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tt 2 the stouffvm tmwkt nony odcoar ft wu editorial lets not throw money down the drain following the meeting last week of stouffville library board mem bers and the local municipal council some time was spent in consideration of whether or not there was any merit in spending additional thous ands of dollars on improving the present library building at least two council members councillor par sons and deputyreeve laushway voiced definite opposition to any such proposal this was not to say that they favored immediate acceptance of a sixty to seventyfive thousand dollar library project but they did declare the foolishness of spending more money on a building and site that could never be a satisfactory answer to the library needs in years to come we agree that the present build ing has served its day residents of forty years ago looked with consid erable pride on our library building the only carnegie foundation lib rary in the district this was fine for the population of those years but that day is gone the town is three times the size it was then and is des tined to be much larger within the next ten years however the library has remained the same and the lack of facilities has become acute as most of these things do before any action is taken it is to be hoped that coun cil does not embark on any foolhardy venture to try to squeeze more out of the present accommodation at a waste of the taxpayers money under the present financial stress with one new school addition just completed another coming up next year and the disposal plant ex pense it would appear that the ac quisition of a site is about as far as council could go for the next couple of years on january 1st 1963 stouffville will embrace three times its present area many are looking forward to an expansion boom follow ing this annexation should they be right and we trust they are the monies collected from lot fees should soon mount once more to a sizeable sum here would be a source of revenue if the government agrees for library purposes several years ago the growth in town made the need for better municipal building facilities a must these funds were used for this purpose at that time it might not be necessary to load the total expense of such a project on the fund but at least a healthy pro portion might be covered in this way if permission was granted we were impressed at the meet ing by mr foords statements re garding education and the fact that reading and learning does not cease at the end of high school he was so right reading is both a pleasure and an education in which many of us indulge all too little and as one coun cillor pointed out even though the better library facilities are needed for the present attendance these better facilities might encourage some of the rest of us to become better read were one hundred per cent be hind the project not with the idea that it is going to be done tomorrow but at least as something towards which we can plan for the future there is much thought and spade work necessary both in securing a suitable site and in scaling a new building to come within our financial ability tu pay let us not rush into this but lets not procrastinate either this is something stouffville needs road to have its face lifted at long last the ninth conces sion in the twp of whitchurch is to receive a permanent pavement the move will be welcomed by present and future residents along this route situated between a residential com munity in the south and a populated resort area to the north over the past years the face of this road has been scarred and scraped boiled and oiled graded and gravelled in a neverending program of maintenance that has cost the municipality thousands and thous ands of dollars this year the coun cil has given the green light to a start on a project that will put a permanent plug in a costly drain on road appropriation funds looking back over the tribune records we find that such a plan was discussed by councils in whitchurch more than a decade ago it would appear that nobody wished to take the initial plunge at that time and the program was permitted to hang fire we feel that it is a wise move one that had to be made sooner or later makes one wonder the canadian tax foundation has recently released its latest study on the canadian tax picture and may be a revelation to many citizens that they are now paying outmore than onequarter of all they earn in taxa tion rates of taxation have been in- creasing over the last five years at an enormous speed levies for old- age pensions sales taxes plus indi vidual income taxes and those on corporations and payments for hos pital insurance the study shows that on every dollar one earns the average citizen pays 36 cents to the provincial gov ernment 39 cents to municipal gov ernment and 183 cents to ottawa this amounts to 258 cents on the dol lar a considerable proportion of the wage for the average wage earner this is a thousand dollars a year over a period of forty years the various governments will nick the average canadian for 40000 to 50000 it is little wonder that under such conditions few can become men of property greater protection hoped for it is hoped that with implemen tation this nionth of ontarios new motor accident claims fund motor ists will have greater protection against those uninsured drivers tra velling our highways hitherto there has been considerable complaint re garding the length of time it took to receive any of the fund and the amount under the new edict victims of motor accidents with uninsured driv ers will be able to collect up to 35000 for death or personal injury protection against property damage is also increased to 5000 up to now 10000 was the limit of payment for death or personal in jury of one person and 20000 for death or injury to two or more per sons with a maximum of 2000 for property damage law enforcement officers will ba checking more closely to ensure that all owners of motor vehicles are either insured or have paid the 2000 uninsured fee to the motor vehicle accident claims fund the new fund which came into effect july 1 provided for a more effective and speedy settlement of claims the minister reminded mo torists of two new benefits included in the legislation that have been in effect since that date first the inability of a claimant to locate an uninsured motorist will no longer deprive the claimant of his right of payment nor will the claim ant be delayed in processing his claim because he cannot locate the uninsured motorist under the new regulations claimant may have the writ served on the registrar of motor vehicles as the agent for the uninsured person second a person having a claim against an uninsured motorist may apply directly to the fund for pay ment of his claim without having to commence ah action in court fire destroys 27000 acres of forest a total of 1222 forest fires i burned or destroyed an estimat- i ed 27000 acres of canadas r forests during august accord- f ing to the statistics released by the federal department of forestry an area estimated at 449000 acres has been burned over by 5563 fires from the beginning of the 1962 forest fire season to the end of august this is a sharp reduction from the corresponding period in 1961 when 8712 fires covering 5420 000 acres were recorded during the years 195261 the seasonal average up to the end of august was 5183 fires with an area bumed of l593000 acres i someday sugar ana spice by bill smiiey once in a while i lose heart most of the time i roll with the punches smile wryly admit that rome wasnt built in a day and go right on trying to instill in youngsters some know ledge of their native tongue t i but occasionally i stride from the classroom go barreling into the men teachers washroom fiercely suck on a cigarette and stare morosely into the toilet bowl wondering how i was ever finagled into the teaching of english its a crazy language oh ill admit its strong virile colorful flexible and often beautiful but its also inconsistent irregular insane and intimidating compared to the soldierly marck the regular formations of latin english is a disorderly stream of refugees compared to the lucidity logic and precision of french english is the flight of a bat what other language for example would have five differ ent pronunciations for ough count them bough cough dough enough and through what other language would pronounce read said and led exactly alike or would pronounce two words of totally differ ent appearance you and ewe identically or would have four utterly useless and unpronounced ks in such a word as knickknack however thats enuff of that stough im too busy trying to teach the language to have any time for reforming it i dont really demand much all i ask is that kids in high school stop saying things like i wooda if i cooda eliminate the thisheres and the thattheres from their vocabulary and refrain from writing things like i seen in a book were theirs no people on the moon like in addition i try gently but persistently to lead them away from such gruesome sups as if babies dont like raw vegetables they should be boiled and that ojd favorite the dangling participle which calmly states sitting on the veranda 40 cows were seen i dont blame the youngsters many of them are exposed to sparse vocabularies and anythinggoes grammar not only at home but on television and in the movies they see and junk they read they can scarcely be expected to acquire im peccable spoken and written english in a few hours at school each week they try though they try bless them their foreheads knot with strain as they tell you that the three principal part of the verb cling are cling clang clung their eyes roll in their heads as they spell with a dash and daring worthy of more heroic feats and every year some kid tries to throw the teacher by asking him to spell antidisestablishmentarian- ism and explain what it means on second thought english is a fascinating language with a bold vivid coloring all its own and i reckon id rather teach it than anything else occasionally one comes across a student with those rare twin gifts an ear for language and a joy in the manipulation of words when that happens it makes up for a host of headaches and where else could one come across such delightful miscues as that of the boy who wrote they came withing a hares breath of success and where else could yju find a language that could con ceivably spell fish as photi just pronounce it ph as in physics o as in women and ti as in nation fish its a grand old tongue and i think that if i just put my shoulder to wheel carry the ball with my nose to the grind stone and hit the odd home run i should be able to go down with my flags flying typewriters to sell or rent the stouffville tribune editors mail the editor stouffville tribune ontario 20 more taxes if yes vote a yes or no vote will not change the drinking habits of the people of pickering town ship however a yes vote will help lighten our taxes the ontario government will give our township treasurer 20 of all taxes collected from licenced premises based on all their sales why should we lose this money to ajax scarboro and markham also our asses sor will be assessing the real estate and business taxes of new premises which will be built if we vote yes these pre mises can only be built in areas zoned commercial and after approval of the lcbo and our council citizens can voice objections to the building of any outlet by appearing in council chambers in 1959 our government took in 566 million in liquor taxes and gave 96 5 million on school grants if liquor was prohibit ed in ontario either school grants would be reduced drast ically or our taxes would be sub stantially increased yours truly rblake sodturning for ajaxpickering hospital oct 27 unanimous approval for the third reading of a bylaw grant ing 1079000 from ontario county to the ajax and picker ing general hospital on satur day has prompted an announce ment this week that the official sod turning for the new build ing will be held on october 27 hospital chairman r d thompson offering the hospi tals thanks for the grant said the county councils seal of ap proval ensures area residents of adequate hospital care the countys action farsighted and meaningful for generations to come is to be highly com mended he added the final reading of the coun ty bylaw follows announcement by the ontario hospital serv ices commission of the appro val for a provincial grant of 449993 34 towards the build ing of a new hospital pledges and donations to the hospital fund campaign now to tal 353000 and several gener ous contributions are forthcom ing said mr thompson canvas objective is 495000 while the hospital applauds the approval of grants the suc cess of our hospital campaign rests with fund contributors from across the hospital service area said mr thompson the campaign office noted that pledges are being honored on time and that more than one third of the 353000 pledged has been received in cash the office hopes to receive remain ing industrial and residential pledges within the next few weeks established iks a v nolan son publishers member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontario weekly newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 350 elsewhere 450 c h noun hum jas thomas editor us mckean tribune survey shows doortodoor salesmen unappreciated by most local residents try to twist your arm few stouffville and district residents tend to roll out the welcome mat for salesmen who travel doortodoor according to a telephone survey conducted by the tribune this week many felt that the caller tended to misrepresent his product while others contended that they attempted to force their sales even against the homeowners better judgment mr chas jackson town deputyclerk said that many people contact the municipal office as soon as a salesman comes knocking on their door to ask if the party in question has a licence mr jackson noted that following inquiries of this kind all individual cases are checkjd he said that the fee for a hawkers and peddlers licence is 25 with caterers and food vendors paying an even higher rate if a salesman wants to come to town and sell his goods its alright with me said mrs sherwood jackson elm road some people may buy their products but i wont mrs gordon smith albert street can speak with consider able authority on the subject of salesmen for she does this type of work i feel considerable sympathy for the salesman who has a legitimate product to sell she said some are given a pretty hard time she said that she has a route and a list of satisfied clientele who welcome her when she calls i object very much to the salesman who uses mis representation in order to sell his product she said some of them will come around and say they are taking a survey of some kind and before you know it they have you buying a set of books that you dont want buy at stores mrs bert chewins suggested that local merchants can pretty well fill the needs of residents and purchases from strangers are not necessary a resident on clarke st mrs chewins contended that although she does not approve of door- todoor selling there would be no way of keeping such persons out of town as long as they complied with the licencing regu lations mrs marshall connor lloyd ave said she would not open the door to a salesman unless he or she was known to them if i want something i can go to the store and buy it agreed mr connor a onetime salesman of memberships in the on tario motor league he said he never attempted to high pressure anyone into buying or used gimmicks to completa a sale if a customer does not wish to buy it theres not much use twisting his arm he said often a salesman tries to dispose of a product that you havent the remotest use for said mr f a mabee stouffville rr2 they insist on taking up your time with a lengthy conversation when you may be busy or have visitors in some salesmen are alright and some are not explained mrs sam fretz main st e if a salesman comes around with a good article from a known firm i will welcome him our little terrier dog scares them off said a local rural resident mrs tom davis baker ave contended that outside sales men should be kept out of the town although she agreed that such a ban would be difficult to enforce as a rule i never buy from them she said they should be screened and asked to produce their credentials said mr wm hall cone 9 north he suggested that a local resident should be permitted to sell doorto door because if the merchandise is unsatisfactory he must face tha consequences from the customer when a man comes from outside the town and asks for a cash payment you never know if you will ever receive the product there are countless cases in stouffville where outsiders have misrepresented the facts and the customer is left with nothing except a big bill turn dog loose whenever a salesman comes around to our house i send the dog after him said mrs ernest cort of ringwood its worse in toronto than here she said she noted that every thing from sewing machines to aluminum windows are sold doorto door once they get inside its almost impossible to get rid of them she continued in referring to a personal experience mrs cort said that her sister paid out 10 for a vacuum cleaner that was supposed to cost 35 with a discount the machine would sell at a bargain of 25 the customer was to pay the balance when the cleaner was delivered the salesman came around in the afternoon and asked for 149 she recalled he left the machine in the house she explained that her sister took the company 1o court but lost the case since she had signed the contract and had no witness to back up a charge of misrepresentation you asked me for my opinion and now youve got it she concluded mrs david prentice fairview ave argued that quite often doortodoor salesmen do the housewife a service by displaying merchandise that she would otherwise not see or hear about she agreed however that the customer should be forever watchful of the type who uses misrepresentation im not anxious to answer the door when a salesman comes around stated mrs bert stouffer rupert ave she said that once in a long while they do carry items that ara useful but not too often i do buy from the fuller brush salesman watkins and avon representatives because it saves me a trip to the store said mrs w wlldenauer main st i dont like magazina peddlers or salesmen that come around and try to unload calendars one anonymous tribune caller had this critical comment if a salesman ever came around when my wife was home shed shoot him half past teen