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ftg 2 the stouffyiitf ttttone tkurwiy jbm i w61 editorial watch the complaints pour in jt is rather amusing to sit through dozens of town and township council meetings and listen to the host of complaints that are filed al most weekly by indignant ratepayers it is sometimes even more amusing to hear the lengthy debate that may surround a solution to the problems all ratepayers are constantly clamoring for industrial and commer cial assessment but listen to them holler if the smoke nuisance taints their monday morning wash or the noise disturbs fido from a mid- afternoon nap the subdivision resi dent is aggravated if his road is blocked full of snow and he must walk six blocks to work but listen to him cry if the plow fills in his freshly shovelled driveway the purchase of a new fire truck is a shameful waste of taxpayers money but the machine is expected to arrive in three minutes flat to extinguish a blaze in three feet of dead grass fanned by a twenty- mileperhour wind you cant please them all the roads are too icy but they shouldnt be sanded because the calcium is hard on cars the dogs are running in droves but a dog catchers fee is too high a police officer couldnt be reached to settle a domestic squabble but the very idea of radioequipped cars is preposterous we throw up our hands in horror at the steady in crease in alcohol consumption but we favour the establishment of a local liquor store we favour a neighbours application for a kennel license then sign a petition to have it cancelled two days later we think the reeve is doing an excellent job but an increase in salary ridiculous we think fluoridation is an excellent idea but dont put it in our drinking water the teacher in our oneroom public school must be highly qualified but the years salary cannot exceed 3500 a farmers cow is shot his fences are broken and his crops tram pled but a ban on hunting never this is the continuous shuffle that occupies many council manhours for twelve months of the year what some approve others will disapprove what is desirable to one is urtdesire- able to another to take a solid stand will mean a step on someones toes open air church service could prove popular with attendance at evening church services at a low ebb especial ly during the summer vacation per iod we believe that rev alfred rees of markhamdicksons hill charge of the united missionary church has hit upon a wise plan that could benefit not only his own congregation mem bers but an entire community we refer to his announcement published in the tribune last week with regard to sunday night openair worship at the marakham shopping plaza it will commence on july 2nd and con clude at the end of august in these days of everchanging trends the church like other services must adapt its program to meet the needs of an everchanging public it road completion could to date there has been no men tion of any form of celebration to mark the completion of our new highway in town the finish of this project will be an end to five years of continual upheaval as well as com pleting one of the finest improvement projects in town thirty years ago when the first curbed street was laid the occasion was used for a special celebration a street dance and other entertainment which drew hundreds to town from miles around we recall that our neighboring town of newmarket held a similar big night when their new is an accepted fact that the church in many areas holds little attraction at summer evening services closed doors are quite common is it there fore not correct to assume that if the people do not wish to go to church then the church must go to the people we feel that rev reea must have arrived at a similar de cision before embarking on such a project we would commend him for his originality there is something about con gregating in the great outdoors that seems to add a note of inspiration to people with a purpose we sincerely hope that the public will accept this churchs open invitation and make this community program a summer season of services to remember be marked by celebration main st widening was completed a few years back these are milestones in the his tory of the community and should not be allowed to go by without some special recognition here in stouff- ville the completion of the road scheduled for august 1st is even more significant because it marks the end of a long list of public works improvements such an undertaking should be handled by council with possible assis tance from our local service club the businessmens organization and others should clean house at home it is rather difficult to under stand how the united states as a world power can hope to attain recog nition as a promoter of friendly rela tions in many of todays strifetorn countries when her own backyard is a veritable battleground of race hat red and violence the kennedey administration like the eisenhower regime appears hesitant at taking a firm stand on the issue or even act in the roll of mediator to solve the dispute the governors in many of these southern states have set themselves up as so little time it is regrettable that so many of us nowadays dont find time to eat a good breakfast having just returned from a newspaper convention in ottawa where we had ample example of what a good breakfast could really be like we are prompted to make a few comments on the subject an article in an ottawa news paper happens to reveal that nearly a fourth of the youngsters south of the border eat no breakfast and only about 7- who do cat have anything but very scanty fare the deciding factor whether to eat or not to eat is time the typical breakfast is just a threeminute shuffle with a little more substantial little tin gods and openly defy their senior authority to meddle in their affairs the very meaning of freedom and democracy life and liberty sup posedly the foundation of the amer ican nation is daily defied by its hypocritical state leaders in spite of these mounting problems the us continues to influence decisions in distant nations such as laos the congo and cuba instead of marshall ing troops to clean up these condi tions mr and mrs america would do well to concentrate on some house- cleaning at home for breakfast ration on saturdays sundays and holidays dad may be an orange juice and coffee man mother is on a diet and skips breakfast doctors tell us too that the lack of a good breakfast is not made up by betweenmeal snacks they recommend a good breakfast not only to get the day into gear but lo maintain health some even go so far as to say that its the most important meal of the day however all this sound counsel seems to have little effect on young or old it isnt fun getting up in the morning no matter what the hour but we must admit that an early riser at least gives himself a better chance of having that substantial breakfast ftljr toitffmile rtjjinu estabushtd ism a v nolan son publishers member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontario weekly newspapers association aaoseriwtj m mtfelm mail tmtebtm dol ottava member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 350 elsewhere s450 l h houh wfcw mi thomas editor us mckean aimta another saturday morning lecture wmmm 4vtmmp j ysxaje too busy to do trfvnuctnc smfffruj- for kx so 1 have to do it j i rr soppiaic- wcr utceoic -raeeocvaej- vr tw stonmaudjnowmtomihouse bcai5youhatpownwalt fishiuc junx errant eeaoy tmo wevtsawvo or iw trout scasom whe youll spekp alloqkf weeitojo vonoxfjio uvucatdafnjeaup back vuaviiteneyvmatshiswme f-ckhc- upaiueeevaey- cou rliim yoobsewes wltuced mc spefjowc nvktsekt ftjuansv a half tohcax haifa jx2e rrsybftsv pisw jvl phooev t sugar and spice by bill smiiey esesssl far parents only a daughters wardkobe younger teen age girls often have a rather low opinion of their mothers taste in clothes some times adolescents bristle with independence a mother needs a great deal of tact in making any suggestions but it is quite possible a girl might cooperate in and benefit from a discussion on stick to your type and so might a mother girls who dress well are not always those who spend the most money knowledge of what is becoming and suitable forms a basis for the selection of clothes a girl should decide what type she is and then stick to her type in planning her wardrobe it should not be diffi cult to discover which group she belongs to shortstout shortthin tallstout or tallthin the short girl for instance looks overbalanced by too large a hat she should keep to smaller hats a feather or a high hat ornament gives the il lusion of added inches a dress is a better choice for a very short girl than a suit have a short coat a dress with unbroken lines and a fitted dress without a belt are becom ing contrasting coat and skirt which cut the figure in two must be avoided the tall girl is apt to be self- conscious and a bit awkward if only she would carry her height proudly it would give her distinction unlike her short sister the tall girl does well to wear her skirts on the short side which are fashionable just now a long line of buttons all the way down the front or vertical stripes should not be worn odd jackets and sweaters of a con trasting color to the skirt are an excellent choice tunics and box coats also fit into the tall girls wardrobe the plump girl is also apt to be very sensitive about her size therefore horizontal stripes or plaids are not for her loo tight clothes light colors in odd shades shiny material bold prints or large polka dots are also taboo heavy tweeds and but if a suit is chosen it should such fabrics as satin or velvet add pounds to a girls appear ance the stout girl must depend on simplicity of outline dark colours and small allover pat terns to look her best shoes are important to everyone but a stout girl especially needs a wellfitting conservative shoe nothing looks worse than a too tight flashy pump on a fat ankle the slight girl has an easier time choosing her clothes than the other types because so many dresses and suits at the present time are planned for slender models a wellcut suit of good material is a particularly good buy in these days when there are so many dainty washable blouses and pretty sweaters in the shops the thin girl looks well in bright colored sweaters and plaid skirts whatever type your daughter is encourage her to stick to it and resolve not to copy others who are different she would find a personal scrap book on clothes fun to make and a great help in choosing clothes tootow ill be fortyone it occurs to me that the last four decades have been an inter esting period not only for me but for the world lets have a look back and see what hap pened to the pair of us when my mother presenied my father with a redfaced undersized squalling brat in june 1920 the world was fine place the great war was over democracy had triumphed prices were good and that great leveler of society the model t was about to start turning pi ous sober men into redfaced cursing maniacs the next decade was the time of the selfstyled iost genera tion the era of the flapper the coonskin coat the rumble seat the hipflask and jazz but im afraid they didnt mean much to a skinny kid with freckles growing up in a small town the things i remember are the old silent movies with the piano player thumping out the william tell overture as the climax neared endless sum mers of hot blue sky two fat homely little girls who used to gang up on me and kiss me after school off for a family picnic every sunday in the 192s chev with the sidecurtains and my kid brother following me everywhere i went to my unutterable rage and disgust that must have been just about the best decade the world and i ever had a headless and happy time my parents were as solid as the earth itself my dad was always good for a dime if i worked him careful ly my mother was always there with a kiss or a hug or a cool hand when i was hurt or scared or sick the world was a pleasant place then too what i remem ber most vividly is that it wns so quiet and easygoing com pared to the world of today men worked 48 or so hours a week but very few of them had ulcers women had none of the appliances they have today but they didnt need sleeping pills people walked more every body put his car up on blocks in the winter and nobody drove at night unless he had to on summer evenings people sat on their verandas and visited sunday school lesson lesson for june 4 a search for lifes meaning nchemiah 810 eccles 11218 3111 5 golden text in the world ye shall have tribulation but be of good cheer i have over come the world john 1633 the lesson as a whole the true significance of lifes best lies in our acceptance of gods clearly marked path the returned exiles from babylon learned this when in jerusa lem they submissively bowed to the full authority of the word of jehovah their god this word commanding their conscience and will produced repentance and fresh dedication of heart and life and this in turn brought revival renewal and joy on the other hand solomon was permitted to explore a path of his own choosing carving it out by himself he found it to be thornier and more rugged the farther he went the experi ment was most disappointing and the conclusions arrived at spelled out emptiness and com plete futility the forfeit that he paid was disillusionment and bewilderment life need not be a tantalizing riddle it ought not be a com plex puzzle however it will be such if we elbow god out of our reckoning and insist on mapping out our own destiny thus pride and selfconfidence may bring us to ruin and at the end of the road the ang uished words of the hapless king saul be wrung from our hearts i have played the fool and have erred exceedingly 1 sam 2621 on the other hand by ic- nouncing all selfreliance and putting our hearts trust in the lord alone we can become ra- jjjj- diant christians ours then will be a life of victory the sin ques tion all settled the past will no more haunt us the present clouded world horizon will not unduly disturb us the future will beckon us on with confi dence causing us to rejoice in hope of the glory of god rom 52 the heart of the lesson when god made man he made a creature that was quite dis tinct from the animal we know of course that both man and beast shared and share a dust body but here the common ele ment terminates man is much more than mere body the creator has implanted within the human creature a moral nature with its conscious ness of moral values he senses a difference between right and wrong moreover he has a built- in sense of immortality despite his sinful depravity he possess es a godconsciousness and al so an awareness that he is not a creature of time alone his possession therefore of a moral and spiritual conscious ness completely distinguishes him from the animal man can not live by bread alone life is much more than that materia philosophy that is content with the answers to the questions what shall we cat or what shall we drink or wherewithal shall we be clothed matt 6 3d solomon makes a significant assertion when he states that god hath set the world in their heart eccles 311 and more significant is the rendering of the american standard version where the reading runs he hath set eternity in their heart this translation makes it clear that because of this man can not be satisfied with material things even though god has made everything beautiful in its time no monotonous round of time changes involving mere ly physical and temporal con siderations can really satisfy a creature who was made for god and eternity only god revealed in christ can set the human heart at rest it is still true that he satisfieth the longing soul and filleth the hungry soul with goodness psalm 1079 vanishing farms canadian farms are becoming fewer but at the same time larger according to previous cen suses the number of farms in canada has dropped consistent ly in recent years the 677500 farms of 1911 had fallen to 619400 in 1951 and to just 572 600 in 1956 thats a drop of 15 per cent in 15 years despite the drop in number of farms the total area of farm land remained practically un changed the reason the size of remaining farms expanded from 127 acres in 1911 to 3025 in 1956 census officials expect the census which begins june 1 will show a continuation of these patterns and the results will also help clarify a host of re lated trends both for the whole of canada and its various re gions for example how sig nificantly has contract farming grown how much farther has specialized farming advanced answers to such questions will be useful to farm organiza tions to industry which supplies goods and services to farmers and to federal and provincial departments of agriculture in deciding on farm policies cen sus totals collected from every one are available to everyone but of course the facts on any individual farmer arc held in strict confidence a loaf is an attempt to make both weekends meet and drank lemonade m everyone forty or over knows what happened in the next dec ade our economy came apart at the seams and the world entered the long grinding years of the great depression canada suffered less than some but enough people swallowed their pride and went on relief thou sands of men rode the rods from town to town looking for work begging for food there was no work those who had jobs took pay cuts without a murmur and lived in fear of worse my dad hung on grimly but lost his business in the end at fifty he had a wife and live children no job and no money we made out my mother took in boarders sold home baking and pinched the pennies until they bled my dad took any work he could get i remember one job was selling coffins he sold three in three months and his total commissions were about sco out of this he paid his car expenses meals and lodgings on the road it was a difficult time to be an adolescent but i have won derful memories of that decade first love in high school play ing rugby in the fall mud square dancing half the night at country dances my first job sailing on the lakes first int erest in world affairs and a burning desire to go to spain with the international brigade but too young the thirties ended with a bang when we went to war before i was swept away on the stream with the rest of my generation i had a year at uni versity by sheer luck that was a good time the phoney war was still on and wa squeezed every drop of juico from our student days know ing they were of brief duration i dont know what happened to the forties they went by in a blur of excitement overseas pubs girls friends operations prison camp back to univers ity scuttled by a pair of brown eyes married and a father be fore i rightly knew what wa happening then the fifties as i cnterel my thirties into the weekly newspaper business and work ing like a dog delighting in my babies thrill of the first see ondhand car fun of buying an old house and fixing it up sat isfaction in turning out a good paper sometimes good fishing and hunting good friends but the world speeding up the big bomb hanging here the job always demanding and now in my forties well see what the sixties have in store for me and the world already a new job new friends new interests for me new fears new threats new weap ons and new worlds for the world ah i can add is that im supposed to be at the danger ous age i hope the world isnt there hasnt been a dull mo ment in the last four decades for either of us i hope were both around lo tell about it when i enter my seventies in 1990 numbering stamps full line in stock goc to ooe th stouffville tribune 1961 uxbridge township tax notices were mailed out on may 10h 1961 this is the only tax notice for 1961 that you will receive first instalment due and payable at par on or before june 15th 1961 jiterest at the rate of 1 per month or part thereof will be charged following june 15th for nonpayment second instalment if paid on or before lunr 15th 3361 a discount of 3 will le allowed on second instalment only positively no discount after june 5th the torontodominion bank at uxbrldge has been added to the list where taxes may be paid with no additional rliarge the township office will remain open the following addi tional hours for your convenience saturday june 3rd 10th 1000 am 100 pm june 11 ii 15 evenings 700 pm 900 pm 4 e foskett xftx collector goodwood itjmiri how about telling daddy that he needs more life insurance now thai im around theres a sun lite representative in town and sun life you know is one of the worlds great life insurance companies why not ask daddy to all him today jim abelt phone 237 stouffvimjs sun life assurance company of canada