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hgl 2 the stouffvilu tk1wne thgsaty agj 25 1957 established ibs a v nolan son publishers member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and th ontarioquebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations authorized u conjcu mil pmtofflct dept dotl issued everj thursday at stouffville ont in canada 350 elsewhere 450 h nolan publisher jas thomas associate editor dog control is not easy stouffville is not the only place in ontario having problems in con nection with the control of dogs guelph has been faced with the same thing an editorial in the guelph mercury deals with some phases of the problem which was encountered there the editorial also points to the fact that the toronto city council has been wrestling with the same knotty problem the toronto parks commis sioner charged that flower beds in parks were being ruined by dogs running at large he called for legis lation requiring all dogs in city parks to be kept on a leash this aroused the usual controversy with one al derman arguing that dogs should have as much freedom as people he argued that magistrates should not have the power to order dogs de stroyed the debate in a city council committee resulted in a decision to approve a dog bylaw making it an offence to allow a dog to run at large in the city except when under the immediate charge or control of some competent person but the guelph newspaper quotes the experience in that city in raising doubts as to how the new toronto bylaw could be enforced guelph council decided to do some thing about enforcing its bylaw re garding control of dogs since then two dog controllers have been ap pointed the first appointee found the task impossible and resigned his successor has also intimated that he is through with the job the lot of the person who has the responsibility of enforcing any dog control bylaw is like that of the policeman not a happy one he not only runs into risks handling vicious dogs but also arouses the ire of every dog owner he prosecutes in other words he just never wins guelph stouffville and almost any other municipality you care to mention may be anxious to keep fido out of mischief but the unsolved question is how can the task be accomplished if any council can come up with an answer where others have failed it will indeed crown it self with glory spring on the farm spring is an exciting season any place nowhere however is it so exciting as on the farm it is the period of birth of livestock and re birth of vegetation farmers if they be good farm ers always get a thrill out of each newborn on the farm and through out old ontario lambs calves piglets and even the occasional colt are now being born it is exciting to witness these births to see the young strug gle to their feet for the first time to watch them getting their first sustenance from their mothers sometimes there are surprises though pigs come in litters and twin lambs are common twin calves are relatively rare recently a farmer told us of the twin calves which had been born that morning on his farm it was a real pleasure to him that they were healthy and active it isnt all pleasure however often it means loss of sleep sitting up nights to act as a midwife in the stable but no real lover of animals begrudges the loss of sleep if the processes of birth are successful as they usually are it is one of the mysteries of nature that animal mothers know exactly what to do immediately upon birth of their off spring mickey the scrapper digging down into the files of the salvation army is like digging down into the very heart of human ity some of these stories of human interest never reach the light of outer day because of respect to the feelings of the persons involved or of their relatives who are still living the army regards many of its cases as sacrasanct and its secrets are not to be divulged to the merely curious or the world at large now and again gatherers of social or welfare data are permitted to delve into the case racks but even then the persons involved are only known as a b or c and so on behind these letters however lie many a story that fiction would find it hard to match take the case of m which would do well for mickey a pro fessional prizefighter who in his earlier years travelled from town to town mixing with the worst charac ters on one occasion he killed an opponent with one of his savage on slaughts but the sponsors of the contest managed to satisfy those who clamoured for an investigation and he carried on elsewhere with an added reputation he won prizes by the dozen considerable sums of money and lost his gains in drinking bouts he could knock out all comers saving the booze it finally downed him a physical wreck the salvation army took him in tow later a sobered man he obtained light work and gradually regained his vigor he elected to stay with his army friends and help others who had tackled the rough side of life and failed he be came wellrespected partly because he stood for no nonsense as he said and really meant it of quiet de meanor and now a fine disciplined citizen the once unmanageable mickey the scrapper is a valuable asset to his community but few would have guessed his past incidentally thats the kind of work the army has been doing for a long time the armys annual campaign for funds opens next week you can help locally by leaving your contri bution at the stouffville branch of the canadian bank of commerce is it really new by dolores dcvcrell we read that a certain wo- man in aylmcr quebec died recently because she refused a blood transfusion which it is believed might have saved her life and that some new hope that there will soon he a law which will make the doctors the boss as to whether a patient should be given a blood transfu sion or not we can only say mo this god forbid as it is quite clear by the terrific fuss which the papers make about such things that these publish ers too think such a law should be enforced we are not a jehovah wit ness nor is one church to us better than another where the word of god is preached and slnccrey accepted we bellavc in the bible it is upon this book alone that we base our own per- should be grateful to anyone who would kindly inform us where in the holy writ is such a thing authorized or even sug gested where blood is mention ed it is nearly always under reproof for sins and we give here only a few examples under exhortation to repent ance god himself speaks to is rael thus i passed by and saw thee polluted in thine own blood and did take and cleansed thee in hosea under reproof of israel for manifold sins we read by swearing lying kill ing stealing committing adult ery blood toucheth blood there fore shall the land mourn and everyone shall languish with the beasts of the fields the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away under god delighted not in sacrifices david pleads do- sonal opinion and belief and liver me from blood guiltiness there is none other we have gone over the sacred pages three times in the last three years and are now in our fourth reading we read slowly and diligently often pausing to ask for wisdom that we might better see and understand the meaning thereof we take care ful notice of the word blood o god also in mleah we find under reproof of the princes and prophets hear this o house of jacob and of israel that abhor judgment and pervert all equity they build up zion with blood and jerusalem with in iquity the new testament also gives many references such as un- since blood is itfe and that all der calamities and sins luke life is of god we know or j 13 has this to say there were should by now that flesh with present some that told jesus of the life thereof which is blood the galileans whose blood pilate we must not cat and that whoso mingled with their sacrifices sheddeth mans blood by man shall his blood be shed gen 94 so that is final even st paul when giving charge to the elders of the church and urging repentance however there are many iiys wherefore i take you to other references to blood in both i record this day that i am pure the old and new testaments from the blood of all men we and we can only say that each know for a surety that he does one is clearly against the mix- not mean slaying or murder ing of blood in any way for here for uhen he was yet a that is adultery or sin now hero pharijeks he consented to ste- does the bible justify it and we phenthg man of god being i stoned to death then later when still breathing out slaughter against the disciples of christ obtained authority from the high priest at jerusalem to go to damascus and bring bound un to jerusalem any man or wo man of the doctrine of jesus that they might be put into prison and executed but was prevented by god who appeared to him on the way he later repented and was converted if anyone wishes more proofs of blood guiltiness please ask better still do read the bible and you will find for yourselves how many more can be found each one to us thoroughly against mixed blood we are baffled by the indiffer ence of our religious leaders here is it because we are ashamed afraid to speak or that we do not sufficiently be lieve we know that life is pre cious that we ought to do every thing that is possible and right to save it but certainly not to the extent of polluting it which is similar to loving ones child so much as to sacrifice his fu ture happiness by spoiling and giving him everything under the sun but the rod when he needs it some time ago we spoke with a proficient city man whose work it is to help and comfort the sick we asked his opinion on the matter of blood trans fusion when he replied that it is right we then wanted to know how could he be sure since we know that christ himself never us ed this means of saving lives though he raised many from the dead he answered that such a thing was not known in those days then not long afterwards we noticed an ad at the door of one of torontos largest chur ches for blood donations and laff of the week j for parents only under open skies too bad we deat hare a kcj like ihal far jrtwfe people we- like we dont like everybody we meet and all people do not care for us however we have met those we like immensely we dont care for those who are negative constantly pulling down and finding fault the old saying about those who get out of the wrong side of the bed each morning applies to many we should check up on ourselves when we say that man or woman gets me down we instinctively turn away from those who are strong on their dislikes there are those who look for the best in others and always seem to find it some improve on acquaintance years aco i knew a scotch lady living on a farm in the north country it may have been her broad scotch accent but she was unpopular until there was a scourge i think it was diphtheria and that disliked lady was an angel of mercy she went to help in homes which others avoided and from that day the lady was welcomed everywhere we like people with a sense of humour it is a serious handicap when people are without it they laugh at themselves and they help us to laugh at us i have known many 1 loved and they have had a rich- vein of good humour a popular magazine asked its readers what they liked in people and first on the list was a sense of humour such people are never mean or cruel nor are they ever vain or pompous the trouble with seriousness is that it becomes morose and sour and especially where young people are concerned it antagonizes them there is a silver lining to every cloud and those with a sense of humour are bound to see it we like tolehant people the pharisees of christs day may in many cases have been respectable people but they were so intolerant and vain they thanked god that they were better thah others in christs parable of the prodigal son the elder brother is disliked because he was so sure of himself so self- righteous intolerant people are irritated by those who do not see their point of view they have no patience with those who do not share their point of view when general gordon was asked why he was so patient with arabs he replied because i have so many faults of my own that is what we admire a spirit of toleration intolerance has done a lot of harm to religion it has done much to alienate the sympathy of many it is largely responsible for lack of charity and downright bitterness the loving heart is all embracing in extending forgiveness and goodwill true religion never makes people intolerant it casts bigotry out in the works of the poet dante he tells of what his love of beatrice did for him in his relations with others he writes from that moment love governed my soul i can say that when she appeared in any place it seemed to me that by the grace of her excellent salutation that no man was my enemy any longer that such warmth of charity came over me that most certainly i would have pardoned whoever had done me any wrong and if anyone had questioned me concerning such an injury i would have said with a countenance clothed in humbleness i hve no hate only love when love comes there is no room for hatred our quotation today is by st paul let not you good be tvil spoked oj canadians are a race of out door people the exodus of tens of thousands of families to sum mer cottages and thousands of youngsters to camp each sum mer shows how strong is their love of life in the open the steadily growing caravan of travellers with or without trail ers and tents is another indica tion of our enjoyment of new adventures in strange places we have a wonderful country in which to vacation blessed jwith many lakes and streams wooded hills and quiet valleys j the federal and the provincial governments have done a superb job in setting aside national and provincial parks these are our heritage and we are foolish in deed if we do not make our own inquiries and plan to visit at least one park each summer the camping movement is one of the finest influences contrib uting to the growth of our boys and girls in every way we have a wide variety of camps pri vate church organizational such as cgit and scouts and fresh air no child can stay at a good camp for even a few days without his or her life be ing richer for this experience the nearest private camp to our familys summer cottage is glen bernard on a hot august evening we walked out on the long dock at sundridge and look ed across the blue water at the circle of glen bernard buildings showing here and there through the trees later we visited this lovely camp and met the direc tor miss mary g edgar be cause we have long loved her poetry this was indeed a privi lege our youngest daughter later called her the gcd who touchest earth lady by nancy cletxi this is the title of her world- famous camp hymn which is be loved by a whole generation of youth of america both north jand south of the 49th parallel jit has been translated into french spanish portuguese japanese and the cree indian j languages i the ideas for the hymn were based on a prayer written in 1922 for the glen bernard coun cil ring oeremony of initiation three years later miss edgar i wrote the five verses and mailed them to magistrate james ed mund jones of the anglican hymnal committee asking him if he would suggest a suitable j tune he chose two and also com- i posed one of his own for the j camp hymn later when miss i edgar visited his home and listened as he played the three tunes on his pipe organ at once she knew which one she liked best magistrate jones replied that is the one i composed spe cially for the hymn but i want ed to be certain that you liked it best the tune will be called glen bernard further details about this fa mous hymn for vacation days and also its fascinating tune are given in the chapter on the camp hymn in a recent book under open skies by mary g edgar clarke irwin this book is full of delightful stories and fine poems and brief talks which miss edgar gave in the glen bernard chapel there is no better addition that parents could make to the summer reading at home or the cottage bookshelf or tuck into their vacation luggage than un der open skies sunday school lesson book of beginnings ilesson for april 28 genesis 1 and i golden text and the lord god formed man of the dust of the ground and breath ed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a tiring soul genesis 2 the lesson as a whole letters to the editor stouffville kr april 21 1957 mr editor its probably too late now but what i heard in stouffville the other day i didnt like they told me that the stores in stouffville wanted to close on mondays now what will they think of next all they ever talk about is how much they can close i cant un derstand them other places and the shopping centres too are try ing to stay open more to get more business tuesday and friday night shop ping was going to be allright this summer now they say its going to be changed again the crowds arent as big as they used to be and no wonder as the serv ice gets less the crowds will get smaller maybe this letter didnt need to be written but just in case its true this is what i think and our family has shopped in stouff ville for years some of the men with stores seem to want holi days all the time and some of them dont even own the stores so why should they care if busi ness falls off itll be a mistake if they upset things again they lost some when they closed on saturday nights itll be too bad if they lose some more t h claremont april 20 1957 dear mr editor you asked me as a local shop per to write you what i think about the rumour that the stou ffville stores want to change their hours again like i told you i think its high time the stores in stouffville stopped up setting their hours and upset ting everybody else in doing so we werent too enthused about losing our regular saturday night but were trying to get used to it now i hear they may change it again i know a lot of people in pickering township who dont come anymore they dont like the changing all the time weve come for years and i guess still will but this is what i think about changing all the time f r old ties uncovered ancient railroad work on the st lawr ence seaway has uncovered the remains of a centuryold rail road just across the st lawr ence from montreal bulldozers laid bare old timbers that were part of the champlaln and st lawrence railway canadas 1st canadas composite index of industrial production in 1955 averaged 2659 or 87 percent above 1954 approach to the lesson iri the first two chapters of genesis we have two accounts of the creation of man in cer tain details they differ but that is not to say that there is any contradiction it is simply a matter of different relation and it is to be expected that the it ems included will vary in keep ing with the setting of each ac count in chaper 1 the oijiti of man is presented in relation to the whole wbrk of creation and is here seen to be an end a climax a consummation in the second chapter the origin of man is given as the beginning of history a starting point in stead of a point of arrival seen in this light the two accounts are complementary and in each case the details fit the purpose our lesson takes up the sec ond account so we should keep in mind that we are dealing with the beginning of history that is why references to the earlier acts of creation are seen in their relation to man as preparations for him the story is told sim ply modestly but vividly and is full of rich lessons for us verse by verse gen 24 the generations of the heavens and of the earth the lord god made the word generations signi fies offspring and indicates what comes after or history up to this point the name elohlm god has been used now the double name jehovah elohlm is introduced verse 5 and every plant and every herb not a man to till the ground the asv is clearer here and no plant of the field was yet in the earth there was a period of time be tween the creation of the hea ven and the earth and the bring ing forth of the plants see how the earth needs man even as man needs the earth verse 6 a mist watered the whole face of th ground the first irrigation sys tem is here described the cycls of evaporation and condensation as we know it came later verse 7 the dust of the ground the breath of life a living soul here we have mans relation to the earth and his relation to god the first he shares with the animals 1 24 25 the second sets him al together apart from all other creatures man does not sim ply have a soul but he is a soul verse 8 a garden east ward in eden the location of this is thought to be about the confluence jif the euphratei and the tigris but it is a ques tion the greek version used a word for garden which has given us our term paradise verse 9 every tree that is pleasant good for food the tree of life the tree of knowledge of good and evil this does not signify that man was made before the trees which would be a contradiction of the order as given in chapter 1 the reference here is particu larly to the trees of the garden and the order of sequence doei continued on page 6 time theres a time to laugh a time to weep a time to work and a time to sleep theres a time to love a time to play a time to sing and a time to pray theres a time to be alone a time to be with the crowd a time to be humble and a time to be proud theres a time to give a time to take a time to dream and a time to wake theres a time to lead a time to follow live today wisely there may be no tomorrow fwd really new we asked ourselves can it be that it never happened before so we set about searching the scriptures once again we came to ecclesiastes or the preach er who was then king in je rusalem and this is what he says one generation passeth away and another cometh but the earth abldeth forever the thing that hath been it is that which shall be and that which is done is that which shall be done and there is no new thing under the sun can it ever be said then sec this is new it hath been already of old time fin ally we turned to the very last chapter of revelation verse 18 if any man shall add unto these things god shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book we are distressed and greatly puzzled indeed we warmly con gratulate chief coroner doctor smirle lavvson for washing his hands of the matter we will do likewise but on one condition that we should never be threat- we reeled in perplexity is it encd with a blood transfusion both have a r bank account- and a purpose for saving they work as a team yet each has his own reason for saving his own dollar objective his own pace in achieving it a bank account takes care of every type of saving need yoo can start with any amount you wish add to it at any time you choose keep on as long as you like last year almost 500000 new deposit accounts were opened with the chartered banks making a total of nearly 10500000 the owners of these accounts know that a bank account offers the simplest safest most convenient means of safeguarding and accumulating funds sort at a bank million do the chartered bamks serving your community