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pfl 2 the stouffviue tm teuiiii heavr 31 1963 editorial shouldnt hide their heads in the sand many charges and counter charg es have been voiced and written con cerning pickering townships current farm assessment problems the rights and wrongs of the issue are subjects for debate but we feel that the council as a body has done little or nothing to promote any direct solution to the matter to date they have merely adopted an ostrich at titude buried their heads in the sand and hoped that the storm would blow over without tuflling their feathers by clinging to a policy of noninterference we feel that the council is shirking a responsibility that they owe to the ratepayers surely every council member is anxious to see this farm assessment issue resolved instead of absorbing the verbal beratings of one ratepay ers association and tossing the torch to another the council could well have gained the respect of the elec torate by taking the initiative here they have merely folded their hands and watched the developments from a neutral vantage point it may well be that this assess ment problem is bigger than pick ering but it is still a major issue for a large segment of pickering people and therefore should be the direct concern of the pickering council isolating themselves on a tight little island will not prevent the waves of discontent from rolling around them nor will it plug the hole in the dam located further upstream a chance to catch up there has been a suggestion that players in stouffvilles minor hockey association are secondrate skaters in comparison to boys from other com munities of a similar size it has been suggested that the chief reason for this ineptness with the blades ia due to a shortage of ice time at the arena we feel that the initial observa tion is true excluding this year3 crop of puckchasers who have yet to taste action in the 6263 omha playoffs past experiences have shown that our local lads are inferior in skating prowess to the majority of visiting clubs the reasons are sub ject to debate if a lack of practice time is the chief creator of weak ankles then the problem has been solved the open- air arena created almost overnight by mr walter atkinson is one of the finest contributions to this commun ity since the swimming pool wqs opened several years ago appropri ately named winter wonderland it is truly everything that the title im plies mr atkinson a methodical workman has constructed this skat ers paradise with little fanfare and publicity with no fund drive appeal or plea for freegratis labour it came as a surprise to the majority of townsfolk when the project was un veiled for the first time two weeks ago with such spacious facilities within walking distance of stouffville homes theres no reason for hockey hermits here therell be screams about this one we note that the canadian fed eration of agriculture has just passed a resolution calling for more two- way trade with communist china the farm group thinks it would be an excellent idea if we bought more manufactured foods from china manufacturers who claim they are growing old and gray trying to meet competition from the sweat shops of hong kong and singapore are hardly likely to throw their hats in the air in approval nevertheless there is some truth in the suggestion since trade to be permanent has to be a twoway street the difficulty with china will be to find some forms of manufac tured goods which canada does not produce and which meet standards which the nation demands we hear great outcries about our trade with japan that there are too many japanesemade goods on the market the truth is that there are not nearly as many as one thinks and the goods which we are shipping to japan amount to millions of dol lars more than what the japanese send in here if we hope to sell we must be prepared to buy and as far as the japanese are concerned should buy much more than we do it may be found that chinas position is different and that the country has little to offer in the way of manufactured goods for export living standards are so low there that there is a demand for just about everything that can be manufactured for many years to come while the farmers suggestion may not sit well with the local manu facturers and some politicians we dont think that too much fault can be found we do think that from a practical standpoint though such a twoway street would be hard to build we dont see much hope of buying much from china unless it is some natural product like lichee nuts or sharks fins spelling is important while we admit we are a long way from being a knowitall when it comes to spelling we do realize how important it is furthermore we have formed the opinion that it is a knowledge in which todays stud ents are gravely lacking ask any businessman who has had occasion to hire any schoolage help and you will get the same answer we would not imply that matters as to this type of school training are any worse than ever but it does seem that in these days of new courses and the empha sis that is being put on practical mat ters a little more time could be spent in the direction of spelling spelling is not all as simple a subject as those who are good at it would lead you to believe it can be a complicated and tricky business and one which take3 considerable study it is stated that not one person in a hundred can spell these five words correctly sacrgiousrarfied synonmous restaurateur and liason the correct spellings are sacrilegious rarefied synonymous restaurateur and liaison spelling is possibly the first basis on which a writer is judged many readers respond unfavourably with irritation and distrust to the writer who cannot spell to many people its an index of a writers education and intelligence you know how miffed you are when someone spells your name wrong but imagine the embarrass ment of the readers digest recently when on the cover of the magazine it spelled charles lindberghs name as lindberg american spellings differ in eng land and sometimes in canada honor is honour fiber is fibre plow is plough judgment is judgement jail is goal etc in this country even dictionaries disagree with all these variations it is more important than ever that schools before they launch too far into new subjects take a long look to see if they should not spend a little more time on one of the oldest spelling ije touffmllr thribuitf established llil member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontario weekly newspapers association a vrirj mcoedclasa kill rotoiee drpl ottawt- mcmber of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada s350 elsewhere 450 c n nolan publisher ias thomas editor jas mckean advertising just ignore it and itll go away urge britohs seek advice from canadians on how tooeallvith winter netut hem editors moil jan 22 1963 the tribune dear mr editor i see quite a bit of publicity being given today to the teach ing of french in school and ive got a few views of this myself that id like to pass along i took five years french in high school and three years in the university of toronto i dont believe french should be taught in ontario schools until grade 9 the first year of high school to learn two languages at the same time is too great a strain and too bewildering for a young child in high school in canada all students should learn french as a second language before latin etc all french language students in canadian high schools should learn english as a second language before latin etc i learned latin and german before grade 9 a child should concentrate on his native langu age which in ontario is eng lish j d irwin blackwater ont on the farm front sunday school lesson golden text jesus of nazareth went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil for god was with him acts 1038 the pictures of our lord which over the centuries have gained acceptance have so often shown a pathetic emaciated face that we have lost sight of him as the strong son of god we need a saviour touched with the feeling of our infirmi ties but of what practical help would this be unless he also has power to deliver us from the thralldom of sin and give victory in the great challenges of life as son of god he is mighty to save we have evi dence in todays lesson where we see him confronting life with its fears and dangers evil influences sickness sorrow and death and showing him self victor in each circumstance such an high priest became us for we daily face life as it is including situations too great for us to handle to watch our lord at work and know that this same power is available for and in us will make a fascinating and profit able study from it we should be eager to learn how we can relate this to current situations before commissioning the disciples for their task of world evangelization christ said all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth go ye therefore without the assurance that such power is resident in christ and commit ted to us our task is hopeless but in this lesson we see our lord able to deal in might with 1 natural forces in the storm 2 demonic power in the possessed man 3 sickness in an ostracized woman and 4 death as it invaded a home this is our lord and saviour the same yesterday today and forever a a wall agricutural hpresentative for york county a start has been made to wards organizing for the inter national plowing match which will be held in ycjrk county in 1965 the plowmens associa tions each elected three direc tors who will combine to form a steering committee the agricultural committee of york county council will add two directors to this committee and will meet early in january one of the first jobs of the committee will be to select a general chairman for the match along with people to head up some of the most im portant committees on the steering committee ray jen nings jesse bryson and lome weldrick will represent the king vaughan plowmens assoc sheldon valker wal ter rate and fred timbers have been named from the north york assoc and stan watson jack warriner and lloyd grove will be the men from the east york assoc the international requires a lot of careful planning and there is a great deal of work to be done we are hoping that all farm organizations will combine to make the match in 1965 one of the best ever the match brings good publicity to the county at owen sound this year at tendance reached a record of over 100000 and this figure should easily be topped in 19g5 the location for the match will be the masseyferguson farm at milliken congratulations to our 4ii club members who this year won scholarships to the oac short course david selby sharon stan cowieson queers- ville don murray maple lar ry pegg sutton west allan hamill markham and ed guardhouse unionville are the winners these boys have all been in 4h clubs for six years or more and their awards are in recognition of their good work the yorc county federation of agriculture elected a new president last week oliver bales of newmarket takes over from francis rcdelmeier as president for 1963 jim dar lington of maple and jim faris of newmarket were elected vice presidents with fred wicks of stouffville remaining as secretary and harry fergu son of keswick director to the ontario federation those elect ed to head committees were frank brumwell chas gruppe and stuart starr the federa tion is the one organization that can speak for farmers on any problem and it deserves the ac tive support of every farmer the officers and directors al ways welcome suggestions from farmers or activities that might be carried on plans have now been made for the annual meeting of the york county soil crop im provement association it is to be held on wednesday janu ary 9th at the newmarket town hall there is a good programme planned and all farmers arj invited sugar and spice by bill smiley visitoks to a child who is sick in hospital visits by his parents and family should be made as regularly as hospital rules and the childs doctor permit if it is not convenient or possible the youngster should he told why rather than let him hope for visitors who do not appear if the doctor orders no visi tors the little patient should know that it is the doctors decision in order that recovery may be speedier dont wait for tomorrow he was going to be all that a mortal could be tomorrow no one should be kinder or braver than he tomorrow a friend who was troubled and weary he knew whod be glad of a lift and who needed it too on him he would call and see what he could do tomorrow each morning he stacked up the letters lied write tomorrow and thought of the folk he would fill with delight tomorrow it was too bad indeed he was busy today and hadnt a minute to stop on his way more time i will have to give others hes say tomorrow the greatest of workers this man would have been tomorrow the world would have known had he ever seen tomorrow but the fact is he died and he faded from view and all that he left here when living was tiircugh was a mountain of things lie intended to do tomorrow erom the blue bell give the job the best you hv and theres little chance it will get the best of you retirement savings- plan for individuals by joining the guaranty trust retirement saying plan you become eligible to deduct up to 2sfsfl ie 10 of your earned income whichever is the lesser from your 1962 taxable income any person earning an income may join this plan jind out how it gives you the opportunity to share anil profit in the future growth of canada mini mizes the effects of inflation which could lower the value of future pension dollars and provides many other important benefits phone or mjii our office for detailed literature guaranty trust company of canada j j mtlro toronto ouicmi yongt sueet don mils centtt y 4335l hi 74453 f 344iaystkct em 41531 jy is look i take it ail back i didnt mean a word of it im sorry i apologize ill never say it again as long as x live truly 1 mean that part about loving snow ever since that column i wrote about us skiers revelling in real winter things have gone haywire around here it has snowed about 24 hours a day and about one inch per hour and blowed gale force and the temperature has plummeted like a hawk going down for a fat lien ah i can deduce is that either somebody up there ha no sense of humor or that the lord is on my side im not quite sure which but it will he a long time before i try getting flippant about the weather again one kids in bed with the flu the other is outside somewhere wielding a snow showel and well he lucky if we ever see him again the old battleaxe has those mid winter blues and the dog and cat have to be literally kicked out of doors the only cheering note we have had this week was a letter from our sisterinlaw who is wintering in balmy old toasty old sweaty old puerto rico in the caribbean stating that she had just recovered from the worst cold she had ever had in her life hah to top it all the inspector is coming to the school this week this event causes roughly the same panic anionic school teachers as an announcement that princess margaret would be around for tea on friday would cause among a gaggle of housewives it reminds me of the alarm and despondency that used to take over at any camp during the war when it was learned that a senior officer would lie making an inspection of the camp everybody knew perfectly well that the old trout would merely totter around the camp inspect a guard of honor and head for the officers mess to maintain that purplish complexion he had taken so many years to acquire but there was always the chance that hed be one of those maniacs who actually wanted to taste the slop ahout to be served to the other ranks instead of joining the officers over their scotch and steaks or one of those nuts who actually drew a white glove along that window sill looking for dust or one of those fiends who actually believed that soldiers or airmen cr ratings were human beings and asked them all sorts of humanbeingquestions to the complete and titter detriment of ordinary discipline unit morale and tha divine right of officers you never knew what you were going to get worst offender of this sort ive ever experienced was winston churchill one time in france we were warned that a very important person would visit our wing which was fly ing diveandrocket fighterbombers from a field in normandy we sneered figured it would be some crummy air commo dore who would try to convince us that our young juice fresh lives were fair exchange for some vague crap labeled freedom or democracy of homeandiovedones nontheless we spitted and polished and cursed on the big day we were drawn up in a hollow square on the field pilots silk scarves were exchanged for shirts and ties flying boots for polished shoes bare heads for caps at the right angle beards for cleanshaven faces officers in front other ranks in the rear where they jolly well should be in a democracy a little plane hopped the nearest hedge and buuerflycd into the middle of the square the motor was cut a massivo figure rather like an old sealion struggled out of the rear cockpit and stood on the wing we didnt need the jutting cigar to tell lis who he was he grinned ill swear his eye twinkled as lie looked us over then he lifted his right arm as though to make fits famous vsign instead he made a rude gesture then beckoned the other ranks safely in the rear where nobody would be offended by their cheap uniforms and low pay could take a hint they gave one wild cheer and ran toward the plane so help me several officers in the front rank of the hollow square were trampled so deep into the mud of normandy that they werent found for days the old man with the great heart who should have been safely at home in england not dodging about in airfield of france in a tiny unarmed aircraft gave us five minutes ot the famous churchillian prose not the kind youll find in the history books im afraid more like the kind that julim caesar used to give his legions roars of delight answered him now how in the world did i get from the white wilder ness outside to a blistered baked octanestinking converted pasture in normandy frankly ive no idea i keep telling my students to stick to one idea to write in logical sequence i hope the inspector doesnt read this dear sir or madam by the way i read your column every week in the paper and i find it very interesting and educational i was wondering if per haps you would be interested in printing a poem i have written about our town stouffville our home town stouffville our home town is a pretty place with a wide main street built with grace it is situated on highway forty seven its beauty no writer could ever pen the husincss section has many fine stores our people have work and that matters more we have six fine churches three good schools where children go to learn the golden rules a wonderful park and a swimming pool where kids play all summer and after school a tennis court and an arena rink where skating and hockey keep folk in the pink and as you wander up and down your heart swells with pride in your town at the corner where youre meeting an old friend with hearty greeting with a handclasp hello there friendliness in the very air you meet a friend at the butcher shop who tells you the kind of meat shes bought talks of prices of buying shoes discuss latest gossip and the news we share each olhers ups and downs like one big family in our town you may climb mountains cross the teas or fly a plane to new hebrides you may travel here and travel there in search of pleasure and fresh air then when youve seen the world so vast youll long for your hometown at last then wander to the place you have left content to learn that home is best yours truly a grade thirteen student at sdhs typewriters to sell or rent the stouffville tribune main st stouffville