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fm 1 the stouffylue tribune tbarafay aoourt 3 19m editorial council makes stouffville municipal council made a wise move last week in au thorizing metro conservation au thority to proceed with its previously outlined flood control plans for duf- fins creek in the local area council is not only looking forward to the day when stouffville may be much larger than it is today and will wel come this advanced engineering of duffins creek as it passes through town but it is also taking advantage of a vast sum of money being granted by federal and provincial government for this purpose three times within the last thirtyfive years the creek has gone on the rampage and done consider able damage as the town continues to expand more buildings might be wise move erected in the path of future floods to increase these damages naturally metro is much con cerned with holding back these flood waters near their source and stouff ville council is ready to take advan tage of this concern and go along with the largescale program which will both govern and beautify the stream the actual work if and when it is done may not come for several years as this is an overall ten year program embracing a 24000000 expenditure as part of the metro conservation area stouffville accep ted some time ago a levy of 1000 a year for flood control purposes this is all that the town will be asked to pay towards the program perseverance pays off the perseverance of two ux- bridge district young men has paid oft in the completion and official open ing of the townships first gokart track reeve earl dowswell officiated at the ribboncutting ceremony on sunday afternoon when messrs wm bell of good wood and gary hodgkins of leask- dale presented their initial proposal to the council over one year ago the venture must surely have seemed like a longshot dream that probably would never be realized we were among those who were highly skep tical of the projects finalization sun days show far surpassed anything of a similar nature that has been promoted in this area since the go- kart craze became a reality messrs bell and hodgkins have surmounted many hurdles and by passed numerous obstacles in order to reach their present goal in spite of setbacks and disappointments they never lost faith in their pre arranged program they were aided through the cooperation of a town ship council that tended to work with and not against the proposed scheme the rules and regulations approved by the members were rigid but not ridiculous in like manner the two operators have more than lived up to their agreements and in fact have even surpassed the expectations of the council one cannot help but admire the element of determination and desire displayed by these chaps their openingday debut was a bangup success with a continuance of this initiative their venture should de velop into a paying proposition nof a progressive move the action by pickering town ship council in granting its approval to a cpr request to eliminate the present agentoperator arrangement at the claremont depot was in our estimation not a progressive move we were pleased last week to learn that the members were willing to re verse their stand on the issue wa had earlier considered councils de cision to be rather hasty a quick poll of business firms in the area would have revealed that the station still plays a very important part in the commercial and industrial life of the claremont community in spite of the railways denial that freight trade is sufficient to warrant a full- time employee pickering township like every other municipality has its feelers out for industrial and commercial assess ment we feel that the council should at least strive to protect the interests of the firms that are already located within the municipality we would not suggest for ono minute that the townships attituda will either make or break the rail ways intended plans by giving the cpr the green light however an other knot is removed from the lengthy line of procedural red tape the councils first move should be to consider the needs of its own the railroad will look after itself opportunities the ontario federation of agri culture is performing a service to its members by outlining the educa tional opportunities available to young farm people in the province the ofa points out that some youths who did not finish their for mal education would move from the farm if it werent for the fact that they have insufficient education for a trade or professional job many of them arent aware of the government assistance available to them at the request of its members the ofa has summarized the educa tional opportunities now being offered in a fourpage brief which has been distributed to 1900 directors execu tives and officials of farm organiza tions in ontario special vocational training is a federalprovincial program designed to train or retrain unemployed work ers through national employment services offices persons over 16 years of age may be eligible for six months to one year training in various trades in addition to free tuition they re ceive a living allowance of from 250 to 600 a day through the department of edu cation correspondence courses are provided for all academic subjects from grades 1 to 13 and nine trade courses in the fields of automotive mechanics carpentry machine shop practice and radio theory and prac tice academic courses are free to ontario residents trade courses are available at 10 each apprenticeship training is avail able for 12 different trades through the provincial institute of trades in toronto a 10week formal training program is provided in toronto and living allowances are available for students who have passed grade 12 there are four technical in stitutes in the province which pro vide threeyear programs leading to employment in business and indust rial occupations evening classes are offered for employed persons wishing to improve their education some of these opportunities mer it serious consideration not only by some farm youths but urban youths in the area as well investigation should be undertaken now in prepara tion for fall and winter training cedar grove july 27th twelve hundred bales ot hay suddenly burst into flame in the early hours of sunday morn ing in harold coakwells field and caused enough excitement to last us for the rest of the summer because the bales were piled almost exactly between the ninth and the tenth conces sions fire followers could not tell where it was and the entire concession was ringed with headlights this continual rain is making farming very difficult this year we have hardly had one good dry cay siree the hay ripened the dares have returned from a lovely trip to cape cod and jzau l 11 week parentis onlng id say he was rather brate about tt wouldnt you doctor s spice 1 by bill smile assssm the ritchies report life in a trailer an excellent way to see the country euchre winners mrs al britton mrs s tapscott mrs lawrie cliff plpher elroy clodd bill hollinger carrying prizes went to mrs ed williams and elroy clodd euchre will be held in cedar grove school- house on monday aug 7th all welcome established us a v nolan son publishers member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontario weekly newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 350 elsewhere sj50 c h noun pubbb us thomas editor ias mtkean adertiiin rolling down from the north country early last monday mor ning i couldnt avoid thinking back about three decades there we were pounding down the superhighway doing a 90mile trip in less than two hours and there in front behind and roaring past us like guided missiles were thousands of fa thers heading back to the city after a weekend at the cottage each of them as grim and de termined as a chariot driver on the day of the big race what a difference a handful of years have made when we used to go to the cottage back in the twenties it took a whole day to travel the 90 miles and there was none of this business of dad running up next week end with anything that couldnt be carried on the first trip there was only one trip he took us to the cottage when school let out and he came back for us on labor day week end we didnt see him in be tween and he was a much heal thier and happier man for it wed get an early start on the big day dad would be out about 615 kicking the tires of the car and filling the radiator with water and checking his patching outfit then hed start strapping and tying huge bun dles onto the roof running boards and bumper of the big 27 dodge by about 645 hed be damning and blasting like a civil engineer around 7 am hed come into the house roaring are you fel lows ever going to be ready just about the time my mother was getting breakfast for five kids finishing her ironing and packing a huge lunch for the road after eating a hearty break fast hed go out to the car kick the tires all around once more climb in and honk the horn every two minutes as a hurryup signal while my mother was doing the dishes changing the baby and putting down all the windows in case it rained wed get on the road about 9 three miles out of town my mother would remember some thing that was indispensable my dad would turn around with a ferocious tearing of gears and drive back muttering something about cancelling the whole dam trip if we couldnt give him a little help and co operation dad used to estimate our time so that wed hit the ferry right on the nose as he put it but he always neglected to allow for the inevitable blowouts so wed tear down to the ferry dock just as the boat was in midstream heading for the other side my mother would sit placidly enough fanning the baby while my dad spent the next thirty minutes in a color ful outline of the character flaws of tire manufacturers and ferryboat captains when we got to the other side of the river we began to get excited as we inhaled the beloved scent of pine country once again even my dad sim mered down and relaxed enough to take off his straw hat by the time wc got to the cottage hed be speaking quite decently to my mother ill admit that todays fa- ther is just as badtempered about the original trip to the cottage but there the similarity ends all my dad had to do when he got there was drag the boat out from undrr the cottajte throw it in the lake to soak put up the pipes and start a fire then hed send one kid for a pail of milk another for drink ing water and sit down nd wait for his dinner next day was the same he didnt do a tap he jusi sat there looking at the lake and maybe telling my mother shed better paint the cottage this year after lunch hed give her some money kiss us all around and head for home sercue in the knowledge that he wouldnt see any of us for two lovely peaceful months nowadays on opening day father has to hook up the water system get the hydro turned on and start wrestling a huge boat and motor out of storage he barely has the car unloaded when hes sent to town for gro ceries and beer when he gets back hes expected to take the kids for a swim then cook a barbecue dinner later hes ex pected to sit up half the night talking to the people from the next cottage who just dropped in for a nightcap and thats only the beginning todays father is expected to hurtle over the highways any where from 100 to 300 miles every weekend so that he can go through roughly the same performance he arrives back on the job monday morning feeling like a bull fiddle thats been left out in the rain for a week in my fathers time there wasnt much that could go wrong with a cottage the toilet might flow over but it wouldnt back up the water system couldnt go on the blink be cause you got it from the lake with a pail a hydro failure meant nothing when you cook ed with wood and lighted with coal oil if you got h hole in the roof you put a bucket under it to catch the rain water which was nice and soft for washing the hair nowadays the poor harassed devil who arrives at the cottage friday evening after a three- hour drive is greeted by ihe news that the septic tank is not sopticing the stove is w fuses the hotwater tank has burst the kids have smashed the propeller of the outboard on a reef and were having a few couples in tonight the whole business is another example of todays man ener getically wielding a spade at the digging of his own grave in my dads day the male- was smart enough to work six days a week and have the family cot tage far enough away so that he couldnt possibly run up on weekends its a wonder to me that there isnt a wave of suicides in the cities every fri day about noon all summer in these times i can swim now mother may i go out to swim yes my darling daughter hang your clothes on the hick ory limb but dont go near the water this old rhyme has been re peated by countless parents a child is not content to play long with a sand pail or toy boat he wants to get right into the water and learn to swim how important it is that every child should have this chance to be at home in the water and be safe in it is plainly shown by the tragic fact that in a recent year in canada over one thou sand men women and children lost their lives from accidental drowning how about your childs swim ming ability as a parent are you seeing to it that your son or daughter at a very early age makes a beginning in learn ing how to swim if there are classes for little folk in swimming by an exper ienced instructor in a nearby park or at a community swim ming pool parents should see that their child attends these sessions it is such fun to learn to swim with other youngsters if necessary mothers should co operate on transportation and supervision of dressing school age children who attend a sum mer camp have a marvellous opportunity not only to learn to swim but also to improve their strokes i the biggest hindrance to learning to swim is terror of drowning or ducking under the surface a little child must over- by nancy cleayer come his fear of the water playtime wading floating a cel luloid fish or pulling a wooden boat help him in this when walking on all fours pretending to be a bear or another animal in the shallow water the child discovers to his surprise how buoyant he is the wellpadded rolypoly child with a little help from mother or daddy may learn to float quite easily and even the lean child who is un afraid can often turn into a surface fish breathing correctly is vital in swimming a child gains confi dence with practice in inhaling through his mouth and blow ing bubbles out through his nose this can be done in a wash basin as well as in the lake or river or pool propelling ones self through the water is a matter of balance a parent can show a child with a rubber doll that if the shoul ders rear up out of the water the rest of the body sinks keep shoulders under the water is a rule of first importance the child who knows how to breathe when swimming is less apt to sink he is not likely to get into a panic and flounder about wild- 1 an inflated inner tube is often used at a summer cottage for a childs play in the water care must be taken that he does not relax his hold and get a duck ing in a deep part or be blown out into the lake on a windy day a wooden kicking board about is inches by 10 inches and 1m inches thick is a bettor support for a child learning his kicking strokes a good swimmer is relaxed and unhurried many a parent makes the mistake of urging his child then the youngster tries too hard for too long a time a swimming lesson should be short stop as soon as the child is fatigued or chilled if mother or daddy can occasion ally give the child a little sup port no more than necessary by placing a hand under his chin or tummy then the child can attempt coordinating arm and leg strokes children love to repeat what is satisfying a child will make much faster progress if his parents will show him how to make a stroke or how to breathe or how to float just talking about it is a poor sub stitute for illustrating a method getting into the water with him makes it much more fun than yelling instructions from the bank many a child delights in water play daddy can tow him through the water mother can show him how to take a deep breath duck and grasp both ankles in the jelly fish float what the child needs most of all is to overcome his fear and feel the water is a friend not a foe once he learns to float with his face down one parent can send him to the other through a short space in the water then he can try to swim this small distance by dog pad dle or any other stroke he finds easiest the space between the parents can be gradually length ened as the child becomes more expert then on one red letter day he will exclaim i can swim now copyright poison ivy poison ivy is reported in some texts to occur in woodlands fence rows roadsides beaches and rocky waste places it is also sometimes found in school playgrounds golf courses parks and perennial borders oi sub urban homes the leaves are composed of three leaflets shiny drooping and somewhat toothed though the degree of indentation varies widely leaflets are reddish col oured in spring rich green in summer and take on vivid aut umn colours in fall berries arc dull white turning to yellow ishbrown as they ripen the plant may be a true -ic- per as the name ivy would suggest supporting itself on trees fences or buildings or it may grow upright as a siirjb from six inches to thre feet high regardless of growth habit or location all poison ivy contains a toxic substance ap editors moil 27 janet blvd scarborough ont editor the tribune stouffville ont dear sir i have read with interest the several letters which have ap peared recently in your paper regarding the proposed fluori dation of stouffvilles water sup ply you may wonder why a resident of scarborough is in terested in what may happen to the water supply in another municipality my interest is two- wold first because 1 intend re locating in the stouffville area and secondly i have read en ough on fluoridation of munici pal water supplies to realize that there are many questions on the overall results of fluori dation that have not been an swered some of which appar ently cannot be answered and many unfavourable answers that are being suppressed by the promoters of fluoridation the protagonists of fluorida tion seem to adopt the attitude that all antagonists are crack pots of some sort this atti tude is apparent in the doctor of medicines rather discourt eous omission of the doctor of naturopathys title because it seems strange that a man with a doctor of medicines educa tion should be unaware of the meaning of the letters follow ing the naturopaths name of course i know that some peo ple think that if a doctor is not a medicine man he cannot be a doctorbut i cannot imagine that of the learned medical doc tor it would appear that the individual use of fluorine on the teeth is not an expensive procedure as claimed by the pro fluoridatinists this has been proven in my own home by the use of fluorinecontain ing toothpaste recommended by the faculty of dentistry of the university of toronto it would also appear that the medical profession as a whole is not completely in accord with this method of mass medica tion certain vitamins are sup posed to be conducive to good health so why not vitaminize the water supply i feel that it is the duty of the elected representatives to demand all the factual informa tion both pro and con before making a decision on a course of action which undoubtedly forces residents of a munici pality to consume a medicine which has not been proven harmless or to move out of the municipality we might ask ourselves what might have been the result if mass medication had been adopted with such wonder drugs as penicillin sulpha and cortisone before their harmful aftereffects were discovered or that favourite standby boracic acid whose illeffects were not discovered until after more than a genera tion of use yours truly a s arnold able of producing severe skin irritation on contact contact need not be directly with the plant handling contaminated clothing shoes golf clubs gar den tools or pets is usually sufficient to cause infection oc casionally the poison can be re moved by thorough cleansing with strong soap before symp toms become apparent symp toms include inflammation blis tering itching and sometimes severe illness treatment is best left to a physician if further complications are to be avoided eradication is best accomp lished by treatment with herbi cides since this method avoids the necessity of dangerously close contact with the plant amino triazole brushkiller sil- vex or ammate are effective materials on poison ivy repeat ed treatments are sometimes necessary more complete details of iden tification treatment and control are contained in ont dept of agriculture publication 213 available from the information branch ontario department of agriculture parliament build ings toronto sunday school lesson lesson for august 6 dorcas a woman of good works acts 93043 golden text but to do good and to communicate for get not for with such sacri fices god is well pleased heb 1316 the lesson as a whole faith and works are comple mentary in christianity ethics are not the cause of course but rather the effect of true belief and righteousness of conduct adorns the doctrine of the one who knows god as saviour loving the lord god with all the heart and mind issues in loving ones neighbor as one self dorcas was wellknown and wellloved for her benefactions but her charities flowed out of the fact that she was already a disciple her faith godward issued in her works manward and because she was the object of heavens grace she sought also to be the channel through whom that grace should flow out to others but though her life bore such consistent witness to her faith yet in the mysterious pro vidence of god this good wom an was permitted to die in all probability this appar ent tragedy raised questions in the minds of many who knew her why should she die was she not greatly needed her service had been so beneficial to the community why would god allow it the heart of the lesson it is to be expected that the wicked should suffer adversity but when the righteous also suffer we are sometimes tempt ed to question the divine order- ings the woman tabitha or dor cas was botli devout and dedi cated to the needs of her fel lows her fingers and her needle were constantly and sacrificial- ly employed in behalf of others and because of her services es pecially for joppas needy wid ows she commended her faith in christ and won the highest esteem of all of her neighbors despite all this however sht took ill and died this brought dismay and tears why had god permitted it the sequel provides the an swer while the life of dorcas was very influential her death and subsequent resurrection was very much more influential besides demonstrating the pow er of god the miracle became known throughout the entire city and large numbers were therefore genuinely converted moreover it brought the pres ence and ministry of peter to joppa for an extended period the god who sees the end from the beginning and who orders all of his childrens cir cumstances in view of that ulti mate end was the great causa in these happenings to dorcas his wisdom is therefore justi fied by wisdoms children see matt 1119 by tom dorr xts f about her playsuit mothehr why was dolores ansr yr dear jll x esorkowed her blouse and it faped when i washed ix now it doesnt faatch her shorts offered to fade the shorts 1 to match the buouse