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page two stouff ville ontario thursday december 22 1938 established 1888 a member of the canadian weekly newspaper association issued every thursday at stouffville ontario subscription rates per year in advance in canada 200 in usa 250 a v nolan jp editor and publisher notes and comments with only a couple of days to go the opportunity for merchants to sell christmas goods will be over for another year it is most apparant that the buying season in stouff ville started earlier this year than in recent years and we attribute the fact to liberal adverising on the part of the merchants weeks and weeks ahead of christmas it got the people christmas minded and the advertising was followed up with window displays that breathed the atmosphere of- the holiday time all in all it stimulated the christmas spirit and buying started as a result we can recall when it was the custom in town to hold back within ten days of christmas before evidence of it would be seen in the stores what a mistake that was for the merchant who had a heavy stock to dispose of while we are not out to toot our own honn we think it only fair to say that the tribune contributed in a large measure to the splen did christmas trade enjoyed by the merchants never before have we been able to offer such advertising facilities as this year while the circuluation of the paper gives a coverage larger than any other local weekly in the county of york it is read weekly by 3000 or more people are you in favor of the village town council pass ing a bylaw to provide for the annual payments not to ex ceed the sum of 250 to members of the council as re muneration for their services is a question the ratepayers of the town of bowmanville will vote on january 2 next it is becoming increasingly more popular to pay councillors in the smaller places and indeed we hear it mooted in stouffville that councillors should be paid for their services probably school boards ought to be paid too but it re quires a bylaw and the bylaw should be voted on by the people although any council has power to pass it without the formality of referring it to the electorate it would be a proper question for discussion at a nomin ation meeting why not take it up and after discussion of the matter ask for a show of hands if the writer were a councillor and a nomination meeting strongly favored pay ing councillors we would lose no time in enacting a law to cover the payment in favor of paying village and town councillors it is pointed out that county councillors and township councillors are paid in all municipalities so why not town and village men the people of canada through their federal govern ment pay an average of 2 12 cents per capita each year toward the organization and development of peaceful meth ods to settle international disputes at the same time they are spending 35000000 or 2000 each a year for military preparedness and more than 160000000 a year in pay ment of the havoc wrought by the 191418 war canadas total contribution to he league of naions work is 260000 a year this vivid contrast was brought out in an address by rt hon ernest lapointe on november 7th when he spoke at the annual peace week dinner of the league of nations society in canada prime minister mackenzie king announced on november 8 the fourth session of the present parliament will be con vened in january next and it is hoped a brief business like session will permit prorogation prior to the arrival of the king and queen the prime minister emphasized however that no attempt would be made to shorten con sideration of public matters unduly if the members do not see fit to complete their deliberations before the arrival of the royal couple mr king said parliament will be adjourn ed until later in the summer this decision was reached in view of the governments opinion that members of parlia ment both senators and commoners will wish to be pre sent in their home localities as the king and queen move about from place to place throughout canada smart penalties for law breakers six weeks after the close of the speckled trout season three men whose sporting instincts are a negligible quantity were caught by a game warden in the pembroke district returning from a fishing foray with some 288 trout all under the legal size in their possession it created quite a furore in the district because it was generally known that the department had just completed a programme of restocking the streams in the county with thousands of yearling trout naturally the decent sportsmen were up in arms and loud in their demands that these unscrupulous gentlemen should be vigorously prosecuted in due course the poachers were haled into court and three charges laid against each convictions were obtained in every case and on all three charges with the result that each of the defend ants paid fines and costs totalling 12675 or approximate ly 380 in all sunday radio advertising whatever restrictions canadian law may nut on the commercialization of the sabbath the radio apparently dis regards them with impunity not only does the radio publish a great volume of advertising on sunday a pro ceeding for which a newspaper would be yanked through the courts but radio promoters sponsor entertainments which are purely commercial in chaacter studio staffs in toronto and other centres under the jurisdiction of the canadian broadcasting corporation are engaged in sunday labor which cannot be described either s works of necessity or mercy contests in which the participants compete for prizes are staged for the purpose of stimulating the sale of goods the extraordinary idea being that if listeners like a program they will buy the particular timepiece or teeth ing ring that sponsors it sanders arson trial continues claim lake simcoe hotel loss 6000 over and above the insurance tells of interference arthur b sanders went on trial before judge daniel oconnell and a jury in the court of general sessions mon day on a charge of arson aris ing out of the fire at the lake- view house hotel at jacksons point on september 8 norman borins represented the crown and george walsh kc appeared for sanders who pleaded not guilty h w sanders of stouffville uncle of accused told the court that he and his brother a b sanders sr were joint owners of the hotel he said he acted as manager and his brother manager of the golf course about 11 pm on sept 8 mr sanders continued robert sanders a brother of accused awoke him to inform him the beach house was on fire the blaze was at the south east corner of the house wit ness went on when the fire brigade arrived from sutton the flames were under the roof but they got it under control in about half an hour the next thing i knew there was another fire across the road in one of the annexes there was no chance to save it and both this annex and another nearflby were destroy ed there was monetary loss of about 6000 on the buildings and contents over and above in surance mi- sanders said he admitted that he had had trouble with the accused par ticularly when he had been drinking he was interfering with business in a good many ways and depreciating it to the guests he added alfred thomas porter said there were no guests in the beach house at the time of the fire and only one in the third annex south of the road the beach house had been closed for the season on sept 6 he explained i had locked the doors my self he said he said he called the sutton fire department when the blaze was first discovered thomas added he found the front door of the beach house open and one upstairs room was a mass of flames accused wasnt on good terms with his uncle witness continued about a month be fore the fire he told me he would get his uncle and father in some way to repay them for all the things he believed they had done to him he said revival meetings close at mt joy the series of evangelistic ser vices just closed in mount joy mbc church are now passing into history large crowds were the order of the day in the morning mi- lehman the pastor used as his theme blemished sacrifices basing his remarks on romans 1212 the speaker stressed the need cf consecrated effort on the part of the church for the carrying out of the salvation program of the plan f redemption com parison was then made with the old testament sacrifice which was necessary in order to un derstand this new testament text inacordance with the bi ble standard the consecration of the christian today must be entire separated from the world and dead to every hind rance to the power of god in the individual life of the chris tian in the evening a lively song service was conducted by mr daniel raymer the great ques tion will the circle be bro ken was the subject of a stir ring message by the pastor using the second coming of christ as a background for the mesage scriptural authority was given for the certainty of this event and the ominous signs around us were enumerat ed to show that his coming was imminent the text was taken from matthew 2440 and 41 to support the theme and the ser vice closed with an earnest app eal for preparation for this event towhich several res ponded a duet by mrs haw kins and mrs graham was effectively rendered this ser ies of meetings was inspiring to the church and the community and it was felt by those pre sent that these services pay in the spiritual benefits obtained adjourned for three weeks bail of 5000 was renewed for burnice d preston van- dorf charged with manslaugh ter in connection with the death of alfred wilkins 7 tor onto near vandorf the case was adjourned for hearing three weeks by magistrate wood liffe in police court at new market on dec 12 in 1936 canadian women purchased 90602 fur coats which is a record for all time the average price was 93 in 1923 the average price was 189 runtsi d c f- tripoli rort i hadames lybia we take this opportunity to wish our friends a very happy holiday season and to thank you for your patronage during the past year east end beauty shop phone 176 batteries wind shield wip ers heaters tires extra lights and a score of other auto accessories see us about the gift raes garage goodwood phone 2002 service that satisfies dancing school by mollie mcgregor mollie macgregors school of dancing at the stanley theatre all types of danc ing taught no age limit for special information apply at stanley theatre or phone 100 lehmans shoe store phone 4301 stouffville footwear for all the family womens hosiery boots shoes ibbcrs mitts socks gloves nearly 250000 italian and french troops are reported drawn up along the libyatunis border recently as france heard reports that germany would back up demands of italy for territorial expansion in the mediterranean this map shows the area westview nursing home stouffville obstetrical and convalescent cases taken reasonable terms visiting hours 330 to 430 oclock 700 to 800 oclock marjorie stewart reg n phone 272 the duty on christmas trees has been lowered however the new trade treaty doesnt be come effective until the new year so this provides no addit ional stimulus for early christ mas chopping send the tribune to absent friends- give a lasting gift a subscription to the tribune a gift that really keeps on giving every week of the year the persons to whom you give the tribune will thank you all over again youll be giving a weekly gift of absorbing reading matter with all the home town news editorials country correspon- dence all uptotheminute an essential to the well informed j t mnnifmlu wxbnm 200 in canada 250 in usa remember mother or your other dear ones with an extra gift of flowers theres something about flowers delivered on christmas morning that makes the day seem even more glorious and joyful just let us know how much to whom and well take care of the rest azaleas cyclamen 150 to 300 50c to 200 jerusalem cherries lady mack begonia 50c markham florists phone markham 6120 reverse charges 1832 1938 yrwlvldual cjtientbn constant interested fricndlyattention to the banking requirements of each individual client is characteristic of the service of this centuryold bank worldividc facilities in every department of banking the bank of nova scotia over a century of ranking service wrm accnrttir ji wholhfeasdrancr annuities endowments child education family protection head offlcemontrml local representative j l abell