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f9 2 the stouffviae tritune tiunitf uci i yu editorial two fine works two of the finest pieces of public mrvice conducted in stouffville are the public speaking contest and the music festival boih the work of the local lions club the oratorical con test carried on now for some years has been a real help to the high school in providing a platform for the development of this fine talent as we have pointed out in this column many times in the past there is nothing from which a student once grown up can take more satisfaction than the ability to get up and express himself fluently before his fellow it is not something which all can do but a great many are blessed with this talent which only needs a little development and encouragement to bring out the lions club contests day of the old the old fashioned nib pens which have been used in post office lobbies for many years have seen their last days postmaster general the hon william hamilton announced recent ly that the nib pens being used on lobby counters in post offices are to be replaced by modern ballpoint pens a few days ago these new pens arrived at the stouffville office and are now in use after a long period of experi menting with various types of writ ing equipment the decision was made for all pens in larger offices to be re placed mr hamilton in his an nouncement slated that for some time it had been realized the old style pens were outdated and in many cases useless have been a big help in this develop ment to add further to their service in the arts field the lions last year held their first music festival the response was most encouraging and this years festival now in progress will have more than two thousand children competing including choirs in stouffville and vicinity as in every community there is a great deal of musical talent that only needs an opportunity to be expressed this lions project is providing just such an opportunity both these projects take con siderable time interest and effort on behalf of club members as well as others and they are two of the finest pieces of service work carried on in the community type pen is gone the new pens are black and gold and equipped with a 24 inch chain for attaching to the counter to discour age borrowing by absentminded patrons the postmasier general recalled amusingly some of the uses served by the old pens he recalled lobby dart games the ease with which patrons could cover their hands with ink- and make addresses and names quite indecipherable he expressed hope that the modern pens would not only eliminate many of the problems faced by post office patrons but that they would also preserve the postal service from the indignation of many patrons who emerged secondbest from an encounter with the oldtima nibs church spirit the curtailment of a sunday church schedule is not an earth- shaking piece of local news the closing of a church building for lack of attendance is not too uncommon when a closed church reopens its doors and once again takes its place in a community then we feel there is justification for editorial comment this is what has happened in the hamlet of lemonville under the spiritual leadership of a student minister edward mccrea and the enthusiastic assistance of dedicated rural residents the lemon- ville united church has come out ot religious retirement with a work ing membership of 26 this small but overly active congregation is de termined that no permanent padlock will ever be placed on the church doors again this is indeed a proud accomplishment with this type of church spirit the congregation must surely prosper a generous gift outfitting a hockey club regard less of classification is an expensive proposition every so often ihe local minor hockey association is faced with such a problem it can mean an expenditure of several hundreds of dollars a figure that is not too rapidly returned from receipts of the turnstiles with this thought in mind mr walter d atkinson per formed a very fine community spirit ed act recently when he generously presented the stouffville peewee lea m with a complete set of uniforms in cluding sweaters stockings and pants in this new attire the club made its debut last week and a smart er looking group of boys have never skated on stouffville ice mr atkinson has no sons play ing on the team he is not part of the club management nor a member of the association he is not seeking any personal recognition or fanfare in fact the whole matter has been given very little publicity although this may be mr atkinsons wish we feel that it should not be permitted lo pass without a written word of appreciation we know that we speak for every proud player on the club along with their coach and manager for parents only by nancy cleaver when a child makes a mistake parents must ever keep ever keep in mind the fact that their child- j en being human will make mistakes and they should con cern themselves with their own behavior when confronted with a childs mistake what happens jn your home when your child blunders there arc numerous incidents every day books arc left on the stairs lor someone to tsip over or the child helps him- self to a bottle of milk in the lcfrlgeralor and spills some of it on the floor trying to pour it into a glass the radio is left blaring with no one in the house and a tube burns out incidents such as these are ery trying in every household and the desire to blame the per ron who makes the mistake is a very natural one but it is more constructive to ask two questions about any mistake how did it happen and what can be done about it in asking how did it hap pen a parent often can chart a course to prevent it happening again so can a boy or glrl but let a youngster do his own thinking and come to his own conclusions a family council is a good place to discuss how lepcatlng careless blunders can be avoided what can be done about it is a sound question too it sug- jests that jt is better for a child to flike responsibility lor his actions and do what he can to rectify a mistake than to make excuses and fail to make am ends the older generation often complains that younger people are not responsible perhaps par ents do not let them face the consequences of their actions if they have made mistakes let them do what they can to make up for their errors at the same time no one young or old gains experience without making blunders par ents must constantly remember that everyone is bound to make mistakes a lot of mistakes are sure to be made but children must be taught never to repeat their mistakes an error is ex cusable but repeating it is stu pid wiui the necessary help from mother and dad mistakes which have been made can be analyzed and amends made and this is called a learning situation an effort to aid the child in repeating it mother and dad should hope not that their child should never make a mistake but that the mistakes he makes arc not ser ious they should also trust an intelligent youngster not to make the same mistake twice conversely a son or daughter should always feel free to dis cuss these mistakes with their parents parents can encourage this by refraining from becoming angry when a childs error is brought to theu attention every effort must be made by parents to build confidence between par ents and children and this can not be done if parents allow engcr to dominate the situation anger docs not make for happy family living either an emo tional upset atmosphere with ad ults reproaching and children resenting is anything but con structive the adolescenc who gets into serious trouble with the rules of society or the law and who frantically refuses to confide in his parents is merely a youth who has received more than his share of blame at home and has received far too little understan ding in his relations with his parents bertram m beck an author ity on youth work lecturing rec ently in winnipeg said that vlicn a teenager makes a mis take which lands him in serious trouble welfare organizations should have the funds to step in quickly with experts to help solve the mistake is it not strange tiiat adults who make so many blunders themselves often expect perfec tion from their children when it comes to your childs mistakes do remind yourself that it is human to make them give your child understanding loving sup port encouragement to face con sequences if this treatment is applied in time it will help keep your child out of trouble if ap plied when trouble rears its head it may cause a reforma tion copyright the cutrote store cut uquor permit wjsance znotonftf ffi my friend well artjhik hasty pennu nuisance tool a u sugar and spice by bill smiley no one really wants to get even with someone who has mistreated him he wants to gel considerably mor than even with him f have you noticed how the world is turning away from the idea that a hero must be a young man for example when the yanks wanted to send some body whistling around the world in one of those crazy capsules they didnt choose some young punk of twentythree y nossir they picked colonel john glenn a mature intelli gent charming and handsome fellow of about my ageits fin ally being realized that most men of our age possess these qualities along with outstanding ability to handle a crisis under great stress m as the years hurtle by this has become gradually more evi dent to me how excitable and nervous and erratic and just riain silly are young fellows how calm competent poised steady reliable and sane are we more adult chaps ww of course i muse admit its just a matter of experience the young fellow in his late teens or early twenties is inclined to panic when he confronts an un familiar situation but for the middleaged bird theres no such thing hes been through it or something mighty like it w m the msn who has been able to reach 40 without resorting to drugs drink or divorce is a pret ty valuable piece of humanity he may not be able to accomp lish some physical feats as quickly or easily as the young buck but he can perform a lot more mental and social feats and in the process he can last a whole lot longer and finish a good deal stronger m w id like to see for example the young fellow who could have stayed with me last tues day and finished as fresh as i did it was the day my daughter became 11 shed been prom ised a birthday parly after the invitations were out her mother realized that she had to take the other offspring to the city for a music festival and would not be here to run the show w guess who right i was it planner of games judge of con tests master of ceremonies set- tier of fights caterer and gen eral party mother and do you think i didnt handle all those roles with dignity grace charm 2nd warmth not to mention a- plomb and insouciance dang right i did take some young punk of 20 and let him try it let him take over a dozen wild squealing sweet silly giggling little girls hed run sobbing out of the house calling for his mother after 10 minutes of it ww id like to see him acting as judge for the twist contest we held hed probably have given the prize to the kid who could dance it best a mature man would never do that hed give it to the shyest or the gawkicst or his bank managers daughter or somebody useful t id like to see that young fel low hustle up two dozen hot- dogs with the works pour 24 glasses of ginger ale whip the cream serve the jello light the candles and lead the singing and escape with nothing more than a few burned fingers a couple of broken glasses some wax on the tablecloth and not enough nickels in the cake he just couldnt do it hed be screaming for the red cross or somebody before hed dished out the first round of redhots m now im not bragging or look ing for praise im merely point ing- out a fact that is well known to all middleaged men that all middleaged men are more diplo matic tolerant judicious and helpful in emergencies limn are young men m if this is the case someone will ask why is it that young women arent battling to cap ture these paragons instead of going around marrying young men all the time and the cas ual observer will probably re ply that its because young men have hair on their heads and muscles in their bellies and mu sic in their souls f this of course is a super fluous view as anyone who has pondered the whole business can easily see the real reason is be cause these fine middleaged chaps in the very prime and flower of their lives are already in the toils of women who know how fortunate they are and who are hanging on for dear life after all you dont get chaps like us out of grab bags to take care of industrial ac cidents in its oshawa plants general motors of canada has on staff two doctors 10 nurses a physiotherapist an xray technician and seven first aid men the good driver 1 the ontario safety league reminds drivers that a train takes an average of 14 seconds lo pass a level crossing whether your car is on it or not 2 department of transport statistics show that in rural areas 88 of the drivers in volved in accidents in 1961 were classified as had been drink ing although not chargeable as being impaired in urban areas however the hbd group was 44 there may be many factors to explain why the rate is twice as high in rural areas says the ontario safety league one of the obvious inferences is thai the risk from a moderate consumption of alcohol increas es sharply in the higherspeed conditions outside urban areas 3 at 60 mph on an unlight- ed road on a dark night the visi bility range of your headlights is about 200 feet thats just two seconds away from any hid den hazard says the ontario safety league you couldnt stop in time always drive slow er at night never outdrive your headlights 4 the ontario safety league reports an interesting develop ment in italy aimed at reduc ing the danger arising from cars thai break down on ihe highways all motorists now are required to carry in their cars a onefoot high triangular red refleclor if a driver slops at night on any road outside the cily he is legally obliged lo place this warning sign 50 yards back towards the traffic coming in iiis own lane 5 drivers should always slow down in snow conditions and they should slow down still more when they approach a flashing blue light says the on tario safety league blue flash es mean that a slow moving snow plough or sander is up ahead not knowing or ignoring this warning signal has led to many accidents 6 quote by the ontario safe ty league a motorist is a per son who after seeing a wreck drives carcfuiiy for several blocks way back when siwrrftfrt phone 152 the stouffville tribune in n iimn nv mire hwffvtll fflrrhuitf established lilt a y nolan son publishers member of the canadian weekly newspaper associalion and the ontario weekly newspapers association asuiortutf u mmaicioi man rectose dtpl ottawa member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 350 elsewhere 150 c i mouil mfcto us thomas ute it mckean sjfeitisift- jan it 193 1 extension of the hdio lines into the farming district cast of stouffville has progressed to such a stage that the current may be turned on this week the line extends as far east as ai- tona messrs levi forsyth and wm recsor are the only two who have installed capacity for farm use but there are other farmers along the route who are likely to hook up shortly the following information is compiled from newspaper files largely secured from the adver tising columns aut 1896 turning to st lawienre mar ket reports for aug 1896 one sees new laid eggs quoted at 3 and 10c a dozen and butter 9 and 10c a pound creamery butter 12c ducks sold at from 10 to soc a pair geese 6 to sc a pound and chickens 40 to 60c a pr turkey sold at 8 to lie and glutted the market on oc casion at 5c a lb potatoes 40 to 50c a bag ap ples 40c to 5105 a barrel of 200 lbs with better quality at 5250 turnips 10c a doz you could obtain the finest cuts of beef at 1254c a pound other butch ers advertised choice meat and veal at 4c a pound and boil ing beef at 2c a lb 8 and 10c was the cost of good sirloin steak breakfast bacon was 10c ham 12c and sausage 7c a pound the best anthracite coal sold at 5575 a ton nut coal 425 and maple cordwood at 54 and 55 a cord needless to say the low prices of 1896 were coinci dent with very hard times and jow wages in toronto laborers received 5100 for a long days work in domestic service a skilled cook general was lucky to get 510 a month january 29 19 i two rinks of local curlers played in the preliminary con test ontario tankard at un- ionvillelast week and wore suc cessful in winning the district trophy thereby holding the right to represent district no 13 when the big roundup lakes place in toronto the local players were f l button skip milt storey j agnew row- botham sam armstrong skip wm armstrong mervyn watts and henry briuinger it was currently reported in town that another barber shop was to start operations here thus bringing the number of shops up to four something ot a record for a place the size ot stouffville in addition there are two men in each shop now operating mr leonard keeping grandsoninlaw of mr and mrs george urquhart has been em ployed in various shops and is anxious to establish himself here six men engaged in the bartering business in this place fifteen years ago would have been unthinkable but since the trade has been increased two fold by the patronage of the la dies and girls the six meii now working are apparently doing very well from feb s edition 1931 way back when do you remember vvhou the congregational church was on die south side of main st near tenth st the church was a suuaie wooden building with a heavy frame construction built from virgin pine by the late rev ludwig kribbs who came to stouffville as a missionary and organized a mission church in the very early days of stouff ville in fact 1842 the organization meeting wa held at the mertcns fatt home just west of the village where descendants of this pioneer fam- iy still live and in the youns church then constituted were representatives of a number of well known families including the nichols millards trcacys lehmans robinsons barnes blackies stennets morris widemans and mertens mr kribbs the early mission ary was a competent carpenter as well as an eloquent preacher and personally supervised and executed the building of the church and also his parsonage adjoining and the fact that both buildings were many years later taken apart and rebuilt on other sites where they remain testi fies to the good workmanship that was originally expended on them the church building after be ing vacated by the congiega- tion when the brick church now occupied by the christian church was built about 1875 was used for years as a community hall later for a time as a roller- skating rink and finally as an implement warehouse then about forty years ago was tak en down and rebuilt without its sloping roof and bell tower where il now stands over the creek on dr freds property and is occupied as stores for john monklioiise and his neigh hour john chinaman the parsonage after mr kribbs left it became the home of dr vreel sr and was the boyhood home ot dr s 1 freel dr ira and the other doc tors in this well known medical family the house was later re moved and rebuilt where it 1io stands on mill st just above duchess si signed by oldtimer flowers wedding bouquets corsages funeral arrangements don lewis nurseries stouffville 790 mmtnumnmutn anyone who ow11s anything should make a will you neednt he wealthy to warrant a will in fact the less you have to leave your loved ones the more important il is to conserve il and make the most of it we as executor of many estates know the pitfalls the endless difficulties and biller disappointments that result from home made wills or worse from no will at all let our estate planning officers have 1be opportunity of explaining to you our valu able services in the conslruclion of a 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