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page eight the tribune stouffviue ont thursday june 12th 1941 local history essay the fire hall and clock by evelyn mcdonald the flrehall was built when the waterworks was installed in 1899 by w j stark mr james ratcilff wanted the firehall built on mill st mr stark defeated him in au election on the issue and built the flrehall on its present site the con tract was let to mr nathan forsythe who was paid 675 and later 150 for cells to provide a jail later the late jacob burkholder built an add tlon to the flrehall for a public library but it was anally taken for a council chambers and clerks office in 1935 a new fire siren was in stalled with an automatic switch prior to this they used a are bell in 1937 a new addition was built to the council chambers including fire proof vaults an electric room public lavatories and hot water system throughout the building a new firo trucks were bought in 1937 the clock tower was built by public subscription and a donation from the council in 1931mr morden was reeve the clock tower was to be brick and the contract was let to mr f w betz mr holden gave a car away to help pay for the tower the total cost of the tower was 1350 the clock came from croy don england and was donated by miss elizabeth percy the four dials of the clock were to be illuminated after dark so as to give a full 24 hour service the local jeweller mr farmerettes report for fruit picking tpgg asparagus picking comes first then comes strawberry harvest after which comes the care and picking of fruit and of course plenty of hoeing the girls who realize they are helping win the war by helping production will be kept busy all summer though any sissies will be permitted to check out of the field earier there were certainly no sissies in his first group forerunners of similar groups all over ontario shown arriving at camp they are lorraine miller imargaret shipley isobel simpson eleonor nesbitt and lorraine cas- sidy shirley mckenzie jena simp son pollard installed the clock works on september 7th 1931 the clock was officially dedicated to the muni cipality by a short ceremony in front of the firehall dr ira preel opened the address in front of a great num ber of citizens dr d c smith then took the platform and officially handed the clock over to the munici pality during the address little ken neth klinek came to the platform with a large bouquet for miss percy who was present from the usa for the occasion fiftythree names are inscribed on a tablet in the municipal hall of those who donated to the 1300 re quired to build the tower to house the percy memorial clock wanted i men to fight for freedom km- i is canadas fight and you are canada everything for which you have worked and planned your life your home are threatened by the fiendish attacks of the huns and though we toil in the factories to produce weapons with which to crush them these weapons are useless without men the canadian active army requires men for artillery engineers signals armoured cars tanks infantry transport and supply medical ordnance and other branches of the service the army is prepared to teach many trades and to train you to efficiently handle canadas weapons of war go to your nearest district recruiting office find out about these units how they work what they do see just where youll fit in see where any particular skill you possess can best be utilized then join up for action apply to nearest district recruiting office or any local armoury if for active ml service rates of pay in the ranks 130 per day with board lodg ing clothing medical and dental care provided extra 1 rates varying from 25f to 75 per day for skilled tradesmen while em ployed 2 dependent allowances in cash 35 to wife 12 each per month for 2 children only 3 dependents per soldier department of national defence canada takes ten days for dangerous driving on 8th concession of i whitchurch twp the accident has cost me enough now so i will take the ten days clarence wass toronto told the magistrate at newmarket court when he was fined 20 for taking a party out in an old crate of a car to musselmans lake and landing up side down in the ditch the defendant pleaded not guilty to a charge of dangerous driving in whitchurch on may 11 early in the morning about 125 am i was called to the scene of an accident on the eighth concesison of whitchurch testified constable robert windsor i found a car in the west ditch facing north there was no one at the scene at all i staye about ten minutes and then drove into the doctors office in stouffviue as i was going into the village i noticed two girls one was limping i questioned them the officer stated that he took the defendants car to the garage and that he did not see the defendant until nine oclock in the morning when he came to get the car did he give any reason for the accident asked crown attorney n l mathews kc he said that he thought he struck a bump in the road and that it threw him out of his course re plied the witness describing the marks on the road the officer stated that apparently the defendants car which was going south had left the pavement on the east shoulder of the road and travelled about 250 feet when the brakes were applied for 50 feet marks showed that the car had swered to the west side of the road and then slid along on its side end ing up facing north in the west ditch the top of the car was completely smashed and the left rear wheel broken off he said that he could seej nothing on the same road to cause the acldent joseph foot stouffviue who was driving north on the same road at the time of the accident said that he saw the car lights approaching in he distance and that they suddenly disappeared at first he thought the red taillight at the side of the road was a truck and as he approached he saw the passengers he took them to a doctors office in his defence mr wass told his worship that he was driving the car at between 40 and 50 miles an hour when suddenly it swerved off the road at the time he did not know what caused the car to swerve but later learned that a bolt had sheer ed off the brakes he said it was a 192s car thank god it is busted up it wont be on the road aagin com mented his worship questioning further about the car the court learned that the car has since been repaired and that the defendant had driven to the police court in it your worship was a little pre mature when you expressed thanks for the car being off the road said the crown asked if he had been drinking mr wass replied that he did not drink where did you go asked his worship the defendant said that he was returning to toronto from musselmans lake with five others when the accident occurred do you mean to say that you took five people to musselmans lake in that old jallopy yes replied the defendant well all i can say is that they were fools to go in a thing like that stated the maglstrae according to the evidence of dennis lynch toronto passenger in the wass car he did not know what happened only that they were going down a hill when the left back wheel broke off and the car ended upside down on the side of road aske if they had had anything to drink the witness stated that they had thrco dozen pints of beer among five of thorn but that the defendant did not have any as he did not drink when asked by his worship if he was working clarence wass said that he was earning 20 a week i am fining you a weeks pay 20 and costs or ten days stated his worship you wont forget this accident in a hurry ill take tho ten days answered the defendant ft has cost me enough already it wasnt my fault it was the fault of the car ontario county weed inspectors sheet at i xlthiikil ontario county weed inspectors road superintendents muuicipa councillors and farmers met oi tuesday at 1000 am standard time in the agricultural office uxbrldge to discuss weed control on road sides and on farms iu ontario count ty- weed control is becoming mort important on farms each yearfarm- ers are realizing the losses due t weeds probably more in the past few years than ever before bladdei campion sowthistle bindweed ragweed and many other trouble some weeds have in many districts caused tremendous losses and are difficult to control chemicals have been introduced which have proved very fine in conl trolling roadside weeds and rapidly- spreading weeds stream mx k i foods because of the acute shipping shortage food items for shipment tol britain are being selected for highl vitamin and calorie content also fori minimum bulk and weight in gener al preference will be given to con- centrated and dried foods ratberl than bulky canned goods such fruits which contain a considerable amount of water tomatoes are an exception because the juice they are packed in is high in vitamins one item urgently desired by the brit ish is dehydrated vegetable soup twelve tons of which will make 700000 bowls a plan is under con- 1 sideration to transport some of this i concentrated food in the big 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