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page six the tribune stouffville ont thursday aug 5th- 1943 sow meat soon to be sold here if you dont like he kind and quality of bacon or pork product you find on retailers shelves in the next two or three months maine a new order of the meat baord the meat board has to find about 25 million extra lb of bacon and pork products to fill its british quota between now and the end of septem ber when the big fall run starts to do so it has reduced the number of exportabletype hogs that may be slaughtered for domestic consumpt ion but it has permitted the trade to make up the difference by killing more sows ordinarily sow meat which comes off the farms in large quan tity at this time of year is canned for export now it will be available for domestic use in canada heretofore federally inspected packing plants were restricted to 50 per cent of their 1940 kill for dis tribution in the domestic market un der the new order this percentage has been cut to 35 per cent for hogs other than sows thus the packers may still slaugh ter up to 50 per cent of the 1940 kill provided the additional 15 per cent consists only of sows it is hoped in this way to move 6000 or 7000 sows per week from western canada and 3000 sows from the east into domestic markets much will depend on the price at which sows sell and in the last analysis on the willingness of the canadian pub lic to eat that kind of pork sow meat is usually fatter than ordinary hog meat and requires more careful handling by the packer in normal times canadians eat about 55 lb of bacon and pork pro ducts per capita under the present meat ration of 104 lb per person per year about 40 lb is represented by mu william hornklt i iasses away at zelhyit after short illness after an illness of only two weeks following a stroke william horner one of the most prominent citizens of scott township passed away at his home in zephyr on july 26 1943 in his 83rd year the funeral took place to zephyr cemetery the late william horner was born city man jailed for defrauding farmers admitting nine charges of false pretenses in which he defrauded seven farmers from the manchester and myrtle station sections outof in vaugban township in 1s61 a son wor 0 eggs and poultry art of the late daniel horner and eva snyder and went to zephyr with his parents when only two years old and spent the remainder of his life in scott township in 1ss9 he married rebecca cronsberry who with his three sons mason solicitor of cannington george of winnipeg norman ot scott and one daughter eva mrs elwood walker of zephyr are left to mourn the death of a kind and lov ing husband and father two brothers albert of zephyr wesley of maple and one sister susie of toronto 13 grandchildren and 6 greatgrandchildren also survive william horner had considerable wealth and gave zephyr its commun ity hall and street lights pork actually the proportion of pork available for britain has been im proving in recent weeks due to higher weight of hogs and better control of supply the amount has risen 34 per cent in the past five weeks compared with corresponding figures a year ago but this increase still leaves canada about 25 million lb short if the necessary rate of shipments to u k is to be main tained between now and october smy mccaul st toronto was sen tenced to nine jail terms of one month each in police court at port perry by magistrate f s ebbs os- hawa four of the nine sentences are to run consecutively and the other five concurrently smy who was apprehended follow ing his release from jail after serving 40 days for similar series of offenses at branmpton pleaded guilty to all nine charges and also admitted two other complaints for which charges had not been laid in addition he told the court he settled with seven other farmers in the same district whom he had defrauded in tfie same way a statement made by smy reveal ed that he had gained the confidence of farmers by purchasing their eggs for two consecutive weeks for cash the third week he suggested that he would take the eggs to toronto for grading which would give the farmers one or two cents more per dozen returning the next week he told his victims his brother handled the finances and he would be along the following week to settle in the meantime smy took another weeks eggs with him and that was the last the farmer saw of him until they appeared in court to testify against him the hog subsidy hog subsidies paid by the ontario government from may 5 1941 to june 30 1943 two years and one month totalled 9413750 according to figures compiled for use during the election campaign no doubt the figures are authentic and present quite an imposing sum however lib eral it was the farmer was not sat isfied with the manner in which he had to market his hogs you are needed on the farm front seldom seen i was sprawled out on the grass in front of the house the other day after dinner having a rest before going back to the hayfield when a newspaper in the hired mans hands caught my eye what does canada mean to you i think the ad was for a political rally but i didnt not ice that the sentence caught my eye and it kept in my mind all afternoon try sometime to figure out what your country means to you it will do you good to think over some of the things it means to live in this coun try of ours i thought of it when the training planes from the r c a f station roared over my head zipp ing and gliding and playing as it were in the sky they didnt drop any bombs i didnt have to rush back up to the house to make sure that mrs josh was safe no i could just go on working as peace fully as possible my only worry was whether a cloud on the horizon was the advance scout for a whole party of them that might spill rain down all over the hay canada means a lot to the fellow in the country ive always had the idea that people who till the soil are perhaps closer to the land than any one else we are not like the peas ants of france who so expressively used to pick up a handful of mother earth and kiss it on the other hand how often have you watched a farm er sit idly while he lets the soil trick le through his fingers he loves that soil unconsciously perhaps he knows that it is from the soil that his living comes and that upon his living the living of the whole coun try depends its true that during the past few years or i should say for the ten years prior to the war we placed more emphasis on the handiwork of man but somehow i know that be fore this war is over well have a better appreciation of our country and the soil on sundays youll see the catho lics going to their church and the protestants going the other way to theirs we live in perfect harmony in tact it was just last sunday that i saw jim foster staunch church man of the protestant belief driving the flannigans to mass over at new market the flannigan car was out of order jim did that because he has a healthy respect for what the other fellow believes our grandparents and greatgrand- parents laid the foundation for all this they were active healthy peop le who cut down the bush and built homes for themselves there was trouble at times but gradually they grew up to know and respect each other they handed a heritage canada on to us we havent al ways done the right thing but at least we have prafited by our mis takes canada to me is not a perfect place not a paradise but at least a place where you have a chance when we get this mess over this war in etirope then we have to get ourselves back into balance we first all have to know and respect mother nature and not squander her bounties we have to realize that in this country we have everything it takes to make a truly great country ladi les summer d resses spring and fall coats one hundred misses and womens dresses to clear at a great reduction a good vaiiety to choose from in crepes prints sheers and spuns ladies spring and summer hats in white and colored felts and straws reduced to clear at a saving spring and fall coats we still have a good selection of ladies coats and suits on hand also girls coats sizes from 3 to 14x now is the time to buy h golden stouffville phone 273 this is ivhat you should do act now consult any spcciul local committee or office established to deal with farm labour placements in your city or town or write your provincial director of farm labour at the capital of your province or get in touch with your nearest employment and selective service office this advertisement prepared by the dominion department of labour is sponsored as an aid to the joint dominionprovincial farm tatbonr program by r e curtis farm commando rcpreontntlvc stoiiflyillr ilionc 1102 custom of burning twp wood p a peculiar case of stealing has de veloped over in king township where residents have been summon ed into court and fined for taking wood from a municipal wood lot during the great depression people were allowed to enter the township wood lots and cut their own supply as times improved fewer sought the privilege but always someone was cutting wood and it became the fash ion for many to get their winter sup ply cut in this manner as a result three men appeared in newmarket court last week charged with the theft of standing timber constable xus farquhar told the court that george bennett rir 2 newmarket had admitted taking four or five loads from the township property lot g con 3 old survey king township did he tell you why he took it asked n l mathews k c for the crown he said that different people were cutting the wood said con stable farauhar he said he be lieved it was all right to take it township clerk harold rose said that the township had not given per mission to anyone to cut wood constable ronald watt said that he understood taht mr bennett had taken same of the wood to his own property but that there was no evi- dence of that constable farquhar said that the wood taken was worth over 25 everybody has been getting wood for years said mr bennett it was out of the syndicate land before five dollars is a high price for wood standing you can buy it for 1 or 150 anywhere why didnt you asked mr mathews magistrate robinson said that the wood wasnt worth 6 a cord mr mathews said that the magistrate was thinking of a single cord i understand that a cord of wood is a cord of wood said magistrate robinson what is commonly referred to as a cord of wood is a single cord that is a quarter of a cord said mr mathews fourfoot lengths would be a full cord mr bennett was fined 15 and costs dan andruzko kettleby charged with theft of wood from the same property said that his land adjourn ed that of the township and that he did not know that he was taking wood from the township lot constable farquhar said that there was not a used road but a cleared road between the two prop erties he didnt see how mr an druzko could make a mistake hes a foreigner said magis trate robinson he might not know it was a road he said at first he did no know said constable ronald watt later he admitted he did there is just as much duty on the township as on anyone else to fence their property and tell people what they own if they are going to prosecute said magistrate rob inson case is dismissed 1 dont think that people should get the impression that they can cut unfenced wood said mr mathews there is no more duty on the township than on private indi viduals to fence property i dont object to your finding however because i dont think the accused knew any better what i mean to say is that if the township is going to prosecute a man whose land is adjoining its own it is up to the township to indicate where its land begins said mag istrate robinson flight record made in transatlantic service send the tribune to absent friends a new record for a nonstop trans- atlantic flight from montreal to bri tain was made last week by the big transport plane operated by trans- canada air lines in the canadian governments new wartime trans- atlantic service for the carriage of mail to and from the dominions overseas forces from takeoff at montreal to landing in britain the elapsed time was 12 hours and 26 minutes the previous best time for a nonstop flight from 1101111631 to bri tain was 12 hours and 51 minutes last weeks flight breaking that re cord by 25 minutes the plane carried twentysix hun dred pounds of mail for members ot the overseas forces and three offici al passengers ronald f george operations manager of transcanada air lines acted as captain of the plane with captain a rankin of t c a as copilot squadronleader j r gilmore of the rcaf as navigator and g nettleton as radio operator prior to his departure from mon treal captain george stated that while he expected to make good time they were not out for any record mr churchill amuses his daughter mary and a crowd of cheering londoners attempting the eat of balancing his hat on the end of his stick and giving the victory sign at the same time in acknowledging his wel come home mary is a senior subaltern in the 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