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dftt -sw- the tribune stouffvilleont thursday dec 23rd 1943 t if i established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association issued every thursday at stouffville ontario eight to twelve pages average paid circulation 1900 subscription rates per year in advance in canada 200 in usa 3260 a v nolan son publishers notes and comments there are no new sins there is perhaps no sounder or wiser counsel to young people than that which is given by dorothy dix whose col umn appears in hundreds of daily newspapers on this con tinent take this for example a distraught mother wrote to dorothy dix on the fol lowing strain i have a very attractive daughter who has had a good environment all her life and devoted parents yet she does things and has ideas that distress her father and me very much she resents our every attempt to control her and calls us oldfashioned when we try to keep her from doing things of which we disapprove such as frequenting the apartment of two young men i tell her that can lead to no good and her answer is oh mother cant you come up to date 1 what can i do about it i we were very interested in the answer we quote you might tell your daughter it isnt virtue and decency that are oldfashioned it is wrongdoing there hasnt been a new sin invented since the fruit- eating experience in the garden of eden and it would be amusing if it were not so tragic that the young people of today think that they are the first people in all history of the world who ever strayed off the straight and narrow path everybody has always been doing it there isnt a frank sex novel hot from the press whose plot isnt fore shadowed in the ten commandments nor a vice that wasnt old when its warnings thundered from sinai j so why the youngsters think themselves so much more progressive- and adventurous and sophisticated than their elders because they break thelaws of god and man and defy conventions and covet their neighbors mates and have liaisons is hard to say it is all old stuff we continue quoting girls think they show how ultra modern they are when they boast about how many cocktails they can drink and about getting lit up like a christmas tree at a party but there is nothing new in a drunken woman generation after generation has seen the poor bleareyed straggle- haired frousy creatures stumbling along the streets mut tering to themselves or lying in the gutter in concluding dorothy dix says girls think they show how adventurous and high- spirited they are when they throw their caps over the wind mill and have affairs with married men and other men who cant or wont marry them but there is nothing new in im morality o for a good turnip how many times do you expect to enjoy turnip as a veg etable only to find that it is strong and disappointing to the taste something should be done to produce a finer qual ity table turnip the present crop is too uncertain and our own experience is that we have placed before us more poor quality than good quality turnip as a vegetable in a recent issue the tjara leader tells the interesting story of the production of the comparatively new turnip named the laurentian which was experimented with last year by james alexander of arran township and which bids fair to become exceedingly popular among the many farmers in bruce county who grow turnips mr alexander secured his pound of seed last spring from g r greer agricultural representative for bruce bring over those young farmers premier george drew is in britain now occupied chief ly with the business of establishing an ontario government office in london and with securing british outlets for ot- ario products in each of these endeavors the people of this province will wish him success there is opportunity there and it is fitting that the banner province of the dominion should undertake so far as it may within federal trade and customs policies its own export business before the last war the ontario office in old london was a busy centre and had much to do with the movement of our products into britain and with the export of young britons to ontario its revival should stimulate interest in this part of canada to our correspondents this is the season of the year when we wish each other the seasons compliments the tribune is anxious to wish such compliments to all its correspondents those faith ful writers who send in the news each week from the var ious centres what a great deal they contribute to the in terest in the paper everybody enjoys reading about what is going on in their home neighborhood and if it were not for the help of our country correspondents the tribune would be badly handicapped as it is the circulation now stands as one of the high est in the whole province for a paper published in towns up to 1600 population and we pass on much of this growth to the help given us by the army of people we have mentioned consequently when we are passing around our greetings this week here is a hearty wish and one that is very sin cere that our writers all of them may eryoy the best christmas they could wish to have and may the new year see each correspondent prepared to clean up on all the news in his or her district from week to week or as often as possible interest lacking orer municipal elections it is the conviction of the writer that the nomination meetings for townships of whitchurch and markham ux- bndge and pickering will be slimly attended on dec 27th there is a definite lack of interest in municipal affairs all over the country several things may be pointed to as con tributing to this lack of interest first we can lay it at the door of the old bogey lack of time everybody is so rushed there is no time to think about municipal affairs and those in office are permitted to carry on without even much criticism secondly we suggest there is little interest in forth coming municipal elections because every council is find ing it easy to finance on a tax rate that points downward if any at all and this at a time when taxes arceasy to pay everybody has more money and is able to meet the tat bill almost with a smjle as a result of this situation no notice is taken of what the municipal council is doing if you want to test this theory we suggest that you try boosting the tax rate sharp ly and youll find the ratepayers will perk up then- ears and if you cant make out a good case you will be voted out sunday school lesson lesson for dee 26th gods great love and his s gift golden text for god so loved tho world that ho gave his only bc- gotten son that whosoever bc- licvcth in him should not perish hut have everlasting lire john 310 lho lesson n a whole appioach to tho lesson the incarnation of tne eternal son was the prelude to not the accom modation of i ademption he became man that he might die as man he was fitted to be our kinsmanredee mer mankind was sold under sin and utterly unable to work out any plan of redemption but he who was god the son from eternity stooped in grace to take our humanity apart from sin into union with his deity in ordei that he might aot on our behalf and by giving his life a ransom set free from sin and its pen alty all who put their trust in him his virginbirth was foretold seven hundred years before it took place the very city in which this was to occur was named by another prophet at about the same time yet up to almost the very time of his predicted advent it seemed as though this prophecy could not be infilled mary his expectant mother was dwelling in nazareth far to the north of davids city but god moved the heart of the iroman emperor who was tho ruler of palestine and all other civilized lands to issue a de cree mat all the habitable lands should be taxed and that each per son must be registered for this tax ation in his or her own city this necessitated the journey of mary and joseph to bethlehem and there the holy child was born thus gods spo ken word so long ago was ful filled to the letter the birth of the lord jesus christ changed the whole course of human history hencoforth time was divided into two great cy cles beforo and after christ m by vero matt 21 there came wise men from the east we call these the magi which means the wise they are often spoken of as kings but no scripture warrants such a conclus- ion they were probably men given to the study of the stars who had learn ed fiom the prophecies of balaam and of daniel of the one who was to rise out of judah and have domin ion over all the earth the idea of their being kings may have been gatheied from psalm 7210 but the passage has reference to the mani festation of the kingdom at the se cond advent verse 2 where is he that is born king of the jews they took it for granted his own people would know as they had waited for centur ies foi him to appeal explaining what had brought them to jerusalem they said we have seen hisstar and aie come to worship him this seems to be a direct allusion to balaams woids veise 3 heiod was troubled and all jeiusalom with him no wonder that the suggestion that gods promised king was born al ready distressed ungodly herod who dreaded being deposed from the throne and punished for his count less oriines the leaders in jerusalem also feared to lose their power and wealth often illgotten it the mes siah were already among them verse 4 he demanded of them where christ should be born christ is the greek word for messiah both meaning the anointed to herod the king of he jews could be no other than the messiah for whose coming he was unprepared verse 5 in ibethlehem of judea for thus it is written by the pro phet without a moments hesitat ion tho scribes gave the name of the city which was to be the birthplace of gods king it is pathetic to note how familiar these men were with the scriptures yet no sense of the authority of the word of god over their own lives verse 6 thou bethlehem out of these shall come a governor that shall rule my people they turned to these words of mich and morasthite which were clear and plain not capable of two or more meanings like the heathen oracles and so answered tho question of the wise men though they did not know that the king had been born already verse 7 herod enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared he presumed that this had been coincident with the birth of the child and so he craftily sought to find out the probable present age of the babe not that he might ac knowledge him bnt that he might destroy him and so thwart the divine purpose veise s when e have found him biing me word again that i may come and worship him also the crafty hypocrite had no thought of worship in his mind but was schem ing already how he might destroy this mysterious child it was to bs satans direct effort to prevent the futillment of the prophecies con cerning christ he found in herod a willing servant to endeavor to carry out his plans verse 9 the star came and stood over where the young child was there is no reason to believe that this was the stable in which the lord jesus christ had been borne as some time had elapsed since the shepherds found him there veise 10 when they saw the star they rejoiced in some super natural way they were guided by a heavenly orb of which they had lost sight when they turned aside to go to jerusalem the place where they naturally expected to find the king verse 11 when they were come into the house they saw the young child evidently by the time of this event joseph had found a suitable home for mary and her babe to this house came the wise men bringing gifts of gold symbolizing the divine glory frankincense which in the old testament typified the perfection of christs humanity and myrrh which spoke of his death for myrrh was used in the embalm ing of the dead unconscious doubt less of the real significance of their gifts they brought them as a token of their adoration and regard verse 12 being warned of god they departed into their own country another way thus for the time being herod was thwarted he was not given the information ne had sought god spoke to these men as he had often done to others in the past in a dream warning them not to comply with herods request tlio heart of tho ioson it is a very solemn thing to be familiar with the letter of gods holy word and yet not be subject to its teaching this was the condl- ion of the scribes who could give herod such clear information as to where the king of the jews should be born and yet were not already to own his claims over their own lives today there are millions of people who keep christmas as a day of feasting and rejoicing presumably in honor of the saviours birth and yet have nevei yielded to him nor repented of the sins for which he came to die let us be sure that we do not have a mere intellectual knowledge of the facts of the nativ ity but that we have made room in our hearts for the saviour whose miraculous birth we recall with glad ness v a weekly editor looks at ottawa written iptiolv tm a wtkty nvwipopcr f cmatto by jim greenblat capjtal squibs- a loudspeaking system installed at the ottawa union station will announce train times tracks etc badly needed where huge thiongs always gather for trains t g lewis a carbon and rjbbon co president here found a book of raffle tickets in his desk sent by a friend in woodstock decid ed to send along 5 and won himself a model home valued at 4000 famous negro band leader cab calloway played ottawa but wanted to see it from a taxicab gave the cabbie 15 35 for a 1035 fare made the headlines thieves who stole public works minister fournlers automobile used it to carry stolen goods in two breakins got caught army here reports victoiy loan subscriptions at klska in the aleutians went over the 250000 mark prices board rulings you should know repairs for farm machinery are not rationed there is no cell ing on grower sales to the trade on clover and alfalfa seed the grower being free to get best price accord ing to quality of product amend ment to meatless tuesday now goes farther than applying only to quota users it is expected to anyone who supplies meals or refreshments for other than his personal or house- bold consumption imitation spices replacing pure varieties in short supply owing to the war have been brought under price ceiling plans between the board and manu facturers will probably increase pro duction of shoes for children by at least a million pairs for 1944 of inteiest is a summaiy of the agricultuial production objectives for 1944 as drafted by the dominion- provincial conference held at ottawa recently they contemplate no change in wheat ovei the 17 mil lion acres of 1943 coarse grains will be up 6 m oats 1 per cent in barlev irye remains the same but husking corn figuies show an increase of 53 pei cent no change in hay and clover nearly 10 million acres rye down half a million or 13 pei cent in the oil seed crops flaxseed down 36 pei cent sunflower seed 50000 acres up by 72 per cent all tobaccos have an increased ob jective highest being burley 53 per cent in the dairy products they figure no change in total milk creamery butter down 3 per cent also chees 7 per cent eggs and poultiy meats will have an upward trend faults are all up apples showing 24 per cent with 15 million bushels and leafy green vegetables increased 39 per cent maple syrup over 3 million gallons is upped 31 per cent and honey will be asked to give more volume x 14 million pounds sheep wool is asked to in crease by 3 per cent any woman who has looked with despair on her dowdy oldfashionea wardrobe and wished she knew what to do with it needs the inspiration of the remake wrinkle hand book anyone can get the book by writing to the consumer branch wartime prices and trade board ottawa printed on yellow paper this pamphlet contains all kinds of suggestions for remaking different types o garments principally con cerned with cutting grownups cloth es down foi children the book also featuies ideas for ithe adult ward robe the r c a f aftei training fifteen complete crews for the work is about ready to start its new airmail ser vice covering 9000 miles biinging mail in quick order to your soldieis sailors and airmen as far away as caiio the new service will he based at ottawa span the atlantic and re lay it fiom bntain mail to men in italy and the middle east had been running asmuch as two months be hind of interest to fanners e s arch ibald directoi of the expeiimental farm service says that producers of canadas foodstuffs are paying in come taxes in small numbers not of their own choice but for the simple reason that the earning power in labour income on the average farm even wiith the free labour of wife and children thrown in is little more than that which industry and gov ernments pay to a grade 1 steno grapher the supply of potash a- vailable for fertilizer purpose in canada in 1944 will not exceed 35- 000 tons which is about 80 per cent of that used in 1943 and demand will be up so rationing is in effect your rationing timetable clip this out and keep available s coffee or tea green coupons 1 to 23 inclusive aor valid coupons 24 to 25 valid dec is coupons 1 to 13 expire dec si each good for 8 oz coffee or x oz tea sugar red coupons 1 to 22 inclusive sw valid coupons 1 to 13 expire dec 31 each good for one pound ot sugar butter purple coupons 38 to 41 now valid expire december 31 coupons 42 and 43 valid decls expire january 31 each good for lb butter meat buff coupons pairs 26 to 29 now valid coupon pair 30 valid dec is coupon pair 31 valid dec 23 coupon pair 32 valid dec 3 expire january 31 bach pair good for 1 to 2i4 us meat ii esei v es orange coupons dl to d9 now valid valid until declared void good for preserves sweet spreads or sugar see chart some difference when pa is sick when pa is sick hes scared to death an ma an us just hold our breath he crawls m bed an puffs an grants an does all kinds of funny stunts he wants doc brown in mighty quick for when pas sick hes awful stele he feasps an moans an sorta sighs he talks so queer an rolls his eyes t ma jumps an runs an all of ns must make no sound or raise nota an peace an joy is mighty sceetee when pa is sick its something fierce avhen ma is sick when ma s sick she pegs away shes quiet though not much to sayj she goes right on adoin things an sometimes laughs or even sings she says she dont seem extra welt but then its just a kinda spell shell be all right tomorrow sure an good ole sleep will be the cure an pa he sniffs and makes no kiefc for women folk is always sick an ma she smiles lets on shes glad when ma is sick it aint so bad so that more fai mers will get their fair share this will not affect the total tonnage of fertilizers available i a wish merry ohristuas and happy new year to all our hatrons and other friends bruce wintersteim milk transport central feed store phone 277 stouffville x i 2 4 tvsaft