i wo i r r v i i i r hh hi sr r p4 tribune july 11 1990 1 i la it 1 o wm issue now a reality sunday shopping is a reality and it comes as no surprise that the world did not come to a end some merchants in the area com plained about ajack of crowds others mentioned a lack of time to prepare for a sunday opening but still stores opened legally and we are none the worse for wear the rage against sunday wideopen shopping is understandable for many especially in smaller com munities like ours it means that socalled mom and pop businesses may be forced to close on a day when their larger competition is open they may find it tough to open seven days a week but the realities from this are apparent this country is set to embrace a change in global economic strate gies in order for us to remain com petitive we must follow the plane tary trend toward a 24hour econo my only in a just and fair society can we achieve harmony with our neighbors sunday shopping is a religious issue as well and to be fair to all as we claim to be we must not discriminate against those who do not practice the tradition of the lords day a glance at tribune circa 1942 there were indeed the good old days i spent an hour or so last week flipping through an old copy of the stouffville tribune brought to my attention by mr and mrs douglas hamm of stouffville who cafne across the newspaper in their home its dateline is thursday oct 1 1942 at the height of the second world war on the front page is a photo of a british bomber during a straf ing run above nazioccupied land near paris its a yellowing dogeared old copy of the news paper but still brought a rush of excitement as i scanned the front page aftd its funny how some things at least as they relate to a at random 9m steve houston community newspaper never really change there is a story about stouf- fvilles merchants meeting to decide on opening only one night of the week in the interests of conserving hydro power today our merchants still meet to solve problems and often those stories can be found on the front page of the newspaper youll not likely see stories on the front page today about the towns first prisonerofwar but you will see a headline like this stouffvilleuxbridge tribune publisher editorinchief editor director of advertising retail advertising mgr administration mgr dir of promotionsdistribution dir of operations patricia pappas jo ann stevenson stephen houston debra weller susan berry chris bertram jennifer hutt pam nichols published every wednesday by metroland printing publishing and distributing at 9 heritage rd markham ontario l3p 1 m3 tel 2942200 second class registration number 1247 the stouffville tribune published every wednesday at 54 main st w stouffville is one of the metroland printing publishing and distributing group of suburban newspapers which includes the acton free press aiaxpickenng news advertiser aurora banner brampton guardian burlington post etobicoke advertiserguardian georgetown independent kingston this week lindsay this week markham economist and sun milton champion mississauga news newmarket era oakvllle beaver oshawa- whltby this week peterborough this week richmond hillthornhillvaughan liberal scarborough mir ror topic newsmagazine wiilowdale mirror metroland printing publishing and distributing is a division of harlequin enterprises ltd national sales representative metroland corporate sales 4931300 6402100 8529741 fire brigade called to chimney blaze the tribune of the 4 was a massive broadsheet newspaper which packed a lot of informa tion on a page its the kind of newspaper every kid loved because it made a great hat or sail boat you could have wrapped a fish and chip dinner for six in one sheet inside there was more commu nity news who was visiting whom anniversaries sweetheart announcements and gossip you still see some of that in these pages today although it takes a slightly different form editors mail but some of the information and advertising contained in the pages of yesterdays stouffville tribune are shocking there is an advertisement for the oboyle meat market offer ing stouffville area shoppers roast beef at 25 cents a pound hamburger was a mere 18 centslb and sirloin steak was a whopping 33 centslb auto enthusiasts could pick up a new ford v8 carburetor for 1195 and sixquart tins of motor oil for 99 cents while families could pick up a two- pound package of soap powder for 19 cents and a box of kel logg s all bran for 23 cents today we have fuelinjected engines for our fords and soap powder is a nono unless its environmentally friendly and we all know that the cost of this environmental friendli ness is a sight higher than 19 cents a box and glancing through the pages of the 1942 tribune one can quickly realize many of the fami lies that are still active and well known in todays community there are boadways burkhblders lehmans stivers kings bakers and buttons f it made for an enlightening read and taught me a bit about yesterdays stouffville as i type this column on a macintosh computer which with the push of a button will drop the story in print form on a finished page i wonder about the people at the tribune back then toiling with pieces of hot lead and now- ancient underwood typewriters there is a certain nostalgic magic to all that a magic that isnt really contained in todays sterile technologically advanced societies but the news is still the news 1990 citizen of the year thanks the community dear editor i am deeply touched through being selected as the whitchufchstouffville citizen of the year for 1990 i wish to take this opportuni ty to say a heartfelt thank you to the community for giving me this honor and for the goodwill expressed to me my sincere thank and appre ciation to the tribune and the selection committee and to the following organizations and individuals who so generously gave awards and gifts bill attewell mp for the federal government bill ballinger mpp for the govern ment of ontario eldred king york regional chairman mayor fran sainsbury for the town of whitchurch-stouf- fville the whitchurch-stouf- fville chamber of commerce the lions club the lioness club the ladies auxiliary and the royal canadian legion pat ratcliff of the strawberry festival commit tee also a special thanks to the many many people who have given cards and offered per sonal congratulations i shall always remember and treasure all of the the above expressions of friendship and encouragement sincerely joe nighswander 1