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page two the tribune stouffville ont thursday april 24 1941 qjif tmiffmlle ribtinp established lsss member of the canadian weekly newspaper association issued every thursday at stouffville ontario eight to twelve pages average circulation 1500 copies subscription rates per year in advance in canada 200 in usa 250 a v nolan jp editor and publisher editorial comment your opinions are valued by the press the mail box column is growing and may it con tinue to do so the editor welcomes letters from its readers setting out ideas and suggestions especially for the ad vancement and improvement of the local district we do not even mind writers becoming a little rough on the pro prietor of the paper for perhaps we deserve it but if attacks are made on other persons the writer must reveal his name to the newspaper not necessarily for publication but just that we may know from what source our informa tion comes writers can go a long way in helping municipal councils and other public bodies to attain greater success by offering them suggestions and encouragement through the press this week for instance a toronto visitor comes to town and is appalled about the way householders dump ash es right out onto the public streets of the village some where we imagine there is a bylaw forbidding dumping ashes in this manner and it may be that next winter it will be enforced in any event the toronto letter will start a current of thought that may become so strong that offen ders will be at least much fewer in number reciprocity in coal according to a forecast in the financial post fur ther restrictions may be made on imported us coal be cause canada is so short of american dollars western canada coal interests urge this restriction on u s coal no doubt in hope western canada coal will be forced into ontario and their stand is reasonable from the westerners view why not solve the situation by having more recipro city in the coal business ontario is nearer the pennsyl vania mine fields and consumers in western u s are nearer our western coal miles if a few million tons were traded on an equitable basis at the border each country could keep their money at home and there would be no exchange and no tariff rates either all of which would prove untold benefit to consumers u s and canadians alike canning should prosper here we have been reading about the german occupation of the channel islands about which we recall our singsong at school jersey guernsey alderneyand zarkremember well according to leslie emslie the output of tomatoes since the german occupation is fractically destroyed by a blight and it occurs to us the tomato cannery at clare- mont will do its part this fall to fill the want felt by the loss of channel island tomatoes for canning in fact if the loss is serious we have a good plant in stouffville wherein an other branch of the industry could promptly get underway in the gold fish supply building once a pickle factory however what we wanted to tell our readers about is the channel islands at the time of evacuation by those brave britishers the channel islands britains oldest overseas poss essions are temporarily in subjection to the predatory in vader their once lucrative export trade in flowers fruit and vegetables and of jersey and guernsey cattle has ceas ed but the survival of these two famous dairy breeds is assured and some of the best blood from both is represent ed in purebred canadian herds the climate and fertile soil seem to have imparted to the native cattle their capacity for producing milk of unusual richness just as the fruit and vegetables aie unsurpassed in quality a visitor to an island on the south shore of nova scotia was surprised at the richness of the cream served in the hotel and learned that all the cattle on that island are jerseys having been acquired providentially perhaps from a shipwreck following the collapse of france preparations for evacuation of the bewildered people of the channel islands began under conditions resembling those at dunkirk half the human population of guernsey was removed in refugee ships from st peter port while grey british destroyers kept guard offshore and spitfires patrolled the skies over head nazi troops were already on the island the export of flowers had been stopped and 4000 tons of blooms were rotting on friday june 28 the day the last of the refugee ships sailed two cargo boats in st peter port awaited the loading of tomatoes from a line of wagons which extended for over a mile at 7 pm a squad ron of nazi planes dropped bombs and machinegunned the harbour for an hour the death toll was heavy and the merciless attack left the wharves strewn with burning wagons and a mile of blistering tomatoes in canada now canning companies are making contracts with tomato growers for the acreage required in 1941 they consider many factors such as suitability of soil wherein the local district is said to be just right its proper tillage and fertilizing but in none of their deliberations have they found it necessary to take into consideration the blight from the skies that descended on the tomato growers of guernsey 9n the zdtionll mad markham april 17 1941 dear sir i note that you have been rather raked over the coals for divulgiu information that might be of value to the enemy by a writer in your valuable paper two weeks ago and which you bravely priuted well right or wrong how about the item wherein you reported the sinking of several merchant ships with a lot of mail we are given to understand that information of this nature is of value to the enemy why does ottawa not stop you publishing this information in such a flagrant manner yours truly britisher note the item referred to wherein several boats went down with a lot of canadian mail was furnished by hon wm mulock postmastergeneral who we imagine knows what he is doing apparently it is not a secret and the department does not consider it information of value to the enemy it was publish ed in this paper and in many others at the suggestion of the depart ment editor toronto ontario april 14 1941 mr a v nolan editor tribune stouffville ontario dear sir i read with pleasure an item in your paper early last winter to the effect that no ashes were to be piled on the streets of stouffville and as had noticed what an awful poor effect these ash piles had on the appearance of nice residential streets during previous winters i came to the conclusion that the old town had at last wakened up i was also glad to read a short time ago that an effort to induce some ot our american friends to pay you a visit was to be attempted but alas what a disappointment on pay ing a short visit the other day to find more and bigger ash piles than ever decorating your streets i would certainly postpone any invitations for any one to visit the town until you put your streets in decent looking condition and it would not be a bad idea to take some of the hills and hollows out of your have heard frequent remarks by miserable looking sidewalks of torontonians that they would like course you have local option which to locate in some attractive town not will prevent any additional tendency j fur distant and stouffville should to become sea sick whilst walking makt a bid for tnls along your streets y as erer i might say that here in toronto 1 a former citizen in days of yore 45 years ago prom the stouffville free press june 4 1896 a footrace for a purse of 5100 will take place on the sporting grounds stouffville on saturday afternoon of this week between james widdi- field of little york and charlie callander of malvern this is long looked for race and should no doubt bring out a large crowd ad 10c 1 air oliver imowat passed through stouffville on tuesday mornings train enroute to oakwood mr jos brillinger has purchased mr david clarks livery business at huntsville he also purchased o forsyths team of white ponies bus and dray wagon and took them with him mr d stouffer is in uxbridge this week canvasing and making arrange ments for the supply of milk to the uxbridge separator mr and mrs j d edgar met with a slight accident here on tuesday evening and it may be the means of laying mr edgar up for a few days although fortunately mrs edgar escaped with only a slight shaking up while they were being con veyed to the queens hotel in the bus the tongue became detached from the axle letting down on the horses heels they became un manageable and ran away throwing mr and mrs edgar out miss laura urquhart left for stouffvilleonthelake on monday last miss bessie young spent a few days last week with friends in mark- ham miss clara johnson is visiting friends in uxbridge the first scheduled lacrosse match of the midland district will be played this thursday afternoon at beaverton between the team of that place and uxbridge stouffville will play the first game in the sport lug grounds against beaverton june 12th 38 years ago the stouffville tribune thursday october 29th 1903 a pretty wedding took place at aurora this week when mr t caster merchant formerly of this town was united in marriage to miss primer of aurora the bride was assisted by miss violet caster of stouffville and mr h fleury supported the groom messrs w c renfrew c russell fitch and j g martin of stouffville and gordon renfrew of montreal left this morning trip in the wilds of muskoka they were accompanied by fred lewis in a culinary capacity mr oscar obrien of chicago son ot mr james obrien of this town was married on thursday it is reported that rev mr ohara of toronto is about to pur chase the premises of mr hiram johnson on church st north and intends to move to this town on saturday evening next the not ed play east lynn will be pre sented in the auditorium the mennonite congregation have purchased for a parsonage the brick house of mr arthur yake eastend messrs j r button e a button and f l button of stouffville and mr j lehman of ringwood leave this week for the northern hunting grounds mr fred warriner of the dental school toronto was home over sunday last mr david gray and miss nellie johnston of ballantrae were united in marriage wednesday by rev mr archbold stouffville paris auto supply auto wreckers phone 86 richmond hill 1937 ford 2 ton platform truck motor and tires perfect 42500 guaranteed tires 32x6 heavy duty truck tires 1500 and up 700x21 slightly used 1000 wrecking now 1937 ford 2 ton truck wn- jloox -rorono- or a welcome spirit of good- natured friendliness is a delightful feature of coach iravel youll enjoy this friendly way to travel iickeis and information at gray coach lines check your oil over six million dollars was paid out in dividends and in monthly trust company cheques to the holders of oil royalties during 1940 did you know that it is possible to purchase an ownership in future oil production of a well that is fully financed to completion at prices allowing for capital appreci ation as well as large monthly returns upon successful com pletion that is your investment requirements are more conservative you can purchase royalties on proven produc ers that are now paying at the rate of 2 per cent per month on the invested capital why not return this coupon for further informiation no obligation whatsoever akg reid associates 67 yonge st toronto 2 dear sirs kindly mail us full particulars re oil royalties name address calgary windsor toronto ottawa business directory a c kennedy chiropractor church street stouffville monday wednesday fridays 9 to 12 am medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon xray office cor obrien and main plione 196 coroner for york county insurance i see h o klinck obrien avenue for your insurance needs in fire life automobile burglar and all casualty lines dental e s barker lds dds honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto office in grubins block phone 274 markham every tuesday office in wear block dr j f weatherill office over bank of commerce office hours 9 to 12 noon and 130 to 530 pm phone office phone residence 180 18002 clnrcmont every tuesday office over bakers store phone claremont 1401 brierbush hospital government licensed main street east stouffville maternity medical and surgical cases taken ambulance service registered nurses and 24 hour service mrs e r good phone 191 r g clendening funeral director ambulance service thomas birkett general insurance agency representing reliable companies including lloyds of london england phone stouffville 25902 a c burkholder insurance canada life assurance ca -also- automobile and fire harry m spang representative mutual life insurance co also mutual automobile insurance telephone gg16 stouffville ontario barristers office phone 3160 residence phone 3514 arthur w s greer barrister solicitor notary public 6 king street east oshawd ontario resident partner branch office wcpollardkc port perry uxbridge ontario phone 2s l e oneill stouffville funeral director anit embalmer continuous telephone service day and night business phone residence phone stouffville marble granite works phone markham 9000 orders promptly executed p tarr proprietor phone lioo