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stouffville ontario may 21 1931 hard times for the farmer means hard times for all as merchants whose interests are intertwined with the welfare of the farmer it becomes our first and greatest effort in these times to fight for a reduction of costs in all lines and thus reduce the cost of living for the customer and as nearly as possible place goods on a par with the produce they have to sell in this we have been successful in many lines as the following lists show finest pastry flour 24 lb bag 50c prunes that are really fancy and 25c pure dutch cocoa special per lb 15c fresh roasted peanuts per lb 15c 20c 10c candies chocolate bars 6 for 25c chocolate mint patties per lb 29c plain toasted and chocolate nut puff marshmallows per lb 29c government graded cheese new 2 lbs 25c canned goods peas no 2 tin 3 for 25c corn choice per tin 10c tomatoes large tin 10c golden bantam corn 2 tin 25c canned salmon 2 tins 25c picnic hams per lb 18c 10 bars comfort soap with 6 cups saucers clover leaf pattern s3c fresh from the water starting this week and continuing throughout the summer season we will receive on wednesday morning a shipment of lake nipigon trout and white fish fresh phone your order ratcliff co stouffville town delivery you pay less for more phone 7112 remarkable if youre critical well like it all the better for our wall papers will please you not only the most modish novelties but graceful colorful patterns of every descrip tion will suit every purse and every purpose silk suits and dresses a group of fascinating styles so different so exquisitely youthful ipure silk crepes and figured rayons smartly fashioned with flares and trig belts outstanding values and low prices knitted suits as smart as they are practical in silk and wool tweed effect three piece suits with smartly cut cardigan and sleeveless pullover blouse in a contrast ing shade the skirts are trimly pleated at 750 950 smart new sleeveless blouse crepe de chine or rayon in a delight ful variety of styles in eggshell white and pastel shades at 149 3 ea babys bonnets and caps stylish head wear for the little tots in organdy and silk bonnets daintily trimmed also smart corded silk hats for the wee boy from 75c to 150 new rayon bedspreads seldom are rayon bedspreads of this quality offered at such a low price as 450 they have neat rose designs and are finished with scalloped edges sizes about 90x100 inches special iiiaiiira 450 cut glass pink and topaz shades beautiful rickly cut pieces sandwich plates sherbets goblets lemonade sets bonbons etc makes nice gifts for all occasions visit our china department wash goods are the height of fashion but prices are down prints tubfast of course of a sturdy weave so suitable for those little outfits that have to stand a whole summer of washing and washing in gay designs and vivid shades 36 wide 29c and 39c a yd heavy japanese grass rugs artistic designs in delightful colorings for the sunroom or veranda note the size 2ixo at this low price 59c grafton china in attractive and colorful designs also plain colors with gold traced edges and handlesplates and cups and saucers to match which makes a nice bridge set and a lovely gift printed cotton chiffon voile buy yards at this saving in a season when cottons are fashionable the price of these voiles are indeed remarkable theyre strong and sheer in a wide range of beautifully colored designs special yd 49c call and see our new ship ment of china and cut glass shaws store phone 9512 stouffville ontario after may 1st our storo will bo opon tuesday thursday and saturday cveningclosod wednesday at noon school grants xeiv act will work to detriment of km il schools is opinion expressed warden golin tliinks sections should xot carry over too liirso surplus the liberal the new basis for the apportion ment or the legislative grants to ur ban and rural public schools was the subject of discussion at a meet ing of the school trustees of mark- ham township held at unionville over seventyfive trustees and secretaries attended and the dis cussion was led by inspector gillies the new basis of- grants as fixed by the ontario government has been the cause of considerable concern to school trustees and secretaries wha have been somewhat at a loss to determine just how their school is going to fare for legislative grant this year after a two hour discus sion the general opinion was that the changes will work to the detriment of the rural sections of ontario and that their grants from the government will be smaller which will niturn mean higher levies on the ratepayers of the school sections the case of one section of llarkham was taken as an example and it was stated this section will receive only a little over half the amount of legislative grant received last year warden w c gohn called the meeting to order and was elected chairman of the meeting ho re ferred to the rising cost of edu cation and stated that in york county the annual cost to the county for high school education was over half a million dollars mr gohn referred to the surpluses carried in some of the school sections of the township he thought that in hard times such as we have now when our people are feeling so keenly the burden of taxation thai these surpluses should be used and the levy of tax ation reduced inspector gillies explained that under the new act a legislative grant is given of 100 for each pupil in average attendance the previous calendar year if the aver age attendance of the school for 1930 was 35 the legislative grant under this section would be 35 a grant will also be paid to each public school according to the re lation which the total amount of salaries paid by the board to teachers the preceding year beais to the equalized assessment the grant to each school will be a per centage of the total salaries paid on a scale ranging from 1 to go per cent this is the clause which has caused the greatest dltliculty to school boards but if any of the trustees or secretaries have diffi culty in figuring it out the editor will be glad to assist them to the extent of agreeing that it is a very complicated problem that is the best we can say after listen ing to a two hour explanation by inspector gillies which at times even tried his own mathematical genius and resembled a cross be tween a difficult problem in decim als and a cross word puzzle however after sitting up late some night puzzling with long multiplication division and decimals the secretary of the section will probably arrive at an answer which will mean that the section will re ceive a legislative grant of four eight twelve sixteen or twenty per cent of the teachers salaries according as is the relation of the said salary to the equalized assess ment of the section section no 11 for instance has assessment of 23ss50 and pays a salary of 1050 and will receive a grant under this section of s4 section xo 10 which paid in salaries 2250 will receive a grant under this section of 39200 in rural schools there will also be a grant of 25 per cent up to a maximum of 100 per classroom for new equipment in accordance with section 10s which designates the items on which the grant shall be paid the list of items en which a grant will be paid under this head seemed to mention the things which the school board is least apt to pur chase one section mentioned last year spent 1 1 on equipment which comes under this list ami on which a grant will be paid and the same school section spent 1400 on a new furnace but as a furnace is not mentioned in this section there is no grant on this expenditure the 25 per cent grant under this head is also added to by an equivalent grant from the county council under the new act the salary paid the teacher does not enter into the basis of the grant as prominent ly as in the past the former act tended to keep teachers salaries up but under the new ace the only in ducement from a dollars and cents standpoint to pay a high salary is the four eight twelve or sixteen per cent grant that you get from the government in the case of one section worked out at tht meeting there was about 5g difterence in the grant between the section pay ing a salary of 1000 and co0 one trustee said it would pay the school section to pay the low salary even if it got no grant at all under the new act the inspectors answer was in the negative as he said he thought if a section paid sg00 salary that they would get about 000 worth of service from a teacher a grant for each teacher is made as follows permanent first class certificate 75 interim first class certificate g0 permanent second class certificate g0 a second class certificate but not permanent noth ing at all that is if the section has a teacher fresh from normal school there is no grant under this section there are some other provisions in the act for grants of from 20 to 100 payable to sections which have an equalized assessment of less than 50000 but none of the schools of the district are anyway near coining in this class the meeting expressed its appreci ation to inspector gillies for his ex- planation of the act but the general feeling of those present was that the new regulations held out little hope of reduced education costs for rural ont warden gohn expressed a stellar opinion that the new act would help the larger schools close to cities where there is a large attendance schools in such districts as york township and scarboro but that it would not work out to the benefit of the rural school sections such as in markham or whitchurch the south ontario enumerators the list of the enumerators who will start on june first to take the seventh census or che dominion of canada in south ontario has just been given out by e w webber of columbus chief enumerator for this riding it is expected that the work of gathering the informa tion from the people of the district will take between two and five weeks for this ciolossal job 53 enu merators have been appointed is of whom are to work in the city of oshawa alone iwhitby township will have three east whitby sev en scugog one whitby three port perry two ontario hospital one ireach township seven pickering ten the list of enumerators is as fol lows oshawa h llowald t ii ramsdale c a vermoen w j collins ben ewing w g graham geo metcalfe a c hall fred ellis h b samells james h alex ander f e hallit o s hobbs norval cutler fred j perry don ald hall t d dickie and louis hyman whitby township j h jones george brown j it johnston and gilbert mcdonald east whitby township s j conlin james ling john watson hecuor stevenson edgar l glover f h wilcoxson ana norman whit ney scugog township rtssell hood whitby town f o mason ro bert barnes and mertin gouldburn port perry george morish and alexander wood ontario hospital whitby dr g h stevenson indian reserve scugog norman crozier pickering township leonard neill walter powell george e toyne leonard gates robert bent- ley donald beer fred major geo scott ed glesson and david j trail reach township russel har per ellsworth kydd robert swan- ick john mcdonald j s mcfar- lane t g sager and herbert brooks sealed tkxokus will be called for the building of a brick tower on the fire hall site stouffville to be built according t3 plans and specifications in the hands of the undersigned the lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted tenders close i monday may 25th 1931 at 7 pm address all communications and marked lhemtender for toverto j s dougherty stouffville out clerk safe saxitaky milk of quality from a herd of government t li tested high class ayrshire cows and milked by a delaval milking machine pure and clean and you can buy it for 12 quarts 21 pints for 100 and cream 7c per i pint try it and it will please you phone s3 04 r t mortson sons when you wish to send money away to pay an outoftown account to a relative or friend to pay for goods from an outside point for any purpose call at any branch of this bank and secure a j draft for the amount sold over the counter with no delay or formality bank of nova scotia drafts offer a safe and convenient method of sending money away the bank of nova scotia established 1832 reserve 24000000 capital 12000000 f total assets over 265000000 s jl heleod general mabagex torcate coal coke seed corn fertilizer for garden roots prices lower on no 1 grade seed corn mangold seeds turnip seed cement land tile ask for delivered prices on cement put in your order for coal at summer prices s w hastings phone 169 tile salt stoufrville out cement france buys more canadian wheat one bright spot on a difficult economic horizon is presented in figures just released by the can adian trade commissioner at paris showing that in the first two months of 1931 canada exported seven times as much wheat to france as in the corresponding period of 130 exports of g4s2 174 bushels to france during january and febru ary of this year represented 54 per cent cf that countrys total imports for the period in 1030 canada supplied only 17 per cent of the imports improvements in continental markets are not reflected in britain however where russian wheat imports for the first three months of this year are up by nearly 900 per cent over a year ago or from 77s500 to 7319- 995 in value come and dance midnight frolic at cedar glenn dance pavilion south side lake musselman monday morning may 25th 1215 am midnight admission 50c each monday night dance dancing at 830 pm gents 50c ladies 25c send it to us ship your cream where you are sure of top market prices prompt payment and a square deal our policy of accurate tests and correct weights has earned us thousands of friends among local farmers we loan you canscollect the cream an accurate record of every can is kert and you receive a de tailed statement phone for current prices if ready now ask us to deliver cans stouffville creamery co most efficient creamery service since 191s phone isc stouffville ont open tuesday thursday and saturday evenings get more results from using international cream separators than from o makes we can demonstrate this to you right on your farm without obligation high class tractor service two milch cows good wagon box star truck riding plows ford 5hp lister engine tier new coupe 3 sets single harness frank baker