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the tribune stouffville ontario thursday june 19h 1941 page seven to help wavells african army capable mechanics all these girls are part of a company ot the womens mechanized transport corps which has arrived in cairo for service with the middle east forces the company numbers 51 girls all skilled in first aid and motor main tenance and specially trained for the type of service they will encoun ter school essay local history glasgow by grace latcham the settlement of glasgow start ed about 200 years ago in 1740 it is said to have been named by chas mitchell a settler who came from glasgow scotland one of the earliest settlers was mr john morden who owned a farm on lot g facing concession 2 mr james forsyth was one of the next to settle in this area he located on several hundred acres and married a sister of mr morden other pioneers of the settlement were mr joseph stover mr john pearson mr thos latcham air timothy millard and mr reynolds the first chfirch was built by the forsyth family in 1s45 and lasted until about 1ss0 when the one which still stands was built on the hill north of the corner was a primitive methodist church in the year 1ss0 tho shed was bought by the good wood baptist church and is still in use the church building was bought by mr timothy ilruels who took it to ringwood and had it rebricked as a house there was also a place where the salvation army came to hold meetings the first school was built of logs on the southwest corner and the olax1 kiicvknatou teachers here were miss mapes then mr frieze in 1sg0 mr john and benjamin parker built the frame schoolhouse which is still in use first teachers here were mr donald son and mr jim hand who was also a local preacher there were two blacksmith shops one owned by mr latcham and one by mr samuel ottewel mr elisha miller kept a hotel on the north west corner and this binding was only torn down about three years ago mr benjamin parker kept a store and postofiice until about 1900 when it was burned and rebuilt by william forsyth there was also a store north of the corner operated by mr anderson mr elijah patter son and mr trenton were dentists who came and worked in glasgow every once in a while mr frank burgess supplied the pioneers with pails buckets barrels etc which he made the water power in glasgow was first used in 1845 by an oatmeal mill the oats were laid out in large pans and then were heated when the oats were dried they were put through a machine to remove the hulls and the part left was the oat meal which the pioneers used later a saw mill and a grist mill were built and operated by charles mitchell other settlers who came a tittle later were mr john dike mr john wideman mr drewery mr hum phry mr wrox in the year 1sg0 there was a live stock judging fair held in the field behind the hotel but this was not held any more than the one year pioneer glasgow was then a thriv ing centre but now it only consists of a few bouses grist mill a church and the schoolhouse driven from his laboratory in france by italian occupation dr serge voronon russianborn experi menter in gland rejuvenation is in canada applying for permanent residence in the us from more than 1000 rejuvenation experi ments tho 75yenrold scientist says grafting glands from monkeys can transform idiots into intelligent per sons he is shown with his 27-year- old wife in niagara falls xo summeu courses announcement was made by major j p cowles of the dept of education that ontario would have no summer courses for teachers this year under departmental control in the last tew summers tho enrolment of teachers in various summer class es has risen to 7000the main rea son for not holding them is that so many teachers will bo employed in war work said major cowles pine orchard too late last week miss aleta jwiddlfleld was a recent visitor at howard mcclures mr and mrs iltobort johnston have been in millbrook mr gordon stevens motored to gravenhurst over the weekend we are sorry to learn of the death of mrs james fair of millbrook ontario formerly alma johnston daughter of mr and mrs robert johnston she is survived by her husband two daughters her parents one sister jean of toronto and three brother harold of claremont ed- son and walter of pine orchard our sincere sympathy is extended to the family markham lightly policed when compared with city of toronto ben cayman markham township is the single constable policing 6309 people in the city of toronto there is a constable for each g22 citizens in addition in rural municipalities many of the constables apart from dong police work hold oilier posi tions such as water inspector sani tary inspector truant officer relief officer license issuer and caretaker at present york county excluding toronto is policed by 16g officers and men of all ranks this figure in cluding the county and local muni cipal forces with the county popu lation given as 254151 there is an average of one officer for each 1531 york township with a population of 75s42 heads the list with forty- nine officers an average of one of every 1547 of its citizens east york 16 and a population of 3s132 for- st hill 13 and a population of 11- 117 scarboro 9 and a population of 2320s etobicoke 7 and a popula tion of 15974 and new toronto 7 to a population of 7175 the total cost of municipal policing last year was 32s02g and the county force cost 30427 with 15 men of all ranks slightly more than 4000 new ars went on the road last month in canada with an average of s30 ow ing on the deal nearly 12000 used cars went to new owners who left an average balance of 349 due there on records of other years indicate arrives ix norway opera star kirsten flagstand who arrived amboard the dixie clipper in in lisbon the first stage of her jour ney to norway to join her lumber manhusband henry johansen 1 came to europe as 1 am used to doing and expect to return in september the wagnerian soprano said everything is arranged going into oslo and in coming out but it is all in the lap of the gods that onethird to onehalf of all new cars sold in this country are handled by instalment financing camp meetings mil be held this year at pikes peak 5th concession of whitchurch from june 8 to 29 inclusive miss sarah gregory of kingston ordained minister of the free methodist church will be the evangelist meetings every evening from 745 sundays 1030 300 and 730 oclock rev i brubacher pastor kixkl for liquor ix autos as a result of police continuing their watch on cars parked about musselmans lke five persons appeared in newmarket police court last week to answer charges of hav ing liquor in an illegal place some place commented magistrate j cm goran as he ordered fines of 1000 and costs of 300 and the beer confiscated in each case constable ronald watt who was responsible for two of the charges being laid testified that he search ed a car owned by howard adams toronto in a parking lot at the lake and found some beer he said that mr adams admitted having beea drinking in the car the officer stat ed that he also searched the car ot harold hopkins claremont and that the latter who was staying at a cottage tor the weekend ad mitted drinking in the car a plea of guilty to having liquor in their car was given by earle whaley and iroy mcmurray both ot toronto on charges laid by con stable aubrey fleury dont do it any more magis trate german told the two men as tie fined them the 10 and costs each constawe fleury noticed john tuttle montreal sitting in his car and just putting a bottle up to his lips as a result the latter was fined 1000 and costs are urcemly needed for canadas active army make no mistake about it this is your call to duty canadas freedom is threatened you are needed now your king and country need you the call lo duty is ringing clear and men who love canada and all this great dominion stands for will need no fur ther urging its time for action for all out effort our future our homes our failh our freedom are at stake theres no room for talkers or skulkers your hour the hour of the fighting man is here ffsosa for active service bates of pay in the ranks 130 per day with board lodging clothing medical and dental care pro vided dependent allowances in cash 35 to wife 12 each per month for not more than 2 children a soldier with wife and 2 childicn collectively receive a total of 9930 per month extra rates varying from 2s4 to 7st per day for skilled tradesmen while employed canadas great mobile army equipped with all the finest weapons of modem mechanized warfare tanks armoured vehicles and guns of every calibre stands ready to your hand join it now be a vital cog in this fast- moving hardhitting fighting machine join up in answer to can adas call join up and smash the hun canadas active army needs men for artillery engineers signals armoured cars tanks infantry transport supply medical ord nance and other branches of the service the army is prepared to teach many trades and to train you to handle canadas weapons of war efficiently go to your nearest district recruiting office find out about these units how they work what they do sec just where youll fit in sec where any par ticular skill you possess can best be utilized then join up for actioni apply to nearest district recruiting office or any local armoury department of national defence canada