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a 2 the siuwtiui 11h2 editorial bankruptcy laws very slack in this day and age when bank ruptcies have become a common oc currence it has become apparent that the laws governing such opera tions are much too lenient unsus pecting suppliers can be fleeced out of thousands of dollars in just a few months the latest tabulation of such operations show that bankrupt cies left the public holding the bag in 1961 to the tune of s30000000 laws against this reckless dis regard for creditors should be tight ened the manner in which the law works today a man can be driving a cadillac and living in a 250000 home he puts his business into bankruptcy after drawing a substan tial salary for some time his credit ors lose money he still retains his home and car and is free to start another business again the next morning the loss of a few thousand dol lars may be quite incidental to a large corporation but the same loss can wipe out a small businessman we think if s time steps were taken to stop this legal robbery lets get out of the railway business the macpherson royal commis sion on transportation has advocated the freeing of canadas railways for a competitive battle for existence which is a justifiable policy but one which we dont believe goes- far enough to cure the sickness of our dominions railways here is the government again in competition with private enterprise and in a business which today is going to have to look sharp to survive in competi tion against other means of trans portation we say lets get out of the railway business lets amalga mate and we could have some real savings the people of canada are being called on to put up millions each year to keep the business afloat the prob lems of operating in this transporta tion business and making a profit are great enough with trucks cars and planes cutting a big bite out of the business but when we must compete with another private firm in the same business we think its well nigh im possible we have always contended that the government be it federal or pro vincial has no business competing with private enterprise the same en terprise from which it gets much of its tax this goes for transportation television printing or anything else you care to mention to put it simply our railways have enough to handle in trying to compete successfully with other modes of travel without competing with each other there would unquestionably be many protests to such a scheme particularly from labor and there will be many protests on the recom mendations of the royal commission even with its freeenterprise plan it poses problem for the diefen- baker government and no answer may be given until after the next election meanwhile even if no immediate action is authorized it may be that the handwriting is on the wall for railways as they stand today no hairpullinf please more than a decade of mans complete mastery in the sport of hockey will be challenged on friday feb 16th when eleven stouffville girls rigged up in all the latest regal ia will take to the local ice lanes in a thirty minute match a group of girls from uxbridge will provide the opposition the contest will be a forerunner of an exhibition benefit match be tween the uxbridge black hawks and a picked team of stouffville community league allstars the stouffville girls eager for the fray have already lined up their contingent of players a list of the roster appears on the sports page of this issue the culmination of this skirmish could result in a complet revision of the hockey rule book some fifteen years ago girls hockey was an accepted thing in stouffville recently in other cen tres the sport has suddenly come alive and ladies leagues are spring ing up all over although stouffviiles entry will not be in midseason con- dition their efforts will be confined to a onegame stand they plan to hold two pregame practice sessions all in all friday feb 16th appears to be shaping up as a fine hockey show there will be two hockey games and four lucky draws all for the price of 50 cents farmers te have their say are the bulk of farm residents in the township of pickering unfair ly affected by the recently completed land reassessment program in the municipality have pickerings farm folk just cause for concern over their individual assessments if the first question brings forth a resounding yes then we can expect that the brougham hall will be filled to capa city for the federation meeting on taxation and assessment thurs day evening tonight feb 1st if the second question carries an affirm ative reply then the air may be cleared when the matter is placed on the council agenda for the regular meeting on monday feb 5th there is no doubt that the recent writings of mr robt g roy of claremont has stirred up consider able interest among pickerings farm populace we do feel that this group of taxpayers no matter how large or how small should be allowed a fair hearing if they have legitimate com plaints to bring before the council we do not suggest that the council members themselves should become involved in any assessment wrangle the points of contention raised by the delegation could be taken up with the assessment commissioner at a later date possibly in committee we would commend the ontario county federation of agriculture for taking up the torch for the farmer in this matter by providing some form of organized leadership the cards may soon be put on the table the sooner the air is cleared the better it will be for everyone con cerned millions of dollars into space perhaps the news story last week concerning the united states missile shot into space supposedly aimed at the moon but missing its target by a mere 25000 miles may have quickened the pulse of millions but to this writer it was just an other million dollars shot down the drain while this race between rus sia and america continues for the right to slice off a hunk of green cheese other more worthwhile pro jects are allowed to suffer for lack f funds when one considers what pro gress could be made in the field of cancer research heart fund cam paigns slum clearance education and hundreds of other channels that are continually crying for financial assis tance instead of tossing money into thin air it just doesnt make sense when any world power has satisfactorily solved all its problems on the home front then indeed the green light should be theirs to tra vel farther afield for the united states and russia too for that mat ter the goal is a long way off editors mail r r 1 goodwood ont editor the tribune stouffville ont dear sir the editorial in the jan 25th issue of the tribune entitled a missing plank in the plat- iorm brought to mind a geef i have held for some time yes its necessary to pay council- men for their services but not to pay them so much that they are in for the money they ob tain but why does the school act tell us that a country school trustee shall receive no pay nor can he do any repair or im provement work at the school and receive reasonable remuner ation our school trustees have a very thankless job with a good many miles driven in work for the section our school has with held the names of men who would have made good trustees but could not serve because they were required to mike nec essary repairs on the building and property when needed the hiring of a new teacher places added duties on the trus tees i sometimes wonder if the unpaid and seldom thanked board members dont just hire the one who is the handiest ra ther than take the time and gas oline to investigate further not all ratepayers are capable of taking their turns and a school might have a better busi ness administration if men or women who were really interest ed were given enough pay to cover their expenses signed a reader allout for fair play you have just won six dollars would you like to try for 65 sugar and spice by bill smile sometimes i wonder whether ni ever reach that high plateau of peace and quiet and gracious living that beckons from afar or is it only a mirage v when the kids were little i used to console myself as i staggered around in a welter of bottles and diapers illnesses and accidents that everything would sort itself out when they got a little older i could pic ture a pleasant sort of life when the youngsters ceased being so dependent it was the same with my job as a weekly editor i was con vinced that no other occupation was so devouring of ones time and strength so intrusive into ones private life i could think of 44 other jobs that would be easier more remunerative and more productive of leisure for peace and contemplation and it was the same with the old girl as she harried me from pillar to post from base ment to bathroom as she tried to improve my character as she flew into rages i comforted my self shell simmer down after a few years shell stop shoving me her temper will improve and shell realize that you cant make a perfect husband out of a pigs foot what i had in mind was a gracious and dignified middle age the kids would be well- mannered unobtrusive brilliant and obedient the job would be interesting but easy and would include long holidays and big money the old ady would be quiet respectful and appreciat ive of the privilege of sharing my- life well the kids are bigger and older i got one of those soft jobs and the passng years have passed and the only apprecia ble difference is that despite my failing faculties im running faster than ever and that calm peaceful existence seems far ther away than ever oh i know what youre think ing youre thinking hes just raying that ill bet his kids are polite and nice and everybody knows teaching school is a snap and ive heard his wife is a lovely girl in every way 0 well let me tell you some thing my kids are more trouble now than they were when they sat in highchairs hurling pab- lum all over the kitchen and filling their diapers every time you turned your back coping with 170odd lively teenagers every day is a shortcut to the cemetery and my wife has just finished bawling the daylights out of me for the same old rea sons let me give you a run down on the serene sedentary life of a middleaged school teacher just a sample a typical week monday i worked all day came home and did my lesson plans wrote my column and let piper the cat out about 2 am she didnt come back though i went four times to the back door the last twice in my py jamas and hollered into the snowy wastes kim who had brought her home as a stray kitten a year ago wept bitterly all next day and blamed the whole thing on me tuesday x came home from work shovelled snow for an hour did the shopping ran kim over for her music lessons shov elled more snow picked up kim looked for a dam cat prepared lessons and went curling my wife gave me a horrendous blast for loitering a couple of hours at the curling club wednesday was much the same alternating snow shovel ling with looking for cat we discovered that the torn from next door had also vanished i consoled kim with the sugges tion that theyd eloped bed at 1 am thursday night was parents night at the school oy i sim ply cant understand johns eng lish mark he works so hard every night and hes such a good boy a little questioning reveals that john hasnt missed a television program in four months except for the three nights a week he plays hockey friday morning the cat turn ed up looking ashamed after school on friday we took two busloads of kids to the city to see a play on the way home the bus broke down and we sat on the highway in a blizzard for two hours i delivered the last student to her home at 330 am- four hours later the alarm called me to greet the same day get hughs breakfast and drive him to the bus stop where he embarks for his music lesson in the city sunday was pretty quiet just a communion break fast at 9 am a trip to the ski club with hugh dinner to pre pare while the organist took off for a special service and lesson plans into the wee small only break was a halfhour tele phone conversation with a mo ther who thought the teachers were picking on poor sandra because poor sandras best mark was 19 thirty years from now if you happen to see a wizened up little old man going to beat hell in five directions at once youll know its bill smiley running his grandchildren all over the place pursued by the admoni tions of his wife and still dream ing of the day when life will be calm gracious and dignified report from parliament for parents only by nancy cleaveb belonging the miracle adhesive the yearning to belong is part of the plot in every nor mal individuals life it is the miracle adhesive of the family the city the state from a few buttons missing by fisher and hawley this quotation from the case book of a psychiatrist is one of the many sensible comments on human relationships in a very readable volume children can be terribly ag gravating their actions can try the patience of their parents to the limit but no matter what a child does the child must never be rejected by the par ents every child has the right io know that come what may mother and dad still claim him as a member of their family a child desperately needs the security the courage which comes from his feeling of be longing to a group in the old days when families were larger this sense of family unity seem ed easier to achieve in the one or two child homes this com munity of children is missing special occasions such as a family celebration of a birthday strengthen the family bond any activity whether it is singing songs or playing games or listening to a radio program going to the movies or on a picnic in which the members of a family plan and carry out together is very worthwhile if all the members of a household plan to sacrifice some treat forego some favourite expens ive dish so they can contribute to a needy cause such as world refugee fund this too aids the family o iiii established 1im a v nolan son publishers member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontario weekly newspapers association avttortud n mcomcum sia foatfloc ocpt otuwa member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 350 elsewhere 450 c h0uh nbfaw us thomas eft ias mckeah adrirtma by michael starr slr minister of labour i am very happy once again to utilize the medium of this column in order to report to the residents of ontario county on what is happening in the house of commons at ottawa i was also happy during the recess to have the opportunity of visiting many friends in the county and attending a num ber of interesting and import ant functions where my wife and i had the pleasure of being present the opening of the 5th ses sion of canadas 24th parlia ment was perhaps a quieter and more businesslike affair than has been the case in the last few years in my estimation there were fewer visitors and the accent was on sober accomplishment rather than on the social side of things the speech from the throne read by governorgeneral van- ier laid out the government program for the session and as has been the case in the past two sessions it is a com prehensive program of economic and social legislation that will entail a great deal of work on the part of all the members among the important items mentioned in the speech from the throne at the opening of parliament was the municipal winter works program the house will be asked to approve this session increased supplementary estimates to cov er the broadened federal gov ernment participation during the present winter season the program at the present time is running well ahead of jast year with some 250000- 000 in projects already submit ted by the municipalities and approved by the federal gov ernment the government pays 50 per cent of the labour cost involved in carrying out approved muni cipal works during the winter months in ontario an additional 23 percent of labour costs is con tributed by the provincial gov ernment winter works in the prov ince by midjanuary had reach ed a total of 726 millions com pared to 564 millions at the same time last year meanwhile i am pleased to report that the vocational train ing program approved by par liament last session has now reached a total vqlume of more than 207000000 for all of can ada with a federal contribution of 141000000 this includes 162 schools across canada and i would point out that the province of ontario has introduced a mass- ve program calling for 117 vo cational high schools across the province it will be recalled that the federal government reimburses the provinces in the amount of 75 percent of their expenditures on this program and that the program will run up to march 31 1963 a number of provinces aie still working on their programs and the total is expected to rise considerably when all have been heard from the announcement by the prime minister of an increase in the old age pensions of 1000 a month will be welcomed as well as similar increases for blind and disabled pensioners mr diefenbaker explained that the increases were in line with the social justice policies he an nounced in 1957 and that it would continue to be the gov ernments policy to maintain an active concern in the situation of the pensioners the prime minister also point ed out that the present upswing in the economyhad been accom plished without the usual infla tion which in the past had been the inevitable accompaniment of economic booms it is also true that a child needs to belong to a little group cf his own age the small neighborhood gang of boys and girls who live in the same block and play together the happy activity in a nursery school all promote in the pie- school child this same sense of comradeship with others a school age child dislikes to be so different in his clothes or in his standards of conduct from his playmates that he is considered an outsider he will apreciate his friends being wel come and occasional treats of cookies or apples being available when a chum comes into his home to play a teenage girl does not want to be excluded from parties be cause the hour she must be home at nights is so much ear lier thfin the deadline for her friends parents must some times weigh the values of health rules with the need of belong ing and reach some satisfac tory compromise about rules pride in ones own community can be fostered by parents and years later children will have the feeling of having grown up in a desirable area parents who attend and support the church and give religion a vital place in their lives also give boys and girls the sense of belonging to one of the oldest and most sig nificant organizations in the world the spirit of internationalism is stressed today in the higher education of students the threat of destruction through atomic warefare hangs over the whole civiized world for their very preservation men and wo men in many lands are rising up and objecting to nuclear tests the refugee problem demon strates in a practical way the need for the brotherhood of all men in our families we should encourage our children to proudly echo the words ot the greek diogenes who cen turies ago declared i am a citizen of the world magic markers 79c and 110 the latest development in marking devices the stouffville tribum flowers wedding bouquets corsages funeral arrangements don lewis nurseries stouffville 790 u 0 uu weeu