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dragging its feet the muchpublicized rario muni cipal board hearing over he runaway gravel pit problem in uxbridge town ship will if nothing else bring pressure to bear on planning board to establish certain controls within the municipality before it is too late ikbridge has been dragging its feet in this regard bv some members own admission they have put off until to morrow what should have been done yesterday the trouble is tomorrow never becomes today although the decision by the obm is still to be revealed we personalis- dont know what thev can be expected to do if the township planning board isnt interested in protecting portions of the municipality through proper zoning then how can the municipal board act on something that doesnt exist certainly they would be rather reluctant to rec ommend that a bylaw if and when it does come should be made retro active although raol people tend eo point the accusing finger at township officials now holding office this is not correct gravel companies have been digging the heart out of abridge for years and it is only since a semikind of urbaniza tion has come to the municipality that the seriousness of the problem has come to light we would commend clark muirhead and his supporters for their action on this issue while others were content only to talk about it they did some thing about it and vie hope their efforts bring results certainly the need for action is as evident as the areas of giavcl wastelands already created wvymz christmas lights for towncountry even though summer weather re turned for a time last week christmas month did start off with a good snow stoim to begin the season of hustle and bustle nothing docs more to impress one of the season than the multitude of christmas decorations and lights which appear like magic on so many homes and business places the custom is spreading and many rural homes as well are festooned with this yuletide magic the coloured lights have been turn ed on along stouffvilles main street though this years lighted christmas trees have not yet appeared many try to outdo their neighbours to have the gayest most colourful and most origi nal decoration on the street however homeowners claim costs are rising each year and some find it difficult to keep pace with the trend to create this fairyland aspect colour and light docs take money with high taxes mortgage payments huge gift lists and the ever- rising cost of living things can get out of hand and pocket too nevertheless christmas is christmas and without the lights it just isnt the same beloie the magic day arrives take a nighttime tour see the lights and gel the christmas spirit itll do you good now if we only knew where we left the car sugar and spice therell be no expo trip for me diefenbaker off deep end again mr diefenbaker who has the charac teristic of going off the deep end with out prime reason was at it again last week fie struck out with wild state ments against the governments move to up old age pensions charging people would be checked as to present income before any increases were handed out there will be snoopers on every hand he said we believe some checking should be done it is inescapably true that money handed out whether in pensions or ether form to those who dont need it is money thai cannot go to those who do mr diefenbaker claims that to ask for a declaration of income is degrad ing this we cant accept oldage pensions have provided an interparly squabble lor a long time and has been most wearying no doubt the parties attempts to outbid each other have contributed to the increases in the pension but their motives have always been questionable no doubt the strife will more or less end when the canada pension plan comes into full effect meantime the proposed increase is re garded as an interim solution editors mail scars left on landscape by our readers dec 6 1966 the editor the tribune stouffville ontario dear sir i was an interested specta tor at the recent hearing on gravel pit operations in uxbridge township held on monday december 5th at r he request of a group of concerned township resi dents headed by mr clark muirhead my impressions stated below are based on observation of the morning session only as i was unable to remain for the afternoon session mr muirhead was not represented by legal counsel whereas the gravel pit operators were represented bv two law ycrs as a result mr muirhcads efforts were obstructed at every turn bv legalis tic quibbling a proceeding apparently encouraged by the presiding chairman at the hearing nevertheless it was clear that the gravel interests base their defence on three counts i that mr muirhead and the other residents were aware of existing gravel pits in the area and therefore should not have built homes there in the first place 2 if gravel pits are to be excluded then so too should be all other forms of industry and 3 gravel pits bring more revenue to the township than do private residences i submit sir that these claims arc questionable and answerable firstly the claim that mr muirhead and others should not have bought and settled at all is preposterous mr muir head built in 1964 and the pit in ques tion was not begun in the property im mediately adjoining his until 1966 furthermore in the broader sense docs the township truly wish to totally discourage the put chase of its lands for private residential construction if so the effect on land values and assess ments will be disastrous this will be come clear in the discussion on point 3 the second claim namely that all industry must be excluded if gravel pits arc not to be discriminated against is begging the question it is gravel pits that were at issue in the hearing and its authority did not extend beyond that furihimtnoit even if it did is there any comparison between an in dustry that destroys the very face of he ground for all time and then moves ijn and any other industry finally and in fact the essential crux of the matter there is the 3rd claim that gravel pits bring greater revenue to the township the point is for how long and then what thce pits are exploited for contracts within easv economic reach and then aban doned while in operation the pils have many adverse effects they obviously detract severely from properly values in the immediate area ouite apart from aesthetic consideration the amount of dust and noise created is of almost un endurable proportions the heavy grav el trucks damage the township roads and as all who drive in the area know well create fearful road hazards asso ciated with dust speeding inconsider ate driving and truck widths greater than onehalf that of the unpaved side- roads they travel by far the greatest damage how ever is done bv the enormous scars left on t lie landscape by the pits for all lime when a private individual buys land in the township and he muvt generally buy not less than 10 acres he improves it builds on it not less than 1200 square feet of dwelling space and increases the value of all other builtup and residual undeveloped land in the township indeed land as sessments in uxbridge township were ttc fcrifcunc established is8 c ii nolan publisher jim thomas editor noel edev advertising published every thursdav hy the stouffville tribune limited at si main st stouffville ont tel 640101 single copies 10c subscriptions 400 per sear in canada s600 elsewhere member of audit bureau of circulation canadian weekly newspapers association and ontario wpcktv newspapers association authorized us second class mail post office dept ottawa weve been talking about it for a long time it would mean a major up heaval in the family but its two against one and this is a democracy unless of course your wife happens to constitute the minority today i applied for an exchange teaching job for one year in the united kingdom 1 must be out of mv mind but i did daughter kim is all for it with the adventurous spirit of the young and their complete lack of participation in all the work involved she glows at the prospect after all england is ihe land of the bcallcs the rolling stones and the highest miniskirts england as the song says swings like a pendulum do thats for kimbo shed like nothing better than lo spend a year abroad not acquiring a broad education never she looks upon education as small boys do upon increased this fall and the reason giv en was the high level of recent land sales in the area this phenomenon which has already occurred in king township and elsewhere rellccls the closeness of uxbridge tovvnship to metro toronto its commuter services and the scenic qualities of the oak ridges terrain which- crosses the town ship i myself purchased lland at dag- mar overlooking chalk lnkc and built on it this spring for ihcsevcry reasons i have travelled throughout north ame rica and europe and i doubl whether anything i have seen surpasses the view from my living room windows at dag- mar i expect lhat thousands of metro residents like myself will discover the uxbridge hills and build there and pay taxes there and their families after them for generations to come i envis age in he future an area of high scenic beauty containing ihe broadly spaced residences of local residents and metro commuters where land values will be very high indeed and ihe lax revenues herefrom will guarantee in perpetuity ihe development of schools roads and other community services of ihe finest order the alternative if gravel pit opera tions are permitted to continue without restriction will be a wasteland where no one will choose lo live if he can avoid it the hills will be scarred and dangerous areas and their gravel re serves will inevitably be eventually ex hausted therefore sir i urge your readers and ihe residents of oxbridge town ship lo prevail upon ihe township of ficers lo pass laws regulating gravel pit operations before it is too laic there is no time for procrastination every day chunks of ihe uxbridge hills arc being removed forever and dumped onto the roadways of the rest of the province i suggest that the township under take a survey of sand and gravel re serves in uxbridge township and pass legislation restricting pit operations to precisely defined reserve areas which would not encroach on lands of high present or prospective value fur rcsi- denlial ue i further suggest that it should be unlawful to operate a gravel pit within a defined distance of an existing private residence that the routes taken by gravel trucks should be subject to township approval and so designated as to cause the icasl danger and disturbance lo residents and that road damage done by the gravel trucks should be the financial responsibility of the gravel pit operator if enacted in time these suggestions would permit the regulated continuance of sand and gravel operations within the township while guaranteeing the rising value of its lands for residential use for all time yours verv trulv david m brvsbn chalk lake rr 4 uxbridge ps it has been suggested to m that to obtain a licence to operate a gravel pit the operator should be required to post a bond returnable on fulfillment ol the condition against his promise to return the topsoil to the pit and plant trees to reforest it when the operation is finished this seems to me a most sensible suggestion washing the squares and miw useless thing foisted on the young by stupid loving parents no what shed like to pick up in england is a carnaby st wardrobe and a liverpool accent so that she could knock the local kids dead when she comes home the mod look of cam- aby is bad enough but the dialect of the liverpudlian is surely the ugliest in the world outside the pure hottentot what she doesnt picture and t havent the heart lo tell her is ihe truth if the deal goes through a year from now shell be wading through the log in little muddling or climbing the cliffs on the isle of mull complete with rubber boots raincoat and souwester approximately 3000 social miles from the england and londons west end my wife blows hot and cold one week when things are particularly ob noxious around here shes fairly keen she sees a snug cottage shining brass and an english garden out back she envisages a jaunt into london every week end for piano lessons concerts lunch and the theatre the next week shes been talking to someone who has just spent a year there and was halffrozen for 12 months or she says llatly if you think im going to leave my comforlable home treasured piano students and all my friends lo go and live in some cold clammy dump among a lot of strangers clc etc sometimes she wavers and asks me what england is really like the trouble is i havent been there for over 20 years about all i can do is describe some firstrate pubs and tell her how easy it was to lose your girl in the fog or blackout unless you clung to her by bill smiley somehow these descriptive gems dont ian her ardor for the trip as i said no one in his right mind wants to spend a year in the uk 1 know ill come home either riddled with rheumatism or in a wooden box with a sheen of fog on it and it isnt sentiment admittedly there arc a few old pubs id like to re visit but theyve probably changed into raucous roadhouses thai serve martinis instead of halfandhalf and the waitresses arc insolent pups instead of buxom barmaids who called you luv or ducks and there arc a few old girlmends id like to revisit but a friend ol mine did this last year taking his wife along somehow he said there was a lack of rapport and they were all so old and even worse i hey though i he was old and 1 sure as heck dont want to go and stand on some descried dilapidat ed airdromc and think of the old days old runways arc fpr the birds who make much better landings on them than i ever did no what sparks my desire lo go away for a year is none of these it is ihe thought of spending ihe whole of centennial year in canada now i love this land but the idea or an entire year of having expo ram med down my throat of watching municipalities solemnly snip ihe rib bon at such sparkling centennial pro jects as ihe new public lavatories or the new parking lot makes me vvanl lo throw up and what bcllcr place lo do lhat than the uk where i must admit i have done it before on a number of occasions after an evening of warm pints of billcrs this week next a senseless argument parliament can be a drag sometimes and perhaps this is why some mps leap so readily on whatever juicy tidbit which comes along to distract the house of commons from ihe business of the country could one be blamed for reaching this conclusion after the latest perform ance in the house over cbctv shows otherwise responsible parlsnenlar- ians who called so loudly for censorship of the sunday program following ihe showing of a harmless and rather amus ing bit of sex on film from britain in cluded some who hadnt even seen ihe program davie fulton of kamloops who still harbors dreams of heading up ihe conservative party when the cur rent dump dief drive succeeds got in his small contribution by charging ihe cbc with abusing ils editorial freedom by purveying garbage eric winkler of greybruce said he hadnt seen the show bill thai ihe lime had come that ihe canadian taxpayer need no longer pay for ibis soil of trash and mr diefenbaker who always manages lo make things seem worse than they are called for ihe govern ment to look into the possibility of lav ing criminal charges against those re sponsible for this lewdness and porn ography it has been evident for some time now thai this countrys political leader ship docs not represent the view of most canadians at ihe same lime one cannot but lespeci i he concern of those canadians who in a lime ol shifting moral stand ards arc genuinely worried over wliai ihey regard as a general breakdown in public morality but parliamentarians who mi in an assembly which a few months ago en gaged in cheap snickering over the gerda munsingcr episode hardly quali fy as defenders of canadian virtue the main difference it seems to mc in the morality of the 1960s and ol say ihe 1930s is to be fourd in honestv and not behavior it would appear behavior has changed very little but people are by ray argyle today much more honest about their bclklvipr this explanation will never of course satisfy those who regard sex as dirty to them all public discussion of sex must also be dirty or garbage or trasj or lewd and pornographic the lameduck president of ihe cbc alphonse ouimel he will shortly re tire says the showing of ihe sex film was a mistake sunday producer darvl duke says his program is in stronger and better shape than i had dared hope in a way sunday is just whal the country and the cbc deserves for having gotten rid of seven days a liter ate and exciting public affairs show which may never again be matched for incisive factfinding and investigative reporting as a successor lo seven days sun day has thus been disappointing in its coverage of canadian news as an ex ample the program before ihe one featuring the sex film didnt have a single good canadian news story there was an insipid interview with the for mer marina oswald a stupid conversa tion with the acquitted cleveland doc tor sam shcppard and a secondhand film on menial therapy from a los angeles television station the history of seven days when linked lo the almost unbelievable fero cious reaction of some mps to the sunday sex film all add to the de- pressinglv familiar canadian reaction of horror and shock lo anything which smacks slightly of moral honesty the grieviovis part of all this is lhat this attitude is not 1 believe shared in most canadian why else docs canada continue to cling lo one of the worlds crudest di vorce laws why then do we every vcar condemn thousands of canadian women to illegal abortions why are there no laws selling out safely stand ards in auio manufacturing is it not time thai canadians told their lawmakers get with it sour lacadc of upright moralilv only cloaks a meanness and an immorality that be longs to a less civilized age informality overdone informality was the keynote of stouffville high first tudent-spcmsor- ed music night program friday even ing and that particular aspect of the show is the basis of our only criticism it was too informal the audience certainly a much lar ger crowd than we had anticipated couldnt seem lo comprehend the in tended humour of classroom antics students of 1966 must remember that students of 1926 were whiteheaded boys and girls who attended school onlv to study o did thev we ahyvvav the past is sometimes soon forgotten the theme of the fastmoving two- hour show was centred around a teen agers christmas weekend included were scenes taken from band and glee club practices a night at the coffee house a shopping trip to a town music store a saturday date a dance and at tendance at church any audience letdown created through misunderstood informality was far overshadowed by the wealth of talent presented generously throughout ihe program the bands performance under the guiding baton of staff teacher h j waile was the best we have heard the glee club led by mrs a a gres- ham had as its highlight a duel bv anne duxbury and donna wright the response was excellent the coffee house harmony helped lo slow the pace following a nearriot scene in class where handmade paper planes bombarded the exasperated stu- dcntturhcdleachcr jewel sloyan lin da sargent whose academic standing needs no repealing displayed a hidden talent in t lie folk music field she also played the guitar in solo work it was anne duxbury and ed widcman who earned first class honours anne receiv ed an encore ovation audience appreciation was even more evident in the shows second hall with the carol service forming a filling conclusion the quartet of paul benson peter gibbins jonathan lemon and ed widcman was outstanding paul benson look the tenor lead and ihe sound so excellent in the auditorium amplified ihe richness of his voice as ihe choir filed down the aisle ihe people joined in the singing of the coventry carol it was impressive holh in sight and sound to student producer and director ted topping it was an excellent effort wed like to hear more of the same and we speak voluntarily for every person present it may be a little late for this year but if you are looking for an evening of good entertainment plus some excel lent prochristmas toy bargains try lo attend ihe toy auction at the stouff ville sales barn north or stoultville we dropped in for a couple of hours last week and weve already ringed ihe calendar for a date in december 1967 items that ranged all the way from rolls of wrapping paper lo 17 pound palls of candy found ready bidders dolls teddy bears guns cars lamps trucks and you name it were sold not s singly not in dozens but by the carton in return money rained down from every direction five ten and twenty dollar bills were tossed recklessly around mow everyone received his cor rect change in return well never know it was a veritable 3ring circus ihe buyer the seller and the carrier one woman laden down with three guns three cement mixers three tanks a set or pots and nans and a bathroom scales made two trips to her car and returned for another round auctioneer norm faulkner held a revolving mechanical man up high hs 11 rotated ils face lit up in ihe dark ill bet many of you here tonighl have been in much the same shape one redfaced gent nodded agreeably as his wife jabbed her elbow into his side you dont have lo tell the whole world about ii she said 19 years ago 1947 a damage claim of 1100 was ap proved by markham township council for sheep killed and injured on the farm of william brodic the valuator was hugh boyd one of the dogs in volved in ihe attack was ordered de stroyed wilmol wanincr markham rr 2 was honoured by the markham fair board at the annual directors banquet he was presented wilh a chair by jack torrance representing his father who was absent due to ill health addressing the gathering were waller rcesor on behalf of ihe junior fanners warden charles hooper reeve charles rcesor ol markham village g a slcwart john scon edward logan will clark and a ii crosby mr wesschell was ihe big money- winner at ihe stanley theatres folo night contest he received a cheque for i2 mrs robert ratclill was present in oi- tawa for ihe presentation of the distin guished fixing cross lo her son fixing officer j r drcvycry the gathering was held at government house and ihe pres entation was made by the governor- general of canada viscount alexander prize horse teams in the stouffville christmas show were entered bv hcbcr down brooklin roy hall oshawa harvey schcll stouffville vincc baker stouffville and herb simpson ballan- trae