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page two the tribune stouffville ont thursday nov 16th 1939 established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association 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 editorial comment standarize the courses and now the middle school examinations have gone the way of the entrance tests pretty soon the old certifi cate won after a test in which the scholar had to measure up will be a curious sight to the student of this day who can climb along pret mu on the say so of the teach ing staff there shouictfce a measuring stick examina tion here and there thiough the academic course we are ah good citizens there is no law that compels householders to rake up the leaves about their premises but to do so is good citizenship aside from the fact that personal pride leads one to keep their premises looking well when orte householder neglects to rake his or her leaves they ultim ately become a nuisance to all the other householders who have cleaned up their premises and the delinquent one be comes an object of dislike to his neighbor we all like to be thought of and so everyone cleans up his premises as good citizens we are justice hears about gold fish plant during the course of evidence in the storry vs the cnr trial in toronto last week one of the witnesses happened to mention the gold fish factory whats that qiieeried his lordship in evident surprise who ever heard of a gold fish factory do they make fish out there it was explained to the chief justice that the that factory in question is the home of the gold fish supply co where fish are raised of this particular species it is the only plant of its kind in canada despite the fact that gold fish date back as early as 1750 when a number of these fish were taken to france as a gift for louis xvs favorite madame de pompadour they were domesticated in china long before then even too long to be recorded today these fish are all over america and the washington government alone owns thousands spread over their many buildings in the capital and in other pub lic places the largest goldfish firm in america is located in the usa and the business is said to run to two million dollars a year local government extension act most unpopular mr hepburn is usually credited with keeping in touch with public opinion and has proved on a number of occasion that his policies are subject to modification he must realized now that he is out of tune with the electors in proposing a twoyear term for municipal governments and perhaps a term that would last until the war is over in view of the opposition from every quarter of the prov ince liberal and conservative alike the means may yet be abandoned one thing we do not like is the statement made to the weekly press last week by hon eric cross when he flatly stated that to take a vote on this ques tion in order to ascertain the will or desire of the people in any municipality would do no good he derided the an nounced intention of some municipalities saying to hold a plebiscite was a matter of being a waste of money and serving no useful purpose this means no matter what the wish of the electorate might be on an independent ballot mr cross would push through this bill well mr hepburn has on other occasions showed better judgment than that and probably will take mr cross high hat statement down a peg we are told that numerous councils are at this time planing to vote themselves a salary just as soon as they have the reigns of power for two years or more and one of these places is going to pay the mayor 200 per year and each councillor 500 per meeting the stouffville junior band the editor of the port perry star was amazed learn that the stouffville junior band had only been organ ized fifteen months ago before which time not one of the players could blow a note when the band visited port perry last week to entertain the scugog settlers for an hour it moved the versatile editor of the star to pen this editorial stouffville citizens have good reason to be proud of their junior band the demonstration that was staged by the band in port perry on tuesday evening would have done credit to a much older organization this is notice ably true considering the fact through the unavoidable absence of their regular leader they carried on under a new director col wiggins the organizing and financing of this junior baid has been a fine piece of commuity work to raise some three thousand dollars for instruments and uniforms with in a period of fifteen months in a small town is quite a task the star editor is quite right when he says we are proud of our band we are and so may port perry be proud and uxbridge too should they succeed in organizing a sim ilar band but it is not for the sake of pride folks have determined to make a succass of this work but is it rather with the great thought of the good accomplished in the lives of those boys who become musicians as a result of this youthful training a thrilling event a w wright ma a former teacher in the walkerton high school and the dean of ontario newspaperdom as well as being one of its most esteemed mem bers is well past his four score years although the columns of his excellent paper do not be tray or should we say reveal that fact his memory goes back eighty years and the fol lowing is an interesting article which reminiscent of 1859 suggests it was eighty years ago on august 19th 1939 that a frenchman by the name of emile biondin walked across a tight rope stretched 1100 feet from the canadian port and 160 feet above the mighty chasm at niagara falls that feat in itself would pro vide thrill enough for the aver age onlooker but even that was not half the story not only did biondin walkthe tight rope but he carried a man named con cord in a chair strapped to his back when he did it and there is still more to it when biondin with concord oh his back was half way across the gorge the guy ropes parted and the rope swayed as you caa imagine a thousand foot rope would sway if suspended 160 feet in the air but biondin kept his balance andalthough his passenger was forced to descend three times from the chair on his back to allow him to stretch his tired muscleshe brought himself and his partner safely to the can adian shore york county teachers hold jolnt convention w j monkman dies in 81st year william james monkman an old and highly respected resi dent of aurora passed away on november 4th deceased was born at davis- ville on january 20th 1859 he lived at york mills until 16 years of age whenhe moved to oak ridges in april 1887 he married jane hopkins and farmed on the second con cession of whitchurch until ten years ago when he retired and moved to aurora surviving him are his widow three daughters mrs lome evans of gormley rr mrs howard bunn mrs harry smith and one son archie of aurora one sister mrs dan- brook of toronto and four brothers john of newmarket fred of aurora joseph of rich mond hill and walter of king the joint convention of the six teachers institutes of york county was held in the banquet hall of the royal york hotel toronto on friday oct 27th the meetings of the convention were presided over by mr h a jackson principal of newmar ket public schools and presi dent of the joint convention a thousand teachers and visit ors crowded the large banquet hall and listened to addresses of unusual interest by outstanding speakers in the educational field the morning session opened at 930 and devotional exercises were conducted by the most rev derwyn t owen anglican achbishop of toronto primate of the church of england in canada mayor ralph day wel comed the teaching body to toronto the presidents ad dress followed community singing provided a few minutes of relaxation marriages kmet kennedy a pretty wedding was solem nized in aurora presbyterian church on saturday afternoon at 230 when eleanoie elder daughter of mr and mrs fred kennedy of pine orchard and johnny kmet older son of mr and mrs daniel kmet of pine orchard took the marriage vows the rev mccreary ba officiated the bride looked very charming in a blue triple sheer crepe with short jacket wear ing corsage of roses with matching accessories the wed ding breakfast was held at the brides home mrs kennedy re ceived wearing blue crepe with corsage of roses and mrs kmet received in black with assorted corsage becomingly arranged the main street market is your major market the buying power of main street is not a novelists dreani but a vibrant merchandising reality con centrated in towns and villages across the dominion it is responsible for 69 of retail sales in the whole of canada by advertising in canadas weekly newspapers you tap the full force of that buying power with a result- ful precision impossible to achieve through any other medium why because the predominant interests of the people who live in those towns and villages are absolutely local because the weekly newspapers alone cater to and stimulate those localized interests and because your product advertised in the weekly newspapers assumes an intimate localized signifi cance to those who possess and exercise that 69 buying power at point of sale canadas main street market is your major market and canadas weekly newspapers are your most economical most direct most effective means of reaching it np c v charters managing director brampton ont tjskblj y wmm wi melville november 9th two of our prominent men mr w j powell and mr alf smith have been serving on jury just how these next door neighbours happened to be call ed together no one knows but transportation works out favor- petch hill at the church of the trans figuration saturday evening the marriage was solemnized of ably s mr and mrs j e cleminson of north bay spent sunday with mr and mrs h houck weather reports of the north country sound somewhat colder as they motored through 4 and 5 inches of snow some places mr clarence wideman joined the hunters in northern ont mrs m houck and miss edna spent few days in stouffville at the home of rev robert young and other friends mr and mrs p steckley and miss mary visited at the home of mr and mrs russel bush in toronto on sunday 1 mr w powell and son clarence had tea at the home of miss hollingshead at kinghorn mr i and mrs clayton gay- man and family were recent guests with mr and mrs w smith armys tallest brothers make good police phyllis hill eldest daughter of mr and mrs john hill of rich vale ont to robert petch cor poral in the toronto scottish regiment son of mr and mrs arthur petch markham town ship rev e l wasson offici ated the bride wore a gown of elizabeth blue crepe with matching hat and corsage of roses mrs j c fahey sister of the groom was the brides only attendant in fir tree green crepe with black turban and accessor ies and corsage of roses clar ence hill was best man after a reception at the savarin the couple left for ottawa the bride travelled in gray and black ensemble tribunes small cheap and profitable advs are now is the time buy your christmas cards to send overseas we have a large range to choose from and prices are very moderate winter goods of all kinds are noiv on display and are nearly all being offered at the old prices stouffville 5c to 1 store when douglas smith of bell- ville joined his brother in the ranks of the hastings and prince edward regiment at picton officers decided they had the biggest pair of brothers in the canadian army douglas left is six feet six inches tall weighs 220 pounds and hasnt a coat yet because it has to be specially tailored j r smith right is the same height but weighs only 195 they dwarf pete charles ayres who stands five feet six j r is already acting as a military policeman while douglas is slated for the same duty shortly go by motor coach fares are low round trip montreal 1355 buffalo 660 hamilton 335 mansion house stouffviiae winter 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