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the tribune stouffvilje ont thursday february 27 1947 ujljp touffmllp mribunf established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations average paidinadvance circulation as of sept 1st 2473 issued every thursday at stouffville ontario subscription rates per year in advance in canada 200 in usa 250 a- v nolan son publishers notes and comments relieving the taxation of real property the association also requested the cabinet to pay a substantial portion of the municipal subsidy early in the year rather than in december stating the municipalities are now faced with heavy interest charges to finance expenditures while awaiting receipt of the subsidy so far as paying educational grants to municipal treasurers instead of to the treasurers of school boards or boards of educations we do not see how that will help matters much if members of boards of education were all elected by the ratepayers instead of appointees of this and that body then the boards who do the spending could be accountable by the ratepayers direct school boards are becoming more and more removed from reach of the tax payers so that they are not under proper control friday saturday feb 28 mar i county councils useless mayor ahwaite of mimico is peeved because york county council did not see his way when he desired to bring about certain amalgamations of a dozen municipalities around toronto the mayor now charges that the county council is a useless body and serves no useful purpose reeve hugh griggs also of mimico says that weighed by anybody but one with an unbiased mind county councils have a proper place and a very useful business to perform county councillors are closer to the people than any other large legislative body- not withstanding anything that mayor waite may say or think we imagine county councils will function for the good of the people for a long time to come the double dole windsor has a considerable number of people who are jobless as a result a situation is revealed there which prob ably exists to a lesser degree in other urban centres the unemployment problem was discussed at a meeting of the windsor retail merchants association and it was dis closed by the local employment adviser of the national employment service that 1600 women in the border city are registered as unemployed ninety per cent of the women registered are married and most of them draw benefits it is not revealed how many have husbands also on the dole but presumably there are some the double dole sort of establishes the principle that work can and must be found for both husband and wife that is practically impossible yet there is some justice in both drawing support from the emergency fund since if both work they contributed to the fund unfortunately the double dole leaves less inducement to look for a job and encourages the presentday tendency of leaning on the public for support another weakness is that thousands who have jobs guaranteed the year through and who are never out of work are forced to contribute to the fund thousands whose incomes are small but whose employment is guaranteed contribute to those who draw from the fund but who demand enormous wages for a seasonal kind of work school boards chosen by tax payers the ontario municipal association asked that educa tional grants from the provinces be paid directly to munici pal treasurers instead of to school boards in a brief to the ontario cabinet the association charged total disregard by boards of education of the needs of other municipal requirements and said that the grants to the school boards have failed to achieve the purpose of waterworks chat the tweed news has been informing its readers about municipal waterworks and sewerage plants emphasizing the enormous ccsts of such ventures today if being installed tweed had both waterworks and sewers installed back in 1929 but stouffville can only boast of a fine waterworks system with no sewers our waterworks system if installed today would cost over a hundred thousand dollars but read what the tweed editor has to say several municipalities with populations comparable to tweed are giving serious consideration to the installation of waterworks and sewerage systems and it is interesting to- read the comments from the papers published in those various centres tweed is in an enviable position in this regard having boasted waterworks and sewage since 1929 in the neighboring village of madoc the necessary by law was passed at the last election but the municipal council it is understood have temporarily shelved any plans owing to the exorbitant costs involved we have been told that the cost is likely to run over 300000- lanark wellington and elora are other communities where necessary figures on installation are being compiled in wellington a village much smaller than tweed the cost will run to 200000 officials at elora have temporarily abandoned plans owing to the excessive costs a heated municipal discussion has developed in picton where the sewerage system will cost over 400000 dr a e berry speaking at wellington said health protection is paramount in any village and one of the first considerations is the water supply which in some instances has been the cause of serious outbreaks of epidemics quoting figures dr berry said that only 11 per cent of the people on canadian farms had these conveniences while only 39 per cent of those in small rural communities enjoyed them he emphasized that with industrial development in the smaller centres it was only natural that manufacturers should pick those towns equipped with waterworks in creased fire protection was another point stressed by dr berry a survey some years ago in the village of wellington indicated that 112 wells showed pollution hugh templin editor of the fergus newsrecord points out that it was after installation of waterworks early in the present century that fergus started to grow it is now a town of over three thousand people the tribune editor might add to the observation of fergus that waterworks is not the thing that made fergus grow stouffville has enjoyed a system for 40 years much cheaper service than in fergus but it did not make the town grow the point is however the town could not grow without the waterworks system rj y rriuay s saiuruay reo si mar i rfftfrwcr vaev serenade sonja henl vjwf yf tounphillip reed x0 lotiw iw ma s y itie search ftlii i miss annie rooney guy kiber shirley temple wednesday and thurs march 36 18500 offer march tj- tfo aoa1u gol william na bo i the only safe our capital correspondent written exclusively for the stouff ville tribune by m l sschwartz stomvhle ps in monday and tuesday marcli 10 11 ceasar and cleopatra claude rains vivien leigh never touch a fallen wire wind snow and sleet break down electric wires sometimes in spite of every precaution shock or severe burns can result from touching uch a wire never touch a fallen wire warn children not fo go near fallen wires but do not risk a demonstration by trying to move one out of the way it can be fatall remember these three things if you discover anelectric wire on the ground or dangerously low 1 do not touch the wire under any circumstances 2 stay on guard and keep everyone away until hydro men arrive 3 have your nearest hydro office notified at once everything possible is done fo keep hydro wires safe in your com munity some things winter storms and human folly ar beyond control when these things occur hydro asks your cooperation in being careful and in warning others by doing so you may save a life the hydro electric power commission of ontario secretary of state for external affairs st laurent has made it clear in ottawa that the canadian government has not received any request from the government of the united kingdom for special assistance to alleviate the heavy winter suffering of the people of britain meanwhile he stated the government is exerting every effort under arrangements prev iously made to move food and other essential supplies to great britain it is revealed in this capital that 71719 people came into canada in the year 1916 as immigrants in cluding 20183 males and 5123g females though there is no infor mation how many of these were refugees since the latter are not classified as such in the immigra tion statistical compilations if the reader believes that where theres smoke theres fire some thing may be in the making in regard to rental control since all sorts of reports can be heard on parliament hill about contemplated or allegedly contemplated actions though it appears now that the so- calledjomnibus measure aimed to continue some 55 ordersincouncij on controls may not freeze rental controls evidently rental ceilings will still be subject to change by order it is interpreted here so that this may bo a hint of what may be forthcoming the importation of butter from new zealand into canada which has already been authorized is expected to bring about 5000000 pounds will be governed by can- atas future domestic position this has been explained in ottawa by agriculture minister gardiner who declared that the dairy products board of the department of agri culture is importing this butter though the average price per pound has not been established as yet as a matter of fact i think the only criticism of this house is that we do not ask the government enough questions said in parlia ment in part gordon grayclon pro pressiveconservative in asking for the adoption of a different attitude than in the past in this respect the government get off far too easily in matters of this kind i should not like the prime ministers words to be regarded as indicative of the policy which will be pursued from now on because it is in the interests of the country that these questions be asked freely and that plenty of latitude be given after all that is how the people find out about the business of the country in quick reply prime minister king made it clear that the govern ment is not objecting in any wav to any number of questions but the point is as to the time at which and the manner in which the ques lions should be asked and answered again may i say that there is no desire to limit the number of ques tions but simply to have the ques tions asked and answered in a manner which will ensure accuracy and which will help expedite the business of the house declared in part prime minister king the senate in ottawa has ad journed from feb 14 to march 5 because of a lack of work this causing some talk along parliament hill on account of the large amount t of legislation facing the house of commons and at the same time the lengthy holiday of the senate however when it was brought up in the house of commons a siokes- nian for the government asserted that an effort will be made to assign considerably more work to the senate t the labor council in ottawa has drafted a resolution protesting against the governments action in removing price controls on many commodities and this has been sent to members of parliament a large audience including members of parliament political party lead ers members of the diplomatic row leaders of labor business etc crowded the largest theatre in this capital for the presentation of the forgotten factor by members or a cast giving their time for the work of the moral rearmament as a national service slowly and surely france is coming back to her prewar status as a world power declared in ottawa general guillain de benouville french hero of world war ii in speaking to lalliance francaise meeting here a charge has been made that military vehicles with 1913 ontario licenses are driving about right in this capital the appointment of 37yearold peter avion who has been with the cbc since 1931 and who was director of international broadcasts for the cbc since 1944 as director of radio for the united nations organization is considered in ottawa as a high compliment to canada a report in ottawa shows that despite about 1000 per sons in canada being drug addicts last year yet the taking of drugs was not increasing here owing to the activities of the special narcotic squads of the police forces all over the nation reproduction prohibited 1947 federal features syndicate chevrolet axxoiwcks its ir7 moikis rextylod for 1917 with the em- phasis on a more massive front end and a smoother weep to body contours the new chevro let is announced vow frontend grie and complimenting bright work as well as elimination of the body bell moulding have done much to give the new mode an air of greater luxur- iouness this year the usual shutdown for retooling wa avoided and there was virtually no decrease in the rate of out put when the new models went into production