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ui 2 the stouffviue tribune twfjy ky 16 1963 editorial the bomb this writers home at 381 rupert avenue in stouffville is still standing although for thirty long minutes on saturday night its life was worth little more than the garden of dande lions that surround the site if you know whats good for you youll be out of house by 830 vibrated a baritone voice into the receiver the short onesided con versation ended as abruptly as it started a hasty call put through to the police found three individual depart ments already checking on a similar incident reported to them minutes before we decided o embark on a little private detective work on our own if someone was going to plant a bomb in your basement where would be the most logical place to conceal it we considered prior to our descent into the cellar would it be in the washing machine a pickle jar the garbage can a flowerpot or a vinegar jug could the ticking sound of the timing device be heard above the roar of the furnace the steady drip of a leaking tap or the clatter of the power mower still idling outside after tripping over our daughters sleigh hitting ray head on the cage of a deceased canary knocking a jar of preserves on the cement floor and collapsing a collaps ible pingpong table we decided it was time to return to ground level by 815 rupert ave was alive with police cars the evacuation order had gone out what an up heaval daughter susan was getting ready to crawl under the bed covers and son barry was crying for hi3 bottle wife jean was attempting to tend to both at the same time and husband jim was doing nothing but spread grass clippings throughout the house outside the street looked like the martians had just landed at ringwood blockades had been set up at both ends of the block with the exception of an odd protruding head from a bathroom or a bedroom window the human element had van ished into thin air it was a veritable dodge city before a gunfight at 831 every piece of brick and mortar was still intact at 815 the police conducted their own personal search at nine oclock the allclear was sounded at 915 we returned to our abode susan to her bed barry to his bottle wife jean to her supper dishes and i to the most un pleasant task of gathering up the remnants of a jar of preserves re- erecting the collapsible pingpong table and sweeping up the grass clip pings strewn through every room were we frightened no not really just a little disturbed and more than a little curious concerning the identity of the anonymous mess enger a difficult position at best the position of welfare officer in municipality the size of pickering township must represent a tedious task even under the best of condi tions for any employee to be sub jected to public ridicule as has occurred within recent weeks at brougham presents a situation that to the majority of persons would be unbearable fortunately for the administrat or and perhaps for pickering twp also one albert e cane has the ability to strike back when the irons in the fire become a little too hot last week he was given the oppor tunity to defend both his character and his post and from our vantage point he proved himself equal to the task reeve sherman scott has called a halt to further discussions in pub lic of welfare matters we feel that the move although a little late in coming should end the controversy that in our estimation accomplished absolutely nothing pickering like some other adja cent townships has its particular areas that breed welfare cases there are the worthy recipients but there are also the goodfornothings who would rather live off the country than get out and earn a living wage a welfare officer must try to filter the chaff from the straw and in doing so he is bound to make enemies if an employee is to do his job and do it well he must have the full and complete cooperation of all mem bers of the council this is particular ly true in positions where the per sonnel are in direct contact with the people in performing their daily duties if their backing is divided and with a dozen indians howling for a scalp the chances of survival become almost nil you might spark a new industry if you could help bring an indus try into stouffville wouldnt you do 60 if you are as keen as the average citizen should be you would spare no effort to help along the productivity of your town it has been pointed out not once but several times that individuals have more opportunities than they realize to help the future of the com munity when a manufacturing firm de cides to move a branch plant into a small town it is not uncommon for one of the executives of the firm to take a short tour throughout the area he may look over several com munities taking note of the location transportation and other services these items can be noted without too much trouble in the end he will narrow the choice down to two or three and then he will begin to look a little deeper into things which dont appear on public records his best way to find out about the spirit of the community is to start dropping in on a few mer chants is business good or bad would the merchant move if he could sell out would be some of the questions he might ask the answers he gets may largely determine whether or not he is ever seen in the town again r it should be quite clear that no one in the community can afford a pessimistic attitude about the town and its future no industrialist is going to give much thought to a town where the residents are discouraged and unenthusiastic lets make our attitude bright and optimistic about the town in which we spend our lives and where many of our children will spend theirs time of decision is drawing near the time for final examinations in both high and public schools is drawing close at hand few students are looking forward to them and a great many regard them with a special kind of dread this is the time when actual marks become the beall and endall for everything edu cational like money it is not the marks themselves that are so important but what is represented marks represent the meaning of what we have really learned and what we have been able to store up in our minds to get the marks or failed to store up and in so doing failed to get them the dread which is built up in ome students facing examinations is something which has raised the point time and again as to the actual value of examinations as a gauge unquestionably many have failed to make the grade when they actually knew the answers but because of this great tension were unable to get them down on paper this inward struggle to keep calm in the face of final examinations is something which goes on within a large percentage of our students it is hard for them to realize that life and learning which accompanies or should accompany the good life is too enduring and too precious and too necessary to be lightly translated into marks the right attitude to learning the one which proceeds out of the curiosity for knowledge means you dont have to worry about marks they will follow it as naturally as night follows day oh yeah theres marks here here here and here sugar and spice by bill smiley im way anne ross have you taken a really good look around stouffville lately have you noticed all the tidy yards and beautifully tended gardens up and down one street afler another stouff ville has assumed a clean and sparkling face as a result of the painstaking efforts of homeowners everywhere i took a leisurely tour of practically all the streets in town last sunday it was mothers day remember and my family took over the dishwashing chores and it was a real delight to see the results of much pickingup and raking and cultivating and trimming of all the properties so they now present such a cherished and wellcaredfor appearance the schools with their trimly clipped lawns the wellswept look of the park the sprucedup appearance of most business properties and then i took a turn down market street what a shocking eyesore exists between aida cleaners and the iga store a front year full of scrap metal untidy scatterings of splinter ed wood and debris empty containers strewn around in a real junk heap the fire department should definitely look into this property to check the potential fire hazard and tax payers of the street should complain vociferously to have the mess cleaned up this property less than a block from main street is no credit to stouffville discussion needed id like to direct a suggestion to the business men of main street seems at times that parking for the general public your customers is at a premium while at the same time much space on main street and nearby side streets is taken up by daylong parking of the cars of merchants and their employees how about getting together to discuss offstreet parking using available space behind your stores and offices for your own cars thus leaving main street clear for the convenience of your customers problem solved when entertaining or just relaxing in the garden most people dont know what to do with cigarette butts you cant just toss them into the flower bed and yet the wind has a nasty habit of blowing them out of ordinary ash trays heres the solution an attractive handy outdoor ash tray save large- size juice cans wash them and put two or three inches oi sand in each for ballast paint them in bright colors and set them conveniently around the patio or sitting area of the garden where cigarette butts can be dropped into the top opening which was orginally punctured for pouring out the juice and presto no more cigarettes littering the lawn soak grass seed instead of waging war with the birds who choose newly- seeded lawns for their favourite restaurants soak the grass seed overnight in a strong laundry bluing solution sow the seeds next day and not only will the birds refuse to cat them hut they will germinate more quickly and grow faster and if your shrubbery proves irresistable to fourlegged visitors sprinkle moth crystals on and around the shrubs and dogs and cats will be deterred from hesitating near them and will go on to the nearest hydrant add sugar do you hesitate to plant marigolds in the garden because of their unpleasant odour when cut for an indoor bouquet go ahead and plant them and enjoy their profuse flowering then gather some for the living room add a teaspoon of sugar to the water in your vase and enjoy their beauty indoors without offense to the nose whether its in the home garden or at the cottage have a happy carefree weekend sunday school lesson golden text then they cried unlo the lord in their trouble and he delivered them out of their distress psalm 1078 approach to the lesson many think that this popular psalm with the preceding one was written by moses for israel at a time of national crisis if so they are the two oldest psalms in the book accordingly psalm 90 is certainly a plea for deliverance and psalm 92 a song of thanksgiving between the two comes this hymn of trust and assurance reminding us that there is often a period sometimes quite prolonged be tween prayer and the song of triumph here we need to learn and practice the secret of quiet cenfident waiting for god we shall find this secret in these verses as the theme is the security afforded the belie ver and all men face an un certain future the unfailing po pularity of the psalm should cause us no surprise we need to breathe this refreshing air of trust and to cultivate the quiet ness of reposing in god this psalm is generally regarded as a companion to the previous one in support of this relation ship it may be observed that they are both an elaboration of the same phrase in deuteron omy 3327a and that the mes sage of security through inti mate fellowship with the lord in psalm 91 is the counterpart of the theme of human insigni- figance and desperate need in psalm 90 the two psalms also have a related structure new bible commentary matthew henry writes it is a writ of protection for all true believers not in the name of king david but in the name of the king of kings and under the broad seal of heaven in our days of unprecedented rest lessness and uncertainty we surely need the message of as surance of which this speaks heart of the lesson robert keen has caught in verse the meaning of the psalm and put it into new testament language in the hymn how firm a foundation it closes the soul that on jesus hath leaned for repose 1 will not i will not desert to a a well agricultural representative york county a farm that well known in a community for its high yield ing crops is nearly always a clean farm weed control influ ences yield and my guess is that more yield in york county is lost through weeds than fo am other reason poor fertility disease insect and poor seed all result in losses but weeds take the highest toll there may have been a time when weedy crops had to be tolerated with the weed weap ons we have now a good man ager can beat the weeds almost every time weed sprays are a most ef fective weapon spraying is not expensive and it can be done without upsetting crop rota tions i have seen sprays work suc cessfully many times but ive seen some horrible failures too the failures are often caused by spraying at wrong times using the wrong material or not using the right amount generally spring grain docs not get sprayed early enough the best time is when the crop is six to eight inches high when the crop goes past this stage the weeds are harder to kill they have done most of their damage and there is some loss from the crop being tramped it is almost impossible for custom sprayers to serve all there customers at just the right time smart customers will get their orders in early 24d and mcp are both re commended for grain mcp is a little safer to use but it has to be put on at much higher rates than 24d to get a good kill on the weeds over the years these materials have been used on grain seeded to legumes this is risky business because damage to the legumes may easily be greater than the benefit of the weed control 24- db can be used safely on new scedings a fairly high rate of water going on with lire weed killer helps to ensure a good kill lo to 20 gallons per acre is ideal small amounts may work when the weeds are very small but as the crop advances more water is necessary i visited a mental hospital recentlv a couple of nights after that i watched television comedian lenny bruce both experiences produced the same reactions fascination repul sion and sadness they also nude me ponder the causes of the growing neuriticism of today surely we cant blame it all on the bomb thats too easy 1 think there are a couple of ingredients a utile closer to home on which we can focus if we eliminated them wi might even eliminate the bomb the two elements in modern living which are increasing our population of nuts at a frightening pace are speed and greed speed is the deity of the 20th century reason that of of the 18th we worship it cynically hut unashamedly greed is the fatslobbering little beast inside us that makes us repulsive if we feed it frustrated if we dont and happy only if we strangle it at birth everything is speeding up when i was a kid people ued to sit around on their porches on a may evening shooting th breeze then go oft to bed soon after dark thev slept all night no pills if you sit around on your front porch nowadays all n means is that youre a bum because if you were anv good youd have enough money so that you could either be chasing around the lawn behind a power mower or sitting inside watching television like a decent citizen speed has ceased to be a means to an end and has become an end in itself though we refuse to admit it we speed up production to that we can turn out the article more cheaply as soon as the new method is in operation the price goes up higher overhead we speed on the highways to save time and spend six months in the hospital when we fall to make that curve we speed house work with new gadgets so the good wife will have more leisure time to sit around with a bottle or go out and play bingo high on the list of those latterday satans who eater to tempi and urge on this poor ordinary slob in his worship of speed and greed are the advertising men if that seems a little harsh dont take my word for it just pay a visit to a supermarket shopping used to be a leisurely pleasant part of daily lif for women it was a hangover from the open market of less frazzled times at the grocery store they met their neighbors exchanged repartee with the grocer pinched the meat tasted the cheese squeezed the bread thumped the melons prodded the chickens and sniffed the fish and above all thev chewed the fat today shopping is a frightening souldestroying ordeal the only things the ladies can get their hands on are tha vegetables and there isnt much joy in pinching thumping or taking a bite out of a turnip where their grandmothers dipped a hand into a box or barrel to taste or feel they worriedly read labels or anxiously peer into those vast gleaming mortu aries which have replaced the old meat counter from every shelf in every color they are shouted at lo hurry be quick hasten grab me buy more and harassed by family size special deal limited time only 10c off no wonder they scuttle about furtively snatching up packages like hot potatoes and throning them wildly info their carts everything spells out speed and greed minute rice instant coffee precooked ham ovenready chicken readymix cakes quick frozen fish as a result they buy twice as much as they need in half the time they should then instead of a mutuallysuspicious but friendly tally ing of the bill with the grocer they dive for a spot in th lineup the grub is whisked into bags the cash register chatters its staccato song and they find themselves spewed into the street a vast bag in each arm and only the vaguest idea of how much they spent id like to spend more time on this theme but youll hav to excuse me now ive got to hurry and finish this column so i can rush down to the kitchen my wife wants to know whether i want instant coffee or jiffy cocoa with the piec of pie instant fill readymix crust for my midnight snack got to save time if i want to read my book digest before i go to bed think ill have a big slice of gorgonzola chees with the pie instant dreams you- know 2100 acres acquired by metro conservation black cherry trees will at tain a height of 6070 feet and a diameter of two feet under normal conditions it is the largest member of the cherry family in canada and occasion ally grows to a height of 100 feet bridge a card gamp in which a good deal depends upon a good deal his foes that soul though all hell should endeavor to shake ill never no never no never forsake more than 2100 acres of land have already been acquired by the metropolitan toronto and region conservation authority in the areas where the flood control and water conservation dams and reservoirs are to be built over the next 10 years this information was contain ed in a staff progress report presented to the authoritys ex ecutive committee here today a total of 11515 acres have been acquired to date for all conservation schemes and pro jects including conservation ar eas authority forest and flood plain lands it was pointed out in the report the authoritys 1963 tree planting program is almost completed and will see more than 300000 trees planted on mtrca properties during the period april 15may 15 also some 35000 shrubs for wildlife habitat improvement and river- bank erosion control arc being planted this spring with reference to the pioneer village the report points out that two new buildings arc near ly completed a harness shop and a boot and shoemakers shop there are now some 15 buildings ready for the opening of the village for the 1963 sea son next weekend already school tours of the village are booked solidly for may and june with some 215 classes scheduled the report also notes that th albion hills conservation school being built by the authority through funds received through its conservation foundation is wcll underway nineteen re quests have already been receiv ed from metro and district high- schools for classes at the school during the fall term this will mark the first year that the authority will operat its camp school at humber glen camp north of bolton in con junction with york memorial collegiate the camp school will be held may 222323 for grad 9 students of the collegiate commissioners discuss plans representatives of municipal hydro commissions throughout the county held their semi annual load building meeting last week at the summit view restaurant jefferson commis sioners from richmond hill aurora woodgrldgc stouff ville markham village and sutton discussed how the local utilities can increase the us of electrical power newmarket king city and bolton were not represented at the meeting chairman donald glass of aur ora chaired the gathering jti tuitffuillc olrtbitirv estai1m3iied ho member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and tho ontario weekly newspapers association authorized icondui null poatofflre oepu otuwa member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 350 elsewhere 5450 c ix nolan publisher jas thomas editor jas mrkkan advertising 1