Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), November 11, 1948, p. 4

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the tribune stouffville ont- thursday november 11 lis didnt hang bible or club over heads of 7 mother to teach children to do what is right is the responsibility of parents whether they live in the city or the country is the opinion j of mrs john jarvis of agincourt who has raised seven husky sons who neither drink nor smoke and who was interviewed by a city reporter mrs jarvis sons range in ages from 23 to 39 six of them are married and they have nine daugh ters among them only one the youngest is left on the farm last week the seven boys joined their father in a plowing match near agincourt there is no basic difference in the problems confronting a mother who raises children in a town or on a farm mrs jarvis believes bringing up children you try to do what is right she said none of my boys has ever been in any trouble they were always lively hardworking and full of energy in raising them my husband and i not only tried to teach them what was right but we made them look to do whats right as mrs jarvis looks back over the 3 years the family has lived in one house she sees a panorama of happy family life she says with pride that her boys still like to come home there is willis 39 donald 38 russell 3d richard 33 norman 31 herbert 25 and leon ard 23 willis has two daughters russell has four norman one and herbert twin daughters mrs jarvis recalled that her children always went to sunday school regularly she remembers her husband occasionally reading the bible to his family but neither the bible nor a club hung over their heads she said plowing a straight furrow is as important in life as it is in the field said john jarvis father of the seven sons mr jarvis was looking over the furrows plowed recently by his sons in the east york plowmens association match near agincourt every one of the seven jarvis boys is an expert plowman who could enter the hottest competi tions said an official of the assoc iation it must be a great thing for a man to raise seven sons who are all such experts with a plow mr jarvis thinks that if he has had any success in raising his sons and he really thinks highly of his boys it is due to the efforts of himself and his wife to point out the right way to them but i do think it may be easier on a farm to raise children than it is in the city the father declared on the farm the boys are kept uk kts abound the young marquess of mil- ford haven david michael mountbatten who recently has been pictured squiring miss sharman douglas daughter of the us ambassador to britain is shown arriving at la guardia field new york he served as best man at the wed ding of princess elizabeth and prince philip and his name was once romantically linked with princess margaret rose hes in the us on business use the stick very much on the boys mrs jarvis said i remem ber one occasion when four or five of them were in the barn their father had left the barn but just as he got out he turned around and went back in the boys thought he had gone and one of them said a swear word my husband took a stick to him that time and warned the boys about swearing i have never overheard one of them say a swear word since that day even to this day if i hear one of them use a slang word i check him on it big as he is the importance of home life was stressed by mrs jarvis by home life she said that she meant the home should be attractive and interesting to children the third son russell said we just grew up russell said he did not recall during his upbringing any severe discipline or any lack of discipline he just was not con scious of discipline as such he said as far as i know none of us drinks or smokes russell stated i suppose any one of us may have had a smoke but we dont smoke alcohol busier helping in the fields and doing chores there isnt so much habitually tobacco and in a rural area to keep boys out at were not used at home night the farm children stay closer usod l0 sm0 but he quit to home because the boys didnt like him my husband was never one to doing it mrs jarvis said the fine quality automobile thats the combination you get in a engineering that only britain morris letusshowyouthescmoms produces the economy in running cars today and convince you costs and upkeep that only an that theyre the soundest propoi 8 hp or 10 hp car gives tion in cars youve ever come across leaskdale garage 7 miles north of uxbridge phone uxbriciue 162r15 v a pickering deputyreeve doesnt like system of electing warden an attack on the usefulness of position hard are not always apparent the canadian senate and county rea hj councils was launched in ontario l count v council wednesday by drn mcewen deputy reeve of picker- the surface i have known ing township leases where a person would harbor these two nonelective bodies s uiui sometime later and are jut a big joke said the docl il wouid be that p tor we are just a bunch of dissenting vote on some question rubber stamps carrying out gov- k lhe s 0i the county which eminent orders i would favor p dt a good thing entire- petitioning the provincial govern- ike to tr and keepodate on ment to do awav with the obsolete these matters the average man system of electing the warden by becomes v- open ballot the system tends to ll create dissension and iliwill i mr noble lets remember that recommend the use of a secret we are here primarily for the good ballot all these things should be of the county not as representa- corrected but we just sit here andtives of our own small municipal take it j interests dr mcewen also complained through all these discussions about inequalities in representation constant reference kept turning on as to voting power william ei the subject of assessment and noble said that he was not worried several times thomas harding on this score since minority attempted to have a time set for roup also had a right to a strong discussion of assessment matters mokij citizen too voice in affairs but he called atten tion to the assessment schedule which brought out more discrep- encies in representation clerk william manning called attention to the municipal act which limits pickering township in this case to a maximum of four votes no matter how much more its population increases thomas harrison of thorah and d b mclntyre of whitby took exception to the statement that the method of electing the warden led to bad feelings in council but nevertheless they supported a change to secret ballot with some heat dr mcewen which are always uppermost in his mind dr mcewen changing the sub ject we heard yesterday that we cannot direct the assessor who knows better than the members of this council the values of land in the communities where they live we are the people in the best posi tion to tell the assessor what cer tain lands are worth mr harding dont forget this council has the power to hire and fire and to make recommendations to the assessor ave have failed in our duty in seeing that the asses sor carried out our recommenda tions its nice to be the head of the house but tough to have the head aches that go with it as the brandon sun observes our great unfinished business seems to be the houses started the press recently carried a story about a man who climbed a tree to escape an angry bull and rammed his head into a hornets nest lifes like that miss virginia faith davis daughter of meyer davis prominent orchestra leader and a wellknown concert soprano is shown at phila delphia pa after her return from paris where she received a world citizenship identifica tion card from hei brother garry davis who renounced his american citizenship to be come a man without a country the brother is now organizing a world citizenship group in paris miss davis sang the national aiitnem at the open ing of the republican conven tion last june why doesnt a candidate wind up a campaign speech thus i have promised you everything i can think of and if i have over looked anything please consider that promised also dkkk season opexkd monday the deer season opened in lindsay district on monday game overseer fred walton announced that the season would extend from november sth to 23rd inclusive he says there will also be an open season on partridge from novem ber 13th to 23rd inclusive one deer is the quota per hunter and five partridge the limit to be bagged by a sportsman in one day the game overseer warns that this year it is necessary to attach a special metal seal supplied for the purpose to the tendon of each deers leg before it is transported out of the bush the serial num ber on the seal corresponds with that of the hunters license num ber and failure to attach it to the carcass makes the animal subject to seizure vancouver shipping is benefited by orders requiring 50 shiploads of wheat this winter for india and south africa hi il vim hh a new travel ration period november 16th as announced by the minister of finance the regulations governing the use of us dollars for travel continue in force as in the past it will be necessary for canadians to obtain a permit from their bank if they wish to take out of canada more than 10 us or more than 25 in us and canadian currency combined reports show that the saving of us dollars made pos sible by travel rationing can be expected to amount to between 40 and 50 million during the period novem ber 1 6th 1 947 to november 1 5th 1 948 this substantial sum was thus made available for the purchase of many essential supplies and commodities during this time the regulations governing the amount of us dollars available for different travel purposes are outlined below pleasure travel the maximum amount of us dollars which any canadian resident may obtain for pleasure travel purposes during the twelve months beginning november 16th 1948 is si 50 in the case of children of eleven years and under the amount is si 00 there is no restriction on the number of trips as long as the annual allotment is not exceeded any us dollars obtained for one trip and not used on that trip must be brought back to canada and exchanged for canadian dollars at the travellers bank immediately on his return no credit for funds thus turned back can be allowed against the annual ration for subsequent trips isusiness travel applications for us dollars for business travel must include a certification by the employer that the travel is in his business interests reasonable amounts of us dollars may be obtained for this purpose border travel a canadian resident may take out of canada without a permit up to 25 in currency of which not more than 10 is in us currency for this purpose he may purchase up to 10 us in any calendar month this is in addition to the annual travel ration further information available at any bank or from foreign exchange control board montreal ottawa toronto windsor vancouver utvd under authority of th government of conoda joy beauty salon next to post office permanent waving individual styling razor shapinq phone 9sw2 stouffville xoe 30doi for your requirements in baled hay and straw see maple lodge farms phone 4707 stouffville rr1 eroi 30e30i s2q mayfair restaurant monday thru friday 8 am 11 pm saturday 8 am 12 pm till x mm mm m mm stouffville sand gravel limited are prepared to supply your requirements of crushed gra vel sand concrete gravel pit run delivered or at the bin plant phone s8sj office phone 370 oeoooodoockcooeai stouffville floral roses wedding bouquets funeral designs cut flowers milt smith prop

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