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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 merry once a year although christmas is still almost six weeks away mere mention of the great christmas festival causes faces to light up with a smile particularly in the case of young folk grownups burdened with cares and responsibilities generally go around with a melancholy look but during the yuletide they do manage smiles between paying bills a writer in the new york times thinks it is perhaps a sign of the times that merry has become almost exclu sively a seasonal word rarely being heard or seen in print except at christmas time children know how to laugh the sudden unexpected and merry laugh and it might be a good idea were we oldsters to explore the secret they still hold and which we somewhere in the process of acquiring much useless know ledge have lost those creaking signs an apartment dweller on main st calls attention to a problem which confronts like residents particularly at this time of year the problem is how to sleep on windy nights when swinging signs creak back and forth emitting some weird noises in the process not too much imagination is required to understand that here is an antisleep factor which the sleepless one can do little about unless the sign happens to be directly below his bedroom window in which case it can be oiled quite easily however since there are not too many of these trouble some signs although what there are seem to be beyond reach except by the owner it would be a nice gesture on their part to see that they are kept well oiled or greased buggies vs cars in the horse and buggy days a good horse would get you there at the rate of eight to ten miles an hour then came the automobile and street car and we could get there for a while at ninety miles an hour now if any newspaper or individual opposes these great innovations they would be laughed at today an automobile is slowed down to ten miles an hour in cities and sometimes it takes an holir to do a mile so with all our innovations we are still getting slowed down to a walk or to the horse and buggy days if a horse and buggy appeared on one of our great congested areas it would get there just as quickly as the 90mileanhour car in the great cities it is faster to walk because traffic is slowed to a walk in the beginning when few cars came they had the whole street to themselves now that there is a car for about every two or three people people will have to get back to the sidewalks in order to get there and when you do get there in bier cities with your big car you you cannot stop too many cars so history repeats itself and some day will all slow down to a walk again do you get it hazards of home when president truman was in st louis the other day a screen fell off an upper window and narrowly missed him the dispatch told of police with drawn guns and then naively concluded that it was not known how the screen came loose from the window any householder around this time of year knows there are at least twenty ways in which a sash can come off a window especially during the operation of putting it on on a dead calm day it is commonplace for a howling gust of wind to tear around the corner removing not only the sash but its bearer to the ground at the moment of impact with the earth the deceitful calm is again as sweetly com plete as if it had never been broken an equally familiar antic occurs when the sash which is always a quarterinch wider than when it was taken down has been hammered into place at this moment it develops that the clasps are obstinate during the descent in quest of the hammer which has invariably dropped to the ground meanwhile the sash defies all laws of compression and sliding gracefully and effortlessly out of its cramped quar ters follows its owner a final oddity is that no matter how smooth the earth on which it falls it unerringly bumps into a rock or other gross protuberance which perforates the glass or screen if the st louis police were able to see something sinis ter in a falling sash they were dead right for sheer cus- sedness sashes are indisputably without a rival the municipal nomination with nomination day in the village of stouffville only a couple of evenings away it is apparent that little in the way of a real commotion can be expected whether or not anyone is planning to contest either the reeveship or the council seats is not definite but there is certainly very little talk on main st the situation is now surprising however the major ity of the council seats are filled by comparatively new men and they have given a good account of themselves and the towns affairs and should be worthy of a second term likewise the local public school board is composed of chiefly new members the tax rate usually the chief bone of contention at any municipal meeting has been kept to an even keel here for some years with only slight fluctuations up and down this process was continued by this years council this trend may even be continued into 1951 despite heavier town commitments and higher expenses all along the line the town will free itself with a heavy debenture in 1951 and this should take care of considerable increased expenditures both the water works and hydro departments have undergone improvements in the year just ending and will have to undergo continual annual improvement for some years to come if the systems are to keep pace with the towns expansion and demand for better service the annual nomination meeting will be held this friday evening nov 21th at 730 in the municipal hall mil fixed sir tossed firecrackers at women bruce moss is bloor st v and keith stanley 22 shaw st toronto were fined 15 each for tossing lighted firecrackers at women on the street magistrate gullen fined the pair 10 and costs each and ordered thorn to jail until the fine was paid when they pleaded guilty to caus ing a disturbance police evidence was the two were frightening women and children on bloor st nov 2 by tossing firecrackers at their feet the pair told police they were having a little fun the women were liable to catch on fire said the court fljp ifcroffmu mmtte vol 61 no 31 the tribune stouffville oxt november 23 1950 second section the stomp fence by r j deachman the stump fence was one of the great institutions of pioneer days it separated farms and fields it kept the cattle in their proper place socially speaking it may not have been a thing of beauty nor a joy forever it was not suitable for a roadside fence it needed ample room but there was a strange nostalgic touch about it which makes me love to think of it today as i write the sun is clear the air is warm for this time of year there is a slight haze it carries me back in imagination to the old farm in huron county on which 1 was born tiie stump fences are now a wistful memory they have dis appeared i was born too late to see them at their best they must have been magnificent in earlier days but they had lost their pris tine glory they have almost ceased to exist what can i write of a civilization which eliminates the stump fence and gives us barbed wire there were sound economic reasons for the stump fence in those days labor was cheap the land had to be cleared they dug around the stumps pried them loose with a rail cut the roots pulled out the stumps by horse power at times there was a little help from gunpowder our pioneers were economists labor was cheaper than gunpowder the pioneer was poor but he knew how to work and get maximum effort out of the hired man the fence had a broad base depending on the size of the stumps and the courage of the men who built it the roots faced outward present ing a formidable barrier heaven help the man or boy who tried to climb a stump fence look again at one of these fences its a mem ory worth preserving the soil where these fences were built was lush flowers grew where the sun pierced through cattle and horses treated the sturip fence with respect some time- it was a fenc in part only the farmer had put beneath it a wall of stones this of course was before he decided on a stump fence stone fences took too much time to build but whether bottom ed by stones or resting on virgin soil the stump fence was efficient like the men who made it in time the stump fence passed away those who once knew it knew it no more the stump started 10 decay it ceased to be a favorite those who once knew it wel spoke of it in tones of arthur godfrey discussing tea bags but the memory lingers- there was a glory in those old stump fences raspberry bushes and wild strawberries sprung up beside them they loved the shelter and the warmth it was a playground for the squirrels and chipmunks the ground hog took shelter under it stamped his feet and gave forth his throaty chuckle when human foot falls neared his fortress home the berries were sweeter than the berries of the open field the flowers had a deeper richer color now when we buy berries we get the waste of the box the bottom seems terribly close to the top if 1 live long enough i will buy a farm in huron county turn it back to bush in memory of the pioneers then i will build a slump fence it will be modelled after the best of the past on sunny days 1 will go out and lie down beside the stump fence read again the stories i have written about country life and see how close in age reality can come to the dreams of childhood picked up butt blind max fined chles cohen 45 made one mis take when he tried to impersonate a blind man for purposes of begging he spotted a likelylooking cigarette butt and stopped to pick it up a policeman saw cohen slip out of character and arrested him cohen was fined 50 days of yore for parents only by nancy cleaver v a childs pet some little children are afraid of animals they run to their mother if they see a dog coming toward them they are fearful of the great big pussy who lives at a neighbors home it- is only by gradual degrees that parents can persuade these timid children to overcome their fear sometimes this fear goes back to a bad scare when the child was very young but by the time a child is oid enough to go to school usually he has become interested in animals and wants to have a pet of his own a very little child should not be left with a strange dog or cat with out supervision a child may love an animal so hard that he squeezes it and ruirts it or the animal may want to sleep o be left alone to eat his meal the child may annoy the animal so much at a bad time that a usually good tempered beast may seraph or bite and who can blame him children are sometimes unwit tingly cruel as when little givls attempt to dress a kitten in doll clothes and handle the poor little thing so much that it is in an exhausted angry mood small boys in their eagerness to teach a puppy tricks may keep at their little dog until lie is st bborn and worn out in the matter of haying pets children on a farm arein a much better position than city children many rural children have a pet calf or a pet colt usually there is a family dog a collie or some other dog who fetches the cows and has a real place as a watch dog a good mouser in a cat is a real asset in a barn the cost of a generous saucer of milk for a tabby and her kittens does not matter so much where cows are milked twice a day there is plenty of space for children and pets to have lots of exercise on a farm then too there are no near neighbors who dislike pets and are on the lookout for a dog or cat who might stray onto their property in a city home parents should consider carefully whether or not they can afford not only the initial cost of a pet but the money needed for food and extra expenses such as the annual dog tax and a veterinary visit when a pet falls ill pets need more supervision in the city and it is a rather pathetic sight to see a big dog tied up in a small back yard in the hot summer weather most parents realize that a satisfactory pet adds much to a childs happiness and this affec tion between the child and the pet is a fine thing but when a child pleads to own a pet parents also feel that he should be old enough to share in its care otherwise the plimentary banquet are available a from the files of the stouffville tribune 34 years ago miss alleda russell mrs wm dougherty of the 7th concession of pickering visited friends in town wednesday of last week was the golden wedding anniversary of dr and mrs s l freel the womens patriotic league packed boxes on monday last for our boys overseas twentythree boxes and six packages of cigars were packed besides these seven rolls of magazines were sent to boys in hospitals mr wm timbers has com menced ploughing on mr i borin- skys farm at lemonville where he intends to move this winter a halloween party was held at the home of mr and mrs j r campbell and a pleasant evening spent ring wood mongolia three motor car loads from here took in the provincial plowing match and tractor demon stration which was held a4 r j flemings farm east of pickering village on thursday last every body reports a good time 25 years ago the local dean of the bakeshop mr ambrose stover unloaded a car of flour on monday which after finding its way through the dough mixer and ovens will come to our tables as firstclass bread or pastry it requires over five carloads of flour per year for the local plant within a space of ten days james mccreight shot a beautiful pair of hawks on his farm south of stouff ville and brought them to the tribune office for our inspection they were evidently male and female and the larger was four feet from wing to wing tip mr mccreights chickens were badly molested of late and had been so frightened that many of them would not leave the pen miss erie collard daughter of mr and mrs geo collard won first prize in an oratorical contest among school children who were winners in their own districts at the school fairs miss collard spoke upon the horticultural society and the child 10 years ago f allen anderson primary pupil at the stouffville public school and son of mr and airs j t anderson 9th concession south is nursing a broken left arm received while playing what the boys at school call pumper alf hill the unionville school teacher won a 222 cash award on a socalled treasure trail quizz program over the air mr s h cockhurn preached his farewell sermons last sunday to all three congregations of the christian churches at bloomington ring- wood and altona mr ira aldred was elected to head the stouffville curling club at the annual fall reorganization meeting held in the club house on friday evening mr clare bell who has been employed here with his father in the cockshutt agency has taken a position as stenographer at stanley barracks toronto tickets for the big timbers com whole burden falls on the parents usually mother because she is home most of the time hut child ren do need to be reminded that their pet needs regular meals and needs to be kept clean and well cared for after the novelty has worn off the job of feeding a pet is apt to be forgotten unless a child is reminded of this task in a city apartment parents some times buy goldfish as pets or a pet bird such as a canary or budgie because they are loss care- some children get a great deal of pleas ure from a pet bunny but a pussy or a dog is the most popular choice for a childs pet as one small boy wrote in a composition my dog skipper sits down quietly beside me v both are happy just being ner each other the old home town by stanley visagon television fapc out www -5- uio editors mail toronto ont xov 16th 1950 editor the tribune stouffville ont dear sir in the oct 19 tribune i saw and duly clipped for the record the following attractive para graph at the heart of your editorial more cattle on markets mean lower meat prices there is every reason to expect greater livestock production next year especially of hogs there will be plenty of feed as a result of the heavy frosts in western canada which reduced large quantities of wheat below milling grade the western farmer can salvage his crop by turning it into pork dean grant macewan of the manitoba faculty of agriculture has esti mated that on the basis of present hog prices every bushel of frozen wheat fed to hogs will return approximately 2 on the farm to the man who grows the wheat and feeds it on this basis the farmer would be in a position to get as much for a bushel of wheat fed to a hog as he received for grain marketed through the wheat board and shipped under the international wheat agreement only last week came a some what similar story in the news intimating that at rosetown sask agriculture minister gard iner said in a political speech western farmers can make more money by feeding this years no 5 grain to hogs than they could make by selling grain at the price of x 1 the above is a rather nice picture and admittedly is drawn by authoritative men in their respective fields fairly accurately to be described as master farm ers on the other hand mr editor the validity of the advice seems to me to lean heavily upon dean macewans proviso on the basis of present hog prices in the past as you well know the trouble with this in and out aspect of the hog business has been that just as the tonnage nicely commences to roll the cry of glutted markets goes up prices deteriorate in a hurry and the moneyvalue of the old fat hog- she aint what she used to be price stability or at least a price floor at reasonable levels is the missing link in the above market ing chain a feeder not paid for sports to the editor dear sir one correspondent implies that teachers are paid for supervising sports after 4 pm as a secondary school teacher i dont know any teacher that receives remuner ation for afterschool activities w e b doesnt believe we have the uaining and expense of law yers ministers etc all secondary school teachers have to have their ba or bsc three to four years in acquiring it plus another year at the ontario college of educa tion many public school teachers especially in towns and cities are twin jo uvd puods oi pajoadxo holidays each year in summer courses until they also get a ba degree one correspondent says we are not required to purchase a large library of books i would say that any conscientious high school teacher has many books of his own special subjects such as history or english i have spent at least 1000 on my library even if my contract doesnt mention any such requirement what reav irritated me was w e bs refer ence to our socalled fiveday week from 9 am to 1 pm and our christmas and easter holidays for his information preparation for the next days work has to be done during the christmas and easter holidays i spend my time marking approximately 300 examination papers at a mini mum of five minutes for each paper that counts up to at least 1500 minutes or about 25 hours of steady work lloyd oiiver stouffville ont which is one of the most common sins in all the world and seems to be what is meant here q were the people who follow ed christ always called the church of god a xo in acts 2028 they are called the church of god in 1 timothy 3 15 church of the living god in romans 10 1g church of christ also church of the saints was any book of the bible church of the gentiles israel the office of this paper fire which damaged about 200 bushels of turnips all in bags broke out in the new turnip waxing plant just established at goodwood and for a time threatened to demolish the building bible questions and answers question is conversion just preachers idea or does the bible teach it answer the- bible teaches it repent ye therefore and be con verted that your sins may be blotted out when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the lord acts 3 19 q does the world belong to god man or the devil a the earth is the lords and the fulness thereof the world and they that dwell therein psalm 21 1 q isnt there a text that speaks about abominable prayer a possibly you mean proverbs 2s 9 he that turneth away his ear from hearing the law even his prayer shall be abomination q who were the sadducees a a sect of the jews in christs time who did not believe in the resurrection nor the exist ence of angels matthew 2223 luke 2027 acts 238 q- ever sealed a we read in daniel 12 1 but thou o daniel shut us the words and seal the book even to the time of the end many shall run to and fro and knowledge shall be increased 0 what is the sin which doth so easily beset us hebrews 121 a whatever sin wo are most likely to commit the whole eleventh chapter of hebrews is on faith the opposite is unbelief household of god disciples ser vants christians q someone told me that the exclamation god save the king was as old as the bible i said no who is right a it is as old as the bible and samuel said to all the people see ye him whom the lord hath chosen that there is none like him among all the people and all the people shouted and said god save the king i samuel 1021