g clendening funeral director ambu service phone markham 9000 stewart beare radio service of newmarket formerly of markham in stouffyllle every wednesday at jbrathwaitos hardware phone 9601 3saaite see ii 0 klinck obrien avenue tor your insurance needs in fire life automobile burglary and all casualty lines thomas birkett general insurance agency representing reliable companies including lloyds of london england phone stouffvllle 25902 a c burkholder insurance canada life assurance co also automobile and fire medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon 1xray office cor obrien and main phone 196 coroner for york county dentai neil c smith ldsdds office over bank of commerce office hours 9 to 12 noon and 130 to 530 pm phone office phone residence 1011 1016 clnrcmont every tuesday office over tuckers store phone claremont 1401 e s barker lds dds honor graduate of royal college f dental surgeons and of the university of toronto office in grublns block phone 8201 markham every tuesday office in wear block office phone residence phone 31g0 i5h arthur w s greer ilarrlster solicitor votary public 6 king si east oshiwa ontario resident partner wc pollardkc oxbridge ontario branch office port perry ont phone 284 mccullough button barristers solicitors convey ancers etc buttons bhmk stouffrille by h bauneriuau kingston jamaba jamaica the mo3t beautiful of islands is the feature attraction of this cruise stopover privileges are allowed and many take advantage of them to see this laud at leisure or to enjoy the luxury of the high- class hotels which are at this season liberally patronized by aristocrats and social leaders from the united states canada and england unlike the southern usa here the tourist sign is never seen and the travellers of modest inean3 from the north are not numerous the type of english spoken is that of the homeland proceeds shillings and pence aro used as currency and autos turn to the left in passing roads through the hills and mountains are largely narrow shelves with little or no pro tection on the cliff side and an auto ride over them could scarcely be called a pleasure by a nervous per son the island is almost entirely of a mountainous nature with several peaks six to seven thousand eet high and among the hill3 the prin cipal product bananas is grown with cattle raising possibly fooiv- ing close the climate here is cool and moisture plentiful in contract to that on the plains where the ground is often parched and heat rather excessive kingston the capital is located on one of these plains sugar cane is grown in large qua- tles on the level land and labor sav ing machinery is used in its cultiva tion but on se eneighths of the island it is not possible to use anything of this nature the work being done y hand the digging fork the hoe and the cutlass answering every requre- ment the cutlass is just an over grown butcher knife about the size of a sword and the native uses it for every purpose it is his knife his axa his scythe and he often carries it balanced on his head the native and the little donkey carrying their burdens are constantly on the move along the roads and trails through the farms even carts being out of the question except on the roads trucks move all the crops to town but the black people bring every thing to the roadside for them it is an interesting sight to see the black people carrying the bunches of bananas a small bunch will be carried by a child but a husky man will carry four and more and carry them long distances as most of the farms are large and they keep them balanced on their heads even while working their way up and down steep hill sides these colored peeps dont speak the amos and andy typ of english their dialect is like that known as pigeon english used commonly by people of every tongue in the sea ports of the world am until you grow accustomed to it its so much chinese to you a few are educated and well to do but the great majority live the most primitive of lives their hous es are often about the size of one of our bedrooms and aro usually spot lessly clean having no windows but lattice work which along with the doors generally kept open provide plenty of light they have thifr plantations usually and grow a large part of their living vams which grow in the ground like pota toes and taste like them but look like mangolds are their mainstay but bananas and members of veget ables whose names i never heard until i came here are grown too they work for the neighboring planters from tuesday until friday night usually and on their own plots between those days a ialr average wage is one shilling and six pence 3gc per day so their standard of living is of necessity very very low this apparently does not prevent them enjoying lif6 cs they seem just as care free as the american darky they too are very musical superstitious and religion- the tragedy of their impoverished condition lies in the fact that as a class they have no ambition to iri- prove their position and mentally they are so much like children thj whole problem seems hopeless generally speaking the plantations are owned by the whites some lha descendants of the old slave owners hut many are in the hands of peiplo of means who purchased them in the ordinary way on these estates which sometimes aro many hundred acres in extent are to he found fine homes with every modern con venience including a delco lighting plant they are surrounded by hills which make a picture of rare beauty and beautiful tropical trees and flowers growing on tho lawns dd an extra touch of charm lo thorn they are of necessity separated from one another by miles of winding road and tho solitude and lack of white companionship drives many or even most of the young people to the towns every home has its black servants boh in town or in the country if in any sort ot easy circumstances this adding very little to the genera expense a feeling of apprehension has gripped the island since a new dis ease called spot leaf has appeared it with its predecessor panama dis ease which first attacked the bauaua trees a couple of years ago aro threatening to wipe out that fruit entirely and it is the mainstay of the colony even though almost everything that grows can be produced here nothing seems to give promise of being able to replace the bananas distance from markets that ban li- cap ot the canadian exporter also makes the growing of many fruits lmprofitahle here oranges grape fruit limes and even coconuts ar banana mature continuously e in this class the coconut bear the year round but differ in this respect the coconut is a tree and will live on for years the banana through like a tree in size matures one hunch and dies the government which has thl3 problem as one of its chief worries is quite different to ours the govern or being sent out from england he has as advisers a couucil of twenty- nine of which fourteen are elected by the people and fifteen appointed by himself the fourteen cannot pro pose that money shall be spent for any purpose but it they all vote against any measure the votes of the other fifteen are not taken h ban herman local missionary views constant jap air raids malvern principal fine qualities lorne h chirk was born whitchurch n son of the late david chirk was commentary by a friend mr lorne hilllard clarke born in tho township of whitchurch near stouffville less than five decad es ago he was reared on ills fathers farm which is one of the beauty spots of this district com mencing his life as a farmer gave him a real start and from then the story of his life has been one ot usefulness progress and promo tion early in his course of years h entered markham high school- and soon became one of the shiiig lights fot that institution after completing his course he entered jvicmajster where he was equally successful after graduation from the university and the college of educa tion he became one of the pioneer teachers of north toronto collegiate he spent two very successful teaching periods in st catharines and grimsby after which he joined the malvern collegiate staff in 1924 e j f i s h e r r o eyesight specialist 575 danforth ave toronto between papa carlaw south side specializing in difficult eye prob lems scientific diagnosis satis faction assured moderate prices he served continuously at malvern until 1927 when he received she promotion to tho head f tho de partment of mathematics at jarvis collegiate institute he remained at jarvis collegiate until 1931 when lie transferred to malvern as the head of department of mathematics in 1933 he was appointed vice principal of malvern collegiate and very ably filled that position undr tho leadership ef two principals mr carl lehman and mr ji e honna and recently he was honored with another wellearned promotion when he was appointed principal of the malvern collegiate institute he is still a young man and has many years of real service ahead of bint in reference to the religious side of his life the elements of usefulness and progress have been just as evi dent ho has been a member of calvary baptist church since 1911 and during most of that time he served as chairman of the board of managers he played a most active part in the erection of the stone church on main street serving as chairman of the building committee and his untiring and incessant efforts have contributed much towards the progress and success of the church mr clarke is held in high esteem by nil who know him he is genial good tempered exceedingly wise fair spoken and persuading he enn appreciate and respect anomers viewpoint and yet possesses a strong faith and firm convictions he is possesser of n wide circle of friends won for him by his genial sympathy and sterling moral qualities his splendid intellect gentlemanly bearing and invariable good sense command respect while his genuine humor and innate modesty justify his continued popularity hissmiling geniality and sympathetic tempera ment together with his ardent de votion to hard work ensure for him real success in his new position he knows how to create happi ness and it is just as true that he knows how to do the kindly deed which expresses the deeper and sincere part of a purpose that rings true he is a right royal spirit fear less and happy and his many frlirds wish him every success in his new field of service a hsey kian kiaugsi chfia january 10th 1034 dear friends perhaps these days it is not necessary to apologize when letters are late getting started for as you see it is the 10th and i am only just getting down to this our quiet of two weeks wa broken this morning as we were at breakfast when the alarm went and theu just after the japanese planes came over nine of them and bombed the air field we have not heard the extent of the damage as yet we had a ringside view of the bombing as our upstairs verandah looks to the south where the field is about two miles from here then too we had the binoculars and so had a good view that is one side of it hi other is the awful thing that planes which kiddies would run out to see and which look so harmless can rain death like that and iu such a short time one can hardly realiz at the time that it is causing the death of some perhaps helpless people i think only 30 or 40 bombs were dropped what must it have been like in the bombing of soochow and other eitie3 where over a thousand were reported to have been dropped it was due to the rapid advance of the japanese in auhwei just across the hoarder from us h kinglehchen and also the advice of our superintendant and chinese friends in the city there that mr mcroberts and i left on the 22nd for nanehang and how wonderfully the lord opened up our way all along mr mcroberts had become friendly with a general command ing all the artillery of china stationed in kingtehchea at the time who was also leaving and he requested that we travel with him when he left thus when many of the most wealthy people were find ing it almost impossible to leave the lord opened up our way right to nanehang a whole days journey without the use of a cent and ii great comfort i rode in a grand big tarkard with some of the staff mr mcroberts in a big buick with others again the lord enabled us to get a place on a boat being towed by a launch there were aimply crowd- wanting to leave naiichang and the only place we could get was under the helm at the back but the launch did not prove of the latest mode and hart engine trouble before we had gone any is- tance at all and it was while wait ing there that i saw my first airoplane attack there were eight japanese planes and they bombed t lie airfield but not without opposition we witnessed a dog- light between two planes and both seemed to come down that was not the hist of the engine trouble so what with that and the low water we were from wednesday morning to friday morn ing getting to changshu with still more than half the distance to go and the next day christinas- at ohaugshti we went up to tho mission house and there enquired about bus or some other means to see if we couldnt possibly make kian in time the lord again helped and we managed to get oi to the post office bus but it was quite a time of uncertainty for on the one hand the bus had not come in and on the other our boat was leaving so if the bus had not arrived for some reason we would not have had our boat either we left our baggage to come to by boat just bringing- a little suitcase with japan will not war on russia thinks the chicago daily news the strength of the u s s rs armaments are unknown 1 chicago the rumor is abroad in europe that japan will attack russia next maybe so but it is bard to be lieve japans rulers are certainly be having strangely yet we doubt if they are actually crazy enough to wish to take on a real war even before they have brought to a successful end their multiple and baffling campaigus in china the strength of russias armainents is unknown but some pretty shrewd estimates have been made if these estimates are anywhere near correct contemporary russia is at least as great a military power as japan according to the estimates the russian army consists of 1315000 regular soldiers immediately avail able and 19490000 trained reserves it is by far the worlds largest stand ing army it is organized iu some 90 divisions of which 20 are cavalry divi sions its 100000 horsemen might be of great strategic utility in an asiatic- war the armament ot ihls vast force is modern it has 300 heavy armed tanks 1800 other tanks and 700 arm ored cars it can put 1500 airplanes into the air manned by an air force of 50000 men ot which 8000 are trained army pilots worlds biggest submarine fleet the russian navy is weak in sur face craft but strong in submarines there are three battleships three cruisers and 15 destroyers in service with seven cruisers and eight destroy ers building the submarine fleet however is estimated at 150 ships to taling 7s000 tons it this figure is right it is the biggest submarine fleet in the world x of course the russian armed forces have to keep guard on two widely separated fronts one in europe the other in asia this is a factor of weakness to offset it russia has es tablished in its asiatic maritime prov- inces a formidable standing army with vast depots of supplies and equipment this far eastern army is said to consist of 300000 men with 1000 airplanes 1000 tons and a fleet at vladivostok of no less than 50 sub marines together with some torpedo boats and mine layers cant risk intervention there is little doubt that russia has already begun to supply china with arms and planes and technicians to our mind the question is not whether japan will attack russia hut whether japan can much longer con tinue its attempted conquest of china without having to confront some far more serious form of russian inter- vention elusive figure actually poses the shy and elusive montagu norman governor of the bank of england rightis shown with sir john reith as the distinguished britishers called upon geo blanton winship of puerto rico where they stopped during a south atlantic cruise tame aphids a number of the ant- guests stroke the honeypot ants and so induce them to exude a drop of nectar which the parasite drinks several hundred species oi beetles all of whom produce a sticky secre tion that the luxuryloving ants can not resist live iu the nests of ants fed and protected by their hosts in return for the nectar they give so greedy and unnatural are the ants that they go to the length of looking after the young of the beetles to the detriment of heir own as dr huxley says they are like human beings who neglect their children for drink the ant is a knave as well as a fool says england has best bad climate life develops slowly and with serenity in british isles esees uses ne british inventor would combat effects of enemy raids seventeen preachers discoursed continuously for six days before a throng of 30000 persons at a large camp meeting in kentucky in 1801 it was the largest camp meeting iu american history what a surprise mother and father received as we walked lit lust as they were finishing their supper we had not been able to let them know ot our quick arrival and right on christmas eve- how good is the god we serve need i tel you we had a happy christmas and yew year later we wero out to the air ielrt here where the bombing way and find that they were only very small bombs which wero dropped 18 and 30 pounders niid the damage was very small considering 50 or co were reported as being dropped one hoy of 11 years and one cow were killed- has it not constantly been that way the helpless pjopls are the ones who suffer most we have bits of the bombs here as a souvenler ho we value your prayers at this time that we may be able to discern cods leading and be willing to make most of our opportunities yours in his service william w tylftr a time when great britains fire brigades will be supplemented by air arms capable of being called into service to combat the effects of en emy air raids is foreseen by james duncan inventor of a fireplane he has construetea a fire bomber which carries a trained crew of four men its equipment consists of foam and sodaacid fire extinguishers portable motor pumps a hook ladder in three sections and bomb racks holding eight bombs containing fire- destroying gases and chemicals when dropped into a fire the bombs would explode and smother flames fire will be an important factor in the next war duncan pointed out he foresees the time when gas pipes will he used by an invading force to spread fire through cities and towns ground fire brigades could easily be cut off from the scene of conflagra tion and only fireplanes would be of any use extinguishing the fires ants are said to be humbugs dr julian huxley eminent scien tist places the ant on the sucker list l000ayear mouse minnie a singing mouse earned 1000 during her first year as a performer over the radio in chicago a man in stockport eng has ap pointed himself traffic controller on a busy corner putting in six hours daily and receiving no pay except what motorists give him ho is a cripple and grimly reminds the mo torists to drive safely the industrious ant has always been held up to us as n model of be haviour now dr julian huxley in his lectures to children at the royal institution has for nil time debunked its claims to be the perfect example and put it in its proper place the ant is a sucker battened on by countless parasites far more astute than their victim over two thousand species of ani mals mostly insects but with a fair sprinkling of spiders and mites have been discovered living in the nests of ants only two of these interlopers are deliberately chosen as we choose dogs or eats lo share the ants home the aphids and scaleinsects which the ants milk like cattle every other intruder is a brigand or a sncakthlef who makes a comfortable living out of the stupidity of his host knave as well as fool in most cases indeed the host seems quite unconscious of ihe stran- gers presence or else foolishly im agines him lo be another ant in tho j same way that the ants milk their j the truth is that the english cli mate is the best in the world because it is just depressing enough- and though beastly not loo beastly and so does two things to human beings says mary borden writing in harp ers magazine it puts the brake on nervous energy but gently whips up the senses and sends the blood cours- ingthrouyh ue veins just as it sends the juices of plants running rich in theirs under its inuuenec life is vigorous to bursting blood stock the best on earth is the result for horse breeding and the breeding of cattle and pigs and men there is no country like england it is the model stud farm of the world indeed in america i am told the strains of horses and cattle have to be rein forced from england every three gen erations it is the climate and the rich drenched soil that are respons ible life develops slowly and with serenity in these islands protected by the fogbound coast and the gray mantle of the sky life doesnt flash up in a day to wither the next the english climate doesnt pro duce exotic blooms gaudy piants flamboyant birds or men and women of dazzling brilliance but all man ner of robust and gentle modest and wholesome even exquisite things thrive in this misty shrouded satur ated land iiace horses and lovely longlimbed women with flowerlike faces roses and bluebells stilton cheese and respectable publicans oak trees beeches the fancies of poets leisure and deep lush fragrant grass that is green the year round if it were this alone that the earth is always green that it never turns a dead forbidding face it would be almost enough to prove any thesis it is a gentle climate careful of life a gentle careful climate our climate too that makes ev ery american feel in a hurry get rich quick get up quick jump aboard quick kiss me quick marry me quick and divorce me quicker live quick get old quick if only it would rain for six months in america without stopping if only the winds would grow quiet if only a soft silent fog would roll over those cities and prai ries from new york to san francis co muffling it all slowing it all down camera settles it a motion picture camera on top ot a skyscraper halt a mile from tho empire state has caught every flaalj for three years it is part of a light ning laboratory directed by mr mc- eachron for the general electric company tbe camera settled a long contro versy the dispute was about which direction lightning branchos up or down pictures showed bolh direc tions the empire state evidence shows that the branches will go ioi the direction of the original stroke this original stroke is not seen by the human eye it is a series of lauce- shaped flashes each about 200 feet long these one after the other seem to drill a path in the air for tho main stroke of fire each lance pro ceeds a little farther than the one be fore lions become model fathers in london zoo it is no longer feared that they wilf eat their offspring when females of the families fells leo lelis tigris or felis pardus bear cubs in a zoo it is customary lo iso late the father lest his carnivorous appetite be turned toward the domes tic circle while the old rule still holds at the london zoo for tigers panthers and leopards the lions duo to the cultural evolution produced by their surroundings are now consid ered to be exceptions the zoo corres pondent of the news chronicle of london writes the zoos lions are becoming mod el parents in spite of a lingering tra dition that it would be unsafe to trust the father in the cage with a family of cubs one of the prettiest sights in the zoo today is simba the african lion playing with his two cubs oliver and october a new policy the mother patricia the half af rican half indian lioness born in lon don has won the reputation of being the best mother in the hon house it is a new policy at the zoo to leave the lion in the cage with his newly born family pat the abyssin ian lion who belonged to king gcorgo v was the first with whom tho ex periment was tried it was a success then jock the lion from the iios- tock menagerie andjuno father and mother of max and climax the two famous cubs lived happily with their youngsters in one cage now simba is proving himself to be a model father scientists time lightning speed travels at 10000 miles per sec ond tests reveal pectin proves quick healer new remedy discovered for treatment of wounds measurement of the speed of light ning at 10000 miles a second was re ported to the american institute of electrical engineers meeting at pitts burg last week by karl b mceach- ron the speed was timed at the empire stale building in the heart of new york city this worlds tallest build ing is struck oftener than any other known place on earth mr mceachron said t acts like a needle to draw electricity in the pectin which housewives use to make jelly indiana university medical experts have discovered a quickhealing remedy for wounds the details were made public last week at bloomington indiana pectin is a jelly that comes from hoiling fruits and vegetables apples are rich in it curiosity as to why scraped apple helps to cure diarrhoea led to the woundhealing discovery it was already known pectin might have the power to kill germs an exploration of this possibility was undertaken by dr edith hayncs biologist of indiana university school of medicine miss grace washburn dietician dr charles a tompkins and dr matthew winters pectin proved to be a powerful circumstances its effects depended on the acidity or alkalinity of the place where it was applied it proved wellsuited to deep m- rct4si wnunjla