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the tribune stouffville onu thursday november 30 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 mau post office department ottawa issued every thursday at stouffville ontario in canada 200 in usa 250 a v nolan son publishers notes and comments christmas cheerio austeritydieting britons received good news the other day in an announcement from food minister maurice webb that a special christmas week allowance of rationed foods will be granted six more ounces of candy four additional ounces of cooking fat and a whole pound and a half of sugar will be added to the lean english larder the pre sent low reserve supply will not permit the expected addi tion to the skimpy meat ration much to the housewives dismay those fluorescent tubes more and more commercial buildings are adopting fluorescent lighting discarded tubes are seen sticking out from garbage cans and lying in yards it has been stated that these tubes when broken are a dangerous source of infection it is a matter which the provincial health department might well investigate if all the things that are said about the tubes are true they should not even in an originally unbroken state be left out in garbage cans or on the surface of city dumps they should be buried or disposed of in some other way that will protect the public their use is likely to increase the problem of their disposal should be faced now before the menace becomes even more serious tree slaughter the annual slaughter of christmas trees is about to start in the forests of ontario and we wonder what steps have been taken by the department of lands and forests at queens park to control this butchery every year there are widespread protests over the number of trees that are cut and wasted for the christmas tree trade unfortunately the protests are never made un til the trees are already making their appearance on the market often two and three weeks after they have been cut sudbury star a helpful symbol the christmas seal has become almost as symbolic of christmas as the traditional star and the holly wreath it is a symbol that should be maintained the mass xrays currently being conducted in stouff ville showed impressively how the seals help in winning the battle against the spread of tuberculosis great progress has been made and is being made to bring the disease under control it can be eradicated it is a battle in which every individual can make a significant contribution buv christmas seals surplus mounting harassed by the high cost of living on the one hand and threats of substantilly increased taxation next year on the other the taxpayer can extract some comfort from the surprising manner in which the budgetary surplus is piling up the surplus for the first seven months of the fiscal year has reached 363000000 almost 60000000 more than the- figure for the same period last year this was accomplished despite the fact that defence expenditures were up by about 60000000 at this rate the surplus may be as much as 500000000 by the time the full fiscal year has run its course the other day graham towers governor of the bank of canada said the canadian public might as well reconcile themselves to the fact that increased taxes substantially increased taxes were inevitable however the dominions financial picture is brightening to the extent that even a 1000000000 defence budget next year might be met by new tax levels that would not greatly affect the average taxpayer good storyteller walter thomson new leader of the ontario liberal party is a chip off the hepburn block as it were in that lie has a fund of funny stories it will be recalled that mitch used to punctuate his political speeches with con siderable humor the laughter he evoked also begot votes the port arthur newschronicle has this to say abqut thomson the storyteller the principal criticism heard of the new ontario liberal leader after he had been chosen and the convention adjourned was that he was too much a story teller it was held that he had wasted valuable time when in the 10 minutes alloted to candidates and in the short period of an acceptance speech afterwards he told a number of yarns none of the other candidates had done that in their more limited opportunity of a nomination there is no doubt mr thomson proved himself a good storyteller his stories were not only new to most listeners but were well told he has the4uiack but if anyone thinks that is likely to be a handicap to a political campaigner on the ground that time should be devoted more exclusively to affairs of state he might do well to turn to the record of mitchell f hepburn mr hepburn was a storyteller de luxe and he lifted the party out of near oblivion to occupan cy of the offices at queens park the old home by stanley yule trees played role in greenland canadian christmas trees sent to greenland played an important part in canadian diplomacy said k 1 kirkwood charge daffaires in warsaw addressing the uni versity womens club on the role of a diplomat when mr kirkwood arrived in greenland in 1910 as canadian consul there was a feeling of dis trust toward outsiders germany already occupied denmark and it was feared might try to occupy greenland it was through mr kirkwoods quick observation of the fact that denmark could no longer send the usual cargo of christmas trees that 500 canadian trees were shipped in time for yuletide celebrations in every home in greenland as a result goodwill and con fidence were built up officials were sent to our country and can adian goods were ought in large quantities canada tries to make uniform exchange of diplomats the speak er saidj there are now 15 embassies and eight legations which will be raised to embassies on common agreement canada is now fully recognized as a great power days of yore butler in 2000 bc and 1950 ad from the files of the stouffville tribune 01 years ago first civil marriage performed by judge coleman in whitby believed to the second such civil ceremony performed in the province of ontario and the first for ontario county judge d b coleman of whitby on friday afternoon joined in marriage jean ford of oshawa and william george willis oshawa witnesses to the happy event were friends of the bride ana groom the ceremony itself is very simple under the new ontario marriage act a judge or a magis tratemay solemnize a marriage under authority of a license of special permit the marriage shall take place in the judges chambers or magistratts office between the hours of nine oclock in the morn ing and five in the afternoon as a memento of the event which was the first civil marriage in ontario county judge coleman was presented with a handsome set of gold cuff links engraved dbc the first civil marriage in ontario was before judge for- svtli in toronto some four weeks 1951 auto parade under way little cliungo forseen in prices book the automotive parade of 1951 is beginning lo roll by this week seven new models had appeared kaiserfrazer packard nash hudson stude- baker mercury and monarch others were being groomed the rest of fords models are expected before the end of the month general motors changeover is due tq start any day chrysler some time later for gm this years annual style facelifting almost coincides with a unique milestone in the firms history the two millionth vehicle a chevrolet rolled off the oshawa production line this week it took gm 31 years to reach its first million 12 to get to the second gms two millionth car helped boost 1950 production along to a new record even the tremendous united states boom cant match this percentagewise british manufacturers seemed determined not to be left behind in either style or sale parades ford of england has two brand new models aimed specifically at the north american market they closely resemble canadian and us ford styling but are smaller they will not replace the pre- ent anglia and prefect but will be fitted into the price range between these and the regular canadian ford line this will give ford a complete range pricewise from the 1200 toronto anglia and up it could also give ford a competitive short cut to put up against new smaller usmade kaiser and nash when they appear first of tiie new british fords are expected early in the new year other uk auto developments austin is coming out with a re designed convertible makers of the jaguar have a new sleek streamlined job which has already aroused considerable interest in the us it will sell for around 1000 rootes are featuring more powerful engines and interiors in their line of ilillman humber and sunbeamtalbot this wtih lower prices around 10 on ttte more popular models due to canadas exchange action is expected to maintain interest in uk cars in fact uk manu facturers are expecting to double sales here in 1951 uxbridge council appointing a committee to examine jas court neys snow fence and grant 25c a rod if satisfactory see spofforus 1500 overcoats for s950 and his 1000 suits for j95 gents furnishing a spec ialty a s leaney seconded by r sangster moves that the council of stouffville give their consent to the registration of part of plan s5s being a subdivision of lots 5 and 0 in the west half of lot 35 con 9 in the township of mark- ham messrs mckay of markham and hand of our public school exchanged places last friday for promotion examination purposss reeveship as announced last week mr r j daley is in the field for the headship of next years council no other name nas been mentioned as his opponent except by the era which probably know- nothing about it and it is probable that his election will be by acclamation any comments would be out of place as mr daley has been well and favorably known in stouffville for many years 27 years ago the news of the death of fred spofford for twenty years tiie leading business man in stouli- ville was received by friends here this week the late mr spofford passed away at his home in st petersburg clayton baker has purchased the maple leaf skating rinit stouffville from n forsyth last year mr baker conducted the rink in partnership with joan lewis and his success in conducting a resort of this nature is well known we understand the stouffville citizens band will put on a band concert and moving picture com bined in the near future lou morden is again driving one of the creamery milk trucks after a month off suffering from rheu matic fever goodwood chas watson will soon be standing behind the coun ter where ed davis has stood for the past year the store has seen many changes who can toll how many have kept store there we wish charlie success finite a change from farming reeve morden of stouffville and deputyreeve morgan baker of whitchurch left monday morning to attend county council at tor onto 0 years ago garfield kellington plowed some head land last week on his farm on the 9th concession just north of town that is now causing him some worry in the operation he lost the purse from his hip pocket containing 30 cash motor license and other papers contain ed in a good leather wallet there were one hundred and seventeen donations of blood made at the red cross blood clinic in stouffville on thursday sixtyfive of these had donfited previously and fiftytwo were making their first donation m mrs dawson burnett has sold her 50 acre farm at bloomington to her fatherinlaw mr herbert burnett who is now in possession an acclamation in every munici pal department was the outcome of the annual nominations held in stouffville on friday evening for council a v nolan will take over the reeveship from a e weldon by acclamation two new faces on the council will be john smits and e a button nine names were proposed for the four council seats but only two of last years slate qualified r e brown and hugh boyd there can be no doubt that butter was churned and used some thousands of years before the birth of christ historians and researchers have found many references to butter in records originating earlier than 2000 bc these have been traced to the early indians of asia the hebrews greeks arabs egypt ians persians romans and teu tons these records also indicate that the churning of butter was done principally in the cooler latitudes there are numerous references r how small can they getf the grey county council meet ing in owen sound has decided to withhold county grants from institutions serving margarine to patients or inmates- the council also passed a resolu tion which issues a demand on the provincial government to ban the sale of margarine saved by a match twentyyearold bruce brew missing three days and nights in snowy bush country near flin flon man says he had only one match to light the signal fire that saved him a search plane sighted him sat urday huddled beside the campfire he kept burning after he became separated thursday from four to butter in the old testament in hunting companions two trappers the very first book genesis 18 8 finally led him out it is learned that he abra ham took butter milk and the calf and set it before them again at proverbs 30 33 surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter strangely enough 19th century historians found no traces of the husbandry of milk- giving animals or the use of milk as food in the histories of the early dwellers of south and north america australia or new zea land countries that today are noted for their dairy production that more uses were found for butteilong before the christian era thanare common today is one of the oddities of the history of that natural food many pro perties were attributed to butter by the worlds early people the hindus accounted it a sacred food and it was used extensively in the greatest and holiest sacrifices of their worship butter was the essential to the wedding feast of a hindu maiden macedonians used it as a healing ointment and as an internal medicine in addi tion to its natural use as food the romans used butter to anoint foodies afllicted with pain all used it as food among the early high people butter was melted and stored and used to enrich other foods prepared for important feasts these people regarded it as a rich delicacy that milk of cream would churn into butter was probably discover ed through the early practice of transporting milk in animal skin pouches there is record of milk souring fermenting and curding in such containers and in all probability the swaying bumpy motion of this method of transport produced butter it is known that early arabians used animal skin pouches for the churning of butter obviously there is a vast difference between the butter of those early days and the 300 or more million pounds now pro duced every year in canada their pitifully crude methods of produc tion are supplanted now by brew said he threw all his cigarettes away to keep from wasting matches but threw away all but three of his matches with them two of those failed to light but he got the tire going with the third streamlined sanitary methods to day in the making of this premier food we have the scientific feed ing of the cattle advanced barn and milking equipment to insure sanitary handling clean modern transportation methods modern churning and processing equip ment to gain the utmost in quality and flavour refrigeration to pre serve these qualities plus pasteur ization for health protection and to assist in holding the flavour and adding to the keeping qualities inspection from cow to counter is compulsory the ancients did not have these advantages nor did they have any knowledge of proteins vitamins and caloric content they seemed to realize instinctively that butter was a health giving food people today are protected by law against butter of inferior quality butter sold now must contain not less than 80 per cent of butterfat and not more than 16 per cent of moisture each pound contains about 3298 calories or if a work ing man consumed no other food than one pound of butter each day his caloric intake would be suffic ient for his needs workers engaged in light labour require around 2800 calories per day present day butter has 941 per cent of digestible protein hunzi- ker vitamins a bl b2 c d and e are found in butter in rich quantity and well balanced pro portion when the food value of butter is regarded in the light of its nutritional content it is small wonder that the ancients placed butter as one of the firsts in the foods of their day with all of the present day advantages butter is now more than ever one of the firsts in our foods for parents only by nancy cleaver editors mail customs their duty- take it officials always see and dont hesitate when the boss marries his secretary theres a quick change of authority to the editor dear sir do you think that any ontario cabinet minister or hydro official would be willing to rent two rooms in his house at 55 a month or less to united kingdom skilled workers that are already in this country that is what i have to pay i think it would be a good idea if the ontairo goverment marked the housing program very urgent and diverted skilled labor and materials to residential construction instead of permitt ing them to go into expanding brewery and distillery plants and other nonessential buildings it is said that the englishmans home is his castle so i think that be fore bringing more englishmen out here the government should see that those who have come to canada are properly housed at a reasonable cost personally i wouldnt mind giving the country a few more hours of extra labor if conditions were improved so that i could have a decent home at a fair rent i could work the hours 1 now spend in househunting try ing to find a satisfactory place where they will accept a tenant with children if things dont improve i fer that most children in this part of the country will to have to be born at school age or older or else their parents will have great difficulty in renting quarters where they can provide a suitable environment for the youngsters englishman fun without toys what can i do that is fun how often busy mothers are asked a question like this sometimes a child will say im tired of my toys isnt there something new that i can do the interruption to mothers work may be unwel- comed but if she will not take time to give the child who seeks it a little guidance in his leisure time trouble is ahead for both o them the child with nothing to do gets into mischief the socalled bad child is often just a bored child bubbling over with physical energy and wtih no help in chaii- energy and with no help in chan neling it into interesting activity the child who is convalescing or shut indoors with a cold is also greatly in need of fresh sugges tions for ways to fill the long hours you dont have to buy many parents do not realize that a child does not have to play with toys bought at a toy counter in every home there is material which a child can use for satisfy ing creative activity every year all sorts of articles are discarded or thrown into the garbage which might well have been salvaged for fun indoors for little boys and girls here are some of the things which are found in the average house and suggestions for ways they can be put to use to keep small minds and fingers busy buttons are great fun for little folk providing they are old enough not to put them in their mouths and risk swallowing them a small child will enjoy picking out buttons one by one from a shallow dish and dropping them into a jar if the child knows different colors he can use a muffin tin and sort the various shades red yellow black blue etc into the separate sections a four year old can thread himself a necklace of buttons and a slightly older child can sew buttons on a square of cardboard if mother will draw a button man or a button woman with a big button face and small buttons down the front and button hands and feet a child who is old enough to sew will have a good time dressing the button people save empty spool toy and mother can mark with chalk on the kitchen linoleum a circle home base for a child to aim his spool at buttons can also be threaded and can be made into dolls a dolly bed made from a box or fruit basket can have spool legs plain clean clothes pegs can provide many absorbing building play periods fences houses and barns can all be constructed with skill a small child will enjoy fitt ing clothes pegs all around the edge of a large honey pail tins with food in them come in various sizes an efficient can opener leaves no rough edges and two children can play store with these cans if the labels have been torn off they can search an old magazine for pictures of fruit and vegetables and paste a new label on each can a nest of cans of assorted sizes fascinates a little tot who can practice fitting them together or try building a can tower fun with toothpicks did you ever think of toothpicks as play material for a four five or six year old they can have all kinds of fun with a pile of tooth picks drawing a picture using them instead of lines for a house fence walk trees etc interesting designs with tooth picks on a colored surface can be made up by an older child odds and ends of colored wool are attractive to children they can sort the colors use them for threading in and out the holes mother has punched on a card board to make a wool picture a school age child can make wool dolls with just a little help from mother clean milk tops can be used for play coins and used for shopping at the store if a slit two inches wide is made in the cover of an empty baking powder can a little child will enjoy dropping the tops through the slit once mother has become aware of how much unused play material is in the house she will make some discoveries of her own half walnut shells or corks can be turned into a tiny fleet of boats a dolly tea set can be made out of acorns keep this list and add your own original ideas to it then you empty spools should always be are prepared to give your young- saved they can be painted with ster a choice of a couple of pos- water colors or ordinary paifit siblo activities next time he asks thev make an excellent rolling what can i do