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page 2 the tribune thursday october 22 1970 i i i i ijoihli ijl a i i s ktf c h nolan publisher jim thomas editor noel edey advertising published every thursday by inland publishing co limited at 54 main st stouffville ont tel 6402101 single copies 15c subscriptions s500 per year in canada 750 elsewhere member of audit bureau of circulation canadian weekly newspapers association and ontario weekly newspapers association second class mail registration number 0896 editorial a man among men the tribune has never set itself up as an authority in the field of federal or even provincial politics instead we associate ourselves more closely with municipal governments village town and township officials who deal directly with the people in an area that this newspaper endeavors to serve there are times however when issues are of such magnitude and importance as to occupy the minds of everyone soaring far beyond the realm of parliamentary politics this is such a time the shocking events of the past weeks and even days has set canadians thinking and foremost in those thoughts must arise one identifiable figure a man among men pierre elliott trudeau prime minister trudeau has during this period of unprecedented pressures displayed the moral fibre and fortitude of which statesmen are made similar plaudits are not due the leaders of opposition parties who during a period of unnatural crisis still chose to play out the role of the stammering struggling plodding politician such was not entirely unexpected of the ndps tommy douglas and perhaps even the conservatives lessexperienced robert stanfield but for john diefenbaker the great canadian that he is to cast his lot with the soothsayers of rhetoric nonsense is something most people find hard to believe not so however ontarios premier john robarts he chose to sidestep the lines of party politics and endorse wholeheartedly the trudeau stand his stock on the scale of public opinion has soared but it has been the prime minister of canada who has been forced to carry the full load of responsibility in this our countrys most serious crisis and history will record his name pierre elliott trudeau as the man who saved a nation a typical teenager at the international plowing match banquet friday in lindsay hon william a stewart minister of agriculture and food chided the news media for its overemphasis of drugtaking practices by what he termed a minority group of todays young people mr stewart in commenting at the same time on the participants in the queen of the furrow competition said that here was a more representative crosssection of todays youth the type of teenager worthy of publicity across the country the minister is right it is true that todays straight kids while in the majority take a back seat publicity- wise to those who come before the courts this is a difficult tfiing to control lawbreakers be they drugusers or something else cannot be ignored its a case of the silent majority remaining too silent this week however the tribune is pleased to offer congratulations to 16 year old debbie davies a talented equestrienne who over the thanksgiving weekend dazzled an ailamerican panel of judges at a show near chicago she captured six trophies and 21 ribbons with a brilliant performance in extremely tough competition on the question of drug abuse debbie wastes no words she doesnt require a crutch to attain per fection shell reach her goal on skill alone and so far shes doing just fine a typical teenager with a natural talent and a will to win editors mail dear sirs re letter to the editor the council of uxbridge township takes strong exception to a letter from mr john richmond published in the october 15 1970 edition of the stouffville tribune the facts are that the council has participated in a number of meetings and in for mulating several briefs dealing with regional government and related matters as they affect the township said briefs have been presented to the oshawa area planning and development study group and the ontario government council township of uxbridge dear mr thomas the ministers of stouffville and area were terribly disappointed when their statement concerning the proposed showing of oh calcutta failed to appear in the tribune we certainly hope that it was an honest mistake and not a deliberate at tempt to withhold their views our statement was as follows thirteen local ministers representing nine denominations met on monday september 2lst 1970 in stouffville with the president and secretary of the stouffville arena board and reeve ken laush- way to express to these men their deep concern about the showing of the review oh calcutta in the arena they discussed with mr bob hassard and mr kenneth roberts the problems pertaining to the cancellation of the program because of the legal contract that had been signed the question of future showings of this or other similar productions was raised and the ministers indicated their disap proval of such a possibility a point concerning the sale of pornographic literature in local stores was directed to mr laushway stating that this was basically the same problem everyone expressed the hope that the alarm sounded in our com munity by this event will eventually turn to the benefit of the area by constructive activity on the part of concerned people on behalf of the ministers i remain andrew brndjar 431 loretta crescent south stouffville editors note it wasnt until after the show was cancelled that we learned of the ministers wish to have the above statement published verbatim it should be pointed out however that not all thirteen pastors had knowledge of its content and at least one that we know of was opposed and stated so publicly from the pulpit 1 sugar and spice smileys fashionable views women are in a terrible fret these days poor dears the fashion designers have once again thrown them into a dither with their decree from the halls of the mighty that skirts were going down in length that is for a change there is a good deal of resentment among the gals many are declaring belligerently that theyre going to stick with the mini these rebels run all the way from middleaged housefraus who would look better in a potato sack to teeny- boppers who look great in anything or almost nothing which some of them favor but ill lay odds that if the designers so choose there wont be a miniskirt to be seen within a year what does grieve me is that women are such utter sheep when it comes to style they do everything but jump through hoops when the designers crack the whip when it comes to equal rights war the stupidity of men and other questions of vital importance women will fight like tigresses for what they believe they stand united i am a great respector of women in general they are far more reasonable than men except when you try to reason with them they are tender and compassionate except when they are belting their kids or tonguelashing the old man for some minor irritant and they are practical to the point of being ruthless except when it comes to clothes at this juncture all their good qualities fly out the window they become the silly flittery indecisive disunited creatures that they have pretended to be for centuries why cant they be themselves if i were a woman and had long tapering beautiful legs and a flat chest i would wear a miniskirt and be damned to him who first cried hold enough and if i were short and pudgy with a big chest id be strongly inclined to wear a maxi mother hubbard hinting at all sorts of mysteries lurking behind the cloth if i had bony knees but wellturned ankles id wear a midiskirt in short the skirt is quicker than the eye it should draw attention away from the less prepossessing aspects no woman is plain ugly to the more attractive features now im not just speaking as a man who is ignorant of these things or involved in them my wife and daughter have been fighting the battle of the hemline for four years mom i cant wear that its practically hanging around my dear editor deputy reeve dowswell called me to complain of an inaccuracy in my letter published last week in which i pointed out that uxbridge township council had not submitted a brief to the planning and development hearings mr dowswell assured me that council has submitted a brief even though this fact was omitted from the announcement recently published by the government mr dowswell also suggested that in future i check with members of council or the clerk or even the assistant clerk before i shoot another letter off which can do a lot of harm i hope this letter will be published in order that other citizens who were perhaps as annoyed as i was upon reading the planning and development announcement and have been mistakenly cursing their elected representatives when they should be cursing those who prepared the announcement i only wish the hearings were concerned with some other topic like historic sites and restoration john richmond rri claremont ont by bill smiley knees this meant that it was barely covering her pelvis all right kim ill turn it up one more inch and thats that oh mom ill look like a freak out of the thirties why dont you forget the whole thing and go listen to your guy lombardo records i think the old lady had the last word she took the shortest dress she could find turned it up four inches and sent it off to kim at college it looked more like a blouse than a dress even the kid had to admit the only way it could be worn in public was over long pants thats another thing they fight over long pants when kim means long she means trailing in the mud snow or whatever however my wife is quite happy about the change she went rum maging through her wardrobe the other night and discovered a whole pile of things that are almost brand new and just the right length shed never got around to throwing them out when the mini came in enough of that what does please me these days is the dash flair and elan of men for two centuries they had been scorned by women for wearing drab blues browns and greys lately theyre as colorful as jungle birds just the other day a friend of mine whom i thought a confirmed bachelor was married he was clad in an edwardian jacket with lace collar and fringes of lace peeping out at the cuffs the jacket was decorated with autumnal flowers of all shades how about that presumably he also wore trousers which were not described probably green velvet well i have to buy a new suit this week first in four years i havent quite decided whether it will be maroon with a mustard stripe or offmushroom with purple checks but it will probably turn out to be grey portraits of the past the timbers family the most famous name in plowing match circles in the past the present and the future this photo was taken in october 1965 at the site of the international on masse ferguson farms from the left are fred and win timbers stouffville and bob timbers of sandford ftuunt a country church closes its doors and a community disappears by jim thomas mount pisgah where is it whats there the answer to the first is nowhere the answer to the second is nothing the small but once meaningful dot of identity on the map of whitchurch township has been removed forever the little country church on the third concession from which the t community derived its name was officially closed on sunday i attended not as a mourner for i had never been in the building before but as a curious outsider there with pad and pencil in hand to write its obituary i was not alone many people were there for many reasons one gentleman and his wife seeing the halfmile lineup of cars thought auction sales had suddenly been sanctioned on the sabbath they were looking for antiques but a centuryold church while admittedly unique didnt quite fill the bill at least not one filled with worshippers the couple left promising faithfully to return when the property the pulpit and the pews are more readily available at a more convenient price the congregation that overflowed into the vestibule and down the wooden stairs outside found few young people present an un fortunate but obvious trend today predominant were ladies with greying hair and men with balding heads the scene of sentiment i had envisioned was not in evidence the only audible signs of remorse were silent sniffs intofolded kleenex the only visible signs of sadness were streaks of tears from redrimmed eyes and these occurred only when former pastor rev victor wood recalled the good old days of sunday school picnics quilting bees and turkey suppers for the most part however the mood was one of festive joy quite in keeping i suppose with a 100th anniversary occasion the 100th and the last for the site is to be sold and the contents auctioned but the decision to permanently close the little pioneer country church comes as no surprise regular services were discon tinued there several years ago it was only a matter of time but the decisiveness of the edict the outward joys of a moment and pleasant memories of the past can never heal the hurt that this com munity must or should feel a quartet comprising mrs veda howlett mrs elva smith leslie smith and loy carr best said it for everyone thro the mist of years i can seem to see the church of my childhood days and its memories sweet so with joy replete shall live in my heart always and the old old songs that we used to sing w im singing them oer and oer they give strength and cheer when the clouds draw near and lead to the other shore then on memorys page i can see again the church by the side of the road and wherever i roam it is guiding me home the church by the side of the road no credit a sign in the office of mickey hunts sunoco station main street west stouffville reads please no credit unless you are over 80 years old steadily employed and accompanied by your parents