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p 5 the stouffville tribune tbmitr o 5 1961 editorial markham fair second to none the 106th edition of markham fair has come and gone it will be remembered as one of the most suc cessful productions in the rural ex hibitions longestablished history it was a fair that had everything cars tractors horse races bands hamburgers pumpkin pie and candy apples you name it and it was there if there was room for justified complaint it should have come from the armweary police patrols that kept the long lines of fairbound traffic moving smoothly never were so many people accommodated so well excellent supervision both on and off the grounds kept uninvited incidents confined to a minimum although the markham area is rapidly becoming an urbanized centre markham fair is still very much a rural fair a large per centage of the crowd would comprise farm folk there to view the latest in modern machinery to see the ribbondecked rows of prejudged fruits and veget ables or to extend the annual hand shake with old acquaintances and friends that was the markham fair of yesteryears and that was markham fair of 1961 excellent weather prompted an estimated 20000 persons to attend the 3day event a fair that is truly the show window of york county the entire program appeared to go off like clockwork few people poss ibly realized the amount of time and effort that is involved in such a pre sentation the fair board and it3 hundreds of interested coworkers are indeed to be congratulated as a newspaper the tribune has always been accorded nothing but the finest cooperation from fair officials and in return we would assist in the pro motion through the use of pictures and stories from a neighbor to a neighbor we tip our hats for a job well done markham fair second to none so it couldnt happen here weve all read about bigcity gang wars and grudge fights but few persons in this area have possibly ever given the matter more than a casual glance in the daily press the shocking story concerning the fistic duel near musselmans lake last week in which two local lads were badly pummelled has brought the issue right to our front door police indicated that the encoun ter had been simmering for a number of days prior to the actual combat we are not particularly concerned with this fact we are concerned however when a group of from seven to nine big brave boys would meet out vengeance on only two other youths the result of the attack was revealed by the injuries incurred we would commend the officers of the ontario provincial police at vandorf for their quick roundup of the culprits we sincerely hope that the courts will not take a lenient view of this matter grudge fights should be stamped out theyre bad business and have no part in the life of any community the founding convention of the new democratic party to replace the ccf has had its objectives paint ed in anything but a pretty picture by the outlook toronto magazine if true what little doubt there could be about the partys policies and aims are gone investment both public and private is to come under government control and direction all private en terprise is to be subject to govern ment supervision power would be not a pretty picture given to the government that is par alleled only by that of communist countries when canadians consider how they should vote at the next general election they should keep constantly in mind the vital import ance of preserving our treasured freedom these are very outspoken opin ions and if the public finds that they are fact it will take a lot of camou flaging by the new party to have them obscured look mom no bans for parents only some wise but anonymous phil osopher submitted these helpful rules for personal conduct that can lead to a better and happier life if faith fully observed whatever your work may be treat it as though it were the most important job on earth giving it all you have be fair and courteous in your dealings with others do not feel reluctant to go out of your way to be of service whenever your cooperation is ten helpful rules needed in constructive undertakings extend it gladly never sidestep your responsibil ities make it a rule not to put off any thing that needs to be done at once do not hesitate to ask questions that can help you keep all promises be on time avail yourself of every opportun ity to improve your mind and increase your skills keep your enthusiasm high and do not become impatient furrow fallow wc were amazed the other day at an observation from a couple of ontarios and can adas best public relations men these arc fellows with a wide experience in the field of communications good solid types who dont rely on gim micks or stunts to get their message across they dont have to resort to tricks because they recognize a real news sto ry when they see it their ob servations were directed to me because ive had the good for tune to act as master of cere monies for the dairy princess competitions at the cne for the last two years they wanted to know why all the people concerned in the production and distribution of milk and milk products didnt get together and simply try to sell milk you couldnt have a better product to publicize or a better story to tell they said well theres no argument on that score but after literally throwing our hands up in hor ror at their ignorance of all the implications involved in such a suggestion we began to won der you see they werent aware of the differences of opinion that exist between the breeders of different kinds of cows of those between producers who sell their milk in different mar kets of the differences of opin ion between fluid shippers and shippers of milk for manufac turing purposes of differen ces between provinces or of the suspicions that exist in the minds of producers about dis tributors and processors and vice versa they were blissfully unaware of all these things and they went straight to the point and we thought perhaps those of us closely concerned are so lost in these complications that weve lost sight of the only objective that will do any of us any good selling more milk is the only thing that will keep the dairy industry going selling the products of the farm at a fair price is the only thing that will maintain canadian ag riculture is it possible that national farm organizations provincial farm groups and even local one have become so embroiled in the web of internal politics that they have lost sight of the ultimate goal is it possible that the distributors and pro cessors of farm produce have become so embroiled in the vital business of making a profit that they have lost sight of the same goal it is not for us to say its hard to beat blocks as flay material its hard to beat blocks one father exclaimed as he watched his children having a wonder ful time building a small vill age on the floor of the recrea tion room the play material which a family makes if it is wellmade and satisfies a real need is of special value to boys and girls blocks come high on the list of doityourself toys in building with blocks children learn patience and per sistence and something of the law of gravity boys ave especially fond of blocks but little sister can have fun building too if you live near a lumber yard phone and find out if you can purchase a quantity of small clean pieces of scrap wood this is often sold for fireplace kindling take junior with you when you call for the wood he will enjoy the glimpses he sees of the lumber yard one small boy who went on this expedition with his dad added these words to his bed time prayer that night thank you lord for the nice smell of wood which has just been cut up in a lumber yard and thank you specially for my new blocks sort over the pieces careful ly and using a saw remove rag ged edges or sharp points your child can help sandpaper any rough surfaces to a smooth finish you may decide to paint the blocks with bright durable enamel paint although they are clean and smell fresh when left in their natural state one way to provide a good supply of blocks the same shape is to purchase a six foot piece of lumber two inches by two inches saw this length into two inch cubes paint them two or three bright contrasting col ors purchase a sturdy low wooden box at a grocery store fit it with castors at the corners and fasten a rope at the front when filled with the two inch cubes this makes a durable pull toy which any child will appre ciate a six foot rounded piece of lumber can be sawn up into different lengths for blocks of a different shape old fashioned picture blocks can be made by glueing six s i i i different colored pictures the sire to live and in the second r same size in turn to the six sur- find these answers no less in this somewhat limited field in canada than it is for the peo ples and governments of the world in a much broader field of survival thats what it amounts to literally whether were think ing about canadian agriculture or the world do we want to re vert to the socalled law of the jungle the survival of the fittest which really means the strongest or do we want to act like civilized human beings of course there must be some common bond of understanding before we can even start dis cussions but isnt it there whether were talking about national survival or the sur vival of canadian agriculture in the first instance its the de- its the desire to make a living in the international arena to day there is so much suspicion and justifiably but is there that much justification for sus picion in the domestic field it does exist but our feeling is that when the various groups involved can sit down around a table and have it out man to man most of the suspicion will dissolve like the fall fog on a sunny morning then we can get to work on something con but wc do feel its high time for crete constructive and to a little soulsearching to try to i labour the point lasting itp touftmllr rilnnu established 1s a v nolan son publishers member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontario weekly newspapers association aalborlkd a tcoasclu mto rnocc d5l 0uw member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 350 elsewhere s150 l h noun psfefaw ul thomas edttoc us mdcun wrtrtun faces of a two inch square block these provide a great deal of pleasure to a child old enough to search for the right surface on each block to complete the picture wooden light weight boxes with their covers nailed on of various sizes form excellent blocks for outdoor plav one family visited a brick yard and bought at a low price a good supply of new bricks which were discarded because of a slight defect their two sons and their chums had a wonder ful time building with real bricks in a shady corner of the back yard another source of brick supply is a location where an old brick house is being de molished often bricks can be picked at little or no expense a child must be old enough not to drop a brick on his foot be cause this would crush it parents will notice that a very young child is content to buid a tower with one block on top of another and then laugh with glee when he pushes it over a little older child will build a house with windows and doors and put a fence around it blocks dont wear out and they serve as play material for quite a number of years when children grow out of them they might be willing to repaint them and pass them on to a needy family who would have a lot of fun with them too nursery school experts have observed that the exact dimen sions of blocks are not import ant but they should be large and heavy enough to enable the child to build things that will not fall down easily and to build houses that he can act ually get inside of if he wishes multiple sizes of blocks arc use ful it is important to have a large quantity of blocks and plenty of space for using them blocks as large as 4 x 4 x 8 inches or planks two inches thick cut into various lengths are better than small blotks good playthings will have a variety of uses blocks will be used by a twoyear old to carry around to load into wagons and to build very simple row ers and enclosures a threeyear old will combine his building with wooden animals trucks and cars and will build some difficult structures a four or five year old child will use many blocks to build more complicated boats cars garages and airplanes ho will introduce dramatic play and may pretend the blocks are articles in his grocery store filling station or train from our early fle july 23 announcement cards have been issued for the opening of the new bread and cake shop of the stouffville bakery by the proprietor mr ambrose sto ver the new premises are lo cated one door west of porters ice cream store and will sup ply the patrons with an exclus ive store filling a long felt want a bee was organized by th citizens and neighbours of jas barry just west of town whose barn was blown down on satur day july 30 1931 the fine new 2000 tower clock a gift to the citizens of stouffville by miss elizabeth percy reached canadian soil from croydon england the shipment was made in seven pieces a tower clock expert from toronto assisted by the local jeweller will install the timepiece the clock dials will be installed and another 15 ft of tower will be built there were nearly 800 entries at the horticultural show in the local arena messers geo saunders and lewis ex celled themselves in the lavish adornment of the building the crowd were quick to appreciate the magnificent setting staged for the flowers the entire floor was occupied with exhibits stouffville band provided mu sic sept 3 school reopened on tuesday with the usual attendance of some 300 scholars ninety of whom attend the continuation school mr cedric watson is the public school principal editors mail the editor the stouffville tribune sir may i be permitted a little space in which to comment on your editorial concerning fall out shelters first of all nearly all the canadians with whom i have discussed this subject do feci as your editorial states that there would be very little left to come out to after a nuclear attack and in any case think a shelter would be very little pro tection from a near hit this is a perfectly natural reaction because although can adian armed forces were an ally to great britain during the last war i believe i am correct in stating that canada herself has never before been threaten ed with attack from the air only a person experiencing a normal bombing previously could imagine how one feels with no place to run to for a little security how much worse would one feel with todays wea pons another very pertinent factor to take into consideration is the one of expense its all very well to be told to look upon the cost of a shelter as insur ance but just where does one obtain the s500 and up needed to build this insurance to say- nothing of stocking it with food etc we are told of spe cial bank loans have you tried to obtain one and t odd insult to injury house taxes would immediately be increased after you have built your base ment shelter bitterest pill for me to r-val- united church gives 25000 to help newfoundland the executive of the united church of canada general council has voted a donation of iwentyfive thousand dollars to the newfoundland forest fire fund a cheque for this amount was presented by the moder ator rt rev hugh a mcleod to the hon b j abbott mem ber of the general council ex ecutive and minister of muni cipal affairs and supply in the newfoundland government dr lester i burry of si johns was also in attendance at the meeting as a member of the united church bodv low is the fact that although the government has made elaborate plans for the survival of them selves and their documents vi tal originals the rest of us are told by the emergency meas ures organization each individ ual must make his own arrange ments for survival you cannot expect the government to be responsible still after being foolish enough to vote them into office in the first place perhaps this is no more than the majority of us deserve from mr diefcn- baker sincerely yours shirley a hansen senator soaper says every city planning board should have one member who rides to and from work on the bus civilization has taken majes tic forward strides in the past fifty years or so half a century ago people had cellars below their houses in these cool cav erns were found such things as pickles and preserves barrels of apples turnips and potatoes covered in dirt to keep the frost out and eggs kept fresh in white stuff called waterglass then came the furnace and the cellar became a basement with a plank floor now it con tained bundles of newspapers a stone crock and bottle capper for making home brew boxes of limp love letters old trunks full of older clothes to be drag- ged out on halloween and the winters supply of coal not many years passed be fore the basement received an other facelifting with the ad vent of oil or gas heating a cement floor was installed the basement became the laundry- room cum workshop the belch of the sump pump was replaced by the swish of moms washer the hum of her dryer and the whine of dads handsaw as she kept the family clean and he happily fashioned jigglyiegged tables and rickety trellises between the second and third world wars when everyone was building those inverted straw berry boxes with attached car ports the basement was again transformed during the for ties the fifties and right into the sixties apparently intelli gent people poured millions of dollars into these curiosities which were known as recrea tion rooms they installed television sets in them they built elaborate bars in them they jammed in pingpong tables and dart boards and juke boxes and fireplaces and record players and pool ta bles and panelled walls and tiled floors and neon lights they did all this for two rea sons first of all they wanted a place where their children could play happily and safely and where their teenagers could have friends in and dance and eat hot dogs and have good wholesome fun and second of all their living rooms were so small that it looked like a poker game in a pullman when they invited another couple in for generations these good people fried to get their child ren and their guests to go down and enjoy life in the recrea tion room the small kids quite sensibly refused to have any thing to do with them prefer ring like normal children to play oul in the mud and on flic road afler one dismal evening of recreation with mother or father dashing down the stairs every weny minutes to make sure they were having a whale of a lime the teenagers avoided tlicm with alacrity and guests lured to he rec reation room by the hope of a drink seized it in one hand looked around whistled said boy this musta setya back plenny and headed right back upstairs for the kitchen where the real party inevitably took place it was not until he 1900s that the cellarbasementlaun dry room- workshop recreation room achieved real dignity and attained its true and lasting status in our society at first it labored under the rather insipid name of fall s bh i 1 sugar i and spice by bill smiley sseshj out shelter in fact what brought up this whole train of thought was finding an old newspaper dated 196l i came across it when i was pulling a thighbone off aunt mabels sketcton back in the corner there i needed it to cane a new soup spoon anyway there was this clip ping ten years old on it was a story in which prime minister dicfcnbaker that was when there used to be what they call ed a government announced that he and his wife and staff would go into an ordinary fall out shelter should there be a nuclear attack apparently that was before they started firing the salvos of glandular gas uncle dud who was quite a kidder before his second head went mental told me one time that mr diefenbaker wasnt killed in the first attack he died of apoplexy when someone in advertently let it slip that the contractor who had built his shelter was what they used to call a liberal at any rate it wasnt long be fore the fallout shelter be came known as what it has been called since the living room maybe it was because they were the only places where anyone was living unlike the people i mentioned who never recreated in their recreation rooms we really live in our living rooms and i must admit its pretty darn cosy when you get it fixed up as nice as ours the first few months were pretty rugged we had to shoot quite a few people who were too lazy or too poor to provide themselves witli living rooms and tried to horn in on ours but wc were able to use the corpses as ratbait which kept fresh meat in the pot for some time when granny died the smell was rather disagreeable but we solved that by crushing every bodys olfactory nerve wo missed our lights for a while after the generators went back in 64 but weve got used to it and the kids are blind anyway so it doesnt bother them a bit theyre as happy as morons in fact uh well never mind the main thing is theyre happy theyre just as cute as can be swimming in the big waterhole at the north end of the living room of course those webbed feet are a big help they can swim twice as fast as i could when i was a kid and theyre as healthy as trout as a matter of fact maybe thats because they live on the same diet woims of course they get lots of greens once a week when we scrape the moul off the walls that stuff is full of penicillin loo if i remember aright all in all were about as hap py and snug a little family as youll find if you can find one and im certainly glad were liv ing in an age of progress not back in those dreary days when a living room was called a cellar or a basement or a rec reation room ww bahais believe that the time has come when all mankind shall be united all religions be come one religion and racial and religious bias pass away markham 30sm1 pickering district high school board offers change helps give people a better view of life depends on how you spend it j registration thursday october 12 from 730 pm to l30 pm at pickering district high school ajax high school and ihjnharton high school classes every luesday and thursday at 730 pm fall term october 17 to december 14 inclusive 19 nights spring term january 4 to march 15 inclusive 21 nights class requirements classes will not be started until at least 15 students enrol if the average attendance in a class falls below 10 students during the fall term the class will not be continued in the spring term note it will be determined after registration whether a cass will be held two nights a week or one and on which night it will be scheduled fees payable on registration not re fundable resident 500 nonresident 1000 possible courses iiunharton pickering plirttri fitnw ma folv lunclnjr iwblic stltlnir crl ix mth sstrtc flrl- x- mlh sine crit x frroth art shopwoflc max rhrsl ritrn mn women ii- kniiluh llllinr swinr tyiwrllif jr shorthand shtwork ilic kmllh art ministry lnie jwwkjlnr tyjrwrltlna shorthand fihopwork orrt xiii fllolorr ort- iii l citmtim xi otmry cr4 ix f nrrh consideration will he given to any organized group of 15 or more who would like any additional subject included in the night programme the principal reserves the right to limit the size of any class advance inquiries may be made at the school offices by telephoning ajax wh 2igio dunbarton te 93101 pickering wh 21761