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tjt i the mouffviui tr16uhe ttwday apnl 1 w57 tle jstoufftoiiic terilnm estabushzd ibm a v nolan son publishers member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontarioquebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations authorized ms iecoatfcuu mill poctcfflce dep otta-a- issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 5350 elsewhere 450 c h nolan publisher jas thomas associate editor frost independence could affect ontario vote the apparent interdependence of the provincial and federal govern ments and the recent federal budget could have some effect on the ontario vote in the forthcoming federal elec tion premier frost has stated that he believes the federal government is niggardly in its taxation treat ment of ontario thus the finance ministers admission of a 300000- 000 surplus is no doubt exasperating to the ontario premier the ontario liberal leader far- quhar oliver has charged that mr frost is trying to make political capital out of the situation as a con tribution to the conservative cause in the june election however the ontario premier has maintained for some years that the provincial share of taxes is in sufficient and that the federal gov ernment should be able to budget much closer to actual needs the fact that ontario pays the big share of taxes does not help alleviate the premiers feelings mr olivers con tention is partially right since tha debate in the ontario legislature recently is certain to have some re percussion whether or not it was motivated for political reasons thus mr frost could be a problem for the ontario liberals come june those who wished to have mr frosts name go before the federal conservative convention will think now that possibly they were right for as federal leader he would have had the opportunity to come to closer grips with the taxsharing problem citycountry blend ties are becoming closer between the city dweller and his country cousin agricultural economists say the time is not so far off when you wont be able to tell them apart in many parts of canada the city resident has moved to the coun try to find elbow room and escape high municipal taxes and some farm ers earn part of their incomes from other jobs in cities and towns better roads television and radio all help in the blending of urban and rural cultures farm leaders say parttime farming will increase considerably only an unexpected sharp farm in come climb can stop it or slow it down the day may come when poli ticians will have no city vote or rural vote as they know it today voters interests are becoming so diversified that they have a broader view of public needs this union of the urbanite and his country cousin will have a vital effect on the future of our way of life safety checks effective what is known as safety checks by provincial police officers are becoming more frequent as far as the motorist i3 concerned it is a simple operation at any time he is liable to be stopped on the open highway by the provincial men the important safety features on his car are checked to make sure that brakes lights horn rearview mirror etc are all up to standard in addition to providing a hazard for the vehicle which is not fit to be operated on the public roads drivers are becoming increasingly aware that they must at all times be alert and fully capable of passing such a test knowing that they may be stopped at any time certainly should tend to make most car operators keenly conscious of their responsibil ity when they are behind the wheel potatoes over the border canadian potato growers have gained a measure of tariff protection against united states imports fin ance minister harris has announced that effective from april 6 us potatoes will pay a yearround duty of 37 vi cents per 100 pounds hither to they have been dutyfree except from june 15 to july 31 when a duty of 37 vi cents applied exempt from duty as before are new potatoes imported from jan 1 to june 14 each year before the home product is ready a tariff would be a consumer tax as mr harris sees it the real threat he said has been mature potatoes coming in from the us from december to april while the homegrown product is still avail able right now the fredericton gleaner reports there is a glut of new brunswick potatoes canada does not make these tariff changes without consulting washington under gatt unilateral deals are permitted and this one was negotiated the charlottetown pat riot prince edward island is keenly interested predicted that nothing would be done at the present session of parliament and maritime growers had sent a delegation to ottawa to urge interim relief action has been taken but the advantage is offset to an undeter mined extent by a sharply reduced us quota on imports of canadian seed and table potatoes the reduced quota will enter at 37 jc anything above that at 75 john diefenbaker at the time of the announcement happened to be speaking in west middlesex a noted potato district which is also the con stituency of robert mccubbin par liamentary assistant to the minister of agriculture the pc leader used the occasion to discuss the whole question of imported fruits veget ables and poultry and to pledge his party to safeguard canadian produc ers whenever imports appear to endanger us products the tariff is raised while endoftheseason pro ducts are dumped into canada in great quantities in 1956 we paid 7000000 at wholesale for us table potatoes dutyfree for all but six weeks of the year the telegram london letter london england april 3 london in the spring just the time of the year to visit this lovely city with the parks all aglow with the spring flowers daffodils beds of them every where wallflowers this year owing to the mild winter almost in full flower and the scent of them almost more attractive than their colour and surely never has the grass been greener or more delightful than this year the past weekend unfortun ately was giving us all a very black outlook with over half a million men n strike in the london area and practically a thousand firms facing a com plete shutout the future ap peared more disastrous than for many years however common i tense has prevailed and the mssi a return to work tomor- rowvajso the past weekend was the one chosen by more couples to get married in than any bcoie no as to get the tax relief he last qualifying date being april 5th in fact bka alone put on 11 extra 32seater flights during the weekend to take newlyweds to the channel islands and honeymoon special trains were coming into london main line station from all dlrcc- 1 tions practically every church j and registry office working non- 1 stop on saturday 90000 school boys packed the tiemhley stadium for the soccer match between lnand v wales the finl stxtf was 20 in favour of the english team the enthusiasm of the boys was equal to any thing the cup final will show this year between man united and aston villa this should be an exceptionally good one what about some of you coming over to trembley for it policemen blowing whistles struggled through the crowds in petticoat lane londons famous street market on sunday they were close on the heels of a bag snatchcr but he got away the chase started after a woman shouted her hand bag had ben stolen the man dodged into oldgate station and into a train that was just leaving thousands watched the boat race last saturday the lovely day and the fact that oxford were favourites brought the crowds out more than ever it was an exceptionally good race won by cambridge keeping quiet they rowed like mad and won by 2 lengths next week is budget week and we are all wondering just what the government has in store for us to regain even a little of their steadily declining popu larity they will have to grant quite a few tax reliefs will they do it we muft as asquith used to say wait and see the holiday season is fast approach ing and each day the most fan tastic proposals confront us in all the various papers holidays at home and abroad our per sonal choice would h an on tario iake cruise best wishes early files april 16 1925 work of erecting the cement wall for the new sheds at the mennonite church is progressing this week also work on trench ing for the foundation of the new baptist church has started good friday was a very quiet holiday in stouffville cecil shackcl has moved his garage business located just west of the mansion house to the auditorium where the new ford show rooms are situated richardson masonic lodge at its regular meeting on friday evening presented the presiding officer mr ross k davis with a beautiful past masters apron dr f a dales read an address and w h todd made the pres entation farmers and others who use the roads a good deal have been praising the efforts of whit church township council for converting the 10th concession from stouffville to lincolnville from one of the roughest roads into a good piece of highway friday nights drama in rat- cliffs hall entitled backbone a happy easter to all invitation accepted over 40000 young people move into toronto every year from villages and rural areas 1 asked a leading business man what his first thoughts were when lie landed he replied i realized my pants werent pressed and it made me feel self- conscious no doubt first impressions are important young people are elated or discouraged in the first few weeks here is a story of something that happened some time ago jim came from a back concession that is his birthplace was not even a village not far away there was a schoolhouse a post office and a small church but the nearest railway station was nine miles away when he was eighteen jim arrived in a large canadian city on a monday he started working the next morning and by the end of the week he was well established in his boardinghouse he was somewhat lonely but he was friendly and quickly made acquaintances then sunday came jim attended a church service chiefly because he wanted to but also in fulfillment of a promise he had made when leaving home it was summertime and after the noonday meal he sat with half a dozen other young fellows on the house verandah it was then that jim suddenly remem bered that every sunday afternoon for years he had attended sunday school he had never missed unless he had been ill he looked at the other boys on that verandah and he felt sure that if he suggested sunday school they would politely decline at any rate they would decline politely or otherwise besides they were already making plans for a picnic and they were counting on him to go right there and then jim knew that he was facing a crisis in his life if he went to the picnic it would be the first break between him and the sunday school next sunday there would be another picnic and gradually the gulf between him and the sunday school would widen he did not want that to happen yet to refuse to go with the other fellows might make a bad impression what was he to do a t that moment a man named maclaren judge maclaren walked down the street he was the teacher of a young mens bible class and was destined to become many years later president of the worlds sunday school association he paused when he saw the young men on the verandah and after a moments hesitation he said my name is maclaren and i am the teacher of a young mens bible class if you are not otherwise engaged this afternoon i should like to invite you all to our class without any hesitation jim said will you please wait until i get my hat and coat and i shall be glad to go along with you jim thoroughly enjoyed the class he joined it that day and during the next fourteen years he was absent only three times he became a strong christian leader and for more than half a century has been widely known and respected speaking of the incident many years afterward he said i just knew that i had to make a decision that day and i felt in my soul it was an important one i came to a place where my whole future depended upon what i did just then it was a case of two men out and the bases full thank god i had sense enough to do the right thing our quotation today is by judge cairns it is a critical time in a mans life when he is absolutely on his own for parents only speech without stuttering by nancy cleaver should not show it the stutter ing child must neither be wor ried nor hurried if junior is lefthanded his mother will not force him to use his right hand most modern parents know that the inner ten sion arising in a child from try ing to change a lofthanded per son into a righthanded person may account for a tendency to stutter the part of the brain controlling speech is closely as sociated with the control of the hands teachers today seldom urge a lefthanded child to use his right hand juniors speech difficulties should not be discussed with other adults in his presence mother and father should not fuss over junior nor show an- there are several things his jxiety or concern for their child mother may want to do which parents ran help their child will be harmful junior must not j who stutters by seeing that he be punished or shamed for his gets more rest and by building stammering the stuttering up his general health a mother child lacks selfconfidence any can keep a record of the sltua- was giver i with i good success by repressive punishing measures j tions which provoke her child the victoria square dramatic only make him more unsure of and try to avoid these qb i his ability to speak fluently j learning to speak without j r mckenzie of ringwood neither must mother form the j stuttering is a little like learn- hablt of asking junior to speak swim a cmld must not more slowly he should not be be aid trying too hard de- told to repeat the word or sen- 1 feats is own purpose the re- tence over which he has been iaxc1 rhild c3n swim more cx stumbling pertly than the tense youngster it is a big temptation but i recent report to the stouffville mother must not supply a suit- school board that he is of the able word for which junior is j good friday this week will be opinion that scholars of th frantically searching if mother a public holiday and mores in does your child stutter are you helping him stuttering is common among little children of two or three years who are learning to speak in the great majority of cases if handled wisely it gradually disappears in time of strain or in new situations as when jun ior starts to school or enters ado lescence stuttering may crop up again if junior complains to mother that his playmates laugh at him and that he ccant ttalk right mother should reassure him that lots of children have difficulty learning to talk mother should not urge him to try harder to talk correctly nor should she at tempt to cure his speech prob lem by rewards or bribes rr 3 newmarket dear mr editor help needed the success of the wolf cubs and the boy scouts in the bal- lantraemusselmans lake area has now been established but there is still a crying need for the formation of the girl guides arid brownies for the girls this need can only be fulfilled if some of the mothers in this area can give up two hours per week in which to train the children it is not necessary that you had been a girl guide in your younger days but it is important that you like children and that you have a community spirit when the controversy was go ing on with regard to the no 11 ss there were all kinds of people who devoted many hours to going around with petitions for the good of the children i am sure that if the time was available then it would be available now and ac tions would speak a little louder than words and it really would be for the good of the children if any woman is really inter ested we would be very pleased to receive you at 730 next monday night at scouts ballan- trae school and help you in any way to understand how the cubs and scouts operate so that you may get some idea of what is required to start girl guides and brownies you may if so desired carry on with the scouts until it is decided to stavt the guides this service is some thing that the girls of this area need and if you have a young daughter it is in their interest as well as your own that some thing be done and there is no time like the present k a rogers r r 2 gormley ont april 13 1957 dear editor and readers in this weeks edition of your valuable paper a man who is a stranger to me advises me to commit suicide who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge i have be fore me his compilation of pro found wisdom and his elaborate exposition of intelli gence i am surprised by his super cilious verbosity and amused at his consummate concatenation of nonentities he speaks of mahatma ghandi as a proper candidate for heaven if as he asks if there be such a place i would like to meet the above mentioned writer and would be glad to have the opportunity to debate the subject of heaven and hell with him or any of his overintelligent theorists for i perceive that he is in the gall of bitterness and the bonds of iniquity i would like to convince him by the preaching of the foolish ness of the cross that unless he is born again lie must utterly perish in a lake of fire burning with brimstone in the meantime i will pray that god may en lighten him for he is too world lywise methinks for human in struction thanking you i remain yours in the masters service leslie grove eastw triumphant behold the glory of the lamb this glorious easter morn he rose triumphant oer the tomb triumphant oer mens scorn the winters gloom now too is past this lovely easter morn the gladsome spring has come at last a bright new day is born the grass is springing fresh and new the flowers have come again again the morn is fresh with dew or drenched with april rain so let us put our cares away the shadow of the cross and with the christ on easter day forget all earthly loss look up to christ for grace and peace the resurrected lord and he will gently give release from care as our reward mrs a webct we are nearlng the popular wedding months should you re quire invitations or other items such as serviettes and cake boxes see the tribune selection they will please you im doing all right for cynical irresponsibility end social selfishness the re mark of a new york truck driver when asked for his opin ion of david beck and the inter national brotherhood of team sters investigation would be hard to beat everybody is out to get what they can said this individual let the big boys fight it out on their own im doing all right thus did this wise man on wheels sum up a common phil osophy of our times it couldnt be expressed more tersely more degradingly it is the philosophy of the big grab the unceas ing gimme gimme gimme of those who never consider the amount or the quality of what they give in return or even whether they should make the effort to give anything at all such people and there are great numbers of them are hap piest when they are on the thick end of the grabbing then they can boast that they are doing all right what happens to the country the community or the other fellow doesnt matter the country can be left to the big boys to fight it out and that is often what the big boys want if these cynical sentiments are general then we have a right to be depressed for they are the expressions of bankrupt democ racy in which the selfless work of all the devoted spirits of the past m contemptuously put in pawn and the proceeds shared out among those who have appe tites but no principles rights but no duties in such decadence the past be- comes worthless the present an archy and the future unknown except that in it must lie a cer tain retribution one is reminded of the story about the pirates who when the ship was sinking wrapped them selves in money belts tilled with gold in the stormy sea the weight pulled them down and they drowned but materially they were doing all right hamilton spectator mrs roy dowswell albert st stouffville escaped with only minor bruises on tlunsday mor ning when her car went out of control on the don mills road and turned over mrs dowswell is a teacher at the dublin public school in north york damage to the car was estimated at 1000 markham twp police said that the heavy earlymorn ing snowfall made the highway very treacherous has purchased the land on which stood the old blacksmith shop opposite groves store and will erect a new house thereon inspector mills of the con tinuation s hools mates in his expansion in recent years ihe canadian steel industry has expanded more rapidly that the sleel industry of any other major nation between 1946 and the end of 1956 he increase in capacity in canada was 62 per cent or about 2140000 tons slelco is the largest canadian producer and in the same period invested 195000000 in new nlanl and raw material sources the steel company of canada limited montreal gahanoque hamilton bmhtford toronto i local school do far too little feels impatient with her childs town will be opn on thursday wal i reading of library books struggles to express himself she evening