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m tat 2 th tribune thway ih 6 1967 day dampened but not spirits during the past several months stouffvillcs centennial committee dealt with and successfully solved every ob stacle and problem in the path of plans for a colorful and succssful july 1 holiday program only through the co operation and determination of its members was this possible however one item on the overall agenda that no one could control attempted to douse all the candles on the centennial cake but the committee even took on the weatherman and with the 100 percent support of the public they saw the show through never have we seen both performers and spectators participate under more trying circumstances with so little com plaint many left of course during the midafternoon deluge only to return again in the evening the morning parade was a tremendous success and the dance at night attracted hundreds the sunday worship service that had to be switched from the park to the arena was equally well attended it brought the weekend of events to a fitting conclusion while those on stage were hampered by the rain and viewers found them selves wading through water and mud only a small percentage of the persons present were aware of the load shouldered by the faithful few in an effort to overcome the elements for in stance following the deluge on friday workers stayed on the job until one oclock saturday morning preparing the park site for july 1st activities again on sunday morning many of the same folk were back at it again moving 1000 chairs into the rink for the cen tennial service in the afternoon in spite of the disappointments that always accompany problems with the weather in many instances it can prove a blessing in disguise it can weld a community together in a spirit of under standing and co- operation that could never occur under normal circumstan ces such was stouffville july 1 stouffville band wins its stripes the centurions stouffvihes new drum and bugle corps have won their stripes they captured the adoration and enthusiasm of the hundreds who lined the main street parade route saturday morning later they were acclaimed for a second time on the grounds of the memorial park throughout the onemile distance applause greeted the corps arrival we can recall no stouffville project ever receiving a similar reception their uni forms were striking their playing flawless and their marching precise wc have long advocated the forma tion of such a unit in stouffville but it took the time of a small but energetic executive plus the patience of both leaders and members to put the band on the road their debut could not have been more perfectly timed with the largest crowd in town in years and on canadas 100th birthday the corps formed a very im portant part of stoufvilles most color- full procession indeed they would not have looked out or place at the lead with their first performance in pub lic so successful stouffville residents arc wanting to hear and see them again so will other communities we are proud fanfare for bride and groom the honking of horns that accom panies most wedding processions is to be outlawed in the village of markham that is if the police force there carries out the wishes of some of the citizens and is willing to lay charges we hope that the chief fred white and his boys in blue will see fit to turn a deaf car to both the complaints and the horn- beepers if not then chivalry is surely dead a wedding in a town like markham or stouffville is in most cases a onccin- alifctime occasion surely it is impor tant enough to warrant a little fanfare even if it does disturb someones after- noon snooze to the newlywcds we say let the horns blow the confetti fall and the tin cans rattle this is a smalltown custom that should be continued and wed like to be in court if ever a case against this custom is challenged for wc dont think theres a magistrate in allcanada who would register a con viction wc hope were right why cant we speak plain english the question has been asked today in a national publication its good one for instance today wc dont talk about poor people even though there arc thousands we say the underprivi leged or the culturally deprived after all they arc poor simply no money wc dont even say people arc trying to get ahead wc describe this as up ward mobility wc never hold discussions anymore they are seminars if people dont want to do something why cant they say no instead of opting out even the description of people has changed theyre now human resources or human factors one of the latest is the credibility gap its just a case of how much people will swallow the question of doing a thing now has become at this point in time when something doesnt come off its an abortive attempt children arent bad or naughty theyre simply displaying their aggres sions he isnt spanked but is ad justed what help is all this new talk its none it doesnt make for any better understanding between people rather it builds walled groups where you need a special language key to participate we dont think thats what language is for do you curbside view of parade hundreds of people lined the parade roule in stouffville saturday morn- inc includioc many children two of these were elizabeth and michael ander son family of mr and mrs don anderson loretta crescent stan photo hello doc now about that tire you wanted repaired sugar and spice lend me your house by bill smiley im deeply hurt ive been waiting eyes shining cheeks glowing mind agog to see who was going to invite us to stay at their place while we visited expo nothing not a whisper not a mur mur not a wire not even a long distance call collect everybody else i know has a deal of some kind this one has relatives who are going to turn over their apartment for two weeks in august when they go on vacation that one is going to stay with her mothers uncles cousins son while his wife has her fourteenth child in hospital another friend has a brother who is a big buyer for a big department store the brother has been offered a suite of rooms at a posh motel for a week by a big supplier of things to the big department store both brothers are going with their wives this is known as public relations wed even settle for some private relations the telegram which dispenses this column has not said wed like you to take your family to expo for a week all expenses do a couple of columns from there no all theyve said is your column was late again last week pierre berton is going to spend two weeks with his family at expo in his boat i havent even got a rowboat and if i had i dont think wed make it before freezeup i must be fair and admit weve had a couple of invitations to park our trail er via christmas cards one was from my sister who is about 100 miles from expo the other was from old buddy gene macdonal who is only an hour from expo probably as the jet flies only trouble is we dont have a trailer and i dont suppose theres one left for hire in the whole country next year will be a great year to buy used trailers now i havent anything grand or glorious in mind all i was thinking about was somebody who perhaps has an apartment in montreal and a chalet in the laurentians if they were at the chalet wed be perfectly happy to look after their apartment in the city and if they wanted to come back to the mug editors mail june 22 1967 dear editor having heard people comment time and again what would the children do without the swimming pool prompt ed me to write this note of thanks tribute to a citizen philanthropist he could be called by all mankind he is enthralled with coins a jingling in his hand card tricks arc known throughout the land a pool for summer fun and games many gifts too numerous to name a vote of thanks from all im sure for arthur latcham this centennial year sincerely rose barry stouffville out and muck of the city and expo for a week in all that heat wed be delighted to let them have the apartment while we looked after the chalet what could be fairer than that it isnt as though wc wanted to come bust ing in on our relatives in montreal even if we had any and say sorry wc couldnt make it for the last 12 years but we just couldnt resist coming to see you this year for a centennial year reunion what every room in the house is rented all summer well money is thicker than blood obviously no thats not the idea not at all we dont want to impose on anyone we just want a quiet little place pre ferably airconditioned that will sleep three maybe four as hugh still had his hand in a cast with free parking not more than ten minutes from expo with maid service free nothing elaborate nothing ostenta tious just a simple little place to lay our heads and cook meals and make lunches and burn holes in the chester field and have all our relatives in just something like home we wouldnt stay all summer you know kim has to be home sundays to play the organ at church and hugh has to be home every two weeks to have his finger rcbrocken resct rccncascd in a cast i think hes found his lifes work besides my wife doesnt want to go to expo she shudders at crowds heat sore feet she says she wouldns sleep a wink she says we cant afford it thats what she said last summer and a week later we were on a plane for vancouver our flynow paylater plan will soon be paid for oh well if nobody wants us this week next back to the arms race by ray argyle june 30 1967 dear sir as a visitor to stouffville i was intrigued by the effort put forth by main street merchants in fixing up their windows in keeping with the cen tennial theme in most cases the items were sym bolic of merchandise handled in each of the business places they are to be commended for play ing such an important part in the towns centennial activities it has never been safe to invest much faith in diplomatic summitry and now that eastwest relations have returned to normal following the kosygin- johnson meetings such scepticism was never more justified it has been largely overlooked but perhaps the most important develop ment in the talks between premier ko- sygin and president johnson was the stubborn soviet stand on antiballistic missiles the russians have been reported for some time lo be surrounding moscow with an elaborate abm system which would knock down any incoming ameri can nuclear rockets if the soviets are able to build an ef fective antimissile curtain ahead of the united states it will render russia almost invulnerable to attack the consequences would be enor mous while it is unlikely that the per fection of such a system would propel the ussr into new aggressions it would nevertheless shake the whole precarious balanco of terror between the worlds two superpowers premier kosygin said following his meeting with johnson that russia was ready to talk disarmament in general but not about the abms by themselves he said the abms arc a defensive measure and that the world would be even worse off if money scaved on abms were spent on aggressive wea pons defensive the abms may be but a race between the ussr and the usa which now seems imminent will im peril the slight thaw in eastwest rela tions which even vietnam has been unable to freeze completely the us does not at this point have an operational antimissile system the few nike rockets cmplaccd around american cities and the bomarc missile which caused such a political uproar in canada a few years ago arc designed to bring down only incoming bombers north america is thus wide open to megadealh via russian rockets the main reason this has not happened is that the us has sufficient strikeback power to wipe out russia even after suffering total civilian destruction it self the soviets have the same counter attack capability enter the abms however and you have an entirely new situation an anti- ballistic missile system if it could be perfected would make it impossible for an enemy to score the vital hits needed in a nuclear war it has been a chief aim of us de fense secretary mcnamara to avoid hav ing to build an antiballistic missile system in north america the cost lo deploy the still experimental nikcx system would run to 30 billion in the next decade mcnamara believes the main result of such a move would be to increase the defense expenditures of both the us and russia without any gain in real security for cither side twice before the soviet union and the us have been faced with apparent arms gaps and both times both have hit the panic button the us did it in 1957 after sputnik schockcd by this russian achievement the us went allout on building inter continental rockets russia reacted by detonating huge new bomb tests in 1962 it was russias turn when premier khrushchev put missiles into cuba in hopes of counteracting us superiority in missiles and foreign bases the cuban crisis was the result british historian a j p taylor said last week that nuclear war was a cer tainty providing men continued to act as they have done in the past the obvious reluctance of the us to get into an abm race with russia sug gests that men may be finally learning new ways to act but there will have to be a rcsponscinkind from moscow if the american restraint is to be main tained sincerely rene rcnni clarcmonl lte brttune established isss c h nolan publisher jim thomas editor noel edev advertising published every thursday by the stouffville tribune limited at 54 main st stouffville ont tel 6402101 single copies 10c subscriptions 400 per year in canada 600 elsewhere member of audit bureau of circulation canadian weekly newspapers association and ontario weeklv newspapers association authorized as second class nail post office dcpu ottawa stouffville july 1 1967 the day that was and in spile of the weather what a day it was the chief organizer of the whole show was centennial committee chairman lome boadway with his energy and cnthusiam ally occasion rain or shine is assured of success he was everywhere leading the main street parade on the vipplatform serving barbecued chicken ingine in music mania 67 supervising thehangc- over of the sunday worship service arranging seating accommodation lit the arena and directing the centennial cuoir show me an individual that can in clude more activities into is hours and ill show you a superman for chairman boadway it was just that a super human effort there were so many items of interest packed into saturdays centennial cele brations that it would take a book to contain each and every one here are just a few that attracted our attention the parade under the chairman- ship of aurclia smith started at exactly 10 ajn and concluded as scheduled one hour later this timing itself must have set some sort of record the float for the centennial queen and her escorts contained 14400 spray- painted tissues of kleenex workers on the entry included mr and mrs bruce burton mr harold burton mr and mrs al humphrey mr and mrs roy hoover and thelma and walt terry two thousand kleenex flowers were made by the children at summit- view school much of the initial con struction was completed in the burton living room with the remainder in gar lehmans barn the giant lobster contained in the net on ken betz new brunswick float is known as centennial sam and weight 17 pounds it is nearly 100 years old the property of atlantic lobsters limited its photo was featured in the june 30 issue of the globe and mail centennial sam measures 3 feet in length the stouffville council rode in style in a 1937 fleetwood 7passenger cadil lac with chaffeur ralph corner at the wheel his assistant ken aida was also included in the vip party bruce forfar stouffville rr 3 won the beardgrowing title in the mens division and immediately turned over his 100 prize to the civic square build ing fund the prizemoney totalling 300 was put up by murray sinclair ken roberts and bill sanders in the under 21 class percy wagg mill st stouffville won the championship he plans to retain his bushy face for at least one more week bill and yvonne waldcn and children gordon 9 karen 7 and bruce 3 of mill st stouffville delighted parade viewers in their matching outfits the family didnt plan to enter the proces sion but did so after gordon arrived at the judges stand too late to enter his bicycle two other family groups stood out in the postparade crowd they were mrs glen evans kim 5 and kelly 3 of clarcmont and mrs george wilson beth 7 and cindy 5 of rose ave stouffville there were four fire departments rep resented in the parade one hand- pumper over 100 years old and still useable is owned by william wyllc of coldwatcr father of john wyllc rupert ave stouffville another a 1928 la france is owned by beamish construc tion company and was driven by david mintz manitoba st stouffville it ran dry of water between stouffville and markham it look three pallfulls to fill the rad the dance was one of the most re spectable arid wellrun functions of its kind we have attended with two bands one for the teen kids and another for their parents but the modern sound in music hasnt left han and sylvia dchcus sitting on the sidelines former- ly of stouffville they now live in king- 0 ston and wc thought town electrician ross hclhcrington would blow n fuse in the middle of his rendition of the monkcc john meydam of stouffville one of six members of ihc group portraits in y verse wowed both adults and techs with his drumbeating ability good woods walt taylor also produced a fine sound on the electric organ others in the sextet arc sandy taylor blair wagg tommy brillingcr and rog er chcwins o the stouffvllc lions club sold 1300 servings ol barbecued chicken saturday evening bun sellers was in charge of this project martin kamps main street stoulf- villc won the 50 centennial doll spon- sored by the stouffville drum and bugle corps the draw was made by the majorette donna wright saturday evening julie nigh daughter of mr and mrs norman nigh charles st stouffville and michael will son of rev and mrs bruce will obrien avenue submitted iiic piizcvwnnlng entries in ihc cen tennial namcthcpark contest in the cast end of town its edgcwood park and in the west end its sunset park both will receive centennial coin sets j