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pne 7 the stovtfvihi t8isunt tfejajiy february 26 1959 established 1ss a v nolan son publisher member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontarioquebec newspapers association authorized u secondcleat mail pottoftee dpt ottawa member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 5350 elsewhere 460 t h noun pubfaa jas thomas eistar our editorial comment local dentists favour fluoridation dr m b dymond the ontario minister of health has personally voiced his objections to the fluorida tion of drinking water according to recent reports dr dymond has been quoted as taking such a stand when the matter was broached following a vote of metro council the ministers opinion on the highly contentious matter ha raised a waive of protest from members of the medical and dentistry professions it is rather diflicult to under stand on what facts dr dymond bases his opinion according to the published news report the doctor did not elaborate too fully on his state ments dr neil c smith and dr wm a murphy two stouffville dentists have given the fluoridation scheme their wholehearted support both doctors state that the benefits of fluorine in drinking water have been proven in the united states canada and britain they said that all den tal and medical associations in can ada and the united states were in favour of the fluorine project dr smith said that there is a chlorine additive in stoiiftvilles drinking water he noted however that chlorine like any type of medi cine could be dangerous if not used in a proper proportion he said that eimilarly precautionary methods must be applied in the use of fluorine he said he is certain that the fluorida tion of drinking water is a definite decay preventive he pointed out that economically the scheme was sound he said that in toronto it would cost approximately ten cents per person per year dr murphy contended that it is merely a question of educating the people on the benefits of fluorine he noted that it was quite likely that the thought of pasteurization of milk was met with similar protest in commenting on dr dymonds report ed statement dr murphy said that apparently the health minister fav ored another method other than drinking water in which to provide fluorine at the present time there isnt any other way he said it is quite unlikely that the opinions of laymen on the subject of fluorine carry much weight with the average broadminded citizen they are merely opinions of individ ualists and are subject to error how ever when the minister of health a graduate physician intimates his dis trust in the scheme then its time his grounds for such thinking were brought out into the open and made public information perhaps dr dy- monds is right perhaps thousands of other medical men are wrong to date i have not heard one sound reason to support the ministers stand reading still survives the recent report of the annual meeting of the stouffville public library indicates that books are still managing to survive in this television age circulation at the library was substantially up over 1957 and the circulation of 11582 books was just short of the alltime high of 1952 a total of 704 persons used the facil ities of the library during the year the joys and benefits to be de rived from a good book in a quiet room continues to be a real attraction the allabsorbing impact of television upon the young which had so many parents worried a couple of years back appears to be a thing of the past many can now take it or leave improve local stouffville municipal council in stituted a new municipal tax system here last week which should benefit both the municipality and the rate payers alike for a long time there has been some discontent on the fact that local tax payments crowded so close on christmas and the end of the year a great many residents find that they have numerous finan- it alone many do have their favorite programs the same as adults do but hobbies school activities and books are just as interesting to the children as tv newspaper publishers were at first concerned about the economic impact of tv and some were justified in the initial years however the power of the printed word has now more than proved its superiority and both readership and advertising have returned to even higher levels than before the new media tv is fitting in but is proving to be only one segment in the many avenues from which we can receive ideas and form opinions tax system cial commitments about this time and municipal taxes falling due only add to the burden the new dates for the payment of taxes june 1st and nov 1st will remove this objection ample time is also given between instalments the municipality will benefit by having the use of tax monies earlier in the year which could provide some assistance by alleviating borrowing got tiger by tail and cant let go we have almost arrived at the point where the automobile has be come the foundation of our national existence we have pampered and petted this gas buggy of 50 years ago until it has grown into a monster we have shaped and built our scheme of things around this mechan ical parasite and now we must con tinue to live with it or sec our national economy severely strained we have allowed it to undermine mass trans portation by rail we now have this mechanical monster by the tail and cant let go of it we stubbornly and smilingly hold on and watch the tigers breath poison the atmosphere thousands more try to help matters along by outdoing the tiger and end up a gory mess of broken bones along the high ways this manmade contraption has brought pleasure but has also caused numerous heartbreaks the expense of feeding this mechanical monster has become a heavy drain on the pocketbook it has made life hazardous for the pedestrian so that he must keep alert at almost every turn to stay alive and what do we propose to do about all this why we simply build more tigers and wider and bet ter highways laff of the week call raansev a barker ataot ifetlk jvselyesr an old man steps out an old man exactly seventy years old said to me re cently im steppins out he saw my astonishment and hastened to add i am seventy and the firm ive worked for have a rule that seventy is the limit so this is my last day at work im stepping out i have known that man for over thirty years and he was always the same cheerful and friendly changes have come so gradually that ive hardly noticed them he has slowed up a little doesnt walk so erect and well he pulls his thin hair over the surface of his dome that is he makes a little go a long way bless his heart im beginning to do that myself although i know its a losing battle hes stepping out quitting after more than fifty years of steady work not always with the same firm although he has served his present employers thirtyfive years he gets a modest pension and from now on he will have a lot of time on his hands he will be able to do some of the things he has longed to do in ancient times old age was dreaded it was taken for granted that the slough of despond was at the end of life not at the beginning as bunyan has depicted it what the people of long ago hoped for was perpetual youth they believed what a modern cynic has said after a certain age there is nothing left but the pleasures of the table a roman philosopher wrote as long as the fates permit let us enjoy our lusts millions agreed with the sentiment let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die many of the wisest and best thinkers of the past accepted this melancholy view life is better for old people than in ancient times per haps not so much as we think but still an improvement just think of reading a century ago the percentage of old people who had enough education to read was small among working people less than five per cent books were a luxury and news papers fewer and not so well edited then there is the boon of the radio of course there are programs we dont like but we dont have to listen to them there is endless enjoyment to be had in others i shall not forget the picture of old people i saw in newfoundland far removed from a railroad listening to church services and musical treats and loving every minute of it when a number of leading personalities were asked if they would like to be starting over again most of them em phatically said no they had had their day and were satisfied to leave it at that most of these men were in retirement and were enjoying it one man said that if he had his life to live over again he would probably commit the same mistakes if not he would make others probably worse my old friend who has just stepped out has remained goodnatured and optimistic life has not embittered him older people outlive hate it is not always so but it should be life ought to teach us understanding and toleration old violins produce richer music and with less effort than new ones our sympathies ought to grow warmer and our judgments more mellow as time goes on this has happened to most of the old people i know and it is fairly general a striking verse in the bible is that promise in the first psalm his leaf also shall not wither in nature the sweet greenness of early leaves passes into darker shades as summer comes to be followed by the yellowness of autumn but here is a glorious promise old age may have its enthusiasms and hopes even more thrilling than those of earlier days there need not be cynicism and despair for the trees of the lord are full of sap we may say with robert browning the best is yet to be our quotation today is by hugh black is the test of life the end of life new postage stamp in honor of nato s 10 years for parents only temper tantrums by nancy cleaver as part of the ceremonies which will mark the 10th anni versary of the north atlantic treaty organization post master general the hon wm hamilton has announced that a new postage stamp will be issued on april 2 195d it is particularly fitting that canada should honour the alli ance on its 10th birthday the secretary of state for external affairs has stated it remains true thit to some extent nato was the product of a natural evolution an asso ciation of peoples who for the most part see eye to eye who have the same desire and de termination to preserve their traditional institutions and ways of life and who desire to col laborate not only in the immed iate military task at hand but in much wider fields econom ic and social as well as politi cal i believe that the place of nato in world history will de pend on the success which its members enjoy in developing their political economic and so cial partnership historic tics of tradition race hnguagc and religion have bound canada closely with the other h member nations and with them canada has worked to achieve increasing unity with in the alliance keeping in mind that nato is working continually toward i world peace the design of the new postage stamp contains in the upper lefthand corner the clove of peace with an olive branch in its beak in the left- hand margin appear the initials nato and the french otan in the right margin the centre of the stamp depicts the globe of the world showing the area in which the nato member countries are located the stamp designed by philip weiss of ot tawa is blue in colur on a white background and is of the popular cent denomination the stamp is being produced by the old rocking chair mrs j drudge elmlra ont some months ago an expert on home furnishings remarked that not one home in 20 or per haps 50 has a rocking chair i it was not always so fifty years ago a home was poor 1 indeed which dirf not have one or several when company came to call good manners told i you to offer the visitor a rock ing chair more comfortable chairs i were distinguished in those j days as straight chairs and rockers mother rocked as she 1 knitted or crocheted babies i were rocked and sung to sleep how else grandpop rocked on the front porch moving i with the sun or now and then j shifting off a creaking board rocking had a soothing sort of effect the tranquilizer of the latter 1800s and early i900s the canadian bank note co i ltd ottawa the paper mills have con- trihtil very largely to hydro electric power development mary is an awful little spit fire she is continually flying into a rage when i insist on her putting away her toys or com ing to her meals tommy certainly lives up to his red hair never a day goes by but he has a real scrap with one of his chums beatrice goes along quietly for several days then just when im in a store or have company if i cross her will in some small matter she has a temper tantrum just to have her own way the mother of an only child a child who has seemed such a sweet and docile youngster is naturally very disturbed when suddenly her child flies into a temper tantrum if she has the oportunity to talk with other mothers of young children she will likely be comforted and reassured when she discovers that a temper tantrum is not a rare thing among little chil dren rather it is to be exported that a small child feeling vio lent anger at some frustration should show his emotion with out restraint this is a passing phase in the lives of many pre school children but an uncom fortable one for both parents and child what is the best way to treat these explosions of rage need more health clinics says dr king stating that the medical health unit needs more clinics in the county dr king present ed to county council the 1959 budget in the amount of 200- 09548 an increase of approxi mately 516000 over the 1958 budget chud health centres- immunization advice and counsel to parents uf infants and young children was avail- nkln t 7ci7 aiimmi rlurinn food sanitation water ssnl- tation plumbing drains even subdivision planning which in volves questions of waste dis- 1 posal come under the closest attention of the health unit staff statistical report a complete and lengthy re port was submitted to county canada for me ive travelled far oer land and sea and to the utmost bounds of earth and yet no country have i found like canada my place of birth her hills and valleys mountains plains are clad in natures richest hue her rivers lakes and woodland streams are all of them of deepest blu her forests are forever green council showing comparative i i summers sun or winters rdfictize tft- t nni4 c ftctt statistics for 57 and 5s chief able to 781 children during among communicable diases her prairies yield the richest she past year at 14 locations monthly this was an increase in average attendance from 27 per clinic to 40 per clinic across the county service is limited in many locations dr king stated by lack of suitable ac commodation sufficient volun teer help and shortage of health unit staff particularly medical officers and public health nur ses approximately 20000 elemen tary school children and 5000 secondary school students re ceive services in 152 individ- in december 195s were red mea- grain sles in 1957 there were only their boundless wealth cannot 53 cases last december there j be told were 123 cases with 259 cases reported during the whole of with fruits her orchards do last year abound in 195s 21s2 chest xrays of apples peaches plums and were given for tuberculosis 150 j pears more than in the previous year j while fish in all the streams art but in 1957 51 cases were re- 1 found ported as compared with only j and birds and flowers are every 30 for 195s five of which were where reported in december of last year poliomyelitis vaccine was ad ministered in 8724 cases in 1958 ual schools in the county j for infants and preschool chil- school building programs havejdren 7499 school children re made tremendous strides in even the smallest rural school section in the last few years and the attention of schools to health aspects in this field de- in these rich bounties all may share the great and small for all ar free here famines cry can never come in canada the good the free serves the highest praise dr king continued boarding homes childrens boarding homes accommodating children under three years of age are register ed with the medical officer of health and given periodic super vision a total of 128 childrens boarding homes were registered in york county in 1958 homes for the aged and so- called nursing homes privately operated are subject to licens ing by the clerk of the county of york since august 1958 and 13 such establishments have been duly licensed early files 19s4 water supply dangerously low dangerously low that was the state of the towns reser voirs after it had been discover ed that the reservoirs held but meagre two feet of water the municipal authorities went straight out to stop the leakage and after a lot of hard work were successful it was later believed that there were other leakages and an appeal was made through the tribune to conserve the water supply and to use it with constant economy appeal case dismissed mrs eli shank of markham filed suit in the supreme court complaining that her deceased aunt mrs eleanor casely who died in the previous year had been incompetent at the time of making out her will mrs shanks husband also protested that he did not think that mrs casely had in the latter years of her life been capable of handling her own affairs in reaching his verdict mr justice rose said that there had been no evidence produced to verify their complaints and he dismissed the case leaving the plaintiffs liable for the costs of the court mrs caselys estate was val ued at 13000 this was divided as in the will equally between nine beneficiaries just a bit of spite it appears that someone was out to spite the road superin tendent of markham twp when there was a threat of charges against him by some of the road foremen the municipal councillors of the township met- coordinately with a delegation of the road foremen to hear the complaints but the meeting eventually pet ered out when noone would step forward to lodge a com plaint deputy reeve characterized the affair as just a bit of spite work ceived polio vaccine and 3784 adults received immunization for polio in 1958 there are no some m ch a figures available for 19di roam complaints i in other lands bevond the sea dr king reported that al 285 0 faircst of ih mis ls hc land the land for me complaints regarding health etc received in their office 278 were well founded sanitation 1176 applications were receiv ed for septic tank installations 2542 for new plumbing and 2459 initial inspections regard ing plumbing were made revenue revenue for the health unit is derived as follows county of york 50 s8915160 and bank interest s7922s province of ontario 50 s8915160 plumbing inspection fees s21- 000 a total of s20009548 na tional health grants additional revenue total 54275796 god bless our great and noble queen long may she oer our nation reign and to her may gods grace ba given our glorious freedom to main tain to god we offer grateful praise for all our freedom joy and peace and may the honour of his name from our blest nation never cease leslie grov 8 agisagagaa 3sb3cbae3bg3a painting paperhanging the laakng service 1959 wallpapers with matching drapes r0xat0ne specialist free advice time payment plan gormley 5449 saturday excursions toronto good going and returning same saturday only excursion fares from lindsay 290 stouffville 125 sunderland blackwater 215 210 corresponding fares from intermediate points there is no one sure method of treating a child in a tantrum but it is important that a mo ther study her own youngster and discover just what are the conditions which most often provoke his baby wrath per haps his temper troubles have a physical basis he may be too tired or too hungry it may be that his little extra rest in his daily routine or an earlier meal hour or a drink of fruit juice and a cookie or an apple mid way between meals may be what he needs on the other hand if he is very vigorous and active he may want more opportunities for physical exercise and satis fying play in the fresh air once he has left babyhood be hind he should have the com pany of another child and a playmate of his own age may lessen this outbursts the reason may not be physi cal but emotional and if the parent suspects that his child is using temper to attract at tention the childs rages should be ignored one of the best ways of treating temper is by iso lating the angry youngster a little time by himself to sit down quietly and look at a boor may be a wise plan at the same time the childs crav ing for attention should he sat isfied in another more desir able way perhaps he needs more loving more time when mother sings to him or he sings with her at the piano possibly father could spend a little longer on a bedtime story temper in a child in very apt to create strong emotions in the parent but this is one occasion when a mother or father must try to remain calm there is no point in shouting at an angry child or giving him orders to snap out of his temper exhi bition for tantrums with the great majority of youngsters spanking or physical punish ment is worse than useless be cause it usually prolongs the spell of temper the most im portant thing of all is that the i child should be helped iu leave j this kind of behavior behind as he learns to handle his vexa tions and anger temper tantrums become a major problem only when a j child gets his own way by this kind of behavior mother and father should be united in pre- venting this as in other prin- ciplcs of training they should agree that as far as possible i the youngster will not be al- lowed to gain what he wants by a tantrum it is true that a small child sometimes seems to take advantage of parents by going into a rage when a visi tor is present or when he is out in company but it is better not to give fri to him a single time even if it is an em barrassing experience to have another person watch ones own child in a violent 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