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tribune anniversary wednesday june 29 1988 page 21 the tribune of the late 19th century was a very different paper from its modern coun terpart and much of its cover age consisted of news and in formation from abroad as well as local events anecdotes jokes and advertisements of miracle cures for various ail ments were liberally inters persed with more serious edito rials covering topics from poli tics to womens fashion and general conduct fashion has often been ac cused of being frivolous and selfindulgent but the modern woman is an amateur com pared with her ancestor the writer of women and their vic tims in the nov 30 1888 edition obviously takes a very dim view of his female contempor aries it was hoped some time ago that the fashion of wearing dead bodies of birds for trim mings for bonnets and hats was going out he writes such a hope apparently is doomed to disappointment the author goes on at some length lamenting the cruelty inflicted on innocent birds by thoughtless pursuers of haute couture he concludes is it really then come to this that a 19th century woman is so utterly selfish so hopelessly without brains or feeling and so incapable of learning even the very elements of humanity that she must and will have birds to adorn herself with at whatever cost at bottom il really is want of intellect a kinder view of women is taken by dr calvin s black- well quoted in an article from december 7 1888 to the ques tion why do fewer men go to church than women he re plied men stay away from church because they are worse than women they are grosser they lack the finesse of the feminine nature they are not so holy in tendency a man can dissipate all saturday night lie under cover through sunday and appear at his office mon day with a head as big as a flour barrel and nothing is said but let his female typewriter do the same thing and he says you may go the result of so much liberty during the week is that by the time sunday com es around a mans conscience is too sore to go to church and have it pricked according to dr calvin the sabbath hasnt the same holy separate- ness from other days it has to women who are more re moved from business for a woman seeking advice on improving her appearance the january 1 1 1889 edition has some interesting guidelines no cosmetics are so capable of enhancing beauty as the smile of good temper and a de sire to please we are told beauty of expression is more than any other form of loveli ness capable of cultivation a woman may not have per fectly regular features but her face will be so lit up with beau ty of goodness that she cannot fail to please if she strives to obey the spirit of some such rules as the following which may be muultiplied or dimished according to particu lar cases among the rules are re member that valuable as is the gift of speech silence is often more valuable and be gentle and firm with children of the latter the writer notes the last rule refers to chil dren but often a husband is far more difficult to manage if susan berry is the tribunes retail advertising representative a former teacher susan plans to move to stouffville from aurora however a wife can keep her temper and persevere in her efforts to please she will in the end conquer by kindness finally under the heading wine women and song from december 14 1888 some advice from our sponsors women respond to every ac tive power and sentiment of the human mind when in good health but when afflicted with disease you will find them tan- tilizing coquettish cross and hard to please for all female complaints sick headache irregularities nervousness prolapsus and other displace ments popularly known as female weakness and other diseases peculiar to the sex dr pierces favorite pre scription is the great world- famed remedy when neil patrick bought his dealership in stouffville 33 years ago horses and bug gies could still be seen on the towns main st patrick who had been a travelling district manager for general motors never dreamed hed ever have his own business he had just given in his notice prior to having a conversation with ethel mole a widowed friend of his wifes she asked patrick if he would consider taking over her pontiacbuick dealership in stouffville which was founded by her husband i knew i couldnt buy the front door let alone the entire dealership patrick laughed but ethel assured me that it would be easier than i thought patrick and his family moved to stouffville from woodbridge living over the original dealership located on the corner of the ninth line and main street until 1968 when he he moved to his present location on main st west patrick has since been joined by his two sons ken and ron who have taken on active roles with their father who remains owner and pres ident of the company ken is general manager while his younger brother ron heads the dealerships office and bookkeeping de partment according to ken the deal ership sells over 400 new buicks pontiacs and gmc trucks annually along with 200 used cars and trucks the company employees 24 peo ple fulltime to keep up with the work load patrick has joined forces with the york region board of education hiring one coop student each year for the past four years the appointed students have learned the techniques employed in deal ers bodyshop this fall the choosen student will work in the bookkeeping department ken explained that em ployees both on the sales floor and in the back con tinually take courses to up date themselves on innova tions in the car industry our mechanics are a ma jor part of our operation ken explained we have a com plete bodyshop and offer a re- finishing service for all auto mobile models neil patrick gm operates a leasing company too leasing over 400 units annually both on long and short terms individual leasing rather than purchasing a car or truck is becoming very popu lar because of the low down payment ken explained leasing makes it easier for people to have a new car ken explained that with the recent technology and adv ances in the automobile in dustry people are able to hang on to their cars longer the electrical and mecha nical systems are improved as well as fuel injection cars are also smaller for better per formance and gas mileage todays cars give people less problems and last longer ken said overview of the car lot at neil patrick motors located in stouffville in top photo neil patrick center is pictured here with his two sons ken left and ron