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fi 2 the stoutfylue tribune tw december 16 1965 burning the overdraft card x new meeting quarters arc required with the coming of a new year a new twoyear term and several new members we feel that its about time that the school area board of whitchurch town- hip acquired new meeting quarters for the past twelve months the trustees have met at the private residence of the secretary and although this prac tice may have proven convenient in some respects we feel that it is not suitable lor a program of this kind the monthly meetings are of course public but a private home can hardly be classed as a public place teachers ratepayers and even the prcs are rather hesitant to attend board gatherings under such circumstances whitchurch has two schools standing vacant one at white roe cone 3 and another at bethcsda cone 5 that could serve as the office of the secretary and the board room for the trustees if these buildings are both slated for demolition then surely one of the other schools in the township could serve the purpose boards in markham pickering and ox bridge townships have found this to be quite successful under the sectional system it was not uncommon for trustees to meet al most anywhere including private resi dences but school busines today has advanced far past this stage we would hope that the new board will give this matter some consideration dont leave that shopping too late christmas music sparkling lights and cheery voices all make for a wonder ful gift shopping season its a merry time for planning and preparing for joy ful giving such things are in full swing along main street santa claus himself is on the scene here in his chalet hes here to welcome the little tots and to let everyone know that its time to hustle along with that gift shopping the jolly chap has lots of ideas about christmas his predictions are for a bountiful yulctide with a large number of specially wrapped gifts under the tree these undoubtedly take a little more time not only big gifts but all gifts are likely to be more successfully selected when shoppers get an early start santa also holds to the idea that a close and thoughtful review of each issue of the stouffville tribune will guide you in this shopping the advertising of local firms will help you to be able to get things done faster and avoid those hectic lastminute rushes we all know we should begin early to enjoy the excitement of viewing all the new gift ideas at leisure and have the pleasure of choosing just the right gift lets get with it time is getting short see you at the christmas counter and the end is not yet it was announced last week by the bureau of statistics that the costofliving index had shot up to a record m02 in november an increase of almost a full point over october higher food prices are mainly blamed for the increase this index is based on the 1949 consumer prices bcgining in january we will be taxed further for the new pension scheme and takehome pay will take another dive this means little comfort to meet this increased living cost at this column pre dicted two years ago the government will soon be taking so much out of the pay cheques for tomorrow there will not be enough left to buy the groceries for today adding further to the spiral arc the frantic efforts of federal and provincial governments to spend all they can for the centennial every day thousands of dollars are being wasted on the world fair through a most inept public relations department in ontario about 150 muni cipalities have failed to apply for grants for centennial projects some may think it strange that a municipality does not want to spent si per person in order to collect 2 per person in grants could it be that some town fathers believe that by not applying they are saving not only their money at the municipal level but money at all three levels as well education costs too are going up and highway costs continue to increase along with all this the cost of living spirals yet another notch and the end is not in sight should be penalized some kind of penalty should be im posed on persons who for no legitimate reason fail to cast a ballot in municipal elections we would suggest a oneterm eancellation of the delinquent voters franchise or even more drastic for many a 10 fine the turnout at the polls in this area last week was nothing short of disgrace ful and if anything its getting worse is it any wonder that twoyear terms for councils are reccivng such unanimous endorsation the majority of ratepayers just dont care enough to get out and vote any more how do you like these percentage figures pickering township 281 markham township 276 stouffville 4s5to and whitchurch township 25 quite a record isnt it breaking the figures down the result is even more shocking for instance in whitchurch there are 5366 eligible voters out of this number only 1322 turned out in markham township 9472 were eligible but only 2621 cast ballots pickering is much the same with some im provement here in stouftville its a case of minority rule because the majority arent interested a parade is such a fleeting thing santa claus parades are quite com mon in communities surrounding stouff ville the annual procession was dropped here several seasons back and has not been renewed its withdrawal has aroused some criticism the critics for the most part arc spectator adults who in the past had no direct involvement in the organization of such an event they have little knowledge of the hours and days of work that must go into the preparation of a float in less than thirty minutes its all over the streets soon empty father goes home to watch the grey cup mother returns to the bake board and parade promoters dis mantle their projects wondering if its been worth the effort we wonder too the trouble is the public expects and demands too much each year the parade must be better than the last and by hook or by crook it usually is but theres a limit a levelling off point and when that is reached a gradual decline usually fol lows then there is nothing at all we still say that christmas is for the kiddies with more than a week still to go over 10q0 children have trekked through santas chalet on main street this is just as much of a thrill for them as an hour- long wait on the curbside to sec a parade thats over in half and hour if the adults want something more professional the eaton co can fill the bill there the work doesnt all fall on the shoulders of the faithful few ignorance is no excuse t a group of whitby township resi dents some 200 of them were crying into their empty ballot boxes last week when they learned that their representative on pickering twp school area no 1 roland simons had missed reelection to the 196637 board by a mere 10 votes these folk who send their children to schools in pickering and are therefore entitled to vote claimed they didnt know the elec tion date was saturday dec 4th a sug gestion that a new election should be held has been raised we feel that it is rather regrettable that the southcast corner of pickerings no 1 school area will not have a personal representative in the next term but ig norance on the part of the voters is certainly no reason to wash out the recent results staying away from the polls is about par for the course in pickering and these people will find no sympathy here certainly the rest of the electorate and the five successful candidates should not be penalized for a mistake of the peo ples own making the group of whitby township resi dents claim that they were not notified personally of the election such a practice is not legally necessary and we would question its benefit anyway seventy per cent of the electorate that did receive a personal notice still failed to vote so whats the use we think that if a few more people were nipped for their lackadaisical atti tude it might make them more aware of their civic rcsponsibilitcs with sincere respect to trustee roland simons we hope that a new election is not called perhaps then in 1967 the affected elector ate will remember not to forget 3fc u m u pc by bilismiley the christmas game people become a bit frantic as christmas approaches and i dont blame them every year despite fervent pledges to keep it simple the holiday season seems to begin earlier grow more garish and finally turn into a threering circus before the last stocking is hung while we all deplore the expense and exhaustion in volved we are all ardent players of that great north ameri can game known as needle your neighbour thats why the simple little candle in the window has evolved into that hideous phantasmagoria of coloured lights all over the front of the house thats why the few sprigs of evergreen over the mantel have evolved into a livingroom resembling a spruce swamp regardless of such things as a happy family gathering the pleasure of the old carols the joy of giving christmas is not really a success unless we can come up with some thing that will put the neighbours noses out of joint and this is where i come in i cant bear to sec people unhappy except my neighbours after a lot of thought ive come up with a few prcchristmas suggestions that will turn your neighbour green with envy red with rage in the proper colours for the season how about a yule log this year get that old mattress out of the attic or off the bed in the guest room saturate it with gasoline roll it up tie it with ropes and hide it in the garage on christmas eve when your neighbour is gloating through the curtains at the vulgar nativity scene in four colours on his front lawn take out your yule log and burn it on your lawn when he rushes out and be will tell him its the genuine article ordered from england then watch him burn by the way dont overdo it dont try burning your yule log in your twofootwide fireplace a variation on this theme is an eternal flame if you dont have gas have a line run in to your front sawn tell your neighbour the guys who are tearing up your lawn are looking for a leak in your sewer this will please him then some night half an hour after he turns on his electrical monstrosity flip your gas switch and slip out and light your eternal flame the fiendish ingenuity of your plan the simple dignity of your little light burning away in wind and snow will drive him wild itll be worth the few hundred bucks it costs this year forget all about hat junk for your living- room christmas candles spruce boughs sprigs of holly coloured lights in the chandelier oh let your wife go through the motions women enjoy such futilities but a couple of nights before christmas when your wife is on a last mad shopping scramble throw all that garbage out then take two gallons of paint one red and one green and paint everything in your livingroom one or the other your neighbour will be livid with envy when you ask him over for refreshments your wife may be any colour a variation on this is to let your kids help you paint and not ask your neighbour over christmas morning you send the kids over at seven am in appropriate colours and they ask him over speaking of refreshments how about a wassail bowl this year its quite simple to make and bound to impress take any large bowl or small washtub half fill sjuh nut- brown ale its an old elizabethan recipe and dont forget to tell your neighbour this stir in several wassails these arc small ancient englishmen pickled in alcohol something like the shep herds in shepherds pic but no gristle flavour to taste with nutmeg nutbrown maidens mistletoe and garlic salt fill bowl with gin ply neighbour generously but dont touch the stuff yourself if you havent got him by now theres no hope for you and you might as well relax and enjoy christmas with all the old familiar horrors of last year in the editors mail stouffville ont december 7 1965 the editor stouffville tribune stouffville ontario dear sir so santa came to town on saturday so what and that sir is my impression of our santa claus parade get with it stouffville where is your imagination and ingenu ity this is the christmas sea son a mystical magical won derful time and santa stepping out of a convertible and saun tering into his house on main street sure didnt display much enthusiasm did it why not a parade with music floats clowns etc it may cost a dollar or two but wouldnt it be worth it just to see the look of enchantment on a childs face as he or she watches the man of the moment come to town complete with all the trim mings come on stouffville please dont let the santa claus parade go where the horse show christmas market and trade fair have gone christmas belongs to the young and the youngatheart so please next year lets do something about it sincerely mrs jean oneill in spite of adverse weather conditions throughout much of the fall and summer season the value of harvested crops in york county is over nine mil lion dollars a tentative figure of 9655r 700 has been released by the on tario department of agricul ture for the same crops last year the total was 9125100 a major increase was re corded in the county potato in dustry the crop value of 1746- 000 in 63 was up more than c 100000 over 19g1 winter wheat took a heavy drop of more than a quarter of a million dollars here arc i965s crop values for the county with the 1961 figure in brackets winter wheat 798000 1089800 oats 1838100 1630900 mixed grains 638700 593- 100 baiicv 451000 297000 all hay crops 2899700 3089- 800 fodder corn s5440oo 513- 400 husking corn 699300 s355800 potatoes 1746900 1323500 winners of the kuchre held in the legion hall by the legion ladies on thursday evening dec th are ladies mrs e a griffith mrs jennie coyle and mrs sue schcll mens bus almstedt don bacon and wm morris the stouffville tribune limited j i kstapushkd ism j i member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the i ontario weekly newspapers association j authoriwj oidct miil tovfic ipt otuwu j i member of the audit bureau of circulations j j issued every thursday at stouftville ont j j in canada 400 elsewhere 5600 j i c h nolan rubllnher jas thomas editor noel edev advertlslne i roamfn around local elections are now past and althouch we are rather hesitant to criticize the faithful few who do stir them selves out to the polls we still feel that voters on a whole are a strange breed of people in manv cases its not what you know but who you know for instance take a look at ward i in pickering town ship where farmer harvey spang walloped the bee- jeebers out of a newcomer by the name of s a osterhout at mr spangs home poll in atha he outscorcd his rival by 134 to 6 but who were the six who voted against him did he boot somebodys son in the posterior for stealing apples did one of his holsteins stampede through a neighbours petunia patch did his dog chew on the tail of someones persian puss we dont know and probably mr spang doesnt either many ratepayers especially women would support a male candidate solely on his personality platform he tnav fill a council scat like a wooden indian for 52 weeks of the year but if hes a good family man a regular church atten- dcr and drives all the kids in the block to school on rainy days then hell get the vote and men are about as bad how they hate to see the women move into the political limelight especially against one of their own kind let them stay at home and look after the house is a common argument school board thats alright but not one step further and so it goes but the candidates themselves often fail io hcip the situation they offer no platform at all but pleadingly re quest your support its like the blind leading the blind if you plan to make a tour of stoultville prior to christ mas to see the lights make sure the home of electrician ross hctberington is a stopoil point it is located at 336 rupert avenue but the number is not really necessary for you cant miss it on the front lawn of his property is a huge 30 foot pine tree it wasnt there last month and it didnt grow out of the ground overnight he cut it down up in uxbridge township and transported it to town by truck and pole trailer the trunk is inserted in a footdeep hole and braced from all sides for added support it has been dressed up for the christmas season with 300 colour ed lights and these are operated by a time clock device inside his home they flick on at 530 pm each day and oil again at 1130 every night since the cutting hauling and erecting of this tree every year is a rather arduous chore ross has already taken steps to eliminate this task in about twenty years time he has planted a permanent pine out front and hopes to sec the day when it will develop into a permanent christmas tree a sign in the markham township municipal office at bttttonvillc reads everybody should pay their taxes with a smile i tried but they wanted cash another sign at the west end of stouffvulc indicates that a start on the new shopping centre and supermarket is not many months away the gmc truck cab and chassis parked on the lot at patrick motors in stouffville is worth 529500 it is a v8 dicscl and the largest of its kind to be assembled in osh- awa in 1965 they are now made only in the united states it is the largest to be sold locally and is presently awaiting delivery of a trailer the complete unit will go out later this month for those persons who have not viewed the new tor onto city hall at night we would suggest that its worth a trip to see it it is a most magnificent structure if youre still young at heart take along your skates a fine artificial ice arena is located at the nathan phillips square and although toronto boasts more than va million people the skating wasnt crowded on thursday corn yield totals 121 bushels per acre on jack pike farm a a wall agricultural representative york coiinyt newmarket i have pur posely avoided any mention of grain corn in these reports this fall although its normally a favourite topic it isnt a very good one right now with so many fields not harvested yet losses so high from lodging and drying so difficult anyone who talks grain corn has to be ready to defend himself well my faith was restored some last week when i got the yield results from our corn competition there were 21 en tries this year the lowest yield was a respectable 81 bushels per acre and hats shelled corn corrected to 13 moisture the highest yield was 121 bus grown by jack pike from mark ham the challengers were master feeds farm with 119 and pat steckley with 113 of the 21 over half beat the 100 bushel yield harrier harvesting problem this proves that even in a poor corn year we can glow the stuff the only sticker is harv esting a year like this empha sizes the weakness of the ratio nal picking and crib storage harvesting is held up waiting for the ears to dry down and this delay gets us into wet ground stalk breakage and los ses as well as the problem we will have next spring i think silos will prove to he better for corn storage in york county than corn cribs silage and high moisture grain can both be put in wet this makes life a lot simpler at harvest time and despite popular opi nion silo storage costs very little more than crib storage later thnn usual a fair amount of silage was put in this fall later than usual it had been frosted and dried out and many people used to fresh green material with lots of moisture feel that feed value deteriorated badly its true that there is some loss but likely the worst part of it is that it isnt as palatable as usual the fermentation process doesnt work as well theres likely to he a few moulds and cattle just wont eat as much weight how ever the feed value of the grain isnt affected at all and the grain is the most important part of silage so in my opinion ilage this year will likely make milk or beef just about as well as it usually does congratulations this week to two york county holsteln farms romandale won the premier breeder award at the international livestock exposi tion chicago oak ridges farms showed as well and both were knocking on the door for he premier exhibitor award the good driver suddenly without any warning unpredictably these are typical of the expres sions used by a driver involved in an accident to describe the injustic of it all but the ont ario safely league says that an accident although it seems to be outoftheblue is usually the result of a long period of preparation and rehearsal it has been estimated that every industrial accident aris ing from an unsafe act is pre ceded on the average by 300 similar unsafe acts that were uneventful the man who pays the penally of carelessness at the work bench gets away with it about 300 limes before he gels hurt whether the same lto300 proportion of hits to misses applies to automobile accidents is not known but probably the relationship is similar cer tainly the principle is inescap able an unsafe act inevitably leads to harm if it is repeated often cpough the vast majority of motor ists who end up in hospital or paying the deductible end of the repair bill are skillful drivers they are skillful enough to drive for a lifetime without a scratch or a bump if they gave their best at all times but they dont give their best frequently they take chances recognizing the risks but be lieving them to be slight in other words they rely on luck as well as skill to keep them intact the man who habitually passes on a hill or ignores slop signs or thinks that swinging wigwags apply only tn the traffic behind him rap idly uses up his free chances in the gamble one day he will hvc to pay and perhaps hia son whom he taught to drive in the same fashion will get a similar bill