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the tribune stouffville ont thursday august 23 1901 the stouffville tribune established 1888 i member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations authorized as second class mall post office department ottawa issued every thursday at stouffville ontario in canada 250 in usa 300 a v nolan son publishers notes and comments hometown friendliness a friend of ours from the city dropped in to see us the other day on the way to the newspaper office he walked through the towns business section he was greatly im pressed practically everyone on the streets said good morn ing to me he told us i like that people in the city are so busy rushing about their own affair that they cant be bothered even to smile let alone give a stranger a friendly hello that started us thinking we had always rather taken forgranted the friendliness of our hometown and it had never occurred to us that it might be something visi tors would be surprised about we realize now that it is a unique feature of our way of life and a significant charac teristic of our smaller canadian communities city folk with little knowledge of daytoday living in towns and villages sometimes comment on the interest small town people take in each others affairs to the un initiated this might appear to be simply nosiness but anyone acquainted with the facts can tell them that it is something else altogether in small communities where the tempo of life is a bit more leisurely than in the cities we can afford to take time to get to know our neighbors to talk with them about their activities and ours to watch for a chance to lend a hand to the fellow who needs help or to put in a word of encouragement when it will do some good thats why we say good morning to strangers as a matter of course its a good thing too this business of friendliness and cooperation and looking out for the other fellow good for our neighbors and good for us too few finish high school the defence department is advertising for young men to train as officers in the canadian army active force while in training the youths will receive second lieutenants pay to qualify for admission to the training course the can didates must be single physically fit 18 to 25 years of age and high school graduates with at least junior matriculation diplomas high chool graduates with minimum standing of junior matriculation are also being sought to train as nurses and public school teachers for some time canada has had an acute shortage of workers in these and other fields of com munity service the solution of the problem depends to a considerable extent on an adequate supply of high school graduates but the supply of high school graduates is limited and according to a recent survey by the canadian educa tion association the situation may not improve for some time the 127page report entitled your child leaves school revealed that of every 100 children enrolled at school every year only 22 finish high school about 70 per cent of the girls leave school at ages 16 to 17 the majority at grade x level that is after two years in high school boys drop out faster than girls particularly disturbing is the fact that a large propor tion of the dropouts are above average intelligence the committee learned that in 1948 the year of the survey the high schools lost 44000 pupils with aboveaverage learning capacity why do so many young persons leave school before completing higher education courses offered them free- of charge the significant finding was that in most cases the explanation was dissatisfaction with the school rather than economic or personal reasons when asked the larger proportion of pupils said they were bored with the hodge podge of courses some believed they could never make use of the education- offered them and some felt it was pre paring them for jobs they did not want or thought they could not get the situation is challenging to everyone concerned about the nations progress millions of dollars are annually being spent on the operation of high schools yet half the students for whom they are being operated do not want to stay long enough to complete even the courses for junior matriculation yet this is a minimum requirement for ad mission to occupations that are essential to the mainten ance of everyones health and welfare toronto star for parents only by xcncy cleaver swimming tips ok learning to swim safely- every canadian boy or girl 4nould have the chance to learn to swim this is a land of streams and rivers and lakes there are com- munitv swimming pools or bathing areas where swimming instruction is given in most communities hun dreds of campers each summer graduate from a beginners pool into a swimming class many children must look to home help in learning how to swim safe ly if converting a child into a fish falls on mother or dad the parent need not be an expert in order to do a good job the first step in learning to swim is to overcome fear of the water the little child who paddles in the shallow water and plays with float ing toy gradually becomes accus tomed to the feeling of the water learning to swim is like any thing else the child must really want to swim himself no amount of urging on the part of parents no coaxing of brothers or sisters or teasing of chums can substitute for the childs own desire to be come a swimmer better postpone instruction until the child himself is eager to learn swimming is a matter of balance and one of the first rules which must be followed is keep your shoulders under water illustrate this with a small wooden stick if one end bobs up out of the water the other end sinks down below the surface breathing is very important in swimming and a child can have excellent land drill in blowing bub bles into a hand wash basin teach him to breath in through his mouth duck his face into the water and blow bubbles out his nose when he becomes good at this have him walk into shallow water and blow bubbles in the same way encourage him to gradually open his eyes make a game of having him duck after small ob jects on the bottom of the lake floating gives a child the self- confidence he must have if he is to make progress he is likely surprised to find after he reaches to the bottom for an object in shallow water how quickly his body returns to the surface show your child tne jelly fish float have him wade out into water waist deep take a deep breath then duck under the water and grab both ankles with both hands an instructor can give a child a little support under his chin when the youngster is learning to swim show him how to grab the edge of the dock as a support and practice kicking inflated tubes or small woocen kicking boards eighteen inches by ten inches and one and a half inches thick are used in some beginners classes but xlo not lei the boy or girl be come too dependent on a support as quickly as possible try to get him to swim unaided to the in structor stand a short distance away and have the child try to swim to you by dog paddle breast stroke or any movement he wants to use even a little child quickly under stands that there are two swim ming motions one is a propul sive or pushingthebodyforward movement and the other the re covery or gettingbackintoplace readyforthenextpush motion the more relaxed and unhurried are the movements the better is the swimming once a child can swim even five feet stand a little farther away from him thus little by little he gradually learns to swim a longer distance if he is frightened and falters hold out your hands to him and take a step forward to reas sure him never fool a child one bad scare may put him off swimm ing for weeks children are great imitators and if parents swim and enjoy the water their children will likely follow their example that goes for observing safely precautions too dont take any chances with your own or your childs life in the water never swim all alone always have a companion dont go swimming for one and a half to two hours after the noon day meal on a very hot day cool off a bit before going in the water if you are in a ooat when it over turns even if you are a good swimmer dont strike out for shore cling to the boat till help comes obeying this one rule has saved many lives parents must continually remind their children that learning to swim is fun but sensible swimmers must observe the safety rules days of yore 27 years ago bethesda on friday evening about one hundred neighbors and friends met at the home of mrs sanderson ito express their regret that she and her daughter were moving to yonge street a beauti ful upholstered rocking chair was presented alfred e thomas of flint mich and glen h thomas and mr and mrs j h copeland also mr and mrs e dunsmore of toronto visit ed on tuesday with mr and mrs g r w thomas exreeve w e morden has pur chased the trucking business of y swift and will resume his former occupation the brantford expositor sees in the herb lennox picnic in north york a return of coffee and sand wiches into the political arena herb lennox or to be more cor rect t herbert lennox conser vative exmpp is being groomed to run against hon w l mac kenzie king iii north york at the next election hence the lennox picnic this time judge mahaffey visited over sunday with his sister mrs jas hand dr d c smith has been visiting this week at bis boyhood home in woodville 10 years ago school 80 years old the dick son hill school plans to hold a reunion in 1942 for which an organization meeting was held at the school councillor albert reesor was elected president and mr edwin byer secretary mr glenn ratcliff motored to parry sound over the holiday harry brillinger is nursing an injured foot as a result of having it badly squeezed by a log its a busy time for a vegetable grower to take a holiday brougham mr and mrs c balsdon of pickering visited her parents mr and mrs m hamilton during the weekend bethesda chas and fred clu- bine allan wideman gordon bolender earl bolender and several girls from here attended kitchener camp last sunday there was a white frost on the vines and over the meadows early wednesday morning and it was decidedly chilly all night how- over the frost did no harm to any crops farmers report 5 years ago out on the mink ranch of mr a d huckerby flth concession markham there is but one pullet on the place in ten days the little mite of a bird between three and four months laid eighteen eggs not just pullet eggs but grade a hen eggs women leaned from upstair windows girls shouted and the whole of obrien avenue was agog this wednesday morning down on the street a small animal moved along from house to house bunting into door ways into the sides of houses and running into this and that yet still moving slowly it had a can completely fastened over it head so securely that the little fellow with bushy tail and positive white stripes down its back could not see where it was going finally the services of charlie atkinson were solicited he walked up cautiously to the little hooded animal and with a heavy stick came down with an unerring blow that brought instant death to the skunk your commerce branch keystone of main street the towns of canada are pleasant places our town has a character all its own but any canadian feels at home here theres our bank for instance a branch of the commerce youll find one in most towns and theres our bank manager hes a projessional man hes learned from many towns like ours so he knows how to give the kind of service that comes only with long acquaintance yes our canadian towns are pleasant places and the men and women at your commerce branch are good people to know business directory rennies transport ihone 121 stouffville sand gravel loam screened stone any size daily service to toronto phone wa 9003 toronto auctioneers sellers atkinson ph agin 201 w2 ph stouff 363 licensed auctioneers 25 fears experience sales conducted anywhere specia lizing in farm stock furniture and property sales all sales per sonally listed and advertised bills prepared and posted no sale too big or too small ken clarke prentice auctioneers licensed and authorized for the counties of york and ontario farm stock implements house hold furniture real estate sales our specialty at fair and reason able rates dual service for the price of one milliken po ph agincourt 52w3 markham po ph markham 206 prentices have been established auctioneers since 1890 a s farmer licensed auctioneer york county wxbrldge pickering townships farm stock and furniture sales a specialty address gormley po telephone stouffville 67312 real estate consult j a willoughby sons for complete real estate service head office toronto 156 yonge st ad 0605 city and country homes farm and small acreages industrial business properties harvey moyer is your local representative phone 83jl stouffville when buying or selling real estate farms residences business properties contact george w allison regd real estate broker phone 87jl ernest ridout real estate ltd head office 1172 bay st for farms homes or any kind of property consult stan hastings 03715 stouffville or rich hill 618 funeral directors l e oneill stouffville funeral director and embalmer continuous telephone service day or night phone stouffville 98wl j w dixon funeral director private ambulance markham successor to the late r g clendenaing telephone 90 markham ontario dental neil c smith ljxs dj graduate of university of toronto office over canadian bank of commerce telephone 167 stonftville e s barker lds dj honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto office over harolds grill phone 274w markham everv tuesday medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon xray office corner of obrien main phone 196 coroner for york county dr f j button stouffville ontario telephone 371 xray hours daily 9 to 12 am tuesday thursday saturday evenings 79 pm and by appointment office over button blk dr herbert b freel physician telephone 164 xray hours daily except sunday 9 to 12 am tuesday thursday saturday 7 to 9 pm a c kennedy chiropractor church street stouffville monday and friday 9 to 12 am optometrical e a grubln ro optometrist picton stouffville at stouffville office on following mondays sept 10 oct 1 oct 22 no visits to stouffville office during july and august repair work mailed to picton is promptly taken care of insurance birkett son general insurance agency stouftville ontario insurance in reliable companies at reasonable rates prompt service phones 259wl and 259w2 h o klinck phone 44w3 stouffville fire auto burglary sickness and accident fidelity bonds the standard life assurance co the pioneer of canadian life insurance a mutual company with 125 yeaes experience strength and service unexcelled f g alsop insurance for every purpose phone 50w2 taxi service lent h bouchard arca the canadian bank of commerce the commerce to thos j wignall funeral director dignified efficient service -ambulance- 24 hoar service call markham 20 brierbush hospital day and night service maternity medical and surgical member of the allied private hospital association government licensed slain street east stooffylu d a beer insurance of all kinds 20th anniversary ph pickering 241w2- address brougnam ont f m pugh phone siswz stouffviuo life fire auto saving made easy security made certain when you have a policy with the mutual life of canada prompt and courteous service g r fearon ring wood taxi service phone 01015 stouffville stouffville cleaners phone 343 cleaning pressing minor repairs pickup and delivery service monument works sloultville orders promptly executed p tarr proprietor telephone 81wl g t horton oniirio land surveyor civil engineer land construction and engineering surveys 14 eclirard st ajax pickering 200w2