The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

page two the tribune stouffville ont thursday nov 30th 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 9250 a v nolan jp editor and publisher editorial comment not the last session the ontario legislature will convene on january 10 much of the time and consideration will be given over to ontarios effort there will be no redistribution bill brought down at this session premier hepburn has announced a place for everybody the man with big feet and plenty of weight on top top of them is always welcome guest on the day the silo is to be filled and the filling needs to be tramped yes theres really a place for everybody in this old world but its often hard to find that place a town is judged by its citizens what impression does the visitor to stouffville carry away with him is it one of pleasure caused by the court esy extended to him or does he vow we are a churlish lot does he admire our streets houses public buildings and methods of trade or does his experience leave something to be desired every corporation is wishful to leave a good im pression hence it behooves us to take stock of ourselves or as the immortal bobby burns said see oursels as ithers see us we should turn the searchlight of introspec tive candor upon ourselves and learn the truth protests still continue complaints continue to pile up against the two year election term to be imposed over ontario by the legisla ture when it meets next january the tenth so far we have not read a single weekly in support of the change a paper with a strong editorial leaning the durham chronicle in a lengthy article sums up the matter thus no sir we resent this governmental interference with our municipal rights if we people in the country dont want an election we wont have one if we do well now we cant have one and all because of a bad pipedream somebody had down in toronto where they usually do it wrong judg ed from a rural point of view let the ontario government give us our elections let us have something they have taken nearly everything from us now as it is country people dont like it annual breach of etiquette the other evening we were the guest of the village reeve at the annual wardens banquet held in the city of toronto about 700 sat down and as is the custom every body is seated long before the honored guest of the even ing the warden and his head table associates enter the dining hall the first thing is to call for the blessing and then the first course already on the table is partaken of but what generally transpires is that half the people who take their places at the tables to await the honored guests of the evening sit clown and dispose of the first course which later completely throws them out of gear and they must feel a bit foolish when they hear the blessing pronounced as the proper signal given to commence eating experience does not teach some of the guests for they make the same mistake year after year of course there is another side to the perculiar though not serious breach of etiquette the banquet is call ed for 630 pm and the honored guests do not enter the room until 7 pm which perhaps is just as bad manners as those shown by the other guests with so large a gather ing it is difficult to run exactly on schedule yet something approaching it should be aimed at half an hour is rather a long time to wait and as is the case many people refuse to wait and just put their manners in their pocket for the time being dont blame the cook theres an old saying which says to blame it on the cook and so recently when the editor of the financial post had turnip for dinner which tasted better than usual he was moved to write about which gives us the idea he blam es strong bitter tasting turnips on the cook here are his exact words one day last week we had turnips army turnips for dinner as a rule we have no liking for this homely vegetable no more presumably than the average soldier but these turnips were sweet well prepared tasty they were the sort of turnips any soldier could have and enjoy if the army took a little more trouble to train its cooks probably the editor of the post does not know his turnips and that all the professional cooks alive could not make a water core turnip palatable it is one of the things which agricultural science has not yet been able to success fully cope with the water core turnip which is the cause of general grief on the farm at marketing time each fall simp ly because rutabages with water core is something the farmer cannot do anything about there is no known way to dispose of water core although many things are be ing tried unfortunately one cannot detect it in the vege table until it is cut open and as water core turnips are us ually bitter or strong despite anything the cook can do often half farmers crop is rejectedat the shipping point because of its presence if a given number of turnips cut open show water core the load is rejected entirely and goes back to the farm for stable feeding marriages in canada jump cupid and his bow and arrows did a land office business during the first month of the war the dominion buieau of statistics disclosed the first month of war quite evidently plunged many canadian young people into the sea of matrimony in advance of their original inten tions said the bureau during september the number of marriages throughout canada was 7966 which was 68 pc more than the septembertotal a year ago vivian cty forest will be enlarged plans to enlarge the reforest ation program in york county was outlined to york county council last week by its re forestation committee it is pro posed to plant approximately 100000 to 150000 new trees in 1940 since 123000 new trees were planted this year reforest ation in the county is now con sidered on a major scale a year ago a large tract of trees in the vivian reforest ation district was destroyed by fire this section has been clear ed and replanted with trees you would never know a fire had taken place declared reeve rennie chairman of the committee thousands and thousands of trees were de stroyed in the fire yet you cant find a charred tree in that neighborhood now through the efforts of the national forestry program camp some 25 acres report big harvest by house of refuge a silo full of corn 50 tons of hay 15 barrels of apples and 4130 bushels of grain and garden produce have been har vested at the york county house of refuge this year this was the report of the home com missioners adopted this session by the county council there are 57 men and 24 women in the institution the report revealed since january there were 11 admissions 10 dis charges and seven deaths license markers on sale january 1st toronto ont numerals an inch longer than those used in the past and a colour scheme rated by scientists as that affor ding the highest possible visil- ity will be features of ontarios 1940 automobile license plates t was learned recently at queens park bright yellow in colour with black numerals and letters they are expected to be visible at greater distances and under far less favourable light conditions than those of the current year tested by time since 1847 the cinada life canadas oldest life assurance company life insurance and income plans to meet every need local representative a c burkholder the east york market has operated at a profit of 515 so far this year the market com mirtee reported the west york market was sold to york town ship in march it was added af ter operating at a loss of 145 in the first two months of the year twice as many rats as human beings by john w s mccullough the population of canada is under 12 millions of people the rat population is estimated to of the reach 25 millions county forest has been pruned a small dam and bridge has lso been built on the creek to the rat is mans most intelli gent and dangerous foe he is filthy destructive and disease- supply water in case of a fire carrying a menace society at and prevent a 1938 occurence a most conservative estimate professor e g runnke of the i the rat population of canada ontario agricultural college consumes food of a value of 50 reports that the soil survey of millions year if this were his county farms is well under way j only fault the rats continued and that 2600 samples of earth existence might be tolerated have been collected for analyz- 1 it is not as a destroyer of pro ing the survey is being con ducted with a view to improving the crops of county farmers at mail for overseas once christmas parcels and cards j intended for relatives and j friends in the old land and perty or as a consumer of food but as a health menace that the rat does the greatest harm be cause his body is infested with fleas lice and mites the rat dis tributes what are known as is advisable to get all mail on intended for christmas delivery the continent of europe should overseas into the postoffice at be mailed at once from the once the sooner the mail is re- post office department word isjceived at the office the better received that no dates of sail- chance there is for delivery ings for the old land will be customary dates will prevail in announced and that any mail is canada it is expected though subject to wartime conditions it is always a wise precaution in view of these circumstances to mail early nurses wear new uniforms mechanical carriers of disease investigation has shown that a single rat carries on the aver age 15 fleas and these fleas in many instances are known to carry disease rats as well as mice and squirrels furnish an important chapter in preventive medicine a rat bite may cause fever rat bite fever and other in fections but the real danger from rats is because of the dis easecarrying insects living on them the rat is the chief reser voir and source of human plague the plague is the black death which in the years 1664 1665 killed 70000 of the half million population of london the suppression of the rat is probably a biological impossibil ity the animal is usually intell igent keen and cautious mil lions have been killed in the en deavor to control the plague epidemics in india japan and in coast cities such as san fran- ciso without causing an appre ciable reduction of the stock ratproofing of buildings starving the use of traps pois ons and fumigation have all been tried with more or less success the natural enemies of the rat are hawks snakes skunks weasels the mongoose minks dogs cats and ferrets the rate cannot live without food and he will quickly migrate if food supplies are denied him just as he will congregate where food is plentiful all available forces must be arrayed against him in order to limit this source of diseasecarrying parasites cars crash near markham village wreckage was strewn over no 7 highway for more than 200 yards late thursday night when two cars collided two passengers were injured james odell of adelaide st was driver of the westbound car which proceeded for about 200 yards and then turned on its side on the highway no one in it was injued the eastbound car was driven by douglas calli- gan rr 1 beaverton mrs calligan received a serious cut on the leg which re quired several stitches margar et calligan 11 suffered facial cuts dr m hastings of mark- ham attended the injured pro vincial officer howard jackman assisted by constable art daniels of markham is investi gating to prevent split bark one of the greatest problems facing the fruit industry of canada today is the heavy loss of trees due to bark splitting and crotch injury as a result of frequent severe frosts the horticultural division domin ion experimental farms among its many activities such as the breeding of apples the hybrid ization of pears plums straw berries and raspberries the testing breeding and selection of vegetable varities suitable to the various parts of canada ferilizer and cultural work on orchards the commercial appli cation of certain crops grown in greenhouses and many other studies is making a thorough study of the possibility of over coming much of this tree dam age by the employment of very hardly root stalks and hardy frameworks to be topworked to the desired sorts the newstyle recreation uniform for nursing sisters was seen when the lieutenantgovernor and mrs albert matthews of ontario received officers their wives and nurses who will go overseas with the first canadian division lieut d e birkett is pictured xvearing the dutch blue twopiece costume with starched white collar and cuffs and navy jbluc felt hat it is compulsory at all social events wood hardwood and softwood also limb- wood sold and delivered in any quantity prompt deliveries phono 157 ke betz lehmans shoe store phone 4301 stouffville footwear for all the family womens hosiery boots shoes rubbers mitts socks gloves new books new fiction books i face the stars g moss heartbroken melody k norris sunburst berta ruck masks off at midnight valentine williams shadows on the rock willa cather the purple ball fl packard women must work richard aldington storm drift ethel m dell man hunters of scotland yard arthur fowler neil valiant is the word for carrie barry benefield chances hamilton gibbs they seek a country francis brett young secret sentence vicki baum helena sylvia thompson breakfast in bed s thompson seven gothic tales i dinesen and quiet flows the don mikhail sholokhoo the narrow corner maugham whiteoak harvest roche the portcullis room wililams the street of the fishing cat jolan foldes mystery in kensington gore martin porlock the beachcomber mcfee ann vickers sinclair lewis jenny rorke muriel hine first night lorna rea all men are enemies aldington feud of cattle kings robert ames bennet class books present indicative noel coward the canada year book 1939 winter pruf your car get hat definite protection no matter how cold the weather antifreeze prestone heaters defrosters batteries service that satisfies raes garage goodwood phone 2002 buy better bread call stovers phone 189 if it is baked goods pies cakes cookies tarts goods made to order for all occasions the stouffville bakery watch our windows for weekly specials