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ill ni oo loia car batteries up 15 percent the price of car batteries was increased as much as 15 percent last week by some auto parts supply companies in toronto mufflers are- expected to be increased 26 per cent very shortly one company says the increase is due chiefly to the increased cost of lead some batteries were increased in price a month ago and last weeks boosts were made by companies which had large stocks on hand an increased cost of steel is blamed for the expected rise in muffler prices it isnt true that optimists are more popular than pessimists ask 10 persons to name the seven dwarfs and eight of them will remember grumpy and only two of them can recall happy rtmtftttftmtwmwmij we buy your eggs cases supplied prompt returns pickup service f g baker at ratclifjfs grocery stouffville ontario ce33ckss33 eaonoi ioe30e aoi notice to farmers cash prices paid for dead or crippled animals horses 700 each cattle 500 each small animals removed free for speedy pick up phone banner rendering packing co stouffville 74j2 ltd 30c30c ioe30e zoexoe ten thousand pickers are needed in bc to harvest the bumper crop of apples ready to be reaped schools may close in the okanagan valley to let the kids help pick the 7500000- box crop chief markets for the okanagan apples are can ada us and britain york county in review 10151949 the war 19141918 article 20 as in the past the york rangers gained fame in world war i in 1015 they supplied one company for the 35th battalion and also one for the 83rd battalion in novem- ber of this year the york rangers raised a complete battalion the 127th the recruiting covered york county completely this battalion proceeded to france where due to the special engineering and tech nical qualifications of its person nel it was placed on special duty with frontline railways and be came the 2nd battalion canadian railway troops tnis battalion distinguished itself on numerous occasions and many honours were awarded to its personnel the york rangers also raised a complete battalion the 220th which also proceeded overseas but due to heavy casualties in the canadian corps it was broken up in england and the personnel used as reinforcements for units in france up to december 2nd 2525 had been paid to needy dependents by the special committee on relief of york county soldiers the com mittee discovered that the fund could be used to great advantage by paying monthly grants to hggh flb9 if your motor idling silently your hands are on the wheel ever so slightly you touch a toe to the accelerator away you roll gaining speed as rapidly as your will dictates without another move on your part rough roads or smooth sleep hills or stop lights whatever you meet you sit still in perfect comfort perfect ease relaxed as in your living room lor you are driving a dream car its name ioutiac its magic hydramalic drive the trulyautomatic drive that has outmoded the clutch pedal entirely every detail of the large and luxurious senior pontiaos both chieftains and streamliners is de signed as part of a jine car a wonderful performer your choice of either 6- or 8eylindcr engine optional at extra cost on till chieftain una streamliner models stouffvilt mole motorf3sales ontario built in canada proved in canada for canadians treat seed wheat wheat growers are warned by the department of agriculture to treat all seed wheat preferably with a mercury dust as it controls all diseases on the surface of the seed plans for a home treater can be secured from the agricultural representatives office at new market incidentally it is pointed out that cornell 5s5 variety is resistant to loose smut but must be treated to prevent the ball of covered smut dependents while their pension from the dominion government was pending during the winter of 191718 the 12th york battalion of infantry moved south of lens in the coal district of france and there held the line for a time in march it was moved to the south of arras with other units and there aided the halting and throwing back of the germans in their last and greatest offensive at the beginn ing of august 191s it took part in the great second battle of the somme and at the end of the month was again in a major engagement the second battle of arras and broke through the hindenburg line at viseenartois the defensive system the enemy thought impregnable pushed on and through the northern environs of cambrai on november 11th 191s the twentieth received the message that hostilities had ceased they were occupying the village of st symphorien on that glorious morn ing the march to the rhine was through a rolling and open countryside to namur on the meuse across the river and through forests to bovigny near the luxemburg border at 1030 hours december gth with the bands playing the regimental march the battalion passed into germany on december 13th it crossed the rhine it moved back to siegburg on the 15th where it remained until january 19th 1919 on the 21th of may it reached tor onto and the following day the battalion was demobilized at the exhibition grounds the county council was present ed with an honour flag by the officials of the victory loan organ ization in recognition of the out standing work which the members of the county council had per formed during- the war on november 2gth the council passed a resolution to erect a fitt ing memorial to commemorate the memory of those who had fallen in defence of the empire immediately following the war it was found that due to so many of the members and former mem bers of the regiment desiring to carry on training with the york rangers two battalions were necessary the first battalion therefore car ried on in the county of york with headquarters at aurora while the second battalion carried on in the city of toronto with headquarters at st pauls hall formerly the old town hall of york- ville destroyed by fire in 1941 the county council did not feel that its patriotic war work was completed although it had granted large sums of money to further the war effort and spent much time in considering methods of assist ing the common cause and execut ing these plans on february 8th i 1919 it appointed a committee to work with a committee of the 127th battalion for the purpose of finding employment for returned county men who had been engaged in military service in 1919 the report of a public school inspector disclosed that physical defects to an alarming extent had been disclosed during war years when young men were required to pass examinations be fore joining the army it was suggested that more stress should be put on physical education in the schools by extending the system of physical training to include super vised games and the rudiments at least of military drill the special committee on sold iers memorial reported that it had secured an option on four acres of land at 500 per acre at bond lake it also had pians prepared for a memorial to cost 60000 but the report was not adopted in 1923 the colours of the queens york rangers were brought to toronto from wolford lodge devonshire the home of john graves simcoethey now hang in the reference library univers ity avenue and college street lt col clark of the york ran gers presented a report of the enlistments of york county men in the armed services during great war i this list is printed as an appendix to the minutes of the council for the year 1923 the county council sent a copy of a resolution to the prime min ister of canada the hon w l m king protesting strongly against sign of the union jack for the purpose of providing canada with a national flag other than the one which had always been used article 21 will deal with the years 1920 to 1931 serve eca no muss no bother