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page two the tribune- stouffville ont thursday nov 21 1940 0 tnufftrilu rtinin established 1s88 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association issued every thursday at stouffville ontario eight to ten pages average circulation 1400 subscription rates per year in advance in canada 200 in usa 3250 a v nolan jp editor and publisher editorial comment bible society report war service reporting a distribution of more than 114000 copies of its services edition of the new testament the bible society brings to a close the first year of its war service in the present world conflict a special edition bound in dis tinctive colours for each of the three services dark blue for the navy khaki for the army and light blue for the air force contains on its fly leaf the following message from his majesty the king to all serving in my forces by sea or land or in the air and indeed to all my people engaged in the defence of the realm i commend the reading of this book for centuries the bible has been a wholesome and strengthening influence in our national life and it behooves us in these momentous days to turn with renewed faith to this divine source of comfort and inspira tion the testaments are provided for ail on active service through the chaplains services and are available for chap lains without cost the bible society points out that in addition to this it supplies scriptures for distribution through military hospitals and red cross units and that ever since 1805 it has been the policy of the bible society to provide the scriptures for prisoners of war in the required languages scriptures in german and italian have been plr y at the disposal of the director of internment opera- tf ns for distribution among enemy aliens and prisoners of war interned in canada during the years 19141919 the bible society through its war services distributed in canada nearly half a million copies of scripture in eighteen languages the total distribution throughout the world through these war channels during the same period reached the amazing figure of ten million copies in eighty languages set the mousetrap this time of year at this season of the year mice in seeking suitable winter quarters find their way into dwellings sometimes in quite appreciable numbers this is particularly noticeable in rural districts but also occurs to some extent in subur ban areas and in city dwellings numerous folks along the street have been reporting their annual hunt on and also tell of varying degrees of success with all sorts of traps and bait imaginable the common house mouse is the chief offender states the division of entomology science service dominion de partment of agriculture but field mice will readily estab lish themselves in a very short time both species in their quest for more comfortable quarters with the approach of winter are driven indoors mice are very prolific and if not checked soon become a nuisance the house mouse be gins to breed when three months old and has litters at inter vals of eight or ten weeks throughout the year unlike many other animals mice are hot particular ly wary of baits and traps and are therefore fairly easily i controlled while poisoned baits are effective they are not recommended for use in dwellings traps being satisfactory safer and more sanitary as the bodies of the mice may be disposed where they will not create an offensive odour the ordinary guillotine or snap trap is the most satisfactory cheese friend bacon raw meat oatmeal and fruit are suitable baits for these traps a good combination bait is a mixture of peanut butter rolled oats and chopped raisins a drop or two of aniseed oil may be added if the mice are numerous several traps should be used placing them where the mice aie known to frequent does stouffville face a hockeyless year while we as well as every other citizen in stouff ville and district believe that every effort should be made above all things else to win the war still we think that it is not in the best interests to lose sight entirely of peacetime pursuits and the period following the close of the war it is generally conceded that the local arena has no particular advantage for training local militia unit other quarters more suitable would have to be found however so far as the press can ascertain no meetings have been held so far with regard to a hockey team for this year several of our local boys have joined up with other teams who have already had meetings and are forming teams some of the boys are in the army but we think they would all want to see those who are still here carry on the sport during their absence are the new ideas the best controversial opinions seem very prevalent regard ing our present day school system of promoting students without written examinations not all principals ard teach ers are in favour of the new trend a noticeable change in the attitude of students over a period of years has been seen by some students are beginning to show a lack of responsi bility and that desire to knuckle down and get ahead as one principal of a large collegiate put it to this paper the fact that students are now able to slip along with no final tests makes it much easier for many to just put in time even discipline especially in city schools is much harder to attain than heretofore according to some irresponsibil ity always tends to break down discipline however despite these seemingly unfavorable re ports from teachers others of our educational heads feel leads mechanized unit the only man in canada who fever attempted and succeeded in putting a military band on horse back is the commanding officer to day of canadas newest light mech anized unit the 2nd iregimen t of the governor generals horse guards hes lieutcol w l rawlinson long known as one of canadas outstanding horsemen and one of her most experienced caval ry officers historical canadian story found in uel writings pioneer letters and papers and copies of other documents in the possession of mrs james lindsay georgetown pieced together would provide the plot of a great canadian historical novel the manuscripts which reach as far back in time as the boston tea party deal with several families which came to can ada with the united empire loyal ists from scotland the highlight of the collection is the story of alexander rose who came to new york state with his father john rose from inverness scotland in 1770 the family took up residence in the english colony pnd operated a farm john rose joined the forces of george the fourth when the american revo lution broke out in his absence some indians vis ited the farm and stole away the ibatoy from roses wife terrified though he was at his abduction the boy did not fare too badly at first for he was taken in the care of an old squaw who apparently pitied him the squaw gave him occasional lifts on her horse and helped him ford the rivers crossed by the band alexanders mother frightened in to hysteria by the loss of her son could not find help to rescue him and the boy was spirited away towards niagara the squaw became tired of her protege and sold him to a blacksmith on the canadian bank of the river for a jug of whiskey the blacksmith kept a close watch on the boy treated him badly and nearly worked him to death until he was twelve years of age but the smith was unable to break the youngsters spirit and when an opportunity came alexander was down tlie bank of the river and into a boat with some soldiers whom he persuaded to hide him the black smith raged up and down the bank but the soldiers jeered at him and would not allow him to reclaim the lad they kept the fugitive conceal ed and took him with them to montreal where he enlisted in their regiment as a drummer boy when the regiment sailed for england rose decided to remain in canada and at montreal he learned the trades ot carpenter and mill wright he married and settled at williamsburg now morrisburg in quebec his father john rose had been permitted to return to his farm where unlike many of the british immigrants to the rebellious colony he was allowed to remain somehow word came to the farm that his son was alive and father and son were reunited alexander rose however never saw his moth er again for she had died some years before che reunion g pric local boys outfitted with y r last week was a big week in the history of c company of the queens york rangers last summer over so young men from stouffville new market aurora schomberg and richmond hill made application with the regiment despite the fact that they attend ed regular drill two night a week at cither aurora or newmarket and had all passed their medical examin ation with a rating the boys had never been fully recognized or issued uniforms this authority be- ins deemed necessary from ottawa captain d o mungovan last week received word from the highly pleas ed o c of the regiment col j h bennett that the department of national defence had given necessary authorization to ahead the new recruits including cadieux bill sanders and clare bell of stouffville journeyed to fort york armories toronto where they were fully outfitted with boots uni forms leggings belts and great coats the platoons will drill in the aurora arena on tuesday and thursday of this week and further intensive work with the rifles is to be carried out he joe hospital costs here treble aurora tremendous decreases in relief rolls and systematic checking of hospitals is credited by york coun ty council with keeping dovn the 1940 hospitalization costs of the 2g municipalities in the county to the lowest in ten years stouffville how ever doubles markham and trebles aurora its a situation council can do little about hospitalization commissioner dr hugh m cooke in presenting his annual report revealed that hos pitalization costs for the first ten months were 10311905 this is 906964 less than for a corres ponding period in 11939 a change in the hospitalization system making hospitals responsible for the collection of refunds from municipalities was suggested by deputyreeve lome goodfellow of king twp now a patient can walk into a hospital ask for treatment and if he has no money the hospital charg es if up to his municipality the latter then had to try and collect a refund from the patient it is all wrong fifteen municipalities in the county showed favourable decreases in hospitalization costs while eleven had slight increases hospitalization costs in the muni cipalities as for nine months were aurora 18773 east gwillimlbury 307990 east york 2673295 etobicoke 952925 forest hill 234995 georglna 1115225 king 86815 leaside 73135 our ally britain president ismet inonu told the national assembly recently that tur key and her ally britain are study ing the situation in the balkans he said turkeys relations with russia which have gone through a critical period now have taken a friendly turn that the idea of promotion by term work is the best dr mcarthur provincial minister of education in addressing a recent school association meeting denounced the system of written examinations stating that precise thinking per severance and thoroughness should be the concern for children rather than a mechanical system of facts our system of democracy he continued is an out look of mind which places supreme importance on the rights of the individual dr mcarthur predicted that the effect of the war on education in canada would be a clearer realization of the importance of laying the foundation in the school for democratic living the war will not have been in vain he said if we can with the school as the agency inculcate in our children the ideas exemplified by the people of britain today ceconomv when you travel low round trip fares toronto 155 huntsville 865 vancouver 7025 business directory medical dr s ball physician aud surgeon xray office cor obrien and malm phone 196 coroner for york county dental e s barker lds dds honor graauate ot royal collig ot dental surgeons and of the university of toronto office in grublns block phone 8201 markham every tuesday office in wear block dr j f weatherill office over bank of commerce office hours 9 to 12 noon and 130 to 530 pm phone office phone residence 180 18002 claremont every tuesday office over bakers store phone claremont 1401 a c kennedy chiropractor church street stouffvlll monday wednesday friday 9 to 12 am insurance gray coach lines long branch 2132 imarkham 223485 markham village lf- 75 mimico 379145 new toron to 463650 newmarket 119 2 70 north gwillimbury 858 north york 1055460 richmond hill 59325 scanhoro 1638675 stouffville 126335 sutton 73115 swansea 215140 vaughan 2- 80736 weston 123210 whit church 658j55 woodbridge 11395 york 4865858 county of york 184556 total number of cases treated in the county were 3262 of which 1100 were relief recipients dont forget the mile of coppers drive on main st here next satur day night motor licenses the 1941 markers and drivers licenses are now on sale r jt reesor issuer main st markham see h o klinck obrien avei r your insurance needs in fire life automobile burrlary and all casualty lines thomas birkett general insurance agency representing reliable companies including lloyds of london england phone stouffville 25902 a c burkholder insurance canada life assurance co i -alao- automoblle and fire harry m spang representative empire ijdfe insurance co also mutual automobile insurance telephone 6616 stouffville ontario barristers m ahtifmeze comingups nows the time to kshelu protect your llj radiator against freezeups let us make the changeover today before dangerous cold weather comes we charge only for the anti freeze used boadway service station office phone residence phone 3160 3514 arthukw s greer barrister solicitor notary public o kijig street east oshawa ontario resident partner branch office wcpollardkc port perry uxbrldge ontario phone 25 r g cilendening funeral director ambulance service phone markham 90q0 idfc permanent waves of quality priced from 8250 to 760 including hair cnt shampoo and wnvo commencing august 1 prices at the demllo shop will be slightly in creased maries beauty shop phone 170 l e oneill 8totrppynjie funeral director and embalmer continuous telephone serrle day and night business phone residence pfcom mi stouffwille marble granite works orders promptly executed p tarr proprietor phone 4303 brierbush hospital government licensed main street east stouffville maternity medieval and surgical cases taken ambulance service registered nturses and 24 hour flcrvice mrs e r gtood phone 191