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the tribune stouffville ont thursday november 28 1946 wptb questions and answers acclaim kd fe j i am enclosing two clippings from our daily paper showing where our butter is going the prices board have been trying toool the pulic for a long time but we know you are selling butter to foreigners while the canadian housewife with a family is going short and some times without a we wish we could publish your entire letter space does not permit and your queries on income tax and remarks about government oflicials do not come within our jurisdiction however we do know some thing about butter the clipp ing which you enclosed shows that during the first six months of 1016 over one and a half i million pounds of butter werej exported from canada we do not know what you consider a foreigner but those living in j the countries where the butter j went are not foreigners to us tenders for new do you know that the foods school in whitby administration must find sixjake very high million pounds of butter every j a meeting of the whitby time a single coupon becomes board was called last week valid in the first six months town to open sealed tenders of this year more than 130 j building of the new public school million pounds of butter was five tenders received from local consumed in this country by outside contractors were dis- ration book holders the cussed and compared by the board amount exported would not but no bid has yet ueen accepted meet one ration coupon for the all bids received were in excess people of canada so you see it of the estimated 170000 and the was a very small percentage board appointed a committee to we are jiving in a hungry wait on the town council and ob- george todd returned to pick ering township council by ac clamation on fridav school in that for the world if we expect to i cetve sugar oils and other very j increasing countries we q- ietain their reaction to the need for the estimates if the day commodij planned building were to be erected d a wilson asked the architect why when the board had wanted a building within the estimated price that they had received plans for one which would cost more j b parkin stated that prices of material and labour was advancing so rapidly that in the case of build ing a school at richmond hill the price had changed from s8300 to 103000 in one month a nice problem mr parkin also presented the board with a nice problem in fin- last year the government was anc he po out that a school paying a subsidy on canned bu 20 years ago for 100000 borrowed at the then prevailing removed and the l srate of 6 per cent cost the ratepay ers more than a present day 200- 000 building at the new debenture rate of 2 per cent the moral be- i have a winter coat hind this story is that it is better altered and the dress- to give labor a little more now when necessary every ties from other lust be willing to share a little canadians are the best fed people in the world and we do not feel the rationing of butter has caused any great hardship q why is it that last year i could buy canned peaches from the chain grocery stores for 18c 20 oz can and this year i am being asked 21c peaches were cheaper this year and the price on sugar is still the same j fruit the subsidy has now been removed and the price was allowed to increase the amount of the subsidy is there a price control on alter ations being maker says she cannot give me it is cheap to borrow money than j labor is cheaper but when it is l a price until she has finished to defer building to the time when the job the dressmaker must noii- charge a higher price than she to induce tenders to loosen charged in 1911 for the same theil purse strings type of work each individual dressmaker has her own ceiling prices you can readily understand how difficult it would be to set an overall price on such work as depends so much on individual skill hospital patient six years dead patient at the brierbush hospital stouffville mrs rosa l collins died there on nov 21 after being confined to the institution six years on the very day of her death she i was a resident of richvale district hundreds will testify to the good wcst of y street and was a results obtained in tribune classi- wilow few relatives inter file advs ment was made at richmond hill cemetery your local cooperative presents the 1946 record of consolidation and progress of ontarios cooperative wholesale the united farmers cooperative co ltd over 200000 patronage returns for affiliates and farmer patrons 1 largest volume in the companys history with on increase of over two million dollars 2 earnings of over three hundred thousand dollars exceeding those of any previous year 3 substantial improvement in cash position bonk loans considerably reduced paid up capital and surplus accounts increased 4 launched new petroleum program 5 started hardware department and extended electric al deportment 6 established cooperative policy as o central market ing cooperative and consolidated poultry and dairy products departments to assist growing export trade 7 purchased building to accommodate coop universal milker s commenced canning fruit and vegetables 9 further extension of premix feed plant 10 established employee retirement annuity plan 11 continued support of such agencies as federation of agriculture cooperative union and farm radio forum 12 reached a total of 105 offiliaticn agreements with incorporated cocperotives in oil areas of ontorio except the far northwest reserve decision in brougham case judgment in the case of william knox of brougham charged with making a false statement to the unemployment insurance commis sion was reserved by magistrate f s ebbs in whitby court after evidence by both sides had been given and arguments heard the evidence showed that wil liam knox made application for unemployment insurance during a week in march when he was runn ing the post office in brougham and receiving money for it from the government j p mangan kc for the de fence brought out the fact that mr knox received his appointment as postmaster in february 1916 but had given the money to his wife who was actually running the place j according to mr knox the latter said he had bought a store and got the appointment as postmaster in that store for his son who was returning from overseas and that he himself had not been working steadily there he spent a good deal of his time on the farm of another son helping him get es tablished a statement which mr knox made to one of the unemploy ment agents revealed he was will ing to repay anything he had re ceived beyond his due but added he had not thought about mention ing the post office to the commis sion when he got it ralph a wallace for the insur ance commission brought forth sev eral documents to prove that the accused had accepted money from the post office department for runn ing the post office had applied for insurance during the week in question and had signed a state ment admitting doing so there were originally five charges against mr knox regarding false statements but one had been dis missed by the court previously while the other three had been withdrawn at the request of the hetl r ed by actearation milton burk who has been re turned as pickering township councillor for a third term do it right with sealtite sealtite rockwool home insultation blowing method district agent frank armstrong phone 28 cedar stajax stouffville 168 alfalfa hay wanted best price for good quality sample reesors marmill limited markham phone 96 piifpi mh iliaiitspifir 0sjb wwmms frank disney pickering town ship councillor was given an acclamation for a third term at fridays nomination we want your poultry eggs we sell direct- to the consumer you can be assured of the highest market price for these products get our prices eggs hickens fowl phone ducks whitby calves 336 hogs prosecution the present charge in volved a sum of around 15 pickering farms ltd whitby ontario phone whitby 336 day or night- thats an exceptionally fine ajpof tea fit dominion xdomino tea j 0 immmwtm oranges doz 25c floridasweet bursling with juice grapefruit 5 for 25c texas marsh seedless size 9fi domino tea 8 oz qcc 16 oz ctkt pkg jd pkg 0r medium old cheese lb 35 lemons doz 39c aylmer or soxonia cut mixed peel 8oz pkg 16 juicy california sunkist apples 6 for 29c mcintosh extra fancy size ss grapes lb 19c california red emperor yams 2 lbs 23c imported fresh quality tomatoes lb 19c california red ripe parsnips 4 lbs 25c washed firm and white celery 2 for 25c crisp green stalks carrots 3 lb 10c local washed lynn valley or green valley green peas 2 12 several brands is oz lac tomato juice quality clarks irish stew heat and serve tin 19 2 19 campbells vegetable soup 2 3 21 olympic spiced ham 12 oz tin 39 quaker jruiied wheat 2 pkgs l3 nellsoni cocoa i 19 u 29 solex lamps maxwell house allpurpose grind cotiee bag z3 bag 43 brunswick 25 40 60 r icc watt each 19 aylmer infant foods chicken haddie 14 oz tin 25 5 oz tin v whole evaporated apricots ib 49 values effective until clos ing saturday nov 80th quaker xxxx ss a 69 5249 all merchandise sold at your domin ion store is unconditionally guar anteed to give 100 sausfacuon