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editorial thursday night nomination night in stouffville is this thursday evening during the past couple of years interest has mounted in this allimportant muni cipal event lets hope the trend continues however there are stilt hundreds of voters in stouffville who take little or no intereset in who is to handle the spending of their tax money in the coming year a recent poll to ascertain the extent of interest in municipal politics showed that only three out of ten took the trouble to display any interest either in the nominations or at the polls it is difficult to understand why important so many people are so indifferent when these municipal matters come up they dont seem to realize that all of the services for which muni cipal administrations are responsible must be paid for by local taxes these services include education police and fire protection water supply sewag disposal and others it is also something to reflect that out of town council sometimes come those who may later move up to provincial and federal politics this adds still further importance to municipal nominations and elections the forward looking citizen will keep this in mind when he chooses office holders in the municipal field could you better these prices most of us iust completed paying our municipal taxes for 1960 a num ber possibly ground their teeth and vowed to elect a new council lets face it we dont like taxes in any shape or form this attitude is quite under standable but we might pause for just a moment and consider how much our tax money buys right here in stouffville as in most muni cipalities it buys quite a lot if you paid 5200 what did you get in re turn in front of hundreds of homes and business places you have a side walk and a pretty passable roadway at your call you have a fully modern fire truck as well as three policemen to protect your property at either a risk to life we nave suggested on previous occasions in this column and we would repeat once again that the present rule which requires a police officer to stop each and every vehicle before making an arrest or issuing a summons is faulty it is noticeable in the local courts that more and more motorists are attempting to take advantage of this regulation rather than accept the loss of a few demerit points or a license endorse ment the driver will engage in a cat and mouse game and attempt to lose his pursuer we are not too concerned over the continued good health of the get away cars occupant but we are con cerned over the safety of the unfor tunate officer he must risk his life to catch some halfcocked speed- crazy character who must have found his permit in a popcorn carton in addition but of lesser importance canadians waiting the interest shown by canadians in the united states federal elections recently was possibly the greatest ever witnessed we know that here in stouffville the election was a topic of conversation on many street cor ners and in homes as well probably the great use of television so widely employed for the first time had a great deal to do with the local in terest to say the least this interest does serve to show that canada and the united states are more closely end of town you have public schools and a modern high school you have snow plowing service which permits you to operate your car at all times and you have people to operate these services for you where operation is necessary these are not all but they are services familiar to most you might jot down these ser vices and opposite them put the fig ure you would have to pay if you went out to get them on your own without the cooperation of your neighbors who in total make up the town of stouffville if youre still not satisfied re member that you have an alternative you can always build a shack in the bush your taxes will not be very high and neither will your standard of living and limb the town or townships municipal- owned cruiser could be demolished such an instance was brought to light during the early hours of saturday morning when two officers of the markham village department trailed a fleeing car for nearly 24 miles at speeds approaching 120 miles per hour riding on his rear bumper for a time it is likely that the police man had an accurate description of the vehicle and the license number but no thats not enough today the driver had to be coralled and positively identified one of these days thanks to such a rule the story may have a tragic conclusion some innocent motorist or pedestrian will be killed some officer will die in the mangled wreck of his cruiser of course as usually is the case it takes such a catastro phe to open the eyes of the law makers whos to some realistic facts were recent ly brought to light the result of a study of delinquency conducted at harvard university the survey according to the si marys journalargus showed that six out of every ten juvenile delinquents have fathers who drink- to excess many have mothers who drink to excess three out of four ire permitted by parents to come and go as they please three out of five arc from homes where there is discord between par ents seven out of ten are from homes where there is no group or family recreation four out of five have parents who take no interest in the childrens friends with interest knit than at any lime in north american history us politics particularly the electoral system have been puzzling to us but the emotional coverage given to each of the major candidates and their families made many of us sympathetic despite the effect their policies might have on the canadian economy along with thousands of other canadians we are anxiously waiting to see what effect the change to a democratic government will have on the countrys best customer canada blame four out of five delinquent boys say their mothers were indifferent to them three out of five boys say their fathers were indifferent to them a similar poll was conducted about the same time by george gal lup on the subject why teenagers get out of hand the conclusions if the pool were 1 parents are not strict enough 2 parents do not provide pro per home life parents have too many out side interests 1 parents are too indulgent give children loo much money 5 both parents work even though the mother is needed at home read these points over again carefully and note that each reason for our juvenile problems begins with the parents ihr tcufhnile irtbutu established till a v nolan son publishers member of tk canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontario weekly newspapers association aatfeeriieo as tecenelus mail totosx dcl otuw mbor of the audit bureau of circulations ftssued every thursday at stouffville ont c h noun llubw ja1 thomas ecfitee us mtkean athtctiiim in gphad 350 elsewhere 450 mauri ace counselor ptge 2 the stouffville tribune thusdiy november 24 1960 sugar and spice fimyf what srertu to be the tronhtr mrs fraylcy for parents only by nancy cleaver guide vouk childs tv habits 11 is ot vital importance that parents accept responsibility for guiding their childs tv habits they should not drift into a permissive watch any thing you like any time you want attitude over 75 percent of canadian homes have television only nine percent are beyond the reach of the tv beam so here is an important part of a childs environment and he needs wise parental guidance when a tv set is first pur chased it may for a time eclipse other desirable activities such as reading some librarians however have found that a bookreview ing tv program has stimulated many children to borrow or buy a special book mentioned our eyes are one o our most precious possessions and par ents insist on sightsaving rules such as having a dim light on some distance from the tv and avoiding a too dark or too bright room it is also important that a child watch tv not from the side but from in front of the screen at a distance of ten feet for a large screen and at least six or seven feet from a small one mothers must see to it tv sessions are not too long parents and adolescents fre quently view tv together mu tual enjoyment and discussion of tv ideas plots characters tend to strengthen the family bond but mothers of small chil dren are so occupied with house hold tasks that it is a tempta tion to turn on the tv place a child in front of it and go about their work relieved that the youngster is quiet and out of mischief tv should not be used as a daytime baby sitter regardless of what is being shown a pro gram is much more meaningful to a child if from time to time mother or dad when he is home take time to view it with him and help him see its good and yeak points some programs have too much violence or are unsuitable in other ways for a child tv does such a good job of capturing a childs interest that it is apt to crowd out important things such as outdoor play creative hobbies and necessary chores here is where some par ental guidance is essential if there is a swing a slide a sandpile or other play material in the back yard and if small friends ere welcome a child is not apt to insist upon watching tv instead of playing outdoors crayons paints clay blocks blunt scissors and magazines for cutting out scrap books paste with a mothers sugges tion can be a substitute for too much tv or unsuitable pro grams tv can be a real asset to every member in the family providing pleasure relaxation and adding greatly to knowl edge of life and appreciation of other people not long ago we called on a refugee mother from europe who was making very good progress in learning english she explained that her husband picked up many new words at work and that she and her hus band had attended night classes in english for new canadians her children picked it up quickly at day school and she said when they are away often i turn on tv and listen carefully while i peel potatoes mend knit or even iron and so i learn canadian ways and how to say words too a couple of months ago we began a new life in a different town with a new job and a different home have you ever considered pulling stakes and making a completely fresh start its quite an experience let me tell you about ours m for ten years i was editor of a smalltown weekly newspaper when we began that life i worked very hard we didnt have any money what we had was faith hope and mortgages the faith and hope seemed to decrease much more rapidly than did the mortgage- but gradually things im proved sheer grit honesty and ignorance were not to be de nied for example after my wife had been cooking for years on only a twoburner hotplate set up on the ironing board we were able to buy an electric stove this was accomplished by borrowing money on my in surance policy after this life got belter steadily i was able to borrow enough to put a down payment on a used house an old aunt of mine died and left me a legacy of 50 with this i was able to buy a car live years old with only 36 months to pay we managed to establish a fuel bill tax arrears and sev eral grocery bills sure signs of success despite our steady progress downhill those were the good years as people in their dotage are fond of saying wiien they recall those horrible early years of marriage we raised two chit dren who were a continual source of amusement delight and irritation we made many friends who were a continual source of good fun good food good talk and bad whisky sy sill smiley of course it wasnt all ro storm windows every fall her mind you the old battleave 1 jut slide down the alumln- and i fought frequently and j umv 1 used to write this col- hotly during thoe years over unm on the kitchen table now anything from my lazines 1 write it on the card table around the house to my in- j 1 used to have just a cup of tea adequacy as a father the kids for breakfast now 1 must tag complained bitterly about go- 1 over an egg 1 tell you i dont lug to bed so early and not know whether im wining or having more spending money going i talked continually about how hard my job was on the nerves my wife rarely ceased lament ing her menial role in life but on the whole we led an average wildly disorganized normal canadian family life and most of the time thoroughly enjoyed it we had definitely put down roots even though most of them were busily en gaged in either mucking up our drains or heaving our foun dation why would a family moored to a snug berth suddenly tut its hawsers and drift oil into unknown waters you might as well ask why a hen wants to cross the road or an octogen arian decides to gel married its a cross between to see what its like and just for the hell of it as brutus said there is a tide in the affairs of men this was just before he went out and got his head knocked off by the bad guys or as robbie burns put it you tak the high tide and ill tak the low tide well we took the family size tide and weve been at sea ever since youve no idea of the tre mendous changes in our lives since we made the big move my own life has undergone a general uprooting that has made it almost unrecognizable for example 1 used to put on it its been even more of a wrench for my wife used to the deep rich satisfaction of looking after a big eightroom house shes frustrated by the ease with which she handles this mere sixroomer used to lugging the garbage cans out from the back shed she finds it no challenge at all to hoist them the 20 feet required here shes quite at a loss with doors that close tightly and windows that go up and down these may seem like little things but they mean a lot to a woman and shes i become so neurotic from the leisure of life here that shes taken up t he violin kills are tougher than adult but the change has upset even them its obvious in young hugh sometimes hes so dis- turbed he can scarcely eat a third piece of pie little kim too has been deeply affected by the move the usually bois terous hoyden has become so quiet and repressed that there are days on which she knocks over her milk only once all in all its been quite a shakeup and its a pretty tragic thing to see a family torn up by the roots and shattered like this however i think well be adjusted after another 10 years and when that happens im going to leap out of my rut again and head for another one whatever the cost maybe go farming mandymam by gordon donaldson that way there is always a great deal of filing and scraping and moaning before any kind of joint is achieved this time however the finish ed frames glazed and puttied looked neat every second frame is fixed pushed into the exist ing frame and held by a clasp at either side the others are hinged on top i fitted screweyes at either side of the frame and ran screws through them and into hie out side woodwork i screwed a handle to the in side of each opening storm frame so that it swings out and up and can be held in the up position by a clasp screwed to the woodwork to improve the insulation i ran rubber weathers ripping around the frames this reduces the likelihood of trouble as the wood swells or contracts sold readygrooved for building storm frames is 1 ins thick this can be butted or lapped to gether at the corners as my frames were small the largest being 19 inches by 28 i used oneinch frames with mined corners miterlng with an accurate mitreblock looks easy you simply fit your saw into the grooves provided and cut ac curate 13 degree angles fit the pieces together screw the j corners and you have a frame fit for the mona lisa with me it never works out expensive little gaps aluminum storms will slide open along rubber tracks offer ing ventilation plus a tight joint large wooden storms can be made to fit tightly but the best they offer in ven tilation u usually three round holes in the frame after laboriously doubleglaz ing the top fixed portions of my windows i was left with the problem of what to do with the bottom sections which slide up and down the standard type of lumber handyman despite the fuelsaving ad vantages of keeping a home sealed against the winter you sometimes feel like opening a window this raises the problem of finding storm windows that can be opened but maintain insu lation when closed the heat loss from an aver age house is not all caused by exposed areas of thin glass an equal amount escapes through cracks and openings around the windows if you want storms to save you as they can do 15 percent of the fuel bill look to those magic markers 79c and si 10 the latest development in marking devices get them al the stouffville tribune haul out your red flannels it seems you re going to need them put on your long woolies fa ther and builda solid woodpile cause this winters going to be colder than last year and slight ly colder than average this isnt the word from the weather bureau it comes from old abe weatherwise you know old abe hes the perennial prophet for the old farmers almanac now in its 169th year of publication and lest you lack faith in abes prognostications be re minded he admits that last year he was 80 percent correct old abe who is really robb sagendorpli editor of the famed dublin n 11 almanac says to watch for a cold november snowy december very cold january warm but snowslruck february and a cold but not too snowy march besides abes predictions which include one for a warm christmas the almanac for atomic year 17 is full of other information in what other book could you find how many eggs there arc in a pound how lo jive to be well over 300 when daniel boone was captured by the indians what were a 30yearold wom ans chances ot being married in 1903 a connecticut baked shad recipe and a poem by og- dcn nash if you read this book thor oughly youll find out that jan uary 11 will be the coldest day of the year and feb 4 is a good day for marriage or re pairing ships that late april is the camels mating season while early may is the same for ostriches that on sept 30 no year date adam and eve were banished from paradise and that the lowest maximum speed in any stale is 23 in the 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