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tit j the stouffviue trijun taurxjiv ddofcr 31 1963 editorial a the witches are looking prettier this year time to think with the advent last week of the new bylaw giving members of municipal council the public utilities commission and the public school board a twoyear term ratepayers should be giving serious thought to this years municipal election in order to avoid the pitfall of electing someone who is unsuited and incap able of conducting public business they must choose even more carefully than usual those who are to repre- xent them in public office elections are just about one month away it should not be left to the old method of getting just any one to fill the post cases have been known where it was necessary to hold a second nomination to secure sufficient representatives certainly our freedom means more to us than this we cannot shirk the responsibil ity of democracy without threatening its very existence the election of school trustees should attract more attention than usual since the recent storm over the jurisdiction of municipal councils over school board financing the public utilities commission about elections and the council have worked any thing but harmoniously in the past and the most levelheaded men poss ible should be selected for this board as well by next fall and perhaps sooner stouffville will be ready for it next large development since by that time most all existing building areas will have been filled if we are to have industrial and commercial growth which we certainly want more than residential men with fore- night must be given the reins to direct the new development when it is proposed the wisdom of the new twoyear term remains to be seen the change is now law and we can only try to make it work successfully by being most selective in our choice of can didates we realize there are both advan tages and disadvantages to office- seekers revealing their preelection plans however we believe in all fair ness possible candidates should give the ratepayers some indication of their intentions as early as possible in order to assess the situation we urge serious consideration by all concerned plowgirl steals something new and attractively different was contained in the pro gram of the east york plowing match held on the farm premises of bs mckean cone 10 markham last week the attractive difference was included in the presence of 22 year old elisabeth barker recently crown ed furrow queen at caledon and a resident west of victoria square in markham township this type of sideline has long been lacking in local match competi tions and for those persons who think of a strikeout as a term used only in baseball the entire event can be come pretty dull this was not the case however last wednesday you see the competition had a queen as one of its thirtyseven entries and you find me a clydesdale or a masseyharris that can hold a candle to that type of rivalry elisabeth barker the dream of any redblooded junior canadian farmer was not content to stand idly by and watch the entire proceedings from the headland no sir she rolled up the sleeves of her crocheted out of the pickering twp council on a split vote will seek permission to have the ontario county assessor assume the position of assessment commissioner in their municipality we would have grave apprehensions about such a move and it would ap pear that some members of the coun cil also regard the proposal as a step in the wrong direction we have no reason whatsoever to think that mr hepditch cannot handle the job but under the present system the council must share some indirect responsibility for their de partments shortcomings if any under a county regime the assess- everything for tomorrow prime minister pearson regard less of his reasons has made a wise move in backing off the proposed pension plan one government after another has pushed canada so far so fast towards the welfare state that many canadians are becoming insur ance poor there will soon have to be so much paid out for the future that there is little left for the present most people today are already paying towards no less than six pen sion and insurance schemes there is the oldage pension company pen sion hospital insurance group insur ance workmens compensation and unemployment insurance in days gone by weve often heard reference to someone as being land poor such a person had so much land from which they received no rev- ten commandments of 1 speak to people there is nothing as nice as a cheerful word of greeting 2 smile at people it takes 72 muscles to frown only 14 to smile call people by name the xwcetest music to anyones ears is the sound of his own name 4 be friendly and helpful if you would have friends be friendly 5 be cordial speak and act ax if everything you do were a gen uine pleasure the show white sweater grabbed a 2furrow plow and a tractor and went to work unfortunately for her and perhaps for the judges too she had to pit her feminine skills against two accom plished young men who topped the class if points could have been added on the merits of interest miss barker would have won levers down there was little doubt that the operator outclassed the operation but the judges could not rewrite the rule book so late in the season york county has been fortunate to have a girl like elisabeth barker among its rank and file of public spirited citizens she has brought this area much favourable publicity and the goodnatured warmth of her personality has now extended far be yond the immediate county borders all good things must come to an end however for miss barker will be married in november and take up residence in eastern canada as one suntanned farmer remarked last week she sure is a great girl i dont know where well ever find an other like er to this we surely agree control ment program could be extended out of arms reach of either the rate payer or the council representative we have always felt that a sys tem loses a portion of its efficiency when controlled by a larger body certain provincial and federal gov ernment spendings are indicative of such a trend we would fear that assessments that appeared on the surface at least to have reached some form of stability will now be subject to change again we would hope that the council by this move is not wishing to evade a responsibility which we still con tend is very much a part of the councils business and nothing for today enue that they had little money on which to live some are already say ing they are insurance poor they claim they are paying so much out in premiums for this and that plan that they have little left for grocer ies there are so many schemes to day it is difficult to keep them all sorted out in ones mind in addition to the direct contributions into all these plans slices of various tax funds are being taken to help these funds these taxes all add co the price of goods to say that the em ployer is merely augmenting pay ments made by his employees is not the whole story the employer adds his share into wages which again makes it an addition to prices which we all must pay good human relations 6 be genuinely interested in people you can like everybody if you try 7 be generous with praise cautious with criticism 8 be considerate of the feelings of others it will be appreciated 0 be thoughtful of the opinions of others there are three sides to controversy yours the other fel lows and the right one 10 be alert to give service what counts most in life is what we do for others sunday lesson golden text let the word of christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom teaching and admon ishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs singing with grace in your hearts to the lord col 3li approach to the lesson spiritual gifts are not made unnecessary by love love is the locomotive that gives pow er to service hut like the train it is the sifts that carry out the actual work so having in chapter 13 stressed the imper ative need of love paul now re turns to the subject of spiritual gifts that he left at the conclu sion of chapter 12 love and service must be coupled love must not blow off its steam like an old engine in the yard nor must service be powerless on the tracks so the chapter opens follow then the way of love while you set your heart on the gifts of the spirit the highest gift you can wish for is to be able to speak the messages of god phillips but one problem confronting the church at corinth was how- one should speak the message of god whether in tongues or in the ordinary language of the people this question is always before us with the pentecostal groups dividing from the re mainder of the church on this issue and today a number of others are practising and urg ing upon the church the use of this gift speaking in tongues does not of course in theory or in practice exclude preaching and teaching in the ordinary way it was and is where practised a supplement to it being of a more dramatic nat ure than most other gifts it at tracts attention paul is here writing to emphasize the prece dence of preaching over it throughout the chapter paul sets two spiritual gifts in comparison with each other first there is- speaking witii tongues this phenomenon was very common in the early church in it a man became worked up to an ecstasy and a frenzy and in that state he poured out a quite uncontrol lable torrent of sounds in no unknown language unless these sounds were interpreted and as it were translated no one had any idea what they meant in the early church this was a highly coveted gift it was a dangerous gift for one thing it was abnormal and was great ly admired and therefore the person was very liable o devel op spiritual pride in his gifi and for another thing it produ ced in some at least a kind of selfhypnotism and induced hy steria which issued in a com pletely false and deluded and synthetic speaking in tongues in this whole section paul deals with the dangers of this gift and the superiority of forthtel- ling prophesying or speaking the message in such a way that all can understand it barclay heart of the lesson the freedom that is ours in mobfg anne ross i have a very large over 1300 pages of fine print very old 1901 very informative complete cookery instruction and kitchen management cook book just recently we the family were reading aloud some of the helpful suggestions it contains and while we had no intention of being disrespect ful to the authors we couldnt take their advice too seriously and were soon convulsed with gales of laughter we enjoyed the reading so much i decided to share some of he gems with you so here goes to prevent illness from spreading through a family when there are head colds or other sickness in the house cut raw onions in thick slices and place on plates in the sickroom the kitchen and the dining room to draw the germs from the air of course someone asked what did the onion do with the germs when ivy spider plants or any other house plants get sticky from apids take the pots and place them on an ant hill red ants preferably they will clean all the aphids off and the pots can then be brought in the house and washed on the outside id like to know what they did with the ants on the plants if a piece of meat is tough and you want it to cook quickly and be tender stick it full of spike nails and it will cook in half the time do not forget to take the nails out before serving now theres the grand daddy of our modern barbeque spit they had the right idea for metal conducts heat and the spike nails would direct the heat to the centre of the roast of mutton cutting down appreciably on the cooking time but can you imagine a piece of meat in the oven with spike nails sticking out in all directions never try to read with dirty eyeglasses they can be perfectly cleaned by rubbing them on both sides with a dollar bill a twenty dollar bill will make them shinier now theres a case where it pays to be rich wonder if a fifty dollar bill would be more effective on bifocals how spoiled we women are today with our modern appli ances and the wide variety of cleaning products to make the job of keeping house an easy one if you dont think so junst consider this instruction under the title sweeping carpets is not enough i found in an old book of house keeping instruction to most women who take pride in keeping a clean and wholesome house diri is simplv dirt something to be gotten up off the floor and out of the house with as little fuss and labour as possible but people who peer at dirt through powerful microscopes have discovered that there are three kinds responsible for wear and discoloura tion of carpets surface litter is lint hair threads and other items which collect on the surface it is easily removed by sweeping the second is light clinging dirt much is deposited on the carpet by air currents and is worked part way down into the pile tufts by foot traffic this type of dirt is easily removed by taking the carpet up placing it out in the kitchen garden where it can receive a thorough beating the third variety is very much heavier than the other two it has a powdery consistency and is bound together by certain sticky substances it is not so easy to remove because it is heavy enough to work itself down to the base of the pile tufts and over a longer period become embedded in the yarns of the backing the grease in the dirt causes it to cling and mat and the colours of the carpet are dulled and may even change noticeably as the tufts flatten or incline in several directions thus for proper cleaning the schedule of maintenance should include both the daily sweeping and weekly beating plus periodic special cleaning of the carpet the following preparation will be found quite adequate mix together diglycol oleale 3 pis butyl cellosolve 5 fl oz ethylene dichioride heavy carburetted hydrogen gas 12 fl oz denatured alcohol 1 pt and oleic acid 12 fl oz in a separate container add ammonia strong 23 12 fl oz to water 3i pts and pour it into the first solution the preparation should be stirred with a wooden paddle for ten minutes anyone for the good old days christ must never degenerate into license our guidelines can best be followed by way of ask ing two questions in any given situation 1 is this for the glory of god and 2 does this build up the church if the an swer is yes it is safe to go a- head if the answer is no to cither we should immediately desist disease of the heart and blood vessels are a serious threat to the economic stability and welfare of the community they account for almost twice as many fatalities as our arm ed forces suffered in all four years of world war ii education and research help hearts everywhere che stauffuillr ui bun established ls member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontario weekly newspapers association authorised eeondli mil pottofv depl ottawa member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffville onl in canada 350 elsewhere 450 c h nolan publisher jas thomas editor 4as mckean advertising sugar spie by bill smiley recently i have attended two funerals this is about two more than my usual 10year quota i dont know why 1 have avoided funerals all my life it hasnt been a conscious thing but more a matter of inertia and it always seemed foolish making a fuss over the clav when the spirit had fled wei ive changed my mind 1 didnt know what 1 i mining there is something intensely satisfying the human drama involved in a funeral service and 1 hereby promise all my friends that i will attend their funerals if human possible that is if 1 dont beat lliem to die punch both of these services i was at were for people i admired and respected but there the similarity ended one was for an elderly lady a simple lutheran service in a small church the other was for a comparatively young man an elaborate roman catholic service in a large church each had its dignity and at times bcautv incidentally i learned something at both the luthcram sing sitting down and pray standing up and there isnt much of my high school latin left so that i welcome the news from rome that rc services will be conducted in the native tongue but theres a lot more to a funeral than the church service there is the slow filling up of the church with every one taking a crafty look around to see who thought a visit to the funeral home would be enough there is the lugubrious organ music that puts you in fli right mood there is the quickening of tempo as the minister or prist rustles in there is the awkward touching procession of relatives of the deceased some weeping some whitefaced with strain some redfaced with unaccustomed attention and then there is the entrance of the coffin gliding soundlessly on its wheeled frame surrounded by six good men and true this is the moment of truth for the spectators as they realize with a jolt that this is the end of that person and that this is the end to which we all shall conic spirits lift slightly with tiie beauty of t tie chants and plunge close to the maudlin when we are asked to loin iti abide with me and tears spurt beyond reason throats develop lumps as large as golf balls when it is all over i think everyone feels cleansed and uplifted rather than depressed there is an imperceptible awakening of life an eager turning to discussion of the weather though wc retain for a decent interval our mournful looks everyone feels uke a cup of tea or a good stiff drink there is a lot to be said for giving a fellow human being who entered the world in a rather scrambly fashion and did the best of which he was capable the dignity of a decent send off personally i would rather go to a good funeral any day than to a wedding which often degenerates into giggling and general silliness there is a great deal of criticism over the cost of a funeral today and undertakers are frequently raked over the the coals for catering to the excessive demands and bad taste of some of their clients i dont tltink this is quite fair under takers are just that caterers if you want the blue plate special you can get it and if you want the sevencourse deluxe theyll give you that i used to be one of these jiisl-piil-iiic-iii-a-piiic-box-aiid- tlirowsomedirtovcrnie felows hut not any longer when i go i want the works row upon row of weeping friends and relatives lots of wreaths a full choir abide with me and everybody breaking down hopelessly about the middle of the second verse and a great big reception back at the house afterwards one more request i know it would be difficult to arrange hut id like to be buried sitting up so i could enjoy it all report fr parsfambi john addison 31 p york north recently the government minister responsible for our centennial the honourable maurice lamontagne announc ed the appointment of sixty canadians from all walks of life from all provinces to the national centennial confer ence application for centennial projects will be made to the federal government by the provinces the national cen tennial administration is the agency responsible for the ad ministration of the grants pro gram the federal government will pay under the agreement with the provinres one third li of the cost of approved local cen tennial projects provided that the provinces make a contribu tion towards the cost of such projects the contribution of the fed eral government for centennial projects will be one dollar 100 per capita based on the population as of lune 1063 thus making a total contribu tion of 18896000 centennial projects eligible for other federal grants will also he eligible for grants under the agreement provided that the total federal contribution does not exceed fifty per cent 50 of the cost richmond hill pool for example the lions of richmond hill arc raising mon ey for a new swimming pool in richmond hill a a centennial project the opportunity is there for every community in york north to benefit from this gov ernment assistance 11 any of the towns or townships in york north are interested in sponsoring a centennial pro ject they can write to me here in ottawa and i will pass their plans on to the national cen tennial commission national celebrations throughout canada during 1967 there will be festivities which are national in scope in keeping with canadian prest ige and with canadas ever in creasing greatness among the nations of the world all provinces and levels of government are cooperating together on the national cen tennial commission there is another group the canadian centennial council which i providing for coordination among all private groups ir the country church and religi ous bodies cultural organiza tions business labour and agri cultural elements are ail meet ing together to plan the non governmental national celebra tions other plans have included mile of history in ottawa a national historical train trav elling across the country and perhaps a national monument union trustees the government named three 3 trustees to take charge of tile live maritime unions in cluding the seafarers interna tional union they arc mr just ice victor l dryer judge rene lippe and mr charles millard mr justice dryer 52 of van couver is the chairman and is one of the west coasts experts in labour law he represented unions for many years in their battles witlt corporations and prior to becoming a judge was a member of a british colum bia royal commission his ap pointment is being interpreted as a guarantee that the siu will be fairly treated judge lippe is a montreal labour mediator and recently settled the strike of the long shoremen on the montreal docks 1 le has been a magis trate specializing in labout problems for 11 years charles millard is from on tario he originally was a small businessman and laterd became a union organizer he served the unions internationally in brussels witii the international confederation of free trades unions and has settled strikes in africa and asia the minister of labour has told parliament that the trust ees will be responsible to parli ament itself and so responsible to the people the trustees were set up in the public inter est and will serve the public interest by reporting to the peoples representatives