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r r m a4 the tribune wednesday september 29 1382 k editors mail town store a rslfrw is unique v dear jim im sure that mayor eldred kings statement if there is some other way to assist the third world other than through the efforts of the prime minister it would be beneficial tribune issue sept 15 struck a responsive chord with many of your readers in the whitchurch- stouffville area with the first anniversary of stouf fvil- jles care share shoppe occurring next month perhaps it would be appropriate to again remind the community of the purpose of this unique store staffed entirely by over fifty volun teers from stouffville and environs the store provides a sales outlet for crafts from around the world the creation of these products provides additional income for thousands of third world families as we purchase these attractive gift items we share in a very real way with many whose resources are truly limited this program is sponsored by the mennonite central committee an orga nization dedicated to providing world wide relief assistance wherever it is needed the community should be commended also for the generous donations of quality used items which are then sold in the stores the revenue from the sales of used clothing toys household goods and a multitude of other useful products goes t to mennonite central committee to assist in the many relief programs oper ating worldwide the annual black creek pioneer vil lage sale held each september ia slso a very tangible expression of assistance to many people in developing countries local volunteers supported this years very successful event raising almost 35000 for mennonite central com mittee let us continue to seek new and innova tive ways of sharing with those in the hu man family who are less fortunate than ourselves sincerely herb diller chairman care share shoppe executive f wht tihum andrew p cook advertising manager i established 1888 james thomas barry w wallace editor in chel publisher editorial oept jim holt jim irving display advertising oept rodspicer bryan armstrong classified advertisingcirculation joan marshman office manager doreen deacon business office- eileen glover national sales representative- metroland corporate sales 4931300 publishedeverywednesdayats4mainslstouffvilleont tel 6402101 single copies 25c subscnptions s13 00 per year in canada 35 00 elsewhere member of canadian community newspapers associaion ontario weekly newspapers assocation ontario press councl and suburban newspaper of america second class mail registration number 0896 the stouffville tribune is one of the metroland printing publishing ltd group of suburban newspapers which includes a axwhitbypickenng news advertiser aurora bannernewmarket era the bolton enterpise brampton guardian the burlington post the burlington weekend post the etobicoke advertiser guardian the georgetown indpendentacton free press markham thornhill economist milton champion the mississauga news the mississauga news weekend edition the north york mirror oakville beaver oakville friday beaver oshawa this week oshawa this weekend the richmond hillthornhill liberal the scarborough mirror the woodbndge vaughan news roaming arounq newcar fever a disease by jim thomas- 6402100 editorials doom and gloom report where have all the tirekickers gone in case you didnt notice general motors introduced their new 83 automobiles last week i would hardly have known if i hadnt spotted introductory banners emblazened across the front windows of dealers show rooms im not even sure what day it was wednesday maybe thursday regardless it was a pretty lowkey affair almost like gm was saying were here folks i know youre not interested but like us or not were here while times may be tough at least tougher than ten to fifteen years ago there are dozens of clunkers out there breathing their last just as there were in the 60s and 70s after all they cant run on forever doesnt the canadian auto industry care or do they conclude all potential buyers will be investing in toyotas datsuns and volkswagens it would seem so how different from the good old days most of us can recall when the unveiling of new car models was a really big deal right here in stouffville general motors ford and chrysler would subsidize full page ads in this newspaper and crowds would jam local show rooms dick coffey and jim bartley coffey and bartley motors even cleared out the back shop and held a dance quite a do mind you not everyone who drank coffee gobbled donuts and dosadoed a partner drove home in new fords chevs pontiacs and plymouths but it put people in a carbuying frame of mind the husband would start wondering if old betsy his car not his wife would last him through the winter that maybe just maybe he should try swinging a deal one thing would lead to another and be fore long maybe five weeks delivery time a brand spanking new one was parked in his driveway owning a new car or a new used car for that matter is a thrill second only to buying a house at least it was news of the arrival would spread like wildfire greeted with even more enthusiasm than the coming of a baby boy or girl at least with it folks had advance warning but the car was always a complete surprise the pride of car ownership knows no age however for a boy in his late teens or early twenties nothing can quite compare its something hell always remember you do and so do i my initial purchase was a 1942 chev i bought it from cec hendricks and the late charlie ward at what was then called maple leaf auto sales in stouffville despite the fact it was eight years old and had been driven over 70000 miles it gave me god service i paid 800 for it the exact same ariount i was allowed on a tradein a year later this time i stepped up to a 1950 meteor coupk the finest used vehicle any thirtydollarawek kid could want to own it was tight as a drum and could fairly fly i treated that car with ihe greatest respect and it returned my affectiii tenfold since than ive hadseventeen five pon tiacs four chevs four frds two meteors one volkswagen and a buickltwo of the seventeen have been used the restnew i guess because i grew up on fords ive always been partial to uem unfortunately there are lemons in them all i guess ive been lucky i struck only oe but thats a story ill tell another time the present pontiac i drive is a good one as good as ive ever had it sells six comfortably and rides well no complaints however because two cais in our family are out of the question although id like a little puddlejumper for jean cbse inspection of the 83s is only a waste of thisalesmans time and mine still it doesnt cos anything to look and whos to say what a lucl wintario ticket could bring j trouble is gm for one teems hesitant to promote its products new tar introductions are no longer a fever mors like a disease this newspaper has always been a solid sup porter of yorkpeel m p sinclair stevens we cant recall a federal campaign when editor ially we havent advocated his reelection hes been a strong voice in the riding there are occasions however when sine and most opposition members both federally and provincially fall into the trap of finding nothing good to say about the government or the state of the country their dialogue is often described as gloom and doom and rightly somr stevens most recent epistle an 18page document falls into this category its nega tive in its approach from beginning to end ev ery householder in the riding undoubtedly re ceived a copy count yourself lucky if you didnt 4 mr stevens castigation of the trudeau liberals may be warranted in some areas surely no one can honestly state that throughout the 343 days of the 30th parliament something of a positive nature wasnt accom plished if so then the conservatives along with the ndp and liberals should hang their collective heads in shame mr stevens in his pamphlet uses such words as dangerous devisive and des tructive hardly the type of uplifting talk we canadians need at this time while no one is so naive as to think a con servative mp would toss too many bouquets in the direction of a government he hopes to defeat mr stevens should not think the electo rate that simpleminded that it cant read be tween the lines and take the report with a grain of salt then at its conclusion a petition insisting that a federal general election be called im mediately mr stevens leaves room for six signatures that hopefully is the number in the entire riding who would read that far window on wi id life- ore i 1 duck downa command byartbriggsjude halloween on saturday halloween this year falls on a sunday and unless altered by council or by the people as a directive to council it will be celebrated that date oct 31 iwe feel a change is necessary if for no other reason than to remove the conflict between a pagan ritual and the sabbath i apart from this many residents will resent theirsunday evening being disturbed but more importantly theres a greater personal risk involved due to a heavier volume of toron tobound traffic vut v viv while police and firemen may well prefer a halloween sunday the town must think past mm the crime and hooligan aspect of the occasion because for the most part its a fun night for kids kids we suggest will have more fun on the saturday the last thing we want is confusion and con fusion is sure to occur if a change isnt made for trickortreating will take place both evenings once is quite enough if as ratepayers you have strong opinions on the subject as we do pass on the word to the member that serves your ward hell un doubtedly respect those views when the issue comes to a votev l sometimes i think im getting old senile or maybe a bit of both whatever its becoming increasingly difficult to communicate with people and understand their actions i suppose some folk would even call it the result of the generation gap although the most notable example of this phenomenon occurred on the last field trip i led on that particular occasion the teenagers were lagging far be hind the leader after only a few miles of bush travel but what really gets the teasel under my saddle is the way they change things these days in many cases its apparently just for the sake of change and no im not talking about the fiasco of metric conversion goodness knows weve had that little morsel parboiled barbecued and blanched so much a person doesnt know the correct measure for a regurgitation the things im finding hard to swallow are not only the subtle changes in the names of birds but alas the carte blanche acceptance by the general public of these name changes take for instance the baltimore oriole one day i pick up the newspaper and discover this flashing orange and black beauty has had its name changed to northern oriole simple un imaginative northern oriole how could they no plebiscite no vote no baltimore oriole just like that ill bet most of us never even knew they were contemplating a name change its enough to make a meadowlark moult another good case in point is the myrtle warbler a common hardy species thats been known to visit our backyard on numerous occa sions during the winter this in itself is quite an achievement for an insecteating warbler when the mercurys way down and the white stuff is way up so what do they do to this little bird that was originally named because of its fondness for the berries of the waxmyrtle shrub youre right they changed its name to of all things the yellowrumped warbler do you know there are a halfdozen yellow- rumped warblers flitting around but only one relishes the fruit of the waxmyrtle shrub yel- lowrumped indeed it sounds almost obscene- of course all of these changes didnt happen over night in fact most have been in effect a number of years but my point is that they had their original names for a number of years too and in my book they havent changed at au so when i hear some relatively new bird watcher exclaim in glee theres a dark- eyed junco i bite my lip knlwing it really is or was a slatecolored junct there are times however vhen its impossi ble to remain silent im thinkng of the occa sion when a pretty park rangjr pointed to a canada jay in a nearby pinejshe called it a dullsounding gray jay wait a minute i interrupts didyousav gray jay she nodded i pjused awhile burning inside yet not wishing t make a scene in front of others finally i fotnd the words coming again couldnt we hav a chat about now i almost demanded ot no sir she coyly replied the yellowbieasted chat doesnt range this far north bj this time i was becoming completely ungluec because all i wanted to do was talk to her abw the iav name change i so you see i do have a bit of a ommunica tion problem and a strong resistance in change without a darn good reasoi but surely im not alone there must h others out there like myself ready so climb tm on a a perch and call a halt to some of thi nonsense for if we dont do something w all wake up some morning to find a field bum full of noname brand birds or discover all late that theyve taken the goose louts canada i 0i i