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the tribune stouffville ont thursday august th 1947 0bf tuuffmlif urtimn established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations paidinadvance circulation as of march 1st 2553 issued every thursday at stouffville ontario subscription rates per year in advance in canada 200 in usa s250 a- v nolan son publishers notes and comments increased taxes unavoidable stouffville tax bills are now going forward to the local tax payers and show quite an increase over the last two years when the rate was dropped because of the drew government increase in school taxes the council of that day immediately passed on a good portion of the saving by reason of the better grants to the ratepayers by ways of re duced taxes now the school grants are pegged and in creased costs fall against the tax payer which accounts for a good deal of the advance here this year then every thing costs more including the general expenses of the town and so we have the extra taxes which appear to be unavoidable these appearances might be attributed to the effect of the hot weather upon the persons beholding them who may be accused of seeing things under the influence of some liquid stimulant in other words that they must have been in their cups when they saw the saucers but it is a pity to spoil a good story at a time like this with such flippant explanation moreover there may be after all something in these saucers one of them was reported to have been seen flying over ottawa at the time when the members of parliament were in the throes of trying to windup the business of the session and depart this particular saucer was described by one observer as a dinner plate which was said to have a white tail streaming out behind it was also said to have suddenly broke completely in two both sections continuing side by side for a split second then completely disintegrating presumably spilling the contents which may have been some sort of hash in which ease the phenomenon could be interpreted as symbolic of the results of the political cookery at ottawa the starling pest the starlings which caused so much annoyance in stouffville for several years as they gathered here prior to taking off on the long wingflight for the south in the fall have given a great deal of trouble down around st thomas last week the fire brigade was organized and went out with shooting arms of some sort to drive the offending birds from the town other towns in the area have found it necessary to organize shooting parties too it recalls the days when dr freels grove was so in fested that he arranged for someone to do some shooting for the past year or so the starlings have not bothered this town very much unemployment insurance injustice while thousands and thousands who pay unemploy ment insurance have drawn on that fund huncheds of thousands more have never had a cent from the insurance they are the workers who have steady employment and very often on a lower wage than those who demand fancy wages and lots of unemployment brick layers and plasters city carpenters and such like wouldnt it only be fair if after a worker had paid into the unemployment insurance pot for say a period of five years without drawing anything by reason of unem ployment he or she be given a reduced rate of assessment the trouble as it now stands and the injustice of the present setup is that workers in the rural sections who enjoy steady employment year in and year out continue all their lives to subscribe to the fund surely after five years of uninterrupted work it is proven that a man or womans job is steady they should not have to pay the standard rate take bank clerks too eveiybody knows that those employees never get laid off because of slack times yet they are forced to pay unemployment insurance- to us this is a rank injustice separation from the county from time to time there are outcries from various towns for a move to become separated from the county due to the fact that the towns appear to pay a dispropor tionate amount of the county levy with seemingly only small returns for their money also although the towns have the largest assessments their voting power in county council is insignificant compared with that of the town ships now that county rebates on town roads have been abolished and towns will be entitled to direct grants from the province this situation will possibly become more ag gravated according to the municipal world at present there are only seven separated towns in ontario namely brockville trenton smiths falls ingersoll gananoque st marys and prescott last year cornwall became separted by being erected into a city and the same will occur this year with respect to waterloo separation of a town from the county except by erec tion into a city may only be effected by special legislation before such action is taken a town should carefully con sider the benefits derived from belonging to a county such as the use of the county courts gaol and registry office payment by the county of the costs of administration of justice sharing the costs of indigents in hospitals grants towards the upkeep of hospitals maintenance of the house of refuge now to be known as the home for the aged childrens aid shelters educational grants etc a good policy in such cases would be look before you leap cups and saucers newspaperdom has entered into its dogdays with stories about flying saucers which are reported to have been seen by various people in various parts of the country these pieces of crockery have been described as scooting through the upper air with the greatest of ease and at a terrific speed with an undulating motion an interesting event at midnight last friday in the presence of a distin guished gathering of officials and historians a safe in the library of congress in washington dc was thrown open and for the first time the personal papers of the late pre sident abraham lincoln were made available for public inspection gathered by his son the late robert todd lincoln the papers of the late president were a closely guarded secret they were placed in safe keeping many years ago and un der the terms of his sons will were not to be given to the public for 21 years after his death such was the interest attendant upon the opening of the safe that the ceremony was recorded by news reel cameras the newspapers and the radio enthusiasm was at fever pitch and many of those present spent the remainder of the night poring over the documents the full import of the documents letters and papers has not been fully assessed as yet however it is known that further light will be thrown upon the character of the great emancipator whose strength of character and states manship were instrumental in the welding together of the great democracy canada is privileged to call neighbors and friend many volumes have been written about lincoln i identification will endeavour to government plans a simila written exclusively for the stouff ville tribune by mlschwartz while there is no doubt that the rank and file of labor unions in canada do not favour in the least the toleration of communists with in their organizations yet it is hinted in this capital that the re moval of such unhealthy influences may be best accomplished by the unions themselves rather than through official action this is the interpretation backstage in this i capital of the rather delayed move by the government to ban com- mtinism from various organizations or to declare communism as an illegal entity during the recent session a private bill to declare communism illegal in canada did not come into existence but it is known that another attempt will likely be made next session prior to the german invasion of soviet russia communism was banned here but this was changed appar ently the government is not anxi ous to declare communism illegal now whether in labor unions or elsewhere so that it is up to the union themselves it is hinted here to clean house v the reported action by the un ited kingdom to cut imports of i newsprint from canada is notj causing any great concern for the present but there is an undereur- rent of fear about the future since the traditional british market it is learned here may suffer in the end as a matter of fact canadian newsprint is a much ought article these days in various countries in- eluding canadian consumers and restrictions to limit imports on the part of the united kingdom may decrease such demands when cana dian mills will want such custom ers in future paign this year this campaign for funds is not based on any desire to borrow money from the public it is learned here but rather to pro vide a favourable means of invest ment so that the masses may be able to put aside more ready cash as a cushion against any possible eventuality taxation today is three hundred percent higher than it was before the war declared hon john bracken leader of the progressive- conservative party in a speech im grateful to customs for tak ing no chances and thanks to their alerting us to plant imports de partment inspectors have detected and destroyed several foreign pests which canada can do without ex plained w n kennan chief of the plant protection division ottawa discussing canadas efforts to keep free from unwanted insects as i travel across the united states and canada i am amazed et them registered because such cannot be disposed of without prov ing ownership and signature rumors rumors and more rumors are heard along parliament hill these days about supposed secrecy in negotiations between the pro vinces and the federal government in regard to taxation agreements however it must be emphasized in no uncertain way that wellinform ed quarters here discount such rumors as mere idle gossip with out foundation discussions be tween any particular province and the federal government have never been held in secret it is stressed here and all negotiations have been known to each and every province without any concealment of facts it is no secret now that there has been much widespread discontent of the price in the british wheat contract at 155 a bushel as a basis price so that negotiations with the at the increasing standardization british for a new contract price of our educational i institutions for the 10 is canadian wheat crop commented rev dr james clarke has aroused belief here that judg- mc ing from reports reaching this i the outlook for the world looks capital that may bring the threat grim though hope is still there of an nondelivery strike of grain was the ratherpessimistic remark though the government has sug- gested that the price will give farmers a fair return these negotiations are believed to bo like ly to start agitation for a price more akin to american wheat price re ports especially since the farmers across the international border have been receiving a higher price and the canadian wheat board it fppes to the united kingdom yet is alleged mav be selling wheat to understood here that such other countries than britain at betl bg m lhls season ter prices than that involved in thel v l f rritih wtkku rnnmrt wh be definitely less than last year british wheat contract the of th omda 0 jtion hon john bracken appears rumors have been flying freely to k in fairly good health and verv in this country that notwithstand- much continuing as leader though ing the statement by dept of fin- rumors seemed to insinuate other- ance officials here including the wise latelv finance minister himself that no the government does not propoe devaluation of the canadian dollar j te authorize costofliving bonuses was contemplated at present yet for superannuated civic servants at something was in the air how- j present though the whole subject ever it is learned n usually reliajis being given sympathetic con- ble quarters in ottawa that these jsjjuon it is learned rumors are nothing but idle speeu- the cbc is endeavouring to lations because officials hold thatbuv as soon as possible cky the exchange position cannot be radio station in manitoba of p kodando rao wellknown in dian traveller lecturer and writer during a visit to ottawa accompani ed by his american wife weekly windup though the dollar shortage and the large british crop are said to prevent any shipments of canadian appreciably bettered through such action as a dir beries of vault- holders result of recent rob- safety deposit bank i- expected here that if canadian government bearer bonds which can be sold for i cash at practically ail kinks without such a degree of success was at tained last year in the first peace time canada savings bonds cam paign raiine 500000000 without highpressure efforts and with little- nsullt obtained n tribune spending that it is understood thejfed i canadas supply of oils and fats has improved to such extent lately that it is said in ottawa to be much better than it had been anticipated only a short time ago hundreds trill testify to r salvation army aids ontario immigrants toronto aug 5 accommodation for male imigrants entering canada by air under the ontario provincial governments new scheme will be provided by the salvation army according to lieutcolonel wm dray obe the armys secretary for colonization and immigrants spacious premises located at jarvis and isabella streets toronto have been leased and are being equipped to care for 150 single men comfortable sleeping quarters a spacious lounge room and a dining room where typical canadian meals will be served are among the fac ilities provided personal services will also be rendered it is expect ed that accommodation will be pro vided for up to four days per per son during which time the indivi dual will be placed by the ontario government for the salvation army this is but a continuation of its wellknown wartime activity when numbers of british war brides enroute to cana dian destinations were cared for in hostess houses operated by the army just a block away from this new centre of activity first flight arriving on sundav morning were met by salvation army officials at malton and direc ted to the mens residence 97 isa bella street the salvation army had plans for the men during the day where good tasty meals were served by salvation army volun teer workers fotohite w ttv a titehg monday tuesday august 18 19 sax antonio krrol flynn alexis smith charges are not annually will ap ply against the huge debt the outcome of the vote in the village of flora four miles or thereabout from the town of fer gus brings up the question as to how the people of stouffville would vote on a sewerage system here assuming the cost to be around 150000 want sewers am water xo matter what cost the property owners in the small village of flora with less than 800 population last week approved the construction of a 320000 water works and sewerage system by a vote of 1s3 to 51 a ecord vote for waterworks alone carried by a vote of 102 to co the estimate for the proposed system of either water works and sewerage or waterworks alone was made and presented to the town over two years ago by the engineering firm of philips and ro berts of bran ford flora voters favored the combined project and have by a splendid majority endor sed the required bylaw assuming that there are homes in elora the owners by their vote nave pledged an average of over 1000 per home to secure this dual service water and sewers of course in addition to a direct tax there will be con siderable revenue derived from rales which after maintenance groom forgets address cant krxr his rride ox honeymoon no newspaper would be mean enough we hope to publish the names of the bride and groom who became separated from each other on the first night of their honey moon well believe us it happen ed when the couple motored into ottawa to spend a few days sight seeing as part of their holiday to gether first thing the newly weds did was to find accommodation and this they did at a registered tourist home they went down town to have lunch at a restaurant in this city which both were seeing for the first time the groom found on coming from the restaurant that one of his tires was flat they de cided that the happy young bride would stroll back to the tourist home and he proceeded to look up a garage but then the groom couldnt find the tourist home when he got the car fixed he had do street number and all he knew was that the house had a small white veranda too bad there were hun dreds with white verandas it seemed in desperation the chap called on a policeman to help but the police were not successful and at midnight the dejected groom found himself sitting in the police station he spent the night there and it was the following day when the excited young wife was located after an exciting night wondering whether she had been jilted on something just in case you are guessingthe unfortunate circumstances related above happened to a honeymoon couple from quebec city and not stouffville 1949 plowing match site chosen ix brant looking ahead to the 1919 inter national plowing match which it to be held in brant county a com mittee of officers of the ontario plowmens association has selected the site for the match for that year following a tour of inspection of a number of suggested areas in the county the committee chose a farm on lot 1 concession 8 com prising about g50 acres of land the a b c of better baking aurora belle cake pastry flour aurora flour feed mills ltd