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t4t 7 the 7r1sume thorny jbgwl 25 1966 do it right or forget it we cant help but say amen to a plea from one of our neighbouring weeklies that the national anthem either be placd properlv and with proper respect or not at all we have all experienced that usual aftertheshow moment of national reverence people caught with coats half on and some with hats as well as well as some in full flight for the exits even when we stand to attention we dont hear the full 14 bars but only six at this point an unseen hand yanks the record to a halt of all the theatres around possibly only the okecfc centre gives this part of the program the full treatment to which it is en titled the provincial theatres act we are told lays down the requirement that the national anthem be played at the begining and end of each public performance weve ail been through this sudden intrusion of the anthem that comes without warning weve seen the de parture in full swing then comes that undignified pause as many try to recover how can this be a mark of respect when some movie houses can scarely bring themselves to go through the motions and whats all the hurry sure its another mark of our hurried and harried life that is bringing so many to an early grave and its all so ridiculous if the law requires it let it be done properly the full anthem a good rendition of it with the roll of drums and all that and let the audience do proper homage to the symbol of our country lets do it right or forget it walk and still enjoy your pie theres nothing new about the idea of moderation in all things a point that will receive some attention in the upcoming liquor vote in stouff- ville however in this case we are talking about diets in general and their relation to heart trouble a new report from the us national academy of science is more conservative than some that have been published in the past it stresses the necessity for exercise as much as any thing in offsetting the dangers of heart disease it finds that the common diet of most people on this continent needs only a small reduction in total fat in take seems the experts are a bit puzzled about the values of dieting and the many methods of fighting excess weight they seem to have discovered what has been evident for a long time that one mans meat is another mans poison the report will case a lot of worr iers summing it up the report seems to say that we can still enjoy our pie so long as we walk to work not an unreasonable proposition a tax that few can escape trade minister winters has given the first hint that that iniquitous tax known as succession duties may be relaxed he commented last week that such abolition might not be a bad idea this tax was originally brought in as a sort of vengeance against those people who had amassed money while the amount in government terms is not large it can be most devastating to an individual while the federal govern ment allows certain exemptions the provincial government steps into the breach and taxes even the smallest saver premier manning of alberta is preparing to make such a move and it is expected that the carter tax com mission report will advocate relief in this area u barred from france youths sporting long unkept and dirty locks are being barred from france one such character who failed to gain entrance into french territory is said to have snorted its an abridge ment of our personal freedom a number have now fallen victim of this unusual government decree which stops such vagabonds at the border the uproar has said to have driven a number to spain the french may have started something it could end up on the american continent with i worldwide import restrictions against longhaired beatniks this may be the only way to per suade them to go to their friendly barber editors mail ivants pay for j he lasy by our readers editor of tribune your report of the meeting of stouff- ville vote no organization was appre ciated in each of three issues giving publicity o the sept 17 vote weve been referred to as the drys general ly this is the publics term for us in picbicitcs of former limes it was cor rect but not so today when the issues are do we want an increase of out lets do we rcallv want them in stouffville thoughful social drink ers and abstainers can be of the same mind in answering this certainly in west toronto thev cooperated well to keep outlets out another possible misunderstanding we point out is regarding the petition we are not assuming that because a name is there the signer is in favour of changing our local option status as the strangercanvassers stressed the petition was merely a request for a vote a name thereon docs not exclude one from working with us we arc proud of the slogan stouffville is a good puce to live we invite all to any of the tuesday evening work shop meetings mrs h dc witt sccy vote no organization the editor it has been said bv an eminent psychologist that people show their age by their attitude toward social change in a changing world your editorial the lazy have rights is a case in point with the raise of automatic pro duction it has become less and less necessary to work most of our movies and television programs arc teaching the youth of the country that noone works and everybody lives in luxury payment of debts is never stressed and is usually not mentioned unemployment has become so bad that the united states is finding it ne cessary to draft between 40 and 50 thousand men a month to maintain the myth of full employment they now have more men under arms and are spending more money to fight a brush whvt unburn t established 1sss c h nolan publisher jim thomas editor noel edey advertising published every thursday by the stouffville tribune limited at 51 main st stouffville ont tcl 6102101 single copies 10c subscriptions 100 per vear in canada j00 elsewhere member of audit bureau of circulation canadian wecklv newspapers association and ontario weekly newspapers association authorized m teccad class mall port office dcpt ottawa tei vnn a lot of exdairy farmers have acquired a taste for milk sugar and spice hiding e javes by bill smiley this summer ive been out in a boat only twice ht each was memora ble in its fashion the first time old friends called and told us to be at their cottage sharp at noon next day they were entertaining friends from the slates and wanted us to join them for a special scenic ride by chartered boat it sounded interesting and it was we drove 50 miles to their cottage light refreshments and wc all piled in to two cars and drnvc 15 miles to tober mory the boats skipper was an old friend archie simpson and we exchanged longtimenosees everything went swimmingly it was a beautiful afternoon oir host had pro vided all the trimmings the company was pleasant and the scenery superb as we cruised along the rugged north shore of the bruce peninsula then the breeze freshened wc be gan to wallow a bit nothing serious but two of the party began turning a pale green should wc go on or turn back it was decided to press on pull into wingfield basin and wait for the breeze to drop it didnt it became a wind the skipper said it would be a rough trip back the ladies looked longingly al the shore after two hours ounhost stout chap borrowed a dinghy and rowed 500 yards to the lighthouse made at rangcmcnls and rowed back without even suffering a coronary we went ashore two cars were available we would drive to tober mory pick up our own cars and drive back to the cottage but who was going to drive the two cars back to the light house that was anly the beginning of the complications too involved to relate here both cars broke down the rear end went on one just as we reached tobermory and the other crept into the village sans brakes the ladies grimy but glad look one of our own cars and went back to the war than they did to fight the whole of hitlers might more and more useless jobs are be ing created mostly paper work and it seems to mc that it is rapidly coming to the point where it will be moie sens ible to pay people not to work than lo pay them to work for the ske of work or find some other way of getting the abundance of goods to the people i would like to mention in closing that the stouffville tribune along with other publications has been accepting s70 million a year in subsidies from the public purse in the form of ridiculous low postal rates i have no doubt that you will stand in righteous indignation when the government decides to raise the rates to a realistic level i feci that you might well be more careful about throwing stones when you arc so vul nerable yourself yours truly walter spademan 200 church si markham ed note for the information of the writer the subsidy which he spcks of is on ly a fraction of the amount mentioned but most irnporiaiit it was never given to the newspapers hut was giv en by parliament to the public of which he is a member looking backward miss eva hoover carried off the most piizcs of ihe lower show last week thus keeping obrien ave in the front the gold fish supply co of stouff ville is attracting thousands daily to their exhibit in the ontario govern ment building at the toronto exhibi tion the large tanks display sport fish such ss bass trout and sturgeon while salt water exhibits include horse shoe and other strange exhibits cottage my host another chap and my self spent two hours and drove about 80 miles organizing the return of the borrowed cars but it all ended pleasantly with hamburgers at the cottage about 10 pm midnight found me arguing racial problems with a big dumb norwegian lawyer from chicago hes so dumb he has only three million dollars to his name and we still had lo drive 50 miles home a memorable boat ride ten miles by boat and 250 by car but good clean fun all the way the other boat ride was a typical smiley event kim and i went out in her uncles boat after a threeminute period of instruction she insisted on driving though shed never steered any thing more powerful than a canoe we staggered about the lake she grinning wildly 1 rigid with fear in the bow four miles from the home dock wc hit bottom drop the anchor man overboard hard astern 1 yelled these and a few oilier salty seagoing terms too late we had sheared a pin whatever that means i spoke silently to myself for about five minutes head bowed as if in pray er then i reached for the paddle no paddle wc made it ashore in 40 min utes using our hands as paddles she stuck with the ship i waded rocky shoreline and clambered bare footed through poison ivy seeking help three hours alter we had set out on a 15minute whirl about the lake we got back to port mama was waiting if youre planning a boat trip per haps you shouldnt ask yours truly along this week next canada i welfare state by ray argyle if there was ever any doubt thai canadas ultimate destiny was that or a fullfledged welfare state that doubt can now be removed all parties are committed to the welfare stale design and the only disagreement among them is the speed at which the final goal can be realized the past year has seen the introduc tion of the canada pension plan which will supplement the old age pension and guarantee all working canadians a reasonable standard of living beyond retirement in the meantime the new supple- mental pensions lo be introduced next year will guarantee a minimum of 105 monthly for every retired canadian un til the more generous cpp has been in operation long enough to cover all workers the supplemental pensions are not universal in that only those with incomes less lhan s105 will quali fy but they nevertheless raise the bot tom levels to more tolerable minimums another key piece of welfare slate legislation which sailed through parlia ment this year was the canada assist ance plan now undergoing senate study the philosophical key to ihe assist ance plan is that it will be based on need as the sole qualification for public aid all other factors personal moral ity unwillingness to work availability of jobs wont matter it is this clause which has raised the hackles of individualistic mps and sen ators one viewpoint was summed up by senator james walker an ontario conservative he said it seemed to be designed for freeloaders but senator john macdonald a nova scotia torv expressed ihe opposing viewpoint with the belief that very few ablebodied men would go on welfare rather than work the other major welfare legislation in ihe works is medicare which prime minister pearson had hoped to have in operation in 1967 this now seems doubtful particularly with the new quebec government dragging its feet and in light of criticisms levelled against the plan at the provincial premiers conference in toronto to sec what canadas future as a welfare state will be probably the best place to look is sweden that country has achieved a neartotal welfare state supported by a capitalistic cconomv and regulated by a democratic government sweden spends about onethird of lis tax revenues on welfare compared lo oncquarlcr in canada government pensions of about twothirds of a per sons best earning years arc universal at 65 the age to which canadas pensions arc now being progressively lowered health care has been socializ ed but there is still some private med icine practised just as canada is do- in those who know sweden say that taxation is burdensome and that while welfare might sap the initiative of some swedish businessmen are resourceful world traders and worker productivity is remarkably high in canada the growing intervention of the government in business in everything ranging from economic plan ning to collection of sales taxes adds to the businessmans headaches and costs increasing laxes hit especially hard at higher income levels but nobody has yet been known to turn down a wage increase because part of the raise will be lost in taxes the basic argument against welfare sialism that a society of drones has to be supported by a minority willinglo work has never been backed up with much hard evidence if medicare means thai children of the poor will gel ade quate health care and it free education means that bright students who could not otherwise go lo university will have ihe chance to do so then the effects can hardly be anything but beneficial those who are dedicated to fighting the welfare state would be well advised lo change their tactics ralhcr than waging a losing battle they would serve llicir country bcllcr by joining the ef fort for an efficient welfare stale cap able of preserving maximum individual freedom and upgrading cultural and intellectual levels which after genera tions of rugged individualism are still appallingly low in much of cana dian life churches 40 years age by the rev- a c forrest editor united church observer t ive been spending some enjoyable and profitable hours at my cottage this year reading old newspapers a retired minister friend of mine decided to move lo a smaller place recently so he did a little housccleanin he gave me about a bushel of old copies of canadian papcts they in clude very special papers over the period of june 4 to 12 1925 and late june and early july 1927 the 27 papers included the dia mond jubilee issues of course thet 1925s were special for me because they gave front page daily reports of the final agonies of church union and the birth of the continuing presbyterian church naturally i searched the religious pages and church ads but much of the other stuff was fascinating too espec ially the advertisements for ford tourings and a willys knight with a trunk and many extras tires more expensive gorrics has a car for ihe holidav reconditioned and ready to go 1000 miles car tires were more expensive then and guaranteed for 10000 miles a lot of places wanted school teachers madoc hs was offering si700s2000 that was the roaring twenties remember in westminster ihe hon winston churchill was baiting lady astor it seems that the labor party wanted a decrease in the tax on lea on the assumption that it would decrease alcohol consumption winston then the chancellor of the exchequer pointed out that alcohol consumption had already dropped so drastically that it caused anxiety lo the exchequer and joy to lady astor he was against the reduction on ihe lea tax lady astor pointed out thai she was not happy about the light way in which i lie nations expen diture of 300 million a year on drink was talked about by such leaders as churchill she was for tea and temp- pcrance canadian flag i noticed too thai on june 9 1925 a committee of the house of commons was authorized to draw up a design for a distinctive canadian flag the saturday advertisements for sunday services reflected a different ecclesiastical world from ours for july 2 1925 for example all churches had both morning and even ing services and most of them had sun day school in the afternoon a good number of the ministers held bible classes throughout the summer dr salem bland dr t t shields and others conducted several services a sunday and had classes loo dr shields jarvis street church had a prayer meeting on tuesday thursday and saturday nights bible class news sunday school picnics merited second section cover stories and there was a lot of bible class news permanent waves which sometimes denounced from ihe pulpit as a wicked way lo waste your money and merited sermons along with evils like getting your hair bobbed and wearing lipstick cost 10 no wonder they were de nounced by men preachers a and ministers who wrote columns on religion for ihe secular press were very wordy i think they were much duller and certainly a lot more pomp ous and preachy than we arc now and as far as i can find if llicre was any thing wrong about organized religion or ihe churches ii wasnt mentioned in the papers i nir john p carr a farmer two and a half miles north of unionvillc was un- able to obtain the use of a threshing machine in the daytime and did all his threshing at night sixteen men work ed all night on the machine and 900 bushels were threshed canadian sunset on the shores of a small northern like i couple sits silhouetted near the still waters witching the red summer sun sink towards the in horizon tns photo