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se the tribune stouffville ont thursday march 2 1950 the stouffville tribune established 1888 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 adults offend too we know from experience that children are hard on furni ture and on walls but we also know from experience that few children leave cigarette burns on floors or spill drinks on the best rugs inilicting this particular type of damage is strict ly an adult pastime it might be easier for landlords if humans hatched from an egg fully grown and well mannered at the age of 21 but so far this is not a practical system and we must face children as they are we know property owners have every right to take them or leave them alone but what a happy tiling it would be if they decided to take them the costly new marboleum laid in the york county coun cil chambers on adelaide street toronto show cigarette or tobacco burns due to carelessness of some stupid smoker who dropped hot ashes on the new floor talk about children de stroying furniture if any evidence is needed by us to indicate that some grown tips are even worse than children we look at those burns down in the york county building the careless ness exhibited there may not necessarily have been caused by members of the council since numerous visitors are in the rooms from time to time shoe fashions fashions in shoes have changed greatly since the turn of the century in recent years particularly the accent has been on comfort fifty years ago white shoes first appeared as a summer fashion womens shoes had long pointed toe wide laces or buttons french heels were popular and patent leather or thin french kid was in great demand men even more conservative then than they are now wore high black shoes in winter low oxfords in summer casual shoes designed for comfort and coolness were far in the future during the years shoe fashions and habits changed quickly before 1011 toothpick points had gone out of style in 1910 the bulldog toe arrived buttoned shoes were still worn by women but not by men who preferred high laced shoes heels were spindle shaped and many slippers had ribbon lacings bows were on the large side between 1920 and 1950 the shoe industry made its greatest advances elasticized leather novelty leathers and new fabrics and other materials for uppers wedge heels plastics carved wooden heels were introduceed greater coordination was developed between costume and shoe colors new lasts and new shoemaking processes came to the fore the canadian shoe in 1950 is a vastly different product than it was at the beginning of the century uiihonoied and unsung the pig appears to have been getting the worst of it for a long time in prose and verse it lias been the emblem of gluttony and the synonym of grossness caricaturists have for years em ployed its heavy jowls and rolling corpulency as malignant symbols for all manner of human greed boated plutocracy and political corruption by word of mouth its other detractors have made it the vehicle of sovereign contempt by likening their worst enemies to a swine about all the poor lowly pig has been given credit for is a grunt whether of gratitude or satiety is something that still seems to remain in the realm of doubt wherefore it may come as a surprise to learn that the pig is a valiant creature and can play the hero when the crisis is such as to summon the best within it at least a mother pig on an illinois farm demonstrated that she had nothing to learn from human beings when it came to maternal love and the in calculable levies this sublime attribute is capable of bearing when the demands are made upon it the hamilton spectator tells of a barn which took tiro on a suburban farm not far from chicago wjien firemen readied the scene they saw a sow emerge from the laming structure carrying in her mouth a tiny pig just a few days old for a second and a third time she went back into that raging lire and came out with a second and a third pig from her litter then she entered for a fourth rescue but the flames were evi dently too fierce for her she never came out again not a bad display of that greater love was it little wonder that firemen and spectators choked a bit with emotion as they told about it little wonder either thai they felt they had witnessed an incident of splendor that somehow tended to dwarf them rare heads al minerals the practice of tipping the hat as a mark of respect is said by an encyclopaedia to have originated in the days when men wore helmets on entering a house a warrior took off his hel met to indicate that he trusted the people within not to attack him and held out his hand to show he was not carrying wea pon it is an interesting if somewhat doubtful explamion but who originated tljp custom of baring the head at funerals and why and was it in a climate such as canadas funerals are known to be the cause of addition funerals people go to them in a depressed state of mind fair targets for the colds which so many of them contract as a result of stand ing bareheaded at the graveside it is done as a mark of respect for the deceased but sometimes at a price which the deceased would not have liked a friend to pay there is no necessity for it people respect the memory of the dead just as much with their hats on as with their hats off some ministers especially at winter services ask those waiting outside the church or standing by the grave to keep their hats on their heads it is a course which should be followed of toner that still small voice conscience is said to make cowards of us all and an un known man sent 25 cents to a retired farmer in xapanee be cause some 13 years ago he stole a few apples from the mans orchard if all of us were to he tormented with a conscience like that the post office would be swamped with demands for money orders for small amounts between 10 cents and a dollar per haps less perhaps more there can be few adults including many tine preachers of the gospel who could put their hands over their hearts and know that they never filched apples or other fruits from a far mer or a market gardener or from a neighbors garden in their boyhood days they were finite good boys who would not have dreamed of committing a theft but picking a few apples or a handful of berries was looked upon as a boyish prank and nothing else conscience has been described as the minister of justice within the soul it is a potent factor in keeping men and women from doing wrong and choosing the right the man who reimbursed the napanee farmer must have suffered terribly since he took those apples wed hate to have that peccadillo gnawing at our vitals all that time drat the man ever since we read about his noble act of retribution we can think of half a dozen people we ought to send 25 cent postal order to and the only thing that keeps us from rushing down to the post office is the knowledge tfiat the persons to whom the orders should be payable have been dead for decades it consoles us to reflect however that they in their young day probably did the same to somebody else and never suffer ed a iualm of conscience government does not want pension property a person can own a home or other property and still be eligible for the old age pension hon wm a goodfellow minister of public welfare pointed out when com menting on a recent court case in toronto the case was that in which an elderly couple sued their daughter to recover their home it was brought out in the evidence the parents had assigned the house to their daughter under the misappre hension that ownership would pre vent them from obtaining a pen sion mr goodfellow said the govern mem does not take the property of pensioners on the contrary it does all within its power to pro tect their interests in a home or land they may own this protee lion takes the form of the govern ment reserving the right to approve of the sale or disposition other wise approval is always given when the sale price is fair and equitable a typical case in point was that of a pensioner who owned three acres in an area adjacent to a large centre for which he tenta tively agreed to accept s00 inves tigation showed the property if subdivided was valued between 7000 and 8500 when the sale was ultimately made the pensioner re ceived not ss00 but 0000 without having to subdivide another case but without the happy result was that of a man who owned a farm which he gave to his son in the belief that tie would always have a place to stay without having the responsibility of managing the place within a short period the son sold the farm its equipment and livestock for 20000 and left the country the father now penniless is in a home for the aged and cannot qualify for a pension because of the transfer of property within five years of date of application had lie been a pensioner the gov ernment would have guarded his property under the federal old age pen sion act which is administered by the provinces there is a provision which requires the governments to recover from the estate of a per son the amount of pension paid during his or her lifetime after funeral expenses reasonable debts and testamentary expenses have been allowed however in most instances no claim is made for a refund of pen sion against the first 2000 of any estate favourable consideration is also given for the amount of regular contribution made by any person towards the support of a pensioner provided the assistance continued during the last three years in which the pension was paid the old age pensions commisj sion is deeply concerned over thej increasing number of applications it is receiving in which the appli cant has transferred property just prior to applying for pension un der these conditions it is impossi ble to deal with the application and explanation only leads to mis understanding on behalf of the ap plicant who believes that the com mission will take his property if he retains it in his name for this reason the commission requests all pensioners to make a will en suring that the property will pass to whomever they desire in families where the children assume their responsibility toward their parents in their reclining years they may be assured that this care will be favourably consi dered when the parents estate is being probated too few people mr goodfellow added are aware that this arrange ment can exist without affecting eligibility of the pensioned to re ceive the pension voice of prophecy questions and answers column no 30 question i cant see how the whole life of christ can be given in books as short as matthew or john how can it be answer it isnt how manv other signs truly did jesus in the presence of his disciples which are not written in this book but these are written that ye might believe that jesus is the christ the son of god and that believing ye might have life through his name john 20 30 31 q dont you think we will all be so frightened when christ re turns that we will just run and hide a not everybody those who are looking for him will be glad isaiah 259 says and it shall be said in that day io this is out- god we have waited for him and he will save us this is the lord we have waited for him we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation those who try to hide will be the unprepared see revelation 61117 q does fulfill in matthew 517 is mean to do away with a- the apostle pauls idea of fulfill is fully to preach colossians 125 margin christ fulfilled the law in this respect for he taught the law of god as no one had ever taught it be fore think not that i am come to destroy the law or the prophets i am not come to de stroy but to fulfil for verily 1 say unto you till heaven and earth pass one jot or one tittle shall in wise pass from the law till all be fulfilled matthew 517 18 q arent all of us children of god whether we are good or bad a in the sense that god is the creator and sustainer of all life yes in the spiritual sense no spiritually only those are the sons of god who are described in such scriptures as roman 814 15 for as many as are led by the spirit of god they are the sons of god for ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear but ye have receiv ed the spirit of adoption where by we cry abba father and galatians 326 for ye are all the children of god by faith in christ jesus the old home town by stanley were very hazy and we never really knew the inside as mrs pegg related it perhaps it might be in order to say that the writer was well known to the newton hill who carried his fathers mail and we can say that he died 17 years ago after having been employed in toronto for a long time he had often been mixed with your newton hill still in stouffville fhe world is better for such won derful enlightened people as mrs pegg and again we congratulate her on having gotten into print a bit of township history that could not be supplied by any other per son subscriber editors mail sincerely we congratulate mrs pegg for her wonderful love story recorded in your last issue to many of us in middle life the facts the old advice to keep your fences mended should be applied to your relationships with others suppose for instance that some one opposes you in some matter probably you will resent his atti tude you may even ridicule his views or fly off the handle even though you realize that in doing so you are only making matters worse whenever this happens dont justlet matters rest try to make amends admit that perhaps you were a little hasty in what you said admit too that the other fellow may have had a case if you win a dispute or an at tempt to get your own way with someone dont rub it in try to regain his goodwill and- do what you can to help him save face everibouys business by but if you should be the loser dont hold a grudge similarly fencemending is equally necessary when we wrong others or they wrong us in such cases we should try by expressing our regrets or letting bygones be bygones to keep all contacts friendly actually few matters are impor tant enough to warrant letting them impair your relationships with others in any way your life insurance plans too may need mending from time to time additions to the family the needs of growing children increased liv ing costs these and other changes suggest bringing your life insur ance plans uptodate with todays needs the call that wakes a nations heart p to action your contribution will extend red cross free blood transfusion service looking ahioai if youre planning to live until the year twothousand here are a few items you can look forward to cars will have their motors in the rear and the works will have become so compact the motor will take up only the space now needed for a portable typewriter plan travel will be as cheap as bus travel is now and therell be rocket ships available to fly those who want to see mars and venus close up dr gerald wendt former science director for the new york worlds fair makes the predictions which also include these additions a 21hour work week a life span of 85 to 00 years and average in comes of 12thousand dollars per year dr wendt says a factory in england already turns out com plete radio sets in a plant devoid of human workers the new world will use more time for sports religion recreation and culture provided of course that the scientists dont cancel the new world before the year two- thousand your gift in netxted to support kcd cross veterans services tickled rink the aces among scotlands salmon poaching fraternity have been known to tickle salmon to death they catch one laying close to shore tickle it back of the gills and start a nervous condition which makes the salmon rigid then they scoop it out of the water somewhere in canada someone in distress perhaps a little child is calling to you for help through your red cross answer generously from your heart give to aid in the neverending work you count on the red cross to do this year the need is urgent for 5000000 only you can give your share give from your heart and give all you can e wmur- wrw thk woiik of mkitcy nkvell ends fywtwmzf canadian bank of commerce stouffville ont eeiejhone 157