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the tribune stouffville ont thursday june 22 1950 the stouffville tribune established 188s 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 ottawa throws a parly eightyfour per cent of the public according to a recent survey made by the gallup poll believe that the baby bonus is a good idea included in the 84 per cent whether they were polled or not should be a group of young matrons in a certain canadian city these ladies and their husbands are all well enough off to be in no need of state relief to feed clothe and educate their children who as a matter of fact are attending private schools for which the fees alone amount to several times the sums received from ottawa each month they welcome the bonus cheques as a little additional pin money for themselves the cheques however are not spent on pins each month as the payments arrive the ladies go to the bank to cash the cheques and then to the nearest government ven dor of spirituous refreshment where they spend the pro ceeds that afternoon they hold a party and a good time is had by all the process is doubtless not one that would be approved by the snoopers of the family allowance branch but when one considers how much of the ladies expenditure goes back to ottawa as taxes it is perhaps not as wasteful as it sounds printed word where will it end when the ontario legislature decided to grant muni cipalities local option in the matter of permitting sunday sports within their boundaries its members had apparently little idea of the broad field that was being opened up by this legislation in these columns it has been suggested on more than one occasion that this provision would in some cases lead to what practically amounts to a wide open sun day already there is evidence that this situation is devel oping the lake erie shore village of port stanley has just passed a bylaw to approve sunday sport in that municipal ity here is its definition of what constitutes sunday sport baseball softball hockey lacrosse golf miniature golf bowling whether on greens or on alleys tennis whether on courts or on tables penny arcades ride concessions striking machine concessions shooting gallaries boating and boat races swimming and swim ming contests archery skating whether ice or roller pony and horse rides from this bylaw it is obvious that the port stanley council is not interested in the promotion of bonafide sports it is interested in having the whole range of amusement concessions on its lake front in full operation on sunday and is taking advantage of the new law to make that poss ible this summer there will be a wide open sunday at port stanley and certainly that is not what was intended when the ontario legislature enacted the local option provisions it would appear that our provincial legislators neglec ted to provide in the new law sufficient safeguards to prevent its use to give all kinds of commercial amusements free rein on sunday we would suggest that the law clerks of the crown be put to work at once to find means of tightening up the law so that it will not be misused as is being done at port stanley oshawa times midnight too late to wind up council meetings one of the most recent meetings of stouffville muni cipal council ended not far off the midnight hour and this is not a situation peculiar to stouffvilles municipal body but is a habit quite prevalent in surrounding township council meetings its an hour much too late for efficient work either on the part of the members or the press there is a limit to which interest in proceedings such as these can be maintained at a high level by either those participating or those recording them after this limit has been reached sometimes the good which might otherwise be done is lost because fatigue has robbed everyone of their keener powers of observation and reasoning there is no bylaw that we know of covering the time of council meetings however if such a bylaw is in the local archives the proviso covering the time limit is ob viously ignored break into school breakins were reported at the school house at dunbarton and in a lakeshore cottage over the week end but nothing was stolen police chief lockhart trinnell of pickering township said it appeared juveniles were respon sible for breaking a window and entering the school the cottage was entered in the same way and a bed was slept in he said viscount alexander is the 17th governorgeneral of canada since confederation c a r mm if you cant canoe you shouldnt no matter how romantic the night but there are plenty of other boats for your safe enjoyment of our lakes and rivers a round trip- by bus fhunstville 915 jacksons pt 475 burks falls 1040 orillia 590 stouffville motors phone 170 york county in review 10151919 article 9 war 18121814 in 1812 the wai between thej united states of america and great britain began it is well to show here the first beginnings of the york hangers having regard to the amalgama tion of the two units in 1930 prior to this date from 1s02 the county was protected by isolated flank and rifle companies dealing along with the modern county limits its population com prised such a diverse variety of settlements that no one could tell what action could be theirs in the event of war with the united states there was a good sprink ling of descendants of united empire loyalists who had received giants of lands in upper canada as recompense for their services but there were other settlers whose interest in main taining the british empire was not so obvious the oak ridges had been settled by french emigres nobieswhose roots were in france the neigh borhood of markham formerly known as german mills was settled by matteroffact germans there were quakers too of undoubtedly loyalty and ameri cans who had been lured to the rich rolling lands notwithstanding the difficulties in raising active militia in this i district no sooner was the call made than the flank companies were ready to take the field one day in the latter part of july 1s12 general brock called out the york militia on garrison common the american general hull had proceeded to take possession of western canada in a proclamation to the inhabitants in which he threatened to emanci pate them from tyranny and oppression and restore them to the dignified station of freemen on july 12th simultaneously with his proclamation hull commanding a formidable army crossed over to sandwich where he planted the american standard news of this invasion having reached toronto general brock with a party of soldiers rowed across the lake to niagara to put the frontier there in such a state of defence as means permitted and immediately rowed back in the same boat and called out the militia it is a matter of history fittingly commemorated by the tall monu ment that towers above the heights he strove to regain that brock met his end as he had won his victories by attempting to ward off the seemingly inevitable the attempt was not in vain for the boatloads of wounded return ing to the american shore had that moral effect on the enemy which decided the victory of trie after noon twice general brock strove to gain the heights with every man lie could spare from queenston and twice failed but his words push on york volunteers spoken by him just before he died was a plain military order to throw into the issue his one available reserve namely the two companies under captain cameron which followed their general up the road to queenston the above is an excerpt from the brief historical sketch of queens york bangers on tuesday the 27th of april an american force under general pike after whom pikes peak was named landed on the lake shore at the place where sunnyside is now located and attacked the town of york general pike was killed in the explosion of a powder maga zine the invaders burned the parliament buildings and the court house ami then withdrew taking with them among other items a human seal which later was identified as the speakers v ig the only royal standard ever captured by an enemy force was taken by the americans from york it is held today by the annapolis naval academy in maryland in march of 1s12 an anchor which now rests in the park at holland landing was drawn from kingston for a manowar station ed on the upper lakes by the time it had reached soldiers bay peace was declared and it remain ed there until 1s70 at which time it was hauled to holland landing and set up in the park a gristmill to supply grain for the british army in the locality was erected by joseph hoi ley on the site of the present town of weston the place was then called the number mr holley later sold his gristmill to james farr one hundred and fifty acres of land was included in the sale this land is now the site of the weston golf and country club james farr changed the name from the humber to weston at the close of this war nine brass cannon from pine fort at nearby soldiers bay were buried in the holland marsh article 10 will deal with pro gress in the post war period clark newspaper trophy presented at windsor coveted joseph t clark trophy emblematic of best edited and written newspaper in quebec or ontario town of 150 citizens is presented to charles nolan of stouffville tribune by ken walls of the barrie examiner in days of yore 28 years ago from the files of the stouffville tribune the regular monthly meeting of stouffville ufwo was held at the home of mrs f sangster on i tuesday there was a splendjd j attendance of members and the president miss etta wright occupied the chair dr ball gavel a very interesting talk on mesopoi tamia a report on the social ser- vice work of the club was given by the director mrs s w hastings also an interesting letter from missj mcphail was read to the club an instrumental solo was given by i lila mitchell mrs ken campbell after which a social hour was spent with the hostess j mr and mrs beach of gormley spent sunday at mr geo sages j mr a e booth has been appointed by the school board to take the place on the library board vacated by mr madill who has removed to the city our baseball team seems to have got to a bad start having lost two games one with uxbridge and last friday with sunderland by 10 to g but wait they will get their stride and things will fly breadmaking to prevent holes appearing in brown bread prick twice with a needle once when the loaves are placed in the tins and- once immediately before they are placed in the oven rev mr morton will occupy the pulpit at bloomington christ ian church at 11 am on sunday fish 2 shipments of fresh white and trout fish every week w h smith back of buttons store give me a call summer underwear childrens misses and womens summer underwear in all the modest styles and special finishes i extra special now in vests and drawers lc each w h shaw stouffville from claremont news mrs applegath who left with her little daughter and two sons to rejoin her husband at saskatoon sask a few days ago writes home of an interesting time in her trip througlr the manitoba flooded districts trains were impeded and delayed considerably in the flooded district and so deep was the water in places that houses within easy view of the track were submerged to the roofs the wire accounts it would seem have not been overdrawn how mary started a forest fire mary had a little match and scratched its head to see if she could find the gasolene she did but wheres mary stouffville creamery co are installing a new 100gallon pasteu rizer which will make their cream ery one of the best equipped in the province- they are doing one of the biggest businesses in ontario i the euchre and dance held under the auspices of the stouff ville war veterans last friday evening proved a grand success i over one hundred and twentyfive people enjoying a very pleasant evening prizes were won by miss may urquhart and mr w r sanders women teachers meet ix hagerman school recently the closing meeting of the south unit of the federation of women teachers was held in hagerman school miss harbron of richmond hill presided the following teachers were elected to office president miss k webster stoufiville public school vicepresident miss m fockler richmond hill 2nd vice- president miss m hamill hager man secretary miss p stallwood stouffville treasurer mrs l weir markham conveners finance mrs g cross headford legislation superannuation miss g brooks stouffville research mrs pashler mt joy research committee miss hamill miss hosie mrs pope mrs mewhirter mrs lee resolu tions sick benefit status miss a stewart markham publicity miss j muirhead in income and excess profits taxes only canadian corporations paid 073000000 in 1949 discover how good bced tea can be make tea double strength and while still hot pour into glasses filled with qracked ice add sugar and lemon to taste payment for social security measures such as baby bonuses unemployment insurance etc are expected to cost canadian tax payers about half a billion dollars in the present fiscal year this sum will exceed by 22000000 the total of all dominion government expen ditures for the fiscal year ended in march 1935 djrink em be refreshed the cutin driver is headed for trouble on the road or in the courts the motorist who swerves in and out of traffic lanes is a menace to life and property ontario department of highways geo h ooucett minister