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tt7 the stooffvlui tmbunt tfcrakr teanfcf 6 w6z editorial mountains out of mole hills in the municipal elections just concluded we have seen some cam paigning that has put discolour on the politicians involved as well as raising a curiosity as to just how much of this mumbo jumbo the ratepayers swallow nowadays we would refer specifically to the markham township hullabaloo where charges and countercharges were hurled back and forth in campaign meetings certainly leaving doubt in many minds as to whether or not any one was telling the truth the part of this business which displeases us and makes us most sus picious is the fact that the most of the charges brought forward at these election times concern matters which scarcely raised an eyebrow during the regular council meetings all of a sud den at the end of the year these same items of business take on major pro portions and even the taint of scandal how come while this type of electioneering may stir up a great deal of publicity and put doubt in the minds of many ratepayers concerning the men whom they had entrusted with their munici pal business we dont think it dees very much to raise the stature of the instigators as one who attends coun cil meeting regularly we know that a great many of the problems which are thrown up at election time as terrible pieces of administration brought on very little debate at the time they passed through councils hands we hate to think that they are let slide by some members of council just to make the ammunition for year- end election campaigning why if these matters are so dam aging to a municipality and its fi nances are they given such little at tention during the regular years oper ations and loom so large when an election is at stake were our own santa claus to those of us who have to remit sales tax as well as pay it the ontario sales tax which has just recently completed one year of levy is a steady reminder of government expen ditures the report on the first years collection shows that the net revenues are running considerably higher than estimated however the extra money should come in handy at queens park where reports show increased costs in almost all departments the sales tax estimated collection for the first year was 150000000 and this has climbed to s160000000 while the levy is a nuisance as one can hear counter complaints almost daily it is based to a degree on the ability to pay the person who can afford the more expensive item pays that much more tax since it is based on the retail price it does not tend to pyramid the cost as is the case with federal sales tax which is charged in many cases on the wholesalers price and figures in the retailers markup on his goods its not hidden cither youre aware of it every time you make a purchase its a constant reminder that government services whatever they are are not free the government can only play santa claus at the tax payers expense public discussion of teacher in poor taste a ratepayers meeting was held in the ballantrae public school last week presumably to give the trustee board the green light to proceed with a new addition to the present structure as has been the case in several ether sectional gettogethers the topic j of discussion was sidetracked and one teacher was subjected to a verbal tonguelashing from the floor the tribune was present at this gathering but refrained from publishing the name of the staff member under at tack her identity is probably quite well known by now since the pros and cons of her instructional abilities were recklessly batted about the room to permit such an inexcusable situation to occur would indicate a weakness on the part of the meetings chairman and a lesser distinction for the members of the board public school meetings are very necessary when it comes to dealing in 60000 building projects the hiring and firing of teachers however are trustee problems and the public opinions should not be required a public servant regardless of his or her attributes will always have shortcomings in the eyes of critics who in this particular case formed a minority representation meetings not closed to this newspape a statement concerning closed meetings of markham township council voiced during one or two pre election gatherings in the municipality came as a complete surprise to this newspaper and we believe to others who attend weekly sessions at button- ville it is no secret to this writer that much of markhams council business is hashed over in committee but we do not recollect any member of the press being refused admittance if they wish to take the midweek time to attend on the contrary we believe that reeve wilfred dean made it very clear to one and all that committee meet ings were open to press personnel in a statement of policy recorded by the tribune in the issue of april 20 1961 a portion of the item read as follow the reeve suggested that he was opposed to the discussion of township business behind closed doors quote i feel that the people should be kept informed he con cluded unless there has ben some major policy change in markham during the 1962 term we would conclude that the same open door procedure has been in effect regardless of what re gime holds the political power in markham in 63 we would hope that the same proposal is continued we think it grossly unfair however to throw mud into a clear stream the inevitable had to happen in the tribune issue of nov 30 1961 a total of thirteen candidates had their photographs displayed in preelection advertisements in the tribune issue of nov 29 1962 sixteen wouldbe office holders had their pic tures in the paper it has always been a profound fear that some day some year there would be an exchange of photos last week the inevitable happened when the noise of the giant rotary presses had died down and more than 4000 copies of the tribune were readied for mail ing it was discovered that charles hooper a candidate for the deputy- recveship in markham township had erroneously been transferred into the neighbouring municipality of whit- church in a like manner mr alvin farmer seeking election to a council post in whitchurch suddenly found himself in the heat of the markham township political fray their pictures had been switches and it was too late to make amends any similarity between mr hooper and mr farmer is purely co incidental with the exception that both are wellknown throughout the area and reside only si miles apart the tribune staff was besieged with calls and enquiries concerning the error we doubt if any advertisement in any newspaper was ever more close ly scrutinized nothing is that bad how ever that it couldnt have been worse that mr could easily have become a mrs the guiding star three wise men saw the shining star which led them on from lands afar they laid their sifts at jesus feet was eer a babe so pure and sweet far to the town of bethlehem the golden star had led these men twas there the newborn baby lay and songs are sung unto this day of this sweet babe this new- born child the mother mary fair and mild while angels sang up in the sky all glory be to god on high down through the ages since that night when moon and stars are shining bright these songs are sung on christmas eve and christmas day while men shall live and now we have a guiding star to guide us all in peace or war the testament to us hes given to lead us on at last to heaven mrs a weber also sad words of tongue and pen the cost of living rose again lie tmtffmlu fbriiume established iiu a v nolan son publishers member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontario weekly newspapers association amkwtut u ttml i aid tencn otpu otuwa member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 350 elsewhere s450 h noun pubbto ias thomas et ms mckun uitrthwt 1 sugar and spice by bill smiley had an interesting day in the city on saturday met an old friend i hadnt seen in years took a long look at a lady with no clothes on and was mistaken for a wealthy executive by several waiters a cab driver and an art dealer it all came about because of my new winter outfit in the clothes department i had been canadas last holdout against inflation eer since the end of world war ii i had been waiting for the price of mens clothing to drop back to a sensible level so that i could buy an overcoat xot that i havent had an overcoat in all those years le had several each of them looking like something the salvation army had refused to accept when i came home from overseas in 45 i had no over coat and my old air force trenchcoat was held together by willpower and a few discreet safety pins one day it fell apart literally a large lady who had been sitting beside me on a streetcar got up and walked away with half my coat dangling from her purse which had caught in one of the rents my landlady of the day come to the rescue a widow she presented me with her late husbands 192s model overcoat a sixfooter he had filled it out nicely with his 220 pounds a fiveeighter weighing in at a solid 137 i had room for a small family in there with me but it was a nice gesture so i wore it looking as though every day were halloween that one was swiped at a new years eve party its the only time anything good has happend to me at one of those affairs luckily a few days later i met an old flying pal who had gone a bit alcoholic and had two overcoats i got his secondbest for 850 it lasted for a couple of years until we got a pup after the beast had been thoroughly trained and hart ruined every old blanket in the house during the process i let him sleep on my overcoat just one night until we rounded up some more bedding for him apparently no body had told him that he was thoroughly trained my last coat was given to me by an uncle it just looked like somebodys uncles overcoat and i just looked like some bodys uncle in it the other day sick of looking seedy i hauled down the flag of resistance and hied me to a gents emporium it didnt help much to discover that those sombre rags known as mens overcoats are about three times as much as they were in 1945 however i plunged the works imported latest style british tailoring the price staggered me but the modesty of my down payment rather staggered the clerk then on some mad whim i picked up a hat an item ive never owned and clapped it on i looked in the mirror dont ever tell me again that clothes dont make the man the baggykneed teacher had been replaced by a baggyeyed executive the downathecls columnist had given way to a wellheeled stockbroker the only giveaway was below the knees there were the same old shapeless shoes with the broken laces tied in granny knots otherwise a veritable whiskey ad model and thats how i came to be standing in this art gallery in the city on saturday gazing at this nude painting judicious ly rocking a bit on the heels pursing the mouth thought fully squinting carefully with the head cocked on one side i figured that was what a man of distinction would be doing while he waited for his wife the salesman hovered discretly asked him how much it was me said sevenfifty told him id take it he wanted to know if id like a cheque form told him id pay cash pulled out a tenspot simultaneously discovered that he meant seven hundred and fifty and that my wife was standing two feet behind me i was still trying to convince her that i was interested only in the remarkable tone of the painting when we ran into old john meisel hadnt seen him since the days when countdown the mob used to arrive at our place with a case of suds a salami a guitar and a number of lidiculous but refreshing ideas hes a university professor now what did we talk about old times our teaching jobs world affairs nope he has squirrels in his attic too and we spent a happy and profitless twohour lunch discussing means of eliminating the little brutes without being ciuel an interesting day and all because i bought some new winter outerwear its the first time my wife lias let me go to the cityin the winter for four years editors mail mr c h nolan publisher the stouffville tribune stouffville ontario dear mr nolan i wish to extend my congratu lations to you on the special dial telephone cutover edition of the tribune i feel certain the way in which you employed pictures and stories helped make the change to dial telephone serv ice more understandable to our subscribe s in your area as you are probably aware we car ried on an intensive educational program in the area converted to dial and your special edition played a very important part in that program yours sincerely dr w h cruickshank viccpres and gen man 2s52ss2sc23as a happy gift idea rr4 stouffville ont nov 231962 editor the tiibune stouffville ont dear sir i would like to take this op portunity of thanking you for your kindness in publishing my article on christians awake in a iccent issue of the tribune i think it very thoughtful that we as citizens of this communis ty have a paper where we can- voice our protest against the dreadful liquor traffic wishing you every succes i- am your sincerely leslie grove for several relatives or friends on your list a years subscription to the stouffville tribune means that any friend or relative jou name will receive a letter from home every week and you wont even have to pay the postage can you think of a better present toronto 1 nov 29th 1962 district director of postal service the christmas season is al most upon us and the post of fice is once more faced with the problem of moving moun tains of mall quickly and effici ently the mailing public can assist greatly in this task by follow ing two practices 1 using complete and correct addresses on all mail 2 mailing christ mas mail as early as possible the post office suggests the following dead line mailing dates for canada and the usa- mail to distant points in can ada and the usa before dec 8th mail to other out of town points in canada before dec 13th mail for local delivery before dec 17th by co operating in the above manner postal patrons can help immensely in creating at happier situation regarding christmas mail h r m knight for j g fult district director ral3k3ia we will send a gift card to the recipient announcing the gift and we will start the subscription whenever you wish the stouftville tribune stouftvillc ontario enclosed please find check or money order for for one years sunscription to the stouffville tribune to be sent as christmas gift to name address s i i start subscription name address start subscription s my name is a 2 address w g subscription is 350 in canada 150 in vs and abroad clip and mail this coupon today kao5swjxjmjssw3skaicao5japawjsapsajejsiwi gfskbssss way rack when from the files of the tribune sept 28 1922 they are commencing to lay the brick for the new carnegie library i the nova scotia bank moved into- their new premises oppo site the tribune office this week miss kathleen frcel daugh ter of dr ira a frecl has been appointed assistant dietitian in a detroit hospital oct i 1922 if the one who has been swip ing watermelons in the sixth line neighbourhood docs not return same at this notice there is going to be trouble oct 26 1922 on monday the tribune changed hands and mr a v nolan late of the uxbrldgo journal has taken over the business and his experience in the newspaper business should be a big asset to the town oct 26 1922 the collectors for the local branch of the upper canada bible society held a lnuchcon on tuesday evening in the christian church rev mcguiro addressed the gathering and the object of the canvassers was to secure 1000 in this district mr and mrs ira anderson left on saturday for gooderham and from there mr andeson will leave on his hunting trip the loot from the standard bank totalled over 100000 ac cording to latest information among these was a bond of 10000 held by thomas wil liamson love may be called many things but its usually 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