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page two 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 buy a ticket today for the boys band theatre night thursday november 3rd like the magic of a magicians wand the movement and organization of school bands in spreading over the province what is the value of such a band to the school the community the home and chiefly to the boy in the experience of many places where boys bands have been organized it has been proved over and over again that they are the very best juvenile equalizer any community can have it will take the boy off the street and away from loafing places separate them from idle com panions and set them to work at something that will afterward not only be a great pleasure to themselves and their friends but should they find their way to the larger towns and cities after leaving school will be found of inestimable benefit financially to them i good year ahead coincident with the announcement that general motors dealers in ontario are convening in oshawa this week comes one of more particuar interest to residents of the motor city this later one is made by h j carmichael vicepresident and general manager of general motors of canada who states that the factories of the company will soon be operating on full production schedules for the 1939 models with all emplyees back on full time the first boat in after a lapse of nine years the first boat of any size entered whitby harbour on sunday afternoon bringing a cargo of oil for a local business now being established no trouble was experienced entering the harbour on account of the recent dredging the arrival of this boat is an important event in the life of the town of whitby it means that the harbour now becomes a revenue producer for the federal government and it may be the forerunner of further harbour develop ment which will bring many boats to whitby and increase the governments revenue to justify as w h moore mp has frequently pointed out the expenditure of further monies for harbour improvements whitby chronicle new motor license markers the 1938 motor license plates received columns of editorial adverse criticism so it will be a bit refreshing to say a good word in favor of ontarios 1939 motor license plates which have white numerals and letters on a jet black background these coors will mean much better visibility than the coloring of 1938 markers a pale blue and a paler rose combination as will be recalled the colors of ontarios 1938 markers resulted in a great deal of controversy as to their visibility the ontario government was made the mark of much criticism and ridicule because of their choice of colors in respect to the markers the 1939 markers for ontario will not be a great deal different than quebecs 1938 markers in that the form er will be black and white while the latter are black and sort of a silver the utilitarian will take the place of the question able artistic in ontarios markers of 1939 and after the controversy over the poor visibility of the 1938 markers it is not mkely this same mistake will be made again for some time to come functions of grand jury the importance of the jury system in the mechan ism of democracy was strongly stressed by hon mr justice godfrey in his address to the grand jury at the opening of the jury sessions of the supremene court at whitby last week comparing the totalitarian system of government to the administration of justice in a democracy mr justice godfrey pointed out that there had been a ten dency on the part of democratic citizens to accept their forms of government without giving them much thought in this democratic country we have accepted the principles of democracy without thinking very much about them he stated in the last few years however we have setn arise in europe a tota different form of government countries governed by dictators or totalitarian govern ments he added as a result of the great danger to peace which those governments have become i think some of us are begin ning to think more of what democracy really means ob served mr justice godfrey the functions of a grand jury are part of our democatic institutions and the fundamental principle of democracy leaves administration of law entirely free and independent of dictation from government or from executive mr justice godfrey then outlined the development of trial by jury since its inception in 1790 and outlined the method of procedure for grand juries in criminal cases a bill of indictment would first be present to the jurors and they would then retire to hear the evidence before hearing all the evidence they could bring in a true bill but to bring in a no bill it was necessary for them to hear all the crown witnesses stouffville ontario thursday october 27 1938 china autumn most beautiful says missionary kian kiangsi september 5th 1938 dear praying friends cooler and that is really something to praise the lord for after the dry hot weather we have had for august and july and so with this month we enter upon the best part of the year in china the weather be ing grand right up to christmas usually the fall is a wonderful time for work trips to the out- stations are planned confer ences are arranged for preach ing bands go out shortterm bible schools commence the nanchang bible school opens but what about this year we are counting on your prayers that the lord will open up the way for missionaries who have been away to get back and open up all these avenues of service so far the lord has wonder fully heard prayer in keeping back the japanese from enter ing far into this province for two months now they have been hammering away in the north and have been able to make very little progress the volume of prayer that is going up is sure to count even against the might of man it was encouraging to see the number who came out on the 1st for the day of prayer and to think that that was dupli cated all over china the lord is using this time to stir up his own and as to the month here it has been marked with ill- health as far as mother and father are concerned both of them taking their turn at being laid aside for a time but praise the lord with the cooler weather they are feeling more like their old selves again the regular work has continued right along with something on each night of the week and praise god for the way in which the christians themselves take part leading the meetings and helping in the street chapel on sunday there is sunday school at 1000 when there are are six different groups and then the morning service follows at 1100 i have had the privil ege of taking two of these in the afternoons the young people have organized a preaching group and carry on by them selves either in the street chap el or on the street at night there is christian endeavour monday prayer for the county tuesday thursday and friday street chapel wednesday night bible study in charge of dad saturday night prayer meeting wednesday morning meeting of the women and thursday after noons a meeting for the children a full program you say yes a lot of activity and we pray that the lord will give more manifest results but my stay here is at an end and i will be wandering nanchangwards very shortly to lend a hand there but where- ever we are there is plenty to do may the lord keep us faithful thanking you for your prayers yours in his service william w tyler working farmer and the small producer of eggs and poultry will find their needs catered for in the vast exhibit by the com bined poultry industry dominion department of agriculture and manufacturers of equipment the swine position appears to be getting brighter and pure bred breeders are enthusiastic about prospects this winter as there are altogether 15000 head of livestock includ ing poultry turkeys ducks geese small pet stock as well as 600 outstanding dogs and 300 of canadas best cats the fail gives every farmer a chance of seeing very much in the 25- acre space it covers dr barker loses an uncle the death occurred at lind say on oct 8th 1938 of wesley d brethour in his 75th year the funeral took place to river side cemetery lindsay the late wesley d brethour was born in brock township a son of henry brethour and phoebe st john and for some years the couple farmed many years ago he moved to lindsay where he was engaged in the implement business to mourn his death are left his sorrowing wife and one son lloyd of lindsay also one broth er toronto dr fred brethour and one sister mrs c barker of regina sask and mother of dr es barker of stouff ville farms need running water the royal winter fair the royal winter fair at toronto which opens on tues day november 15th to run through the 23rd has a pro gramme of greater variety in farm activities larger prize lists and wider scope generally than at any fair in its 17year his tory in commercial and breeding horses beef and dairy cattle sheep and swine there promise to be larger entries than in 1937 and a good representation of american stables and herds is already assurred the prairie province coming back with a large wheat and grain crop are sending more stock than at any time since 1934 probably runn ing to 35 or 40 railway cars dis tribution of exhibts among the three western provinces is also more even than at any previous time a much enlarged and im proved seed and grain show is listed large entries have come in from almost every province in the poultry division the an editorial item appearing in the star weekly should be of especial interest to farmers as it indicates that in the matter of what may be considered the greatest domestic conveniences in the home running water the farmers is far behind especially so in ontario as compared with quebec the weekly star says surveying three thousand typical farms this year the us census bureau found that seven out of ten had automobiles six had radios and four had elec tricity three out of nine had running water two out of nine had bathrooms one in three had tractors and one in four had motor trucks the sad part of this seems to be that running water and bath rooms are features lacking in so many farm homes the can adian census of 1931 showed that only about one farm home in nine in this country had run ning water in the kitchen and only one farm in twenty had a bathroom with running water in one respect the census figur es are almost unbelievable they show that in quebec 32 per cent nearly onethird of the farms had running water in the kitch en and in ontario only 105 per cent in quebec 82 per cent had running water in the bathroom and in ontario only 63 per cent but when it comes to such things as motor cars and tele phones ontario farms lead all others the figures in 1931 were automobiles ontario 603 per cent quebec 189 per cent all canada 416 per cent telephon es ontario 541 per cent quebec 95 per cent all can ada 321 per cent in saskatchewan only three farms in two hundred have run ning water in the home w u ldls muei zid oeal sendridgo nnd rafter meaauro- rocntfl or area to bo roofed patched or re paired council stand ard jtitclap metal rooimkia a flound per manent investment absolutely wcathor tichu greatly reduces fire hazard sold on a 25 year guarantee prices this fall arc lower becauflo of sales tax exemption save money by writing today manufacturers also of famouflpretonstel truss barns nnd jamorwa roent address 303gu ay poultry equip- st preston ont stouffville weu represented in recent shoot over five hundred hunters created quite a smoke in mark- ham township during the recent pheasant shoot some fifteen of our townsmen were on the war path and among them were messrs e a button l e oneill i aldred chris and sam armstrong ross brown morley brown blake sanders james ratcliff frank baker j k agnew thos bnrkett jack mcmullen and bruce harper the majority of these local marksmen gathered in their legal quota many reported the birds as being very small many birds hardly worth shooting several also reported seeing a number of you ky only able to fly a few feet which samples didnt create much sport numerous farmers in markham protested vigorous ly against this shoot and be sides voicing their protests placarded their premises warn ing all wouldbe hunters off the property t s wallace fifth concession farmer voicing his opinion to the press seemed to express the feelings of many others in the district why should they be allowed to shoot these birds when we spend so much time feeding and protecting them im against this hunting even if i wanted to shoot the birds the govern ment makes me pay the same license for shooting on my own property as the men from out side thurs fri sat october 27 2s 29 double bill hold em navy lew ayres mary carlisle and hopalong rides again wm boyd windy hayes mon tues wed october 31 november 1 and 2 lone wolf in paris francis lederer frances drake comedy and short subjects two nights only friday and saturday november 4 and 5 s c a r f a c e starring paul muni ann dvorak george raft stanley theatre phone stouffville 100 roasts we are prepared to serve you with choice prime beef roasts for the big threshing occasion they range from 12 to 15c per pound oboyles meats telephone 3501 we deliver why do you bake when we make eiscsous vakes from the finest ingredients and baked with the same care that you use in your own home youll have no cake failures if you buy them from stovers bannana cake molasses taffy cake burnt sugar cake chocolate cake gold cake the stouffville bakery stouffville ontario phone 189 telephone talks in the watson family my dad can talk farther than y o u 11 o when donnie watsons father greeted him over the telephone from 500 miles away donuic was impressed no end he couldnt resist boasting a bit to his nextdoor neigh bour and playmate whenever youre called out of town do as dob watson docs telephone home it i jmmie of mind at a trifling cost reductions in telephone rate e distance in 1935 36 and 37 have cyu savings to telephone users in ontario quebec of nearly one million dollars uul jnne 1 cecui j rio and i yearly j