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page two the stouffville tribune thursday august 3rd 1939 2 tnttffmll rtbutt established 188s member of the canadian weekly newspaper associaton issued every thursday at stouffville ontario eight to ten pages average circulation 1375 subscription rates per year in advance in canada 200 in usa 250 a v nolan jp editor and publisher notes and comments when is a tenant many people who have been accustomed to regard them selves as tenants within the meaning of the statute re lating to municipal elections may find themselves without the right to vote at further elections for the legislature has adopted an amendment to the assessment act which makes a new definition of tenants and alters the status of many people enjoying that position under law a tenant is no longer under the assessment act anyone who pavs for the quarters occupied by himself and his fam ily instead it is provided that he must live in a domestic establishment of two or more rooms in which the occupants usually sleep and prepare and serve meals this means that the legal tenant of the future must not only sleep in his own quarters but must eat there there are numerous cases in which single persons either indiv idually or in groups occupy rooms and cook their own meals in them they will gain the franchise similarly there are many couples subletting rooms from then- parents who will lose the same right because they take their meals with the old people the altered definition of a tenant will make consider able differences in future voters lists prepared for municip al use and it should be borne in mind by people who won der why their names do not appear on those lists brock- ville record and times new university graduates in some countries there has been a tendency in recent years to overcrowding of the professions a tendency so serious as to have brought about a special inquiry by the international institute for intellectual cooperation of the league of nations concerning unemployment of in tellectual workers in canada there has been an increase of about 50 per cent in the annual number of university graduates since 1923 or 1924 when the abnoralities of en rolment due to the war mainly disappeared but this in crease has been amost entirely in arts and science or re lated faculties and not in such professional lines of study as medicine dentistry pharmacy law and theology the tendency of postwar years and even longer has been to ward a reduction in the proportion of doctors lawyers and clergymen in the canadian vitamin d and cacao shell let us have a little chemistry for a change possibly we should have more chemistry notes in these facts than we have and why we have not is no doubt due to the hesi tation a mere layman has to engage in discussions about which he actually knows very little however here is some information about one of our canadian imports from the south seas which was conveyed to his hearers at bristol university by dr a churchman a distinguished scientist he says the vitamin d potency of milkchocolate not completely accounted for by the vitamin d of the milk present led to the discovery of the fact that cacao nib had a vitamin d potency of one international unit per gram this unusual vitamin d potency in a vegetable product evoked considerable interest and further research showed that cacao shell had at least onequarter of the vitamin d content of codliver oil premier hepburn has confirmed our prediction of last week that he would not risk alienating the support of on tario liberals by an active election campaign against prime minister king in a statement issued to clear up the situ ation mr hepburn said he would not take a platform in support of the opposition nor would he indicate to his followers what they should do they could act as they saw fit destroy these noxious weeds sow thistles bind weed bladdr campion canada thistle wild corrot dodder tumbling mustar chicory hemp st oxeye daisy blue weed hawkweeds common milkweed wild lettuces common burdock cinquofoils d docks johns wort wild mustards pepper grasses stinkweed white cockle common ragweed poison ivy spurges russian thistle arkansas bodstraw the weed control act states clause 4 every occupant of land or if the land is unoccupied the owner shall destroy all weeds designated noxious by the regulations as often in every year as in suffic ient to prevent the ripening of their seeds clause 22 any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this act or refuses or neglects to obey any lawful or der of an inspector given under authority of this act shall incur a penalty of not less than 10 nor more than 50 for every such offence weeds have no place in a progressive municipality do your share to prevent their spread w g cassie weed inspector township oft uxhridge menace of filthy starlings jack miner killed 17000 but million came to funeral stouffville people have been amazed for some time at the hordes of greedy quarreling starlings which fly across the village and for the most part assemble in the woods adjoin ing the dr freel residence lc is now believed they have been driven away from this evening assembly place where the noise was so great coming from the trees that folks could not rest in the neighborhood a bit of gun shot and few other disturbanc es have driven them off but the way the starling is producing its kind in ontario gives rise to the fear that they may become as great a menace as the wes tern grasshopper in the village of elora last week these birds assembled in such numbers that the viliage was overcast while other towns report similar hordes in view of the menace it is interesting to read how jack miner views these birds he says in 1929 and 1930 they drove out the five to ten thousand purple martins that roosted at kingsville ont in late july and august i had over 100 occupied mourning doves nests on less than one acre and these birds are driving them out they have driven out over 90 per cent of our beautiful red headed woodpeckers and flick ers in every part of america they are occupying the wood peckers cavities in trees and telephone poles in july 1931 we declared war on them and built a starling net or trap and by september 1st we had caughtdrowned and buried over 17000 but bless your life there were a million came to their funeral my reason for not re porting them sooner is that i wanted to be absolutely sure of what i was talking about now between two and three thous and of my choice white and scotch pines are dead dead dead killed by the slimy poisonous droppings of the starlings and now this beauti ful natures cathedral that i planned and planted in 1914 is a sight to look at yes that lovely green canopy overhead and carpeted with fully four inches of pine needles below where less than a year ago not a weed could be seen is now grown up with about all varie ties of common weeds mention- able weeds from four to seven feet high grown fi seeds carried there by these destruc tive starlings my personal findings of the starlings uptodate are that they are driving out our best weed seed and insectdestroying song birds such as the ken- tuck cardinal and lovable mour- ning doves purple martins swallows woodpeckers flickers and so forth they are the worst weedseed distributors america ever knew they carry deathly chicken diseases they are very destructive to fruit and vegetables and they are death to trees where they roost in closing let me earnestly say to one and all if the starlings multiply the next three years as they have the last three they will be the worst pest america has ever met with cb the world of tomorrow at the worlds fair of today new york round trip attractive tours in new york including taxi to hotel assured hotel accommodation admission to fair grounds sightseeing tour of fair grounds sightseeing tour of new york and other entertainment ifoo j 7400 9x1 80w 2506 ib a to to- a to- 1700 2250 1 2900 4100 reservations must be made at least a week in advance descriptive folder and complete information at mansion house stouffville gray coach lines window in church in memory of kin the alleyne family one of the oldest in whitchurch town ship was commemorated in a window dedicated at st johns anglican church yonge street on sunday the rector rev ewg wor- rall was in charge of the spec ial service and archdeacon warren dedicated the window which is donated by arthur alleyne his father arthur leslie alleyne was married and settled in the township 112 years ago their home was the centre of great social activity all through the years there were nine children in the family elizabeth phillip henrietta josephine mary edith caroline helen arthur and charles phillip was the only one to marry and he had no children arthur and charles are the only surviving mem bers of the family arthur lives on the homestead which is lot 8 con 3 and on which archie duncan is the tenant 8th line markham too late last week george reesor of markham spent last thursday with his sister mrs joseph kirk mrs forsyth of stouffville was a weekendl visitor with her brother harry spang albert honsberger of kitchener who is attending the ontario educational council in toronto spent the weekend au the home of mr and mrs albert wideman miss thompson of toronto was the guest of mr and mrs j robinson for a few days mr and mrs leadley visited with friends at sharon last sunday miss margaret eby has re covered from her recent illness and is now enjoying her holi days some of the friends from this line attended the mennonite sunday school picnic of the dickson hill church last tues day at robert ratcliffs park and report a most enjoyable time a car load from north mark ham made a trip up north of kirkfield last week to pick blueberries and report this del icious fruit as quite plentiful and also an abundance of mos- quitos many friends were in atten dance at the morning service at the mbc church at north markham to hear mr and mrs elgin brubacher who address ed thei congregation mr and mrs brubacher are leaving in september for africa to take up work on the mission field the best wishes of their many friends go with them to their new field of labor st williams catholic church a real contribution to the sum mer colony at musselnians lake is the little white church high on the hill overlooking windsor lake it was hack in 1926 that mass was first celobrated at the lake headed by imr william and the late herbert regan those few catholics summering there in that year with reverend father wedlock and reverend dr keogh held mass in a small tent erected for the pur pose with apparent prophetic foresight this first pastor fore saw a rustic chapel nestled on the hillside overlooking the lake by progressive stages this vision has come true for some few years the tent sufficed until the number of at tendants overflowed its confines and mass was then held in the cottage of mr and mrs m j martin with true catholic zeal these good people were only too glad to have their home so honoured i two hundred cottagers and although each sunday morning meant that the front room had to be cleared of furniture to make room for the rapidly increasing attendance after three such seasons the crowd had grown to such propor tions as to tax even this accom- motatiou mr fred coultice then offered the pavilion and his kind offer was gladly accepted for two seasons mass continued to be said there iat this time reverend martin johnson now bishop of nelson bc journied from st augustines seminary each sunday to celebrate mass at the lake it was obvious to all that each year brought a great er number and so this great priest suggested the erection of a chapel in the meantime and unknown to the majority of the catholics the elders of the united church had offered the catholic pastor the use of their church at a time con venient to both congregations decision however had been made to proceed with construction and so this very christian gesture was de clined with sincere gratitude mr john windsor was approach ed and he readily donated half the purchase price of a piece of pro perty as his contribution and wel come to this newest church the small ibut active group behind the undertaking equally contributed the remainder of the required funds to secure the property with owner ship vested in the name of the archdiocese of toronto father johnson and mr b l grant then approached the late archbishop mcneil for permission and financial support for the project the in struction to present plans of the con templated building was readily ful filled by mr collin grant and the plans received the approval of the venerable archbishop contract for construction was awarded to mr robert windsor and actual pro ceedings were commenced in the early spring of 1934 and com pleted in time to receive the visit ors that same summer each sunday throughout the summer months the holy sacrifice of the mass has continued to bo said in this wayside chapel and visiting clerics notably the sons of the late herbert regan fathers bernard oscar and basil regan enjoy their vacation at the lake be cause of the presence of this little church the altar pers railings and many other appointments in the church bear mute testimony to the handiwork and devotion of mr collin grant and it was a happy group which witnessed in august 1934 the consecration of the build ing to st william their fondest dreams and hopes had been realiz ed and they coud now look back with pardonable pride on their ef forts in assisting in this accomplish ment and so from this most humble and modest beginning has come this imposing little edifice devoted to the glory of god and to the love of mankind and that the presence of this chapel fills a longfelt need at musselnians lake can be readily judged by the knowledge that ovei visitors assemble there to worship their creator each sunday morning at s30 am standard time during the summer months the present pastor is reverend l j hodgins bursar of st augus tines seminary 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