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page two the tribune stpuffville ont thursday april 3 1941 established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association issued every thursday at stouffville ontario eight to twelve pages average circulation 1500 copies subscription rates per year in advance in canada 200 in usa 250 a v nolan jp editor and publisher editorial comment slow but sure seems to be our motto stouffville seems to be about one lap behind in the matter of keeping abreast of the many appeals brought on by the war vve were late in organizing for the red cross last year but what a grand job was done when once we got around to it then just recently came the nationwide drive for the promotion and sale of war saving stamps this s fairly well completed but stouffville is just commencing its campaign this week with the canadian war service fund being advanced all over the country stouffville finds itself with two campaigns incomplete write to the boys over there drop us a line folks these are familiar words at the end of various letters received and signed by stouffville town and district sons who are now in england thousands of miles away from home and strangers in the motherland it is natural that these boys should want letters from the folks back home some of them get the tribune and look eagerly for it but a letter seems to have the personal touch they want those intimate personally written messages that mean so much to men far away and whose lives are in daily peril and our boys are in peril defending us and yet they breathe earnestness and optimism the letters will sure be welcome from anyone whether you know the boys or not names and addresses might be checked with the local veterans and if you receive any interesting communica tions from these fellows overseas well be only too glad at this office if youll pass it along to us to publish as were all interested in how theyre getting along you know unfriendly criticism any canadian who read the editorial from the chicago tribune as published in their issue of march 11 concerning the transfer of american destroyers to the british navy must have been stirred by the unfriendly and unfair attitude taken by this newspaper noted for such tactics for some itme in discussion the friendly bargain between the u s and great britain here are a couple of paragraphs taken from the editorial of the tribune as a fair example of their unjustifiable remarks it would not have been at all unreasonable or un friendly says the tribune to have expected the british government to buy from british subjects whatever real estate is needed for the bases and to give it to us in ex change for the ships in all probability the ships old as they are are worth a great deal more than the land in any reckoning further the tribune makes the amazing observation that long before this war began we had every right to demand not only bases on the islands but the islands them selves in exchange for the unpaid debts we did not de mand and the attitude of our state department being what it was and is of course the british did not offer the islands to us we do not start the wars and after all these years of adulation it is not surprising that we are expected to finish them and pay for them is the base conclusion of a news paper which scarcely deserves recognition as an ally in the cause of democracy 645370 men cannot milk a cow we have been trying to get around to tell our read ers who may not have examined imformation compiled of the dominionwide registration which took place last year the information is now compiled and enables one to pick out most- interesting facts for instance there are 645370 men in ontario who cannot milk a cow the registration files show the nonfarmers were only slightly in the majority as 500820 said they could milk and do other farm work those who could do everything on a farm but milk num bered 153360 while 55690 told the government they could do nothing but milk to help on a farm there registered in ontario 2731580 persons 1355240 men and 1376340 women the largest population group above 16 years was from 20 to 29 years 601780 those from 16 to 18 years were 268180 from 30 to 39 years 539990 and from 40 to 49 years 471700 over 70 years there were 97400 women and 85570 men married persons in ontario number 1636100 and single 857440 widows and widowers numbered 207310 while 8790 were divorced legal separations were reported by 16560 while the condition of 5380 was not reported most ontario residents 2014500 were born in canada and 432520 in the british empire from poland came 48210 the united states 64790 russia 25060 germany and austria 24220 those reporting canada as the birthplace of their parents numbered 1276430 total foreignborn citizens of ontario were 265740 those naturalized before 1941 were 22000 between 1922 and 1931 49550 and between 1932 and 1935 32370 those classified as aliens numbered 95590 with 61430 men and 34160 women english alone was spoken by 2450510 and french alone by 34170 although ottawa spends millions printing every thing in both tongues to please the french musselmahs lake ratepayers hold annua gett joyous tlirong pack masonic temple in toronto the big night of the year lor the members of the lake association has come and gone but its effects are still with us according to the advance notice sent out the slogan was hurry hurry and follow the crowd which is going to the annual gettogether and believe me they did go and how they enjoy ed themselves owing to the fact that the presi dent mr carter is tu the active ser vice forces the vice president mr ed darlow had charge of the arrangements and he made a real job of it the committee men all put their best effort into the arrange ments the crowd gathered on a scale hardly expecting and were received by messrs w turtle g harrison and their helpers and so happy days were here again the cards downstairs were in charge of william vealey and w s vinfber and special prizes were sprung for the various tables and game was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone particularly those being winners of the prizes during the evening a special draw was made for the benefit of the tele gram war fund and over fifty dol lars was realized the total money received was all put in this fund as the tickets and prizes were all don ated by members of the committee in the meantime those who were out for the dance were being looked after in the upper auditorium and cliff lloyd and his orchestra were kept busy making music for the large crowd of young folk and some of the older ones too who had the time of their lives in keeping up with the jones there were spot prizes and specialty prizes during the dancing and by the time the card players had finished their ame and the luncheon served by harold bevens and his helpers from the radio auxiliary those on the dance floor were ready for the eats two hampers of groceries were raffled during the evening giving two more winners a thrill we were pleased to see the regulars from the lake who were on hand to enjoy themselves the windsors schells mclaughlins mitchells and others and we are sorry more of the permanent lake residents could not be present with the committee in charge thank all those who helped in any way to make our gettogether such a suc cess and under the stress of war conditions the committee in charge of vice president ed darlow lloyd pyke secretary did a remarkable job they included harold bevens j h jay r phillips j whitehouse im kerr a sawers w turtle e s smith g harrison burt lloyd w s kim- ber l pringle a green william kealey hhayden j ironsides sr proctor bill evans a jarvis after the orchestra played god save the king we all returned to our homes and well be seein you later it is no mere pun to say that hitler has put the bulge into bul garia and that he wishes to get greece in order to roast turkey tells of first train sev yea ago railroad service was regularly established through stouffville from toronto to uxbridge in april of 1871 seventy years ago this month mr e j davey veteran railroader of 47 years told the members of the wo mens institute at their monthly meeting last week work on the line which was then the toronto nipissing railway started in 1869 and it was ready for regular traffic in two years this was a narrow guage line he said and a unique situation occurred fol lowing its purchase by the midland rr years later when a third rail was added to take the standard guage cars which were coupled next the engine with the old narrow guage cars running behind using all three rails e j davey started to work on the railroadwhen he was only 14 years of age his first job was piling cordwood into racks for the old woodburning engines of which there were two on the line he recalled the disaster which overtook one of them when it blew up at the stouff ville station in 1873 when it could not have been more than a couple of years in use the explosion shook the village and a couple of men were killed he further recalled the dis astrous fire at uxbridge roundhouse when six engines were destroyed including the other woodburner known as no 2 and a mate to the one which blew up this marked the beginning of the end for ux bridge as a terminal for the shops were never rebuilt there and ultim ately centred at york an interesting episode was told by mr davey concerning another acci dent at stouffville long after the ex plosion e j davey was brake- man at the time it was inlss or 1879 he was in charge of a car load of brick being shunted from the main line down a spur that ran from the main tracks just east of the present freel property to a point just east of the present baptist chur ch the spur passed the old tan nery which stood on the site of beebes blacksmith and now silver- thorns garage it was down grade and the engine started the car of brick from the main line with e j in control of the car standing at the brake wheel the car lumbered south on its own power gathering speed on the down grade as it passed the tannery grease on the rails transferred to the brakes and they became useless e j jumped for his life as the car passed over the main street crossing and the bricks landed up against a car of lumber smashing a few hundred the bricks said mr davey were for squire wheeler no one was ever penalized for the accident senator wheeler thinks of start ing a speaking campaign to oppose u s foreign policy and wendell willkie is prepared to follow him from bostonto california if neces sary what willkie would do to wheeler would be sufficient to can- eel the proposed spouting excursion send the tribune to absent friends you can be sure of clean rest unexcelled gas oil rooms p highgrade service at s service station phone 265 stouffville to downtown you go direct to downtown in every town enroute when you travel by motor coach when planning your next trip consult your local agent for all travel information gray coach lines in days of yore from the stouffville tribune february 17 1910 fifteen former pupils of mrs jf madills sunday school have en listed e a button attended the ford agents convention held in toronto this week miss erma burkholder has for some time been filling a position in the standard bank of which her father is manager forms ii and iii of the local high school engaged in an interformde bate this week on the subject resolved that canada should have free trade with all nations the afiirmative was upheld by kathleen freel and luella holden of form ii the negative was debated hy ken neth coulson and george honey the affirmative won mr and mrs r l hamilton are victims of lagrippe mrs barker of richmond hill is spending a couple of weeks with her son morley mr w h huntley is making im provements in the ice cream parlors floyd r fisher has enlisted with the irish fusiliers in toronto our town bell has undergone re pairs after being broken on sunday morning giving the fire alarm the auditorium narrowly escaped destruction by fire on sunday morn ing mr jos mertens who happened to he passing the building about 3 oclock in the morning noticed the flames and at once rang the alarm the brigade was soon on the scene and quickly extinguished the fire mr c w wismer is very ill with appendicitis from the stouffville free press august 1896 mr p c fleury has sold out his boot and shoe business to mr t e perkins the stouffville lacrosse club took in the capitaltecumseh lacross match at toronto on satur day on monday afternoon of last week this village was thrown into a aie of excitement when the sad newt was brought to town that ttuie merrll fitch sixyearold son of mr c fitcti barrister had been drows ed in byers pond about sixty attended the parlor social at the rev w percy oa tuesday evening the wet weather no doubt kept a number away the lacrosse concert on monday night was a huge success in every way j h cameron of toronto la his comic songs and recitations wax encored again and again local tal ent included selections by misses jewell russell young and johnson and messrs hand stouffer and bray miss blanche obrien who has been teaching in the conservatory ol music chicago favored the audienec with an instrumental selection tke cornet band was present and ren dered several numbers the grand trunk authorities have started erecting temporary storm fences along the line so as to ia away with the great delays exper ienced last week the work is under the direct charge of mr e h fjtx- hugh supt of the middle division miss addie smyth and mr c w flint of the toronto junction model school spent sunday at their homes here mr jos lehman returned last friday from douglas where he ha been for the last three months putt ing in a new grist mill wendell willkie defeated candi date for u s presidency gives toll support to the roosevelt program for aid to britain and we take it that is the one way to explain what is meant by national unity eire has a representative in unit ed states seeking arms and muni tions trouble is united states at tic moment is extending aid to those who are out front fighting hitler business directory a c kennedy chiropractor church street stouffvillij monday wednesday fridays 9 to 12 am medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon xray office cor obrien and main phone 196 coroner for york county dental e s barker lds dds honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto office in grubins 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 brierbush hospital government licensed main street east stouffville maternity medical and surgical cases taken ambulance service registered nurses and 24 hour service mrs e r good phone 191 r g clendening funeral director ambulance service insurance see h o klinck obrien avenue for your insurance needs in fire life automobile burglar 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 ol -also- automobile and fire harry m spang representative mutual life insurance co also mutual automobile insurance telephone 6616 stouffville ontario barristers office phone residence pkone 3160 3514 arthur w s greer barrister solicitor notary pnhfc o king street east oshawa ontario resident partner branch oflce wcpollardkc port perry uxbridge ontario phone is l e oneill stouffville funeral director and embalmer continuous telephone service day and night business phone residence phone stouffville marble granite works phone markham 9000 orders promptly executed p tarr proprietor phone 4303