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page 2 the tribune thursday aug 7 1969 f f sympathy not earned no one will argue against the need for sand and gravel components in the building trade no one will dispute the point that the gravel industry in this area pro vides employment for many dozens of men but the public in general are now fed up to the teeth with the attitude of the majority of pit owners and op erators whose only apparent desire was to pinch every penny and give as little as possible in return now at long last bylaw controls like menacing pincers are tightening their grip cutting oft the continued mutilation of prospective gravel lands without first making applica tion to a higher authority this was the decision of the on tario municipal board at a hearing held in vandorf july 30 the tribune has advocated this kind of prohibi tive measure for years for some directly involved in the gravel industry the outcome is bit ter medicine but few will be sympa thetic to their cause within recent years some gravel firms have made an attempt to im prove properties and cooperate with local councils for the most part however its been too little too late the honeymoon is over far reaching effect the twp of pickering has for many years been searching for an image something that would set it apart from other dormatory mun icipalities outside of metro for a time hydros nuclear power station seemed to provide the ans wer certainly it was and is one of the biggest and most important projects to come pickerings way in a long time but people find little lasting ac claim in cold metal and concrete they need to look to something alive something human we would have thought that an 18 year old girl blonde and a bit shy should be the person that folks could look to with pride and say shes ours beverley boys is that girl every time this high diving star spirals downward into the pool pick erings stock climbs to the top of the board for whenever her name is mentioned whether it be in the press on radio or television her place of residence is sure to follow barbara ann scott did it marilyn bell did it nancy greene did it so hows this for a suggestion mr reeve a huge permanent sign at the east and west entrance on hwy 401 that reads township of pickering the home of beverley boys the americans boost their heros its time canadians did the same community effort the stouffville trade fair initi ated and organized by the legion has become a community effort this is the way it should be all other organizations have indi cated a desire to assist with the proj ect with this kind of cooperation success is assured it is our hope that similar large scale functions may be handled the same way many hands make light work legion branch 459 is to be com mended for rekindling interest in a venture that presumably had died over a decade ago the response by exhibitors has been amazing were certain that public patron age will be equally enthusiastic majority should count every reader knows that the sour side of events always hits the head lines and this has been particularly true of our schools and universities every reader should also know and realize that the good far outweighs the bad consider the graduation cer emonies which take place across the province the offbeat graduate al ways grabs the spotlight particu larly in picture form a survey shows that in universi ties colleges and high schools long- hairs average only two to one hun dred those who attend these digni fied events without tie or jacket num bered only one in three hundred ninetynine out of one hundred are filled with a sense of achievement the vast majority form a body of young people who are a credit to their families their country and them selves their futures are secure and the benefits of their presence in the community far outweight any em phasis placed on oddballism and con fusion in our schools f rural setting on bethesda road the bethesda road in whitchurch twp ha many scenic residential sites one of these is the property of mr and mrs william anderson duckctt stouffville rr 4 harry hooper 444444 i do you remember ss no 7 markham twp gormley 1933 this photo dating back to 93 should stir a few memories of former pupils at ss no 7 markham township at heise hill the class includes front row 1 to r carl steckley george rumney jack barnett jack rumney clarence heise gordon wagg bill barnett phillip rumney harold ccber second row 1 to r helen steckley marion boston grace steckley marion boynton marion hunt grace baynton ruth wagg anna heise anna ba ker rhoda winger grace montgomery jean brillinger dorothy baker rcberta farquharson dorothy steckley third row 1 to r hilda hilts edna wagg melvin henderson leslie hart louis heise harold heise arnold montgomery leonard appleton ted montgomery bruce empringham russell heise harry jones back row 1 to r louis nicholsh teacher orval steckley miriam heise helen barnett marion winger marjorie hart vel- ma brillinger alma farquharson naomi heise grace baker 4444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444 sugar and spice a fantastic feat well what do you think of the moon now for centuries lunatics have howled at it lovers have yearn ed under it poets have rhapsodized over it and pedants have pontificated about it and what does the beautiful sil very chaste goddess turn out to be an old hag made of slag with a bad case of acne like most of you i was glued to the television set for hours at a stretch listening to inanities and profundities but experiencing the tension terror and triumph of the crucial moments ive lived through some harras- sing experiences the great depres sion world war n and pow camp the cold war and two teenagers and im glad that i was spared to see those two fellows lolliping around on the moon it was something just to be part of the human race at that moment listening to all the learned scien tists discussing the birth of a new era for man i seemed to gather two ma jor impressions most people felt a combination of awe pride and exhil aration the sheer impudence of the feat was a thrill petty ignoble man conquering the majestic moon but the opposite feeling was ex pressed by a smaller but intelligent and vocal group they scorn the whole enterprise and suggest that man should feel a sense of shame at spending so much money time technological skill and brains to ac complish such a useless mission when there are so many things here on earth which need the application of those ingredients so much more they have a point an allout at tack on poverty illness starvation appears more rational than flying half a million miles to pick up some rocks but of course as a scant look at history will prove man has never been a rational creature though he often prides himself on his reason man is a creature of emotion im agination and intuition with a strong dash of initiative and a mere soup- con of reason he is curious he wants to know what is around the corner or over the next mountain so columbus with sublime ignor ance sailed off with three leaky boats manned by convicts into the sunset scott and companions trudged the bleak wastes of antarctica and died after reaching a chunk of ice called the south pole only to find that kil- roy had been there history is interesting chiefly be cause of the mystic that is in man and his fortitude in searching beyond the known take magellan and hen ry hudson and samuel hearne and lindbergh and sir richard hilary and a thousand others out of your history books and what have you left a dull plateau full of such soul- stirring events as the passing of the education bill of 1872 and suchlike thats all very romantic of course but we must be realistic is that why the yanks went for broke in their effort to get there first partly they are a nation of immense pride and ability with a flair for the dramatic but there is no question that the race to be first on the moon had pow erful political implications what a pity what a truly wonder ful stroke of mankind the moon trip would have been had the team pre paring and executing it been made up of a world rather than a national group of men working without thought of power propaganda or prestige- if the moon becomes merely a pawn in the power struggle among earthlings the whole thing was a pitiable failure if man merely trans ports his greeds aggressions and by bill smiley other assorted stupidities to the moon and beyond there is no hope for his future but lets look on the bright side by turning his aggressive spirit against the great cold dark of the universe the human animal might stop rending his fellows by seeking out the mysteries of space he might be encouraged to seek into the mys teries of himself by proving that the impossible can be done perhaps he will get cracking on the impossi bility of solving earths problems whatever happens nothing can de tract from the fantastic american feat and the skill and courage of the first men on the moon dear sir with regard to the opinion poll conducted among residents in the ponderosa subdivision in stouffville i felt that the comments expressed were both interesting and well taken similar feelings have been expressed between neighbors in the east end of town with respect to the distance children must walk to school orch ard park and go train commuter service as an eastender i would like to compliment the ponderosa people on the immaculate appearance of their places it is indeed a pleasure to walk or drive through the subdivision some folks elsewhere might do well to follow this example i see little sense in a person spending hours of time cutting grass and trimming shrubs and yet allow weeds to grow kneehigh next to the road while it may indeed be town property a little extra effort would see the job done right ron baker dear editor it was indeed good news to read that the name of the brougham park is to be changed and commemorated to the memory of the late don beer i know i speak for all brougham residents when i say that such a tribute was truly earned a friend dear sir as a main street observer in stouffville friday i noticed a group of young people from the dicksons hill area holding a flower and bake sale at a convenient location in front of the iga to make this space available to these young folks is in my opinion a wonderful gesture on the part of the owner and manager both are to be commended an observer mr editor with all the items i have been reading in the tribune about vandal ism shop lifting and other thefts i would like to give you one of my ideas of how this all comes about one thing that is wrong is that there are far too many small child ren as well as large on the town streets too late at night dont their parents care where they are we hate to mention the word cur few but it could certainly be used to good advantage operating a household today may not be easy but it will not be im proved by neglecting our parental duties it used to be the word from parents was do as i do then it became do as i say not as i do and now we have reached do as you like stuart bailey ej whe ih6une established 188s c h nolan publisher jim thomas editor noel edey advertising published every thursday by hc stouffville tribune limited at si main st stouffville ont tel 6402101 single copies 15c subscriptions 500 per year in canada 750 elsewhere member of audit bureau oj circulation canadian weekly newspapers association and ontario weekly newspapers association second class mall registration number 0896 no shortage of soap and water by jim thomas officials of the yorkoshawa health unit have closed one restau rant in the twp of whitchurch and may do the same elsewhere across the county the complaint concerns alleged un clean washroom facilities the shutdown order was swift less than four hours following inspec tion no excuses accepted the decision has provoked some criticism particularly from township deputyreeve lawrence hennessey who seems to feel that a warning should precede such drastic action i disagree rather than criticize the health officers response i commend them i hope this kind of crackdown against substandard eating establishments is continued health officials are only acting in the publics interests pro tecting folks like you and me may the cleanup campaign continue only recently we as a family re- into parts of northern ontario since eating and drinking is an almost con tinuous ritual with children it was necessary to stop at every other washroom along the way some of the facilities offered were little more than glorified pigsties by compari son our three compartment complex down on the farm protruding thistles and all was a gold plated throne all that was needed there was a weekly washup with soap water and javex an occasional cloudburst from above only added to its cleanliness since the door was seldom shut and the roofboards leaked but our little shack out back was a tidy unit and while never subjected to the discern ing eye of an moh i have not the slightest doubt that it would have met the rural standard of that day what is your familys practice when you enter a restaurant for a meal for us its routine grimey and gooey we troop in pick a table for seven and order then while the kit chen help is preparing the food we split up mom and the girls going one way dad and the boys the other naturally it comes as a bit of a shock when you push open the swing ing door and are met with a sight and smell that can curl your hair now the john loves mary bit and other rudimentary anecdotes scrib bled all over the wall i can take i will even overlook the suggestion that john and mary have graduated to a field of higher learning but a flusher that wont flush taps that wont turn and ventilators that wont ventilate are the kind of inconveni ences that tend to discourage the most ravenous of appetites at one such snack bar site near bracebridge the paper towel rack was bone dry but the floor was knee- deep in waste at another the cold water con tent was reduced to a dribble and the hot produced no water at all at a third spot the facilities were so bad we cancelled the order paid for what had already been prepared and walked out hardly locations to win patronage and influence customers so you see im all on the side of authority when health officials re fuse to act or act too slowly then its time for the politicians to stand up and shout lets criticize them when they dont not when they do mr editor i read with interest the other week your comments about uxbridge twp holding up the ccm plant coming into our area all i can say is amen to your complaint as one of those persons whom you mentioned as pos sibly having a job close at hand i j want to voice rtiy disappointment this is nothing but horse and buggy thinking on the part of the township if the township was full of premium agricultural land there might be a small excuse we all know it is not good land and outside of gravel pits what else is there to turn down such an opportunity to get such an industry into the town ship is criminal at least to those of us who had looked forward to getting jobs there erie breslau uxbridge