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tit 2 the msmt tkrcdjy september 14 1967 tertfmne editorials a town without police on thursday evening tonight a motion will be introduced at a meet ing of stouffville council that could if supported by a seconder create a most heated controversy on the other hand it could also die a swift and painless death we favor the latter councillor bob lewis has already given notice that he will submit a recommendation calling for the abo lition of the present police depart ment as we know it and in its place acquire the services of the opp plus a bylaw enforcement officer reeve ken laushway who ruled against discussion of the subject last week has agreed to let opinions be expressed once the motion properly moved and seconded is presented this should come tonight we would hope that before any vote is taken on such an important matter that each and every member has taken time to study its implica tions both present and future we would fear that the opp as good as its record may be and as faultless as its service may seem would not provide the kind of personal protection that residents here have come to know and expect this opin ion of course is based on the assump tion that no new headquarters would be located in the immediate stouff ville area and that both cars and constables would operate out of the office at oak ridges unlike at least two other members councillor lewis has voiced little com ment in the past either for or against the operation of the local force his sudden concern has us somewhat mystified we hope he can enlighten us a little in attempting to second guess the reasoning behind his proposed recom mendation we can only come up with one legitimate point money the budget required to maintain the police department here is about 10000 annually the opp would do it for nothing stouffville would be required to add one additional em ployee to enforce town bylaws this would cost in the neighborhood of 55000 thus we have a saving of about 535000 quite a chunk of money you say we agree it is but how important is money to the individual if the ser vice when he requires it is not im mediately available its not worth two cents rather than dissolve the stouff ville force in favor of the provincial police we would prefer to see a trend toward the amalgamation of depart ments in an area that could include markham township markham vill age and possibly avhitchurch a 4000 gamble that will pay off we cannot help but wonder how many town councils would gamble 4000 that is not included in their budget in an effort to promote one single event in a centennial year pro gram that in effect is what the council jin the village of markham is doing in an effort to bring guy lombardo to the markham arena sept 24 not only is the council willing to gamble on the receipts that will be obtained from this venture but they are backing the program on a sunday to make their limbclimbing even more venturesome only two of the five members actually gave the lom bardo show their okay deputyreeve albert laidlaw and councillor lloyd abernethy were absent councillor douglas allison was opposed few councils would have taken the risk but reeve alma walker is an apparent optimist that is perhaps one of the reasons that markham village has advanced so rapidly under her leadership to cover expenses an attendance figure of about 1600 must be record ed we feel confident theyll make it the helping hand is extended t stouffville residents have known the helping hand of arthur latcham lt has provided this community with one of the finest parks in the province altona atha and mount zion folk have also tasted a sample of mr jlatchams generosity through the donation of schools to be used as community centres last week the most generous gift of all was announced by the york- markham hospital board it is the purchase by mr latcham of a 50- lacre site costing 100000 the future location of a general hospital to serve the stouffville markham unionville area we here in stouffville who have come to know mr latcham over the years tend to take too much for granted such is not the case down markhamunionville way they are dumbfounded by it all in recognition of mr latchams donation of land we would hope that the board can in some way incorpor ate the donors name into the struc ture that we hope will follow so that he will always remain a living legend in our time and for generations to come the sign says stop three adult guards are on duty at separate crosswalk locations in stouff ville they perform a very vital ser vice assisting close to 800 children across the road four times daily five days a week for the most part mo torists recognize the important role they play and cooperate a few how ever do not one of these was fined 525 and costs in richmond hill court sept 1 we realize only too well that driv ers of heavy trucks should not be expected to stop their vehicles on a dime however because more stop ping distance is required more cau tion should be observed to complete ly ignore a guard who according to evidence was standing in the centre of the highway with her stop sign raised is inexcusable we hope it will serve as a lesson to others who have committed similar violations and got away with it the risk involved is far too great 2wii sugar and spice my last word by bill smiley dont worry after this week i wont say another word about expo but i wish every school child in the world could see it first time wc ever saw the expo site was about four years ago on a trip to oucbcc city the fabulous fairylands of the islands as they are today were piles of mud in the st lawrence then during those years canadas gloom and doom purveyors and we are loaded with them happily predicted that expo would be the flop of the cen tury after all it was an allcanadian pro duction couldnt help but be a dismal failure the prophets were appalled when it turned out to be the greatest show on earth and it is aside from the magnificent pavilions expo has an atmosphere a flair that may never be equalled there is a gaiety a courtesy a lack of commercialism that js like heady wine in this sour ill- mannered materialistic age ah the gaiety and courtesy with which we were given directions for getting home our second night there the parking attendants put us on the right road with ineffable gallic charm half an hour later the signs said we were heariinp not west for ontario but southeast for new brunswick i stopped and asked for directions the chap spoke no english none but my french was more than up to the crisis i simply said wc wanna go a ontario ou est la best route he re plied directly and briefly in no more than eight minutes of arm waving shrugging and fast french just about then thank goodness there was a tremendous clang on the highway a smashup nobody hurt but it did bring the cops one of them gave me in fast polite and intelligible eng lish la route directc we sped happily along until a sign announced that we were heading due cast for quebec city i stopped at a bar three delightful chaps gave me three perfectly clearcut means of getting turned around and headed west an hour later we found ourselves ncaring the border of new york state home at 330 am aside from a lew little misadventures like that our biggest trouble was girl- watching i dont suppose you could take a plot of ground the same size in the entire world and find onetenth as editors mail dear sir september 6th 1967 both the federal and provincial gov ernment have seen fit to appoint a royal commision tc study and report on the present method of taxation in canada and in ontario these studies have lasted up to five years and have cost millions of dollars recommendations as far reaching as provincial income tax and national capital gains tax were made certain segments of our society through no direct fault of their own are subjected to unfair taxation policies and steps must be taken to relieve this i feel it would be of much greater value if these commissions had investi gated the way our tax money is spent rather than saying which pocket they are going to take it from liberal candidate tom taylor york north ten years ago 1957 police chief frank edwards inform ed stouffville council that near beer would soon go on sale in town stores construction work is continuing at the site of locust hill bridge on high way no 7 it has long been a bottleneck for traffic in the area staff photo i the much publicized edscl made its appearance in the ford showrooms of edgcvalc motors limited stouffville stouffville school board has purchas ed a 6acrc site for a proposed new school on sunset boulevard the price was 5000 many beautiful girls as there are at expo normally i wouldnt classify this sort of thing as trouble but the girlwatching we did ruined the ordinary type we spent hours and hours watching kim or trying to ill swear she carried with her a package labelled instant invisibility one minute she was right there at our elbow but if we dared flick a glance at anything else she had vanished into a crowd of over a quartermillion twen ty frantic minutes later wed find her calmly looking at something and com pletely uncaring about where we were thank god shes got red hair or wed still be muddling around down there looking for her with just one to look after i could only imagine the panic of those parents who were there with five kids darting in all directions and there were thous ands of families down to three-week- olds muling and puking in their moth ers arms another problem with kim was shoes going barefoot all summer she has ac quired builtin leather soles first day she wore shoes balefully second day she stood them for an hour carried them the rest of the day third day she was happy in raggedy jeans bare feet and no parents no point in my describing the pavili ons but trying to see them all especial ly the big ones is like trying to eat six big meals in a day one right after the other if time is limited nibble the hor d- oeuvre rum andvbongoes at the haiti pavilion the stuffed dodo bird at mau ritius princess grace at monaco you are not allowed to nibble either prin cess g or the dodo but you get the idea if youve been you know what im talking about if you havent go cash in that insurance policy youll be a long time dead this week next diary of a drifter the changing of the seasons came to canada last week ahead of the calen dar but not unwelcome despite the first early harbingers of autumn labor day weekend with its last hot burst of summer its last frenzied beach outings and ordeals of long dis tance driving traditionally spells the end to summer in canada that monday holiday of course var ies by a week depending on the calen dar as early as sept 1st and as late as the 7th but this seems to make little difference it was a tranquil summer for most canadians not for canada was there the uneasy halfquiet and at times roaring violence of the big city ghettos not did the vietnam war in trude on the conscience of canadians as it did this past summer in the united states nor for us was there any repetition of last summers wave of strikes and or the rapid price in creases that made inflation such a fear a year ago aside from the conservative conven tion canadians talked little of politics instead the conversation turned to the blazing heat of the prairies where des pite scorched crops farmers still look ed for a good harvest there were too many fires in british columbia forests but heavy rains in eastern canada saved the bushlands of ontario and quebec from similar ravages could it really be true that canadians arc keenly interested in foreign affairs a oucbcc member of parliament howard grafty ran a survey which tot ted up foreign affairs as the chief politi cal concern of most canadians the rarity of debate in the common on foreign affairs has always made can adian politics to seem a little shallow not to say parochial if it is true can adian voters want to talk about viet nam the middle east situation and china and i for one hope they do then our parties have virtually ignored a field which deserves primary atten tion by ray argyle the quebec mps survey also showed less surprisingly that canadians were concerned about the calibre of political leadership the country has been receiv ing from all parties this comes as a little surprise and this is why the liberal party will be staging before too long probably within the next year the liberals can not afford to allow the conservatives too much time to rebuild their image following last weekends activities at the tory convention in maple leaf gardens for all the good feeling that centen nial and expo left with canadians this summer 1967 may be more remember ed as the year in which the countrys tax setup came under its closest scru tiny in the federal field the carter royal commission put the entire tax structure under its microscope and came up with recommendations to modernize and simplify the taxation system as the carter commission would eliminate many benefits and exemptions enjoyed by many branches of industry the report was widely criticized but the likelihood is that most of its proposals will be acted on particularly the basic principle that all income be treated as taxable income although at lower rates because of the growing load on home owners to pay the costs of provincial government every province faces the need to revamp its own tax structure in ontario this appears to be under way as he prelude to a fall election the smith report would case the prop erty tax on homeowners but as other taxes will likely rise to meet the costs of education and other services the average taxpayer will be little better off the services provided by government to the community as a whole must be paid for by the community as a whole if the load put on homeowners has been unfair the burden is going to have to be more evenly spread because it is likely the future will ace fewer homeowners and more apartment dwellers in most canadian cities established 1883 c h nolan publisher jim thomas editor noel edey advertising published every thursday by the stouffville tribune limited at si main st stouffville ont tel 50210l single copies 10c subscriptions 4x0 per year in canada s600 elsewhere member ot audit bureau of circulation canadian weekly newspapers association and ontario weekly newspapers association authorized as second class mail post office dcpt ottawa schools out the majority of folks get a kick out of attending auction sales some go with the good intentions of buying something others attend to watch others spend their money to even more its a kind of afternoon social where friend or stranger everyone seems to know everyone else we personally qualify for a position in the class of number one not that were antisocial mind you but we just cant stand to sec mrs jones spend all her hardearned egg money in an effort to outbid mrs smith on an item that neither one really wants or needs like shopping for a sunday necktie at weldons we eye it and buy it in about five seconds flat none of this rummaging around to find something belter but cheaper and that was the plan wc had care fully formulated saturdav afternoon we attended the sale of the ss 19 schoolhouse my school on the ninth line of markham it was up for auc tion admittedly it was like joe dokcs setting his sights on the okccfe centre but regardless of the financial obstacles we were determined that the successful bidder would pay for his whistle we established its worih at about ssooo with another 2000 to boot if the worst came to the worst before walter atkinson stepped to the podium the audience was given ample opportunity to inspect the prem ises it was then and there that we could see the hand writing on the wall one chap unravelled a rule and began to measure the structure inside and out another paced off the length and width of the playground area several tolled the roof top bell inspected the furnace checked the brick and en quired about the wiring one man even locked himself in the washroom un fortunately for him and all concerned we might add the toilet failed to flush an emergency plumbing job soon reme died the situation and oh yes members of the board were there filtering through the crowd like plain clothed detectives we mana ged to elude them long enough to pock et an engraved safety plaque that we bad donated to the school back in 62 one antiquegrabber eyed it hungrily one step closer and hed have got it right over the head our interest in the building was dimmed a bit when we stepped inside the interior had bowed to progress it looked altogether too modern this was not the s s 19 wc had known outside our spirits were revived for there on the northwest corner of the structure were the initials jt carved deeply into the wall ten thou sand dollars for a single brick what a price to pay and then auctioneer atkinson cane in hand called the meeting to order the terms of sale were spelled out the crowd closed in wc felt like a tadpole in a pool of crocodiles wholl start it off called out the colonel six thousand replied an observer seven thousand we answered eight thousand nine thousand money was flying in all directions my head started to spin ill make it ten we continued tenfifty said some scoundrel the ground began to sway the building tipped there was a ten second lull what about il asked the auctio neer pointing his cane like a loaded tommy gun i needed time to think but there was so little time ten thousand was sup posed to have been the absolute limit what would the wife say all the kids needed shoes she deserved a new win ter coat the old lawn mower had gone on the hummer and the scat of a seven- year old sunday suit had started to shine what would the banker say fifteen years of savings squandered in five minutes and on what a building i didnt need grass that i couldnt cut and taxes that i couldnt afford to pay its all for a memory whispered a voice down deep dont be foolish countered another even deeper wc survejed the crowd of ten thou sand eyes almost begging for a hand out no one offered to pass the hat watch me not your neighbor in terrupted the colonel it was like facing a firing squad he cocked his cane and slowly began to squeeze the trigger eleven thousand we replied the heart pounded like a sledge hammer twelve came a call wc glared thirteen fourteen fifteen thousand echoed a volley of bids the air suddenly cleared the ground stood still and the old school settled back on its original foundation the audience quickly dispersed the show was over wc remained a few minutes longer and stared at the weatherscarred name- plate barely visible from the ground ssno 191arkham it read erected 1881 wc had lived through eight of those eightysix years honestly were glad its all over now the kids can have shoes mother a new coat and dad a new mower there even might be enough money left over for some shineremover for a sunday suit