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ptgt 2 the stouffvue tz1bune tfaamby february 2 196 iziiitrial let the speculators squirm with some apparent apprehen sion the municipal members of pick ering townships council have given their approval to a complete re assessment of a lands within the municipality the project the theme of considerable debate at a recent meeting was finally okayed on a split vote to date we are still at a loss to know why there should be any hesitation on councils part to increase the land values when it is perfectly obvious that areas in the southern portion of the township are completely out of line it is perhaps regrettable that this action had not been taken earlier according to the reeve sherman scott the reassessment program will have little affect on property now used for agricultural purposes in other words it is bulk land presently held for speculative designs that will boar the brunt of the total increase to this end we would say get on with the job these land parasites are i no way concerned with the future progress of pickering town ship or any other municipality they stuck their fingers in the pie hoping to pull out the big plum in some cases their fast buck plans have backfired and they now find them selves holding the crust without the filling we would not suggest however for one minute that this land is not valuable on the contrary it is worth many times more than it was a dec ade ago but the attached price tag is out of the average mans reach perhaps through reassessment the speculator will finally let go of the string and the balloon will return to the ground we would contend that any coun cil should be cautious about making a move that would adversely affect the tax bills of every john smith ratepayer however they should shed few tears if the increased land valuation shifts a few of these squatters from their stagnant nests they could be doing the muni cipality a real favour a rural luxury in a rather onesided ballot vote the glasgow school section in the township of uxbridge has rejected the suggested purchase of a 5200 bus the result of the poll was cer tainly understandable since the pur chase price operating cost3 ami de preciation estimates suggested an expenditure that could not be termec as practical for a rural area we would suggest that the present school rate of more than 21 mills is rather high in addition the erection of a new school building is proposed with in the next five years which would add to the debenture debt door to door pickup of public school pupils is a fine project but in spite of our modernday trends its just not practical under a sectional system with a little organization a car pool could be arranged this would indeed be a benefit to the small tykes who are actually the only children directly affected there are few days throughout the school year vhen the older pupils cannot brave the elements if johnnys twomile hike to school is considered an un bearable hardship then its a prob lem for the parent to solve not every ratepayer in an entire section kill two birds with one stone the problem of high school dropouts and teenage drivers has perhaps obtained more newspaper and magazine publicity than any other subject of our day in spite of the volumes of contributed material few if any writers have successfully presented a workable solution to the matter this week mrs reuben may of goodwood presented an article to the tribune which literally kills the two birds with one stone the colum nist vicki fremlin of the farmers advocate suggests that no wouldbe driver should be permitted to own a license until he has acquired a satis factory high school standing the item makes good sense and for this reason we are putting a portion of it back into print we think you will agree my idea is to make the obtain ing of a drivers license contingent on a satisfactory school record after all if a person has never in his life demonstrated any sense of respon sibility any capacity for selfdisci pline is it realistic to think he will be a responsible lawobeying driver no indeed it is not if a 16yearold boy hasnt the brains to get through grade 9 is it fair or right to turn electricity is a next week feb 5th to 11th is national electrical week electricity sold to homeowners and business people in town by our public utilities commission is a most commonplace worker but did you ever stop to think of the major importance elec tricity has assumed on the farm to an everincreasing degree it is contributing toward making farm work easier faster and more profit able farm homes now have electric washing machines clothes dryers and irons the problem of food storage is solved by the services of a refrig erator and a home freezer and when its time for relaxation theres radio or television the farmer can harness electri city to help milk his cows feed and water stock brood young chicks and pigs and grind feed adequate yard lighting is another electrical boon in efficient workshops electricity provides power for such tools as drills lathes and grinders electric welders are fast becoming important maintenance units for emergency re pairs in the farm workshop paint- him loose on the public with an auto mobile no it isnt i know that teenagers have fast reflexes which should make them good drivers but with modern cars and modern traffic good driving does not depend on reflexes it depends on a developed sense of responsibility and a respect for traffic laws any idiot i say can drive a car and far too many idiots are allowed to drive them right now however i suspect that many teenagers who are be having like idiots only do so because no one has found the key to making them behave sensibly in fact plenty of the droppers- out and loafers have potential ability which they have never made any effort to use if something as im portant as a drivers license were at stake however i am willing to bet that there would be a startling up grade in most boys school work we would of course have to make retention of the license as well as its original acquisition dependent on maintenance of good school rec ords we might find that we have an unsuspected supply of good brains developing among us that would otherwise have gone to waste big farm worker ing machinery and buildings is ac complished in shorter time through the means of a spray gun run by an electricallyoperated air compressor and machinery can be pressurelubri cated clean seed is essential in seed ing operations on any farm electric motors can be a great help in clean ing grain before it is delivered to the elevator this reduces dockage which is deducted from the gross delivery of the farmers grain there seems no end to the things electricity can do to help farm work according to university tests an electric pig brooder save3 up to l- pigs per litter use of a hay dryer increases tonvalue of hay 5 to 10 poultry house lighting and water warming can increase egg production 11 to 19 an increase of 5 to 10 in milk production is gained when an electric water system is used a farm er can save up to gs4 hours a year with an electric milking machine an electric milk cooler handling four 10gallon cans a day saves from 4 to 5 monthly by keeping down the bacteria count new warden magistrate o s hollinrake ages reeve joseph fry as left swears in markham vill- york countys 101st warden lssson toe true bread lesson for february 5 john 6 golden text i am the bread of life ho that comcth to me shall never hunger and he that belleveth on me sliall never thirst john 635 the lesson as a whole this significant discourse of our lords on the bread of life is closely associated with his feeding of the five thousand oi the shores of the sea of galilee the day following this great sign the excited crowds followed him to capernaum their inter est however was not in such a messianic credential but rather in the prospect of their getting another free meal see john c 26 in thus discerning their mot ive our lord delivared this re vealing yet consciencesearch ing message it contains the ele ments of rebuke instruction and expostulation the meaning of some of its statements lies on the surface a youngster can understand on the other hand some of these declarations are profound and challenge the most thorough investigation it is perfectly obvious from this sermon that the lord jesus christ had the fullest confidence in the old testament and that he considered it not only his torically accurate but also a prophetic witness to his person and work these very scrip tures in which the jews boast- sugar s spice geheam by bill smiley m if there is one thing above all and kindly mentor of tiie family for parents only by nancy cleaver others that i loathe despise detest and abhor it is a house hold budget i know this is wrong i know it is a weakness i know my bank manager will wince when lie reads this but i cant help it i would rather end in a prison for paupers than have anything to do with a budget there is a reason for my strong feelings toward these harmless household hoaxes periodically my wife insists that we draw up a budget it happens about twice a year and around our house it always produces strain ed relations mounting tension and a roaring fight in that or der during the year i have a rough idea of where we stand financially and i keep it delib erately as rough as possible it doesnt take the mind of a mag nate to figure out that five from four doesnt produce a plus sign all right so im an escap ist i bury my head in the sand and if there isnt any sand ar ound a beaker will do ed had proclaimed a miracle- working god who physically i i know the mortgage wasnt sustained the masses of israel paid last year in the foodless and waterless desert all this should have pre pared them to receive him as the true bread and as the givar of spiritual life but the fact that they were more concerned about their stomachs than about spiritual considerations had blinded them to the recognition of their true messiah but even this did not chill the love of christ for them nor weaken his concern for their highest blessing tho heart of the lesson both the manna and the mir acle of the loaves had been but pictures of the real food the real eating and the real life jesus christ is the food that is indispensable just as our physical appetites can never be satisfied by admiring or believ ing about food so we can never be saved by merely assenting to the facts of the gospel on the contrary we must receive the saviour into the full confi dence of our hearts see john 112 in other words we must eat him make him our very own this brings eternal life such is not mere eternal existence the demons and the lost have that but rather the very life of god himself it is not only everenduring but it is that quality of life that is divine the interest of the throngs lay in the hope of more free meals their concern was center ed entirely in the physical and the temporal they saw him yet never saw him at all so it is todjy there are multitudes whose only interest in chris tianity lies in its material by products but for the one who has a conscious spiritual need or ap- the taxes are overdue weve had five bills in a row from the dentist and ive missed the discount on the hy dro bill which has been in my hip pocket for three weeks but these things dont really bother me too much its when my wife gets on one of her financial- genius lucks that life becomes pretty ghastly around our place sha invariably does it when she wont even take yes for an answer she had one of those attacks this week they often come in midwinter when my resistance is low anyway she sits down firmly and produces lots of pa per and a pencil then she com piles fantastic lists of stuff everything from tires to toilet paper from oil to oranges puts a price on everything and adds it all up this takes about two hours during which we discover the following that i dont know how much life insurance i have that i dont know how much the taxes are that i cant remem ber whether or not ive paid the interest on the mortgage and suchlike perhaps thats why i dread these sessions so much with a few strokes of the pencil i am transfigured instead of tiie firm petite the lord jesus z bcth the source and the sustenance of true life and satisfaction such will come to him and in so coming will manifest the amazing fact that they are among the fathers love gifts to his dear son and destined to share his eternai glory the only one with both feet on the ground the rock on which the cruel waves of life are shattered the bringerhome of bacon the captain of our little ship i am revealed as a sort of village idiot an inept burden on the slim shoulders of my spouse a clayfooted idol a jug gler witli shaky hands and an utter economic flop dont ask me how all this comes about in the mere draft ing of a budget its uncanny my wife sits there scowl deep ening as the evidence mounts x squirm lower in my chair while trying to look keen inter ested and dedicated to balancing tho thing every time she thinks of a new item for tho expendi tures column she lights up llko a pintail machine when she comes to the refreshment and tobacco departments her eyes glitter like those of a snake about to harpoon a hypnotized rabbit after this weeks ordeal she announced triumphantly that we were going in the red at the rate of 50 a month that seem ed to make her feel better it made me feel a a lot better too from the way shed been acting i figured they were about ready to send me off to a place for retarded children then she went into the next part of the ritual which never varies where were we going to cut down i always suggest pav ing tho food bill those kids would be a lot better off if they ate more porridge and cheap healthy stuff liko that i always say this merely leads to an outburst in which she claims that i have just accused her of being an extravagant nnd waste ful cook this puts me on tiie de fensive and thats exactly where she wants me now the pencil stabs the paper relentlessly and comes the inevitable question do you realize how much you spend on cigarettes and it turns out as it always does that if i stopped smoking and gave up my prodinner bottle of ale the budget would balanco the sun would shine every day and my family would love respect and obey me so i promise to do it next day the old lady feels so good about having balanced tho budget and reformed me that she buys a new dress so i reckon that if she can afford a new dress things arent so tough and i slip downtown and pick up a large deck of weeds and a small box of beer and were off for another happy budgciicss six months childs vision- is priceless according to the records of j the canadian national institute for the blind about one person in every eight hundred of our total population has poor en ough vision to be considered blind the care of a childs eyes is of great concern to parens your sons or daughters vision is priceless are you guarding this gift does your child show signs which should lead you to suspect that he docs need at tention for his eyes especially in the preschool child the condition of the eyes crossing frowning rubbing the eyes the trick of shutting one eye or squintling or hold ing books or small objects very close to the eyes stumbling or inability to catch a ball in a game may all be hints to a par ent that something may be wrong with his childs eyes if there is any doubt at all about this a child should oo examined immediately by an eye expert and his suggestions should be followed to the letter annual eye examinations would detect many minor faults and save serious harm to eyes need ing glasses corrective exercises or other treatments occasionally a childs sight is threatened by an unexpected tragic accident when the sharp point of a pencil a pen a stick a penknife or scissors enters the eye blunt scissors and no toys with sharp edges are essential safetyfirst rules in a home with little children each year a few children have their eyes hurt in fire works accidents this kind of carelessness on the part of ad ults in charge of minors is al most inexcusable most parents know that dur ing certain contagious diseases- such as measles or whooping cough a childs bed should be placed in the room to avoid direct glare from the sunlight the eyes should be used as little as possible for close work dur ing convalescence at all times parents should see to it that there is proper lighting in the room in which a child is reading or playing or working the light should come from behind the child if the light is in front the childs eyes receive both direct and in direct glare if from the side some glare may still be present during periods of rapid growth a childs eyes need protection from strain or belns overtaxed but during ordinary health investigation has shown that a childs sight is often being slow ly but surely harmed by bad habits such as bending or stoop- ing or lying in a prone position with the eyes much too close to the book or object attracting attention concentrating for longer than half an hour with out resting the eyes and work ing or playing in a poor light are also disastrous to good eye sight parents who realize that a child suffers discomfort head aches slow learning unhappl- ncss and possibly a permanent handicap if eyes are not pro perly protected from strain will do all they can to save their childrens eyesight insist on proper posture and correct light ing even little tots should not form the habit of keeping their eyes fixed at a distance closer than a foot a longer distance about 17 inches betwesn the eyes and the book should be ob served by older children a child should form the habit in early years of sitting upright in a small properly designed chair when he wants to read because of faulty posture short sightedness myopia increases from a small percent of child ren who enter kindergarten at five years to about 30 percent of boys and girls starting high 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