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the tribune stouffville ont thursday jan 11 1945 j local and personal happenings editors mail wjl wilson thornhill writes renew our tribune we send it on to the western san- every week and several patients there look for ward to its arrival mrs wilmot wideman of fleet alia writes we have enjoyed the tribune very much during the past year and feel that we cannot do without it for this coming year we have had very nice weather so far in this part of alberta this winter and we look forward to re- ceiving your paper for another year wishing all our old friends a successful 1945 from mr and mrs alf e pipher 2772 south quincy ave milwaukee wis just a line to say that we listened to yourbroad- cast which came in clear it was interesting and we enjoyed it im mensely u sure was good to hear voices from- the old home town even if we did not know the par ticipants thanks to the willard chocolate co and to your fine weekly paper after an absence of seventeen yearsmrs j britten of donavon sask is visiting her sister mrs ira brown and family fred goobie a native of sljohns newfoundland who is a second year student at pickering college was a visitor this week atthelioroi of dr and mrs h wilson because of the blockedroads the church service at bloomington was cancelled on sunday this is the first time in my four years here that a service has been cancelled at bloomington because of snow said rev mr brown chester r- cook 9423 monica ave detroit we missed getting our paper over christmas for two weeks then w5 received three in two days we listened to and was very much interested in the stouff- ville broadcast by the tribune and was particularly pleased to hear the voice of james brodie as i re member him 50 years ago being a neighbor i did not know any of the other participants we would be pleased to ask rev d macgre- gor since when has it become ob jectionable to teach religion in a public school or anywhere for that matter we used to have a chapter read repeatthe lords prayer and sing a hymn out at no 13 mark- jham on the 6th concession where mr wm- martin taught and i am sure there was some good done certainly no harm mrs bgrichardson the former muriel madill of claremont and stouffville- writes from her home in roanke va this interesting and appreciated information among my christmas cards was one from your o me that we are again to receive the tribune for another- year the gift of mr and mrs george lee of stouffvillewe would indeed miss the paper ifit did not come we listened to your recent broadcast from stouffville and it came in very clear it was ouite a thrill to hear voices coming directly from home we made a recording of the program so wecan listen again whenever we feel a little homesick for stouffville the december 28th issue of the tri bune arrived this morning jan 5 and we noted particularly the picture of the snow we had a the cubs the group committee meeting that was to be held on jan 10th at the home of dr st bodendistel has been postponed until jan 17th we need a few more boys to fill up the group lads between ine- ages of 8 and 12 years are welcome cecil andrus cm walter pipher asst cm the new municipal council which was duly sworn in on monday evening was entertained to an evening dinner at the home of the reeve prior tothe opening meeting rev d mcgregor spoke to the men briefly following the dinner charg ing them to be true to the munici pal stewardship which had been entrusted to them those present were councillors r e brown ea button john smits clerk geo storey constable ira rusnell and rev d mcgregor to spedk sunciay mr f marshall is now a gray coach commuter to toronto since he is manager of a toronto branch of the bank of nova scotia follow ing his retirement from the mark- ham branch the religion of the campus dr l s klirick will give the address in the united church next sunday evening at the re gular worship service dr klinck past president of the university of british columbia will speak on the religion of the campus and will undoubt edly have a message that every body would do well to hear the tribune had a few lines from an old townsman charlie neftdick of toronto one of the former stouffville boys whom the town seldom sees although not far away it was interesting to hear from him he was remitting a sub scription for his sisters copy of the tribune western grain we are keeping our storage filled all the time nevertheless orders for western grain must be placed well ahead of require ments because first deliveries on ac count of the roads are very poor second our chopping mill is run ning to capacity third rail ship ments of grain are very slow going home to belfast rev gibson brown pastor of bloomington and altona christian churches has been granted permiss ion to cross the atlantic to visit his parents in belfast ireland it is 15 years since mr brown last saw the old home in that famous city and recently suffered the loss of two younger sisters it will be a great homecoming for both the parents and son to look forward to mr brown will be absent from his pastoral duties here during the month of february y weoottmsiltflkaeam at the first sign of colds use ds hess pouliky inbalanti expels mucus from birds upper respira tory tracts and helps treat bronchial irritations see us about inhalant dairy supplements quaker 24 dairy ration quaker 32 dairy ration soy bean meal 41 fulopep dry fitting coopers drikil kills lice on cattle horses sheep poultry stiver bros hog supplements shurgrain 40 hog concentrate purina sow and pig chow purina hog chow supplement quaker pig starter cil pigmin and young peoples church groups the very critics who claim that clay school teachers are unfit to give religious education invariably invite such teachers to teach in the sunday schools religious education is in our ontario schools td stay and can adas future citizens will be the bet ter for it r yours truly h p sutton secretary ontario educational association gormley jan 6 1945 dear mr- editor i have read the article what are profits by lewis milligan in last weeks tribune and i wish to point out some of the fundamentals of a coopertive organization which re fute his claim that cooperativesare run on the same basis as any pri vate enterpfise first a cooperative is not pri- vatebecause anyone regardless of race creed or color may join the association and the movements principle of one member one vote does not permit private control as all members have an equal voice in private enterprise the principle of one share one vote permits some members to monopolize con- trol which is often not in the best white christmas- also but not so j of the majority of share with old ontario fairly well snow bound last week and stouff ville no exception the village may consider itself more than fortunate while the township roads all there is a real chancefor a foot- around us were buried deep and ware manufacturer to produce impossible for traffic the highway something that will be just as ser- to toronto was never completely viceable in cold weather as a pair closed for a single day although of overshoes but minus the tugg- the going was hard and hazardous ing and pulling required to put j at times then the cnr service them on or take them off fifty years ago this january the late wm h tpdd then of good wood was preparing to move to stouffville and was tendered an oyster supper in his native village there on the eve of his departure mr todd established the todd carriage and wagon works here and built the present garage build ing of international motors on main street east and owned now by walter atkinson to keep the town streets open in richmond hill a toronto com pany operated heavy equipment all one night last week but did a successful job the richmond hill newspaper did not disclose the cost home on leave although mostly away behind schedule never completely failed one could look up the street any we understand time and see six or eight teams of water bills were issued to be tween 300 and 400 customers last week its a good plan to discharge the bill at once rather than to hold off until nearly the last day per sons who fail to pay on or before jan 15 will not receive the discount much that we had to haul it away our snow is completely gone and the temperature today is almost 50 my family and myself wish you and ali our friends in stouffville a very happy year and may it be a year of victory january 1 1945 the editor dear sir the ontario educational assoc iation has been promoting relig ious education for ontario schools for several years and is gratified that the subject- has at last been made a part- of the curriculum of thepublic schools this letter is an answer to the critics who have pro tested against the new course it is human nature that people who are satisfied with anything do not trouble to- express themselves while every dissatisfied person broadcasts his criticisms fewer than ten of the five thou sandschool boards in ontario have requested permission from the de partment of education to dispense with religious education in their schools the vast majority of the school trustees and parents must be satisfied accordingto various surveys on ly 30 to 40 percent of children at tend sunday school all public school children will now receive re ligious instruction the purpose of the new course is first to make children familiar with bible language and history second to give them an understand ing ofthe christian basis of ethical conduct as a result of similar school courses in the united states thousands of children have been influenced to attend sunday school send the tribune to absent friends holders secondly in contrast with private enterprise- which often aims to get as much as possible for goods and services and pay as little as possi ble in wages the aim of coops is to render the maximum in service and quality at a minimum of cost and at the same time to pay their employees better than generally prevailing wages a survey in england showed that the average wage paid to one hundred thousand coop workers was over three hun dred dollars pen employee per year more than that paid to similar workers in private enterprises i have been a member of three successful coops and cannot ac cept mr millganjs claim that sav ings made by the coops and re turned to the patrons are the same thing as profits in ordinary en terprises true those doing busi ness with a coop generally pay about the market price and the mar gin between this and the actual cost is kept by the coop for a time to meet possible emergencies in their business but it is periodically re funded to each patron in the form of patronage dividends winch are paid in proportion to the amount of goods purchased by each i believe the cooperative idea is the truly democratic one and pre sents a solution to most of our economic problems each for all and all for each carried to its ulti mate aim for worldwide mutual helpfullness is something we should all be striving for yours truly george dewitt the womens insilitutc the stouffville womens insti tute will hold their first meeting of the new year at the home of mrs george pugh on thursday after noon jan 18 at 230 oclock motto is if every branch member was just like me what kind of a branch would this branch be the roll call will be answered by naming an old landmark miss m mertens will give a paper on historical re search and mrs t baxter will give a reading music by the village choir visitors are always wel come so come mrs h malloy president and miss s stewart sec horses for farmers are back to the horse and bob sleigh and in places are driving across fields again just as they had to do 25 years ago be fore we had motor snow plows in fact to bring back the so called good old days at least two run aways were seen one of these was staged by les widemans horse tied or standing at the cnr on friday night it raced through main street going east and headed for home stable out of the terrific cold goaded on by hitting its heels against the cutter no great dam age and no one hurt saturday afternoon saw the first flurry of business with the town pretty well filled with farmers gathering up supplies for over the weekend sat urday night was one of the few such saturdays when little business was done it was bitter cold and had been all day so country people travelled in the daylight one thing to be thankful for there is a lot of gasoline and rubber being saved through thousands of cars being tied up forty members get competition underway at curling kink this week saw the opening of real competition among the mem bers of the stouffville curling club when the forty members were drawn into ten rinks the lineup for this first draw is as follows h moyer g gunn wm birkett h w sanders s wm grenbury a feir o drew- ery c pipher s l gillion f timbers h stouffer c armstrong s j hoover w timbers h sawyer wm armstrong s a black c nolan a weldon h brillinger s a williams j cadieux r curtis t birkct s w stakinson l turner e smith f l button s i borinsky w pipher i aldred m watts s mr holmes e a button l mur phy b bell s f mcnair f riches w boadway w brillinger s wearing the real tan of a sailor sub lieut harry brown is home on a months leave visit ing his mother mrsn w byer and r other members of the family this is his first annual vacation since 1942 sub lieut brown is stationed at halifax but he sees a great deal more of the world than just our east coast during the course of his cruising mrs norman becher of hanover is the guest in town ofrev mrs- gibson brown for afewr weeks spof f ords after stocktaking clearance sale 1 knitting sewing opportunities thrift ball service yarn is in grey khaki navy in ball 54 heavy wool coating brown navy beige large 59c super scotch finger ing yarn is in black red- and khaki navy brown 69c wheeling yarn in grey royal- black khaki 50c sportsdown yarn in red blue rose white in 4 oz skeins 65c 295 40c 28c 25c 23c 23c 36 factory cotton good quali ties 25c and 29c 82 factory cotton sheeting 49c 36 interlining sand 36 stripe flanelette 36 white flanelette 27 white flannelette 27 stripe flannelette cream for best results ship your cream to stouff- ville creamery we pay two cents more per pound butterfat for cream delivered to the creamery cold storage lockers to rent from- 6 to 8 dollars peryear stouffville creamery co ucii w phone 18601 fstouffville 0nt cosy warm clothing for cold days kiddies lined sizes 3 4 snow suits 650 kiddies lined ski suits sizes 8 1012 995 separate ski pants blanket cloth all sizes 10 to 20 450 and 498 kiddies leggings brown and and navy 4 and 6 years 119 kiddies ski jackets sizes 4 and 6 years 398 baby bunting bags pink and blue 235 and 498 heavy skating sockees navy and brown asst sizes 55c fine wool sockees asst colors and sizes 49c satin comforters wool filled 895 grey allwool blankefcs sizes 60x80 each j girls warm eiderdown kim- nas sizes 6 to 14 198 girls wool and rayon dresses sizes 6 to 14 1198 girls plaid jumpers sizes 4 5 6 98c see our dresses all specially priced spofford co the old school quite some time ago this news paper obtained the pencil written notes on trie old school prepar ed for a womens institute meet ing and while we are not sure who gathered the information we pass it on to our readers knowing that the pupils of other days will recall the facts herein recorded about stouffville public school and which probably refers to a period of 50 and 60 years ago or more the note read do you recall the old school with four rows of seats and which was used before the present school was erected the place to which i refer was burned down and the families in attendance at time i refer included the obriens flints knills barkeys yakes allens and the grants and others our teacher was adam ross he brought a small organ and had music every friday afternoon classes had no note books butused slates and at times they made quite a rattle to punish a girl she was directed to sit in with a boy and that was terrible then two boys who came fought the teacher any time the other was being strapped then along came thos hand as teacher he came from vivian school stayed only a short time but returned to stouffville when the new school was- built and re- mainded here a record number of years while building operations were on we met in free methodist hall across the lane it was at a christ mas concert at that time that i first heard the national anthem sung it was started by jacob bar- key brother of mrs harry sanders a miss brown taught the small children at that time she had only one arm but that never prevented her from using the strap when occasion demanded it i recall the big flat top stove and how the children thawed out their lunches on it in winter it was of course a wood burner and could throw the heat not all were perfect in those days either for if a girl couldnt get- her aritmetlc djme she would slide back a note to the boys and up would come the answers this was when the teacher was not on guard of course we really had industrious stud ents to can i ever forget millie barkey the late dr burk- holder v brought her fancy work to school on one occasion she got the crochet needle in her hand and was taken over to the doctors office across the road where jess cober lives oii corner 6fmaln and baker avenue to havejitlremov- it irfef hifx il t y ivfc