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9 7 the stouffvule tribune tiaiia koeiabw 25 1965 honk editorial sometimes hard to stay awake ever notice how many of your friends doze off in church or at pub lic meetings perhaps its a little more liveliness that is needed we noticed just recently that a member of the appointed council to govern the northwest territories fell asleep at the council session the suggestion has been made that the council should be elected and not appointed and such things wouldnt happen we can assure the promoter of this idea that this is not the case there can always be the excuse of poor ventilation too many late nights or some illness however in most cases these are not the answer we well remember a former reeve of gravel pits cause con although few ratepayers braved the elements to attend the uxbridge township nomination meeting at goodwood last week it was obvious from the questions raised that gravel land purchases in the municipality are a chief cause of concern perhaps it is unfair to paint all council members with the same brush but it would appear that at least some are rather hesitant to im pose any hard and fast restrictions on this kind of industry it would appear too that they are unwilling to step on the toes of present property owners who could well be sitting on a uxbridge township who fell asleep at council meetings not once but a number of times many people with no affliction fall asleep in church youve perhaps read too of one of britains leading seamen who used to fall asleep during meetings of the churchill war cabinet one sure way to keep them awake is to provide a program that has enough provocative content to fully engage their interest we muse admit that council routine at any level of government can be deadly dull stuff the wonder is that in most cases not one councillor falls asleep but that the majority manage to re main awake cern in uxbridge gravel nest egg merely waiting out the time for it to hatch we feel that it is time for both the council and the planning board in uxbridge to meet this problem head on except by mutual agree ment between both parties it is un likely that anything can be done with the active pits now operating but what of the future other municipalities have taken steps to impose controls on the gravel pit industry and the problem was far less eerious than presently exper ienced in uxbridge but the move although it hurt a few benefitted many town deserves something better construction work will very like ly begin next year on a new residen tial subdivision in the west end of stouffville the plan is to erect about 120 homes over a threeyear period it has been recommended that some rather exclusive homes be built in this area the minimum floor area would be 1250 square feet whats so exclusive about a 1250 square foot house we would uggest that many houses erected here in the past have been below standard assessment requirements to support the cost of services demand ed an increase of 100 square feet i3 merely a drop in the bucket we feel that there would be suffi cient demand to warrant the erection of bettertype dwellings we feel that the council and planning board have every right to submit this re quirement we would suggest how ever that they set their sights a little higher students give their blood the response by more than 90 markham disk high school students to a red cross bloor donor clinic con ducted in markham village last week was indeed a fine gesture on the part of these young people due to the students enthusiastic response the clinic was the second largest ever held there young canada book most of us in this country can read an ability which we treat quite casually yet it is one of the finest arts that young canada can acquire we have just concluded young can ada book week another time when we point up the importance of our library there is an immeasurable im portance to young people in the books they can read their entire lives and careers can be affected they all have skills and they must keep them ade quate and uptodate books can do this for them they will find that books are indispensable and the use of them will pay handsome dividends however we know that young people today and older people too like to be shown to have proof the the stouffville legion has spon sored similar appeals here the re sponse has been rather disappointing perhaps the markham student blood donor program should be adopted in stouffville we are quite sure that principal wm duxbury would be quite willing to cooperate in such a worthwhile venture week important proof of the statements above is available in any canadian commun ity such as ours wherever good li brary facilities are provided they are quickly used to the limit of their capacity think of our library here in stouffville there has been a contin ual demand for more and more ser vices the actual building of an en tirely new and larger building was even considered and no doubt is still considered by the library board as the ultimate solution to their crowded situation the circulation of our library runs into the thousands much of it to young people who have realized how much an adequate library has to offer in the way of fact and fiction with some fun and games thrown in gtr days were busy and exciting the days of the grand trunk railway through stouffville and markham reaching back to the late lsoovs were busy and excit ing in more recent years there were always two passenger trains each way each day but earlier there were even more stouffville was the busiest ship ping point on the line between toronto and lindsay particular ly for vegetables today the highways and trucks have changed all that as a small lad this writer can recall the days when a shipment of western horses would arrive in town and what an exciting place were the stock yards located near the present coop feed mill when this station was known as stouffville junc tion and a branch line ran to sutton there was an engine turntable immediately east of the present high school proper ty stouffville also provided a watering place for the engines town water was supplied at a nominal sum the old wooden tower was demolished in the 1930s three of the early station masters were the late j r hod- gins mr gus mowat now re tired here and the late robt johnson train times were busy times around the station and there were always those who made it a point to be on hand just to see the train come in this was a busy line both for passengers and freight one of the bestremembered trains on the line was train no 91 commonly known as the flyer it operated from toron to to peterborough and changed crews at lindsay back in first world war days joe kelcher and william chambers were en gineers with charlie golden and robert barr firemen the train consisted of one bag gage car a coach and a parlour car in charge of a porter who the stouffville tribune limited established ism member of th canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontario weekly newspapers association actisrtjfd i bfcoaittui mitt pcofflc depl ottawa member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 400 elsewhere 600 c h nolan publisher ja5 thomas editor noel edey advertising sugar and spice by bill smiley jhe deadliest of wars theres a war in progress right now that will produce more casualties than the two great world wars it makes the current cold war look like a sunday school picnic it is being fought in the home in the schools and in the streets in every country in the world the war im talking about is the war between youth and age there has been no declaration of war no single incident which has provoked hostilities but the fighting has begun and its going to be a long cruel destructive one before it ends a war like no other the human race has seen the tragic thing is that it is not based on hate but on something closer to love a complete lack of understanding with a wistful desire for it on both sides it is not inter national or interracial war but civil war which makes it double frightening in the front lines are not the children and the elderly thank goodness for that no the opposing forces are the young adults from about 15 to 25 on one side and the no- longeryouthful adults from 35 to 55 on the other what you may ask about those between from 25 to 35 they dont even know the war is on busy producing and raising kids they are blissfully unaware that they are producing reinforcements for the enemy they must face soon the war was inevitable for 5000 years the majors managed to keep the minors under their thumbs through a combination of guile economic pressure and sheer num bers infant mortality was high the elders kept the young in check they convinced them that age and wisdom were synon ymous they assured them that older men made better politicians preachers and generals they kept the young from multiplying by feeding them cheerfully into the fur naces of whatever war was in progress at the time while the old boys stayed home and looked after the store they refused to retire and let the young move up they urged security rather than seeking they preached com promise rather than courage they tried to smother every flame of idealism with the cold water of what they called reality oh the odd one broke through the blanket alexander the great and william pitt the younger and napoicon but most of them died young and now sad to relate dad you and i are reaping the bitter rice young people think exactly what i thought when i was a young person that every living soul over 40 is inevitably opposed to anything that is fun frightening or fattening five thousand years of growing resentment is bursting forth in all directions thanks to medical advances they now outnumber us thanks to economic prosperity they live better than we ever did thanks to the cowardly and conformist world we created for them they despise us the hour has come for them and you cant blame them much we are against sex and liquor for minors but think theyre dandy foi majors were againsi smoking and puff our way straight into the oxygen tent we tell them to be honest and cheat on our income tax we tell them to practise christian charity and rip our neighbours up the back we urge them to be mature and we bicker and squab ble in front of them over trifles we tell them they have no initiative and refuse to let them do anything that is not safe sensible and sanitary we throw up our hands in horror at their likes in dress and in music at their popular heroes at their natural desires when they are polite we grow pompcu when they are insolent we grow furious yep the war is on dont worry im not a traitor ill stick with the majors ive always been a sucker for lost causes and i have never yet left a sinking ship next shopping cart laws the abuse of shopping carts is certainly flagrant the cost must be in the thousands of dollars annually and the food- buyer must ultimately pay the bill the carls are broken up by children stolen by householders to transport and burn garbage the wheels are removed for toy wagons one resident disman tled two of the carts to build a cage for his dog and the carts are said to cost about 40 each but its silly for councils to talk about passing a bylaw to deal with the matter let civic authorities call in representa tives of all merchants who use shopping carts and persuade them to agree on a common pol icy of preventing shopping carts being taken off their lots then no merchant could take a competitive advantage over another or be afraid of losing business to another whose policy on the removal of carts was more lenient but we have too many laws now dont forget that your roses bushes need winter protection warn horticulturists with the ontario department of agricul ture draw up as much soil as possible around the bases of the plants and add to it from other available sources so that the stems are well protected as soon as the ground is frozen an additional covering of straw or leaves should be added place cedar boughs or twiggy branches on top of this mulch to hold it down and to help collect snow did you have visitors this week if so the tribune would like to hear about it in stouff ville call 6402100 and in mark ham call 2940517 roamin around on friday evening we saw a grown man cry at least tears were evident in his eyes the reason for the damp bags under his bifocals was a scene on the stage of the legion hall in a musical comedy fanny the frivolous flapper presented by the stouffvilv players the sight of wilf mcwhinnie sheathed in a gold lame cape a womans hat and a pair of high heels with facial features hidden behind an ostrich fan and talcum powder is enough to bring tears to the eyes of am man and it did plus a few- women too add to this masculine camouflage an operatic voice in a tremulous of high c and you have a picture story of the nights fealuie attraction we may be all wrong but when we attend a performance of this kind where the participants could be our neighbour across the street or the girl around the corner we expect to see just that local amateur talent and no one can do comedies belter than the folks you know a slip here and there only adds to the merriment of the show leave the drama to the so- called professionals at the okeefe and the royal alex the entire flapper cast did a tremendous job doreen northover certainly rose above the ranks of the amateur with her roaring twenty dance routine and herbert otto who appears to excel in just about everything handled his part with semipro poise and selfassurance the costumes worn by the seven models were nothing short of dazzling and we understand that many were made by the wearers themselves although certainly no vocal critic we always enjoy the songs as done by jean hammond we would suggest that frank steele would have been much more effective on stage in a singing role than behind the scenes as a director his voice and platform professionalism is in our estimation without equal here we hate to see this kind of talent buried under a bushel with reference to the two earlier plays the pen of my aunt and under fire we almost decline to pass comment what can one say about a story when there isnt one we thought that the performers did exceptionally well with what they had to work with which perhaps represents talent in its tru est form frank mellon was outstanding as the german corporal and jewel stoyan was superb in her role as the still young but quite mature queen victoria as we said before leave the deadpan drama to the okeefe at least if it hops down there one can enjoy a 500 sleep in a plushbottomed seat the local boys are all back from their jaunts into the north country for deer the most humourous story is told by mickey hunt and lloyd houglon and reluctantly sup ported by john foulds it seems that mr foulds borrowed a highpowered 3030 from dr ron smith with the idea of lining up a 3 in 1 shot to conserve on ammunition he toted this piece of heavy artillery through swamp and swale for an entire day but didnt bag as much as a saltedtailed par tridge on his return to camp he discovered to his dismay that someone had removed the firing pin you cant keep a good man down mr ernie button of obrien avenue now 89 attended the hunting camp near bobcaygeon last week a trip hes been taking now for over 60 years frank baker 87 father of norm baker rose avenue was also there his job is to keep the camp fire burning and the kettle boiling st marks separate school has made the first move here in stouffville in the school uniform program orders girls only are being accepted the tunics will be green with white shortsleeved blouses perhaps the two public schools will follow this lead did you know that all the electrical appliances in the girls occupational and home economics rooms at the stouffville dist high school are supplied by ontario hydro at no charge the equipment is all top name brands and is replaced when required it may be a good selling point for hydro but its also a distinct advantage to the school board barbara smith is a nice name but it also has its dis advantages this year at toronto teachers college there are no less than three barbara smiths one is the daughter of mr and mrs walter smith tenth line south in stouff ville to avoid class confusion she is called by her second name jean another is called barbaraann and the third is just plain barbara two of the barbara smiths expect to be practice leaching in this area in a few weeks time look for a big change this week in the newspaper down pickering way the pickering news and the ajax advertiser have been combined into one the ultimate plan is to cover the area all the way from whitby through to the west rouge the tabloid sheet will be printed in toronto and the opening special has a goal of 36 pages an honest pat on the back this week to wm billy voss of claremont he discovered quite a sizeable sum of money on the sidewalk in the village on thursday and could just as easily have pocketed it without anyone know ing the difference but no honest bill took it immediate ly to the local bank and turned it over to the manager there requirements for office ment pointed out why it is not bv eric w baker i ast week we recoenied two w i p seek highgrade bulbs last week ve recognwea two advice x f and sup- shallow pots or drained pans simple mmmum requirements porte as well as from experts for public office a experience in dealing with piublic opinion b success in private business experience this week we mention two further often misunderstood qualifications relating to charac ter and policy making wrong in public life is rea suitable containers for bulb for one thing a politician forcing fill the pot halfway should never become a captive with gooq loam to w soma of any one person bureaucrat peat and san has been added and tap it lightly on the bench to settle the soil avoid packing the soil below ihe hulbs cover or consultant for another thing if he is de feated because he did follow poor advice the poor adviser supporter or employee should the bulbs with soil leaving enough room at the top for watering hyacinths and nar- 5 p ds should be set so thvthe top third is exposed remember dily understood and is usually policy making civil servants related to benefiting the politi- need not be part of the perma cian or his friends at public ex- nent staff easily known tman it no however despite all comment bulb to prevent rotting rieht merely because he on qualifications many candi- t water the pots m means well dates will be judged by the de- them in a cool dark place to there may be many ways of b to which they demonstrate start rootandshoot growths serving the community interest thelr sincere inlcrest in you and only hindsight can truly the voter and that is good too identy the best so there is need when planting hyacinths to place a litte sand under each served light lunches the flyer56 lb rail cedar ties and light travelled the 94 miles from ballast there were a great of public administration for factfinding understanding cooperation tolerance and com promise compromise is not as bad as some people believe in fact one of the more sophisticated tools call- plant spring bulbs now for winter bloom indoors the ideal temperature range is 35 to 45 degrees v for most bulbs but for hyacinths 50 de grees k is best when it is apparent that the pots are filled with roots and the new shoots are about two inches high move them into subdued light and a temperature 6 iai liwc p i i home gardeners with a desire of about 50 degrees f for about for beautiful flowers can have two or three weeks during this in bloom during period the plant continues to winter if they start now grow and becomes green next move the plant into full light blubs such as tulips hya- ana a temperature of fio degrees cinths crocuses and narcissi y t0 a too much heat or and in the area of policy can easily be brought into loo par forclne will ruin making a recent poll shows bloom during the winter now bud big northern type locomotives trunk 2004 which was built in some public misunderstanding months advise horticulturists j came into service on this line 1873 at schenectady ny it no less authority than herbert with the ontario department of some tourists look at scenery the track was composed of was scrapped in 1915 hoover in his report on govern- agriculture it is wise to buy other see it peterborough to toronto in 3 many curves particularly be- hours and ten minutes making tween uxbridge and stouffville 12 stops at markham the bag- and fast speed could only he gage car would be loaded to achieved in a few sections of capacity with cans of milk straight track which took ten to twelve min- one of the engines which utes this train ran before the hauled the flyer was grand cd benefitcost analysis is re- h ally a mathematical exercise in economic compromise this technique should be better known and oftcner used