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fcee 2 the trsuff tfarobr deceafer 28 1967 the year that was and is the past twelve months have been a year like no other in the historv of stouffville much of the activity socially took on the centennial theme as was the case all across canada but more than that it created a desire among members of council and many citizens to establish a kind of memorial to the anniversary occasion thus the midtown civic square that never would have been was born aside from the centennial program and its related projects there were vis ible signs of progress at every turn touched off by the erection of a mo dern iga supermarket with improved parking facilities other main street merchants followed this lead expan sion was evident everywhere many of those who did not require additional space painted and improved their shops already established a prime example of such ingenuity is now visible in the birkett block purchased in 1966 by thos n shea real eestate limited rather than lose the convenient ser vice of the york county health unit to another municipality a new branch office was opened directly across from the iga a new restaurant was com pleted and to the east the law firm of button and armstrong moved into new offices to the west the shopping plaza was extended to include several new stores farther west patrick motors limited opened a modern auto showroom and service centre in the area of the parkview home work was started on a planned 140unit subdivision and additional houses were erected on manitoba street construc tion is now nearing completion on a large flood control dam between church and edward streets and a lii million dollar extension to the stouff ville district secondary school is now finished with an eye to the future the public school board has taken an option on a third building site to be used when required possibly in 1969 another major road paving program has been completed and the widening of park drive south to the arena is a decided improvement construction has been started on a new hydro substation and a new water reservoir what lies ahead for 1968 we hope that the council will re serve sufficient funds to complete an other phase of the civic square most important we feel is the refacing of the front entrance to the municipal building council should also consider enlarging the quarters of the public li brary since accommodation there is taxed to the limit the completion of the dam on duffin creek could mean the creation of an openair recreation centre on a man- made lake the twofold benefit of this project to stouffville cannot be meas ured the congregation of the united mis sionary church will embark on its sec ond major project and plans have also been discussed for an addition to the arena there is also talk of a new curl ing rink on an adjacent site if the rate of progress in 1968 keeps pace with that of the year almost over then the accomplishments will be many yes in many ways the twelve months of 1967 have been a year like no other may the next twelve months ahead be equally productive stimulate regional government many people decry the obvious com ing of regional government which they fear will remove local control it is our opinion however that one of the great est stimulants to this larger system of government is the disinterest of people themselves in working at local govern ment chores every year it is more diffi cult to fill the required offices the turn out at thepolls is pitiful this year in pickering only 39 per cent turned out and this they called a record in stouff ville and whitchurch the turnout was less than 25 per cent truly a glaring example of apathy some blame for this trend to central ization is levelled at those who do hold office dr george vanner a prominent medical man and councillor in a west ern ontario community says that there is apparent bumbling and inefficiency in local councils which has shown in the need for reforms the doctor made this significant statement every time a councillor fails to speak lest he offend his neighbor accepts a higher tender solely because it keeps business with the local citizen or fails to act because of the persons concerned there is fur ther justification that councils cease to exist almost anything a council might do is likely to offend somebody and in a town or township where so many peo ple are known to one another the temp tation is strong to offend nobody which means doing nothing citizens today are so engrossed in living socalled and at such a pace they find little time to dabble in local politics life is truly much more com plicated than it was twentyfive or fifty years ago the sweat to keep sufficient dollars coming into each household to keep ahead of mounting prices puts a strain on living that is so great it ex cludes all other interests such as local councils we would predict that step by step regional government will come and 1968 will see big strides in this direc tion already educational management at the local level is on the way out other departments will follow you me running things population of canada 20000000 people 65 years or older 6000000 bal ance left to do the work 14000000 people 21 years or younger 8000000 balance left to do the work 6000000 people working for the government 3000000 balance left to do the work 3000000 people in hospitals and asylums 225- 000 balance left to do the work 25000 persons in jail 24998 balance left to do the work 2 two why thats you and me then youd better get a wiggle on because im awfully tired of running this country alonel by ray argyle jacklyn mitchell abraham daughter of mr and mrs ernie abraham ninth line north stouffville will mark her second birthday dec 31 its obvious shes look ing forward 1968 centennial year plus one stan photo the breath of life used to be the measure of human consciousness if the heart was beating man was alive now that the era of human trans plants is upon us our concepts of life and death face as radical an overhaul as in the days when it was thought evil spirits gripped the body at times of ill health the historic cape town heart trans plant operation on 55year old louis washkansky is of course the cause of the new medical attitudes toward life and death but for all the awesome implications of human transplant operations the ethics of the new procedures are not likely to be as complicated or as diffi cult as the medical procedures them selves first there is absolutely no doubt that it is the recipient not the donor who lives in the cape town case that was louis washkansky not the fatally injured denise darvall whose heart he received the only circumstances under which this could change would be if the brain itself was transplanted and that is still a faroff science fiction nightmare but if a living human brain could be transplanted from one body to another there seems little doubt it would be the donor who would live the personality mentality and character of the person who had first possessed the brain would be transferred to the new body along with the organ itself and it is this recognition which is forcing doctors and the public to re state their definitions of death medical science has generally held that death occurred when the heart stopped beating but the ability to re vive dead hearts has made this con cept obsolete instead say doctors the functioning of the brain which can be measured by checking its electrical activity is a more precise means of measuring the breath of life this means in reality that persons whose hearts have stopped beating may not be dead but those whose brains have ceased functioning arc no longer alive because popular folklore has always associated the heart with the most im portant of human characteristics it may be difficult for many to accept this new view after all havent we all referred to persons as warmhearted or cruel- hearted havent our hearts leaped at the prospect of good news or have we not had a lump in our heart at the receipt of bad news in reality these were emotions that belonged to the brain not the heart it was the brains reaction to excite ment or danger which would make the heart beat faster there need be no ethical conflict over the use of human transplants to pro long life doctors individually and in grouns can attest to a persons inability to sustain life and when the death oc curs it will become commonplace to recover any healthy organs so that others may go on living the greatest difficulties will arise in securing healthy transplants and de ciding who will get them as the aver age life span lengthens most of the bodys organs will be in poor condition at time of death unsuitable for trans plant the majority of transplants will come from healthy adults killed in ac cidents and then of course only those organs which were undamaged by the accident could be used but who would receive them they would not likely go to the aged and feeble whose bodily deterioration had become general nor because of size could they go to infants teenagers and young adults would be the most likely recipients but ironically because they represent the healthiest element of the population this age group would have the least need of transplants now that the heart has been added to kidneys and liver as organs which have been transferred from one human to another work may be expected to go ahead on the creation of mechanical replacements to do the work of natural organs and although our concepts of death have been challenged by these advanc es transplants will not stop the rest of the body from wearing out anyway who wants to live forever year of accomplishment by jean davidson grade 12 centennial year is drawing to a close it has been a time for youth to assess itself what have teenagers done for canada in 1967 one cannot say that youth has done nothing for centennial if we take our own school as an example of those all over canada we see the enthusiasm which canadas one hundredth birth day kindled literally kindled for we were the ones who led the town in cele brating the entry of 1967 with a huge bonfire youth was the backbone of the july i celebrations we completed sev eral private projects within the school none of the seventy who went will ever forget a moment of the fun we had at expo or how exhausted we all were we can be proud that we had several students bring honor to the school through oratory sports and interpro- vincial visits stouffville secondary can be extremely proud of the centennial fitness awards results an extraordin arily iaige number of gold crests the highest honor were awarded to stu dents of sdss this marked the first time we had been in competition with high school athletes all across canada a major event at sdss was the fine new addition it has regenerated pride and school spirit with 1967 drawing to a close we can only hope 1968 will be as successful one way teenagers can do this is by making resolutions some will be brok en new years day but i am sure oth ers will be carried out a student could resolve to do more homework and re view work harder to keep physically fit and in this time of good will to men resolve to try harder to bridge the generation gap between parents and teens this division need not exist if both sides arc willing to give a little there are more ambitious projects on a larger scale food for all the hungry of the world and world peace it must be remembered that each in dividuals small resolutions to do better and to try harder may be the founda- lions to major beneficial changes in the world wht wrtbunt established 1888 c h nolan jim thomas editor i i ui j noel edey advertising h every thursday by the stouftvllle iyibune limited at 51 main st stouffville ont tel 102101 single copies 10c subscriptions 400 per year in canada 600 elsewhere mcmbci of audit bureau of circulation canadian weekly newspapers association and ontario weekly newspapers association authorized s second class mall post office dcpt ottawa sugar and spice by bui smiley now it can be tol neighbors can be a nuisance but ro if you cultivate them properly i hai a good neighbor and by handling hii with kid gloves during the summer receive from him the only christm present that really impresses me its a crafty piece of work and i hop he doesnt read this what i do is this i let him beat me at golf all summer gasp with admiration when he hits tremendous slice off the tee i shak my head in positive disbelief at his ap proach shots i shout a resoundinj well done old boy when he sink a 14inch putt by the end of summer i have hln right in the palm of my hand he hasn realized for a moment that any tlm i wanted to i could take him out oi the course and give him a terrible drub blng what i have done is to inculcate ir him the idea that he can do things much better than i and just before christmas i spring the trap i buy my christmas tree lug it home and get the usual comment from my wife that its the scraggliest tree in town and cant i even be trusted to buy a decent looking christmas tree no matter it doesnt bother me i merely invite her to take it back and get a better one then i begin the experience that has driven me closer to a stroke than any thing else in my life putting the rotten conglomeration of gum and prickly needles in an upright position there are very few things that i will admit according to my wife i am arro gant smartalecky and opinionated in her opinionated opinion i will fight un til the last dog is hung she says and by the way who ever heard of anyone hanging a dog over a matter of prin ciple such as who threw the chowder in mrs murphys overalls but theres one thing i will admit humbly i cant get christmas trees to stand up they dont just lean a wee bit you can remedy that with shims under one foot of the stand and ropes and bailing wire but my trees dont lean they genu flect they kneel in prayer to the fire place this used to drive me into wild rages which were very hard on me cursing sweating roaring with rage at my fam ily knocking all the skin off every knuckle on both hands sawing and chopping like an insane woodsman and the thing still bowing with the grace of a debutante making her first curtsey and this is where my summers hu miliation comes in oh i still go through the motions i saw various lengths of trunk off the bottom i hack away a few branches i swear and yell a bit but this is only a cover for the familys sake when ive had enough of playacting i call my neighbor john and in dulcet tones ask how is the best little old christmastreeputterupper in the whole country hes over to our house in 60 seconds i know what goes through his mind he thinks poor sod he cant even play golf the least i can do is give him a hand with his tree which is childs play and it is to him i havent mentioned that hes a spec ialist in mathematics and physics he pops over looks at the tree gently points out that the butt is inserted in the stand at a 45 degree angle corrects it and up goes the ruddy thing in three minutes standing there solid not a quiver it hasnt fallen down once since we became neighbors every time it happens its like a fresh miracle to me i look at the blast ed thing and there it sits graceful dig nified and not trussed up with ropes like a runaway calf as my trees used to be before john its pretty hard to take that licking in golf all summer but what you lose on the bananas and john has a beau tiful banana ball thats one that goes off the tee in the general shape of a banana you make up on the christ mas trees as hugh dunnit that grand old welsh bard of the cleventcenth cen tury used to put it putt it no put it golf wasnt even invented in the eleven tcenth century have a good new year golfers and neighbors all editors mail system criticized dear sir as parents we are not impressed with the letter system now in practice our child always worked hard for good marks and a high percentage on his re port card he even endeavoured to show an improvement in the next term now that same desire is gone last year our youngest child was en thused about her report card in kind ergarten this year she showed no in terest at all when i read it to her while her teacher says she is doing well most children still like to sec just how well they have done marks would certainly enlighten parents more on their chil- drens progress pupils shoulc be en couraged to give of their best but the present system tends only to discour age achievement i hope this new policy will be given further consideration sincerely concerned parent stouffville ont