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ht 1 twf stourtvill twsuv twy m 2 j963 wont mommy to shov you o full scale editorial definition of emergency last week it was learned that ontario provincial police had been instructed by crown attorney rruce affleck of oshawa to ignore gravel overloads in pickering township he- cause certain drivers employed by the municipality had been issued special permits for emergency jobs only the township engineer paul poulsson criticized the official ac tion and further criticism was heaped on the a by some members of pickering council we feel that perhaps mr aff lecks ruling was rather hasty we feel that in all fairness to the town- shim be might have contacted the engineer personally and discussed the matter with him before making his move however the definition of emergency overloads could mean many things to many people com parable emergencies are no doubt experienced by hundreds of truck owners every halfload season hut the council has always been hesitant to bow to pressure whats fair for one is fair for another and the town ship we believe is setting itself up as an exception to a rather rigid rule admittedly the private trucker has a pretty tough time scratching overloads is not clear out a living while halfload restric tion are enforced some even refuse to put their vehicles on the road be cause they just dont pay their way to them the earning of their daily bread and butter could be considered an emergency firms working to complete contract on schedule would like no thing more than to receive special treatment in order that they might save time and money to them this is an emergency looking at the problem from an other angle it would appear that th ontario provincial police in whitby had not been informed that certain pickering trucks working on certain pickering jobs carried special permits that made them immune to the over load law it would appear that at least on officer when faced with one of these special situations became so in censed that he reported ihe incident to his superiors and this resulted in the crown attorneys ruling either pickering must enforce their halfload restrictions to the let ter of the law or deal with each and every emergency request on a merit basis jt could mean a flood of applications is local government to fade away there appear to be moves on every hand to gradually do away with local government the small section school boards have gone into town ship boards and now even this unit is being made larger into county boards it has been suggested a num ber of times from queens park that local planning boards give way to larger planning boards most recent ly is a move to do away with the small local police forces the select committee on muni cipal affairs has recommended the dispensing of local village town and township councils there seems to be some idea in queens park that local councils and boards interfere with regional planning and progress undoubtedly from time to time we do get councils and boards which are not progressive but it is doubt ful if a county or regional govern ment will spend the time and effort on behalf of local services for the ratepayers which they now get from their fellow citizens and in stouff- villes case for practically no remun eration in the past couple of decades the provincial government has gradually lessened the power of local councils to the extent that they can do very little which concerns the spending of money without getting approval from the appropriate government depart ment this is because the govern ment has inaugurated a series of grants which immediately gives it the power to control the purse strings it is a well known fact that the farther one gets away from local government the more costly it be comes and the less personal services are offered we still believe that good local government is much to be desired over larger forms of government and if there are many citizens who feel this way they should pass along their feelings to the provincial government wed like to hear from them by letter as well story behind the scene in the tribune issue of april 15th we suggested editorially that an 18 year old willowdale boy was jailed for a period of five days be cause he was charged as a second offender under the liquor control act we argued that the arresting officer could have overlooked the second offence as is often done and given the magistrate the alternative of levying a fine we still question the deterrent effect that a jail sentence has on an eighteen year olds drinking habits but it should be pointed out that po lice officers dont make the laws but only enforce them with respect to this particular case some rather important facts have come to light that didnt appear in the initial story and on which the editorial was based we have since learned that the youth in question initially faced three separate charges including con suming while under the age of 21 years purchasing liquor illegally as a minor and supplying liquor to minors a conviction on all three offenses could have resulted in a jail sentence of 60 days on advice from the crown attorney two of the three charges were withdrawn instead of a possible two months behind bars the lad served five days so in fact the constable was not too tough but rather did the boy a favour liquor vote will come here last week the chairman of the ontario liquor licence board judge w t robb suggested that serving liquor with meals on sunday in pub lic establishments will be made legal he qualified his statement by the words in the not too distant future which gives the idea that this may be a trial balloon such tactics for trying to feel out the pulse of the public have not been too well used for some time since a number of the measures ob viously had the support of the major ity of ontario residents for some time judge robb stated thai this was only a personal opinion but in most cases in the past what the judge thinks soon becomes what the pro vince does the idea of a glass of wine with a sunday meal is not likely to raise the cry of widespread intoxication and it could mean an improvement in provincial meal standards here in stouffville it will mean little except to those who make it a habit of eating out on sunday this municipality is soon to become a dry island as more and more out lets are established in our neighbor ing communities it is not unlikely however that should the shopping centre presently mooted for the west end of town and the extensive hous ing development also predicted for this area proceed council will be pressed for a lcbo vote in town t stouffmllf thriluntf rstabiisrkd 1i member of the canadian weekly xewspapcr association and the ontario weekly newspapers association aothrrhwt nitfli mail tmtrtfftr drt- onr member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 400 klsewhere 3600 c hxola2v publisher jas thomas editor jas mckea advertlsin mknnonitk viewpoint the christian csm have victory over tension so you are a tense christian well if its any comfort to you youre not alone we let things bother us and build up inside us finally we boil over or suppress it and lot it get us down thats natural isnt it but arent christians to live on a higher plane that the natural lets look at the favoured few who seem to have learned the secret of victory over ex treme tension they arc not just easy going nor have they adapted a dont care attitude they not only live at peace in the midst of difficulties and problems of life they also are a tremendous help to others along the way what is the secret st paul gives the recipe very plainly we know that lo those who love god everything lliat happens fits into a pattern tor good this verse sums up pre cisely tlip christians basis of confidence and the possibility of freedom from tension in and spicf by bill smiley quietness and confidence shall be thy strength when we trust the lord completely to work out every trying circum stance to our ultimate good we need not loose our serenity when things go against us god is in complete control even when he allows things that vex and discomfort us if we would deal successfully willi tension we must have a daily hourly vital contact with the lord trusting him who lias promised to keep us from any thing greater than we can bear editors mail stouttville rr 4 april 22 iflgl the kdilor the tribune stouffville ont dear sir in last weeks issue of the tribune i read with consider able disgust of a theft charge being dismissed because the name of the property owner was spelled differently in the two places where it appeared this is not the kind of justice that a taxpayer and property- owner appreciates i liked ihe manner in which your article illustrates ihe situ ation in your report you spel led the magistrates name as pearese in one instance and as pearse in another so now the worthy genlleman will not have the faintest idea about whom you are talking about or will he yours truly ii d whitehead 116 ninth line stouftville ont april 20 196s dear roamin around in regard to the item that appeared in your column re lack of teen interest in the upcoming beatles show at maple leaf gardens lei us assure you that reaction here has indeed been enthusiastic whom did you contact grandma moses we can think of at least 20 from stouffville who are more than interested and who sent away for tickets as soon as they could get the money sincerely sandra pipher and linda davis drjir beatle fans vou will nole in he issue of april 2iiid i retracl cil my carli- r comment utter learning that beatle interest is still very much nllve here the girls i contacted earlier apparently had not yet heen bitten by the beetle but r a untouched by progress despite ihe change in society in ihe past 20 years swift vast relentless frightening there is one social unit that has proved impervious and oblivious lo the march of progress while it may have changed its terms of reference slightly otherwise it has altered almost not at all since man first crawled out of the ooze i am talking about the family i became aware of this during a panel discussion by my high school students the topic was early marriages youll be glad lo know they are 100 per cent against them one panelist referred to the glossy saccharine phoney version of marriage presented on tv and movie screens she said it gave teenagers a false idea of marriage a boy prompt ly snorted nobodys taken in by those we all come from homes with married people in them marriage isnt like that at all everyone agreed and how right they were those cute comfortable and contrived families we see on the screen are about as much like the real thing as a ketchupsplattered hollywood war is like a real war wilh real blood rcr bodies real terror oh i know there are broken homes and teenage delin quents and all that jazz but dont you think there were any such in rome 2000 years ago or athens 3000 years ago- its jusl thai they gel a belter play in the papers these days fam ily life always has been and still is a fascinating combination of fun and frustration comfort and chaos sixty eight thousand years ago this week some crazy hairy woman waded through the guck and buries to the back of the cave look a look around went back to the fire kicked her happy recumbent husband and burbled come on buster were going to clean this place up and the day before yesterday my wife look rre by he hand led me down cellar ami burbled come on busier were going to clean this place up the only difference in 68000 years was that the first guy merely had lo carry some bones and hides outside i had lo make eight trips to the dump and then whitewash the cave three thousand years ago socrates told- his wife xan thippe that he was going lo a symposium you mean youre gonna get stoned with all them bums down at the legion hall she snarked this was righl after the persian wars and the veterans were in pretty high regard the only outfit in town that could get a license the other night my wife said and where in the hell do you think youre going pray i i replied with some dignity am going to a sympo sium you mean youre going lo get sloshed with all those alcoholics in your investment club she amended see the grammar and diction have improved but me and old socra- les got the same lunch when we got home hot tongue and cold shoulder two thousand years ago macaronious chesius a roman senator toppled into bed at three am after writing a brilli ant speech for delivery in the senate on the morrow at 615 am he was vaulted into wakefulness by these sounds his son practising on the buciria a warhorn that sounds like a lady moose in labor his daughter chanting eyeeye and eye- eye makes cycvce ii and ii makes iv and his wife who couldnt sleep cracking walnuts on the head of a greek slave kneeling on her side of the bed this morning after making essays till ihice am i was hurled into the world at 615 bv these sounds my daughter area supervisor ldvss h l t ikc fr dtwufdelwertne timely bible lady moose in labor my son chanting latin conjugations discourse the moral break- and my wife who couldnt sleep chewing not sucking life- down what can be done i season if the sap flow is heavy ray becomes a kind of maple savers about three inches from my left car dont ask me j abiut it j syrup hermit nellie packs him a lunch and his sugar shack where she got the lifesavcrs or macs wife got those walnuts wi no tlfkctah youteedj becomcs a nomc awa from homc bl hc knows how lo pro- at that hour ti your b i duce a good product as many a local family will agree jehovahs witness convention in aurora mr v overall stouffville and district overseer for jehovahs witnesses has offici ally announced the location for their spring convention the dr g w williams sec ondary school aurora will b the centre of activity for some four hundred ministers during the weekend of may 7 8 and 0 the weekend program will be centered around the need to be teachers in order to fullv accomplish the christian min istry 2 tim 45 1 the convention will be brought to a climax at 3 pm on sunday may 9 when the for jehovahs prt of cana roamin around we were pleased last week to converse for a few minutes with mr leslie grove wellknown resident west of stouffville who will mark his 79th birthday in june mr grove has established a biblereading record that will likelv never be broken he has read through both the old and new testa ments a total of 177 times and expects to make it an even 200 by the lime he is so he can quote passage after passage by memory mr grove takes issue with ihe controversial gordon sinclair and on many occasions has submitted his arguments lo gordon always to receive a reply in return sometimes extended to five paragraphs or confined to five lines in addi tion to a strong stand on religion mr grove also possesses a keen insight into world affairs a bicycle built for two has been a common sight on tha town slreets during the past easier vacation period this ona appear to be built for two boys it would attract a good deal more attention if the gender was evenly divided by now most local rod and reel artists have their favour ite trout stream already staked out the season opens on saturday may 1st at midnight speaking of ihe united church there appears to be great deal of current congregational confusion over the pro spects or a new church building up edward street or a pro posed renovation program for the present structure on church st although not too closely connected wilh this pro ject there appears to be a wide difference or opinion on thl issue and with each passing week ihe problem seems no closer lo a final solution we would suggest that road superintendent sandv davis of whitchurch twp has an castwest thoroughfare under his jurisdiction that prior to last week did not exist well anyway three stouffville lads bob wagg ron wallace and mike cadieux and two unidentified girl companions de cided lo turn an old indian trail near musselmans lake into a road wilh disastrous results their car became bogged down in a mixture of ice snow and mud hopelessly ma rooned the adventuresome group had to walk all ihe way back to the 9th cone and down to bloomington before some good samaritan picked them up two tow trucks and ten dollars later the fourwheeled mudder was hauled back onto dry land mechanically none- heworse for its cross country safari as for its occupants here was no problem that aida cleaners and a few corn plasters couldnt repair while on the subject of musselmans wc noticed a for sale sign at the entrance to shadow lake once the popular girls camp operated several years ago by the t eaton co tribune publisher c h nolan spent a portion of fridav night in ihe police station at richmond hill not that hc was accosted by the boys in blue or anything like that he went there on his own free will you see he failed to check the reading on his gas guagc before it was too late and when tha needle hopped over and died on the empty mark he de cided to seek police assistance thats one advantage of a volkswagen over a buick you can always fall back on that auxiliary tank when the need arises the salvation army will begin heir monthlong cam paign in the uxbridgemarkhamslouffvillc area on may 1st the local convener is mrs gordon smith albert st south a doorlodoor canvass will be carried out and we would ask that you make the representative welcome when he or she calls the objective is 3244 we would ask thai lads please refrain from using tha town park for a golf driving range if this practice continues someone is sure to get hit on the head by a ball an accident that could cause serious injury there is no scarcity of reg ular courses in this area work is proceeding on the erection of an aircraft repair depot on the east side of hvvy 48 south of dicksons hill a crawler tractor has been employed lo transport materials in from the road since the ground is still loo soft lo accommo date other types of vehicles on saturday patrick motors had five trucks parked in front of their showroom on main st west valued at 564200 four of them were sold including a cabovcrcngine at 15000 a tandem at 12000 a tractor at 510000 and a laton pickup at 52200 a tentative buyer had also been contacted concerning a huge diescl unit valued at 25000 all were gmc models several excellent farm auction sales arc scheduled for tin month or may in this area the first is on saturday may 1st on the property of las penny lot 17 cone 7 markham twp on saturday may 15th an equally large sale will be held oit the don hunter farm kennedy road at 19th ave in markt ham twp included in the dispersal will be 20 ponies that would make ideal gifts for young girls and boys on the sam day another auction is slated on the properly of roddick bros i mile south of no 7 hvvy on the don mills road down brougham way auctioneer alvin farmer will wield tha gavel at a big sale on the farm of allen ellicoll lot 17 cone 5 pickering twp this auction is on friday may 21sl the big circus comes to town on saturday may 7th but according lo reports the promoters will move in with their equipment several days prior to the official opening sines stouffville is the first slopoff point in a crosscanada tout our only fear is that their multilonncd elephant bimbo may not be able to read the loadlimit sign on the bridge leading to the park and take an unexpected plunge into the stream a study of family relationships in he village of clare- monl would undoubtedly produce a lice that contains a branch connection with over 75 per cent of its residents the whole communily is literally one big family circle it ure doesnt pay to be too quick to criticize anyone in the town for as sure as your name is ward cooper rcdshaw norton evans benson or jones youll be talking about someones uncle nephew or cousin you are assured of a fine night of entertainment at the united church couples club show in the high school audito rium on friday and saturday nights we were treated to a brief preview lasl week and believe me ihe kocketles of new york tame have nothing on some of our highstepping girl talent here dont take our word for it pick up your reserved ticket and sec for yourself we will comment further next week on saturday morning we watched the making of maple syrup this outdoor industry was in its final stages on the property of ray atkinson cone 5 whitchurch near belhes- da it has not been a good season according to the operator with a late start in march and poor weather throughout much of april the 500 hard maple irecs will produce about 70 gallons of syrup or less than half the quantity obtained in peak production periods ray is ably assisted by his school teacher wife nellie and his ambitious 13 year old nephew ricky llcise ray set his price at 600 per gallon and cus tomer orders will take every drop ill never get rich on it he said the sap is gathered into a large container located atop a rubbertired wagon and pulled by the farm tractor horses were best for the job hc said but hats about all we were using them for when the frost begins lo leave the ground theres always a chance that the tractor may bog down in the mud all the processing is done in the sap house or sugar shack as nellie calls it the evaporator is about 50 years old and ihe huge lircpot is stoked with both wood and tires the smell of smoke steam and boiling sap is some thing no writer could ever describe all at once we felt like a true outdoorsman although wc wouldnt know a leafless maple from an elm why do ihe atkinsons work so hard for so little i like it admitted ray its a kind of hobby wilh rne do you like maple syrup wc asked nellie honestly admitted that they dont cat a lot of it they keep back about two quarts for themselves some people drink it down like water said ray i dont know how thev do it in mid-