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4 the tribune thursday january 22 191t wxt wtibum established 1888 charles h nolan publisher i nnv bsrvinn pumlshtdcvcrytbursdayatmmaiaststouiivimoiittclmollol i si anu toronto pbon mmuo sinsk eopim me subscriptions m 00 per yar m adjtisui manager i barre beacocx i caiudasitooelscwiiere member of audit bureau of circulation canadian community newspapers association aod ontario weekly newspapers association second class mall registration number oim the tribune is one- of the inland publishing co limited group of suburban newspapers which includes the aiaxwhitbypickenng news advertiser brampton guardian burlington post etobicoke caiette markham economist and sun newmarkevaurora era oakville beaver oshawa this week and mississauga news editorials license fees are needed the stouffville sales barn is certainly unique to this area and could almost be called a major local industry in that is brings people into town from the area surrounding metro toronto not only that but it is a tourist at traction in its own right and this is why we feel that the town has a responsibility toward other businesses in town to rectify something of an inequality at the present time the people who have stalls at the barn escape paying business tax to the town of whitchurchstouffville growing old with grace and joy sam doner seems to us to be a man all too rare in our day at 89 years of age and bound to a wheel chair he still works regularly in his wood working shop at parkview home last year he sold 340 worth of his articles but mr doner aside from his hobby seems to be a man who is satisfied with me and happy to be doing something useful in his old age we certainly appreciate such a person and hope that we too can grow old as gracefully now this might be fine if the businesses were indeed oneshot deals however many of them have permanent regular stalls and are at the barn every saturday summer and winter in other words these people are operating permanent businesses out of the saies barn because of situation the sales barn pays less taxes than some other large businesses in town now we arent proposing to kill the goose thats laying the golden egg closing down the barn by imposing burdensome rules and regulations is not the answer a worthwhile institution would be destroyed no the answer is a license fee based on the square foot area used each business locating there would be compelled to pay such a fee it would simply be added to the cost of renting a stall in this way the businessmen who operate out of the barn would be paying thefr fan- share of business taxes if the fees were set in a sensible way the barn would flourish as never before this is the tact that council should take in the matter it would not destroy the barn but it would lessen the inequalities that presently exist and would provide some revenue to the town as well local artist john roberts took an old photograph of stouffvilles main st and did a sketch the street as shown here dates to the latter part of the 1800s bible i- thought jfor the week a from the living bible dear broth erf christians- 1 love you and long to see you for you are my joy and my j reward for my works my beloved friends stay true to the lord and now i want tq plead with those two 4 dear women euodieas and syntyche please- please with the lords help quarrel no more be friends again and i ask you my true teammate to help these women for they worked side by side with me in telling the good news to others and the rest of my fellow workers whose names are written in the book of life philippians 413 theres one horn every minute by annegret laaaure library agreement good f while everyone might notbe entirely pleased with the compromise solution arrived at between council and the whitchurch stouffville library board certainly the fact that a new libraryiwill be pleases most people the lease on the present premises on main st will expire in the near future and the owner has indicated that building might be sold at that time y it is likely that a new library will be needed by the end of 1977 also the library makes a very good centennial project because it is so sorely needed and can be a focal point for community involvement in centennial celebrations in 1977 while the building may not be what the library board would have wanted in the best of all possible worlds it is better than the delays and postponements that have gone on in the dast rat p riyjs at least aew hbrarycis finallypon toe 4 road council has agreed and option has been taken on the land approval of the debenture by the ontario municipal board is still needed before work may actually begin all in all most of the credit for this must go to the determined members of the library board it has been a long battle however with full community support for fundraising the library can be a very worthwhile centennial project the public can get actively involved in contributing to the project this kind of community involvement is sadly lacking in our time perhaps with the excitement of centennial year some of that old spirit of mutual cooperatjon can be revived we hope so v i thirty years ago this week some people are just naturally suspicious some are cautious some are trusting and then there are people like me who are just plain gullible sometimes i think the whole world looks on me as a chicken ready to be plucked take the incident at the sales barns last saturday it started harmlessly enough with a pair of sky blue snow pants finest quality the saleslady assured me pointing to the label and less than half price since they fitted my daughter perfectly i bought them and she joyfully wore them home it was only then that we discovered the splits in the lining gaping holes showed all too clearly that not enough material had been allowed for seams and an ominous fraying of the intact portions indicated that rupture of the rest would soon follow the pants were blue but i saw red snatching them up i rushed backtojthe market to confront the shopkeeper sohdvojrian wittiliard black eyes and alittlemustache she glared at me accusingly j the crotch is torn she ex claimed with righteous indignation you bought them too small now hold it right there i said when my daughter tried them on you said they were k a perfect fit she looked right through me with her cold eyes the crotch is torn she said icily there is nothing i can do but these pants are defective i ex plained patiently the seam allowance is too small anyway its not just the crotch the whole inside seam is going i want my money back i waved the offending garment for em phasis and noted with satisfaction that a small crowd had gathered to watch i want my money i repeated in a louder voice for their benefit these pants are defective the shopkeepers sallow features tightened with anger look lady she grated we sold hundreds of these and none of them came back well maybe this is the only defective pair why should i be penalized because none of the others fell apart lady theres nothing i can do for you those pants came all the way from china i cant possibly take them back she turned with finality to another customer just a minute i said addressing her broad back and noting that she had dandruff the least you can do is give me another pair in ex change she turned around slowly and fixed me once more with those beady eyes i cant take those pants back she said with exaggerated patience because theyre torn her logic took my breath away you mean if there was nothing wrong with the pants youd take them back i croaked in credulously certainly but these have been worn i couldnt possibly sell them now we handle only brandnew first quality mer- jchandise she strode triumphantly to her cash register leaving me standing in the aisle with a pair of blue sriowpantsover my arm and a bitter taste in my mouth the sympathetic murmur of the onlookers followed me around the corner as i trudged to the fruit stand dragging my tattered pride behind me i saw what happened said a soft voice at my shoulder those people are all crooks i turned the thin grey man in the plaid jacket continued what are you going to do now his eyes were full of friendly interest go home i guess i leaned disconsolately against a grapefruit display i hate to let that woman get the best of me but what else can i do my new friend stroked his stubbly chin thoughtfully the only way to beat those kind of people is to be a little underhanded your self why dont you get a friend to buy another pair of pants and have her nip around the corner with them then you hand her the defective ones she goes back to the store again and demands her money back since she just bought the pants seconds ago the clerk wont even bother to look at them and shell have to give her a refund because she stated loudly in front of witnesses that she takes back merchandise that hasnt been worn 1 but wont that mean im paying for the a same pants twice i asked not at all he said dont forget thatv after the switch youll get a refund thatll leave you with one good pair of pants youre a genius i cried full of ad- miration for his beautiful plan he looked modestly at his dusty boots theres only one problem i said i dont have a friend here we contemplated the oranges in silence for a moment i dont suppose you i began hesitantly j me he seemed surprised but after a handing him the money the pleasure is all mine he answered with a mischievous griri and strode around the corner g to while away the time i bought some grapes after finishing the lot i purchased apples they were really excellent but i was beginning to lose my appetite my friend was certainly taking his time it was while eating my third banana that i decided to risk a peek and see how my operative was getting on i sidled around the fruit stand and peeredi cautiously into the clothing store inside there was an old man with a pipe the clerk a mother and daughter both in red coats and a lady with a fat dachshound nowhere was there a thin grey man in a plaid ri jacket he had disappeared ages ago i guess my mother was right she told and told me never to talk to strangers l excerpts from the tribune from january 24 1946 believe it or not a real believe it or not story originated in claremont last week at the home of mr will 1 palmer it seems that mr palmer had just added some fresh fuel to his furnace fire prior to going down town and on returning was questioned by mrs palmer as to how well he had stoked up as there was little apparent heat will skipped to the basement to in vestigate and to his surprise when he opened the furnace door there sat a gray owl on the j fresh coal none the worse for its trip down the chimney and apparently enjoying the warmth which luckily was not enough to create anyjlame protecting himself with a good heavy mitt mr palmer was able to extricate the strange feathered visitor from the fiery furnace andreturn it to the out-of- doors no canteen at a meeting of the stouffville war veterans the matter of a veterans memorial hall was discussed and the suggestion of a wet canteen was introducedjthe mam purpose of this hall is to provide a club house for the veterans to meet and have their social en tertainments and recreational facilities considerable controversy has arisen in the town centered solely around the idea of a wet canteen the veterans wish to make this statement as having gone on record at the last regular meeting that they are not having a wet canteen in the proposed place for this memorial hall signed stouffville veterans association watching is better than shovelling countdown stouffville centennial 18771977 c according to smiths canada record of 1851 stouffville was a flourishing little g village of 350 v inhabitants a grist and oatmeal mill sawmill foundry and tan nery and a congregational church the censusof1881 showed an increase ino population to 866a jik vsinjanuary 1877 stouffville became an incorporated j village and the t first miinlalnal nffiaai lirava tamat tynttiflt a- activities spread out over the first six months of the year the year will open with a new years eve ceremony witla cen- tennial queen pageant slated for january r 1977 a kinette dance in february special presentations by- the skating club and music mania in march and april legion drum head service in june and the home coming celebrations on the july 1st municipal officers were james dougherty weekend promise to provide for just about reevejgreesor william leaneyg l x everybody freel and j gibney councillors hw woodgate was uie first derk v vl the centennial committee is spon- 1 j soringa theme song contest the entries 4 1 tte centennial celebrauons in 1977wjll f v must bein by march 5 1976 first prize is jiikludeaimber aried unusual ioo s0andthird 25 m- t s i if my aching arms shoulders and back are any indication this has been a record winter for snow no sooner is one snowfall nicely shovelled off the driveway when another comes along and the work starts all over again dont get me wrong i like snow its the shovelling that object to letv face it there is nothing more beautiful than the snowcovered landscape on the morning after a snow storm the whole world seems to be transformed and takes on the character of some mystical kingdom certainly it has its beauties one would have to be bjind not to see that however after the reverie subsides the grim realities of life must be faced the snow on the driveway must be removed not only that but during the night the snowplows have been by and managed to erect a twofoot barrier across the driveway entrance you see main st must be kept open even if it means an hours backbreaking work for yours truly thus while the street never becomes impassable the driveway does everybody has a snow story you know some incidents which involve bizarre en counters against that indomitable white foe we all have stories about being stuck or snowedinetc but only recently i realized that while snow can be treacherous the key to being triumphant is to understand the nature of winter and especially snow the learning has been hard believe me first of all driving in the snow is an art all its own the key is to take things gentle and easy for the most part spinning tires ac complish little in the snow usually you go in even deeper by spinning the heat generated by the spinningtire often cause ice to form under jhe wheel v j t x no the best thing is to apply gas very gently if the wheels spin get out and try and find at what point the car is stuck taking snow away at certain strategic points around the wheels and the application of some form of 4 sand or grit under the wheels can often be the answer i learned about this in a very graphic way recently it was a wednesday morning that is the morning i spend in newmarket putting the finishing touches on the tribune this par ticular day i decided to start out earlier and set my alarm accordingly it had been snowing badly the night before and i was sure driving would be bad when i emerged from the house about 715 am the situation did not look all that bad in fact the snow plows had done such a good job there was hardly any snow on main st mind you there was a 2foot high drift left by the plows which nicely sealed off my driveway the question was can i bulldoze my way through or should i shovel it out the answer after some careful examination was that i would try plowing my way through with the car it was the quickest and i might admit easiest course of action well as you might guess the car became hungup on the snow the back wheels would spin merrily because most of the weight of the vehicle was resting on the show rather than on the wheels i had no choice at that point i got the shovels out and started removing the snow around the car every once in a while i would try it out each time the wheels would spin merrily v i gradually cleared away the snow from beside the car and out from under the sides and around the wheels i took a board from the basement to place under a back wheel for traction nothing seemed to work in between tries at driving out i continued to remove snow from beneath the car t a number of people came by and were feii3 4i4 i v5 ff by don bernard willing to help one man stopped and tried tb push another was walking by and he also gave assistance but to no avail meanwhile i had managed to clear out quite a bit of snows- s in fact i was lying on the road with the shovel in one hand prodding more and more snows away j finally i could see daylight from the fron of the car at the same a time a neighbour came with some kind of fine gravel to put under the wheels a minute later four young men came by on the way to school and agreed i to push everything came together and the car broke free j i had worked for over an hour on jt and turned out to be 45 minutes later than usual j getting v to newmarket the lesson shovelling is often the easiest way in the long run v l later that day i was shovelling the driveway and was at the difficult portion atj the foot of the driveway after about an hours j work the difficult section with a lot of hacking and chopping was still ahead my next door neighbor has someone plowj his driveway out just as i was struggling to clear mine away the plow came along to clear- i the driveway entrance the driver seeing mej struggling with the icy chunks of snow kindly cleared mine as well 5 the funny part is that two days before myj wife was out shovelling in the same area and the same plow added more snow on our driveway as it cleared the neighbors j it must have beenjhe weary look omy face or someone was smiling down on me on the other hand johanna must look strong and healthy while perhaps i am somewhat more pitiable v- j c at any rate the end of that day was much better than the beginning which i am very thankful for as i write this piece the snow is falling again i must leave my typewriter and grab my shovel again isnt winter fun i i- v