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the stouffyhle tbwhe twar april ix 62 hy 2 editorial big entertainment month in town the month of april has shaped up as one of the biggest entertain ment months of the year in stouff- ville and all with local talent in addition to having hockey still with us this week the local skating club entertained on saturday night with their annual ice revue the spot light was turned on some seventy- five local skaters ranging in size and ability from toddlers up this week will see the stouffville district high school students present their first operetta hms pinafore again an alllocal company along with the students the members of the high school staff have done a wonderful job in organizing the show which is expected to draw capacity houses on friday and saturday nights the following week april 20th will be good friday and the choir of the stouffville united church will present the sacred cantata the crucifixion this is a musical pre sentation offered by the local church choir now for many years to wind up the month april 26 27 and 28 the couples club will be packing them in at the high school auditorium with their third annual minstrel show this great show which has been a most popular hit now for two years is also put on by an all homebrew crowd country cousins who think life in a small town is dull and uneventful would we believe find themselves out of breath trying to keep pace with the many events offered this april all those who have and are con tributing to these many events are to be commended and stouffville people should feel a real sense of public pride in having so many talented per formers who call this home they can show some of their appreciation by their patronage an embarrassing position this is the time of year when municipal employees salary sched ules come under close scrutiny by town and township councils the subject can become a pretty ticklish matter since it involves taxpayers money the officeholder like any common ordinary individual is anx ious to receive a reasonable increase while the council on the other hand must endeavor to pinch the pennies wherever possible since such issues are rather personal but wholly pub lic any controversy that might de velop can be extremely embarrassing to persons sitting on both sides of the fence for this reason we feel that no employee should be either required or permitted to sit in while his or her salary schedule is being debated back and forth across the table this very scene presented itself at a regular meeting of pickering township council on monday even ing of last week the clerks annual stipend although no torrid total for the importance of the position was hashed and rehashed in a thirty- minute discussion the employee re mained at his post through it all but must truly have felt like some un stamped commodity under an auc tioneers hammer it is hardly fair to the members of council either some would be loath to speak their minds when particular parties are present it can work to the detri ment of both sides it is regrettable that a municipal employees earnings his very bread and butter are subjected to public airings but as long as john q pub lic is paying the bill there is little alternative we feel however that a little diplomacy would ease the pain calling all girls the cry is going out this week for possible recruits to bolster stouff- rilles entry in the barrie and dist rict girls softball league it would leem rather strange that an area that boasts more than 10000 individ uals cannot produce 12 or 15 good girl softball performers at the time ef writing the picture does not look too bright a girls active softball life ex pectancy appears to be rather short since according to reliable informa tion a number of stouffvilles most enthusiastic players have decided to hang em up this however leaves room for new blood in the lineup if that new blood can be found a deadline date has been set for the stouffville team to file their entry in an effort to ascertain both the quantity and quality of softball personnel in the district a pre season practise session ha3 been ar ranged for the stouffville memorial park on saturday afternoon at 230 pm the type of turnout at this time will settle the question time to choose wisely the time is with us again when candidates are being chosen to run the biggest business in the land the business of government a leading authority once said that those muni cipalities or countries which are best able to survive their troubles are ones in which all who take part in public affairs are at the same time almost without exception active men of business in canada it is now unusual for active men of business to run for parliament and there are reasons one of the most vital is that business today exacts the most demanding toil from its heads the large geography of canada and the length of par liamentary sessions make it hard for a business man to take part in gov ernment it must be remembered that at the same time as he is trying to make headway in ottawa he has to return from time to time to his own plant to keep things going so that his business may be able to pay the taxes to keep up his sessional indemnity the scarcity of such men taking part in government can be serious economic mistakes show up most clearly in the running of a business business men take the brunt for many other groups labor blames business men and takes no blame for things not going well the church blames business men for sin those in the arts dont think business men take enough interest in them with enough money here in this country where whether we like it or not government is taking a wider and deeper entry into more and more business it is unfortunate that this greatest of all businesses is being conducted to a greater and greater degree by people whose firsthand business experience is far removed from reality pruning roses roses of the hybrid tea type should be pruned each spring before the bushes leaf out say horticulturists with the ontario department of agriculture be gin by cutting back all the dead wood then remove the weak twiggy growths that are usually found near the base of the bush finally cut out all crossing growths this should leave 5 or 6 strong growths which may be shorten ed to give a balanced bush of the desired height when cut ting back these growths be sure that all the cuts are made so that the top buds are on the out side of the plants hybrid perpetuals may be pruned similarly to hybrid teas however they are more vigor- ous growers so you can leave more stems and longer growths prune florlbundas lightly so as to obtain as many blooms as possible dwarf polyantha do not re quire much pruning in the spring apart from the removal of growths that have been win terkilled during the summer and fall remove the old flower dusters established ims a v nolan son publishers member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the v ontario weekly newspapers association l t au u ii mto rauon dtpt ottawa member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada js50 elsewhere 450 c h noun hubhtt us thomas tdrfoc us mdcean utertmn international league playoffs for parents only by nancy cleaver discover what udbraby offers i just had no idea how much the public library had to offer the whole family until my wife insisted that i take a turn once a month bringing our boy and girl to the saturday morning story hour the children cer tainly enjoy it and ive started to borrow records and mystery stories my wife prefers biogra phy and handcraft books she is thrilled with the librarys wide selection a father gave this spontaneous testimonial to the value of the library for his household libraries belong to the citizens and the people young and old who visit the public library reg ularly find their lives greatly en riched fortunate is the little child whose mother takes him to the library to borrow a picture book before he starts to school there are so many attractive stories for everybody who figures smithcorona adding machines snttkpws pvrhasiaim mmj m tmttttn for tiny tots stories about ani mals and experiences a small boy or girl can understand folk tales which have stood the test of time in many different lands fairy tales which stimulate a childs imagination some adults are critical of fantasy but it has an important place in a childs intellectual growth and most children love the old familiar fairy tales splendid job teachers do a splendid job in strengthening an interest in books some classes visit the public library at regular times and the scholars return the books they have read and choose new ones in the project method of teaching pupils frequently go to the library on their own to discover more information about an historical character other lands and peoples natural re sources industries once a bright youngster gets interested in scientific discover ies rockets or some other topic he is determined to find out all he can about that subject dino saurs seem to captivate small boys when they finish reading the books available on these giants of an earlier age they turn to an encyclopedia for more details the enthusiasm of either an adult or a child is catching if parents enjoy books their child ren are likely to be readers a junior girl exclaimed the other day mum and dad and every one in our family reads except the baby shes just a month old one of my friends called me a bookworm i dont think that is a very nice name but i dont care libraries are fascinating pla ces for children to visit and the librarian in the boys and girls division knows how to make children feel at home as well as the books on her shelves it is little wonder that the circula tion in the childrens division often equals and in some cases surpasses the total number of books borrowed by adults they can help a trained childrens librarian can help a child or a parent in selecting books which will at tract that particular boy or girl perhaps he wants a wild animal story or help with raising tropi cal fish or building a bird house horse stories have a special ap peal to many girls sports for boys the older child who is wondering about a vocation may need help in locating the biog raphy of someone who has been outstanding in a certain career library books are not a sub stitute for a childs own book shelf enduring hardcover book shelf durable hardcover books are often given as birthday and christmas presents frequently a title is chosen which has given a child much pleasure when bor rowed from the library there are many useful book lists avail able at most public libraries ask for them because they give ex cellent guidance in book selec tion sunday school lesson stefrnta only 17950 worlds lowest puked vmsatdil conomy mia end ffi ctaicy outperforms machine pricad for higher compftufjr trie dtn fmtvm on strok t mat automatic subtract end r- j pact controls ftorfitrrflrit focn wbmptf umt action easy terms at the stouffville tribune living in the light of the cross luke 192938 titus lesson for april 15 golden text i tan cruci fied with christ nevertheless i live yet not i but christ liveth in me and the life which i now live in the flesh i live by the faith of the son of god who loved me and gave himself for me gal 330 the lesson as a whole in some respects the cross of our lord jesus christ was the lowest and the darkest spot in all the human record it was historys greatest tragedy and historys blackest crime no where else was mans depraved heart fully exhibited for there was murdered incarnate good ness in the person of jesus there too god fully ecpressed his holy intolerance of sin the rending rocks the quaking earth and the darkened sun were but the physical convulsions that re flected gods displeasure when his holy son was made a curse for us gal 313 there are other aspects to the cross however inscribed on one side are the words the wages of sin is death on the other the gift of god is eternal life through jesus christ our lord rom 623 deep darkness is balanced by bright light by that cross we have life and in that light we must live day by day the heart of the leuon the cross and resurrection of jesus christ are the two great pillars on which the superstruc ture of christianity rests here the grace of god was fully man ifested grace and truth de clares john came by jesus christ john 117 it is signifi cant that scripture says that grace brings salvation see ti tus 211 christ did not send it he brought it we are not at liberty to fol low the inclinations of our own wills and lusts for the same grace that brings salvation also brings education it teaches us that there must be selfdenial and a conforming to the will of our lord to certain practices we must say a resolute no self- judgment by the power of the holy spirit must be habitual this however will not leave us joyless ascetics living in the light of the cross will produce selfcontrol as well as righteous and godly conduct the true grace of god settles the past marks the present and secures the future it brings salvation education and expectation as well the motive and power for god ly behavior today is the blessed hope of the appearing of the glory tomorrow ugar and spice by bill smiley it may be still snowing in whitehorse though i hope for their sakes that it aint but this unpredictable hussy would elicit bad words from a saint you dont know to whom im refer ring im sure youre acquaint ed old thing the lady whose name i am slurring is greeted with rapture as spring m and thats pretty horrible dog gerel but it represents my long- held and carefully considered opinion of the character of that particular season which is sup posed to follow on the heels of winter but is usually so far be hind that shes out of sight it has been my custom to write an annual and extremely ill tempered column about spring for years my opinion of this greatly overrated season has been similar to that of a dying man who calls for water and is given a healthy slug of vinegar m for years i have longed to get hold of one of those poets who burble about the tiny cro cuses poking their heads up to the sun and show him some of the stun that pokes its head through the snow around our place in the spring this year weve had such a delightful spring here so far that i find myself in a very mellow mood this year i can not bring myself to vilify spring even though i know perfectly well that behind that disguise of chaste and gentle maiden with the warm sweet breath lies a coldhearted old harridan even though i know that she will probably produce a wind that would freeze the brains out of a brass monkey along about opening day of the trout sea son it must have been that won derful month of march that soft ened me almost every day the yellow sun nibbled daintily at the huge cruel banks of ice and snow until they were suddenly gone all except the big one behind the garage on top of the picnic table it will be there until july m m i hate to destroy a tradition and im doing it with my fingers crossed which makes typing ra ther awkward but this year im going to write a salute to spring im going to say nice things about her shell prob ably be so surprised that shell blush and weep all over the place so get your sump pumps ready lets face it were it not for the belief that life will return to our frozen land annually everybody north of the 49th par allel would be running around drooling and gibbering by the middle of march spring is like santa claus she has something good for ev erybody she brings pure delight for the kids skipping ropes and marbles and mud and mud and mud and mud and off with the rubbers and into it the minute your back is turned for the elderly perhaps more than anyone the lengthening days the warming sun are a blessing and a joy cold and darkness and the eternal enemy who lurks in the shadows are beaten again life however tre mulous blossoms and fear and pain retreat m m for mother she brings gifts to offset the tracking in of dirt and the constant battle over wearing enough clothes with the kids there are the touches of reprieve from madness a goofy spring hat a flower peer ing up from the earth a wild new shade of paint for the kit chen dad gets his presents too car body rusted in spots a fuel bill like the national debt april 30 and the receiver gen eral lying in wait but he can stand it the ice on the lakes is gone the golf course is drying up and a sunday jaunt on the muddy sideroads has discovered a new trout stream of superla tive potential teenagers turn peculiar la spring as she pours potions in- to their blood and bones eyes gaze vacantly at teachers bod ies are one moment utterly list less the next supercharged with- energy there is a great increase in bunting and pushing and handholding and standing about on corners and long looks m but the trollop has only begun to distribute her largesse when we list these theres the lovely smell of rotting earth coming i alive as it crawls from the tomb theres the chitter of birds and i the chuckle of running water theres the grand springy feel of yielding ground underfoot again gone is the sombie charcoal sketch that was winter heres 1 a touch of green there a flick of yellow yonder a smudge of brown how warming are they to eyes that have grown cold and pale with looking at ice there hows that for an ode to spring and if its snowing when i step out tomorrow mor ning serves me right farm management groups tour county farms on thursday april 5th 70 members of the various farm business management groups in j ontario county visited the fol lowing four farms mr n d hogg uxbridge rr 4 charolaisj enterprise limited brooklin rr 1 mr cecil disney son j brooklin rr 1 and mr harold j werry son oshawa rr 2 the group was interested in the farm management practices j that are carried out on these farms they were particularly j interested in observing the loose housing arrangements on these farms and how they were vork- j ingbutall four farms had some differences in the construction of their feed bunks and yet all j of them were giving satisfactory service the 24 x 60 silo with a i lazysusan for feeding at chrorj lais enterprise limited stimulate t ed considerable discussion this i silo has a capacity of 700 tons of j silage i on a tour of this kind many useful ideas can be observed and put to use on the home farm a thankyou from this group is ex- j tended to the owners of these farms for their cooperation in acting as hosts for this most en joyable and educational tour 5 v 4 on term deposits guaranty trust company of canada 3 wilson berry president metro toronto ojficoi don miixs centre hi 74453 isc bay street em t1331 what made school discipline more effective in the old days was the application of hard-and- fast rulers masking tape full line in stock i from wz inch rolls down- fo 3 inch get f hem at th stouffville tribune government municipal and corporation bonds 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