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page 2 the tribune thursday march 25 1971 ml established 1888 c ft nolan publisher jim thomas editor wna published every thursday by inland publishing co limited at 54 main st stouffville ont tel 6402101 single copies 15c subscriptions s500 per year in canada 9x0 elsewhere member of audit bureau of circulation canadian weekly newspapers association and ontario weekly newspapers association second class mail registration number 0896 editorial a comic opera by marilyn lee when the slightly exasperated mayor of east gwillimbury suggested that regional councillors could have built a new police headquarters in less time than it is taking them to find a suitable location she just might have had a point councillors insist that they are not being parochial in outlook yet council is split right down the middle on the issue newmarket and the northern municipalities are determined that the police headquarters will be located in newmarket while richmond hill is equally determined that it will be located in the south the two groups are at loggerheads neither willing to give an inch hours of sterile bickering result as the debate sinks to the level of a squabble among rivalrous and envious factions although discussion has degenerated to the point where it is assuming all the characteristics of a comic opera the issue has some pretty serious im plications for the taxpayers of york region with the bulk of population and assessment in the area of markham richmond hill and vaughan why should the headquarters be located in newmarket with all kinds of land available for development and architects proposals pouring into the board of police com missioners at the rate of several a week why should taxpayers money be wasted on buying and renovating the 252000 office specialty building as a temporary headquarters as any practical businessman will tell you there is no way the region could ever expect to get their money out of the newmarket building when the time comes to sell after all how many prospective buyers would be looking for a building with seven cells in the basement but the 22 year old site is a poor choice for many other reasons it will need a new furnace a new roof and many other renovations before it would be occupied by the police it is in a very poor location as well situated on the corner of water and prospect streets the police headquarters would add to an already congested traffic situation the rivalry between richmond hill and newmarket to become the locale for the new police headquarters is beginning to look like the preconfederation rivalry between toronto and montreal to become the capital of the new dominion the issue was eventually settled by queen victoria who decided that the obscure little site of bytown on the ot tawa river would become the nations capital history has a way of repeating itself if the charade at regional council doesnt soon come to a speedy conclusion and a site designated that is both centrally located and fair to all the people of york region some other authority may be tempted to settle the issue who knows to the great disappointment and con sternation of both newmarket and rich mond hill the new police headquarters may be placed in vandorf jail term not the answer this week a 45 year old stouffville area man father of six will be released following sixty days in jail he was placed in custody following conviction jan 25 of driving while impaired a mother of five was killed in the crash while we do not condone the irresponsibility of the act nor overlook the pain and suffering caused by it we do not feel that sixty days or even a single day behind bars can possibly serve any worthwhile purpose if a judge before imposing such a sentence would stop and think for a moment hed realize that such an an tiquated form of punishment is merely an outmoded form of revenge it ac complishes absolutely nothing but rather only hurts the innocent the accused mans wife and family driving an automobile remains a privilege when that privilege is broken it should be withdrawn two years ten years perhaps forever this is where the deterrent factor lies both for the driver who has broken the law and the one who might be tempted to do so cages are for animals shortage of childrens shows for over an hour we stood with dozens of other moms and dads in a blocklong lineup to see the show cougar country at the cedarbrae theatre on lawrence avenue similar turnouts have occurred elsewhere including the legion hall in stouffville where an estimated 500 were on hand last week why because one moviemaker agreed to take a chance and experiment with a show geared solely to the interests of the little people the peanut and popcorn set who for too long have been neglected the experiment has been successful so much so in fact it could prove to be one of the years biggest moneymakers we hope it is for it might prompt others in the film industry to do the same cougar country has indeed set an excellent example its a welcome change editar mail dear sir you will recall that i wrote to this paper two weeks ago with regard to long distance charges from the north end of whitchurchstouffville to the 640 ex change since that time i have received quite a few calls from other people in the neigh bourhood who also feel strongly about this matter and a petition will be cir culating very soon i was very encouraged by mr laush- ways comments last week however i feel that mayor laushway has slightly misinterpreted my request since he mentioned extending the 640 exchange to include this area actually i had proposed that our calling area be ex tended to include the 640 exchange we would then be able to place calls in a radius around our area if we became part of the 640 exchange we would then be on the northern boundary of that ex change and would have to pay to phone neighbours a short distance to the north of us this would not be much of an im provement over the present setup we will be asking residents opinions when we circulate the petition and would ap preciate comments anyone interested may phone me 4732876 mr al owen 4735403 or mrs b macdonald 473- 2779 mrs lee wong rr 3 stouffville letter ofrecohyblpapoh sugar and spice trudeaus wedding wisdom of age by bill smiley belated congratulations to our prime minister and his bride it was one of the big upsets in march the others were mohammed aii taking the clobbering of his lifetime and me winning an argument with my wife not from the first have i been swept away by mr trudeaus charisma though the women in my family were at times i have had serious doubts about his at titude and decisions dear sir in connection with your march 18 farm special supplement in the tribune i wish to pass comment as a union viile area farmer there are still a few of us left i wish to com pliment you on the excellence of the issue the makeup of the advertisements is very good and the news copy of local interest congratulations on a job well done and this is meant for your regular paper as well as the farm extra michael cooper unionville rri dear mr thomas i am in complete agreement with your suggestion that a ratepayers association must have wide represen tation from all over the area in order to be effective it takes time to build such an organization and people who are willing to work hard toward this end in the meantime i am aware of an in creasing sense of frustration and helplessness in connection with our local government which may explain the impetus behind the enclosed letter to mr mckeough i hope that others in york region and particularly in the town of whitchurch- stouffville will write to mr mckeough regional government is new our problems are unique and now is the time to recognize them and plan for con structive changes in connection with mayor laushway s comments on our letter of last week regarding salaries of elected officials we regret and apologize for the error con cerning his salary prior to january 1971 but he does not say why he and his council will be doing more work right now perhaps this is true but were stuck with these increases for two years and after that our elected representatives can pass another bylaw for more mrs ellen winter r r 1 gormley dear mr thomas as a truck driver of many years i can see but one solution to the problem of school bus operation in 35 mile per hour zones raise the speed to 40 miles per hour this can be done on a local basis whereas any other change would have to be provincewide and thus may never occur raising the limit to 40 mph would hardly be noticed by either pedestrian or motorist in places like victoria square and buttonville there are very few actual pedestrians in these hamlets with the exception of those who reside there sound sensible keep up the good work hans hirsch stouffville rr4 but when a man has enough sense to wait until he is 51 to get married i feel our country is in safe hands good gravy if i had waited until 51 and im not there yet id probably be able to ski and scubadive and i might even be prime minister and a millionaire but when a man marries at 25 hes had it he has just thrown away the best twentyfive years of his life the second twentyfive that is for the first ten or twelve years hes swimming against the tide in more prosaic terms he is spending about 140 out of the 168 hours in every week sorting out his kids his finances and his woman that leaves him 28 hours to float and dont forget hes going against the tide so where does he float downstream thats where thats why so many married men of 50 are washedup on shore or otherwise if he can keep his head above water during that first period hes a rnighty strong swimmer but in the process he has developed hardening of his physical emotional and mental arteries and just about then he is pulled out of the water purple and gasping and told that he is entered in another marathon in short his kids are in their teens swim baby swim it really racks me to think of the gifts i have squandered in nearly twentyfive years of marriage especially when i think of mr trudeau were very much alike hes a little older and has a little less hair probably more teeth unless theyre falsies about twentyfive years ago we were on equal terms both in excellent physical condition the only real dif ferences i can see are that he had a lot of brains and a lot of money and i chose to swim upstream while he chose to swim down perhaps theres one other minor dif ference he does everything well and i do everything poorly but dont forget hes had two and a half decades to practise everything from skiing to chess while ive had to catch them on the run id like to see what a great scubadiver he was if hed had to raise two rotten kids and pay off about four mortgages not to mention dealing with a strongminded woman who has a direct line to divine inspiration in every discussion no wonder he was able to snatch up a beautiful intelligent 22 year old at his age hes practically unscarred while im like an old alley cat about all i could snatch up aside from the fact that my wife would kill me is a 48 year old with three divorces and three chins dont for one moment think im jealous let him have his big rentfree mansion in ottawa while i labour over my heavilytaxed heavilymortgaged hovel let him have his fifty or sixty thousand a year in salary we have enough to put bread on the table after paying income tax and putting two kids through university im not envious he earned it by being smart enough to stay single until he was 51 at least i dont have to bother with platoons of photographers and num berless newsmen when i take out barbra streisand no i wouldnt trade him even my old lady for his my kids for his charisma they think i have charisma which is good enough for me the only thing i get a little wistful about is not being asked to be prime minister and i still think i could beat him in a game of russian billiards 40am1n haried husbands should take a holiday by jim thomas march is one month in twelve when all husbands should voluntarily pack their bags and leave not permanently mind you id never advocate that just a quick trip to say jamaica or the fiji islands for three or four weeks wouldnt it be great its not safe on the home front i tell you at least its not safe at ours its spring housecleaning time the open season on everything opened saturday what an upheaval and what a transformation both in the house and the housewife mines become blessed with so much strength and energy its all kind of scarey would you believe it a 120 pound mother lifting a 240 pound piano it made me weak to watch and the chesterfield the tv tables chairs you name it tossed around the rooms like toys shes a match for superman nothing escapes the cleanup cam paign its wild this year the bee started in the basement the temporary midwinter home of brownie the kids pet rabbit its silent sanctuary was so suddenly disturbed shes been in hiding ever since and when she does decide to come out shell never recognize the place its spotless on the other side of the partition is the wreck room the place where the children play away to their hearts content you should see it now im maculate upstairs its soap scrub wash and wax im almost afraid to step inside the door and the furniture nothing new but all of it moved completely switched around about the only thing she hasnt shifted yet is the bath tub but im not betting she wont try even the toilet bowls been getting some dirty looks up in the crows nest the splitlevel addition the beds are also changed about barry and paul now sleep side by side positions of close proximity that im sure will never last susans bed is cat-a- corner thats the only new angle left so far our boudoir has escaped but im sure its next on the renovation list right now my wifes torn between the desire for two separate beds entirely or an inside bolt for the bedroom door either way i lose with respect to interior furnishings i bow to her superior knowledge after all men arent supposed to know too much about such things but when it comes to cleaning out old clothes my clothes i draw the line take rny old shoes for instance the soles may be shot and the heels badly turned but theyre still okay for cutting grass topping dandelions and kicking the neighbors cat and the white shirt with the freyed collar it may not be a first choice for church but its fine for washing the car and my old seethrough bathing trunks with the womens lib and all they might be back in style this summer and last but far from least the saving of my old blue serge suit relegated to the plaza collection box for the salvation army if its good enough for fred victor then its good enough for me things are tough all over everybody happy dear editor our family was very much interested in your column of march 18 we have boys in the trading business too in fact a whole car full of them every saturday morning every week while en route to the stouffville arena to play hockey i stop in at your esso station in town not only do the kids pick up their hockey cards there but i get my gas at a cutrate price you cant beat that for service jas campbell scarboro