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c- jscxa y k i i the tribune stouffvtlle ontrthurs april 27th 19440s9v v vt tnuff trill ritmnr established 188s member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association issued every thursday at stouffville ontario eight to twelve pages latest paid circulation 2075 subscription kates per year in advance in canada 200 in usa 3250 a v nolan son publishers notes and comments the village smithy newmarket and orillia are both down on the heel so to speak as each place is using up its last remaining black smith so the local editors are doing some speculating or- illias only blacksmith has just died and town horses will have to be taken to the few remaining blacksmiths located in the suburbs if they are to be shod every six weeks as town horses should be at newmarket the editor of the era tells of a business man driving 28 miles there and back to vandorf to get his horse shod the smithy knows the size of shoe other wise he might have to make more than one trip to get a new pair of shoes for his steed stouffville appears to be mdre fortunate than either of these larger towns since we are favored with a good blacksmith on the job all the time during his spare hours the local smithy is tooted here and there in a car fitting shoes for horse owners as far away as yonge st twenty years ago the village had four blacksmiths and other shops operated in the rural district nearby so that the day of the village smithy seems to be fast passing what a pity and what will happen when the present generation of horse shoers is gone there are no apprentices to the trade whatever cockeyed not birdseyed view that was an entertaining address heard by the mem bers of the milk producers association at buttonville on thursday evening delivered by mr f g gardiner kc of forest hill village one of the most influential members of york county council his review of the municipalities in the county with those casual observations told in a jocular man ner conveyed some useful information as well as some state ments the speaker no doubt intended his audience to forget mr gardiners remark about stouffville being the home of one of those newspapers that has a great deal to say about other peoples business didnt even draw a laugh although its editor was one of the invited guests in the gathering immediately after making this wisecrack mr gardiner said 1 have given you a birdseyed view of the county quite so but so far as his remark about this news paper is concerned it was cockeyed the genial lawyer from forest hill of course went out of his way to crack the tribune because we vigorously op posed what looked like an attempt to throttle the slot mach ine racket investigation when it bid fair to involve some of the county police personnel mr gardiner is chairman of the police commission and his protest about the legality or scope of the enquiry was viewed as an effort to shield the men serving under his commission- however the legislat ure has since outlaweclslot machines no doubt as a result of the enquiry we make this brief explanation because sojnany people came to us at the conclusion of the meeting asking why mr gardiner didnt like the tribune planning department created a new department of the provincial government has been authorized by the legislature to be known as the depart ment of planning and development the minister who has not yet been appointed will have the duty of collaborating with other ministers of ontario and with those of the dom inion and other provincial governments with municipal councils with agricultural industrial labour mining trade and other associations the purpose will be to formulate plans for creating assisting developing and maintaining productive employment and to develop the human and mat erial resources of the province this move it is hoped will go a long way in assisting municipalities and other organizations in formulating and carrying out systematized and correlated plans for postwar improvements low assessment means loss of subsidy stouffville and all other municipalities that are assess ing at only 50 percent of actual value are losing out on the government subsidy paid to municipalities according to a recent suggestion by the municipal world in the following editorial municipalities which make a practice of assessing at less than actual valuers required by the assessment act are receiving a smaller share of the provincial subsidy each year than they are otherwise entitled to receive for example suppose the present total assessment for a municipality is 100000 if this municipality is only assess ing 50 of actual value and some assess at a lower percent age than this then it is only receiving one half of the a- mount which it is entitled to receive from the province and since this year the subsidy is two mills instead of one mill it is just that much more important on an assessment of 200000 the two mills are worth 400 in subsidy and if the assessment is only half what it should be or 100000 then that municipality will receive as subsidy only 200 which is 200 less than it is entitled to if this practice is general throughout a ounty whose total assessment is say 50000000 instead of 100000000 as it should be if the assessment was made at 100 the loss of subsidy within that county would total 100000 per annum at the present two mill rate the subsidy due stouffville last year was over 600 and this year it will be two mills or 1200 if the village was assessed at 100 percent instead of 50 percent then we would be entitled o 2500 i b r2 wj j fel x t i wpt que typical questions consumers have asked the waitime pi ices and tiade boaid this week are answeied by the central ontano consumer branch committee q has the owner any right to bung piospective buyeis to see through the house while we still occupy it a yes a tenant is obliged to show the piemises at all leasonable times if you have a telephone we would suggest that you make appointments to bring piospective buyeis to see the house at times convenient to you if a tenant refuses to make suitable airangements the own er can apply to the rentals ad- ministiation for an older to view the premises q for the last two years i have sent my coat to the same clean er in hamilton to have it clean ed and stoied last spnng when it was delivered the charge was 109 this year they charged me 184 the driver said they were allowed to mciease their prices on ac count of the shortage of help is this correct a this certainly isnt correct you shouldnt pay any more to have your coat cfeaned and stored than was charged by the same firm during the basic per iod sept 15 to oct 11 1941 the drivers reason for the in crease was also wrong no in creases in price have been al lowed in the cleaning industry as you gave the name of the firm we have passed your let ter along for investigation is there a ceiling price on dutch set onions this year last year 1 paid 20c a pound for these onions for my victory gaiden and this year have been charg- ed 35c a pound i went to two seed stores and they were both charging this price a yes there is a coiling price on dutch set onions a board order set the ceiling price at 35c a pound so your dealer was not overcharging if i have a boarder staying with me indefinitely can i use her ration book in the city u was issued to this lady- in another part of the country a you certainly may use this ra tion book in the city a ration book can be used any place in canada for the requirements of the person to whom it was old age pensions for all dont get excited over the title we havent arrived at that utopia yet but there are all kinds of sug gestions and resolutions going the rounds of the country among them are increasing the amount of the pension lowering the age from 70 years to co for eligibility and some even advocating pensions for all these are reasonable suggestions we suppose we are not a financier havent had anything to do with fantastic sums of money in pocket or in mind but we cant figure where the money would come from if every one 60 or over 70 were on a pension remember about the 25 per month the albertans were to get from the aberhart government and its still a dream however a pension for all ould be the fairest system any law is taken advantage of by some then the people who endeavour to save to provide for their old age would be rewarded for their thrift by hav ing the pension added to these sav ings the ones who spent as they went along would not have as much for their later years and justly so we know that in many many cases failure to make provisions for the future has not been possible through illhealth and other hard ships and for these people the pen sion is a blessing and it is well that there is such a thing few people realize that in order to get a pen sion of even 500 a year the govern ment must have an investment of 16000 after all this is perhaps in the future and not near enough for some of us if the government can raise such large sums for war then old age pensions for all may m time be a reality the very wealthy people who are strictly in the min ority would have all theirs taken away in the form of income taxes and the rest of us would feel we were getting something for nothing and keep it in circulation usiness directory dental b s barker lds dd honor graduate of royal collets of dental surgeons and ot t c university of toronto office in grublns block phone 274 markham every tuesday office in wear block medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon xray office coroner for york county cor obrien and phone 196 dr arthur l hore physician and surgeon general medicine and obstetrics also eye ear nose and throat eyes tested glasses fitted school children testedfree once upon a time a beavers pelt was the unit of currency in canada an exhibit in the royal ontario museum shows the beaver to be in effect the builder of a nation lehmans shoe store footwear for all the family shoe repairing womens hosiery gloves shoes socks boots and mitts stouffville phone 4301 opposite the town clock stouffville floral r o s e s wedding bouquets funeral designs cut flowers milt smith prop telephone 7001 7002 a c kennedy chiropractor church street stoukrola monday wednesday fridays 9 to 12 a m a s farmer r licensed auctioneer markham ont phone t 20 years experience 20 20 years experience york county uxbrldge and picker ing townships farm stock and furniture sales a specialty telephone stouffyille 7309 address- gormley po brierbush hospital government licensed member of the allied private hospital association mnin street east stouffville maternity medical and surgical ambulance service day and night service mrs b r good phone 191 clarke prentice phone agincowt 52 ws miilifceb licensed auctioneer for the counties ot york and on tario successor for corpl kan prentice of c as j and of the lata j h prentice former prentice ft prentice farm and farm stock sales a specialty at fair and reason able rates y insurance thomas birkett general insurance agency stouffville ontario established 1908 insurance in reliable companies t reasonable rates prompt service phone 25902 stouffvuu r g clendening funeral director ambulance service markham ontario phone 9000 issued if the boarder is go ing to remain permanently in your home she should report her change of address to the local ration board h o klinck phone 3307 stouffville fire auto burglary sickness anfi accident fidelity bonds the standard lite assurance co the pioneer ot canadian life insurance a mutual company with 117 yeaxc experience strength and service unexcelled l e oneill stouffvtlle funeral director anb embalmer continuous telephone servte day and night stouffville v marble granite works orders promptly executed p tarr phone 4303 barristers office phone residence phone 3160 3514 arthur w s greer barrister solicitor notary pubhfc 6 king street east oshawa ontario resident partner branch office w c pollard kc port perry uxbrldge ontario phone tt office phone elgin 7021 residence phone mo 6231 samuel d borins barrister solicitor etc 503 temple bldg 62 richmond street went toronto a msasisjim t ijkissa ja yvtyffi