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AUBREY STEPHENSON £5 Simple pledge to establish uni- Phone Agincourt 21_r_12 éfi-ersal peace: “Never again will I 67-11-va to make anybodv behave my meo hay." Young Baker’s Harness Shop Binder Canvass Repaired Straps and slats for all makes always on hand T; iIâ€"Afidrey Oliver, Marion/ Putâ€" erbough, George Crane, Murray Mc- Dowe‘l‘l. To SI. IIIâ€"Stanley Downing, George Craib, Ruth Oliver. To Jr. IIIâ€"Violet Currie (Hon), Archie Cameron (Hon), Irene Puterâ€" bough, Marjorie Crane. GET NEW GOODYEARS GAS, OIL and ACCESSORIES NORTH YONGE ST. RICH THURSDAY, JULY 9th, 1936 SCHOOL REPORT, S. S. N0. 9, i VAUGHAN i To Sr. IVâ€"Mary Brownlee (Hon.),[ Cora. Julian, Herb Constable. ‘ To Jr. IVâ€"Billy Skidmore, Mary; McNeil. - I COMFORT ALL WORK GUARANTEED Maple, Ont. RR. No. 2 Telephone Maple 1063 (11/1, miles north of Concord) Charies Graham AGENT MASSEY HARRIS Farm lmp|emems. Machinery and Repairs Telephone Rlchmond Hi!) 132-w When dizzy spells Make You Feel Unsafe, Just Try Parke’s LIVER HQ_ TONE PHONE 71 GLENN'S DRUG STORE Shop closed 6 pm. Mon., Wed. and Fri. ISAAC BAKER It stimulates a lazy liver to healthy, nor- mal action and soon restores you to your usual normal health. It is a harmless cor- rective for consti- pation, biliousness, headaches and dizzi- ness. 50c. â€" $1.00 E. Farr, teacher Size 30 x 3% Size 29 x 4.40- Ill/A Other An ontimist is one who thinks a resort hotel’s hot water spigot will deliver- hot water if he lets it run long enough. The Blenheim News Tribune in studying the census of Canadfi has com-e upon- a bit of information that will surely be a surprise to many people. It has long been the pre- vailing impression that the French people are increasing in this coun- try more rapidly than the Anglo Saxons. Such is not the case and the News Tribune gives the figures for half a century as follows: In 1871, when the first census was tak- en, the percentage of French in reâ€" lation to all Canada was 30.07, in 1881 it was 30.03, in 1901 30.71, in 1911 28.51, in 1921 27.91 and in 1931 28.22. Sunday: Mistres§ Gillems littel ‘dotter was made to set not so clost to the raddio to- day. Mistress Gil- lem sed the an- nouncer’s voice was hoarse & colds is v ketching. Saturday: Well this is the forth of July & I & Blisters is selebraten the fall of the Roman umpire. So fur l have got 2 fingers burnt & Blisters has a black 1. Looks like a succ-e:sful acashen. Wednesday: Jake is at work as a offis boy during vacashen & when his grampa called to see how is he get- ting a long the boss sed he is gone to yore funral. They was a ball game that p. m. l n Friday: Mistress Reddykash the banker’s better 1/2 called on a for- chen teller today & the forchen teller sed she seen ben'yd treasher. Yes, yes, that’s my husband’s 1st wife I hear so much about sed Mistress Reddykash. Then she left & apeared mad all so. Thursday: They was a big fite this a. m. A feller sed the resen they envented a whele barl‘o was to teech the Irish to walk on their hind laigs, I diddent see nothing wrong with it, but a Irishman licked the feller who sed it. I wander why. Sile 29 x ‘â€"' ' "7 ' Tuesday: We was out in the ford and stopt to buy some gas & the station man ast Pa does it make him tired to drive. No sed Pa. All I have to do is steer. My wife does the heavy work of thinking. 5.55 7.85 SLATS’ DIARY { 5.00-19 Sizes equally (By Oliver N. Warren) RICHMOND HILL Size 30 x 4.50-21 Size 28 x 4.7519 low-priced Monday : Jane took I on the chin from me, I being about 1/2 sore at her about sum thing enney how. She sed' she was drinking lotsa milk for bone building & I sed be sure it dossent go to yore hed. 80 When one of their members dies there is always a certain amount of regret in his or her passing. This is only human. But the death of a per- son is not to be regarded as a great sorrow, but rather as a great joy. The deceased has passed from a sor- rowful world to happiness beyond. Why, then, should there be sorrow? Joy at the passing is regarded as more fitting for the occasion. Foll- owing the burial of the dead man or woman, the people attending the fun- eral usually adjourn to the home of the deceased. Here long tables are loaded with food. Many neighbors have helped to prepare what is no- thing short of a real banquet and here the Mennonites gather to be happy on the passing of one of their number to a world of greater happi- ness. No matter how wealthy a Mennon- ite might have been in the world. on his death he is buried in a plain board box. No stately hearse car- ries it to the burial ground. Instead the wellâ€"known democrat which the Mennonites drive is used. No costly Back in the pre-depressior. days those in the know were aware of fine fact that many a quiet mannered, modest and retiring Mennonite walk- ling down the street, quietly and conâ€" servatively dressed, could write a cheque with six figures to it. Long years of toil and thrift had gathered together a substantial farm and with the irrepressible success that greetel all farmers during the war years thrift continued even while profits mounted high. As a result many of these Mennonites amassed startling fortunes for average farmers. There were many of them to do so, since before the Mennonites came to Canâ€" ada it was an agreement with the Canadian government that they would never have to take up arms and go to fight for the country they: wvere living in. The religion of the: Mennonites decrees that they shall never fight.) Much better would it be to turn the other cheek if hit. 801 these quiet farmers, who have never fought for Canada in any war, will never likely do so, because of this} agreement with the Canadian govern, ment. One war. however, they have not escaped. This is the worldâ€"wide ec- onomic war now in progress known as the depression. The hard times which have hit this and other coun-I tries following the financial crash in 1929 has not missed the Mennonites Deflation of farm values, poor prices for farm products, etc., have been the means of bringing poverty to many of the Mennonites as to other farm- ers throughout Canada. Where many other farmers were doomed to fail- ure early in the depression, the aver- age Mennonite was enabled to carry on and probably will never fail, since his extreme thrift will carry him ov- er the top. The Mennonites have many cust- oms, which though they might seem strange to other people are not so regarded by them. A glance over the surrounding countryside convinces you the tillers of the soil in this district are above the average. Clean looking fields. tidy fences, well-kept barns and barnyards very definitely convince vo-i of anâ€" other quality of these people, namely â€" cleanliness. All is as spotlessly clean as it possibly can be made, either in the fields, the barnyard; or about the house. Waterloo County has long been known for its rich farmlands. well cultivated by these thrifty Mennon- ites. About a century ago the fore- fathers of the present inhabitants came over from the State of Penn- sylvania, to hew out an area of culti- vation along the picturesque banks of the river now known as the Grand. A thrifty and courageous band of early pioneers has been followed by succeeding generations of people who have never lost the idea of thrift and courage implanted in them bv their forefathers. True, here and there a black sheep of the family has taken over a well stocked farm with plenty of capital to run it, the gift of his father, only ‘0 run the farm into bankruptcy. But the per- centage of those who have done so in comparison to other classes of peo- ple running farms in Ontario is very small. The idea of thrift has been too long and forcibly implanted in them to have it pass very quickly from them. To the stranger who passes by they are the oddly dressed people known as Mennonites. But to those who have had life-long dealings with fhem they are not just MennOnites but as honest and as industrious a. class of people as will be found anywhere in Canada. Passing over the highways and by- ways of the beautiful county of Waâ€" terloo at the present time one cannot but notice a difigent army of farmers plowing the fields and scattermg the good seed on the land. Mennonites of Waterloo County THE LIBERAL, RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO (From The Elmira Signet) Most of us are like the Chinese â€"eager to have our wrongs righbed if somebody else will do it. , “The old order changeth, giving place to new.” The Mennonites are gradually becoming modernized. Whether this change is for good or ill time alone will tell. To many people their life would appear very dull and drab. The hap- piness of these people and the suc- cess with which they have coped with the problems before them, how- ever, indicate that they are not to be pitied for the life they live. The dress of the Mennonites is quite plain regardless of their Wealth. The men wear plain black cloth and black hats. Any other colour than black or gray is seldom seen on a Mennonite woman. One thing that is most noticeable is the happy expression on the faces of the Mennonites, particularly those of the women. Their faces virtually shine with happiness and content- ment. No‘insurance will be bought by an‘ old order Mennonite. They have a; community fund amongst themselvesi and should anyone suffer loss through i fire, etc., the Mennonites of the dis- trict give the unfortunate individual money and help him rebuild his b'arn. A visit to the home of .a Mennonite will reveal that there are no pictures on the wall. The religion of the Mennonites decrees that all this is vain show and not in keeping with religion. Instead, one finds that all is plain, but scupulously clean. No radio or any musical instrument will be seen. These are not believed in. No car will be seen at the door. Cars are never bought by Mennonites. It must be remembered that all the above references are in regard to the sect known as the old order of Mennon- ites. There are now the new Men- nonites which allow a greater amount of freedom in what should and what should not be done and what can be used and what cannot be used. The new Mennonites are gradually makâ€" ing inroads on the customs of old Mennonites and succeeding genera- tions will favour the customs of the new Mennonites, it would seem, judg- ing by the changes that have been taking place in the present genera- tion. in the church is not unlike that of the Maple Leaf Gardens, in Toronto, only, of course, on a much smaller scale. Half of the seating accommo- dation is marked off for women and the other half for men. They must not sit together in, church even though they belong to the same fam- ily. Men have their separate en- trance to the church and the WOmen theirs. stone is placed over the grave. Only a plain slab marks the spot where the Mennonite was buried. At the funeral service no organ peals forth mournful dirges. Instead only the voices of the people attending the service are heard. Entering the frame building, paint- ed white, which is their place of worship, one sees only plain lumber used. The arrangement of seating More than 94 feet in length and capable of an estimated speed of more than 100 miles an hour, the new locomotives, constructed by Montreal Locomotive Works, present many interesting features. Conspicuous by their absence at first glance are such familiar locomotive ‘gadgets” as a cowcateher,‘ smokestack, bell and automatic conler. The cowcatcher is replaced in the stream-lining of the THE WORLD’S LARGEST STREAM-LINER l? VAUGHAN TOWNSHIP VAUGHAN TOWNSHIP Notice to Property Owners& Tenants Weeds Weeds To bridge the gap ‘ between week-ends. are cut by July 10th and also subsequent to that date the Township may enter upon the said lands and have weeds cut, charging the cost of same to the owners concerned in their taxes. Public notice is hereby given in accordance with the WEED CONTROL ACT that unless weeds which may be growing on lands within Jim Thompson never lets loneliness gel: him down. With the family away for the summer he bridges the gap between week- ends, by telephone. Twice a week. at a set hour, he has a reassuring and cheering chat with wife and youngsters. There’s nothing like Long Distance to take the edge off separation. It’s speedy, clear:s dependable and invaluable in emergency. .On both “Anyone” and “Person-lo- Person” calls, Low Night Rates apply after 7. and ALL DAY SUNDAY. G. DEFERARRI, SAM IRELAND, Vaughan Weed Inspectors. PAGE SEVEN