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hy 1 toe stodrryaie tobuh1 tiorir mwary 20 w84 editorial what do they want alien a magistrate recently suggested taking motion pictures of tipsy drivers and using the film as evidence against these potential mur derers great howls went up one of the loudest and one from whom we would expect better things was bruce west veteran toronto column ist he wrote of all the fiendish and inhumane devices to trap erring motorists none is as cruel as this we have only one question to ask mr west and that is why shouldnt they be trapped just as long as we continue to coddle these irresponsible people our list of traffic fatalities will grow and grow mr west says people shouldnt be trapped but as far as were concerned they might even be strapped this howling which goes up every time someone makes a sugges- tragedy could on the afternoon of january 30th a ten year old claremont boy lost his life down an abandoned well not far from his home since no one was aware of this hidden death trap and few even knew that a well had once been located there it is only right that no blame should be at tached to any person for the tragedy that occurred we do feel however that it is someones responsibility to see that such an accident does not occur again for this reason we con sider it imperative to hold an inquest into this matter with the hope that concrete recommendations might be brought forward so that a second child or adult for that matter may not meet a similar fate it is certain that inquests have been conducted into fatalities of a more routine na ture why have officials passed this legalized murder tion which might reduce the blood shed on the highways is all too famil iar anyone who tries a new scheme to protect the innocent from these motoring menaces is immediately set upon people who talk and write like mr west on this subject are in fact saying go ahead and kill as many as you like maim us for life leave our children parentless such utter nonsense im for any plan at all which will put these people right off the road and keep them off if you are driving properly according to the laws you have nothing to fear from any plan to curb recklessness likewise if those who protest in favor of motor murder were to mend their ways thered be no need for even radar let alone a film of your actions be repeated incident off so lightly it is certain that claremont folk many of whom had no personal acquaintance with the young victim received the news with shock and regret the tribune has learned on good authority that there are other un used wells in the claremont area more openly dangerous than the one that claimed this young lads life if this is so then there is no telling how many abandoned excavations of this nature exist over an even wider area of the township and county through press publicity that would arise from such a hearing education and even legislation could follow inquests if conducted properly can serve a useful purpose it is un fortunate that one life has been lost but surely it does not take a second such tragedy to put a program of prevention into motion heres more waste despite the fact that a good many councils throughout york coun ty have voiced opposition to any planning establishment in the county v the matter was approved in council there last week the planning com mittee brought in a budget of 28000 for 1964 which in our opinion is utter waste of the taxpayers money even some of the council members from s the northern municipalities who stood to benefit the most if there was any benefit at all failed to support the move some members apparently allowed themselves to be swayed by an appeal from reeve jos dales of north gwillimbury stouffville muni cipal council had not favoured the establishment of county planning but reeve timbers supported the move in county council reeve chas hooper chairman of the finance committee warned the members that they were going hog- wild in allowing various budgets which were presented from various j departments and here was certainly one which could have been trimmed out entirely true the municipalities in the southern part of the county and which have their own local planning board have been receiving help from metro however these local planning boards did considerable good work on their own long before they reached the stage where they had to receive any outside help the northern muni cipalities which dont have so much urban development could do likewise on their own county planning is definitely a duplication of service which is not necessary and would be at least one spot where the taxpayer could be saved a few dollars if you cant beat a beatle the recent beatle craze that has crept across the ocean from england to north america has been received with mixed feelings by music lovers on this continent as in the past whether it was the gyrations of elvis or the twisting sensations of one chubby checker the fad was greet ed by parental protest across the country this attitude only adds more fuel to the fire of teenage accep tance with respect to this type of en tertainment it is time that mothers and fathers learned to join in and not against this kind of family fun this does not mean that ma should tie herself up in knots while viewing the ed sullivan show or pa should come home from the office with a shaggy wig covering his eyebrows but it does mean that parents interests in their childrens interests can go a long way to strengthening the links in the family chain a mother and father must es tablish certain rules and regulations and should not bow to every whim and request from a son or daughter by the same token a little tactful cooperation and consideration can go a long way to make family life more enjoyable for all concerned as one local parent put it if you cant beat a beatle join em calibre of hockey has improved ever since president clarence campbell lowered the boom on the players and coaches following the torontochicago freeforall several months ago the calibre of hockey in the nhl has improved 100 in this viewers estimation we doubt if ever in a long time have games been better played or interest at a higher peak than at present one of the major reasons for this we believe is that the rough stuff has been replaced by good dean skills last wednesday nights game in montreal was a real thriller the leafs lost saturday nights contest in toronto was equally good the leafs won it was not the result of either score that created the interest and excitement but the performance of the clubs involved although there will always be a few bloodhungry fans in any crowd the majority of spectators go to a hockey game to see hockey that is the kind of sports entertainment that is now being provided all around the sixteam circuit for off ice supplies its the tribune the high cost of living editors mail stouffville ont feb 17 1964 editor the tribune stouffville ont dear sir it comes as a big disappoint ment to all the automobile dealerships in stouffville that our council has elected to lease a cruiser from a firm in an other town when we consider the contri bution that our local car dealers make to the economy of stouff ville one cannot but wonder what the motives of this trans action are there are four franchises rep resented within stouffville and surely one of these dealerships deserves this business it is suggested that before taking delivery of this new vehi cle that our council should sit down and consider some of the other facts involved beyond the exact monthy cost to this town such as the number of em ployees employed by our local car dealers the local merchants that these employees support the taxes paid and many other tangible contributions by these people to the local economy of our town it is suggested that there has been a gross injustice on the part of our council in the leas ing of a vehicle from a dealer who contributes nothing to the support of our community and perhaps the council should take another look at this situation before accepting delivery of the vehicle sincerely dick coffey jim bartley coffey bartley motors phone 6402100 stouffville i february 10 1964 the editor stouffville tribune stouffville ontario dear sir we were most interested in your editorial in last weeks edition in regard to assessment taxation we sympathize with your view that you agree that those who receive services should pay for them and also that you note the fanners depressed in come indicated by his inability to pay income tax the farmers are not playing any game in their approach to equitable taxation they are very serious and would be quite satisfied to pay only their fair share of the tax burden in 1963 according to figures available 12 of the population of markham township were farmers and farm families and they paid 28 of the taxes would you say this proportion bears any relationship to the services rendered or the ability to pay new ideas and new approach es to problems are most always opposed by others regardless of their merit and we think the local press would be of much more service if it debated the merits of the proposal first rather than to take direct op position yours truly property committee york cty fed of agriculture f wicks secretary ever keep your vision when we read your comments we are re minded of the poem of the late edgar guest the never wavering few the easy roads are crowded and the level roads are jammed the pleasant little rivers with the drif ting folk are cranv med but off yonder where its rocky where you get a better view you will find the ranks are thinning and the travellers are few wheie the goings smooth and pleasant you will always find the throng for the many mores the pity seem to like to drift along but the steps that call for courage and the task thats hard to do in the end result in victory for the never wavering few we have the pleasure of hav ing normans brother as our minister sincerely frank woodliffe united church of canada guilds charge study group bible blenheim ont feb 6th 1964 the editor the tribune stouffville ontario sir a few of us here at blen heim have had the pleasure to read in your valuable paper the comments by norman lehman on the liqucr problem a prob lem that is always with us would you kindly publish in his honour the following which is the feeling of our bible study group here at guilds near blen heim to mr norman lehman we of this bible study group are mighty proud of men such as you sir there are so few of us that have your courage today and tragically so few that will even say thank you even when we agree with you wholehearted ly we salute you may you on the by the ms anne boss this is the time of year when there seems to be so much illness about colds flu and so on and when childrei are confined to bed for a few days its usually enough to cause a mother to turn grey trying to keep them occupied so theyll stay put until its safe for them to be up and about simple pastimes to keep the sickabed child content and mothers at least partially relieved of 24hour duty at the beck and call of a fractious child are just what the doctor ordered a wooden tray on top of a little stool or a tv table with a removable tray kept by the bed is handy for use as a play table for assembling simple jigsaw puzzles holding a supply of spools beads dry macaroni and lots of string for threading or for artists supplies of crayons pencils and paper a pile of old christmas cards stickers magajine pictures or his own get well cards provide plenty of scope for making up a scrap book creating an impressionists masterpiece of art work or illustrating last nights bed time story big piper bags pinned to the sides of the mattress hold supplies of paper v scissors scraps and treasures for when theyre nwxlcd and help incidentally to keep the bed tidy the whole idea of course is to keep the child quietly in bed for the prescribed rest so essential to a speedy recovery a little fun will hasten the convalescence of a sick child and is good medicine for soothing the tempers of both mother and child turning treatment to treats simplifies the problem of diet and medication quite often a rebellious youngster is won over completely to the foods and liquids he scorns themsdlclne he dislikes if theyre masked by gay disguises float a few animal crackers in the cup of milk or soup or provide colored straws or use little teapots so the liquid can be imbibed up the spout its much more fun than the familiar procedure serve food in dollsize dishes from the childs own tea set for several bird- size servings add up to a regular meal before she knows it then let the patient doctor herself by helping you tub her chest or time her own doses of fruit juice or even medicine by setting the alarm to go off by her bedside perhaps shed like to doctor her dou too and play hospital with her doll in bed beside her children love pretending so anything we can dream up to make necassary nursing care play or makebelieve helps us over some trying times we the mothers and our young patients and the object of keeping them quietly in bed has been achieved farm front then and now airs a weber from nineteentwenty to thirty- two we raised our chicks with clucks and how those clucks got in a stew if they happened to be ducks wed wander out time and again to see how theyd got on the ducks or chicks were in a pen if they had stronger grown one hundred pullets in a year wed raise and say well done the eggs were precious not too dear the work was not all fun and then the incubators came the chicks hatched by machines they looked and chirped the very same how wonderful it seemed the clucks they soon were out of date we put them in a pen with food and water this their fate till they laid eggs again in after years came more machines of agricultural fame we oldtime farmers said it seems the world is not the same and now we have the smooth highways a plaza near each town the cash and carry store these days with chickens by the ton and we have daylight saving time and summers come and go at sunup still that hour sub lime is when the roosters crow fclott loveuine for dinner jhedtre or that important a day well style your hair the per way in sugar spice by bill smiley once in a whileit is the good fortune of an english teacher to come across a fresh original piece of writing by a student when he does its a drink of cold pure water after davs of wandering in the desert of mangled syntax crucified spell ing howling triteness and tortured thinking through which it has been ordained that he should plod it happened to me this week at first i thought my judgment might be prejudiced because i was quite fond of the youngster in question i read it acin it still sounded good to make sure i had it mimeographed and tried it on my grade 13 students as a piece for critical analysis their snorts and giggles confirmed my first impression then we discussed it in depth they could find little wrong with it it had unity coherence and emphasis the tone was consistent well here it is just as it was written on an examination under stress see what you think the title was the wandering of a tendollar bill my mother was extremely large and could make only loud whirring sounds in her throat the thing that puzzles me is how i turned out so thin when she is such a fatso anyway when i popped out feeling like a wet piece of cabbage a long dark man with a black mole beneath his left eye clutched me and cried oh darling george he and the rest of the boys kissed me all over even on the queens head i was later to discover that i had the honor of being the first bill in an evil batch of counterfeit money i was the one who would set the plot in motion first of all i was given to an unsuspecting old lady for a packet of cigarettes the decrepit old woman hesitantly handed them the change all in nickels they then turned and scampered out leaving me to face the consequences it turned out that the old lady was a trifle goofy one fine day she traded me for pennies all pennies i was pushed wildly into the buyers pocket where i met a girl tendollar bill it was so cosy and dark in there that i have to admit i was a little fresh suddenly i was jostled out and traded for more cigarettes the store owner grabbed me and yelled the queen doesnt have that many bumps on her nose the trail was hot well my boys were found unfortunately they had already died from lung cancer because they had smoked so many cigarettes when setting bills in motion i write this while sitting amidst coals in a large furnace the penetrating heat is beginning to stifle me my breath is coming shorter the happy hunting grounds are coming nearer but the moral of my story is if youre going to produce counterfeit money make only one bump on the queens nose and always buy gum not cigarettes the above essay was written by my daughter kim age 12 grade 8 a chip off the old crock im only surprised that her second last sentence didnt say my breath is coming in short pants winter no longer holiday time for farmers ag rep a a wall agricultural representative for york county the old idea that the winter months are dull and quiet for farmers is an old idea for sure with livestock all indoors the work load is heavy and constant its the season too for farm meetings and organizatorial work for instance annual conventions were held in toronto this week for the ontario plowmens association and the agricultural societies the breed associations for most live stock also had their annual meetings the beef improvement association holds its annual meeting on thursday and the annual for the ontario cattle breeders is slated for friday next week is just as busy it is farmers week at oa c guelph and each day features either crops or different kinds of livestock york county had a special interest in the plowmens convention a large number of our farmers were thereto make plans for the international match here in 1965 york- county people will be well represented at all the other meetings too a person cant go to everything but a day or two at some of these meetings can be time well spent i would recommend the beef meeting on thursday and cattle breeders session on friday at the royal york hotel as good ones good speakers are on the programme for both days and all farmers are welcome i think a day at farmers week at oac would be worth while too farmers week replaces the short course program me at the college and its a good change each day is devoted to a different topic monday is the day for soils corn and on tuesday the subject is soils and forage crops dairy cattle are featured on wednesday swine on thursday and beef cattle on friday feb 28th the programme each day starts at 10 oclock and finishes at 4 oclock the speakers are good and the intent is to provide the very best in uptodate information its an ideal opportunity for neighbours to make up a carload and take in one or more of the days the york county hog producers annual meeting was held last week with murray mcmillan of queensville being elected president for 1964 nominations for county committee men for the marketing board were also made at the meeting sixteen nominations were made with ten to be elected the electon will be held on march 3rd and polling places will be at newmarket stouffville belhaven and maple it isnt quite so much fun as it used to be to find a dollar in an old pair of trousers ready for discard after all its pro bably worth only about half what it was in 1962 advertisers again spent more money in newspap ers than in any other medium and the newspaper remains ov erwhelmingly dominant as a local advertising medium notice of annual meeting the annual meeting of the farmers union mutual fire insurance company will be held in the council cham ber town hall at the corner of kent and cambridge streets in the town of lindsay on saturday february 29th 1964 at 200 pm to receive the financial statement and auditors report to elect directors and auditors and to consider proposed amendments to the company by- laws as follows 1 resolution of the board of directors requesting author ity to make application for extension of underwriting powers to include in a case of property that it insures against fire property damage insurance theft insur ance or any class or classes of insurance set out in section 27 of the insurance act 2 resolution of the board of directors that bylaw no 1 being the object of the company be deleted and the following substituted therefor subject to the power granted under the charter the purpose and business of the corporation shall be the insuring under any class of insurance for which a company writing on the premium note may be licensed in ontario or risks upon agricultural pro perty or property that is not mercantile or manu facturing or hazardous as provided in part vi of the corporations act of ontario 2a bylaw no 33 be amended to provide for an increase in the mileage allowance of directors from 7c to 10c per each mile travelled on company business 2b that the company bylaws be printed as revised and consolidated to include all amendments to date and the inclusion of statutory references as apply at this date and to transact any other business that may properly come before the meeting by order of the board lindsay ontario ii h mcfadden february 6 1964 secretary