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tttt 1 th stouffvllle tbibuns twty h 72 1965 suggested use for obsolete mid canada line editorial an industrial plan thats producing results every village town and town ship across canada is looking for industrial assessment some are content with only wishing while others have extended the welcome mat in the form of a fully serviced land that looks mighty inviting to the selective buyer such a program has been put into practice in mark- ham village and the scheme is producing good industrial dividends we here in stouffville would do well to follow markhams lead we have no serviced industrial sites here in fact we heve no land at all that we can honestly call our own quite some time ago the coun cil was given public approval to acquire property but no positive move has ever been made nothing ventured nothing gained markham village has a well- planned industrial park two large firms are located there and a third has taken out a ten acre option there are several smaller factories and good commercial business places fronting on no 7 hwy al most one half of this property has now been acquired and the council is considering the acquisition of ad ditional land weve heard it said that the policy such as put into practice in markham is too great a gamble you cant argue with success no one should be inconvenienced last week two neighbouring municipalities received requests from two metro clubs to move their operations into these townships in pickering the scarborough kod and gun club is seeking a site and permission to hold sunday shoots in whitchurch the nortown motorcycle club is anxious to hold a sunday meet near musselmans lake we feel that both should be turned down if for no other reason than the noise factor that is bound to result regardless of precautions the members of both groups may have the best of intentions but by giving them the greenlight the councils concerned would be leaving themselves open to criticism criticism that would be warranted if a single solitary citizen was in convenienced its not worth the risk ringwood accident rate too high the accident rate at the ring- wood intersection continues to mount with already this year a damage total of many thousands of dollars one driver has been killed and several injured there was a time when the cause of such collisions was attri buted to the lack of protective sig nals inadequate lighting etc but no more although we feel that the ap proaches may be a little too narrow this is no excuse for the high col lision toll all it takes is a little care and common highway courtesy to avoid such mishaps all the engine ering experts in the world cannot guarantee the construction of an accidentfree road this respons ibility is left with the man behind the wheel atheism a narrow yardstick a great many of our readers have no doubt taken note of the dutch couple recently barred from citizenship since they could not take an oath on the belief in god this couple by all accounts have been lawabiding and useful residents for nearly ten years they do not believe in god and merely wished to take the pledge of allegi ance required of new citizens the law does not permit this unless the person admits to belief in god it would seem that general opinion is that affirmation of an intention to tell the truth should be acceptable we think this sets a very narrow yardstick if a nonbeliever cant become a citizen what about all the native- born canadians who are atheists or those who have become atheists since becoming citizens aside from this technical aspect we see no reason why they should not be ac cepted we doubt too if they are any more likely to appear in our courts than those who profess to be followers of our many religious sects only recently the public let it be known that it was ready to accept the idea of letting atheists adopt children if this is so we see no reason for stopping anyone from sharing in canadian citizenship just through the form of an oath tourists pulling down iron curtain from what we have witnessed in a recent trip to europe tourists may help to tear down the iron curtain more surely than any con ference of statesmen this would prove that economics can overcome ideologies and it would appear that this may well happen throughout europe that is germany france and britain we found lavish tourist posters every where trying to interest people in visiting such countries as romania poland yugoslavia and bulgaria in addition tourist traffic to russia it self is seeing a big surge forward theyre doing more business with us too picking up a pamphlet at one of the tourist offices we read that over the past few years romania alone has let out construc tion contracts valued at more than five hundred million dollars to western builders yugoslavia too has big plans in the offing these four countries too all appearances are making bids for tourists on a large scale this capitalistic approach in wide scale advertising and public relations i3 paying off last years travel figures show that bulgaria entertained a million visitors half of whom came from western europe and north america over 75000 visited czechoslovakia and romanias black sea coast ia shown to be a real holiday resort area an easing up of restrictions on currency exchange efforts to give improved service and accommodation are all part of the program editors mail april 14th 1965 the tribune stouffville ont dear sir with regard to the reported germon of mine concerning the unfortunate problem of the southern states may i refer your readers to the first twenty three words of 1 kings 10 7 thank you yours faithfully rev j l ball editors note 1 kings chant- 10 verse 7 reads as follows howbeit i believed not the words until i came and mine eyes had seen it and behold the half was not told me thy wis dom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which i heard the easter seal campaign in progress has realized 1200 in stouffville to date dr jerome delaurier treasurer of the lions club who are promoting the campaign reported the pink envelopes are still coming in for office supplies business machines tribune office supplies iasaaasssssssssasesssss ln touffmll tb ribittu established 15s member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontario weekly newspapers association autfceriim secondell mail fostofflr dept- ottawa member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 400 elsewhere 600 ctt nolan publisher jas thomas editor jas mckean advertising 4h emblem pledge started in united states a verse from a kipling poem the childrens song is be lieved to have been the inspira tion for the 4h emblem while mr otis hall of kansas com posed the internationallyknown 4h pledge a recent news release from the united states department of agriculture relates in part the 4h club emblem one of the best known and most res pected insignias among youth organizations and programs gained legal status by congres sional act in 1939 however a fourleaf clover with an h on each leaf was first used in 1911 and was preceded by a 3h clover emblem dating to 1909 the hs on the original 3- leaf clover stood for head and heart and hand at an official meeting of extension officials in washington in 1911 the fourth h standing for health was a- dopted the inspirational verse for the name and emblem reads as follows land of our birth our faith our pride for whose dear sake our fath ers died o motherland we pledge to these head heart and hand through the years to be at the national 4h confer ence in washington in 1927the presesnt 4h pledge worded first by mr otis hall state leader in kansas was officially adopted the wording of the pledge has not been changed since its adoption 38 years ago and is used today in the usa canada and several other coun tries it has withstood the test of time and is just as approp riate today as it was when first adopted the pledge which is repeated wherever and whenever 4h members gather in dutiful as sembly reads 1 pledge my head to clearer thinking my heart to greater loyalty my hands to larger ser vice and my health to better living for my club my community and my country ucar jmp spice by bill v rri i ley i fed of figric welcomes ottawa action the undertaking of responsi bility by the federal govern ment for establishing an en larged and sustained level of returns for canadas family farms announced in the speech from the throne at the opening of the third session of the 26th parliament promises a funda mental improvement in the ap proach to farm policy in can ada the canadian federation of agriculture said action to make farm income larger and more reliable through special measures of assistance is a wel come announcement it should help compensate for the persis tent income disadvantage which has been recognized for many years in february in its annual submission to cabinet the cfa declared that we are moving into an era in which govern ment must accept its respon sibilities for a fair sharing of the fruits of increased product ivity and for reasonable protec tion of the individual from the acute difficulties and uncertain ties attendant on technological and social change these responsibilities the federation stated apply to all sour note on festivals every year the music festival throws our establishment into a ringtailed tizzy and this year it was the same old story in the first place it always takes place at the worst time of year one year it will be in the middle of the opening of trout season by the time i get out after listening to all those crumby little kids play the same old crumby pieces the big fish are all gone and i have to thrill over the leftover seven- inchers another year it strikes at the height of those first golden green days on the golf course this year it caught me right in the middle of about 100 hours of marking exams in my spare lime as the taxpayers put it but im not complaining im used to sacrificing the finer things of life for what my wife thinks are the finer things of life no i dont worry about me nor do i worry about my son hes like me a steady reliable gentle sweet type who takes things as they come its the women in our family who cause the trouble my wife and daughter who operate on high c at the best of times hits a new note way above that when festival time arrives young kim has a penchant for selfdestruction before the event at her very first music festival when she was six she played a piece called the little mouse and you should have seen her under her left eye she had the biggest little mouse ever hatched size of a rat the day before in a rush for the teachers desk with a brilliant piece of art work or surnmat she had collided headon with a little boy she had an eye like a rainbow with a hangover another year she got the flu and played with a tempera ture of 102 feverishly last year she came up to me about three weeks before the festival and said guess what dad shed broken a finger playing basketball and later lum bered through her pieces with a cast on it the other day she decided to ski down the last 40 yards of the ski slope on her nose it was the day before the festival she played in a state of shock and her parents listened in the same state its disturbing to have a nut of a kid like that around but shes merely a physical case her mom is a mental case when the bugle goes for the music festival the old girl leaps on her hobbyhorse and rides off in all directions at one time she was an ordinary festival mother lip stick gnawed off hair like a haystack eyes wild fingernails bitten down to the first knuckle nerves like strung piano wire but now shes a music teacher as well not only does she bleed for our own kids but her pupils as well there hasnt been a bed made in our house since the festival began not that it bothers her she hasnt slept a wink anyway she gallops off at 9 am pencil and program like sword and shield and she sits there listening to a lot of little kids playing a lot of little pieces for about 14 hours then she comes home and gives me a threehour post mortem i reel into bed and fall asleep like a wet towel she lies there in a state of warm rigor mortis going over all the mis takes her students made replaying their pieces arguing furiously with the stupid adjudicator grinning wildly at the other teachers saying just wait until next year music festivals are for crazy people crazy kids who think they are musical crazy parents who think their kids are musical crazy music teachers who think they are musical and their students cant help showing it howd you like to be married to two crazy people roamin around the plight of the negro in parts of the southern united states and the problem of segregation as we know it has caused the majority of canadians to wonder how such condi tions can exist only a few hundred miles away in an effort to obtain a keener insight into the us racial issue we talked with one garfield smith a negro who operates a shoe makers shop in his home a mile north of stouffville born in the barbados 6s years ago he was raised in a good home and obtained a high school education he is the father of four boys and one girl and the youngest son raymond is in his final university year mr smith came to canada in 1919 and although never a resident in any of the racial troublespots of the united states he has travelled through the area and has his own opinions on the problems that exist there we asked him several pointed questions and his answers were straight forward and sincere he noted that newspaper reports tend in many cases to tell a onesided story he charged that the white folk are not all wrong neither are the negroes all right there is fault to find on both sides and both sides will have to give a little to settle the situation he said he agreed that although there was much poverty and ignorance among the southern negro it was also a known fact that some of the richest and most influential men in those states were also negro he rejected the common view that the nonwhites are looking for complete equality thev are looking for equal opportunities he said with reference to voting rights mr smith observed that in the case of alabama if every negro was allowed to register the governor geo wallace would be ousted from office this is the thing that thev the whites dont want he said he noted that the regrettable thing about the southern negro is that the majority are unskilled and therefore constitute a heavy burden on the economv of the country whether they choose to remain in alabama or take part in a mass movement to some other state he noted however that although the older negro is more resigned to his fate and unwilling to reestablish himself their children are not so easily satisfied and are branching out seeking new and better opportunities has mr smith ever experienced any problems of segregation while in canada nothing serious he says if you dont contribute to it you dont become part of it if you go looking for trouble you will find it you must give and take what would you do if you were faced with such a situation mr smith said that if he entered a bus and was ordered to sit in a segregated area he would refuse and when the driver stopped he would leave without argument i he said that if the owner of a resturant refused to serve him i he would simply walk out i would never force myself into a 1 place where i am not wanted he said with reference again j to the united states we asked mr smith what the future j held for the negro and the country as a whole the federal i government will have to step in he said they cant ccntinue j to fight for freedom in vietnam and permit slavery at home renovations have been started at hal dafoes restaurant on main street when completed more customer accommoda tion will be made available by paring off a portion of the pool room at the rear although reeve alma walker of markham village is a master at pinching pennies it is reported that the tax rate for 65 is likely to take a sizeable jump something like 3 or 4 mills although the town has acquired much good industrial and commercial assessment there has been a runaway of residential subdivisions that has increased the cost of educa tion in the community the suspected tax hike is only a word- i ofmouth hint and could be away off base glenn ratcliff is the proud owner of a 1965 cadillac con- j vertible complete with a milk bar in the back we look a trip up the third cone of uxbridge township the other day the scene of a violent wind storm in june of last year many farm buildings still show the visible signs of damage and in some cases no attempt has been made to repair them in the same section theres still plenty of canine activity around the boland dog farm we were greeted by four of the beasts on the roadway with many more on deck near the house a fine new office has been erected on the premises of the j stouffville floral co 9th line south daughters carolann and gail cossey brighten the scenery even more summer or winter the longfellow premises at the inter section of cone 5 whitchurch and the townllne is a real showplace the coloured lights at little niagara are switch ed on by an automatic timer last week we suggested that teenage enthusiasm for the beatles show at maple leaf gardens on aug 17th was not apparent apparently we were talking to the wrong girls we now understand that several have already written in for tickets including several who attended last year they include sharron and darlene watson linda davis joy barker sandra pipher carol corner and norma mantle merchants in the markham plaza are showing concern for losses incurred through thefts one store has already employed a plainclothed detective and others may do the same an oddity that came out of the fire in the douglas bacon home on church street several weeks ago was that the heat upstairs was so intense that it melted the telephone off the j wall but a turtle only a few feet away lived through it all i thats what comes with being able to hold your breath and keep your head under water disadvantaged economic groups and individuals in society the nations farm organization a- grees tnat to take the steps nec essary to meet these responsib ilities is in ihe vords of the speech from the throne to put new power into economic ex pansion and to enhance the un ity of the country the canada assistance plan projected in the throne sdcech is in line with this thing commenting upon projected farm legislation the federation said ihat it welcomes the inten tion of the government to take early action on feed grains pol icy on establishing a canadian dairy authority 2nd in stepping up the pace and effectiveness of rural development in this last area of activity the farm organ ization looks to the effective support and cooperation of provincial governments through which the most concrete action must originate police to check reported wrecking yard whitchurch township coun cil decided last week to send the police to investigate a re ported unsightly eye sore at the rear of mr p j shorts property mr short appeared before council with a request to have the mess cleaned up as he ex plained it a group of men were 1 it has now been confirmed that councillor bui newman j of ward 2 pickering twp will definitely let his name stand j as a p c candidate in the provincial riding that excludes the 1 city of oshawa although no other names have been mention- ed we understand that several others are interested bill will j give any of his rivals a good run for their money both as a nominee and at the polls come general election lime to be on time for church on sunday morning dont for get to move your clock ahead one hour on saturday night hong ing son of roy ing at harolds grill has enjoyed a streak of luck that few can match in four hockey pools dur- ing the toronto montreal playoff series he came out the winner each time earning about 40 last week we questioned the practical purpose behind the rexall onecent sale and on saturday local druggist john i houston took time out to explain a few items of interest the success of the whole operation is based on quantity sales john admits however that although business increases five times the net profit is small the druggist can always hope that the sales customer will become a regular customer even when price tags return to normal the onecent sale continues over a tenday period and is held twiceyearly rexall has been promoting this program for the past 60 years there are 2300 such stores in canada john denied that there are any giml micks connected with the one cent giveaways in fact every rexall item sale or not is guaranteed as for repeat business johns only complaint was that many people buy up such a surplus supply of articles during the sale that they dont need to come back for six months and by that time another sales promotion has rolled around given a licence to repair farm machinery behind his lot on the 8th concession however mr short safd that now there are about eight old automobiles there being dismantled and overturned the reeve suggested that the police investigate the situaj tion police chief fred mason agreed to have the property checked