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h the tribune stouffville- ont thursday feb 24 1944 xcktili t sgsfst a weekly editor looks at tta awa i yttihmt tpdatty ar a wmfcfr otwtpopn of rnaufc by jim greenblat they must have been expectln excitement or something around the tag end of the throne speech be cause the galleries circling the house have been filled continuously it looked to me as if the big majority of ringsiders were from out of town attendants have had to stop people more than usual from leaning their elbows on the gallery rail which app arently is against traditional regu lations it also shows that folks there were not leaning back and snoozing parliament has really been steaming up for the start of the session and it looks as if its going to be one of acc omplishment the prime minister seems to be pleased that its busin ess before pleasure because in one statement he urged members to broadcast to the nation that parl iament is really doing something instead of belittling its efforts in the eyes of the people weve used up out quota for the day jf you could see the crowds pouring out of offices at meal times youd wonder how they ever had enough coffee till noon- 1 come and get it while finance minister ilsley said the government may consider taking off meat ration ing agricultural minister gardiner pointed out stock surpluses were due to lack of shipping space at this time so it appears that as the opportun itypresents itself britain is to get as much of the extra meat as it is possible to send to them and the prices board announces a ten ver cent increase of tomato juice will be on the shelves during february and march more vitamins a price ceil ing to paralled where possible that in the united states- will be on 49 kinds of imported fruits and veget- ables including asparagus lettuce parsley cukes celery apricots can taloupes cherries and tangerines markham wingman was top man in league scoring tied nitsi saiiianski or whitby both gumcnd is points diir- v iujj schedule a brief summary of some of the most potent features of the james re port on reconstruction tabled in the house of commons includes the suggestion that every private enter prise he encouraged to develop a longrange program of capital ex penditure and the recognition that labour has a tremendous stake in the national economy the report with the first round of the oha junior b playoffs completed in the local league we may take a look at the oha records to see the top sharpshooters in the loop two boys harold gibson of mark- ham and wally samanski of whitby tied with 18 points for the leader ship while gibson ace wingman of the green and white gathered in an is point total made up of 11 goals and 7 assists whitbys sniper also had the same total and by the way of goals led the league clicking 13 tnies on the opposing netminders a close second was bill armstrong of the navy who played at least two games less than either gibson or samanski and finished a scanf point seldom seen behind the leaders armstrong tal lied 12 goals and got five assists in his short playing season and if he seen around the capital centre of interest in the fine new post office here is the newfangled mailomat a machino which saves you from headaches at the wicket trying to figure out how many twos and threes you want all you do is stick the re quired amount for stamps in a slot in something which has- the ear marks of a gum vending machine turna gadget and away goes your letter mailed andeverything its the first of its kind in- canada although manufactured in stamford connect icut the post office department is tryingit out on the public here and it maybe somedayweu have one in every po so the postmaster willbe able to go hunting and curling when he wants to after i tried it once i wanted to write everyone in the country- a letter justsb i could mail it in the mailomat tanyonewho fcelsinclined to do alittle harmonized grousing on rea- sons for rationing and controlled dis- o will be surely interested in the figures i got from the consumer branchof the wartime prices and trade boardin connection with par eels sent to our prisonersofwar in enemy countries the red cross western packing centre has for inst- arice already despatched its mill iqnth parcel- to canadian boysoin germany- and japan do you ever wonder what goes into one of these parcels well theyve already sent outa million pounds of butter a millon pounds of jam half amillion cans otsalmon and half a million pounds of sugar besides this tholis- ands of pounds of tea and coffee biscuits- and other rationed goods all parcels they telljne have includ- ed- chocolate bars raisins tinned meatsoap this all tells canadians athome that there is a reason for some shortages and rationed distrib ution m with the accentnow on pulveriz ing germanys industrial centres by overpowering air raids it is well to keep in mind that the british comm- oh wealth air training plan isgreat- iy responsible for putting the punch into the big attack and it waspul over in canada which is something we should beproud of you know the first class had 169 pupils in iu and today we haveabout 154 schools alone itwlce as many as originally planned ten thousand training planes flew an average of two million miles daily got an expanded force of 50000 air crew graduates enoughto man 15000 combat planes as well as training s0000 in ground crew trades weve trained canucks aus- sics new zealanders f british bel- gians- czccks netherlandersjbut more than 60per cent were our own lads the first- plan had its finshlng point atj march 31 1943 and in the agreement canada was to pay 600 milliondollars of the 9000- million total cost- but nnew agreement had to extend the plan to mar 1945 with canada payinghalf the estimated cost of abillionand a lialfandthe united kingdom standing the other -half- if you ever comeitoottawaftpsee parliament andallithe bis stuff in faction make it vpoint to be in the tmaln corridor of t a few minutes before 3 pm to watch the speakers parade its one ofcitho jew wartime restricted manlfestat- ions of traditional ceremony istlllr- to be secnonthe dot- slowly up the corridor come ithreo uniformed att endants then the big glittering mace behind the dignified speaker in his robes and a couple of the clerks trall- ing thellttlp procession wends its way to tlie house of commons cham- iber youll have to uncover to watch or elso out inthe smaller places everyone seems- to have enough coffee to sat isfy but the other day in a restaur ant in ottawa at 730 pm i wasi told by the waitress no more coffee doubts the merit of consumers salesjhad been in every game he would tax controls designed to restrict j have no doubt walked off with the consumption should be abandoned as scoring honors soon as possible at the end of the harden whitby wingman was in war but the committee feels that price the fourth spot with 16 points evenly controls some of them will be need- divided between goals and assists ed in the- transition period they back of him comes clare walsh ex- think wheat should be made a free marboro forward who also failed to trade commodity throughout the play in every gdme world and that there should be pro- j jack routcliffe of markham tied motion for increased export of cani with walsh for tills spot bob bow- adian wheat and its products new cott markham forward heads the markets for farm products sliould assist department with ten to his be developed and research on utili- 1 credit zation thereof developed it is sugl boris tipbff husky imarkhamde- gested that there bo training of fenceman was the leading scorer 15000 men a year in the next five from the ranks of the big backstops years and a dominion forest act along with heffering of whitby last week i wasthreshing peas upon the old barn floor in the good old way and probably because it was an old custom and for another rea son that i may disclose before i finish i fell to musing about our treatment of the old testament 1 know of no religious group who take it in its entirety and follow its injunctions even the old mennonltes whoin i ad in ire so much do not go for it out right again take the baptists who try most carefully jto accept all blbl- doctrine- as fact skim parts of the old testament i like to hear our good friend norman rowan ot vivian now and then he admonishes us to love our neighbors obey the com mandments but he has never in my hearing recommended that 11th chapter of leviticus one ot the mountain peaks of the mosaic law it tvas a terribly cold day yet i actually got hot under the collar flailing away and thinking so hard how these different denominations go for it so stiong where it suits and at the same time ignoring what they cant fathom im- not con demning uiese people because i ad mire them greatly and get all my religion tuned up by their services i everything but the squeel however im alive to the frailties some scientist say tnat many ot of we humans no less my own short- the worst ilis wo suft traced comings 1 10 eating pork and others declare that 11th chapter of leviticus lthat from a moral sense animal flesh woods milk coolers and milking machines made by canadas foremost manufacturer of electric farm equip ment woods milk coolers and milking machines give dependable moneysaving service they are used by thousands of canadian farmers a woods milking machine will cut ycur milking time in half this milker is simple to opervcekasily cleaned and will keep your- herd up to their highest producwxl it sells at an attractive low price woods electric milk coolers are made in sas toaccommodate from 4 to 24 cans they are fast j and sure in operation vooling milk below fifty degrees in one hour if you are cofhfering buy ing a cooler weadvise you to get in touch with usatscetobe sure of getting delivery w w riv v we will be glad tosendjrou full information on woods mulang machines and milk coolers see your local dealer write ourjbrandtg onlce at 2473 dundas street west toronto 9 or direct to the kcoryguejpfe 10 j electkic feed grinders milk coolers milking machines oat rollers electrifjencers the m c wood ico limited fyanufaciurkri of electric fmm tduipmetfp head office and factory- glelpr onjakio f i- x to extend forest research and man agement visioned is creation of a national development board to co ordinate construction projects these and many other things give us a fleeting glimpse of what may be at- ter this wan some of the features may not be implemented but were making a start now by planning and thinking as people in the communit iesin the smaller spheres are do ing samanski counted the most goals lira single game- having counted six against newmarket on one occasion here are listed the scorers with at leastvnine points v o tliedays- and icicles are both gett ing longer subsidies ar a tax on all t pen- pie so that some of the people can purchase certain commodities at the expenseof all 1 a look for announcement of gorirp leys musical night sunday feby 27tli piiiiii thiiisiiiem 1 1 gibson m samanski w armstrong on harden w walsh n routcliffe im bowcott m imundell 0bhv stanton n rowntree rh tippffacm j heffering- f total 18 is 17 16 15 15 13 11 11 9 2 fs 11 13 12 s 6 11 3 6 3 3 3 a 7 5 5 s 9 4 10 5 6 6 two world t wars in- a n as some us have exxiercencedreo- deals with diet it says these are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth notice that swine are forbidden 1 dont wonder at it for the hog is an ugly creature nothing good can be said about him until he becomes bacon at least the hog was in his proper sphere when jesus cast the demons out of the gardarene and into the swine the orthodox jew would not eat pork but the modern jew has let down the bars and goes for it like englishmen after breakfast bacon the swines anatomy produces a bad appetite and it has a poorly built stomach within three hours from the time he wallows up to the feeding trough he may he butchered and man may eat him- told that the filthy matter he may have been eat ing is changed into wholesome spareribs i am not surprised that moses passed condemnation on this kind of food two months ago i rode with pur trucker down to near tor onto to deliver a few chunks and if moses ever cried aloud it would have been against what i saw hundreds of sows being fed the swill from city restaurants it had to be boiled to kill off the microbs and prevent cholera but- thisporki might bo ohybuvtablejiextjjmonth probably stirs to action the baser passions of the flesh isnt it strange i go on thinking how the preacher go after sec tion of the commandments yet this hog which can live only eight years at least because his diet is so putrid is passed up by the preachers while they go after more suitable subject matter i want to be honest about my tirade on hogs last night i had to sit up as nursemaid to au old sow that bit me pn the heel when i tried to fix up her quarters more com fortable and it rather vexed me but after all she was highly nervous atj the time and i should have had the quarters fixed before i did never theless as i flail the peas it certain ly gave me something tothink about im helpless to sayowho is right the ortifodox jew the fmodern jew who has let down the bars or the christ ian minister simply doesnt dcil junior qha hockey finals -navy- markham friday feb 25 miswme when he is mthe pulpit at any rate at s30 pm io xjjihe ilast ifewnweeks jjholespme grain asefad to flabby parts charlie querrie tells own story oampaian headquarters ratcmpp block rhonelsl remember charlie querrie well you dont have tobecausethe mark ham flash is still in ourmidst and going strong whether as a sport ob server or as a threat to any commen tator slipping a trifle in his facta besides he did on moiilry celebrate his 23rd anniversary as proprietor of the palace pheatrs in the dan- forth district in- a letter- chirlle outlines the landmarks of his own sports activi ties thus i believe ihave quite a record in attendingprofsssiona hockey games having missedonly three games in toronto since id 2 i came iu from markham in 1d00 to woikasa prin ter and play lacrosse with the tor- ontos incidentally markhaih won the lacrosse championship in 1s99 and the town council presented me with a watch went to the oldcbun- tryin 102 with the torontos and won fifteen games without a loss in 1905 i- became player manager of the tecumsohs at hanlans point and they won five championships and made seven trips- to the coast j be camo a sports writer on the old news in 1907 and when the old arena was built on mutual street iii 12 became manager started to take an interest in hockey in 1914 i was even a road secretary for the toron to ball club until the lacrosse season opened in 1917 the local professional club was handed to me by the direc tors and with a team called the arenas won the stanley cup much to everyones surprise including my own in 1920 bought an interest in the st patrick then the toronto representatives- in the league and in 1922 captured the second stanley cup in 192g theclub was sold and my active connections ended but i still like the game only tommy gorman of the canadians is now left of the old guard and i still claim a decision over the mighty j gorman one day in ottawa when the one and only gorman was playing lacrosse for ot tawa and i was with the tecumsehs we tangled at thetop of a wooden track at thevarslty ovalahdwhen we landed at the bottom- il was- on top i have played withor against all the great la jrosse players have seen allelic pastand presentgreat hockey stars in action and to tell the truth i have no regrets over anything i have had a good time mot a lot of people and made a lot of friends belong to the jjanforth business mens association and- by the way would just like to mention that fro lics at the palace for charity by the klwanls lions and business mens association have collected thousands of dollars to toll the truth whether i live to be a hundred or pass out one of these days i have no kick coming i have had a lot of fun and enjoyed i myself for more years than i care to i mention toronto goodwood flashes after an illness of two months the last three weeks ofwhich were spent in toronto general hospital under going treatment geo herbert dalton one of the older residents of scott township passed away on wednesday feby sth 1944 in his 78th year the funeraltook place to uxbridge cemetery on thursday keby 10th services being conducted by rev l ej atkinson hewas a brother of d dalton onetime undertaker in stouffville also a son george lives at buttonville on the 4th ofmarkham thie lategeoherbertdaltoii was born inuxbridge township in 1sg7 a son of the late mr and mrsbenjamin dalton and farmed in scott township all his life until 1942 when he retir ed to uxbridge to live he married lillian gertrude taylor who prede ceased him in 1941 and they farmed on the gth of scott he took a great deal of interest in the community and was an older of ashworthluuited church for many years and a member ofsandford oddfellows lodge left to mourivhis death are one son george s of buttonville four daughters- nora of woodstock mrs sidney langford alary efng- land mrs thomas banks eva of uxbridge mrs william tomlinson mabel of sutton three brothers johnpf scottjkranji of peterborc andcavi three sis- tefspmvsaaiomas tbickett and mrs benjaminjjjall ofquaker hill and mrs wtlliamsolilttbfipeterboro ox sf x ndoijy thapuait 5 ioi r tenyearold hilary hall tor- onto displays bait from a ger- imanbooby trap that failed thanks to her daddys alertness cpl thomas c hall 39 with a canadian medical unit attached to the eighth army somewhere in italy discovered the medals lace and tapestry shown hore in the back of an abandoned ger man troop truck suspicious he explored the vehicle carefully and uncovered hidden cxplosivos the medals most of them adorn ed with a froglike image of ii duce range from east african decorations to good conduct 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