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hl m stouhvm tmiwt vanity octet v yh another way of looking at the dropout problem stouffville district high school as well as those in the rest of the country have been fretting now for some years about the school dropout problem last week another new pro gram was announced aimed at keep- ink the not so bright academically students in school will it work we must say its a sensible try but there is an even chance that it wont achieve the curtailment in dropouts that is hoped for u might be well to consider for r moment the comments in a cana dian magazine by a canadian school teacher who himself has been plagued by the dropout misery he says quite wrongly they blame the drop out problem exclusively on the schools to me and to many other teachers who know potential drop outs this criticism is mostly piffle moreover its misleading the public which is coming to expect the im possible from its schools i claim that the time has arrived for placing the responsibility for dropouts where it belongs not on the teacher but squarely on the dropout himself to convince the incorrigibly lazy student that hes wrong we must drop the consequences of his irresponsibility in his own lap he must go some dropouts should drop out this teacher is not talking about students who drop out because their families need their wages nor is he concerned with those students who finally and honestly realize that theyve reached the limit of their ability in the classroom our teacher goes on to say my 1 concern is those students who can learn but for a variety of unappeal ing reasons refuse to try they are known as underachievers but i prefer a shorter sharper term like laggard or shirker the idea and clamour to give this shirker special treatment that it will arouse responsibility is nonsense it only suggests to his knottedup little intellect that to get somewhere he doesnt have to be productive or reliable most arguments for keeping dropouts in school is always based on the fact that most jobless people are jobless because theyre undereducat ed the idea that to keep thern in school will eventually briuir them up to par is likewise nonsense we could keep some students in school till they died of old age and still not make them competitive in skilled jobs the new plan for stouffville is to turn the potential dropout who will never get far with academic studies into the line of some simple trade so that at least his entire schooling is not in vain this sounds logical and as we said before should have a fifty per cent chance of working certainly there are many jobs which can be done well and contentedly by people who cant manage to graduate from high school this idea may to some fly right in face of the idealistic concept that every boy regardless of race cved color or national origin can if he only tries hard enough become presi dent of one of our leading canadian companies or prime minister for that matter our teacher friend who incident ally comes from western canada concludes his remarks by these thought provoking words its some thing to think about the next time we hear someone start bleeding for the young fellow in the stripped- down roadster with the gutted muffler who doesnt seem to be mak ing satisfactory progress in his school work two wrongs mean no rights the proposed construction of a dragstrip track on a rural piece of property at lot 19 cone 9 markham township has boiled up into a coun try storm in that area according to reliable reports the council in the township will be asked- to backtrack on an earlier agreement to grant a licence to the promoters of this rac ing project personally at this late date we dont see how the members can now sidestep a previous commit- menl our opinion on this issue has not changed however we have spoken out in opposition to this pro- gram from the start and we feel that by giving the green light to the ven- hire the members made a bad move the council of the current- year has reached its decisions and right or wrong they should- not allow them- r selves to be swayed like so much putty in the hands of a pressure group if the council of- 1965 wishes for some logical reason to cancel this licence then that is a different matter i we doubt that any item of mark- ham twp council business was given more publicity than this much-dis- cussed dragstrip councillor chas hoover in whose ward the project is planned and deputyreeve stewart rumble waged a losing battle in opposing the raceway during the many weeks that the controversy went on we do not recall a single delegation or petition coining out of the area affected now ten months after the permit has been granted the residents are aroused to action- we feel that the 9th line ratepayers have alegitimate complaint but we feel too that they are a little too late lust of sensationalism goes on our queen has come arid gone safely no thanks to the daily press the only incidents to marr the visit were the yelping of a few immature youths who were out for publicity this they got out of all proportion to their importance due to the lust for sensationalism of those newspapers more concerned with circulation than responsibility one toronto daily went so far in its wildness to attract i readers that it almost gave the im pression it wouldbe disappointed if something afoul did not happen to her majesty the eagerness it showed to latch on to something harmful to 1 the queen was sickening sensation- alism to a great many the daily press played up the activities of the loud mouthed mal- contents when the proper course vas 1 ignore them now these same journals are jumping on the quebec police with glee because strong arm tactics were used to make sure these misled youths did not get organized into a mob which could have been difficult to control if this had hap pened my what a clobbering the police would have taken from these same papers because they were too easy this biased news coverage has made quebec appear wholly opposed to our queen to anyassociation with great britain and all set to jump into the role of an independent state there is important work going on in quebec to help work out a happy solution to confederation this more important group has been given a setback by a sensational press which has instead played up the shouts of these youngsters for a free state which they wouldnt know whatto do with if they got jt no rest for the restless the lancers motorcycle club is in the news again their latest hang out located iii the twp of whit church was raided by about thirty officers saturday night and charges have been laid against 20 members of this infamous organization -jiv- itjtoeswithout saying that each jirl and boy who belongs to this group is marked noiriatter yhere they jo yiether in pairs or as a gang they are the subject of susr picion and distrust although they must be aware of the image they have created for themselves they appear reluctant to trade in their motorbikes and leather jackets for a reputation of respect ability their trademark has become a badge of dishonour the opinion of the public has already been formed arid their every misdeed only makes that impression more permanent www wwwwwwwww w v wvwwwwwwwwvwwwv wmmlks- its the tribune t halloween 1964 do wives really have it made some or my best mends are women i like women gener ally because they are compassionate courageous and smell nice some are good lookers other are good cookers most have a great fund of common sense for these very reasons i have refused to stand by and let that fine creature the housewife be lead or misled into a morass of frustration and unhappiness by a few frustrated unhappy female agitators for years i have been fighting a battle it has been made up of skirmishes in speeches xullscale attacks in this column and occasional handtohand combat with my old lady on some occasions i have been routed my banners tattered my forces in disarray- but my ideals have remained intact my cause untarnished once in a whileive won a minor encounter at a party for instance when a housewife lias flung a drink in my face and rushed off to the bathroom in a confusion of rage and tears i dont regret a minute of the long campaign the only thing that has depressed me has been the intense loneliness time andagain i have felt like a lost patrol cut off from all reinforcements betrayed by allies but my heart leaped in my breath with new hope the other day when i read an article in macleans magazine for the first time in a decade or more i felt that my cause equality for husbands had an outside chance of winning title of the article was marriage in easy street for women written by sidney katz it was a sober factual refu tation of that base insidious and increasing whine of the times that a housewife is bored trapped a slave to her family and unfulfilled as a human being mr katz quotes sociologist psychologist and anthropologist to prove what i have been saying for years that it is just the opposite that it is the male creature in marriage who is trapped who is the slave to his family and who very often is bored silly witli the whole business i have no need to quote any kind of an ologist all i have to do is look around me theres the former terror of the tank corps a tiger in action his name was abyword among the troops a symbol of dash and elan theres not much left of his former fiendish skill as he steers his shopping cart submissively about the supermarket his wife is busy friday nights with her little theatre group theres the former bomber pilot for three years he held within his clever and capable hands six thousand horsepower six tons of bombs and the lives of six men i wonder if he feels fulfilled as a human being as he drops another quarter in the coin wash but its saturday night and his wife likes to watch the movie on tv most of the damage has been done by a comparatively small group of harridans who have produced a veritable tidal wave of books magazine articles and tv diatribes all with the same theme if you are a housewife a you are unhappy and frustrated b youre a slob because youre not- out working or writing a novel or sculpting a sculp or something normal intelligent housewives under this linger orieorn are slinking around guiltily trying to convince themselves that they are unhappy frustrated shirkers the only thing im worried about is hat they may succeed as any woman of real insight knows it is the male of the family who is a slave to the family who is frustrated unful filled and trapped let mequote from the article in a survey one housewife said a married woman has it made welcome to the barricades katz- you can pile sandbags- while i sharpen my finger to stick it in the dyke go get him girls katz that is nearly 150000 visitors to pioneer village nearly 150000 persons have visited pioneer village the pre- confederation community now building at jane street and stccles avenue in northwest metro toronto during the peri od may 23 to oct 15 this year the metropolitan toronto and region conservation authority which is developing the village notes that the attendance break down shows the following 115- 073 visitors plus 23000 school students who were taken on special tours during the school terms an additional 10000 at- arts and crafts program at pioneer village metro toronto and district youngsters will have an opportu nity during the next two weeks to emulate the handicrafts of criarios pioneer settlers at pioneer village here an experimental pioneer arts and crafts program will be lipid at the village nov 213 for ele mentary and secondary school students who will be touring the unique crossroads community at jane street and steeles ave jn northwest metro toronto clas ses have already been selected at various age anjgrade levels to take part in the program the program sponsored by the metropolitan toronto and region conservation authority which is developing the pioneer village will include buttermak ing candle dipping spinning biacksmilhing and grain crush ing its purpose is to provide stu dents with a practical under standing of the way that pioneer families lived and worked dur ing preconfederation days in upper canada the program is a cooperative study by the authority and local boards of education to deter mine the effectiveness of such an innovation as a support to the history and home economics curricula educational programs are an important aspect of the pioneer village during the 1964 season for example nearly 20500 stu dents from regional schools plus 3350 persons in organized groups were conducted on edu cational tours by the teachers on jo anihntitv tafy pfevent winter damage in your garden many plants are not able to survive winter conditions unless adequate moisture is made available now sayhoticulturists with the ontario department of agriculture lack of moistruc in the tissues of trees and shrubs before winter sets in is often one of the causes of win ter killing evergreens are parti cularly susceptible to this kind of injury during sunny winter days- evergreens such as cedars will lose moisture from their leaves which cannot be replaced because their roots are in frozen soil the result is that thefoli- age becomes brown and un sightly to reduce this type of injury ensure that evergreens have sufficient water before the soli freezes place the gaiden hose beside the plants and allow the water to run slowly until the water has penetrated to about six inches to reduce the possi bility of washing away soil around the evergreens wrap a piece of cloth or burlap around the nozzle of the hose and place it near the trunk ended the annual pioneer fest ival held sept 26 the pioneer village will re main open this year until nov 1- and will reopen for the 1065 season in may teli touffinllc triinure establ1sbed i1j member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontario weekly newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 350 elsewhere 550 c tt nolan publisher jas thomas editor jas mekean advertising jj the telephone stickers distributed around town through the mall by out aiken of the ida drug store with the numbers of local police and lire stations attached- is an excellent idea and a fine service in a time of emergency we would suggest that s9 per cent of all residents here would have to precheck their directory before placing the call its nice to have the number right under the receiver we took a drive down no 48 hwy the other day to view the new factory home of sarco canada ltd near hwy 401 its a beautiful building on the outside and no doubt an official opening will be held later to permit the public to see through the interior it is interesting to note the distance that the plant is set back from 401 this is to permit we understand the expansion of this road to an ultimate twelve lanes and there fore the property is not for sale at any price i you never miss a good thing until its gone commented wilf morley president of the stouffville minor hackey associa tion in a recent conversation mr morley was referring to a move by alex robinson and family to a new place of residence near west hill mr robinson has been one of stouftvillea most active sports promoters summer and winter and his services will indeed be missed you cant keep a good man down that was our opinion- last week when we noticed dave stouffer diligently laying shingles on the roof of a new home at the corner of cone 9 north and rupert avenue mr stouffer marked his 84th birth day recently speaking of wellknown and ambitious district residents theres none more familiar to this community than sam mr- kuen now of markham we found him hitchhiking on the brock road last week and knowing him to be a completely harmless crosscountry traveller we stopped and gave him a ride sam can point out the foreowners of almost every proper- ty between markham brougham and claremont if you switch the subject to bloomington lcmonville ballantrac or dicksons hill hes equally conversant with the personal histories of most residents there plus their fathers and grandfathers down the line well say one thing for sure that with sam mckuen as a frontscat passenger the conversation although a trifle one sided is never dull recently we mentioned in this column that a familiar land mark the old mertens home in the westend of stouffville was being demolished we now learn that one piece of timber in the house had the date of 1s53 carved in the wood actually the home was erected prior to 1834 when claus mertens settled there after coming over to canada from germany he is buried at dicksons hill a sports oddity has come o light up mount albert way where jerry case a pitcher with the softball team there handled the mound chores against qiieensville with his left arm in a cast in addition he slammed a onehanded home run the first time that such a feat has ever been accomplished another first in the league was when bill farr of zephyr established a new fashion trend by wearing car muffs in centre- field geo husked sports editor of the newmarket era and express has suggested that umpires might adopt the ear- warmers as standard equipment to snuff out the verbal com plaints from behind the screen its a solid pat onthc back this week for the plowmen who endured the worst of weather conditions at the east york match- oil wednesday only one out of more than sixty entries quit beforehe had finished his land we saw one man actually dump water from his rubber boots just like suckerfishin com mented one helper while on the subject or plowing bill simpson of ballantrae ran into truck troubles while en route to the kingvaughan match and took his vehicle into a garage at aurora for repairs when the prizes were given out at the conclusion of the match bill was awarded a donation from this same service station bill didnt say which was worth the most but no doubt hed be happy to call it an even deal the depl of llwys doesnt intend to be caught napping this winter when the snow flakes start to fly with 00001 inches of the white stuff on the ground last wednesday the sand trucks were out in full force markham village police lcpt have a brand new 65 ford on the road from talpark motors the vehicle is lit up like a christmas tree with two red hasher lights on the roof in addi- j tioirto thcregular rotary beacon the newcar arrived none too soon since the old cruiser soundcdjike a mobile cemcntl mixer s pheasant hunters were out in full force on opening day last week and game wardens report not a single infringement on the law many wouldbe hunters were caught short this yea without a licence although a goodly number arc supposed to go on public sale prior to the hunt it appears thaljhc majority are reserved well in advance and joe dokes is left to grab whats let if hes lucky its amazing when you realize that the only difference between a gold and silver medal for markhams bill crothcrs in the olympic 800 meters was a halfsecond bill was just that close on the heels of the race winner peter sncll of new zea- land i while not an enthusiastic follower of track and field events i wc like most other tv viewers of the olympics were caught up in the thrill of this man against man girl against girl spectacle wc thoughtthat the television coverage was excel- lent and must surely have erased much of the apathetic feeling with which canadians had previously adopted toward this type of sport york clpanirsin own hac purchased fleet ofbrand new mercury vans from coffey and barllcy motors fn this same subject their row on row of new 61 model cars in stock with the arrival of the fivs is rapidly depleting joanharper daughter of mr and mrs bruce harper ii a trusting soul last week hired employee fred moore inno cently asked joan to take his volkswagen tip to mickey hunts sunoco station for a prewinter check on the antif rccze joan resolutely did as she was told unmindful of thefact that volkswagens with their aircooled motors do not require this type of protection after some persuasion she returned home with the caivdeterminod to let the owner look after his vehicles future requirements including the filling of all four tires with air we paid a semiannual visit lo dentist dr nell smith last week following a tooth by tooth checkup a date for a return trip was arranged by his receptionist hilda jones do you want nic to remind you of your appointment by telephone she asked very efficiently no wc replied and walked out leaving a winter coat and wo rubbers behind forward bob armstrong of the markhamjrs was jiven a rousing ovation by fans as each player was introduced prior to the start of the seasons first game in the markham arena on friilaynight and still there are those who say that local boys dont count for much any more for some 400 spectators one local lad did count not because he will ever become a super star but because he is bob armstrong of markham the office of the stouffville anma just doesnt seem the same his season without ken klrby around lo give forth with his friendly greeting ken who could always lake time to speak itclwecn sweeps of a broom or miovcl is no longer on the rink man lie is one of the original employees a term of service that dates back some 15 years i markham dairy ltd phone direct 2942212 i