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tie tribune stouffville ont thursday december 29 1949 the stouffville tribune established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations authorized as second class mall post office department ottawa issued every thursday at stouffville ontario in canada 200 in usa 250 a v nolan son publishers sends cocker to console child notes and comments a new year message once more the season has come when it is customary to put aside care and make merry we are able to do this each year and have demonstrated part of it the past weekend next weekend we will try it again to mark the new year season we of the tribune family have every good reason to enjoy this season to the fullest while we do this let us remember the religious festival of deep significance it is a time to thank god for the manifold blessings bestowed upon us r we in canada should be especially thankful because ours is one of the few countries in the world where personal freedom still exists this is perhaps the most priceless gift which we will receive without that freedom none of us- would be truly happy our freedom is unbounded save when it trespasses on the rights of others so do not traspass otherwise you will not enjoy the freedom to its full mean ing we wish one and all our readers a happy new year did you ever hear about the fellow who was berried in a swamp he was picking cranberries in picking these ripe round berries so delicious on the festiveseason turkey plate the fellow was playing his part in an industry that is still minor in canada but which offers an excellent opportunity for expansion our berrypicker might have been picking berries in one of canadas com paratively few cranberry swamps or bogs as they are called by the growers these exist in nova scotia new brunswick prince edward island quebec and british columbia in these provinces there are many more acres of unused land still available which is suitable for the production of this muchdemanded crop when the fact is considered that most of the cranber ries sold in canada are imported from the united states amounting annually to millions of pounds and valued at over half a million dollars it is surprising that the culture of cranberries in canada has not been much more highly de veloped than at present to most folk the tasty vitaminrich cranberry is known only as a relish with fowl or meat like a christmas dinner when it becomes the turkeys delight but for the favored few who have access to a full winters supply no more popular fruit exists for pies or tarts jelly juice or pre serves the raising of cranberries is exacting work visit the cranberry bogs in the berwick and aylesford districts in nova scotia and you will learn that while there are areas of wild cranberries most of the marketed berries are from bogs that have been taken over from nature it is no simple matter to make a cranberry bog not to maintain it there are problems of ditching soil conditions weed control sand supplies and proximity to markets one of the cranberry wonders readily appreciated is the manner in which waste land forgotten marshes is changed to highly produc tive ground as mostly sand marsh land is desireable we do not know whether the holland marsh would grow cranberry bushes perhaps it is worth a try so we pass on the idea perhaps not new to the district representative m f cockburn save those western straw stacks probably the most glaring waste in western canada in past years has been grain straw each fall mountainous straw stacks were set aflame as an easy way of removal from the fields appalled at such waste chemists began studying various straws to determine if they could econ omically convert straw into paper the early chinese and egyptians had employed crude methods of paper manufac ture from straw hundreds of years ago research was begun in earnest laboratory procedures were developed to produce a good grade of straw pulp paper of a glassine or parchment was made from wheat oat and fibre flax straw the howard smith paper mills un dertook to manufacture cigarette and other specialty papers from flax straw the rough straw is first concentrated in its winnipeg plant and shipped to beauharnois quebec for further processing last year the first commercial mill for production of newsprint from 100 per cent wheat straw went into opera tion in cleveland ohio the establishment of a similar in dustry here will undoubtedly be influenced by the increasing consumption of our wood resources according to a senior official of the canadian forestry association it is entirely possible that no marketable timber will be left in this country in another 58 years unless more effective con servation measures are enforced warts and charms something new has been added to the long list of magical cures for warts a story from birmingham eng tells of a druggist there who claims to cure these blemishes simply by entering the sufferers name age and number of warts in a charm book whereupon the pesky things disappear already warty citizens are making a beaten path to his door his treatment has the advantage of being less messy if less romantic than some of the older methods thinks the edmonton journal these include rubbing wet matches over the warts dusting them with earth from a graveyard bathing them in spunk water rainwater that has collect ed in a hollow stump or tree or even swinging a dead cat nine times around the sufferers head with appropriate incantations but the oldest and most universal of these cures consists of touching the growths with a live toad this is a real survival from ancient witchcraft the theory apparently is that the toad being so warty itself will somehow absorb the evil spirit which is causing the warts the popularity of all these weird procedures is pro bably due to the fact that warts if left alone tend to dis appear of their own accord especially in children and young people when thisiiappens after an application of toads or dead cats the power of the magic is considered proved there is at least this to be said for the magical treat ments they are much safer than the scientific method of burning the warts out with nitric acid silver nitrate or other caustic chemicals aq the edmonton paper says a charm has never been known to get in the patients eye burn a hole in his best suit or irritate a harmless wart into becoming a dangerous growth ace a jetblack cocker spaniel started a 3000mile trip by air shes going to van couver to try to console four- yearold dianne drummond butler st vancouver whose dog was killed by burglars ace was a member of a north york ont kennels owned by mrs m h page mrs page was touched when slie read the story of diannes loss herbert spence four is shown saying goodby to ace a glimpse of things at time of incorporation next week stouffville enters on its 73rd year of incorporation heretofore the village formed part or markharn and whitchurch townships population at time of incorporation was around 1200 hence we have only gained 300 in all these years but isnt it just as well stouffville has all the ser vices the city dweller has except ing street cars and we are well rid of them because they are not needed to get about a village of our size even when the village was in corporated the railway served its inhabitants as it does today and there were strong church organiza tions operating at that time silvester dougherty had the leading hardware although there was live opposition with booker bros in the dry goods and grocery trade s m warriner was a lead ing advertiser therefore the lead ing merchant in this line w b sanders advertised dry goods and made to order clothing groceries and glassware while r j daley at time of incorporation was in his prime and his display space was pushing boots and shoes biggest stock in town john urquhart in his space claimed for mens and boys overcoats warmer goods and cheaper prices the leading millin ery store perhaps the only one at time of incorporation was oper ated by mrs fred wilson who carried knitted goods as well r brown chemist was pushing the sale of dr rowans cough medicine and another preparation for chlffed bands h johnson invited the public to see his stock of tobacco and cigars 3 plugs for 25c or 4 for 30c on fridays hamil- david kean engineer for 30 years resigns due to ill health ontario county council on tues day accepted with sincere regret the resignation of its engineer and road superintendent david j kean active in the capacity for the last 30 years mr kean has lately been in poor health and hospitalized for several weeks though now he is at home again and rapidly improving the resig nation is effective december 31 though resigning from his major position it is learned that there is other engineering work whioh mr kean may be in a position to take when his health permits again dave kean was the first ontario county roads superintendent although similar work has been done by the late exwarden r r mowbray prior to mr keans appointment on march 15 1919 the ontario county road system was set up in june 1917 and com prised a comparatively small mileage then there were no pro vincial highways what is now no 2 highway was the kingston road or county road no 2 county road no 2 was from oshawa through columbus to seagrave county road no 3 ran straight through brooklin on the route followed by no 7 today indicative of the vast increase in mr keans work during the past 30 years is the fact that the 1919 road budget stood at only 2872122 as compared with 220- 000 in 1949 mr keans starting salary was only 1400 per annum at first he 1iad no mechanized equipment to use on the roads horses and drags were still the main equipment in his youth mr kean taught school for a short time and then was engaged in railway work aei2ca2lk333si bring your party to celebrate the coming of the new year satday dec 31 at veterans memorial hall stouffville new years eve dance saturday dec 31st noisemakers hats novelty dances i gary lewis his band admission 200 a couple get set j for the holidays by letting one of our knowhow hair dressers set your hair into any of the latest styles such as this softly swept back from the ears with browd i p p i n g curls phone 176w seasons greetings marie jack beauty parlour mrs harold dixon mrs marie jack tons tobacco store next the station was giving away clay pipes when selling groceries oysters and space in 1389 were the methodist stationery i congregational presbyterian bap- the churches carried advertising tist and church of england w c mcdonald ro optometrist at stouffville every saturday 2 9 pm december office hours dec 24th 1000 am to 300 pm dec 31st 1000 am to 300 pm complete visual service office phone behind marie jack 176w beauty salon note for your convenience you may phoned for eye examination appointment any time during the week sbw335b555sbjjb adds refreshment to every occasion tlie pause that refreshes ask for it either way both rademaris mean tie same thing authorised bottler of cocacola under contract with cocacola ltd uxbridge beverages uxbridge ont phone 205 mswm i imiiiil wherever a church steeple rises to pierce the blue skies of daylight and commune with the stars of night there is peace and as we enter our church this holiday time the full spirit meaning andessence of the word shall enter our beings and inspire each of us to fulfill our own small roles in achieving for all time peace on earth good- will to men stouffville bakery