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the tribune stouftville ont thursday may 18 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 mail post office department ottawa issued every thursday at stouffville ontario in canada 200 in usa 250 a v nolan son publishers notes and comments coffee prices will be lower inside a year if the next brazilian crop is good a coffee merchant has declared crop coming to market in july of 1951 was termed the most critical in the history of the coffee business presumably he had in mind a danger of permanent lessening of the coffee habit if prices stayed high too long budget of more than 2 millions has been voted for year ahead by pan- american coffee bureau seeking to boost consumption wasteful publicity expenditures every day this newspaper office as well as every other such office is flooded with free publicity material from the canadian government one department or another is usual ly represented in the days mail and the material is fre quently outdated and only fills the baskets this is an interesting point in view of the fact that the taxpayers have been informed of the tremendous outlay involved by by the government in distributing this propoganda the truth of the matter is that modern news gathering facilities are so highly organized that for cumbersome gov ernment publicity agencies to try to keep pace is sheer folly in most instances the news which is mailed out from gov ernment departments has already appeared in the press or been tossed aside it is time that the department heads of canadas gov ernment realize that when the nations press desires infor mation relative to public business it will go after it so lets stop wasting good money in circulating this ancient history to the newspapers and end this needless drain on the tax payers pocketbook 5 a pound pepper says the housewife has gone up to 5 per pound the man of the household would have to be told the price of pepper at any time but it is an item in the budget of the household just why this astronomical price for this equatorial commodity why coffee is over 1 per pound is difficult to explain the was has been over for five years the product comes from the far east mostly from a plant with red berries taken from the stem and dried black pepper comes from piper nigrum the high price may well be clue to native unrest the fiveday week and 100 per month pension demands who knows our encyclopaedia says that ground pepper is gen erally highly adulterated and it certainly was more than that during the second great war however pepper in the grocery may not be worth 5 a pound on the baseball diamond it will be worth much more than that in the coming months as well as in other fields of endeavour st catharines standard newspaper mistakes every once in a while one hears the remark that news papers make too many mistakes well dont we all can you imagine that a newspaper making errors yes they certainly do make errors and heaps of them and so do people who criticize the mistakes made by newspapers consider for a moment if you will did you ever hear of the woman who forgot to put the tea in the teapot of hot water the woman who forgot to salt the potatoes or meat the lawyer who never lost a case because he made some mistake the clerk who never made an error putting up an order the doctor who never made a wrong diagnosis a postal employee who never put mail in the wrong box a carpenter who never sawed a valuable board off at the wrong place or the druggist who never oh well why bother thats the idea why bother to print the entire list but itwould be enlightening if some of the critics who make the most of petty mistakes in newspapers had opportunity to know about the hundreds of mistakes newspaper people correct for other persons every year kitchenerwaterloo record know the farmers an unusual course of instruction will be held this sum mer at the ontario agricultural college at guelph for the first time in the countrys history a class of rural clergymen of all denominations will receive instruction in soil conser vation field crops livestock management plant diseases and other practical farm topics the initiation of such a course is a forward step in deed in promoting closer harmony between the farmer and the nonfarmer but should it stop with clergymen about 6000000 of canadas population live in rural areas yet few urban residents completely understand the many problems a farmer must face each day few appre ciate the dawntodusk chores he must perform and the risks and uncertainties involved in producing and marketing farm commodities people employed in industry and commerce owe it to themselves to learn more about the activities of their coun try cousins while they may find it difficult to find time to attend a special agricultural course there are many other ways by which they can acquire such knowledge local civic groups can sponsor field days on nearby farms closer attention can be paid to farm news in their local newspaper a weekend trip to a farm opens new vistas before urban eyes at no time in canadas history is complete national unity so necessary cooperation between town and country is one way of bringing it about so get to know the farmer new library books fiction the gentle infidel sehoonover the kings cavalier sheila- barger three roads to valhalla stewart jubilee trail bristow the beckoning door seeley guns from powder valley field the tower and the town camp bell the white sail bassett the case of the platinum blond bush the case of the seven bells bush ghosts returning steele vittoria cottage steven son a bullet for my love cohen flowers on the grass dickens the drifting cowboy james the dark horse james the man from bar20 mulford brief gaudv hour barnes the hep burn westcott the white south innes the pink house white conflict renderleith mirage miller to every man a penny marshall the wonder of all the gay world liarke count the ways disney the cry of the wind hunter great mis chief pinckney chips off the old benchley benchley death stalks the range rider a few flowers for shiner llewellyn little boy lost laski castle in the swamp marshall the feast kennedy nonfiction the saskatchewan campbell the grandmothers coburn the child from five to ten gesell how to know the birds peterson the man from naz areth fosdick handicrafts and hobbies ickis shakespeare brown this i remember roosevelt dickens pearson crowded company gibbs edward bind ro e a grubin ro optometrists oshawa pictor stouffville mr bind ro at stouffville on mondays 9 am to 6 pm and any evening for- appointments with two or more phone oshawa 4221w reverse the charge mr grubin ro at stouffville every third monday as announced in the stouffville tribune and markham econo mist and sun 900 am to 900 pm a complete and frequent visual service phones oshawa 4221w stouffville 86j2 stouffville office over snowballs barber shop es2jhee5iaai32e 1umaxyiiik editor presented with cab toronto may 10 canadas weekly newspapers received an unusual honour in toronto today when a new canadianbuilt car was officially given the name the canadian statesman named for george w james widelyquoted canadian states man of bowmanville ont the new automobile is the first car oil the assembly line of the new plant of xash motors of canada limited say boots and shoes electric light or telephone service or a thousand and one other things we would arrive at a considerable sum of money but what useful point would be served the past is only of use in the light of what experi ence we have gained it is the future that matters not even the present because that passes all too editors mail jkorge todd reports it is always a healthy sign when public spirited citizens take an in terest together with their elected representatives in the overall ad ministration of the affairs of the community in which they live no government both that includes township council is infallible s see even tocla t0 and constructive criticism is a 1s i future and so it is ways welcome in a recent letter ito the press we noticed among other references the statement that there are many important matters confronting members of council there never was a truer statement made and as your de puty reeve i can truthfully state that all members of council are fully aware of all of these import ant matters however these are each so many problems and as such will yield to proper treatment and that is ex actly what members of council are constantly striving to do much reference has been made to roads members of council are fully aware loans to farmers increased 194 representing an increase of 5g per cent over the previous year 1 1775 canadian farmers during 1949 borrowed s458790so under the farm improvement loans act for the purchase of farm implements anil trucks livestock farm build ing and housing and for clearing and breaking land since 1915 farmers have borrowed over a hun dred million dollars through 111993 individual loans financed by char tered banks in canada under a par tial government guarantee nov that ball games are going strong again the nostalgic shout of the umpire is heard with strike one strike two strike three and your out its worth remember ing that in some situations there may be only one strike and that one permanent with no second innings thats traffic accidents put you out of good the case with strike one may this world for tsssssssss5s sisa4aa the future i think we should plan for we will have to plan for at least a pant of the road equipment to be permanently located in the south end of the township somej of the more heavily travelled roads will have to be paved more ditch ing will have to be done and more gravel used it should be borne in mind however that 17 mills is the 1950 allotment for road work a mill is a tenth of one cent and the main souce of revenue which the i township has is taxes there are many other important matters which council are currently deai- ing with nore the least of these is the wisest and most economical of the ravages caused by the spring attribution of the tax dollar in breakup coupled with the ever j fay and age anoreandmorej increasing motor traffic this is a big problem but rome wasnt built in a day and unfortunately neither can the roads be put in the shape that you and i want overnight this will take time coupled with much labour and ex pense however and regardless of possible opinions to the contary eggs wanted by reg grading station cases supplied and picked up at your door for a reference ask your neighbors about our grade price and prompt weekly returns eggs in small lots may be left at carload croceteria for our pickup write or phone p hutton grover 8970 40 kenworthy ave toronto 13 5sssss5s5ssssm demands are being made for ser vices of one kind and another all of which in their own place have a lot of merit but which coti money space only permits brief mention of some of these better fire protection is needed in certain areas water is also needed in certain areas if we are to success- the road superintendent together fully attract industry relief and with members of council have a i hospitalization costs are mounting programme mapped out t wll hive to lieav oiushare everything in their power forvalue to im prove the conditions of the roads and in as short a time as possible there is not much point in adding up what has been spent on this or that project over the years which have elapsed if you or i were to add up for any given number of years the money we have spent on of the cost of the new county home for the aged more about these matters in my next report the first chain food store in canada was established over co years ago by the late william car- col of hamilton ont t east0 roll dellgjiitfijli tij smme land this is aicans ims picture of the first aluminum plant in the british empire was taken in 1900 that was only 14 years after charles martin hall had discovered how to make aluminum cheaply by using electricity the plant was erected in semi- wilderness at shawinigan falls be cause the river was being harnessed to provide electricity aluminum was the first to use this power today shawinigan fails has many indus- tries and is a hustling thriving city alcan too has been growing dur ing these fifty years today the com pany has 12 plants providing jobs for 11000 canadians and supplying aluminum to more than 1000 in dependent canadian manufacturers from coast to coast on its 50th birthday alcan looks back over half a century of progress and forward to continued growth with canada lc aluminum company of canada ltd qi q trodufrt and proctssors of aluminum for canadian industry and world morkoft tlanlt in showmlgon foil arvida lit motigno shtpthow port mind wokvfwid kingston toronto etobtcok