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the tribune stouflmhe ont- thursday january s 1953 the stouffville tribune established 188 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontarioquebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations authorized as secondclass mail postoffice dept ottawa printed and issued everv thursdav at stouffville ontario in canada s250 in the usa 300 a v nolan son publishers notes and comments wed and live longer when cynics scoff at marriage there are plenty of argu ments to use in refutation one is that married people live longer than do single ones statistics show that is true of this continent and it evidently is likewise true of others in japan a single man at 25 is unlikely to live beyond 49 but if a man maries at 25 he is likely to live until about 68 thats a lot of difference the old expression that it only seems longer isnt true either married men are happier in japan at least where the suicide rate for single men is much higher matrimony may not ensure perfect happiness but no other system ensures happiness in equal degree windsor star new year resolutions is it a fact or merely faulty observation that the custom of making new year resolutions has fallen into disuse people over forty and perhaps people even younger can remember a time when january 1 was a day for earnest decisions about selfimprovement but as 1953 began there was no evidence in sermons or newspaper articles or general conversation that anybody was thinking very seriously about turning over a new leaf on bygone new years days the seriousminded citizens young and old would form and perhaps announce to the assembled family an intention to write a letter once a week to friends or relations keep a diary read two good books a month drink no more or not before six oclock give up smoking attend church regularly save money take daily exercise or form some other new habit promising benefit to body or soul if people nowadays make such pious plans on january 1 they must do it in secret for nobody ever hears abut new year resolutions any more except as a joke one reason may be a lessening of the old fear of eternal punishment for the contented sinner another belief that has taken a beating in the last generation is the belief that human nature if not perfectible is at least improvable by effort the contemporary idea encouraged by some of the mental scientists is that bad behaviour is either societys fault or else a blameless personal misfortune like rheuma tism or fallen arches if that is so of course there is no point in making good resolutions at any time of the year utility commission facing important work stouffville public utility commission which met for the first time last week is facing a large and important job in town in the coming year or two we are referring especially to the work in the water department which in an expanding community such as this is of paramount importance chairman a e weldon pointed out in the first session the importance of having a proper survey taken of the entire system and at some early date having the system properly mapped something that has been long overdue the increasing population has brought greater demand for water and the commission should take steps to pre pare now for even greater demand in the future should the council proceed with a sewerage system the one reservoir which is the original reservoir and more than a half century old is virtually clone the brick work of which it is formed has been crumbling away for years so that today in places little of it remains even the cement work of the number one reservoir is in a bad state of repair last week again the pump which has become a necessity at the reservoirs due to the increased demand broke down previously the motors had played out but this trouble was taken care of with a spare motor always ready for- instant use should the occasion demand in this latest instance pumping operations must come to a stand still till repairs are affected as no spare pump is available the matter of purchasing additional land was also discussed by the commission land was bought some years ago to the north of the present property and this has been reforested and protects the water supply from any contaminating spring runoff from the north side however the south boundary is much too close to pasture land and more land should be acquired in this direction these and other problems are facing the new commis sion making their first year of office one of prime impor tance financial difficulty has plagued the local water system for many years with the small rates charged failing to bring in sufficient revenue to proceed with much in the way of capital expenditure to improve the system while this trouble was partially offset by a raise in rates last year the waterworks account is still not in too healthy a condition and debentures might have to be resorted to for any major work last years council instituted some improvements in completing line work in town and installing the chlorinat ing plant on the 9th con a major operation the people have expressed confidence in the members of the new- commission to handle this vital town service and are looking forward to seeing all the necessary steps taken to have our water system safeguarded and to keep pace with the growth of the community the old home town by stanley paw stop lookisks ovets my lrz shoulder w m cookws yolk hot bfsath my aieck if you want to help let me have a stick o prewoodi mr for parents only satisfaction ix achievement by nancy cleaver im having my woodwork hour this afternoon tommy told his i mother eagerly all week he look- ed forward to this hour of craft training on fridays in the hobby room at school during the year he had designed and made a square teapot stand a lawn ornaj mental marker and a bird house at christmas he asked for a freti saw and he had been engrossed in making jigsaw puzzle he glued an attractive colored picture on to light wood and rew his own pattern for the pieces when his class discussed making toys for the sick childrens ward in the hospital tommy offered to make two puzzles one a picture of a girl with her doll and the other a ship picture for a boy the presents were all made by the scholars when they were completed and brought to school the teacher snowed them to the president of the home and school club who happened to he tommys mother she was surprised and delighted by the variety of well made gifts the boys and girls have got a great deal of satisfaction out of this project the teachers com mented i think part of its suc cess lays in the fact that it was a cooperative effort no pupil felt he had to heat another pupils work the presents were on display at the executive meeting of the home and school that week one of the members of the executive offered to donate a money prize for the gift which the teacher considered the most original and most carefully made present the teacher hesitated to speak for fear of offending the donor hut tom mys mother said it is very gen erous of you to offer a money prize but is it a good idea every child has taken part in this activity and has experienced real satisfaction i know tommy thinks joans stocking doll is just as well made as his puzzles will we spoil the spirit of cooperation by injecting the competitive idea of winning a first prize what is your reaction to this mothers question is she not on the right track have you not observed that children do just as good work in a cooperative as in a competitive effort if they are really convinced that it is worth while we do live in a competitive world when they leave school boys and girls are pitted against each other for jobs and for many prizes in life but in our homes are we going to place emphasis on joy in activity and the reward found in doing our best or are we continually spurring our children on to come first and beat the other fellow competition between brothers and sisters can provoke a lot of unnecessary hostility john may be brilliant in mathematics while figures are an awful trial to mary but reading bores john and un like mary the childrens division in the public library has no charm for him mary has a fine school record in literature and composition while john finds these are his weakest subjects the happiness of john and mary and their attitude to their school work are bound to bo colored by their parents attitude to their report cards surely each student can do his or her best work with out striving to better the others record in individual subjects copyright agriculture minister moves out of ontario cabinet t li kennedy probably the most popular ag culture minister in the histoiv of the province of ontario the hon thomas lairj kennedy of dixie will resign bis portfolio in janu ary col kennedy was first apointed to the portfolio in 1930 only to suffer his only political defeat with the rest of the henry administration four years later when george drew drew up his progressive conservative government in w3 it was formed around kennedy and he has held office ever since born on a farm at dixie he has farmad there since boyhood it is understood his succes sor will be works minister fletcher thomas erf l ha f y m m sssp 5j f s thomas its hard to realize that less than one hundred years ago aluminum was a precious metal priced at si 7 an ounce in fact queens university at kingston ont pre sented the first graduate from its chemistry coure with an alumi num medal in 1s5s nowadays the price of alu minum is isc a pound how is it that a dollar buys as mud alu minum today as it did before the war while it buys so much less of most other things one big rea son is the increasing use of alu minum ten times that of 15 years ago vvumr production keeps production costs down aluminum is not only light and strong it is low in price too aluminum company of canada ltd alcan bygone days ix ijygoxe days from the files of the tribune ki years ago an informal ball was held in todds hall on new years night the place was comfortably well filled by lovers of the light fan tastic from the village and a few from the neighborhood and a very pleasant evening was spent henry wideman manipulated the bow with his usual skill we notice mr h johnson has improved the appearance of his store by the addition of a very fine new show ease the new case contains an assortment of the choicest brands of tobaccos and cigars on friday he gives four plugs of prince of wales or brier and all leading brands for 30 cents the bricks and sand are on the grounds for the erection of mr j l bakers new residence at the corner of main and albert streets several others are making prepar ations for building on church street and our town expects to make a great stride towards being a town during the coming year the good sleighing has bright ened up business a great many loads of wood are daily brought to town and the merchants report a good run of customers from the appearance of the station yard one would fancy the farmers are anticipating a bounti ful harvest there were about twenty maxwell binders awaiting their purchasers the other day this speaks well for the ability of the agent mr h vanzant the position of modern langu age master of uxbridge high school has been awarded to mr s s leacock of sutton at a salary of 700 on sunday a peculiar accident befell jos alsop jr of the 3rd concession of uxbridge he was endeavoring to tie a horse in the stable by means of a plowline he had fastened the rope round the horses neck and having passed the rope double through the hole in the manger lie put two fingers into the loop so its to pull the end through just then the horse be came frightened and jumped back with such force that the two fin gers were pulled off the injured man was brought to stouffville where dr s l freel attend to his injuries one of the most important busi ness changes of our town is the sale of the large flour mills known as the albert mills form erly carried on by the raymer bros messrs wm b sanders our worthy reeve and thomas williamson are the purchasers these gentlemen have bought the mill property at an exceedingly low price and are going to have it fitted up with the very latest improved roller process at an out lay of several thousand dollars when this muchneeded improve ment is completed we venture to say that the stouffville flour mills and the stouffville wheat market will rank second to none livery licenses amounting to 3000 have been paid to the clerk by messrs addison and yake why is it that cows and calves are allowed to run the street at large wake up inspector as mr dan cook was driving down street leading one horse be hind and driving the other the horse he was leading jumped both front feet into his cutter the other took fright and commenced running upsetting the cutter on he succeeded in holding the one he was driving the other got away 17 years ago residents shivered through four teen below zero temperatures over the holiday although there was no wind and the sleighing was good a rather spectacular robbery occurred on sunday when roost raiders visited the farm of w f t john just west of town in day- light and made off with about 10 hens nobody noticed any intru ders on the st john property although the dog belonging to mr lloyd turner who resides nearby set up a big noise and must hive sensed something wrong ed murphy of the 6th conces sion of whitchurch who shot a female wolf on bis farm i week ago collecited the 15 a head boun ty from the ontario govt on monday morning it was an nounced that k a button had sold his hardware business to his head clerk mr allan goudie mr button has been a successful busi ness man conducting a large hard ware tinsmithing and plumbing business for thirty years on main street he acquired his present premises from the late w b sanders the village streets vere sanded last week to make them more safe for walking both the roadway and sidewalks were bound up with ice stouffville curling club dropped from the ontario tankard on mon day when they failed to present their two rinks for competition the rinks as chosen for this com petition were h sanders j s dougherty frank rowbotham harold sanders t birkett w r sanders walter brillinger and henry brillinger the stouffville girls hockey team suffered disaster at the hands of the swanky uxbridge aggrega tion of ladies on friday night in the local arena regardless of who was winning there was lots of fun for the spectators who took keen delight in seeing the girls mix it up a bit tlie final score was 20 earl cook expects to leave early in frebruary to join the cincinatt baseball club for training down in porto rico earl played with the toronto maple leafs last season the visit of two county poiice to stouffville on the evening of jan is the aftermath of which was a charge of keeping a com mon gambling house laid against the forig brothers at the chinese cafe is involving more than just the proprietors some 21 sum monses have been sent out to al persons trapped in the building at the time of the raid and all charg ed will appear before the magis trate very soon a wolf hunt was organized last week and the reforestation pro perly at babantrae was tramped over but without any result in the way of disaster to the supposed pack of wolves in the district editors mail editor the tribune stouffville tint dear sir 1 think your columnist for parents only by nancy cleaver does somewhat of a classic in that story on a happy xew year to you it tempts me to send along to the s otltght a somewhat simi lar message similar at any rate in its ethical content from one of the farm organizations alberta wheat poll which came in on the same christmas flood the christian world commem orates christmas in honor of the birth of christ his teachings form the foundation of a relationship between human beings which if lived up to would bring heaven to earth the spirit of unselfishness is abroad at christmas time while the family is the centre of christmas activities hospitality and friendly feelings spread far beyond the intimate- circle good will radiates through the whole community it is a wonderful experience for humanity that the cares and worries and resent ments of every day life can for a little space in the year be for gotten while friendliness and sympathy prevail so in the face of the trouble and fear of war which depresses the world the 1952 festive season is looked at with bright eyes and enshrined in friendly hearts as long as there are homes where fires burn and there is bread as long as there are homes where lamps arc lit and prayers are said although a people falter through the lark and nations grope with god himself back of these homes we still have hope a farm wife what are people doing with all the time they are saving by using zippers bible questions j and answers question is there any absolute proof that the bible is true answer prophecy is the acid test of the bible there are many people who do not study the bible nor do they desire the spirit of god to work with them yet when they can he shown by ful filled prophecies that the bible is a true book it awakens interest and allows the spirit to enter their hearts the spirit of god is willing and anxious to bring truth and knowledge to the infidel as well as to the believer but the infidel needs additional help in be lieving that the bible is of god to begin with q was paul the author of the book of acts a it was luke who wrote the book of acts as you will find by comparing acts 11 with luke 13 q please explain what is meant by a more sure word of prophecy as found in 2 peter 139 a when the bible speaks of a more sure word of prophecy it is referring to the accuracy and infallibility of the great prophe cies of gods word they are more sure than what we may see with our own eyes or hear with our own ears for they are the teach ings of gods holy word a windy city interlude civccgo is a city of contrasts beautiful drives and parks modern buildings and many centres of cultural activity are close neighbours to mysterious chinatown the mexican russian and japanese sections creating a metropolis of absorbing interest to the discerning traveller youll add pleasure to your trip by going the friendly way by bus ask your agent for mart details of thn and many other pleasure planned vacations 35 95 round trip fare from toronto subject to change incluobs hotel room for 2 nights 2 in a room sncv barber shop phone 270j