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page 2 the tribune thursday jul 31 1969 tt something was missing stouffvilles competitive sw i m team played host to markham satur day in a meet that brought out the best in athletic enthusiasm and good sportsmanship competition between the two towns was keen particularly in the first half when only a few points sep arated the clubs markham later ex tended its lead to win by a spread of 37 points but something was missing it was spectator support many parents couldnt even spare a couple of hours to applaud the ef forts of their own kids this problem of course is not new here and no amount of editorial chas tisement is going to change things but we intend to keep trying in the hope that it may stir one or two moms or dads to take an interest in what their sons and daughters are doing growth of weekend farmers we are becoming surrounded more and more in this area by weekend farmers or at least small acreage operators a drive through the sur rounding countryside will confirm this a fastgrowing fraternity of busi ness and professional people spend five days in the city and retreat for the weekend down to the farm there are many reasons for this state of affairs but chiefly there is the de sire to escape people and cars and get plenty of exercise in good clean air undoubtedly these weekend farm ers and many of them go much fur ther north than the stouffville-ux- bridge area face water problems fence problems and a dozen other items they didnt count on but there is some compensation in the tax de ductions they get most of them nev er expect to make any money out of the idea but simply have the satis faction of owning their own plot possibly this is the answer only those who dont care about making money on the farm can afford to stay the bright lights may beckon but basic living down on the farm is prov ing a pretty good magnet too alternate truck route few drivers of heavy transports would choose a road through the cen tre of toronto when easier access is available via hwy 401 for similar reasons few would be expected to propel their heavy ma chines down the main street of stouffville when the bloomington by pass route is available for some unexplained reason the bloomington road from lincolnville r hwy 48 is not utilized by truck ers to the extent that it should be several still insist in lumbering their multitonned gravel loads through town where speed is reduced and holdups are frequent traffic conges tion already a problem here is only worsened by this situation pit operators and truck owners could do both their drivers and vil lage residents a real service by rec ommending the route around town rather than through it consideration needed a tribune poll of a crosssection of residents in the ponderosa subdivis ion indicates a concern by many par ents over the distance their children must walk to orchard park school clocking the route from the most westerly residence on elm road to the school building on sunset boule vard is exactly one and onetenth mile while many folks may consider this as just good exercise and re late it to the days when they com pleted much longer treks we con tend that for a kindergartenaged child of 5 or even g it is too longt particularly in midwinter when the weather is abnormally cold with no indication that a third public school will be built for at least two years in the immediate ponder osa area we would recommend that trustee representatives arthur starr and the york county board of educa tion give this problem immediate consideration it could alleviate a de cision under pressure later on some day a city this country scene could some day be part of century city the field in j the foreground is part of the former donald hope farm and the buildings be- long to the former floyd fairies property both have been purchased by revenue properties limited harry hooper 99 do you remember goodwood public school 1924 sssb this classroom photo should stir a few memories for pupils enrolled at goodwood public school uxbridge twp in 1924 they are front row 1 to r elwood foskett bert ashenhurst walter todd lawrie wagg nina hackney flora tyndale justus todd murray stewart centre row 1 to r carl ashenhurst elwood baston dean wagg faustena mcdonald ursula latimour unknown blanche todd marjorie james back row i to r josephine milligan wagg teacher carl watson delbert havnes floyd mcdonald ernest smith lclia latimour denalda wilson mary evans helene darling ella wilson ttt 1 sugar and spice old friends are best by bill smiley its nice to make a new friend but most members of our species the naked ape agree that old friends are the best friends last week i had the best of these two situations and i am not only delighted but astonished to be alive to report it the only thing that does not seem to be functioning is my liver must be in better shape than i thought it began with a threeday visit from our old friends the traplins we have one of these reunions once a year and it usually takes a week to get over them trap and i joined the air force together peggy and suse have always got along well be cause they have the same interests they can talk for 20 hours at a stretch on tuesday night they went to bed at 815 thats am know what they were doing the univer sity acceptance tests they scored very high but they were a little dashed when i told them that high school kids get 50 minutes to do these it had taken them seven hours and you should hear them playing duets on the piano at 4 am one playing galway bay and the other tales from the vienna woods it sounds pretty good until they begin to sing well the traps left and i settled down for a quiet day of reading and recuperation knock at the door an other old friend bill hanna all set to go sailing apparently though ill swear it never happened wed had a long and involved telephone talk setting the time and the day no way out without being a stink er so i tottered off sailing a peculiar sport it takes an hour to get ready this is hard on a man who is dying on his feet then you float around for a couple of hours while the skip per desperately tries to catch a breeze no bigger than a belch then suddenly theres what we old sailors call a spanking breeze and the skipper is hollering at you to cleat your jib and luff your lee and all sorts of nasty things and the dam boat is hurtling along with one side almost under water and your beer has tumbled into the bilge and you are wondering whether you can still swim two miles back home safe late and burned to a cinder nodding over a late din ner and the 11 pm news door bell rings cheery young voice anybody home and you go down stairs and theres another old friend petite jean sauve and shes brought you a beau tiful rose from her own garden and yes shell have a gin and a look at the new bathroom and a twohour talk with suse there was only one way out and i took it i plunged off in the car next morning for uxbridge and the on tario weekly editors annual golf tournament host pete hvidsen a norwegian who didnt know enough to go home after the war but by the acme of acumen managed to marry off both his kids within two weeks gene macdonald from glengarry who won the prize for the longest drive of the day hed driven 280 miles to get there he also insisted i buy him a double every time i had a double bogey a stiff proposition for both of us johnny james of bowmanville with two strapping sons who hit a golf ball a quarter of a mile weeklies dean werden leavens of bolton who played four holes counting the 19th charlie nolan of stouffville game as always getting through nine holes despite the pain ebullient harry stemp who ran the show which is rather like trying to get 40 rhinoceruses to sit up at a table and put on their napkins jim dills of actonmilton genial and easy going as always and a dozen others thats why it was equally pleasant to meet new friends dave scott of fort erie the only man ive ever seen whiff four times straight while trying to strike a golf ball and ting the amiable troll who cartoons brilliantly and the only man alive who can skate in his bare feet on a coffee table with coasters as skates and a dozen others theres nothing like friends old or new if you want to beat gabriels trumpet and die a couple of decades before your time jqttofkbyo dear sir century city a benefit or a det riment we all have our own per sonal opinions on the subject but in my honest opinion the council and planning board of ux bridge twp should have few fears concerning an industry like ccm moving into our midst while other municipalities are roll ing out the red carpet to gain assess ment of this kind uxbridge seems content to move at a snails pace on the matter is it some kind of stall many would like to know jas peters dear sir with regard to the news item in the tribune issue of july 17 re the vacant tombstone site may i pass on the following information several years ago when moving a family from a farm home in maple i loaded on my truck a stone which was used in the cellar as a table to store fruit jars later after it had been washed off i noted the name burkholder on it identical to the one published in your paper an attempt was made to trace the family without success on moving from finch and leslie streets i left the stone on the property i under stand that it was acquired by a his torical society while on th subject of cemeteries i would like to give credit to the twp of markham for the wonderful job they are doing in maintaining these old burial grounds in the words of abraham lincoln we do not re member these men here today for what they said here but for what they have done here in contrast to the lovely cemetery plots in markham there is one near the intersection of steeles avenue and birchmount road where the stones look like daisies in a field of rye i know of people who would treat dead animals with more respect cecil trimble markham rr 2 dear sir while driving home from ballan- trae about 515 pm i noticed a small boy not more than four years old riding a tricycle southbound in the northbound lane of traffic in rush hour no less i guided him off the road and met his mother some distance away with several other small children i took it upon myself to tell her for her own benefit where i had found her son she informed me that she was well aware that he had wan dered off but simply couldnt do a thing with him i couldnt help but wonder if a mothers time is worth more or less than the heartache she would feel if she lost him perhaps all parents should ask themselves this question from time to time where are my children at this moment shelagh sommerville whitchurch equestrian club 4sj witt wribum established 1888 c h nolan publisher jim thomas editor noel edey advertising published every thursday by the stouffville tribune limited at 51 main st stouftvillc ont tel s02101 single copies 15c subscriptions 500 per year in canada 750 elsewhere member of audit bureau of circulation canadian weekly newspapers association and ontario weekly newspapers association second class mail registration number 0896 good deed day by jim thomas david and bev coon reside on church street in stouffville to the majority of townsfolk the couple require no formal introduc tion to newcomers and nonresi dents of the community however it should be explained that david is a practicing lawyer a former toronto court magistrate and emplovee of the cbc like most men i suppose david is an admirer of art particularly if its alive walks on two legs and wears a mini skirt it is therefore not uncommon so the neighbors say to see comely bikiniclad maid ens tiptoeing through the tulips or sunbathing on the deck of his back yard pool this past weekend wife bev pick ed up the kids and departed for the familys summer cottage leaving hubby david at home and alone but things were far from dull no siree for dave had a preconceived plan ready to swing into action and it proved so successful he honestly hopes that others may try something the same while on the bench dave gained a keener insight into the work of the salvation army on many occas ions he took advantage of assist ance offered by the sallyann par ticularly in cases where young girls were brought before him on charges of vagrancy or firstoffense prosti tution last month he was appoint ed to the advisory board of this very worthwhile organization with this kind of close contact the task ahead was simplified on saturday afternoon david leased a gray coach bus and opened his home and pool to thirtyfive new canadians all recent immigrants to canada from 17 different countries the salvation army made up the guest list including one family that had fled their native czechoslovakia just prior to the russian invasion while none could speak english well enough to be understood the language barrier was broken by arthur latcham whose feats of ma gic kept the audience spellbound other willing hands were every where mountains of food were pro vided by john and teresa foulds frank and joan mellon jack and jan mcbride george baker and bar bara bates debbie king served as lifeguard and members of the com munity park board provided picnic tables the cooperation was unbeliev- able said david as the last of the visitors boarded the bus for home around 8 pm david is hopeful that through the success of his effort others not only in stouffville but elsewhere will be prompted to try something similar these people are all strangers in a new land they are looking for friends not handouts he said david noted that the most difficult chore was choosing who should come and who should not he said that more than 100 parents and children had wanted to make the trip but he could not accommodate more than thirtyfive what did wife beverley have to say when the plan was revealed via j a longdistance telephone call a typical womans reaction said da vid she was worried that the house wouldnt look right these folks werent concerned about that he continued they longed for a breath j of fresh country air a change of scenery green grass instead of asphalt and concrete and when the bus departed on its return trip to toronto 35 persons echoed their farewell in 17 different tongues translated it spelled out thank you dear sir the national chairman the hon leslie m frost joins with the pub lic relations advisory committee and myself in expressing to you and your news media staff our heartfelt thanks for the splendid support given to the 19g9 national appeal for funds on behalf of the many red shield ser vices of the salvation army through out canada you will be pleased to know that it has been a most successful cam paign and we are hopeful that the national quota will be oversub scribed m flannigan ltcol national campaign director