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ps 2 the tribune thnity september 21 1367 ferffiun ediirials a council responsibility markham township council has agreed by a vote of 2 to 1 to place the question of a new senior school for area 2 to a vote of the electorate the date of the plebiscite hs not yet been estab lished we feci that markham members are making a mistake as disturbed as the council may be come over soaring mill rates as frus trating as it may seem that the bulk of these increases arc caused through new school construction the problem is in no way lessened by placing it in the hands of the people it would appear to be a case of avoiding the blame by pass ing the buck how will the taxpayers be able to vote intelligently on such an issue on the one side we have the trustees who feel that the need exists and a 990000 debenture is warranted on the other side we have the members of council who are apparently questioning both the need and the cost situated in the very centre of this controversy is the electorate who admittedly know less about the subject than cither the area board or council but still have a final say it doesnt make sense we predict that unless the trustees are able to explain in some way or an other how such an expenditure is re quired it will be turned down flatter than the proverbial pancake who is to say that the need docs not exist who is to say that the cost is not warranted these are issues for coun cils and school boards to debate it was for this very purpose that they were elected by the people back in december dont force these same people to make the decisions the weekend that was the trouble with stouffvillc theres nothing to do how often have you heard this comment particularly from young people who became disenchanted with the same old routine as editor of this newspaper we would have gladly given in to a few hours of relaxation during the weekend that just was from early friday evening to late sunday night there was something go ing on continually if not right here in town then only a few miles away on friday night we caught a portion of the hell drivers show on the fair- grounds track at markham we left early to attend the crowning of the cen tennial queen at brougham on satur day there were attractions everywhere there was the giant airshow at button- ville history in action day at broug ham the opening of a new recreation centre near ballanlrae and an orsa softball final at greenwood sunday was little changed history in action day continued at brougham there was a baseball doubleheader in the stouffvillc park and the arena worship services concluded with a giant rally at night thats the way its been during almost every week and weekend in 1967 and still some say theres nothing to do dont believe it a flashback to 1927 in the december 15 1927 issue of the richmond hill liberal the following comment was written one of the fore most problems facing municipal legisla tors in the county of york today is the rapid and somewhat startling rise in the cost of secondary education this very same comment could have been written in 1967 in 1927 there were nine high schools and seven continuation schools in the old county the high schools were lo cated at weston with 941 students reg istered and a cost per pupil per day of 75c markham with 180 students and a daily cost of 49c each richmond hill with 300 pupils and daily cost of 58c newmarket with 398 students daily cost 73c aurora 216 students daily cost s6c scarboro 326 students daily cost 88c mimico 356 students daily cost 73c york 417 students daily cost 76c and east york 294 students and daily cost per pupil 121 continuation schools from grades 9 to 12 were located at stouffvillc 99 stu dents daily cost 46c sutton 74 stu dents daily cost 44c mount albert 48 students 41c islington 61 students s5c agincourt 61 students 47c schom- berg 26 students 32c and long branch 95 students 74c daily cost per pupil in 1920 the county rate for higher ed ucation was 11 mills while in 1926 it was 17 mills or almost onethird the total rate collected in the county while the assessment in the same period in creased only from 60000000 to 90- 000000 the countys share of the cost had increased by 900 in the seven years from 25096 to 225650 the municipality in which the high or continuation school was located paid 50 of the cost of secondary education with the county contributing the other 50 for the education of young people from other municipalities in 1920 there were only five high schools the following year six continu ation schools were added bringing the total to seven high and nine continua tion schools in 1926 two of the contin uation schools became high schools making a total of nine high schools and seven continuation schools in 1920 many county pupils were taught in high schools and collegiate in stitutes in the city of toronto but with the increase in the number of pupils from the city it became necessary to debar those coming from the county with the growth of population on the outskirts of the city several high and continuation schools had to be estab lished close to the city increased de mand for higher education in the north ern parts of the county was reflected by the doubling and in some cases trebling of the number of students sowing seeds of discontent the rather abrupt notice of motion introduced by councillor bob lewis sept 7 and followed up by an approved motion sept 14 has done nothing but sow seeds of discontent among person nel of the stouffvillc police department although none have said so the olt- ccrs must feel that their positions are in jeopardy if this kind of council pol icy is continued the men will be look ing elsewhere for police posts that re tain a little more security although possibly not intended as such the police here can only interpret this most recent council move as a mo tion of nonconfidence in the economic efficiency of the 4man force having gone through major policing problems here in the past we would have thought that council would have appreciated more fully the kind of ser vice that is provided here and left well enough alone favorable comment is warranted during the past week ccn the most reticent o town residents have spoken out in appreciation of the roadpaving program completed here in stouflville this year it is now a delight to drive down the back streets that only a few months ago were roughly rutted and dif ficult to maintain ratcpavcrs who endured many weeks of dust and dirt particularly on ninth line souh arc more than pleased with the finished project and so they should be its a beautiful job a similar improvement is noticeable on park drive south from main street down to the arena the same can be said for somcrvillc street winona drive and wcstlawn crescent the program is part of a tenyear de benture that will pay its own way through reduced labor and maintenance costs we think that its good planning on councils part and we would com mend them on their foresight i see youre haim tb0uw sett1x13 pijws hr yqufc sugar and spice plays are written to be seen i wonder how many people including english teachers ever sit down in this ratracy world f ours and read a play by shakespeare or anybody elrc for that matter im sure the number of persons on the north american continent who do this for the sheer joy of it annually could be counted on two hands and two feet and i wouldnt be among them the only people who read plays are producers directors and actors who read them for obvious reasons and high school students who read them because they have to plays arc not written to be read but to be seen just as operas arc written to be heard and houses built to be lived in and cars built to rust and women built different from men thats why i enjoy so much our occa sional visit to the stratford festival suddenly a soliloquy becomes not something you had to memorize in school but a real man baring his tor tured soul before your naked eyes suddenly a turn of phrase or shrug brings tears to your eyes or an unex pected belch draws a wave of laughter or an old cliche like a horse a horse my kingdom for a horse becomes a wail of mad anguish that has you bolt upright in your seat this year we wound up our summer with a real bash of playgoing at strat ford it was great even kim the 16- yearold cynic admitted i rcajly dig that shakespeare fourteen years ago my wife and i saw a production of richard iii with the great alec guinnes starring it was the first season of the festival when the theatre was a huge tent rotten hot in midsummer but it has something new colorful and vital on the canadian scene we were thrilled this year we saw the same play with british actor alan bates playing the emotionally and physically warped are you going markham fair by hugh mennell unionvillc september 1967 all your neighbors will be there the flags will fly the babies cry horses whinncy pigs will squeal of course therell be a ferris wheel and every single sunny day therell be a very proud display mother pitted gainst her daughter pies to make your old mouth water potatoes onions cabbages squash machinry that will dig or was- scare crows art embroidered pillows stuff to rid your drain of willows youll also sec the dogs and cats and boys and girls in funny hats lor tiose who like a faster pace excitement at the sulky race at last upon the final day before we put all this away when you have had your bumps and jerks a splendid show of fire works looking backward 1944 principal l c murphy announced that enrolment at stouffvillc high school had reached a record 130 stu dents the staff including the principal numbers five teachers a large steelclad barn belonging to jim barry of stouffvillc was destroyed by fire of unknown origin included in the loss was the seasons entire hay crop and ten pigs the sale of the harper farm cone 9 south of stouflville has been completed the new owner is harvey schcli the sale price is reported at 12000 richard theres a handsome theatre airconditioned the festival is no longer something new but its as vital and col orful as ever and its still a thrill despite a fairly solid lambasting from the drama critics the festival is having a solid smash this year at the box office which merely goes to show you how much attention anybody pays to drama critics outside of new yortc it also shows i think that the festival is more than just a theatre for the real drama buffs of course the plays the thing but for thousands of others its a sort of pilgrimage to an exciting an nual event not even will shakespeare could fill that theatre night after night year after year people come for the music the modern drama the art exhi bits and the whole inolving atmos phere things have changed a lot since that first year we attended no longer do you have to stay in a private home where the landlady is not only a kook but plas tered as ours was motels have mush- by bill smiley roomed but its a good idea to reserve no longer do you have to sit on the bank of the avon paddling your feet in the water and drinking gin and tonic out of a thermos now you can paddle your feet in the broadloom of any of several good bars no longer do you sit down to a good meal prepared by the ladies aid for a dollar and a quarter now you can take your pick of some fine restaurants but the price isnt the same im afraid yep the festival has changed and so has the town some people yearn for the good old days but i think everything has improved about 400 percent one big bonus is the lengthened season which gives thousands of high school kids a chance to see shakespeare alive and exciting and thats the way it shojuld be long live the festival it was a great idea nobly conceived and executed its a source of real pride to see something in canada that does not flop but flour ishes this week next enter mr stanfield by ray argyle when canadas mps assemble in ot tawa monday for the new session of parliament the shadow of robert stan- field will be cast over the proceedings even though he will not be sitting in the commons the task of delivering the conserva tive parlys reaction to the pearson gov ernments lineup of legislation will fall to frontrow members of the tory cau cus especially davie fulton but it is to mr stanfield that the con servative mps the press and the nation will turn for quartcrbacking signals in what has become an entirely new game in canadian politics even before mr stanfield enters the commons cyril kennedy pc has of fered his scat colchester hants there is already a new relationship between the government and opposition mr stanfield resigned last week as premier of nova scotia the era of intense personal vindictive ncss which characterized the exchanges between mr pearson and john dcifcn- bakcr has gone for good mr stanfield will offer a temperate reasonable re sponse to government programs and it is obvious mr pearson will keep ex changes on as moderate a level as pos sible it is to the governments advan tage to do so because the less the voters are stirred up by controversial issues so much the better for the party in power despite the past failure of provincial leaders to carry the federal conserva tives to power there is a big difference in the prospects of robert stanfield and sav george drew mr drew inherited a party with little more than a corporals guard of mps today nearly 100 conservatives sit in the commons mr drews support was confined almost entirely to ontario while stanfield brings with him a mas sive following from the atlantic provin ces to join with the western backing of the old dcifcnbakcr bloc the parly has substantial support in ontario there is little doubt that tory premier john ro- barts will win reelection next month and it is only in the big cities the con servatives of today lack a real power base mr stanfield has fantastic success in nova scotia during a 20year provincial career taking over a party in 1948 that had not a single member in the legisla ture he built a machine that now holds 40 of its 46 scats it is likely according to the early signals that mr stanfield will line up only slightly right of centre in the polit ical spectrum western tory influence plus the pressures of the next election campaign will likely nudge him square ly into centre field this will force the liberals further to the left almost into the arms of the ndp mr stanfield already has begun to woo the big city vote although he re vealed his heart is still in the country his call for continued supremacy of the family farm will of course appeal to rural voters but is this a chink in his vision for the future a future that will almost certainly sec the family farm re placed by vast mechanized food fac tories to stanficlds credit however it ap pears he has a real understanding of quebecs aspirations and also of the deux nations philosophy the problem is that the tories will ge lute a pile of trouble if they go around talking about two nations and if they do they will be misinterpreting their own policy report the tory policy report clearly states that canada is comprised of two found ing peoples the reference to two na tions appears in french and anyone who cares to check the canadian dic tionary will find that while nation means a country in english it can mean people in french it is therefore en- lirclv correct to speak in english of two peoples and in french of deux nations with both meaning prcciccly the same thing established is88 c h nolan publisher jim thomas editor noel edey advertising published every thursday by the stouflville tribune limited at 5t main st stouftvilie ont tel 6402101 single copies 10c subscriptions s400 per year in canada 600 elsewhere member of audit bureau of circulation canadian weekly newspapers association and ontario weekly newspaper association authorized as second class mail post otuce ecpu ottawa picking a winner m can prove costly its hard to believe that the nomina tion night for municipal candidates here in stouffvillc and in some surrounding townships is only two months away several have already set their dates and others will during the next couple of c weeks unlike the editors of metro dailies the weekly guys or at least the majority of them decline to creep out on the proverbial limb and pick their m choices to be put into print the daily chaps can afford to stick out their chins their chances of meeting mayor joe dokcs at the intersection of queen and yongc is next to nil not so here in stouffvillc- we however are continually in touch with the town fathers over a cup of coflce in the post office or at the corner of market and main cant you just picture the tribune editor high tailing it up rupert avenue with the reeve hot on his heels weilding a live- iron over his head or worse still the deputyreeve sucing the paper for libel breach of editorial etiquette and defam ation of character hed more likely be represented by himself and wed be sen tenced to two weeks of hard labor de molishing the tank traps in the centre of the towns civic square the reason we bring this matter to mind is because weve just finished reading an article in the publishers auxiliary a us tabloid printed in washington dc it tells the story about the editor of a 5200 circulation weekly in picaync mississippi who became per sonally involved in an election in that community following the vole a dis gruntled and defeated candidate by the name of willie moody tipping the scales at 240 pounds beat the bcjecbers out of the outspoken editor charlie nutter so violent was the alleged assault that the victim lost a portion of his sight in one eye in addition to numerous bumps cuts and abrasions were not suggesting that stouffvillcs councilmcn would resort to such tac tics but if they did wed stand little chance as a combined unit wed weigh approximately 825 pounds we tip the scales at an undernourished 137 even with clerk corner in our corner the odds would swing heavily in their fav our so you see dear friends its not worth the risk regardless of the hazards if any well make the following predictions two t months in advance in spite of repeated suggestions to the contrary reeve ken laushway will allow his name to stand for reelection and why not during the past two years and in particular the past twelve months stouftvilie has shown tremendous progress commercially and rcsidentially weve made great strides the paved streets and soontobcopened civic square stand as monuments of forethought ambition and ingenuity al- though there arc persistent rumors of opposition we predict that the reeve will be returned unopposed for the of fice of deputyrceve we think that the incumbent bill parsons will have a re- vival well even go so tar as to say that his rival will be cxrcevc win timbers certainly no stranger to municipal poli tics with only two years experience un der their belts we cant sec either coun cillors jim mckcllar tom loncrgan or bob lewis making a bid for one of the two top spots not yet we think that theyve enjoyed the past two years and will give it a go again councillor lewis could also run in whitchurch where he now owns properly but we cant sec him hcatng out veteran ivan mclaugh- y lin who also resides in that neck of he woods no rivals for messrs mckcllar loncrgan or lewis have yet appeared in the ra crystal ball whats in store for the public utilities commission we predict that walter atkinson will toss his hat in the ring again following an absence of two years we think that chairman tommy fair and member ken wagg will seek reelection theres still the public school board but thats such a tossup no one ever knows the final result until five minutes before the nomination deadline if there arc any other aspirants in the field who would like their plans made public were as close as the telephone day or night while neil patrick and several of his employees were in toronto recently t viewing the new models for 1968 some one stoic their 1964 buick before stouffvillc embarks on any plan to engage the ontario provincial police here council members would be m wise to obtain a little practical informa tion from the former opp chieftain at vandorf sgl art harrison now sta tioned in the mount forest area a quick look at some of the grade 4 nincrs making their debut at stouftvilie district secondary school would indi cate that the hemline must be lowered or the tapclinc lengthened postmaster jack sanders was aroused out of a deep sleep one night recently a businessman had mistakenly depov itcd a sizeable sum of money in the out side letter slot