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the tribune thursday jan 24 1s74 r established 1888 established 1888 charles h nolan publisher james thomas associate pumbhrr and editor robert mecalsland advertising director published every thursday by inland publishing co limited at 54 main st stouffvule ont tel 6402101 toronto phone 3611630 single copies 13c sub scriptions 700 per year in canada 1600 elsewhere member of audit bureau of circulation canadian community newspapers association and ontario weekly newspapers association second class mail registration number 0896 editorials businessmen need a voice on nov 9 1971 a 400000 fire destroyed a oneblock area of downtown stouffvule and the effects of that loss are still being felt psychologically and financially the vacant site remains a scar on the face of main street however this particular location is not the only point of concern there are rumors of pending business sales and worse still close- ups with no sales for the latter to occur right at this time would be tragic for as long as most native residents can remember stouffvilles downtown has been locked on as a progressive business section with excellent stores and shops to serve the needs of everyone but time changes things and these same merchants to remain competetive must change with the times that is why we say a businessmens association should be reorganized here immediately those who participated in the pre- christmas promotion program here know the enthusiasm that was stimulated through close cooperation that enthusiasm that kind of co operation should not die after five weeks but continue on through fiftytwo the businessmen and this could include the plaza merchants too need a voice a loud voice in pointing up present problems and seeking out future solutions this voice can come only through proper organization something stouffvilles business community lacks editors mail teacher walkout illegal to the editor york county high school teachers are on the verge of a massive walkout beginning feb 1st resignations have already been handed in to the school board so after the above date students will be left floundering for the rest of the school year unless of course some miracle happens and the teachers and board reach an agreement both the federation of teachers and the york county committee of trustees have agreed to keep all current proceedings behind closed doors so only a chosen few know i what if anything is going on this leaves the general public the tax payer and perhaps even some teachers in the dark i as a parent of five four in york county system and one in university am strongly opposed to the teachers resigning their duties at midyear unless of course they are ill or have some other pressing personal need surely our educators can persue a more in telligent and scholarly solution to their problems than this militant alternative our youth are influenced to some degree by their teachers views and attitudes when these views are in direct conflict with parents teachings they can only lead to confrontation most young children are taught by their parents that the use of force and other militant tactics are undesirable traits they are instructed to go to their rooms talk about it think it out however their teachers find that even after months of negotiations they are still at a loss for words when it comes to settling a dispute by arbitration a walkout of the magnitude that you teachers propose is unconstitutional ill con ceived and illegal by law our children are required to attend school regularly you contracted to teach and that is what you should be doing if some one teacher is not satisfied with his or her working conditions then he or she should certainly be heard and if no agreement can be reached amicably then perhaps that teacher should try his luck elsewhere why should every other teacher take issue it is unfortunate that our ontario government had no other choice but to order the teachers to stay on their jobs a parent often in the same position as the government faces this type of decision regularly even you teachers might agree that the parent who when in confrontation with his child faces the facts lays down the law and sees that it is carried out is a winner in the end and so is the child strikes walkouts slowdowns or days out have no place in our school system teach our children by showing them how problems should be solved negotiate talk agree disagree give take and then solve your problems set our children a good example a parent bess payne its a start its two million dollars short of com pletion but a thermometer in the a p plaza indicates that a start has been made on a new recreation complex for whit- churchstooffvule sponsors of the project are hoping that an initial phase might be completed for stouffvilles centennial in 1977 jim thomas need frank and honest communication dear mr thomas let us all give three cheers for mrs colbourne mr hunter and any other york county school board members who have the insight to realize how far this feeling of estrangement has undermined teacher- boardadministration relations stouffvule tribune jan 1774 this thing has been auowed to go too far only concentrated effort by both sides starting with some frank and honest com munication wul mend the rift that has been undermining quality education in this county not very many years ago the formation of this board necessitated some slashing changes which had to be done by an ad ministration suited to whipping a large diversified multimulion douar corporation into shape well that has been done now and the inevitable resentment is more than ap parent it is not only time for communication but as mr hunter has stated a reversal of strategy is absolutely necessary thought for today perhaps redundancy is rearing its ugly head at the senior ad- ministration level yours truly john h lindop warriner st stouffvule dear editor the tribunes editorial of jan 17 pointed to the hazards of operating snowmobiles on roads i agree i feel such drivers are risking their lives by continuing this kind of practice however theres another matter related to the tragedy that prompted your comment and that is the insistance by some carowners in leaving their vehicles parked on unlighted rural roads thus posing a hazard to everything including snowmibiles that pass by it should be against the law david lawson rr 3 stouffvule sugar and spice just call me grandpa smiley by bill smiley yes you may cau me grampa the kid arrived three days too late to be any use as a tax deduction but we cant au be perfect aside from that he is perfect according to the ladies hes a dandy little fellow with rosy cheeks his mothers auburn hair his fathers eyes and his grandfathers sweet little rosebud mouth hes very peaceful and sleeps a lot so he doesnt seem to have anything of his maternal grandmother in him there are certain occasions in our lives that are peaks even though most of the time we seem to be down in the valleys these are the times when something special happens they dont have to be milestones like graduations and weddings in fact these are often so formalized they can be excruciatingly dull no i mean those rare events that are crystal clear even with the passing of years i dont remember a thing about my birth for example and that was supposed to be something important but i remember vividly the day in public school when i was sick sick sick was too proud or too shy to ask to leave and vomited on the classroom floor and all the way down the hall to the lavatory with my best girl watching the whole sordid thing i was nine and that was my first affair it died in the bud i remember a baseball game in my teens i was at bat bases loaded two men out the count three and two the next pitch was ob viously low i dropped my bat and started to jog to first base forcing in the winning run steerike three bellowed the umpire game over instant ignominy iu never forget my first real job arrived at the docks about midnight thrilled beyond reason i was going to be a sailor found a bunk couldnt sleep with the excitement of it all my heart resembled a drumming par tridge had a big breakfast and prepared to enter manhood i was seventeen my boss took me in tow gave me some brasso and a rag led me into a mens urinal pointed at the brass footplate and said clean it another big day was the one on which i passed my wings test i had flunked one two days before because the intercom was almost useless the instructor would tell me to do a steep bank to port and id do a slow roll or a loop he took a dim view it looked like washout and back to manning pool to wash dishes for the duration but i got a second chance flew like jonathan livingstone seagull and walked on air for weeks another time that is etched in my mind is my first visit to london as the train neared the great city i was trembling so violently i couldnt light a cigarette it was probably the thought that i a smalltown smalltime boy was actually about to enter the setting of a thousand stories the home of kings and queens the fertile spawner of a vast empire i didnt stop shaking until id downed two pints of bitter youd think a chaps first operational flight against the enemy would be a highlight mine wasnt i was too busy or ignorant to be even scared all those red and green things zipping past the cockpit might as well have been christmas tree lights instead of tracer bullets but i dont suppose ill ever forget the day i was shot down one minute there was the snarl of engines the whack of cannon shells the crump of flak and the dirty black spots in the sky as shells burst mates all around me next minute there was total silence no engine no mates no flak just the blue sky above the dun earth below coming up swiftly but dreamily and methinking well there goes that date with tita in antwerp tonight there are lots of other peaks the day i v decided i was in love with a girl once and for all and took the plunge after deciding that i wouldnt marry until i was forty and had explored every means of escape and the day my son was born hugging the knowledge that i was a father and had a son even though i was in hospital a hundred and fifty miles away when he was birthed and the day my daughter was born slipping into the world as easily as she has slipped in and out of equally ridiculous situations ever since anyway the birth of my grandson was one of the peaks i can tell you cant fool an old peak man like me roaming around private visitors attract attention by jim thomas sunday evening is my roaming around night in stouffvule between the hours of 7 and 830 1 make a general tour about town concentrating my visual checks on homes in the subdivisions and on the back streets where i spot three or more cars parked in a driveway or strung along the curb out front i jot down the house number then make a point to contact the mr or mrs later and collect the names of famuy visitors but numbers of cars is not the only criteria for inclusion in the tribunes society column a foreign licence is always a sure thing and by foreign i mean nonontario on one occasion i spotted a marker from hawaii and on another from the yukon each resulted in good little visitation stories there are other signs too mobs of children romping about a yard suggest companys acauin adults it seems find it easier to talk when the kids are outside keeping tab on people this way is a tough chore in the winter what with darkness setting in early and au however in the summer its simple i can cover a good deal of the route by bicycle even stop and talk to a few folks along the way but this kind of thing sad to say has lost its appeal the community is changing and the weekly newspaper for better or for worse must also change i can recall not too many years ago when 75 percent of insidepage copy comprised the goingson in every hamlet throughout the area the tribune had country corre spondents at lemonville altona mt zion mongolia melville atha bloomington you name it and there beside a telephone was an energetic housewife with pad and pencil making notes of every morsel of news to come her way mind you some weeks the pickings were pretty slim but seldom if ever did they let the paper down now only seven survive here in stouffviue its much the same call up some folks and ask them for a list of sunday visitors and they think theyre talking to some kind of nut and theyll tell you so not as blunt as that but direct enough to get their message through some undoubtedly have good reasons to keep their personal visitations private an example comes to mind it was during one of my routine patrols on a sunday that i noticed a real classy car parked in the drive of a subdivision home i s knew it didnt belong to the family for id seen their station wagon around town many times so i innocently added their name to my list on monday morning i called and a man answered since i dislike talking to husbands about such things i asked for his wife but she was busy so i could see no harm in asking him i understand you folks had company from outoftown sunday i said you mind giving me the names for the paper company he questioned i didnt know about any company but i was away all weekend a convention in chicago just got in a few hours ago sfunny my wife didnt say something hang on ill let you speak to her so i started all over again but before i could finish there was the obvious click at the other end and the line went dead only ft then did i realize just how private visitors can be so mrs jones enjoy your cup of tea with mrs smith nobody will know because nobody cares not any more but remember mrs smith should you host mr jones tell him to park his car around the corner