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pse 2 the trjeune thatiitr october 20 1966 fehbune editorials looking ahead its sometimes a pleasant pastime to sit down and contemplate what changes may be looked for in town in he next few years there will no doubt be many new homes new stores and some industries we hope however there is one change which could come about and which could be most attrac tive provided it is given ample planning consideration the idea is an attractive town square in the area now partially occupied by the former firehall the only practical use now made of this building is to house the police office and the town clock some day this building will come down and the land occupying as it docs a most prominent place in front of the municipal offices should definite ly be kept for municipal purposes and not tossed off to the highest bidder as a commercial site the area could be most attractive and it is not hard to imagine it being com pletely paved threaded with flower beds possibly a fountain benches and a modern pedestal clock tower in the centre the present municipal offices at the time they were established in the for mer theatre were promised a facelift ing in the future this could also be the time for such a job to be done at the present time only about half of the buildings capacity is being used for office purposes and there would be no difficulty in setting up a police office the time is not far off when stouff- ville works dcpt will have to have a building of its own possibly near the disposal plant where sufficient land is available here would be a place for tractors trucks and other equipment part of which is now cluttering up the rear portion of the municipal office building stouftville has sometimes given the impression that it shies away from ma jor projects such as this where it is not so easy to put down value in dol lars and cents we think these ideas are changing modern new stores are going up more are to follow and homes as well the municipality would do well to think along these lines too planning is not something to be acted on to morrow but it can assure satisfaction for the future a handsome beautified town square is something which always draws com pliments from canadians when they travel through the smaller centres of the united states many old country and european towns are similarly bles sed stouftville councils and planning boards are most anxious and pleased that citizens provide attractive homes and business places they should reci procate champion plowman of stouffville ontario with four down and only one to go the plowing match season for 1966 is almost at an end only east york re mains and it is scheduled for the schell- davidson farms ninth line markham on saturday the international is of course the giant of all match competitions and 1966 as in past years has produced its share of winners from the stouffville area most prominent among the partici pants at seaforth was grant wells of lcmonville who captured no less than three 1st prize awards including the ontario championship he will com pete for the canadian title in simcoe jounty next year every year the town of stouffville is the recipient of much favourable publi city due to the fine work of district plowboys the rural route tag could locate them in the townships of mark- ham whitchurch uxbridge or picker ing but in variably it is this town that benefits on friday evening when barry tim bers was called to the platform to re ceive his prize we couldnt help but overhear this comment by one head table guest to another say thats bar ry timbers you know one of the timbers family of stouffville they were all great plowmen you remember them win and fred and john and bob and gene and ed and george and carl and dear knows how many more yes sir theyve sure put that town of stouffville on the map our only reply would be yes sir they surely have a dear price to pay the little red brick schoolhouse at cedar grove is up for sale the asking pi ice by the area 2 board of markham township is 10000 if the community wants it theyll have to pay for it 510000 we dont feel this is fair we are fully aware that sections as such no longer exist and buildings pre sumably belong to the area as a whole but who raised the funds to erect the school in the first place who has cov ered the cost of maintenance on the structure over the last ninetyfive years the answer of course is the past and present ratepayers of cedar grove for this reason we feel that the folks who have a real stake in the com munity and the school should be given the opportunity to purchase the prop erty for a nominal fee if they do not want it regardless of price the highest tendered bid should be consid ered such a policy has been adopted elsewhere and has proven quite suc cessful editors mail- how about this october 13 1966 dear editor many things have been written about mussclmans lake here is a problem that should be corrected a kindergarten class was started at ballantrae school and a teacher was hired but the children are not allowed by our readers to ride on the bus i feel that kindergarten is impor tant it helps the children prepare for grade i i feel that it is grossly unfair and thoughtless for the board to adopt such a policy sincerely lake mother le arning a lesson to the editor the federal govern ment has proposed lo fight inflation bv increasing taxes will this really help to provide the cure or will it onlv help to add fuel to the fire of inflation work ers through union action in particular will have further excuse to increase their demands for higher wages in creases in the prices of goods will have further justification and the govern ment will have more money to spend on all manner of unproductive projects the other day i had occasion to dis cuss our present plight with a fellow employee who had only recently arrived here from britain he had left for the very reason that britains economy had turned sour and unproductive saddled with high taxes and inefficient use of resources and labour his reaction to our present situation was that we arc heading in the same direction and that the government if it should increase taxes to fight inflation will have made the same mistake which britain has made in destroying the in centive which is necessary for an effici ent and productive economy we mav learn ourlcsson too late smith fette prtiune established 1sss c h nolan publisher jim thomas editor noel edey advertising published every thursday by the stouftvtlle tribune limited at 54 main st stouffville ont tvl 6402101 single copies 10c subscriptions s400 per year in canada 600 elsewhere member of audit bureau of circulation canadian weeklv newspapers association and ontario weeklv newspapers association authorized as second class mail po office dcpl ottawa the winnsr of the baking prize is the one who is chased by the most kids sugar and spice thanksgiving is the best by bill smiley as a canadian what is your favorite holiday in the year think carefully now no objection to yanks playing the game originally our holidays had religious overtones hence the term holy days christmas good friday thanksgiving then we developed patriotic or if you prefer political holidays these include such stirring times as dominion day now better known as the first of july british empire and common wealth and the queens birthday armi stice or remembrance day finally we have a few pure pagan holidays tossed in labor day civic holiday and new years day well lets start at the boiiom and eliminate civic holiday has no signifi cance whatever its the day on which everyone gets out of town for the week end v the local merchants who are supposed to get a civic holiday but spend it working like mad at the service club carnival raising money for some worthy cause it isnt even a national holiday bigcity stores ignore it labor day as we all know far from being a tribute to organized labor is a day on which nobody does a tap of work except for getting their kids ready for school or closing up the cot- tage the next in insignificance is diflicut to choose we have dominion day of course once it was a day of horse races picnics boat excursions and speeches in the park now it is merely a day which annoyingly doesnt always fall on a monday or friday and we have that whatevcritis day in may it used to be queen victorias birthday in the morning trees were planted for the rest of the day and night you burned your fingers on fire crackers and your eyebrows on roman candles i guess what were supposed to do now is sit around and think of our commonwealth brother in zambia and senegal or the queen whose birth day is in another month or something what we actually do is open the cottage or go fishing and then of course there is new years day hangovers and broken res olutions actually new years depends on how fervently you firstfcd it on the preceding eve it can be as bleak as a beverage room or as rambunctious as a rooster but ahead of it there lie three cold dark dready and deadly months of winter the two saddest holidays of the year modern touch for old cabooses the old wood cabooses such a fa- miliar sight on all freight trains arc to be modernized trainmen who have completed their days run in one of these old red cars will soon he riding back to their starting point in unaccus tomed comfort the old caboose with its wooden benches the woodburning stove and single oil lamp is being replaced on cnr freights by a small new allsteel caboose fully upholstered with adjust able swivel chairs and head rests there will also be a glass cupola with electric windshield wipers a hot plate and two oil stoves but thats only part of the story electricity supplied by an axledriven generator will supply all the power for lighting refrigeration the radiotele phone the hot plale and marker lights even the ride will be made smoother by adding five feet to the length of the cars which will ride on roller bearings there are 2000 of the old cabooses now in service and the first of the new- cars is to be ready this fall only 150 arc in the first order so it may be some time before we sec one passing through stouffville so great is the change that the end of the train can now be described as the beginning of a new era in comfort are remembrance day and good fri day and appropriately they come the most dismal times of the year on nov 11th the sky weeps the widows and mothers weep the flags droop at halfmast and the bells toll the only joint in town that jumps is the legion hall after the solemn rites have ended old cronies gather to ex change lies enjoy good food and drink and listen to the inevitable speaker try ing to convince them it was all worth while good friday is gtoom darkness and bitter wind remnants of snow drifts a day of death sacrifice and sorrow cold cold and the earth is dead and frozen christmas is another thing a sea son of peace and joy on earth with goodwill toward men according to the ads and the interminable carols but lets be honest by the time the day has arrived you are baflled bushed and broke that leaves nothing else but thanks giving thats my choice every year its the best canadian holiday and wc had a wonderful one this year first there are the physical delights weather is usually fine brisk and bright scenery is magnificent blue bronze and crimson blood bubbles in the veins fire feels good food tastes like never before lungs lap clean air sleep is sweet smooth and as dream less as whipped honey and then theres the thanksgiving itself thanks for good health thanks im alive thanks for children thanks for a good harvest or fat beef or a steady job thanks for a chance to go on living through another year of those other holidays until 1 can say thanks this week next socialised mousiasg by ray argyle the extension of national housing act loans to purchasers of older homes a measure now being debated in parliament is an important step in revamping canadas antiquated housing laws as helpful as the new measure can be in widening the opportunities for canadians to own their own homes however it represents little more than a piecemeal solution for the countrys housing problems up to now most families have been restricted to new housing because of the larger down payments and higher interest rates required on nonnha housing as long as the money market was relatively easy and house construction was booming the problem of purchas ing older homes was pushed into the background this condition prevailed through the late 1950s and early 60s but as the mon ey market tightened new housing starts began to decline construction has drop ped 25 per cent this year in the large canadian cities many families would prefer to live closer to downtown but urban redevelopment for private housing is impossible due to astronomical land costs and under conventional mortgage arrangements not many city residents can afford to purchase closein homes even in smaller centers not everyone prefers a brand new home the nha amendments if not wrap ped up in excessive red tape which would limit the eligibility of those who would qualify for old home loans will thus case the housing market at a time when demand remains high it will be good for the real estate business making it easier for owners to sell and for buyers to purchase but the new amendments will not overcome several basic problems which will continue to plague the housing in dustry unless quite revolutionary changes arc adopted some of these problems include financial speculation in land assem bly why could not land for housing be set aside by municipal governments in stead of leaving land assembly entirely to speculators inefficient handtool methods of housing construction when will the construction unions finally learn as countless others have had to that limiting the number of bricks a brick layer should handle in a day is hardly the way to increase productivity stupid architectural design how- much longer will architects continue to design apple box houses with useless large living rooms and tiny kitchens outdated municipal building codes most canadian municipalities prohibit the erection of prefabricated housing why cant housing be put on a factory basis or is building a house more complex than constructing a jet plane or assembling a rocket to the moon astronomical property taxes why is it that two governments those of bc and alberta have been able to come up with relief for homeowners through grants against taxes and yet every other province seems helpless to grapple with the problem of leaving municipalities so dependent on revenue from property taxes unfortunately no provincial govern ment and this is where the responsi bility really lies has yet been able to stir itself to even making a survey of housing needs in view of the rising cost of home ownership iiie question of public hous ing is going to play an increasing impor tant role in the future in ontario for cxample the ontario housing corpora tion which purchases accommodation and rents it to low income families wants to allow anyone earning up to s7000 per year to rent from it as 90 per cent of canadians cam less than this figure socialized housing will be the next development in this country unless some of the problems outlined above are tackled and solved 4wujnt the mud bowl mid that was the main topic of conver sation at the international plowing match near seaforth in huron county last week we timed our arrival to late friday afternoon and by then the worst was over but its continuing problems were j still very much in evidence people walked in it drove in it and one woman even fell in it but few folks complained about it the rubber boot was kinc one chapj took advantage of the inclement ele ments and opened tip a booth on the grounds he did a booming business he declined to reveal his total sales statistics income tax you know but said only that the turnover had been pretty good those who delied the radio television and press reports and arrived in high heels and oxfords lived to re gret it the most pracitcal person we saw all afternoon was a teenage girl from seaforth district high school she was barefoot about the onlv machines that werent marooned in the mire were ti skidoos they scooted up and down the mud corridors of tent city like water bugs four wheel drive jeeps rovers and the like also proved their worth but in spite of conditions possibly the worst in twenty years the alien- ancc was quite good figures of 45000 were estimated with a saturday count still to be completed if the people werent complaining neither were the plowmen grant wells of lcmonville who literally wore a path to the presentation platform on friday night termed the land the best ever he said that on opening day some of the 3furrow entries found the going a little greasy but after that everything was fine on the tuesday the time limit penalty was removed since drivers spent almost as much time under their tractors as on top of them trying to stay dry in winning the allontario title grant used his own massey machine and a 12inch ransomme trailer plow the plow manufactured in england is owned jointly by six other match com petitors don dunkeld joe tran bob timbers bill simpson ivan mclaugh lin and norm tyndall it will be grants fifth limp in the canadian championships to be held in conjunction with the international near barrie in simcoe county in 1967 he has now won the ontario honours twice the first time was at belleville in 1961 the runnerup this year was george dixon of brampton ivan fe- gcer of mount albert was only two- tenths of a point back of mr dixon only the lop two arc eligible to advance to the canadian finals grants fourday stay at seaforth was a profitable one both in financial awards and merchandise cash presenta tions amounted lo 5135 in addition iic received tea service he now has two a set of silverware he now has five- and a vacuum cleaner grant now 37 attended his first in- tcrnational at lindsay in 1948 eighteen j vcars ago he hasnt missed a match since grant says hes rcadv to call it quits at the conclusion of his canadian title bid at barrie in 67 he still has time to change his mind 4 a a sawing machine james a gibson 5th concession whilchurch demonstrates his sawing machine it was bought from the estate of william wat illustrations on the in struction sheet place the saws age at about g years staff ihoto