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fiy 7 the stourtvlue ttlujhe tfarahy kof 7 1963 editorial time limit on wednesday evening july 24th the stouffvilie council and the public utilities commission held a joint meeting to discuss on common ground related problems of town services with respect to water a pro posed puc program was broken down into three major phases of de velopment and the chairman agreed at that time to present finalized plans before the council within a period of one month that was sixteen weeks ago and no meeting has yet been arranged what has taken place in the interval we would certainly like to know the council would like to know we would expect that the residents themselves are interested has elapsed still no report if some progress has been made on paper at least then the cloak of xecrecy should be removed from the plans for a to see if this pending report has been stymied through un foreseen progbems then all the more reason for a joint discussion on the issues we would sincerely hope that the breach between the puc and council bodies has not widened to the extent that they cannot meet together in one room and under one roof these are the petty differences that should have been left back in grade school its time to bury the hatchet and get down to business town business lets lay the cards on the table now and not confine the revelation of facts and figures to a yearend review on nomination night an inquest with in our estimation one of the most beneficial inquests to be held in this area for several years was con ducted at vandorf on tuesday even ing of last week its benefit was due to two solid wellworded recommen dations that a fiveman jury brought in at the conclusion whether these same recommendations are imple mented is another matter but at least they have been written into the records the coroner dr blair mitchell of stouffvilie stressed the urgency for advisable suggestions that might a meaning tend to prevent a similar tragedy in the dicksons hill area in the future the jury responded with one of the best replies we have heard for some time it is true that all the hearings in the world will not restore the life of the little six year old school girl victim but at least the wheels have been put into motion to reduce the hazard that now exists without recommendations an in quest in our opinion results only in a multipage reconstruction of the accident scene and all applicable pre ventive measures become nonexis tent why is courage so lacking why is courage so lacking among our members of parliament that they will not bring forward such matters as lotteries liquor the flag and such few it seems today are willing to stand up and be counted for a cause which they fear may pot bring them out on the right side of the ledger at election time we are thinking specifically at the moment of the lottery question it is brought to mind since several canadians have just won large sums of money on the irish sweepstakes almost at the same time as others were being apprehended by the law for distributing such tickets in some of these cases it would appear that government by the people for the people is only a myth as the people seem quite unable to get what they want or what they appear to want every time there is the slightest move towards a lottery bill the matter is shelved at the same time we might make a shrewd quess that if every member of par liament who has at some time or other purchased a lottery ticket was allowed to vote as he wished the bill would most certainly carry however no bill has ever got near the stage of voting such bills as are presented drift away in time- consuming talk and through our un businesslike piocedures are not likely to be heard again for a long time the same thing has happened to bills which would have made the red ensign the canadian flag and in ontario similar instances have crop ped into discussions on updating our liquor laws it appears in this present day that more time is spent in govern ment on things which the people dont want and dont ask for than on things which they do want and do ask for a lasting impression recently while talking to a group of public school boys the ques tion of hockey arose the subject of course centred around the toronto maple leafs and one young lad asked if this writer had ever attended any pro games at the gardens why do you ask i replied id like you to get me an auto graph he said the passing upsidedown outbuildings as much a part of the halloween scene as witches and jackoianterns a few years ago were almost nonexistent on friday morning after the night before in this area we are not sug gesting that the young people of to day are any less energetic than they were a quarter century ago but the truth of the matter is that in most cases the garden path now leads only to the garden the majority of those outdoor facilities have long since bowed to time and tide abandoned and un wanted they no longer pose a chal lenge to halloween revelers instead of rousing the ire of its owner the dismantling of the structure would only provide some partially prepared kindling for the old kitchen stove this type of fun is no fun at all which one mahovlich or keon i asked neither he said just bobby pulford boy can he ever fight this is the type of impression that is left in the mind of a lad who views a twoman fistic encounter such as erupted during the montreal- toronto contest last week its not the kind of example that should be set scene a few years back if an outside toilet survived the ravages of a halloween it had a charmed horse shoe nailed over the door today its an even greater miracle if one can be found and if available its chances of survival are good few adults will admit it but we knew of several in this community who as young lads have had their britches filled with buckshot all over lhat superhuman drive to upend an outbuilding any other night in the year such a task would be considered hard work but come oct 31st every lawabiding boy would be transform ed into a kind of savage sampson their strength knew no bounds and if two couldnt do the job there were always a halfdozen helpers to lend a hand yes times have surely changed a trend that is better both for the used and for the abused the tuuffmllr ertbiutr established 1ui member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontario weekly newspapers association authomcd u mcendclau mill rottofca dcoc ouaw member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffvilie ont in canada j350 elsewhere 450 c h nolan publisher 4as thomas editor ja mckean adverttslnj by the way anne koss im not sure that anyone has noticed but quite often in this coiumn 1 have tried to express my feelings about this village we call home stouffvilie doesnt make much of a mark on the map of ontario but f us whe- live here its a place of inestimable value in it we live and work and play and worship and we ate free to fashion our living in our own ways and yet we are so dependent upon one another the way we live and behave is of importance to our neighbours and to the village as a whole our loyalties and our obligations to one another are the elements which give this village its friendly pleasant atmosphere however we are prone to accept our status as citizens without questioning when individually we stop to ask ourselves how do i measure up to my obliga tions to the responsibilities i must assume for the welfare of my home town can we honestly answer stouffvilie is a fine and happy village because i help to make it so without prying into our neighbours private affairs we are still our brothers keepers and only as warmhearted participating members of the village family can we fully enjoy the benefits it offers quiet untroubled daily living safety on our streets pleasurable wholesome social activities for our children and young people and contentment for our selves which brings me to main street of our town when we first came to stouffvilie we were impressed with the friendly helpful attitude of the people who own and staff the stores after the impersonal takeitorleaveit atmosphere of the crowded stores and supermarkets of the city it was like a cool breeze on a hot day or a crackling hearth on a frosty night to be personally welcomed in any of the stores we entered and discover the sales people eared that we received the merchandise we wanted to buy of course we didnt always find the selections we had been accustomed to in the department stores and the shopping plazas but we found people who were more than willing to try to supply what we needed and would make any effort to order what wasnt in stock this friendly concern seemed to us far more important than a bewildering array of goods from which to make a choice as a consequence it was a bit shattering to learn that not everyone in stouffvilie felt as we did about shopping at home and supporting the local merchants the explanation is you cant buy it here granted we found there were many items we coudnt find in the local stores but we found the merchants ready to secure them for us we also heard you can buy it so much cheaper in the city well weve done plenty of shopping around in our day and item for item when quality is compared prices in stouffvilie are comparable to any city store certainly discount stores offer leaders featured bargains to lure customers into the store but when one adds travelling expense parking fees wear and tear on the nerves and energies whores the bargain christmas is less than seven weeks away and soon christ mas shopping will be in full swing christmas the season of peace and goodwill last week 1 overheard a lady in town remark that she dreaded having to face the hectic chore of christmas shopping in the crowded stores my comment to her would be enjoy your shopping in stouffvilie if the merchants dont have what you want they 11 do their best to get it for you and it follows the more we shop in our own town the wider the selection of merchandise will be our patronage of local husiness is loyalty to our neighbours lets not sell stouffvilie short this lovely little village is our home 5 the facts behind the poppies 1 why should i wear a poppy when you wear a poppy or display a poppy wreath you honour the war dead and you help the living 2 how do i help the living your contributions provide quick help for needy veterans and their dependents 3 lust what docs this help consist of any veteran may appeal to the poppy trust fund for emergency aid such as food shelter or medical expenses there are also bursaries for their childrens education in deserving and needy cases 4 doesnt the government provide pensions for veterans yes in fact many veterans do get pensions but many others although handicapped do not however no pension can provide for eventualities such as fire a long illness on the part of the breadwinner or other medical expenses docs any veteran or dependent get poppy fund help yes in fact 75 per cent of all cases involve veterans who are not legion members b does all flie money raised through the sale of popples and wreaths go into veterans welfare most of it docs however expenses such as cost of poppies and other supplies naturally would be deducted 7 are campaign expenses high campaign expenses are unusually low because all work is voluntary 8 jiow much of this money collected stays in community about 70 per cent the rest helps veterans by going to he maintenance of service bureaux across canada 9 what are the service bureaux they are legion departments which give any veteran or dedendent help with pensions and other problems they will act on his behalf with the federal government there is no charge to the veteran or dependent the experience of service bureaux in handling such problems enables the legion to keep a close check on veterans legislation and recommend changes where changes are justified 10 can noppv money be used for anything else no the legions constitution stresses that these funds must be held in trust they are subscribed to by the public they are held in a bank account separate from that of the branches and cannot be used for any other purposes than stipulated above it how much should i give we suggest that you give according to the dictates of your conscience you might remember that the cost of all things the poppy fund provides is much higher today than it used to be therefore it takes more to do the same job editors mail knox college spalding jamaica hello stouffvilie many of you will know or ra ther remember that i was ap pointed by the canadian uni versity services overseas last spring to teach in jamaica and to help out where i could with youth programs and the like down here well i arrived in this small island on the second of september and until now have been feeling around and trying to gain a footing 1 think that now i am quite confident in sending home weekly re ports on just what is going on down here so without strain ing the introduction any longer 1 will start in by tryisj to de scribe the island and its people generally today i received a letter from a friend in lnionville who sent me a packet of maple leav es just as they had turned well these few leaves are perhaps a point with which u contrast and compare jamaica with ca nada in canada we have map les and pines and cedars while in jamaica the most common trees are the short and stocky bananas the soft and almost grainless trumpet trees and the tall hard and stately royal palm the vegetation here is completely different from that in canada with about the only thing in common being grass this is by no means a world of fantasy any more than is can ada its just a variation in the form of living things that cre ates any feeling of awe in the many travel posters that we see scattered around in travel ag encies like canada jamaica has people though like the vegeta tion in the ground they are of another tradition and way of life both peoples are very much a product of their envir onment in canada whore there are four distinct seasons the people are vibrant thinking in spite of their stttbhorness and individualistic in jamaica whore there is really no more than one season all year long except of course when the rains come the people walk slowly smile and are quite con tented to live on just a lew dol lars a week this may change of course as the north ameri can culture seeps more and more into the island but as it stands now they are children of the summer where we are the victims or conquerors depends whether or not you like skiing or hockey of winter jamaica is roughly one hun dred and fifty miles long and fifty or so miles wide it is one long ridge of mountains that in some cases go over seven thousand feet in height but in the centre where i am living they average at about three thousand the other day i was standing on a ridge that over looks a valley running from old harbour on the south coast right up to the north coast it was the only place on the island where i could see the sea to the north and the south as a matter of passing inter est many jamaicans never reach the sea let alone swim in it jamaicans are notoriously bad swimmers probably resul ting from tales about sharks and the like to go along with this appar ent tear of the water it might be noted that though the ocean around is literally teaming with fish the fishing industry in ja maica has never left the ground again this fear of the water well excuse me for now the second bell for supper has just rung and my stomach rumbles sincerely yours tim wees sugar spice by bill smiley hunter hunter hold your fire do not explode that cartridge thais your neighbour mr dwyer its not a plump hen partridge all right you dont like that verse how about this one along the line of smoky hills the crimson hunters stand a hundred thousand bobs and bill s their muskets in their hand theyre in the swamps and valleys too as thick as grease in skillet they have but one ambition to see something move and kill it yes gentle allsuffering reader im afraid that one of the silliests of canadas silly seasons is upon us the above doggerel represents two of the attitudes about hunting season which prevail they might be labelled the apprehensive and the disapproving there are others for example why cant we hunters shoot from ears and blast away on sundays each silly regulation mars our simple joyous fun days this might be called the viewpoint of that small group of malformed individuals who give the rest of us the creeps they enjoy killing for its own sake they will shoot 20 ducks when the bag limit is eight they will shoot an owl or a turtle or a cat if nothing else is moving i find myself uneasy in their company they could be termed the killers they are not hunters quite opposed to these queer ones is another segment of our population 1 came across a typical group of this species last saturday when i dropped in at the pub for an ale there they were hemen all in their red caps red jackets and red faces on about their eighth round of beers after another couple of rounds theyd be ready to fan out into the woods and it would be every man for himself this type and it is legion seldom kills anything more dangerous than a crock or an old buddy just for the sake of euphony lets call them the swillers their credo might go thus hunting is the sport for us were a manly merry crew so why the ruckus and the fuss when we bag a cow or two beset on one side by the apprehensive and the dis approving on the other by the killers and the swillers the real hunter has my sympathy all he wants is to be allowed to follow his favourite sport in peace and with a modicum of safety and its getting tougher all the time if he were not the simple in articulate type he might say give me a crisp november dav with a little skiff of snow and a deer run and a good gun and you know where you can go i dont like slaughter but i dont think every man who shoots an animal is a depraved monster lusting for blood many a saturday afternoon i myself have lined up my sights and fired with cool precision at a fence post or a no tres passing sign and ill never forget the day i bagged my biggest tropliy the black bear i was out hunting partridge the birds had me pretty rattled jumping up behind me with a great whir and winging off laughing over their shoulders suddenly out of the corner of my eye i saw this huge black menacing shape crouched on a tree limb quick as a flash i whirled threw up my gun and fired down he tumbled at one shot i felt both silly and a little sick when my 400- pound black bear turned out to be a 12ounce black squirrel but 1 ate him in a stew how things have changed since samuel johnson wrote a couple of hundred years ago hunting was the labour ot the savages of north america but the amusement of th gentlemen of england or have they sunday school lesson ice huts must bear owners name address under the authority of the game and fisheries act 1961- 62 section 84 subsection 4 the minister of lands and forests may make regulations regulat ing or prohibiting the placing of huts on ice for the purpose of fishing and regulating their use and requiring and regulating their removal ont reg 16463 golden text bui thanks be to god which glveth us the victory through our lord jesus christ 1 cor 1557 approach to the lesson there can be very few in north america who have never heard the verses of scripture thai constitute our lesson for to day for these words have brought comfort hope and re freshing to innumerable mourn ers we must however remem ber that these words were not in the first place written to be read passed on june 13 1963 provides for a new regulation which af fects ice fisherman in the lake simcoe district and particularly on lake simcoe where approxi mately 4000 huts are operated on the ice annually the regu lation is as follows i no person shall occupy a hut on the ice of any water for the purpose of fishing unless it bears on the outside the name c address of the owner 2 no person shall leave any hut for fishing on the ice of lake timagami in the territor ial district of nipissing or any water south of and including the french and mattawa rivers and lake nipissing after tho 31sl day of march in any year off the banks but not over the hump at a funeral service but as part of the setting for of the gospel 151 worship may be correct and orderly carried out in an en tirely fitting atmosphere and manner but if it is devoid of or deficient in spiritual truth it is in the long run bound to lead to spiritual decline so the holy spirit inspired tha apostle to follow his practical ad vice about the services of the church with a clear statement of the central truths of the gos pel these truths received in faith enable us to stand as christians and keep us in an ev er fresh experience of salvation they are summed up in verses 3 and 4 where we are reminded that the saving gospel centers on 1 the death of the lord jesus christ for our sins in ac- cordance with the scriptures and 2 his rising again we are apt to dwell on the first of these facts to the neglect of the second therefore wc may miss the vital factor in work and wor ship that the presence of the liv ing christ makes worship real and satisfying and service pow erful however else we worship unless we realize that we meet in the name of him who died for our sins and rose again our ch spurgcon expressed it in gatherings will lack vitality as his lovely communion hymn amidst us our beloved stands and bids us view his pierced hands points to his wounded feet and side blesl emblems of the crucified what food luxurious loads the board when at his table sits the lord the wine how rich the bread how sweet when jesus deigns the guests to meet if now with eyes defiled and dim we sec the signs but see not him oh may his love tho scales dis place and bids us see him face to face thou glorious bridegroom of our hearts thy present smile a heaven im parts oh lift the veil if veil there be let every saint thy beauties see it is his presence that makes the feast and because of this it is perfectly natural that we fol low last weeks lesson on wor ship with one on the object of worship the risen christ heart of the lesson because christ has risen from the dead wc believers also shall rise from the death of sin at his second advent and whether as leep in jesus or alive on thn earth at the time be completely changed this glorious hope ta kes the terror from the grave removes fickleness from the will and is a spur to diligent and enthusiastic service for christ