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a4 tribune may 4 1988 editors mail j selective dear editor through the media of the tri- bune i wish to express my appre- 3 ciation to all those who so kindly donate quality clothing footwear and household items to the care i share shoppe main street stouff- ville approximately 73 volunteers j comprise our staff of sorters pric- j ers store clerks etc the many i donations have made it possible to send over 50000 to the mennonite l central committee this past year we are asking that you be selec- tive in choosing quality clean items for donation if donations are to be useful they must be clean and of good quality substandard or wornout articles are of no use make unnecessary sorting work and are discarded please help us by being selective as you make your donations sincerely irene steiner comanager the care share shoppe 39 main street west stouffville positive dear editor i wish to personally thank your newspaper for the excellent cover age provided education week events in the area the photos and stories brought education to the fore in a very posi tive way the tribunes circulation should climb by several hundred copies and rightly so in my opinion staff teachers and students did a marvellous job and so did you all can take a bow sincerely mrs janine proctor rr 4 stouffville the tribune established 1888 james thomas bruce annan patricia pappas editor publisher advertising manager jennifer hutt distribution manager editorial dept denise mcdonald retail advertising susan berry manager charles canning real estateclassified advertising joan marshman real estate manager dorothy young classified manager debra weller distribution lea krtler doreen deacon business office manager chris bertram national sales representative metroland corporate sales 4931300 the stouffville tribune published every wednesday and saturday ai 54 mam st stouffville ont is one of the metroland printing publishing distributing group of suburban newspapers which includes the acton free press ajax 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was 500 in addi tion the committee had to pay 499 for tables and chairs these had to be truck- eel in from cannington i the costing is extravagant and unfair the association is local in every sense of the word i it was an honor and a privilege to host the event i with the exception of the arena mana ger no employee assistance was re quired j proceeds were destined for a good cause the markhamstouffville hos pital building fund j local organizers have a stake in the community as well as the facility the tab was embarrassing if someone foreign to the town wishes to rent the centre let himher pay the shot heshe takes the risks heshe absorbs the losses or takes the profits however when the organization is homebrew and totally volunteer pre ferential treatment is warranted the reunion friday met both these creden tials in addition the profits what little remains will go towards a very worth while project the 500 flat rate charge should be changed a sliding scale should be estab lished with the fee set on the merits of each application such a system isnt un usual but very basic whats done is done however if the town can find it in its heart to make a donation to the hospital fund in the associations name it would help sweeten the unsavory taste that present ly exists in the mouths of many for as long as most people can re member mothers have been immortal ized but what about fathers apart from eddie fishers hit of the 50s oh my papa to me you are so wonderful fathers have never been ex tolled in song oh theyve been sung about alright which brings me to the point of this trea tise every second sunday in may mothers name is spelled out starting with the m is for the million things she gave me all the way through to r means right and right shell always be not youll note most of the time making the odd mistake now and again but right shell always be father on the other hand is al ways wrong according to the musicmakers mother receives the roses while father gets the thorns as opposed to his wife being melo diously venerated ad nauseum hes not only been given pitifully short shrift but has been made the butt of buffoonery and roasting take it if you can stomach it this hearttugger where a child is imploring father dear father come home with me now the clock in the belfry strikes one you said you were coming right home from the shop as soon as your days work is done the above scene doesnt take place at fathers place of employment with his little son begging him to knock off work because hes had his nose to the grind stone all day and half the night far from it the poor kid is crying at the door of a saloon and even though calling him dear father he knows the old man for the blaggard he is in there tossing them back while mothers home sob bing too proud to come and drag the cad out herself yes musically fathers are shown as a sorry lot heres another little waif whos heart broken because daddy wouldnt buy me a bowwow all this tot wants see is a little doggie but will her brute of a father buy her one no we can almost hear him thunder at his tiny tearful daughter fol lowed by if you ask me for a mutt one more time ill okay so his unfinished threat isnt in song but the message is clear another of those guys who couldnt spring for a pet for his kid having probably spent his last cent in the same grogshop as the father who was still there guzzling at 1 am even the son who boasted he was fol lowing in fathers footsteps was in actual fact frequenting the dives where his dad was hanging out this particular offspring even inher ited dads discarded women you dont believe me well word for word from the old song book here is the son filling mom in on hubbys pecca dillos hes just out there with fair miss jupp to show me how to hold girls up im going to hold her next ma so when he drops her ill be glad im following in fathers footsteps yes following the dear old dad no choice when it comes to buildup re sidential commercial or industrial the town of whitchurchstouffville will never catch up to or keep pace with the town of markham thats the farthest thing from councils mind homeowners too but we do need to grow slowly but steadily while some may debate this point its because of growth were a better town today than ten years ago and the same will be true ten years down the line if gradual growth continues but it wont without the services of water and sewage not in stouff ville thats the concern of mayor fran sainsbury shes pushing for inclusion in the big pipe the huge sewerage system that serves the more urban areas of york while were not satisfied stouff- ville should go this route it disturbs us greatly that mayor carole bell of markham should suggest plan- j ning be done by planning and not by a sewer pipe the truth is madam mayor when services cease so also docs planning theres nothing to plan for so we stagnate wc say full knowledge of rcgion- al engineering skills should be cm- ployed to solve the sewage problem on a localized scale while its not the ultimate answer it will at least give us room to breathe and time to study the ramifications of a major capital expense father gets it from all sides nothing i more need be said about my dad said 1 follow the band or were ah out of j step but father not to mention we all go to work but father in song father never worked listen to eliza doolittles old dad in my fair lady gleefully warbling with a little bit of luck someone else will do the bloomin work but wait whats this one father out of the whole worthless bunch seeing the folly of his ways and crooning to his x young lad i want you to be little pal what i couldnt be little pal too late though hes on his way to jail lest any of you yuppies think the hit of the 40s my heart belongs to daddy is a daughters glowing tribute to her j father let me put you straight she was referring to her sugar daddy the same with the gal who around the same time chirped hey daddy i want a brand new car champagne caviar j with the pile of money being raked in i putting fathers on the carpet whoever wrote that song wouldnt have found it lucrative to ha ve her expect all that from j her real daddy the wordsmiths did their hatchet job well on dear old dad not one of those brave boys who died j on the battlefield or thought they were dying ever sent a song winging home to their fathers no their final messages were always to youknowwho but the unkindest cut of all the ulti- j mate snub to fathers is contained in the old ditty where the child out for a walk j with mommy stops at the sight of some- thing on the road and asks oh mother t dear what have we here that looks like strawberry jam mothers nonchalent reply is hush baby dear its just your pa run over by a tram shrugging off fathers demise j like just one of those things j not a weep not a wail or any sign of j bereavement nothing but an outspoken thats the way the old pop flops as it j were baby dear no doubt took poor brave j mom home and made her a nice cup of i tea while the phonograph played that wonderful mother of mine never a thought to who was taking 3 care of fathers remains j who cares some of his drinking bud- j dies can scrape him up its his own fault i for not buying the kid her bowwow i no i have nothing against mothers j im one and my kids better not forget it j however weve had our turn on the i musical stage j come on you tuncsmiths lets hear it j for all those unsung fathers out there champion plowmen attend appreciation banquet on april 15 an appreciation banquet honoring canadian tractor plow champion barry timbers of uxbridgc was held in the zephyr community hall eighteen other cham pions were in attendance some going back more than 30 years pictured above arc front row left to right keith robinson doug rcld barry timbers darrtl hostrawscr ken ferguson don dunkcld ivan dcgcer middle row left to right grant wells floyd forsyth keith leslie jim ecclcs lloyd grove eric timbers rear row left to right bob timbers bill hostrawscr ken brown herb jarvis gordon bradfield and hugh baird jim thomas editors mail deserved dear editor congratulations to your news paper and to bruce stapley for the excellent story and accompanying photo on ross wideman of the stouffville coop published in the farm section april 27 a most de served compliment as a trusted employee they just dont come any better than mr wideman hundreds will agree im sure sincerely mrs gordon burke rr 2 stouffville