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the tribune stouffville ont- thursday august 29 1946 ije tmiff trill uribuiip established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association issued every thursday at stouffville ontario subscription rates per year in advance in canada 200 in usa 250 a- v nolan son publishers notes and comments no abatement of glare lights with all the discoveries made by science during the war one thing that remains unchanged is the glaring head lights on automobiles the menace to night driving is just as bad as ever yet we were expecting to hear that some sort of nonglare light would be evolved long ago it may be a fact that convenient switches are installed in modern cars so that it is very simple to cut down the light when meeting a passing motorist but that is not good enough too often the driver neglects to use the convenient switch to reduce the glare he may be occupied with other things and never think or he may just be inconsiderate what is wanted is a light that will not glare much to be desired the announcement by defence minister abbott last week that 14115 deserters and absentees from the can adian armed services would be written off service books without entitlement to rights privileges or benefits nor mally accorded to the members of the armed forces in our opinion leaves much to be desired- that such a large number of canadians failed to do their duty will remain as a black mark against the dominion despite the fact that the government has now seen fit to give them a partial coat of whitewash desertion in time of war is next door to treason and had it happened on the field of battle would have been punishable by court martial with the death sentence at least as a possibility it is also a sad commentary on the loyalty and desire to serve of the men of the province of quebec that 7314 of the deserters and absentees were from the military districts whose headquarters are in montreal and quebec city how ever it was not to be expected that anything else would be the case as a large number took to the woods during world war i the government has taken the stand that partial amnesty should be granted in view of the high cost of main taining the establishments and men whose efforts were directed toward the tracing and apprehension of these men we do not believe this is- a good enough reason as on all too few occasions is the conscience of the commons bothered by matters dealing with economy we feel rather strongly about the fact that those who were remiss in their duty are to be allowed to escape with- out any stigma a far better way would be a list to be pre pared covering each military district and released for publi cation in the press outstanding is the complaining group the woman who cannot see down the street because of weeds on the neigh boring property almost as bad as those on her own lot- there is the fellow who says his wife is distracted because of the dust nusiance and after the road is oiled she is demented because the children track the oil in the house one fellow the reeve of stouffville has to deal with is so crochety that we expect to hear of him making a com plaint about the noise the gold fish make up near where he lives of course the reeve should not complain about all this somebody has to become the spearhead for all the complainers and really a great deal of it is justified when the present official thinks he has taken enough all he has to do is to step aside after all there are times when complaints are notmade when they would be quite justified- as for instance when workmen cut off the water supply to make repairs without notifying the householders affected perhaps these people know that the reeve is exasperated about the matter because he had warned and warned against doing things that way or perhaps they belong to that class we first mentioned anyway folks are not too bad in fact 99 per cent are more than decent with their dealings with town officials profanity is silly occasionally we hear little fellows enroute to or from school giving out oaths that would be shocking even if made by older men and the matter came to mind when we read a timely article in the chatham news against swearing the news claims that on several occasions it had pointed to the senseless habit of the use of profanity it is not within the province of newspapers to set themselves up as guard ians of the personal morals of the masses but the thought has often occurred that if people would indulge in more searching thought than is their custom they could not fail to realize the senselessness of this easilyacquired and hard- tobreak habit of profanity there is no question that steps should be taken by the public authorities to discourage the increasing habit of swearing in public places profanity provoked by sudden anger or shock is bad enough but what shall be said of young men mere boys many of them who habitually use profane language with a nonchalance and lack of restraint that makes one shudder the habit is not only useless but demoralizing it corrodes both mind and character it betrays a lack of dexterity in the use of the mother tongue that accords but ill with our boasted system of education we have set apart sundays for many other objects that we might reserve one sabbath of the 52 and dedicate it to the propagation of clean speech g7y friday adn saturday august 3031 and leopard woman john wayne folks are really very decent if you ever get to be reeve of your municipality it will only be then that you will really know how many kinds of people you have in the town there are the noncomplaining longenduring folk who should make complaint but never do it then there is the fellow who always tips you off on what someone is trying to put over usually if you pay too much attention to his tips you will be upset badly and probably for no good reason at all exceptional habits the cleveland man who is reported to have drunk coffee 48 times a day and smoked four cigars or pipes of tobacco an hour for more than 30 years and yet lived to the ripe old age of 95 seems to have been one of those excep tions that prove the rule for normal human habits once in a while instances occurr of individuals who violate all the rules of correct eating and yet live to a good old age in the above example coffee drinking and smoking provided the ingredients for the exception the average coffee drinker is satisfied with a great deal less than 48 cups a day as for smoking few men who consider themselves inveterate smokers would approach the hourly rate of four cigars one is inclined to wonder how the man found time for anything else yet he is said to have operated a cigarmaking establishment until he was 85 our capital correspondent with the session of canadas parliament having lasted over five months and during extremely un comfortable weather of the past summer there are stories circulat ing on parliament hill that consid erable opinion favours some arrangement whereby a change will be made so that future session would start and end in a way to avoid an allsummer sitting in the intense heat of this nations capital where it is no secret that many members or senators have not been happy over losing their summer vacations the food and agricultural organization of the united nations organization meeting in copen hagen and having a large canadian delegation of over 16 officials in cluding agriculture minister gar diner present at its gatherings will have as its main point of discussion among the 42 member nations the immediate and long term food prob lems one of its most important items from a long range viewpoint this being of intense interest to canadians will be the proposal to establish an agricultural adjust ment administration to guard against the suffering and wastage caused by shortages and surpluses in the world together with protec tion for farmers of the world against future depressions it was first discussed at a meeting in quebec where it was reported this body would be known as world food board having the funds and authority to step up production in needy areas and to organize balanc ed production as well as distribu tion of basic foods in short it would be a giant cooperative effort as proposed in order that member nations may be enabled to contri bute to the board and to act where necessary without long complicat ed international discussions a bill has been passed by parlia ment so that salaries of judges appointed by the dominion and provincial governments would now get increases of onethird the salaries which run as high as 815000 per annum proper demolition of wartime temporary buildings throughout canada and salvage of their mater ials is helping the housing shortage in this country according to the president of the war assets cor poration jhberry who disclosed details of- these operations during an interview in ottawa revealing that there is generally a priorities officer attached to the work and he the old home town by stanley v thnew eailroap passensei cars will rave full length mniows andaiw-cowitlomrm- say by thway- its w turn to sleep onrri summer jail oest sees that materials are allocated to contractors in the district building houses indeed some of the mater ials reclaimed from such demoli tion projects were shown to be fairly impressive in quantities such as 4938761 board feet lumber 1 209748 square feet composition wall board 21934 feet galvanized water pipe and numerous other articles including oil pipe toilets and tanks basins sinks electric wire reflectors nails doors screen doors storm sashes rock wool- bricks radiators and so forth justice minister st laurent has reported in ottawa that the peni tentiary commissioner has been travelling about visiting penal institutions in canada and commun icating with officials of the attorneys general of the provinces making a verbal report to the justice minister in ottawa after each trip he also hinted that there was an expressly stated desire to bring about closer cooperation among the enforcement officers of the country canadian education is assuming a greater role in these days said m j coldwell leader of the ccf at a meeting in ottawa of the can adian teachers federation of which he was a past president and secre tary the future of our country depends on an educated and weli- informed citizenship he said mr gordons suggestion that wage increases breaking prices is a myth instead of a fact declared pat conroy chairman canadian con gress of labor wage committee in testifying before a committee in this capital referring to donald gordon chairman wartime prices and trade board this is the in evitable precursor to the steady rise of an authoritarian state and the end of freedom as we know it remarked senator t a crerar in the course of a sharp critical attack on the foreign exchange control bill aiming to continue this war- born bodys operations with the former senior minister of the kins government criticizing outside advisers used by the government in certain matters the mis guided idea of some scientists that in the near future cities would be heated by atomic energy is not practical said in ouawa dr leo marion mbe attached to the national research council here i dont mean that we should unite as an isolationists bloc said the famous cuban political analyst of that countrys largest newspaper dr miquel demarcos while visiting canadas capital isolationism is dead forever but i believe that we should get together we of the western hemisphere and extend our help to those less fortunate countries wptb questions and answers q we are a family of four and will receive about 20 lbs of sugar when the extra sugar coupons are declared valid on sept 19 why cant we get at least part of this sugar on sept 5 in order to can an extra supply of peaches a there are not enough sugar coupons available in ration book 5 to take care of a further supply ration book no 6 will be valid on sept 19 and the new sugar coupons in this book will be used for the purchase of this extra sugar there are many late fruits which will still be available for canning pur poses as late as sept 19 and in the meantime you could use your complete supply of sugar for peaches knowing that you are able to replace it- q my husband returned from overseas a week ago and receiv ed a priority to purchase his civilian suit they did not give him one for shirts and i under stand he should have received this as shirts are so hard to get a sorry there are no priority certificates issued for the pur chase of shirts retailers have been extremely fair about sav ing available supplies for re turned men and we think if your husband presents his dis charge papers at a mens wear store he will be able to purchase a shirt q i nave a piece of land about four acres which i have rented for a couple of years at s10 a year another party has offer ed me 23 am i allowed to rent at a higher rate a farm properties are exempt from the price ceiling regula tions you could rent this land at whatever price you like q is there a price ceiling on cann ed chop suey my grocer has recentlv raised the price 10c a tin a this was one of the food items removed from price ceiling regulations and dealers may now set their own prices q i will be away from toronto during the time when the new ration books are being dis- editors mail mr editor dear sir you will find 2 enclosed for our renewal of the tribune it is looked forward to eagerly each week for it is here where we keep abreast of the ever changing personnel of the various sections of which we are familiar we note with pleasure how many of our friends have re turned from world war ii we have just returned from our holidays spent at cleveland attend ing the glad nations theocratic assembly i noticed a piece in the tribune concerning the assemblys trailer camp so just to give you an idea of the magnitude and strength of the royal theocratic government i am sending you a copy of the messenger and awake magazines incidentally the mammoth stad ium where we congregatedis where bob feller pushes em up and boy what a park that is seating capac ity 82000 the main lecture adver tised for sunday the 11th entitled prince of peace saw the stadium filled also the spacious bleachers people from every country in the world were there in behalf of all persons of good will throughout the territory of markham and whitchurch i cer- beer not on permit a fine of 100 and costs was the penalty meted out to ivan foster georgina township charged with having beer in his possession not purchased on his permit in police court newmarket by magistrate w f woodliffe dairy cows tunnel the australian news reports that one of the items in the setup of a newly completed modern dairy at whyalla south australia is a tun nel in which fans are installed to create a 50 mileanhour wind the cows are trained to go through this tunnel and go straight to the milk ing machines in a concrete milking shed all flies are blown olt the cows in the tunnel so that milking pro- ceeds in comfort delegates named s b griffith and rev g h bache newmarket have been appointed to attend a conference to be held this fall when the question of the union of the free methodist church and the wesleyan metho dist church will be discussed the appointments were made at the free methodist conference at ux- bridge wednesday mr griffiiths is a native of brock twnship having been born at wil frid he is also a former uxbridge tainly would be pleased if you high school student and one time i the free methodist would set aside a space in your paper for a description of the glad nations theocratic assembly once again i say how much we enjoy the tribune hope it con tinues to grow in popularity and size lou lehman tributed would it be possible for me to obtain my new book be fore i leave the city a no you will be able to ob tain your new book wherever you are in canada there will be distribution centres all over t he country but remember to take along your old book minister church 50 tons coal afire peril to buildings king aug 24 fire originating in 50 tons of coal in the coal and grain sheds located near king station caused unestimated damage much of the coal had to be moved to another place to prevent spread ing of the fire to buildings sept ration calendar sept sugarpreserves butter meat 5 r20 q- 3 12 r21 q- 4 19 s26 27 28 29 30 m51 26 b20 m52 paint up brush and spray work on churches barns or factories house painting and houses kvporienrrd workmanship estimates given frrrly a heaton son gormlcy ontario phone stoiiffviile 7315