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the stouffville tribune established 1883 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations authorized as second class mall post office department ottawa issued every thursday at stouffville ontario in canada 200 in usa 250 a v nolan son publishers notes and comments rural church backbone of the community talk is circulating that more urban churches should be built and that consequently fewer rural churches should be supported by the various religious bodies we agree with the cobourg sentinelstar when it says this indeed seems very drastic and unwise to deprive the rural areas of their little ivycovered places of worship is to cut out the very spirit of the rural community it is known that people are forsaking the land for the steel and cement of cities surely to close the country church doors could do no more than hasten the exodus on the other hand what the ecclesiastical powers-that- be should be doing is looking for means of encouraging the people to- stay on the lands steps are being taken in many places to rejuvenate the little churches such as have taken place in recent years in our own district there is nothing to equal a little country church from it emanates the light and foundation of the community parents are not reluctant to bring their children along to the country church they have no fear of harsh frowns such as they might expect amid the pomp and circumstance of a big city cathedral mothers enter into the work of the wa and the wms and on sundays not only mother and children but father is conspicuous by his presence to discourage this serene spirit of friendship and co operation would be indeed disastrous to wholesome rural life the country church as always is a step forward in community life faith in our banks canadians have solid confidence in their chartered banks this is demonstrated in the growth of deposits on sept 30 1949 the chartered banks had 6915000000 deposited with them in 7915700 savings and current accounts in 1939 soon after the outbreak of the war deposits totalledl709000000 in 4161897 accounts these figures mean that in the 10year period the number of deposit accounts increased by 3753803 or 90 per cent while the volume of deposits increased 5206000000 or 304 per cent it is interesting to note that in the first time in more than a century the right of note issue will cease as ai integral part of commercial banking in canada at the end of january j u boyer president of the canadian bankers association points out that at that time the chartered banks must pay to the bank of canada the face value of their outstanding notes thereafter the bank of canada will become responsible for the redemption of all bank notes that will make the bank of canada the sole bank of issue the quebec farmer awakening many canadians have the impression that the quebec farmer is a halfcentury behind the rest of the country in his farming practices there are visions of slowmoving oxen tilling the soil with cumbersome plows the habitant is thought of as someone from the pages of a history of medieval europe no picture however can be farther from the truth in the last 10 years the quebec farmer has made remark able progress in scientific agriculture although one might see the odd team of oxen at work in some remote areas of gaspe most of the heavy work is now done by tractors the horse cart has given way to theautomobile as a mode of conveyance to church and village many municipalities are keeping secondary roads plowed during winter to enable rural residents to make yearround use of their cars according to the rural electrification bureau of que bec 50 per cent of farm homes in the province have been electrified compared to 21 per cent in 1940 this has allowed the installation of electricallyoperated machines refriger ators washing machines and radios the canadian institute of plumbing and heating re ports that of the 150000 quebec farm homes 166 per cent have indoor plumbing 25 per cent inside running water and 44 per cent hand water pumps inside the house bell telephone statistics reveal that 45 per cent of quebecs rural establishments now have telephones com pared to 27 per cent five years ago use of commercial fertilizers pesticides and other agri cultural chemicals has increased considerably over the past 10 years which has resulted in larger yields and better crops ah this indicates that jean baptiste is fast moving up front in canadas farm parade new use fok cidek apparently a new use has been found for apple cider according to information released at the annual meeting of the potato association of america recently held in kansas city a paper entitled flavour in potatoes as influenced by organic insecticides brought forth the interesting information that apple cider was used between each sample tasted jar possible taint caused by the chemicals used in the control of soilborn insects attacking the potato crop just how much cider was consumed during the course of a days tasting was not disclosed to the thirsty listeners but it was revealed that the cider definitely sdeeded up the tasting process and that the prac tice had much to recommend it looking back over fifjl years by lewis milligan this is the jubilee yer of the twentieth century at its birth the victorian period ended with the death of the great white queen in the midst of the south africa war and from thence began the most troubled and sensational fifty years in the history of civilization the troubles began before the first great war with political and industrial un rest and strained international relations in europe socialism was raising its head in britain and labor disputes grew more and more intense resulting in nation wide strikes and a depression up until the outbreak of the war in 1911 germany had suppressed the socialist movement by absorbing most of its ideas under a militar ized system of government and was preparing to challenge britain in a war for world power kipling had sung most of his songs of empire which concluded with the solemn note of warning in lest we forget in literatuie britain had emerged from the decadent gay nineties and the vogue of oscar wilde had ended in reading jail wells was in the ascendant with his scientific fan- asies conan doyle was telling of the midnight exploits of sherlock holmes through the gaslit fogs of london and marie corelli and hall caine were turning out serialized romantic novels for the millions joe chamberlain arthur balfour asquith and the fiery lloyd george were the outstanding political leaders while the daring young churchill was winning or using his spurs as a free lance meanwhile science was reaping the harvest of nineteenth century research and inventions and apply ing them to practical purposes in chemistry and mechanics this development was speeded up by the first great war in mass pro duction of weapons of destruction for the first time man took to the air in warfare and the aeroplane was launched upon its rapid flight to perfccion as a means of trans portation while means of commun ication were extended by wireless the forerunner of the world- encircling radio system of the present day and also of radar canada at the beginning of the century was barely out of her swaddling clothes as a nation having been born in confederation only 33 years before the popula tion of the dominion was little more than 5 million but a heavy movement of immigration began in 1902 which extended to 1913 nearly 3 millions being admitted during that period this movement was responsible for the opening- up of the prairie provinces whicli were sparsely populated fifty years ago the yukon gold rush was over the rich silver deposits at cobalt were discovered leading to an intensive prospecting of the precambrian shield and the development of the gold mines of porcupine and kirkland lake and to the great nickel industry at sudbury canadas immense industrial development may thus be said to have begun with this century all these are physical and material development but great progress has also been made in the past fifty years in education in literature and the arts universities public and private schools and libraries have sprung up as if by magic across the dominion since the beginning of the century unfortunately too many of the best products of these institutions scholars writers artists musicians and technicians have gone into the wider field of the united states but their influence is not entirely lost to canada the very fact that so many of these young canadians have risen to high positions in the professions and in business over the line is a tribute to the high standards of our cultural institu tions and their personal influence has been the means of creating a better understanding and fellow ship between the two neighboring peoples when the complete story of the past fifty years comes to be written panada will stand out as a striking example of what can be accomplished by free enterprise modern equipment added to canadian national fleet cnr is biggest user of diesel loco- thirtyeight units of modern sleep ing car equipment and louee cars were added to service in 1949 avl 79 are scheduled for this year cnr carried 19 million revenue passengers last year motive power in canada system total is now 148 units and 26 addi tional are on order road diesels are being tested in transcontinental passenger service more than 2900 new freight carunits were added to service in 1949 new equipment included gondolas triple hoppers reefers tanks box and auto mobile cars cnr moved nearly 77 million revenue tonsof freight last year unrolling delicate job on lost book ok bible a harvard university art expert had the delicate- job last week of attempting to restore a lost book of the bible rutherford j gettens an archae ological chemist of fogg museums conservation department will try to unroll the ancient manuscript which may fill the gaps between the story of the creation and the flood if the 18inch dried up scroll lives up to expectations it will be the most important biblical discov ery in modern times the 2000- yearold manuscript is owned by archbishop athanaseus yeshue samuel syrian orthodox metro politan of jerusalem and hashe- mite jordori who bought it from a tribe of bedouins written in the language of christ it tells of the prophet lantech who was the son of methuselah and father noah lantech supposedly lived 777 years and the lost book is expected to detail more events up to the time of the flood as well as noahs early life the manuscript was found in 1947 by wandering arabs in a cave near the dead sea it was one of eight scrolls including a 24foot long manuscript on the book of isaiah i dont know whether this fourth aramaic manuscript as we call it now can be unrolled gettens said glue in the leather has become so solidified that none of the normal chemical solvents seem to work if he succeeds the scroll will be translated by the american schools of oriental research at yale university ities to decide what is best for all concerned he stated such a meeting should be profitable to all and prove of benefit to the greatest number we must be broad in our views and look into the future the minister pointed out when carmen brault 21 of val morin announced her engagement to leo gravel with whom she is shown above she struck the first off note in a sixyear long melody for the brault family mr and mrs brault and their five daughters form an orchestra which plays strictly modern music and has attracted dancers from miles around carmen plays trumpet and violin at the laurentian resort of which her fiance is manager another daughter denise 19 is also expected to become engaged soon tmtttttlftttttftm your singer representative will be in your district every second day guaranteed new and used singer sewing machines new singers 8950 and up easy budget terms repairs to all makes complete line of sewing needs for prompt courteous service please write or phone singer sewing machine co 102 main st newmarket ont phone 1075 we are the only authorized singer agents in this district ees3 sbcbec exs5cs33 irtxyiiiixic the old home town by stanley no big stick being wielded on amalgamation project prov minister dunbar states despite press reports to the con trary hon george dunbar minis ter of municipal affairs for ontario denied that the province wields the big stick over the suburban municipalities annex ation project speaking at the inaugural banquet of the north york township council mr dun bar stated that the representatives of the 13 municipalities in the greater toronto area should get together in a friendly manner and discuss the many and various problems for a satisfactory equit able solution and possibly unifica tion of some essential services such as water sewage disposal transportation etc before any action is taken by the province representatives of the municipali ties will be asked to meet with members of the provincial govern ment headed by hon lesliefrost premier to discuss the situation 1 he said it is up to the municipal- please god not to mine not to mine this horrible crippler nof to mine this thing with the long scientific name poliomyelitis this thing that means misery and pain in the language of the little ones not to mine to wear a brace to hobble to limp not to mine to hear the laughter of others to watch them at play to cry the bitter tears of childhood lost forever please god not to mine and let me help those to whom it does come this crippler this destroyer let me give to help the helpless let my dollars and my prayers go with these little ones that some day some time children everywhere will walk without fear free of childhoods greatest enemy poliomyelitis i am glad i have the privi lege of giving to the canadian march of dimes give to the canadian march of dimes the canadian foundation for poliomyelitis 410 bloor st east toronto 5 contributed in the service of the community by gbewers since 1832 j