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tmm 1 the stouffu ttasujff twsbr mr 9 ws9 fell j touffmlb tribune established us a- v nolan son pablishers member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontarioquebec newspapers association actbcrixed am lecocddaxa nuu fottofflc dpt otuwa member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffville 0t- in canada 350 elstwheri 450 c a houm hbfaw u- thomas mter our editorial comment pickerings municipal offices completely outdated some serious thought will have to be given to the matter of a more uptodate municipal office building in the township of pickering for a progressive municipality the council seat and clerical offices located at brougham is hardly a centre that would indicate even the remotest sign of progress although the matter of more adequate accommodation has been touched on at various meetings of council no definite steps have been taken to start the rebuilding ball rolling there are perhaps two reasons why council is hesitant about takin a firm stand on the matter first and foremost i believe that there is a strong possibility that the hamlet of brougham may soon lose its iden tity as the capital of pickering township that is of course if the south end of the municipality ad vances residentially and industrially according to present plans it would of course be utter folly to erect a 75000 municipal building at brougham today and then move the council seat to dunbarton or west rouge tomorrow the second obstacle in the path of such a plan would be a feeling of resentment on behalf of many rate payers the question of high taxes is and always will be a bitter pill for residents to swallow add to this a multithousand dollar building pro gram and resentment would no doubt swell ten fold conditions under which the township employees now work are as archaic as the verandahencased structure itself department heads are stowed away behind a labyrinth of antiquated hallways and stair cases the council chamber is con tinually filled to capacity by weekly delegations and the reeve has already hinted that some other makeshift quarters may have to be acquired to cope with the situation while the surrounding municipalities of mark- ham whitchurch and scarboro point with pride at their administration centres pickering must take a back seat in this department the time is not too far distant however when positive action will have to be taken to right a serious wrong could provide fine summer service remember the sunday evening band concerts which were so popular in many communities some years ago while we do not have a band in stouffville one hears little of these concerts anymore even where there still are organized bands we were much impressed the other evening while watching tv to see a salvation army band concert on the hamilton channel and to enjoy the rendition of fine old selections as only such a group can render them while a number of our town churches do hold services during the summer in the evening one of the largest denomination does not the thought came to us of how fine it would be if our churches could jointly sponsor salvation army band con certs for sunday summer evenings in our beautiful town park we ven ture to say that the interest in such concerts if properly publicized would be greater and would draw many more folk than do all the church ser vices now being held whether or not the army could be interested or financial arrange ments made for such openair pre sentations we dont know but we do believe that they would bring people together for a quiet sunday evening period and provide a worthwhile addi tion to our local sabbath rules for swimmers with summer barely started many drowning tragedies have al ready been experienced unless strict precautions are taken by the public drowning is bound to take a continu ing toll the rules of safety with respect to swimming have often been stated but are worth repeating swimmers should avoid going into the water soon after a meal or unaccompanied by others unless they are skillful they should stay near the bank even proficient swimmers should learn about the water they are using before venturing too far out so as to avoid hidden dangers and all parties of swimmers should have one member versed in resuscitation those using boats should follow similar rules if they cannot swim they should wear life belts better a little discomfort than death by drowning a nonswimmer should not go out in a boat alone and should if at all possible be accompanied by a swimmer our streams and lakes offer much enjoyment there is no need to mar the pleasure through thought lessness or ignorance given proper precautions by the public the sum mer can be a pleasant time instead of a period marked by unnecessary tra gedy additional service stations not needed here stouffville has never lacked for the convenience of gasoline service stations in fact the village and im mediate area is becoming topheavy v ith such centres this being the c se it is rather difficult to under- s and why council has given approval ff another outlet at the east end of town t b at the present time local motor ics may obtain service from any one ofcjtwelve stations located within a sftrt distance of two miles between tig hamlet of ringwood and the ntnth concession alone there is a total of nine with some dealers de pending almost entirely on gasoline sales for their livelihood the ever increasing competition has forced them to remain open for more than twelve hours per day it would appear that the parent firms have little or no regard for either their own dealers or the struggling opposition they are con tinually requesting permission to erect more stations even though they must realize that local traffic does not warrant such service one sta tion on the westerly outskirts of the town is already closed down and its weedinfested boulevard presents an unsightly approach to the village others have frequently changed own ership we feel that council should use a restraining hand when dealing with these applications competition may be the spice of life but locked pumps and closed doors are certainly not good advertisements for stouffville you can get business machines and office supplies from the tribune hmfpast teen the sunday school lesson decisions i he pours out his heart before ligious or civii officer in charg dctkkmixe destiny the nation especially deut 30 of the nation deuteronomy 29 iv si 1720 pleading warning bel verse 12gather the people lesson for july 12 seeching her to obev her god together men women golden text ttc lord i deut 31moses called un- children stranger he it is that doth e before thee i to joshua and said in the that they may hear and he will be with thee he will not sight of au israel be strong learn and fear the lord your fail thee neither forsk thee i and of a good courage thou t god and observe to do this fear not neither be dismayed i must go with this people unto reminds us of the gathering ot i deut 31 s the land thou shalt cause the people at sinai to hear gods thp ncenv as nnipthem to inherit it the lord j word all the people must as- adovoaehto the lesson had told moses to encourage his semble even those whose under- moss dtvt otsrth were faithful successor joshua deut standing might be limited geo- aioses uajs on eauj were 3 j eurta was grauhicallv or bv age the pur- kixw his ovvni pose of the reading was flr- resuv- h woudtot er theirthlv career officially form- fold the people must hear the cosoj he woud not er tftej pubucly the sight i word be instructed by the of all israel he urged joshua word be prompted by the word to be brave and stressed the to rev reverence for god and new leaders godappointed as- must show the effect of the signment he would lead israeli reading by obedience to tha into the land across the jordan word and enable her to secure it verse 13 that their child- verse 8 the lord doth i ren which have not known go before thee he wll be with j may hear and learn to fear ihe thee will not fail thee neilord your god as long as ye thcr forsake thee fear not i live in the land moses had some forty years earlier moses already emphasized parental re- had told the nation to go upsponsibility to instruct children the saving grace before cars had such a vogue i went to preach in an ontario village which was a mile or two from the station i was met by an eightyfour year old man who was driving a lively horse i took a look at the animal raring to go and after a little hesitation i got into the buggy then i made a stupid remark this is rather a lively horse for an old man to drive yes it is he replied and i wouldnt let an old man touch her i deserved that somebody should have hit me on the head with a hammer i found out later that the old man had the greatest sense of humour in the village and was extremely popular it isnt an accident that the word humour has the same root as human i have never known any person who had a good sense of humour to be cruel or even unkind ian mac- laren said he never knew trouble to break out in any family where there was humour in the atmosphere it is the people who take themselves too seriously who got mad and carry grudges it is hard to understand why some religious people have frowned on any sign of humour ages ago the writer of proverbs said a merry heart doeth good like a medicine the man lacking humour is likely to be incapable of pathos that is sensitivity good humour indicates a healthy soul in which bitterness and censoriousness have no place what is called the saving grace of humour does much to oil the machinery of our complex life and if angry people could be made to laugh at themselves their ill nature would vanish colonel baker head of the canadian institute for the blind told me there is more laughter in their big diningroom than we could find almost anywhere he said their sense of humour is a gift from god william h prescott the blind historian had a sense of humour and of love of fun which never left him he was one of the most cheerful men who ever lived one day an uncle of his who believed that he was becoming deaf called up prescott the historian insisted that his uncles deafness was all imaginary and in order to prove it suggested that a watch be placed at one end of the room and that both should approach it slowly and should stop as soon as either heard the watch ticking you will hear that ticking as soon as i do said prescott then you will realize that your hearing is all right for i know mine is good very slowly the two men approached the watch advanc ing only a few inches at a time do you hear it asked prescott not yet said his uncle steadily the couple advanced until they were only a short distance off i knew i was deaf said the uncle i cannot hear a thing dont worry replied prescott i hear nothing myself when they had their ears less than ten inches away pres- cotts face had a bewildered expression i must be getting deaf myself he groaned i cannot hear any ticking surely i am not going to be botli blind and deaf finally he got so close that his ear touched the watch still no sound then he fairly yelled why the old watch isnt going his wife confessed that she had stopped the watch and that she was nearly convulsed with laughter as the two men strained to hear the ticking of a watch that wasnt going then mr prescott had one of his fits of uncontrollable laughing for while he enjoyed all kinds of fun he seemed to relish it all the more when the joke was on him our quotation today is from pauls epistle to the romans rejoice with them that do rejoice and weep with them that weep holy land deut 421 22 31 2 instead he would die a lonely death in the land of moab and be buried in an unknown sepul chre deut 34 5 6 four old testament books exodus leviticus numbers and deuteronomy relate the career of this mighty man of god he was courageous and consecrated to the end knowing of his im- jmlnent death and that in spite of the solemn safryards and warnings he had uttered israel would quicklv turn from god to idolatry deut 3116 he yet faced the future unafraid he charged his successor joshua to be strong and of a good cou rage deut 3123 and com mitted his own destiny into the hands of the lord he had long and devotedly served moses was aware that israels choices would determine her fu ture god had spoken if she heeded his word she would be blessed if she disobeyed she would be cursed everything depended on what the nation did in the light of gods word to emphasize this truth and to bring the word and will of the lord repeatedly to israels remembrance moses took the following steps 1 there in the land of moab he re- jlpeated the divine command ments and statutes frequently 2 he decreed that the law of fgod should be publicly read in palestine every seven years 3 he had the book of the law placed in the ark of the coven ant deut 3126 4 he taught the people a song commemorat ing gods unchanging nature amd his dealings with his peo ple israel and reminding the nation to be true to her lord verse by verse deut 3015 see i have set before thee this day life and good and death and evu repeatedly in deuteronomy mo- ss tells the people that bless ing will follow obedience and a curse will result from disobed ience verse 16 i command thee- to love the lord thy god to walk in his ways and to keep his commandments treat thou mayest live and mul tiply and the lord thy god shall bless thee in the land the frequent reiteration of this theme the summons to loving obedience reveals moses sense of urgency the land of prom ise lay just across the jordan river the great lawgiver yearned for israel to prosper but he knew her history of re bellion against god he under stood that blessing depended on obedience in this final appeal boldly and possess the land they had miserably failed on ly caleb and joshua had prov ed truly courageous study deu teronomy l213s now the summons to courage is address ed to joshua alone and it is fortified by the assurance of the lords personal constant and unfailing presence in the heroic task of leadership entrusted to him verse 9 moses wrote this law delivered it unto the priests which bare the ark of the covenant and unto all the elders of israel this is a specific claim to the mosaic authorship of deuteronomy the book was written both as a record of divine revelation and for the purpose of instruction when finished it was officially and solemnly presented to is raels religious and civil leaders priests and elders verse 10 moses commanded them at the end of every seven years in the solemnity of the year of release in the feast of tabernacles the document now prepared was to be read periodically in the presence of all the people here the precise time for the reading is specified every seventh year was a sab bath of rest unto the land lev 254 and of course unto the people how could they be bet ter refreshed spiritually than by listening to the word of god the feast of tabernacles com mencing on the 15th day of the seventh month lev 2334 was an appropriate occasion for the people would be assembled for worship lev 2335 verse 11 when all israel is come before the lord in the place which he shall choose thou shalt read this law before all israel in their hearing god had already re vealed to the people through moses that in opposition to the pagan polytheism of palestine a central place where the one true god would be worshiped would be set up deut 12 10 11 this of course proved to be jerusalem there the entire nation would listen to the read ing of the word thou ie the public reader would be the re in the things of god one pur pose of this public reading was to reinforce parental efforts and thus to aid in perpetuating from generation to generation the knowledge of gods will tha children have not known some perhaps were just reach ing the age of discretion none had learned through personal experience the tragic lessons taught by the wilderness wan derings the heart of the lesson the choice before israel as she crossed the jordan west ward into palestine was clear explicit solemn and reiterated obedience to god would bring victory and blessing disobed ience would spell disaster life and good on the one hand and death and evil on the other deut 3015 these were the two possibilities the prophecy of israels fail ure which the lord revealed to moses and joshua deut 3116- 1s was later fulfilled gods word never fails after josh uas death the nation fell into grievous idolatry the result was defeat anarchy and con fusion but while the lord is inflex ibly just he is also merciful embedded in moses series of stern warnings is a wonderful covenant of grace israel would indeed apostatize she would be driven from her land to eke out a drearv existence in alien countries deut 301 but if she should return to the lord in repentance and obedience he would yet intervene on her be half verses 210 note the details of his amaz ing promise he would some day gather the scattered hebrews even from the ends of the earth and bring them back to their land verses 35 he would bless and multiply them they would experience a spiritual conver sion their enemies would be cursed they would prosper ma terially as well as spiritually all these blessings are con nected with tiie return of the lord v 3 already israel is back in her land although in unbelief surely our lords com ing is near for parents only canadian am i in blood and bone by nancy cleaver recently the canadian auth ors association had one of its finest national conventions at the university of manitoba and on saturday june 22 the winni peg daily paper devoted a whole page to manitoba writers one reader commented on this con vention its not a very large one us conventions go but its importance cannot be measured by its registration we canadi ans need to be reminded that we are cainadians not people copy ing the ways of the lands from which we or our ancestors have come not imitators of our pow erful neighbour to the south we have a life of our own we look to our writers to interpret our present confusirg e and to remind us of our thrilling past- one of canadas truly great poets of yesterday struck the national note in these lines friends have i found in far and alien places beauty and ar dour in unfamiliar faces but first in my heart this land i call my own canadian am i in blood and bone from these three score years by charles g d roberts newspapers play a very vital part in encouraging the growth of a sane and healthy national ism they constantly remind their readers of changes in the canadian scene not long ago dians but readers in other lands have gained their first clear pic ture of the trials and joys of pioneering on the prairies in her autobiographical book with the west in her eyes after a stay of two years in england she received a real welcome back to the country where she came as a bride after world war i in the lethbridge her ald she commented on her re turn it would take a far more clever writer than i to put into words the intangible something that calls people back to west ern canada from far more beau tiful parts of the world that holds them in these big out- thrusting cities of ours that in duces them to create often against great odds of wind and weather incredibly beautiful gardens and parks and wide streets bordered with grassy verges and shaded by gracious trees that inspires them to er ect buildings with clean and flowering lines that can hold their own with the most splen did of the land the only answer i can find to why i feel such happiness in coming back to western can ada is that ones heart is where ones home is and western can ada for me is home we are fortunate that in an earlier day nellie mcclung ralph connor frederick philip grove and ernest seton thomp- the cnradian press reported spn siso called this area nw harm wait i to know tae nad a pet worm la lbcro st was ruumc wlilt the chexst that immigration to our land since ttie second world war has passed the one and a half mil lion mark at least one out of every ftfteen persons in canada today is a postwar immigrant by the end of 1957 it is lwpectod that this special wave of new comers will reach at least 1588- 000 natiwo newspapers in the lan guage of the homeland are most welcome to folk who not help being a bit homesick these publications are a wonderful means of educating new cana dians in local and current ev ents and giving them a picture of our way of life we are a bi lingual xuntry- one of the most practical ways senior students could becoma more proficient in sight reidinjfof french or eng lish would be for a class sub scribe to one of the leading newspapers published in cana das other tongue winnipcggers are justly proud of the president of their local canadian authors branch ka thleen strange not only cana- for educational funds in this day and age a col lege education is a must sun life of canadas edu cational policy is ideal for helping you secure youi cliildrens future build up a fund for their education through sun life insurance let me show you without obligation how easily this can be done sun life assurance company of canada jim abeli home in the home of my childhood their books found an honored place my father was one of the most active members of the carnegie library in fer gus but he believed that every household should have a library of bought not borrowed books thus birthdays and christmases always meant pres ents ol exciting new volumes with our names and the date written on the front page in an age when so much of a familys budget is spent on en tertainment and recreation would it not be well to revive the habit of buying books reg ularly boys and girls at school are particularly fortunate in the number of attractive his torical juveniles sucli as the young surveyor and other books by olive knox and fam ous canadian stories edited by george e tait adele wise mans novel the sacrifice de serves the awards it has receiv ed the unknown country by bruce hutchison is in a class of its own and history lovers who purchase w l mortons new i renew your globe and mail at the stouffville tribune history of manitoba will be re warded the writers of tomorrow are growing up in our homes to day and so are the readers the listeners to radio drama the viewers of tv as parents let us do what we can to give our boys and girls an appreciation born of knowledge a love of their own their native land copyright