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stouffville ontario thursday august 11th 1938 gtye tanffmu ributu 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 when the village council passed the tax bylaw at its last meeting it was numbered bylaw no 620 this means that since the village was incorporated in 18t there have been six hundred and twenty bylaws passed o one kind or another some of them have since been rescinded but there are many of the old documents still standing which would appear amusing today and could never be enforced no doubt a worthwhile task although a big one would be to review the bylaws and bring obselete ones up to date or wipe them off the slate support the horticultural fair once again the stouffville horticultural society is pre paring to hold their annual twoday flower exhibition and it appeals to all members and citizens of town and district for support this support has never been lacking in the past and there is every reason to believe that it will be forth coming again next week when the arena swings open its doors on another annual show the work of the organization is certainly wellknown to the people of stouffville its members have devoted much to their efforts and time to their own individual properties which after all form a good percentage of the community beautification the society since its organiza tion some years ago has always been a great asset to the town arid more so through recent years as its numbers have grown the exhibition next week provides an opportunity not only for members but also for nonmembers to show their support and appreciation of the work the horticulturists are doing it is an annual event to which we should all look forward the real joy of living found in small places there are some people who believe that only in large cities can one really see and enjoy life but its usually the people in the large cities who realize that hie in its fullest sense is lived in the rural communities the other day the executive of a large toronto publishing house in referring to this same matter said in part to me there is no eom- irison between the genuine institutions which go to make sma11 town and tn synthetic institutions of the up s0cty whmpof t snpnlr tt all ramn a may j tomorrow morning ana find myself once more as the publisher of a promising weekly newspaper i think i would find myself about ten years younger and about ten times happier there is a lot of truth in what this gentleman says he could have selected no better word than synthetic to describe the attractions of the city we have heard of men born and bred in the large cities who once they had a taste of life in a small community were never satisfied to go back to the bright lights of a big city to live the letter from which we have quoted goes on to say i believe that nine out of every ten men can do what they want to do and do it better in the smaller community far more than half of the people of the new world live in or adjacent to the small town and they are either influenced or can be influenced by the country weekly in the manner that cannot be approached by the big city paper ru i 1 the more we travel and the more we meet men of importance in every phase of livelihood the more convinced we become that one can really get more satisfaction in life more real unadulterated joy of living in the small com munity than in any other place i from the municipal world under the provisions of paragraphs 5 and 6 of sec tion 439 of the municipal act councils may pass bylaws to license and regulate transient traders the fee to be paid is not to be less than 100 in any municipality and not more than 500 in a city or town or 300 in a village or township such fee is to be credited to the person paying it on account of taxes thereafter payable by him a new paragraph 7 has been added to the above section this year by which bylaws may be passed requiring persons not licensed as transient traders who after the re turn of the assessment roll commence to carry on business in premises in respect to which they are liable for business assessment to pay a license fee before commencing such business the fee is to be a sum computed by reference to the tax on the business assessment which such person would have to pay for the current year if he had been previously assessed and is to be either onehalf of the amount of such tax for the whole year or a proportionate part of same for the balance of the year after he commences business which ever shall be the greater apparently if a municipality has bylaws in force un der both the above provisions the council may decide under which one a person commencing business may be licensed in the one case the fee is to be credited on taxes payable by the persons in the future while in the other case the license fee is in the nature of a straight tax the assess ment of the premises occupied would have a good deal to do with the deciion as to how the person is to be licensed if the premises are large and onehalf of the business tax would be more than the transient traders fee or if it looks better to have a fee which is not merely a credit the per son should be licensed under the new provision there are undoubtedly cases also where a fee may be collected under the new law where there would be no liability under the transient traders provision examples of this would be persons such as barbers shoe repair shops tourist camps etc where only services are sold and no goods wares or merchandise it will be interesting to know how the new provisions work out and we would be glad to hear of any specific cases the farmers in the immediate district have reason to rejoice because of the bountiful crops which are now be ing harvested and threshed despite the fears and threats from weather worms and insects all is well and he who tilled well has reaped bountifully truly we seem to be a favored people slot machines banned sept 1st thousands of slot machines in use in canada will take on a more sinister significance on and after sept 1 next when the new amendments to the crimin al code become effective if any house room or place is fitted with slot machines return ing slugs or tokens other than merchandise or services the amendment declares there shall be an irrebuttable presumption that such house room or place is a common gaming house this amendment was request ed by various organizations and municipalities and was de signed to facilitate the prosecu tion of persons havng slot machines other than those re turning merchandise or services such as gum candy or stamp vendors and weighing ma chines it had been the original inten tion to have the criminal code amendments effective from august 1 but the later date was decided upon in committee and an order in council passed former whitchurch resident thomas pollard passes in the passing of the late thomas pollard oxdrift loses a respected citizen and friend at the ripe old age of 83 years although the deceased had been failing in health for some time he had been confined to his bed for only two weeks when he passed away quite suddenly he was born in the township of whitchurch ontario the second youngest of a family of four teen of which only one survives mrs eliza risebrough of mount albert with whom he had re sided for twelve years prior to coming back to oxdrift in the spring of 1937 to jive with his eldest son wesley in 1878 he married the late elizabeth anne hutchinson and settled on his farm at gibraltar a short dis tance from collingwood ontari there hs family of three daughters and jwo sons were born and raised after the death of his wife in 1909 he gave up farming and for the most part of his time he lived with his son at oxdrift until he went to live with his sister he leaves to mourn his loss besides a host of close friends one sister mrs e risebrough mount albert ont two daught ers mrs robert ferris of flesherton and mrs c l edg- erton of souris two sons wes ley and russell at oxdrift and twentyfive grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren his el dest daughter mary mrs l fieghen died in 1916 ij s dryden observer the above is a picture of the new ontario bible school at fort erie and which formerly held quarters at gormley at the conclusion of the last semester the gormley residence owned by mrs claia wideman was con verted into a benevolent rest home the new school which opens on october 3rd is a property formerly belonging to a buffalo country club and known in that vicinity as the belmont club the fine modern building is located on the niagara boule vard about five miles north of the peace bridge and approxim ately three miles from the town of port erie the village of stevensville lies three or four miles to the west included in the new property is a farm of more than 100 acres to the front right on the boulevard and overlooking the mighty niagara is the grand club house comprised of a base ment and three stories the dimensions of the building are approximately 100 feet by 60 feet the building is very spac ious and contains a large audi torium about 40 feet by 60 feet a number of splendid dormitory rooms with bathrooms electric lights and other modern con veniences in the main this building readily lends itself to the needs of the school this years school calendar is now being issued saskatchewan looks for bumper harvest after drought years regina sask with crop con ditions the best in more than a decade agricultural experts of saskatchewan see prospects for one of the biggest harvests this province has known the situa tion is vastly different from 1937 a year of drouth and crop fail ure that put half of the pro vinces population of 930000 on relief rains in may and june have heightened expectations in the southwestern portion of the pro vince where drouth struck for eight successive years crop conditions are the best since 1928 said h j kemp assist ant superintendent of the dom inion experimental farms at lethbridge alberta seeded land in saskatchewan is down to about 12500000 acres a reduction of about 1500000 from 1937 about 367000 bush els of the newlydeveloped rust- resistant wheat thatcher a product of the university of minnesota agricultural depart ment has been sown this year frf o- jll the dean of newspaper editors rural mail carriers to hold convention i whitb return to whitby for second year because of fine treat ment last year important programme has been arranged for the second year in suc cession the town of whitby will have as honoured guests over 100 members of the rural mail carriers association of canada who have planned to hold their annual convention on monday and tuesday september 5 and 6 from all parts of canada the men who deliver his majestys mails in the rural sections will converge on the county town and will hold their meetings in the town hall which has been placed at their disposal by hss worship mayor fred t rowe and the town council they will be tendered a civic reception the same as last year and they will be billeted in the town the programme now in the hands of a committee calls for many important subjects to be discussed paramount among them being the securing of better remuneration and the placing of the rural mail service on a better basis there will be a banquet prob ably the first evening when it is expected that an official from the post office department will speak probably the postmaster general himself an invitation has been extended to him since the comencement of the export movement of fresh eggs from canada to great britain early in april this year the total number of fresh eggs ex ported tip to june 30 as 12182 according to the australian commonwealth bureau of cens us and statistics 3300000 lb of wool were exported from aus tralia to canada during the 193738 season july 1937 to may 1938 to mr wm mcdonald senior editor of the chesley enterprise goes the honor of being the dean of newspaper editors in grey arj bruce counties although an invalid and bedfast most of the time his mind is alert and he writes interesting and up-to-the- minute editorials for his paper every week in a recent issue of the enterprise he says it was 47 years on july first since the senior publisher of the chesley enterprise became the editor and proprietor of this newspaper and there is not a single publisher in bruce or grey who was then editing a local newspaper who is in charge to day the dean of the press of the two counties in which the enterprise largely circulates has seen many changes in 47 years in retirements from business or removals by the grim reaper since we first became a journal ist suggest foul play in recent fires at the regular meeting of pickering township council last week a request was heard from mrs r birrell concession 3 for fire protection on her pro perty several disastrous fires have occurred there recently of unknown origin and mrs birrell seems of the opinion that a fire bug may be at work the council instructed constable wm chester to visit the pro perty over the weekends and have the trespassers removed if such there be no tribune next week ioe 30exoe ioe loekxe no tribune august 18 stanley theatre phone stouffville x00 flower show this thursday and friday wednesday thursday friday saturday august 10111213 snow white and the seven dwarfs also march of time 2 shows each night matinee saturday o d o o a o 8 dancing every evening cedar beach gardens north shore musselmans lake jack crayford and his orchestra o d o n o aoxaoe ioe30i 1832 1938 monday tuesday wednesday august 15 16 17 perfect specimen errol flynn joan blondell everett horton may robson thursday friday saturday august 181920 county chairman revival with will rogers ctooperatbn intimate association with the requirements of all branches of canadian trade and enterprise during its century of existence has endowed this bank with the knowledge necessary for helpful cooperation worldwide facilities in every department of banking the bank of nova scotia oveii a ccntukv of banking sebvick wan mcmitt ilimiqh wmmm canada wholeltfe assusnce jnnuttiesfnooahfnie i head ofeicemontrem local representative j l abell