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pc 2 the tribune thursday june 2 1971 3 uluiihj established 18s8 xfc c h- nolan publisher jim thomas editor published every thursday by inland publishing co limited at 54 main sl stouffvule ont tel 6w2101 single copies 15c subscriptions 500 per year in canada 900 elsewhere member of audit bureau of circulation canadian weekly newspapers association and ontario weekly nevspapers association second class mail registration number 0896 editorial improvement project the branch of duff ins creek that flows through the park area of stouffvule is something like the highway intersection at ringwood its been surveyed so many times weve lost count the site is a potential beauty spot but no improvement program is permanent several seasons ago the kinsmen club organized a bee and removed several truckloads of debris from the stream more recently pupils of orchard park public school repeated this endeavor and last week a contingent of students from st marks did the same the area from burkholder street south looks its best in years thanks to their efforts but how long will it last two weeks two months the park board would do well to set aside sufficient funds to complete the job properly it would make an excellent project for a halfdozen high school students this summer better late than never the apparent impasse concerning the hiring of a recreation director for the town of whitchurchstouffville this summer has been broken by the lions sclub jj the local service organization has ii agreed to sponsor this program to the estune of 1000 thus relieving both the recreation commission and the town council of a very sensitive problem if the political infighting that has occurred over this matter accomplishes nothing more than point out the hazards of repeated delays and inactivity on both sides then it certainly has accomplished something for we feel the whole affair was badly handled partly due to pon- derance of repetitious committees and serious breakdown in member com munications who is to blame and why is now history but the real need of a recreation organizer however he may be financed is still subject of some debate we feel the town requires such an employee but no 10000 a year man lets creep before we walk whitchurchstouffville needs what we have now a summer sports organizer no more no less his assistance could have been used four weeks earlier but better late than not at all weve been branded weve been branded on tuesday afternoon of last week a member of the stouffville womens liberal association came into the office with an announcement related to the prime ministers visit to aurora n their organization was sponsoring a bus and asked that the service be publicized as prominently as possible it was then too late to insert an ad vertisement and almost too late for a news item but we promised to find a spot or die in the attempt were dead it didnt get in and the ladies were and possibly still are disturbed over the obvious snub weve been branded among other things a conservative with the progressive portion of the name plate intentionally omitted so be it but please ladies one favor spell the alleged political affiliation with a very small c editors mail dear mr thomas paul and i wish to thank you for e allowing us to visit the tribune and see how a newspaper is made we learned a great deal maybe some day we too will become reporters z brett davis paul yakeley ballantrae public school dear editor i would like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to councillors lawrie and tyndall on sunday june 13 j they were called concerning that ignorant act of garbage dumped and spread purposely over the entire 16th avenue markham between the 7th and 6th concessions these two men not only assessed the situation but also walked the iv mile distance searching for evidence which they found and removed any dangerous objects from the travelled portion of the roadway howard a cosburn rr 2 markham i dear mr thomas 2 a pamphlet entitled facts about venereal disease has been issued in hopes that the public will be aware of the s3 epidemic that we face the time for b embarrassment because of the social nature of the disease must end to do h this facts must be brought into the open the department of health is in the process of producing new material about venereal disease and for the moment v v information is in short supply it is our hope that at least in york county this booklet will help bridge the temporary gap- if you are involved in any organizations of parents teachers service clubs ratepayers home and school associations womens clubs or any in terested group will you bring this topic up for discussion make your feelings known to mr a b lawrence provincial minister in charge of the department of health copies of this pamphlet are available by contacting one of the following mr doug booth 23 mckay drive thornhill ont 8896519 mr linvel jones 53 ninth line s stouffville ont 6403299 mr ralph magel 292 towercrest drive newmarket ont 8953930 ralph magel public realtions officer district 11 osstf to the editor we read with interest the letter june 17 by dr cm godfrey chairman of why a city citizens committee his was a view that could be shaxed by only a few people fortunate of being welltodo and able to purchase and maintain country estates of 25 acres or more unfortunately this is not the case with the majority in ontario and indeed all of canada for the ordinary working man not earning over 10000 a year it is almost impossible to ever own a home such would not be the case however if cen tury city was to receive favorable government support lets look at the availability of services isucar and spice looking back over a ten year term bill smiley at this time of year the average schoolteacher takes a deep breath lets out an even deeper sigh and wonders where in the name of all thats ridiculous the last teaching year has gone looking forward to it in september it seems endless but that doesnt bother you you are refreshed full of beans full of plans and full of that once-more-into- thebreachdearfriends spirit looking in either direction about february is a depressing experience behind lie the ruins of your buoyant september self ahead lies a trackless desert with the end of june far beyond the horizon but looking back it seems to have flown by at the speed of a mallard you are exhausted you query whether you have accomplished anything and you are ready to step out of the breach and into a lawnchair its a good time for a quiet assessment of what the whole educational business is about and also of whether you have contributed anything more than a fairly capable job of babysitting the proximity cf cn and cp rail lines a proposed super hwy 407 and the re routing of hwy 47 already underway theres adequate sand and gravel sup plies reducing hauling costs and road repairs a proposed sewage system a first in canada a living filter system already used in the us lowcost housing 15000 and up hospital facilities shopping areas community colleges and recreational centres we would like to take this opportunity to refer to a poll conducted by elliott research in which about 4 to 1 favored the century city plan why then should dr godfrey and his associates endeavor to decide who shall live where rather we say let the majority prevail dr godfrey also continues his attempt to make capital from the fact that some of our members are in the real estate field for the publics information only one of our committee is a full time realtor two others hold a parttime licence also two of our members have resided in the township all their lives their forefathers having pioneered the municipality we then ask dr godfrey to compare this record with his own committee in support of century city george w harvie chairman members fred lewis earl dowswell jim bailey bill thompson the young teacher especially just finishing the first year has had a genuine eyeopener first of all he or she has discovered that the learning process as the jargoneers call it is vastly dif ferent from what he or she had imagined it to be the brighter ones realize that they have learned more than they have been taught theyve learned that kids are people that problems are never as large as they look and that memos are for the wastebasket for some of them it has been the most exciting year of their lives because it has been the first year in which they have been totally involved in a real job with real people students for many of them the year past has been a blur or a dazzle endless hours of preparation and marking papers and a combination of great leaps ahead and agonizing pratfalls theyre looking forward desperately to vacation because theyve really been through the wringer they can scarcely believe that they have come through a year of teaching without anything worse than a slight tic or a voice several decibels higher than it was in september quite a few are even more dedicated than when they began some of them fortunately not many are soured on the whole shambles and have decided they dont like kids detest their fellowteachers and loathe the administration they should clear out without a backward look if they want to avoid unhappy lives for themselves and all those about them teaching is a reasonably wellpaid job with a long holiday thrown in but ive never met a wealthy teacher and never will and one can even get a bellyfull of holidays especially when one has to get up at six oclock to drive his daughter to work but to those who consider it as a vocation let me just say its a helluva tough job its not for the weak of will or the faint of heart there are certain prerequisites you must like if not necessarily understand young people who does you must be able to get along with if not necessarily like your fellow teachers it is perfectly ok to loathe administrators everyone else does after ten years of it i have learned to roll with the punches if you dont youll get a broken neck figuratively speaking i have learned that that mob of hoodlums i faced in september is just a group of highspirited youngsters but roll on the first of july schools out forever by jim thomas pine grove where is it to most folks its a suburb of wood- bridge something like kitchener and waterloo in fact thats what one lady suggested saturday when i made the wrong turn off hwy 1a on the seventh concession of uxbridge and ended up in glen major its a long way from here she said pointing a finger high up over the trees not the pine grove hes looking for interrupted another she recommended i return by the same route first youll see a church and then a school thats it with both in the midst of a sun bathing session and the family pooch fairly frothing at the mouth i declined to carry the conversation further besides i had found out what i wanted to know the pine grove public school it was to be soldat330 pm i wanted to be there the building i found was not the little red brick structure familiar to most rural students my age it was more modern with a double entrance a teachers room and would you believe it indoor plumbing it was plain to see that as far back as 1928 when the school was built they had started to pamper the kids 4 already in my honest opinion a two minute romp through the daisies never hurt anyone at least it never hurt me except once when i didnt make it i beat it behind the woodshed where it was a whole lot cooler and almost as private while the exterior of ss 11 looked safe and solid the interior was a shambles windows broken fixtures smashed even the roof bell missing stolen or given away no one seemed to know for sure jack johnson a long time community resident and former trustee stood and stared it soon went to pieces after we got rid of it he said referring to the changeover to county controltd liked t to have booted a few of them the van dals in the rear if i could have caught them look there he continued pointing to huge sections of ceiling tile smashed through from an upstairs attic seems like a baby elephant was walking around up there y the blackboards however were still intact on one was printed john loves debbie another visitor common to both the community and the school was mrs delia moore a teacher there for twenty years and also a former pupil she had all eight grades with an enrollment sometimes going as high as thirty the bell she recalled was rung by pulling on a rope that descended through a hole in the roof sometimes it would flip over she said and wed have to send someone up to turn it back on wet days the children were permitted to play in the basement but the attic was off limits 4 since school bus transportation had yet to make its expensive debut many of the kids travelled to school on skis the ring of evergreens circling much of the playground area were planted by mrs moore these were the good things recalled saturday things that would have been better recalled without being there for the grounds kneedeep in grass and weeds the broken windows and the stolen bell tended to restrain ones enthusiasm it also tended to ease the strain of seeing the building sold wholl start it off called out auc tioneer reg johnson waving his white cane high over his fancy yellow straw hat 4 five thousand called out one op timist six followed then seven eight and soon up to fourteen after that it was strictly a twoway bidding battle with each ad ditional figure greeted by audible groans of disbelief the final 16500 the new owner harvey l main douglas crescent toronto in minutes everyone was gone but 1 delia johnson moore lingered on the last look of a little girl a dedicated teacher then sometimes when im thinking of the pleasant things now past why i really have to wonder why they couldnt always last but the greatest link in nature and the wise eternal plan is to change a little schoolboy to be a strong arid thoughtful man s be a 9 he ff- jn ts le s km