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the tribune stouffville ont thursday october 5 1950 salada sponsors plowing matches an all expense tour of con servation projects and other points of agricultural interest in the eastern united states will be awarded the four boys who finish highest in this years intercounty competi tion at the international plow ing matches being held near ahistoh october 11 12 and 13 this event in addition to 10 prize competitions for boy plow men at local matches through out the province is sponsored by the salada tea company county agriculturalists propose new poultry marketing scheme under the chairmanship of mr chas hooper the president a well attended meeting of the directors of york county federation of agriculture was held in the board koom of the department of agricu lture at newmarket on sept 25 mr jack sheane fieldman for the ontario federation of agriculture was present and reported the pro gress made to date on the forma tion of a marketing scheme for the poultry producers of the province he also said that the provincial organization could not give the services demanded of it by the farmers because it was inade- enjoy em trade mark rg at the ball game quately financed and hinted that the counties would likely be asked for a 50 increase in dues next yeara committee from the poultry producers association of york county were present and were asked to organize all poultry pro ducers in the county in prepara tion for the new marketing scheme which is being formulated at the present time after a lengthy de bate as to the merits of collecting our finances with our taxes or by personel subscription a resolution was passed recommending that all farmers be assessed ys mill v their assessment commencing with the year 1951 fakm selected for east york plowing match the farm of mr jas tooley on the hagerman sideroad west has been selected for the east york plowing match this fall the date this year is november 1st always the first wednesday in that month an earlier date has been discussed from time to time but no change made the st mary river dam now under construction in alberta is the biggest earthfilled dam in the world a leakage seepage rust or rot take your troubles to your barrett dealer is the weather getting the best of you rain coming through thereof basement flooding gutters rusting take your troubles to your barrett dealer he carries a complete line of weatherproofing materials as well as shingles roll roofings and insulation expen sive no practically nothing when you add up the results here are a few barrett weatherproofing products your dealer has these and many more leaks plastic elastigum cement seals leaks cements flash ings a thin coating of liquid elastigum cement reseals old roofs seepage hydrononpaint an ideal foundation coating ru st everjct paint dries fast to a hard black glossy surface that seals out the weather woodrot carbosota creosote oil for foundation tim bers fence posts above or below ground level new allpurpose allweather readytouse aluminum paint its barrett silvex aluminum paint needs no mixing tough protective finish reflects light and heat up to 75 resists moisture corrosive fumes salt spray ijour barrett dealer sells protection pus he stocks a complete line of roofing insu lation and weatherproofing materials hes got what it takes to stop almost any weather whether your problem is leakage seepage rust or rot see your barrett dealer first the barrett company limited mondial toronto winnipeg vantouvor york county in review 1g1511m9 1920191 article 21 in 192 the york market on yonge st at tiie city limits was officially opened on june 19th twentyeight producers set up stalls on the opening day over a period of five months there was an average of 02 persons per month displaying produce for sale since 190 18 of the first 20 con crete bridges built in canada were constructed in the county of york in 1927 general order no 101 was promulgated and stated that with the gracious approval of his majesty king george the fifth the regiment would again assume its full title granted by king george 111 in 1779 the queens rangers 1st american regiment and auth orization was given for continu ance of the ancient badges and devices first adopted in 1779 to complete the order of dress the old woodland green uniform with its amethyst blue facings and silver trimmings as the full dress of the regiment was authorized in the following year 1928 the york rangers became allied with the green howards alexandra princess of wales own yorkshire regiment one of the most famous units in the british army and formed in the year 1688 this same year the queens ran gers became allied with the queens royal west surrey regiment this is the second oldest regiment in the british army and was founded in the year 1661 at a later date an alliance was formed with the 235th australians the city of newcastle regiment a further honour came to the regiment in 1928 when an order was promulgated that by the kind ness of the colonel of the queens royals and the gracious approval of his majesty the regiment was permitted to adopt as its own the first motto of its aliied regiment the queens royals pristinae virtutis memor granted to that regiment for its gallantry at tongres in the year 1703 the cost of education through out the county had risen apprecl ably in the past ten years munici palities were beginning to realize that equal educational opportun ities for students in the rural dis tricts as compared with opportun ities afforded students in the urban centres were taxing the ability of the former to provide as a result council passed a resolution to con sider the advisability of approach ing the provincial government of ontario with the need of the government assuming the respon sibility of education throughout the province and thus avoid the numerous difficulties confronting the various municipalities the metropolitan street railway co began to feel the competition from motor buses running along the same route northward on yonge street there was some talk of it having to cease operating as this line was vital to the needs of thousands of people in the county the county council passed a resolution strongly urging the board of control of the city of toronto to assure the continuance of this means of transportation and another resolution requesting the provincial government to cancel the license of the toronto trans portation commission to prevent the commission from competing by means of motor buses with the service offered by the metropolitan street railway co the severity of the depression and the increased charges for assis taricc to its residents wee press ing too hard upon the munici palities and in some instances were causing some communities to face bankruptcy in an effort to relieve the financial distress being felt by some political corporations county council passed a resolution in which it resolved that the govern ment of canada be requested that in any plans for the relief of the unemployed no part of the cost of such relief be passed back to the municipalities and that the govern ment le urged to make a thorough investigation into economic con ditions in the country with a view of dissolving combines and inter locking directorates so that the present day methods of organized capital in closing down competing industries be checked in this year 1931 county coun cil passed a resolution expressing disapproval at the alarming in crease in the cost of secondary school education the committee on education reported at the december session that costs could be decreased by cutting teachers salaries 25 per cent on salaries over 3000 and 15 per cent under 3000 by refraining from any further building for the next few years and by adopting a double- shift schedule in schools which wore overcrowded these recom mendations were adopted for the past three years the county council had decreased the costs of municipal service and administration in an effort to relieve the taxpayers during the economic depression in addition the members of the county coun cil tried to have the burden of relief costs placed on the dominion and provincial governments so that the expenditures for such services would be divided equally over the whole population of the eldest whitchurch native dead hvc3 mim silas armitage silas armitage eldest man born in the township of whit church which just marked its centennial celebration passed away at newmarket on thurs day in his 101st year vivian forest gavels prized souvenirs there are only two gavels in existence made from scotch pine taken from viviail forest in a reforestation project dating back to the year 1921 and deputyreeve harry corner is the proud posses sor of one of them the presentation was made at a banquet at uxbridge on august 17th 193s by representative of the department of agriculture at the time mr corner was warden of york county it is suitably inscrib ed the other of the two gavels was presented on the same occasion to the warden of the countv of ontario country on numerous occasions they petitioned the legislative bodies to this effect in 1933 the county council petitioned the provincial depart ment of education to abolish examination fees- for high school entrance and matriculation exam inations the year 1934 was the cen tennial celebration of the city of toronto and the county council approved a grant of money to pro vide a suitable contribution to wards the toronto centennial celebration article 22 will deal with the problems of depression years marmill the quality name laying pellets the modern way of feeding stops all sorting of laying ration complete line of poultry dairy hog concentrates finish your birds with marmill fattening pellets or mash poultry supplies stockgro cod liver oil shell grit germicides blue coal americas finest anthracite central feed store phone 277 stouffville elmer daniels prop pet collie returns home after absence of ayi years guelph sept 14 rover mrs antonion bordignons pet collie dog is back home again and glad of it rover disappeared 3 years ago from his webster st home when a neighbor john cozzarin bed ford st took him for a ride on a truck to hespeler avhen the truck stopped at its destination rover wasnt in it and cozzarin had no idea of where he had gone on the way back the driver kept a sharp lookout for the lost collie but to no avail rover had simply disappeared days weeks months and finally years went by without any sign of rover in the meantime the bord- ignon family had given up all hope of the dog ever returning however recently he scampered into the yard one day wagging his tail as friendly as the day he left the family was overjoyed to see him and hope he doesnt disappear again it is still not known where he was but since he appeared well fed the bordignons believe he was probably at some farm home village curfew request rejected by omemeb a request for a village curfew to get children off the street in the evenings was turned down by the omemee village council members- of the home and school associa tion learned at their meeting wed nesday tw wanted 100 new cream shippers we are staffed equipped and have sufficient demand for our butter to enable us to serve many new cream producers in the same courteous and efficient way in which we have served our hundreds of cream producers for the past 32 years we wish to extend a welcome to cream shippers in this district who have been shipping to a toronto creamery which is discontinuing butter manufacturing shortly to join our hundreds of satisfied shippers have our truck call for your cream regularly stouffville creamery co phone 186 we pay 2 cents more per pound of butter fat for cream delivered to the creamery imiimummiihtmnimmmmmtmuimtnnim