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pi 7 the stoufwiue tribune thursdiy hotmlxr 28 1963 editorial farce has gone on long enough despite the criticism carried in letters to this newspaper last week on our stand concerning gambling in this country we still believe that our gambling lavs are a farce we were very pleased to receive these letters and trust that still mors citizens will express their opinion on this matter the objectors so far all refer to gambling as a crime but i would remind these people that gambling is only a crime when the government does not get a rakeoff when it is conducted under government license it is quite all right but the same thing done without government per mission immediately becomes a crime now i ask you this is a federal statute which the provinces are obliged either to enforce or disregard and we are getting a little of both in most areas the result is discriminatory applica tion of a bad law which is an intoler able situation one large soft drink concern was recently fined for operat ing a lottery through bottle cap prizes two other competitors have been doing the same thing without interference richmond hill and stouffville lions clubs were both threatened with raids if they carried out lucky draws however all over the country service clubs run carni vals bingos and special draws for everything from motor cars to mink stoles and few of them are ever bothered the general public has a great deal of sympathy for charitable work and we believe the majority of can adians favor legalized draws for this purpose it would appear that the enforce ment of the law has become only a matter of whim or how else can one explain why so many go unnoticed while others are warned or prosecut ed great publicity was recently given to the prosecution and fining of people for selling sweepstake tickets many of the newspapers which car- lied the story of this prosecution also carried advertisements offering valu able draw prizes at mercantile stores which are equally as illegal as sweep tickets it is certainly time to overhaul such a creaking law enforce the law for everyone or forget it until the changes which we think most can adians favor are passed by parlia ment this farce has gone on long enough it isnt funny anymore but decidedly unjust subjected to political pressures the assessment argument that lit a fire of discontent among hund reds of rural residents in the twp of pickering one year ago has obviously spread like some contageous disease into the twp of uxbridge and has deveoied into a current election issue in that municipality unlike pickering or any other town or township in this immediate area to our knowledge the court of revision in uxbridge comprises mem bers of the council this policy served its purpose quite successfully in past sittings because everything was comparatively smooth sailing this year however with a fiood of 200 appeals on the agenda the mem bers were caught squarely in the middle of a controversy that involved an unyielding employee attempting to do his job by the book and an irate electorate who were clamoring for his scalp as unbiased as this court would tend to be it is only sensible to suspect that they might be inclined to bow to the pressures of a public whom in another capacity they vow to serve the assessment commissioner caught out on the end of the proverbial limb submitted a verbal resignation followed by a written explanation and protest the uxbridge twp council would make it easier for themselves and possibly for their assessment em ployee too if they would appoint a neutral board to handle future ap peals there is provision in the act for such an arrangement but for some unknown reason the township has never made this move there is no guarantee that a similar situation may not arise again and the council for their own good should not become bogged down in the same boat once more too great a service a practice that has permitted the road department of the township of pickering to include private lanes and driveways in its seasonal snow- plowing program will be discontinued as of dec 15th of this year the policy if it ever was such has pro vided the service for an estimated sixty propertyowners in the muni cipality with approximately 260 miles of road to look after we feel that the employees should have their hands full without taking on these addition al duties we would also question the qualifications for such personal service is it fair to open one private lane on request and bypass another because the owner is not aware that the municipality is in the private contracting business what of the risk involved who would be held responsible for the occurrence of a fatal accident under such conditions the township the driver the fore man the road superintendent it could cost the municipality or some unfortunate individual a fortune it was not too many years ago that this very practice resulted in a heated election debate within a rural ward of markham township we feel that only in cases of extreme emergency should the town ship permit its road machines to be come engaged in this type of contract the only alternative would be to make the program avaialable to all on a first come first served basis one can easily realize the confusion that this arrangement would create we feel that its a good thing that the issue has been brought to light for like thousands of taxpayers it would appear that the majority of council members were not aware that such a policy was in practice cooperation would help deputyreeve ken laushway who was returned to office by accla mation at the annual stouffville nomination meeting on thursday night made one suggestion on the platform which would do well to re ceive attention in 1964 he stated that with the town on the threshold of additional development all those municipal bodies which might be con cerned should meet together from time to time we presume that he had in mind the council planning board public utilities commission and perhaps the public school board as has been slated before by mid 1961 practically all the remaining residential lots now on subdivision plans will have been taken up already approaches are being made to the local planning board for plans to develop new land this roard has been firm in its stand that no more residences may come until there has been some additional commercial or industrial assessment in taking this stand the board believes it has the support of other civic bodies however joint meetings from time to time would keep all rep resentatives acquainted with plans and ideas the meetings would be particularly helpful in the matter of services there is nothing to be gain ed by planning board and council agreeing to a commercial or industrial development in a certain area only to find out that services are imposs ible to obtain or at least difficult council and planning board members could no doubt present ideas which could be helpful to the utilities com mission and likewise the commission members might be able to point out certain flaws in planning board think ing as was pointed out by more than one candidate on the platform stouff ville is a wonderful place to live but only by the joint and cooperative efforts of all municipal bodies can we keep it so and make its continued growth orderly attractive and a bene fit to all red sales in the sunset v 0 7r v jr yr cp-jh- sisii sunday school lesson golden text therefore as ye abound in every thing in faith and utterance and knowledge and in all diligence and in your love to as see that ye abound in this grace also 2 cor87 approach to the lesson chapters 6 to 8 of 2 corin thians deal with several prac tical matters affecting the church at corinth and its rela tionship with the apostle paul in chapter 8 he begins to dis cuss the subject that continues to the end of chapter 9 the grace of christian generosity the church at jerusalem had gone through a time of great financial difficulty because the members had been disowned and persecuted by the nonbe lieving jews pauls warm heart was moved to organize a collection throughout the other churches for the relief of the brethren of the jerusalem mo ther church here he is urging the corinthians to fulfill their duty and privilege in this re spect notice how paul approaches this matter of appealing for funds how he lifts this subject to the very highest level of spi ritual life and principle first he cites the splendid example of the persecuted and poverty- stricken churches in macedonia 815 and second he urges the corinthians to remember their own high standards in other matters and not to let themselves down in this way v 7 then he sets before them the supreme example of our lord and saviour who left the glory of heaven to become poor in order to make his people spiritually rich v 0 and points out that good intentions and promises are not enough there must be a practical fulfil ling of them vv 1012 fin ally he points out that a giving ministry is always mutual and in the long run evens out vv 1315 and that careful and businesslike arrangements have been made for the receipt and transmission of the gifts pastors who like parents of small children indulge in a lit tle boasting about their church es often are plagued by the an xious question will they let me down in public paul had boasted of these corinthians because of their promises to the friends in macedonia and this had evoked a generous re sponse in the latter but sup pose outsiders subsequently found out that the promises were unfulfilled there would be red faces in corinth and one of them would be pauls 824 to 4 by such practical instruction based on the deepest spiritual truth of christs humiliation for us this very practical lesson is brought home to us if this les son is well taught there ought to he an increase in offerings j beginning today the text of the king james i version is difficult to under- j stand in this passage and the teacher is urged to read it in the american standard vers ion or in some other recent translation heart of the lesson someone has said that im- nrcssion without expression brings depression certainly unshared blessings become a dead sea within because where there is no outlet everything fine stagnates when god saves us through christ he commits to us the message of the gospel i thus ensuring that we continue to possess life by sharing it at the same time as we become conscious of his love to us we also are required to love one another thus ensuring that our possession of his love will not be selfish now we are be ing taught that his promises to meet all our physical needs are accompanied with an urge to eagerly share these blessings with others this is the way in which god saves us from the selfishness of only receiving meets the needs of others brings glory to his name and gives testimony to his trans forming powers editors mai kr4 stouftvillc mr 1 thomas editor the stouffville tribune dear sir this is to state emphatic ag reement with recent correspon dents such as leroy soper and marion wells in todays trib une regarding gambling espec ially as practised by service clubs business mens associa tions and churches public gambling is illegal as well as immoral and unchrist ian lotteries socalled lucky draws or whatever name is improvised in these alleged somethingfornothing activ ities are one of the worst forms of gambling because they are hidden behind the desire to help good causes dozens if not hundreds of people in our community say in private if not in public that they are opposed to these forms of gambling i challenge them to make their opinions known to all men by speaking out by writing to the tribune by giv ing willingly and freely to wor thy causes without taking chances for personal gain for the sake of our children now exposed to a hundred temptations for the sake of so ciety at large let us rise up and banish these practices from our midst example is the best tea cher sincerely stuart crouch winter protection for tender shrubs shrubs such as azaleas and rhododendrons need to be pro tected for the winter say horti culturists with the ontario de partment of agriculture when the soil is frozen during the winter the wind and sun con tinue to extract water from the leaves if left unchecked this may result in the leaves drying up completely to minimize winter injury make sure that the shrubs have sufficient water they should be watered right to freeze up evergreen boughs should be placed around and over the plants to shield them from wind and sun a single exposed plant can be protected by en closing it with chicken wire or snow fence and filling in ar ound the plant with dry leaves there are spray materials a- vailable which reduce winter injury on evergreen shrubs these sprays produce a plastic film over leaf surfaces which reduces water loss spray ap plication should be made on a warm day in late fall at the rate recommended by the man ufacturer new licence plate fees announced a simplified scale of fees for the 1961 licence plates of onta rio passenger vehicles which will streamline issuing proced ures was announced last week by transport minister irwin liaskett the new scale ensures grea ter fairness for motorists be cause it takes into full account the significant changes in en gine design that have been made in recent years mr liaskett said mr haskett also announced that the fees for station wag ons which formrly paid com mercial rates will he the same as for passenger cars the adjusted scale of fees is 15 for passenger ears with 4- cylinders or less 20 for those with 6cylindcrs and 25 for those with 8cylinders or more passenger car and station wagon licence plates for 1964 at the adjusted fees will go on sale throughout the province on december 2nd the new scale besides being more equitable and in step with engineering process has the further advantage of being eas ier to understand than the old system mr haskett remarked the previous schedule of fees was determined by a horsepow er rating based on a formula that involved the number of cylinders and the diameter of the cylinder bore in recent years this formula has required the owners of some models to pay higher registration xees than the owners of comparable models since new engine de signs could affect the formula on which the fees were based the adjusted scale of fees elim inate this unfairness block move to shift hospital dues a move by reeve norm gar- riock of woodbridge to have all hospital fees normally coming to york county council for york county hospitals diverted to peel memorial hospital was blocked in county council on thursday night and referred to the warden and commissioners for study reeve garriock said that woodbridge did not have one person in county hospitals all residents going tc peel mem bers realized that if woodhridgc was allowed to make this shift in funds other municipalities could do likewise reeve alma walker of mark- ham said that her town did not use county hospitals most peo ple going to scarboro deputy- reeve caroline ion of newmar ket said the move was contrary to county affairs and she oppos ed the resolution reeve dales of gwillimbury said this was only a means of getting exemption from county dues and he thought unity was essential reeve hooper of markham township thought such a move could snowball if adopted a close vote in favour of woodbridge was later thrown out on a ruling by the solicitor and the motion to leave the matter to the warden and com missioners stood chf hntffnillc thriliunc established utl member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontario weekly newspapers association anthorutd iondel mill potior oept 0iw member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada sri50 elsewhere s450 a h noijvn publisher jas thomas kdiuir jas mckkan advertising sugar spice by bill smiley for the first couple of years my old friends in the news paper business were confident they knew id return to the fold when i recovered from this teaching aberration i used to hear their thought waves how in the hell theyd think can old smiley stand it how can the board put up with htm he was never cut out to be a teacher at first i answered their query with what i hoped was an eloquent shrug and a typical canadian taciturnity howja like teaching theyd ask not bad id answer after three years in the teaching game huh soma game i can state flatly that teaching is probably the most fascinating and frustrating job in the world i can state flatly that teaching is three times as tough and teachers three times as good as when you and i vere voung maggie why is it fascinating i hesitate to say teaching is a thing that seems to attract the cliche the blossoming tor even worse the flowering i of young minds the thrill of kindling a spark of knowledge the molding of malleable metals in our youth and a lot of jay like that thais not why its fascinating the real reason is that you can act as the old fencingmaster letting the kids try their points against yours showing them tricky ripostes anil clever footwork teaching them by example tiie morals and manners that must go with the skill and then seeing them go out and enter the lists quivering but confident afraid but fearless why is it frustrating oh it is a grinding wrenching tearing thing that eats your strength it is a paper jungle it is a despair of bright minds in broken homes and dull minds in happy homes it is a rage at the democratic tavpaid obstacles between what you could do and what you can do i said teaching is three times as tough today it is there are more machines bigger classes higher standards tougher examinations there is also psychology at home and at school i said teachers were three times as good as they used to he its true with a few exceptions ray teachers and yours old friend were mice frightened naive poor apologetic they were fair game for school boards home and school clubs parents and students today theyre less timid more sophisticated less shabby less intolerant more interesting and just as interested teaching is this five days a week eight or nine times a day facing a battery of about 35 pairs of eyes cold hot curious indifferent wondering cynical adoring rebellious sparkling dull and doing something about it by the way anne koss would you like to have a new flame for christmas eve in your fireplace of course a spectacular vivid flame of green or blue red or yellow blazing from your own yule logs theres just enough time to make these yule logs for christmas if you get busy right away heres how roll newspapers fairly tightly into logs about four inches in diameter and tie witii heavy twine youll need a large crock or a wooden or polythene pail or large container in which to soak the logs do not use a metal container then youll need a few chemicals which you can obtain from a drug store to produce the vivid colours of the flames put two pounds of coarse salt rock salt and two pounds of bluestona copper sulphate and two gallons of boiling water into tha container then add one ounce of any of the following chemi cals depending on the flame colour desired strontium nitrate bismuth nitrate antimony chloride copper chloride barium chloride or copper nitrate or borax potassium chloride potassium nitrate for a red flame for a crimson flama for a blue flame for a bluishgreen flama for a green flame for a purple flams for a yellow flams put the rolledup newspapers on end into the solution and let them soak until the liquid is absorbed approximately a week turning them end for end during the soaking period dry the logs on a rack resting on water or furnace pipes or hung from an indoor clothesline or the basement beams they must be completely dry before burning and this may take two or three weeks then when theyre put on a holiday fire theyll burn slowly with a rainbow of glowing colours a word of caution keep the solution away from childr and animals because it is poisonous handle the logs with gloves to prevent staining your hands if your ambitions doesnt run to making your own logs a half ounce of any of the chemicals listed wrapped in cello phane and tossed on burning wood or coal will create coloured flames be very sure the chemical doesnt dribble through the grate we have made our own yule logs for several years because the clear vivid colours of the flames fascinate ua all as we sit around the open fire at christmas itvvvinritf 1964 workaday keith clark desk calendars are now ready theyre smart streamlined padstyle calendars for attractive modern design bases some features holidays in red on current past and future months handy reference date edges mottled for rich appearance sir refills always available bases come in colours get yours today at tribune office supplies phone 6402100 ggsxsxx53sc5x3ncss0ne55gngcsi53stto3so3p0psxxcc