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stouffville ontario thursday july 7th 1038 g taufxnlit tribune established 1888 a member of the canadian weekly newspaper association issued every thursday at stouffville ontario subscription rates per year in advance in canada 200 in usa 250 a v nolan jp editor and publisher notes and comments it is the duty of parents at this time to warn their child ren also to instruct them about the manner in which they should ckit he new public toilets recontly opened in the municipal hall it would be too bad if any boys were so thoughtless as to disfigure the premises in any way and while they should be severely dealt with the tho that should be handed out to the youngsters is that they should be the guardians of the place and see to it that no out siders or others abuse the premises if the boys can be made to regard themselves as the protectors of the place they surely will be the last to destroy it and the- first to run down any scoundrel who would attempt to there has been some concern amongst york county farmers who have read in the press of the damage done to the crops by the microscopic eellike worms known as- nematodes the farm press has reported these in some of the other counties and for the past year agricultural re presentative wm cockburn has been keeping a lookout for this in york co we understand that there are a num ber of places which have come to his attention and he strongly urges farmers to refrain from growing oats or mixed grain next year where oats or mixed grain were grown in 1938- a reader pauses to tell the tribune that we were a little rough on the old hotel at vivian when the paper suggest ed last week that where once damnation was offered the public now salvation is being handed out we did not use exactly these words but that certainly was the meaning which might be taken however we added to the last weeks article that in the opinion of some salvation had displac ed damnation fearing a comeback just as we had to meet- well- to be honest while the hotels in their days rendered a splendid service to the travelling public some of their wares were certainly the damnation of riany men and no one will deny that the same stuff is being sold today and we suppose always will be sold and always will be the dam nation of those who develop a serious appetite for it publicspirited action wanted the success of the new school band largely depends on the ability of the committee who have the situation in charge to rase around 350 to pay for the more expensive instruments- everything else is available a capable leader and plenty of willing boys also parents who are willing to stake 65 in an instrument for their child what is want ed is just a few public spirited citizens to come forward with an offer to purchase those instruments and so en able the town to boast a boys band the benefactors would reap reward in having done somthing for the youth of his town that cannot be estimated in dollars and cents after all it is the benefit the band will be to the youth rather than the benefit the band will be to the community which is the big thing if any one citizen or group of citi zens come forward with the necessary money we respect fully suggest that one of the first public concerts put on by the new organization be a serenade to the homes of those benefactors who did so much to advance the organization of the school band of stouffville wet or dry the editor of the whitbygazette chronicle has the following interesting observation to make on the liq laws in this province which will meet with the approval of many people- if anything were needed to show that the liqor laws of this province need some revision the current row over the closing hours of beverage rooms in this district would supply it- first they close at eleven and then we hear they are to close at twelve in one municipality while another refuses to follow suit in the meantime the system of local option is proving the biggest faux pas since the eighteenth amendment it is a queer situation when it is legal to drink beer in a licensed establishment in one town and find another where the beverage room is outlawed by the vote of the citizens and bootlegging promptly assumes such proport ions when it seems that the municipality wo be better off to license the beer parlour as a choice of two evils- the whole liquor question is above politics there are dry conservatives and wet liberals and vice versa and as long as an element of party creeps into the matter there will never be a satisfactory settlement the obvious answer as advocated by numerous organizations is a referendum covering the entire province it should be decided once and for all whether the majority of our citizens desire a wet or dry ontario if true temperance is to hold sway then the only way out would be the abolition of the beverage room and reversal to the former system of government control if however the vote shows a wet majority something will be done in the way of revising the present laws it is a queer state of affairs indeed when an individual can legally drink in a beer parlor while an individual who is caught in the possesson of a drop of liquor in any place other than his home is fined and possibly sent to jail even though he may be perfectly sober and in no way creating a disturbance or menace to anyone- this is no justification for the bootlegger but it is an acknowledged fact that many perfectly respectable citizens going away for a trip or driving to a friends house carry liquor in fear and trembling even though they may have utterly no intention of creating a disturbance or drink ing at the wrong time and place it seems to be a pretty unsatisfactory system with the most efficient police officers rendered almost powerless to enforce the laws the way they should be enforced we need either rigid prohibition enforced with the utmost vigour of the law or else the laws governing sale and consumption of liquor should be loosened with the proviso that anybody who is found creating the slightest nuisance while the in- flence shall be immediately arrested by the authorities- thelast system ir in effect in england a country which is considered one of the most lawabiding in the world 25 extra prizes d f- holden and sons were most generous with prizes at the big dominion day draw after the winning ticket for the car was announced mr hol den generously gave prizes for 25 extra draws which were won as follows ten gallons of gasoline each arthur topper stouffville 3847 frank roberts unionville4965 stiver bros 433 ezra brownsberger 10366 david tran claremont 3948 five gallons gasoline each geo myland ringwood 8692 mrs- pettit markham 15257 h s reive markham 4548 h s- reive markham 8892 j burnett stouffville 3958 mrs bert tait town 15028 jno leadbetter markham 1889 fred marshall town 8706 chas alsop town 2603 clifford card- uxbridge 15360 one gallon oil each wburkholder locust hill15301 reg rennie markham 6166 mrs- pettit markham 15257 robt burnett town 5924 o b- heise markham 15056 geo hoover markham 8696 hugh anderson town 3193 frak roberts unionville4965 fred betz town 3026 mrs bert tait town 14496 in the afternoon uxbridge girls won the softball in their class and claremont took the boys prize those transient friends dear mr editor being filled with indignation at the abundant crop of tramps this summer has brought forth shaven and unshoin clean and dirty ragged and welldressed i would like to pass on a few of my ideas for meditation on the part of the council and my harr- assed neighbors the average person in my op inion wants to help the needy but if he finds he is only abett ing the shiftless his temperat ure is ap tto rise and he de cides he might better not have given- she who gives a tramp a good meal is usually sent as if by magic a long procession of tramps to whom she can give more good meals and how can she tell who is deserving it is ever a source of amazement to see a gentleman of the road walk along a street disregard ing all houses until he comes to a certain place where he turns abruptly and confidently walks up to a door we understand that through marks ov houses tramp conventions etc- these carefree itinerants are kept in formed through a very business like system of spreading the good news where one can have his needs supplied on several occasions i have heard one tramp or another tell which towns are good what board and lodging they supply whether you can collect from the bank managers or not and other de tails incidental to earning a living by such means there has been a scandalous waste of food given them late ly we are told by men up the tracks- it is time we set about finding out who needs food and why there is no use wast ing food or money on strangers who do not need it while many of our permanent residents could do with a little assistance and be grateful for it one of the weary willies came to the door of an older citizen very re cently and asked for something to eat the older man prepared some bread and butter willie asked what it was i dont want your bread and butter he exclaimed ill go where i can get a meal another citi zen of stouffville had one of these callers asking for break fast- she informed him they had eaten breakfast but she would make him sandwiches i want bacon and eggs he said bacon and eggs the amazed lady cried why we dont have bacon and eggs for breakfast ourselves- how sad the travell ers taste for food wasnt match ed by a similar taste for work to earn it the time taken by these doorbell ringers is startling cal culate how much time is wast ed in stouffville in answering the rings of one man alone in a day bringing people from all parts of the house and generally interfering with the business of the moment then figure how much is handed out to him in food clothng and money it seems to me it is high time our charity is centralized i suggest the council appoint a social ser vice committee of perhaps two members say the reeve or other council member and the town constable that one man if he called at a house with such a committee in operation should then be told go to mr weldon or mr quibell theyll help you if you are deserving one person only would need to deal with him and decide if he needed help and that would mean a great saving in time through town as well as in money money is passed out now to those who already have some to those who want to buy smokes and drinks with it as well we could do as the forest hill chief of police mr- fraser did a few years ago i was visiting at the home of a councillor there when a man came asking for money as chief fraser happen ed to be calling there be went to see if the tramp was needy he searched him and found a considerable sum of money ill just give you so long to get out of forest hill the chief said and if youre found within the limits after that my men will arrest you one important part of this committees work would be to see that some public work was always available such as mow ing grass cutting weeds work ing up wood improving the park grounds etc there is nothing a shiftless man fears so much as the horrible possibility of coming face to face with work- if a man came wanting help he would have to work to get it if physically able one knight of the road while in town this spring was offered work he said he couldnt do heavy work he had no bone in his shoulder- maybe he hadnt but constable quibell could find out if he were on the committee he and mr weldon would soon know the histories of some of these annual visitors who i would imagine might not find stouffville con genial any longer ad present scattered householders cannot keep track of all the transients if such a system were adopted the tramps would soon mark stouffville as an unlucky place some of these gentlemen open ly admit they are tramps because they can get a better living that way than by working- they give you the impression the rest of the world is crazy to work if you ask if they are not ash amed to leave work to stanley theatre phone stouffville 100 thursday friday saturday july 7 8 9 night key boris karloff short subjects comedy monday tuesday wednesday july 111213 east meets west george arliss short subjects comedy thursday friday saturday july 141516 tovarich claudette colbert charles boyer claremont man has narrow escape assisting to draw in hay on the premises of tom sanders at claremont wesley lehman fell from a load and was seriously injured last weekend mr leh man was driving in an extra large load when he fell from the top and struck the whiffle- trees landing heavily on the ground the wagon wheel drag ged his head in some manner but it is believed did not fracture his skull he escaped with a badly cut scalp which took two doctors to attend to it was said that had the wheel struck a few inches lower the consequences have been fatal- as it is mr lehman is making good pro gress and will recover all right diseased potatoes im ported from virginia people they say us fellows have no selfrespect and yet they have even if unknown to themselves- the quickest way to restore it in my opinion is to shut off the gifts to the shift less which enables them to live on others and laugh at their benefactors then we would give only to the needy through an organized investigating comm ittee let the man who wants to eat and have decent clothes to wear work to earn them like the rest of us then well no longer be duped and hell feel better for the work sincerely a tribune reader there recently arrived in tor onto a shipment of fortyfive iars of new potatoes from vir ginia many of which under in spection showed bacterial soft rot ranging from 25 pc to 65 pc when examined in toronto- distribution of much of this stock had been made in pract ically every city and town in aou ontario before the seriousness other of development of rot was known according to plant path ologists and bacteriologists at the oac guelph and theus gardeners tomato growers- and potato growers are advised to prevent any of these diseased potatoes or peelings from them thrown carelessly around barns or yards or into composts which may be used for spreading on the land as fertilizer as infect ion may be spread to the soil and become active in future crops the cooperation of vegetable distributors is solicited in ass isting in the destruction by burn- ng or boiling or burying deeply as many of these infected po tatoes as possible 1832 1938 safety for your valuables avoid the risk of serious loss and incon venience keep your securities documents jewellery and other valuables in one of our safety deposit boxes the cost is less than you pay for your daily paper worldwide facilities in eivry department of banking e bank of nova scotia over a century of banking service ita m aewwitt xlimuqli sun life 01 m wholmifeassurancf annuitifsenoowhwts i head officemontreal chih education family protection local representative j l abell burned cottages being replaced the 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