The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

p5 2 the stouffviue tribune thurwfjy noembtf 21 1963 ejditariut lets curb this nonsense break in the cold war we sat in the house of com mons at ottawa last week and listened at times with disgust as speaker after speaker rose with ques tions meant only to consume time or embarrass the government we were also surprised with the leniency al lowed by the speaker of the house who after all is the chairman of proceedings naturally the minority government of prime minister pear son would like to see these unneces sary questions curbed and naturally it is the opposition parties who have the final say as it is their prerogative to question the government if there was any chance that this prerogative was in danger un questionably everyone would oppose the move to curb the questioners however we all know this questioning privilege has been abused by all par ties and has at times degenerated into a game to see how long it can be kept up thus holding back legislation which could be of value to the country the move to limit the question periods to thirty minutes is a move in the right direction but making the speakers stick to matters which are of real public concern may be more difficult to enforce nevertheless rules can be chang ed and should be changed if they jeopardize the welfare of the people at the same time we believe that either the speaker should have more authority to keep the sessions in line or if he has sufficient authority al ready he should exercise it a little more rigidly cant expect something for nothing one of the chief complaints that will likely be introduced at the town nomination event on thursday even ing tonight will likely touch on industrial assessment or the lack of it as the subject pertains to stouft- ville some criticism was voiced from the floor last year and from our van tage point it would appear that the situation is still about par for the 1962 course we have an industrial committee here comprising wellmeaning gentle men who are as anxious to welcome industry within our municipal bord ers as any taxpayer critic but the truth of the matter is you cant ex pect something for nothing with no remuneration the com mittee members are no more able to take the time and trouble to search for this type of tax relief than any of our commuter cousins or resident ratepayers they receive nothing and nothing is received some towns and townships have acquired the services of wellpaid industrial promoters to handle such important posts we seem to expect the same service at some one elses expense for free on the same issue last week in markham township council reeve charles hooper contended that in the interests of industrial expansion such a committee should display its public spirit and be satisfied with gasoline money this is all very kind cooperative and generous but we cannot help but wonder if the receipts from this committee will just about equal the payments for their years activity kicks should be reversed on halloween night vandals entered the grounds of the forsyth cemetery south of glasgow in ux- bridge twp and caused considerable damage to several tombstones there not satisfied these lower forms of humanity returned again last week and caused damage even more exten sive than on their initial escapade a reward has been posted for informa tion leading to the arrest and con viction of the parties responsible these grounds although not used have been kept in a neat and trim condition due to the efforts of a few local men who still retain a link with past pioneers now buried there funds to care for such prem ises are limited and acts of vandalism such as occurred at the site recently only add to the trustees problems we sincerely hope that these irresponsible individuals are caught and convicted it could bring an end to other related incidents of destruc tion that have occurred in the area over the past year all too quiet on the election front with nominations in three local municipalities stouftville markham and uxbridge townships only hours away and three others markham village whitchurch and pickering pending next week one would expect that the electorate would be all primed up for this annual platform performance in spite of the fact that three councils are headed to wards twoyear terms there appears to be a general feeling of disinterest among the ratepayers we feel that the main cause of apathy among the residents is due to the fact that there are few vital issues at stake and the general spend ing of the peoples money is no longer any cause for concern if you want to attract a standing- room audience to a nomination ga thering in stouffville the council must first initiate plans to dismiss a policeman or organize a plebiscite for permission to slip a few grains of fluoride into the towns drinking water its the same everywhere you go create a little dissension among the rank and file of the electors and then hold onto your hat we can see little reason for verbal fireworks here in stouffville markham village whitchurch or markham township assessment problems could create a slight stir in uxbridge township and to an even lesser degree in pickering the sum and substance of the whole election picture would appear to be no issues no interest spare cash in dusty places if you find any old government pamphlets in your attic dont toss them into the garbage can they may be worth money four pages publish ed during the third session of the first parliament of lower canada entitled act for regulating the manner of licensing public houses recently sold for s75 at a victoria antique auction this year captain walbrans bc coast names pub lished in 1909 for less than 200 sold for 85 bidding is keen among scholars writers librarians and mus eums for informative material im portant to basic research we might add a further note if at any time you locate very old copies of your local newspaper it would be an excellent idea to let the publisher know or at least save them carefully the opening and expansion of local museums make these early papers of great interest today by old we mean previous to 1890 the tuuffuillc urtbniic established 14j member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontario weekly newspapers association authoruj a ircondcljii mill pentose depu otuw member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 350 elsewhere 150 a h nolan rublwicr jas thosias editor jas mckean advertlsinj sunday school lesson golden text to wit hat god was in clirisl reconciling the world unto himself not im puting their trespasses unto hem and hath committed un to us the word of reconcilia- tian 2 cor 519 approach to the lesson the theme throughout the first five chapters of 2 corin thians is christian service in general and more particularly the ministry entrusted to paul he has set forth the spiritual nature of that ministry in chapter 3 and its compulsion cost and sufficiency in chapter 1 in 418 he sets his sights on eternal values which leads na turally in 519 to a warm state ment of his happy expectation of glory when he is with christ which is far better phil 123 but unlike so many christians he realizes that there is a day- hyday discipline implicit in that hope for when he needs christ he will have to give an account to him of the use of his time and talents the thought is sobering it is our aim therefore to please him whether we are at home or away for every one of us will have to stand without pre tense before christ our judge and we shall be rewarded for what we did when we lived in our bodies whether it was good or bad no one who is aware of the selfpleasing lives of many ev angelical christians today can fail to feel how sharply this re veals our present need we must ail stand before christ as our judge and give an account of the way we have spent our lime money and talents- sum mers spent idly sundays used for personal laziness or pleas ure inordinate time spent on coffee breaks golf courses in reading light literature or in careless gossip what sort of an account will this be and what then shall we say of christian service carelessly rendered missionfields at home and a- broad neglected money retain ed to foster pride of life and to keep up with the joness how then will anybody be able to justify the unforgivable sin of christrejection surely the petty even if sometimes true excuses of nonchristians in adequate preachers insufficient time will die on their lips our lesson therefore takes every life in all its facets and holds it up to the searching light of christs judgment itis bracing challenging teaching such as we all need as dr mc laren has said it is this set ting of the will of jesus christ high up above all other com mandments and proposing to ones self as the aim that swal lows up all other aims that i may please him it is this and not creeds forms opinions professions or even a faith that simply trusts him for salvation that makes a true christian you are a christian in the pre cise measure in which christs will is uppermost and exclusive in your life and for all your professions and your orthodoxy and your worship and your faith not one hairbreadth fur ther heart of the lesson the gospel of our lord and saviour jesus christ is so com plete that it revolutionizes the life for example note the sense of responsibility with which the child of god carries out the joyful but solemn com mission not all are called to preach or teach but all have the responsibility of sharing this ministry of reconciliation by living a transformed life supporting the ministry of the gospel at home and overseas by prayer and gifts being loyal lo those who carry on that high calling gossiping the gospel among friends and acauan- i mg spice by bill smiley i think youll agree that we all have problems if you dont youre either dead or rich and in either case have no business reading this column wouldnt it be grand if we voters could solve our problems as easily as the government does when an ordinary person has a problem too many bills mother hitting the bottle children getting lippy storm win dows not on yet he lias to do something about it either positively or negatively that is he finds a solution to the problems or he doesnt he stops paying his bills tries to get mom off the bottle and onto the bingo games gives tiie kids a belt on the ear and talks his neighbour into helping him put on the storms or if hes another type he pulls his head into his shoulders and hopes he hopes that hell win a sweepstake that mother will join aa- that the kids will stop bullying him and that itll be a mild winter either way he has to make a decision whether to act or hope not so the government municipal provincial or federal it has a much neater way out of dilemmas it appoints a body to look into the matter and in this case body and corpse are often synonymous ask a municipal council for new street lights adequate sewage disposal or patches for the potholes it listens politely and promises to refer the matter to the proper committee six months later when your fine fire of indignation has fizzled out the council announces that the request would cost too much ask a provincial government for more booc outlets for bigger highways and smaller schools and it immediately appoints a commission after studying the matter for two years the commission announces that having weighed all the factors it has decided that the best solution is an increase in the sales tax ask a federal government to do something about un employment segregation or culture and it appoints a royal commission this sounds more imposing than the town coun cils committee but serves the same function after four years of intensive study by the top men in the land the commission states in a 781page brief that unemploy ment is bad or that segregation is silly or that culture is good you think im exaggerating tell me then why the gov ernment recently appointee the royal commission on bilingu- alism and biculturalism because it didnt know what to do about all the fuss the people of quebec have been making youre right i wish the commission nothing but the best kit i am certain that its public hearings will do more to increase frenchenglish irritations than lessen them and i am equally certain that its findings will be as stimulating as a lapioca pudding after all everyone agrees that canada has no culture at all and here we have a commission to investigate two cultures and anyone in his right mind knows this country is not bilingual despite all the night school classes filled with people madly taking conversational french but never mind we have a commission to look into the matter so all is in safe hands however all this h none of my business id love to be bilingual and bicultural but i aint neither and i daresay you aint neither neither all i wanted to say hero was that i find this commission idea fascinating its the solution lo every problem that promises to be awkward jack next time your wife says she simply must have new drapes to match the new rug that she had to buy to match the new chesterfield just cool her with ive appointed a commission to look into it lances using our godentrusted gifts in the spread of the gos pel and earnestly desiring the best gifts by these and every other available means we are committed to the fulfillment of our high calling as the ambas sadors of christ and we are to do this in the knowledge that one day we must render to god an account of our stewardship gormlev sand gravel wins contract gormley sand gravel was the successful bidder for the supply of sand for markham township for this winters slippery roads the price was 101 a ton for 2000 tons there were three other tenders a loose tent of foil over the top of a roasting bird will keep it from burning food ex perts at macdonald institute guelph recommend foil rather than a tight fitting lid on the pan lottff well style your i hair so unique- friends will stop for a second peek by the way anne koss we looked in vain in last weeks tribune for a report of the commencement exercises of stouffville district high school a most impressive program of awards ard achievements not only of the grade x11i graduating class but also student of grades xi and xii such a report would have been a treasured record for the participating students and their parents we found a picture of valedictorian wayne hamilton and another of the winner of top honours helen busato both of whom in years to come will look back with pride and pleasure on this evidence of their achievement however there was no mention of the other winners of scholarships and burs aries nor of the representative of the provincial department of education or other dignitaries assembled on the platform nor of the choir and band participating in the program we found too an editorial extolling the merits of the rewlv enlarged school building but inferring a questionable regard for the teaching staff perhaps we received an impression not intended by the author of the editorial but the obvious infer ence seemed to be derogatory to the competence of the high school teachers the editorial reads in part certainly the boards efforts in providing topnotch facilities it the wav of building and equipment leave nothing to be desired to match these facilities with teaching proficiency equally as good may not be as easy and this is the goal at which we think they should now be aiming well just for the record at the commencement there was a total of s29o000 presented to students in scholarships and bursaries this amount docs not include the monetary and other awards presented by local citizens and organisations but is made up of a s 10000 ontario government scholarship awarded to the student with an overall average of so or more four 50000 dominionprovincial student aid bursaries one 25000 bursary and a s20000 and a s1o0o0 teachers feder ation bursary the winners of these chosen by local and provin cial teachers there were 153 certificates presented to students thirty- one of which were awarded to grade xiii or honours gradu ates and ten to the special commercial students thirty for grade xii matriculation and ninetytwo intermediate certifi cates altogether a record of achievement equally as impressive as the building in which the presentations were made while some parents may be concerned with the progress made by their sons or daughters in some particular subject which concern should be discussed with the teacher involved or mr duxbury may i assure the teaching staff at stouft ville district high school especially those who are newcomers to this area that we the parents of high school students obtaining their education at your hands have the utmost confidence in your proficiency to teach and your interest in our childrens welfare editors note just to keep the records straight and in case some reader may have very short memories the tribune carried a four column front page headline story july 4th listing the winner of individual awards for all students from grade 9 through to grade 12 later august 15th the tribune featured a six column front page headline story extolling the accomplish ments of the grade 13 graduates and listing in order of merit with photos the winner of bursaries and scholarships prior o the commencement the tribune carried a two column front page story oct 1st that listed the names of the guest plat form speaker in addition to the names of each student in tlm honour graduation class we hardly think that an itemized repeat of the program agenda is necessary we doubt if any high school in the area receives more favourable newspaper publicity a fact that has been noted on many occasions by ilia principal urges parliament action to solve sweep- stake lottery issue salon 2943173 mahkham 6402932 stouffvim john addison mp york north the service clubs of this country and particularly those of york north are to be com mended on the value to the community of the projects they sponsor however they frequently meet difficulty in sponsoring draws or lotteries which are al leged to be contrary to the cri minal code of canada this happened recently to the lions club in richmond hill they were forced to call off a draw 48 hours before it was schedul ed because the provincial po lice had notified them that a complaint had been made and that the police advised against holding the draw rather than break the law the lions club abided by the advice of the police and suffer ed considerable loss the club acted in keeping with its long record of community responsi bility and integrity should be legal what should be the case of course is that such draws and lotteries as the service clubs sponsor should be legal recen tly one of the members of par liament informed the house of commons that one of the bran ches of the canadian legion was fined 225 for raffling a boat motor and trailer valued at 1800 at a dance last aug ust one problem which faces all clubs wanting to hold draws of this kind is the uncertain state of the law a number of judg es have held that if there is an element of skill and knowledge involved then the draw is not illegal thus if a person is se lected by chance but must to win a prize answer a question of skill the draw may very well be legal and not contrary lo the criminal code other judges have said this is not so and that absurdly simple questions requiring lit tle skill would not change the nature of the lottery willi the judges of canada divided on the issue there is no wonder that a problem exists one recommendation therefore one recommenda tion which i would like to make is that a service club take a test case to court to see just what the law is if by asking a question of skill the draw ran be legal then he service clubs should be able to go ahead and sponsor their draws but that docs not solve the problem completely the york county council hit the nail on the head when they passed a motion recently they said that accredited service clubs per form a useful function in fund raising for- a variety of com munity and charitable purpos es and that their methods are enthusiastically supported by the general public unanimous vole because of this the york county council unanimously passed a resolution requesting that the federal government amend the criminal code in re spect of fund raising by accre dited service clubs the action of the york coun ty council was responsible and forthright there is no doubt that many people in canada and in our own community do not feel that draws or lotteries should be legal nevertheless there was a recent amendment to the criminal code so that agricultural fairs could legally sponsor games of chance this is a special exemption for agri cultural fairs just as there is a special exemption for betting at race tracks federal provincial conference at the federal provincial con ference which begins on novem ber 25th it is understood that the whole question of provincial lotteries will be discussed ac cording to informants here the government has no interest in state lotteries and has no inten tion in moving for changes in the criminal code on its own account any decision will be dependent on the interest which the provinces display in the idea what might he the result is that if the provinces wish to legalize lotteries the criminal code could be amended to allow ihem in the province where they would become legal if they met with the approval of the provincial attorney general quebec and british columbia are rumoured to support this proposal and it is reported that premier robarts of ontario also favours changes in the sections of the code which now ban raffles and bingos as well as the larger sweepstakes and state lotteries sincerely john addison mp houstons for prescriptions drugs and sundries phone 6402222 tweniyxwo 1 main st e stotlffvlllk