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page two the tribune stouffville ont thursday may 15 1941 established 188s 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 9250 a v nolan jp editor and publisher editorial comment the idle senate a strange and almost amusing interlude in the drive to speed the war effort has been provided by the enforced idleness of the senate since early last november when the new parliament opened the senate has really worked only on three days and that idleness has brought protest from some senators against being asked to sit and twiddle their thumbs but the protest brought little comfort from pre mier king who once a few years ago made the rafters ring with threats of reforming the senate because it had thrown out an important government measure providing for the building of canadian national railway branch lines if we are really sincere about the need for more and more money to further our war effort what easier place could a few hundred thousand be saved than by reducing the senate or wiping it out to a mere committee of say twelve no wonder mr average taxpayer grows weary and suspicious when such institutions as the senate are toler ated after all that has been said against it merchants should cooperate for clean roadway the village council anticipate that the main street pavement is going to be kept clean this summer in such a manner as to leave no room for the common dissatisfaction of past years all of which will be appreciated at the same time the general public have some responsibility too it is not the right thing to throw papers everywhere nor is it fair that the front street merchant sweep his dirt off onto the roadway pavement every morning just after the road has been cleaned it would be a simple matter to use a dustpan wouldnt it after all the merchant is one man who should be interested in a clean street but how often have we seen him sweeping dirt off the side walk onto the roadway instead of gathering it up and taking it away railway pay excessive under the authority of that orderincouncil whereby employers were invited or instructed to raise war wages whenever the cost of living rose five per cent or more the railway workers of canada are asking for more this de spite the fact that monthly income of railway workers throughout canada is substantially higher than prior to the outbreak of war the rate of pay of railway workers especially in the socalled running trades enginemen firemen conductors and trainmen has been high in relation to other wages for at least twenty years it is true that in the worst years of depression the monthly income of junior men was low or probably nonexistent in many instances for the reason that there were no freight or passegers for these juniors to haul seniority is a fetish in the railway brotherhoodt and when business falls off junior men are lopped off the present effort to get a higher rate of pay is as likely to succeed as was that restoration of wage cuts two or three years ago a restoration which was justified neither by improved conditions for the railways nor by increase in living costs in the last analysis the pay increase was grant ed for political reasons the present application for an in crease in rates of pay must satisfy a board which apparent ly will be independent of the government although appoint ed by it but such a board cant ignore the fact that order- incouncil no 7440 did not make an exception of railway workers whose amount of work has been decreasing because rates of pay accepted by truck drivers have been much less farmers also have had to accept less for their work and products if the railway workers get a further increase by virtue of this orderincouncil the relative position of the farmer will be even worse than at present and the fundamental railway problem still will remain to be solved after the war war to bring people to church a layman writing to the editor of the cannington glea ner put the question of shrinking church attendance in can ada in a new light after comparing the people of england flocking to worship in bombed and partially destroyed churches with people of his village and of canada privil eged to attend churches beautiful in architecture and well equipped and yet almost empty even on the most sacred days of the year he expresses the view that before this war is over people in this country will flock to the churches but unfortunately it will be because the war has been brought much closer many attending because their sons brothers or sisters will have paid for our neglectfulness and god will be their solace we feel sure that the ministers of stouffville will be in accord with this laymans view all through the country there is the feeling that the church can meet the needs of men and women if only given a chance very little mission ary work can be done or solace imparted however to empty pews early tax collection acceptable in twp of whitchur once again it has been suggested around the council table in whit church that some system of early tax collection should be inaugurated and reeve toole has on several occasions expressed his approval of the idea but the problem is to find a system that would be simple and acceptable to the tax payers probably the answer is to be found in the suggestion that tax bills should be issued in august containing an option that tax payers may pay all or one half of the total amount of taxes by september first and for so doing would obtain a dis count of one per cent straight if tax payers were not prepared to make any payment they would have until the usual date of december 15 to make payment without penalty hence nobody would find any differ ence from the present setup except ing that those who are prepared to meet taxes earlier in the fall could do so and reap the benefit so far as the municipality is con cerned there would be little re arrangement of present methods other than an earlier assessment be ing made to enable the township clerk to get ready for the tax issue in the matter of cost of percent ages or discounts allowed to those who pay their taxes earlierthis would be saved in bank interest as the money paid in would go to reduce the current bank loans forty thousand women needed in canada those who are urging prime minister king to be off to london should be slightly interested in read ing that mr churchill says he has no intention of calling an empire war conference for 40000 canadian women be tween 18 and 50 the hyde park agreement is going to mean some thing more concrete than a historic declaration of international co operation its going to mean jobs in war plants which are expected to step up production by 40 these pictures show the kind of jobs women are already doing now it is predicted they will not only enroll in greater numbers in factory pro duction lines as men are called to lathes and assembly lines and heavy machines girls may take over as taxi drivers salesmen and workers on the land in days of yore 2 years ago the stoiiilville tribune feb 1010 mr francis ward left for toronto on wednesday to undergo an opera tion on his eye f w silvester is attending the hardware convention in toronto this week on sunday march 12th the stouff ville baptist church intend holding a patriotic session in honor of the boys of the school who are serving overseas the body of the late mrs doug- all was brought for interment in the stouffville cemetery on tuesday morning the deceased was buried beside her late husband who was for many years the popular constable of stouffville mr c w wismer is very ill with appendicitis our town bell has undergone re pairs after being broken on sunday morning giving the fire alarm ralph white has sold the contents of the foundry to abram brown and will move to lindsay where he has secured a situation mrs j urquhart jr and son are here for a week or two recruiting officers were in town on wednesday but had poor success a few of the friends of mrs snowball neo imiss meredia wagg met at the home of the brides father on thursday night where a beauti ful quarter cut oak rocker was pre sented the couple and an address was read by mrs n claughton last friday evening ringwood beat the claremont boys by a score of 65 on the maple leaf rink 52 years ago the stouftvillc tribune dec 1880 some of the young folk of the town are indebted to messrs orvil kester and a mcdonald for the sleiglirido given them on tuesday last two loads were taken out to mr renfrews on the 8th concess ion a large number of invitations are being issued for the next social ass- embley to be given in daleys hall when prof marcicanos italian or chestra will be heard mr george harrington of union- ville was a guest at the mansion house over sunday mr john woodgate has accepted a position in a photo gallery in tor onto miss a e anderson first assist ant in the public school was called home last week to attend the last hours of her dying sister imiss bella cameron has returned after a six months visit to detroit several youths of the village were sporting themselves in the woods near dixon hill last thursday the game not being very plentiful willie urquhart discharged his shotgun at random and the barrel burst badly shattering his left hand about the thumb mr isaac graham agent of the gtr at goodwood passed through here on friday on his way to chic ago it is whispered around that he is expected to give evidence in the great cronin trial send the tribune to absent friends designer of the first walking plow complete with a steel mould board and an employee of the fleury-bis- sell firm for 71 years jacob ander son 94 years old was buried on thursday at aurora the late mr anderson was bom in king town ship and joined the floury firm when 23 years old his plow was first tried successfully by his father and later adopted by his firm business directory dancing saturday evenings cedar beach gardens a c kennedy chiropractor insurance church street stouffville monday wednesday fridays 9 to 12 am see h o klinck obrien avenue for your insurance needs in medical fire life automobile burglar and all casualty lines dr s s ball physician and surgeon xray office cor obrien and main phone 196 coroner for york county thomas birkett general insurance agency representing reliable companies including lloyds of london england phone stouffville 25902 dental musselmans lake for best results for the safest and most convenient way to store your meats and other eatables rent a cold storage loc ker the savings derived thereby are such that you cannot afford to be without one rental 900 per year stouffville creamery co phone 18g01 e s barker lds dds honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto oflice in grubins block phone 274 markham every tuesday office in wear block dr j f weatherill office over rank of commerce office hours 9 to 12 noon and 130 to 530 pm phone office phone residence 180 18002 clnremont every tuesday office over bakers store phone claremont 1401 brierbush hospital government licensed main street east stouffvluo 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 a c burkholder insurance canada life assurance co -also- automobile and fire harry m spang reprosenfntivc mutual life insurance co also mutual automobile insurance telephone gg1g stouffville ontario barristers office phone residence phone 3160 3514 arthur w s greer barrister solicitor notary public 6 king street east osbtawa ontario resident partner branch office wcpoliardkc port perrj uxbrldge ontario phone 26 l e oneill stouffvelle funeral director and embalmer continuous telephone service day and night business phone residence phon stouffville marble granite work phone markham 9000 orders promptly executed ocg i i takit proprietor phone 4303