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the tribune stouffville ont thursday january 30 1941 stye tmiffmlle ujriimnr established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association issued every thursday at stouffville ontario eight to ten pages average circulation 1400 subscription rates per year in advance in canada 200 in usa 3250 a v nolan jp editor and publisher editorial comment egg buyers face difficulties new egggrading regulations coming into effect march 1 already have forced many rural merchants out of the egg business- both in stouffville and the surrounding district consternation is expressed as to what will come of the new law and the manner in which the farmer will sell his eggs no one is deciding to stay in the business and so far no one in or around stouffville is prepared to make outlay for the new equipment necessary under the act or regulations in explanation one buyer explained the situation thus first when the eggs are brought to us they would have to be taken directly to a properly refrigerated room before they are graded this room has to be properly insul ated has to have a hydrometer and thermometer to show- that the humidity and temperature is proper the egg grad ers have to have government certificates new egg cases fillers and flats have to be used and we have to get a government license with a registered number to be put on every case of eggs we have come to the conclusion that the hen does not need to cackle any more all she needs to do is strut off the nest and say boys do your stuff theres the egg dawn of a new era financial post thousands of americans were greatly sobered last week as they watched the inauguration of president roose velt break precedents from every state people came to watch this historic event the first thirdterm inaugural in the past such festivities usually reached their zenith with the inaugural parade a typical american showpiece richly flavored with all manner of political pomp and panoply but this parade was different- gone were the political marching clubs the snappy drummajorettes in their place were row upon row of grey and khaki clad men of arms in the rear were tanks and steelsheathed panzer units overhead were score upon score of flying fortresses twinengined bombers and army pursuit planes the whole affair created a grim realization that the united states not actually at war was far from being at peace earlier in the day president roosevelt had made a fervent affirmation of what this inaugural day meant to freedomloving peoples as rated by one observer itwas a pact with free men everywhere his words carried welcome inspiration but to canadians and an embattled empire actions must count more than words in this hour of great crisis how ready is america to go all out for democratic freedom there appears to be only one answer to that ques tion in jan 1941 mr roosevelt will let nothing interfere with his deeprooted passion to beat hitler and the axis powers he will not count the cost nor will he hesitate one moment to go into war if he believes it necessary and expedient- nor would the american people by all present indi cations hesitate to unite behind such a policy once their leader said the word present focal point in americas democratic defense programme is the passage through congress of the lease- lend bill beyond harmless verbal pyrotechnics there is i am assured no real legislative obstacle to the leaselend plan or to any measure the president feels must be taken in the near future to ration gasoline dundalk herald gasolineless sundays in canada are a probability not because gasoline is scarce but because the saving would help affect a more favorable trade balance with the united states government experts claim that the net saving from a rationing system would mean a reduction of 10000000 a year in foreign exchange payments which represents a fifth of present petroleum imports against this saving has to be estimated the dis location in tourist revenue which rationing would bring besides the involved stepup required to make the system work while we believe the average canadian citizen would be prepared to make sacrifices for the sake of the war effort it is questionable if the suggested sunday rationing would be in keeping with the comparatively small advantage to be gained we do agree that there is a tremendous amount of gasoline wasted in aimless sunday driving but after all a considerable percentage of the citizens obtain their liveli hood from the sale of this product and that is the only time which many people have for recreation perhaps they would be better off financially and physically for staying at home and resting and attending divine worship for which purpose one day in seven was set apart gasoline rationing in some cases would certainly be a kindness to the individual as to its effect on the country as a whole we doubt if the gain would be worth the disruption it would cause ooeneal afcul letter received by mr anil mrs w thompson of newmarket and former residents of stouffville bristol sunday jan 5 1941 uear mother and dad here i am in bristol on my leave at last and what a grand time i am having too left barracks around six oclock on thursday evening and after changing trains twice arrived at the statiou here about four am or friday morning as it was too early to go out to the house 1 sat around the station until six oelock slid then started out and luckily found my way without much trouble in the dark got to the house at seven oclock and after a cup of tea and half an hours chat pepped into bed iutendins to have a couple of hours rest but when i finally wakened up it was five in the after- afternoon what a grand sleep i had in a real honesttogoodness bed with sheets and a comforter etc did i ever enjoy it had a meal of bacon egg liver friend bread marmalade and tea sat and talked until eight oclock and then wo had another meal of fish and chips bread and butter jam and tea my capacity for food is amazing at times i dont know where i put it all another big blitz lasted all night but about mid night we all went to bed in spite of the terrific noiso of guns planes and bombs and believe it or not 1 was sound asleep again in no time and didnt hear a thing until ten oclock in the morning got up eventually aha had breakfast and then went out for a brisk walk for a few hours outside ol that i did nothing but eat and sleep so far and i feel 1000 per cent better already its sunday afternoon now and tomorrow ill gel out and look around and try and see lheactual damage caused by the raids jerry certainly has dropped lots of incendiary and high explosive bombs here but the loss of life has not been large and the fire services have done a remarkable job of hand ling tho numerous fires that have been started at this house at least they have had no diliiculty in getting plenty of food and the meals ive put away have been enormous i will be stay ing here until wednesday and then back to barracks again and work but ill be in a different frame of mind and feeling all rested up by then ive had a grand welcome here and a lot of fuss made over me and its something ill always remember and be thankful for 1 hope there will be mail in from you folks again when i get back it seems ages since i had a letter of any kind hope everything is well with you b tli and that you are in good health and enjoying lite as much as pos sible well i must close now and get ready to have dinner so until later bye bye gordon thompson unionville class largest in province the 30th annual york county short course being held this year at uniouville has proven very popular in that community with an enrol ment of 43 boys and 29 girls this is the largest boys class being held in the province according to figures released from the department of agriculture the class have an average of one guest speaker per week and the boys class on tuesday spent the entire at the plant of canada packet where a very fine programme was arranged for them under tho direc tion of mr hugh murray of the pro vision departmnt assisted by w s mcmullen of the dominion hog grading service boys and parents to the number of 4a took in this trip and we understand that similar groups are to be organized in var ous parts of the county as was done list year by the agricultural repre sentative w m cockburn r a noxxick appointed census commissioner e a bdnnick of oak ridges has received notification from hon j a mckinnon minister of trade and commerce in the dominion gov ernment that he has been appointed as census commissioner for the federal electoral district of york north the census is taken every ten years under the direction of the dominion bureau of statistics letter received by mr r hood brieibush hospital steepholm cottage old church rrt west end clevedon somerset january 1 1911 dear bob as you will nave heard we have gone through some gas raids in the city it really was living hell it vujld bo impossible to describe it it was really terrible to see the city burning it was terrible to see the destruction together with the loss of life we thank god we have been preserved so far i am pleased to say tho office where i am employed is still standing but all around is desolation 1 dont like the journey each day as i have to leave home at 715 am and the busses are crowded with people that have been evacuated very often i have to stand all the way however we leave at 4 in the afternoon to enable us to get homo before the blackout many of the roads have been blocked with debris all the rest of profiteering charged in bo p alleged profiteering in the sale of potatoes at camp borden charged in an article in last weeks alliston herald is denied by clarence cum ming craighhurst the man who docs the buying for the potato con tractors the contract for a months supply of potatoes is awarded monthly by the department of national defense requiring about 5000 bags for the use of the entire camp the firm o sam hisey and son potato dealers toronto holds the contract for the month of january with clarence camming as a sub contractor the alliston herald reported it has been brought to the atten tion of tho leading potato growers of the alliston district that the prices being paid for no 1 table stock potatoes by buyers for delivery to camp borden are decidedly out of line with the price the contract warrants potatoes are being purchased in this district to fill the contract at 4 3 cents per bag at the barn and is common knowledge according to our informants that the contract price exceeds 75 cents delivered at the camp according to information reaching tho examiner the contract price for january is 7g cents per bag but that is denied by the subcontractor vho places it at 70 cents it is estimated that allowing for cost of bags trucking etc these meu are realizing between them a net profit of 22 v4 cents per bag which amount to 33 on each load of 150 bags how long will the farmer stand for this the remedy is in his own hands there are organizations icady for him to act through meet ings are being held quite frequently it is up to the potato men to push their interests and secure this mar ket for themselves mr dimming said that in fair- the family are safe and that is a lot to bo thankful for a couple have had to evacuate on account of tin exploded bombs lil has lost a lot of furniture still there are many thousands worse off than us it is nice to get peaceful nights down here although we can still hear the guns and the planes as they go on their way to tho city we shall be glad when it is all over hitler will have something to account for some day your sister florrio friends did a worthy act a most unusual subscription list was circulated in town last week to provide funds for thefuneral of the late fred johnson this unfortunate man had made a request to one of his friends that he hoped his few material assets when sold would provide a decent funeral however well wishing friends decided that it would be a nice gesture for everybody to donate a little and thus give him that burial which every man should be accorded johnson did not want the town to bury him and this being his expressed wish it was honored the council we are assured were quite prepared to pay the funeral costs thus it was not at their instigation that the petition was circulated no one will miss the donation they madein fact they will probably feel better in the knowledge that they donated something to help out a poor unfortunate chap for whom there is nothing but pily stfqmsts its part of our regu lar shell service to check your battery frequently and add water when needed we also offer complete battery ser vice including recharging and replacement every new battery we sell is fully guaranteed we have the correct type for your car in several price ranges stop in and look them over yspw headways service station ness the matter should have further explanation and dealt with the al legations one by one mr dimming stated that sam hisey son had the contract at camp borden for january at 70 cents a bag and that his sub con tract called for a price of 67 cents a bag thus allowing the hisey firm three cents a bag for financing the venture the money being tied up for sme time mr gumming said that during winter weather one truck load- of 10 bags was all that could be trucked to camp borden each day after calls had been made at several places to pick these up on an occasional day a second load was possible a truck and driver were worth about 15 a day which made tho cost of hauling ten cents a bag cr probably eight cents if deliveries rveraged more than one load a day the potatoes must be rebagged by the farmer and these bags cost four cents each in turn these bags were shipped by the military author ities to toronto and disposed of as salvage he said mr dimming stated that as he wis paying 50 cents a bag for po tatoes atthe present time although he had previously been paying 45 cents but nevertheless the gross return to him was 67 cents less 12 cents less 50 cents or 55 cents leav ing a net profit of five cents per bag he expressed the opinion that live cents was not too much in view of the fact that he took a chance on axe price of potatoes advancing dur ing the month and also that ha had o be busy on the road all the time buying potatoes and arranging for delivery of bags for rebagging our purposes as well as other ex penses incidental to carrying on a business of this kind prices took a sudden rise in november he recall ed potatoes purchased in most in stances by mr cumming are bought on the basis of being in bags ready to be picked up by the truck and carted to camp borden mr cum ming explained ontario potatoes are in camp borden today not through the fore sight of many who criticise hut through the efforts chiefly of my self mr cumming declared ho has been purchasing potatoes in simcoe county for camp borden since september 1 last on a sub contract basis what the local growers want to know says the alliston herald is vhat has happened to tho 6 cents per bag over and above the 70 cents that mr cumming says mrt hisey received mr hisey or his sub contractor aro invited to en lighten growers on this question it is easy to figure the profit that some one is receiving over and above what the subcontractor gets 5000 hags at 9 cents conies to 47500 with out seeing the potatoes brierbush hospital government licensed main street enst stouffvillr maternity medical and surgical cases taken ambulance service registered nurses and 24 hour service mrs e r good phone 191 business director medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon xray office cor obrien and phone 195 coroner for york count 11 arthur i hokk physician and surgeon phones mark 67 stouffville 306 stouffville office in residence or late dr storey office hours tuesday thursday 1000 to 1130 saturday evenings 730 to 9 oclock dental e s barker lds djs honor graduate of royal ca3c ot dental surgeons and of uta university of toronto oftlce in grublns block phone 8201 i markbam every tueatwr office in wear block dr j f weatherill office over bank of commccas office hours 9 to 12 noon and 130 to 538 juh phone office phone reeldeso 180 18002 claremont every tuesday office over bakers store phone claremont 1401 a c kennedy chiropractor church street stoucssito monday wednesday frfdaji 9 to 12 am insurance see h o klinck obrien avei or your insurance needs 1n- fire life automobile barclay and all casualty lines thomas bikkett general insurance agencr representing reliable companies inclcdtec lloyds of london england phone stouffville 25902 a c burkholder insurance canada life assurance co -also- automobile and fire harry m spang representative mutual mfe insurance co also mutual automobile insurance telephone 6616 stouffville ontario barristers office phone residence phoar 3160 3514 arthur w s greer barrister solicitor notary punkc o king street east oshawa ontario resident partner branch gffl wcpollardkc port pemr uxbrldge ontario phona gfi r g clendening funeral director ambulance service phone markhant 9000 l e oneill stouffville funeral director and embalmer continuous telephono service day and night business phone residence pfcot stouffville marble granite works orders promptly executed p tarr proprietor phone 4303