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tm tw stouffvttu w8une twstur odou 32 w64 editorial their actions will be watched the townships of uxbridge and pickering have already set the dates for the nomination and election if necessary of trustees to fill the posi tions on the new public school area boards their term of office will be gin on january 1st 1965 similar nominations will be held in markham and whitchurch twps the new members will be placed in a rather unenviable position we term the post unenviable because you may be sure that the eyes of john q ratepayer will be focussed on the boards eyery move many people are rather skeptical about this program especially in the twp of uxbridge where the plan was tested for several years and then legitimate during the past week students of stouftville dist high school have been out canvassing door to door for magazine subscriptions throughout the town and community the drive has become an annual event at the school and we feel that it is an ex cellent project for the sales staff and a handy service to the homeowner we have had the pleasure of meeting personally with several of these boys and girls and in each case their manner has been most pleasant tossed out in favour of the oldfash ioned sections system although these trustees will i bear the brunt of verbal abuse if the t program proves inoperative we feel that the initial responsibility must rest with the electorate in the select ing of practical und efficient personnel to do the job the trustees who will comprise the new area boards will be conduct ing business that will effect dozens of homes hundreds of children and thousands of dollars the importance of their positions catinot be over- stressed any organization is only as good as the men and women who will run it picking the names at random out of a hat will not do i salesmen and their business ethics most effi cient front porch salesmen or sales women especially of the magazine variety have never received the warmest welcome at our home and on several occasions we have advised our readers to do the same however with the students from stouffville high we know that when we sign our name on the dotted line well receive exactly what we order and not a years supply of something else under a buy now pay later plan council must not become rubber stamp municipal councils must not be come rubber stamps for school boards some months ago there was a strong move underway to enlarge the powers of municipal council with regard- to the approving of school budgets regardless of ones high regard for education and its needs some curbs must be kept on- those- who merely plan the programs and have no responsibility for the collec tion of the funds to do the job stouffville council last week gave approval to an- expanded program at the high school here with- only vague information from two members of the school boardasto what the change could do to the local tax rate we are v not suggesting that the idea behind the steppedup educational program is wrong but we do believe that the days of the plow horse have run out we have just completed another season of plowing matches including the big international at peterbor ough significant is the fact that the number of horsedrawn entries is getting less and less we note too that in one recent match in huron county i not a single entry was made in the horsedrawn class the jays of the plow horse seem to be numbered and its apity some of the romance of the plowing match will have passed with the passing of the horse outfits its another case of the picturesque giving way to the practical it has been said that the last moment of glory for the fourfooted taxpayers would want some better answers on the cost of the program than what council will be able to pro vide from the bit of information pro vided by the board it might be said for the board that it offered to pro vide more information but council did notbelieve it necessary we say its always necessary n council has its own program of public works and administration to consider and should not lose sight of this fact- when handing out blank cheques to other town departments this is the first time we have ever seen a council approve of an expan sion of school facilities without a specific amount of money detailed such action is setting a dangerous precedence and one which we would not think would sit well with the taxpaying public how long is it since you sat down on an evening with a group of friends and just discussedthe affairs of the day municipal affairs- the nations affairs we vjenturca guess thatits been sometime we sometimes re- fleet on the value of an oldfashioned evening when friends and neighbors sit aroundand chat by the fireside- no radio notv you should try it some time leave the television screen dark and inactive in the corner arid just talk you can find that such an evening can be quite stimulating and chall enging a quarter century ago the art of conversation was vital today animal was the first world war the first british contingent to arrive in france hail 30000 horses these animals which have borne mans bur dens since the days of the cave men have given way to motor propelled vehicles their decline began with the first war and has continued ever since its difficult for many older canadians to think of a farm without a horse butthe day is here horses will slay with us for racing purposes for riding and for show but the days when the plow man walked a weary furrow behind an honest horse its flanks steaming in the nippy autumn air have gone for good is spectatoriris hurting us one turns the dial to a tv show puts his feet up and with his cup of coffee by- his side lets it go at that the trouble with us were all just spec tators vc are not in on the act will the chat in the living room ever- return to the canadian home if it doesnt how can canadian citi zenship and canadian consciousness ever develop among the population listening may be an admirable trait but when there are only a dozen talkers for a million listeners speech can be starved into extinction going evens little farther one might vis ualize the time when man could lose his mental strength for selfexpres sion accept new curriculum one or more congregations in 87 of the thirtyone charges of york prcfbytery of the unit- ed church of canada has adopt ed the- new curriculum the rev gordon weir told the oct meeting of the presbytery breaking that figure down mr weir states 91 of the united church scholars will be study ing the new curriculum these figures ire about the same for all the presbyteries across can ada the new curriculum com prises new teaching materials for all departments of the sun day church school it has been the centre of some controversy tftlp tiiufhrill rilnute itrasusbzd ijss member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the n ontario weekly newspapers association ai u ttmml riiw itfl rutim dwc otuw member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffville ont in gaada350 elsewhere 550 ch nolax publisher j as thomas editor jas hckka adtertwnr well peter piper picked a peck of pearson pennants sugar by bill smiley heres truth wilder than fiction ive decided to write a book not because i want to not because i have a message not because i think anybody will buy it but because a fellow has dared me to he was a publisher i told him huntireds of people nay thousands had asked me when i was going to produce a book made up of my columns this was abi fatlie of comse i think the total of the queries was betweenlwelve and thirteen he was nice about it if a little steelyeyed he agreed that thered he a big sale if i bought the 1000 copies t promised to buy to give away to my friends theyd be getting about 120 copies earn at that rate but they could give them awav to tlikiu friends he agreed that the whole thing- was a great idea for some other publisher but he sort of took thesteem out of my self- esteem when he came out with the logical statement- it a book is worth publishing its worth writing this is the sort of thing publishers sitaioundthinking up when theyre not worrying about- some of us great writers getting away from them whichthey dont seem to spend an excess or time doing unfortunately writers canh flash back with if vbook is worth writing its worth publishing mainly because it isnt true whats the book going to be about well dials still mi the secret list because i dont know but after looking over n few shelves of books at the local library i- know that publishers will print almost any kind of garbage so if its garbage they want im going to make up the biggest literary garbage pail that has ever been set before the public its going to be crammed with sex violence delinquent teenagers corrupt politicians dope fiends alcoholics doctors cowboys how to raise prize zinnias favorite recipes and all the other ingredients of the most successful books it will be autobiographical of course at- first i thought that might be a little difficult as ive led rather a sheltered life then i realized that all i had to do was decorate things a little gild the billy so to speak thus instead of going to high school arid being on the foot ball team and going steady in the book ill be the leader of a group of teenage terrorists who get their kicks out of setting fire to nursing homes under the influence of heroin- instead of joining the air force ami becoming an officer nd a fighter pilot and having a hall nioslof lie finny in tin hook ill be an army private intellectual and embittered under the whip of a sadistic captain instead of spending a year in a sanatorium loafing laugh ing playing chess and reading in the book ill spend a year in a mental institution with a gang of perverts alkies junkies and a doctor straight out of edgar allan poe instead of becoming a weekly editor writing about sewers and such inthe book ill be an advertising executive with three mistresses no morals and an unlimited expense account instead of becoming a docile english teacher peddling metaphors and similes in the book ill be a famous television personality withgrcat talent and no scrupicswho poisons the minds of his listeners with cleverly disguised racial prejudice and completely undisguised commercials about armpits how- docs ltsound voti like it oh you dont well in that case ill just have to write a dull insipid book about dull insipid old things that really happened v boy are you ever going to be bored reading about the time the two nineyearold girls cornered me in the treehouse and kissed me or the time i fell in love with the brazilan girl in the dead of a canadian winter or the time the old battleaxe chased me through the snow in her dressinggown trying to hit me with a phone shed yanked off the wall or the time i was beaten up by four old men- repobt fartiam an t by john addison the queen has returned to her home canadians in the most exciting and colourful sea son of the- year enioyed i am sure her presence in our coun try we have all read and heard the many superlative adiectives describing her majesty and her prince consort at the state reception in ottawa on monday i could only agree with all of these expressions and add one other queen elizabeth ii as queen of canada and the com monwealth is the living symbol of democratic freedom confederation one hundred years ago was in essence the only answer for the preservation of our canadian identity when the fathers of confederation met at charlottetown the mari time premiers had very little thought of forming a union with upper and lower canada it was only when the fenian raids by the americans became so persistent that the likes of mac- ddriald and cartier and others decided amongst themselves we had all best unite and hang to gether else we might well hang separately on gallows provided by the fenians from next door one hundred years later the same threats no longer exists the queen in her address to the quebec legislature suggested that the times we live in today may require changes in our constitution agreed to one hun dred years ago everyone in canada accepts this principle the danger as i see it today is that we arc inwardlooking in our philosophy and chiefly con cerned willi our own internal problems any nation that as pires to greatness certainly must be based upon a sound foundation which i believe we -r- ry ft- roamm around on saturday two st otiffvul dmgtfsts cliff aiken and john houston took time out from their busy dispensary chores to discuss in downtoearth terms their policy in regard to the sale of birtbxonrtol pills and other related medications and materials their frankness on this often hushhush subject amazed this writer and revealed many facts that we did not know if this item tends to go against any readers grain of thought then we can only ask that he or she should read no further both john and cliff stated hi no uncertain terms that birth control pills for women are sold only under a physicians 1 perscriplion mr houston said that they were among his most requested products and mr aiken agreed that such kales at his store were extensive and on the increase he noted how ever that although they had been tried their side effects it any had not in hls own personal opinion been proven harm less both agreed that if taken according to directions 1 pill per day from the 5th to 25th the user could be 99 per cent sure of effective control in many parts of the world their use is becoming an absolute necessity said mr aiken the trouble is the ones who should use them dont he noted too that where parent are interested in planned family life they are the answer where docs the druggist draw the line or does he t mr houston says that he would refuse such a sale to any boy classed as a minor under 16 years he said that he is aware iht a w of prohibition on such merchandise exists but the loopholes in it are so open that it stands for nothing he pointed out that in the united states one can purchase such supplies from public vending machines mr aiken said that such sales to minors are definitely out in his store and he would even attempt to discourage a pur chase by anyone in his teens which is the lesser of two evils he said to refuse such a sale or see a couple forced into an unhappy marriage he said that he always makes a point to check and see if the purchaser is- wearing a wedding ring but he admitted that this was no foolproof method he said that only rarely is he confronted with the problem of uncer tainty speaking on the legal aspects of the issue mr aiken charged that like any law if it cannot be enforced it should be abolished or changed he said that in most cases it is still whisper conversation between the customer and himself people still think of it as personal and confidential he said he noted that he iras at least one lady customer who handles the orders for her husband and is not overly bashful about it cither we arc like the majority still a little unsure about where hie legal line on this controversial issue should be drawn we have never heard such a case argued in court but if any solici tor has a personal view on the subject we would be pleased to publish it in this column the ontario municipal board has arranged to hold a hear ing at brougham on the proposed new 300000 municipal building for the township of pickering there are two inter- esting aspects to this decision the first is that the two com plaints over the project should come from the urban areas of the municipality where the site has been selected the second concerns the time 11 am now cant you just see the average interested working ratepayer attending a meeting at that hour last week we were pleased to have two representatives from the congregation of the stouffville united missionary church call at our door first impressions on hearing the bell ring were that the callers would comprise a pair of magazine salesmen working their way through university but we were ail wrong we must admit that in the five years that we have resided in stouffville it is the first time that any church other than our own particular denomination has ever submitted such a warm invitation to attend and by george if wc werent such a dyed in the wool we might have accepted without taking anything away from the cheerleader group of stouffville dist high school a pretty attractive octette wo felt the red corpuscles in our scotch blood do a couple of handspring at the sight of the girl gymnasts from woodbridge high last week you see the visiting lassies were regaled in the plaid of our native high land over ome and the only thing missing was a tune on the pipes horseback riding is increasing in popularity especially among the teen girl set marsha wagg of orchard park ave has a fine welsh mountain pony called bubbles that she rides with justifiable pride since thewfigg garage cannot contain a buick an austin and a horse marshas pel has been relegated to the confines of krillingcrs barn jl seems to be doing pretty well on a diet of cabbage and cauliflower the brock road reconstruction project between brougham and pickering village has been completed and an excellent highway it is loo we still miss the trees that once lined this route and to date we have seen no move to replace them like many new roadsthroughout ontario treereplacement pro grams appear to be a thing of the past its too bad do we think thai the police in the city of quebec acted too harshly in their dealings with the separatists during thn queens visit to flint province no wc dont we only wish that they had hanged n few of their hard heads together a littlo sooner and tossed them in the cooler before her majesty arrived on the disgraceful scene when iteomes to lucky draw prizes mrs lje oneill doesnt limit the giveaways to balloons and paper hats gifts valued at s230 in total will be won by lucky customers on saturday oct 24th it may pay you to fill out a form following the partial collapse of the barn on the farm owned by mrs scott brown and son west of markham village several weeks ago vc would have thought that the entire structure would have to be torn down we now understand that much or the repair work has already been completed and it wasnt iieccssaryio remove ineimrion lhmwikslcft standing have but then in order to furth er social welfare measures it must exploit resources outside of its own borders if national ism and provincial autonomy become extreme wc well might become isolationists in our ap proach to world problems last week in ottawa i saw mr leionardw brockinglon older now in years and having contributed so much to the land he loves in a moving editorial which he wrote for the globe and mail speaking about cana da heconcluded by saying i am proud to be a citizen of canada a land too wide for in tolerance or narrow racialism a land where the prevailing wind is the wind of freedom and for one like myself the common wealth stands above all for this 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