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the tribune stouffville ont thursday august 1 1940 page seven lived to see great changes at thelake witnessed oxen-tilled- shores of 70 years ago now dotted with lovely pleasure homes there are two men still living who recall the days when oxen were employed on the farms around musselmans lake and both of them worked as boys with these animals they are messrs w a quantz and andrew graham both living in stouffville and very much of an age mr quantz will be 8g next november while his running mate mr graham will he 86 in december there is less than a month between their great ages you may talk with them any day in town and these men will readily tell you the last ox that worked the hills of musselmans and who owned these beasts of burden to andrew graham goes the honor of being the oldest child alive born on musselmans lake property because his mate was born in unionville district but the lake district became his home when he was a small lad of six and there he remained for over 50 years the marked development of the old farm lands they helped to clear and crop under much more arduous conditions than exists today on the farm is ah astonishing thing to these veterans man cruel to horse goes to jail elwood chapman pickering township was sentenced to serve two months imprisonment without the option of a fine after his conviction for what magistrate gordon longman termed one of the most out rageous cases of cruelty to ani mals i have ever heard he appeared in court at whitby last week chapman admitted shooting a horse through the head in such a manner that the animal lived on until it was destroyed by inspector william wether- ston of the humane society if the criminal code per mitted the inflicting of lashes en you it might bring you to a better appreciation of this offense magistrate longman told the accused mother tcslfied chapmans mother called to the stand by provincial officer w h clark told the court that her son had continually abused the horse prior to ihe shooting and had also beaten her cows with irons on the day in question my son came running in with a gun and said come and get your so- andso of a horse he pushed me out of the house i tried to reason with him and begged him not to shoot the horse which had been kept as a family pet for years she stated the horse had been abused something terrible and also my cows related mrs chapman she stated that her son never had any patience with the horse and that it had been on the farm nearly sixteen years both her sons had chastised the horse when it could not keep up with two others on the farm de spite her explanations that it was much older and unable to do any better mrs chapman said these remonstrances had only brought threats from the ooy inspector wetherston stated lhat he found the horse with a dole behind its left ear and the iead swollen its eye was swelled up and practically clos ed the animal was suffering jreat pain this is a very serious charge t carries a penalty of a fine not xceeding 500 or one year im- msonment magistrate long- nan warned chapman the outh who gave his age as 21 aid he had never passed public school entrance the cadi iri- ormed him that his action nerited the full severity of the aw but that in view of his outh the sentence would be re- luced although there would be io option of a fine national stock taking needs national registration canada calls upon all her citizens regardless of nationality male and female over 16 years of age to register on august 19th 20th or 21st registration offices will be open from 8 am to 10 pm the object of this registration is to ascertain the human resources of the nation so that they may be mobilized to enable canada to make her maximum effort in the defence of this country and towards the successful prosecution of the war here are the questions you will be asked to answer the card for women will be similar but subject to certain necessary variations study the questions carefully now so that you may be ready to give full and complete answers to the registration officer registration dates- august 19th 20th and 21st date op registration- 1940 electoral district no polling division no name irony carp no j given names 1 surname print in taock ttttet 2 permanent postal address if away from usual residence when filling in card give name of usual rvfidinco strcct od number rural route and pit o0 1 class of occupation a are you an employer of labour other than domestic if io state business b ar you working on own account but not employing labour if so state business 3 age last birthday date of birth widowed fktouth pjy divorced- 4 conjugal conditions single married 5 of what dependents if any are you the sole support a father b mother c wife d number o c lldren under 16 years e number of other dependents f da you conunue partial support to any one 6 country f yourself place birth 1 your father place c your mother pisr c 7 nationality or country of allegiance british subject a by birth b by naturalization c foreign citizen what year e in what place subject to what country do you owe allegiance g if an immigrant in what year did you enter canada 8 racial origin d if naturalise in 0 unotkritui 9 language or languages a do you speak english b trench c what other language can you speak read and write 10 education a primary only b primary and secondary training business college technical high school d college or university degree c vbcnitrd ii is your general health a good b fair c bad deaf dumb crippled or otherwise physically disabled state nature of disability if permanently disabled are you in receipt of a pension in rcsptct of war service workmens compensation old age or blind other specify c arc you an employee 1 working at usual occupation 2 working at other than usual occupation 3 unemployed d not working because pensioner dependent retired independent means 14 occupation or craft a present occupation b what is your regular occupation c what other work can you do well yfarof opcr knee in a 0 d if an employee who is your present employer nrmc- address state precisely nature of business where employed fc if experienced in a skilled industrial occupation or profession describe specifically the type or types of work in which you are specially equipped by training or experience 15 unemployment a how many weeks did you work in the past 12 months b if out of work now state number of weeks since last employed in any occupation other than work performed in return for direct relief c arc you totally incapacitated for employment f al were you brought up on a farm a2 until what age bl have you worked on a farm b2 how long b3 in what province or country cl can you handle horses c2 drive a tractor c3use farm machinery ca can you milk cs are you able to do other farm work 17 is thtrc any particular occupation in which you would like to be specially trained defence services 1 have you previously served in any naval militaryor air forces if so state a forces of what country n b approximate dates between which services performed c unit d rank held 2 if retired or discharged give reasons therefor 3 have you been rejected for military service in the present war a why- b where this is your opportunity 4 help i the sjaiaosta bf art to keep the costof this registration at a minimum the government is asking the cooperation of all publicminded citizens in the work of registration x you can help by getting in touch with your local registration officials and offering your services where to re8ester registration offices are being set up by electoral districts in the same manner as in the last dominion election registrants are required to register in the regular polling subdivisions of their own constituencies but should a registrant be in some other province or district out of the regular polling subdivision on registration days he or she may register at any registration office convenient upon satisfactory explanation to the local deputy registrar you registration certificate to every person answering the questionnaire fully and satisfactorily a certificate of registration will be issued by the local deputy registrar this is a small card which must be carried on the person at all times penalty for nonregistration failure to register will make any male or female married or single over the age of 16 years liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and imprisonment and moreover to a further penalty not exceeding ten dollars for each day after the day upon which he should have registered during which he shall continue to be unregistered published under the authority of hon james g gardiner minister of national war services n240 j takes annual trek mr angus fountain 73 year old cottager on evans dr made his 50th annual trip to attend the orange walk this year at lindsay mr fountain is one of the lakes oldest resi dents seven tons of jam wounded canadian soldiers in british hospitals this winter are going to send up fervent pray ers of thanks to 2000 members of the ontario womens insti tute who have already made almost seven tons of strawberry jam for their hospital breakfast before the snow flies it is confidently expected that the 30000 cans supplied by the red cross to the womens institute will be filled with currant rasp berry plum peach and grape jam to the imposing total of sixty tons british children who have been evacuated from the larger cities and towns to the country will also get a share of this canadian jam states miss m clarke supt of womens insti tutes lake accidents nil so far this year good lifesaving equipment speaks well for continuing this record red cross notes steady improvement has been made over the past years to im prove the protection of bathers using the various beaches at the lake and this year again the lifesaving equipment has been entirely overhauled and placed in al shape private beach owners of course must take their own pre cautions but the public stretch es of water front are now well guarded and equipment stands in readiness for prompt use at any time at musselmans so far this year there have been no serious accidents re corded and it is hoped that the sheet may be kept entirely clean for the remainder of the season with many summer days yet to come the canadian red cross society is already think ing in terms of fall and winter and women all over the coun try are urged to knit gloves mittens caps and helmets for men of all branches of the act ive service those articles will be needed by the thousands mrs wallace campbell national chairman of the womens war work com mittee said yesterday in these days of warm weather some might find it hard to concen trate on the need for wollen gloves and helmets but the canadian red cross must con tinue its policy of being prepar ed and fully equipped to meet any emergency the same allservice wool used for socks may be used for glov es mittens helmets and caps mrs campbell said instruc tions for ai types of these arti cles are in the red cross knit ting book and should be follow ed carefully we must of course keep current with the yearround de- m00 buy war savings certificates mand for socks mrs campbell said but gloves and helmets must also claim a great deal of our attention all through the months since war was declared we have been able to meet every emergency at home and over seas for the simple reason that the women of canada have been making the articles we need most rathed than the things they like to make lieut john farrow above husband of maureen osullivan hits been apoinled controller of naval information at ottawa the man who left a directors job at 1500 a week in holly wood for the royal canadian naval volunteer reserve in march succeeds commander eustace brock of winnipeg ap pointed rcn vr liaison offic er in england