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the tribune stoufiviue ont thursday september 30 194s brooklin flour mills complete 100 years service way back in 1s4s a man named campbell became the proud owner of a brand new flour mill at brooklin onl today 100 years later the same mill is still turning out pastry flour for citizens of ontario county and the surround ing district so write blake kirby in the oshawa times held over the century period by a succession of eight or nine owners the mill has for the last 29 years been operated by w c wil son latterly with the aid of his three sons alfred winston andj vernon although there were 18 flour mill- in the district when mr wilson took over the property this is now the sole survivor havin outlived them all in the good old days the power to grind the flour was provided by the waters of a stream which flowed between earthen banks which are still visible just behind the brick building during its life the old mill has also been operated by a gasoline engine by hydro electric power by steam and by the modern diesel engine which today erounches in the basement of the threestorey structure the original mill is a brick build ing rectangular in shape which stands with its east end on a steep slope leading down to a river the basement opens out on this level and it was formerly used as a stable original mill still remains although the original mill still remains several additions have been tacked on to its sides since mr wilson became its owner in 1919 at one end is an office and at the other a warehouse trucks and wagons draw up to the north side to deposit their grain and to ship the flour and other milled grain to many points although it is the only flour mill in this district its activities are not restricted to flour milling exclu sively all kinds of grain are taken in milled and mixed to order for the neighbouring farmers and dealers two brands of flour are produced there xxx pastry flour and mar vel pastry flour both are exactly the same and always have been but such are the tastes of buyers that many will refuse to accept any but their favourite of the two in a years time s0000 bushels of wheat are processed into flour in addition to all the other grains that pass through the mill three sons in business it is not really surprising that three of mr wilsons sons are engaged in the business for milling seems to be in the family mr wil son first learned the trade in his fathers mills in maystone kent england in 1909 he came to can ada and took over the management of a mill at greenwood while there he married christine trimble and they later had a family of six sons and one daughter mr wilson moved from green wood to port colborne where he worked for the maple leaf milling company his brother ronald a wilson is now superintendent of this same mill after working at port colborne for five years mr wilson came to brooklin where he has owned and operated his own mill ever since the mill is now doing six times the business it did when first mr wil son took is over and it is twice the size flour making simplified almost everyone has some hazy idea of the process of making flour but very few really know how it is done the rough wheat which enters the mill is first cleaned and prepared for the milling process it is then put through a series of four grinding operations each step reducing the grain still farther until at the end it is the familiar fluffy white flour which goes into cakes and pies in the final steps of the reduction of the grain it is so fine that it is sifted through the meshes of a revolving silk screen before it is finished after 100 years the mill is not quite what it used to be in spots and right now the basement sup ports are being strengthened to ensure perfect safety but it is still substantially the same spot that mr campbell seemed so proud of 100 vears ago toronto skipping 10000 tovs daily a total of three and a half million tons of shipping an average of 10000 tons a day were handled by the port of toronto last year if the st lawrence waterway scheme is permitted by the govern ments of canada and the united states by widening of the lakes from montreal to toronto this shipping would jump by 50 per cent increase political manouvreing prevents the goahead plans from being completed with 20000 girls being recruited into various usa military ser vices can one still tell it to the marines calgarys zoological park has a slfeslze cement dinosaur and asphalt roofing on all the buildings smart fellow he must know hell get dependable economical protection from either asphalt shingles or asphalt roll roofings and bis buildings will be much more attractive sturdy asphalt shingles are available at your coop in a range of plain or blended colors theyre made by toronto asphalt building products viceroy barretts or alexander murray steep roofing problems can be simply solved with roll roofings very low in price and very easy to apply you can choose from a variety of weights in the smoothsurfaced asphalt roofing heavier protection calls for slatesurfaced roll roofing stouff ville coop teacher for twenty years remembered leader of the young mens class in the presbyterian church at cxbridge for 20 years mrs arthur knight was presented with a gift last week in honour of her long and excellent service the occasional chair was referred to as an appro priate remembrance of her record service it was recounted that 46 of the young men joined the armed services during war years and over sunday to members of the class at one time or another came back for the occasion mrs knight was a daughter of the late william low welfknow funeral director and undertaker of that town some years ago the business is now directed bv his son john udora postmaster retires james x umphrey postmaster at cdora ten miles north of uxbridge is retiring in favor of his son keith mr umphrey is also a general merchant he recalls that he took over in 190s when eggs were only seven cents a dozen and butter lie a pound udora is in scott twp york county close to the boundry of ontario county and the township of brock the opposition store in the ham let is conducted by w o webster also a veteran of long standing and secretary of scott fair board 9cr stouffville youth for christ presbyterian church sat s00 pm 750 to 800 recording of local interest 800 to 820 from ocean to ocean yia the panama canal s20 theme song led by stouff ville male quartette congregational singing- contests questions quartette numbers 915 songs and life of fanny crosby the entire offering will be taken for relief work in germany and holland ns4 pass the horsemeat saskatoon sept 25 horsemeat will go on sale shortly it is an nounced by the management of the saskatchewan federated cooper ative association the meat sup plied from processing plants in edmonton and swift current sask will retail in onepound tins at a probable price of 23 cents phone 122 phone 269 a new u1sa supermagazine without advertising is planned for next january to be published every second month the sub scription price 150 a year your banker works js a depositor or borrotver you value privacy in money matters your banker protects tbat privacy your banking transactions are not open to the eyes and ears of your competitor your neighbor your community in otber words the manager of your branch bank and his vbole staff are working for you contrast this canadian way with conditions in lands where freedom is denied where every bank is a political tool every banker a public official working for the state state monopoly of banking proposed by socialists here would open your banking transactions to political intrusion sponsored by your bank plant wheat but that the rain had not penetrated deeply enough in many parts of the county at rich mond hill they are turning up dust at 4 inches moisture is still a fac tor but both men cited another reason for the reduced plantings they explained that the acreage of this years harvested crop was abnormal a year ago last spring farmers couldnt get the usual acreage of spring grains sown be cause the land was too wet as a result the land left in summer fallow was planted to winter wheat of the two wellington seems to be the hardest hit although the rain improved conditions over a week ago mr stothers still expects only half the normal acreage will be sown mr cockburn placed the acreage for york at a litlte under normal generally speaking few crops with the exception of pasture and winter wheat will benefit directly from rain at this time of year mois ture is needed to soften ground for fall plowing but the bulk of the plowing is not done in most coun ties until october at present farmers in general farming areas are finished harvesting spring grains a few are barn threshing with the majority filling silo digg ing potatoes or attending fall fairs last peaches in the fruit belt growers are harvesting the last of the peach crop albertas a few late plums and beginning to harvest late grapes niagaras and concords mr neff expects the grapes to be a bit small doubts whether the crop will be as heavy as it might have been with more rain we dont know yet how much the rain will benefit them he told the tele gram reports on apples suggest that their size will vary with the amount of rainfall in most districts late varieties are expected to be smaller than usual although grey county reported macintoshes bearing heavily and topnotch quality in all varieties we have an exceptional crop of the highest quality of apples ever grown up here said mr cooper an unusual amount of drainage work is also underway in grey at present two wet springs mr cooper says have shown fanners the need for it because of- the shortage of labor during the war farmers let the natural outlets fill up now more machinery is avail able for the work and farmers have more money to spend on ditching when farmers get a little extra for the crops they produce said mr cooper everybody in urban as well as rural areas benefits although light frosts are reported farms suffer lack of rain southern ontario despite the heavy thunderstorms in some places early last week farmers still need rain in central western and southern ontario especially around the niagara peninsula says r g boyd in an article in the evening telegram in grey wellington north simcoe york and northumberland they have enough moisture to germinate winter wheat seedings but up over the escarpment where most of the niagara wheat is grown e f neff of st catharines said they barely had enough rain to lay the dust t s coopers remarks for grey county were typical of many areas we could still stand a 24- hour rain he told the telegram agricultural representatives agreed that more winter wheat would be sown than anticipated a week ago in grey and simcoe mr cooper and s l page say the crop has not been held up very much by dry weather both expect a little more will be planted than last year according to r c banbury farmers in northumberland are still plowing to sow winter wheat he expects a normal crop a little less than last years acreage dust at 4 inches w m cockburn york and s b stothers wellington predict much smaller acreages mr cockburn said flj flon manitoba is named some farmers were still plowing to after a mythical prospector flint abaty flonatin who came to a land where gold was so plentiful thej5 used tin for money stouff vi lie floral roses wedding bouquets funeral designs cut flowers milt smith prop in several counties they were not early enough to catch the fluecured tobacco grown in simcoe north s l page said that tobacco growers at the extreme north of the county two miles from cedar point har vested an excellent crop 22 ton from 40 acres if they had had more rain he believes the yield would have been higher royal fair chairman major general churchill mann cbe dso has been appointed chairman of the horse show com mittee of the royal winter fair at present general mann is vice- chief of the general staff in ottawa but it is expected that he will be retired from the army in the near future he his wife and family all enthusiastic about horses have a notable stable of hunters and have met with considerable success in the hunter divisions of recent horse shows from 1929 to 1935 general mann was a member of the can adian army team which took part in the international competitions at new york boston and toronto general mann is a director of the toronto and north york hunt a member of the eglinton hunt and has been on the horse show administrative committee of tho royal winter fair since 1916 in world war ii general mann went overseas in 1939 as a captain on headquarters staff first can adian division he finished the war as chief of staff first canadian army with the rank of brigadier dont miss the arena meetings in newmarket you will enjoy the christ for newmarket campaign in new market from saturday oct 2 to sunday oct 10 weeknights 800 pm sundays 830 pm rev e mains winona lake intl will present his messages christ in the wilderness tabernacle us ing his famous 9 x 35 replica of the israel tabernacle the houghton college male quartet will sinj sponsored by youth for christ christian businessmens commit tee and cooperating churches